Celebrity Sighting #27

I rode in the elevator with Harvey Fierstein.

What I Like

I've become OBSESSED with this website where people post products they like and their opinions called thisnext.com.

Apparently I have very expensive taste. I've been searching for a offbeat table for my room. Sadly, my budget is more Craigslist than upscale LA or London designers, but it is amazing how much joy I get from knowing such beautiful, functional, and unusual things exist in the world.

I am having a good time learning about my interior design tastes.

It's a balmy summer friday, and having spent a great deal of my workday on the phone on hold, I've had lots of time to peruse various furniture sites.

I don't know what I did in Yoga, but OW.

Scary is... (in the age of technology)

...realizing people read your blog.

...having to understand what things like FTP access permission and DNS error mean.

...realizing that your boss is on Facebook.

Celebrity Sighting #26...Belated.

Richard Kind. You'd know him if you saw him.

Happy Birthday USA.

It is late - a list about the 4th of July will have to suffice.

1. My room is now green NOT pink. YAY.
2. I ate a patriotic cake.
3. I learned that someone I know is a transexual, and I was impressed b/c I had no idea.
4. I saw a boob with a pierced nipple.
5. I sang as much of the Canadian national anthem as I know.
6. I sang Happy Birthday to the United States.
7. I love my new camera.
8. I love fireworks when I get to stand on a swanky balcony.
9. Sometimes you will be at a party and suddenly you will be discussing the mechanics of mermaids having sex.
10. I like being at a party and realizing that I am in a diverse group of people.

WTF and other adventures....

So this weekend I finally went to the famous Williamstown Theatre Festival. As with most things, the idea that I had created in my head of this place was completely incorrect. I'm starting to learn that is generally the case.

I've learned a few things this weekend - one being that I have a hard time meeting new people these days. I think I need about 24 hours to (I hate this word) decompress and relax when I leave New York. I was definitely kind of nervous about this trip - it was an odd combination of people for me AND I was having the whole "I have a cough, and cramps, and today I am very socially awkward" feeling. I combatted this feeling by leaving Williamstown and going to visit some of my friends from Jacob's Pillow in Northampton. This was a good choice for me.

I haven't seen Jaime in over a year. She was my partner in crime in Development at the Pillow and she is wonderful and ridiculous. I also met her friend Alex and got to see my friend Josh. It was silly and immature and fabulous. I think that is what I needed.

I'm very please that I got to visit MassMOCA while I was here. I love MassMOCA. It is a unique museum and incredible. To have been within 20 minutes of MassMOCA and not seen it would have broken my heart.

I think that ultimately this was a successful trip. I'm slowing figuring out how my brain and personality works again and this weekend was helpful.

PMS and cramps are stupid. They make life harder than it needs to be. Being thrown into a situation where you have to be charming is annoying and challenging enough. Automatically feeling like poo on top of everything else was probably not what I needed.

And I got "Man Bling" tattoos. So really that made the weekend worth it. I am looking forward to an adventure with Abby in New York wearing our matching MAN BLING tats.