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It has been awhile

2009-12-10T22:31:00.003-06:00

It has been a while since I have posted. Not that a lot of people read this :p BUT I would like to say that my car is now working like it should :). Now all I am freaking out about is Christmas shopping. My work's christmas party is Sunday and I had ordered my presents for my manager and her family off the website called Etsy.com on Saturday, I still haven't gotten any of what I ordered and it is almost a week later! I'm not quite sure if they'll get here in time or not!

And next week are finals. Not too worried about those but I feel a weird restless feeling this whole week...gah! This semester just needs to end NOW!

Just Plain Ridiculous

2009-10-07T15:24:00.001-05:00

Once again my car has failed to do it’s duty. This is just starting to get annoying. Scratch that. It was annoying about the fourth time. Not it is just ridiculous.

Final Destination…

2009-09-16T21:14:00.002-05:00

…is NOT the best way to end a Monday night. Especially when the showing is at 9:25. And, I didn’t know you HAD to see it in 3D. I thought you could choose…I thought wrong. But also, I didn’t know it was rated R. I thought it was PG-13. It was sooo bloody/gory! OMG. And half of that sh*t flies at you through your 3D glasses. At one point, one of the main characters is in the swimming pool ABOUT TO DIE and a used band-aid comes flying out of nowhere! I seriously jumped and was like, “ew!”.

Other than that, my week was somewhat…boring. It is more than halfway over! Yay! And…I got at 10/10 on my Physics quiz! Yay me! But now I’m getting into the boring stuff. I really wish, in my Philosophy class, someone would have a freak out episode like Shia Labeouf had during Revenge of the Fallen. Haha. That would be interesting!

Coptic Stitch, Inspiration, and City of Bones Review

2009-09-13T20:52:00.002-05:00

I have officially made my second Coptic Stitch journal for my manager’s mother-in-law for Grandparent’s Day (which is today, btw) and it came out really good. Except for the fact that it was white and I had to recover it about three times because it kept getting dirty :/ I wish I would had taken a picture so I could share it with the world…or whoever reads my blog :p BUT there are plenty more to come because I am hoping to sell my notebooks on etsy.com so keep an eye out for my link to my store :)

I also have started a new writing project because, unfortunately, I have lost a little bit of steam on my last project…just like all the other ones before it. The story is still swimming in my head but I don’t exactly have a plot per say in it. This new project is a few steps ahead of the other one and I am calling it Phoenix Rising at the moment. I might stick with it…I might not. I did change Shadows’, the last project, title about, four times :p But that is how it goes.

I also also have been meaning to put up a review on a book that I bought aloooooong time ago and finally finished about two months ago. It is called The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. It is the first book in The Mortal Instruments trilogy to be followed by City of Ashes and City of Glass. I will be honest and say that I did restart this book twice. I will also be honest and say the only reason I picked it up was because Holly Black (Tithe, Valiant, Ironside, the Spiderwick Chronicles) had said it was one of her favorite books. I have read Black’s modern faerie tale stories and love her to bits! So, of course I would pick something up she said she loved :)

The book follows a girl named Clary as she ventures through a world where demons are real and are hunted by warriors known as Shadowhunters. The story is in third person and has every other supernatural being in the world, and then some I have never heard of before, within its pages. There are vampires and werewolves and other really creepy things that if I put here would totally spoil the story. For the most part it wasn’t easy to guess the next move unless Clare purposefully made it obvious. It is as much of a fantasy novel as a mystery because Clary’s mother disappears and her “uncle” doesn’t want anything to do with her after she finds her apartment ripped to shreds. There is one major plot twist…actually, it IS the plot twist…that was very well thought out even if it did make me rather angry.

I do have the second book but with college started only a few weeks ago, it has been hard for me just to find time to do THAT reading rather than some leisure reading…unfortunately :(

I am also waiting on the arrival of Tempted, the sixth book in the House of Night series! The cover art was unveiled a few months ago and I failed at posting :( Sorry! But, it looks fantastic! 43 Days!!! THAT one, I WILL make time for :p

2 Weeks Down…Not Sure How Many Left to Go…

2009-09-04T17:30:00.001-05:00

The second week of college has officially ended.

Yay

But the first week of classes was GROSS. Just plain gross. Parking is a nightmare out there at UNO. They need to buy some of that Elmwood park and build a huge parking lot…or something… Second day of classes I was late ten minutes because of parking issues. I got fed up and just parked. When I got back to my car (which was in the middle of a neighborhood and I wasn’t completely sure how to get to campus from) I had a present. A $16 parking ticket. I guess you can’t park where I parked between 8am and 3pm on school days…

The rest of the week turned out fine. I got my yearbook, which I designed the cover of, and it is BEAUTIFUL! I got a parking pass for the Dorm Parking Garage which I thank God for EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY! I love it! It makes my semester 687209487490 times better. I haven’t exactly gotten into the swing of reading so much. And my mom says, “Oh, but you read all those books on your bookshelf just fine.” Yeah, but, I WANT to read those…and they aren’t boring…like, learning about an argument for English Comp II…what kind of shit is that? BORING.

p.s. by car left me stranded at target…woo hoo…

River Riot

2009-08-17T21:52:00.001-05:00

WOW…and I mean, WOW! I have NEVER seen so many people in my life! All the bands were amazing. Scored a $10 cd from Pomeroy and a free bumper sticker…heck yes! Haha.

What I loved the most was that we weren’t in the “retarded” parking lot. We were just in the “dumby” parking lot…according to Ana. But P!ATD was good, FOB was good too but BLINK 182 was soooo funny! The bicker like an old married couple! Haha.

Demi Lovato and David Archuleta

2009-08-16T11:20:00.001-05:00

I had no idea David Archuleta sang Apologize. It was a pleasant surprise when I found that out! And, I didn’t think I would like him but I really liked his Zero Gravity song. Now I want his album :]

I will admit right now that I love Demi Lovato. I love her music and her lyrics and her albums are just so great that I was worried she wasn’t going to be good live. Well, she wasn’t just good…she was awesome! She was very energetic, couldn’t stop smiling, and kept saying thank you. She isn’t going to end up like Britney Spears or whatever other Starlet that fell. She is going to go far!

Ana and I didn’t even know where our tickets were, just that we were close to the ground. We figured we were in the middle a few rows back. NOPE. The stage looked like and E turned 90 degrees clockwise. We got there late because Ana had to cover a shift so we come walking in, all special. And, just to add to the special-ness feeling, someone showed us where our seats were and we were row 4. Two seats next to the outside turned E. We could touch the stage. :D It was amazing.

I was kinda bummed she didn’t sing Got Dynamite, but I think I’ll live :]

Rock Fest

2009-08-15T16:58:00.001-05:00

So much fun at Rock Fest with Ana!

I was sad, however, that I missed After Midnight Project’s performance. All because Stephen lost a receipt. Long story…
BUT it was fun anyway :)
Bury Your Dead was great, Static X had an awkward top-less girl dancing on stage…if you want to call it dancing. Black Label Society was gross! I don’t know why people like them. If you ask me they are major Divas. Bleck! Mudvayne and Korn were amazing as predicted…even if Korn took forever to finish :)

But, where Ana and I were standing there was a pregnant lady who thought she could have special treatment because she was pregnant. Ok, I guess she does…but not at a ROCK concert. And Ana and I both agree that that loud of music can’t be good for the baby. But we were standing near a bar that fenced in the pit from everyone else and people had been asking to jump over and whatever so I let them through. But then this jerk comes along and acts like he is gonna jump the fence so I move because I don’t want to get smacked in the face and the jerk took my spot and sat on the fence! HOW RUDE! I was like, “REALLY!?”

And then Ana parked on the retarded side of the parking lot. We sat there for a good 2 hours before being able to actually get onto the highway. Then, my advice to you, is to NEVER EVER go to a McDonald’s at 1 am. They are dumb. We had to repeat our order at least 3 times before a supervisor came and took over. After the parking lot incident, Ana and I just had enough. FML was the theme of the night :P

Demi Lovato concert tonight. Yeah, I have random tastes in music. I’m going from Korn and Mudvayne yesterday, to Demi Lovato tonight, to BLINK 182, Fall Out Boy, Pomeroy, Dirty Little Rabbits, and Panic at the Disco tomorrow at River Riot. Can’t wait!

Why is money so mean?

2009-06-24T23:27:00.001-05:00

So, I am finally transferring as of now. The 28th is my first day at the store in the new mall. Only bad thing is that my car is a piece of crap. Ok, not really. But a bunch of gaskets are leaking and/or broken and it is going to cost close to 415 dollars. I don’t even have half of that because stupid Transformers had to come out so I had to buy midnight tickets online for me and Ana costing me 22 dollars. I could have at least 180 dollars if I hadn’t had to do that! Transformers was worth it though…the 22 dollars, not the set back in getting my car fixed because I have no air conditioning and this next week is supposed to stay about 90 degree weather! And I wear black pants for work! Which leads me to the question that is my title: WHY IS MONEY SO MEAN?

I think we should start bartering with rocks…there are PLENTY of those lying around…

Now it is fun!

2009-06-06T09:28:00.001-05:00

I am sooo happy!
I’m finally getting things together for my new business! At first it was a little bit of a hassle and even now it isn’t completelly just do whatever, but it is getting there. And it will be a while before I can just make my product and not worry about whatever else is driving me up the wall right now! My website will be up soon. I shall post the link here. If anyone stumbles across this they should tell their friends! Maybe you will get a little free present! Check it out when the link is up. Hopefully in the next couple of days.

At long last…

2009-06-03T21:01:00.001-05:00

It has finally happened!
I am officially transferring stores!
OH BOY! I CAN’T WAIT

Save the Drama for Yo Mama

2009-06-02T20:12:00.001-05:00

Yeah, so, I have graduated as of the 21st of May…yay me!
BUT, at my Hallmark store my store manager transfered to another mall and now we have our old assistant manager as our new store manager. I didn’t like the assistant to start with so now that she is manager I extremely don’t like her.

Before the old manager, Shannen, left we got a new assistant because the old one, Denise (who is now the new manager), got transfered to another store. The new assistant is Melissa. So, while Shannen was still in the store she trained Melissa and seemed like everyone at our store liked her. Well…

Then Shannen left and Denise came in. Denise and Melissa do not get along and now it seems like EVERYONE has some type of problem with Melissa. Everyone has issues with the schedule, which she currently makes, and goes right to Denise who then undermines Melissa and fixes it or they just complain and talk about her behind her back. OR, one other Key Holder opened and Melissa didn’t empty the trash because it wasn’t full and the Key Holder wanted Denise to see it.

When I conversed with Shannen over this whole drama issue, she thought it was all stupid. I feel bad for Melissa and since she said it was ok I am very much going to transfer to the store Shannen is at.

that is all there is to it

I can’t stand that store anymore

I graduated…I shouldn’t have to deal with High School drama outside of High School…

seriously?

It Has Come…

2009-06-02T19:12:00.001-05:00

Finally! The laptop I have been waiting for is FINALLY here!!!
YAY!

While it isn’t the stunning purple that I thought it would be – it is more of an eggplant- I still absolutely LOVE it! Haha.
I can’t wait to play with it all day tomorrow after work! Yes, I will still have to do chores and what not…but right now…I could really care less! And, I figured, since this computer comes with Windows Live Writer which posts to my blog…that I would try it out. Maybe I’ll post later tonight too…but it doesn’t look like anyone reads it anyway! :P

House of Night

2009-04-08T23:00:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to put this out there. Not sure who all reads this but anyone who stumbles across this post should take into SERIOUS consideration reading the House of Night Series by P.C. and Kristen Cast. It is amazing!! If you love the Twilight Series and the Vampire Academy Series this one is right up there with them...probably a little past Vampire Academy. And, to be honest, it is incompareable with the Twilight Series. Twilight was more romantic and, while it has romance (kinda), House of Night is a lot more action and save-the-world plot but with an amazingly different spin. It isn't the same old joe schmoe superman saves the day plot.

This series is dark and funny while also having a depth that I personally didn't expect. It is in first person in the view of the heroine (duh) of Zoey Redbird. I read the first one a looooooonnng time ago and then one of my friends wanted to borrow it so I lent it to her and decided to persue the other three that were out at the time. Then, BAM! I found the fifth one. I had to get it even though I had no money...lets just say I turned over my house looking for quarters and dimes and nickles and I do NOT think the lady who rang me up was happy :P

Now that I devoured them, roughly one to two days (work is such a drag when it tears me away from the pages) was as long as it took me to read them, I am sadly waiting for the sixth book. It may sound like that is way to many books to a series but believe me, it is worth it. Unfortunatly it doesn't come out unitl around Halloween...so I am deprived for six months....

Love is...

2009-03-15T20:55:00.001-05:00

love is like a Butterfly,

it goes where it pleases

and pleases where it goes.

how productive can one friday be?

2009-02-28T01:10:00.000-06:00

i did nothing today except play with Photoshop and try to price the newer versions of such program. they are expensive. but, i did have fun with messing with Ana's senior pictures. this one was hard because i was worried too much blue was in it. but now, i like it.

what makes it real

2009-02-21T00:50:00.000-06:00

today I found out some unfortunate news. I'm not competely sure if it is completely true, but it definately doesn't settle the nerves. the only problem is that I really don't know what to do with this information. I wish now that I didn't snoop and find out this...stuff. guess it'll teach me a lesson...maybe.

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