February 6 & 7th, 2010

I was very much looking forward to this weekend. Not for any particular reason, I was just happy to have a couple of days to relax. We were anticipating a huge snowstorm on Saturday, but it turned out to be kind of a dud, thankfully. I took that as an opportunity to check out a thrift shop called Bon Marche in Babylon that day. I had found the shop by accident while I was lost on my way to a Panera on Thursday. I’ve always had a love for thrift store and vintage shore shopping. You never know what you’ll find, from what decade, for what price. I found this button-down shirt from the 1960’s for $10. When I got back home, I buckled down and did homework for six hours. I do not exaggerate. At 7pm, my friends and I went to see a movie, and then we were out for the night.

I woke up nice and late this morning. I enjoyed a luxurious bowl of cereal, fed my fish, and then started doing a bit of housekeeping. I learned early on that there was a devastating explosion at a power plant very close to my hometown. It put me into kind of a somber mood. To take my mind off of it, I did a series of relaxing activities. I ate frozen fudge-covered Oreos, went window-shopping online, picked out outfits, painted my nails a lovely shade of Barbie pink, watched Food network, and then I reconstructed a pair of shorts. Before, they hit just above the knee, and I shortened them to just about fingertip-length. It’s a more flattering style for someone my height. Reconstructing items of clothing is one of my favorite things to do. I am still an amateur, but it is quite amazing how drastic an outfit changes with just a little bit of cutting and stitching. I plan to have a nice, relaxing evening all to myself, probably watching a movie instead of the Superbowl.

(this was the aforementioned journalism assignment. I accidentally posted it to this blog, but I didn’t have the heart to delete it. Awww.)