tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59878932024-03-07T10:56:58.768-05:00The World According to MeJust my random thoughts, quotes and fun stuff. :DColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-3534217536377196422011-11-05T13:17:00.004-04:002011-11-05T13:47:02.538-04:00The sniffles, coughs and bloody eyeOne of the pitfalls of working in retail is that you are exposed to a lot of different germs. When you interact with that many people, 5 days a week, you are going to get sick. It's just a fact. And when you work with cash and interact with a lot of people, your chances of getting sick are higher. I am currently getting over my second cold this fall. I suspect that I never really got over my Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-13779236332763071332011-06-29T10:55:00.002-04:002011-06-29T11:04:39.139-04:00Yeah! New Job!I have a new part time job. I work in the morning for doodledeals.com. It's a website that offers great deals for Kids and their moms! I have really been enjoying it. I am a customer service rep and work mostly from home. I do have to go into the office every now and then. It's a lot more work then responding to emails, answering questions. I'm actually surprised at how much research I have Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-11681504027985036062011-03-27T17:28:00.006-04:002011-03-27T18:32:32.002-04:00Whats on my book shelfI have been reading a lot of teen or YA (young adult) novels lately. I blame my sister. She lent my Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments Trilogy last summer and since then I have been hooked. Ok, so may be it's not fair to blame her because I read many Teen novels before then but since then that is pretty much all I have wanted to read. Some of coworkers make fun of me because I am an adult Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-43467231362627982222011-01-13T17:27:00.000-05:002011-01-13T17:28:11.058-05:00Weight WatchersSo kinda on a whim, after work I Monday I signed up for Weight Watchers online. I did it in college so I'm familiar with how the diet works and so I thought I should try it again. I had some success with it but like all the diets I have been on as soon as I plateaued I became frustrated and went back to my hold habits. I am determined that this will not happen again. When I weighed myself to set Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-88023334495626399572010-11-02T17:24:00.002-04:002010-11-02T17:33:43.835-04:00Oh so, yeahI have returned! Go Me! I guess I didn't realize it's been almost a year since my last blog. Yeah, I do kind of suck at this. Honestly, I have no idea what I want to say right now. Right now I am doing my laundry. I hate doing laundry. Well that's not true. I don't mind doing the actually laundry, it's the gathering of the laundry, making sure I have enough quarters for the machines that IColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-9708915941166609152010-01-24T15:23:00.001-05:002010-01-24T15:25:06.773-05:00WOW! OMG!I kind of can't believe it! I've lost 11 lbs in two weeks! That's really more then expected. That's really impressive considering the Special K challenge is to lost 6lbs in 2 weeks! (I haven't tried on a smaller pair of jeans yet but I don't think I lost enough inches to have lost a jeans size) It's even more impressive considering that my exercise regiment was hampered by the huge blister on my Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-26231336582198661102010-01-16T11:37:00.004-05:002010-01-16T12:06:35.484-05:00New Year New YouI have survived another holiday season at Barnes and Noble. Good for me. We are still dealing with the aftermath of the season with all of the returns. So many people got some really crappy gifts this year and some how this is my fault. Hey! It's not my fault that your Uncle doesn't know what you like but whatever. After January it'll be too late! hahaAnyway, so 2009 is so over. In 2010, Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-43954688165413364512009-11-07T14:29:00.003-05:002009-11-07T14:51:42.292-05:00oh that time of the yearI'm sitting in my living room flipping back and forth from whatever is on HBO and the Iowa Game. I can't take this pressure.I can't believe that it's November already. The holiday season is here. blah. It's not that I don't like Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's just I work in retail. So the holiday's are our busiest time of the year. So that's good. It does make the work go faster but it'sColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-27558324631032205552009-08-04T19:47:00.003-04:002009-08-04T19:54:39.964-04:00My 1 year anniversaryA year ago, yesterday, I moved to New York. It's kind of hard to believe that has gone by so fast! I kind of feel like I just got here. I'm such a newbie. I really like it here. I like the people (for the most part) I like where I work (for the most part). I still get excited when I get to go to city and just walk around. I love it when people come and visit me and I can show them around.Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-36850049958084905952009-07-10T13:27:00.003-04:002009-07-10T13:46:15.995-04:00Pretty Excited!!My mom is coming tomorrow and I have been cleaning like a mad woman. I fully admit it. I am not the neatest person. I tend to have things pile up. I once told my mom that I knew I could find anything I needed because I knew it would be somewhere on the floor. She really didn't like that answer. Well, I have picked up around my living, I've swept and mopped the floors. I've washed my dishesColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-67959781849143697002009-07-03T22:04:00.005-04:002009-07-10T13:46:57.428-04:00Andy Roddick is like my Harry PotterWhen Katharine came to visit me last month, we got matching tattoos. We got the words Mischief Managed tattooed to my wrist and her shoulders. It's a reference to Harry Potter if you didn't know that. On our way home from the Tattoo parlour we talked about how appropriate a HP tattoo was for us because HP is not just one of our favorite books but the role that they have played in our personal andColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-58700618604855556932009-07-01T13:32:00.003-04:002009-07-01T13:47:13.670-04:00I do not like to woken upIn the last week or so, one of my neighbors has gone out early, forgotten their keys and for some reason decides to ring my bell to let him in. Now this tends to happen around 7 o'clock in the morning. I don't know if my neighbor picked my apartment because chances are I am home at the time (unless I have to open) or if pushed everyone's number and I was just stupid enough to get up and answer Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-38232686602632464002009-06-29T10:31:00.002-04:002009-06-29T10:34:27.292-04:00It's interesting how people react. Yesterday, I wore a dress to work and had my hair down. The woman all worked with commented on my dress and how cute I looked in it and I had several guys comment on my hair. I just found that situation funny. Women notice clothes and apparently Men notice hair. *lol*Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-44946529886604384132009-06-27T10:51:00.003-04:002009-06-27T11:10:08.946-04:00Strawberries and Cream and TennisI love Wimbledon. It maybe my favorite tournament. The tradition. The grass. The Royal Box. The all white clothes. The Strawberries and Cream. The PIMMS! It just oozes class. I also have a lot of fond memories. When I'm watching it on TV, I try to look at the stands and see if I can find where I sat on Centre Court. I find this little tidbit about Wimbledon the funniest thing. When you think of Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-32142384956637571422009-06-07T14:01:00.005-04:002009-06-07T14:28:39.720-04:00People Suck and I'm not loving my job right nowI think I need a new job. I had such a great week with Kat but as soon as she left, my week just went downhill. I kind of hate retail. Maybe it's just he clientele at my store. Park Slope is a fairly wealthy neighborhood in Brooklyn. If you look around, you wouldn't really notice that we are in an economic downturn with their Louis Vuitton bags and Gucci sunglasses. They all feel entitled Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-29411869007245872432009-05-27T19:14:00.003-04:002009-05-27T19:15:50.308-04:00Katharine is coming on Saturday! I'm so excited. We really don't have any plans besides The Daily Show on Monday and Guillermo Del Toro on Wednesday night. It is going to be a cool week! Yeah for sisters!Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-78497583121229098282009-05-09T10:59:00.003-04:002009-05-09T11:25:12.878-04:00Updates of sortsSo, Challenge update. I did reach a minor milestone. The 10 lbs mark! but then I had the weekend off and didn't really exercise (it rained all weekend) and I wasn't really watching what I was eating! PIZZA. So I gained 2 lbs back But I'm still down 8, so that's good. I know I'm not winning but I think I am one of the leaders. So I'm pretty happy about that. The challenge ends on June 1st Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-25582652313022028612009-04-15T12:29:00.002-04:002009-04-15T12:51:18.863-04:00The ChallengeA group of us at work are having a weight challenge. I think they are 7 or 8 of us who are participating. We have all set a goal of how much we want to lose (or gain in the case of the few of the guys who are participating) by June 1st and who ever gets the closest to their goal wins the pot. We each put in $10. Yesterday we all weighed ourselves so it kind of made it the first official day Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-51947117181008063092009-04-06T19:58:00.003-04:002009-04-06T20:16:04.086-04:00UpdateLast night I rolled my ankle walking to the bus. It was painful but I do do thins about once a year. The worse part was that I was still a block and half away from the bus stop, when I got to the bus it was packed so I had to stand almost the whole way home and then when I got off the bus I still had to climb up the hill (and 36 stairs) to my apartment. It was a long night and I don't even Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-28081896460594398292009-04-06T12:57:00.003-04:002009-04-06T13:23:00.737-04:00Dumb CriminalsVery rarely do we catch shoplifters. You have to be pretty dumb to get caught especially in a climate where companies are afraid of being sued for false accusations. Businesses have to be 100% sure that the person really did steal the items they have been accused. So basically, the only way they are going to be arrested if they actually admit to it. Well, we had 2 people try to shoplift from Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-28399326329680961612009-03-06T11:51:00.004-05:002009-03-06T13:07:17.876-05:00God Bless Davis CupAnybody who knows me, knows I am a tennis fanatic. I love to watch Tennis. I have been known to skip class and sometimes work (only once and I had to use my sick time anyway or I'll lose it) to watch it. I have lost sleep over this sport (Thank You Australia's time difference) and travelled to major Europe cities to watch only tennis (Paris, and we did see the Lourve so we did get our tourist Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-8470249212619086272009-03-03T19:19:00.004-05:002009-03-03T19:42:06.888-05:00High School MusicalI'm watching High School Musical 3. I got it from Netflix. It's not so bad but it still has it's painful moments the first two did. Zac Efron and Lucas Grabeel have thankfully improved their acting over the course of the movies, unfortunately the others haven't. Of course they really are the only two, I can see having any kind of career after this. Zac, of course plays hearthrob, Troy BoltonColtranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-87791684987819597442009-02-22T14:50:00.003-05:002009-02-22T15:41:26.208-05:00Best PictureYesterday, I spent all day at the movie Theater. The Empire Theater at Times Square had a marathon screening of all 5 Best Picture Nominees. Every year I say, that I am going to see all the nominated movies but never do it so when I found out that I was going to have the day off I had to go. I left my apartment at 9am (I had to stop by the bank first) and didn't get home until almost 1am. Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-54110912263613176412009-02-10T14:04:00.003-05:002009-02-10T14:26:33.307-05:00SickI'm not a very good sick person. I'll admit I am a wimp. I am very whiny and needed and feel like I am going to die. So, it goes without saying, I really hate being sick. Since Saturday, I have had a very bad cold or at least I think it was just a cold. I had a sore throat and stuffy nose. I was achy all over and very very tired. I think that was the worst thing was that I was just so Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987893.post-37175866926484424422009-01-25T13:45:00.003-05:002009-01-25T13:52:22.896-05:00Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi OiI know have said this before but the Tennis Channel may be one of the best investments I have ever made. I think it was last year, when ESPN and the Tennis Channel came up with the partnership to co-broadcast the slams. They take turns with live and taped coverage. It's awesome. Literally, you can watch the Australian Open 24 hours! When one station's coverage ends, just flip to other Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227513024968233275noreply@blogger.com0