scenes from a *backyard*bbq*

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our favorite family:

Lev, Berlin, Jamina

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little Max

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this all will be missed come the Fall...

...oh, SuMMeR, i wish you would last forever.

*my first RUN ever*

i ran my first RUN ever on sunday.

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here's the planner-collage i made

that was inspired by it:

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i love reading about other people's successes and triumphs.

[DUH! I read blogs!]

it causes me to be

more motivated to reach my goals,

more optimistic in my attitude,

and therefore more likely to succeed myself.
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here are pics i took from my Blackberry while

on the run/walk

over the

BrOOkLyn BRiDGe

& back:

#718

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the fountain in

City Hall Park

where i

stretched out

my quads & hamstrings.

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i spotted the

'KEEN' sisters

in the crowd
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a helicopter

circled above us,

checkin' out the scene
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"follow the sound of the bagpipes,"

the announcer guy told us.

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over

the BrOOkLyn BRiDGe

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5K runnin' feet

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look up & forward,

interchangeably.

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boob shot!

i'm in full action-mode.

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[don't know why this pic is distorted]

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toward the end of the 3.1 miles,

the sky was clearing up,

and

boo ya!

skyline
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oh, yeah: and *this* guy woke me up on time, drove me to Brooklyn, waited the 32 minutes and 55 seconds it took me to run the 5K, greeted me with a hug and kiss at the finish, bought me an after-the-race orange juice, drove us back home, and then proceeded to help me get a BBQ together to entertain friends [pics of which will be coming tomorrow].

what a *great guy* excelling in his boyfriend duties.

keep up the good work, hombre!

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sunday was truly a great day.

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may your Tuesday today be a great day, too.

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now...what's the next 5K i'm signin' up for...???...

"...wait a minute, Mr. Postman..."

the mailman

dropped the mail

off this morning

with the

local newspaper

and said,

"i brought this over 'cause i saw you on the front page"

hilarious.
[it's a pretty bad pic of me.
i look like an albino seal.]
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WHATEVER!
my homegirls
all look cute.
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they really are sweet girls to work with
[thank you, GOD, they're not bitches!]
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here is
the full story
attached to the pictures above.
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*my bitt*
is also
floating around
on the Internet
in
this blog post.
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just hilarious.
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okay,
happy saturday.
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i'm working
ANOTHER
night shift
tonight.
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...and running my
first
5K
tomorrow
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we'll see how that goes.

"...until it ends there is no end..."

that

was

my

sentiment

exactly

during our

first night shift

open to the public

at the restaurant

yesterday.

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it was like there was no end,

until it ended.

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[i also heard this song by the great Cyndi yesterday,

and woke up with it in my head]

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it's worth a listen:

all through the night
I'll be awake and I'll be with you
all through the night
this precious time when time is new,
oh all through the night today
knowing we feel the same without saying

we have no past we won't reach back
keep with me forward all through the night
and once we start the meter clicks
and it goes running all through the night
until it ends there is no end

all through the night
stray cat is crying so stray cat sings back
all through the night
they have forgotten what by day they lack
oh under those white street lamps
there is a chance they may see

we have no past we won't reach back
keep with me forward all through the night
and once we start the meter clicks
and it goes running all through the night
until it ends there is no end

oh the sleep in your eyes is enough
let me be there let me stay there a while

we have no past we won't reach back
keep with me forward all through the night
and once we start the meter clicks
and it goes running all through the night
until it ends there is no end
keep with me forward all through the night
and once we start the meter clicks
and it goes running all through the night
until it ends there is no end
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on shift again tonight, and tomorrow.

i miss the boyf. we've been dying to watch Shutter Island on Netflix for weeks. when will this happen??!!??!!

i miss bike riding. ...with the boyf and in general.

i miss SuMMeR, but i missed money for a long time, and now that's back.

...but to get it, i'll been workin' All Through The Night

celebrities spotted last night...

[...in the order i spotted 'em]

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[[here's some press coverage of last night]]

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Darryl Strawberry

[obviously!...it is *his* grill]

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Tino Martinez

i offered him a bacon and blue-cheese burger,

and he took it off my tray!

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P.S. -- He's got BIG hands.

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Bernie Williams

OMG, yes. He was/is definitely one of my favorite all-time Yankees.

For sure.

I offered him and Tino Martinez

skirt steak with chimichurri sauce on garlic toast.

It was awesome.

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Salt&Pepa
homegirls *supposedly* kicked

Tino Martinez & Bernie Willams off the table they were at

in the back V.I.P section.

How hilarious!

my *string bean* of a general manager was about to kick them both out!

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all i know is this song kept replaying in my head.
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Ali & Roberto

i really couldn't have cared less.

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my heart did stop for this next one, though...

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Nick Swisher
he. is. so. friggin'. HOT.

oh, Nick,

i like what you do

when you do

what you do

you make me wanna *shoop*

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finally,

when all the buzz

started getting me dizzy,

and

i was ready to get on outta the

circus

that the restaurant was slowly becoming as the night wore on,

he walked in:
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Justin Timberlake
with the fedora on and all.

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okay...now, I'm not gonna lie and say that it wasn't cool to see all these celebs, but for the handful of celebs i listed here, there were about 200 wannabes circling the joint.

these wannabes were there either because they had money, or they were somebody's kid, or they were somebody's assistant.

i. hate. mother. fucking. assistants.

they weren't like real people. they were like pseudo-people, so uber-ly involved in someone else's world. they think because they work for somebody who actually has talent [except in the bachelorette's case], that that makes them important and they could boss/talk-to-you-like-doody. oh no no no.

...and most of them were chicks in what they would call 'fashion' with the heels they couldn't walk in, and tiny dresses, holding a clipboard, running around like hyper chipmunks.

see video below:

i feel like a *sexy*fuckin'*princess* today

i do. don't know why.

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[but let's roll with it, eh?]

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i guess it's a good thing i feel like a sexy bitch

because

*supposedly*

Derek Jeter

is attending

a private party at

the restaurant tonight.

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as the managers have been saying:

"It's going to be a *star-studded* event."

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i highly doubt it, though.

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these are the same three managers that

told us the kitchen works like clockwork,

and

boo-ya! the food is amazing,

but...

ahem ahem, kitch, you've really been slackin'.
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get your fuckin' shit together,

because

DEREK

"is coming",

and in

NY,

he's a fuckin' All*Star.

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[i shall be wearing my *sexy* underwear]

Wednesday. Hotness.

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befo'

i

leave ya,

i

just wanted

to

include

that

if

by some

amazing

divine miracle,

he does come,

and

just so much as

looks at me & smiles...

[*hee hee hee*]

HULL-LO!!

Roll dance sequence:

*four years ago* today...

...the

boyf & i

had the most

*fabulous*

first date.

we both knew from then that this was somethin'

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Happy

4-Year

Anniverse, babycakes.

*i Luh-Luh-Luh-Love You*

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P.S. - i'm postin' this song because it's the first [...and now that i think of it, maybe the **ONLY**] song the boyf has sat there and belted out singing to me.

[[that's pretty sad, considering he's Filipino, & they...like...*LIVE* for karaoke]]

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thinking back on it always makes me *giggle*

*the babies* got new collars

...and i'm not gonna lie,

they look so friggin' cute in them.

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Happy Monday, killers.

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knock 'em dead today.

love my * august* & happy sister's day!

August,

gorgeous sister

to my *beloved* July,

please

move

slowly.

this year,

*august*

is a

month

of

my new server job

here.

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based on the training classes this past week,

this job's going to be a real bitch.
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that is why my

*love your august*

collage

focuses me in

on what i want

to save my life:

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below is my

sweet, sweet SuMMeR fruit & vegetable

combo love treat of life

yummy yummo deliciousness

extraordinaire:

...and with them

make a

mango-rita?

or

a spicy bloody Mares:

i want some *august* fresh

neon wrist decoration, too.

Hmmmm...

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...and finally...

in between the shitty shifts @ the new gig i got,

do some of this below, August, dear:

yayyyyyy!

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that's it.

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think of what you gotta do to

*love your august*

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yippee skippe.

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also worth mentioning:

today is Sister's Day.

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several years ago,

my sister & i

saw on a

chinese calendar

that August 1st

was 'Sister's Day'.

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we both agreed that every year on August 1st,

we would celebrate it as

people celebrate Mother's or Father's Day.

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so...in celebration of it, i made this:

i tacked it here, and on her Facebook wall.

i also got her this gift. she's been wanting it for her room.

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that's all for this SuMMeR*sunday*SiSTeR'sDay.