Thursday, December 18, 2008

Some Updates

Since my move to the Big Apple is looming, I have started conditioning myself to life in New York in January.

Steps I Have Taken to Condition Myself to Life in New York in January
  • Blast the air-conditioning in my room, turn on fans, and eat lots of popsicles to get used to the frigid temperatures.

Here I am, practicing being cold. Notice the winter coat.


  • Practice using sarcasm, the universal language of New Yorkers.    ......NOT!

  • (No, really, I am. That was just me being sarcastic)

  • Practice dressing like a hipster.
  • Yeah, I look soooooo bad in hipster clothing.*
*sarcasm

  • Practice ordering Indian Takeout at 1 am. Except there isn't any Indian Takeout where I live, so I just drive to El Pollo Loco.

Practice not making eye-contact with anyone.

  • Practice being really condescending whenever someone mentions they like Sex and the City, or Times Square.
(example: MOM: Early! Sex and the City is on! It's the episode where Miranda dates the--
  EARLENE: Wow, Mom, it's like, not 1999 anymore.)

So far, all my practice is going really, really, badly.*
*sarcasm.

What do you guys think? Am I missing anything crucial?

Sarcastically*,
Earlene 

*sarcasm. or like, backwards sarcasm, or something.
 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Earlene -

Here are some other important skills to master before moving to New York:

Identifying public transportation and learning how to use it (particularly challenging if you live in LA. A good exercise would be to find a metro station and try to get to LAX.)

Hailing a cab (this is where signature style is important).

Identifying safe street meat.

good luck!