Hey! Remember me?

I'm still here…just over at my other blog!  Have you checked it out recently?

http://laurensyearwithout.blogspot.com

I'll be back here soon - don't you worry!

A New Year, A New Blog

Now don't worry, this one won't be going anywhere….though it may get slightly neglected.

I am doing an exciting resolution this year.  I am giving up something different every single month.  And I'm not talking easy stuff here, people.  I'm talking things I LOVE but that may not be the best for me.  (cough, cough FACEBOOK PERHAPS cough, cough SUGAR MAYBE cough, cough)

So please, go over and follow me!  It should be an exciting year of me trying to keep month long resolutions…and probably struggling like CRAZY.

http://laurensyearwithout.blogspot.com/

And this is how I feel today...

http://canifindamanwho.blogspot.com/

Sigh.

On the bright side, 11 days until my birthday! 

Yes, I'm counting. 

No, I'm not excited to be a year older. 

Yes, I am excited for potential presents.

Scout told me she's not getting me anything this year.  I'm hurt.

In case you were wondering...

All is well here after Sandra ripped the city a new one.

Sorry, was that crass?  I've feel like I've been camping for a week. 

I promise I will actually blog something soon.  In the meantime, why not check out this blog: 

http://canifindamanwho.blogspot.com/

Breaktime Over.

Ok, well I took a few days off after finishing my 365 days of photos.  (Did I really do that?  I did, didn't I?  That was cool.) 

But now, I have a decision.  What is this blog going to be now?  I'm back on facebook (cautiously...I am cautiously making my way back...I don't like it that much anymore, really...) and I am still on twitter and I guess I can post whatever instagram photos I happen to take...but...why keep the blog then?  When you can read up on me anywhere else?  Why will my blog be here?

If anyone has a good answer or even a direction to point me in...that'd be great.

Happy Friday to you all.  This weekend is the Big Apple BBQ Block Party and I couldn't be more excited.  I love this weekend more than pretty much all weekends in NYC.  Let's hope it lives up to my super high expectations.

Day 218: My other blog.

Day 218: My other blog., a photo by lalasappy on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
I'm taking a photography class! This is my other blog. Yay!

Another blog...

Hi friends.  Just wanted to share some fun news with you.  I am taking an online photography course!  For the course, I have to post my pictures on a blog.  I decided that this blog already has plenty of photos, so I just created a new one for the class.  If you want to stop by and see my progress, I'd love to hear what you think of my "real camera" photos.  :)

Please visit:  http://laurentakesphotos.wordpress.com/

If you click on the individual postings, you can see details about the photos as well.  :)

Just FYI - this is literally a "Photography Basics" course because I am completely new to shooting in manual…so please don't expect me to impress you too much just yet!

Just another little piece of my life I wanted to share!  Love to you all.

Nobody Comments Here.

Seriously. 

What's the deal?  Are you all hiding the fact that you read my blog?  Because let me tell you something....

There's a thing on this blog that counts pageviews.  I can see how many views my blog has had in a day.

So where are you???  Who are you??? 

Just say hello, for goodness sake.

:)

Hello out there.

Hi.

I just wanted to say hi because...it feels like the only things I post on my blog now are my daily photos and you don't really get to hear from ME. 

I mean, yes, there's a caption for each photo but it's never more than a paragraph.  And I think to myself, that isn't why I started a blog.  For a paragraph a day.  Or a sentence or two.  It was so I would have an outlet.  A place to open up.  A place to VENT.  A place to share.  A place for all my quirks and thoughts to come out into the open.

And yeah, sometimes my photos can do that.  But they don't really get to tell you how I'm feeling about, say, The Occupy Wall Street Movement.  Or my most recent vacation.  Or that conversation I had with that person about that thing.  I don't know.  I feel like I'm not telling you anything.

Am I telling you anything?

Whatever, I'm just saying.  I'm still here.  And I'm going to try to write more.  Like say more.  To you.  My readers.  If you're still out there.  :)

Loves.

Two Things

1.  I know I say this every year, but I LOVE the smell of Autumn.  It's finally starting to cool down here in NYC, and with that comes the crisp fall air.  Now technically Autumn does not begin for another 3 days, I think.  But I can smell it.  And I love that.

...Of course, this week it's supposed to rain every day and I doubt it'll smell as fabulous as it did all weekend with the cooler air.  UGH I LOVE THE SMELL OF AUTUMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.  So it may LOOK like I am on my blog every day-ish and staying on top of stuff, but I am here to tell you that I am NOT.  It has been SO long since I've had the opportunity to catch up on what everyone else is up to.  I literally take maybe 2 minutes to come on and TAG the posts that I forward over from flickr...and then I leave immediately.  (Because I am usually doing that in a spare moment at work...which seem to be very few and far between nowadays....) 

So I ask you, dear friends, update me on your life.  Leave me a little comment telling me how you're doing and what's new...because then it goes to my email and I take a little moment out of my day and get to think of you.  :)

PS:  As you can see from my Sunday picture, I ran the Race for the Cure on Sunday!  It was fabulous to run a race in Central Park.  And I didn't finish last out of my group, which was my goal.  (...I did finish second-to-last, but it wasn't LAST!  Plus, it was mostly tall boys and tall boys run fast.)

Ok, gotta get back to the grind.  Love you all!

Readers??

So I was checking out my stats today...y'know, where my readers are, how they find me, etc...and someone from Brazil was reading!  Brazil - if you're still out there, say hi!  I think you're cool.

Also - who is in Alaska??  You're so far away...but I'm glad you stop in and read me!  Let's be friends and maybe I'll come visit you.  :)

THEN I saw that there were 17 visits from GERMANY on my blog...and I was like GERMANY?!  Why are so many people from GERMANY reading my blog?!?!  And then I realized- Oh, it's Ju.  :)

For some reason, I liked capitalizing GERMANY.  Perhaps because I took German in High School.

Guten Abend! Wie heisst du?  Ich heisse Lauren.  Ich komme aus Pittsburgh, aber wohne ich in New York. 

(I'm not sure if my grammar was correct there...sorry. )

Attention, Attention!!

Hear ye, hear ye!!

lauren-wood.blogspot.com is now lauren-sap.blogspot.com!

Yeaaaaah!

Love it.

Maybe?

Ok, so MAYBE I'll un-privatize my blog. (Yes I'm aware that is NOT a word.)

I only did it because I felt strange about certain particular people reading it...not as much the WORLD reading it... PLUS if there were any more mean bloggy stalkers left over from last year, PRIVACY got rid of 'em! HA HA!

I fell in the shower this morning. Like an old lady. It hurt. I'm fearing a brain hemorrhage now.

Lovies.

The News You've All Been Waiting For...

Not really.

Do you ever feel like your blog post is just anti-climactic? I read my friend's blogs and they're all "We just found out...IT'S A GIRL!", "Big news...WE'RE ENGAGED!", "Guess what...WE'RE MOVING!", "You were all asking...PICTURES FROM THE HONEYMOON". "I'm so relieved...I GOT A NEW JOB!".

Do I need any more examples? You get the idea.

And here I am like..."I went home to Pittsburgh for Christmas!" "Look at this funny picture of my face!" "It's snowing!" "Complain complain complain".

. . .

I'm totally lame.

My life seems so small and insignificant sometimes. Especially now. My job is nothing important. I'm completely replacable. I audition for shows...I get callbacks...and never get cast. I feel untalented and unwanted. My jeans are a little tight. I'm totally not cute anymore.

I mean, I see what posts get attention and what posts don't...big news, something dramatic, something exciting: Comments. Me just rambling: Not so chatty. I'm not fishing for blog comments here, but I'm just saying...

Is my purpose in life this menial? Is my daily life so mundane?

Sigh...I don't know, cyber world... Blogs are cool and I'm glad I have you faithful readers out there who like to peek in on me from time to time. But sometimes I take a step back and just think, "This is so lame".

Not lame like "blogs are dumb", but lame like "look at what's important for me to write down". I mean, shouldn't I blog about something important? Save the Whales! Adopt a Puppy...and then NEUTER IT! Recycle!!!

I fully support all those ideas. But why don't I write about them? And if I did, would you even wanna read it? I am all for good deeds and stuff, but I don't know how often I'd want to read about it.

Anywho...I'm off to save the office from disorganization.

Lovies to you, dear readers!

Peace.