I just ate an orange and for some reason, it inspired me to write another blog. I welcome all who would like to listen to my rambling, but if not, that’s okay too; I understand that it’s hard to listen to a person whose mind is going a mile-a-minute.
-To do list for the week: finalize my resume, get my English term paper done, study for my math exam, research and do my extra credit essay for math (anyone know how the heck communications and/or English is used in math?), attempt to do my principals of design homework….a bunch of other stuff that takes up my time when I should exploring what life has to offer while I’m still young and in NYC. AHHHHHH!
-Texas BBQ on Fulton Street is definitely worth the $8 for a meal. Actually, it’s worth about $20 and your first child…I’m seeing a new replacement for my late night Dominos fixes.
-I really need to go to Trader Joe’s and buy some more oranges. I love fruit, but oranges seem to be my favorite lately. Last month, it was apples, but now the winter is nipping at my taste buds and demands a new flavor (why it’s orange, I have no idea).
-My blow dryer finally broke. Dead. RIP. I bought a $10 hair dryer from Lot Less (also a bargain hut right across the street from Texas BBQ) that’s pink and has “cutie” and “girls are awesome” written all over it. I feel like I’m five.
-I also got these cool slipper footy sock things that go up to my knees and have little poms poms at the end of them. Immediately after buying them, I changed into shorts and braided my hair, put them on and danced to the Christmas soundtrack from Home Alone.
…Sometimes I wonder why people are friends with me.
This song basically describes my life at the moment (apparently, it describes Jon & Kate Gosselin’s family as well, considering this song has been used to promote the last episode of the show).
I need to stand up for me, make choices that make me happy, stay true to myself because this is my opportunity; my one chance to actually make something of myself.
This is the moment
It’s on the line
Which way you gonna fall?
In the middle between
Wrong and right
But you know after all
(Chorus)
It’s your life
What you gonna do?
The world is watching you
Every day the choices you make
Say what you are and who
Your heart beats for
It’s an open door
It’s your life
Are you who you always said you would be?
With a sinking feeling in your chest
Always waiting for someone else to fix you
Tell me when did you forget
(Chorus)
To live the way that you believe
This is your opportunity
To let your life be one that lights the way
Things I should focus on more instead of school, work, and extracurricular activities:
Standing up for me, getting another job and paying for an unlimited metrocard (sorry, that involved work), reading a book that doesn’t have anything to do with any of my classes, buying a lotto ticket and keeping my fingers crossed, going to Central Park and feeding the ducks (sounds like a Holden Caulfied moment), finding a random group of hippies to sing Beatles songs with on John Lennon’s memorial, learning how to cook more than pancakes and pasta, volunteering at a children’s hospital, singing karaoke somewhere in the city, going ice skating for the first time, trying to save enough money to go home for just one day a month just to visit my little sister, accomplishing what I set out to do in the city, seeing a Broadway show before the end of the year, getting voice lessons, starting to put $10 from each paycheck in my savings account so my sister can afford to go to college in exactly ten years, learning to truly forgive, realizing that I deserve more, knowing it’s okay to open up to people, acknowledging that my past has made me a better person, recognizing the importance of where I am today, breathing, and ultimately, living.
“I don’t even know what I was running for – I guess I just felt like it.” ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 1
Yesterday was my “I’m going to relax and have fun while getting free things and buy a lot on my new credit card!” day. I clearly enjoyed myself because I passed out really early and was tired all day. The way I figure it, if I don’t specifically put time in my schedule for me, I’ll go crazier than I already am (clearly, this time is a necessity).
I’ve accomplished a lot today (and lost my head a few times in the process), including setting up my schedule for next semester: two communications courses, one political science class in midtown (I get to be on tv, so it’s cool), one American literature class, and a feature writing class- none of which are in the morning….YAY! Best of all, my monster load of teaching assignments are nearly complete.
Tomorrow is as follows: prying myself out of bed for my 9:00am math class, going to financial aid so they can fix my bill (apparently, giving back to my school and getting tuition remission somehow entitles them to take away $4000 worth of grants), doing the whole runaround thing throughout the building to get the problem solved, going to English if I have the ambition (I probably should, considering I’m a dual major in English now) and once again going to Human Resources so I can be paid (since that seems to be the trend every week).
…There hasn’t been a pay period yet this year where I have been paid on time or in the right account.
Don’t worry, it’s not like I don’t need to live or anything, right? Who ever heard of needing money to survive?
In other news folks, I’m feeling rather ambitious at the moment and want to create a different banner for this blog. It’s still the one that originally came with the layout (yeah; I didn’t create it like everyone assumes), so I’m brainstorming.
And Hilda, Cindy, and I made breakfast for dinner today and it was DELICIOUS! (Sorry for my abrupt undiagnosed ADHD moment here).
Look at that smorgasbord of buttery, semi-sweet chocolately, melt in your mouth goodness!
Although I have an ideal plan for housing next year, things are never guaranteed and I like to keep my options opened.
Today was the open house for the New Yorker Residency through EHS (Educational Housing Services) and since I think it’d be AWESOME to say that “I live in the New Yorker Hotel,” I decided to go with a few friends who are considering the place as well.
To sum it up, you’re living in a dorm room on one of the EHS designated floors with other students from different colleges while living inside the hotel.
The single rooms were nice- I can already picture how I’d decorate the room (which I’ll make look like a hotel room, naturally). I was anticipating some really nice doubles so that one of my best friends, Ashley Rose, and I could dorm together since she’ll be going to college in Manhattan. Unfortunately, all the doubles and triples we seen were really tiny and all the furniture barely fit in the room.
…yeah, we’re not sardines.
Pros about living in the New Yorker:My own bathtub and bathroom with a 1950’s feel to it, 10% off at the classic Tick Tock Diner at the bottom of the building, MIDTOWN, it’s right across the street from Penn Station, a monthly metrocard is paid for, there’s a 24-hr on staff repairmen, I’m still in Manhattan, the prices are about the same as Pace housing (depending on which options I’d like to do), I could probably get a job at Macy’s in Herald Square and best of all, I’m living in a friggin’ hotel!
All the cons:The size of the double and triple rooms were ridiculous (a big NO as a living option), the rooms have no full size refrigerators unless you live in a triple (you can ask to bring in your own freezer, but they need to approve it and you need to find a legitimate excuse to have it), the fact that you have to pay $5 a guest for an overnight visit, and the packed subways in the morning to travel downtown to Pace U.
I’m still weighing out all options before I make a final decision, but there’s a possibility that you may be calling me Eloise next year…
-Knowing that I passed my math exam
-Glee and the CMAs are on right now!
-The fact that everyone is rolling around in wheelchairs on Glee!
-Still receiving a “B” on an English paper that clearly wasn’t the assignment and knew it when handing it in
-The fact that two of my lovely cousins are visiting (and are actually allowed to stay in John Street!)
- The Popeye’s lady gave me an extra wing in my box.
You really need to stop eating pizza and Wendy’s. Your ass is going to get bigger than it already is.
Dominos may have the really affordable $12.99 large pizza, cheesy bread and two liter soda deal that last for four to five meals, but this doesn’t mean that you have to get it every time it’s gone.
Wendy’s chicken nuggets may be the best tasting thing that’s ever met your mouth and just because you have free frosty coupons for the entire month of November shouldn’t dictate that you make a daily trip inside.
Your body will love you if you spend extra money on fruits and vegetables.
Love always,
Kaitlynn
P.S. Stop referring to yourself in the third person, stupid.
Could someone please e-mail all the residents of the building when the hot water is going to be shut off? I nonchalantly stepped into the shower and realized that the temperature of the water was colder than Alaska.
I know, I know- there’s been signs in the elevator CLEARLY stating that the hot water would be shut off tonight. I’ve already given myself the spiel about how I should’ve taken responsibility and marked the night when maintenance would be fiddling around with the steam system.
…My bad for my lack of responsibility.
Please take into consideration that I am a college student; therefore, I have no concept of time. Just a little friendly reminder would be appreciated, pretty please.
I’ll e-mail this suggestion later on if I’m still in a proactive gung-ho type of mood.
I just ate an orange and for some reason, it inspired me to write another blog. I welcome all who would like to listen to my rambling, but if not, that’s okay too; I understand that it’s hard to listen to a person whose mind is going a mile-a-minute.
Things I should focus on more instead of school, work, and extracurricular activities:
To sum it up, you’re living in a dorm room on one of the EHS designated floors with other students from different colleges while living inside the hotel.
rocard is paid for, there’s a 24-hr on staff repairmen, I’m still in Manhattan, the prices are about the same as Pace housing (depending on which options I’d like to do), I could probably get a job at Macy’s in Herald Square and best of all, I’m living in a friggin’ hotel! 
Things that I currently love at the moment:
Dear John Street Residency,
