November 12, 2008 at 7:56 pm · Filed under pets, pictures, work
I finally caved in and got a new digital camera. I purchased the Sony Cybershot DSCW170 10.1MP Digital Camera in Red. Sony has been a trusted brand for me as far as digital cameras are concerned, so when I saw the 10.1MP I was impressed. I am honestly just happy to have a digital camera again. I like having permanant memories of the things I do. I can also update my Flickr account. That is always a plus.
Meet Marley! I adopted her last week from the Humane Society by my old neighborhood. I walked in with the intetion of adopting but I did not want to adopt the first cute cat I saw. I wanted a male or female from the age of five months to one year (I wanted to name it either Mulder or Scully). I went cage to cage trying to find one that I just “clicked” with. The last cage I went in had three cats. Marley was the only female. She walked right up to me, meowed, licked my finger, and plopped in my lap. That was exactly what I wanted to happen. I adopted her on the spot. Her original name was Rosalie, but Marley matched with her personality (Scully just didn’t fit). She is one year old, spayed, updated on all her shots, and microchipped. I brought Captain to the vet the next day to be updated on all his shots as well. I also bought them Advantage Multi so I can have flea free cats. I’m very happy with the new addition to my family. Captain is more friendly towards males. He adores my roommate. Marley sleeps in my bed and amazingly enough gets along with Captain. She is the first cat in the 4 1/2 years I’ve had Captain that gets along with him. Kudos to her for being such a perfect addition to my pseudo-family.
My blogging has been cut to a minimum due to the hectic life I tend to lead from time to time. I quit bartending on Bourbon St. about a month ago and now bartend at a restaurant closer to my home that pays me three times as much hourly, and I am making just about as much in tips as I was making on Bourbon St. I save on gas, I am able to be home more, and I can enjoy my LIFE. I missed being able to do the things I wanted. I go to bed at a decent time, and I am no longer sleeping until after noon. I started working at Cats Meow to get a car. I got the car. Hopefully I can update this blog more! Someone left a comment on my last post about the fact that I don’t blog much. I clearly state on the right side of this page that I only blog when I feel the need to. I seriously doubt the few readers I have on this site care about what I ate on what day, and who I hung out with. I don’t have kids. I’m not married. If I find it intertesting enough to blog about then I will. I still appreciate the visitors and comments I get. October 17th actually made eight years I have had this site. I blog on this site for me, and if you choose to follow my blog then thank you very much. I update my Twitter constantly though.
My roommate got a PS3 last week and I just bought Fallout 3 for it. Looks like I am going to go downstairs, hang out with him, and play my new kick ass game. It’s like Oblivion only better…and I’m a HUGE fan of Oblivion.
October 11, 2008 at 7:52 pm · Filed under Friday Five, dvds, movies, books, & tv shows, love, family, & friends, work
Am I as excited about the new Star Trek movie as anyone else? Not only did I grow up watching The Next Generation and Voyager with my Dad, but I happen to be a HUGE Zach Quinto (he is playing Spock and plays Sylar on Heroes) fan. I cannot help it! I am into the tall, dark haired, and geeky looking men. Sylar just does it for me. Of course, who can forget Chris Pine (on the left) from Smokin’ Aces. You know, the crazy brother with the tattoo of a woman’s vagina on his armpit? Good movie. You should see it if you haven’t. He is also in a horrible movie named Just My Luck with Lindsey Lohan is you still don’t recognize him. He should be a decent Kirk. I think Jon Cho as Sulu is just brilliant. I really don’t feel like waiting until May to see this, but if I can do it for Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince I can do it for this. I hate how secretive they’ve been about it, but it only builds up the suspense for me. I enjoy the amount of suspense I can get out of something. It is an odd trait of mine. The longer I wait the more exciting it is for me. Maybe it is not such a bad thing…
Work is finally starting to pick up. I am still interested in a second job. Maybe a day job will help rid me of some of this free time I seem to always have. Now that I have my car I have the option to have another job while doing the bartending thing. I wouldn’t mind bartending on my side of the Lake. By no means could I afford to live where I live and still enjoy the life I do without working across the Lake. The money is in New Orleans. I would have to argue that a nice day job would basically pay for gas and anything car related. That way I would be able to save. I was sitting on a nice chunk of change until I bought my car. I’d like to have that cushion back. I am not financially safe without it. Unlike many of my twenty-something counterparts offline I do not have parents that will help me or anyone to pull me out of a hole if I get in one. Living on your own is a bitch sometimes…but oh so much fun!
Guess who is going to see NKOTB on October 18th? Yup! My friend from work and I are going to see them at the New Orleans Arena with Natasha Bedingfield. I have been having so many issues with getting my camera to me. I am praying that it comes in before the end of next week. I really want to take pictures at this concert. I was a raging fan of NKOTB when I was a kid. I mean this to the extent of owning dolls, posters, sheets, a comforter, towels, etc. I went out and bought their cd when it came out so I would at least know the new songs they play at the concert. It is not as good as I’d like it to be. The new Pussycat Dolls cd is really good though. I’m having a blast blaring it in my car while I’m driving. I’ve been doing that with Pandemic’s cd as well. They are amazing. I don’t know why they haven’t blown up yet. LOVE those guys.
The Friday Five this weekend was too good for me to not do. I haven’t done it in a while anyway. I haven’t been home this much in a while!
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October 6, 2008 at 10:53 am · Filed under just blogging, munchies, work
I had a significant amount of downtime at work a few nights ago, so I took it upon myself to write out a food/shopping list. I ended up having over 75 items. Thanks to my lovely Mother I have discovered the wonder that is Whole Foods. I was amazed at the fruit mix selections. It took me about five minutes to find one with all the perfect ingredients, but I went with the one that had mangos, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries came in this pack. That was bought on my first trip. We just got one on Causeway Blvd. before the interstate towards New Orleans. This means I only get to shop at Whole Foods when I am across the Lake for work. My bank account is thanking me.
My roommate has been having the funniest problems with some friends of his. They call him CONSTANTLY for the dumbest shit. For example: they will call him to ask him a question that my roommate has NO answer for. Not more than five minutes later the guys asking the questions would call back asking the SAME THING. They have even tried calling from multiple numbers. The kicker of that situation is the brothers have University of Pheonix calling my roommate (they say who referred them) up to four times a day asking and annoying him about becoming a student. Odd shit man. People need to lay off the Xanex. I am so glad Christian does not hang out with those guys anymore.
By Tuesday I am hoping to have a new camera. It is a 10.1 MP Sony Cybershot. I don’t want to talk more abut it and jynx it, but I am so excited!!!! As soon as I have it I am going to bombared this website with new photos. I think we all agree it is needed!
Seriously. Do people from other countries KNOW they’re supposed to tip when they come over here? Is it something they do out of ignorance on their part, or do they just not tip because they think they can get away with it? You know, them being from another country and all. I wish I could say something without getting in trouble.
September 24, 2008 at 2:06 pm · Filed under just blogging
I finally got my car. I finally got my license back. After two DUIs (one in 2004 and one in 2005) I am the proud owner of a car. Nothing in my Mom’s name. Not anymore. I worked my ASS OFF to get to this point. I am glad everything has happened the way it has. I am the woman I am because of it. It is quite nice being able to say I have learned from my mistakes. Moving on with my life is what I have been trying to do since I started this bartending thing. I was able to get my own place (in my name) and buy a car in a shorter amount of time than I had thought. With the support of my family and friends I was able to bring my life to a point where I am able to live it responsibly and happily.
The second DUI is new to most people who read this site. I have not drank and driven in over three and a half years. Lesson learned. Those who know me in real life are aware of everything I have gone through (Mom selling my car, losing jobs, and having to move back in with my parents) and how much I have sacrificed. We all grow up at some point. For some of us it takes a hard slap in the face and THOUSANDS of dollars to get back to what makes up truly happy and in my case…independent. As I have ended so many posts with in the past and will continue to: life is good.
September 15, 2008 at 12:41 am · Filed under just blogging
My poor laptop. I got it back the other night, along with my friend’s external hard drive, with over eleven gigs of stuff I had on my laptop. This is only my Documents and Settings, and saved Sims 2 games. I do not download illegally to my laptop. I had no idea why my laptop crapped out on me suddenly (as I previously posted). My friend from work did everything he could. He found that my XP is messed up, and I have to reinstall it. My laptop was a hand-me-down, so I do not have the cds. I had to contact the previous owner, and should get the cds sooner than later. In case the reinstall erases my hard drive he was nice enough to provide me with (and lend) his external hard drive. So cool. I am going to put the data onto my desktop so I can return the external earlier this week. I am so glad the problem has been found and I know how to solve it.
Hurricane Gustav made my job quite difficult to bear the weekend before last. I worked Friday through Monday and made under $100. Horse shit. With the bars I had all four nights I should have walked with well over $600. BUT, Bourbon Street had a 2am curfew until last Monday night. Everyone is broke as well. The only business we got last weekend was due to the Tampa Bay people in town for the football game (Go Saints!). Put it this way: by 6pm we had been open for two hours and had not sold one drink. That is how slow we have been. Between people not having that much money due to evacuating and tourists not travelling to New Orleans because of Ike we have all odds stacked against us.
I still do not have cable or internet at my house from Gustav. Apparantely there are lines cut somewhere. Luckily, I have a massive collection of DVDs at my house to watch. I’ve been watching both seasons of Big Love, playing Oblivion, and cross stitching. I had not cross stitched in a couple years, but I got the sudden urge to do it. Once I get my laptop running again I am putting it on there. That way I will not have to be around a XBox 360 to play it.
Did anyone have to evacuate due to Ike? I hope it went smoothly. I hate evacuating. Not knowing how my things are is not an option to me. I’m just happy knowing my friends are okay.
September 5, 2008 at 8:08 pm · Filed under just blogging
Is it bad that I was more worried about getting back to work than the well being of my home? Once Gustav stayed at Category 3 I went to a safe place, and began to count down the days until we would have electricity again. I ate way too much. I can actually see the weight I have gained. I start working out tomorrow. I cannot take the consequences of my laziness. Anyway, I played a lot of Sim City 4 on my desktop (Yes, I brought my actual computer.). I was then introduced to the game Oblivon on a Xbox 360. I am addicted. I am already a Level 10 Orc. We got a window AC unit to put in the living room. It was great actually. I really enjoyed myself. Katrina sucked…so I was ready for Gustav to bring it. This did not happen, and I am thankful for it.
My roommate turned me on to a wonderful song by a local band named Pandemic. The song is “Lucky Me”. The singer has a wonderful voice. I am hoping they make a radio edit of the song. 104.1 should at least play it. They’ve played 12 Stones. I liked the song enough to make it my profile song on MySpace, and to buy it on iTunes. I am hoping to catch a show to see if these guys are as good live as they are on a recording.
By the end of next week (Gustav and a week off of work did it.) I will be driving again. It only took me three and a half years to get back to this point. I am just thankful I was able to bounce back with the help and support of my family & friends. I worked my ass off to save up the money for the car while paying bills, and paying an extra twelve hundred to get the car back where it was. It was worth it. In the end I’ll finally have the Accord. Now I just have to watch my spending so I can afford gas. I spoil myself too much.
Due to me not having cable or internet (Gustav) I am posting from my cell once again. Charter said they have people repairing the larger problem, so until then they are not sending out workers for individual issues. This makes me appreciate my phone and AT&T just a little but more. Although, I did not have cell service for three days during Gustav.
I doubt we will be busy at work, but the New Orleans vs. Tampa game should bring in some business. I asked to work all weekend. I need the money for car insurance. These storms screw everything up since Katrina. Plus, I emptied out my savings for the car. Another reason why I bartend: fast money.
I quit smoking cigarettes! I haven’t had one in a week. I feel no need or want for them. One reason I quit was the taste. Cigs just stopped tasting bearable for me. I never was a big fan. The smell was another factor. The main reason I quit was my health. I was coughing…and coughing things up. It was just gross. I have a deeper voice in the first place. I don’t want to end up sounding like Mike Myers character on Coffee Talk by the time I am thirty. After two and a half years of smoking I am done with it. Good riddance.
September 1, 2008 at 12:43 am · Filed under just blogging
I would type a longer post. I would type what has been going on lately. I’ve bought a car. My laptop has officially died and I am paying a co-worker to fix it. I am going MAD without my Sims 2 game, but working five nights a week has really helped. I would say I’ve been saving up a large lump sum of money, but what I have has to go towards insurance, license, and the other crap having to do with buying my car…I am not too happy. I would be driving by Tuesday, but this hurricane is on its way. I am staying in Covington. If Bourbon Street opens back up I want to be able to get to work. My roommate is in Pensacola, Florida. Captain is at our place with enough food and water to last him a week, but I am going to see him in at least three days.
I’m not worried about me, so anyone reading this should not be either. I would be worried for the people who can suffer from flooding or massive wind damage. I am in a home with a generator, boarded up windows, and supplies. I even have my desktop with me. I’m hoping this thing is over quickly, because I would like to get through with my car and my laptop.
Regardless, I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend!
August 12, 2008 at 2:51 am · Filed under New Orleans, just blogging, love, family, & friends, out & about
My HP laptop has had issues since the day I got it. Maybe it is because it was a hand me down? The program alone that helps with theft takes up fifty percent of my usage when my laptop is on. Sims 2 has been crashing on me for at least five months. The ironic thing is that I don’t download music or anything remotely bad to the damn thing. Long story short; I turned on my laptop last week and it will not even load. I have to now find the XP cd. That should be a task in itself. I would just go buy a new XP program and wipe out my hard drive, but I have too much stuff I would be quite upset about losing saved to it. Hopefully I can find the XP cd. My Dad has a few copies of XP that are legally bought. Until then I have my desktop.
I met my first professional “whore” a little over a month ago. I could not even tell you her name since I do not remember it, but at this point it is irrelivent. She was taller than me. I would guess she was over six feet tall. I am 5′10″. To me, anything over six feet is tall. This chick was tall. She was nice, and very open to telling me she was a “professional whore”. I was under the assumption that being a prostitute was something a woman would want to not brag about, but who am I to judge? I will say I was impressed by how empowered and independent she seemed. She not only took great care of herself, but she seemed at a place in her life where she knew what she was doing and was happy with it. I have no way to describe what it was like. I just have to say I am glad I am open minded. If I hadn’t grown up with a cousin who has been a bartender since the 90’s in New Orleans or maybe a family that tried to shelter me I would have had a bad opinion towards this. I could NEVER do what she does due to morals alone…but hey, whatever makes you happy!
The Saturday before last I attended a pajama party at my friends’ house. I had never been to one of their theme parties, so at first I was a scared a bit to dress up for the festivities. I have uploaded four videos and over eighty pictures to my Flickr account. Feel free to check out all the fun times we had. I would include the link but it is to the right of this blog, and I am posting this from my phone. Needless to say it is not as easy to post as it is from my desktop. I wore a black lace “dress” from Victorias Secret over a black VS bra and boyshort. I was not only comfortable but cool (not sweating due to humidity). At this time of the year a woman does not strive to be sweating. I rarely wear eyeliner, so when I do I do not want it to run. Even with the pillow fights (see pictures) my makeup stayed in place…although I had my girlfriend do my eye makeup.
I am going to see Kenny Chesney in concert Thursday night at the New Orleans Arena. I saw him back in 2001 and he was amazing. I am hoping I have a digital camera (long story) by then. I love me some country music! I have been looking forward to this concert since seeing Rascall Flatts (earlier this year) was just the SHIT.
July 27, 2008 at 4:21 pm · Filed under Friday Five, dvds, movies, books, & tv shows, love, family, & friends, work
I do respond to comments made on posts. I respond directly below your actual comment, just in bold.
Don’t get me wrong I adore bartending. I do have a few pet peeves when it comes to my job, and I am here to share them with you. Unless your bartender is shitty at his/her job these following things are NOT an acceptable way to get the attention of or act with someone who is working for under minimum wage and also controls what goes in your mouth.
Is is considered highly rude to tap a cup, ID, keys, or any inanimate object on the bar to get your bartenders attention.
I don’t know about other bartenders, but I go through the line at my bar by who I see come up first. I also am not shy to tell you I’ll be right with you. Only when I am extremely busy do I go side to side at the bar like it were a single file line. I have looked right at someone before and told them they were last because of the crass way they attempted to get me to come to them first. Being annoying to get me to make your drinks faster will just result in you waiting longer.
While you wait for your drinks please figure out what you would like to drink, and have your money or credit card out of your purse/wallet.
If it happens to be very busy, then you may have to wait by the bar for possibly several minutes. Please take this time to decide what you would like to drink. When I ask you what you would like unless you just arrived to my bar, don’t turn around and to ask every person you’re with what they want. That is just wasting my time, and making other people wait longer. This in turn pisses them off, which will most likely shorten their patience with me, thus starting the vicious cycle of why people probably get catty in the first place.
DO NOT SHOVE MONEY IN MY FACE!
I understand going out with a ton of money is what we all wish we could do. I am truly happy for you that you’re so overzealous to spend it as well. Trying to get my attention (see above) with it is bad enough, but putting it directly in front of my face (7″ or less) while I am still making your drink is just absurd. I cannot make your drink and ring you up at the same time. You get your total as soon as I get your drink order. Sometimes you may get it after. I assume you have money to pay for the drinks since you ordered them in the first place. Please, please, please! I just…phew that really gets to me.
Okay, now that I’m done with my rant I feel a bit better. My 24th birthday turned out to be much better than I expected. I had around 20 people total show up to the bar I frequent. After a couple hours of five dollar pitchers, we decided to go to another bar. Wouldn’t you know, once we walked in it was KARAOKE NIGHT! I work in a damn karaoke bar! All in all it was a great night though. My roommate came out with four other friends. Three of which live close to us. I finally stopped peeling the day of my bday (July 22), so I was happy to be able to wear shorts without being so self conscious.
I get my Friday Five from here. I have always used Livejournal’s. They are always moreinteresting. Now, here is this weeks Friday Five:
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July 18, 2008 at 4:57 pm · Filed under Friday Five, dvds, movies, books, & tv shows, just blogging, love, family, & friends, out & about
For fuck’s sake. I knew it wasn’t my computer. It was Wordpress. I have been having the worst issues with WP since I upgraded a couple months ago. I just upgraded to the 2.6 version, and I am having no issues. THANK GOD! I have six drafts saved in my WP. None of them were able to be able to be edited once the draft had been saved, so I eventually lost interest in trying. I don’t have much patience with computers; even with my ten (plus) years on one. All I do is work, sleep, spend time with friends & family, and sleep some more. My entire life I have been preached to (by family who have worked in the N.O. service industry) about how working in the French Quarter can age you very quickly. I make sure to eat right and get as much sleep as I’m allowed. I just keep ass-opposite hours from everyone else. I go to bed around 5am and I am up anytime before 4pm. Hell, if I am still able to do the things I need to do I don’t see a problem. I did put up a new layout. It may change by the end of tonight if I can find one I like more. I will tweak it how I like it and eventually come up with a finished product I can be happy with.
I will be 24 next Tuesday (July 22) and it is the definitely one of the most surreal ages of my life. 23 went by very fast. I got more accomplished this year than I could have ever expected. I have bragged to such an extent on this site about my job that even I am getting sick of it. I am proud to say I still have the best friends anyone could be blessed with. It has been almost ten years for some of us, and I love having people in my life I can trust and rely on. My Mom has been friends with the same people since she was nineteen, and she is almost 55 years old. Although turning 25 seems like it will be more of a milestone to me, I am having a blast at 23, and soon to be 24. I have run “life is good” into the dirt by now, but I truly mean it when I say it. Life is also what you make it. I made sure I ended up being a happy woman, and so far life seems to be turning out quite alright.
Movies. Yes, I am the regular daytime movie go-er. I have since my last post seen Wanted and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I was already warned that the Hellboy movie was going to be more of a love story, but I must say I assumed wrong. The second movie had MUCH more special effects and “other wordly” things in it. Yes, it did have a bit much of the AWWW factor in it, but I enjoyed it nontheless. Wanted on the other hand, was one of the best movies I have seen so far this year. The fight scenes were phenomenol, as were the length the brought some of the actors to reach for their roles. Both movies I give a big GO SEE IT.
It would be that time of the week! Friday Five time!
1. If you could change one life-changing event in the life of someone important to you, would you?
I would have made my Mom go back into my doctor’s office when I was ten years old and press charges for what he did to me. Granted he did not do things most molestation victims had happened to him - it still happened to me. Nowadays I would like to thank him for helping me become the strong woman I am today.
2. Which do you think is easier to do, being friends for many years, or being life partners for many years?
EASY QUESTION! I have been best friends with my guys and women since I was 13/14 years old for a reason. When there is sex and/or passion involved the arguments seem to take on such a deeper meaning. Plus, I NEVER do half the fucked up things to my friends I would do to a “significant” other who makes me unhappy.
3. Have you ever walked away from someone you considered a friend?
I have once and only once. We were BEST friends in junior high. I don’t know if she walked away from me, or if it was a mutual thing, but she just became too “popular” for me. Her named was Ashley. She ended up dating THE MOST popular guy at my first high school by the first name of Adam. I still miss her to this day. We had our first job at the snowball stand together. She was a very talented gymnast and moved on to become an even better cheerleader. We had a lot of fun together.
4. If you had to choose between telling the truth and hurting a friend or lying and making them happy, which would you choose?
My friends wouldn’t understand either way. They would want the truth, because trust me if they ever found out I lied to them - the truthful way would have been so much easier.
5. Which would you rather hear–the truth which will hurt, or the comforting lie?
I want the truth. A true friend tells you the truth. Sure it hurts. I stopped talking to my most recent boyfriend Matt because I called him a pussy due to him always being so sad and upset that we couldn’t be together. Seriously…cry me a river. I am living my life and trying to better myself. Man the fuck up and have your own life. I maintain mine through a friendly relationship, and when I was able to keep up with an actual girlfriend/boyfriend thing I would let you know. You chose to stick around. I was patient. Why can’t you be? Yes…he was a pussy. So yes, I would want the TRUTH. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
Last Sunday eight friends and I went tubing. I did not bring my camera along due to my horrible past with them, but I was stupid enough to bring my
Versaces with me. Yes, I did lose them. I’ll buy a new pair soon. I have other priorities at the moment. I hadn’t gone tubing since I was about fourteen or fifteen. I had one of the best times I’ve had in a while. Being the positive thinker that I am, there really isn’t much I don’t enjoy. The middle of my back, the backs of my thighs, and the backs of my upper arms got burned the worst. I kept applying SPF 45, but where my legs were sitting on the tube got it pretty badly. I still haven’t started to peel which is GREAT. I have work tonight. I don’t want it to look like I have crippling dandruff. I’ve been moisturizing though.
I certainly did not mean to be posting this much or for the amount of time it took me to type it. I have to leave for work in five minutes. My Dad’s birthday is Sunday. Lots of driving to do. Which also means I’ll get the read Dune. I’m on the first book of the series. Incredible.
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