I figure today is as good a day as any to update the world on what’s going on in my oh-so-important life.

I’m bed-ridden, again. I was in bed all weekend and feeling like utter shit. On top of it being the time of the month, I was having stomach issues as well. I couldn’t go to the bathroom, and then when I was actually able to, it hurt. I’m really hoping I don’t have to end up going to the hospital, but if this continues, I just might have to. I went to work today, and I started to feel OK around lunchtime. I figured, “maybe I can finally eat”… Bad idea. I bought a Publix sub, ate one half of it, and then the shit hit the fan. I got progressively worse as the afternoon dragged on. My legs would shake every time I would attempt to get out of my chair. My head started spinning and I couldn’t maintain my balance. It got so bad that I texted Audi about how bad I felt. He called me, and told me I needed to get home if I was feeling that bad. I went to a co-worker, and asked if I could go home early. She noticed how bad I looked (and sounded) and said that our boss could drive me home. So he did, and I’m so grateful. As soon as I went in my front door, I couldn’t carry my bags and laptop anymore. My legs were giving out beneath me. I dropped my stuff in my chair, and crawled under the covers. I slept for about 20 minutes, and that definitely helped. Now, here I am…in bed, typing this all out now.

In other news, my birthday just passed on the 22nd of August. Normally, people write a blog about their birthday, but really… I don’t put too much stock in my own birthday. I wrote a message in my deviantART journal talking about how I’d be gone for the weekend, but that’s about it. Anyway, here’s what happened last weekend.

On Saturday morning, I drove over to my cousin’s house so that I could spend time with my family, including my parents who had already been brought over from the train station by my cousin. They cut a cake for me, sang Happy Birthday, and then we all just spent time together until about 4pm. My cousin drove me and my parents to the train station, and I went down to Miami with them. That evening, I went out to dinner with my friend Chris and then we went over to Barnes & Noble. He originally wanted to go see a movie with me, but honestly, there was nothing worth watching. LOL. That’s pretty sad. So he bought me a book called The Dark Arts instead. You can see it here. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it with the cover I bought it with. =/ Chris also bought me these cute lolita looking arm warmers at Hot Topic (LOLOHNOEZ) that I plan to use in a photo shoot… whenever I get some energy back.

Sunday morning, I took the train back home, and I rested up for the evening to come. I had made plans to go out to dinner with my neighbors and invited my cousin Liz and my brother Nestor along. After much deliberation and indecision, I finally settled on going to this all-you-can-eat oriental buffet called Variasian. (See what they did there?) We all had an awesome time, everyone got along really well, and the food was fantastic. In other words, my birthday weekend was awesome. =)

In other random news…

I got my new license plate finally. I want to get a new cover for it, so that I can replace the Carmax one. Heh. And!! my Lunarpages sign was chosen as one of the weekly winners, so now I’m in the running for the 16gb iPad. Woohoo!

*45 minute intermission*

Ok, just went with Audi down to my job so that I could pick up my car and drive back home. I have done so, safely, without dozing off at the wheel, and now, I am back in bed.

…and that’s pretty much it. I’m tired, achey, and ready for some rest time. Ciao!

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A quick update on what’s been happening lately…

• One of my co-workers was fired. Apparently while I was busting my hump at work, doing what one is supposed to be doing (you know, working), he was visiting personal websites, doing research on rents in other states, and (to my knowledge) chatting up his girlfriend on the web, all on company time. Mind you, this is just the little I was told. There might have been a lot more he was doing that none of us were aware of, but yea… that pissed me off to all hell. I come to work to friggin’ WORK. I need this paycheck, but apparently he didn’t need it that badly since he didn’t seem to take the job very seriously at all. The funniest thing was that when he first started, I started to feel like they valued him more, even though I had been there longer. LOL.

• Audi finally did remove his name from the lease. Yea… Whatever. I guess we’ll just have to see how long this relationship lasts, huh? *sigh* Lately I’ve been feeling like he wants nothing to do with me. I feel like he’s avoiding me, and even though he says he’s not (the few times I’ve brought it up), the distance he’s giving me is loud and fucking clear. For example, right now he’s gonna go clean one of his old rims (in an effort to make it more salable). But why is he doing that NOW? When I’m home? And I need HIM? He can’t do that during the day when I’m at work (earning a fucking living, by the way)? He has to do it now when I’m here and obviously in need of some TLC? UGH. It pisses me off that even with saying it out loud, he just doesn’t get it. Am I constantly doomed to want my partner more than my partner wants me?

• Ballistic Publishing finally notified me about my copy of Exposè 8. I’ll be getting it in the mail in early September. I’m very excited about this, since being printed in this book is a VERY big deal.

• I got my cartilage pierced as well. And unfortunately, since I simply did not know any better, I got it done at Claire’s. This is apparently a very very VERY big No-No. I found out after the fact that the piercing guns they use cannot be sterilized completely, and that the harsh jerking action of the gun itself could cause nerve damage. Ugh. So yea… lesson learned the hard way. Here’s to hoping I was one of the lucky ones and I don’t have any complications. Well, I should say, any MORE complications. For about a week, I thought my left ear might have gotten infected. But the swelling and redness eventually went away with some Wound Wash Saline and heat compress TLC. Right now, all four new piercings are behaving nicely and look like they’re healing properly. *fingers crossed* I’m planning on getting two more lobe piercings, right above the other two, on my birthday. But this time, I’ll be doing it with a PROFESSIONAL piercer and not at fucking Claire’s. I don’t know if I’ll be getting anymore. I’ve been thinking of getting my right eyebrow, but we’ll see about that.

• I’m absolutely IN LOVE with my new car. So far, everything has gone smoothly with the paperwork and red tape surrounding the owning of this new car. Since my mom works for Liberty Mutual, she was able to guide me in all the necessary insurance paperwork, and one of her co-workers was kind enough to handle all my paperwork. I’m going from no payments on my car, to a helluva alot of payments. Haha. Well, it’s not so bad, really. I’m paying $227 monthly for the car, and about $180 monthly for the insurance. Now… off to make it my own. I’m trying to find something cute and VERY lightweight to hang from the rear view mirror. In my T-Bird, I had a little plush bunny rabbit finger puppet, but I left that behind with the car. As much as it pained me to do so, I had to. That, along with the car itself, brought back too many memories of the past. I need to move forward and not look back. I’ll probably go to Walmart or Target tomorrow and see if I can find anything. I did manage to buy a sun visor for the front windshield today, though.

I can’t really think of anything else to discuss. *sigh* I’m gonna go vent my frustrations by killing some demons in Devil May Cry 4.

Ciao!

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Oh me, oh my… It has been one CRAZZZZYYY weekend! Let’s begin, shall we?

On Wednesday of last week, I found out it was going to cost another $300 to fix the new issue with my T-Bird. This was after I had the car towed from a friend’s house to my apartment, and then from my apartment to the mechanics. I was fed UP. I resolved at that moment that I wasn’t going to spend another dime on that possessed demon car. I needed to get a new car. What made the situation even more crazy was that Audi’s car was too low (too close to the ground), and with me in it, it only got worse. Thankfully, our friends who own a Trailblazer were out of town on a business trip, and they let us use their car while I got my own car problem solved. That helped immensely. Finally, Audi had no trouble driving me to work Thursday and Friday.

Here comes Saturday. We woke up pretty early, and I was ready to go car shopping. I had already noted a car I’d seen the night before on carmax.com. It was this GORGEOUS 2009 Chevy Cobalt in silver. I just knew from the moment I saw it that I wanted it. So on that morning, we called up Carmax in Boynton Beach, and asked about it. I’m going to condense the next part for you all: We were calling each other back and forth for nearly 8 HOURS. Audi had already driven to Carmax to meet up with the man I had spoken to on the phone, and to reassure him that I was on the way. When I finally made it to Boynton Beach to see and possibly buy the car, it was already 7:00pm. I was mentally and physically exhausted. But no… my night was nowhere near finished.

The paperwork that followed after my arrival took nearly 3 hours to finish. By this point, I was ready for some liquor… that or a very powerful sedative. Audi said I looked like I was about to go into a panic attack: I was nervous, twitching, and freaking out. LOL. And for damn good reason! I never realized buying a new car would be this nerve-wracking! But thankfully, the man who worked with us at Carmax was a fucking SAINT. Seriously, I never thought I’d meet a car salesman like that in my life. He was sweet, funny, and one of the most patient people ever. He stuck with us until I finally drove home in my new car at 10:30pm. Haha.

The next day came with the hassle of finishing up the insurance paperwork. I also needed to have my mother sign a power-of-attorney form so that she could sign the T-Bird over to me (the car was in her name) so that I could sell it to Carmax. Early Sunday morning, I drove all the way down to Miami (in my new car, teehee!), and after we finished doing everything we could (which wasn’t much, sadly), I hung out with my family. My nephew and brother were there, as well. Around 12:00pm, I started driving back home, but I had a few stops to make first. I needed to drop off the completed paperwork at Carmax, and then from there, I wanted to pass by my cousin’s house. Finally, around 6:00pm, I made it home.

So it’s been a bumpy road, but finally… FINALLY, I can rid myself of that damn car. No more memories, no more troubles, no more. Period. I can start anew with a new car, and in the process, continue breaking away from parts of my life that I don’t want to be reminded of anymore.

I’m gonna go get some shuteye now. Ciao!

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I got so wrapped up in my rant about the movie “2012″, I completely forgot I was supposed to talk about my weekend. Hmm. So, here it is. My weekend in a nutshell (somewhat), and then I will continue with what has happened most recently.

On Saturday, Audi dropped me off at my cousin’s house to spend some time with the family. My mom and dad had come up from Miami. We all cut a cake and celebrated my two goddaughter’s birthdays (since the dates are so close and they actually LIKE having their parties together), and then we all gathered together for a very fun, very enjoyable game of Charades for Dummies. Yes, yes… apparently we are dummies, because some of us sucked at acting out the clues. We kept bugging my mom because she couldn’t figure out how many syllables were in each word. LOL.

After hanging out there for a while, I took the train down to Miami with my parents, and the night was pretty standard. I watched TV, ate dinner with them, and just hung out in what was once my bedroom and is now… an office/sewing room/spare bedroom. LOL.

Then, the next morning was the baptism. My best friend Chris has a few brothers; the eldest one, Brian, and his wife, Janine, were baptizing their baby girl Isabella. The baptism and mass were held in Chris’ church, which was a very… interesting experience. I’ll just say I much prefer Catholic masses; Latin hymns and ceremonial garbs evoke a lot more emotion in me than sitting in a church/lounge with a live band playing in the back. *shrug*

After that, I went shopping with my mom. I bought a bunch of earrings, and some cute shirts for work. While we were in Spencers’ she FINALLY commented on my new piercings. LOL. She asked me, “So when did you get those done?” I tell her, “Last Tuesday.” She just rolled her eyes… and that’s it! Haha. My other family members were telling me, “Oh she’s gonna flip out.” Well… hooray to my mom for proving them wrong. Later on in the evening, my parents drove me to the train station, and I was on my way home.

Now, on to what has been happening recently.

I give up on my car. It has been a downhill battle for years with me constantly on the losing side. Recently, its newest problem is the water pump; broken to the point where the car is once again, practically undrivable. After a few two truck trips and an estimate from my usual mechanics, I decided I am not going to fix the car anymore. I refuse to put any more money into that rotten lemon of a car. SO, instead, I’m looking into getting myself a new car. I’m hoping to do some car shopping this weekend with the hubby.

Just getting around everywhere has been a hassle. Audi’s car is too low, so with me in the car, it scrapes the pavement all the time. Hence, him driving me to work in his Miata was almost impossible. Fortunately for us, our friends that live near us offered us their SUV while they were away on a business trip. So, we have a mode of reliable transportation until I get a new car. Hopefully, I can get a new one by Sunday afternoon.

Anyway, that’s what’s been going on. I’m tired; I’m gonna try to catch some Z’s, Ciao!

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Normally, I do not write reviews about movies, but this movie is just SO BAD, it needs a thorough ass-reaming from yours truly.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead!

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I drove back to that same Goodwill I spoke about in a previous entry, and managed to find three more CD’s worth buying:

This sampler has songs from Front Line Assembly, Controlled Bleeding, Delerium, Eden, and more. I knew about 5 of the bands on there, and this seemed like a rare find, so I figured it was more than worth the $2.

I love this group, so this was a no-brainer. Their most popular song was “Dirt”, which is on this album.

One of the sexiest women on Earth. Seriously. And her voice? To die for. Check her out, especially when she sings in Arabic. *melts*

I got some bad news today, though. Seems that if I want to stay in this apartment, I need to pay 60 more dollars a month. YEA. $895 for a mediocre apartment that’s right next to a FUCKING SWAMP. They can call it a “nature reserve” all they want, but if it smells like a swamp and it looks like a swamp… So Audi, who has at long last decided he wants to stay with me, is now going to work with me so we can decide whether or not we want to fork over $895 a month for the next year… OR find a new apartment in a better neighborhood and pay the same price or similar. Decisions, decisions.

Around 7:00, he asked me if I wanted to go to Home Depot with him, and I said sure. He and I hadn’t gone out anywhere together for a while. So, I took the opportunity, even if it was just to Home Depot. XD. After we finished there, I asked him if he wanted to go out for dinner. He was all for it, and asked what I was in the mood for. After some discussing and deliberating, we agreed on Outback Steakhouse. I figured this would be a good way to help lift his spirits: by giving him food he loves. Haha. Dinner was pretty normal, and after we got back home, I got on the PS3 and started playing Playstation Home. LOL ADDICTED. Right now, he’s on the PS3 playing Naruto: Ninja Storm. Haha. An 8 year old trapped in a 30-year-old body. XD

Anyway, I am off to get some rest. Ciao!

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I finally did it. Well… ONE of the things I’ve been wanting to do. I got my second ear piercing. You can see it below:

And it was like the stars were aligned or something. I had already spoken to an employee at Claire’s last Saturday about getting my ears pierced. So today, after work, I decided to go get it done. I would have done it Saturday, but it was HELLA crowded. An entire village came out to witness one little girl getting her ears pierced. I figured it would be better to just wait and come back on a day when there would be much less traffic in the store.

So I drive to the mall, and I remembered that Claire’s was close to one of the big chain stores in the mall; as far as I recalled, it was next to Sears. I managed to grab the very first parking space, right next to the doors to Sears. Pay dirt, already? Goodness. I walk through Sears and lo, there is Claire’s directly to the left. As it turns out, the same girl I spoke to on Saturday is behind the counter! I re-introduced myself and she remembered me since I had mentioned I was allergic to gold.

After that, it was all rainbows and cupcakes, so to speak. Another customer, the employee, and myself started chit-chatting while the employee was setting up the piercing equipment. She was real easy to talk to, and made the process pretty much flawless. And the best part? It only cost me 17 bucks, since I had bought stainless steel instead of gold. Woohoo!

So yea, I’m pretty damn happy. The only thing that’s gonna suck is the maintenance, but it’s only for 6 weeks, and then I’ll have my second piercing hole for life. Squee!! ^_^

Anyway, that’s pretty much all I wanted to talk about. Ciao!

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So I had a rather interesting weekend, one that was filled with 90% happiness and 10% crap. Not a bad balance, really. I decided I needed a break from the stress and the headaches of trying to balance work with my commissions with my other life responsibilities. SO, I decided to cater to me for a little while.

On Saturday, I went shopping. I drove to Walmart first since I needed some new sports bras. The ones I had were getting too stretched out. I did some looking around in the clothing section, too. I found a pair of jeans that fit like they were painted on me. The tag said $11. I get to the register… they were actually $3. Pay dirt, baby!

My good luck just kept on coming. I found an adorable shirt at Forever 21 for $5. It’s a light pink baby-T with this awesome black lace & feather collar. I also bought an adorable bathing suit style baby-T at Hollister for $5, as well. At Claire’s, I got a killer-looking hat with this trippy skull & crossbones pattern, and I finally bought Devil May Cry 4.

I came home to find that Audi was in a very pleasant mood, and we had quite the wonderful afternoon together. To continue this spirit of cheer and content, I decided to order our favorite pizza; a Papa Johns extra large pizza with extra cheese, pepperoni, italian sausage, and roma tomatoes. This time around, though, the hubby wanted black olives on one half, as well. Really, the night just continued to get better and better.

On Sunday, our friends Arthur and Ellen had a baptism for their baby girl, Abigail. There was a mass first, then the baptism, then there would be a party at Arthur & Ellen’s house. The event went by pretty smoothly, until Audi got mad at an innocent joke I made. Ugh. From there the drama started. Luckily, it was confined to about an hour, and some heavy discussion back at our apartment. Finally, I convinced him to go to the party, stating that there are more impprtant things to worry about than our dumb fight over a dumb joke. His spirit and attitude certainly appeared to lighten up as the party progressed. After we got home, he was back to his happy, loving self. =]

Right now, I am typing this up using my WordPress iPhone app. So, if there’s any mistakes, that’s why. lol. But anyway, I have to go nite nite now.

Ciao!

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