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i suck.

i suck at blogging nowadays. i attempted to begin blogging regularly again but really all i'd be talking about is my journey at IDJ & i don't want to spill all their secrets to my public online blog.

also, this blog reminds me so much of everything thats happened over the past few years and i miss so much of the things i did. i miss the places i've been. i miss the people i've met.

i'm aching for europe. i need to go back as soon as humanely possible. i miss having a paying job. yes, i always complained but it sucks to be THIS broke. i'm always too tired to truly hang out & have a fun day. whenever i have a day to breathe, i spend it catching up on rest so my body doesn't give up on me.

in extremely good news, i'll have 6 blissful days in mexico for Christmas break with all my family. i'm looking forward to traveling again. i know i'm going to be a giddy schoolgirl when i sit in my seat in the airplane. it'll be more than 6 months since i've been on a plane. i'm excited right now!

i'm also in the middle of applying to a gabillion magazine internships. i've heard back from 1 & am going in for an interview next week. it's definitely scary that i applied to more than 15 internships and have only heard back from 1 but i'll take what i can get.

i love the christmas season. everyone's just plain ol' merrier.

this entry turned into an a.d.d. rant. sorry.



PS. i'll be changing the link title very soon. goodbye of an era, lenelilove.

ball-sack.

so, i'll give it to Target for giving tourists and cheapo college kids like me Free admission on Friday nights. but waiting in line was ridiculous. i didn't even have to wait this long in line at the fuckin LOUVRE!

but after that, we zipped through the museum (i'll go back and experience it all correctly another day) before it closed.

one of the most heartwarming pieces was the replica (bcuz i believe the original is the one i saw in paris) of Rodin's Balsac. Yes, you reads it right. Rodin's Balsac.

I miss art history in Paris!

900 Views Later...

So, for a small personal blog, & it being up and running for the past two years...I'm actually kind of surprised to see it had 900 views today. Granted, about 1/2 of those views must have been mine, but it's still sort of cool. Even if you read my entries, kinda stalker-ishly, that's cool. Just please don't cause me any harm. And to my friends who actually read this shit, thanks. Just a quick insight into my mysterious life...lol, yeah, ok.

In other news, for those who haven't kept up, I've spent the last few entries catching up on my missed months of blogging: the remainder of Europe and some summer months. I'm up to the month of August, but really...nothing happened. After a whirlwind of seven months being a busy bee, August was truly boring. The most exciting thing was being able to see Honor Society after a whole month (I'm pathetic) outside Z100 & truly have the greatest conversation with Mike. Then right before school started, went to my first Arthur Ashe Kids day (Honor Society, Justin Bieber, Jordin Sparks).

Now September...

September has always been a love/hate month for me. I love it because it's my birthday month! I hate it because it's when classes begin again. But this September was different. I began one of my first days in September with a response from Island Def Jam Publicity Department about an internship and I got it! I jumped and screamed and knew things were looking up. The minute I got the internship, I knew my life had to turn around. I'd spent most of the year enjoying my youth but now, I realized, I need to come to terms with my future. After a hectic trial of trying to get credit for the internship, I began on a Wednesday.

The IDJ offices are really cool. I can't divulge much, in fear of them finding this and suing me or something, but I'm working in a pretty cool atmosphere. Legends have walked these halls and future legends will work here. People dream of being up in these offices, either working for the company or being signed to the label. I haven't taken that for granted. I'm lucky enough to work under some of the biggest publicists of our day. These people have made the legends and definitely taken the fall for anything bad that's happened. Every time I need to go do something in one of the big offices, my knees go weak. These people have some of the greatest views of Manhattan and I can only dream of working in a room like that. One of the biggest things, in my opinion, that I don't know if I'll get used to in my stay with the label, is simply going up to LA Reid's office, or even walking past him. He's discovered some of the biggest talent out there in popular music today. For instance, yesterday he came up to our department and I was basically starstruck! Call me crazy but a person with that much power and influence is something to be in awe of, whether or not you believe he's done anything substantial (but how could you not?).

With classes and the internship, which have me up and at 'em from 7AM to 10PM four days in a row, I'm always exhausted. I don't really 'hang out' like I did during the summer. My idea of a great day is one where I get to watch a few good movies and eat some delicious food on the comforts of my couch.

But I did pull my ass off my couch to go to Fashion's Night Out 2009, which was, contrary to what people thought, a world event. All participating fashion retailers all over the world basically kept their stores open late for throw a party. Seriously, I walked away with champagne and a cool NYC FNO'09 tee. All proceeds of the t-shirt sale went to the 9/11 Fund. I don't really like candied apples, but they gave some of that away at 7 For All Mankind (they ran out of chocolate covered apples!), some mini hot dogs, LIVE male models (insanely Ken-perfect), performance at Tommy Hilfiger, and a live photo shoot at Marc Jacobs. I loved it.

Then I turned 20 this year, no longer a teen, and I celebrated with the friends that were able to come out at S'Mac (Sarita's Mac and Cheese). It was seriously the bomb. I KNOW good mac and cheese and that was some damn good mac. Then we had dessert at The Lite Choice, LOL & hung out in Uniong Square soaking up the NYC autumn weather. Then the following day I had to take my brother to the hospital where he was treated for a concussion and kept overnight. A very trying weekend for me. My boyfriend was nice enough to take me to Max Brenner's for dessert on Monday after work and we had the s'mores. Delicious! Then on Tuesday, Sept 29, my actual birthday, Dolce Bites (look em up on Facebook) delivered my birthday cupcakes (S'mores, Red Velvet, and Chocolate Molten) and 3 girls basically devoured it (with the later help of 2 guys). It was a really nice birthday and a great way to end the month.

So all in all: August was thumbs down, September was THUMBS WAY UP! October just began and I'm hoping for just as good month. I need to work on not being as stressed and tired and find time to work out.

Hope blogger world is holding up ok, too.

blink & you miss it.

July. Oh, July.

I can't remember half the things I did but it was the busiest month since Europe all summer. I did more exciting things in July than I did in June and August combined.

I went down to Virginia, possibly for the last time (for a while), for vacation. My cousin asked us why Virginia for vacation? Well, to put it simply, my cousin's house is like a freakin resort house. A huge backyard with a pool, an outdoor fireplace, tons of seating, a coy river/pond, & volleyball net. Inside has a billion rooms, all majestic in their own right & it's away from the hustle of Virginia Beach, literally tucked away in the middle of nowhere just minutes away from the North Carolina border.

i have gotten really attached to my family down there so it's always a big reunion when we go down there. the only family i have in new york city is my auntie & uncle. that's all. but when we're down there it's a huge group! i love it. & my aunt (the rich one) LOVES to shop & has great style, so i always enjoy whenever she takes me to the mall. we went to the big one in virginia beach, then went to the actual beach around night time (missed that), & spent tons of time with my little cuzzo, Camille. I miss that crazy girl! we went to waterland usa? fuck, i dont remember the name...but yeah, went there. went to this place called 'cool stuff' and had a ton of ..you guessed it, cool stuff. buncha dvd's i love & my bro scored some videos games.

one day we went to ocracoke, north carolina. now that was an adventure. imagine being in a car looking at coastline or brush for like 5 hours...=[. but it's actually a quaint little town in north carolina. very nice. & then we went to my, now uncle-in law's, beachhouse. he's some kinda millionare...collecting vintage cars and shit. but i didnt get to go to the wedding =(. anyways, then we celebrated my brother's birthday in a mexican restaurant! haha, we always eating my mexican.hm, damnit, what else...then we went to a plant nursery & bought some plants & then had dinner at my uncle's place. he made some KILLLLER tortilla chips & salsa. he's an authentic mexican chef. love it.

after leaving mexico. i mean, virginia, we stopped by Sonic (only my 2nd time ever having it) & i loved it. i wish we had some sonic in new york. a few days later i hung out with Anj&Aud in soho and bumped into the gossip girl set & totally said 'love you' to penn badgley. but i'll admit, i realy only loved penn in john tucker must die.

a ton of honor society stuff happened in the month of july. i reunited with marie in long island to see our guys perform at the crazy donkey. it was epic. during the meet & greet, i made sure they remembered us from the summer previous, & thankfully, they did. alexander makes us laugh. the next day we went out to a verizon in-store event & they remembered us again, & even told us to check out special news from them on twitter. an acoustic set with the boys in union square. unfortunately, it being marie's last day on the right coast, we could not go. so after sadly saying goodbye to marie, i went home to queens.

the next day i was exhausted but then BAM, i find out i won tickets to the Jonas Brother's concert that evening. marie & i cried over the fact that she couldn't make it because of her flight so i contacted my dear friend Paula. it's funny how fate works. rie & i were trying to buy tix earlier in the year but since of my time difference in europe & just not really being that big a fan anymore, we didnt put a lot of effort. & then it was like joe saying, "coomeee on! ill give you free tix!". actually, i won the tickets because i entered a contest for honor society. rotfl for irony.

i went to the show early & actually accidentally snuck into soundcheck. that was awesome because you have to pay up to i think 400 bucks to get into soundcheck. then i watched honor society rock the FUCK out of nassau col. i was the ONLY one dancing & screaming the lyrics in my section. then we rushed off to the honor socety meet & greet & the guys welcomed us with hugs even though they were not allowed. we watched the rest of the concert from our amzing seats & then got skeeted on by joe & kevin. go on & ask. the one thing i hate about nassau col is that it's in the middle of nowhere & getting back to the city is a bitch.

& then my final honor society day ended with an emotional bang. the boys sold out irving plaza & i watched from the back while all the screaming fans went crazy for 'em. the lights blinded me, mike's voice made me smile, & the energy was ridonk. their dream had come true. & i was lucky enough to know em even just a little bit before they blew up. when i read that they shed some tears after the show, i shed some, too. they're amazing men & i wished only the best for 'em. so i gotta thank the JB for that. that was the only day i didn't get to see the guys, but they had a few hundred other fans to see...i knew i needed to share 'em & so i did.

i can't remember much of july from that point on...