Did You Know?

That I manage this blog for Eighteenth?

That I produced this video?

And this one too ?

If you don't know... now you know.

Summary

This picture kind of sums up what my life has been like the past couple of weeks:

KIND of a blur

KIND of dramatical

KIND of hilarious

KIND of warm-spirited

KIND of confusing

This is rare for me. Generally life is pretty hectic and full of unenjoyable events. But lately, life has been hectic and full of enjoyable, lively moments.

I'm happy and it's lovely!

About That Thing Called "Exercise"

So, it has officially been 6 months since I last worked out. Somewhere in those 6 months I THINK I took a pilates class or two. But pretty much my only steady work outs have been the walks to the train. And the walks back. Sometimes I'll walk to the grocery store, which is 5 blocks away. I try to convince myself that I walk a lot more than I do, but now that I'm actually writing it out, I realize that I don't walk that much at all.

Working out really sucks for me. Some girls like it though! Those girls are the ones that say stuff like "oh it totally de-stresses me"! Or the ones that perpetrate the myth that "working out during my period TOTALLY relieves my cramps". As far as I'm concerned, these girls are big skinny liars! Working out actually stresses me out more, mostly because I have never gotten over the fact that I always feel like I'm dying during those first 10 minutes. And when it comes to my period, working out just makes me feel really sweaty. With cramps. Summary--in the fantasy land of Gee, working out is not a good look. I know that attitude is really unhealthy and gross and all that stuff, so I try to blame my inactiveness on other stuff, like this: "I can't join a gym because I have no money!" That might be true, possibly. But yeah, it really is mostly because I'm super lazy.

I used to work out though. In fact, I used to work out 6 days a week, twice a day. I did this when I was in college, for months at a time. I did it mostly because I felt really bad about myself. I was one of those girls that truly believed that being anything over a size 4 was fat. I don't know why I thought that, but I did. As a kid, I was always a little chubby. Never dangerously, but always a little pudgy. Then I went to college in New York. For someone with already established body issues, it was a pretty shitty city to go to college in. Everyone around me was really really skinny, mostly because they did a lot of coke. Logically, I knew that. I also knew that at 5'2" and 130 lbs, I had boobs, hips, thighs, and a butt that would never really go away. That was only logically, though. On the whole I am not logical. So I acted accordingly and worked out excessively and ate 800 calories a day until, in just 2.5 months, I was down to 102 lbs. But I still wasn't skinny. I still had said boobs, hips, thighs, and butt, albeit smaller versions. I didn't look like the wafer thin cokeheads, or runway bitches. Even after busting my ass, destroying my social life, and becoming obsessed with the rowing machine. Then, I think it somehow just clicked. And I got off the elliptical and had a cookie, and lived to tell the tale.

I'm still 5'2", and I wear a size 6 (sometimes 8) now. I weigh 117 lbs, and have great boobs and a nice, not so small butt. And I like it. I eat a lot of green stuff, but I also eat cookies. I eat when I'm hungry, and stop eating when I'm full. I know I need to get exercise in there, but I hope that when I finally do, I'll be doing it because I want to be healthier, and not because cookies are scaring me.

Words That People Use. And I Hate.

With the advent of blogs, proper diction has basically become a fond memory of a yesteryear that includes POGS and Rolling Stone issues that were actually relevant. Descriptive words are no longer in demand. I mean, who gives a fuck about words like "retrospect" or "stunning" when you have replacements as suitable as "LOLZOMGEEZIES" or "ROFLFMLDUDEZ". Srsly!

Keeping all of this in mind, I've composed a list of internet-popular words that everyone seems to *heart* using, and a compilation of all the various reasons why I hate said words.

UBER

Every time I use this word, I feel like a 5 ft tall version of Arnold Schwarzenegger squeezing on some political reporter's poor unsuspecting buttocks. Squeezing tightly. Basically, it makes my stomach churn major cookies.

CLUSTERFUCK

I can just picture the Keds-wearing morons who came up with this cunning combo. They got way too high and sat around with a loaf of brie that would have tasted so much better if they had warmed it just 42 seconds longer. One of the brie-inhaling morons somehow managed to use the word "cluster". Someone else said "fuck". And then, a dim light bulb went off. They all looked at each other, then texted their friends. And thus, "clusterfuck" was born.

FAIL

Ok. I get it. You don't like something. But do we really need to waste solid capital letters on you whining about how "EPICally" you hate something? How over-dramatic can you be?

ALT

Using this word reminds me of being at a 6th birthday party, watching the clown that was supposed to make your little brother laugh instead cause him to wet his pants. In fear. Thank the hipsterrunoff for this one.

OBAMA

Obama in the White House is cool. Obama on your limited edition snowboard, which cost 400 bones, is not.

O.M.G!

If you haven't realized this list is totally ironicz and sarcastic, being that I use all of these words about 50-ba-jillionz times a day, then... OMG. Get a life dude!

Sincerely,

Gee

Friday Nights at Max Fish...

Gina Sachi Cody Photography x Gee

Met this lovely chick Gina Sachi Cody who took some snaps of me and the homegirl Absquatulation. Peep it.

Diary of an NYC Vagrant

I am a vagrant! I say this because I am broke. Despite being broke, I love to live large! Today was June 21st, the first day of summer, and here is what your favorite vagrant did...

Brunch at Barmarche. Chocolate-chip pancakes are always a wholesome start to the day.We also enjoyed some iced lattes. Definitely livin' large. But since we're broke, we stuck with tap water.

Today was Make Music Day in NYC. It's the largest musical festival in the city, and performers gather in public and make music to a vagrant's ears.

This guy looked a lot like Heath Ledger, no?

We decided to walk into DKNY in SoHo. Definitely not a place for vagrants. However, they were offering free ice cream, so we felt it was alright to make an appearance.

Then we walked. And walked. And walked some more. We walked to Cornelia St in the West Village, and found some people playing pianos.

We sat down on a stoop and watched them, because they were pretty good. It started to rain, but they kept playing. A video camera even fell on one of the pianists' hands, but she kept playing!

This made her, in my opinion, considerably better than she was before, because I realized that she was a G who could roll with the punches. I wanted to give her daps, but it started raining again. So the vagrant, staring blankly into her empty wallet, just decided to make her way home.

Steady Thang

After being put on, I've really grown to love The Clipse. This pic of them with Rick Rubin is one of the many reasons why. Notice how reliable they are-- you can always count on them for the point-and-pose!



Listen to their new track "I'm Good", featuring Pharell, over at The Fader.

Half- Yid Bangers

Just found out a new one's on the list...

Lauren London

Lauren discusses her acting career (and her presence in Pharrell's Star Trak camp), as well as growing up half-Black and half- Jewish, in the latest issue of Complex Magazine.

She's definitely a banger that's worthy of joining my Half-Yid girl crush list, along with Zoe Kravitz.

Take a peek at another half-Black/half-Jewish banger below as well (hopefully your favorite blogger!)...

Gee

(Thanks to Bossip for Lauren pics!)