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On a day when everybody writes about St Patrick’s Day and the mighty parad, I will not, for the simple reason that I didn’t see it. I didn’t take part of anything about today. Sadly I won’t be able to go out tonight and paint the town red (or should I say green?), but I’ll sure think about those who do. The rest of us just have to stay home and be responsible…

Oh, look at what I found yesterday. Read this and laugh! 

If you’re feeling down about the economy, maybe you’ll find some comfort in the latest story about cutbacks being made…at the members-only SoHo House. The House has put up a sign reading: “Anyone found in pairs in the toilet will be asked to leave the club immediately and their membership will be suspended.” The sign has caused quite a stir amongst the well-heeled on a Facebook page that’s since been taken down, and Guest of a Guest theorizes the bathrooms were not just being crowded with coke buddies, but fornicators, too, “Drug use has always been a common concern for bathroom attendants at our city’s hot spots…but apparently, sex is the new cocaine. It makes sense too…sex is a lot cheaper, and even the young, rich, and famous need to save up their pennies.” Members, don’t fear, there’s a loophole with this sign which makes threesomes totally acceptable.

That’s all folks! See you tomorrow! Sleep tight!

Okay, now I’m willing to say that spring is finally here. We have some steady 50+ degrees everyday and I’m starting to see tiny flowers growing in the park. I remember last year, by this time spring was up and about, and the city was starting to really blossom. I went to Florida for 10 days and when I came back, the change was amazing. The city had gone all spring. So that’s what I hoping for again this year. Although it’s not decided where I’m going yet but I know I’m going somewhere, and when I come back spring better be here for real, with flowers, warming sunshine, and happy people. I think my way of getting through the dark, depressing winter is knowing that spring is upon us and soon it won’t be long until you really feel the warm hugs from the sun. Oh, I just can’t wait any longer!

Also to let you know, as a celebration of spring finally being here, I’m staring my new life. I’ve always been a healthy person and excercise multiple times a week, so thiw new change is not like that. Mine is internal and mental. I need to start thinking more poivitvely about things and like myself for who I am. I’ll be nice to myself, I’ll take care of the inside me, and I’ll listen more to what my body has to say. And that is my promise to me! 

 I’ve always found it a little bit strange when people say that they are addicted to their phone. I’ve never understood that entire obsession with a tecnical gadget. MAybe that’s just because I tend not to understand them, but that’s just me. I do have to say now, though, that I’ve become more and more attached to my iphone lately. I think that’s because I’ve started pimpin’ it more. What that really means is that I’ve added some more features and applications to make my life a little easier (as if it wasn’t easy enough).I’ve added two recepie applications, one for food and one for drinks. I haven’t used the drink application yet, but the food one is really good. I just choose food category/dish type (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert), then ingredients (fish, meat, fruit, veggies, grains, cheese, pasta), and then I can choose cooking time, and with this, my iphone will give me a whole bunch of recepies for me to choose from. Quick and easy!

Some other applications include Google Earth, a translator, USA Today, Sudoku, a workout program, public radio, a check helper (I never know how much to tip), and a mulitconverter for all those different units and measurments that are different where I come from.

To be honest, these tiny, somewhat insignificant details have really helped make my life a little easier, so I don’t see what’s wrong with adding a couple of more just for fun (maybe facebook and style.com). But don’t wory, I won’t get too attached to it. After all, it’s just a gadget!      

Woke up feeling weird. There was a strange feeling of not sleeping enough in my body even though my alarmclock was showing 8 hours of sleep. Usually, I always get by on 8 hours, that’s about the amout of time I need for a good night’s sleep. But today felt weird…. then I remember that today is DST= daylight savings time, which means that we set our clocks forward 1 hour to get lighter days, to catch the sun.

I see why we do this, it’s just that we, now, loose one hour. And for a person who already thinks that there should be more hours in a day, this is not ideal. But again, I see why we do this, and I do appreciate the days getting lighter and sunnier.

In Sweden we have very easy names for this: summertime and wintertime. Easy to remember, huh? And an easy way to remember to set your clock forward is to think about pattiofurniture; in the summertime you want to set them out (take them forward) and in the wintertime you want to take them in (take them back)… just lika our clocks!   

Boy oh boy did I get a chock this mornig when I woke up. Snow storm a la crazy. Totally not what I was expected. I knew it was going to snow during the night but I wasn’t at all prepared for it to still be here today. I was so pepped for a new week and wanted it to start off well, but that didn’t happen. I was even hesitant to leave my bed and get up. Me! who is the morning person #1. That’s weather depression for you!

But I got up, had breakfast and got ready for my day. By that time I felt fine again. That is until I stepped outside. The snow was flying around like madness and it was cold as hell. I did manageto walk half way to school before my umbrella broke and I got into a cab. Not exactly what I was hoping for or planning for, but at least the crazy snow weather is over for this time. Let’s just hope it was the very last one for this winter. No more snow, please!

I have a tough week ahead of me in school so I apologize in advance if my blogging is going to feel that. I’ll try my best not to let it interfere, but I can’t make any promises. Please stick me with for a couple fo days

Another week has gone by. A shortand fast one it feels like. I don’t know if it’s just me but I think the past couple of weeks have gone by so fast. It feels like I’ve gotten nothing done. Time simply flies by leaving me standing her. I don’t follow the fast paste and it’s frustrating. It feels like I don’t have time for anything anymore. I know that’s not the case, but where does the weeks go?

Even though my plans for the day didn’t involve snow, I was kind of happy about it since it gave me much needed time at home to work on my school projects. I’m the kind of person who just can’t be inside if the weather is nice. And I love sunny, beautiful weather. Today, however, it felt kind of good to have a lidgit reason to stay in. It looked really cold and unpleasant anyway. I do wish for better weather soon since I’m a weather person. Maybe I’ll get more from my days if I’m happily sunshiny

I’m totally a weather person. You know, a person whos mood and feelings are affected by the weather and the winds. But I wouldn’t say it’s as easy as sun equals happiness and cold equals sadness. It’s more about it being a beautiful day, and a snowy, cold day can be as wonderful as a perfectly sunny one. Maybe it depends on the mood I wake up with, to begin with. What I do know is that the gray, mellow weather between rain and fog is the worst kind of weather. That always gets me in a terrible mood.

Why am I bringing up this weather talk? Well, just because we’ve had a couple of wonderful spring-days recently. Look at yesterday for example. Sunny, 55 degrees and warm. What more can one ask for when winter is coming to an end, and all we want is to see the sun and feel it on our skin. I was walking around the city yesterday, just enjoying the wonderful day and tried to let it sink in. Because as nice as it was, I feel pretty sure that spring is not quite here yet. Unfortunately. I just feel that we are going to get some more snow or something just to set us off before spring really gets here. I, and a lot of people with me, just wish that would happen soon.

Today is a nice day though so I’ll go out for a long walk just to enjoy it while it lasts. And we’ll go to Brooklyn later today to walk the homeless dogs. I stongly encourage those of you who can to do it as well!

One thing I really like about this city is the fact that there are so many policeofficers and firemen. I mean, there are probably more firemen in New York than any other city in this country. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a very good thing, I’m just not use to it(still). There obvisously have to be that many because of the high number of people living here, but also because all the buldings are pretty old and are placed very close to each other. Everytime the is a fire (or what they think is a fire) they really go over the top with sending out cars and back up.

Walking home today, I saw the biggest madness I’ve seen in this city. I was walking down 3rd Avenue and saw all these cop cars, firetrucks, and ambulances lined up along 3rd. And it kept going for a couple of blocks. I soon realized that the fire was on 33 street but that they wanted to secure 2 blocks in every direction around the building where the fire initially started.  I was almost shocked seeing that big of a “rescue” team for that small fire. I understood why they did it, it just looked funny.

Everyone who knows me knows that I have the biggest crush on firemen so imagine me standing there on the street surrounded by about 50 firemen. For a second there, I was in heaven… at least I remembered why they were there. I just hope no one was hurt.

When I blog, I don’t see Unique they way that you guys do. I see it more from behind the scenes. I do, however, go to Unique just to see what you see and if there are any modifications that I can make. I don’t know if you noticed but a while ago I changed the picture on top. I really like this one.

Anyway, what I was saying was that when I went on Unique the other day, I saw this ad for models, actors, and movie extras at this place called Talenthunter. So I clicked my way to this place and it seemed like a legit business that really did what they said they would do, so I actually signed up! Can you believe that?! Me, who has never acted before (but who always wanted to). SO now, I’ll just have to wait and see what happens. If I’m lucky, I’ll get a casting for something soon. Isn’t that very exciting?! You could be reading the blog of a future movie star. Superstardom, here I come!

I know for sure that I am one of millions of blogers around the world to write about the academy awards today. But I don’t care, it was just that good. I’ve always thought of the Oscars as an uptight and fancy occation, and it still was, it’s just that this year everybody seemed at little more relaxed. If felt like there were more room for improvs, comedy, and show numbers by the incredible Hugh Jackman. Man, can that guy dance. I was really impresed.

I’m not going to go on and on about the amazingly beautiful gowns or who won the awards, because that is actually something that everyone will read on their own anyway, but I will focus on the fact that I really had a good time watching the gala. As I said, it felt relaxed, it was funnier than ever, and there were some great speaches. And I agreed with almost all the winners, especially Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in the movie Milk. And Slumdog Millionaire wiped out the awards completely, but that was just fun because they all seemed truly happy.

I’l probably spend the entire day looking at pics and clips even though we saw the whole thing. Let me tell you, it was just that good. And I was in good company with good friends and good food, so the entire evening was the best in a long time. Looking forward to next year!