Ugh.

Just received a random Facebook message from a younger kid I went to high school with. It made me feel so old....

Hi,
How's life at 27?.. I totally forgot you existed.

Veep Veep!

Apparently, no one really votes for a president based on who their running mate is. However, Biden seems like a really good choice for Obama. He has years of experience in office and expertise in the areas Obama is weaker in. Palin seems like a really wacky choice for McCain. McCain only met Palin one time, which is just plain old bizarre. She has little experience in government and is from Alaska-- a place with under a million residents. Just read an AOL poll that said the majority of those polled (approximately 70 percent!) think that the media is making too big of a deal of Palin's unwed 17-year-old daughter being pregnant. I don't know, I kinda think that's a big deal, especially since Palin preaches that abstinence is the best way to go.

Hamptons Soiree

Had my first trip to the Hamptons. Attended some sort of (media?) party at a mansion rented out for the event. Free drinks, free food. Unlimited sushi! Took almost 5 hours to get to the destination though.

XI: Obama + HRC = ?

I have been following HRC for years and awaiting the day she would announce her run for president. Due to a combination of missteps, people hating on her and the undeniable popularity of Obama, she couldn't keep up. In any case, Obama is supposedly ready to announce his running mate. According to the NY Times,
a poll of convention delegates found that 28 percent preferred HRC for vice president — by far the largest bloc supporting a candidate. So will Obama choose HRC as his running mate? Might be weird since they clearly don't like one another... On the other hand, it might be the winning combo since he needs her supporters. However, he will most likely choose a regular old dude rather than go with the saucy, outspoken former first lady. :(

X: Rancid, Norwood House, Beach, Ice Cream

Had a fun-filled and super busy weekend! Saw Rancid perform at the Fillmore (I still call it Irving Plaza, but whatever) on Friday night with bf and two other people. Rancid was so awesome. They played all their old hits and even one Operation Ivy song. Tim Armstrong gained some weight and no longer has a mohawk. Shaved head. Balding, perhaps? I wish he didn't dress like an LA gangster-- what happened to the punk rock look? They're from CA, so I guess he is allowed to look all gang-y. Afterwards, we tried to grab dinner at the beautiful and super classy Norwood House (competitor of the Soho House, but "less Euro trashy" and no photographs or cell phone use allowed), but it was tres late and the dining section was closed. In any case, the place is beautiful and I can't wait to dine there and try out the beer-battered dipped frog legs! I didn't take this photo, but here is the gist:



On Saturday, took the train to Brooklyn and met up with the bf for his magazine party/show extravaganza. Ate free tacos and sweat a lot.

Sunday was perfect weather! Went to the beach with the bf in an old school Lilly Pulitzer bikini and worried about getting a sunburn. Read GQ's piece on James Franco-- skip it. He is a snooze. Read great articles in New York Magazine about race/Obama. Do not skip! After the beach, we hit up Whole Foods and later, met up with longtime best friend and looked through her brand new photos from her vacation to Italy, France and Switzerland and then treated myself to weekly splurge of Cold Stone. (FYI: Cold Stone on 72nd Street posts their calories now!!! Horrific.)

IX: Fin De Semana

Weekend Plans:
1. Attend Rancid show at Irving Plaza. The last time I saw this band I was 19-- should be nostaglic. Tim Armstrong is 41?!?!
2. Attend magazine party/thing.
3. Squeeze in a movie. Either Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express or Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Or Clone Wars if the bf has any say.

VIII: Snorefest

After reading rave reviews about Man on Wire, we finally went to see it. After twenty minutes, I was fidgeting. While I think wire walking between the Twin Towers is quite an amazing feat, I also think that it could've been covered in a 30-minute PBS special.

Also went to Jazzfest. I am not so into jazz, but the bf's dad had already bought the tickets and invited us months ago, and we had accepted. The musicians were incredibly good of course, but sitting in a theater for over an hour listening to tunes I don't know is very, very hard.