HOLY SHIT!!!! I SHOULD NOT BE ALIVE!!!

Alcohol is VERY VERY VERY VERY BAD!!!!!

So let me tell you what happened to me last night...

I went home yesterday evening after I got off of work and took a little nap. Well around 8:00 -ish Bri calls me and says lets get a drink... SURE! No problem!

Well we met up around Columbus circle and looked for a bar to just have a drink in... didn't really see any. We walked to Time Square and took the subway downtown to Bleeker St. We walked down Bleeker to the hot bar spots to OFF THE WAGON. We went there for Bri's birthday. It's a really cool atmosphere. And it was ladies night and Bri could get any drink that she wanted for $2 (PS - where is mine? I don’t see signs in ANY bars say "Guys' Night" BOO! HAHA) I had 3 tequila sunrises and Bri did too. I also ordered wings b/c I hadn't had dinner yet, they were deel-ie. And then this waitress came over to us and asked us if we wanted to try a free shot of Jim Bean and Apple Pucker - it was a promotion they were doing. So already I had all that... but by that time I was only slightly buzzing. Bri and I then decided that we wanted to change locations, so we did. We walked up the street to "1849" - another place we went to for Bri's birthday. There wasn't much going on there, so we decided to leave. Bri had been to a bar, I don't remember the name. All I know is it was off 19th and Lexington... so we walked... I walk EVERYWHERE; I swear I am going to have the best legs at the end of the summer. We got there and met these 4 guys that were there. That’s when things start to get fuzzy... I know that I bought 3 vodka and cranberries and then one of the guys bought Bri and me our drinks. I know that he bought me 2 and then he bought 2(maybe 3) rounds of shots for all 6 of us. They were all celebrating b/c of the guys had just proposed to his girlfriend or something? I don't really remember. Well I think it was around 2 am and I was like... I have to go. AND THAT'S WHEN IT JUST WENT BAD! So I left Bri and got on the Subway - I had NO idea where the subway was, and I don't really remember how I got on it... but I do remember seeing the uptown train station. I honestly don't remember a lot of that part of the night. So yeah, drunk me walking around NY! HAHA.... WELL I finally got on the train after vomiting in the trashcan before getting on. The train was doing its thing and I remember there being a good number of people on the train at whatever time it was... late. And then it hit me... I AM going to be sick, and the train was still moving. I was like SHIT!!! So I take off my CUTE BANANA REPBULIC STRIPED POLO... and put it over my mouth and THREW UP all in it!!! After being mortified and embarrassed to NO END I got off on the next stop, which was 66th street. I threw up again in the first trash can I found. I have no idea why... but I thought, I can't ride a train, I’m getting sick. SO IIIIIII thought it was a GENIOUS idea to WALK HOME! OK - I was at 66th street, I live at 116th - that’s 50 BLOCKS!!! That’s 2.5 MILES! So here I am... like around 3am, maybe... I never looked at the time... WALKING 2.5 MILES UPTOWN HOME, holding a shirt COVERED in my own vomit. But no... wait there's mooooore. I thought it would be a fantabulous idea to CALL my mother (whose birthday is today) and wish her a Happy Birthday!! Then I called Conor, and Sarah, and a couple others... I only know this b/c I checked my phone and saw that I called these people... I have NO recollection of calling anyone or what I said! Then when I FINALLY got to around 113th street, covered in sweat and hot and STILL ALIVE, I'm walking and I'm in the home stretch... I hear 2 male voices very aggressively (well in my drunken state, it sounded aggressive) Say "EXCUSE ME SIR" and ignored it... one said it again, but louder... then another screamed it, "EXCUSE ME SIR." By that time, I could see 114th street, that’s where Carmen Hall is located (that's where I work). So I TOOK OFF in a MAD DASH - I don't think I've ever run that fast in my freakin life! I ran right into Carmen Hall, NEVER once looking back. I waited in the lobby area to see if anyone was behind me... but no one ever came. Then I remember RUNNING my ass to East Campus, where I live. I don't remember much more after that. Don't remember going to bed or anything. But I got up, SOMEHOW at 7:30 and showered and got ready for work. Now I don't really remember getting ready this morning b/c I was VERY HUNG over, like whoa. And STILL VERY DRUNK. The day has been going so slow. But my head ache is gone and I think I’m done getting sick. Y'ALL.... I am SO ASHAMED of myself and THANKFUL to be alive - REALLY - White Kid living in Harlem - Yeah that’s me! What the hell was I thinking...? I just... hmm... wow... really... i don't know what I was thinking.

But yeah, that was my INSANE night last night... from what I can remember!

CJ is such a cool boss. I love him He might not see this post. shh

-V

Museum Mile

Today was pretty low key. I only worked from 8-5 today; i just wouldn't bear to make myself work another 12-14 hour day today. Not after this past weekend! But I came home and just kinda laid on the bed to chill out and relax a second. Well that turned into an hour nap. I woke up and just really wanted to do something. I called Bri and she was just really kinda tired, she had a long day ;-). So i signed on and just kinda asked around to see what everyone was doing for dinner. Then I imed Stephanie and she told me that she was going to Museum Mile and that it was starting like right then. She asked me if I wanted to go and showed me the website... HELL YEAH. It was SO MUCH FUN! Stephanie and I lost each other on the subway at 96th. It was just really funny. She thought I got on the subway to go back uptown on the local train. (we were suppose to be going on the express train back uptown to central park north). Well she got on the train, and I didn't. I waited for her to come back for a few trains... then i just got on the express train and went back up town. I tracked her cell down and FINALLY got a hold of her, and we met up. It was just really funny. Then we walked down to 105th st where all the crazy museum fun was going on. There were 9 museums open to the public. We only went to three... but it was nice to be in the AC b/c it was SO HOT. The one that I really wanted to see was at the MET. There is this exhibit made by Chanel. It was really freakin awesome. It was a exhibit that displayed all of her clothes (the really expensive ones) through out Miss CoCo Chanel's history and her jewelry and quotes all over the wall. It was set up really really really well. I was really impressed.

http://www.ny.com/museums/mile.html

Then we went down town to get some dinner... but that didn't really work out as well as we planned. Nothing was open and we couldn't decide on anything. HAHA. So then we just went back up town and ate at Ollies. Then I went home and the rest of the night was absolute crap. But that’s about it. New Day tomorrow

106.7

So there is this radio station kinda like 99.5 WMAG back home, but way better and NO Delilah. It is called lite 106.7. IT IS FREAKIN' SWEET! It’s just a really nice and light station here in NY that everyone can enjoy something. They play a lot of 80's music... so we jam out like something hard core everyday at the desk. And one of the best things is, they stream on the radio!! It's great. Everyone thinks it's like THE station... I strongly encourage you to check it out

http://www.1067litefm.com

Nothing Like a Day off!!!

So yesterday I took OFF. IT WAS GREAT!! I didn't wake up until 11:00. I got really really cute today, I wore my "I do my own nude scenes" shirt...but added a little bit to the outfit... it was SO CUTE! I got the most responses from it on the subway (HAHAHAHAHA) it was funny, ya had to be there.

After getting ready, I walked Conor down to his car b/c he had to go home and do stuff at the beach house. It was SAD times to see him leave, b/c i got to spend like NO time with him this weekend b/c he went away. But it's all good... I’m sure we'll hang out some this coming weekend. After he left, I met up with Mel, Nicole, and Kristina to go to lunch at Nacho's Kitchen... Mexican! Mel was having a stressful day, so after lunch i went over to Hartly and helped her finish some "must be done today" work and made her come with me downtown. We shopped like it was our FUCKING job.... and bought nothing! LOL! I did however; buy more stuff at H&M - Go figure. That place is like heroine to me! I MUST HAVE IT!!!!!!! I didn't spend that much there this time though. ;-) Mel and I went all around Mid-town and came back around 5:00. The humidity in NY right now, is NOT OK. I looked at the weather online, and the temp is 88 degrees and the humidity is 99% - DAMN GINA!! IT'S HOT!!! Mel and I got on the subway at 34th street and it was sunny. We got off the subway at 116th... it was raining... not raining, PORING, like cats and dogs and mice and fish and lemurs (I like lemurs). By the time we walked ONE BLOCK to where we lived, it looked like we had just gone swimming in our clothes... NO JOKE! Then I bummed around the room for a bit and went to dinner with Nigel at this cute little Mexican place... CHEAP AND BIG! They were so cheap and gave TONS of food. It was a Mexican kinda day. After dinner, I went home and PASSED OUT and was asleep by 9:00 and woke up at 7 - GOOD NIGHT FOLKS, HAHAHA!

Stupid Alumni and Others

OK, so today was off the way not ok kinda busy. I had so many people bitch me out about the dumbest shit. But you know what, all you can do is apologize smile and accommodate where possible. And the rest can go to hell :-D RIGHT JEN? HAHAHA. Anywho... today marks 93.5 hours worked, in seven days!!!! LIKE WHOA!!! Y'all - I am super ridiculously tired. Like not ok tired. I have had NO sleep and I work 12-14 hours a day. There are 10 conferences here right now, adding up to like 1500 people, I don't know... I’m guessing... TOO MANY. But seriously though, I really don't mind b/c I really am having an awesome time and it is an AWESOME experience. On top of that, I get to spend time with my awesome staff!!! THEY ALL ROCK MY SOCKS LIKE SOMETHING HARD CORE! ANYWAY, I've just kinda taken over the world with this conference front desk b/c we have so much going on, we need some consistency and organization... ya know? So now it's all good. After I finally closed the office around 10pm, I went STRAIGHT home and did NOTHING! I unpacked some of my shit and cleaned up my room b/c I haven’t been home in like 3 days. Conor Just called and he is on his way over to see me, they just got back from Maryland from their fun trip. So I'm probably going to hang out with him for a while and PASS THE FUCK OUT!!! I am sleeping in tomorrow b/c I have the day OFF! wonder what I'll do?

Bar Hop Take 2 ::CLAP::

After working another 6548299673412116655 hour day on Saturday, I was sooooo ready to pass out at 10:30 when I crawled into bed. The funny thing is, it wasn't my bed. for the past three nights, I have stayed in Carmen Hall because there are so many people staying here and so many conferences here that it was just easier for me to sleep in the building were headquarters are located.

The Alumni totally DRIVE ME NUTS! - Although, there were a good number of people there were really sweet and really nice. A lot of them gave me presents. IT WAS FUN! There was this one couple (class of '55) that studied graphology. They made me write "Today is a good day for fishing," my name, and a capital I all in cursive. They then took these things and analyzed my personality and all kinds of stuff about me based on the way that I write. I went into this with the "are you serious, good luck with that" attitude. YOU GUYS - THEY TOTALLY CALLED ME OUT. Pinned my personality to a T and knew SO much about me, even stuff from my past... JUST FROM THE WAY I RIGHT. It was CREEPY!!!!!!! YIKES!!!!

Anywho - I was in bed and i had JUST closed my eyes... and my phone rings. It was Bri. She was like, what are you doing...laying in bed. Then she was like well GET UP we're coming up! I was like... omg... OK... I hadn't slept in a really long time. But what the hell right?!?! So I got up and took Bri and some of the people to the Heights (the local hot spot around Columbia) The heights is like the best place ever. I've met the owner and he is SO NEW YORK. He's a really cool guy. And I've also met several of the bar tenders. My absolute favorite works on Sat nights, her name is Jo and she is fucking awesome blossom!!! We spent some time there and then I took Bri to Nacho's Kitchen and had a drink there, then we went to Suite and had a drink there and saw a OVERLY DRAMATIC drag queen (if that is possible). I was also hit on by a really OLD SCARY looking man. So after that, I bounced outta there... SCAAARY. We went to duaine Read and then back to the Heights. Come 2am I had to GO.... I had to get up at 8am again, so sleep was vital, but not happening.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRI!!!!!

On Friday, my GIRL Bri turned 21!!! And let me tell you it was CRAAAAAZY FUN!!! I had another long day at work b/c the Columbia Alumni were here and they are the most demanding group in the world. They think they are staying at the Waldorf and they want everything done their way and expect it to be 5 star status - news flash - it's a residence hall! Thanks for playing.

ANYWAY - after I had a quick dinner and briefly saw Conor before he left for Maryland to go to a graduation party, I went downtown to join in the festivities.

I met up with Bri and some people that she lives with at the App Loft at this really interesting bar... "1869" but it was pretty interesting. She had met this guy there, his name was Chris. he was really nice and DAMN CUTE. He was in the military and his shoulders were like the size of THREE of me, HUGE! Him and Bri actually looked really cute standing next to each other. But he was really nice, b/c he bought all of Bri's drinks and most of mine... how nice, right? Well we stayed there for about an hour, then we changed locations to "Off the Wagon" Yet another bar that was interesting... very country western-ish. Well they were playing really cool music, so we had like one drink and danced around and sang out loud at the top of our lungs... hahaha! After about 30-45 min we moved locations again to a bar called "Manahatta." We took a cab b/c Bri was... well... it was her birthday. We walked in, and it looked just like a place you would see in Sex and the City, very very swanky. I looked at the drink list - $15 - umm no... I was like you guys, i am NOT buying drinks here. A Corona cost $6. YIKES! But Ryan said there was a dance floor downstairs. OH OK! We were so in the mood to dance. I walked down stairs and it was totally wicked! They played kick ass music all night and it was dark with different colored lights on a disco ball. It made me feel kinda high class. I wasn't still wasn't buying drinks there though, haha. Well we danced and danced and danced, and drank... lol... you know, the usual. Well it was 4:00 am... it was time for me to GO HOME. I had to be to work at 8:00am the next day. It took me FOREVER to get home (over an hour) b/c I took the subway - it took FOREVER!!! YIKES But it was totally awesome night and tons of fun!!! Needless to say, i hated my life the next day b/c i didn't get home until after 5am, but it was still GREAT!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRI!!!!

Birthday Shenanigans

So after an insanely LOOOOONG work day on Wednesday, It was Erin and Vanessa’s Birthday. (She works with me) So like everyone and their brother met up at Nacho's Kitchen for drinks. Lets see if I can remember everyone that was there... Nigel, Kristina, Erin, Nicole, Mel, Sven, Vanessa, Stephanie, Bobbie, Lindsay, Eric, and Jennifer - my boss. (If I forgot someone...totally sorry, you KNOW i luv ya fo sho!) It was really funny to drink with my boss. The people I work with are awesome blossom! Well after a while... we were all very much on the drunk side. Nothing like $3 margaritas, right? I remember giving out some lap dances in the restaurant, big surprise right?

Again, I can't really remember about much that happened that day. It was a crazy week with all the working and what not.

But I do remember having some fun outside of work somewhere in there ;-)