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| i haven't written in three months. weird. my life has taken such a strange, out of control course. i still haven't figured out if i like it or if i've just accepted it. it could be hints of both. i am, apparently, playing a dual role as masochist and sadist. some good news: i found out recently that rufus wainwright was having a show in chicago. i decided that bills could wait and bought myself a ticket. i can think of nothing in my life that will compare to this event. no wedding, birth of a child, nothing could be better than those moments of my life will be. his music has made me who i am today. whoever that is. | | |
| one of my dear friends has been on my ass to write about my spring break. let me first say two things about it: 1) it was divine, and 2) i'll be back. now, i'll attempt to do a day by day recap. warning: it will be boring. 
Monday:
Maralee took me to SB airport very early in the morning so I could board the train for Chicago. Once in Chicago, I took the L to get to Midway and it was very scary. I'm sure that I pissed several people off with my oversized luggage and insecurity. Because I thought that it would be more difficult to find my way around the train station, the L and Midway, I left my house extremely early and arrived in Midway 5 hours before my flight. Ha. But it was okay...I read most of This Side of Paradise. After boarding my flight to Phoenix, I arrived and met some very nice Canadians. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of their health care system. It was nice. I eventually boarded my flight to Orange County and made it there. Leah picked me up and surprised me with In-N-Out and Katey Bartie, two of my favorite California things. We then went home because I was exhausted and not really making sense.
Tuesday:
Leah decided that most of our activities would be a surprise. I liked this idea very much. We went to Disneyland on Tuesday and there really aren't words to describe the splendor of the day. It was like something within me unraveled. I was skipping around and dancing a little. The first thing we did was go on the Buzz Lightyear ride. You have to shoot targets to save the green aliens from the bad guy (I don't remember his name) and you got points. It was awesome. We rode it 6 times. We rode several rides, most of which I have forgotten the names of because I have a terrible memory. The ride that I didn't like was The Tower of Terror. It nearly made me vomit and piss myself at the same exact time. My favorite, absolute favorite part of the day was going through Sleeping Beauty's castle. It was wonderful.
Wednesday:
After a tough decision made by me, we did not attend a taping of The Price Is Right. Leah explained that if we went, we might not have been able to make it to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and really folks, you know that I couldn't risk the chance of not seeing him. So, we just went to see my delicious honey pot Craig Ferguson. LA is interesting. It's insanely busy and fast. I don't think that I'd like to be there often. Before Craig, we went to Grauman's Chinese Theater where people were preparing for The Oscars (!!!). I was astounded when I looked down and realized that I was walking on the Red Carpet. I was even more astounded to look up and see the beautiful visage of Carson Daly looking directly at me. He's magnificent. After we perused that area, we made our way to CBS studios and waited forever to see Craig. It was worth it. He's hilarious and beautiful and dashing and everything you could ever want him to be, including a wee bit bawdy.
Thursday:
We didn't do much this day. We were both exhausted from our previous two days of adventure, so we went to the mall and had lunch with Leah's grandma. It was nice. I also found out that my Lane Bryant store rocks much harder than the one I went to there.
Friday:
We went on a hot air balloon (ish?) ride. The balloon was tethered and couldn't go any higher than 400ft, but that was fine with me. It was so beautiful. From there, we went to the San Diego Animal Park (not the zoo, but something similar) and saw really cute animals. It was nice, but exhausting. We stopped by a Blockbuster outlet store on the way home and I bought 4 movies and 2 seasons of Six Feet Under for $41. It was a steal.
Saturday:
Saturday was my day to go home. It was long and uneventful. Heh.
That's all folks. 
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| I'll admit it: I had my doubts that I would like my job at Lane Bryant. However, those doubts have disappeared and I couldn't be happier working there. Yes, sometimes it sucks and sometimes rich, fat women are crazy, but every so often you get to make an insecure woman feel (and look) like she's worth a million dollars. That, friends, is why I love my job. Not to mention that I'm pretty damned good at it.
Other news: 1) Thanks to Michelle, I have in my possession a french press. I will use this device to make some delicious morning (and probably evening) coffee and it will be a better world for everyone. 2) Thanks to Leah, I will be spending my spring break in sunny California. Heck, even if it rained the entire week I was there, I'd still be the happiest person in the world. 3) I'm impatient for graduation. It honestly could not get here soon enough.
There's nothing else to say, really. Happy February, loves.
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| my life as of last night:
"Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" by Stars
God that was strange to see you again
Introduced by a friend of a friend
Smiled and said 'yes I think we've met before'
In that instant it started to pour,
Captured a taxi despite all the rain
We drove in silence across Pont Champlain
And all of the time you thought I was sad
I was trying to remember your name...
This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin
Tried to reach deep but you couldn't get in
Now you're outside me
You see all the beauty
Repent all your sin
It's nothing but time and a face that you lose
I chose to feel it and you couldn't choose
I'll write you a postcard
I'll send you the news
From a house down the road from real love...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save...
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| i've completed my number one goal of the year and it's only a little more than half-way into january. anyway, the goal was to get a new job and i did! yesterday was my first day as a sales associate at lane bryant. i'm a little nervous about learning new things and having to start over in a completely different field than i'm used to, but i look forward to the challenge. my bosses seem to know exactly what they're doing, they're nice, and helpful.
as far as losing a bit o' weight, well, i can't say that i've been doing well with that. it'll come, though.
i'm enjoying my new classes. they're all so different from what i'm used to and really, that's kind of exciting. i've re-discovered my love of singing and i'm doing it pretty much all the time, which is probably annoying, but i don't care. :)
*sight* i'm happy.
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