My First SNOW!

It was SNOW problemo

Bear was ready!

CC Sunset Week 3

Made it through another week without burning the building down! Celebrate with a gorge sunset...

Nerd Alert! MTVN Halloween Party

Halloween Costume party my second week at work can only mean good things. The marketing girls + Brian decided to go as a super sweet posse of nerds. Didn't take much costuming, we are all pretty nerdy to begin with:

And that's PRE costume. #justplayin

I'm wearing my Dad's Caltech sweater. Crew Neck. And must've been a crop top, it was even short on me!

Stacy, me, and Justine, the Nerd dream team

He's the bomb. Best Costume Ever.

The MTV Entertainment Group party was at this really awesome bar/club in Chelsea. Open bar means SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!



Mid-shelf Tequila = Instant Friendship



Had an awesome time partying with my coworkers on a school night!

Spotted: Bill Cunningham!

In the w village!

He's a fashion photog for the NYT. Cute lil old man who rides his bicycle around town capturing fashionistas. They made a doc about him earlier this year (it was awesome - worth watching).

Poopsie Impersonates a Rock

Recycling Comedy Central style

Respect. My. Authorit-tah!

Challenge: Accepted

The building across the street (Saatchi NY ironically) challenged us to a game of hangman. So here we are.


(work is fun so far!)

East coast sunset

Almost as good as a Cali sunset! Almost.

Better Being Underground

Lunch from this little place around the corner that's tucked into a basement unit- so tasty!

Kale | butternut squash | sprouts | walnuts | shallot vinaigrette

Wild mushroom soup

Inception Cat

Cat within a box within a box.

And yes, that box is my makeshift table. I'm fancy.

Poopsie x 2

If there was a thought bubble it'd be something like "... What the!"

Brekkie, Get. In. Mah. Belleh.

Trying to figure out some savory breakfast options I can either make or take to work. I was doing the whole stop-at-starbucks-on-the-walk-to-work thing, but I don't want to end up fat and broke. Hopefully going to try these recipes out soon! But gotta get groceries first. I dont even have salt and pepper.

I don't really lovvvvve zucchinis, but this looks pretty tasty:

Zucchini Potato Fritatatatatatat

This has bacon in it, so it looks promising:

Breakfast Casserole

Lale found this one - looks AWESOME. Can't think of a better use for a microwave. But there's no toaster at the office so I dont really know what I'd put said poached egg on.

Poached Egg a la Microwave

I like anything that involves a muffin tin:

Breakfast Cups

What to be, What to be...

For halloween I apparently want to be something awkward. How cool is his penguin suit?!

I'm in New York, trick | Werkin' it

So in the chaos of moving, kiiinnnda forgot about the whole I'm-starting-a-new-job thing. Worked out for the best, because if I wasn't so distracted with the other million things going on I'd probably just fixate on how unprepared I am for this. I've only ever had one other first day, at Saatchi, and that was light years ago.

First day was a 9-5 day of orientation, but it was at the main office so I got to do this commute:

o hai timesquare

Learned about benefits, vacation days, and got myself an ID badge. Totes official now.

if only my high school class photos looked like this

Day 2 was at my office, which is in Soho. It's actually literally next door from Saatchi New York and there's a lot of neon orange in CC so I really couldn't get too far away from Saatch!

Was greeted by South Park, so I knew everything was going to be ok. Like a good new employee I got to work at what I thought was on time (9am), but apparently MTV doesn't get cracking until 9:30-10.  I live 8 blocks away. Quick math tells me I can sleep in until 9 and still be at work on time. yesyseysyeyesyesyes

I'd like to point out we (Katie Jenna Liz and I) named Poopsie after Cartman. My life has come full circle. 

It's no kid's table, but I have some fantastic cubemates - the other manager on my team and 2 creatives.

New Jersey sunset from my cube. I think I can see Snooks from here.

End of my first week! The walk home in fall rain while listening to This American Life. And yes that's a fitness umbrella. Gotta hang on to those media goodies, I don't get them anymore!

Speaking of, had to run out and get some rainboots. When it rains, it pours here. It's some crazy heavy flow. Like at the end of a football game and the team is doing that thing where they dump gatorade onto the coach - that kind of precipitation. None of this LA "rain" which packs as much moisture as those misters in line at Universal Studios.

Had a great first week! Lucky for me, MTV/Comedy Central is a lot like Saatchi - young/fun people and a casual environment (flip flops in the office are legit style). Already feeling at home with the team, and although I'm still trying to figure out what's going on, the projects that I'll be working on seem really great. I turned in my first assignment and got a shout out from the VP so, you know, YAY! Now gotta not mess up week 2 and I'll be good.

I'm in New York, trick | Departure

It happened! One way ticket to New York. Tingles of excitement. 

I've spent the past couple of weeks frantically packing, so haven't even begun to think about the significance of leaving LA. Also when I say "packing" I really mean "getting too frustrated with sorting everything out so just trashing it instead". Apparently living in the same city for 22 years turns you into a hoarder.

This pretty much sums up my experience packing: uncovering items I didn't even know I had (floppy disk? really? really. this should be in a museum) and bear playing in boxes.

mustn't forget to pack the cat!

Speaking of the Bear Taking Flight saga, it actually went ok! There was one part of having to pull her out of the carrier and physically hold her through the x-ray machine that was slightly traumatizing, but overall it went scratch-free. 

Here we are chillin in the lounge before the flight:

wine, cheese, and watermelon. you fancy huh

Here we are settling in to first class (baller shot caller, thanks for the miles dad!)

I'm still slightly perplexed as to how airlines allow pets on flights (what if you have allergies? or cat scratch fever?) so I packed some benadryl and prepared a "sorry about the dander" speech. But the people around me had screaming kids so I quickly became anti-apologetic. 

ptfo for about 3 hours and woke up in new york! 

let it begin!

First Night in New York

official new yorkers. do we look different?!

I'm in New York, trick | Setting Up Camp

My new home! Totally lucked out and found a super cute (super tiny) place in the West Village.

Awesome thing about the apt #1: 8 blocks from work. It takes me 10 minutes to walk there. awesome.

Awesome thing about the apt #2: around the corner from the apt the used in friends! some may not think this warrants to be the second best thing about the apartment. those people obviously do not know me and my priorities. this is definitely awesome.

Awesome thing about the apt #3: Near a bunch of tasty restaurants and fun bars, like the Spotted Pig (Shayan's fav), Mamouns (my fav), Fat Cat (basement bar that has cheap beer, live music, and GAMES! Scrabble, ping pong, chess, shuffle board, you name it. Plus it's called Fat Cat). Awesome.

Awesome thing about the apt #4: I actually got the apartment. I came out last week to apartment hunt and woo wee, there were slim pickings. One of the apartments had the shower in the kitchen. And it had a glass door! At least opaque that ish if your'e going to put it by the refrigerator. Another had the wonkiest flooring, it was like a carnival fun house. And pretty sure one of them was a crack house. There was a good one I applied for and didn't get and with one day to spare I started to sweat. That, and it was like 90 degrees out. So the fact I got a cute apartment is awesome.

NOT at all awesome thing about the apt: it was filthy and totally not ready for me when I showed up. the door wouldn't lock, there was wet paint which inevitably ended up on my jeans, broken glass on the floor, stupid stuff like they left the wrapping on the brand new fridge, but then wedged it up agains the wall so you couldnt take the wrapping off (like. why.), and gum stuck to the floor - it was a hot mess.

Called the super and this magical Puerto Rican guy came over and fixed all my problems. He was amazing, super friendly, and like a ninja warrior with his fix it skillz, but I couldn't understand 90% of what he was saying. Something about waking up at 5am and being 45.

And although Bear did great on the flight, she did not enjoy the cab ride into the city. at. all. Yall know nyc cab drivers drive as though they think they're in Fast Five (awesome movie, top 10 movies of 2011 for sure) so she got all shaken up and then proceeded to hide behind the toilet for 6 hours. She did this when we first adopted her too, behind the toilet is her jam.

After her half a day in hiding, she eventually came out and went back to her typical cat doings, sitting and looking fat.

sup.

Spent 2 (pathetic) days in the apartment with only 1 piece of furniture (Jami's twin sized air mattress - thanks gf!) and then recruited Ana for a trip to Ikea. It started out awesome with $5.99 ribs and Swedish meatballs (NOMS!) but ended up baaaaaad. We ended up being there for 7 hours and by the time we got to the self service bins, we realized there were only 2 of us and 3 carts we had to push. And I don't know if you've noticed, but I am NOT a yoked person. I somehow pulled out some super woman shit and was able to drag boxes 4x my weight and balance a mattress on a rickety Ikea cart. It was not a pretty sight. Awkward city.

Anyway, as much as it sucked I ended up with a real bed and apartment full of furniture so it actually feels like home now! It's not done yet, so consider this photo tour a work in progress...

Narrow kitchen. Not meant for fat people.

Fireplace! It probably works but I'm not going to risk setting the place on fire - Luckett and I have bad experiences with fireplaces. Almost smoked out Shutters.

candle cluster. attempt at ambiance.

bed. with drawers. even though I threw out 80% of the stuff I had in LA, i still have kind of a lot of stuff. paintings, including Kevin Best's Poopsie In Outer Space piece to be hung soon. I need nails.

There's a loft that I guess I could technically sleep in, but it's such a hassle so for now it's storage space. Hallway leads to the bathroom, closet, and front door.

Not pictured:

• Cardboard box I'm currently using as a table until Ikea's Utby is back in stock
• Corner bumpers I'll have to put on the edge of the counter above my bed as to avoid inevitable concussion
• Monster pile of paper boxes I have yet to figure out what to do with them. NY has all these confusing trash rules that I haven't figured out yet. Yeah, I know, I can't figure out the trash. Dumb.
• Closet - it's darker than a cave. Gotta figure out some sort of lighting solution. Tap lights?
• Bathroom. I mean. It's a pretty run of the mill bathroom and it's also a hot mess. I gotta make a trip to the container store. I'm currently using shoeboxes. Not cute/no need to put that on the internet

Architectural Digest spread coming soon.

Miche's 2011 PCD

i smell some pcd in the air. you down with pcd, yea you know me. personal cd season!

here's mine: a playlist of all the songs (old, new, weird, french and all) that i've been obsessed with the past 12 months. definitely 50+ plays on the itunes counter. seen 4 of the bands in concert too. it's been a good music year!




http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Mich+2011+Pcd/57959224

1. Houdini - Foster the People
2. Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
3. 40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
4. Cosmic Love - Florence and the Machine
5. The Suburbs - Mr. Little Jeans
6. Jackson Pit - Xaphoon Jones
7. Touches you - MIKA
8. Bourgeois Shangri-La - Miss Li & Amanda Jenssen
9. Sprawl of Glass - Arcade Fire v. Blondie (Hood Internet)
10. The Golden Age - Asteroids Galaxy Tour
11. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
12. Janglin - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
13. Breakfast - Chiddy Bang
14. Go Outside - The Cults
15. Come Closer Together - The Beatles v. Nine Inch Nails (Hood Internet)
16. Sleepykids - Passion Pit v. MGMT (Hood Internet)
17. The Way You Look Tonight - Maroon 5
18. Aux Champs Elysees - Joe Dassin

happy wednesday | superwoman

love this. thanks to nicky for sharing.

 

http://megarinri.tumblr.com/post/4196850142/wonder-woman-inspi-fashion-sketch-sweet-and

1. would totally wear this. 2. could probably make (a bootleg) version of this. craft project to come!??!

happy tuesday | GLEE!

jonathan groff on glee tonight. can. not. wait. LOVE HIM!

happy tuesday | bootiela

bootiela with the lovely lady lumps

 katie is the prettiest! (or as liz would call her: the grenade)

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 30: Your Favorite Song This TIme Last Year

total eclipse of the heart (and other glee covers) - glee



and then i was on a mission to figure out how to do that flippy-over-the-shoulder-thing that rachel and jesse do... with lee.

and then i went to glee live in concert... with lee.

and then i met puck at the maxim hot 100 party... with lee.

and then i hung out with cory monteith and a vocal adrenaline dancer... with annie! AT annie's apt, to be more specific. unreal. bananas

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 29: A Song From Your Childhood

my dad used to sing this song to me before i went to bed:

beatles - michelle





and also:

reading rainbow theme song :)



but also:
the macarena :(

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 27: A Song That You Wish You Could Play

anything ben folds. and believe me i've tried:

ben folds - philosophy

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 26: A Song You Can Play On An Instrument

like a good tiger cub, i started playing piano when i was 3 and violin when i was in third grade. thus, i ended up being pretty musical..

piano:

your song a la moulin rouge


particularly proud of this one because figured this one out without sheet music. baller shot caller:

ben kweller - in other words



la valse d'amelie- amelie


(well. work in progress anywho)


guitar:

eric clapton - tears in heaven




violin:

well. i'd need orchestra back up but-
beethoven - symphony 7, allegretto 2nd movement




...now only if i could sing.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 25: A Song That Makes You Laugh

"Asian Baby" - a Justin Bibeer cover by a bad lip reader.



burma... is heaven... for bieber!

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 24: A Song You Want to Play At Your Funeral

black bird


oh my love


...apparently it will be a bealtes bonanza at my funeral

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 23 - A Song You Want To Play At Your Wedding

slow:
i can't believe you're in love with me - billie holliday


fast:
aint no mountain high enough - marvin gaye & tammi terrell