yesterday, when i found out that my second class was canceled, i started walking in the general downtown direction. i was supposed to go to a friend's house to pick something up. on my way down, i happened to run into cicely. we chatted a bit and then decided that we were both in need of sushi, so we headed over to ruby foo's (yes, there is a restaurant with the word foo in its name =D). good conversation, good food and good wine were consumed... and after about two hours, we each headed our separate way.
since i was on my way somewhere when i met her, i continued in that direction. this time by subway. i must admit that i love wandering around the city when the weather is decent and i'm mildly buzzed. lol.
today, i am up rather early. i have all kinds of errands to run, and perhaps some rollerblading in the plans. i am still undecided about whether i will be doing that or taking my homework to the park. it's supposed to be gorgeous outside today. we shall see.
also, amber is supposed to come down this evening, to spend the weekend. i haven't seen that woman in far too long. hehe.
Posted by
Dina on 03.31.06 @ 08:34 AM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, March 29th
aids walk 2006
music: office crap mood: ok
it's about that time again... i'm going to do the aids walk again this year, and this is where i would like to ask you to donate what you can. it doesn't have to be in the amounts that are stated on the website - anything would be just fine. it's for a good cause.
so please, open your hearts (and wallets =P) and give that you can.
Posted by
Dina on 03.29.06 @ 01:47 PM EEST :: [link]
zombie goodness
music: zombie - more human than human mood: sleepy
even in studded blue jeans and white converse, rob zombie kicked ass!
thank you and good night.
Posted by
Dina on 03.29.06 @ 12:32 AM EEST :: [link]
Monday, March 27th
vegas
music: people yapping mood: wheeeeeeeeeee!
so out of nowhere today, cara and i decided that a trip to vegas was in order.
i was bored and looking for decently priced destinations to travel to since i really just need to get away for a couple of days - to do nothing. much like i have planned for later on as well (when i get back to the holy land), but we all know what i'm like with patience... anyway, as i was looking, i came across vegas as a destination that was rather cheap to get to and just happened to be having a conversation with cara.
so... at the end of next month, we shall be spending three days and three nights at the luxor (thanks to a suggestion from adam) on the strip.
yay!! swimming pools, cocktails, casinos and insanity... here i fucking come!
Posted by
Dina on 03.27.06 @ 06:11 PM EEST :: [link]
yikes!
music: office noises mood: scared-ish
there is a huge crane thing right outside my window... i'm totally paranoid that they're going to fuck up and swing something right at me.
Posted by
Dina on 03.27.06 @ 01:06 PM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, March 26th
yay!
music: nothing mood: hungry
i've only (< /sarcasm >) been living here for four months have have just found a japanese (i.e. sushi) restaurant that delivers. i'm so excited! lol.
yes, i realize this makes me really dorky. it's ok... i'm a happy dork =D
Posted by
Dina on 03.26.06 @ 12:27 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, March 25th
ouch!
music: TV mood: ouchie
last night was spent hanging out with magal. this is always a good thing. he makes me remember that there are people who want to be around me all the time, regardless of my mood etc. he also reminds me of why i'm so homesick. it only sucks that when i leave, he won't be coming with me. heh. we listened to music and watched TV =)
this morning i woke up before i had intended to so on my way to the subway, i actually went through the queens center mall to go the hot topic to see if they had anything interesting. got a bunch of fun stuff and was on my way to see steve for some inkage. when i got there, i told him what my intentions for my star wars project were... steve has been tattooing me for over six years and we have a sweet deal (for me) going on with the payment. what i told him was that i felt that he was not 'into' doing this project with me, and with all that he's been going through lately i realized that we were not going to have time to finish it before i leave. so today we 'closed it up' by making it look like a complete piece, while leaving it 'open' enough to continue it any time in the future. i just didn't want to stay with something that looks unfinished and i don't want to pressure him into having to finish this enormous thing before i leave. so that's it for now. we'll either pick it up a couple of times before i leave, i'll go see him at various european tattoo conventions or i'll have other artists work on it. it remains to be seen.
now i have fresh ink on one side, and semi-healed ink on the other. i'm not comfortable. lol.
tonight should be for homework, but i'm feeling lazy and will probably end up doing it tomorrow...
Posted by
Dina on 03.25.06 @ 10:46 PM EEST :: [link]
Friday, March 24th
uh huh
music: people yapping mood: lazy
22 more weeks to go...
other than that, i've done some homework, ran some errands and might go hang out with magal today.
we shall see.
Posted by
Dina on 03.24.06 @ 03:36 PM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, March 23rd
tuesday: more proof that i should not be drinking
music: office noises mood: yes, i know i'm retarded
i headed downtown after class and having completed part of one of my midterms (it's a take-home) to meet up with julie at some bar she was at. the girl bought me three drinks and the bartender gave us shots of uzzo (ick!). by the time i headed up to happy valley to see magal, i was properly hammered. but do you think i stopped once i got there? absolutely not. cuz i don't know how to do anything in moderation. long story short, i did some shit that i should not have done. stuff that is more fit for who i used to be than who i am, and something i might have thought was funny back in the day. now, however, all it caused was the embarrassment of some people i've known for a brief time and a major hang over the following day. let's just say that hitting on every breathing creature (male or female) is really nothing i consider appropriate anymore, nor do i enjoy it (though my drunk self clearly seems to think it's a good idea).
i cannot say that i will not be drinking again, cuz we all know that things of that nature are difficult to achieve. however, i will say that since i really don't drink that much anymore, i will try to stay away from it as much as i possibly can.
Posted by
Dina on 03.23.06 @ 04:17 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, March 18th
one more down
music: nothing mood: time to wake up
23 more weeks...
Posted by
Dina on 03.18.06 @ 02:43 PM EEST :: [link]
Friday, March 17th
sex
music: nothing mood: soooooooooooo frustrated
i have once again discovered i cannot live without it. only trouble now is that there really is no one who can help me out. there used to be a couple of people available for this (*ahem*), but they no longer really appear to be an option.
all that remains is, i guess, to hold my breath till i move out of this place, since i honestly don't plan on going out to meet new people. i'm not fond of this city, nor do i care to mingle with the boring people that one usually finds out and about.
blah.
Posted by
Dina on 03.17.06 @ 01:00 AM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, March 15th
let's see...
music: nonsense on tv mood: tired
yesterday, i went over to martha's place of employment and took care of some stuff with her... then we headed uptown - each of us to our own destination. i ended up getting to school really early, so i headed over to see one of my professors for an upcoming project. once that was done, i headed over to the other building, where my monday class is supposed to take place. since i was early, i sat down in the hallway and did some reading. at one point, the professor who's class i was waiting for, showed up (early too) and told me that she was cancelling class. oh dear... so i packed up my shite and headed over to queens to hang out with magal. since he was still at work, i hopped over to the mall to meet him and he walked me back to his apartment, before heading back to work. i sat there for a while and managed to finish a paper that i will be handing in tomorrow (today?). then he got back and we proceeded with the good times. some people are really just good friends... i do love this boy =) today, i managed to get up at a normal hour and head home. but not before stopping off at times square in order to purchase a couple of CD folders. i have to start getting my shit in order for end of summer purposses. yay! folders purchased, i headed home and began on my mission. didn't manage to get even half way through and it was time to head back out to class. when i got to the subway station, i realized that i lost my new monthly metrocard!! but no worries, since i bought it with my credit card, i should be able to get my money back. we'll see how that goes. once that was done, i headed back home to continue my CD/DVD organization. as it turns out, even though i bought three CD folders today, it's still not enough if i want my CDs to fit in there with their inserts.
*sigh*
been up for hours, trying to finish what ever i could of that, and do some other things that i set out to do today. though i definitely did not finish, i managed to make a list of the VCR movies that i'm going to be selling and update my netflix list accordingly - two things that were on my to-do list.
think i should go to sleep? i guess i probably should since i plan on getting up early to finish the rest of the list i didn't manage to get to today.
Posted by
Dina on 03.15.06 @ 04:25 AM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, March 12th
day dreaming
music: freezepop - freezepop forever mood: heh
when i do actually go out dancing in this city, i close my eyes as i dance and pretend i'm in tel aviv... only difference is that in any given situation in tel aviv, i would be throwing my hair around to one form of metal or another.
Posted by
Dina on 03.12.06 @ 09:02 PM EEST :: [link]
...
music: nothing mood: waking up
24 weeks...
Posted by
Dina on 03.12.06 @ 04:09 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, March 11th
not working has its benifits =D
music: nonsense on tv mood: exhausted
flesh on thursday was a good time. it was at a kick ass bar i'd never been to before, the music was good and it was generally just a very chill environment. i witnessed my first flesh pull (for some reason adam thought he'd ask me if i'd like to try... and i though he knew me =P), and got to meet a few people i've actually known online for a while. good times.
after taking my time getting up on friday, i managed to do some of my homework and then headed out to meet martha for a visit to the MET. i haven't been there in a while and it was nice walking through the egyptian exhibit with someone who knows almost all of the art without having to read the text. hehe. at some point we stopped on the museum balcony for drinks and food. we had a good time chatting it up and getting drunk in beautiful surroundings. food and beverages having been consumed, we continued on our tour. once we decided that we were too tired to keep on walking, we headed on down to korova for a couple more drinks and just to see who was around. martha had to leave cuz she was suppoed to be up early this morning, so for some reason, i thought it was a good idea to go to 'church' at avalon. i had to pay at the door, so i made sure i got a free drink to make up for it. needless to say, i was bored out of my mind. the only saving grace were a few friends of mine whom i have not seen in a while. catching up with people is usually nice =)
today, had to head over to unimax again cuz i needed smaller beads for the circular barbell that rob gave me on thursday. the ones that came on the jewelry made it look as though i just had some huge piece of metal stuck in the middle of my face. smaller beads purchased, i walked up broadway to the union square area, where i thought i'd be able to get the text book i needed... but the barns and nobles text book store didn't have it. that's when i headed uptown to the hunter college area to get it. once that was done, i met up with alison for some food and to hang out. a few hours later, it was time to head back home. there is more homework to be done and i'm exhausted from all the walking. heh.
i am very proud to say that on both of the nights mentioned, i did not take a cab home. i managed to get all the way home via subway. while it can be a pain in the ass, it does save money and the walking to and from the subway part is also always nice for a little bit of exercise.
Posted by
Dina on 03.11.06 @ 08:38 PM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, March 9th
oy
music: sci-fi channel mood: i should probably go to sleep
i can't believe i've stayed up this late futzing around with myspace. it's not like i did anything too exciting with my profile... i guess it was the fact that the formatting options totally make no sense and i was trying to figure something specific out.
can we say dork?
Posted by
Dina on 03.09.06 @ 03:54 AM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, March 8th
this and that
music: fox 5 new (lol) mood: will be better when i know what's up
you know what i can't stand? those people on the subway that just don't seem to be aware of their own size! you know the ones i'm talking about... the ones who decided that sitting between you and some other comfortably seated individual, even though they're HUGE, is a good idea. i mean seriously, don't they know they're fat? don't they know that if they sit in that un-huge spot, they're going to squish both themselves and the people sitting on either side? fucking lose some weight people, before you decided your ass isn't as wide as the subway doors!
on a much happier note, let it be said that i absolutely love my friend magal! i've been hanging out with him a lot since i finally came to my senses in regards to my former job. last night we watched the witch's sabbath and i thought it was one of the funniest movies ever! i doubt it was intended to be funny, but i was completely fucked up and really bad acting with overdone gore just happens to make me laugh.
other than that, i'm trying to keep up with my school work and such. i still gotta see how the whole work thing is going to pan out. and i'm going to this tomorrow. i can't say that i'd be attending any of it, if it weren't for a very specific few people. heh. at least i'll have some cool pix by the end of the night =)
Posted by
Dina on 03.08.06 @ 11:12 PM EEST :: [link]
Tuesday, March 7th
school
music: school noises mood: trying to be patient
last night i found out that one of my classes (hebrew lit) is going to be done MUCH sooner than i thought. see, it's the kind of class in which the students meet with the professor privately every once in a while, and the professor assignes everyone their work. originally, the work for this class was going to consist of two short stories and their critiuqe's on which we were to write a summary and our own critiuqe. this too was not too bad, but the professor has decided that once we are done with the first paper - that's it. now i know that most of the students haven't even started working on this since i take other classes with them. however, i had no idea that the professor had decided on this and am actually almost done with this paper/project. so... in a week or so (or whenever i get around to it =P), i will be handing my paper and will be able to focus on the four remaining classes. those aren't as bad as i thought they would be, either. i really lucked out this semester. and what's more, is that i can feel the end. i can almost taste it. i still have a crap-load of non school related shite to take care of before 'the end' but i guess (a little under) six months is plenty of time.
now, i just have to find a new source of income and i'm set =D
is it august yet? heh.
Posted by
Dina on 03.07.06 @ 04:40 PM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, March 5th
time
music: TV crap mood: ok
25 weeks. yes, i'm still counting.
Posted by
Dina on 03.05.06 @ 02:43 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, March 4th
dorkage
music: hanzel und gretyl - mein kommandant mood: waking up
hi. my name is dina and i'm an incurable dork. i communicate with my roommate via AIM. LOL.
Posted by
Dina on 03.04.06 @ 05:14 PM EEST :: [link]