HEAR : giving up the gun

Yesterday was perfect. A sunny 72 degrees Fahrenheit with a slight wind. I worked from home, which meant I could take my laptop out to the patio and type-type-type away on the grant proposal I'm currently working on. I wore a sundress and sunglasses and ate chips and drank Ale 8 One.

Today is the complete opposite. Chilly and rainy, and I'm still at work, wearing tights, a pencil skirt, and makeup that was smeared away hours ago. Pretty.

So I'm listening to fellow Columbia U graduates and wishing for warmer weather (which could come as soon as tomorrow? Oh, DC weather):

I can't believe it was almost (exactly) one year ago that I saw Vampire Weekend live. Oh, time, how you fly.

FEEL (hopeful) : a letter to the world (wide web)

Oh, internet, how I've missed you.

But I've forgotton how much of a hindrance you can be to my productivity (and let's be honest, I don't need any help being unproductive). In the month or so we've been apart, I've...

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taken up running (sort of), although I don't have a picture of that.

But I've also picked up some bad habits, like watching this and this. (Please don't judge! We all need mindless entertainment sometimes, right?)

So, let's just make a pact that you'll help me be productive. Support my reading goals by emailing me installments of books via Daily Lit (I'm currently reading Alice in Wonderland). Remind me to complete my Arabic lessons on Rosetta Stone. Help me figure out a way to actually run a mile without dying. And I'll forgive you for helping me waste my time on silly things like this. Deal?

Welcome back, old friend!

please look after this bear. thank you.

Poor little bear didn't stand a chance. And, did you see what happened to the tree in the background??

SEE : snow white

So it took SNOtorious B.I.G. {No? Snowpocalypse? Snomgasm? How about Snowmageddon? It's what SnObama prefers.} for me to finally update my blog, but I wanted to share with you the ridiculous weather-beating DC got this weekend. These pictures were taken using my cell phone {I still haven't bought a new camera to replace my old one}, so please excuse the quality.

Patio Table & Chair, Arlington, VA. 2/6/10.

{I actually prefer having 16-some inches of snow on our wall. Our neighbors {on that side} are sketch.}

Mailbox Wearing a Hat of Snow. 2/6/10.

Please Come In! 2/6/10.

Trees. 2/3/10.

The last photo is from a snow storm we got earlier in the week, but it's my favorite picture taken of the snow so far. We're expected to get some more snow on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND next Sunday, so there may be more snowy photographs in this blog's future. Basically, I live in Alaska.


PS: Regarding the last link: Yes, I totally watched Rock Star: INXS. Marty was my favorite, obvs.