Last week my mom, Kevin and Alex and I went to the palm springs bnp paribas open. We watched Federer & Andy Roddick and a few others play. I was burnt to a crisp and ended up taking a short nap on the field because I was soooo tired from sun overexposure. It was a fun fun day, we ate pretzels on the grass.
This is my kitty
Something scary happened on the plane ride over. I suddenly got a dizzy spell that lasted about 20 minutes as I was walking over to my seat. I almost fell over, but I kept walking to get back to my seat, accidentally putting my hands on people's faces/heads thinking it was the seat (I couldn't see anything). It went away.there was a Sex and the City marathon on E, I got lucky!
When I got back I crashed, and the next morning I kept hearing something scurrying about in my room, but it sounded like it was in a very contained space. I thought it might be a rat or something, but I found out a pigeon was stuck in between my windows. From the looks of it, it's been there for a while- look at all that poop.. I didn't know what to do.. but just then, I got a call from Joel saying that he would be coming to pick something up from Nassim's room, so I asked if he could help me later.
I met Connie, Claudia, and their friend Jonathan over by Cafe Habana which was a 45 minute wait for a 4 top, so we went to Jacques instead, across the street. I had egg florentine and a tea (I'm trying to cut out coffee for good). We had such an interesting conversation about relationships (I asked, would you rather date someone sensitive or insensitive, and unanimously C& C both answered "insensitive!!" haha) and about a paper that Claudia was writing for her media class based on creating a "second life" or discussing how the internet "self" influences the real self. We talked for hours about the maintenance of a relationship online, and the differences in person, and how that eventually leads to destruction- people can think about what they say online, they can be talking to other people, yet in my opinion, the distance created by the internet allows for more emotional intimacy because it buffers the fear, whereas in person it's harder to be emotionally honest since it's scarier and feels more definitive. I said that in person, sometimes there's not much to say, but the presence of a person is enough, whereas the internet relationship is entirely different because it's ALL based on conversation, which drives an underlying sexual tension that is unattainable and that keeps the interaction going.
I met Connie, Claudia, and their friend Jonathan over by Cafe Habana which was a 45 minute wait for a 4 top, so we went to Jacques instead, across the street. I had egg florentine and a tea (I'm trying to cut out coffee for good). We had such an interesting conversation about relationships (I asked, would you rather date someone sensitive or insensitive, and unanimously C& C both answered "insensitive!!" haha) and about a paper that Claudia was writing for her media class based on creating a "second life" or discussing how the internet "self" influences the real self. We talked for hours about the maintenance of a relationship online, and the differences in person, and how that eventually leads to destruction- people can think about what they say online, they can be talking to other people, yet in my opinion, the distance created by the internet allows for more emotional intimacy because it buffers the fear, whereas in person it's harder to be emotionally honest since it's scarier and feels more definitive. I said that in person, sometimes there's not much to say, but the presence of a person is enough, whereas the internet relationship is entirely different because it's ALL based on conversation, which drives an underlying sexual tension that is unattainable and that keeps the interaction going.
I had to leave after brunch to meet Joel at my apartment at 4. I cleaned my bathroom and now it's sparkling clean! Joel asked me to hold a big box over the window as to not let the pigeon out into my room, and he picked up the pigeon and threw it over & out the window. My savior.
Now I'm gonna clean some more and go to Yoga, and tomorrow my busy life resumes.
ooorrr... i'm gonna take a nap now. nap vs. clean? nap. always.
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