elizabeth star

Today while riding on the train to work, I was sandwiched in between two people blaring their I-Pod's. One was blasting some sort of gangsta rap, and the other some sort of britney spears nonsense. I'm sorry, but it completely irks me when I can hear someone elses i-pod, portable cd player, walkman, mp3 player the size of a pin head. I do not want to listen to your gangsta rap and/or britney spears trash while I'm trying to take a nap or read a book on my way to work. The purpose of portable music is to listen to it yourself, not share it with everyone else on the train or bus. Please do me and your eardrums a favor and be concious of how LOUD your music plays. If I can hear it from a foot away, chances are your eardrums are begging for mercy.

Thank you!

My old manager, back when I used to work at the pharmacy, told me that I was child-like, not childish. I think that's one of the best compliments I've ever received, and I think about it from time to time. I was 16 at the time and loved wearing purple lipstick, cutesy clips in my hair and wore bags that were shaped like animals, yet I wasn't very immature at all. (well maybe sometimes hehe)

I reflect on this because not much has changed 5 years later. Ok, I traded in purple lipstick for clear lip gloss and animal 'shaped' bags for animal print bags ;-) I've gotten older, matured, but never lost that child-like quality that my old manager brought to my attention many moons ago. And I can never see myself NOT being this way. I think I'll always have an appreciation for anything bright, happy and cute and I'll always take extreme pleasure in collecting toys and watching cartoons, haha.

Maybe the only thing that will change will be when I have children, and its time to buy them toys and trinkets, not myself. (although I'll secretly pick out what I like so I can play when they're not looking, mwhaha!) Or maybe this child-like quality will make me a special mom one day... or possibly a really lame, embarrasing mom who has more toys then her children haha..

All I know is I could never trade what I love in for a more 'refined' way of life. I'll never trade in cute t-shirts for "business-attire", my walls will always be full of wonderful color (the color beige does not register in my brain), and I'll never forget how to be silly... because life is too short to be 'grown-up' all the time. I'll leave my maturity to deal with my finances. ;-)

These are my recent lovely purchases from one of my favorite stores, Giant Robot.

I found this adorable unique elephant lamp to add to my collection of all things cute and elephant related. I am truly in love.

The new job is going really well. Working around art supplies all day is really inspiring to be creative, plus I get to learn about all the different products. My co-workers are really cool too, much less dramatic then from my office experience. The atmosphere is really relaxed and I dig it. Working in the city is a whole new experience for me and its "broadening my horizons" if you would say. I love exploring all the nooks and crannies of Manhattan, and working here pushes me even further to explore...so yippee! Anyhoo...

Valentine's Day was a delightful surprise. My boyfriend slept over the night before because he had work the next morning and his job is a few blocks away from my house. Waking up a little extra early to go and watch him sleep (and poke him, of course) was all I needed for a happy love day. Mornin' cuddlin' while the sun rises is a perfect expression of how much you love a person if you ask me. I spent the day tidying up my room and making him a card and "love coupons" while he was at work. I received a package in the mail, which was a delicious chocolate heart from Godiva. (He spoils me!) Later, he met me back at my house and asked me if I was ready to leave. I had no idea we were going anywhere, he never mentioned a word about any plans for the day, so I was completely clueless. We hopped on the train and he led me to central park where we took a horse and carriage ride :0) I've never done it before and have always wanted to so it was such a special treat. He completely surprised me all day. We got something to eat and headed home a few hours later. When I got home there was a beautiful vase of flowers on the kitchen table addressed to me. It was so sweet. He had said to me that everything had went totally wrong the entire day, nothing worked out as he planned. Meanwhile, the day was a fairytale to me hah I was content with just watching him wake up.

Tulips are one of my favorite flowers!

I'm not sure what I want to do with this blog yet. We'll see. Anyhoo, I quit my job a couple of weeks ago. I worked there for 2 years, it was an office type job full of copying and filing and all that "fun" stuff. I had my own desk with an assortment of figurines and Pez dispensers comfortably lining the edges. The work was so mindless. After 2 years, I couldn't take it anymore... I craved using my brain and I was tired of working with only women. So I'm starting a new job tomorrow at an art supplies store. I'm not nervous, but I'm not excited either. I mean, I love art and I've always liked working in retail because you get to interact with different customers everday and stuff. I guess it's just weird because I've never worked in the city before and starting something new is always a little hard. This year seems to be full of changes which are taking me by surprise. I guess I just have to adjust :-P