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By hampton, September 24, 2009 12:07 pm

does that mean i should change it? it’s cute, though. gray, from anthropologie. it’s got a knot in the boob area. i like it. hmm.

my mom’s surprise dinner at WD-50 was fantastic. check out picks and mini review here, on flickr. auntie p was even able to meet us for a drink before dinner.
i’ve been a little down lately. not sleeping well, having bad dreams… i’m hoping this will change.
on the upshot, i’ve got my new running shoes for my 5k. i’m going to give them a run for their money tonight at the gym.

this weekend looks to be fun. not too much going on, but paintball on sunday. tuesday i’m going to hearthrob with athena to see laidback luke. should be exiting and fun. though i’m expecting it to be a little sad, because the UB and i went there a lot. ugh.

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By hampton, September 1, 2009 10:43 am

my past week and a half have been very bloody. first, i stab myself with the clam hack in the toe (through neoprene swim shoes) after kevin tells me specifically to be careful and don’t “stab yourself in the leg.” then i end up with blisters on both hands from the hack handle being too long and the sand and water rubbing against my palms. however, dinner was delicious. though, i did have a couple of tequila shots, beforehand, because i had to do “surgery” on my hands to make sure i cleaned all of the mud out of my blisters. ow.

i’ve also had some very awful awful dreams as of late. the night ted kennedy died (obv, i was sleeping at 1:30am when he died, but) i had a dream that all my teeth were falling out, and i was just spewing chunks of teeth out of my mouth every time i opened it. i usually have these dreams before someone i know dies. it’s really strange. then saturday night i had a dream that i was pregnant and was having an abortion. this one wasn’t really bloody, just disturbing. sunday night i had a dream that two of my back molars fell out, and was pretty much a repeat of last week. i wonder what my brain is trying to process?

yesterday, after work i went for a pedicure at a new-to-me nail place by work. they did a great job, except for the chunk of skin they took out of my toe. chunk is maybe not the right word, but i did bleed.
yesterday was also my “triumphant” return to the gym after my back being iffy last week. it was awesome. elliptical = 0, d = 1. i can’t go today, because of a team meeting at lunch, but will go tomorrow with my gym buddy, xtina. i have also run out of calcium bears. i have to go to trader joes to get more.

i am looking forward to this weekend. it’s campfire and there are a lot of great musicians to go and see. apparently there are some surprise special guests as well. i’m not working it at all this year. i’m purely a spectator. it’ll be great to just sit and watch. the roommate and i are also going to see inglorious basterds. i will also most likely end up playing with charlie. also, i will prob. have a date with a new guy. let’s call him Mr. OKC. we shall see.

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By hampton, June 3, 2009 11:19 am

i’ve been having such sleep troubles the past few months. i thought it was coming under control the past two weeks. however, i took a turn. sunday night i was up til 1am, i don’t know why. but i did watch 3 episodes of gossip girl season 1. monday i slept really well, because i went to the gym at lunch, and then played softball after work. last night, was a different story. tossing and turning from 11-1am. yuck. and then i had weirdo dreams on top of it.

i’ve been having really violent dreams. it never gets bloody, but i’m either destroying someone’s property (ripping up paper, throwing things..etc.) trying to punch someone, giving my ex a head wound, and then holding him while he was bleeding, breaking and entering…. i don’t know what my subconsicous is trying to tell me. last nights difficulties were probably due to eating dinner too late, and then it being a little humid and warm for sleeping. on the upshot, i did finish a “project” that i had to finish. hopefully it will get in the mail soon.

to top it all off, there is no diet coke in the vending machine here at work. yes, i could go upstairs to the third floor to get my fix, but why? i will probably fall dead asleep on the acupuncture table this evening, and then fall asleep on the couch at J,C, and C’s watching 30 rock after.

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By hampton, May 27, 2009 12:59 pm

going down to MD/DC was awesome. I had a great time with G1 and G2.

Saturday when i got to town we went to an open studios type art festival in a nearby town. there was one artist that i loved. i should have taken her card. she basically used mixed media on canvas or cardboard, and then coated it in wax, and then made impressions in the wax. i was very inspired. too bad i don’t have an extra room for an art/music/step’scomputer stuff room. saturday night G1 and i went to dinner with my cousin down in bethesda where she lives. we had vietnamese food. it was delish.

sunday we went to a nationals game and i got to sample hard times chili, which is apparently some of the best. G2 and i split some of their nachos. G2 was a little sad that that the chili that is used at the ball park is not her favorite one. i guess they have more than one kind. the nat’s lost, but i had a good time. and a beer! sunday night we went to dinner at this place called franklin’s. they had great food and a little attached “general store.” i picked up some candy for the movie (forthcoming) and some tub toys for my nephew. i wanted to get him some cool puppets from “where the wild things are,” but i think they might scare him. he’s still too young for those. then we went and saw star trek. loved it, x2. i <3 kirk.

monday G1 and i went into DC and did some exploring. we went to eat lunch at the native american museum. apparently that’s what you do there. you go eat. they have great food. i had these great chicken mole tacos, and fry bread with honey and cinnamon. (not the healthiest, but still great.) we then took off to the air and space museum and the natural history museum. i love hanging out with G1. she makes me laugh all the time, and is like me in museums. we have to go and read and touch everything. monday night we tried to go to a girls rock event, but it happend on sunday, so we missed it. we did have great dinner at a coffee shop/bar/restaurant/performance space called busboys and poets. great great atmosphere.

all in all, i had a great trip. i love the buzz of dc. it reminds me of new york, and how much i miss the city. tuesday, i was on a plane home at 10:30am. G1 and G2 drove me to the airport. that was nice to have both of them see me off.

as for memorial day weekend, i just relaxed. hit up super88 for some curry, miso, (not to be used together,) dumplings, kohlrabi and sesame buns. monday i hung out at passim with my people. my friends h and b were each playing in a round, so step and i went to h’s round, then hit wagamama for lunch, and went back for b’s round. it made me miss playing music. i should start that again. i feel like if i start, i won’t be able to control what comes out, and that scares me.

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By hampton, September 19, 2007 9:52 pm

1. What is your favorite word?
spectacular

2. What is your least favorite word?
moist

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
genius

4. What turns you off?
hatred

5. What is your favorite curse word?
twat

6. What sound or noise do you love?
charlie’s baby sounds
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
sirens

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
pastry chef
9. What profession would you not like to do?
pediatric oncologist
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“this isn’t a dream. you really are dead. yes, you really can come in.”

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By hampton, August 24, 2007 1:14 pm

i’ve had an interesting week. work has been… work. the usual edizzy style. however, on wednesday i think i got an internal job offer for 08. i’m not sure if i really want it at all, but it’s good to be thought of. then later that day, our VERYImortantclient blew up. so i was at the office till 7 sorting things out. wednesday night i dreamed of getting fired. and who did the firing? the guy who offered me that new position. or “new position,” because there is no rec, or anything open for it. they are just putting feelers out, i guess.

my inappropriate crush is pretty much gone, now, thank jebus. that was mighty stupid of me, anyway.

this week, i also bought a used treo 650 off of ebay. it’s only a week old, (at least, a week in my posession.) i’m really liking it. one of my co-workers sent me a program so i can make mp3 ring tones work, and turn off the pesky LED light.

tonight i’m supposed to be meeting my friend nicole to plan the benefit for her movie. that should be fun. however, if we’re just hanging out at 952 (her apartment.) i doubt we are going to get much work down. hopefully we can stay on task, and then have fun.

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By hampton, August 20, 2007 3:31 pm

the roommate and i went to see superbad on friday night. i laughed so hard i almost shot diet coke out of my nose a few times. it’s really a guy-movie-revenge-of-the-nerds type thing, but i really liked it. michael cera is incredibly endearing. AND, who doesn’t like arrested development?

saturday night — pat benatar.
i LOVE pat benatar.
the opener, lennon, on the other hand, drove me to drink. apparently she’s a metal act. but she was up there all alone with a keyboard. she wasn’t bad, per se, but i didn’t get her as a song-writer, or a metal act. pat benatar on the other hand, was kick ass. she played the hits, and some stuff off of some of her lesser known records. i wanted to hear more off of innamorata, one record prior to her newest. But, beggars can’t be choosers. Especially when you get shadows of the night, we belong, and we live for love in the same set.

saturday night i had a dream where my inappropriate crush and i were in vegas. but it wasn’t really vegas. i was “dream vegas.” apparently when i dream about vegas, i never dream about what it actually looks like. i’ve made it up in my head, and any time i dream of vegas, it’s always “dream vegas,” even though i’ve been to REAL vegas 4x.

yesterday i had some good baby time. ’twas a good weekend.

i finished harry potter last weekend. now i feel like there’s nothing left to read. i also bought a used treo 650 off of ebay. it should come tomorrow. i wonder if i’ll have to do the UPS dance.

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By hampton, June 18, 2007 11:23 am

my old summer camp haunts me. it’s been especially bad the past few weeks. i’ve always had vivid dreams of camp, but lately, they just hurt. they never end well, and i never wake up happy. well, maybe once or twice, but hardly ever. my roommate played me an episode from “this american life” that he heard this weekend. topic? summer camp. here’s the episode should you want to listen.

when i say “haunt,” it’s not a bad haunting like a ghost who scares the crap out of me every night. in the episode, ira and the campers talk about how camp isn’t like any other place in the world. it’s a bitter sweet haunting. the 8 summers i spent there were the best summers of my life. probably the best times of my entire life, to date. my camp friends, even though i’ve lost touch with so many of them, are still the best friends i could ever wish to have. they’re different than friends at home. camp is a micro chasm. 8 weeks at camp, is like 8 years of your life.  the episode of this american life made me sad, and made me really happy at the same time. it also made me really defensive about my own camp’s traditions, and how they were better than what the profiled camp was doing. for example, the camp on the show had “color days.” we had olympics, and then summer fest. a three day team oriented big giant race of screaming. i can remember every olympic team that i was on, but for some reason, i can’t remember my summerfest colors. (for records, italy, japan, finland, australia, ireland.)

country roads
take me home
to the place
i belong
camp lohikan, mount tone,
take me home, wallerville road.

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By hampton, April 19, 2007 4:07 pm

i drank a lot of beer last night.
okay, it wasn’t a lot of beer. it was only a pint. but it was REALLY GOOD beer. it was lindemann’s kreik belgian beer. i know some people don’t like fruit beers, but i enjoy these. however, the wheat makes my tongue swell.  i slept well, which was great after a sleepless night prior. i had a dream where i was a teacher. it was the first day of school and my first day of teaching. apparently i wanted the kids to read “the color purple.” i have no idea how that got in my head. i must have done my impression of maya rudolph doing an impression of oprah. “the SEEECCCRRREEEEEET!!”

anyhoo, point is, i have a headache. and i ate pasta for breakfast. that was amazing. i forgot how much i like pasta for breakfast. a bunch of us went to macaroni grill for lunch. i had never been there before. i ordered the make your own pasta. rigatoni, arrabiatta sauce with mushrooms, spinach, fresh broccoli and fresh buffalo mozzarella. so tasty! even tastier this morning.