back at it

Been almost 2 weeks since I blogged last. ooops!...seems to be a regular thing. Blogging only every two weeks or sometimes longer!

My New York trip is almost here, a little more than a month away. I'm getting super excited..we're going on May 25th for 6 days/5 nights. So far, here is our list of things we will definitely see/do/eat:
1. Statue Of Liberty
2. Central Park
3. Grays Papaya
4. Katz Deli
5. Times Square
6. Chinatown
7. Brooklyn Bridge
8. World Trade Center Memorial
9. Bar scene in Greenwich
10. Empire State Building
11. FAO Schwartz
Been to some of these before, but I want to go back a second time. I hope the weather is perfect. To me perfect is 70s during the sunshine and 60s during the not sunshine time. light-Jacket weather. Last time I was there, it was August and we were there for a record breaking heat day of 104. The underground subways were disgustingly hot and walking around the city would have been more enjoyable if it had been 15-20 degrees cooler. So I think May is going to be perfect..I hope!

I've been really thinking about what I wrote a few weeks ago, about looking for a new job and a new career. I've pretty much decided I want to get out of the industry all together. I don't see myself as an agent anymore and I don't see myself as driven to be the career-woman anymore either. I think I want to enjoy life with a family. Not right now and not anytime soon--I'm not ready for children and all that comes with it just yet! But I know I don't want to slowly work my way up to become an agent, so it's pointless for me to stay here, working as an assistant and junior agent. I also never wanted to stay in LA forever, either. I've been here for almost 3 years. Justin and I are getting more serious...seriously into being with each other and making future plans, etc. It might seem odd because we've only been dating for 5 months, but I guess when you know, you just know. So......I just know. So here's his thing, short version. His current job is a contract position, which ends in July. Right now, there are more jobs available for him back East. It's a possibility he'll be relocating at the end of this contract. It's a possibility that I'll be going with him. Everything is just a possibility at this time, but we're talking about it almost everyday, trying to figure out what we want to do and what makes sense right now. For me, I know that I don't want to be in a long distance relationship. That is important. There are many other things that are important to me as well, but I'm going to keep those thoughts a secret for now. I don't have to share EVERYTHING in this blog, so that's it for this subject. As for a new career, I'm still thinking...

My cousin, Kristin and her husband, Russell were in town this past weekend for a convention that Russell went to in Ontario about a game, not a video game, but some worldwide war game, I can't remember the name of. We met for dinner last night in Santa Monica. We took a few pictures and I posted them on my flickr page. I tried to do some organizing in flickr, as well, but it's tough with the free account. You only get three albums with the free account. I should just pay whatever the amount is and upgrade myself to the pro-account. Maybe when I get my new camera. I'm still leaning towards the Nikon coolpix P2 or one of the canon powershots. Don't know when I'll get that yet either. Justin's camera works just fine, so I'm going to let him be cameraman in New York.

Upcoming things I'm looking forward to:
Ginger is visiting (April 21-24)
Season is celebrating her birthday (May 1st) with us at the wineries north of Santa Barbara (May 13)
Dad and Sandra are visiting California (May 19-22)
New York (May 25-30)
Quinn's party - bitersweet (June 3)
New Braunfels, family reunion (June 8-11)

That's about as far as my plans go right now. But that's a lot to look forward to, so I'm happy!

Oh, I've seen some movies recently, some of them worth mentioning. V for Vendetta was great. I especially liked V, who I just learned was played by Hugo Weaving. He delivered a speech as his introduction in the film, that I thought was exceptionally well written. I'm pasting it here, just for the heck of it..

Voilà ! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à -vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

I've also seen The Squid and the Whale, and it sucked! Don't rent it, don't bother. It's really just a boring movie..nothing interesting happens and the ending is terrible. I saw Brick just the other day, and it was alright. It's about a teenage boy who investigates the dissapearance and murder of his ex-girlfriend, while getting heavily involved in the crime surrounding her death. Not a bad movie, but not one I think everyone will like either. It will have it's targeted-appealing audience though. I think that's about it for movies. I have The Constant Gardener at home right now..probably watch that soon. And Prime and Good Night and Good Luck are on the way.
Well I better get back to work now. It's Monday, but it's like a Tuesday because I have this Friday, Good Friday off. yaya! :)