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Meghan got me this morning and I almost forgot to ever do my post for today, can't believe it's already March.  Curse February and it's lack of days.

I was going to post a Barbie picture in addition to my "all my friends are dead" calendar that I got from Daniel because my sister actually got me a 2014 Barbie calendar too.  Unfortunately it's not all new Barbie's so I was only going to post when it was a new Barbie I hadn't posted before.  For some reason I thought this month was the first one but it's not.

So you'll have to satisfy yourself with just this for another month:

Haha I like his face.

I really did it

I love how pleased Toni looks in this photo.  She was too!  She had my hair cut off within minutes of me sitting down in her chair.  Which was good because otherwise I'm sure I would have thrown up and called the haircut off.

But I knew I was in good hands, and so with several unsettlingly loud hacks I said goodbye to most of my 20's.

So blond, so beautiful.  Looking at it like that it doesn't look like my hair.  It really looks like barbie hair.

I was glad that Daniel came with me for moral support, and brought Gunner with him.  He felt that a fellow blond could help comfort me.  He was correct.

But after the initial shock of the ponytail cut, the rest of the haircut was fun.  The world was my oyster for styling.  When Toni asked me what I had in mind I pulled up the google image search page for Zack Morris and said, "something like this".

I am pleased with the results.

 I have been enjoying running my fingers through it, although it's odd because I instinctively go to pull it in to a ponytail in the back only to find nothing there.  Otherwise I've kind of forgotten that I ever had long hair already.  It's nice to be back to boy hair.

Daniel took more pics of the actual hair cut process, will hopefully be posting those soon along with the last pictures ever taken of my long hair by our friend Lee.  In the meantime I am going to bed early tonight so I can get up tomorrow and go to the beach.  My fresh hair is definitely not the summer blond that I'm used to.

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I have neither a barbie picture, nor a rabbit picture to post.  When I google searched for "barbie rabbit" I got Jessica Rabbit, so I went with it.

I'm excited that all this Christmas and new years nonsense is out of the way so I can get ready for my birthday!!!  I had intended to go yesterday to get my early birthday present of a new phone but I got sidetracked with other things, so it looks like its going to be another couple of days of challenging picture taking.

I'll do my best to keep up with 2013 though.  I'll just have this in repeat for the month of January, for inspiration:

thank you Jonathan!!

I love my beautiful Christmas card!!!

I guess they figured they could avoid me suing them for copyright infringement by changing the cat to white, since that is otherwise an obvious artists rendition of me and the detective.

I guess in the spirit of the holiday season I will let it slide and just display it proudly on the fridge.

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I was so caught off guard by the changing of the months that I didn't even pay my rent until this morning.  I realized as soon as I woke so I wrote a really bleary eyed check with a signature that doesn't even look like mine.  I hope the bank accepts it.

And just like that, here we find ourselves beginning the final month of the year.  Oh and the world is supposed to end halfway through too!  Lots to look forward to.

I for one look forward to the new year.  It's going to be an interesting one for me, lots of new years resolutions to work on.  All in all though I'm amazed (as usual) in the difference a year makes.  When I think of what was going on for me a year ago compared to now I can really only be thankful.

Speaking of thankful, I would also be thankful to anybody that wants to get me a new calendar for the new year.  I've not seen Barbie 2013 so I'm thinking maybe I'll have to move on to a new theme, I'm open to suggestions.  In the meantime, enjoy your final Barbie for 2012, I know I am:

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The most unsettling part of realizing it is November was turning over the calendar page and feeling the end so close.  I've been looking forward to the next two months though, as I am set to make some serious commission at work.  The shoppers do not kid around at this mall.

Skylar and I both have to open this morning so neither of us did anything fun for Halloween.  He did come up to Ft. Lauderdale to have lunch with me though, and I even coerced him in to playing a game of pool.  UNfortunately he won too.

I told him to write our names on the chalkboard and he goes, "our real names or our fake names?!" which such earnestness in his voice.  I asked him what my fake name was and he said Goldielocks, which I approve of.  When I asked him what his fake name was he replied without hesitation, "Taylor".  I asked him if that's the name he gives at Starbucks when he doesn't want to deal with his real name and he goes, "no, I just like that name".

So I guess I will cling to the fact that I didn't technically lose to Skylar, I lost to Taylor.  He was a fierce competitor.  Perhaps I will stop by his store this morning and bring him a congratulatory tea.

I will not be taking any fashion cues from this month's Barbie though.

So much brown.  It's like sexy evening wear UPS delivery person.  No bueno.

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Hehehe I've been saving that picture for months now to use for Halloween rabbit rabbit rabbit.  Apparently it had just eaten a cherry, not actually attacked somebody's throat, but the visual is spot on.

So glad to be done with September, although flipping the calendar page this morning was a little overwhelming.  There is definitely a lot of writing all over this month.  Most of it is related to my new job though so I'm pretty excited.  I have about a week of training to get through before I can actually start though so I'm just going to have to keep focused on other things.

Like figuring out where I can get some black outfits to wear.  I have black pants and a black sweater and that's it, I have a feeling those are going to get real old real fast.  It's a good thing I can always look to Barbie for inspiration:

I mean, if that doesn't look like me on my way to work I don't know what does.  I like the leopard print but those boots are hideous.  They need to be shorter and more fitted so they look less like cardboard paper towel tubes.

That being said it's still an outfit to consider for halloween this year.  I could go as Barbie flasher!  I have no idea what I will be doing for Halloween so I don't know if that would be appropriate or not but I will keep it on the back burner.  Otherwise I can always do my cop-out costume from last year of Kurt Cobain.  All I need is a flannel shirt and to pull my hair down in front of my eyes.

But there's no need to jump to decisions now, I have 30 days to plan.  If September taught me nothing else it's that a lot can happen in 30 days.

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Woooowwwwwwww.  Can you believe I have lived down here for a year?!  I certainly cant.

These next two months will be interesting as they are the ones I spent in Sarasota last year.  I have a very different September and October planned for this year, although I've learned that anything can happen.

I got a much needed phone call from Eliza this morning that sweetly paralleled my life.  She was bemoaning having just moved in to a new apt and not having anything besides a set of Tervis tumblers. She didn't even realize that I was lost in memories of a year ago when I was in the same boat.  I can't remember how many nights I slept on the leaky air mattress before I finally broke down and bought a bed.

I told Eliza, it takes time but believe it or not you will eventually feel like you've settled in.  A year is both a very long time and a very short time.

Thankfully I still have Barbie to keep me grounded and remind me whats what.  Apparently this month it's all about formal evening Lady Gaga:

I love it, especially her disinterested expression.

The good news is that Ariel and JD are finally coming down to visit this month, the bad news is that it took a year for that to happen.  And don't even get me started on the lack of Meghan in my life.

There's still time though, I signed a 6 month lease so I'm here for at least that much longer.  Hopefully in that time I can get my ducks in a row so I can move out in February to some place a little more comfortable.

Today though, oh today, it's all about the beach.  Too bad you can't join me.

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Aaahh August.  It seems to have come so quickly but I anticipate it will take a while to get through.  Not as bad as September but still, a pretty gruesome month.

I resigned my lease but only for another 6 months.  So while I will not have to spend my August searching for a new place to live as I previously thought, I will have to spend my August knowing that I will have 6 more months of listening to my upstairs neighbor move furniture at all hours of the day and night.  And it's another 6 months of having to figure out how to park two cars.  Or I could just bite the bullet and put up a listing for the roadster online.  Meghan, this is what happens when you drag your feet, that's all I'm saying.

Speaking of, I feel like it's time for me to stop dragging my feet and decide what I'm going to do for the next adventure in my life.  I am coming up on my year anniversary of moving down here and things have settled in to a decently comfortable routine.  I want to start something new but I'm not sure what.  My mind keeps wandering back to my first months out of college when I got my yoga certification.  I want to do something like that but I'm just not sure what.  Suggestions?

On an unrelated topic, I don't necessarily agree with this month's Barbie:

I mean she's fine, she's whatever, I just don't believe that she is the August Barbie.  I mean, where is she headed in that dress?  Unless she got booked doing the print ads for a prom dress catalogue I can't think of a legit reason for her to wear that dress in this month.

I will give her extra points for the amount of taffeta used.  That's what that is right?  Dan?  I need your expertise as usual.

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We made it, we finally made it!  I thought June was never going to end.  I feel like June is a hard month because it determines the rest of your summer.  If you go big in June you can coast the rest of the summer.  Last year it was Lake Lure, this year it was San Francisco.  I'm relieved to have gotten all that out of the way, now I can book my hotel for Meredith's wedding in the fall and then lock myself away for the next three months to save money.

I will only let myself out for pool parties.

Thanks for the invite Stina.  I agree with Sam, it's exactly what you want to be doing in Miami in the summer.  I can go to work today happy with a weekend well done.

Even the detective is happy to have me headed back to work and out of his hair for a few hours.  He would literally rather stare at the wall than spend any amount of time or energy on me.

That's his scratching pad btw.  For some reason he loves to sit on it even though he is clearly too large for it.  Still, he awkwardly balances himself on it and then sits with his face jammed in to the wall for hours.  WHY?!

Oh, and another important question to ask yourselves on this the first day of July;

when did Dan pose for my Barbie calendar?!

Meghan, you can pass that pic along to Andre Leon Talley, I assume he'll be ordering 6.  Three for him and three for Whoopi.

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Can you believe it, we are starting year 3 of my blog.  Finally out of the terrible twos.

Hopefully have some big things on the horizon for this year, guest writers, more fabulous vacations, visits from strangers.  And barbie, there will still be barbie.

So thanks guys, for reading this silliness for the past two years, I hope I can keep you entertained for a few more at least : )

And thanks to all of you who have helped me provide original content.  You are all my muses.

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I have no idea where that picture came from, it was on my desktop, as if waiting and ready for today.  Thank you wise rabbit, for finding your way to me.

Somehow when I woke up this morning I felt like it couldn't be June 1st because it's raining outside.  I guess I decided that today just wouldn't count.

But it does.  With June comes great responsibilities.  Namely, caring for the two nice ladies next door while Heather is off doing this:

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To be honest, interacting with Paris is a lot like this too.  Friendly, but cautious.

But the point is that I'm here for the next two weeks while Heather is off galavanting, so if you want to come visit, nows the time.  As soon as she returns, I'm outta here.

And in case you were wondering, THIS is the look for June:

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I can't believe I almost missed this post entirely.  I forgot all about it being the 1st until Meghan texted me this morning and then I forgot again until just now.  

Been all over the place the past couple days, trying to get things in order.  Will write more and post pictures when I can get everything organized.  

Wow, it's May!  And look at this hussy. 

I don't remember Barbie wearing so many sweeping ball gowns.  I hope we get some more modern outfits for the summer.

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Wow, it's April.  Can you handle that?

Meghan beat me to the rabbit rabbit rabbit this morning.  Typical.

I'm reaching the end of my busy week, looking forward to a few days off and Jonathan coming to visit.  Heather comes back tonight so once I bring her home from the airport I can breath a sigh of relief.  I can't tell you how many times this week I had a mini panic attack thinking that I lost the key to Heather's apt, or my own apt.

Thankfully I was able to keep it together and not cause any disasters.  Still, I look forward to Heather's return.  I'm hoping it will be the start of many good things for the month of April.

We're already off to a great start with this months Barbie:

She's everything April Barbie should be.  I think this will be the look I strive for with today's work outfit.

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It's finally march!  Last month seemed to take longer than usual.

Looking at the calendar page for next month I am most excited about daylight savings time.  I have secured my base tan so now I have the next few months to cook my skin to a golden brown before summer fun.

Speaking of the calendar, here is your barbie for the month, I like her:

Except for the freak leg.

And as for yesterday, Jon and I were planning on going to play mini-golf (as close as we could get to frisbee golf) but the off and on rains deterred us.  We ended up getting lunch at rocco's tacos on las olas, or actually Jon got me lunch since I'm broke as a joke until Friday.  Afterwards we walked down to Kilwins for ice cream which was so so good.  You can tell from these candid photos I took of Jon:

so noble

so satisfied

so angry

but still, ultimately, satisfied.

Sadly vacation is ending today.  I will be taking Jonathan back to the airport and I will be heading down south to work.  I do have new suspenders to look forward to but otherwise I will be sad to be back on my own.

Call me later, I'll be doing laundry.

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It snuck up on me today, I had forgotten completely until I got the rabbit text from my sister.

For those of you up north these rabbits are for you.  I'm not sure where this picture came from but it's on my desktop.  I must have found it drunkenly one night online and saved it to use for a rabbit post but forgot to write where it was from.

So sorry internet, I stole from you.

In other news, here's February's Barbie:

Speaking of Barbie, Stina and Janelle are supposed to take Jon and me on a field trip to the Barbie museum in Boca Raton.  I haven't forgotten, I hope they haven't either.  I want to ask the curator what his impressions are of these calendar Barbie's.

Now that I have a fresh calendar page I'd like to start filling it up with things like "trip to barbie museum" or "kim comes down".  In case you can't visualize me planning out my month Jon did this really accurate impression of me:

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Happy New Year!!

That is pretty much how I'm feeling so far in the new year.  A little too large, not enough in charge.  I can actually feel Heathers seething anger through our adjoining wall at the fact that I'm writing this post instead of going with her to brunch.

But I wanted to make sure to get my rabbits in for the new year.  Hopefully have some good things to be expected in the coming weeks so it's important to start things off on the right foot I feel.

Though it is a new year, a time for reinvention and rebirth, there are some things that I'm just not ready to let go of.  Thanks to Jonathan, there's one in particular that I don't have to say goodbye to in 2012.

That's right, Jonathan got me the 2012 Barbie calendar, which means you all can look forward to another year of trendsetting fashions and mismatched gumby limbs.

To be honest, they could have started out with a stronger look.  I appreciate the addition of the yorkie as one of her accessories, and I guess January is the month of dull brown ensembles, but I was looking for  a little more panache.  More than a bag from the kardashian line and a top bun.

Thankfully this is only the beginning, of so many things.  I'm off to brunch with my neighbor, happy new year to you all : )

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c/o Meghan

I can't believe it's actually here.  I thought November was never going to end.  Maybe it had something to do with the weather still being in the 80's for most of the month but it's finally getting cooler as of the past couple days.

And with the cold weather has come a nasty cold that I can't seem to get rid of.  I feel bad that I can't be in better spirits for Jon being here.  Yesterday I just got doped up on Dayquil and passed out here:

Which was actually really nice.  I can definitely remember lots of times I was sick up north and just wanted to be asleep in the sun on the beach so I guess I'm living the dream now.

I'm not sure what our plans are for today but I'm hoping it will be something low key.  I've got to go back to work tomorrow and I'd like to kick this cold before that happens.

In the meantime, here's your December Barbie:

Jon said it was me in a remake of Pretty Woman.  I'm inclined to agree.

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Wow, november.  Wild.

It's almost been a year since I left new york.  That's overwhelming to think about.  I feel bad that I still have junk sitting in my closet at my old apt.  Sorry Nathanael.

The good news is that I see blue sky out my window and the forecast is still in the 80s.  I was just marveling at how much less money it takes to live in the warmth.  I'm still wearing shorts and t-shirts, socks are a luxury for when I go running.  No layering of thermal shirts, no jackets, no boots, no lugging my laundry sack to the cleaners in the howling winds.  Filling my tank with premium gas isn't always fun but I will accept that as a downside.

Now if I could just find a job I'll be all set.  Unfortunately there is no time for that as I think I'll be heading back to Sarasota shortly.  Maybe I can become a courrier!

I just don't know, but so far today has been a good day, setting a good tone for the month.  Meghan surprised me this morning by calling while she was on her way to work.  I was pleasantly surprised while I was talking to her when I turned to the new Barbie and saw that it was Meghan.  I mean, I imagine this is the exact outfit Meghan is wearing to work today.  Am I wrong?

Anna will scratch her eyes out for being skinnier than her but that's a risk Meghan takes at work every day.

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I can't believe I didn't even realize it was the first until I posted those pictures of the sunset!  Nobody else has gotten me yet with the rabbit rabbit rabbit at least so I'm still doing better than others for having realized even by now.

It's October!!  I have no idea what I should be for Halloween.  My problem at this point is that I don't know where I will be for Halloween, which greatly will influence my costume.  Dressing slutty is no fun when you're somewhere cold, I learned that lesson enough times in new york.  Don't get me wrong, I still went out even last year in nothing but a speedo, but still, it's not always fun.

I really liked the year I wore the clown mask, maybe I should think about something like that again.  I saw this costume on reddit.com the other day and loved it:

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And it makes me feel like I should incorporate kitty in to my costume some how.  He does make a perfect Halloween kitty.  Just like Thackery Binx!

So many ideas to mull over.  At least I can fall back on October Barbie as a costume if I can't come up with anything better: