Paris here I come!!

Okay faithful readers,

I am about to go on vacation--and couldn't be happier!! I will be back (and blogging!) July 21.

xoxo

July 4th Weekend!!

YAYA!! Finally some time off from work! I cannot believe how quickly the summer of 09 is passing though! Next weekend and the weekend after that I'll be in France, then it's the last weekend in July and then it's my friends pool party the first weekend of August and then two more weekends in August and I'm done with work and then back to school!!

So basically (since that was highly confusing!) there are 8 weekends left of Summer 2009. I've had a pretty good summer so far- I've gotten into a great workout routine (5 times a week!), am in the process of ridding myself of all my "clutter," and have begun focusing on THE FUTURE (insert corny theme music here).

Last year this time I was still reveling in the fact that I had just survived 6 months in Europe and that I was going to be starting my Junior Year of college. Now, a year later I am completely different; independent, happy in my situation, more fit (always a plus!), and comfortably established in my connecticut apartment. A year from now I hopefully see myself in a job I enjoy, living in a beautiful studio in Manhattan and on my way to...something great!

It's amazing how time flies; I cannot believe it. Anyway I'm off to the Harbor this week for a little reliving of Summer 08 =) More Monday

Top Less Meetings?

According to a NYT article from June 21, 2009 companies have begun to issue the edict that all meetings be "top less," which means that they be without laptops, PDAs (regardless of what camp you are a part of), and other electronic devices that often distract the users from the actual task at hand- doing work.

What do you think of this out there in the World Wide Web? As an avid user (and sometimes mis-user) of my iPhone (3G s BABY!), I often find it hard to turn away when I feel that vibration, which often signals a new tweet, AIM message, text, email or --I shudder to think--phone call!! It used to be even more of a problem when I had a Blackberry- I absolutely could not let it blink red for more then a second.

Is this going to be the "norm" when I enter the working world? Will people, as the article says, place their devices on the table at a meeting in an attempt to arm themselves against boredum? I think, if this is true, giving a presentation must be quite difficult. I also think it's quite difficult to stay focused- I mean from personal experience I know my mind is generally on what's going on inside that tiny world on my phone, and really I do my best work when it's off or in another room of my house, or on silent in my bag as I sit typing this at my cubicle.

Think about it and try to limit the amount of times you check your phone today, tomorrow or maybe even for those of you brave enough, for the next month. I mean there was a time when emails went (gasp!) unanswered for hours at a time; but then again that was back in the old days when AOL used dial up and google was something I learned about in English class.

Shop It To Me!!

Hey all!!

Check out this awesome new Web Site- SHOP IT TO ME- it organizes all the sales for you and emails them to you every morning. Sales are organized by SIZE and style!! How awesome is that!!

"Do I look like a Sharon? What am I, a tacky blond who cracks her gum from Staten Island?"

Okay so that may not be the complete and true quote, but some variation of it was on Seinfeld last night on TBS. I love the re-runs of my old shows!! NickAtNight does a great job too, especially since they've added The Nanny!


Anyway, reading an article in the NYT today about the situation in Times Square reminded me of that quote from Elaine about something crazy Jerry said on the show.


NY is a cultured, glamorous city; not some stoop in one of the suburbs. I don't really like this lawn chair situation that's going on down the block (I work on 50th between 6th and 7th believe me, it's right down the block). Yea there's traffic in Times Square-- that's what makes it Times Square!! Hell, that's what makes it NYC! If you can't handle the traffic then you really weren't well prepared for a trip here, were you now?


Anyway, leave comments about your thoughts on the shoprite special lawn chairs, and gawking tourists.