SRYZ

Hello Hello Hello.
My apologies for the much belated entry. It's been a very busy and eventful week and it's been hard to kind of find the time/energy to sit down and write about it all.

So I started work this week:

- I work for the Human Rights Campaign and I canvass for their Manhattan office, which is the top office in the Nation. For all of you who don't know what canvassing is, it's those people you see in cities who are trying to get people signed up and donate money to certain causes. Different groups of people go all over Manhattan for the afternoon and try to get people to sign up. I've already been to the Upper East, Upper West, Chelsea, and the Financial District.
- I wasn't sure if I was going to like the job or not, even though I have had a lot of experience in social activism, but I actually like the job a lot. Standing on your feet all day can be tiring at times, and some people can be quite rude, but other than that, it's a pretty good job.
- As I said, we get some pretty rude people, but there are some people that just make you really feel like you are doing something great. I had this homeless lady on the street come over to me because she had heard me canvassing all afternoon. She had me go through the rap (the "story" we tell everyone to get them involved) and then she told me about how she would love to help out but she doesn't have a job and is homeless. She reached into her pocket and gave me $1.53, which she said was all she had. I insisted that she keep the money, but SHE insisted that I take it-and that it was going to a great cause. Like I said-it's those people who make the worst people worth it.
- So other than the job itself, I have been meeting some pretty awesome people. It's good to be in an environment where everyone is kind of on the same page and who are all passionate about the issues at hand. And it's great to have met some of the really awesome people I have gotten to know this week. ^____________^.



Let's see, so other than the whole extravaganza called work, everything else is going pretty smoothly. Like I said, I've been pretty beat after work most of the days this week. I think it's just my body adjusting to having long days again, being on my feet for long hours and all that jazz. I've been getting to see all different parts of Manhattan due to my job, so that is really awesome.

Friday and Saturday were pretty evil. I wanted to do a little window shopping so after work and my other activities, I decided to run to Topman for the first time. I was familiar to the company because I became kind of obsessed with it when I was going to go to London. Now the tailoring in that store, is amazing. The blazers were pretty much made for me. What sucks is that the currency is translated, so although it's cheap in the UK, it's a little less than double here in the US. So I mustered the strength to walk out and not purchase anything, but it was hard.

Saturday...So I made the dumb decision (not really) to go to Marc Jacobs to do a little window shopping. I saw the sign in the window that said shoe sale 70% off. I didn't believe it because none of the price tags were actually marked down. So I left, then I went back and asked if the sign was true...

It was.

Now I was looking on Ebay for a pair of used Marc Jacobs sneakers so I wouldn't feel so guilty about spending the dough on a nice pair of shoes. After I found out the sale was true, I was already sold. So I had been eying this pair on Zappos forever and they had them at the store but in a different color combination.





So mine are like this: Where there is black there is a light brown. Where there is white, there is a tan color. Where there is dark blue there is pink. And where there is light blue there is red. I'm too lazy to post pictures at the moment, but I'm sure they will be coming.

I also got a pair of black high tops that are pretty simple. Both shoes are so fucking comfortable. It's the only other reason (other than that they were on sale) that I bought both pairs. I need good comfortable shoes to canvass in, and both were perfect for my feet, haha.

I'll end this post with the fact that my love for Tasti D'Lite has turned into an obsession. I literally call the nearest centers everyday to listen to their flavors of the day and I think they all know me by voice now. So I was playing with the idea of "Obsessed" with Tasti D'Lite and I thought of the movie "Obsessed" starring Beyonce. There is a guy who meets a girl in his office, they have an affair and then the girl gets really psycho and his wife (Beyonce) gets involved, lalalalala. So Josh made me this.....



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Hope everyone had a good week!!!