Not Your Average Jane

I could bitch about my mom, but instead I'll do this little thingy I found on Megly's Xanga.... :0)


5 things you are wearing:
1)Capris
2)tshirt
3)a watch
4)lingerie
5)and no shoes

5 things you are doing right now
1)this thing
2)Wondering why my Mom is being such a pain
3)listening to MASH
4) thinking about getting a DP
5)trying to figure out what to do the rest of the day

5 things you ate in the last 24 hours
1)a tamale
2)chicken
3) baked potato
4) broccoli
5) a salad

5 things you did so far today
1) Took a shower
2) Had another fight with my Mom
3) Ate lunch
4) watched Buffy (season 6 episode 3)
5) Watched MASH

5 things you can hear right now
1)traffic outside
2) the AC
3) the TV
4) The dryer
5) nothing else...

5 thoughts that are in your head right now
1) I wonder how long it would take me to save up enough cash to move?
2) Why is my mom such a pain
3) why are commercials so annoying
4) What I did this weekend...
5) when will my car be fixed

5 things you look for when picking a boyfriend
1)must make me laugh
2)honesty
3)confidence (not arrogance)
4)doesn't mind a little PDA
5)a bit of sensitivity (not border line gay)

5 famous people you'd bang in a second
1)Bleu Edmondson
2)Randy Roger's bassist- Jon
3)Bleu's new Keyboard guy - Matt
4)Tom Cruise
5)Pat!!!

5 things you love
1)family
2)Friends
3)Galleywinter :)
4)Whataburger
5)shopping

k thats really it for today.... I'm off to the Galleria!!! :0) Laters!

posted by Ali @ 1:58 PM 0 Comments

I've had the world's worst time getting motivated to do anything this weekend.... Part if it is just out and out tiredness and part of it is the fact I'm scared my stoopid car will break down AGAIN... And I have no more tows left with AAA if I do... Dammit... I did go to Walgreens twice testerday, Blockbuster, Kinkos and Petsmart... So I suppose thats a step in the right direction even if there all within a couple of blocks of the townhouse...
I was going to try to go to the zoo or the ASPCA to look at animals, but the only ways I could find were on the freeway... I know you don't have to take the freeway to the zoo, I just have to figure out the way again... Oh yeah, don't know if I mentioned it or not... My car's not allowed on the freeway.. Course getting to Memorial park where thespeed limit is 40 mph makes me nervous now... Since the faster I go the louder that stoopid whine gets... I swear that is the world's most annoying sound!!!!! Ok, enough about my car....
Lala drove in from Ft worth Friday and I was gonna spend some time with her Friday night but she took off with Linz and I wound up watching the Haunted Mansion (finally) and Monty Python and the holy grail... Not as funny as I remember it... Talked to Chuck, actually I had to call him to figure out if I had the right Monty Python...
Speaking of funny... My mom called me drunk Thursday night... and asked me to come pick her up about 20 minutes away over by the old house... Bewteen getting linz and going to pick her up she called no less than 4 times and her teacher friends that were with her called me twice... That was some funny shiznit... How often can you say you were your mom's DD??? :0)
Talked to Mel and Melly in the last few days... Talked to Becca too... Mainly to tell them this story.... Did a bit of catching up too... Meg emailed me about a potential girls weekend at the end of June.... That would be too much fun... Our little group set free on the city of Dallas... Quick someone warn the DPD!!! :0)
Sean and Nathan are coming into town this week for a week or so.... I have to call the HPD and let them know... ;) Doug at the Firehouse Thursday, Harry Potter Friday, and Firehouse again for Honeybrowne and the Lost Trailers.... Sean's pressing me for an answer... Nat's got me going to one of those singles mingles 104 does at Jillians (or is it Gillians??)... Geez... I don't think anyone wants me to be single... I want to date around a bit... Which I suppose that would let me do... I mean you aren't required to MARRY anyone you meet there... Hmmmm.... Keep my options open I guess? Thats about it for now really... Laters...

posted by Ali @ 11:49 AM 0 Comments

*Borrowed* this from Lavinia and Kara.... :0)

YOUR LIFE...

[x] birthday : December 6th, 1978

[x] status: single

[x] occupation: unemployed college grad.



___REWIND______

[x] most memorable memory: I have to think of that one....

[x] worst?: my dog dying.......



_______FAST FORWARD_______

[x] college planning to go : um... U of H downtown for the THEA on June 19th
[x] future resident of: New Braunfels or somewhere near there...
[x] wedding: traditional

[x] children: an even number, 2 would be good but I'd prefer 4....

[x] looking forward to: working, getting my own place, some peace of mind, finding someone to settle down with (Lavinia has a good answer here....) also I'm looking forward to getting a pet....

[x] NOT looking forward to: paying bills, growing up...


_______PLAY_______

[x] feeling: lethargic (sp?)

[x] Listening: TV

[x] doing: this thing

[x] Talking to: no one at the moment

[x] craving: turkey meat loaf and pumpkin bread for dessert...

[x] thinking of: what I'm going to do tommorrow...

[x] hating: nothing


_______LOVE?_______

[x] love is: a mixture of lust and deep caring...

[x] first love: John... He was kissing boys in Ft Worth last I heard...

[x] love or lust?: definitely love - lust is trouble

[x] best love song: I can't pick just one....

[x] is it possible to be in love w/ more than one person at the same time?: No, I don't have the kind of energy OR attention span....

[x] true or false: all you need is love: No, to quote another cliche... "You can't live on love alone..." Sure, love's great, but how can you live with something that overpowers the rest of your life? Thats not love thats obsession....


________PICKY PICKY_______

[x] dog or cat: dogs, but cats are ok

[x] sunshine or rain: Sunshine hands down

[x] basketball or football: umm... I have to pick just one???

[x] hugs or kisses: hugs are nice but so are kisses....

[x] bf/gf or best friend: best friend; bfs/gfs come and go, but you'll always have your friend

[x] starbucks or jamba juice?: starbucks (I've never had Jamba Juice...)

[x] mcdonalds or burger king: Mickey D's all I eat are the fires anyway... I prefer Subway or Whataburger for fast food...

[x] summer or winter: summer for sure

[x] written letters or e-mails: emails - quicker, cheaper

[x] playstation or nintendo: Nintendo is classic but all I have is a Playstation


_______MISCELLANEOUS_______

[x] whats your most embarrassing moment? many years ago at a birthday party I had my pants pulled down in public, I was in jr high at the time and I was mortified...

[x] what are you scared of?: Love, that chit can lift you high off the ground or slam you back down into the ground (isn't that a song lyric???)

[x] what is your greatest accomplishment?: graduating college


______JUST LATELY______

[x] How are you today? bored.... everywhere I want to go I have to get on the freeway to get to and my car isn't allowed on the freeway till its fixed.....

[x]. What pants are you wearing right now? capris from the Gap

[x]. What shirt are you wearing right now? a tshirt I got in Corpus

[x] What does your hair look like at the moment? messy but yet somehow straight.... as usual....

[x] What song are u listening to right now? n/a

[x] How is the weather right now? sunny and warm

[x]. Last person you talked to on the phone? a telemarketer looking for my mom....

[x] Last Dream you can remember? one yesterday (more than likely stemming from the drama with B2 last weekend...) with Brody, I was asking his advice about B2 and we wound up in bed.....


______MORE ABOUT YOU______

[x]. If u were a crayon, what color would you be? purple

[x] Have you ever almost died? I thought so....

[x] What's the best advice ever given to you? "Always try your hardest and never settle for a C when you can get an A." - my mom....

[x]. Have u ever won any special award? sure, for reading

[x] What's the stupidest thing u've ever done? there are more than just one stoopid things I've done... How much time have you got?

[x] Shampoo? Tresemme for volume....

[x] Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? occasionally


_________Your FAVS____________

[x]. Color: blue, purple, green

[x] Food: anything spicy or burgers and fries, steak and baked potatoes.... YUM!

[x].. Fast Food: Subway, Whataburger

[x].. Candy: Kit Kats

[x].. Beverages?: sweet tea, Dr Pepper, sweet mixed drinks...

[x].. Ice Cream Flavor? chocolate

[x]. Sport? football, baseball, basketball

[x]. Animal? dogs and horses

[x]. number? 4 and 6

[x]. Store? Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Loehman's

[x]. Scent? Victoria's Secret Pear, Pink

[x]. Board Game? Monopoly, even though I suck at it


____________HAVE you EVER____________

[x]. Wanted to kill someone? Yes

[x]. Broke the law? umm, I plead the 5th....

[x]. Made yourself throw up? no, ew...

[x]. Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: Yes

ok, heres another one for kicks and giggles....

you

Name: Alison
Age: 25
Sex: female
Eye Color: green
Hair: blondish
What are you wearing right now: capris and a tshirt
Status: single

Opposite Sex
Sexiest thing about a girl: if I were a dude... I'd say eyes...
Sexiest thing about a guy: shoulders and arms, hair, butt, depends on the guy...
Honestly now - Which one kisses better?: never kissed a girl.. So I'm goin with guys...
Wost thing about a girl: chicks can be SUCH bitches!
Worst thing about a guy: messiness
Worst place (on body) to be kissed: is there one??? my elbow I guess... :0)
Best place (on body) to be kissed: if i want to be turned on.... there's a spot on my neck right below my hairline that if you even blow on wrong I go into hyperdrive...
How many
Toes do you have?: 10 (the usual I believe. :) )
Monkeys live in the jungle: more than 10 less than 8,000,234.
Real relationships have you been in: that I can remember?? At least 8 off hand....
Classes have you failed: anything having to do with math
When was the last time you
Showered: few hours ago
Brushed your teeth: this morning
Brushed your hair: hour ago
Were in a car: today
Kissed someone: umm, Spring Break I think....
Smoked anything: a few monthes....
Drank: a few days
Had sex: geez, don't even remind me.... :0(
Got dumped: been a few years... usually its an amicable mutual thing
Hugged someone: Mom yesterday
Cried: Lauren's graduation i think....
Laughed: just now... I'm watching the Croc Hunter...
Who was the last person you
Hugged: Mom
Kissed: Spring Break
Had sex with: AGAIN with the reminder.... :0(
Touched: my teddy bear this morning... :0)
Talked to on the phone: Linz
Talked to in person: Mom
Talked to online: Kev and them last night....
Yelled at: Mom day b4 yesterday
Said you hated: ummm I dont remember....
Said you loved: Mom
Favorite
Movie: Top Gun, Finding Nemo
Color: purple
Song: I don't have just one....
Band: At the moment, Blue October
TV show: Croc Hunter, anything on the WB
Friends
Who is the
Funniest: Sean (also the most funny looking... :0) - Love ya Seany!)
Most annoying: I plead the 1st and the 5th and the 2nd... Hell just send me the constitution....
Hottest: a toss up bewteen Nathan, Brody, Brian (yes you cheesehead...), and B2
Best kisser: not really a friend, but Aaron, Brody also got it goin on in that dept.
Smartest: Chuck, he knows everything about history and the most obscure stuff, that's pretty darn smart in my book
Nicest: Can I say me? :)
Angriest: don't really have any of those...
Most boring: do I have any boring friends???
Most fun: the Megans, Heather, Linz
Prettiest: Linz
Honest: Me
Sexiest: Umm, I can't pick just one...
Has the best hair: Linz or B
Best smile: B2 and Sean, both have dimples.... oh, so cute...
Best taste in music: me, since its so eclectic
One you'd like to trade places with for a day: Brody, cuz I'd like to get in his pants.... :0)
Look like: Anna we have ever since we met in HS
Hate: I don't hang out with people I hate
Music
Best band ever: there isn't just one....
Best song: Gypsy Wild by Mike McClure, or Whiskey River by Willie Nelson
Best lyric: "yea, I'm just a little bit crazy...." Bleu, cuz thats me...
Song that fits your life: there's one for every mood....
Song that makes you happy: most do
Sad: Hallmark commercials (but in a happy way...)
Angry: any of that pop Nashville shit they call music....
Want to hit someone: most TK songs
Reminds you of that "special someone": Don't have one, but the last one would be one of two... Both BEB songs.... Traveling Man or Goin' Home....
Would you rather
Eat a worm or Eat a fly: i'm sure i've ingested a fly before sometime in my life
Kiss someone in the rain or Kiss someone in the snow: sigh...the rain...i hate snow. it's too cold.
Be lonely forever or Stay with the same person forever: easy...the same person!
Smoke or Drink: definitly drink.
Have sex and get an STD or Get bit by a dog and have your arm gone: I can live with one arm... Long as I get to keep my right arm, I'm good...
Lose your arm or Lose your leg: arm (left please....)
Be deaf or blind: blind (then I can get a guide dog... :0) )
Date someone who's ugly and sweet or Hot and rude: everyone can be sexy in some way....
Random
What shoes do you wear a lot: flip flops
Have you ever dyed your hair: too many times to count....
Do you regret anything in your life: yeah
If you could relive 1 moment - what would it be: i try not to think about that since you can't change the past...
Have you ever come to the realization that everything has gone wrong:once or twice
Ever put a hole in the wall: no
Do you like swimming: My daddy used to call me his little mermaid, that hasn't changed much since I was like 8....
Do you like Michael Jackson Dance Parties: Um, they have those???
Ever been in a fist fight: not a real one no.....
Ever been kissed in the rain: yes, sounds romantic but it so is not
Cheated on someone?: almost once, but never have
Why doesn't an elephant like to play cards in the jungle???: cuz he's scared of the monkeys???
...Would you like to know now?: dont really care
...How about now?: still dont
Meep! I guess I'll tell you....: and yet I still can't make myself care...
There are too many CHEETAHS!!!: ok, that was bad....
That was good wasn't it?: see above.

Ok, thats enough stoopid stuff for now... Laters.....

posted by Ali @ 5:08 PM 0 Comments

And the saga continues.... Both the car and my love life... Though the latter may not be written about much as I know at least one other person involved reads this.... The car I got back on Friday, Mom went to Brownwood.... I went to Matt Powell/Randy Rogers at the Firehouse, though I only stayed for Matt... Flirted with a guy from Randy's band, can't recall his name offhand... Saw M and he seemed surprised to see me since he's friends with B2... I told him just cuz we broke up didn't mean I was gonna boycott music... Silly man.... Went to Linz's apartment about midnight and watched Win a Date with Tad Hamilton even though I had already seen it with Mel... Went home about 2 am, and couldn't sleep.... Saturday went to see Bleu and Stoney at the Firehouse... Awesome times as always.... I got there about 9, heard a couple of Stoney's songs, talked on my cell phone quite a bit.... Bleu came on about 10 or so and rocked as always... He's such a cutie pie... He had a new guy in the band, Matt... Hottie-patatie there... If only I didn't already know Matts in general are trouble with a capital T (the majority not all...). Didn't get to talk to him but shot the shit with Stoney and Jeremy (his fiddler) for a bit... Then Bleu and Stoney went on acoustic and just swapped turns playing songs, occasionally joining in to sing with the other.... Stoney was drunk and hilarious... They play off each other sooo well. It was hilarious how they were talking about Stoney and Wade arguing over Bleu.... I couldn't stop laughing... Called Bec and let her listen to a few songs... Finally it got shut down about 220 or so with Stoney drunkenly cursing... Still sorta funny, then Bleu led him off and I left... Got home and got to bed about 3 am.... Sunday I don't remember so well... I know I hung out with Linz... We went to the Park and then went to see a late showing of Shrek 2... Monday... Hung out with Linz, made a shitload of phone calls about my car, insurance claims, and my grades (which I still have not gotten) and then went to school to help Mom pack up her room and then she took me to Pappasitos for dinner... Gawd I love those chicken enchiladas with salsa verde.... Today I hung out with Linz, watched you got served (sucked ass) and then went to the Galleria (got complimented on my shirt "Why exersice my body for something my mouth did? - some funny shit right there)... Came home, watched Miracle and made dinner.... Talked to Nat today too... EVENTUALLY we are going to get together it just hasn't worked out yet.... Pretty boring day...
Oh, yeah, Thursday I got my hair cut!!!! Its sooo cute and I'm loving it... I got 2 inches cut off, and more layers added, so now it looks like I actually had body in my hair!!! Whoo hooo! Of course ponytails are a wee bit harded but hey who cares.... I love my hair!!!! :0) Thats really all thats been going on lately... Unless I go into this weird ass dream I had about Brody last night... It was him and B2 (probably brought on by the drama last weekend) based on a conversation we had that could have gone entirely different direction... Put your mind in the gutter, next to mine and you'll figure out part of the dream... Also I notice I've been cursing alot more and I don't know why... I still need to find a job... (anyone know of anything in Houston that requires a college degree and I can work around kids?? Oh, yea and it has to be part time so I can get certified to teach at the same time... Not too much to ask right? :0) ) Anyway thats really it for now... Laters!!!!

posted by Ali @ 10:49 PM 0 Comments

There oughta be a law against being up this early.... Course this particular feeling could be from lack of sleep on my part... Went to bed at like 2:30 and woke up at like 6:30... I forgot how icky 4 hours of sleep made me feel... Sure its only been a few weeks since I last did it, but thats besides the point! :0) I had to though in order to borrow Mom's car today... I'll explain about mine in a sec....
Linz and I had this talk to other day about how we felt like we were just visiting West Gray, even though her apartment is down the street and she's lived there almost a year... And Mom's lived here at the townhouse almost 2 years... But I was driving down Memorial on the way home (tons faster than I 10...) and I realized how right she was... I felt like I was on my way home, and I almost turned down our old street... Wow... I haven't done that in at least a year...
Also, I'm officially registered to take the THEA (TASP) test on June 19th at U of H Downtown... Found out for any program I want to get into I have to have that passed and stuff... I'm reordering my scores so I can see for sure if its only the math part I failed (I'm pretty sure it is the only one though...). So I have to have that and my transcript PLUS the application and appplication fee for any program I try to get into... As well as a criminal background check thingy... Want anything else, my first born maybe??? :0)
Ok so my car... The ongoing drama... They fixed the window, after fixing it found the one that had been put in in March wasn't a Toyota part, so it wasn't covered under warranty, but the job was already done so there was nothing else that could be done... They found there is yet MORE damage from back in March, so I had to get the insurance company involved yet AGAIN... I have to call the guy back this morning to take care of some stuff.... Then one of the adjusters can go out to Don McGill and ok the repairs and in a few days I can go pick it up... Hopefully on Friday.... Otherwise my plans Friday night might be shot... Though if I don't have it back on Saturday, I'm crawling to the Firehouse on my hands and knees in order to see Bleu.... And don't think I won't.... :0) Anyway I told my Mom (in a moment of weakness) that if the car wasn't ready I'd go with her to Brownwood... What was I thinking???
Lets see what else... Went to the park and walked last night and then ate at Becks.... Oh, so exciting... I have a bunch of phone calls to make today (much like yesterday... Lucky me....) and then some errands to run before I meet mom at school and help her pack up her classroom stuff... Then we're off to Escalante's for din-din... Then hopefully we'll get back in time for me to be able to stream the feed off of 92.1's website, so I can hear at least PART of Bleu's acoustic thing at the Icehouse... :0) Anywho thats about it for now... Its off to make phone calls I go.... Laters!!!!

posted by Ali @ 8:37 AM 0 Comments

Wow, 2 posts in 24 hours... Be ef ing impressed... Course part of the reason is cuz I'm board outta my goard... Waiting for Toyota to call me back and tell me when my car will be ready, so I don't really want to get on the phone and have them call me but the line's busy.... Besides I have no idea how to use call waiting... I've never had to use it so why bother knowing about it? I also have to make a few other phone calls to find out how to get certified and to Nat to say hi.... I just read Scott's thoughts for the first time since I've been home... Wow, I forgot how much he uses the word fuck.... Almost missed the season finale of Charmed last night... I went to Krogers and Blockbuster and at 730 rushed home... (turns out dinner wasn't ready when I finished that last entry - she was just calling me to get to to run some errands for her...) Dinner was ready, so I ate quickly and caught the end of Charmed... Watched Calendar Girls... Also watched Step into Liquid and part of Loose Change... (both surf movies for those that don't know...) I had just talked to Sean and Brody both so I was sorta in a surfy type mood... I can't do it, but most of my guy friends are surfer boys so I like being able to understand them a bit better... Found out Don has a solo CD out... Rob is a sweetheart (knew that b4 but just relearned that last night...). Jesse Billuer (sp??) has balls of steel... Dude's paralyzed surfing 2 years ago and was surfing (sorta improvised board where he laid on his tummy and got pushed into waves...) a few monthes ago... Wow. Co-co makes a good bad ass wanna be... He hates it when I call him Co-co... Wonder why that is? :0) I don't know why I ever thought the Malloy brothers look nothing alike... They do extremely so... Keith and Chris have the same eye and hair color and the same body build, while Dan has the same face structure as Chris, same smile and even though he's a bit taller, the same build... All gorgeous as hell... Chris and Dan have such easy smiles and Keith has that whole quiet.... thing going... There is just something about him that just sorta.... I don't know.... calls to you? He's got those piercing blue eyes and that lovely blond hair that just sorta falls into his face... Meanwhile Dan I find out is a musician... Chris draws and has opened his own company... Damn why do these boys have to be so talented??? I think this may be the only set of brothers that I've had a crush on every single one at some time or another... Wow.... Also I didn't realize (well I had heard but never seen...) that there was actually surfing in Wisconsin... Someplace called Oshkosh on Lake Michigan... Hey Brian, ever tried that chit?? :0) Anyway, enough of the surfers for now... Stoopid Toyota hasn't called me back yet... I think I might have to call them in the next few minutes.... Oh, back to surfers for a sec... Sean. Love him to death, but the boy wants to set me up... I've written what I think of that particular concept and I told him in no uncertain terms what I thought of it then and what I still think of it... He was like and when was the last time you had a date? Um.... I couldn't answer cuz I don't remember... For the last year I've been so involved with the whole B2 thing (B2 is his new name now for those that didn't know...) with the are we aren't we thing... I haven't been ready to date... Then with school on top of that, I haven't had time to date... Now I'm home and he's like what stopping you now? I really don't know. Maybe I've been making excuses hoping to get back together with B2? Maybe its the fear factor? I haven't dated someone else in so long, dating's sort of a scary prospect... Anyway I did promise to at least thing about letting him, just for the sake of sorta getting out there again... Getting my feet wet so to speak.... He pushed me for a deadline and I told him by the time he came to town I'd have my mind made up... Brody didn't like the idea too much but with our history he's bond not to like any idea that involves me dating someone thats not him... Anyway I'm gonna go call Toyota back and make my other phone calls... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 1:17 PM 0 Comments

Anybody want a bottle of Jaeger? :0) Its like the only bottle of liquor I have left and I'm sure as hell not gonna drink it... That stuff makes me ill... Nasty ass, liquorice (sp??) stuff... So lets see whats happened since Wednesday? Not alot... :) Car's in the shop... Kind of limits what ya can do, ya know? So Friday I was supposed to get it back.. But the part hadn't come in and isn't expected in till at least Monday (2morrow)... So we've been a 1 car family all weekend... And I have to say its been interesting to say the least.... I was going to go see Bleu Friday night in Galveston... But by the time Mom got back with the car, I was a bit in my cups... Then she said I couldn't borrow her car to go any further than a mile away... Got my back up there for a sec... I couldn't even go to the Firehouse to see Cooder Graw... Well ok fine then... I'll do shots instead... :P So I watched Love Actaully Friday night and talked to some of my GW peeps for a bit... Then about 11 or so remember I was supposed to call Ali Nicole to let her know whether or not I was gonna make it to Bleu... Damn forgetfulness... Saturday... Almost all afternoon was spent cleaning... Turns out we aren't going to Galveston till one day this coming week... As long as its not Wednesday I don't care.... Wonder if CJ had his party??? I was supposed to go to that too... But since I thought I was going to G-town I told him I couldn't go... Damnit... So instead we cleaned and I went to see Mean Girls (again) with Linz... Came home, talked to Nathan (egads I miss that boy! and the rest of the boys too....). He's gonna try to come to town in the next week or 2... He made fun of my most recent crush... Told me I only wanted him for his shopping skillz.... Normal conversation for us... :0) I asked him if he would be bringing anyone with him.... Very nonchalantly... He saw right through it and was like, am I bringing Keith or any of the Malloys? No. Don, probably not, Jack Johnson (yes he does actually know Jack Johnson...), nope, Sean maybe and Ramon, not sure... He knows me sooo well!!!! :0) So I get off the phone with him and talk to B1 and 2... Wow... Pretty amazing to talk to both of them in one night... B1 had just gotten home from Galveston, he'd been there all day surfing... B2 was in Dallas playing a gig (are they still called that?!?!)... Both were doing well and we made plans (not all 2gether of course they'd kill each other over me.... DON'T ASK (its a long complex tale...) ) for sometime in the next week or so... Linz came back over and we wound up hanging out and stuff... Today we got Baby and went out to lunch at LaMadeleine and went to see 13 going on 30... Pretty cute movie.... Mark Ruffalo is a hottie... Came home and Mom is looking up stuff on certification for teaching (which I have been looking up myself- she just doesn't seem to believe that...). She seems to want to keep me in H-town for a a year or 2 at least... While I'm thinking move out and a have a job by the end of 2004 if not then at the latest beginning of 2005... So yeah, we have to get everything figured out before we fight about something needlessly... Checked my email and got a long ass one from Kevin... Sounds like he's going through some stuff like I went through working retail.... Let's see... Mom's making dinner and I need to go to Soundwaves... Wonder if they're closed yet? Hm.... I love that place it sells CDs/DVDs new and used AND its a surf shop besides.... And since they closed down Shannon's in the mall I have nowhere else to go unless I'm in Corpus or Galveston... Anyway I'll ramble about surfers and stuff later... I'm cold, and dinner's ready... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 6:16 PM 0 Comments

Hi yall.... If you don't see me online in the next day or so its all Lindsay's fault... She's taking over my room (which includes the computer/internet) in order to study for finals... So yeah, don't worry if I'm MIA for a bit... Blame it on my baby sister.... :0)
Funny story I almost forgot about... When I got lost in Okieland last week, I went over the Blue River... Not spelled right of course, but I laughed anyway... But at that exact same moment Curtis Lowe came on the radio (A Skynard song Bleu likes to cover)... That made me stop and then start laughing all over again...
I'm taking my car to Toyota today and hopefully it doesnt take them too long to fix it... And then I can go to Galveston Friday to see Bleu... Yesterday I went to Cingular and they have to send my phone to the factory so I won't get it back for 3- 4 weeks... They gave me an equally piece of crap Sony Ericcson till then... How tempted am I to just go back and buy a new phone??? VERY...
So I come home and I seriously thought I was gonna drown on Westheimer the water was so deep in some places... Got home safely and soundly though... :0)
I spent like 2 hours on the phone last night and used up most of the battery in the loaner phone (WTF!??!?!?) and now the loaner phone won't charge for some reason... Nah, I don't want to go back and throw it in their faces.... Not at all... (for those that don't know it, that was sarcasm....) Anyway while I was on the phone with Becca she was looking on the webpage for the Surf Club and found a band called Monkeys Doing it... That cracked me up... Still does... So if you see something about monkeys doing it anywhere... Thats whats going on... :0) Anyway I have to go Linz is back and she wants the room back.... Laters!!!!!

posted by Ali @ 12:40 PM 0 Comments

Its Sunday Houston, here's whats not in todays Chronicle.... :0) Quick update...
Thursday, packed, sorta watched friends (saw the beginning and the end - the important stuff... :0) ) and studied... Friday took a final, finished packing, went to Ft Worth (got lost in Oklahoma on the way... The exits aren't numbered worth a damn!!!!). Ran into Nat after stepping into the lobby or the Renaissance Worthington... I think I may have been a bit abrupt with her... I was tired, stressed and hungry, as well as caffeine deprived... Not my best of moods... Lauren showed up a few minutes later... We almost scored free drinks at the bar there... If only mom hadn't shown up... Friday night went out to dinner at a little italian place in downtown Ft Worth... Stopped at this little place called 8 0's, listened to a band for a bit... We need more places like that in Houston.... Then we went back to the hotel and I fell asleep b4 11!!! (so we didn't make it to the Stockyards... Mainly since Lauren said people that hung out there were 'shadesters'. Her word not mine... Gotta love Lauren and her unique vocabulary! I wonder where she gets that from? :0) ) Woke up at 8, watched some TV, got ready for graduation, went to brunch with Lauren and Mom and John (Chapman not Price - far as I know JP was still in Austin... :0) ). Lauren gave me a cute little case for my glasses and a cute little cleaning cloth thingy... Mom gave me my diamond heart necklace she's been teasing me about since she got it like 2 monthes ago... As well as a nice bit of cash to shop for teacehr clothes with... Sweet deal!! So checked out at noon... Walked around downtown for a bit,went to the the Barnes and Noble (that is one hell of a big B & N!!). Thought of Kev and Brian there... In the discount section there was what had to be the world's longest books on the history of baseball... Kev - you should go get it, its right up your alley and right down the street! :0) Anyway graduation at 2.... Saw Lauren, Kelly and Saylor, as well as our cousin, James graduate.... There were a few funny moments... The nursing students had silly string and confetti and threw it when they were announced.... The badn had silly string and confetti too and whenever one of thei friends walked they went wild with it.... Also a few very meloncholy moments... They honored a woman who had been murdered with a posthumous doctorate, and a girl who was SUPPOSED to have graduated that died last week, had her diploma handed to her mom and sister... I teared up there... The whole audience went wild and the guy announcing had a bit of trouble getting to say the next name.... Anyway we left at 4... Went back to the hotel, and had champagne... Dropped Lauren off at her apartment and headed home... Got back to Houston about midnight... Almost immediately fell asleep... Course I talked to Linz for a while (she was here studying when we got back...) and then we promptly over slept for mom's breakfast in bed... Wound up making chicken ceasar salad for dinner and strawberries for dessert.... But guess the first place I went today??? :0) Cactus... Got the new Mac CD, Willie live at billy bobs and James Otto... Then went to B & N for moms presesnt and then on to Krogers for dinner stuff and food for me... Came home, checked the email (found out there was some sort of drama with Katie while I was gone...), made dinner and watched chasing liberty... Now here I be done blogging for the day and thinking about watching girl with the pearl earring... :0) (ok, so maybe this update wasn't so short... :0) )Laters...

posted by Ali @ 9:54 PM 0 Comments

Ok so would anyone NOT like to give me hard time today?!!?!?? I swear to God, its so damn frustrating... So first of all I woke up at 8:05(might have something to do with staying up to 230 talking to Kevin and them... ;0) ) and I had a final at 8!!! Get there at 8:15 and I'm the last one to present my powerpoint... The stoopid computer gave me trouble and wouldn't find my powerpoint... So I taught from the handout... After class the prof. gave me a hard time about what I hadn't and hadn't turned in... Then I find out that I was supposed to be at graduation practice last night.. I went to the registar and told her... She then informs me, walking is an 'understood' mandatory part of graduation... WTF!?!?! Who the fuck understands that?!?!?! I've told people all semester I wasn't going to be here for it and then this bomb drops... Theres some obscure rule that you have to walk the stage as part of the graduation requirements... So I go to the dean of students and theres a whole hollabaloo... Its all sorted out as of about 5 or so... Also Toyota was giving me fits... In order fix something they messed up I had to pay 32 dollars... What that heck?!?!! Anyway... on to better stuff... I am going to Ft Worth 2morrow after my final and I'm done packing... And after my final at 8 am... Speaking of finals I had one 2day at 11 and I found out this stuff about graduation right before it... Great timing, huh? It was 7 questions, all essay and application and it turned out to be almost 6 pages long typed... And my hands were killing me afterward... Oh, interesting random tidbit... Driving to Russellville yesterday to pick up my car, I look at the other part of I 40, the one going the opposite direction, and what do I see? A surfboard on top of a car... I didn't see what the state plates were but I cracked up laughing... Anyway I have to pack, its off to Ft Worth 2morrow and Houston on Saturday after the ceremony... And then Mel's coming over tonight at 6 to get some dinner and to watch Friends.... Its gonna be sad, but greatness at the same time.... :0) Laters....

posted by Ali @ 5:14 PM 0 Comments

Ok, so I was talking about this to some friends last night and I still haven't figured out the answer....
WHY do guys shave their heads and then grow facial hair? Its only made worse by the fact that the now Hal's bald head is white as a freaking sheet... And now the rest of his face looks way too red... AND the fact he was wearing a red striped shirt that made him look like a candy cane... (that could be a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it.... )Too damn bad I somehow find him hot.....

A little shout outage.... SARAH!!!! I'm still convinced you and Diana from AI are like twins or something... Becca! Hey chica! Lavinia, isn't dressing up your guy friends soooo much fun?? (even with all the grumbling and bitching and moaning they tend to do, the outcome outweighs the complaints....) :0) That reminds me I need to shop for teacher clothes when I get home next week.... :0) Ok, thats it for the moment with the shout outs..

I talked to mom the other night and she was in Floresville for the funeral and eating dinner at 930 at night.... Dinner at bed time, bad bad mommy.... :0) I talked to Cheyenne (my cousin Matthew's oldest daughter) for a while... I think she's only like 6 years old so our conversation was a lot of hellos and how are yous and me trying not to giggle... Obviously the child does not talk on the phone a lot... That bodes well for her parents phone bill in a few years.... :0) Then I got to talk to Lauren briefly... Told her we need to get mom drunk this weekend... She laughed and sorta agreed... My mom is freaking hilarious when she's drunk... :0) And I have the feeling she could use a little letting loose and howl time... But then shes also got a final in her master's class next week so I might just have to drag her to Galveston next week.... Kill two birds with one stone so to speak... See Bleu and make mom feel better... Both good in my book. Especially after the fact she almost broke down when I asked what she wanted for mothers day... Damn that was really insensitive of me... I realized how bad it was after I said it... Anyway....

So anyway someone asked me the other day, what is it that makes guys from Dallas different from guys in any other town? So I made up a list of different towns and my impressions of the people and the city in general....

Dallas – attitude, stuck up, confidence, and gorgeous (usually but not in all cases….)

Ft. Worth – Billy Bobs, TCU, JP, Lauren, nice town, kind of dry (weather wise)

Austin – laid back, cool, hippyish, fun, crowded…

Houston – a bit of attitude but fun, as well as good drivers (unlike the crazies in Dallas), good people all around….

Corpus Christi – laid back, fun, windy as hell

New Braunfels – awesome times, fun people, lots of drinking…

San Marcos – SWT!!!!! :0)

San Antonio – eh, its okay… I always seem to get stuck in traffic there….

Texarkana – Good God, there is like almost nothing there but freeway!!! I will never again get stuck there...

Nacogdoches – fun times, SFA, cute boys

And for Sean/Nathan and the boyz… :0) My one California town….

Santa Cruz – cold, cute, and wet… (it was raining the one time I went there)

Oh, yeah I almost gave away 'Brandon's' identity last night when I was talking to my GW peoples... I'm just glad no one seemed to notice... Course now everyone is trying to recall every word I typed, huh? :0)

So I'm going to get ready, Mel's coming over after her meeting at 1 and we're going out to lunch and to pick up my car in Russellville.... :0) I'm extremely happy to say the least... Oh, random fact... I just learned that a lack of protein can cause a person to get bruised more easily... :0) Anywho I think thats about it for now... Laters!!!

posted by Ali @ 11:42 AM 0 Comments

Ok, so no death talk today... Today I have boy drama! Wow, talk about your long time no sees.... :0) 2 different situations, but only one I can do anything about at the moment... HAL IS BACK!!!!!!!!! Happy happy joy joy.... :0) I thought I'd seen his truck on the way back from Pizza Pro, so I called Chuck to ask him if Clif was back yet and it turns out they got back from France last Thursday... So I exercised tonight and just 'happened' ;) to go down his street... hehehe... And there he was in the front yard... I swear you've never seen a girl so happy as I was... Still am a bit... :0) Europe did nothing but good things, for something already good... Kinda like chocolate.... :0) Anyway he's in town visiting (and I think graduating Sat. -didn't have time to ask...). I got one of his super duper bear hugs.... God I've missed those... Every other guy hugs me like I'm going to break... Its ok every now and then, but once in a while a girl (me) wants to feel crushed.... Ya know? Part of the reason I think I like athletes, they're big and burly (most of em) and even if they give you a oh my gosh you're gonna break soft ass hugs, it still feels good... :0) That and Hal's from Dallas, too.. And I've discussed on MANY occasions my weakness for the guys in/around/from Dallas... :0) Other than that all I've done is study and eat today... Fun stuff huh? :0) O! O! O! I did find out my car is ready to be picked up!!!!!!! How awesome is that?!?!?!? I can't go get it till Wednesday, but its ready and I don't have to miss Lala's graduation in Ft Worth like I thought I might have to... Whoo hoo!!!! I did find out however J won't be in town... He'll be playing in Austin... Stoopid boy... Anywho, thats about it for now... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 8:12 PM 0 Comments

So I've kinda run through a gamut of emotions this weekend.... Strangely enough I STILL haven't cried... This is the girl who sobs like a baby at Hallmark commercials.... I did do some research this weekend on grief and its stages, though I can't really classify where I am at the moment, but I did find out its ok not to be crying so I don't feel nearly as guilty as I did.... Though from what I read its only ok as long as you can express your grief in some other way... I haven't found that way yet, but it won't overwhelm me like after daddy died... Course then I was only 13 and completely unfamilar with extreme emotions... Now at 25 I think I experienced the majority of them...
I posted something in the John Wayne and Jesus section of GW and I'm realizing how lucky I am to have friends like the ones I have from GW... They're all such great people... They came through when Katie was hurt last week and they're coming through for me now, and I don't know if a lot of them have any idea how much that means to me... Katie, Stu, Kevin, Brian, Sarah, Kara, JD, Lavinia, Jason, Matt and whoever else I might have forgotton, thank you and I love yall so damn much! Ok, now I'm on the verge of crying....
Anyway..... I talked to mom tonight and she's still in shock I think and a tad bit angry at her sisters who both live close to (one actaully with) my grandmother.... Turns out she'd been having stroke like symtoms for a week or so before her death... And mom was going through the what ifs, exactly like I did after Tiffy died a few years ago.... Sure, my grandmother and my dog are two completely different things, and I hate to say it but I was closer to my dog than my grandparent.... In the last few monthes I've gotten to be ok with her dying (even though she died 3 years ago)... I finally let go of my anger at her, at the vet, and at even God.... I quit talking about her in present day terms and I can talk about her now with a smile.... Anyway back to Mamamaw... Lauren's feeling guilty as I suspected, Mom's goin to Floresville with John 2morrow afternoon, Linz can't go to the funeral cuz of finals, Lauren rescheduled a final to be able to go and I'm STILL carless.... And mom agreed it'd be too long and too far a trip for me to try to come.... And I have 2 finals that day.... So yeah I'm still confused about the whole Mamamaw dying thing... I'm not in denial, I'm not angry, and I'm not in shock anymore... So what do I feel? I'm not overwhelming sad, though I do feel kinda melancholy... I'm oversensitived to mentions of grandparents or people talking to grandparents, but I'm not breaking down in tears.... I'm not exactly jumping for joy, and I'm not really anything in particular when I think about her and her dying.... Does that make me a horrible person??? Cuz I do feel guilty as hell that I don't feel anything... Its kinda upsetting, cuz I'm usually brutally honest... I feel like I'm lying to myself, but about what??? Her dying? No, I know she's dead. I'm not unaffected... I know how I should feel, but I also know what I DO feel.... And the two don't mesh.... Any advice or opinions??? Email em I'll take anything.... (sunnychic78@yahoo.com for those that don't know by now) I don't want to get home next week and my family is suddenly all in tears and I'm the only one thats not (like when daddy died).... I sure as hell don't wanna get sent to a shrink again like I did then and everyone was convinced something was wrong with me, cuz I didn't grieve in the same way as everyone else.... Damn, I hate death, it just confuses the hell outta me... Laters....

posted by Ali @ 9:37 PM 0 Comments

All right so I can finally sort out my feelings enough to write them.... I got a call from my little sis this afternoon and after a bit of the usual small talk, she sorta slips in Mamamaw died today and goes on with the conversation... I'm all like what? Back up the boat a sec, chica... She's like yeah, today about noon.... She went in her sleep... I was shell shocked to say the least.... I acutally went into shock and had to stop myself from curling up in a little ball and avoiding everyone.... I've never been close to my grandmother, but to hear she's dead.... It just sort of rocked my world off its axis.... Her funeral is next Tuesday in San Antonio... I don't know if I would go even if I could... (I have 2 finals that day and I'm still carless.) Not because I didn't like OR love her, just the opposite... I did... do... did I suppose, love her.... Sure she drove me crazy with her nosiness but thats what family does... Its just ever since I heard I can't cry... Its like I think I should.... Its part of the grief process, and my eyes hurt like I wanted to cry and couldn't and I feel extremely guilty for feeling that way.... So then I've been trying to avoid thinking about it or her at all and now I'm at the point it doesn't feel real, regardless of all the condolecences and stuff... I actually hearing those.... Mainly cuz I don't really feel like she's dead. And for now with everything else on my plate maybe thats a good thing... I've been saying for a while I can't take much more.... And if I let it, this could overwhelm me and I really can't handle it right now... Maybe that makes me sound like a bit of a bitch or insensitive or whatever, but thats my coping mechanism... Maybe once I get home it'll hit me, and it'll suddenly be real.... My last living grandparent is dead.... I don't know.... I'm just really confused at this point in time... And really stressed at the same time.... Anyway, I love you all and I'll talk to you laters!!!!

posted by Ali @ 12:50 AM 0 Comments