I've become an avid YouTuber since graduating - plain and simple. Maybe it's because television sucks these days or can't keep my interest, but I'm honestly on YouTube more than TV any day of the week. It started 3 months after graduating, when I created my account, and at first I only watched maybe two videos a week. I just didn't understand all the hype. Then I started getting into music and watching the talent...THEN I discovered YouTube talk shows/comedians...and NOW I'm Hooked, possibly Addicted. Two of my favorites are "the Skoprion Show" and "Community Channel." Check out this episode from "CommunityChannel"...I usually love her intro skits:
When I want to learn about the latest entertainment news,scandals, or just hear two interesting guys banter, I go to theSkorpionShow. These guys are hysterical, real, opinionated, and unscripted. It's a great show that's picking up a ton of subscribers and is really going places.
Celebrities are calling these guys for interviews and just to chat!
So check out The Skorpion Show and Community Channel.
Join me in my addiction!
Be well,
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Friday, March 13, 2009
College Grads and Creeps...BE MY STRENGTH!!!
Someone PLEASE tell me you know what I'm referencing in the title...
YouTube is a great way to connect with people of my own age, the younger kids, the older folks. It's a common source of entertainment...and the news. hahah Videos are flying about constantly. But, YouTube is only one thing that fills up my time.
I stay connected with people who aren't closeby through (of course) Facebook and chatting (because emailing just isn't enough). I spend HOURS being utterly unproductive on FB and IMing. It seems I can't get enough of the computer.
Don't get me wrong, I still have real face time with people. WEBCAM!!! Just kidding. I hang out with my high school friends as often as I can. Sometimes it's having lunch or one of them comes over in the evening to get some work done. Like college kids, we still need to feel a good vibe get ANY work done. (Or the pressure of a deadline...But we try not to dwell on that point.) Usually, it's some quirky thing or other to check out after work and then grabbing dinner at a place we research (it's our thing). Or like two weeks ago, we just wandered the Lower East Side for a place to eat. HAHAHA...I think we looped the area 4 or 5 times.
I've made some good friends through my high school friends and college friends. Going to birthday parties or getting together for a potluck (ugh...we're starting to get that old) are great ways to meet new people or reconnect with people that we didn't have a chance to get to know well.
And then there's the clubbing. I don't go often at all but it's always a very interesting time when my friends and I go out. I'm not going to go into details but we always have a few laughs about it afterwards. LOL!!! But on the real, there are some real characters out there. Real CREEPY people. And jerks. Plenty of those out there, too. So, if you didn't know that already... WATCH OUT ...they can be lurking around the corners, waiting to pounce on a bathroom line, oggling you from the bar, sitting in the candlelight at the next table, wiggling eyebrows while wiping vomit from the corners of their lips, holding the door open for you at a basement lounge, convulsing about on the dance floor on the other side of your wingperson...everywhere!
I also like reading. I'm in the middle of a second go at the Twilight Saga but I have a book lined up after I'm finished with the series. I LOVE watching movies. LOVE it. I try to find some stuff online (not THOSE movies, you perv) because it's so expensive going to the movie theatre now and I hate doing stuff like that alone. Tried it once. Confirmed my disdain. It's not always easy finding someone who wants to go to the same movies and pay $12 for it. TWELVE BUCKS!!! Insane.
So, if you know any great books, movies, restaurants, etc., let me know!!!
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King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
YouTube is a great way to connect with people of my own age, the younger kids, the older folks. It's a common source of entertainment...and the news. hahah Videos are flying about constantly. But, YouTube is only one thing that fills up my time.
I stay connected with people who aren't closeby through (of course) Facebook and chatting (because emailing just isn't enough). I spend HOURS being utterly unproductive on FB and IMing. It seems I can't get enough of the computer.
Don't get me wrong, I still have real face time with people. WEBCAM!!! Just kidding. I hang out with my high school friends as often as I can. Sometimes it's having lunch or one of them comes over in the evening to get some work done. Like college kids, we still need to feel a good vibe get ANY work done. (Or the pressure of a deadline...But we try not to dwell on that point.) Usually, it's some quirky thing or other to check out after work and then grabbing dinner at a place we research (it's our thing). Or like two weeks ago, we just wandered the Lower East Side for a place to eat. HAHAHA...I think we looped the area 4 or 5 times.
I've made some good friends through my high school friends and college friends. Going to birthday parties or getting together for a potluck (ugh...we're starting to get that old) are great ways to meet new people or reconnect with people that we didn't have a chance to get to know well.
And then there's the clubbing. I don't go often at all but it's always a very interesting time when my friends and I go out. I'm not going to go into details but we always have a few laughs about it afterwards. LOL!!! But on the real, there are some real characters out there. Real CREEPY people. And jerks. Plenty of those out there, too. So, if you didn't know that already... WATCH OUT ...they can be lurking around the corners, waiting to pounce on a bathroom line, oggling you from the bar, sitting in the candlelight at the next table, wiggling eyebrows while wiping vomit from the corners of their lips, holding the door open for you at a basement lounge, convulsing about on the dance floor on the other side of your wingperson...everywhere!
I also like reading. I'm in the middle of a second go at the Twilight Saga but I have a book lined up after I'm finished with the series. I LOVE watching movies. LOVE it. I try to find some stuff online (not THOSE movies, you perv) because it's so expensive going to the movie theatre now and I hate doing stuff like that alone. Tried it once. Confirmed my disdain. It's not always easy finding someone who wants to go to the same movies and pay $12 for it. TWELVE BUCKS!!! Insane.
So, if you know any great books, movies, restaurants, etc., let me know!!!
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Wordy and NERDY
I am a nerd. Get over it. I am, however, a different breed of nerd per se. Here is my confession: I love love love WORLD OF WARCRAFT. This is an MMORPG (the biggest, in fact) which means massively multiplayer online role-playing game but don’t let “role-play” scare you. Its not like that…you don’t have to act as you think a troll would act or anything (there are servers set up for people that choose that) you can just be yourself and play the game in any fashion you want. Now, I don’t fit the bill of a typical gamer: skinny, never sees sunlight, socially awkward, uses l337 speak, or anything like that. In fact, looking at me, you would never know I even play these games. I was introduced to WoW when one of the fellow bloggers (he/she may claim this if they feel so inclined) began skipping parties with us to play the game. We always made fun of them wondering how a person could forgo fun and face-to-face social interaction to talk to little digital people using headphones with a mic attached. Then I went home to Georgia for a visit and BAM! Not only were my brothers playing the game, my mother was as well. So I tried it and…. Yea…never looked back since.
Now to be honest, if you play this game, you will get addicted. I’m not joking- there’s something for everyone in there. There are battlegrounds where you can go smash people’s faces in by the dozen or arenas where you can fight 2v2, 3v3, or 5v5 in coordinated team efforts. There are chat rooms where you can interact with people; I’ve met some interesting people this way- people that I would probably hang out with in person if they didn’t live all the way in Australia or something like that. There are also different styles of play for everyone- Tanks, Healers, and DPS (damage per second or damage dealing) classes are abundant. There are two factions: Horde and Alliance and ten races. You can play as a Human but they are on the Alliance side which sucks 90% of the time! Anyway- besides all of that, there is still more you can do in this game: raid cities, raid bosses and get better gear, sell your professions (there are many of these) to people, and gather materials and sell those. Basically, all of the bases are covered…I love this game so much and if you haven’t tried it…do it. Wait until after school though as many people I know regularly skip class to play (LOL). www.worldofwarcraft.com. Go check it out.
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My other social outlet right now is going out and having fun. Though I’m beginning to tire of the club scene, my friends and I are interested in branching out. Tonight we will be headed to the legendary Uptown Comedy club to see a guy I used to watch on tv a lot: Rob Stapleton. It should be amazing as I have always laughed at his jokes. This is kind of more like my style of things to do rather than being molested in some shady club with stripper poles. Afterwards we are headed to a nighclub, CosmoLava, but it has different styles of music and a different crowd than we are used to. I love to dance to hip hop and reggae when I go out but my music tastes have changed drastically and I will jam to anything these days. The crowd at the club will be slightly older and, hopefully, more mature and not all about getting into each others pants (at least until they leave the club!). The ACC basketball tourney is also in town so maybe I'll bag me a tall one! *Crosses Fingers* I’ll keep you updated on how these little searches for new and improved things to do goes. I’m almost 24…I’m too old to be getting groped by 18 year olds! Any suggestions are welcomed too- particularly if you live in/know Atlanta! Read more...
Now to be honest, if you play this game, you will get addicted. I’m not joking- there’s something for everyone in there. There are battlegrounds where you can go smash people’s faces in by the dozen or arenas where you can fight 2v2, 3v3, or 5v5 in coordinated team efforts. There are chat rooms where you can interact with people; I’ve met some interesting people this way- people that I would probably hang out with in person if they didn’t live all the way in Australia or something like that. There are also different styles of play for everyone- Tanks, Healers, and DPS (damage per second or damage dealing) classes are abundant. There are two factions: Horde and Alliance and ten races. You can play as a Human but they are on the Alliance side which sucks 90% of the time! Anyway- besides all of that, there is still more you can do in this game: raid cities, raid bosses and get better gear, sell your professions (there are many of these) to people, and gather materials and sell those. Basically, all of the bases are covered…I love this game so much and if you haven’t tried it…do it. Wait until after school though as many people I know regularly skip class to play (LOL). www.worldofwarcraft.com. Go check it out.
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My other social outlet right now is going out and having fun. Though I’m beginning to tire of the club scene, my friends and I are interested in branching out. Tonight we will be headed to the legendary Uptown Comedy club to see a guy I used to watch on tv a lot: Rob Stapleton. It should be amazing as I have always laughed at his jokes. This is kind of more like my style of things to do rather than being molested in some shady club with stripper poles. Afterwards we are headed to a nighclub, CosmoLava, but it has different styles of music and a different crowd than we are used to. I love to dance to hip hop and reggae when I go out but my music tastes have changed drastically and I will jam to anything these days. The crowd at the club will be slightly older and, hopefully, more mature and not all about getting into each others pants (at least until they leave the club!). The ACC basketball tourney is also in town so maybe I'll bag me a tall one! *Crosses Fingers* I’ll keep you updated on how these little searches for new and improved things to do goes. I’m almost 24…I’m too old to be getting groped by 18 year olds! Any suggestions are welcomed too- particularly if you live in/know Atlanta! Read more...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Due diligence
Law school update: I got a nice scholly offer from a very good school and plan to use that as leverage from the school that I'd ultimately like to attend. The negotiations with my true (law school) love have taken a bizarre twist at this point. It's like I'm playing hard to get after giving it up on the first date. They know I want them. They know that I know that they know I want them. That makes it very hard to say "Make me a better offer or I walk" with a straight face. But we'll have to let the posturing play out to the bitter end.
That's about it. It's strange. Law school is SUCH a big part of my life but it really entails so little at this point. I'm not even in class yet I'm stuck in limbo for months because of it. Why months? I start law school in August. I go on interviews and tell my interviewers this and they show me the door. I know they'll show me the door, but I can't lie because of C&F. Character & Fitness is the fun part of the bar exam where they search for any possible excuse to invalidate your J.D. and refuse to let you practice law. They'll definitely question my past employers and a "He lied to get this job" will very quickly place me in front of a board of old humorless Caucasians.
So each week I go on fruitless interviews and pick up my unemployment check which coincidentally will run out right when I start law school. I can't say it's a perfect system, but it hasn't been too cruel to me. I project that I've already gotten enough unemployment to more than square me and the government for all the taxes I ever paid and then some.
In my endless spare time, I've started practicing Mandarin again. I don't think I'll ever live in China but in corporate law partners are very fond of sending newbies off to remote parts of the world, so I figure I might as well show some initiative and be the guy they love to send to the glorious People's Republic.
I'm also working hard to bolster my nerd street cred. It's a daunting task. You played Pokemon while everybody was at prom and you thought you were in. You're a card carrying nerd for life right? Nope. Nope. You walk into a poorly lit basement with your magic cards, thinking you're the shit, and see about 7 middle-aged men with neckbeards. They are standing around a table strewn with dice. These men are wearing capes and SCREAMING about THAC0 and attempting to disbelieve. You haven't even scratched the surface.
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That's about it. It's strange. Law school is SUCH a big part of my life but it really entails so little at this point. I'm not even in class yet I'm stuck in limbo for months because of it. Why months? I start law school in August. I go on interviews and tell my interviewers this and they show me the door. I know they'll show me the door, but I can't lie because of C&F. Character & Fitness is the fun part of the bar exam where they search for any possible excuse to invalidate your J.D. and refuse to let you practice law. They'll definitely question my past employers and a "He lied to get this job" will very quickly place me in front of a board of old humorless Caucasians.
So each week I go on fruitless interviews and pick up my unemployment check which coincidentally will run out right when I start law school. I can't say it's a perfect system, but it hasn't been too cruel to me. I project that I've already gotten enough unemployment to more than square me and the government for all the taxes I ever paid and then some.
In my endless spare time, I've started practicing Mandarin again. I don't think I'll ever live in China but in corporate law partners are very fond of sending newbies off to remote parts of the world, so I figure I might as well show some initiative and be the guy they love to send to the glorious People's Republic.
I'm also working hard to bolster my nerd street cred. It's a daunting task. You played Pokemon while everybody was at prom and you thought you were in. You're a card carrying nerd for life right? Nope. Nope. You walk into a poorly lit basement with your magic cards, thinking you're the shit, and see about 7 middle-aged men with neckbeards. They are standing around a table strewn with dice. These men are wearing capes and SCREAMING about THAC0 and attempting to disbelieve. You haven't even scratched the surface.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Boys Boys Boys...Men...
I’m not the most beautiful woman by any standards and I do not attempt to carry myself in that manner. You get what you see...I’m not flashy or the most stylish, just normal. I’m a jeans and t-shirts kind of gal and I like to blend in with the crowd. If I saw this very debonair guy on the street in a 3-piece suit and I’m in just jeans and looking a mess… I doubt I would approach him. Hell, I probably wouldn’t even make eye contact with him…. So what possesses some men to approach women looking the way they do?
I have had 50 year-old men who look haggard and homeless approach me when my friends and I are out on the town. Here we are, 4 nicely dressed young women and some guy comes up to us and keeps bothering us. When the first thing a woman says to you is “no I don’t have any change” you may want to consider showering, shaving, and washing your clothes at some point. I must say… I’m a pimp… I have successfully gotten hit on by every homeless guy here in Atlanta. Woo!
Also… lets be realistic. Yes, women and men marry/date outside of their age groups often…but there’s usually some reasoning behind that. If a 19 year old co-ed is marrying a 65 year old man…you know you’re going to wonder what company he owns or how much he invested in the stock markets. I mean…what does a 19 year old have to say to a 65 year old man besides “hey grandpa”?
Here are some of the guidelines I force upon myself while searching for guys…maybe these can help you form your own:
-Age limit. Mine is : 10 years older, three years younger. This means that I will not date anyone more than three years younger than me and more than ten years older. Both are issues of maturity for me: any younger and they’re basically a freshman in college (ew) and any older and they probably have already been married once or twice and possibly have kids. I like kids,but...I refuse to be a stepmom after the way I treated my own (lol). I also don’t want the bitter remnants of a divorce hanging over me. I will make rare exceptions…
-Like + Like = good. Ok so I’m out of shape a bit and could stand to drop some lbs… I honestly can’t really expect a bodybuilder or a male model to want to date me. It happens, I know, but how comfortable would I be with a person that works out everyday when I refuse to go to the gym? Same goes with money, looks, and "situation". I don’t have children…you shouldn’t yet. I’m not a millionaire…you don’t have to be. I’m not a 10 or whatever… you don’t have to be. Its okay to “upgrade” but be realistic. If you are 55, fat, with 3 kids, and are in debt...don’t expect the people you date to be total opposites on all those levels at the same time…come on.
I’m not saying to be shallow and make up a list such as: “dd cups but a size 0”, but just be realistic in making up your list. Would you want someone to write you off just because you’re ______. Then don’t enforce the same on someone. I have been told I would be “perfect” if I dressed up more and wore heels all the time by someone who constantly wore white tees, jeans and sneakers. Um… so I have to get all dressed up to go with you somewhere where you can get away with just wearing jeans. Yea right. I suggest you look in the mirror, then make your list. Opposites do attract…but I doubt any of them are total opposites. Read more...
I have had 50 year-old men who look haggard and homeless approach me when my friends and I are out on the town. Here we are, 4 nicely dressed young women and some guy comes up to us and keeps bothering us. When the first thing a woman says to you is “no I don’t have any change” you may want to consider showering, shaving, and washing your clothes at some point. I must say… I’m a pimp… I have successfully gotten hit on by every homeless guy here in Atlanta. Woo!
Also… lets be realistic. Yes, women and men marry/date outside of their age groups often…but there’s usually some reasoning behind that. If a 19 year old co-ed is marrying a 65 year old man…you know you’re going to wonder what company he owns or how much he invested in the stock markets. I mean…what does a 19 year old have to say to a 65 year old man besides “hey grandpa”?
Here are some of the guidelines I force upon myself while searching for guys…maybe these can help you form your own:
-Age limit. Mine is : 10 years older, three years younger. This means that I will not date anyone more than three years younger than me and more than ten years older. Both are issues of maturity for me: any younger and they’re basically a freshman in college (ew) and any older and they probably have already been married once or twice and possibly have kids. I like kids,but...I refuse to be a stepmom after the way I treated my own (lol). I also don’t want the bitter remnants of a divorce hanging over me. I will make rare exceptions…
-Like + Like = good. Ok so I’m out of shape a bit and could stand to drop some lbs… I honestly can’t really expect a bodybuilder or a male model to want to date me. It happens, I know, but how comfortable would I be with a person that works out everyday when I refuse to go to the gym? Same goes with money, looks, and "situation". I don’t have children…you shouldn’t yet. I’m not a millionaire…you don’t have to be. I’m not a 10 or whatever… you don’t have to be. Its okay to “upgrade” but be realistic. If you are 55, fat, with 3 kids, and are in debt...don’t expect the people you date to be total opposites on all those levels at the same time…come on.
I’m not saying to be shallow and make up a list such as: “dd cups but a size 0”, but just be realistic in making up your list. Would you want someone to write you off just because you’re ______. Then don’t enforce the same on someone. I have been told I would be “perfect” if I dressed up more and wore heels all the time by someone who constantly wore white tees, jeans and sneakers. Um… so I have to get all dressed up to go with you somewhere where you can get away with just wearing jeans. Yea right. I suggest you look in the mirror, then make your list. Opposites do attract…but I doubt any of them are total opposites. Read more...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
EXCUSE ME?!?!? O, I am DEFINITELY better than you
This happened a couple of days ago and I am STILL fuming.
NO one talks to my mother that way and gets away with it.
So the "super" in my building replaced all the light fixtures in the apartment last year because the old wires gave out and burned itself up (very dangerous and could have started an electrical fire). He doesn't have an electrician license nor does he know what the hell he's doing...ever. It took him over a WEEK to replace FOUR fixtures because he drags out jobs to clock in more hours and takes on several jobs at the same time in other buildings. And on top of that, he does a terrible job at EVERYTHING he does.
One of the fixtures he installed stopped working so we asked the landlord to get it fixed. We've told the landlord before that it's necessary to hire someone with a proper license to do electrical work and plumbing. The landlord sends this guy back time after time. I'm guessing it's because he's cheap, but I doubt the landlord knows about this guy's shady bookkeeping. We ask for ONE fixture to be repaired. This guy comes knocking on our door with FOUR new fixtures. What?! Ok, fine. Whatever. It's not coming out of our pocket so I'm really not going to argue about it.
This guy knocks on the door as I'm getting ready to leave for work so obviously I'm going to tell him to come back later that evening around 5:30 when my mom is home. He knocks when my mom is in the shower so she ignores him. He KEEPS knocking on the door even after my mom yells through the door that she's in the shower. Example #1 that he's a prick.
He comes back at 10:30...PM. My mom tells him to come back early the next morning because she's about to go to sleep. He says that the job will only take half an hour. As IF we're going to believe him with HIS track record. My mom told him she's not letting him in the apartment at this hour. He gets all pissy about it but he finally agrees to come back at 9:30am. Being pissy about two women not letting him in the apartment at 10:30pm? Example #2 that he's a prick.
He comes knocking at 8:30am, an hour ahead of the agreed upon time. My mom said, "O. You're early. Didn't you say you were coming around 9:30?" Innocent enough question and my mom did not say he couldn't come in anyway. But he starts throwing ANOTHER hissy fit about how we never let him in to do the job we ask him to do. This b*itch. So my mom throws it back in his face ALL the reasons why we turned him away the three times he came at very very inconvenient times. He keeps talkin all that BS because he thinks he's going head to head with one person. I come around the door and all of a sudden when it can be 2 against 1, he wants to get to work. Example #3 that he's a prick.
Fine. He says half an hour. We'll see. TWO and a half hours and two blown fuses later, he finally gets all the new fixtures in and they all work. But the fixture in my mom's room is wobbly and my mom asked him to secure it into the ceiling because she doesn't want it to come crashing down on her in the middle of the night. He's grumbling about having to do that because he's so sure it's not going to fall off the ceiling. Complaining that a tenant is asking him to secure his handiwork so there are no casualties? Example #4 that he's an asshole.
He goes and gets a ratty piece of wood to secure the fixture and it looks HORRIBLE because there is about 2 inches of the nasty peg just chillin on the side of the chrome fixture. My mom asks him if he can do something about that. He starts GOING off about how if she has so many damn requests why doesn't she just go buy a house and live there herself if she is so damned worried about how her place looks. My mom is LIVID and appalled at his statements. WHO is HE to say that?! So my mom comes out of her room and I ask her what all the yelling is about. When that idiot "super" comes out after NOT fixing the ugliness and incompetence that riddles his work I REALLY get into it with him. I handle children. I can project my voice. So I yelled at him! ACROSS TWO ROOMS. I told him very loudly that he has NO right to say what he did because it is utterly disrespectful and he has shown NOTHING but disrespect towards us from day 1. So he was like "uh uh uh...well...uh...I wouldn't say that to the landlord...uh...I was only saying it to you guys because..uh...we know each other so well." My response, "EXCUSE ME! YOU STILL DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY THAT TO US AND DO NOT GET IT TWISTED! YOU AND I, WE DO NOT A RELATIONSHIP! YOU DO NOT KNOW US! DON'T YOU DARE SHOW DISRESPECT!"
And this point he left...with his tail between his legs.
Stupid lowly little man. He should be VERY glad I wasn't in the room while he was talking ish on top of a ladder. VERY glad
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NO one talks to my mother that way and gets away with it.
NO ONE!!!
So the "super" in my building replaced all the light fixtures in the apartment last year because the old wires gave out and burned itself up (very dangerous and could have started an electrical fire). He doesn't have an electrician license nor does he know what the hell he's doing...ever. It took him over a WEEK to replace FOUR fixtures because he drags out jobs to clock in more hours and takes on several jobs at the same time in other buildings. And on top of that, he does a terrible job at EVERYTHING he does.
One of the fixtures he installed stopped working so we asked the landlord to get it fixed. We've told the landlord before that it's necessary to hire someone with a proper license to do electrical work and plumbing. The landlord sends this guy back time after time. I'm guessing it's because he's cheap, but I doubt the landlord knows about this guy's shady bookkeeping. We ask for ONE fixture to be repaired. This guy comes knocking on our door with FOUR new fixtures. What?! Ok, fine. Whatever. It's not coming out of our pocket so I'm really not going to argue about it.
This guy knocks on the door as I'm getting ready to leave for work so obviously I'm going to tell him to come back later that evening around 5:30 when my mom is home. He knocks when my mom is in the shower so she ignores him. He KEEPS knocking on the door even after my mom yells through the door that she's in the shower. Example #1 that he's a prick.
He comes back at 10:30...PM. My mom tells him to come back early the next morning because she's about to go to sleep. He says that the job will only take half an hour. As IF we're going to believe him with HIS track record. My mom told him she's not letting him in the apartment at this hour. He gets all pissy about it but he finally agrees to come back at 9:30am. Being pissy about two women not letting him in the apartment at 10:30pm? Example #2 that he's a prick.
He comes knocking at 8:30am, an hour ahead of the agreed upon time. My mom said, "O. You're early. Didn't you say you were coming around 9:30?" Innocent enough question and my mom did not say he couldn't come in anyway. But he starts throwing ANOTHER hissy fit about how we never let him in to do the job we ask him to do. This b*itch. So my mom throws it back in his face ALL the reasons why we turned him away the three times he came at very very inconvenient times. He keeps talkin all that BS because he thinks he's going head to head with one person. I come around the door and all of a sudden when it can be 2 against 1, he wants to get to work. Example #3 that he's a prick.
Fine. He says half an hour. We'll see. TWO and a half hours and two blown fuses later, he finally gets all the new fixtures in and they all work. But the fixture in my mom's room is wobbly and my mom asked him to secure it into the ceiling because she doesn't want it to come crashing down on her in the middle of the night. He's grumbling about having to do that because he's so sure it's not going to fall off the ceiling. Complaining that a tenant is asking him to secure his handiwork so there are no casualties? Example #4 that he's an asshole.
He goes and gets a ratty piece of wood to secure the fixture and it looks HORRIBLE because there is about 2 inches of the nasty peg just chillin on the side of the chrome fixture. My mom asks him if he can do something about that. He starts GOING off about how if she has so many damn requests why doesn't she just go buy a house and live there herself if she is so damned worried about how her place looks. My mom is LIVID and appalled at his statements. WHO is HE to say that?! So my mom comes out of her room and I ask her what all the yelling is about. When that idiot "super" comes out after NOT fixing the ugliness and incompetence that riddles his work I REALLY get into it with him. I handle children. I can project my voice. So I yelled at him! ACROSS TWO ROOMS. I told him very loudly that he has NO right to say what he did because it is utterly disrespectful and he has shown NOTHING but disrespect towards us from day 1. So he was like "uh uh uh...well...uh...I wouldn't say that to the landlord...uh...I was only saying it to you guys because..uh...we know each other so well." My response, "EXCUSE ME! YOU STILL DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY THAT TO US AND DO NOT GET IT TWISTED! YOU AND I, WE DO NOT A RELATIONSHIP! YOU DO NOT KNOW US! DON'T YOU DARE SHOW DISRESPECT!"
And this point he left...with his tail between his legs.
Stupid lowly little man. He should be VERY glad I wasn't in the room while he was talking ish on top of a ladder. VERY glad
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Monday, March 9, 2009
I'm High Right Now...
I’m feeling so high right now!
It’s great when the right people enter your life at the right time. Lord knows I was feeling down, especially after this weekend, when my grandpa turned 90…
Just as I predicted in last week’s entry, my father finally is getter bitter and outspoken about my current plight – unemployment. So, I arrive at my grandpa’s birthday festivities only to be engaged in a “heated” discussion with my uncle about my recent choices/behavior. My dad had clearly been talking to him more than me, as Uncle had all the inside scoop. No matter, I’m always willing to listen, and it turns out I was receptive to his diatribe about me needing to pursue employment as ambitiously as my interests/hobbies.
*I'm so high on life I didn't even proofread this haha...okay, maybe just a little*
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It’s great when the right people enter your life at the right time. Lord knows I was feeling down, especially after this weekend, when my grandpa turned 90…
Just as I predicted in last week’s entry, my father finally is getter bitter and outspoken about my current plight – unemployment. So, I arrive at my grandpa’s birthday festivities only to be engaged in a “heated” discussion with my uncle about my recent choices/behavior. My dad had clearly been talking to him more than me, as Uncle had all the inside scoop. No matter, I’m always willing to listen, and it turns out I was receptive to his diatribe about me needing to pursue employment as ambitiously as my interests/hobbies.
Now my uncle was fully expecting to utterly destroy me with reasons as to why I should drop music and get off my “lazy” behind. Unfortunately for him, he was finally confronted with Musecatto’s true, strong-willed, and contentious nature. Thus, he had to settle for a compromise and instructing me to be both practical and a dreamer. And he was/is right.
Now when we got back home, I guess my dad took the evening’s events as his cue to start with the aforementioned “dreaded ultimatum” – Get a job, pay rent, watch how much water you use, etc! Needless to say, I was instantaneously flooded with hateful emotions and ludicrous thoughts of moving out and spreading my wings. I was stuck and unhappy and it seemed things were only going to get worse.
THEN, my newfound music buddy called me and had me come in to the studio to write and record a track today – it went phenomenally! I can say I haven’t felt so much joy, excitement, and fulfillment in…years.
I’m high right now, and if I had my way, I’d never come down.
But then, my Uncle did offer me some honest and needed advice that I acknowledged as “right.” So, if I’m smart…I’ll actually end up getting off my “high” horse and coming down.
But then, my Uncle did offer me some honest and needed advice that I acknowledged as “right.” So, if I’m smart…I’ll actually end up getting off my “high” horse and coming down.
We shall see…
Be well,
*I'm so high on life I didn't even proofread this haha...okay, maybe just a little*
Sunday, March 8, 2009
*Highlights* - So This is a Woman's World?
MUSECATTO says:
"Only In a Womans World" seems pretty funny and completely unexpected! Get's 4 caps for now:
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"Only In a Womans World" seems pretty funny and completely unexpected! Get's 4 caps for now:
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*Highlights* - Twilight Casting Call and Taylor Lautner in a Live Interview!
GOTHAM DAYS says:
So I was watching Cedric Diggory die on the Family Channel by the hand of a slithery slit-nosed megalomaniac and simultaneously perusing YouTube when I noticed the distracting Google ad in NEON GREEN on the side of the screen (and in the little ad box at the bottom of the video) for...what a coincidence...a casting call for the new Twilight sequel!
Maybe this time, they can up the percentage of people that can ACT in the movie. ZING!
Hahahaha I'm just laughing at Kristen Stewart. The tragic misinterpretation of the first book won't be discussed at the moment.
I just wanted to let the actors and the fanatics disguised as would-be actors know that Talent Hunter (a talent discovery community?) is out there and extras are needed for the Twilight sequels.
I don't know how legit this website is or what its success rates are for getting people hired but I guess it doesn't hurt to give it a whirl if acting is your thing. Shrug...Good luck! =)
I may holla for the last movie...I could finally put my paleness to good use!
This exciting little find gets:
(because I'm still paranoid about online scams)
ALSO for Twilight fans...Taylor Lautner (GO TEAM JACOB!) answers questions about the filming for New Moon LIVE...MONDAY!!! March 9th, 9pm EST on BlogTalkRadio. See ya there!
How excited am I for this?
VERY
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So I was watching Cedric Diggory die on the Family Channel by the hand of a slithery slit-nosed megalomaniac and simultaneously perusing YouTube when I noticed the distracting Google ad in NEON GREEN on the side of the screen (and in the little ad box at the bottom of the video) for...what a coincidence...a casting call for the new Twilight sequel!
Maybe this time, they can up the percentage of people that can ACT in the movie. ZING!
Hahahaha I'm just laughing at Kristen Stewart. The tragic misinterpretation of the first book won't be discussed at the moment.
I just wanted to let the actors and the fanatics disguised as would-be actors know that Talent Hunter (a talent discovery community?) is out there and extras are needed for the Twilight sequels.
I don't know how legit this website is or what its success rates are for getting people hired but I guess it doesn't hurt to give it a whirl if acting is your thing. Shrug...Good luck! =)
I may holla for the last movie...I could finally put my paleness to good use!
This exciting little find gets:
(because I'm still paranoid about online scams)
ALSO for Twilight fans...Taylor Lautner (GO TEAM JACOB!) answers questions about the filming for New Moon LIVE...MONDAY!!! March 9th, 9pm EST on BlogTalkRadio. See ya there!
How excited am I for this?
VERYRead more...
*Highlights* - Coulda Fooled Me
SOUTHERN SUBSTANCE says:
I found this clip while browsing through some videos and laughed hysterically.
I mainly laughed at myself because I'm so oblivious to everything and I try not to make eye contact with people on trains/subways/buses that I, like some of the people being pranked, wouldn't have noticed what was going on. Also...I think twins are cool and I wanted one as a kid. Now I'll settle for having triplet boys when I finally do decide to get preggers...
I also liked how they had the twins mime things together even having two sets of twins do the same thing. I think I would have laughed if I was one of those twins...don't think I could have kept a straight face.
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I found this clip while browsing through some videos and laughed hysterically.
I mainly laughed at myself because I'm so oblivious to everything and I try not to make eye contact with people on trains/subways/buses that I, like some of the people being pranked, wouldn't have noticed what was going on. Also...I think twins are cool and I wanted one as a kid. Now I'll settle for having triplet boys when I finally do decide to get preggers...
I also liked how they had the twins mime things together even having two sets of twins do the same thing. I think I would have laughed if I was one of those twins...don't think I could have kept a straight face.
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