| My first day! |
[Nov. 7th, 2008|05:45 pm] |
I'm still at work, but here are two stories thus far:
At the lunch table, talking about Halloween--
Me: Oh yeah I was a Pikachu
Coworker: Oh god you're not a furry are you
Call coming in on my radio--
"Hey there's a robot downstairs can you come take care of it?" |
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| Exciting new job! |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|02:23 pm] |
I didn't want to say anything until I got scheduled for my first day (which is Friday) but I got a job planning and coordinating events like weddings, dinners, etc at the Heinz History Centre (our history museum) in Pittsburgh. It's part of the Smithsonian Institute, so I hope to take this opportunity to work my ass off and move up in the field and possibly other museums because it's really awesome.
I think I'd be pretty happy being in charge of orchestrating those crazy $1000 a pop museum parties for rich donors for the rest of my life. I love that whole planning thing and hey free caviar? |
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| Did "Sexy Pikachu" turn out ridiculous enough? |
[Oct. 31st, 2008|01:07 am] |
Yep.
 
Ugh so yeah after I uploaded the pictures I realized I'm going to have to wear little shorts under that to minimize the butt hanging out factor. I don't know if it beats Sexy Megatron, but it's still dumb and fun.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It's my favorite holiday and I'm pretty happy! |
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| Another great weekend! |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|07:55 pm] |
I'm lucky! I spent the weekend in Philadelphia and not only did I get to see my beloved grandparents (which was awesome), but I got to see/meet old and new friends. Especially seeing ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ghostfaceposta was so good. He's always been such a great friend and it is just refreshing and good to talk to him in person.
I should be out there again in two weeks for the Dir en Grey concert-- anyone else want to go?
Anyway, I am happy to write in LJ again and want to keep it up. I was reading back on old stuff and it's really amazing what I'm capable of forgetting, and I'm sad that I spent so long not taking the time to use this great tool to document things in my life. Especially with all of my travelling and visits lately that I never want to forget.
It's also always great to see what you guys are up to! |
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| Space debris is dangerous |
[Oct. 24th, 2008|11:47 am] |
Last weekend there was a Philosophy conference in Pittsburgh. Pretty fun for me! I hate talking about Philosophy because it sounds pretty pretentious, but it is a hobby and I have a degree in it so blah.
Listen: We had a party in Space! They rented out an indie art gallery called Space for an open-bar party on Saturday night in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh. That was pretty damn cool and the Space jokes did not ever stop because I was never sick of them.
Sometimes I felt a little bad about myself because I was one of the only people who only had their undergrad.
I also got asked on two "real dates" which is exciting. It was the whole "Can I pick you up and buy you dinner?" thing both times! I didn't even know this happened anymore but it makes me pretty happy-- I really like dressing up and going out to eat and getting to know people, etc.
So excited about Halloween as usual! I love the idea of doing a funny parody of "sexy _____." Last year I was Sexy Megatron (my friend was Sexy Optimus Prime) and I don't think anything can top that. I might just bang out a Sexy Pikachu costume for fun-- I know this has been done at cons and stuff but in the real world I think it might be funny. Also I'll be waiting tables in it so...! |
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| Please don't stop I don't want to get off |
[Oct. 4th, 2008|12:11 pm] |
Man I need some new icons!
I am in that weird time between graduating college and getting a real job. I got a couple of boring offers and am waiting to hear back from interesting ones.
I left Pittsburgh over a week ago for adventures! Neil had plans to move in with Ben in Colorado and was going to drive there so I went along for the trip, planning fun things along the way. We were supposed to stay for a night in Chicago but it ended up being like three days. I love everyone there so much and the city is great too. It was just too hard to leave.
Seven more hours of driving and we were at a riverboat casino outside of Omaha. After blackjacking for a long time I ended up with a net loss of eight dollars but got a FREE BUFFET. I didn't even care if it sucked because it was free/$8 but it was amazing holy shit. I am feeling like this is useless without pictures because you just needed to see that whole buffet of little cakes and the turkey and shrimps and things. Also I am on a diet oh lord. Well... vacation.
I like how I just wrote more about a buffet than I did about Chicago, but a) I'm a fattie and b) Chicago will be better later with pics. I also want to ramble on about the Omaha zoo and the city in general, but I do have eight million pictures of all of that to upload so I'll do it later.
Colorado is beautiful and I was lucky enough to go on some scenic drives and to some parks so I could see the Rockies. All the geography is so different and beautiful here. You all need to see it someday.
I'm leaving for New York City in an hour! I can't wait to see the people there. ALSO I am going to go to a taping of the Daily Show with my friends Kitten and Sean on Monday! Then we're driving to State College where I'll hang with them for some days then it is back to Pittsburgh for some interviews I have scheduled.
So that is what's up with me! It is wonderful. |
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| I'm wearing jeans! |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|06:34 pm] |
This would not normally be meaningful for a person, but I have not worn real pants (as in not stretch pants worn under a skirt) in the last four years? Five maybe? CRAZY. I hate the way I look in them because my fattest areas are my thighs and butt and it's just terrible.
But I've lost a total of 45 pounds at this point and was made a Weight Watchers lifetime member. My now live-in boyfriend (who I am ridiculously happy with) is currently out of town so I tried on his jeans and they actually fit me.
WHAT
So I'm pretty happy about that. And I'm really happy right now with him in a temporary little world. It's just that the future is so terrifying and bad-looking right now to the point where I haven't been able to sleep and I keep throwing up about it.
In a few weeks I'll graduate and my life will get flip-turned upside down but I won't become the Fresh Prince. |
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| Los Angeles update! |
[Jan. 28th, 2008|10:10 am] |
So a couple weeks back, Gavin flew me out to LA for 8 days. It was so goddamn amazing. I stayed with Gavin and then with Michelle/iamchubbybunny and had the time of my life. Quick run-down: we had a nice little gathering when I first got there, saw a sweet Murakami exhibit, I went to the Rainbow (rock n roll fucking history!), saw Motley and GnR's old houses, visited the art museum that was right down the street from Michelle's, saw the tar pits and farmer's market with Erin and Tanya, ran around Hollywood with Michelle, did Santa Monica up with Gavin and Michelle, ate all kinds of food all over the place and more! It culminated in an amazing party at stuntcock's (thank you for that!).
Seeing new friends and meeting people I've wanted to meet for ages was the absolute best. I can't tell you how happy I was with everyone. Nothing was bad at all-- everything was awesome.
I have always been in love with this sign.
( I just wish I took more pictures is all )
I have such an awesome group of friends out there and I loved seeing everybody and everything. Thanks so much to those of you who made my time there more wonderful. I miss you. |
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| Life update! |
[Dec. 31st, 2007|08:21 am] |
I hope you guys had great times during the holidays and are going to have fun tonight! I did and I am.
So yeah! College. I suck pretty much. I was planning to have just graduated at this time, but a teacher needed to change a grade from the spring semester and he ended up not doing it because even though I gave him all the work I was supposed to and did well, he dropped this bomb: I had to give him medical documentation for each specific date I missed class in the fall. Yeah, dude, I was feverish and puking with the flu twice that semester, but I didn't go to the doctor for it. It's a virus and the doctor would have just told me to drink fluids and sleep. Soooo because I have no records of my illnesses, I'm screwed.
The good news, though, is that I did great in everything else grade-wise and I only need that one class now. That means I can work full time anyway, it'll just have to be at a job that doesn't require a degree for the time being.
Things had been super happy and fun with my long-time boyfriend--better than ever this fall, and I saw a lot of him which ruled. (He lives two hours away from college.) So I was going to move back to Pittsburgh to finish that class at a branch and start driving again so we could hang out all the time and be normal and not just voices on the phone most of the time. However, he had some kind of freakout which I still don't understand and decided he didn't want to continue the relationship. It's sad because I feel like it wasn't given a proper chance, since the long distance really made it hard and we're amazing in person together. Now it seems like he suddenly isn't the guy who took me on cute dates and sent me wonderful text messages a million times a day anymore. I miss that guy.
Anyway, I'm staying with a friend in State College and already have a job at the local diner. I have more friends there, but it'll be a more expensive living situation. But now there's less of a reason to be in Pittsburgh. Decisions, decisions.
With all of this weighing on my mind unexpectedly, a friend made a generous offer to buy me a plane ticket to Los Angeles so I could visit him and other friends out there. It's going to be a great chance to be around friends and specifically to see Michelle again! So that's wonderful. I've also dreamed of getting to go to The Rainbow and the Whiskey and experiencing the Strip as a whole since I was young because of all of those glamorous stories of the 80's. I need this right now.
So I'm sad but I have so much newfound strength and confidence for the future. I have wonderful friends in my life, I'm so close to an important goal, and I think I'm someone who has a lot to offer other people and the world. Life's too short to be miserable and there's too much to enjoy. |
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| Quick documentation of my new piercings! |
[Oct. 16th, 2007|08:24 pm] |
I wish I had more time to write. I've been crazed lately because I was planning on taking out a small loan, but it turned out that my parents are unable to cosign for it, which means I have to work my ass off waitressing and my classes are always demanding a million papers from me. ALAS! So that is ALL I've been up to for weeks.
But anyway! I haven't even been out to a bar or anything in well over a month, so I got myself a little present:
It looks better in person. I just couldn't get a good picture. I thought up the design myself. There is a bit of a placement issue-- like I didn't realize how crooked and randomly placed it would look when I turn my hand certain ways, but oh well I still like it. Also I'm going back to get it trimmed down once the swelling goes down, so it'll look less awkward after that.
The dude who did it has been piercing for a very long time, and even he was like "Oh man everyone come look at how cool this is!" and took a picture to hang in his studio.
I fear this entry might come off as all "oh man I'm SO HARDCORE" sounding and I feel kind of lame about it, but I am excited and wanted to share it. I haven't gotten a new piercing in so long, especially not an interesting one, and for some reason they always give me a great feeling of release and an excitement and happiness that lasts for a while afterwards. |
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| INTERNET |
[Sep. 12th, 2007|09:14 pm] |
I have it now. It also took me forever to set up because for some reason all the wireless router settings had to be done manually and ugh. Then some stupid program that installed itself from the router driver CD erased my wireless card drivers and that was awesome.
Don't laugh at me.
Anyway, now I can reconnect to your lives through the tubes. Yesss.
Only not now because I need a nap before work. It is pretty brutal just working and going to school all of the time and not being able to do anything else. It'll pay off though.
As for my living situation-- it's going to be fine. There are just no sublets popping up anywhere in the area (typical for the fall) so I'm going to just stay at my friend Kitten's place for the next couple of months. I am going to try to make myself a room by strategically moving around bookcases to section off part of the living room. It's rough just sleeping on the couch.
I'll be more adequately in touch soon! I miss you guys. |
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| Don't worry! |
[Sep. 5th, 2007|01:53 am] |
I'm sorry my last journal entry made things seem bad. They are not so bad. I am waitressing a lot to save up money and hopefully I can get into the class I need and afford to pay for it this time. This has to be done by tomorrow at 5PM so yikes.
Anyway, I'm just writing to tell you guys that I'm sure I'll be okay and I still really do miss you. |
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| Woo turmoil |
[Sep. 3rd, 2007|02:04 pm] |
I haven't been posting or online at all because I've been homeless. Yes, homeless.
I don't know what to do with myself, but I know I can't delay my life another year and sign a lease in State College. I also can't go home to Pittsburgh. I feel like I just need to work my ass off up here, save some money, finish up and then leave.
I'm staying with my friend Kitten right now. I'm sleeping on her futon. I love her and it's a wonderful temporary solution but I feel very lost in general. She doesn't have internet-- I just brought my laptop to the diner I work at so I could write this entry. I wanted Michelle and others to know what happened to me. Hi Michelle!
I will try to get on here more often. I miss you guys. I envy those of you who were able to make it to Dragon*con and I hope it was fun. I am jealous and sad. Maybe next year. |
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| Awesome kitten entry! |
[Aug. 10th, 2007|10:06 am] |
So I got a new kitten a couple of weeks ago. I agonized over many names but kept coming back to Tesla because I love the band, the scientist, and the sound of the name. Plus he had a totally weird voice when I got him so that kind of reminded me of the band.
He was deaf, hence the bizarre voice, but after a few weeks of antibiotics he got all better and has regained a lot of his hearing. He is wonderful and is the cutest ever.
( More! ) |
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| It feels good to read my friend's list again! |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|09:58 am] |
I missed a lot of you.
I am sad and dizzy tonight. I am most nights. I'm really tired but I can't sleep. I blame it on the combination of how depressed I've been lately coupled with the heat/lack of air conditioning.
I have also lapsed into that crap cycle that I do when I'm sad and avoiding everything-- I eat. I eat when I shouldn't, more than I should, and things that I shouldn't be eating. It is an intense compulsion and it makes me feel so out of control and this makes me more sad. Vicious cycle!
So I'm currently upset at how I did little more than eat and be sad all day. Ugh.
Don't worry, the next entry I make will be about the new kitten. I promise. |
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| Anger and sadness over the sudden loss of my job/haven |
[Aug. 8th, 2007|02:59 am] |
So I've been working at The Diner in town, and I really like it. I love every single person that works there. It's also a wonderful home-away-from-home full of wireless, coffee, and friends. This is pretty invaluable since I'm living alone and get extemely lonely and depressed sometimes. It's great to be about to go there late and just study and talk to people. Also as far as waitressing there-- it's great. I work really hard for my tips and end up doing pretty damn well!
I went there to eat last night and found out it was closed. As it turns out, they were shut down by the health department. An angry ex-employee called and complained. You know what? I eat there. The food is fine. The violations are stuff like not having a working men's room (the female is now unisex) and the kitchen floor being horrifying. Don't get me wrong-- it IS horrifying, but it doesn't affect the food. The food has tested fine many times.
So I don't know if the owner even can afford to fix that kind of stuff any time soon. I also like the fact that NOBODY FUCKING TOLD ME and I was supposed to work tonight. If I hadn't tried to eat there earlier, I'd have had no clue and would have gone to work like usual. And STILL nobody has called me about the fact that I guess I no longer have a job for an indefinite period of time!
I was counting on that money and I needed that diner just for mental health purposes as well. All that, and I'm not even a part of what I'd consider to be the most fucked over people. At least I can borrow money if I need to. |
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