It's the new me... you like?

I was able to escape to find some internet access. To celebrate, I am posting a picture of my new haircut...

I'm leaving on a jet plane...

So tomorrow I'm leaving on a jet plane for two weeks of family fun (?) in Hilton Head, South Carolina... Not sure when I'll be able to post again. Hopefully there will be a few trips to Barnes And Noble where there is wireless available for purchase. If not, I'm likely to go insane with only my Ipod and a sudoko book to keep me entertained.

As a last hurrah before I leave for the land of golf, I spent the weekend going back and forth between my grandparent's house in Brooklyn and my aunt's apartment in SoHo. It was a really great couple of days and I was able to see Vicki, Tracy, Michael, and the G-Rents one more time before heading to school since I probably won't be back till Thanksgiving. Here are some of this highlights of the weekend:

• Watching the entire second season of "TrueBlood" (and then a day later talking about it with Michael)
• Getting my haircut at the Salon owned by Nick Arojo, the guy who used to do hair on "What Not To Where" (My hair has not been this short since Victory... and no, Nick did not cut my hair)
• Taking the ferry to Staten Island and then immediately taking one back to Manhattan (because really, what is there to do in Staten Island?)
• Walking on the High Line in the rain
• Learning I have a higher tolerance for scary movies than I thought (I watched "Last House on the Left" with Vicki and Michael and appeared to be enjoying the gory scenes a bit too much... Vicki was a bit frightened [of both the movie and me])

Hopefully this vacation will go well. Although my family and I have been going to Hilton Head for almost 10 years, this will be the first time i've been there where it has just been my Dad, Stepmom, sisters, and me. As long as I am able to find some time alone, I should be fine. But I must say, I am extremely excited to lay on the beach with a diet coke and my Ipod and get a great tan.

One for each personality

Earlier today I had a conversation with some friends about how I read. Meaning, when I read do I read just one book at a time or do I read multiple books at a time. I am (regretfully) the latter. It wasn't always how I read, but for some reason books have a hard time keeping my attention lately. Currently, I am reading:

• The Godfather by Mario Puzo (about 100 pages in)
• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (14 pages in, but the introduction is a good 50 pages, so really I've read 64)
• Shiksa Goddess by Wendy Wasserstein (more than halfway done)
• I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley (3 stories in)
• Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (90 something pages in, this is the one I'm the most ashamed of considering this is the final book of my favorite series)

And to top it all off, I'm about to add another book to the list (Twelve by Nick McDonell). If this were a few years ago I'd have burned through all of these books in no time, but it really seems like ever since I started Emerson the last thing I want to do in my free time is read. Hopefully this will right itself, or pretty soon I am going to find myself with a bookshelf full of unfinished books.

Meet my obsession du jour

Eric Northman from True Blood, also known as Alexander Skarsgård

Edward Cullen, eat your heart out...

What a lovely way to spend a Monday..

Today I went on a road trip with Jasmine and her friend Shawn to Concord, MA. I may do a big long post about it later, but for now here are 5 things I loved about the day:

1. Trespassing on Ralph Waldo Emerson's Property

2. Seeing famous graves (Thoreau, Hawthorne, Alcott, & Emerson)

3. And then having a picnic on Emerson's

4. Eating Shaw's cookies

5. Swimming in intelligent water at Walden Pond

My Happiness Alphabet

While on a bus ride back from Cambridge, I got bored. In an attempt to quell my boredom, I decided to right a list of things that make me happy... This then turned into me seeing if I could find at least one thing for every letter of the alphabet. Well it turns out a lot of things make me happy, so here it is... My Happiness Alphabet....

A is for... Andrew McMahon, Aunts
B is for... Brand New, Bagels, Butter, Bright Colors, Boloco, Brooklyn
C is for... Cupcakes, Cambridge, Collages, Chelsea Handler
D is for... Diet Coke, Damien Rice, Duvets, Daniel Tosh, Dulce De Leche Latte Carmelezatto (Gelato)
E is for... Emerson
F is for... Fan Fiction, Frappuccinos, Fresh Mozzarella
G is for... Gramma & Grampa, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, Gnocci
H is for... Hoodies, Haircuts
I is for... Inside Jokes, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
J is for... Jessica Darling Novels, J.Crew
K is for... Kings Of Leon, Kevin Smith Movies
L is for... Letters, Lemon Sorbet
M is for... Movies, Music, Macaroni and Cheese, Macs, Martins Potato Rolls
N is for... Neil Patrick Harris, NYC, New Notebooks
O is for... OLVA
P is for... Pizza (Paulies or Pizza Hut, Preferably), Pasta, Pens, Pink Fuzzy Bunnies
Q is for... Queens Of Leon (My Kings Of Leon cover band)
R is for... Ray Bans, Rpattz
S is for... Sigma, Summer, So You Think You Can Dance, Salt, Skinny Jeans, She's The Man, Shaws Cookies
T is for... Twitter, This Blog
U is for... Uggs, Urban Outfitters
V is for... Veronica Mars
W is for... Wonder Bread, White Hanes T's
X is for... X-Terras
Y is for... Yankees
Z is for... Zack Morris

grahhhh

Reason #9809845039495872 why I need to get out of my 6-9:45pm Wednesday class:

The Andrew McMahon concert is on a Wednesday.

Why small schools suck...

Dear Emerson,

Please let me take the classes I want. I understand you can't let 50,000 people be in the same class, but 19 or 20 people in a Publishing class really isn't that bad. If I get raped walking home from my 6-9:45pm class I am totally blaming you.

Do you really want that on your hands?

Think about it,
Sara

i'm trying to resist switching to tumblr... i don't know how successful i'm going to me...

If only I could click my heels

For the next two years, this will be my home...

The perfect housewarming gift

His Name is Tucker Max. He Is An Asshole.

About this time last year I bought a book. I had heard about it before, even read a page or two, but had never been inspired to get it until then. When I got home that day, just in time for lunch, I left the bag containing the book on my kitchen counter and proceeded to eat. After lunch, my stepmom noticed the recognizable logo on the bag as our town's bookstore and reached into it to see what I purchased.

Upon seeing the book, her face converted into one of disgust and she and my father proceeded to lecture me about how deplorable my taste in "literature" was (yes they actually used air quotes). My father even asked me if I had the receipt and made me promise that I'd return it. Being me, I ignored both of them and defiantely placed the book on my bookself. When I finally got around to it I ended up reading the book in one day, laughing hysterically the entire time.

The book was "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max

It quickly became my obsession du jour. I spent my time researching everything I could about the book and the author. During one of these sessions, I found out he was turning one of his stories into a movie. I was over the moon. I then looked into who the cast was and nearly shattered mirrors with my squeals when I found out Matt Czuchry would be playing Tucker in the movie. Now for those of you who don't know, Matt played Logan Huntzberger on my all time favorite show, Gilmore Girls. My excitement nearly gave me a heart attack.

Now, after more than a year of waiting, the release of the movie is a little more than a month away. I've watched the (just released) trailer more times than I would like to admit, and I have a feeling a 2nd reading of the book is in my near future.

What can I say... I have a thing for Assholes...

Eww

Reason 92837498347593 why I have to get out of New Jersey: The person who sent this text lives in my county:

(201): bathroom sex at kohls isnt as trashy as it seems

Yes actually, it is.

Things I am looking forward to:

• Moving into my new apartment
• Seeing my big and our fellow Sigmas
• Ending my internship
• (hopefully) Getting my nose re-pierced
• Getting my hair cut
• The new season of Gossip Girl