| New Name |
[Feb. 24th, 2005|11:34 pm] |
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Hey friends: you should all add my new name"TheWineWhinings". I tried to chamge my name and it costs money, so I just started a new one. I never wanted Melliemae, but the original name i wanted was taken. ok, adios and have a great weekend!!!
Drink and have lots of buttsex!
just kidding |
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| A fecal matter... |
[Feb. 20th, 2005|07:27 pm] |
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I have recently started taking iron pills in hopes of not sleeping all day and night, and losing my necro look. I think iron makes your poop dark. |
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| feeling grungy |
[Feb. 20th, 2005|05:01 pm] |
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This weekend was pretty swell. Saturday Shannon and i went to Urban Outfitters and I bought some jeans, a shirt and a glass ring. Everything ended up being much cheaper than the tag said. I like the jeans bc they're low, but not ass-crack-showing low.
Shannon wanted me to go to the mod dance thing at Circle Bar with her, so I did. Laurie, Chris and Djoma even came. Yay. The boys left to go to a drum and bass show, though. They said it was too loud and small there. I thought it was fun and cute. There was this older woman who was dressed up, and she started dancing way before anyone was dancing. I thought that was great, until she was elbowing us, really hard.
She was stumbling all over herself, and I ended up talking to her, and turns out she was coming out of a breakup and really upset. She said she was Korean and Irish and she had a really pretty name - Kalina, I think. We chatted, though it was hard to understand what her drunk ass was saying, and I made her laugh quite a bit. She fell into a chair next to a couple and it turns out they got her some water and were sort of looking after her. Sometimes people are really nice.
I was drunk from one drink when we left to go downtown, so I got really over-the-top by the end. Adam had to practically drag me to the car. I said some really embarassing things, but that's what happens when the woman who raises you is a prudish Baptist virgin. |
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| Bully |
[Feb. 19th, 2005|04:21 am] |
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I just came back from Laurie and Chris' house. We watched the movie "Bully". I had seen it a long time ago with LAurie, Mark and Adam. It sure is a fucked up movie. It is definitely worth seeing. It is one of those movies that really makes you feel funny. It has a sort of documentary feel. By the end, you are definitely affected in some way. I like when movies or plays really make you feel weird, even if the feeling is shitty. "requiem for a Dream" is that way. I was feeling so irritable and ragged for some of those scenes.
While I was watching "Bully", I was wondering if the people playing the parts were really as screwy as the characters or if they were just great actors. Well thank god for DVDs. There were tons of interviews with the cast. It turns out they don't seem to be acting too much. Those are some interesting people. The movie is actually based on a ture story and there is a book.
Cheri called. She and Jacob and Jimmy and them actually went to F and M's. We had planned on going there or Grits just to experience some cheese. They said it was so bad they never want to go back. |
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| red wine |
[Feb. 17th, 2005|10:18 pm] |
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i love red wine. it feels like heaven |
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| home |
[Feb. 17th, 2005|05:02 pm] |
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-wondering whether to move into Adam's house, since his mom offered and i would only have to pay utilities, or to try and get my own place. I am trying to keep my life as it is now - drama - free. seems like moving in with an ex who acts like a boyfriend but calls me an ex is a bad move. if i move in there, i can buy a computer and lots of clothes and music. |
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[Feb. 15th, 2005|09:49 pm] |
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For Valentine's day, I cooked chicken enchiladas at Adam's. It wasn't for Valentine's Day, though. Even when we were officially together I don't think we celebrated it. I can't wait to move out of this messy house. my room is a mess. I am tired. |
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| weekend |
[Feb. 13th, 2005|05:27 pm] |
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I had a great weekend. Last night was real fun. I went to that turkey fry at Keith's house around 2pm and it was fun. They fried 4 turkeys. We stayed there until about 8, I went to Adam's to let the ferrets play for a while and then most everyone from the turkey fry went to the Dixie to see "A Hunger Artist". I liked them quite a bit, eventhough I could not hear Chuck's vocals much. The music was nice and relaxing at times and intense and full of energy at other times. Interesting. Another band called Arma from Lafaette played before them. The weren't really my thing - more hardcoreish than I like, but it was ok. Deadboy and the Elephantmen played at Howlin Wolf. I like them a lot. I liked them when they were only dark when they first came out, but I like them even more now. I didnt go yesterday obviously.
At the dixie, Mike and I did shots out of the chartreuse bottle. That stuff is so fun. It really messed up Mike, though. Downtown was fun. I hung out with Cherie a good bit. I like her. She just seems mean before you know her, I guess. We made some big plans to go to Grits next week for some ghettotrash fun. I hit the dance floor at the Dervish like a crazy fool. That was fun. Too bad I never got to hear my songs. I woke up this afternoon with a cat tatoo drawing on one arm from Cherie and a rubber band from Mike on the other. I love those crazy Chalmettians.
Today I ate some Wendy's and ordered my new glasses. There is a great deal at Eyemasters right now where everthing related to glasses is half off. I got some nice frames, lightweight lenses & one year warranty, all for 162$. The frames themselves were originally 150$. Get your glasses now. |
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| feeling swell |
[Feb. 10th, 2005|06:30 pm] |
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I am in a nice mood right now. I got about 8 hours of sleep. This matress is old and crappy, though, so I don't think I sleep so well. It is from Laurie's little cousin and is old. No one but I can stand it. Work went well. I cleaned my room and made the ferrets sleep in their cage, eventhough I felt guilty. Adam is trying to mold me into a proper animal owner. The problem is, I grew up in a house where animals ruled. They did whatever they damn well pleased, but we can't have that. There must be a balance between kindness and firmness. I feel this will be great practice for kids.
Adam is coming over and we are moving the ferrets to his house. This is no place for animals, and no place for me. No offense Chris. I figure I will stay at Adam's for awhile until I can save some money to get my own place. I could afford it now if I wanted, but that would mean giving up the comfort of spending freely. Screw that. I can't wait until I am in my own place and can wash dishes all alone, leave the bathroom door open, etc. That was so nice.
This weekend was fun - a good balance of craziness and relaxation. Monday night was really fun. I had some leftover gin from saturday night, so I brought that bottle out, quickly finished it, and then bought a few more gin drinks and drank some shot that that bartender was handing out. Some parts are a blur. Chris H. and I did not get into any fights, so that is good.
An ex is trying to pick things up, but no way. i am certainly not into potheads now. Not that I ever was, but I feel like I have really grown up since I have graduated and have a more professional life now. I like to have fun, but I want someone who knows what he wants and has desires other than pot and buying cd's to listen to on pot.
I am so excited that it is already the weekend. keith is having a turkey-fry on Saturday afternoon and then we will all go see a band at night. I am making a second attempt at getting a haircut tomorrow.
Oh yes... are all eye doctors fucking morons? I asked my eye doctor yesterday what my vision was. He was like "what do you mean?" I said
"You know, like 20/20 or what?" He says "With your glasses it is 20/20." I said yes, but what about without them? He says "you don't need to worry about that. We just worry about your vision with the glasses around here." What a weiner. He was invading my personal space, too. |
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| nothing |
[Feb. 6th, 2005|08:47 pm] |
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Having livejournal seems so self-indulgent and silly, but oh, well. This weekend pretty much sucked. Friday I stayed home, hung out with Adam and went to bed pretty early.
Saturday night started pretty fun. Laurie and Chris came over and brought the strange Polish guy with them. Laurie and I took showers and got ready here. we and Djoma walked to Endymion and it was pretty fun. We had a little beer and I was pretty drunk early. Dan from work parked at my house with his Iowan friends. It was their first mardi Gras (Dan included). They seemed to be having fun. I have never hung out with Dan outside of work except after work happy hour stuff. We went to a house party down the street and that was pretty crazy.
Later, I thought chris was being an idiot immature shithead, so when he got up for a second, I asked Lauire "When are you going to get rid of him?". Well, she just freaked out.
Anyway, I am glad I didn't get very drunk. It feels so shitty later. Although drinking expensive stuff seems to really make a difference. |
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[Feb. 3rd, 2005|10:21 pm] |
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I was supposed to get my hair cut today but the girl went home sick. I had a feeling that would happen. I must be psychic. I ate dinner with Adam's family. His grandma is so sweet. She sent me home with fried chicken, corn, potatoes, and sugar cookies. |
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| John's birthday; rain again |
[Feb. 1st, 2005|06:28 pm] |
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I got John "maria Full of Grace" for his birthday. I hope he likes it. I hope I like it too, since I bought myself a copy at the same time. I have been wanting to see it. Something about a desperate 17 year-old Columbian girl who smuggles heroine in her body to get to the U.S.
I have not been to a single parade yet this year. i don't think I will start today. I want to get really crazy this weekend. The weekend before Mardi Gras is always so exciting. i really like Monday night before Mardi Gras the best. |
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| rainy rainy night |
[Jan. 31st, 2005|11:58 pm] |
I just got groceries and it sure was fun bringing them in. Mid City is dirty. So much water and dirt collects outside of our house. I bought some pinot noir and I am drinking it before bed. Red wine is like a sleeping pill. I love that.
This weekend was really good. it wasn't super exciting like it sometimes is. I didn't get too crazy. I drank all expensive drinks, except for the 2 high life's at the end. I woke up on Sunday with absolutely no hang over. That was nice. All of my drinks were like $6, though. that sucked. Anyway, I drank Bombay, and some expensive tequila called patron (sp?) that Djoma recommended. It was neat that Laurie actually came out and got drunk. She is the reason for the last 2 beers. I was done, but she was drunk, so I figured I couldn't pass up a rare opportunity to get drunk with her. That's when I downed the high life's.
We started off at Cosimos. I figured Laurie and Chris would like it since it is mellow. I played pool with some random older man who wanted someone to play him, and he scratched on the 8 ball. I accused him of doing it on purpose, but he said he never does anything on purpose. I finished my gin drink and we had the fancy tequila shots that tasted like water compared to that shitty Torado that I bought two mardi gras' ago. Then we went to Turtle Bay and played bullshit and Laurie won every game of it. She always does. She counts the cards.
I saw my old roomate Shannon at the dervish. She was torn up. Her friend was crying about how she's 20 and has a baby at home and she feels like she's 80. That was depressing. Shannon dragged me onto the dance floor and kept spinning me around, not to the beat at all, but it was fun. |
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| I love sober saturday mornings |
[Jan. 29th, 2005|10:25 am] |
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I woke up at 6:42 today. I went to bed around 4am, but I was home cleaning my room. I didn't want to go out, because my messy room has been giving me near-panic attacks all week, but I would have if i had been pressured, since it was Marissa's going-away party. I am sorry I missed it. It sounds like people had fun. Chris was strolling in when I was waking up, and he filled me in on the fun.
It sure is nice to wake up early. I love the morning. I am having some white tea and the ferrets are running around in the living room. My brother is im-ing me. He is always scolding me about having messed things up with Adam in the past. He doesn't do it directly or anything. I guess it's kind of cute that he liked Adam so much. When I was younger, he would hide in trees and throw things at guys that came to pick me up. even if they were just guy friends.
I went running on Monday and Thursday. I would love to go this morning, because this tea has me bursting with energy. I hope Duane doesn't get pissed that I called him at 7am to see if he wanted to run :)
Work has been good all week. I like it there. I also like that I can spend a little money, now that I work full time. I am being trained in pcr, which sort of sucks because it is boring in there. All of the fun people are in extraction. It is hard to dislike work. I mean, it's work, but we talk about interesting stuff. Everything from pilates, vitamins, running.... to sex and why New Orleans school kids are screwed. I think Jeandele was trying to imply that it was "the system". She was saying how awful it is that there was no toilet paper given to kids at Cohen, i think it was. I said that it was probably because the kids threw more of it into wet balls on the ceiling than they used to wipe themselves. That's how it was at my school.
Then, she tried saying that Ben Franklin did not accept students from any public schools but Lusher, which was so ridiculous I had to reply again. I said that was completely untrue and that the name of your school had nothing to do with anything and she agreed that maybe it was one of the few N.O. public schools to prepare them. Then, she said even if the poor kids could get in, they could never afford the books. I said "What books??? The school is public. The only books you ever had to buy were $5 novels from the bookstore." She seemed surprised. Anyway, the system is not to blame. the parents are. Adam had to hit the brakes so he wouldn't turn a toddler into a pancake on claiborne ave. last week. I was like "Where is this kid's mom???" She walks across the street behind him, like nothing is going on. She didn't even run after him; never took his hand. that's why those kids can't get an education. If you let your kids run into busy intersections you obviously are not going to do anything they need you to do to get anywhere in life. I was like, "Parents owe it to their kids to make enough money to send them to a better school, or to live in a better school district." She said "What about your mom? Why did you go to a crappy elementary school?" I said it was because we lived near the school and my mom didn't drive and she asked why i didn't get on a bus and go to another school. I told her that it is not a 5 year old's responsibility to get on a bus and travel across the city. it is the parent's job. i think she started to understand.
It's too bad that I went to a shitty neighborhood public school, but i really appreciate having a real-life example of how poor white children are just as screwed as poor black ones. if my great-aunt hadn't helped raise me, I might be barefoot, pregnant and living in a trailer with a mustache man. It's all about the parents. I just hate when people blame racism for other people's lack of ambition.
I really do feel sorry for kids who go to those schools. They are pathetic. My supposed "magnet school" only required us to learn time tables to 9. 9x9 and that's it. Forget 10, 11 and 12. ha. And, I had no idea where Europe was on a map by 9th grade. maybe that was the ADHD, but I doubt it. We did have to color in maps of Africa, including every country in it. Screw those other continents.
Ah, anyway... does anyone have tmobile? Does the service suck now, a lot more than it used to, or is it just my phone? |
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| saturday afternoon |
[Jan. 22nd, 2005|04:49 pm] |
I am feeling blah. Nights of drinking seem to do this. After working monday through friday it really sucks to be out of it on my weekend. But last night was pretty fun. Now it is time to catch up on laundry and room cleaning, and maybe time to go shopping for laurie's wedding dress. I wonder if tonight will be so fun.
So, I started running for the first time on Wednesday. I did it 3 days in a row. I really want to run today. I hope that happens. I am sick of being a lazy bum. I am a person with lots of nervous energy and running seems to be really doing the trick. I hope it gives me a runner's body, too of course.
Each day I ran a mile. The first day, I had to walk a good bit. The second day, I was sore and had to walk even more. The third day, I ran 3/4 of the mile without stopping. It was not so hard except for a horrible stitch in my side.
This is a time of change, I guess. I ate my first red meat (roast beef) in three and a half years on Monday night. It was home cooked by a grandma, so it was easy to take. I was scared to eat a hamburger because I figured it would make me vomit or crap all over the place, but I made a huge one last night and nothing dramatic happened at all. I have such a great stomach!
I am also switching over to call brands of liquor. I always thought people who ordered call brands were pretentious retards, but i hear from the pro drinkers at work that it makes a hell of a difference in the way you feel the next day. What started this was, one night I ordered a vodka and club soda at the Dervish and I watched Keith dump a big old bunch of Skol into my cup. The sight of that label grossed me out. I wouldn't put SPAM into my body...why Skol?
I actually drove everyone home last night. I was impressed with myself. I was the most sober of us all, and really I hadn't had a drink in about two hours, I think, so I don't feel guilty. I was good except I stopped at a stop sign that didn't exist. Chris and I laughed about it. |
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