How I Do,

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:51:17 GMT

Hello spring, you are such a tease.

The weather this weekend was phenomenal. I can't say anything other than that.

Oh, and this girl is the best.

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:29:54 GMT

At times like these I can only reiterate to Will Ferrell's fantasy scene in Anchorman where it ends with Veronica Corningstone saying "I love my life". Cus I do.

Julia Picture post

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:49:41 GMT

Saturday, March 24th: Julia, the love of my life, came up from Philadelphia and we partied all day, all night, and part of sunday too. It started off with some shopping with Roman and Shai, because I felt it crucial that she meet the boy I suck face with. (Her words, not mine.)

We tried on some cool shades while the boys picked out socks and other manly stuff. Since it was my camera and I was taking the pictures, there were none of me and my shades, up until Shai took over.

Shai loved it. So did some creepy guys nearby, who caught us coping feels for the camera. Three guys randomnly came up, stood next to us and stared on three separate occasions. Why are all guys soo ridiculous? They all think alike. We needed to escape quickly, so Roman paid for his underwears and we left.

We thought we were going home but the guys decided they wanted shoes, so we snuck into the back section of this store, god forbid I know what store it was, and stood patiently waiting... but only for a short period of time.

We found a mirror and wanted to make sure it worked. Looks like it functions properly, only someone needs to give it a scrub.

We were getting pretttyyyy restless. Or just pretty. :]

We came up to the boys and made these faces, and that's when we left. After some coffee and making out, the boys dropped us off at home cus we needed to get beautified for dinner later that night.

Our efforts yielded these results(Pre-dinner):

Final evaluation: We some foxy bitches. Especially Julia.

Dinner was another Borya Birthday celebration. God, I hope I have like 20 parties when I turn 20. That's ridiculous how much he was treated to! (During dinner)

We surprised him with a birthday cake, song, gong banging, the whole shabang. He wasn't too happy, but Leon sure was pleased with himself. (It was his idea.) I would just like to point out how the masks nose and Borya's nose are practically identical. Dinner was pretty nice, Leo, our hibachi chef made a beating heart out of the rice on Julia's request because I had never seen it before. We met a kid from Texas named Dan, who told us that everyone in Texas hates gays and jews. Except him, I think. The first and only thing he asked our group (it was 10 of us, all jewish!) was "I hope no one gets offended, but are you guys really cheap?"

After dinner, everyone went home except Leon, Anton, Julia and I because we are hardcore party animals.

We decided we wanted a very Russian hat, so we travelled to the motherland in Leon's car to get it. It was a beauty.

So much so that Anton stole it from me and rocked that shit. I love how these guys throw up the peace sign in every picture. Most ridiculous thing ever.

We went to the pool hall by Leon's house where Julia and I played ping pong. We're getting pretty good. I can't wait until its actual tennis were playing, though. We stayed out until we couldn't stand anymore and when Julia and I came home we soaked our feet in the tub for practically an hour. Yeah, we're pretty much in love with each other. But who could blame me? She's such a fox.

This morning we woke up and went out for a last minute lunch at our homebase, Tokyo Cafe. I invited Izzy so these two girls can finally meet. They got along great. We had some food, exchanged some words, and then decided we'd go to Cold Stone for some ice cream. Guilty pleasures. Then Julia had to run back to Philadelphia. It was not bittersweet, it was just bitter. She needs to permanently live in my closet. Or vice versa.

The week after this one is spring break, and the week after that is Julia's birthday. I'm going down to Philly. UPenn won't know what hit it.

Pre-Julia Picture Post.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:18:21 GMT

I can't say what I need to say in words, So I'll say it in pictures.
Friday, March 16th: Borya's birthday at Gina's Cafe. This consisted of 20 or so people, piss drunk, not a single one of us over 21. Great, great times.

Leon's comment to this picture was "When did Sabrina get so short?"

To which I reply, "Leon, when'd YOU get so short?"

This is by far my favorite, only because of Anton's face.

I was still pretty sober here, and the guys weren't. This was my plan all along.

Okay, enough. My shoes were open toed and this was the one day in the past like month that it snowed. It was amazing. Especially the walk back to Leon's house.

Then Friday, March 23rd: Sushi and hookah with the gang. I wasn't happy about the restaurant we went to because I had been there before with someone I'd rather not remember but y'know how it goes when you're outnumbered.

Anton was trying to tell everyone that he had the best phone there. And then he started lecturing, and lecturing some more.

I wasn't listening, I was being photographed. Paparazzi these days.

This is Leon. He is my homeboy. We're going to have babies together later. (He has a car!)

Borya came and tamed the wild lecturing beast formally known as Anton. Now he is known as Borya's woman.

Sabrina, Borya's actual woman was not pleased.

I think we literally spent a good two hours playing chinese checkers. All the cool kids are doing it nowadays.

And then we went home to partake in sleepy time.

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:05:16 GMT

Today was my brother's birthday, and my cousin and I took him out to Momoyama, a hibachi steak house on Emmons Avenue. It was exciting because I felt like I was spoiling him. What do 15 year olds know about the nightlife or restaurants? Absolutely nothing. Tomorrow he's going to go to school and brag to all his friends. Or he better. It was a lot of fun, it cost a ridiculous amount of money because those two really really really like to eat, and the outcome was a lot of funny pictures. My favorite part the entire night was the gongs and the bonsai.

But before that my day was horrible. Two of my three classes were cancelled, and the only one I attended I could have skipped out on. Completely useless morning. I dont like how quickly the weather got shitty.

Last night was a lot of fun too. I finally went to dance class after like three weeks and despite the little effort I put in, I actually learned a lot. Bob helped. Roman picked me up from dance for a little rendezvous.

P.S. Im reading The Assistant by Bernard Malamud and for whatever reason, it's all I think about when my brain goes on tangents.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:14:21 GMT

Why does it seem like this is always such a bother to update? Because it really is a bother, probably. So life's ABOUT THE SAME.
I spend my weekdays insanely busy with procrastinating, dental appointments, dance classes (although Ive been neglecting those), eating, toning up, doing my hair, spending money i dont have cus I go shopping, going to my aunt's salon, going to pool halls, doing work for school, going to school, doing crossword puzzles, and very little sleeping.
I keep my weekends busy with seeing my boyfriend(which usually entails more pool hall visits, some sort of dinner, and something cheesy and romantic), grocery shopping with my parents, some sort of family function, coming home 5 in the morning, and probably more sleeping from saturday night to sunday afternoon than I get during the entire week.

It's the middle of the semester and I've finally decided I'm going to get serious about school. This is the realllll dealllllllll.

I wish I knew what to say.

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:14:30 GMT

Alright, update! I've gotten a wee bit more used to second semester. Lame classes, lame professors. I made some friends though, not a single girl. I like! I miss all my loser friends from last semester, we all meet up thursdays in Boylan. How awesome are we? To make such a commitment? haha. Damn, they love me. Im falling behind already, thats no fun.

Also, as if right in time for Valentine's I've managed to wrap myself up in an amazing love triangle. Amazingamazingamazing. Anton's excuse is "Irina, this is what happens when youre gorgeous." This was most definitely the nicest thing he's said to me ever, that or I'm super emotional and am taking everything to heart. Your pick. I promise its not my time of the month. I'm being sort of nonchalant about it, but the entire situation is really killing me.

I love Nelly Furtado. Totally off topic but she's the best. My mother and I are at each others throats as of late. Too much, too much. I haven't seen Julia in too long. :[ Dave is coming to New York on sunday. I feel like I should start a tour company cus I keep giving people tours! Anastasia and I are having a thrilling good time in dance. I'm ALMOST not third wheeling, hahaha. (<3) What else? What else! Eh, eh, eh. That's it. I want and I need a guru.

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:01:42 GMT

So the start of the second semester is an exciting one. I hope the sarcasm there didn't hurt anyone. I know like 0% of my classes, and that's not even the bad part. The bad part is that my classes are 99% girls, and 200% people I DONT want to know. I have Dmitriy in my Shaping the Modern World core class, and he never stops cracking jokes, so that's tight. Tommy is in my math core class. The class itself is ridiculous, I can't follow anything my 60 year old professor is saying, and the room is such a perfect temperature for sleep. Tommy doesn't let me sleep though. Jerk. I have Tim in my Intro to Art class but Tim's a weirdo and.. let's leave it at I'd rather have no one in the class. I have nobody AT ALL in my english class, and the professors a little weird herself. As for psych, that's the only class I'm looking forward to getting up 7:30 in the morning for. Jessica started driving her car to school so now I have a ride home. Pimmmp. I've decided if I ever get a car, it's going to be two door.

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:15:31 GMT

It's snowing out and I'm loving it.
I hope it snows forever.

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:12:53 GMT

Yay, school!
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I dont even know what classes I have tomorrow, just what room Im supposed to report to.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh well. Here's hoping to boosting that GPA.

what goes around..

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:14:55 GMT

The best way to get over a guy is to replace him.
It's true. It's trueeeeeee. 3:12 AM and I just got home from the second best date of my life.
And Igor could keep calling me all he likes, I'm not waiting for him anymore.

Man, I am happier than I'd been in too long.
Tomorrow my beautiful, beautiful Julia is coming to visit. I can't can't can't wait.

Resolutions; I'm adding onto this as soon as there's something to add on.

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:55:14 GMT

P.S. These are the resolutions I made for 2007, jokingly or not:

1. Develop Arnold-esque 6-pack abs.

Progress Report: Flatter stomach, yessir!

2. Be more appreciative of my mother. Tell her I love her more often and help out as much as I could.

Progress Report: Although I've made an honest effort, it's difficult to keep this up when I'm also in the process of trying to gain my independence from my mother and father. They aren't giving it up easily.

3. This one I haven't told anyone about yet, and don't plan to anytime soon.

Even so, Progress Report: No progress as of yet. :[

*4. Let go. Stop shielding myself from everything and everyone. Get hurt, get over it, get going.

Progress Report: I hurt, but not for the right reasons. If at first you don't succeed, try.. try again.

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* - added after the 1st of January, 2007

I asked for this.

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:48:39 GMT

I'm so upset right now I'm literally nauseous. [It also took me like 15 tries to spell that right.] I was so happy a few days ago and now I feel like every egg in the carton has cracked. I wish I wasn't such an absolute pushover.

I put this off for too long.

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:43:35 GMT

So my Aunt and Uncle left back to Israel almost a week ago. I had to make not one but two trips to the airport which, considering my alternatives, ended up being for the best. I miss them insanely.

This is the last picture I took of them before they left. The plan is that I go to Israel sometime later this year, so I'll see them soon enough. Plus I'll get to meet my cousins. It's crazy how much family I have that I wasn't even aware of.

So since then I've taken up dance classes with Anastasia. They are fun and Max, our instructor, makes the mood very relaxed. We'd have to feel comfortable considering the shit he makes us do! Hahaha. I've also been registered for my second semester classes. I have an odd bunch: English 2, Intro to Art, Shaping the Modern World, Thinking Mathematically, and social psychology. Here's to boosting my GPA to a 4.0. I am allowed to dream big!

When best friends attack!

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:11:47 GMT

In my defense, she came unexpected and I didnt get any sleep.

I really wish I could come up with witty captions for these.

This isnt an illusion, shes not below me. Her head is just the size of a peanut.

This is one fine ass bitch.

This is my favorite. This is really my favorite.

She hasnt sent me the scandalous nudes yet. Those are even better, I promise.

This is the first picture of me taken with my new camera!

Anticipate a lot more very, very soon.

This is how I think of you, 2006.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:08:41 GMT

So, 2006, you came and went and I didn't get to really sit and think about how good you've been to me. I graduated high school, I experienced and learned a LOT. I lost few, if any, friendships, and gained back a very important one. I strengthened bonds with old friends and developed bonds with new friends. I loved and I lost, I loved and I left, I loved and I loved. I think you, as well as I, know that I gave myself entirely. That was something new, and hard, and painful.. but in the long run it was worth it. It was definitely worth it, despite how everything played out. I grew so much in such a short period of time. I learned so much about myself. This was a good year for self-realization. I, thankfully, got rid of so many of my insecurities and developed so much self-assurance. I started college, I accomplished a lifelong goal(almost completely!) I got braces, which was weird at first, but just fine later. I saw a part of the world I had never seen before, and although Florida isn't all that exotic I still saw things I had only imagined before. I bonded with my family, a lot. My father and I could hold conversations now. My mother and I, we always did, but our conversations are much more serious now. I think if I have any resolutions for 2007 it will be to appreciate her more, and show her that I do, and tell her I love her more often. My brother and I also bonded. He left me know about something that I'm sure took a LOT of guts to tell me, yet alone anyone. (I always find its easier to tell friends over family.) He finally read that book I got him. What a milestone! Anton and I grew closer too. I met relatives I had no idea I had, shining light on a part of the world I had no idea I was connected to. Near your completion, 2006, I recieved presents I could not have dreamed of getting in my wildest most subconscious dreams! and most importantly, I sat at a table, surrounded by family, and finally felt the absolute, unconditional love I had long been ignorant to. So, 2006, thanks for helping me realize so much. Here's to you. If I get drunk anytime soon I might tattoo you somewhere dirty. Aha.

2007, you have one hell of a shoe to fill.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:43:08 GMT

Everyone, welcome the newest beauty to my family:

I am officially, OFFICIALLY in love.

That night at the restaurant.. remember?

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:58:13 GMT

Those shoes are seriously gods gift to my shoe collection. I walked, hopped, skipped, danced, and did almost everything imaginable in them for a good 6 hours and my feet are not dead! They are absolutely fine! It's as if they are magical.
Tonight was a good night for drinking, dancing, and meeting lots of strange boys. Pictures may come later?

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:30:44 GMT

My aunt and uncle have come to visit from the glorious nation of Israel, and for the past few days I have been showing them around the city. This is both good and bad. Good because they are so lively, young, and absolutely hilarious, but its bad because we've been going shopping and therefore I've been spending way too much money.

My favorite part is their name, "I'm Rich". Considering the price, it's quite understandable. Still, I love them and can't wait to wear them.

Thankfully, I'm not waiting too long. Dinner party tomorrow night!
What's everyone doing on New Years Eve?

I always forget to fill these out.

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:20:13 GMT

It's official. I have a million livejournals now.

I promise to write in this one, though.