salut, je suis victoria

soooooo siked for our trip! i am outta work in 15 mins so filling the time with this thang. we leave my place @ 530 for EWR so a few more hours to finish all preparations and ceremonies.

i havent been this excited for a vacay since Cairo (so, for at least three months)!! lol. this trip is gon be EPIC. So epic u gotta add a K. EPICK.

ideally i shall return with:

• a deep and even sun tan
• melodious memories
• new frens
• new musical loves
• gauloises and french deodorant for frens
• improved français
• pix
• the joy of inner peace

Here’s hopin!!!

beachin it for the next weeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

ok. bye.

• grizzly bear was amazing live - unbelievable how Edward Droste’s voice delivers on the recorded album’s promise. dude can sing, unlike other dude from band of horses, who failed to live up to disc-touted potential
• band of horses, not so much fun. dunno why a brooklyn show would have them as headliners over local favs GB. all i knows is that the BoH set was a meek nerdfest in comparison to the frenzied throng for GB
• leaving two - three songs early was a bang idea, monotony had set in and we were able to hit the ice cream truck pre crowd, although we did see dozens of others streaming out alongside us. guess BoH isn’t the type of set you see through to the end
• sea is a bumpin locale for a bite even at 10pm on a sunday. dayum. wish i lived closer - jose and i had a delish multi course din for under $25 total. although i learned that toooo much ginja on da rice aint ma fav
• frens + music + summer sun + riverbank + summer sun set on riverbank = h a p p i n e s s h a p p e n i n g
• cats < dogs < grizzly bears

Good weekend so far! Spent yesterday in a blur of world cup action, shnugglin, n ridin bikes along the river up til 181st where the city is prettiest. Stopped at fairway and got yummy aged québécois cheddar an bagel chips. Ate em on the river park. Finished up with Tibetan sangria an delish Sherpa food at Tsampa on e 9th st! Fell asleep to a bad movie on the projector. Today is fresh homemade eggs on wheat, svu and then GRIZZLY BEAR on willyburg waterfront with some pals!!! yyeszzs weekend!

today is a good day. not a crazy busy day like yesterday, or monday, but nice and relaxed, just how i like it. i really like a day where i can plug in my earphones and jam out while crunching numbers or writing a report or doing something straight off with no distractions.

i’m feeling happy. things with my relationship are going well - we’ve decided to try to spend more time outside our apartment and try to develop more of our own individual friends and interests. I think we were both sort of feeling cramped in that we always did everything together and were finding it difficult to meet new people and make new friends.

in that spirit, i am going to brooklyn tonight to check out drink n draw, something i mentioned a few posts back. i am really excited! i think kaitlyn is going to come along tonight as well, so it won’t be as intimidating as it might otherwise be. Fully expecting to be totally blown away and humbled by the skillz - i fully admit my amateur status.

My lady is doing a lot too. she’s going to take a GRE class and start getting ready to apply for psy.d programs next year. i am so proud of her!

so much to be happy for even if the skies are grey right now. drink n draw tonight! hump day is half over! the riviera / arras / paris / london in 9 days! WHEEEEEEEEE

the mildly busy day has turned into a really, really looooong day. still in the office at 10:15. i’d forgotten how grueling the working life can be - it’s been ages since I was stuck at my desk this late. typically only happens once a quarter when I do my client reports for the office.

i need to go home and find / iron a good suit. totally forgot i have a client meeting tomorrow and need to be in the office at 830 am (as opposed to the usual 10 am) for a preparatory call. i’m meeting with the general counsel and deputy general counsel of a major insurance and private equity firm, ‘cause i’m VIP like that. i hope i have a clean button down available. also, i need a nicer work bag. you don’t show up to park ave with a longchamps tote.

ugh. stupid people with money making me try to look like i have money too. it’s expensive!

right now, people in manila are busily working up the edits to a document i sent over. globalization at work. i hope they hurry so i can PEACE ON OUT.

busy enough where you don’t feel the agonizing slow-crawl of the seconds of the day but laid-back enough where you can dream a lil’ on the side.

i want to try taking classes / attending model sessions meant for figure drawing. it’s a skill i’ve always wanted to further develop. thus far i’ve decided to check out:

http://www.3rdward.com/drink-n-draw/

Wednesdays, 8-10:30. a hike to brooklyn off the morgan L but hopefully worth it for the supposedly chill ‘artistic community’ vibe. hopefully i can convince a friend to come with so it’s only $10 per sesh instead of $15.

also:

http://www.springstudiosoho.com/schedule.html

This one has both model sessions and instructive courses. $15 per sesh as well but less if you book a bunch in advance. this seems like it would be an older crowd and a smaller more intimate setting, but it’s got sessions every day of the week and it seems like a super cheap way of getting some more hands-on instruction and feedback. no beer but oh well!

now back to the snoredom!