Not Your Average Jane

Ok, so its been almost a week since I last posted but I've had darn good reason!!!
1. The dog
2. I need to sleep
3. I've been busy with Galleywinter
4. I've been in class

But for the last 2 days and for who knows how long my internet connection is fubar.... I don't knwo whats going on with it but if it keeps up for the next day or so I'm calling computer services... Then who knows how long it'll take to get it fixed??? So yeah if anyone needs to get ahold of me for whatever reason, email me at sunnychic78@yahoo.com. I'd say call me but my cell is fubar too.... Stupid technology... So much for thinking this week would be better than last week... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 3:31 PM 0 Comments

So yeah I can't take the new Allman Brothers CD out of the player... Techinically its not new I know, but I just got it Sunday, so I'm all bout it at the moment... I can't seem to get past #3 a lot of the time... Soul Shine... I love the Government Mule version and I adore the way Bleu does it too, but there's just something about the original that just sounds... right. Of course, 6 or 7 years ago, I don't think I would have ever in a million years felt this way... Ahh, the Chaz years.... I should have known then that pretty boys were trouble and saved myself alot of heartache later on... Course immediately after the Chaz period of my life I couldn't listen to Margeritaville without tearing up... Let alone any Buffett or classic rock... Took me a while to understand as much as I liked him, and as much as the music has lots of memories, I love the music. Hard to believe its that simple... But in this case it is. No matter what else happens I love the music.... Back to taking the CD out of the player... I did finally put in Boland today, found my copy of Pearl Snaps and listened to it on the way home from McDonald's... In other news, I'm still sick... No clue whats wrong, I know its not acid reflux, but I went to class and then came home and took a nice long nap.... Amazingly enough I also talked to my whole immediate family today... I talked to Lauren on IM, called Linz and caught her on the way to Cabo, I thought she meant Mexico but I forgot about the bar/restaurant.... Then I called Mom and talked to her for a few minutes... My cell phone sux so I'm going to Cingular tommorrow to yell at them since I've had it like 2 monthes and its already acting up... Um, thats about all for now... Laters!!!

posted by Ali @ 9:24 PM 0 Comments

"S-W-I-N-G Hold my picture til I ring
Hard to handle, easy to hold that’s right
I’m all woman, all woman, all woman
I’m easy to hold." - Terri Hendrix

That's been stuck in my head the last 2 days.... Not a bad song to get stuck... Better then the Hairbrush song from VeggieTales (did anyone else NOT know its a Christian children's program???).
So yesterday I slept late and missed class. So I missed walking to class with Zach.... Hung out at the house, went to Walmart, Galleywintered, went to the shelter, ate dinner, and attempted to help Mel study... That didn't work out real well.... I don't really study well with others and my methods are completely different from hers...
Class this morning and then that test at 11... It was soo short... I ran into Mark and he had Sadie with him... She's grown SOOO much, but then puppies usually do... I spent a little while tossing the ball for her before going to my noon class.... After class JC and I decided to work on our flannel board presentations... We finally settled on Friday after calss since we're both busy until then... I ran into Little and he gave me a little may backrub b4 he had to run to class.... Another reason I love baseball boys.... Strong hands.... Then I ran into Josh in the ed lab and got another little back massage.... Gawd I'm such a back rub whore.... But since Chuck and James graduated and I was at home, I haven't had many in the last month or so... It was soooooo nice... After that came home for lunch and went to the shelter again, this time with the Amandas and somehow we wound up bringing home a dog... We'd talked about it, but this dog was perfect (by their definition) and he was about to be put to sleep tommorrow.... So we paid the 15 $ to spring him from the joint... We brought him home and then went to Walmart and got about 40$ worth of stuff... He hasn't stopped pawing and scratching and whining at the backdoor for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a stretch... We've walked him numerous times and he's done his business, but he still scratches and whines... I don't know what to do about it and I think both the Amandas are at a loss as well... I wouldn't have agreed to get him if he hadn't have been so cheap and about to be put to sleep... There were other dogs that were going to be as well, how did we end up with this one? I have nada clue... I would have rather have had one of the middle sized females(one or two of them acted as though they'd been abused) adn the most adorable timid hound mix (including India when I was volunteering at CAPs) boy I'd ever met... He acted like he had been abused as well... Raising your voice or moving to quickly scared the bejesus outta him... Aw, man, now I wanna go back... :( Anyway I don't feel good and I'm tired... And I still have homework to do... This just sucks.... Not even talking about my current crush seems to be making me feel better (I'm onthe phone as I type this....) Anyway lets see what I can get done b4 the Bachorlette comes on... Laters....

posted by Ali @ 8:37 PM 0 Comments

"Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight.
And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas gives a beautiful light." - Jack Ingram

So, yeah I've got Dallas on the mind for some reason... Could have something to do with my recent musings on people from Dallas... I figured out that the majority of my exes have been associated with it in some form or fashion, whether it be that they were born there, lived there as a child or currently live there.... I think there's something in the water there that makes the guys hot and irresistable to me? Most recently there's Zack... Too pretty for a guy, but he's a sweetie to boot... Good thing he's not dating Julie anymore or I might feel bad... Speaking of Dallas, Jessica Simpson... Is it just me or is she a blow up doll like Randy sings about? No, wait her name's Wendy!! Gawd, that was mean.... Oh, well... Even I'm entitled to be a bitch every now and then.
One reason I'm a bit of a wench might be the lack of sleep... I had like 3 or 4 hours last night... I quit talking to Kev and Sarah last night at like 3 or so and I got ready for bed and settled into bed... Bam, the phone rings.... Its Nathan, in tears about his latest fiasco with his boyfriend.. Same song different tune... Made me realize how much I miss my boys... I called B this afternoon near tears.... Not just cause of that, but I got an email from a friend of mine that got married like 2 years ago, turns out his wife is pregnant and due in September... Then I start listening to Nobody left to run with anymore by the Allman Brothers in the car and I got to thinking how true that is for me... Most of my friends have significant others and a couple have kids/or are having kids... So yeah I was in a bit of a funk.... I was happy for Chuck and Cara, but at the same time I was thinking, but they're younger than me!!! Anyway so that prompted me to get B to promise me we'd do something all together at some point this summer since we haven't all been together since.... Sometime around the New Year's of 2002-2003... Sure I've hung out with Nate, and Sean and again with B, but we haven't all (including Tom) been together since then... With Nate and Sean in Santa Cruz, and Tom in Baja and me in Arkansas for school, it hasn't been easy... At least now B's in H-Town so we can hang out more than we used to... But my point before with the friends with significant others... I always feel like a 3rd wheel and I just want everyone to know come hell or high water you're all welcome at my place... Where ever that may happen to be... More than likely New Braunfels... Hill country for sure.... :0) Thats about it for now... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 5:46 PM 0 Comments

"And if you asked me I would smile. And we could sit and talk awhile. But there’s just too much to hide. And I got nothin’ left inside. I'm just a little bit crazy..."-BEB

Ok, so there's one of my theme songs... The other? "Trouble'' by Pink... There's a few others for various moods but those are the main ones.... :0)
I saw a really funny/scary commercial today... With the Muppets and Jessica Simpson for Pizza Hut... The basis for the whole commercial was Jessica and Kermit falling in love over pizza with a very jealous Miss Piggy jumping in...
Oh, yeah, a shout out right quick... To miss Amanda Jo, for helping me fix my links!!! :0)
Lets see, my cell phone's been acting up and I went to Cingular last night but they had already closed... AT 3 PM IN THE AFTERNOON!!!! Freaking insane.... A stupid pinprick local yokel redneck good ol' boy cop followed me almost all the way home... Just hoping I'd do something stupid, I bet! Yeah, right.... Not in AR I don't..... Or in Okieland... No stoopid chit allowed there, at least driving wise... Anyway, so I was going to go to Rville to the movies, but I woound up staying in town cause it was snowing like an hour away and I didn't know if it would in Rville or not... It didn't. Besides I didn't want to risk not having a functioning cell phone in case of emergencies.... That would suck worse than being single on VD.... V-Day was pretty unproductive... Talked to some of my Galleypeeps til early this morning... Woke up at noon hungry... Made pancakes, showered... I was listening to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack and I got to thinking, if it wasn't so freaky and the Phantom wasn't a nutcase, it could be a very romantic play... It was gorgeous today, I went to Walmart.... Then I went to Rville and to Hastings. Got a couple of CDs cheap... I asked if they had the new Doug Moreland and according to the cutie pie I was talking to, it doesn't come out till March 2nd.. I tried to 'splain to him it was already out... Don't think I got my point across. Some weird old guy was like following me around, so I made some phone calls to appear unapproachable. Mom's doing well after her surgery Friday. She doesn't have school tommmorrow since its Presidents day... Lucky her... Let's see what else? Currently I'm working on an article review for tommorrow for intergrated methods and thinking about going to bed... In fact I just might and get up early and work on this stuff some more.... In fact I think I just might... G'Night, and I'll talk to yall laters!

posted by Ali @ 11:21 PM 0 Comments

Ok, so someone asked me the meaning of all the results of my quiz stuff so here it is....


Aesthete


The ULTIMATE personality test
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A GARAGE-GURL. Youre into loud music, hot guys and
wild fashions. Youre most at ease when you've
got all your mates around you and you like to
party. Boys are a game and youre always on the
ball because you make sure youre always number
one.
Your virtues: Confidence, fun nature, sociability.
Your flaws: Loudness, jealous tendency, need for
attention..



What kind of girl are you?
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-Perfect- You're the perfect girlfriend. Which
means you're rare or that you cheated :P You're
the kind of chick that can hang out with your
boyfriend's friends and be silly. You don't
care about presents or about going to fancy
placed. Hell, just hang out. You're just happy
being around your boyfriend.


What Kind of Girlfriend Are You?
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OUR GUY NEXT DOOR:
You tell about your life and thoughts honestly and
without pretending. This might at times come
out pretty dull and boring. Never mind - those
who know you will be coming back day after day,
week after week.


What kind of blogger are you?
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My inner child is ten years old!

The adult world is pretty irrelevant to me. Whether
I'm off on my bicycle (or pony) exploring, lost
in a good book, or giggling with my best
friend, I live in a world apart, one full of
adventure and wonder and other stuff adults
don't understand.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Last night when I took it I was a Cosmopolitan, today I'm a Martini!!!

I'm a Martini, discover your ALcoHoLiC personality!

posted by Ali @ 6:24 PM 0 Comments

Ok, so it dawned on me after I blogged the other day, I might have come off as a jealous shrew, when in fact, I could care less... I think Bleu's one of those unattainable kinda of guys. So yeah, the only times I get to be a shrew at a BEB concert is when the drunks start shoving me around... Then its on till the break o dawn... :0)
But anyways, since I last blogged, I've done laundry (took me almost 3 hours to get it done), been to class, Galleywintered my ass off, eaten, slept... Oh, yeah I was up till like 5 Friday morning talking to Kara and Kevin (everyone else went to bed by like 2)... It was greatness... Yesterday I went to class on 4 hours of sleep... Good thing we didn't have to do a lot of thinking... I ran into Mark at the elevator and we got to talking, turns out he went to the bar for quarter beer night and was completely hungover.... I had a good laugh at his expense.... I told him we should get drunk together sometime, and I had completely forgotten one thing... He's got a little freshman girlfriend... Oh, well, there are other fish in the sea.... Anywho, Amanda brought Corinne to class, since she was 'sick'... Theres some stuff going on there, that might prevent SissyK from going on to 8th grade.... Though it sounds to me it might be the teachers fault in this case more than the students... And not just cause I adore Amanda's kids in general, but the way Amanda told it, this teacher is just a big goober... My stuff from Vicky's Secret got here.... Yah!!! :0) I also brought Manda's flowers home for her, since Jessi couldn't get ahold of her....So I Galleywintered some more, watched Lion King 1 and a half, very cute movie... Talked to some of my Galley peeps and then crashed about 12:30 or so and woke up like an hour ago, with the song Masquerade from Phantom of the Opera stuck in my head... Weirdness... By the way for those that are wondering, not only am I a garage gurl, I'm also the perfect girlfriend (how am I still single?), my inner child is 10 years old, I would be a Cosmopolitan if I were a drink and am an Aesthete .... For those that have done the Quizilla quizzes you know what I'm talking about.... :0) Oh, and I also got a 328 (You are definitely a kinky player) on the kinky quiz, I took it before and only got a 243 I wonder what happened? :0)
Oh, yeah, by the way, Happy Freaking Single's Awareness Day! :P I think I'll just treat myself to a movie unless I get talked into anything else... I won't know for sure till I'm doing it... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 12:06 PM 0 Comments

So I was thinking in class this morning about Bleu Edmondson, and how people that are fans of his are the "Southland Mob'' and I got to thinking... Its not so much the Southland Mob as "Bleu Edmondson's Harem"... No, no, seriously... Check this out, every time I go to see him play, there are scads of scantily clad girls all over the place... Most come with their boyfriends, but there's a select group of girls that mob the stage (yes I'm usually one of them, but thats not my point) and they'll just stand there and jostle for the best places to stare and drool and flirt... Its freaking ridiculous! Sure there are a few guys that are there to get drunk and hear the music and then there's Coby's fan club.... :0) Not even going into that...
Also though I'm curious how BEB's Southland Mob, aka Mobsters, don't get confused with Morrow's Mobsters... Not everyone likes Cory, but they're into BEB or vice versa so yeah.... Just randomness there.... :0)
I'm off to return a movie, and get an oil change.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 12:06 PM 0 Comments

I LOVE MY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, now that we've cleared that up.... :0) No, really, she is the best. I was bitching about not having my low fat brownies and having to go like 8 places and still not finding them.... Then surprises me with 2 boxes of mix... Gotta love that... I think I like it even more than if she had made it and sent it, cuz now I can eat more dough!!! :0) hehehe...
I dyed my hair last night... I'm a redhead again.... For the last time till October.... The whole blond thing is a blessing and a curse.... March I start streaking naturally, and no matter what I do I go blond all summer.... Oh, well. I'll live. I always do! :0)
Did I mention I LOVE MY MOM!?!?!?!?
Other than that I have to decide what errands I can take care of this afternoon... Its either, do laundry, or get the oil changed (as well as get gas I'm down on like E).... Whichever I don't do today I'm doing tommorrow or Thursday.... I'm running low on clothes, (as in I'm out of socks) but I'm also almost 1000 miles over and a week late.... We'll see....
Did I mention I LOVE MY MOM!?!?!?!? Thats about it for now....
I LOVE MY MOM!!!!!!!!!
Laters gaters!

posted by Ali @ 12:10 PM 0 Comments

Okay so since I blogged earlier, I've thought alot about the choices guys make.... Why is it that they choose the bitchest, most snobby, snotty, illmannered sluts they can find over perfectly nice, pretty girls like me? Oh, wait I just answered my own question... Sluts. Hehehe... I mean I know its not all guys, but it seems to be the majority of the ones I meet. I'm perfectly nice and cute to boot.... And yet the majority of the guys I like go for the aforementioned bitches... It has a tendency to make a girl a little pissed.... This girl in particular.... I usually don't mind being the 'little sister', its actaully fun most of the time. But when I want a date.... Let alone a relationship.... Yeah, therein lays the gray area...... Anyway with V-Day fast approaching, my whole status as a single chick is sorta shoved to the forefront with a cattle prod.... Ouch... Anyway thats all for now..... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 12:18 AM 0 Comments

So I just got off the phone with a friend of mine, after half an hour listening to him bitch and complain about the female species.... I usually don't mind listening to my friends rant and rave, cause I've done it to them a time or two.... But with him its the same rant... Ever since his divorce became final last year, hell before that even... He's complained about women... When he was single, he wondered why he couldn't get a date, when he had a girlfriend he wondered if she'd leave him for another man, or woman even. When he was married that insecurity multiplied.... It had hand in causing the divorce, I think. It caused the woman he married to cheat... She found another man that wasn't so insecure and could trust her fully... Which I can understand. But my friend won't believe it had anything to do with his issues with trust. When in fact, it had everything to do with it... But yeah, so he's an extremely embittered, insecure man on the way to being a recluse and I'm feeling that as his friend, I'm helpless to prevent that from happening. I think he might just have to deal with it himself, because as much as I adore him, he's never listened to my warnings about his attitude and he's not about to start now... So as much as I hate to do, I might just have to let him deal with this on his own since I have so much other stuff on my plate at the moment, I don't think I'm equipped to deal with his stuff... I'm tempted to call him back and tell him to see a professional... I might just do it, cuz its the last semester of MY senior year and I refuse to get caught in any sort of drama... So yeah, I'll be here for him, but I won't let him berate me for being a female just because he's got problems with himself... Yeah, its not like he's going to read this so I suppose I'll HAVE to call him back and tell him this... Dude, I'm nobody's scapegoat.... :0) Thats all for now... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 5:38 PM 0 Comments

So I've learned some new stuff in the last couple of days...
First and foremost, I'm off academic probation!!!!!! I found out for sure yesterday after getting a bunchof hmm and hawing from the school for the last week or so.... So go me!! :0)
I also learned that because I have (had) an alcoholic parent I'm more likely to have an addictive personality. That explains SOOOOO much about me and certain habits of mine. I get into stuff (music, guys, whatever) and I won't talk or listen to anything else for days or weeks. Then I drop it for the next thing when I get tired of it. And the cycle repeats itself.... Wow, huh?
Umm, lets see what else... Oh! I talked to my Mom on Monday and said my car payment was due so I don't question cuz she's my Mom and she seems to be right about 98 % of the time. I mail it like she said to, even though I had mailed a payment like 2 weeks ago... I didn't question her. Talked to her again the next day to tell I'd mailed it and she was like "No, I told you it was your car INSURANCE NOT the car PAYMENT..." So we argued for a few minutes and she finally conceded I might be right... Wow, take a picture someone, its a Kodak moment!!!! :0) I talked to her again yesterday and she told me she was sending me something in the mail, so I'm thinking its something for V-Day and it might be my brownie mix... At least I'm hoping its my brownie mix, the ones I made were too chocolatey (never thought I'd say that!!!!) and I bitched about it to her. Usually when I bitch I get what I want... Egads, I'm spoiled... Naw, I'm not. I rarely ever bitch about anything or want anything thats too unrealistic.... I'm just a sweet, innocent, nice girl... ;0) And if you believe that I've got a bridge in Arizona I can sell ya, crosses right over a canyon, great view, going for cheap! Hehehe.... I crack myself up! :0)
Here's poem before I go....
My life is sad but beautiful
Loving, but filled with hatred.
I'm looked upon as the underdog,
But I know I'm somebody
And more than that I'm myself
My mind is free
But my body is shackled.
The door of hope is locked,
The key to life is in my mind. -S.H.
Hard to believe that came out of one of my education books, isn't it? Okay thats it for now... Laters!!!

posted by Ali @ 4:41 PM 0 Comments

So its raining... It hasn't stopped raining since about 3 or so this afternoon and its been sleeting on and off to boot. Its cold, its wet, and now its dark... And I hate all of the above.... So yeah it sucks monkey balls. People further north have already canceled stuff 4 tomorrow... We of course never cancel classes unless there is 6 inches of snow on the ground AND ice on the roads. So yeah, I still have that test at 8 am... God I have 8 oclock classes.... I woke up an hour earlier than usual by accident and yet I was still late for class... Oh, well. I was going to go to Fayetteville and see Pat Green, but I have this test tommorrow and then this rain/sleet/snow stuff started... Just found out the Bachelorette will be on later tonight because of some sort of contractual obligation to basketball.... Earlier I thought I was going insane trying to find it... I was like American Idol's over, where's the Bachelorette!?!?!!?!? Nice to know the mind's not completely gone.... :0) I spent about an hour or so gathering info for Matt Powell's manager, so that maybe he could play in Arkansas (hopefully while I'm still here). That'd be sweet.... :0) Let's see..... Mom and I argued tonight about something she said on Monday, she finally agreed I 'may' have been right... Always nice to know I can win an argument with her. :0) Checked my voice mail on my cell and I had like 12 messages starting from like the 6th of January..... I even had one from my aunt and grandmother thinking they had called my sister Lauren's cell and leaving me a voice mail like I was her, even though my message says MY name.... I called Lauren to let her know that and wound up leaving her a voice mail.... Oh, I found out I made an A on my Inclusive Legal test from last week.... Also got the finals schedule and found out for sure I can go to Ft. Worth on the afternoon of the May 7th.... That was my only concern about getting to Lauren's graduation on the 8th by 10 am... I didn't really want to have to drive it at night or early in the morning, so its all good.... Thats about it for now. Laters!

posted by Ali @ 10:28 PM 0 Comments

“I did it all for the brownie mix, yeah, the brownie mix…”

Somehow that doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Nookie” but it applies to me. I went to all 3 stores in Clarksvegas and the 5 in Russellville looking for my Sweet Rewards Low Fat Brownies…. And not one place had them! Walmart I know had them at one point since I’ve bought them there b4, but I just had this horrible brownie craving and nothing else would do. Finally wound up settling on the regular kind with the full fat.
But while I was driving to Russellville and back I realized something…. Well, I knew it b4, but it got reinforced on Friday. It seems like no one up here knows how to drive…. They get in the fast lane and go slow, leave the turn signals on with no intention of turning, turn with little to no warning, pull out in front of you with inches to spare and pretend like its an everyday thing…. Flicking them off, honking and general gestures of extreme emotion don’t seem to phase them, they just wave and smile like they’re in a freaking parade or something!!!! Ok, rant officially over…..
Chuck came to visit this weekend from Norman. He wound up staying at the Monkey’s house and we all hung out for a while Saturday night. I played Monopoly for the first time in months and Star Wars Monopoly for the first time ever. It was definitely interesting. Friday night I hung out with Mel and went to the Coffehouse. Then yesterday I was sick, so I chilled at the casa, nothing too impressive occurred… Pretty much was on Galleywinter whenever I wasn’t reading, eating, or watching TV….. That’s about it for now. Laterski!

posted by Ali @ 1:26 PM 0 Comments