Author: romanagiulia

Not edited yet. Read at your own risk Every ten years or so, the cochlear implant controversy spikes. This year, when I heard that students at Gallaudet University were protesting, I thought it was no different. But indeed it is. Gallaudet University’s first deaf president, I. King Jordan, has stepped down after 18 years of…

It looks like the Democrats might recapture the state. All democratic candidates running for office are all in major leads against their republican opponents. In the State Attorney’s race, the one that has been in the news the most, Andrew Cuomo leads by a margin of over 20% against Jeanine Pirro. This race has been…

A blog post with meaning! My lack of blogging energy has been due to most of my energy being dedicated to moving. Or rather, finding a place to move to! Apartment rentals in the big apple are few and far between, it seems, so it has been a rather time consuming ordeal. I haven’t found…

Hottie Alert! Almost in time for hottie of the week, I had the good fortune to stand in line at the grocery store with Michael Vartan. Not only is he very good looking in person, but quite polite. He was clearly in a rush and very politely asked a woman in front of him if he could…

So, I recently have been confronted with wish lists, wanting and the like. It is not so much that I want things, not possessions. So I found the following quote from Kahlil Gibran that hit a particular nail on my head: My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he…

Just for your information, I’m doing a little cleaning up of the links on this here blog. You know, second birthday and all…I’ve cleaned up the Button area, as well as the general links. And yes, I’ve gone a little button crazy, but aren’t they cute, cute, cute?? And you can make your own. All…

Today, Musings turns two! I cannot believe I’ve been at this for this long. Blogging has brought me peace of mind, has increased my circle of friends and, well, it’s brought me many happy things (you know what I mean….). 

And not from boredom! One of my best friends in the world has arrived from Italy to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday. She flew British Airways (from now on will be renamed Bullshit Airways) and arrived at Kennedy Airport at 11:00 pm, with a four hour delay; three hours of which were spent in a…

“Man, after all the fun I’ve made (and many others have made) of idiotic PR-speak, there’s still one rep out there who has the cluenessness to send around this buzzwordy email pitch: ‘Please consider a potential review of [Product Name Here], an out-of-the-box Internet streaming solution that combines video with multimedia and web content.’ Dude, I got…

Five Things Five things in my refrigerator: Two small, un-opened Scharffen-Berger Nibby Bars 2. Three packets of soy sauce 3. Red snapper that is thawing for this evening’s dinner 4. Brown, organic eggs 5. Two lemons and four limes Five things in my closet: A dresser with six drawers 2. A hamper for my laundry…