Not Your Average Jane

This comment thingy is new....  (at the bottom of each entry...)  I wonder if I should keep my tagboard if I have comments too?  Hmm I dont know.... 
Anyway, so I had no luck with the job hunt today...  Went over to West U, filled out a few applications, but only 2 places were biring for sure....  At least my car seems to be working fine (thusfar at least...).  Thank goodness for small favors I suppose... 
I worked on the template and updating my links on this thingy...  Talked to my GW peeps last night, haven't done a late night chat in forever...  Only a few people weren' t there...  Kayce, Jason, Brian (though he was there briefly b4 going to bed)...  A bunch of new people were there too...  Brandon, this dude we know (I say we like we're a cult or something...  :0)) from GW and our Yahoo group...  Gage, a sweetheart of a guy who seems to get the shaft when it comes to chicks and at times it seems like life in general....  And a few others as well....  Made things interesting...  We had a lot of conversations going on all at the same time, good times...  :0)
I was going to go to the Firehouse tonight for Matt Powell, but I didn't make cuz I am one broke ass mo fo...  Least till Nat pays me (which she says she will soon...)...  I'm still planning to go to Cory at the Racetrack 2morrow...  I do have just enough for that....  But I might have to bypass Wade/Stoney Saturday...  I haven't seen wade in monthes...  Though I did see Stoney a month or so ago with Bleu and I'll see him in a bout a week and a half with Bleu at the Sidecar come hell or high water....Talked to Nat, she might not actually punk out on me 2morrow, but I'm not jumping to any conclusions there...
Been working on my laundry most of the night and catching up with mom every spare moment....  She went out for drinks with a friend she hadn't seen since who knows when and just got back about an hour ago...  And my laundry STILL isn't done...  Did I mention I was almost out of clothes?  :0)
Still need to make plane reservations for Heather's wedding...  Cuz there is no way in hell I'm ever driving back up to Arkansas...  Thats a good 2 days of driving!!!   I'd rather fly and carpool with Melly and/or James...  
Sean and I have been doing more writing together than usual, probably since he's leaving on Monday...  Gawd what am I gonna do without my Seany???  I've gotten so used to having him just a phone call away..  Sure he'll be just a phone call away now, but he'll no longer be across town so I can just run over whenever I want to...  Darn boy, why can't he be like Brody and move back?  His girlfriend is moving back, so I'm thinking he can't be far behind...  He only has like 14 hours left till he gets his degree in Economic Studies...  So he'll probably move back in December after he graduates....  Hopefully....  :0)
I have a new crush...  Not saying who he is or anything, but I think a few people know who he is...  And he'll just stay a nice little secret infatuation of mine, cuz nothing will ever come of it...  He's completely wrong for me, but hey when has that ever stopped me from being in lust?  :0)  Alrighty I'm off to fold yet MORE clothes....  Geez, its a good thing I didn't buy anything when I was at Buffalo Exchange today...  Like I could afford to....  LOL.  :0) I'm also waiting for Stu to call me from the Trailers show at the Tank....  I love Stu, he's the world's most terrific guy...  He takes pictures (lots) at concerts and calls you from them...  You get to live vicariously through him...  Its greatness!!!!  Ok now I'm really gone.... Laters!  

posted by Ali @ 11:20 PM 0 Comments

I'm so sore.... I should have stretched more... I only did 1 time around the park, though it was faster than usual since Mom went with me....
Yes, mom is back from France and is back to bossing me around as if she hasn't been gone... She got back yesterday.... I went to the airport and picked her up... (59 north in 5 oclock traffic, what a good daughter I am!) And I still have to figure out how I'm getting to Arkansas for Heather's wedding... Options are still open there... But back to mom, she and i have done almost nothing but visit since she got back... She had a great time in france and I did have her talked into goin to New Braunfels this Saturday but she punked out... The Trailers are playing at the Icehouse so I'd like to go but I can't drive back to Houston at midnight... Me+dark+driving=no bueno... So she says she wants to do something with me next weekend.... Hell, thats the Trailers as BB's, so I'm gonna see if I can talk her into that if I can scrounge up some tix... So we will see...
And yes she has already inquired about the job situation and no she didn't yell... Though she did a bit when she found out I hadn't passed the TASP/THEA.... Claims I didn't study enough... WTF!?!?!?
So yea I'm still unemployed and I still haven't heard from a lot of the places I've applied or inquired at... So I'm going to start making calls tommorrow I think.... O, btw, mom was impressed the plants were still living, I told her frankly so was I... :0) For those that don't know, I can kill any plant... I had an aloe vera plant for a few monthes and then it died.... And for those that don't know, aloe is a member of the cactus family... A plant well known for its hardy nature... And I killed one... Yeah, I so don't have a green thumb... In fact I may have the black thumb of death... LOL!!!! :0)
So anyway I have to straighten out my money issues cuz I wanna go to the Firehouse for Matt 2morrow and the Racetrack for Cory Friday and Wade and Stoney Saturday... And if I don't get it all straightened out I won't have to money to do jack shit.... And Nat still hasn't paid me for the weekend of the 4th, though she says shes going to cut me a check soon... We'll see.... We'll also see if she comes through and goes to the racetrack or if she punks out...
In other news Sean leaves Monday for sure.... No changes in plans allowed... He has to get back to Cali... This makes me very sad... Its been great having him and Nate both in town (nate went home to Cali last week) since I so rarely get to see them... But I lose not only a really great friend when he leaves but a wonderful cowriter... I make the poems and he sets em to music and lets me pretend I can play guitar... Though I can't play a chord to save my life.... :0)
Ok ao I'm hungry... I'm gonna go get some food... Laters....

posted by Ali @ 9:47 PM 0 Comments

So I was gonna go to see Blue October tonight but Gage (the stinker :P) got sick and couldn't come... to town... :D hehehehe, I crack me up... Its probably a good thing he couldn't and I didn't go anyway cuz since I ate dinner I feel like I'm gonna be sick... That and the fact I don't feel comfortable going downtown by myself at night and not knowing anyone... Like I was telling Gage (i.e. the stinker :D) I have a deeply ingrained sense of wanting to keep my body safe... :0) I was thinking about going to the Firehouse to see Randy Rogers (and his cute bassist) play but now I don't think so... Sean's on his way back from Kemah with his guitar... :0) We're gonna do some writing, if we can stop giggling long enough... :0) Lala called me from Vegas, she's 'misplaced' her credit card and is trying to find it and called me for the # for the company and mom' s number in France... I'm supposed to call CJ at some point, but with Lala being at a lose of something so major, I don't want to tie up the phone lines, just in case she tries to call again... (Sorry, CJ) Linz called me from the Gristmill wondering about the cover 2night at the Icehouse, so I looked it up and Django and Cory are playing there, 15 $'s general admission... I was looking over some old poetry today (had to dig through the garage for my big ass binder of stuff)... I found I have some really corny, lovey dovey type shit and some very embittered sounding stuff... Kind of an interesting mix there....
For those that are wondering what I've done with the rest of my day... Slept most of it... Went to bed at like 1 this morning, woke up at 4, went back to bed at 7 and work up at 11... Then I took a nap for like 2 hours this afternoon.... The time I've been awake I've spent cleaning... Fun times, I tell ya! :0)
Also I've gotten a lot of questions about Jacob and I don't know who all I've explained it to but here it is for the millionth (and last) time... He's a friend of Sean's, who I met at the fireworks display, and went on one (just one) date with to the zoo on Thursday... We had fun, but I think we'll just be friends... I talked to him and he agrees... So we'll hang out, we'll be friends, Ali's still single.... Taa daaa! :0) Anywho I think Sean's here so I'm outtie... Laters....

posted by Ali @ 9:22 PM 0 Comments

ok, quickie entry since Linz is on her way to pick me up to go to the park....
Numero uno... The date went well... The zoo was a great place for a first date... It was overcast and it rained while we were there, but otherwise good times... There were sooo many kids there.... I wasn't expecting that, even though it is summer.... By the way, if you're wondering, some people don't like to have their ass grabbed.... Sure I'm not one of them but I found out he was.... Oh, well... Thats only one strike against him in the overall picture.... He was funny and we had a good time... Did the train ride for the first time in years and fed the ducks... We did miss the Bird Show at 1 and at 3... Oh, well...
Now the interview... Not so good... I was almost late, but did make it on time, only to be told the woman who was to interview me wasn't there yet... I wait around another 15 minutes for her to show and when she does theres no apology... So far, I'm not loving this place... We sit and chat for a few minutes and then she's like thank you for coming in, we'll call you.... (does the line don't call us we'll call you ring any bells?) So I leave and as I'm driving away I realize she didn't ask if I had any questions about the company and then I realized I didn't so it was probably a good thing...
So the conclusions for today... Hope the guy calls... We talked about getting together this weekend, so we'll see how that works out... The thing at Chico's I'm not sure I want to work out, especially not if everyone's attitude sucks like that woman's...
Tommmorrow morning I start cleaning the house and organizing the garage..... Fun times..... :0) Anyway I have to go change b4 Linz gets here.... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 5:37 PM 0 Comments

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING.... Spiderman 2 is really overrated... Saw this afternoon and it was cheesy as all heck... Parts of it were romantically cheesy, some parts of were cheesy horror movie-ish and one part that was even cheesy 50s movie wannabe... I saw the first one and I liked it well enough.... But this one... Its like they didn't know what to do... I saw it with Natalie and we couldn't stop talking about it and giggling....
In other news, we're not going to Corpus this weekend.... I'm gonna try to go to my first Blue October show instead and Linz and Mike wanna go with, so we'll see how that works out... I think Randy Rogers is playing the same night thought so I'll have to figure that out later.... Cory Morrows at the Race track next week (Lavinia - you planning on going?) I may be there with a few friends.... I need to make my plane reservations for Heather's wedding still.... I also need to find out when Mom gets in... Her last day in France is Tuesday, but I don't know if she's getting in Tuesday night or Wednesday morning...
Well the last 3 days I've spent most of my time shopping... I made a killing at the Galleria yesterday and got a bunch of old movies (musicals, The Muppet Movie, and some others....) and I only paid 30$!!! Classic! :0) I found my 2 favorites at Borders today.... Spent another 30 on those.... (Anchors Aweigh and State Fair, for those that wanted to know...) Talked to Toyota for the first time in like a week and the car drama continues.... I'm waiting to hear back from Roger in Houston now after he talks to the Toyota in Russellville and the insurance guy in Arkansas.... Will it be fixed b4 mom gets back in town? Who knows?
O, o, o... My 4th... In one word, boring. But hey I like it like that.... I was at Nat's house most of the day looking after the dogs and cleaning and stuff.... Got back to the house about 6 or so (thats when I did that quizzie thing) and the guys came over about 8 (after getting stuck in traffic on the way in from Galveston). We drank margeritas and beer, ate lots of bbq and then we went down Allen Parkway and watching the fireworks there.... Cute stories there.... One little boy sitting behind us claimed if the fireworks didn't start soon he was leaving.... And a little girl behind us, once the fireworks started, kept squealing and telling everyone how cool, and awesome and pretty the fireworks were.... Dont ya love kids? I couldn't stop smiling... I had my boys, cute kids behind me, alcohol in the system and kick ass fireworks to watch... Thats my kind of holiday.... :0)
Oh I saw another guy that could be Bleu's twin when I was at Best Buy the other day... From the back I thought it was him.... Kinda cool. On a sad note, I heard Doug's dog got run over by a car on the 4th... Poor Doug, that dog was his best friend.... Next to Bubba of course.... :0) Anywho thats about it for now... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 8:40 PM 0 Comments

Ok, since I now have time and the guys are stuck in traffic coming here from Galveston, here's a little quizzie I stole from Lavinia who stole it from Kara who stole it from Megly.... We really are a bunch of stealing fools.... :0)

-=PAST=-
-first grade teacher's name: Mrs. Zinke
-last phrase you said: "OOO, Top Gun! Not like I don't own it!" (its on TV right now...)
-last song you sang: "Chameoleon Boy" (Blue October)
-last time you laughed: a few minutes ago when I realized Top Gun was on TV and I hadn't missed the volleyball scene....
-last time you cried: Friday when I saw the Notebook....

-=PRESENT=-
-what's in your CD player: Julie Roberts (Julie Roberts), Pat Green - Here We Go, Blue October Consent to Treatment, Blue October - History for Sale, and both Lost Trailers CDs.....
-what color socks are you wearing: none
-what's under your bed: crap and lots of it....
-what time did you wake up today: around 9 ish

-=FUTURE=-
-what is your career going to be: hopefully teaching if I can get into the Region 4 program
-where are you going to live: Texas! Who would leave?
-how many kids do you want: 2-4
-what kind of car will you drive: Probably my 2002 Silver 4Runner, I'd love a Lexus SUV though.... And a Chevy Silverado and a 65 Mustang convertible....

-=CURRENT-=
-current hair: coming out of my ponytail loopy thingy...
-current clothes: jeans, BEB tshirt
-current jewelry: a watch and rings....
-current annoyance: stupid people, slow drivers
-current smell: Pretzels
-current longing: To move away from Houston ( I agree with Lavinia here....)
-current desktop picture: a pic of an adobe house...
-current worry: income, family
-current hate: credit cards
-story behind your username: depends on which one you're talking about... AIM a nickname and the year I was born, Yahoo, I just like the way it sounds (also sounds like my personality....) and the year I was born.....
-current favorite article of clothing: my capris from the Gap
-favorite physical feature on a gurl: wtf? I ain't like that.
-line from the last thing you wrote to someone: I think it was something about drinking tarantulas on Bleu's Yahoo group.....
-i am happiest when: I'm doing the things I love with people I love
-do you think too much: yeah, I tend to overanalyze
-if you could live anywhere in the world, where: New Braunfels or San Marcos, anywhere around Austin/San Antonio works for me though....
-what makes you mad: not much.....
-favorite way to waste time: IMs, music, TV, or reading
-what is your best quality: I am extrememly honest
-are in currently in love/lust: 2 words, RYAN GOSLING! :0)
-do you find it hard to trust people: No I'm actually TOO trusting....
-favorite season: I hate winter
-favorite color: Blue, purple, or green, sometimes gray
-favorite time of day: late at night

-=LAST=-
-last thing you had to drink: Dr Pepper
-last thing you ate: pretzels
-last time you smiled: a little while ago when I talked to the guys....
-last time you laughed: didn't I answer this already????
-last person you hugged: Linz I think....
-last person you kissed: 5th, its extremely incriminating
-last person you talked to online: Becca, I think.... Or was it Sarah???
-last person you talked to on the phone: Linz who was lost in Austin and called me for directions.....

-=DO YOU=-
-smoke: nope
-do drugs: nope
-drink: indeed
Single?: yep yep yep
Want to be?: willing to be, until the time is right
Your birthday: 12/6/78
Age you act: depends on who I'm with....
Age you wish you were: the age I am now....
Your height: 5'5"
The color of your eyes?: green
Happy with it?: sure, why not?
Left/right/ambidextrous?: Right, thought I've tried to be ambidextrous and it didn't work very well....
Piercings?: None at the moment
Tattoos?: nope
Obsessions?: music
Do you speak another language?: bits and pieces of 2 or 3.... But english is my only full time language....
Do you have a webpage?: Doesn't this one count?
Do you live in the moment?: usually...
Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: very
Do you have any secrets?: yes
Do you hate yourself?: I try not to hate, but I occasionally dislike myself...
Do you like your handwriting?: Not really
Do you have any bad habits?: yes
What's your biggest fear?: Needles, dying alone, people close to me dying....
Can you sing?: sure, I think so
Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: no, I'm not Katie ( hehehe, good one, Lav!!! :0) )
Are you a loner?: Not really, but I enjoy being alone sometimes
If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: sure
Are you a daredevil?: not at all
Are you passive or aggressive?: depends on the situation
There are three wells, love, beauty and creativity, which one do you choose?: love
How do you vent?: Music, talking to people, writing
Do you think you are emotionally strong?: Sometimes
Do you think life has been good so far?: eh, I guess so
Do people know how you feel?: If they don't they'd have to be deaf dumb and blind....
Are you perceived wrongly?: occasionally
Read the newspaper?: sometimes, mostly my horoscope though....
Pray? try to
Go to church?: I need to start going back
Talk to strangers who IM you?: every now and then
Sleep with stuffed animals?: not anymore
Take walks in the rain?: yes :o)
Drive?: Yes
Like to drive fast?: sure do but I'm no Dale Jr. (though I'd like to get in his pants... But we're keeping that on the DL.... :0) )

-=HAVE YOU EVER=-
Liked your voice?: it's ok
Hurt yourself?: Let's just say I was a tomboy as a child.... and still am a bit...
Been out of the country?: yes... Europe, Mexico, and Canadia mostly.... Wanna go to Australia and Africa though....
Eaten something that made other people sick?: no
Burped?: Yep
Been in love?: Yes
Gone skinny dipping?: yes on a dare
Had a surgery?: yep, minor
Ran away from home?: no
Played strip poker?: yep
Gotten beaten up?: yes
Been picked on?: Yeah
Been on stage?: Yep
Been outdoors? yes
Thought about suicide?: yes
Pulled an all-nighter?: yeah
Gone one day without food?: No
Talked on the phone all night?:No
Slept all day?: For most of the day...
Killed someone?: nah
Made out with a stranger?: Nope
Had sex with a stranger?: No
Thought you're going crazy?: I know I am.... :0)
Been betrayed?: hahahahahaha, you bet I have.
Had a dream that came true?: Yeah I have de ja vu all the time. weird eh?
Broken the law?: speeding and drinking underaged
Met a famous person?: yep, several
Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: yes (do the words, 'poor armadillo, couldn't make it across the road" ring any bells?)
Stolen anything?: Yes
Been on radio/TV.?: Yep
Been in a mosh-pit?: Yes
Had a nervous breakdown?: no
Considered religious vocation?: Jokingly
Been criticized about your sexual performance?: No.
Bungee jumped?: Lord no.
Had a dream that kept coming back?: Yep


-=Friends=-
Do you have any gay/lesbian friends?: Yes
Who is your best friend?: Nate
Who's the one person that knows most about you: Natalie
What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?: Make what you do something you love and you'll do it all your life....
Your favourite inside joke?: haha can't post that
Thing you're picked on about most? my last name being Fritz....
Who's your longest known friend?: Natalie
Newest?: GW peeps :0)
Shyest?: umm, I guess Tom
Funniest?: my friends are all incredibly humorous
Sweetest?: Nate
Closest?: Natalie, Nate, Becca, Linz

Weirdest?: no comments there
Smartest?: I'm not sure....
Friends you miss being close to the most?: CJ, Rana, people from HS
Who are you on the phone with most? Nate or Sean
Who listens to your problems? everyone, jk.... Usually Nate or I write about it on here....
Do you have problems?: lots, how much time have ya got?
Who do you fight most with?: Linz I guess....
Who's the nicest?: All my friends are nice!
Who's the most outgoing?: Nate
Who's the best singer?: W or Brody
Who's on your shit-list?: nobody at the moment
Who's your second family?: my friends
Do you always feel understood?: does anyone?
Who's the loudest friend?: Meghan
Do you trust others easily?: yes
Who's house were you last at?: Natalie's (been there all weekend)
Name one person who's arms you feel safe in: John... *sigh*
Do your friends know you?: yeah
Friend that lives farthest away: Nate and the boys

Ok thats it... And just in time... There's the doorbell... :0) I'm good, damn good... :0) Laters!!!!

posted by Ali @ 7:41 PM 0 Comments

Ok, warning..... I am a teeeeennnssy bit indruxicated.... I was supposed to meet up with the guys... Or were they coming over here? I can't remember... But I made margeritas and I started drinking them.... And I finished the whoooooolllllllleeeeeee thing all by myself.... Probably not the wisest of moves... Oh, well, its all good.... I thought about going out earlier but no one good is playing anywhere and no one wants to go to the movies, including me, so the guys were gonna come over.... Oh, yeah, thats right..... :0) And we were gonna get indruxicated together and watch movies and stuff.... BBut now they are passed out drunk in KEmah with no DD and I sure as hell can't drive to Kemah like this... So yea we arent gonna get together 2night.... O my Andy ROddick is a hottie.... Sorry, SNL is on and ANdy's the host... Such a hottie, too bad he and Mandy broke up they were so cute togther..... Speaking of celeb hotties.... I saw the Notebook yesterday and I have got to say, Ryan Gosling turns out to be anotehr of the MMC hotties.... Boy howdy did he.... Hes everything I like.... Tall, tan, blond, blue eyed, and musically inclined.... *sigh* Yea so I have a bit of a crush so sue me....
In other news I've been housesitting/dogsitting for Nat since Thursday and she gets back Monday.... Shes paying me 200$ to do this... And I don't mind doing it whether I get paid or not.... Well except for that damn puppy.... She currently has a mastiff puppy that loves to jump and hasn't had its nails trimmed, but she doesn't know if shes gonna keep it or not.... But anyway the jumping and the nails have made for my arms being hellascratched up.... BEar is still the big sweetie pie... And Tabasco.... Well its amazing how well mannered he is compared to the last time I dogsat for him.... Course last I did he was about 4 monthes old and had a case of the runs.... Didn't make for the greatest weekend there.... But I don't knwo what Nat thinks she can do with 2 mastiffs and a lab if she decides to keep the puppy....
Anywho Linz went to Austin today with some of her friends and we have an invite to Corpus next weekend for Micheals bday... He turns the big 1! :0) Its the day b4 Randy Rogers at the Firehouse and Blue October downtown (still dont know which of those I'm going to....). Anyway I'm gonna go cuz its really hard to type.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 10:43 PM 0 Comments