It's been a bussssssy weekend. Friday I went over to PA's with Nate to go to the Union Sq. Roundtable. There was the usual locals and an appearance from Eugene. Reminder: do not talk to strangers in line for the bathroom. Or at all.




The next day, my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Laurin were in town after going to a wedding in Cape Cod. I met them in Harvard and we decided to go to Mr. Bartley's for burgers. Annnd I may have almost passed out in line. Not eating dinner + dehydration + humidity + low blood pressure = nearly fainting. Eek. After some food and water, I was alright, albeit a little embarrassed. Hunter was able to come out and charm my family blah blah blah (he's ridiculous.) My aunt was very amused by the Viagra burger. I had the Bill Clinton.

Next we headed to Newbury St and poked around some shops and met up with Laura. We walked down through Government Center and over to the North End, where we found a place that wasn't TOO insanely crowded. The food was great (I had some smoked mozzarella ravioli in a porcine mushroom cream sauce,) as was the conversation. This was one of the first times I've spent time with Nancy and Laurin alone without the rest of the fam, so we all got to talk about all sorts of things.

After getting some gelato (by the way, the North End is nuts on a Saturday night!) we headed back to Cambridge to go to Johnny D's. I had seen that Chicken Slacks were playing and thought it would be a good place to bring them. I knew it was a success when we were out dancing and Aunt Nancy leaned over during Dance to the Music and said "Freshman year of college!" We closed the place down and everyone went home happy and tired. It was a great day!


(Hunter commented on how much my mom and Nancy look alike. I kept doing double takes all day)

This afternoon, after sleeping in until noon (which never happens,) Hunter and I went and saw WALL-E. All I can say is CUUUUUUUUUTE.

Soo day two of the job. Let me tell you about my commute. I get on the commuter rail at 9:05am and get to Littleton by 9:45am or so. From there I walk on a sidewalkless street for 20 mins to work. Then, to get back, I walk 20 mins back and catch the 7:02 train back. I get to Porter sq. by 7:42 or so. It's a killer! And today, I rushed rushed rushed to get back on the train back to Boston, except, because I'm an idiot, I got on the train going to Fitchburg. This increased my commute by an hour. I am dummmmb.

Anyway, I'm still in the "learning" stage of my job since I've only been there two days, but today I got to start creating lists of songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's that people will be able to download on their phones! In Canada!

Also, I may be going to Toronto for work next month. Commute be damned, this could all be pretty sweet. PERHAPS!

hey so I went to New York and I went to Jamaica and started a new job.

New York = This man telling Nneka that Obama is a crackhead who is "30-40% emaciated." We ran into him at some party celebrating the internet at Hiro Ballroom.


Also, there was a lot of time spent with Maria and Heather.



I spent a good amount of time wandering around Union Square with Doug and Ellena and ate pizza with cranberries on it. I also had the BEST Mexican food right by Nneka's place in Greenpoint. Plus there was dancing to Darin's djing, drinking wine on roofs and lazying in the 85 degree weather.


And on to Jamaica. Our flight left around 6am, and we got in by 11:30 or so. We were wisked (aha!) to our villa at Half Moon and had a bit before the rest of Hunter's fam got there. Needless to say, the place was innnncredible





(that was our pool, each villa had one. NUTS!)

Once everyone got in, we went out exploring in the golf carts.

Pate drove:



Half Moon main lobby:


We went to a big buffet BBQ that night (whole pig, mahi mahi, rice and peas, sugar cane, pumpkin salad etc.) We "kids" hung out at the beach waiting for it to start:




It's difficult to explain every detail of the next few days.. so here's some highlights...

Pool relaxing:





Beach relaxing and whatnot:






Creatures (we spent a lot of time "rescuing" animals from the pool):






One night we went to a restaurant called Glistening Waters.. a dude named Jerry took us out in the boat and showed us the crazy phosphorescence in the water. Jerry was a little nuts. He kept saying how he was famous and that we should take pics of the cranes.

Here's the phosphorescence seen at the back of the motorboat:


And the cranes:


And of course, Jerry:



We also at at Sugar Mill, and were serenaded by two guys and a tiny guitar with Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline:



And snorkling! We went out in a glass bottom boat and swam over some coral reefs:



Our boat captain Kingsley:





And then there was this crazy West Indie scalp and body massage that we all had. I have decided that I need to invest in monthly massages.. it will do a lot more for me than anything else I could spend my money on I think!

Here's a few more pics because I took a lot.

At Glistening Waters:


The group at breakfast:


Pate drinkin from a coconut he picked:


Alex studying during a rainstorm:


I woke up earlier than Hunter so I went down to the beach and tried to take a picture with the self-timer. Nice action shot :(






Welp, I'm tired of "blogging" so until next time...