When you smile the whole world stops and stares for a while...

I'm listening to Boyce Ave version of that song which has been recently playing on the glee cast pandora station ( which im obsessed with i know for shame for shame) but it reminded me of you since you were so happy they did a dance to this version of it on sytycd. How are you? How is your face for I have not seen it in wayyy too long. If you are this busy now I hate to think of what will happen when the semester picks up more but either way once we get a set time down hopefully I can get to see you more consistently! yay.

Soo lets see on what I can update you on. I got upgraded to bronze level on the ballroom dance team so that was exciting. I dont think Im ready to compete at that level yet but I can join in on the bronze lessons during team practices so thats still exciting. This week is going to be super busy since the next week I have this cultural program thing my sister and I are doing a dance in on Saturday so thats all day Sat and then on sunday is RHA's leadership development day so Ill be busy with that from lik 6:30am (boo) so I reaaaallly should catch up on my work during the week so I wont die the week after. I also have a barcap dinner on wed this week at Stage Left (exciting! that place is super pricey so what better time to go then when I dont have to pay) but it means ill have to be late to ballroom club which I guess is fine since I know the basic steps they teach now anyways ( its so nice being a returner I actually helped a couple of nervous girls last week it was amazing). But thats pretty much it next week will be a blur and then maybe Ill have time to catch my breath but probably not. And with all this I actually though i would have time to join another club ( I breifly considered joining RU Toastmasters but it doesnt seem plausible now) ooh but I am taking a rec class for the first time Im taking bellydancing so looking forward to that too.

This entry came out a lot more positive then I intended so I guess thats good. What is happening in your life? How is your friend doing? ( i hope you know the one im referring to I forgot the name because im terrible like that) . Lets try to work out a time to see each other this week? I can come to you! But mornings usually work for me. If you want I can share my google calendar with you so you can find a time we are both free. let me know! Love you and miss you lots! <3

It's been a while...

It really has and for many of that time I didn't realize it was my turn to bowl (hah pun!) so here we are again. So the internship is officially over and it was very bittersweet leaving I must say which is a welcome change to both my other internships where I couldn't wait for them to be over and while I am looking forward to having these two weeks off I think I need to get used to not having work everyday as weird as that sounds. No wonder people never take vacation when they work.  But anyways as usual I've gotten overexicted when I have time off and made wayy too many plans for myself but I'm sure itll be fine/fun as long as I can stop being so lazy. How is your summer/internship(s) going? I can't believe its been a whole month since we've seen each other definitely one of the fastest months this year by far but then again we are already halfway through 2011 and I can hardly believe it.

And this whole RHA things is also kinda bleh because I keep finding things to do after the 22nd and being like oh wait..I have training.-_-. At least I'm not President then I would be reaaallly annoyed but either way the whole senioritis thing is already starting to kick in, meanwhile when I was in high school i was one of the few who never really got senioritis I worked hard in my APs till the end so maybe Ill only get it with RHA and not actually classes(well heres hoping anyways cant really afford to let my gpa tank senior year job or no job). Anyways why am I talking about such uninteresting things, cant wait to see you and the SYTYCD finale this Wed.! and also your new crib. Remember that show cribs? That was cool. Yeah. Ok then we can finish catching up when we see each other whoo!

Love/Miss you!

Catmandu

I know we often go months without posting in bowl, but it feels like it's been a while. I wish I was seeing you this week! But next week is pretty soon and it'll be so fun yay! I miss you!

Hopefully you aren't yet too disappointed by FlashForward. I never watched the last episode but I heard it was really good and thus frustrating since the show didn't get renewed. Bummer.

I didn't watch all of SYTYCD this week because of my STUPID DVR which cut out in the middle. I downloaded it but haven't gotten the chance to watch it yet. I mean I kinda got the chance but I really wanted to watch Battlestar Galactica before bed, not SYTYCD. I know who was voted off this week though and I'm getting a little peeved by this season. I'm sure we'll talk about it plenty next weekend.

JenEric's wedding was actually really fun. It turned out to not be too bad that I was the only one wearing a long dress (although Shaina was supposed to be also and walked in and said you're going to hate me but I'm not wearing long. so I said "I hate you" and walked out- which felt nice considering the serious influx of facebook messages from her leading up to the wedding.) But in any case a lot of people told my mom that I looked the nicest because I was wearing long and my hair was done nicely. Good Stuff. Also I knew about 90% of the people there between neighborhood, rutgers and eric's family- which led to some other stuff that I will tell you about when you are here (next week yay!)...

I can't wait to hear all about you work! Also I got a haircut and it looks nice and it's so light! I can put it in a ponytail with so little effort and it STAYS! I'm thrilled with it. Lucky for you (me) the cleaning ladies are coming this week so my prep work for them will preempt and eliminate the need for prep work for you. Also my toe is finally getting better. phew. Talk to SEE you soon!

Lorem Ipsum

Thats the title of default blog templates dunno why or what it means. I had actually written another entry on my iphone titled bubbly toes but it got deleted which was annoying. But in any case very sorry to hear about your toe that sounds quite awful and i hope it gets better very very soon! Toe problems are always annoying since you know you use your feet so much but Im sure it will get better soon. 

So Im watching this indian movie where the main charc goes back in time to like medival india and I must say it would be awesome to go back in time to that era because all the women seem to do( the royal ones anyways) is lay around all decked out in their womens quarters. Ok that was a sidetrack but anyways when your toe does get better do let me know and we will def schedule a dinner. Also July 8 is fast approaching (yay!) hopefully the weekend still works for you but I need to figure out logisitcs. What is your friday usually like? Because my two options are either coming to the city via the path or going back to harrison where my car is usually parked and then driving to queens. Id obviously rather go the public transport way but if driving ends up being easier then that is what I will do. I usually leave work around 5 on fridays so Ill plan according to that lemme know what you suggest.

So i started watching that show flashforward which you told me about a year and a half ago and I had on my laptop ever since then and its pretty good. Im about halfway through season 1 but i dont know whether its even still on air because its been a while since iv heard anything about it. But it brings me back to my heroes days so yea. Also the only show im actually keeping up with is sytycd and while I wasnt too heartbroken over anyone who went home (except Nick just because I thought he was really cute) I still dont think Ryan or Ricky are going to last very long. And I was surprised they decided to keep Ryan over Melissa ( well not like shocked just like oh weird)  because they kept saying she didnt do anything wrong.

So my last intern event was at this really upscale bowling alley in the city called lucky strikes and it was like a bowling alley/ bar/lounge and it reminded me of that place by your house thats an over 21 bowling alley. Ok so let me know about the 8th but enjoy your week otherwise! <3

Karma Karma Karma Chameleon

It's funny, because right before (or possibly a couple of days) it was on So You Think You Can Dance, I sang Ain't no Sunshine in a VYou response. So when I saw it on the show I was like WHAT. It was cool. But still, not a Ryan fan. I would've like her performance with a little more subtlety, but you already knew that because YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG. I officially put it in my bio section for VYou yesterday. Exciting.

So I was at internship number 2 yesterday, but I had to go run home to a podiatrist appointment. I don't know if I told you this, but my toe has a death wish. It's the second toe on my left foot. I stubbed probably two and a half three months ago, and I'm sure it hurt at the time, as such things do, but I guess it didn't really seem especially painful. Following that, there were some times that it hurt- not crazy, just noticeable. And it caused me to say "huh... my toes hurts... weird." At one point (since this was still at school) Tali suggested it might be an ingrown toenail. But it was pretty minor and I forgot about it. I remembered again when it starting hurting at home but then forgot again because we went to St. Louis.

A little while after that the pain got a tiny bit worse. Still not what I would call bad, but it went from barely noticeable ache, to recognizable pain I guess. So my mom made me go to the podiatrist. My regular one wasn't there, so I saw the other guy, who told me there was a small fracture, to which my reaction was "really? Huh... I can't believe there's actually something wrong with it." So I went on wrapping it in clingy stuff as instructed for about a week and a half. On the day of the Israeli Day Parade I walked a lot in sneakers, which the doctor had told me to wear (I spent the other days in sandals, obvs, but for the walking I thought doctors orders would probably a good idea).

The next morning I woke up at about 6:30 am in pain. Actual pain this time, which gave me a sneaking suspicion that it was not doing its part healing. I called the doctor and went in for an appointment that day. This time I got to see the right guy. He said there was (I'll bleep out the details for grossness reasons) ------ that was caused by walking in the sneakers and made my toe worse. He cleaned the ---------- and I bandaged and soaked the toe twice a day for a week.

The next week I came back and learned that the -------- was really cause by a -------- under the ----------. Part of the --------- came off and he took some off and said now it would heal. Then I went again last night. Did I mention I wait an hour every time I go? It was still not healing properly so he gave the toe Novocaine shots and took off the rest of the -----------. Now it's super gauzed and it hurts a lot when I walk/move it. Needless to say it's frustrating.

And that's why I couldn't do dinner. Don't think I can do Wed. either because I end at 3 and it might be ridiculous to stick around. But we'll see. Next monday, shock, I have another podiatrist appointment. However, after next week I think I'm going to switch my workdays so I'm in the city Monday and Tuesday and in NJ Wednesday and Thursday. I'll be in NB but maybe we can hang out on Wednesday nights anyway. Plus it'll be after THE WEDDING so I'll be able to breathe do stuff again. Hope to see you or maybe just gchat or skype soon!

<3 J

there's no sunshine when youre gone

so in case you hadnt guessed that was one of my favorite dances of last week. I dont know why maybe it was because of the song choice or because im a fan of lyrical hip hop in general but that one really stuck with me and iv already watched it a bunch of times. I do get what youre saying about her smile being of the wrong variety though. Also i forget his name (Nick maybe) but Ivetta's partner for the quickstep was so freaking adorable so i love him now. That is all.

Speaking of SYTYCD, I met my senior mentor in my internship for the first time on friday, hes like in a high position in another dept so it was hard setting up a meeting with him but when we finally met we ended up getting along great and I told him I was on the ballroom dancing team at Rutgers and we ended up talking about sytycd because his wife and kids make him watch that show. And then afterwards he told me I had a great personality. Just more proof that tv leads people to success.

Im really glad your internship is going well, mines pretty swell right now too cept my junior mentor ( whos pretty much the one teaching me my job)'s wife is going to have a baby soon so once that happen iono what ill do but heres hoping ill be pro at everything by then. And either way everyone else in my dept is helpful so im sure i can manage somehow but still scary. I wish Ninja Jenna was a show so I could catch up on your life on a weekly basis and all you would have to do is be the star of it. I suggest you start getting a team toghether to make that happen. I'll be watching out for the promos on tv.

The bad part about working though is that I seem to have a nonexistent social life, as the only people I see nowadays that i dont work with are my parents and Ela because she lives around the block. I keep trying to make things happen on friday which ends up being a horrible idea since when friday rolls around all I want to do is sleep. But I love the idea of meeting you for dinner on a Monday, I normally get out of work around 5:30ish, where is your office? I'm sure we could work something out as seeing you soon is a must! Let me know..
<3

Don't forget me when I'm gone

I'm so glad you like the blog! So follow it dude! I'm not in the mood for a long post since I just did a super long recap of sytycd (see ninjajenna)...

I started the other internship yesterday. It seems really fun. Great people I learned a lot in the two hours that I was there and I can't wait for more. Sadly I'm missing it today, but I'll be back on monday. Which reminds me. What time do you get home? I was thinking since I finish at like 5 on monday up by school, maybe I can come to you for dinner on the way home.  Thoughts?

Hope your work is going well! See you soon!

Well now its raining

I love love LOVE Ninja Jenna! And the title art looks awesome the little ninja jenna is so cute and its the J and yea its great really. I will definitely be reading this regularly. I especially enjoyed the entry on so you think you can dance. Side note I found out one of my coworkers also watches that show so its nice having something fun to talk about with someone at work. Meanwhile I really need to catch up I have yet to watch the Vegas week episodes because working everyday doesnt really leave too much time for tv and iv been trying to get to bed early so I have more energy throughout the day and that also takes away from reading and tv watching time.
So I was orginially supposed to go down to rutgers this weekend mainly last night but I had had a busy week os networking and just working in general and whatnot and plus my mom was being super anti letting me go so I just gave in and stayed home. So much for planning fun things.
Meanwhile I know we still have time but Im going to have to figure out how I'm going to get to your house the weekend I come due to this whole jersey city thing. But Im sure theres a way it shall be done and I will figure that out when the time comes. Also I realized that Iv never actually invited you to my house besides the time you came so please do know that if you would like to you are more than welcome. I know its hard to play a time with the shabbos thing especially since it ends late now that its summer, but again where theres a will theres a way haha.
Hope you are having fun with work and being ninja jenna!

It's slightly less hot than a southern swamp outside

Well thanks very much I figured it out myself... no I didn't

My online friend Jenn figured it out in a 1am exhaustion stupor. My online (writing, not VYou) friends call me ninja jenna because i'm always on invisible. I thought it was cute and general therefore I don't need to worry about my content straying from my main topic. And it brought and cute Icon to mind, which I spent all day making believe it or not. So it's a work in progress needless to say, but without further ado...

My New Blog

I need to still play with the image, make the stars smaller and maybe the text bigger, but like I said... a work in progress.

Let me know what you think!

It's hotter than a southern swamp outside

You can read this post to yourself in a southern accent. Maybe this will start up a theme. Or not.
So I thought long and hard about a blog title then I decided that you are the creative one not me so for now I got nothing but I'll keep thinking.

Good to hear about the work you are doing, it sounds like a tv show or something, or in any case it sounds good for you so yay. I had training till yesterday which was good because i was with a lot of interns and got to meet all of them well ok not all but a lot of them. Today was my first day at my desk, it already seems wayy better than last summer because I will actually have work to do! It went by pretty fast even though I was mostly just shadowing and learning and I guess I will be doing that for a while. I went to lunch with my team so I didnt get to see any interns but it was interesting getting to know my team. theyre all pretty young people well less than 30 so its def a chill enviroment so im looking forward to it. Tomorrow is my welcome event and apparently if youre over 21 youre pretty much expected to drink so ill see how it goes. Either way all the interns will be there and the COO of the company is supposed to speak ( I totally want that to be my title someday) so im looking forward to it. Its at Gotham Hall in the city so Ill have to figure out where that is.

Youve told me about blintzes before and I def want to try them. I need to better strategize my visits to your house so I get to try them, this whole missing it because I come in the middle thing is not cool.
Ok this ended up being a short entry because I need to go to bed( im old i know) but hopefully I will get to update it again during the weekend.


Enjoy your holiday! <3

There's a flower made out of post-its on my desk...

I'm making this a quick post and, as such, don't have the time to refer back to what you wrote in yours. I'm sure you'll understand. I'm at work again, but I won't be here on Thursday because starting tonight through Thursday night is Shavuot (not sure how it's translated) when we got the torah. We eat only dairy. We (mostly just the men) stay up all night learning on the first night (tonight) and then lunch on the first day (tomorrow) gets screwed up as a result. My mom makes awesome home made blintzes (google for reference). Maybe when you come in July she will already have made them for the nine days (also all dairy) and you'll be able to taste their amazingness. Or maybe there will be a couple leftover, although I can't guarantee that.

Today I went out on a run to pick up a gift from the company to Susan Lucci (google for reference) and deliver it, but then it turns out that she's in LA right now so I just came back and went home. Right now I'm waiting for someone to bring me an episode of this show All Worked Up so that I can double check the transcription. It's slow work, transcribing, but it's pretty cool, especially since the episodes haven't aired yet.

I'm glad your drive isn't that long. Super happy to hear about that. I was thinking that since I'm not working everyday, I could try and win broadway lottery tickets on one of my off days and you could meet me after work. Our chances would be lesser since I would just have one entry not two, but let's be honest, how good are our chances anyway? I have this anxiety to see the Book of Mormon since it's already the "hot new show" and pretty soon... idk it'll be harder to get tickets? But they already have a lottery so it's obviously already hard.

Are you done with training? What's the work like? There are a lot of things to be said for having a chill environment, but sometimes I wish there was something organized for us to do. Be careful what you wish for though. It's nice here. I like the people. So far the interns are nice (meaning I haven't met them all, not that I expect some of them to turn evil). Aside from the commute (just as long as last year if not longer it turns out), it's sweet.

I need your help. I want to start a blog but every time I try, I have anxiety about what to call it. I created one called TVidiocy which was cute and clever, but then I decided I wanted a more general name because I don't want it to just be about TV. Just Vidiocy would have been fine but it was taken. I wonder if I tried Videocy. hmmm... Anyway. Before I get bogged down by design and content I need a name. Help? Sometimes I have a learning curve, and recently "blog format" just kind of entered my brain and I keep thinking "that would be good in a blog" and not having a blog to put it in. So yeah that's my project for you. I guess this isn't that short. Oh well. Hope you have a good day! And that you come up with a catchy blog name for me. (Jennifhsieh was taken...)

<3 J

Well Ello There!

It was indeed my post and I had forgotten. My sincere and deepest apologies. I'm feeling a very british mood tonight ( perhaps its inspired by my GPS Richard who converses with me in a british accent) but I humbly request that you read this post to yourself as if I were talking in a british accent( mayhaps even a southern one who knows).

So yes we are indeed working girls again although I can hardly say my work has started. I've only gone for two days and already its a completely different experience that it was last year. For one thing I know a lot of people already since a good amount of people are from Rutgers. And also I'm still in confrence mode since I pretty much just got back from Western Illinois ( that was the acronym National Association of College and University Residence Halls or NACURH, yes we do love our acronyms in RHA. hah.) and so Im pretty comfortable just talking and meeting new people which is always a good thing. We have just been training so far so I don;t actually know which of the interns will be in my office but Iv met a few already who are so thats good. There are a total of 4 offices, 3 in the city and 1 in Jersery city and about 200something interns so thats a lot.

The first day of training was pretty short and was in the midtown office (it was really windy on that day and I saw a woman get crushed under one of those umbrella tables right outside times square it was scary), and today's was in the jersey city office which turns out is not all bad because I might actually have a shorter commute ( about 40 min) and the location is gorgeous cuz its right next to the water and you can see the city skyline. I might actually have to go into the city quite a bit for events and whatnot in the evening time (funny thing is all their social events have mandatory attendance not that I mind) so its looking to be a fun summer.

I know what you mean about feeling cooler wearing the straight skirt. Theres something about straight lines thats just more edgy. I need to go shopping for business clothes too. I think i can get away with how I dressed last year but I wanna look more put together anyways just cuz I do. Thats so cool about the NC thing maybe youll get to go on a trip! Wouldnt that be cool and fun and interesting? I bet it would.

Illinois is really the middle of nowhere but the confrence was super fun and i found out how to take pics on my iphone and put them on fbk right away and tag them which explains all my pics because you know i dont carry around a camera no matter where I go. Gotta love technology.

Well that was long hope I didnt bore you too much but lots more to catch up on we should have a skype date or a phone call soon! I miss you! Have fun being the ultra hip intern who runs around the city and does cool things while wearing straight skirts. It would also be nice to see you before our planned weekend in july so let me know if your schedule allows for something.


<3

Technically, it's your post

We're both working girls once more! I'm only working Tuesdays and Thursdays right now, but it looks like I might have another internship in the works blogging for this Rutgers related company (MoxieToday). Pretty sure I told you about this. The commute to the city is pretty much as long as last years, but the plus is not having to deal with it every day so yay! I get a 10$ stipend every day so that covers it too.

So far, what I'm doing is basically whatever anyone in the office needs me for. I like it; it's a nice place with a casual environment. T-shirt and a jean skirt. I need to get nicer casual clothes though because I can't keep wearing the same two skirts. I'm sure I'll get more comfortable and branch into flowy soon, but I feel somehow "cooler" and more put together in a straight skirt. We shall see. Maybe dresses are in my future who knows.

There isn't a lot to do this week they say because a lot of people are "in North Carolina on a shoot" which is really damn cool. I'm trying to balance showing initiative with annoyingly asking "Is there anything I can do?" too many times. Where is the line between useful, motivated intern and needy annoying intern? Last summer, I prided myself on being told that I had finished quickly when I id something and today I got my first one of those, so I'm patting myself on the back for that. It's strange because I'm slow, I procrastinate, and I lack focus most of the time, but here I am getting things done QUICKLY even though I feel like it's taking me forever. It makes me wonder about other people- particularly other interns.

And you? How was your first day? How was training or whatever weird acronym NACHASDHERGJPFOGJPSDFOGK I keep seeing on facebook. You certainly have a lot of pictures up!

<3 J

Chocolate Coconut MOUNDS

Wrote this before and decided to keep it intact... ENJOY :)

I just watched a kind of thought provoking movie in class and now, suddenly I’m in a deep, quiet, thinking mood. The movie was Primary Colors. I had never heard of it, and not to belittle some of the awesome movies that John Travolta has been in, I wasn’t exactly expecting much. I was a movie about politics, which makes sense because in this class it’s kind of all we watch. I don’t mind; they lead to some really interesting discussions a lot of the time. Well, they could be more interesting but you know, there’re a couple annoying kids in class. The movie, like most politics movies, is about the disillusionment of the main character as this person becomes aware that it is impossible to win an election for public office without losing yourself and your morals completely. Maybe that’s an oversimplification, but I think it does it justice. In this case, the main character was not the candidate, but the person running the campaign who was really just looking for “the real deal” and someone to believe in blah blah blah optimist becomes a cynic blah. I’m writing this and once again remembering your thing about politics but I just thought you’d like to know what brought on the mood.

My day was long. I had a 9:50-12:50, two and a half hours at work, a class, and a screening. Now I’m killing time before a meeting. I was home for approximately five minutes in all of this time to get dinner before class. It was kind of a close call, but it worked out. Not sure if I can get away with running home like that every week though. I’ll have to experiment with finding the best way to eat three meals on Mondays. Bright side: Today was nice. Warm and happy and just nice. I feel like I accomplished things today, even if I didn’t really. It’s a strange contradiction that I so need free time and I so enjoy being busy. It makes my brain work more effectively, I think. I was actually elated to feel the rain because it meant that it was warm enough to not be ice or snow. I mean seriously. How nice was it to see dry sidewalk today? To see grass? It’s not going to last but it was nice. I have no idea where this post is going. Or the point. I don’t even have internet so there’s a chance I’ll forget to post this later when I do. Plus my battery might die.

I wish it was spring already. But I really wish that it was always spring. Not ALWAYS always, just like the vast majority of the time. I think people would be happier. Do you worry about the weather in London? I kind of do. But every time I watch a shot of the London skyline on a TV show or watch a show that so totally matches my humor, I can’t help but really really want to go. I know it’s a long way a way. And again, I don’t know where this post is going. Maybe I’ll stop here because my battery is almost dead and I’m not sure if my meeting starts at 9 or 9:15. I also have only been to these meetings once and still feel kind of awkward being new. But I keep seeing people I recognize passing by and I don’t know whether I should walk in and be early or take the risk of being late. Late would be bad because, well, I’d be late, but early would be bad because it means standing around by myself in a room full of people either trying to look busy or making awkward small talk. I hoping I’ll see Ashley and she’ll take me in with her and I can talk to her. We shall see. I’m going to put my laptop away just in case.

birthdays are awesome

So this is my post after a long time of us not visitng the bowl to thank you for an awesome birthday which most definitely would not have been as awesome wihtout you! I even reread your card this morning and laughed at the dog head bizzarre thing and then thought about that card i helped you pick out for max with the little bird and the gecko. funny times. and i cannot wait till we go see our awesome broadway show together which I know I will remember forever since it will be my first one and it will be with you! So yays all around.
I was just thinking about the summer today and how so many things about it are still very uncertain and how I really have no idea how anything is going to end up. Especially since I decided to do RHA again and I was sitting there at the meeting last night so frustrated by so many things that were going on and all I could do was put my head down on the table at the end of the meeting and think to myself that I cannot believe I have to deal with this crap for another year. That may have been a slightly overpessimistic reaction but who knows. Again hopefully everything turns out for the best and lottery numbers are supposed to be out right now but apparently the system crashed or something and noone can check it so that kind of sucks.
Also going back to my birthday I think this is by far one of the best birthdays Iv had since before this one it was probably my 19th one and this one was definitely better than that one.
Ok thats it since ill be seeing you tomm night. The plan is a go!<3