i was so sleepy after eating tacos and watching movies that i could barely hold my eyes open. instead of going to bed like a normal human being, i decided to take a nap while half laying down/half sitting indian style and rest my head on my shoulder. so i spent about 3 hours in a sort of self conscious half sleep while a washed dishes and folded his laundry and puttered around the house. now it's 3:30 and i am wide awake.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
nap on the couch - you got me again...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
places i would like to go...
- Oviedo - there is a Woody Allen statue. Vicky Christina Barcelona partially set there.
- This park in Croatia is unreal.
- Look at all of these caves!
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
pretties
paper stuff
if i were ever to want wedding china, this would be the pattern.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
a poem a day
Good God
Instead of casting them out of paradise, Instead of making them labor in pain and sweat, Instead of instilling tristesse after coitus, Instead of giving them fire to burn their house down
And light their way into the outer world,
He could have split them, each with a memory of the other, And put them each into a separate world.
Mark Jarman
found this poem a day website. think this would be good to add to the resolutions. i've always wanted to like poetry, to be able to read it, but it seems a bit intimidating. so maybe reading a little a day will make me more comfortable around poems.
listening to npr this morning and the discussion was about happiness. the happiest people seem to be those in relationships and those with the best health. need to get the health part straight as my relationship is roses. also, sad for my mom and dad. it said that people were as happy as newlyweds once their children left the nest. now they have one troubled child back and a new baby.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
blech
way too much to drink last night, but fun. a good ending to the year. ready for operation lesley 2010. didn't really leave the house today. made a giant steak dinner. really ridiculous steak dinner. watched quite a few episodes of the worst week. now am off to sleep. resolution to get more sleep should start now. resolution to write more can start tomorrow.
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Friday, January 1, 2010
lesley2010
resolution time...
1. become a runner. not a marathon runner just enough to be able to run a 5k by my 31st birthday. so maybe this should say become a jogger.
2. i should say stop drinking cokes. just none at all, but i really love them, so i'm going to say only have one sweetened beverage of the non-alcohol (don't worry-getting to alcohol later) kind per week.
3. stop eating crappy fast food. makes you feel yuck. makes you tired. makes you super fat. however, since i do really love some chick-fil-a, i'm going to allow myself one chick-fil-a meal per month. and no pretending that i'm going to go to cfa or mcdonald's and get grilled chicken sandwiches and no fries. i usually can't control myself and end up eating something fried with a side of fries. no good.
4. make a healthy nice dinner every night. i realize we'll go out to eat sometimes. and i realize i might want to make chicken parmesan one night, but shoot for 6 healthy meals with vegetables. 2 meals per week without meat. at least one meal per week with healthy fish. plan, shop and prep on sunday. no excuses if everything is ready. make enough for lunch leftovers.
5. oatmeal for breakfast every single morning.
6. at least 30 min. of exercise 4 days/week. 6 days would be better, but 4 should be minimum. 3 days of strength training per week. make up some kind of chart with reps and weights and all that crap outlined and keep up with it. one yoga class and one pilates class per week. also, try two new classes/month at the ymca. find something that is fun and works. walk around the track at work one time during my work day. stretching. get a good stretch in as soon as i'm home from work and gym. i've become so not flexible at all over the past couple of years. ridiculous.
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new decade time
so i'm back to trying to write a blog again. this time for real. new year's eve was good. i ran around like mad after work getting food and drinks and cleaning. amy and brendan showed up at our house around 7:30 and i was pretty close to finished. we had some moscow mules and then went to sassy ann's for a bit, but made it back home in time to have champagne in front of our tiny tv. i actually bought a nice bottle of champagne for once. not the $4 cook's. makes quite the difference. we stayed up late listening to music and talking. amy and brendan went to the pilot light new year's eve party and made it back around 2 in the morning. they were in a huge fight, but things seem somewhat resolved today.
i made a spinach, mushroom and sundried tomato strata for breakfast. as soon as they left i crawled back into bed and napped for about 3 hours. really nice. a & i watched purple noon - a french version of the talented mr. ripley while eating some chinese takeout. then we watched too many episodes of the television show worst week on our new roku player. this thing might be worse than actual television since it's commercial free and you can pick exactly what you want to watch.
i guess i need to work on some serious resolutions tomorrow. i have the day off alone. a has to work. i can't decide if i should try to make a big nice dinner with cocktails first, wine with dinner and a little boozing it up later or if i should just make us a nice steak and buy a some real coca cola and say we watch movies again. both sound equally nice, but one is smarter, cheaper and doesn't leave us with hangovers. but then again, should we have a last hurrah before putting project lesley2010 into action?
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books i've read in 2010
1. The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
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movies i've watched in 2010
1. Purple Noon - a French version of The Talented Mr. Ripley.
2. A Perfect Couple - really strange Altman movie. had terrible fake band called keepin' 'em off the streets. could have been a sweet story, but too annoying to watch.
3. The Fabulous Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson animated version of Roald Dahl story.
4. Abigail's Party - Mike Leigh from 1977. Horrible couple having a dinner party.
5. L'Iceberg - French. Woman gets stuck in freezer and family doesn't notice she's missing. She runs away with a deaf man on a boat. Mostly silent. Kind of interesting, but not great.
6. The Black Dahlia - Brian DePalma about the famous murder in Hollywood.
7. Public Enemies - John Dillinger story with Johnny Depp and Marian Cotillard.
8. Alice - Jan Svankmajer surrealist version of Alice in Wonderland.
9. Two Days in Paris - Julie Delpy wrote, directed and i think maybe even sings. Adam Goldberg is kind of funny. Julie is a little much.
10. Lymelife - had a sort of big cast, but i don't even remember this ever in theaters here. probably because it wasn't so good. about suburban long island in the '70s & lyme disease. probably wasn't that bad. i didn't like the ending. also, didn't really pay attention to the entire movie. was mostly talking to liz.
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