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Planned impromptu travel plans with the husband last night. It becomes a much more difficult task when you're thirty and have a job and a pet and friends who are nine months pregnant and plans already in your calendar for the time you're looking to escape town. But escape I will and I'm looking forward to the journey and the adventure to come in three days time. His photos have been drenched in a lush greenery and I imagine that while he will have to do some work I will use the solitary time to focus on some writing with that green decorating the edges of my focus, fueling the creativity. At least, I hope.

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Updated! Jesse, his Red Sox playoff beard, and Pee Wee!

Jesse left for tour last Wednesday, and luckily work was so busy that it kept me distracted. I collapsed into sleep most nights last week. On Saturday he called me and asked me to go on a date Monday night (tonight!). I thought I wouldn't be seeing him again until near the end of the month, but he was able to work out a detour for an evening! We'll be getting some dinner and seeing Gravity in IMAX 3D. Then he's off again tomorrow, but I'm so excited to just spend a few hours with him.

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Speaking of movie-going, last week I saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt's writing-directorial feature debut, Don Jon. I was a bit skeptical at its start, but the film progressed into an entertaining commentary on modern day media and sexual politics. I was especially enamored with its ending and though I've always been a fan of that charmer JGL, I now hold him with even higher esteem after such a smart film. It might end up in my top ten of the year.

On Saturday I saw Enough Said. It was basically a divorcee rom-com, but I found it charming. I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini; it's an unassuming film that made me laugh quite a lot. It also made me miss Gandolfini and I stared at his character in disbelief at the fact that the actor playing him is gone. A decent film... which also co-stars Tavi Gevinson?!?! I still don't know what to make of that, except she wasn't bad and reminded me of Dawkson Creek-era Michelle Williams.

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Musically, I've fallen in love with three recently-released albums: Lorde's Pure Heroine, Chvrches' The Bones of What You Believe, and Haim's Days Are Gone. All three on rotation, but I think Lorde's relaxed vibe is currently my favorite.

With Scandal's premiere last week, I've also taken to thinking that Olivia Pope might enjoy Lorde's song "Glory and Gore" in which she sings: "You can try and take us / But we're the gladiators." If you know, you know.

GOOD OL' BARFTIME.

For the first time since he's been in Australia, Jesse and I were able to video chat this evening (his morning)! We spent a good twenty minutes talking and not until after did I realize that it was the 27th of February. Six years ago we had our first date! Hooray! As I head to bed, the thought makes me smile even though he's halfway across the globe.

Also, this was the last screenshot of our conversation. YOU'RE WELCOME.

Blackberryish.

So I got this in my inbox from Who What Wear. And tonight I've decided to try out the blackberry lips. Not because I especially want to look like Mischa Barton, but I did have a tube of the color left over from the 1920s NYE party.

Also, it's CMJ! Which is always a fun time in New York, and I'm going to see EMPIRES tonight - remember they had my #2 album of 2008?? Well, it's their first ever show in New York and I will BE THERE!!! Then it's off to Trainwreck to see some of my favourite people - and tons of people are in town for the FUN.

Okay, so back to the lipstick. It looks far more darker in real life but that's the way my Macbook cam is, I guess!

Woah. That one's a little too serious, no? And my arm looks creepy!

Time for the fun!

All of my thoughts run right back to you.

So, it's been very busy at work. And it's Jesse's last week in town. Thus, I've been a bit busy. To sum up:

We went to the Red Sox/Mets exhibition game on Friday in which there was a rain delay, and it was freezing, but the new Citi Field is awesome. And then the Red Sox lost. BUT BASEBALL IS BACK! On Saturday the Red Sox won, but we weren't there, and instead I got a little brunch with Jesse and we went to the local diner for late night hangs with our friends. On Sunday, Jesse, Katie Brown, and I saw Sunshine Cleaning which made me cry like a little baby for most of it, and I liked it a lot. Emily Blunt & Amy Adams are quite talented. Then, because it was such a glorious day out, we trekked to a local park and played bocce ball and bag toss!

Last night, Jesse and I continued watching The Wire Season 2 - we saw the actor who plays Ziggy on the L train on Sunday, and I couldn't bring myself to say anything to him because I really want to punch out his character on the show. Whatever. Seriously, though, the show is SO GOOD.

In other news, I've booked my flight to LA in May! I'm stoked. Other events that are fast approaching: The Matches show next week, MCS in Worcester, Bamboozle, parties, No Doubt shows, Brooklyn Cyclone games...hotly anticipating it all. Oh, and that whole wedding thing, too!