Not Your Average Jane

Racetrack... Thursday night.... Fun times... FINALLY saw the Joshes play... Bout damn time... I wish I could say I remember more of it but I was talking and meandering around quite a bit... They had a cute skinny dood playing with them... I think they said his name was Chris? (or is that Kris? I've seen it both ways...) Wade made a few guest appearances... even did an SPM song and knew the rap word for word... I was impressed.... the fact he was hot had nothing to with that... his cousin Paul was hot too.... i love muscley guys, especially when i get to touch em with for no apparent reason.... Hence my constant ass slapping/touching/pinching of Paul... damn, that boy had a nice ass.... and its very rare to find a guy that hot thats also a sweetie... He looked like a baseball guy but I could be wrong and just obsessed with baseball... :) My future hubbie pitched tonight and we won like 7-5 or something.... I can dig that...
I wound up wearing my new white poncho with a tank top and jeans after like a day or so of deliberating... I went to work and when I got off at 6, I changed clothes in the dressing room. On the way out there I get 'misplaced' for almost an hour and get there at 715... When I talked to Sean later that night he's laughed and said it was another episode of Adventures With Ali.... I never get lost... I just find very creative ways to get places.... :)
Anyway so I get there and meet up with Rachel and them... and Alison came with a friend... Rick showed up with some of his friends... It was good times all around... I fell in lust at least 5 times... couple of hot and amazingly nice guys (gasp I know its like an oxymoron but its the truth...) both of whom left with other girls... damn the luck... the cute one playing with the Joshes... and then the ones I just drooled over...
I got home about midnight and recieved an invite out to Kemah... yeah no.... But I also before I left got invited to go out with a group of friends at the track... Damn work and getting up early...
Got to work early amazingly enough.... Found out Thompson's become like Elvis... Everyone seems to have spotted him around town but no one's been able to talk to him in weeks...
All U would tell me was that he was 'in some kind of trouble'... Um, okay.... Color me confused....
Also found out La doesn't like Pat anymore... I was shocked to say the least... I dont remember her exact reason but yeah.... She doesn't like Pat... Wow... She's also a dork... She thought she could get Rockets tix no prob... She doesnt seem to realize its the PLAYOFFS!!!! and if you get tix you have to be famous or rich or both....
Didn't go to Galveston today... Sure we woke up early but the girls didnt come over till 1 and then we went to lunch at Pei Wei... Got done by 330... Mom asked if I still wanted to try and with the weather being as icky as it was and the time being so late I said nah... We went to see a movie called Millions at the River Oaks theater... kinda eh.... bout 2 kids that find a bunch on money and what happens to them... kind of a British/BBC kinda Blank Check deal.... the money's stolen and one of the thieves is tryin to get it back... the lil kid speaks to saints who appear to him throughout the movie... very odd....
Also went to Petsmart and fell in love over and over.... I soooo need a pet.... there were some cute kittens and then they had the worlds cutest shepard/rott/lab mixes, brother and sister, the boy looked like a long haired rott and the baby girl looked like a black lab.... and then there was the beagle/basset mix named Cassie.... I sat there rubbing her tummy for the longest time... She was sooo chubby and just happy to be loved on... *sigh* I prolly shouldn't have gone but I couldn't help myself...
I had a dream about wasps the other night.... after looking it up, as per Kara's suggestion I found that dreams about wasps mean: To see a wasp in you dream, signifies angry thoughts and feelings.
To dream that you are stung by a wasp, symbolizes growing envy and hatred towards you.
To dream that you kill a wasp, signifies your fearlessness to ward off your enemies and maintain your ethics and rights.
ok so they stung me 2 or 3 times, and I dont remember if I killed them or not.... So now I'm wondering if that means 2 or 3 people envy or hate me? that'd be no bueno....
oh... I also found out Nat turned in my resume to Scott's company for an office manager job.... if the current one doesn't improve performance wise, the may be giving me a call... Monday- Thursday 10 am - 7 pm at 10-12 $'s an hour... Only drawback.... Its in Katy... So we'll wait and see....
and I've had other friends tell me they'll keep their ears to the ground for me so hopefully something comes of it.... I would love to be somewhere else before the end of May....
i believe thats it....
laters.

posted by Ali @ 10:54 PM 0 Comments

Today has been a long ass day.... Got up at 9, was supposed to be up at 830... supposed to meet lauren at 930, got there at 945... art was supposed to get here at noon and he was here at 1130.... i was supposed to be at my interview at 230... i got there 5 minutes late.... once or twice being late is usual for me but this is ridiculous.... let me start at the beginning... Picked la up and took her to work at 945... went home, on the way was thinking if i'd put on work out clothes I would have had just enough time to stop at the park and go once around... went home, cleaned house and art got here at 1130, so its prolly a good thing I didnt go to the park.... finished cleaning house, and showered and got ready for my interview... ate lunch, left a lil after 2.... got there at 235 on the dot... that damn light at campbell and I 10... ugh.... fucker took 15 minutes to get through... went to my interview late... got offered a 6 75 job and had to turn it down cuz theres no way I can live on that, sorry... went and picked La up at work so she could go get her car.... ran some errands for mom... came home, changed clothes... played on the internet... went to Blockbuster and bought some used movies... while I was at Blockbuster the guy I interviewed with called me.... blah blah misunderstanding... blah blah... yes it is 8 an hour but we have no openings... we'll definately keep you in mind though... blah blah... thanks a lot.... thanks for wasting my time... ugh... I wasn't expecting much after the interview on the spot yesterday but COME ON.... came home, made lunch 4 tommorrow, watched Seabiscuit (finally) and talked to mom a bit.... i dont remember eating dinner so did I? I have no idea... im not hungry now so I m assuming so.... :)
So let me go back and explain something... I went to Loehmanns after work yesterday and filled out an application... I turn into the manager thinking that they'd call me in a few days... Nope. He interviewed me on the spot.... I was soooo unprepared and flustered I thought I'd bombed it for shizzle... He told me to come back at 230 today and he'd let me know... so thats why I went back today....
found out backe's pitching Saturday night at home and I can't go cuz I'm goin to Galveston instead... Mom, the girls, Baby and I are goin to do an early lunch and then mom and I are goin to head out... I'm kinda glad no one else is goin cuz we dont all like to do the same things... Mom likes to do what I like to do... Moody Mansion (or some other historic point), the Strand, walk on the sea wall, seafood dinner (last few times have been Guido's... though theres a kick ass shrimp place behind the Galvez... like on ave O I think... the Shrimp Bucket or Shrimp and Stuff i think its called... we usually look for it and then after giving up, find it... lol... They seriously have every kind of shrimp you can imagine - think Forrest Gump...) and home....
now I'm just gonna go finish getting ready for work and the race track and go to bed.... laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:17 PM 0 Comments

"put your big girl panties on and deal with it."

a josh norman -esque post.... at least part of it....
I dont get insulted easily so its more humorous than angry.... So some guy trying to hawk his wares on GW gets all insulted cuz someone makes a comment he doesn't like... one comment out of a 4 or 5 page thread, geezus.... put your big girl panties on and deal with it. Good advice there.... He gets defended and defensive... drama drama drama.... finally the thread goes to thread heaven but not until after I hi jack it with a Trailers comment.... :) So later on I go to my Yahoo messenger and i have this long ass off line message from him..... all whiny and tryin to insult me... put your big girl panties on and deal with it.
Too bad he doesn't realize his lil snub doesn't mean shit to me. You can talk shit about me all you want... You can talk shit to me I dont care... I'm more likely to laugh in your face than get in a fight... I'm really laid back like that..... put your big girl panties on and deal with it. Remind me I need to thank Renea for that line in her sig, its reallly applying here.... :)
ANYWAY other more pleasant stuff.... This weekend I was gonna go to HB and to see Bleu but I did neither... Friday I was out in Kemah with Sean watching LOTR... halfway through we stopped so i could get fries at wendy's... came back and by the time we finished the 1st movie it was like 11 and I had to work saturday.... so I worked Saturday, planned on goin to see Bleu at the Firehouse but I didnt... Sean and B came over and we continued the movie marathon got through the 2nd movie that night... one day we'll do all 3 I swear..... hehehe.... Sunday, I worked... whoo hoo... Sunday night, went to the grocery store.... Monday I was off and barely did jack.... read, made some phone calls, played on GW, and somehow lost my copy of Seabiscuit.... and I really wanted to watch it too dammit.... Talked to Nat on her way home from Victoria and got caught up and she made some potential job suggestions.... I'm working today from 945 to 6 and I'm off Wednesday... Thursday I'm working 945 to 6 again and then goin out to the racetrack to see the Josh Ward Band.... Friday I work the same hours and Saturday I'm off and tentatively have plans to go to Galveston.... thats bout it for nows.... laters...

posted by Ali @ 1:09 AM 0 Comments

I am sooooo in love.... I have found the perfect mate... No words can state how much in love I am... No, its not a man... Its not a woman (sorry my name is Alison not Ellen... ). Its these jeans I got at Old Navy... I have seriously have never put on a pair of pants that fit so well and were soooo freaking comfy... :)
So yeah I spent almost 90$'s at Old Navy yesterday... got 2 pairs of jeans... including my true love... a cute as hell purse and some new tanks and plain t's... i still need capris and some sandals and perhaps a new bathing suit before I'm fully ready for summer, wardrobe wise... ran some other errands... felt like a snob goin into walmart... spent like 60$'s there....
ok lets see... worked today but Dora left me alone most of the day so I got no complaints... the new guy reminds me of Dusty (crazy and in jail Dusty not GW Dusty...) and I always wanna call him Chaz.... he looks like him kinda (chaz not Dusty...)... and he's got Dusty's whole I'm white but i'll act ghetto anyway attitude... he's only 21 I found out today and straight... but he has a single piercing in each lobe... looks really gay to me... so I'm thinking no on him as a potential anything.... was arrested 2 weeks ago, so that just sealed the deal...
lets see... off 2morrow... need to make some phone calls, run some more errands... and i STILL dont know if I'm goin to Jack/EYB or Honeybrowne... Saturday I work 1-8 and I'm goin to BEB/MMC at the Firehouse... i work all day sunday and I'm off Monday... whoo hoo...
oooo i got a call from the ex... i was on the floor and didnt hear my phone but he left a VM... he wants me to come see him since he'll be in town and 'see what happens'... um no i think not....
i wish i could prove someway that I'm over him, cuz I know I am and most everyone else realizes that but it seems like he thinks he can pick up anytime he wants to... Um, no. I was talkin to Sean about it while I was at work and he's like you should just show up with some hot guy and make out with him in front of the ex... I'm tempted realllly tempted... But unfortunately the ex has met most of the guys I know and would recognize it for the ruse it was... Sean then suggested I just grab some random guy and make out with em in front of the ex... Too bad I'm a lil prudish... Never thought I'd say that.... shocking...
speaking of Sean... we were driving down westheimer the other day and we see this guy, big big BIG guy (ie enormously fat) and I go DOOD that guy has man boobs... Sean's like those aren't man boobs those are Anna Nicole boobs!! I of course being a smart ass go.... I wonder if she knows he has them? we both bust a gut....
on that note I think I'm goin to watch harry potter or something... laters.

posted by Ali @ 9:49 PM 0 Comments

So I've been thinking alot today... Nothing really productive came of it... I just managed to come up with yet more questions that I don't have answers to...
Mainly, I've been wondering why Mom DIDNT share with me exactly what was goin on when I was growing up? And if she had would I be any better off? But on the other hand what if she did tell me but I can't remember? Thats entirely possible...
Then I heard about some drama at work... Wahab said something to Cruz and I may have misinterpreted (though I didnt realize that was possible till later in the day)... BUT I heard that Wahab threatened to beat Cruz up... No idea why, but then I heard that Frank and Rodney witnessed this and when confronted by Dora, pleaded ignorance... That to me just doesn't sound like the guys I know... Or do I know them at all?
If it is true does that make Rodney a hypocrite? He claims to be all loving and a good Christian and stuff... But if thats true would he lie to protect a friend (admirable I admit but wrong if that friend threatens someone's safety)? So yeah day goes on and I learn the fight actually took place like 2 weeks ago and Wahab and Cruz had been fighting (only verbally sparring) over their American citizenship... No idea if the rest of that stuff is true or not...
Speaking of work... there's a new guy, Chase... Very cute... Young, blond, one of those white boys who likes to act bad ass like he's black... He also (BIG BONUS) likes Pat Green and Jack Ingram.... And huge bonus points cuz he knows about and has been to the Firehouse... Still can't decide whether he's straight or not though... I think he is but I've been fooled before...
Also found out that Anthony is a pitcher on his school's baseball team... I'm screwed....
I also deposited my refund check today before work... I think 2morrow i'm hitting up some stores in search of some cute clothes... Gap Inc stores, look out... :)
I've also been worrying about a guy I don't really know and a situation I only know the bare bones of... Lots of questions there too... But for now since I don't know him or the situation I'm gonna leave it alone... I really wanna to call this guy Big Gage cuz this situation reminds me a lil of Gage's stuff last year...
Also at work... I had my 6 month review today and got a pay cut... Big surprise... Still upset me but I knew it was coming...
Got in the car after work and popped in some Blue and it made my afternoon...
Astros won tonight.... Backe pitched till the 7th inning... Very nice... Now his record is 1- 0. Willy T got his first ever major league homer.... I'm like a proud parent or something now... :) Laters.

posted by Ali @ 10:52 PM 0 Comments

I've had an eye opening evening... I filled out the application for U of O and I needed to get my ACT/SAT scores... Mom's like oh yeah those are prolly out in the garage in the big file cabinet under Alison testing... Ok, so i go out to the garage and I'm diggin through the files sure enough there's Alison testing... Take it out and theres a bunch of stuff on my testing for my ADD and learning disabilities (I have em and I'm not PC enough to say 'difficulties or differences'...) over my entire life, from like 3 years old on... Actaully one when I was 3, one when I was 6, another when I was 8, yet another one in 8th grade, and the last one when I was 17... Now after almost minoring in Special Ed I understood the majority of what was being said and so much of my life made since... Its like that last missing puzzle piece just suddenly slipped into place and boom, I'm whole... Its the world's weirdest yet most awesome feeling... I understand myself in a way I never did... I read all those reports and tests and results and psychological evaluations and I was like yea yea yea... thats right... damn, i didnt know that... only one thing i really found to disagree with... something about how much anger i had toward men... I was 8 and my parents were divorced (had just finished getting divorced actaully...) and one shrink said I had issues with my dad and I did cuz I felt like he abandoned us to an extent... but this shrink said because of something I said about an ink blot that i wanted to behead men... um... angry at my father yes, psychotic enough to wish beheading on all men? no... But so much other stuff I didnt understand made sense and some stuff even holds true to this day... very wow moment for me...
laters.

posted by Ali @ 9:56 PM 0 Comments

How do you politely tell someone you can't stand em? And how do you tell someone else who is a perfect doll that you can't stand his music? ugh....
Let me start at the beginning here... Gave this guy (the first one) my #, even though I wasn't at all attracted to him and he has a gf... He's called me not once or twice in the 3 days since but FOUR times, and that was just Saturday and Sunday... He hasn't called today, thank God... Maybe the fact I'm not answering tells him something? Thank goodness I had the foresight to put him in my address book so I could know when he called and ignore it... ugh, and he's text me a few times too... Good God he's persistant and annoying...
the other person... I adore this person and they've got a killa voice acoustic but recorded sounded very tin - ey and twangy... I want to support them but I dont feel as though I can put my whole heart into it... Should I lie to them and tell them I love their sound? Technically I do... Acoustically.... ugh....
And whats happened to me saying I was gonna seperate myself from the music scene? The people who go, the musicians, everything... This weekend alone, I did an instore with Hayes Carll Wednesday, Thursday was Stoney and Cody and Friday was Boland... This week, Friday is either Jack or HB Friday and Bleu/Motorcars Saturday... next week, who knows?
The past week or so I've had this intense urge to go to the beach and just wiggle my toes in the sand... Its all I really want to do... So why am I being lazy on my day off and not doing shit?
I work 2morrow and I'm off Wednesday... I thought about tryin to go to the game 2morrow night but I'd have to take a tardy in order to get there by 1st pitch... And guess whose pitching? ;) If you guessed Backe... You'd be right... I think everyone knows about about my thing for him... People at work and on GW... Even my freakin mom knows....
ah well... i have to go to walgreens and pick up my Nexium... laters.

posted by Ali @ 4:09 PM 0 Comments

Ok so last night I was at the firehouse (much like the night b4 – but we’ll get to that in a sec…). Tonight Boland was playing… new fiddler, Noah… very cute in a barely legal way… Not many people I knew there… A handful of GW people and I found William Wallace by accident… We later went out to breakfast/dinner at House of Pies… But since it was my first ‘official’ Boland show I have to say I was really really impressed overall… I knew he was a good musician acoustic but plugged in full band was bad ass… Didn’t really get to talk to him much but did get my panties autographed (the pink ones I bought that say free pony rides not the ones I was wearing…). What I really need is a pair of panties that say “You Can’t Afford This Ride”... hehehehe… If I ever get famous and have my own merch THOSE are SOOOO getting made… And I FINALLY got a hell pony sticker… not the big one I wanted but one nonetheless… Didn’t get to harass Monty, he looked harassed enough though poor thing… Jason did a dedication for a dead soldier (since there were a bunch of Marines there – that made me think about calling Natalie… and even though he didn’t look like he was sure he really wanted to do it…) Dub got up on stage with Jason and did a verse for Boys from Oklahoma which was soooo kick ass… The bassist from the opening band (Magee Payne)looked a bit like Manny from the Trailers… bigger nose and ears but overall similar… and his lead guitarist looked like someone I STILL can’t place… I want to say Alex from HB but I think that’s just me… too bad he had a girlfriend…The boys all around me during the show, wouldn’t stop tryin to annoy me… WTF? Ice in every opening of your clothing is only funny for so long… Then its butt kicking time… One of em even told me that me goin to look at my grocery list (which I found by accident in one of my pockets) was sexy…. I had no reply for that… I made a shit load of DDs and I almost called B after proud souls… I come home and he’s left me a comment on here… sometimes I think we’re like psychic about each other… but that’s beside the point… So yeah W and I went to house of pies afterwards… We conversed… It was pleasant and fun, and we may or may not try to go to a Stros game this season together…
Dora was off Friday, today and 2morrow, so we’re all slacking big time…
Thursday night was Stoney and Cody at the Firehouse… fun fun times… lots of covers and a few new songs… Some guy told me (after I told him which high school I graduated from – Memorial) that I looked like a Memorial girl… I’m not sure that’s a good or bad thing.. I’m goin to see Stoney again on the 6th of May when Brian opens for him… Still waiting for Ryan Turner to come up with some more tour dates…
I still have to decide between Jack and Eli Young or Honeybrowne Friday though…. Ugh… Never seen Jack and its EYB’s CD release party… Though I’ve been getting complaints I don’t go to enough HB shows… Considering the sources I’m not surprised…
Anyway most of the guys I met/saw I mentally compared to a certain pitcher who shall remain nameless… *wink wink nudge nudge* How bad am I?
Also I was talking to one of the guys in ladies shoes and he was saying how Thompson had only been in to work one day and no ones heard from him in over a week…. Not even me… Weird…
Warm fuzzy moment for the day… Theres this homeless guy on the way to work with 3 dogs and I was driving by today and a Hummer had stopped and its owner was giving the guy one of those huge bags of dog food (you know the kind so big they barely fit in the shopping cart…). Funny as hell moment for the day – Meeting a lil 5 year old girl named Zena, who had no qualms about introducing herself to everyone in sight and telling you how old she is, how old she’d be when she grew up and then she counted to 10… Her mom said she was always like that… Very energetic and precocious and made me smile most of the afternoon…
So I’ve also been to Cactus today and I got Hotel Rwanda and the 2nd Bridget Jones movie… B is currently on the way over and I had whataburger for dinner already… annoyed him to find that out… hehehe… You can’t eat pizza every freaking day, hon… So yeah I’m outtie to wait for him and watch these movies… Mom’s over at Johns for the night so B’ll prolly crash over here… that’s bout it for now… laters.

posted by Ali @ 9:04 PM 0 Comments

I had something brilliant and insightful and marvelously great to write about... But I can't remember what. Go me... :) So instead I'll just recap my monday and tuesday....
Monday. Woke up late. ran some errands. made a phone call or 3... one of which was to radio shack to fix the new phones... I'm on hold like half an hour and then someone finally comes on and we're chatting and shes like check the battery pack... FIRST THING she says to fix it... I open it and go oh shit. Guess what? The battery wasn't connected... I felt like such a blond... So after that I went to the Galleria and then I met Sean at the movie theater off I 10... We saw Fever Pitch, a VERY cute movie... that combined with the reading of Johnny Damon's book have made me *gasp* A RED SOX FAN! :) I'm very happy the 'stros may never play em cuz I dont think I could pick one over the other now... So Sean treated me to dinner... at the movies... hot dog and a coke... he really knows how to impress a girl I tell ya... afterwards we talked about sneakin into Sahara since it started in a few minutes but didn't cuz Laurie was due back in town about 7 ish.... So I come home.... go run some more errands and come home and get on the puter... make my lunch for today, go to bed and wake up and go to work today. whoo hoo.... I went in about 940 and Dora came in about 11... I went to lunch after one with Gloria and came back at like 230... work is boring... i actaully at one point took out the book I'm currently reading (this one on the hurricane of 1900 in Galveston - I actaully gave a history lesson to Cruz since he grew up in South Carolina and has no idea about Texas history...) and was reading it on the floor... go to take a break.... Glo comes up shortly after i do and we wind up talkin for like an hour in the break room... this is normal, we both slack on the clock... me cuz I dont care about the job and Glo cuz shes 6 monthes preggers... So she HAS to... hell even a couple of the managers walk by every now and then and make sure she's eating and resting and doin ok.... its like Dillards is skeerd she's gonna pop on the clock... hehehe... anyway so we're comin out of the break room and I see Dora... at least her back and Glo literally shoves me out the door past her and Dora, tellin me to run... Who am I to argue? I got to the y b4 the escalators and Glo finally caught up with me and we were both laughing our asses off and Dora was no where in sight.... it was greatness... even better I only have another hour left before I could leave.... :) So 6 rolls around I jet.... go to Target and get home barely in time for Idol... Eat dinner, play on GW and read a book... also watched the Sandlot... :) I haven't seen that movie in sooooo long... its cute and i totally understand why I used to have a thing for Mike Vitar.... He's an adorable kid.... Least he was... Don't know how he's grown up... haven't really seen a lot of him since the Sandlot.... ah well... I'm off 2morrow... don't know what i'm gonna do yet.... theres an in store at Cactus at 6... Hayes Carll... Thursday I work 945 to 6 and Stoney and Cody are at the Firehouse.... Friday I work 945 to 5 and its either Burke at the Sidecar or Boland at the Firehouse... I soooo can't decide.... Brian's threatened to kick my ass if I dont go.... But I've never seen Boland and I realllllllllllllly want a hell pony sticker, the pony panties and to bug Monty.... what to do what to do..... ah well I'll figure it out eventually.... lets see.... I haven't mentioned my future hubbie yet... He pitches Thursdays game at NY... If my guess is right he pitches on Monday here... and I'm looking at getting tix... I asked linz if she wanted to go with and I got a dont know... let you know... but then I had woken her up... that could have something to do with it.... hehehe... I'm also thinking about volunteering for Astros in Action, who want an autobiogrpahical blurb and what you'd be interested in doing for them and just playing around on a rough draft I was like anything where I can ogle Brandon Backe.... hehehehe.... I was talkin to some people about that and I joked the poor man prolly would want a restraining order against me... and thats BEFORE I attacked and had my way with him.... ;) when in fact if I ever do meet him I'm more likely to act like an idiot and not do a damn thing.... all talk and all that jazz.... hmmm not much else occuring here.... laters.

posted by Ali @ 10:50 PM 2 Comments

Sean and I got into a conversation earlier about me and why I dig baseball… or sports in general… I was like have you ever been to a game? (knowing the answer is yes, we’ve been together for goodness sakes…) And I’m like remember how you felt when your team scored or made an awesome play? Or the smells around you? There’s nothing else like it in the world… and I realize I just completely romantized something that’s not really romantic but I was tryin to make a point… that lead into a conversation about my choices in men… He made a very good point. I love something (ie music, sports, etc…) that just sorta overflows into digging the guys that do it… Prolly why I don’t date a lot of business men or ‘stuffed shirt’ types... hehehe… Sean said stuffed shirt not me… I BLAME HIM FOR THAT… hahahaha…. Anyway this all stemmed from a conversation about why I dig the stuff I dig… Amazing how much some of them had in common… So at the moment I’m really into baseball since it is baseball season… I was telling him I love the atmosphere, the lights, popcorn, and yelling fans… He’s like sounds like why you like goin to concerts… I was like no… wait yeah kinda… ok so it does… Coincidence? I don’t know…
Coincidence I currently have a thing for Brandon Backe? Nope…
Speaking of which I was told after that last post, I’m not getting any lovin’ from him… All I could say was good thing he’s in NYC on a roadtrip for the next couple of days… We both laughed…
Strange dreams I’ve been having about that man… Not even the usual sex dreams… Let’s just say they were strange but I liked em a lot… :0) A WHOLE LOT… hehehe…
So what’s new with me… hmm… Mom came back from Dallas early, lucky for me I was here and I had cleaned yesterday (with some help from Sean)… She still managed to have a complaint or 2… But I know that’s just how she is and roll with it… I’m also glad Sean wasn’t here… THAT would have surprised the hell outta her… She’s never met my guys… Actually she’s met very few of my friends or exes in general… I just try to keep them apart… I know she’s a cool parent but she tends to be a bit judgmental… As much as I love her and as much as I love my friends I don’t want either hurt…
I don’t remember when Sean left… He went home for a few hours Saturday and then he came back about 9 or so Saturday and crashed here last night and left sometime after dawn but before noon….that narrows it down… hehehe…
Random… The Buffy musical episode is on SWEET!!!!! I own the DVD of this season but its nice its on TV too… And its in the beginning too, even better!!! :0) I so want to sing along… I know like all the words thanks to Heather… and Kazaa and owning the DVDs… ok screw it I’m closing the door and singing along… :0) scary I can quote the dialogue word for word too… ah well… oh my god I’m cured I want the boys… hehehe… I love this show… too bad it got canceled or whatever… reminds me Saturday was Meg’s bday… oh shit… also reminds me… I was at Blockbuster the other day and I saw a Buffy magazine… Its been over like a year and still a current magazine? WTF? Ah well you make me complete… you make me complete… I love sing alongs… :0) ok I’m gone for reals… Time to watch this with my full attention and not just half an eye… which technically would be one eye I suppose… :0) laters.

posted by Ali @ 12:13 AM 2 Comments

ok before reading this post theres a few things you should keep in mind... 1. I dont know much about baseball but I still dig it....
2. I do have a huge crush on Brandon Backe and I know he has the potential to be a great ball player... (Not becuz I dig him but because he's shown consistant improvement over the years and I feel like he's got no where to go but up.... Once he has more experience and gets his control problems taken care of I think he can be one of the MLB's great pitchers... )

Ok those things said... I'm gonna be ultra critical (at least ultra critical for me)... I dont really usually pay attention to the pitcher, at least not with the same scrutiny I was giving Backe (which could have something to do with it)... BUT.... How could he throw so many balls and let so many guys walk? Isn't the objective to strike out hitters so that one they cant score and two you can get to bat and have the potential to score? I sorta understand why he pitched 5 or 6 innings cuz thats the way it works so the pitcher's arm doesnt get too tired... I dont remember what else I was gonna say about him, but the Astros won in the 9th so I'm happy...
I'd have been happier had I been there to see it but I'll take what I can get... All i can say is thank God for the internet.... I got the play by play on the mlb.com.... very nice... Have I mentioned how awesome it is that its baseball season again? If I havent.... It is.... :)
Hot boys in tight pants.... thats just a bonus.... :)
So I'm off work all weekend.... I was gonna go to the Boil... didnt... Sean was over last night and crashed here.... i've missed my snuggly bunny butthead... he's sooo gonna kick my ass when he reads that.... ah well its been a good life.... :) He helped me put that song I wrote a week or so ago to music... as usual a musical genius..... or something like that.... we also watched Major League and Major League 2.... (again cuz its baseball season.....) I painted my toenails and fingernails too...
B's been busy lately.... lots of writing to do.... elise called me a couple of times last night, very very happy.... hehehe.... I ran a bunch of errands yesterday.... bought some cute clothes.... As soon as my refund from the IRS I'm gettin some more.... i really am goin to update my wardrobe.... it needs it.... no idea whats goin on tommorrow or today.... astros play and its televised and I'm off.... maybe I'll see a movie with the girls or something... speaking of which they both learned about my school problem today.... got the usual sympathy.... or lack there of... ah well... I'm suprised mom hadn't told em.... I only told em cuz linz told me her friend Steph had the roomie from hell and was lookin for a replacement.... ok i think I'm goin to bed.... mom comes home later today and I have to finish cleaning the house.... not much left to do... vaccuum and windex some stuff.... not too bad at all... laters....

posted by Ali @ 1:35 AM 0 Comments

So I was off work today.... and yet still couldn't stay away from the mall... hehehe.... Got my hair cut and went to the bookstore... also did some window shopping for some new clothes... I need to update my wardrobe a lil bit... then went to best buy and got a bunch of cheap baseball movies... then went to academy and got a couple of t shirts (UT and Astros)... then to Borders where I got Johnny Damon's book Idiot... Then went to La Madeleine for dinner... came home and worked on laundry... watched american idol and went to the grocery store... came home to find I'd missed the astros game... we won... whoo hoo... :) By the way I'm really into baseball, if anyone couldn't tell.... I LIVE for the season... The fact Brandon Backe plays for the Astros helps a bit... :)
By the way I'm goin to marry him... Sure he doesn't know it yet but thats beside the point.... :)
On a more serious note.... I've talked to Matt almost every day.... BUT I don't think anything will come of it... Boy's already got 3 strikes against him.... 1. Being friends with the ex, 2. his name is Matt, 3. and he's a musician... Yeah 3 strikes and you're out, buddy... Actaully 4 strikes... He also lives in another city 3 hours away.... No matter how great a guy he is, the circumstances just aren't right... We talked about this as well and he understands that, doesn't like it but he understands... Also with all this school stuff goin on I don't know if I really should be getting involved with anyone at the moment...
I also got to thinking today... I really need to start distancing myself from the music scene a bit and maybe even GW... Its like thats become my life and other things seem to be falling by the wayside... That and this whole me dating musicians thing has got to stop. and the only way i can think to do that is to be around them a whole lot less.... and widen my circle of friends so that music isn't my WHOLE life as it seems to have become... I thought about skipping the Boil and goin to the Stros game but I already told a bunch of peeps I'd be there so I will... and I'm already commited to a bunch of stuff next week so starting the last week of April, the # of shows I go to is gonna get cut down... Who knows maybe I can meet some nice guy at the grocery to have a date with on a Friday night once in a while instead... If I get too bored staying home or unable to find other things to do I may start back but for now I think that may be my plan... k, thats about it for now...
laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:14 PM 0 Comments

I dont think I mentioned one thing about friday night... the guy who gave us the CDs... Looked amazingly like Jackass.... Check it out... (thanks for the link, Heather!!) http://www.lesliedoakband.com/
Kinda scary... Put a few various piercings on Jackass and make him a nicer guy and boom, there you have it.... (those at Ozarks know who Jackass is.... ;) )
lets see... went to work Monday. Came home... Got gas in the car since I was almost on e.... the cheapest I've been able to find is 2.08 over by the mall so I just went there... got home, mom came home right after me... we visited for a few minutes both complaining about how tired we were... i changed into my regular clothes and laid down... I joke about a lot of stuff but sleep has rarely been one of the things I crack jokes about... So I wake up and look at the clock and its 840... ok I'll stretch and get up I'm thinking... Nope. Pulled the covers up and close my eyes again... Only to wake up at 1130 to my phone ringing... It was Matt.... *sigh/drool* Poor thing was so apoligetic about waking me up... I told him I could think of no better reason to get up than talk to him... (yeah big awww moment there...) So we talk for a while... I got invited to go to Austin this weekend, but I'll be in Conroe/Livingingston most of the weekend. I still don't know whats going on with him but I think I'll take the wait and see approach... The ex factor is still a consideration but I dont think it really matters that they're friends... I still talk to him occasionally and we get along for the most part (except when he's callin for a booty call...) and he's told me I deserve better.... I know that but its nice to have heard him say it... Actaully hold up... I'm thinking here about a conversation we once had, after I'd met Matt the first time... I was saying what a doll I thought he was and B2 was like yeah he's a great guy, you should be dating him instead of me... holy shit.... I had seriously almost forgotten that.... whoa... weirdness....
So Matt and I talked... I just like saying his name, is that odd? I mean I realize for the most part how most guys with that same name are nothing but trouble (with the exception of a handful of guys) but I won't hold his name against him... Other things yes... ;) His name? Nah...
So I don't know when I'm goin to see him again... Before this last weekend I think the last time I saw him was back before Christmas... I mean we talked on the phone occasionally and emailed random shit to each other but I hadn't gotten my Matt fix in monthes... wowza.... Thats prolly the longest I've gone without seeing him... I forgot to call him when I was in Austin for Reckless back in February... Darn me...
Turns out he was out of town but it would have been nice to call him.
ok enough about me raving about my newest .... No idea what he is yet... But i think I'll enjoy finding out.... :)
so i work again today from 945 to 6... off wednesday... thursday 945 to 6 and friday through monday I'm off... hopefully wednesday I'll get my questions about school answered, talk to Nancie and get my hair cut and maybe even a pedicure... Friday I'll get my car taken care of and then Saturday and Sunday I'll be in Conroe/Livingston for the big Crawfish Boil and maybe I'll stay sunday night for PDB, I still don't know about that yet... not much else new here....
laters....

posted by Ali @ 12:07 AM 0 Comments

lets see friday.... friday night... oh my... I got a call from a very dear friend as I was getting ready to go... He demanded to know why I wasnt already at the Firehouse hanging out with them... I told him I was about to walk out the door and he was appeased... I get there don't find them.... go outside and make a phone call... come back in and am grabbed by some peeps I know from GW... Then M (ie the 'very dear friend' that called before I left the house....)wanders by.... one of the girls i was talking to grabs his butt... he looks over at me like what the hell are you doin with them? All I could do was mouth the word later, he nodded and pointed back toward the stage... I nodded and he left... So I'm just jamming with the opening band (skyline drive) and me and Heather are dancing... and the manager (cute - never did learn his name) came by and gave us their demo free.... Nice.... So I finally go get a drink and get the chance to go talk to M and Co... They felt like I was jumping ship.... (I think I've been adopted as the lil sister/mascot for a lot of these guys since the big break up... Its a very cool feeling...) I told em what with the various gf's there I didnt really feel comfortable so I'd just go ahead and hang with the other girls... They were pretty understanding but M for some reason really wanted me close by... okay..... I can deal with that... So I went back the GW group and moved closer to the stage.... Not really where I wanted to be but still right by my speaker... :) So wade and co wow the crowd as usual... Dorkus kept looking over at me and winking... wth?
M did his stupid lil grab... o so attractive.... *eye roll*
Anyway night goes on I end up takin care of Heather... No biggie, I'm usual the babysitter of the drunk... I'm actually kinda used to it by now... And I really don't mind... I like knowning my friends are safe and sometimes the only way to do that is take care of em myself.... Thank goodness the Co understood... Most of em were distracted by the gf's all except M... He kept making faces at me... He's such a silly bastard...
anyway so at the end of the night I'm following heather around and we go back to the side of the stage much to my chagrin (haven't been back there since the break up and the gf's were all back there at the time....)... Somehow we're thrown out... I wasnt really paying attention... I was a lil caught up, looking at the door half expecting the ex to walk in... as i had most of the night.... my phone died back during the opening band so I not only couldnt make DD's I couldnt get any calls... I found out after that I had 5 missed calls and 4 new VMs... 3 calls from the ex... 2 messages... one inviting me to the thing at u of h and the 2nd to say he didnt think he'd be at the FH.... one VM from M wondering where I'd gone to after the show... and one from linz... so i followed Heather from the bar back to the Days Inn down the street and checked my VMs... Called M back and he told me to get my ass over to their hotel room now... So I go to their room and I get M and co unplugged.... It was so awesome.... I dont know why but M and I started flirting and talking and drinking Jager Bombs.... and then there were like just the 2 of us left.... (everyone else had gone to bed or passed out) it was really.... interesting... So instead of the early night I planned.... I got home at almost 5 am.... I then proceeded to call M and let him know I'd gotten home safe, as requested... Seriously, the last of the true gentlemen... He opens doors without being asked or thinking about it, and all that good stuff.... :) and his voice is like honey... *sigh*
So Saturday I went to work at noon, half dead... Dora left me alone most of the day... never paged me or anything I was really surprised... I thought about taking a tardy cuz it was so slow and I didnt feel good ( lil hung over ). I stayed till close... Brian was there till 6 and he is such a flirt.... He went to a lingerie party last night (according to him when I talked to him today - sucked except for the getting drunk... ). Came home, thought about goin to John evans at the FH and read a book instead and went to bed early.... after resetting all the clocks of course.... (lots of people were late to work today because of that... ) Today Dora wasn't there so of course I slacked big time... duh... I talked to M for almost an hour up in the break room... more flirting and talking and stuff... I don't know whats goin on there we've known each other for a couple of years and we met cuz I dated a friend of his... But I think for the moment I'm just gonna let it ride and see what if anything happens... I did manage to impress him... I told him I didn't hate the ex, that took too much energy away from other things... I didn't love him anymore or like or even respect him... I just feel indifferent to him and I've told him as much. He then proceeded to ask me if I'd ever date a musician again... I told him I really didn't know... I know B2 is one of a zillion musicians and I've seen a lot of guys being faithful and true to their wives/girlfriends, etc so I know its possible... All he did was hmm... I really wanted to ask him why but I didnt... He's actually goin to call here a lil bit.... Why am I excited? Its not like we've never talked on the phone for crying out loud.... ok, I'm gonna go eat some din din.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 7:43 PM 0 Comments

i'm so trying to motivate myself to get up and get ready to go to wade.... the fact i know the ex will be there isn't helping me.... bastard even called me while I was out running errands this afternoon... wanted to see if I'd be there.... aye que dios mia??? ah well, i see him there i'll live.... i dont go... i dont see him at all... i'm seeing the benefits of NOT gettin ready to go.... :) seriously I dont care if he's there or not.... i really am having a hell of a time gettin motivated to go... i could just go over to Sean's since Laurie's out of town and get him to set a poem I have to music....
lets see what else to blog about... oooooo....
The school situation... Not resolved yet. But mom and I talked about it (like we havent a million times already..) and we decided I'm goin to reapply and if things don't work out (my questions aren't answered satisfactorily) just don't go back...
called Nancie today, she said things are starting to pick up and she'd be giving me a call real soon...
called the TASP people again.... 2 more weeks and I should have my results again.
called Farmers and didnt really get anything accomplished but found out how much I owe and I'm gonna send that in....
still haven't reserved a room for next weekend.... need to....
was goin to get my hair cut but canceled when i found out Veronica was off today.... i went ahead and rescheduled for NEXT wednesday (my next day off).... so hopefully wednesday I get the school questions answered, my hair done and maybe my car taken care of....
Mi vida boring - o...
talked to Nat today... congratulated her on the niece... turns out scott came back from iraq yesterday.... she agreed with mom I should try the online dating thing... just for another way to meet people... (ie men)
I told her I'd think about it.... and I will...
lets see... i work 2morrow noon to close and then I don't know if I'm goin to John Evans at the Firehouse... prolly won't....
last night I went to Pappasitos after work and saw Peter Dawson... when i got there waco was doin Trailers songs... really helped my trailer withdrawal.... :)
umm other than that? nothing new in Ali Land.....
laters.

posted by Ali @ 7:35 PM 0 Comments