every place is within walking distance if you have the time...

someone i know once said that...

i disagreed with him... i couldn't exactly walk to china, could i?

but i have done a lot of walking this week... i think it's good for my soul... i've never really loved it before, but there's something about a walk and good conversation... or a walk and a good playlist... definitely takes it way better...

today's favorite: motownphilly.

monday, it was great conversation...

and wednesday, fun times walking at the gym... watching people, and laughing with a friend...

mile count for the week: somewhere around 14, maybe?

not bad at all.

and that's all for now.

#500...

really?

it seems like just yesterday when this thing got started... only it was 5 years ago... and i feel like i should be well over 500 entries... (especially since #400 was in 2006!)

such is life.

i don't have much to report... i let rain keep me from seeing toneloc, bobby brown, and fireworks tonight... i should feel really sad... but it's been a good weekend... and i'm excited about having one more day off!!! it's like special treasure!

bitter about love, party of 1

sometimes i don't realize how bitter about love i've been over the years...

it's only when i start telling stories about my apathetic or negative reactions to the nice things guys have done for me in the past that i start to realize it...

i mostly laugh as girls look at me in horror after hearing the stories and utter things like... "you said that?"

oh yes, absolutely i did... and i'd say it again...

i'm a jerk... and it's going to take more than a girly-guy to win my affection...

he needs to stand up for himself and be a man... i mean, doesn't the song say, "are you strong enough to be my man?"

because, frankly, from where i stand today, most men need to take lessons from harry and david...

p.s. i love

fridays.

thank you taco

at some point in my past, the term "thank you taco" was said or heard or read... for the last several months (if not longer), i've tried to remember where i heard or read the phrase, who might have been in a conversation involving a "thank you taco" with me... and i cannot figure out what it has to do with anything... today, i thought about it again... i don't know if it was brought up in conversation with friends or on a tv show (it almost sounds gilmore-ish), but with all my searching on imdb and google searches, i find nothing...

in my head, it's a thing... like a++ pie - which is clearly a pie you make for someone when they do really well on a test... we made it for bethany when she passed her boards... a peach pie with an A and a + and a + rolled from dough and baked on the top...

that makes sense... but a thank you taco? not a clue.

i've even started thinking that i might say it... to throw it into conversation... but i'm not sure of the correct usage AND i have a terrible fear that i will say it incorrectly in front of someone who knows what a thank you taco is...

and now i'm just afraid it was all a dream... is there really such a thing as "thank you taco"?

"thank you taco" is the very first thing i would look up if i had a google search application for my brain... can someone please invent that? "google memory" or something like that. come on... i just need to find someone who is good at science and stuff. (you're welcome, amy... and maybe potential others for that last phrase)

*****

at two different points during the day today at work, people introduced themselves to me... i have worked here for a year... i have been in a meeting with one of the men and was at a wedding shower with the other... and i pass them in the hallways a good bit... i know that there are hundreds of people who work here, but it seems strange that it happened twice today.

i'm guessing that the absence of glasses and the presence of pigtails leave me absolutely unrecognizable...

it's strange.

and yes, i did say pigtails... at work... my day job...

they're not obnoxious pigtails...

i probably should try to grow up before i turn 30... but to me, that almost means i should embrace my inner-child for the next 8 months or so...

i guess if i need to hide, i should opt for the subtle pigtails... and leave the glasses at home... maybe sport my obnoxiously large white sunglasses, too, while i'm at it.

*****

i've had a great thursday...
espresso shot count (since sunday): 25

maybe that explains it...

but i have a feeling it's something else (which will stay a secret)...

until then, bring on the morning espresso (i love a quini venti americano!).

a few times i've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that...

don't deny it. that song is catchy...

i heard it the other day and thought about how old it was... and that made me a little sad... kind of like a teenager thinking that new kids on the block should be on the oldies station... when did that happen?

again, i don't have any one thing to write about... and i could easily write a lot about the following subjects... in fact, i bet i could present a stellar essay on "hollaback girl" if i had the time... nevertheless, tonight, i will settle for bullet points of the things that i will lay out there for discussion. (actually, i can't get bullets to show up, so i'm numbering the list instead... ugh.)

1. i have joined a society of sorts... we're called the "old lady club" and even though we haven't actually had our first outing, i'm sure it will be my favorite club ever... sort of the like the red hat ladies (who also wear purple, which i don't fully understand), but way younger... well, younger. this group of girls already bring a great deal of joy to my life... so regular outings will be a good thing.

2. i have heard the word swagger a good bit lately... and frankly, it cracks me up... it makes me think of this grey's anatomy with george and this old lady... but i'm not sure if "swagger" was the word she used... it's a funny word. and i always think it way more playful than the definition implies... i like it when people have a bit of a swagger.

3. i want to start writing a "single girl" memoir... i mostly just like the word memoir... but i really like telling my stories, and i think i want to start writing some of them down - whether it's in a blog form or something else... like stories about my dates... kind of like a love story that has no ending... an open-ended love story... i like that... only right now, it would kind of be a sad read, i think... :) i recently read this love story at thepioneerwoman.com - and it cracked me up... and it made me want to write some of my stories... i mean, who would believe the story about me going on a date with an ex-convict to look at christmas lights... (which doesn't even begin to tell HOW GOOD the story really is...) i've also been inspired by a friend of a friend who writes great dating stories... i mean, who couldn't use a good laugh at the expense of my hilarious dating history!

4. i would like to eat a good steak soon... it's been far too long.

5. i'm going to the beach (florida) this summer. i'm very excited about it.

6. i miss some friends who i haven't seen in a long time... why does life have to be so busy?

and that's it for today... off to work #2!