Finally. Tonight is the night! True Blood season three starts...school is out...and I might have a new, less sucky job! Of course, everything has a catch. I don't have HBO, so I am going to a generous friends house, who also has kids and won't mind if my brood is in tow...and my new job? Well, I will probably still need a second job since, for now, it has less hours. Funny thing, my current employer seems to love me and has no clue I am seeking other avenues...so I kind of feel like a jerk. I am also excited about the summer in general. I am lucky to have a some well endowed family members who are renting a beach house for a week. I am so happy to be able to do this with my kids...when they are young enough to still want to hang out with me! Nothing makes me happier than playing in the ocean...so here are some things that I have been obsessing over the past few weeks...
well, peeps...I got a raise and promotion at my demoralizing job. It has taken me one week to truly figure out that the powers that be (my bosses) just wanted to be left alone...so they gave me a job that does just that...I get to be the professional 'problem solver'. I don't mind the customers, never have. I was brainwashed years ago that the customer is my paycheck and I do everything in my power to make them happy...which is easy for me. The problem is the people I work with...some folks are mad at my new position...I was accused of taking my job too seriously-which is nonsense, I never take anything seriously unless there is alcohol involved! The most disturbing new job assignment came from the store manager, who asked me to get a notebook (I got Hello Kitty) and keep track of all the cashiers...all they do, talk about, screw up, take too long of a break...basically be a narc...then report to her every Monday on every ones fuck-ups...My first thought was "who's taking notes on me?" then I was struck by the unethical behavior and general lack of professionalism, and possible paranoia...which leads me to constantly looking for a new, less creepy and awful, job.
ahh...May. I have been working so much that my poor blog has suffered. I have also seen the beginning of a million DVD's...only to wake up with the end credits rolling. I have not been lazy though! I have read the 'Blue Bloods' books by Melissa De La Cruz. I have to say, even for young adult fiction, its pretty good. I had also read the 4 volume 'Vampire Diaries' and that was ok...De La Cruz is a better writer. I have been obsessing over the next book in the Sookie Stackhouse series 'Dead in the Family' by Charlaine Harris. I read that janks in like, 6 hours! I just couldn't wait to see what was going to happen with my beloved vampires Bill, Pam and Eric! So, somewhere in all this reading I went to work and was a mom...even though I worked on mother's day...my kids made me some nice cards, those are always the best. I also managed to piss off my own mother, by not seeing her because of work and general exhaustion, sorry mom. Best things I've seen? The Ben Stiller Show on DVD, circa 1992. So funny! You can see where he got the ideas for some of his later characters, and I love the cast! It also made me drag out one of my favorite outfits from that time period and wear it to work today-long black empire waist dress with 8 eye black dr.martens-spent most of the day being called 'beetlejuice' by fellow co-workers. nice. have done no drinking or sexy-time=lame.
and now, for something truly awesome...random crap I buy! I love to buy stuff, it fills a void. Nothing thrills me like a good deal though, for example, I am currently wearing a pair of cool T.U.K. shoes that I scored for $3.00 bucks! My favorite places are flea markets or swap meets...nothing beats the sense of adventure...like, if I really search, something amazing could be right around the corner! I am not some totally shallow, air-head, mall-chick...but I do love a good mall. I am seriously one of the most broke people I know, but life is too short to deny yourself every happiness. For example, I love coffee. I love really good, expensive-ass coffee that I cannot afford! So, I reward myself with a $4.00 latte every two weeks and drink the cheap shit everyday for free at home...I have learned to truly enjoy that venti non-fat two sweet and low latte. Also, I make up crazy rules I never follow, like "I will not buy anymore crap unless its useful." then I bought the cute little ceramic frog and mushrooms...which serve no purpose what so ever. I also have a small golden squirrel in my bathroom that, while amusing the hell out of me, serves no purpose. In addition to cute mini animals (I have many owls and elephants) I also obsess over used paperbacks, journals, fountain pens, velvet paintings, pin-up chicks and anything religious in nature. This is just a brief overview, I haven't even talked about my toy-buying obsession! One of the best gifts I ever received was a copy of Amy Sedaris's 'I Like You-Hospitality Under the Influence' It changed my life to know that there was someone out there who could understand me, and my compulsive nature...It would be great to meet her, I'll make her my special drink...
I write a lot of crap sometimes, I know...but I have no regrets because I'm sure it felt real to me in the moment. No apologies! I rarely mention my 3 kids because this blog is not for or about children, there are enough of those out there! But, having survived several parties and the Easter Bunny, I can tell you about the 'My Little Pony' counter-culture. It started a few weeks before my youngest daughters birthday, she wanted a 'my little pony' theme and ponies. When I was a child in the 1980's, nothing thrilled my heart more than those damn ponies. Thankfully, I was a good little girl and I saved everything! So my daughters have inherited my pony collection. When I went on ebay to find some for the party, I found an entire site dedicated to psycho pony collectors. Then I became one, I ordered 4 ponies for my daughter, mint condition, from 1984. THEN, upon digging further, I found the people with tattoos and such...I kind of want one. Moving on, I would like to say 'Hello, or whatever' to Sweden, my dream country...I wish I could go there, smother everything in Lingonberry preserves and eat it up! wait...maybe it was 'smother Alexander Skarsgard in Ligonberry preserves and lick it off'...either way, sounds good. I am waiting for season three of 'True Blood' and I dream of that man...(he plays Eric Northman-greatest vampire ever) I always imagine that if I went to Sweden that I would feel like a Hobbit in comparison. My family history is mixed, I am supposed to be mostly German and Italian. I guess the fact that I am only 5 feet tall can be blamed on someone! I would love to visit both places one day...and eat and drink...possibly find long lost family members...I guess I have to appreciate being an American from Memphis, Tennessee. I love Elvis, sweet tea, fried chicken, fried anything...how's that for a stereotype? As I am writing, I am inhaling a huge bowl of my beloved 'fruity pebbles' and thinking about what to do with my day off...the weather is a perfect example of 'warm spring day' which can mean only one thing to me=allergies. Everything is covered in a thin layer of yellow pollen and my eyes are crusted shut...I have also sneezed enough to consider it an 'abs workout'...but nothing can stop me from enjoying such a perfect day after such a long, cold winter...I'm off to throw on flip-flops and find some trouble! xoxo...
There might be something more wrong than my usual 'wrong'. I woke up today with that Cardigans song 'lovefool' in my head and it won't go away...I feel a major change in my not too distant future! I applied online for a bunch of open positions, everything from the T.S.A. to a Kraft factory position. All of these jobs make good money-which I desperately need! I have no pride anymore, I'll wear a hair net if they want me to...I just can't go on in this state o' brokeness anymore! My job gives me some ridiculous certificate every week-perfect attendance-great customer service...I got one yesterday for the 'get happy team'-which basically means I don't come to work frowning and ready to kill every mother fucker I run into...but behind that carefully placed grin, I am thinking about it...If I get one more piece o' paper and no raise, I might just lose it for reals this time! The truth is, I am one of those eternal optimists, even at my worst I can see the silver lining, I like to be happy...it's a lot easier than being a miserable, hate-filled bastard! No matter how bad things get with me, its just money-I can make more. So, on that note...I love=love. I liked the idea when I was younger and did not know better, but having been truly in love...I know how crazy it is. True love makes you nuts, you think about stupid things that normally wouldn't cross your mind...is he/she thinking of me , too? You worry...Worst of all, even though it makes you feel awful inside, there is not a force on earth that could stop you from being with that person...trust me on this one. Whoa...getting a little bit serious here. Maybe I'll just talk about the little things I am obsessing over this week. Most important, Easter candy...especially Peeps. I get so excited by all the colors, when I was a kid there was only yellow...and no bunny peeps...Next, I love breakfast cereal like a six year old...Fruity Pebbles has long been a favorite, now there is Cupcake Pebbles. I probably would have bought this stuff from the box color alone...lovely pink and blue... I also have a lifetime compulsion with lip gloss...there are about 10 in my purse right now and I probably own about 25. I got two new ones at work from this company called MOR, I picked out 'sorbet' and 'marshmallow' because they were pink and blue and sounded yummy...I was not disappointed! Lastly, I love Somerset Beauty Supply Company's cherry blossom soap. It comes in a huge pink tin, it lasts forever, smells heavenly and says right on the package 'with sugar' who could ask for anything more? I am sure you've noticed that I have not mentioned any drunken escapades...there have been a few too many for me lately...need to take short whiskey break before I die. Last time I sang karaoke until 4 or 5 am and felt soooooo bad the next day...having downed both Jameson and Jim Beam. Wish me luck on my job-hunt/spring fever love quest!
