I had one of the most productive days today, followed by an amazing run (minus the incident outside of the Ritz at the end of my 5 miles).
But I have to say, the little note left on my away message was the sweetest thing I had heard in a long time. It made me smile in a way I haven't in months, and gave me more hope for the future.
(Confidentiality Respected)
"9:40 sometimes i wish you could come over to hang out like you used to (all the time)
9:41 it's like i have something to say to or ask someone, and you would prob be that one were you here"
....and I feel the same way.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Ghost Town
Every now and then, it seems that things really can't get any better.
And then they do.
It's amazing how quickly the weeks go. I always find this odd because the days seem to both crawl because they're long, yet fly by because we get so much accomplished in a given day. We've signed amazing new clients, and I eagerly await the next couple of months for different projects.
I have a love/hate relationship with this place, as I think most people do. It's a very private city, yet very extroverted and in your face. Social circles have been defined since the age of 3 at Dalton, and in the beginning I definitely was missing a lot of the life I used to have.
But that changes quickly. Little things pop up that you wouldn't expect; they just make you smile. I have dates with people from my previous lives in Jersey, Boston, and then some. Old characters become new again. Individuals you never think would come around, do in fact turn up, keep surprising you, and make your stomach nervous. Then there are the people you pray will show up on your doorstep; the thought of them arriving makes your head spin.
How did I get so busy all of a sudden? Is it really almost March? I know I wanted February to fly by...turns out it did.
And then they do.
It's amazing how quickly the weeks go. I always find this odd because the days seem to both crawl because they're long, yet fly by because we get so much accomplished in a given day. We've signed amazing new clients, and I eagerly await the next couple of months for different projects.
I have a love/hate relationship with this place, as I think most people do. It's a very private city, yet very extroverted and in your face. Social circles have been defined since the age of 3 at Dalton, and in the beginning I definitely was missing a lot of the life I used to have.
But that changes quickly. Little things pop up that you wouldn't expect; they just make you smile. I have dates with people from my previous lives in Jersey, Boston, and then some. Old characters become new again. Individuals you never think would come around, do in fact turn up, keep surprising you, and make your stomach nervous. Then there are the people you pray will show up on your doorstep; the thought of them arriving makes your head spin.
How did I get so busy all of a sudden? Is it really almost March? I know I wanted February to fly by...turns out it did.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Don't Waste The Pretty
My soulmate, aka my other half Surraya, wrote this and I found it worth sharing. This is the fifth or so installment in a series she writes which plays off of the NY Times best-seller, "He's just not that into you". Enjoy!
He's just not that into you...WAIT! I'm just not into YOU...
Ok, so it's about that time again ya'll the grimey-est of all grimey season is coming up. Why is this one worse then the prior ones?!?! Because the younger the girls are the SLUTTIER they are...they just don't care...this lack of self-respect kinda scares me a little bit, lightweight, because this is the future of America. Nevertheless, things have changed around these parts (for ya'll Southern folk! =) It has gone from them rejecting us to us rejecting them! And I must say the liberation is quite fantastic!
So let me set the scene…Girl meets boy in The Russell House (our student union). Girl likes Boy, Boy likes Girl, Boy plays games and almost loses Girl, but thankfully saw the light before it was too late and wifes Girl. Girl then proceeds to cut of all of the necessary skeezers to make things work with Boy. That’s when Girl begins to have problems.
Why do these insignificant hoes feel the need to call and/or text me (yes, I am Girl!) that they miss me and they want me back and if I stop liking my man that they want a relationship with me so they can marry me in a year and a half…blahzay skippy... If they can cook it up, I’ve heard it! But what makes it worse is they have girls of their own! They know I don’t want them, but they still proceed to conduct themselves in this manner…it’s really pathetic now that I am thinking about it… So when I turn them down on NUMEROUS occasions all of a sudden they wanna call and/or text me about what they did for their girl for Valentine’s Day or that they have a new girl or that they’re in a relationship.
Just in case there was any miscommunication up until this point I DON’T CARE! Just to set the record straight, my man was DEFINITELY an upgrade from you hoes and if things don’t workout between him and I will move forward, not back, I am too old for that! I just want to know when my pussy became the Holy Grail. I mean I am cute and sexy and all, but I am no Selita Ebanks so where is this all coming from?!?!
I know a lot of you ladies are out there trying to make your new relationship work or finding your single life to be FABULOUS and there is always some dude coming in tryna take you off the Yellow Brick Road and bring you down to his level with his games. FUCK THE GAMES!
Yes I said it! I’m here to let you know that you may have wanted this guy at some point…hell, he could have been your everything at that point and time, but I am here to tell you things are GREAT in ’08! And it is all about you! You tell that man that YOU ARE JUST NOT THAT INTO HIM and he can take all of his empty promises with him as he crawls back underneath that rock from which he came. Once again to set the record straight, I am not hating on you or your girl (even if she is a certifiable ho!) for the people who know that this is directed for them, I am just keeping it real. Any more time spent with these ex-hoes would be a waste of the pretty, and we DO NOT waste the pretty.
So all I’m wondering is why guys always do this when your happy? Like Big and Carrie, like they have some kinda radar and when you find everything you need to be satisfied they want to ruin it…just to let ya’ll dudes know, its sad, its pathetic, ya’ll are 20-something years old so take that energy that you’re focusing on me and put that to your girl ‘cos she probably needs it and leave me alone…
And for my ladies, it is a new year and a new you, but one thing that carries over from year to year is NOT to waste the pretty…
He's just not that into you...WAIT! I'm just not into YOU...
Ok, so it's about that time again ya'll the grimey-est of all grimey season is coming up. Why is this one worse then the prior ones?!?! Because the younger the girls are the SLUTTIER they are...they just don't care...this lack of self-respect kinda scares me a little bit, lightweight, because this is the future of America. Nevertheless, things have changed around these parts (for ya'll Southern folk! =) It has gone from them rejecting us to us rejecting them! And I must say the liberation is quite fantastic!
So let me set the scene…Girl meets boy in The Russell House (our student union). Girl likes Boy, Boy likes Girl, Boy plays games and almost loses Girl, but thankfully saw the light before it was too late and wifes Girl. Girl then proceeds to cut of all of the necessary skeezers to make things work with Boy. That’s when Girl begins to have problems.
Why do these insignificant hoes feel the need to call and/or text me (yes, I am Girl!) that they miss me and they want me back and if I stop liking my man that they want a relationship with me so they can marry me in a year and a half…blahzay skippy... If they can cook it up, I’ve heard it! But what makes it worse is they have girls of their own! They know I don’t want them, but they still proceed to conduct themselves in this manner…it’s really pathetic now that I am thinking about it… So when I turn them down on NUMEROUS occasions all of a sudden they wanna call and/or text me about what they did for their girl for Valentine’s Day or that they have a new girl or that they’re in a relationship.
Just in case there was any miscommunication up until this point I DON’T CARE! Just to set the record straight, my man was DEFINITELY an upgrade from you hoes and if things don’t workout between him and I will move forward, not back, I am too old for that! I just want to know when my pussy became the Holy Grail. I mean I am cute and sexy and all, but I am no Selita Ebanks so where is this all coming from?!?!
I know a lot of you ladies are out there trying to make your new relationship work or finding your single life to be FABULOUS and there is always some dude coming in tryna take you off the Yellow Brick Road and bring you down to his level with his games. FUCK THE GAMES!
Yes I said it! I’m here to let you know that you may have wanted this guy at some point…hell, he could have been your everything at that point and time, but I am here to tell you things are GREAT in ’08! And it is all about you! You tell that man that YOU ARE JUST NOT THAT INTO HIM and he can take all of his empty promises with him as he crawls back underneath that rock from which he came. Once again to set the record straight, I am not hating on you or your girl (even if she is a certifiable ho!) for the people who know that this is directed for them, I am just keeping it real. Any more time spent with these ex-hoes would be a waste of the pretty, and we DO NOT waste the pretty.
So all I’m wondering is why guys always do this when your happy? Like Big and Carrie, like they have some kinda radar and when you find everything you need to be satisfied they want to ruin it…just to let ya’ll dudes know, its sad, its pathetic, ya’ll are 20-something years old so take that energy that you’re focusing on me and put that to your girl ‘cos she probably needs it and leave me alone…
And for my ladies, it is a new year and a new you, but one thing that carries over from year to year is NOT to waste the pretty…
Friday, February 22, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
And So It Is, Just Like You Said It Would Be...
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.
I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream.
Ah child of countless trees, ah child of boundless seas.
What are you, what are you meant to be?
Speaks his name for you were born to me,
Born to me, Casady.
Lost now on the country miles in his cadillac.
I can tell by the way you smile he is rolling back.
Come wash the nighttime clean, come grow the scorched ground green.
Blow the horn, tap the tambourine.
Close the gap on the dark years in between.
You and me, Casady.
Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.
Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine..
Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.
Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
~Cassidy, Grateful Dead
Can't help but wonder if the songs lyrics I was named after have had any effect on my life or have unconciously guided it thus far...
I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream.
Ah child of countless trees, ah child of boundless seas.
What are you, what are you meant to be?
Speaks his name for you were born to me,
Born to me, Casady.
Lost now on the country miles in his cadillac.
I can tell by the way you smile he is rolling back.
Come wash the nighttime clean, come grow the scorched ground green.
Blow the horn, tap the tambourine.
Close the gap on the dark years in between.
You and me, Casady.
Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.
Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine..
Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.
Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
~Cassidy, Grateful Dead
Can't help but wonder if the songs lyrics I was named after have had any effect on my life or have unconciously guided it thus far...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
The Day My Mother Almost Killed Me.
Date of Potential Death: Friday, February 15th.
Approximate Time AMEX Was Swiped: 7:16 PM.
Location: Barney's Warehouse Sale-NYC fashionista's greatest kept secret
Result: $600.13 in damage, but two amazing pairs of shoes, a dress, and a tank top.
Yes, I spent that much money on 5 items...but I saved ALOT. I got a Splendid tank top (regular $50), for $9.00. My Marc "This will go perfect for walks in Central Park with a picnic basket in May" Jacobs dress was $159, originally $420. The Guillaume "Perfect office day to night tan pump with bow" Hinfray stilettos were originally $425, I paid $105. Although what I'm MOST proud of...are this AMAZING, super sexy Dolce "Come do my right now" & Gabanna gold, mirrored, snakeskin stilettos. Orginally $980. I paid $300.
Okay, $300 for shoes....that sounds absurd, I'm aware...but I mean, you put on a decent pair of shoes and you just feel better. Immediately better. And let me tell you, these are HOT. These shoes are amazing with jeans, shorts, skirts, capris, dresses, underwear...naked...ANYTHING. I've already gotten ridiculous amounts of compliments for them, so that means it's a perfect investment in my eyes.
So in total, I saved $1,302. I had to put back a pair of black patent leather Prada's which was rather depressing, as well a another Marc Jacobs dress, two shirts from Rebecca Taylor, a DVF dress, and a Alice + Ritter blazer...but a girl can dream!
Approximate Time AMEX Was Swiped: 7:16 PM.
Location: Barney's Warehouse Sale-NYC fashionista's greatest kept secret
Result: $600.13 in damage, but two amazing pairs of shoes, a dress, and a tank top.
Yes, I spent that much money on 5 items...but I saved ALOT. I got a Splendid tank top (regular $50), for $9.00. My Marc "This will go perfect for walks in Central Park with a picnic basket in May" Jacobs dress was $159, originally $420. The Guillaume "Perfect office day to night tan pump with bow" Hinfray stilettos were originally $425, I paid $105. Although what I'm MOST proud of...are this AMAZING, super sexy Dolce "Come do my right now" & Gabanna gold, mirrored, snakeskin stilettos. Orginally $980. I paid $300.
Okay, $300 for shoes....that sounds absurd, I'm aware...but I mean, you put on a decent pair of shoes and you just feel better. Immediately better. And let me tell you, these are HOT. These shoes are amazing with jeans, shorts, skirts, capris, dresses, underwear...naked...ANYTHING. I've already gotten ridiculous amounts of compliments for them, so that means it's a perfect investment in my eyes.
So in total, I saved $1,302. I had to put back a pair of black patent leather Prada's which was rather depressing, as well a another Marc Jacobs dress, two shirts from Rebecca Taylor, a DVF dress, and a Alice + Ritter blazer...but a girl can dream!
Friday, February 15, 2008
God Bless the Acela
Best Valentine's day ever.
I was sitting at work, and David sends me a text: "Want to go to dinner tonight?"
My Response: "David you know I'm in New York"
David: "Well that works perfectly, because I'm on the train down to New York!"
EEEE!!!! So David is here for the weekend, as is all of Boston's foreign crowd. I haven't seen David in forever (for our standards). Everyone is staying a the Royalton, (no seriously, they booked 40 rooms) which is a cool concept, but I don't understand why they needed to make a $200 million renovation to make the thing look like a boat. The lounge is cool, but the rooms are the size of a cabin. Literally, the rooms resemble a boat, with circle windows, hidden beds, and no drawers to unpack anything. I've never seen something more ridiculous in my life.
After checking him in we went and had dinner at Japonais. I've never had better sushi in my entire life. The food was a amazing, beyond. We had 4 rolls of sushi, lobster rolls, tuna flatbread creation, then David got a entree (the fish started with a H perhaps?) and I got a wonderful salmon dish. We also got a bottle of wine which was so sweet and yuuuummy. Best dinner in a LONG time. Words can't describe. It was beyond great to catch up in the fashion we did.
After din din we went and smoked hookah uptown around Sutton Place and walked back to my apartment at like, 2. It was the latest I had stayed up in awhile because I've been so tired/busy/etc. This weekend is turning out to be surprisingly amazing at every corner.
Chin Chin.
I was sitting at work, and David sends me a text: "Want to go to dinner tonight?"
My Response: "David you know I'm in New York"
David: "Well that works perfectly, because I'm on the train down to New York!"
EEEE!!!! So David is here for the weekend, as is all of Boston's foreign crowd. I haven't seen David in forever (for our standards). Everyone is staying a the Royalton, (no seriously, they booked 40 rooms) which is a cool concept, but I don't understand why they needed to make a $200 million renovation to make the thing look like a boat. The lounge is cool, but the rooms are the size of a cabin. Literally, the rooms resemble a boat, with circle windows, hidden beds, and no drawers to unpack anything. I've never seen something more ridiculous in my life.
After checking him in we went and had dinner at Japonais. I've never had better sushi in my entire life. The food was a amazing, beyond. We had 4 rolls of sushi, lobster rolls, tuna flatbread creation, then David got a entree (the fish started with a H perhaps?) and I got a wonderful salmon dish. We also got a bottle of wine which was so sweet and yuuuummy. Best dinner in a LONG time. Words can't describe. It was beyond great to catch up in the fashion we did.
After din din we went and smoked hookah uptown around Sutton Place and walked back to my apartment at like, 2. It was the latest I had stayed up in awhile because I've been so tired/busy/etc. This weekend is turning out to be surprisingly amazing at every corner.
Chin Chin.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Not so much Sex, but a whole lot of City.
Where did Cas Cas go?
Yes, I am aware that I pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth on/around Soxtoberfest. A lot of things happened, and I learned incredible amounts not only about the human race, but probably most importantly, myself. If you surround yourself with incredible individuals you can do anything you want to. I'm a breathing example of such.
I've gotten a multitude of questions about what's going on in my life, where I'm located, what I'm doing, if I'm still breathing.... The truth of the matter is that the answer "yes", pretty much applies to all of the above. Well, except one question, "Aren't you in Paris?" The answer to that is no...techinically it's "not yet". I could have gone, I could went, but I can always go. As all my options lay before me, spending time with my family, and taking a deep breath for once in my life seemed like the better option.
That didn't last for too long.
I got an amazing job. I still have an amazing job. I am living the dream I've held since a little girl that has been carefully crafted throughout the years: Fashion + PR + Events + Travel + Cosmopolitan Environment.
I've had a livejournal for around 5 years now, but that has become private and friends only, and will continue to be that way. But alot of people who don't have an LJ wanted to know what the heck was up. Here's the place to do it. Granted this isn't going to go into as much detail as my other journal, and sometimes a lot of things might not make sense, so just ask me. If you do have a LJ and want to read everything in depth and detail, click here and leave me a message. I'll add you as a friend.
Quick Round Up: I just produced two shows for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and experienced everything Fashion Week has to offer. I'm going to Europe soon for both business and pleasure. I go for a run every day, write as much as possible, read books in my spare time (finally), and am brushing up on my French.
I wake up in the mornings, and I look around at my surroundings. I know I made the right choice.
Yes, I am aware that I pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth on/around Soxtoberfest. A lot of things happened, and I learned incredible amounts not only about the human race, but probably most importantly, myself. If you surround yourself with incredible individuals you can do anything you want to. I'm a breathing example of such.
I've gotten a multitude of questions about what's going on in my life, where I'm located, what I'm doing, if I'm still breathing.... The truth of the matter is that the answer "yes", pretty much applies to all of the above. Well, except one question, "Aren't you in Paris?" The answer to that is no...techinically it's "not yet". I could have gone, I could went, but I can always go. As all my options lay before me, spending time with my family, and taking a deep breath for once in my life seemed like the better option.
That didn't last for too long.
I got an amazing job. I still have an amazing job. I am living the dream I've held since a little girl that has been carefully crafted throughout the years: Fashion + PR + Events + Travel + Cosmopolitan Environment.
I've had a livejournal for around 5 years now, but that has become private and friends only, and will continue to be that way. But alot of people who don't have an LJ wanted to know what the heck was up. Here's the place to do it. Granted this isn't going to go into as much detail as my other journal, and sometimes a lot of things might not make sense, so just ask me. If you do have a LJ and want to read everything in depth and detail, click here and leave me a message. I'll add you as a friend.
Quick Round Up: I just produced two shows for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and experienced everything Fashion Week has to offer. I'm going to Europe soon for both business and pleasure. I go for a run every day, write as much as possible, read books in my spare time (finally), and am brushing up on my French.
I wake up in the mornings, and I look around at my surroundings. I know I made the right choice.
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