jaysaint Getting it all down on paper…

Wine is here. Wine is good.

Sometimes I just need a glass of wine, or two.

50 Things About Me:
1. I am double jointed in all of my fingers after a tragic tv tag incident when I was a kid.
2. I’ve been dying my hair so long that I’m not really sure what color it is. I do know my eyebrows were always darker than my hair. It used to be dark blonde.
3. I’ve had a name picked out for my theoretical daughter for about ten years.
4. If I’m standing up when I close my eyes, I get dizzy.
5. My roommate and one of my best friends died within three months of each other when I was in college.
6. I won the 7th grade science award, and it was a total shock to me.
7. I am friends with almost all of my ex-boyfriends.
8. I can act like I’m not ticklish, even though I am.
9. When I was little I cried when we sold our dining room table because I felt we were being disloyal.
10. My hair grows really really fast.
11. I can’t tolerate even 1% wool against my skin.
12. I have exercise-induced asthma.
13. I love to ride on trains.
14. I stopped eating meat when I was 18.
15. I have the tiniest nostrils of anyone I know.
16. I’m an only child
17. I can sleep anywhere.
18. I hate cars and driving.
19. I’ve been telling people my cat is 13 for a few years now. I realized today that she’s 15.
20. I can speak pig latin as fast as I can speak English.
21. I make many amazing pasta dishes.
22. My grandparents were named Casimiro and Carmela Cianciolo and they changed their names to Charles and Millie St. Charles.
23. I look pretty good in hats.
24. I’m very sensitive to loud noises and cold.
25. My favorite book is “Winter’s Tale” by Mark Helperin
26. When I was a kid I believed I would meet Aslan.
27. I still sort of believe I’ll meet Aslan.
28. I can give a cat a shot.
29. I want to believe more than I do believe.
30. I think candid photos are better than posed ones.
31. I’m nosy.
32. I don’t take drugs, although I have done pot and might do it again some day.
33. My left knee hurts sometimes.
34. I have crushes on Tony Blair, Owen Wilson and Steve Irwin.
35. I can’t bake.
36. I can watch people get killed in movies, but not animals.
37. I can’t tolerate liars.
38. I’m terrified of roaches.
39. I always want another candle.
40. We moved almost every year when I was a kid.
41. I have two god-daughters.
42. I’m divorced.
43. I will like you better if you think I’m funny, even though I don’t.
44. I fear death and don’t like to talk about it.
45. If I had one superpower, I would want mind control.
46. My left eye is bigger than my right eye.
47. When I was a kid I was so distant and constantly daydreaming that they tested my hearing, only to discover that it was fine. I just wasn’t listening to anything anyone said.
48. I think it’s ridiculous that gay people can’t be married. I can’t believe we’re even arguing about it.
49. I hate it when people assume they know my political position.
50. I think it’s sexy when my boyfriend makes out with other guys on stage.

Yesterday on the train I was reading an article about posture. To test your stance, you’re supposed to stand with your back to a wall, heels and head touching the wall. Place on hand on the small of your back, place the other hand on the back of your neck. Now move your hands backward until they touch the wall. If your hand travels more than an inch, your posture needs work.

My neck came out fine, but it felt like there was about a mile of space between my lower back and the wall. This is no surprise to me because I’ve always been swaybacked. So I looked at the article to see which exercises to do to improve that. That was the clincher, because there was one I couldn’t even do the minimum beginner version. You lay down on your side and prop yourself up on just your forearm and one foot — it’s called ‘the plank.’ Forget it, I just kept falling over. Weak weak weak.

I guess that means I should keep trying to do them until I start looking a little bit less like an old donkey.

The contract for the apartment is now in the seller’s attorney’s hands. Sending him the most powerful “sign… sign… sign…” vibes I can.

Just pull the freakin’ trigger already!

Things I will not miss about communting back and forth between DC and New York:
— Getting up at 5:30 in the morning to catch my train
— Starting a project and realizing I’ve left something I wanted in DC
— Lurking around the offices at the Time Inc. building trying to find a place to crash for the day
— Pulling a rollie suitcase behind me everywhere I go

Things I will miss about commuting back and forth between DC and New York:
— trying out differnt fun hotels in Manhattan
— per diems = shrimp cocktail
— no one really knowing where I am or where I’m supposed to be
— room service!
— room service! (I love it so much, I had to say it twice. I love it so much I’ve started taking pictures of my dinners before I eat them.)