Weekend Update

I can’t believe last week I was in North Carolina spending Thanksgiving with my family. This week was kind of long (but aren’t they all) and after work, I met up with my dinner buddy, Leena, at Spice for a late night dinner. ALSO, I got my new boots which are so incredibly cute but my calves are so big that they didn’t zip up the entire way! hahahahaha they fit now (after I had to stretch out the leather with magazines) but I haven’t worn them out because I can’t decide whether or not they’re comfortable for walking in New York. The highlight of my day was the letter I got from Angie and John - THEY’RE COMING TO VISIT!

On Saturday, our office had their annual Family and Friends Day at the office. Everyone was saying that it was kind of corny, but I RSVP-ed for it earlier in November, so Audrey and I headed to the office to check it out. I wish I had gone there earlier because it was SO MUCH FUN! They really went all out for the event; they had a build-a-bear workshop (AND I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO DO IT!!!), dance floors, vendors, giant games, DJ’s, and dance floor everywhere. They also had a bunch of photo booths around the cafeteria AND video games EVERYWHERE. It was a huge arcade and kids were running EVERYWHERE. Audrey and I rode in a jeep:

If you look closely, we couldn’t even fit our legs inside so I have one leg in and Audrey didn’t even bother trying so she’s driving on her SIDE! Also, in the background is all the stuffing from the build-a-bears (they ran out of bodies or something so it’s just a bunch of stuffing everywhere). I *almost* slipped on the stuffing because it was REALLY slippery!

They also turned one of the conference rooms on 22 into a party room (Audrey and I will never be able to go into that room without wanting to boogie). They even hired this break dancer that’s been in the iPod videos and he’s a backup dancer for Fergie and Madonna:

It was really cute because a lot of kids were watching him dance and afterwards, all these little girls started talking to him and hugging him. Okay, so, one weird thing about the dance floor was that the DJ was playing all these top 40 hits for these kids that were no more than 13. Isn’t it odd that kids are listening to songs like Smack That and Candy Shop? SERIOUSLY - I barely know what the songs mean, and when I find out, I’m like, totally grossed out! Also, the DJ played this song, Chicken Noodle Soup, and EVERYONE started screaming in excitement. I have never heard this song before, but it is so AWESOMELY bad. There’s also a dance that goes with the music! I am thoroughly impressed and you will see me on 116th and Lex doing the chicken noodle soup dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFethWlS0eU&mode=related&search=.

Audrey and I stood in line for THIRTY minutes to get our pictures made into stickers, but all these people in front of us kept making pages and pages of stickers so by the time it was our turn, the guy working the station UNPLUGGED the machine. ANGRY! So Audrey and I ran to the cafeteria and ended up taking this poloroid:

I think someone pulled out the cord during our third picture (stupid), but our first picture is a normal picture (cute), our second picture is our fobby picture (cuter), and our last picture is our SCARED picture (CUTEST…or scariest!). I had to take a picture of the picture so I could post it online because I think it’s so cute.

After family and friend’s day, Audrey and I headed to Soho for the day and went shopping and ended up in Chinatown for dinner. We went to our usual spot and I ordered the chicken with ginger, scallions, and garlic with rice. Man, I love rice (did I mention my mom bought me a rice cooker?!). Afterwards, Audrey, Eric, Eric’s friend, Benson, Athin, Jason, Leena, Leo, Jen, and I went to the Triumph Room/Providence on 57th between 8th and 9th. The music was ALL trance, which was a good opportunity for Audrey and I to continue our photo shoot that we started earlier in the afternoon:

Normal picture (MAN that’s close).

Fobby picture (Audrey is cheesin it like none other)

Our third picture is our “deep in thought” picture, which was deleted from the poloroid from earlier in the morning. I’m kinda glad it didn’t turn out in our poloroid because we both look kind of mad.

Our shocked face (with gum in my mouth). I love Audrey’s expression of total and utter SHOCK.

Leo, my new best friend, was also in the mood to partake in our photo shoot and he added a new pose:

MODEL POSE! OMG Leo is so fun AND he saved all the girls from the creepos that were trying to dance with us. Man, there were seriously so many creeps out last night AND a Christmas party, which means there were a ton of old people there.

And finally, my favorite picture from the night:

Leo’s expression is priceless.