http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/29/hugh_laurie/
Just when I thought "House" was the first show set in NJ that didn't make any bad references to my great home state, I was wrong!
In last night's season 3 finale, which had the typical twists and turns in a season finale, Dr. House is asked by his divinely revived patient where she is. While some may say "C'mon, he gives a straight answer" I disagree. This is House we're speaking of, he has a smart mouth answer for EVERYONE.
Here's why I love "House":
1. Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard create a vital dramatic chemistry honed by their many years as versatile actors.
2. Every episode has a twist that makes you wait until the last moments for resolution. That's dramatic writing at its finest.
3. It's the only show I need complete silence for, I can't stand to miss a moment of dialogue.
4. It's already in syndication, yipee!
5. It's set in my favorite town in NJ, Princeton.
Of all the season finales I've watched the past 2-3 weeks, it was certainly not disappointing and actually left me content for the summer hiatus.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Back in the Saddle Again
This is the first summer in a long time I haven't made plans to go away. The main reason is I just put down a bit of money to buy my first car, a 2007 Honda Civic in Taffetta White (why should I have to say white after it, women would know it's white). She is the new love of my life, I'm indebted to her for the next 60 months.
The second reason is I was invited to go to Miami sometime this summer with the guy I was seeing at the time. I was getting uncertain about us actually going even though I had the money for the tickets taken care of (companion air voucher) because he was hemming and hawing about when. It was this regular pattern of uncertainty that forced me to call a DTR (define the relationship). The result led to him dumping me a few days after my birthday and right after April Fools. I wish it was a joke at first but now weeks later I'm relieved to be rid of him.
I've now return to online dating, with a healthy amount of skepticism that Dr. Warren's scientific method will work for me. Two friends of friends are now engaged to marry the first person they were matched so I know people who it's worked for.
I was on Match before and that was a little too much like an online bar scene,a lot of guys just looking for your number. I spoke to a few guys and dated three people. I'll never forget one guy who was very eager to meet me and I'm glad I never did. On my pre-date phone call, he asked me if I've ever tried to kill myself. You can imagine how quickly I wanted to get off of that phone call.
I've decided once again to invest money in my future and have signed on for the next six months. Like a fitness resolution I'm not doing this alone. My friend's been on it a couple of months and now I have someone to talk to about the process. Our main pet peeve is getting matched with non-payers and not knowing it until they don't answer your first set of questions. The only hurdle we have to get over is that most men are not big on e-mailing. That makes the early stages of "getting to know you" a little ackward. So it seems, no matter where you meet someone for the first time, it takes a while to find out if there's ANY relationship potential.
The second reason is I was invited to go to Miami sometime this summer with the guy I was seeing at the time. I was getting uncertain about us actually going even though I had the money for the tickets taken care of (companion air voucher) because he was hemming and hawing about when. It was this regular pattern of uncertainty that forced me to call a DTR (define the relationship). The result led to him dumping me a few days after my birthday and right after April Fools. I wish it was a joke at first but now weeks later I'm relieved to be rid of him.
I've now return to online dating, with a healthy amount of skepticism that Dr. Warren's scientific method will work for me. Two friends of friends are now engaged to marry the first person they were matched so I know people who it's worked for.
I was on Match before and that was a little too much like an online bar scene,a lot of guys just looking for your number. I spoke to a few guys and dated three people. I'll never forget one guy who was very eager to meet me and I'm glad I never did. On my pre-date phone call, he asked me if I've ever tried to kill myself. You can imagine how quickly I wanted to get off of that phone call.
I've decided once again to invest money in my future and have signed on for the next six months. Like a fitness resolution I'm not doing this alone. My friend's been on it a couple of months and now I have someone to talk to about the process. Our main pet peeve is getting matched with non-payers and not knowing it until they don't answer your first set of questions. The only hurdle we have to get over is that most men are not big on e-mailing. That makes the early stages of "getting to know you" a little ackward. So it seems, no matter where you meet someone for the first time, it takes a while to find out if there's ANY relationship potential.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Taking Time Off
Read this very thoughtful essay by the Harvard Admission Committee on the best way to live in the moment during the teen/college age years
http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/applying/time_off/timeoff.html
http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/applying/time_off/timeoff.html
East Coast Living
I was watching a new show on ABC last night "October Road." Usually I don't take an interest in a show just for the scenery but I'm a sucker for New England fall.
Growing up in New Jersey, I've seen my fair share of leaf piles and all the other images conjured up with this magical time of year. Why am I thinking about Fall in the middle of a typical rainy Spring? The answer is, I have no idea.
Here's another thing I love about living on the East Coast: Lax Games. Yes there's something very particular regional about Lacrosse, the way Surfing is to the West Coast. It's a part of our culture, an annual rite of the spring sports season at the high school and college level. It brings people together, okay it's most WASP/JCrew/Preppy types but still we love this game!
I went to my alma-mater yesterday, Drew University, to meet a fellow alum for dinner. I stopped in to watch the men's game until my friend arrived and I felt right at home. There was a LOT of chatter out on the field and the fans were just as eager to support the players on the field. For a game invented by Native Americans, East Coasters have taken it up with a passion and made it a true athletic event. There's a lot of running, a lot of strategy and yet a lot of graceful but rapid passing.
The last thing I love about living on the Coast- we have equal access to everything outdoors because we have both the Shore and the Mountains. Sure the temperatures change faster than the gas prices here lately, that's why Polartec was invented people!
Growing up in New Jersey, I've seen my fair share of leaf piles and all the other images conjured up with this magical time of year. Why am I thinking about Fall in the middle of a typical rainy Spring? The answer is, I have no idea.
Here's another thing I love about living on the East Coast: Lax Games. Yes there's something very particular regional about Lacrosse, the way Surfing is to the West Coast. It's a part of our culture, an annual rite of the spring sports season at the high school and college level. It brings people together, okay it's most WASP/JCrew/Preppy types but still we love this game!
I went to my alma-mater yesterday, Drew University, to meet a fellow alum for dinner. I stopped in to watch the men's game until my friend arrived and I felt right at home. There was a LOT of chatter out on the field and the fans were just as eager to support the players on the field. For a game invented by Native Americans, East Coasters have taken it up with a passion and made it a true athletic event. There's a lot of running, a lot of strategy and yet a lot of graceful but rapid passing.
The last thing I love about living on the Coast- we have equal access to everything outdoors because we have both the Shore and the Mountains. Sure the temperatures change faster than the gas prices here lately, that's why Polartec was invented people!
Friday, February 02, 2007
Candidate Maggie
Yesterday, I began campaigning for Ph.D Admission '08. Much like the many presidential candidates who've thrown their hat into the '08 Presidential Race, I myself have officially declared my intention to become a Ph.D. student in the 20th century British Novel.
My first stop was Storrs, CT to spend the day at UConn. I had the chance to meet a 2nd cousin, who's a professor there, as well as meet my future teachers and students. The campus reminds me a little of Middlebury (in the country) and a LOT of Cornell (mucho money spent on the physical plant). While my visit lasted about 4 hours, I was more than satisfied with what I saw. In fact, I received an outstanding first impression.
I could definitely find my niche in that place and also feel okay spending my weekends back in ol' NJ.
My first stop was Storrs, CT to spend the day at UConn. I had the chance to meet a 2nd cousin, who's a professor there, as well as meet my future teachers and students. The campus reminds me a little of Middlebury (in the country) and a LOT of Cornell (mucho money spent on the physical plant). While my visit lasted about 4 hours, I was more than satisfied with what I saw. In fact, I received an outstanding first impression.
I could definitely find my niche in that place and also feel okay spending my weekends back in ol' NJ.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 04, 2007
People Looking For You
Do you ever feel like everyone is always looking for you? I basically have my cell phone on me at all times, a phenomena I never expected to include in my daily routine.
People from work call me on it (within business hours, luckily) as if anytime, anywhere I will have an answer to their question or can fulfill their request immediately. This morning, for example, I was about 2 miles from my office and I received a call about a bill that's due for our office furniture rental. So I reach over, grabbed my corporate charge card and read off the number while I was driving!
Okay, I'm also known for eating and drinking coffee (my car would tell you that wholeheartedly) while I'm driving so this task is not so far fetched. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I've willingly become one of the people who lives a mobile ungrounded existence. I have everything I could possibly need in my car except a washing machine and dryer!
There are other people looking for me, my boyfriend, my parents at 2 am when I haven't come home. My grandmother always enjoys my calls in transit ("Where are you, on the train?"/ "No Gram, I'm crossing a bridge").
The following people are NOT looking for me: The I.R.S; A Jehovah's Witness; My very short list of Ex's. And with that I await my cell to briiing briing again...
Mags
People from work call me on it (within business hours, luckily) as if anytime, anywhere I will have an answer to their question or can fulfill their request immediately. This morning, for example, I was about 2 miles from my office and I received a call about a bill that's due for our office furniture rental. So I reach over, grabbed my corporate charge card and read off the number while I was driving!
Okay, I'm also known for eating and drinking coffee (my car would tell you that wholeheartedly) while I'm driving so this task is not so far fetched. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I've willingly become one of the people who lives a mobile ungrounded existence. I have everything I could possibly need in my car except a washing machine and dryer!
There are other people looking for me, my boyfriend, my parents at 2 am when I haven't come home. My grandmother always enjoys my calls in transit ("Where are you, on the train?"/ "No Gram, I'm crossing a bridge").
The following people are NOT looking for me: The I.R.S; A Jehovah's Witness; My very short list of Ex's. And with that I await my cell to briiing briing again...
Mags
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