What's for lunch?

Homemade, chunky vegetable soup. Divine.

“…what defines a New Yorker is the edge that one develops from having actually
lived here. Once you have it, it doesn’t go away and everywhere else in the
world feels like it is in slow motion.”

— Donald Trump Jr.

Am I a New Yorker? Eh, probably not yet.

Stuff my boyfriend says..

"In North Carolina, they have an entire restaurant that just sells biscuits."

Oh Gap designers, you take a beautiful colored tunic and slapped a vagina right in the middle of it. What were you thinking?

This clitorial clothing could be yours for a mere $29.99

Things I love right now:

I trust you, Babe.

Have you ever heard a song that made you stop in your tracks because it spoke so directly to you? It took every facet of your life and simplified it into so many words, that you couldn't believe it? It happened to me today.

Sara Bareilles - The Light

In the morning it comes, heaven sent a hurricane
Not a trace of the sun but I don't even run from rain
Beating out of my chest, heart is holding on to you
From the moment I knew
From the moment I knew

You're the air in my breath filling up my love soaked lungs
Such a beautiful mess intertwined and overrun
Nothing better than this, No, and then the storm can come
You feel just like the sun
Just like the sun

And if you say it'll be alright
I'm gonna trust you, babe
I'm gonna look in your eyes
And if you say it'll be alright
I'll follow you into the light

Never mind what I knew, nothing seems to matter now
Ooh, who I was without you, I can do without
No one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down
But I'm here with you now
I'm with you now

And if you say it'll be alright
I'm gonna trust you, babe
I'm gonna look in your eyes
And if you say it'll be alright
I'll follow you into the light

Let the world come rush in
Come down hard; come crush in
All I need is right here beside me
I'm not enough, I swear it
Take my love and wear it over your shoulders

And if you say it'll be alright
I'm gonna trust you, babe
I'm gonna look in your eyes
And if you say it'll be alright
I'll follow you into the light

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I listened to it over and over and over again. Letting the words wash over me. I've been in such a strange place lately. Having to continually fight for the relationship I have and define it to other people has caused me to constantly try to define it in my own mind. Will it last? Is it true? And sadly, it's made me question so much that I began to not remember what was so wonderful about us to begin with. Maybe these words were exactly what I needed, to start to release the pressure, to live in the moment. It's not easy, but I'm trying. "No one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down, but I'm here with you now."

I can't decide if this would be totally awesome or totally tacky to have in an actual living space. Right now, I kinda love it.

On Friday night, Craig and I decided to stay in and watch our recent Netflix picks (consisting of a documentary and Mad Men season 1)


We watched The Cove.

If you have not seen this documentary, you need to stop what you're doing right now and go out and get it (or at least put it on your Netflix queue). It's no wonder this documentary won Best Documentary at this past year's Academy Awards. It does everything a good documentary is supposed to do. While watching, you learn something new, you get a tingling feeling in your spine watching people on the verge of getting caught, and your stomach rises to your throat in anger as you realize exactly what is going on.

The Cove is a place in Taiji, Japan where the largest dolphin slaughter in the world takes place. It's hidden by wooded cliffs and heavily protected by Japanese fishermen.

An espionage move, the team is able to plant cameras into never-before-seen areas of the cove and captured exactly what was happening. It's heartbreaking the detail that is seen, from the boats corralling the dolphins in, to the eventual bloody waters of the aftermath. It's gut wrenching.

In fact, Craig and I stared expressionless at each other afterwards until it was finally uttered, "What can we do??"

The Cove Official Trailer:

Just watch it. Please.

Today, I am walking around the office barefoot, wearing a maxi dress. I'm feeling a little "hippy" and it makes me happy :)