Oh Definitely.

So glad you liked the sweets, Meghan!! :) meghanasha: I just...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:10:49 -0500

So glad you liked the sweets, Meghan!! :)

I just received a very sweet Sunday surprise from Fanny and Jane. Try their Chewy Chocolate Graham Bar; it’s absolutely to die for! Rarely, do I have a hard time rationing my portions, but this morning I couldn’t help but eat the entire delivery.

Gluttony on a Sunday never tasted so good…

If you’re not already watching these, you need to...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:31:01 -0400

If you’re not already watching these, you need to be.

rebeccasports:

Rebecca Brings You The Sports 10/13/09

"Your happiness is more important than (your) paycheck."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:46:07 -0400

““Your happiness is more important than (your) paycheck.””

- from my recent interview with Kath Younger from Kath Eats Real Food. Two years ago, Kath quit a desk job she hated to pursue something that made her happier. Today, she’s one of the most famous healthy-living bloggers on the web.

four days left at my desk job!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:42:28 -0400

four days left at my desk job!

gracenmichelle: Had to…

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:59:47 -0400

gracenmichelle:

Had to…

I Quit My Job

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:23:01 -0400

I Quit My Job

"What’s with all the long faces people? Smile! You woke up this morning. That’s like winning the..."

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:40:23 -0400

“What’s with all the long faces people? Smile! You woke up this morning. That’s like winning the jackpot.”

- Drummer on the downtown 2/3 train this afternoon (via courtneyc)

I’ve been blogging over here at follow my bliss since...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:30:00 -0400

I’ve been blogging over here at follow my bliss since January. I’m writing about my journey to leave my desk job and do whatever makes me happiest, full-time.

A lot has happened in the few months since I began writing the new blog, as I imagined it would. I’m a big believer in the idea of asking the universe for what you want.

To that end, it turns out that I’m starting a sweets company with my friend Faryn! It’s called Fanny & Jane, and we are not yet officially open for business, but we are well on our way. We’ve even had to fill a few custom cake orders and party orders already. It’s been a blast so far and it’s also an incredible learning experience.

Our website, which is still in the very initial phases is http://fannyandjane.com. You can see some of the sweets we offer there.

Anthony, you’re awesome. anthonybatista: This guy tipped...

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:08:23 -0400

Anthony, you’re awesome.

anthonybatista:

This guy tipped me with a bag of cocaine for taking his coat at Scarlet Johansen’s birthday party. I should have seen it coming.

True story, but don’t let it ruin the movie for you…

Uhhhmm, a guy just walked into my office and said to me, “Hi, I’m Tommy...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:48:10 -0500

Uhhhmm, a guy just walked into my office and said to me, “Hi, I’m Tommy Hilfiger.”

And he is.

Love me some Charleston. jessieisarobot: Clouds in Charleston...

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:57:00 -0500

Love me some Charleston.

jessieisarobot:

Clouds in Charleston right now :)

follow my bliss

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:14:56 -0500

follow my bliss:

Gonna blog over there for a while about my journey to leave my desk job career once and for all, and find my daydream job.

I am craving pizza right now. Hardcore.

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:40 -0500

I am craving pizza right now. Hardcore.

The Baldwins' new website

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:41:49 -0500

The Baldwins' new website:

My improv team, The Baldwins, just began its third year and third iteration at The PIT. Baldwins 3.0, we like to say. We had a great first show of 2009 last night, thanks in large part to our two new fabulous additions, Sarah Nowak and Shelly Slocum. We are now a complete team of 8, with 4 women and 4 men, and so far, it’s rad. I’m looking forward to a great year of hilarious shows about space ships (and other kinds of things).

Photo

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:49:00 -0500

Photo

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:48:43 -0500

...but the coffee slurping IS really annoying.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:31:00 -0500

In an effort to discover more inner peace, I’ve been practicing living in the moment. Artsy, right?

One thing that particularly resonates with me about this practice is the idea that we are not our thoughts. That our feelings are going to bubble and flow and change and spike and fall and be dramatic and be irrational. And we are not those things. We can notice them, watch them flow in and out of our experiences, but we don’t need to identify with them so that we become them, become wrapped up with them.

So I’ve been doing some noticing, rather than reacting, rather than becoming engrossed in feelings, or in feelings about feelings. This is all the very long way of saying that along with all this noticing, which has actually been remarkably relaxing and freeing in some instances, I sometimes notice things that suck.

I noticed this morning, for example, that I instantly felt defensive, closed off, and irritable feelings when I walked into the office. Like clockwork. Each person’s voice grated on me more than the person before them, each task before me more mundane than the one before it. It has been everything I can do this morning not to become furious at almost every request, every noise, a disgusting cubicle-mate slurping her coffee in what could be described as one of the most offensive sounds ever, an asshole attorney being a total prick, an idiotic bimbo of an office-manager asking me yet another idiotic bimbonic question. Everything.

I’ve been railing against these feelings for a long time, disappointed in myself for not being able to control or quiet them, resentful of my job and the people who work here for being even fractionally responsible, if that, and desperately wondering if it’s just me, if I’m just being totally unreasonable and unmanageable. (Probably.)

Letting go into it all, though, instead of railing against it, and accepting myself at THIS moment, in THIS state, is scary and sort of wonderful all at once. I wish I didn’t feel so unhappy here, but I cannot continue to be mad that I am. I am. I just am. I don’t like it here. I can’t relate to the people, I don’t want to be like them, and I don’t like to be around them. Many of them are perfectly nice. A lot of them have values and priorities that make me cringe.

So instead of just sitting here railing against it all, I will simply breathe and accept that I don’t like it. And that that’s completely my right. I have to leave it soon. I have to have a schedule that is my own. I have to surround myself with people who don’t make me want to put my head into a wall. The freedom that comes with accepting my feelings, observing them, and letting them morph and change as they will actually makes this moment - and this place and these people - a little bit more bearable. For now.

"Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you’re feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you’ll feel..."

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:29:34 -0500

“Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you’re feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you’ll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is. There’s nothing to get excited about. They just know. They’re saviors. The more cats you have, the longer you live.”

- Charles Bukowski on cats (via smut-to-go) (via scout) (via butseriously)

(via capucha)

Ooo. “Fun” pose.

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:31:17 -0500

Ooo. “Fun” pose.

8th Grade End-Of-Year Dance.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:55:16 -0500

8th Grade End-Of-Year Dance.