Things I Am Working On

So I decided around the first of the year that there are some personality traits I should work on, because despite what many people may think I would like to be as likable as possible. So here is a list of things I am working on.

1. Not being impatient. Over the years I have turned into a crotchety young woman and that is probably not the most desirable trait I could possess. I mean at 25 if I'm already this impatient I image it will only get worse and worse to the point of being completely out of control. Don't get me wrong my impatience has served me well to a degree. For example my impatience has probably saved me $10's of $20's of dollars over the years because I don't like waiting in line. On the other hand I get very angry when I have to wait because I hate waiting and that is just annoying. This brings me to my next item.

2. Not being so angry. I mean really what do I have to be angry about? I just get frustrated and get angry very easily. It's all because I am so high strung. I mean seriously if I keep this up I'm going to have a heart attack at 26. For example I was having a really bad day yesterday so I went to Costco to get a cup of their $1.39 frozen yogurt. I walked through the store ate a shrimp scampi sample and made my way to the food counter. There was some weird old guy getting about a million cups of frozen yogurt to go so by the time I got mine the machine was all hot so the yogurt came out soupy. I was very disappointed with this but I took my yogurt. When I got to my car I realized I was extremely disappointed with this and very angry because nothing was going my way so I threw my yogurt out of the car window. I'm telling you I am very worried about this anger thing. Suggestions are welcome.

And that's it. I have nothing else on my list. I think these are two very large items to work on so my personal and professional opinion is that it is best to limit the amount of change I inflict upon myself at one time.

On a Serious Note

Ok folks I'm going to get a bit serious on this blog. I was driving around today and trying to decide what I wanted to write about and I kept coming back to the current state of our countries' economy and the stimulus package that went to the Senate today. I am sure for most of you out there this blog will do one of two things A. bore you to death or B. piss you off, but I don't care.

What the crap is going on in Washington? $780 BILLION stimulus plan (SP) are you kidding me? Am I the only person that realizes this money has to come from some where? I know that here in the good ole US of A we tend to think if we just print more money then all of our problems are solved, but I am here to tell you that unless there is something to back the money up it is hold on get this only PAPER. Please don't get me wrong I more than anyone would benefit from the stimulus package. I for one have no job which means I have no income so "free" money would be marvelous. However, the problem with that mentality is that it makes no sense as their is not such thing as "free" money especially when it comes from the government. I would like to ask everyone that supports this plan where exactly do they think this money is going to come from? Where do you think the government gets money? Oh yeah they get it from the people.

Let's actually look at this package and the whole process for a moment shall we. Step 1. The SP was only voted for by House Democrats. Crazy, no? I'm not blind enough to think that was pure party line voting after the Presidential election, but isn't it interesting that only the Democrats approved spending $819 BILLION for things like oh I don't know resodding the National Mall. Please don't respond with any crap about creating jobs, because I have a whole nother argument about that and please please do not reference FDR if you know anything about anything you would know the well-fare state he created was a failure and the countries' economy was only saved by WWII. 2. "is full of pet projects. When was the last time that we saw a bill of this magnitude move out with no earmarks in it? Not one." - Barack Obama
Am I the only one that thinks this mentality is crazy. I'm sorry President Obama if everyone else jumps off a bridge are you going to follow them? 3. Current estimate for 2009 deficit = $1.19 Trillion without the SP! Enough said!!!

I get the implications of not passing the stimulus package. I am obviously not stupid enough to go on record as not supporting the SP if I haven't researched both sides. Clearly the easy choice is to support it, but the easy choice is what got us into this mess so maybe it is time we man up and take responsibility for our actions. Here is a thought maybe we should lay off a few US Representatives, Senators, Cabinet members, Justices, Judges, and Magistrates. Oh and for that matter maybe we can ask the President and the VP to take a salary cut. http://dcjobsource.com/presidentialsalaries.html

Here's the Deal

I should be studying for the two tests that I have tomorrow, but my adderall does not appear to be working so I am doing everything but studying. Come to think of it my adderall hasn't been working a lot lately I should get that checked out. Let's see lots to talk about. Since I last posted I got engaged almost a year ago to this guy we are getting in married on May 2nd so yay for me, I'm back in school hence the studying or lack there of, I am moving to Atlanta in May with said guy, I am now the mother of two count them two Boykin Spaniels (if you don't know what a Boykin Spaniel is google Boykin Spaniel Puppies and you will find a visual treat) one dog is 7 1/2 her name is Annie aka Poopface/Browndog/Showgie/The Enforcer and our other dog will be a year in March his name is Mr. Belvedere. Michael, the finace, and I took him in back in December. Mr. B needs some new hips and we are seeing him through that process, and what a detailed process it is but he is worth at least that is what I tell myself.

The question everyone asks every time they see me is "how is the wedding planning go" and "are you excited for the wedding". To answer everyones questions the planning is coming along I have a lot done and a lot more to do and no i'm not really that excited. Just kidding of course I'm excited I just find that question completely ridiculous. I mean seriously who wouldn't be excited? If you aren't excited you should maybe rethink the life changing decision you are about to make. I mean I am no genious here but I think you may be making the wrong decision.

What else is going on. I have no job therefore I have no money and just yesterday was contemplating being a webcam model for $60 an hour, but thankfully received two emails from people that seem remotely interested in highing me. What for you ask? I don't really remember. I've applied for a lot of jobs over the past few weeks and to be honest I don't really care as long as they pay me in US dollars. Let's hope they some how come across my blog and read this paragraph I'm sure I'll get hired. If they do I'm going to say someone logged on as me I mean clearly I am not that into blogging hence the almost 15 month lapse between posts. To make my money situation worse I had to pay the City of Charleston $250 b/c I don't like to pay my parking tickets. I'm sorry I'm a student at the College of Charleston I'm already paying like $6k a year I think I should get to park for free and this is why. When I received my tickets I was either attending class or in the library studying. By attending class regularly and studying reguarly I am ensuring that I get good grades and graduate with a high gpa. When I graduate with a high gpa that makes the College of Charleston look appealing to future students not only because clearly smart people go there but because my high gpa will make more marketable to companies when it comes time to applying for a real job. So what does this tell future students that smart people go to CofC and people that go to CofC get hired when they graduate so these future students will decide to come to CofC. When they come to CofC they will naturally spend money at local business in turn stimulating the local economy and in these tough times we could all use a little stimulation. I think this makes perfect since and the city is stupid and Clemson Sucks!

That's it for now back to "studying". Hugs and Kisses

Alive and Kicking

Yes, I am alive I've just been really busy lately, wait no that's not the right word lazy, yes I've been really lazy lately. I know I'm never going to get famous from this blog if I don't do it on a regular basis I'm working through that. I figure it's best before just jumping right back into things to give everyone a quick update on my life.

I am now part time. My boss is having a hard time with that, I'm learning to take that as a compliment. I am after all awesome, but I don't need to tell y'all that. I'm using my free time (I've had 3 days off total it's weird) to you know sleep and hmmmm that seems to be all that I've done. Well update my blog so that's something. But seriously I need to clean my room, have you seen my room it just keeps getting worse I literally have to step over mounds of crap to get to my bed. My boyfriend thinks the reason I spend the night at his house so much is because I like being around him the truth is I have shit all over my bed.

Carolina football has turned to crap so I'm beyond depressed about that. I haven't flown my flags on a Monday in four weeks FOUR WEEKS. Come on Steve Spurrier figure out how to stop the freaking run would you. Don't you just love it when i talk sports. Hopefully the off weekend will give them some time to rest.

Speaking of weekends I'm meeting Michael's ex-gf this weekend. I've told him not to worry I will be sure to get drunk and make an ass out of myself. The only person to laugh at that was Ashley. I think everyone else is worried I am actually going to get drunk and make an ass out of myself.

I went to Vegas last weekend with a colleague of mine and Michael. It was a last minute work trip and I was able to fly Michael out with me. He dressed up as Snuggle Bear that was entertaining for everyone except Michael. I won $29 on the slot machines, I always said if I was up I would cash out and I did. I was going to keep that $29 for forever, but I needed starbucks and gas yesterday oh well. On the Starbucks note may i suggest the gingerbread latte it is a good holiday special drink they do unlike the raspberry mocha, but we don't need to open that can of worms again do we.

For all those slow on the uptake that's Michael dressed as Snuggle Bear.

So that is what has been going on with me. Don't hold back what is going on with everyone else. Anyone pregnant, married, recently divorced.

Before I sign off I want to offer a big thank you to all the Vets out there sorry I'm a few days late. My Dad is a vet, my grandfather is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, and I have 2 great aunts and 2 great uncles that were in WWII. You hold a special place in my heart and I love and appreciate all that you do. Thank you for allowing us to live free.

Can you name your favorite weekend? I can

Last weekend was awesome awesome awesome. I can't even begin to tell you how awesome it was. Ok Friday night Michael and I went to The Griffin to meet up with Kate who I have not seen in forever because she's always stuck up her boyfriends butt. I wore my new shoes out so I was very happy about that, to be honest that probably trumped my excitement to hang out with Kate. Does that make me a bad friend? Oh well. We had some drinks, we hung out, someone danced on the bar that wasn't meant to be danced on, but people still appreciated it (no, it wasn't me and it wasn't Kate).

Saturday morning Michael and I woke up dropped Brown Dog off at my parents house and started on our 5 hour drive to a little place called Atlanta, GA. Why were we going to Atlanta you ask, for the Dave Matthews Allman Brothers Concert at Piedmont Park. Hello amazing concert. I know what you are thinking how could you go to Atlanta when the Gamecocks were playing Georgia in Athens, well my friends it was a hard decision, but this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and we already planned a head and had a litany of people prepared to text us game updates. So we get to my friend Caitlin's house eat some lunch chug some beers and head down to the MARTA. We have to drive to the station which presents a bit of a problem because there is no where to park, so by the time we find a place to park I have lost by buzz and didn't bring anything with me that would allow me to regain my buzz, not to mention we are also running late so I am very very frustrated at this point in time. We board the MARTA along with hundreds of other people going to the concert. We finally make it to the concert only to have to stand in line for ONE hour to get beers I shit you not we stood in line for ONE FULL HOUR. We both got 3 beers each and made our way to the field to see what was left of the Allman Brothers show.

Kickoff for the Carolina Game was at 5:45 so by the time we had gotten beers and found a place to sit/stand Carolina was already up 7-0. Michael had predicted a Carolina victory, I on the other hand was remaining reserved in my hopes for the out come of the game. As a long time Carolina fan I've had to learn to curtail my expectations as I can only take so much heartache, and anyone that knows college football knows Carolina's program is built on heartache. So while I am flying high on the fact that Carolina scored first I have to remind myself this doesn't mean we are going to win.

Michael and I finish our hot and flat beers, flat because they had to open every beer that was purchased so no one was able to resell them. Yeah, because I'm going to resell the beers I just spent an hour of my life waiting in line for not happening. We decide to head to the completely disgusting pot-a-johns before Dave came on again another line that was so long you could die in it. As we waited in line to catch some terrible disease from the disgusting toilets Michael and I are surrounded by Georgia fans eager to know the score of the game we happily oblige, letting them know that Georgia indeed sucks and Carolina is awesome because we are still wining.

Dave goes on, the beer lines get shorter we are checking our phones like crazy people by this time we are into the 2nd half of the game. I get to a point where I just cant take it any more and instruct all updates to be stopped until the game is over. We are rocking out to Dave making friends hanging out having a good time. When this dude next to us pulls out a flask of Whiskey and asks Michael if he wants some of course I was like um, pass that shit here. Then his girlfriend offers me a smoke, and I'm like who are these people and what good deed did I do to deserve them as my new concert friends. I'm drinking their Whiskey smoking their smokes and thanking God he gave us such cool people to stand next to.

I cannot tell a lie even with my new cool concert friends I was having a terrible time concentrating on the concert, I was eaten up with desire to know what happened in the Carolina Game, and then all of a sudden it happened I got a text that read "Go Gamecocks good job Carolina". I look at Michael and I'm like what does this what does this text mean did Carolina win for the love of all things expensive what does this mean. Michael is furiously trying to access the Internet from his phone in all hopes of keeping me from having an aneurysm and then we get it we get the final results Carolina 16 Georgia 12. Holy Crap Carolina Won Carolina Won, I call my Dad, because I always call my Dad when Carolina does something awesome and go on about the game for a few minutes. Georgia fans all around us are crying because they cant take the lose. We fill up with more beers and make our way to the middle front of the stage to hippy dance to Dave and finish rocking the night away as we are joyous in our Carolina Victory.

We drove home Sunday flying our Carolina flags proudly. I love football beer and good music, despite the crap in the beginning it was definitely an amazing time.

Yet another reason why VW sucks

I recently received a recall notice from VW something about a plastic tag on the windshield washer switch that rubs against the FUEL LINE and can cause FIRES. FIRES. So I call the the VW place and say the following:

Me: I'm calling about the recall on my 2006 Jetta
Woman: The brake light recall?
Me: What? There's more than one?
Woman: Oh, what recall are you calling about?
Me: The FUEL LINE FIRE recall. Is there something wrong with my brake lights?
Woman: Well we don't know we will have run the vin number.
Me: Fine I'll bring it in whenever

Um, excuse me so not only is my car going to set on fire my freaking brake lights don't work. What fine fine piece of equipment I have purchases. The only good thing VW has to offer are the commercials.

On a much more pleasant note Carolina Football starts Saturday. 7:00pm Carolina vs. Louisana-Lafayette. Find a bar with Game Day and watch it.

LET'S GO GAMECOCKS!

Justin Timberlake + drinking = puking in the car

I recently went to NYC to see Justin Timberlake at Madison Square Garden with my friend/coworker, Jackie and Charles the intern. Jackie and I started the trip out by staying at The Hotel on Rivington, a hotel that appeared to be in the ghetto. Not having a clue as to where I was even though I go to NYC quit a bit the graphite and what I could only assume where gang members hanging around lead me to ask at least three different people if I was going to get shot because I wore the wrong color. We quickly realized we were not in the ghetto we were on the Eastside, my favorite side, so my spirits were some what raised despite the fact that the room was extremely sparse and not at all the luxurious accommodations Jackie and I are use to (we travel in style bitches). Jackie and I decided to dine in style before the big JT concert so we went to Pastis, perhaps you have heard of it. Before our entrees had arrived Jackie had already had at least a bottle of wine and I was busy drinking as many Brooklyn Brown Ale's as I could pour down my throat. Before leaving we had to finish the dinner off with a champagne toast and a cheers to the good times.

We made our way to MSG just in time to order a few beers and hear the very end of Good Charlotte. I could personally care less about Good Charlotte hence my nonstop yelling for Nicole Richie to come out while they finished. JT got ready we drank more beers, JT got a little more ready we drank a few more beers. By the time he came out I was less than sober, some may even have called me drunk by they were just jealous of the awesome time we were having. So I'm there rocking out, Jackie, Charles the intern and I are living life and loving it taking pictures singing songs dancing dances and drinking beers when all of a sudden this bitch behind me asks me if I can sit. I turn around and she repeats the question.

Bitch: Can you sit down?
Me: Um, no we are at a concert you should stand up
Bitch: There are sits for a reason
Me: What part of concert dont you get? You stand at concerts
Bitch: Why don't you go have another drink
Me: Maybe I will

I'm sorry #1 you are at a freaking concert stop being 85 years old with a walking and stand up or go home #2 was telling me to have another drink supposed to have been an insult? Bitch please.

Not wanting to disappoint the woman behind me I had another beer or two. The three of us (me, Jackie, and Charles the intern) hung out for a few more songs before deciding that JT wasn't all that exciting. In hindsight I see that leaving half way through may have been a regrettable decision, but whateves I didn't pay for the tickets. So we leave and we go to some bar I don't know the name of it, but it was fun at least I think it was fun. The highlight of my night after the JT concert was profusely apologizing to Charles because I spilt/dumped beer on him. To be honest I thought he was going to do it too and it was really only a little bit of beer.

The next morning Jackie and I sleep until they basically threw us out of the hotel. We get our shit together and walk across the street to this fab little Italian restaurant where we indulge in these wonderful squishy white bread sandwiches and panini sandwiches. Now had I known what was going to happen an hour later I would have not eaten the sandwiches, but I didn't know.

Jackie and I are in our car going to the airport when I start to feel very very very sick, I'm having cold sweats and doing some serious deep breathing, it's taking all I have to convince myself I can wait till I get to the airport, and all of a sudden it hits me like a ton of bricks I'm going to puke. I look around the driver doesn't know what to do we are on the damn bridge he cant pull over his back windows don't go down all of the way and right when I couldn't wait any longer Jackie pulls out a damn Tupperware container. Thank you Jackie thank you Jackie is all I can say and think. Needless to say we rode the rest of the way with the windows down. Why she had a Tupperware container in her bag I don't, and to be honest I really don't care. I made it to the airport threw up three more times and ended up having to stay the night in NYC because of weather.