Christmas Rocked

This Christmas was the best ever!!! What was to be a quiet group of 5 turned into a total of 12 people. We had enough food for 30 and I still have food in my fridge 5 days later. We went through about 15 bottles of wine, killed the vodka and by the end of the night had moved on to margarita's. We smoked we danced we sang along to Abba until about 2 in the morning when everyone decided it was time to go home. It was awesome!!! Heather and I did interpretive dance as well to Abba, and I have to say we really were good! lol. Apparently the next day one of our neighbors complained and said that someone was having a party and it was too loud. We must have really been having a good time.

Postponned fire drill because of rain

We where scheduled to have a fire drill today, but they cancelled it because of the rain. I don't get it. Do they think that if a fire occurred it would make a difference if it was raining outside?? I know it would be cold outside and you would have to wear your jacket, but if you came to work today you would know it was raining and would have brought an umbrella. I just don't get it. Maybe I am also a little cranky because someone who lives with me kept me up later than planned because he would not stop opening bottles of wine last night so our guest didn't leave until late. On a good note the caterers could not be called off so there is free breakfast in the lobby this morning. Yes they give us a treat for doing the fire drill, they have to bribe us somehow to make us go down 20 flights of stairs. =)

Catching Up

life has been so busy. We went to D.C. in November and it feels like we have been going non stop since. D.C. Was beautiful and I love the subway, but it was freezing cold and I had not brought the proper attire for it. Apparently it is not as cold as it was when we were there. It actually snowed while we were there, it was only for about 20 min but hey snow is snow. Us Californians aren't used to it so I didn't know what the hell to do. lol.
Thanksgiving was good. It was a lot more mellow than previous years. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I am still debating, I love getting wild so not doing that this year was differ ant. But passing the time with friends was nice.
lets see what else???? Oh my friend K (don't know if he wants his name on her) is back, I know a lot of you are shaking your head like oh no. But we haven't been going crazy like before. For some reason I feel like Corey and I have mellowed out. We are happy to go out and have a good time but just as happy to stay home and pass out on the couch. Sorry Gabe I know you wanted to go out this past Saturday but the couch got the best of us and we both fell asleep. I know it seems like we are acting like old people, but don't worry its only a temporary thing. Its just been a tiring two months. Now to plan Corey's bday.

Sign Throwers

No, not the gangster types. Do you ever wonder if those guys throwing around advertisements signs on corners of the street get schooling for it?? Well I do. It doesn't look easy and most of the time I am afraid they are going to drop the sign on to the street in front of a car or hit someone walking by. Maybe in school they get extra training on how to avoid people walking by. Maybe its a required class that you must pass before you get your sign throwing diploma. If so I want to go to this class to see if I can pass. I am pretty clumsy and I always said that I could never be a server at a restaurant because I would drop every tray that I had to take out. This might help with that fear and maybe lead to a long second job as a server. I do have strong doubts about it, I feel like if I did take this class I would probably get a C which I would think would be a failing grade for the job. But I did see some kid throw his sign behind him the other day I doubt he received an A in sign throwing class. If he can do it there is still hope I can get a week end job in the places with not so high of standards.

Heathers wonderful Salmon

OK Sorry its been a couple of months since I posted. I will try to be better. I just had to talk about my friend Heather for a moment. Actually its more about the Salmon she cooks. Just a little back round on Heather, she's a vegetarian that's starting to embrace meat eating. That's all you need to know for now. Anyways she makes the best salmon! No one makes it like she does. There isn't much she puts on it but it is the best salmon by far. I believe she puts olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme, and maybe it just gets that extra love only Heather can give. If you have not had Heathers salmon you are missing out.

He said yes!

Man it sucks to go back to work after you have been on vacation for almost two weeks. Well we went on Vacation to Oregon, it was wonderful. I guess a big thing that happened was that I asked Cory to marry me, and he said yes!!! It was actually very hard to try and set up and do. I decided that I was going to be romantic and spell out the words will you marry me in rocks in the back yard of the house. But he wouldn't leave me alone, I kept trying to get him to leave me alone and he wouldn't. Finally I just did most of it while he was inside the house entertained by our friends. Aorron helped me out a bit with the rocks, Cory just would not leave me alone enough. lol. Thanks Aorron!! So now we need to start planning a wedding, don't know when we will have the ceremony or anything. I think Cory is still getting over that I really popped the question. I just like making him blush by calling him my fiance. I will recap the rest of our Oregon trip tomorrow. Brain is not working to well today.

My boyfriends new flip flops

Apparently my bf has never owned a pair of flip flops. Or he cant remember as a kid ever having a pair. Yesterday we were at Target and we bought him a pair. It was a struggle since he did not want to try them on in the store to see if they fit. Then he said he would try them on, but with his socks on. I told him if he was not going to try them on right then to leave them. He finally did while giggling and was afraid that someone would see him doing this. So anyways he bought them and took them home. Later in the night I took them out of the bag and told him to try them both on and see if he liked them. He would not stop laughing and saying that his feet looked funny. He kept telling me to stop looking at his feet, but the hilarious part was that he could not stop laughing about it, he thought his feet looked so funny. You would have thought he was watching a comedy show with how bad he was laughing. Moral of story, my boyfriend is nuts. lol.

Amazon Cookie Makers

There are these woman on my floor that I think are decended from amazonian woman. They dont work in my office they work on the other end of this floor for some other company. I think they work for a deposition company but I think all they really do is bake cookies all day. It smells like cookies on our floor ever since they moved in. What sucks is they never have offered us any even though they see us every day and they have to know we can smell those delicious things. Anyways they are at least 6 ft. tall and I would not want to get in a fight with any one of them. I am sure they could take me out. OMG!!! How freaky as I am writting this blog one of the people that works at that place came and brought us cookies! It wasnt one of the amazons though, sadly they do have normal size woman there too. I would love it if it was just a group of amazons only working. But its ok because the amazons seem not so friendly. They have never smiled or tried to say hi. I guess thats what the regular people are there for. Anyways they do make good cookies.

Emergency Defibrillator

At work we recently put in a emergency defibrillator. Every time I see it I giggle a little inside. The thing is in one of the kitchens but its in this huge case and here is the kicker, it has a red ambulance light on top of it. I picture an alarm going off if you ever open it to help someone. I don't get it, why would you want a red alarm light on there?? Is it important for every nosey assistant to come running when they hear it. If I leave this place I am going to open it to see if the alarm goes off.

Knitting

I took up a new hobby. I know some people are going to give me shit for it but I don't care. This week end my friend Heather took me (and Kirk) to the Whistle Stop in Golden Hills, we had a beer and she showed me how to knit. We spent about four hours there drinking beers and learning the basics of knitting. We totally had a blast and we are going every other Sunday when the knitting people go and have beers and knit. There was only one other male knitter there and he told Kirk and I to please come back so he wouldn't be the only male. As of Monday I started knitting a scarf.... an oversize scarf. It pretty wide and going to be pretty long. I didn't realize it was going to be that wide when I started it but now I just feel like it looks like something that would be in winter fashion week. lol. Maybe I am just trying to make an excuse for it being so wide. Hey everyone always says bigger is better so I will go with that's. So now as I watch the boob tube at home and when I am bored I will be pulling out my knitting and working on that. I am very excited, I wonder who will get the first ever original Ely scarf. You know you want it!

Random Spouter's

Don't you hate it when you are just sitting there reading crap on the Internet and someone is also doing so in the same room and has to spout out a bunch of useless information they obtain from online?? So uncalled for and not needed. You would also think that after being ignored whenever you did it means no one cares, but no some people think this is just a sign that they should spout out more and more useless crap. Why is it so hard for these people to shut up?? Is it really that hard to be quiet?? Maybe it is for them, either way I want to tell them to shut the F*** up! I know its not nice but its what I really want to do.

Accomplice in a dream

My friend had a nightmare last night. In her dream we plotted to murder this lady because if we didn't kill her she was going to kill my friend. So here is the long story short format of the events of the murder. I pull back the lady's head as my friend stabs her, Cory has made a spray that erases all traces of evidence. Our coworker comes and gets us in his truck and takes us to the Chicken Shack to work so we have an alibi to what we did that day. My friend calls work and tells her boss what happened and needs her husband to take care of the body. They flee to Mexico because they don't trust the government. We go back to work the next day and another coworker comes up to her and says "So, I hear you like killing now." She wakes up. lol. What a crazy dream. I have not had a freaky dream like this in a while. I cant stop thinking and laughing about this. I mean it was weird about the murder but I cant stop laughing when I think about going to work at the chicken shack as an alibi. I guess its what you do when you are an accomplice.

Post Art Test 1

Last night was our first real test in my art history class. We had a pop quiz over a week ago. on just one chapter but this was supposed to be our first big one. I have been worried about it for the last week, actually ever since he told us that it is the hardest test we are going to have for this class. How do you ever feel confident when you hear that??? I guess its OK, at least we knew what we were in for. I feel confident that I did better than my quiz, but it does not take much to beat that grade. I think all my class really felt stupid after that one. I guess I wont really know if I did well or not until Thursday when he gives them back. So if I am having some scotch and crying you will know why. I can at least say that I have not given up and since this is the hardest test I can only get better.

New Lint Resolution

Yes lint not lent. I am not religious so I choose to celebrate lint. What is lint??? Duh, its the stuff you pick out of your belly button or the stuff that is in the dryer. Anyways I decided that for lint I was going not drink. So I have officially kept it up for one week! Yay for me!!! It has not been as hard as I expected it to be. Its just wierd because everyone else finds it odd. I guess everyone is so used to me out drinking everyone that they find it odd that just stopped. It has been fine though noone has been on my case to have a drink so it cool. I told my friend Kurk and he said that I shouldnt cut it all out. That most of the sugars and calories are from Beer and mixed drinks. A glass of red wine wont hurt me lossing weight. Apparantly he just thought I was doing it to loose weight. Thanks for reminding me I need to loose weight. LOL. We are also supposed to go to a margarita brunch on Sunday. I brought it up and did not think about it until after that I am not drinking. I mean really is brunch brunch without the cocktails??? I dont think so. Maybe I will cancel and change it to breakfast. Oh and I have been totally craving sweets. I think its because I am not drinking, every peice of candy or cake is soooo tempting. Well I will see how long I can go without.

People Come And People Go

It sucks when you get close to someone and then you know that you will no longer have them in your life every day. My coworker Melissa's last day is tomorrow, and even though I give her a lot of shit I am going to miss her. I hope she knows she can still call me when she is in need or just to chat. Its going to be weird not being able to tell answer your mom to all her questions. Also Charlie is leaving this week end to move to Atlanta. I have just started to get to know Charlie, but it sucks to have such a great guy move away. Man tomorrow is going to suck. I have been overly sentimental about weird stuff lately and I feel like I may cry tomorrow. Going to have to calm myself down, just tell myself don't be a little bitch, don't let them see you cry. lol.

Vegas Vaca.

Wow what a week end trip! Sierra, Rhianna, Mike and Bo meet us in Vegas. Unlike them we drove up Thursday night. We really need to start flying to places that are that close. lol. I thought we would be going out every night but instead we ended up drinking in the room and laughing for hours. We did go do all the walking around and only ended up going out to a club on Sunday. The girls and Cory and I went to Red Rock's park Sunday morning even though I said I did not really want to. Actually I told them to drop me off at the Venetian so I could go shopping but they said no. So I tried jumping out at a red light and again they would not let me. So I was dragged to Red Rocks unwillingly. It was not so bad, it was actually fun. Rhianna cut her toe on a cactus and Cory and Sierra fell . I guess it was worth going out there to see that happen. I find a nice shirt at a good buy just as beautiful. We also went to see Zumanity at New York New York and was sooo disappointed. I wonder if I could complain and get a refund. I just hope they don't send me tickets to see it again because I don't think I could sit through it again. The only thing I really enjoyed in the show was the two girls doing their act in the water bowl. But I think that's only because me and Sierra are in competition to see who does a better job. I think Sierra and I might have our routine down a little bit better. I wonder is Sie will have mastered the head stand I showed her before our Oregon trip. I will have to make sure she is practicing and not slacking off. Hmmm, I also wonder if Rhianna ever found those zip off shorts that we know she loved so much?!?! And if she found the matching jeweled thong.

Poop on racism!

Last week a friend of mine was telling me about her new years trip to New York. She is middle eastern and told me that at one point while trying to get info from a cop she felt like she was being racially profiled. The cop waved his metal detector around her as she asked questions. It was as if she had done something wrong just for asking directions. It struck a nerve when I heard this. I went to lunch with another friend on Friday and I told her the whole story about what happened to my friend. She told me that New York had been through so much with 9/11 and that they viewed things differently because they were there when it happened. It was almost as though she was saying it was ok to racial profile because of what they had been through. I didn't say much about it after because I disagreed with what she had to say and didn't really want to get into it with her.
Today I was listening to the podcast " This American Life." This weeks episode featured a Muslim Mom talking about how peoples racism after 9/11 had hurt her oldest daughter. Listening to the Mother and daughter talk about how bad it was at school for her made me so sad and so angry. This little girl in fourth grade was treated so badly. Hearing The mother crying as she's telling her story made my vision go blurry, I wanted to hold her and tell her that this was so wrong to have happened. Eventually they had to move because the children at the school made life so horrible for the poor girl and her siblings. Worst was that it all started from what the teacher had said to the children in her class. I wont go into any more about the podcast but if you want to hear it download it its episode #322 Shouting across the divide.
After listening to all this I cant help but realise how much racism is still accepted by so many people. It saddens me to think that because your look different, have a different accent or a different religion people will easily turn their backs on you. Be so hateful so arrogant about how right they are and how wrong someone else is. Some times I just look around and think wow we as humans can be such ass holes.