Tuesday, December 26, 2006

happy holidays!

my gift to you this holiday season? cheap books galore!

i know this isn't the proper venue for selling books, but i am desperate. i want these off my hands and of course, i wouldnt mind the cash because i am brrroke. take your pick:

LIVING RELIGIONS 5th Ed by Mary Pat Fisher
$20

SOCIETY: The Basics (w/CD) by Macionis, 8th ed.
$40 Like Brand NEW! no highlighting, nada

NICKEL AND DIMED by Ehrenreich
$3

AN OUTLINE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS by Freud
$5

THE NORTON SAMPLER by Cooley, 6th ed.
$10

BEGINNING YOUR MARRIAGE by Thomas
$3 Like Brand New!

AN ELEMENTARY CHRISTIAN METAPHYSICS by Joseph Owens
$20

MOVING ON: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SINCE 1945 by Moss, 3rd Ed.
$30

POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA by Charles Blake
$20

THE SECOND CENTURY: US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS SINCE 1889 by Gilderhus
$15

THE VENTURE OF ISLAMVOLUME 1: THE CLASSICAL AGE OF ISLAM
$20 Like Brand NEW!

NURSES AT THE FRONT edited by Margaret Higonnet
$10

e-mail me if interested.

Monday, December 18, 2006

ho ho ho!

i'm done with school, almost done at my internship(which is half good half sad), done with christmas shopping, aaand im about to go to florida! im a happy camper really. but when christmas is over and the internship is over, i feel like my month off is basically done. i have to go to jury duty (dammit), go see some doctors because its the only time i can, and then i start with my new internship on the second week of january. after that... school starts. blah. but then again, i would really like to get it all over with. now that i've pulled up my gpa, can i graduate now? why cant i have a job already? hire me please!

in other news.. i was writing something about ANTM and i found out that theres gonna be a Philippines' Next Top Model, with Ruffa Guttierrez-whatever her husbands name is. shes not really a model (does the philippines even have runway models? arent we like, too short?) but when i was little, i looked up to her. literally. she was tall. and pretty. i wanted to be like her. but alas, i was not meant to have such a physique. i do want to watch the show though. which makes me want to go back there too. ah, so many things i want to do!

hasta luego-go,
mango

i rhymed.

Friday, December 8, 2006

yesterday i got to work at the beauty closet aka your own personal sephora. it totally brought out the girly girl in me, and also the slightly anal girl in me, because i had to arrange beauty products for a shoot today. caridee from antm is coming to shoot a video for the website! im a little upset i dont get to see her since i dont work fridays, but ohh well.

as superficial as it seems, doing things like that reaffirms my determination to work for a women's publication. i love that stuff. and to work, to write for, and to be paid for doing it? what could be better? (being EIC, of course, but all in due time.)


hasta luego-gooo,
marianne

Friday, December 1, 2006

hello, hello,

It's december and you know what that means?? the end of the semester, finals, MY 21st BIRTHDAY! christmas, christmas shopping, vacation, winter in new york... i can go on and on. i love the month of december, except for the whole studying for finals part. i love winter in new york, seeing the christmas lights at night, walking in the crisp cold winter air. i love love love it.

i also am looking to celebrate my 21st birthday with the girls, in orlando florida! cocktails and sun galore! these first two weeks are stressful, with finals and my internship still going on, and honestly, i feel like getting mindlessly drunk at the end of the day. but that will have to wait until school is over. ill have coffee and tea to drink and articles to write and books to read. boo.

i think winter in new york is so romantic. after my internship i sometimes head over to the time warner center at columbus circle, to grab a bite to eat or browse at borders. well about three weeks ago they set up their holiday display. large glittery ornaments are hanging from the ceiling and holiday music is playing throughout. it just puts you in a good mood! and the view of central park and columbus circle outside is just wonderful. it makes me want to go on a date. (note to self- drag dean out to a date.)

i want to do so many things. this semester needs to be done already!