Straight Talk about "Tough Interrogation"

I know this is a bit heavy for a lite and kicky blog such as mine, but I saw this clip and appreciated it so much that I wanted to share it with any interested parties.

They better be worth it!

Subtitle: Seriously, I am THAT cheap.

Last night I bought these sandals:
At $59, they are by far the most expensive shoes I've ever purchased (including winter boots. including the shoes I wore to prom).

Historically, I have always just purchased whatever was on sale and made it work. But now that I've decided to only buy things that I love, shopping is much more complicated. Shoes are the hardest--I'm quite picky. In addition to thinking that most shoes in the market today are ugly, I have lots of double standards: I only like wearing sandals in the summer, but I don't like too much of my feet to show. I only like wearing high heels, but I want my shoes to be comfortable. I'm only getting one pair of sandals so I need them to match with everything, but I only like bright colors.

I'm claiming these orange sandals are neutral because they sort of match my skin. In the store, they were so comfortable it was only slightly less pleasurable than strapping little clouds to my feet. While the long-term durability of the "cloud effect" remains to be seen, I'm hoping this will be a long and happy relationship.

The Treasures of Blog Surfing

The smile on my face must have been as big as the whole outdoors the entire time I was watching this. It was a big favorite in the Bluemlein family, but I never knew there was a video.

I Was Wrong

Concerning my last post, I was mistaken regarding several key factors:

1. If I'd realized how incredible the party I was going to that night on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (yes, THE New York Stock Exchange) was going to be, it WOULD have cheered me right up. We got a private after-hours tour from a gentleman who has been working there 30 years. We got our picture taken at the place where they ring the bell. And the party was way swanky. (sorry for the bad picture quality--I don't have a scanner so this is a picture of the picture. if I get a scan, I'll replace it)

2. I got to go on my first bike ride of the year yesterday and everything was beautiful and green. So, even though it was totally lame that it rained for two weeks straight and I didn't get to enjoy the flowers in the sunshine and the excessive amounts of rain made all the trees lose their blossoms early, I guess some good did come out of it.

3. When it rains again (tomorrow) I will be ready. My roommate is de-junking and gave me these totally awesome Wellies. Even in the rain, life seems better when I don't have to wear ugly black boots. (If they look industrial or farm-like it's just because of the picture. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Moisture

Just about every other place I've ever lived has been surrounded by farmland. So whenever it would rain for, say, 14 days straight you could say "Well at least it's helping the farmers."

But when you live in Manhattan and there are no farms for miles and miles it all seems like a waste. A horrible, inconvenient waste.

I feel like I'm back in Alaska. Only the rain doesn't even smell nice here because there's no soil. But at least the road to my house isn't caving in under the mud twice a day like it did in Denali.

Am I being a negative Nelly? I guess two weeks without sun (especially in the middle of spring) does that to me.

Even the cool party I'm going to at the Stock Market tonight is not entirely to cheer me up entirely.