warning:

what you are about to read might get you in the mood to hit me.
and/or be extremely jealous of my life..and/orthink i'm being a snob.

i fucking love new york city.

you know what though? i worked hard to live here. i served chicken day in and day out to save a small and almost worthless amount of benjamins.
i left a shitty canadian university and hated my life for months and couldn't wait to escape.
i planned on this shit for a long time.

so sit there and be jealous.

needless to say i'm not living luxuriously. i over drafted the other day and blew my bank account in charges. i curse the day i was born every time i need to get up at 6 30 and hike to the subway when i'd rather be in bed. i whine and complain because i walk everywhere and because my feet hurt and because my bestfriend(s) had to leave and because my life isn't simple all the time.
you know what though?
i don't care if i'm 2498423098234 trillion dollar in debt.
MY LIFE ROOLS.
HARD.

i've been reading a really awesome book lately entitled "you are young, broke and beautiful"
it gives shout outs to all the dope places in this city. it goes through every borough and highlights the best and most economically saaavy places to dine, shop, see and experience. it talks about the mystique and awesomness of everything new york. it even talks about Palace Fried Chicken, the piece of shit fried chicken place right near my place. it's hilarious, it's innovative and it's the real new york.
you don't need to be loaded to have a good time here. you don't need a blackberry, you don't need marc by marc jacobs everything and you don't need to drink vitamin water with every meal. you need to walk around, talk to people and take advantage of all the free shit you can find here.
free shit=good shit.

whoever said it was glamourous to live here obviously has never experienced a winter here. or coming into contact with 14 douche bags who say rude things to you when you walk down the street wearing fishnets. i have never EVER been more stressed out in my life. i've also never had more fun in my life.

for the record, i tell everyone who will listen where i'm from.
"IM CANADIAN, EH?"
"EVERYTHINGS CLEANER IN CANADA"
"IF WE WERE IN CANADA THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE"
"NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M JULIA, AND CANADIAN."
i love my country. make no dootaboot it.

i think all new yorkers should read this book. and maybe start to smile more. i look around and everyone has bags under their eyes or a cellphone in their hand or a place they need to be.

smile. everyone's more beautiful when they smile.

CAN WE GET SOME WHEAT THINS FOR ALL THE CHEEEEEEEESE I'M DISHING OUT.

peace from the east!