i have arrived

well, today i bit the bullet. i entered the world of blogging. i was apprehensive at first, thinking i didn't really have anything worth writing about. but then i figured i have just as much, or as little, going on as anyone else, so why not!

i just recognized my quarter-life-crisis birthday in december. i said recognized because "celebrated" just doesn't seem like the right verb. i thought i would be farther a long with the life plan i had made for myself when i was probably a junior in high school. i realize that it seems unrealistic and dramatic to be upset that my life hasn't quite unfolded how i had "planned", but i'm going to be honest with you, i am unrealistic and dramatic sometimes. i'm a graphic designer and do freelance work on the side. i still live at home, although i long to move to chicago. i have two cats, casey and puma and i love them like children. i know i can rely on them for companionship. they are both currently lying at my feet, peacefully dreaming about catnip and bird watching i suppose. i studied italian in college and miss being able to speak and read the language. i just happen to be 100% italiana, and love learning about the culture. i am trying to brush up on my language skills - you know what they say, if you don't use it, you lose it.

i love getting lost in a movie or a really good book. as i write, i am watching season 2 of house, a show that i have become slightly obsessed with. the strange cases are so interesting. i love that things are never as they seem. i am amazed at the doctors' ability to know about so many diseases, symptoms and the like, even if it is just a show. like i said, unrealistic and dramatic.

i am also reading the sookie stackhouse novels by charlaine harris - another thing i am slightly addicted to. [*just as a side note, i just realized that both things that i am addicted to right now have the word "house" in their title, interesting] this series was the jumping off point for the hbo series trueblood. if vampire stories interest you, i strongly suggest checking out this series. i am currently on the fifth of seven books that are out right now. two new books are coming soon, one in march and another in may.

i am ridiculously excited that tomorrow is saturday and i get to sleep in. i live for saturdays. this week has been slow and long. i feel like i have been sleep walking for the last couple of days, staring blankly into space. anyway, i plan on being rejuvenated after tonight's sleep, so i hope i can provide you with some semi- interesting material to read this weekend. until then, buona sera...