blakspring

Before I leave work each day, I give the library a once over - put books away, gather left-behind memory sticks to sell on ebay, and clear off the tables.  I tend to look over any loose leaf paper left behind, hoping to read something interesting, some juicy gossip.  Unfortunately, I think the young’uns these [...]

…Giddy.  Yeah, with a capital G.  It started yesterday when I got my haircut and it’s like some weight dropped off me like the hair dropping on the floor.  I had so much energy that I zoomed around Manhattan running errands, including finally getting tickets to see Tricky at Irving Plaza next Sunday.  I was so [...]

Yesterday I saw an amazing musical performance by an ensemble called Alash.  They are from the Tuva Republic, which politically is part of Russia but geographically is in the heart of Asia, sitting right on top of Mongolia.  The Tuvans are related to Mongolians but are a Turkic people.  Their music uses traditional Tuvan instruments [...]

I used to pride myself on never getting sick.  Now I can’t seem to be within a three-mile radius of a sneeze without getting infected with a nasty virus.  My last bout, which lasted about ten days, ended a mere six weeks ago.  I was expecting to coast until at least November but here I [...]

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this but I am absolutely obsessed with Battlestar Galactica.  D had gotten into it first and really tried to sell me on it.  I had been very resistant to watch, thinking it would be some hokey Star Trek kinda crap.  I eventually gave in and agreed to watch a [...]

I still haven’t come to terms with the fact that in September I will start a new school year without some of my closest friends.  Of course I am very relieved that I still have my job but the reason that I love my job so much is because of these awesome people.  I feel [...]

I was hoping to never write this post but the shiznit is going down in my school.  It was unavoidable given the layoffs and downsizing of everything not affiliated with celebrities, and now it hit my little corner of the world.  Today some faculty members got letters asking them to a meeting tomorrow, and we [...]

I seem to have a developed a love-hate relationship with Bikram yoga.  Actually, it’s more like a like-hate relationship because love is too strong a word.  Perhaps it’s too early for me to make that assessment because I’ve only been twice, once in January and once yesterday (with my koi fish mat).  The class is [...]

I’m in a good mood so I figure I should run with it.  Besides the slightly warmer weather and longer evenings, I’m also loving:
bubble tea, especially black sesame and taro flavors

these cute key covers

this koi fish yoga mat that I’ll finally use when my roommate takes me to Bikram Yoga

this t-shirt from David And Goliath [...]

It’s hard to believe that after enough snowfall on Monday for my school to actually be closed, the weekend felt like spring.  The snow, or rather the black sludge that the snow had turned into, was almost all gone by Friday and I was soooo ready for the weekend.  It wasn’t like I had a [...]