Blackout 2007

On Thursday, April 26th, 2007, at exactly 9:10PM the entire city of Bowling Green and some surrounding areas experienced an unexplainable blackout. This blackout occurred while Liz, Bryce, Tim, and I were across the street from my house at Quarters. It was kind of creepy drinking in a bar that was pitch black and the only light were flashlights, cell phones, and lighters. After getting bored of drinking in the dark, we all headed to ONE49 -- It was the only bar in the town that had working lights, music, etc.

Tonight is the DiBenedetto's party over at Pete's. I was going to go with Tim but I think him and I got into a little argument the other day so I'm gonna book it to the party with my girls instead. Oh well. Tomorrow Sara and I are going to the Zoo to see the zoo babies so I'm pretty pumped about that. I have to work today in a half hour until 3 and hopefully it won't be too busy. I don't mind working on Saturdays because it's never that busy but I just feel like today could be a bad day.

I was going to go out last night but I ended up going to bed at 8PM. It was crazy. I woke up a couple times throughout the night but sleep peacefully for the most part. It felt good to get almost 14 hours of sleep. No drinking or anything, I feel completely refreshed and ready to party-harty tonight.

All I gotta do now is shower. I smell like work from two days ago. This stench NEVER LEAVES.

No No No More Drama

Quite possibly the cutest thing I have ever laid eyes on. Makes me almost want to have kids.



Almost being the key word.

Chicago Weekend

This weekend was my memorable weekend getaway with Tim. I was a bit nervous at first to spend so much time with Tim, but the whole weekend ended up being better than I could have ever imagined!

We had to get up at 4:30AM to make the train by 6AM in Toledo -- The ride to Chicago was slow and boring and Tim and I took turns sleeping to make sure that neither of us snored while we were sleeping (ha!). We ate some breakfest on the train, read a little, and just chat chitted (yeah, I flipped that shit).

Once we got in Chicago everyone was freaking out because of luggage and where to go, but Tim and I being the cool, laid back folks we are, took our time and eventually got our luggage 45 minutes later. We hopped in a cab and took it to an amazing hotel, The Hotel Blake. Once we got settled in we booked our way over to "Edwardo's," this great pizza place and chowed down one some delicious pizza and booze.

Since the train had taken longer than expected to get to Chicago we could go to any museums on Saturday so we looked for some hole in the wall pubs to get our drink on and we ended up at Buddy Guy's Legends Bar. It was a pretty awesome bar and we ended up making friends with two older couples who let us sit with them, bought us some shots, and played pool with us. They were some pretty cool hippy folks.

We didn't make it too long and end up back in the hotel around 10PM after a crazy cab driver took us all over town when we only needed to got 5 blocks away from the bar to get back to our hotel.

Tim and I woke up early on Sunday (around 7AM) and got ready for the day. We went down to Lake Michigan and walked around for a bit, ate at Bennigan's for breakfest (for the sole reason that Dane Cook mentioned it in a joke that we love), and proceeded our way across the street to the Art Museum for a Vollard exibit. It was a pretty amazing exibit and I could tell Tim was really enjoying his time there... I would have much rather spent my afternoon in a history museum, but he really wanted to see this exibit so we went!

After the museum we headed across town to the Hard Rock Cafe to meet an old friend, Chuck, there. Unfortunately, he couldn't make it because of a "mishap" (aka he got sick on himself) he had on his train ride into the city, so Tim and I enjoyed a sampler, a couple brews, a couple shots, and just some good laughs until we had to head back to the hotel (and I swear there were no magnets there, mom!).

After Hard Rock we headed across the street to this Irish pub where I fell in love with all of the bartenders because they spoke in Irish accents. Tim wasn't too excited about that, but I was definitely interested in hearing whatever they had to say when they spoke to us. After the pub we walked around the city and went to these two hole in the wall book and music stores.

And that was that. We got back on the train to Toledo and slept the whole way here. Best weekend of my life. Hands down.

Aaah!

I think I'm about two minutes from having a nervous breakdown.

Deadliest US Massacre

"At least 31 people were killed Monday in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, according to two Virginia congressmen -- making it the deadliest school shooting incident in U.S. history. "Some victims were shot in a classroom," university police Chief Wendell Flinchum said."

For more information on the VA Tech shootings please check out CNN.com. The President will be speaking at 4:15PM EST about the shootings.

My thoughts are out to the friends and families of those that were killed, are wounded, or are unaccounted for.

Addicted to TV

Drive is quite possibly my new favorite show. It certainly can't come close to Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Sex and the City... But if this show gets cancelled I'm going to be really pissed off.

Breaking My Mind

Mine and my dad's song. Love it. Listen to it.

Music Spot

Kelly Clarkson...
...is back with after a long break with a new hit off her upcoming CD "My December". Never Again is a great start for a single to a hopefully pretty rad CD.

Mandy Moore...
...is back as well with an amazing sounding new record to be released June 19th, 2007! Three songs off her new album are featured on her Myspace: "Extraordinary", "All Good Things", and "All That You Are". Her soft voice is soothing and her CDs have only been getting better and better!

Gym Class Heroes...
...I don't know what it is about these guys. I didn't like them when I first heard their song, "Cupid's Chokehold", but it slowly grew on me and now I think GCH's is a great new indie band with a unique sound and good songs. My current favorite is "The Queen and I", located (of course) on their Myspace page.

Hawthorne Heights...
...has one of the best sounds I've heard. I think they have a great sound that is shown in each song. Their most popular song, "Ohio is for Lovers" is classic and their newer songs are even better. Check 'em out.

Relient K...
...Ohio produces some great bands. That's all I can say about the last two bands I've talked about. Relient K is just fun to listen too. What's funny is that I first heard about them about 5 years ago on some random indie channel on TV when I had 2348734 channels and I've been addicted ever since.

Now that I've come across two fantastic Ohio bands, I began a search for bands and solo artists that originated in Ohio and just plain rock. I introduce to you the following:

Hawthorne Heights, Dayton Ohio
The Devil Wears Prade, Dayton Ohio
Relient K, Canton Ohio
Saving Jane, Columbus Ohio
Bone Thugs N Harmony, Cleveland Ohio
John Legend, Springfield Ohio
Hootie and the Blowfish, Fort Lormaine Ohio
Ray Charles, Rocky River Ohio
Blessed Union of Souls, Cincinnati Ohio
KC & JoJo, Eldorado Ohio
Over the Rhine, Cincinnati Ohio
Kane, Columbus Ohio
David Allan Coe, Cincinnati Ohio

Hot Chip...
...Straight out of London comes this unique pop group with a sound of their own. They are definitely worth a listen to if you are interested in a more Euro-pop sound.

Yacht...
...I'm in love with this band. They are fun, upbeat, and offer a much needed new sound in the same shit I listen to everyday. Their songs are definitely the ones that I listen to while I'm getting ready to go out. "Hock it YACHT Remix" is number one on my playlist right now, but all their songs are equally as good.

Flogging Molly...
...You can't be Irish and not like Flogging Molly. They are just fun and I loooove them.

Ok, I'm done raving about some of my favorite bands and good finds.

Mudhens Game

Last night was the Toledo Mudhens game and, unfortunately, it was suspended during the bottom of the 4th inning. It's in the middle of April and we got an inch of snow in north eastern Ohio. Although it started snowing while the gang (Sara, Dave, JB, Bryce, Tim, and myself) were tailgating, we stuck it out until the game was finally called off. Although the game was suspended, I did get the championship ring (which really is a large paper weight) I wanted. Woot! Even though it was cold, snowing, and we are all probably going to be sick later this week, I had a lot of fun going to opening night! They were winning 4-2 in the bottom of the 4th and that's where they will be picking up today at 1PM against the Durham Bulls. Hopefully they can pull off a win because my poor Mudhens are 2nd to last in our division with a 3-5 record this season. However, all their games thus far have been on the road so I'm hoping that having a home field advantage will pay off. Hopefully.

Before the game we all went to a restaurant in downtown Toledo called Tony Packo's. This place makes a killing selling the best hot dogs you will ever, EVER eat... And, to top it off -- Their fried pickles are phenomenal. Simply amazing. We were all at Packo's for about 2 hours just drinking, eating, and having fun. Lots of good memories. Davey ordered their largest hot dogs (a little over a foot) and almost ate it all but fell short.

A Classy Night

All that needs to be said about last night is that I started at 4PM and woke up this morning in my own bed with a dirty jacket on, muddy hands, and a rather large bump on my head.

Clueless on how all those happened.

None of Your Business

If I wanna take a guy home with me tonight
It's none of your business
And she wanna be a freak and sell it on the weekend
It's none of your business
Now you shouldn't even get into who I'm givin' skins to
It's none of your business
So don't try to change my mind, I'll tell you one more time
It's none of your business

Evolution of Dance

Mudhens

Two more days and I'm off with my favorites to the Toledo Mudhens opening night game against Durham. I'm more than excited since I LOVE the Mudhens! I read in a paper that they are giving away the championship rings that the Mudhens won last year to 3,000 random guests. I better get one of those rings!!!

Dignity

Kind of random and rather pathetic to admit -- But I'd really like to own Hilary Duff's new album, Dignity (which opened at #4) . Let it be known that I DO have a wide range in music, but I often find myself enjoying the most random of artists. Hell, I'm obsessed with the Olsen twins and I'm 6 months older than them. Pathetic.

Source: PerezHilton.com

Atheism

Being an atheist for almost 10 years has subjected me to numerous debates, plenty of family arguments, frustration towards those of you who may not be open-minded, and a much clearer view of the world around me. Not being governed by a "higher" power has allowed me to be governed by myself and my actions. I lead my life for me and things happen to me not because of fate, but because of the cause and effect I live. With that being said, I came across a blog today that, although may be inspiring and beneficial towards those of you who may be extremely religious and devout, but was highly insulting towards those of us who may question, are unsure, or just down right don't believe. It's pointless to start a religious war with myself on my own blog and single someone out that I don't even know, but it bothers me sometimes when people aren't open minded towards other peoples "beliefs." Whether those beliefs are of another religion or a belief in the nonexistence of a higher being. Regardless of the circumstances, it's insulting. It bothers me... No, it outright pisses me off when people subject me to feel like a lower being because of my lack of belief in a god. I would say that my biggest pet peeve is when people call me stupid, unaware of my surroundings, not old enough to comprehend something greater than myself, etc. etc. etc. I've known and believed in what I do since I was 13. And, much to my families disapproval, it isn't a phase.

I grew up in a fairly open household. My mother is Jewish and my father is a theist (meaning that he believes in one or more higher beings). We celebrated both Christian and Jewish holidays. I was never asked to have a Bat Mitzvah, and I was never pressured into one religion or another. Because of this (I believe, beneficial) household, I was able to conclude my own opinions. My parents may not have agreed with me, and may have thought that I was rebelling, but it was something I was serious about then and serious about now.

I suppose the point of this particular blog (besides ranting about my frustrations) is that I'm annoyed by people who aren't open-minded. I actually enjoy reading about various different religions, and take everything I've ever read, been taught, or debated about with an open-mind and I would expect others to show the same courtesy as I have bestowed upon them.

This is a great article about the debates of an existence of a god and someone who believes they can argue each point. For those of you who know little about Atheism, this would be a good article to read. Although it's essentially disproving the belief in a god, it shows legitimate reasons from Atheists as to why we think the way we do.

And, in a much more light-hearted end to this rant...

Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARA!!!

Today is my best friend's 22nd birthday!! I'm excited for a fun night since it is also our buddy, Taylor's, 21st. I believe Sara and I are going over to Taylor's to see him for a couple hours and then we're off to the bars to relive her 21st and make it better than ever! I got Sara a GREAT gift, she is going to be so excited.

For Christmas I made Sara a Cleveland Browns blanket and for her birthday I got her tickets to the Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals game in Cleveland. Now, although this gift also benefits me since the Bengals are my home team, it is in Cleveland and I'm pretty sure I might get shot showing up in a Bengals jersey. Nonetheless, she is going to flip when she finds out what I got her!!!

Do you know me?

I added this on my sidebar as well. But I was bored and made a quiz. Mostly for my mom to take when she gets bored.

Here it is too:


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Cheeseburger in Paradise

Remember your carnivorous habits.

Tonight one my dearest friends, Alex, and I are going out for dinner. She is visiting good old Bowling Green during her Spring Break from her big kid job in the glorious city of D.C. She's a 5th grade science teacher and she is amazing at what she does! I'm pretty excited to be seeing her tonight since it is so few and far between that I get the chance too. The last time I saw her was for my birthday and we had a blasty blast.

Whew, so much to do in so little time!

Storm Game

Friday night was quite possibly the best date I've ever been on. Tim and I left for Toledo around 4PM and headed to this Mexican restaurant he really liked called Fritz and Alfredo's. We had about 2 and 1/2 hours to kill so we ordered our food and afterwards sat at the bar until the game was getting ready to start. We got to the game about 20 minutes before it was supposed to start so we headed to the bar inside the stadium and got these HUGE glasses of booze. We actually stayed in the bar for the entire first period and then sat in our seats during the second and most of the third. The game itself was awesome. Storm, of course, beat Dayton and the entire time we were "those fans" that were yelling and cheering as loud as we could. It was a lot of fun to be able to be that goofy and have him be just as goofy with me. After the game was over I was already feeling a bit tipsy since we'd been drinking since 4PM and we had two of those huge glasses (which equals to 3 beers per glass) at the game. We head back to Bowling Green and meet up with Liz and Bryce at Junction. Before Liz and Bryce got there, though, Tim and I were sitting downstairs at the bar having great conversation and just a fun time.

Best. Night. Ever.

Tim and I finalized the Chicago trip plans for Apirl 21st-22nd. The month of April is quite possibly the best month ever. Storm game one weekend, Mudhens game the next, and then Chicago! Could it get any sweeter? Hopefully after the Chicago trip Sara's mom and my mom will be able to make it up to Bowling Green for our much needed Mother/Daughter weekend. Sara and I want to cook our mommies a great dinner with wine and the whole nine yards. Afterwards, Sara and I feel as though it's only right to take our moms to our favorite bar, Quarters. Besides, my mom owes me a birthday shot and a birthday beer so of course I want to drag her to the bars! I know as soon as I got my mom's butt into a bar I'd order up a Bud Light draft, a Screwdriver, and two shots of Quervo. Hell to the yes!

HAPPY EASTER, by the way to everyone. Today I'm going over to Sara's since her family is in town to have lunch with them. They've adopted me for the day since I didn't get to go home this weekend. All right, time for pancakes and eggs.

Random Night

Last night was the most random night ever.

Tim calls me up and asks if I want to go to an Eric Clapton concert up in Detroit because he forgot he had the tickets and wanted to go. Of course I said I would -- I mean, come on... It's ERIC CLAPTON! Well, we drive the hour and a half drive up there and the tickets are duds. Ticket Master sucks, pretty much. Anyways, Tim was willing to drop 70 bucks for each ticket and he was really pissed off about the situation but I became the voice of reason and suggested that instead of dropping 140 bucks for both of us we should just head back down to Detroit (we were about 40 miles outside of the city) and go to some great restaurant and walk the town. We get back downtown and go to this restuarant, The Fishbone, and get some fun martini drinks and the best T-Bones I've had in my life. There was a live band there which, coincidentally, was playing Eric Clapton cover songs. After our amazing dinner we realized we were right next door to a casino so we walked over there and gambled for a little bit. Neither of us won anything, but it was fun to say that we went. After that we headed back down to BG and met up with Liz and Bryce at Quarters. I always find myself at Quarters at one point or another during the night.

On our way to Detroit, though, Tim and I were talking about cities we've been too and what we liked about each one and today we booked a train ticket to Chicago for a weekend later in April. How random is that? So Tim and I are going on our first "vacation" to Chicago April 21st-22nd. We're taking a train up there at 7AM Saturday morning and getting a room for one night. I'm pretty excited about it... We're going to ask Sara and Dave if they want to come and I'm going to call my roommate from my freshman year since he lives in Chicago! Oh man, I'm excited!

Tonight Tim is picking me up at 4PM to go eat at some Mexican restaurant he heard was really good and then we're going to the STORM game! Man, this month is going to rock!!!

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P.S. My mom is the shit.

It's Not Alcoholism, it's Tradition

Meet Liz. We have the best times together at the bar. Last night was probably one of the greatest nights at Quarters. Ever. I worked a close last night and wasn't going to go out at all but one of my buddies that I work with, Pete, convinced me into going so after work I came back home, changed, and met Liz up at Quarters. It was Liz, me, Shane, Time, Pete, Brian, Greg, Dave, and Josh. We all got a huge table and just had a blasty blast. We were telling jokes, constantly laughing, and just having a good time. I didn't really want to be out too late so I only treated myself to an ice cold pitcher of Bud Light and shared a pitcher of Nati Light with Liz. Tim and I ended up leaving around midnight and headed back to his place to watch a couple of movies. I ended up passing out withint 10 minutes of the movie 'cause I had been pretty tired all day. I spent the night over there again (for the 5th night in a row). This morning we headed into town and met up with Bryce at his work at the Corner Grill. We all had lunch and now I'm back home contemplating whether or not I want to sleep more, shower, or clean my room. I'll let you all guess which one I'm going to do first.

I'm getting more and more excited for tomorrow night. Tim is picking me up around 4 and we're heading up to Toledo for dinner and the Storm game! I'm such a dork I was searching the 'net for information on the players, their stats, etc. I guess they are doing pretty good so that's cool. I love going to sporting events so I know I'm going to have a good time!

I'm even MORE excited for next weekend... The Mudhens opening night is going to be the shit. There's a huge group of us going and I know we're all just going to have a good time. Booze, friends, and baseball -- Where can you go wrong with that combination?

Time for this girl to catch up on some sleep.

It's a Sexy Time

Ah, so it finally "happened" with Tim and I. And it was good. It could be better, I'm sure, but it was good. I'm happy with him and it really looks like this is going to go somewhere. Yay for me finally finding a good guy. Him and I are going to a Storm game on Friday and I'm pretty excited because I've never been to a hockey game... He said that I have booze, fights, and hot dogs to look forward to. You just can't go wrong with that combination!

Sara's birthday is this upcoming Tuesday and Dave and I are planning a surprise dinner for her. The whole works -- fancy wine, pasta, cake, great friends. She turns 22 and we're going to top her 21st with a nice dinner and a crazy night at the bars. I can't wait! I think Dave (her boyfriend and my big brother) and I are also going in together to get her a day spa package since she has had a rough semester and has been stressed out lately. There's nothing better than getting pampered on your birthday!

I really have nothing substantial to post about... I think I've decided that rather than taking a semester off I might take one or two classes in the fall. I'd like to make up a lab I failed last fall and I'd like to finish my latin requirement before I graduate. We'll see though, it's all up in the air. I just know that I don't want another year like this one. I've pretty much just thrown a couple thousand down the drain and I feel completely disappointed in myself. Regardless, I learned and I grew and I'm ready to take the steps to fix what I messed up. I just hope it all works out for me in the long run. Wish me luck!

Repeat?

What. The. Fuck. The state of Ohio (more specifically, OSU) officially sucks. It was so grand being with all my friends, our fabulous keg, and watch OSU lose... Again, to the same team. Oh well, it's not like Bowling Green is really getting anywhere in the land of sports, so who am I to be pissed at a school that I don't even attend? Perhaps I'll start liking Michigan now.

HA!

Tonight is my buddy's 21st and since I don't have to work tomorrow until 11, I think I might do what I always do and go out. Amanda and I are going to Quarters at 10ish to watch Tim and Kent play in the pool tourny but I'm suspecting that won't last too long since both of those gentlemen suck. Don't let them know that, though.

In any case, we'll probably head over to Brewsters for free pool since we're all broke (and yet can still afford the booze but not four quarters for pool). Hopefully I don't run into my "good" friend Kevin over there. I was a mumbling idiot last week when I ran into him there. I don't think I've ever hated someone as much as I hate him. He was like a bad sex addiction and all that has happened to him now is he's gotten fat and mean. Thank god I'm over that stage of my life.

That's Amanda. She's my roommate for next year ove at the 'Burbs along with JB and Sara. She's my wingman tonight when we venture over to Quarters. Although I know Tim and Kent will be there I'm kinda hoping us girls can drift away from the watchful eyes of my new boy to people watch. Who am I kidding -- People watch? I just want to flirt.

I'm a horrible person and I'm going straight to hell for my evil ways. Even with a boyfriend I just can't stop LOOKING. And I wonder why I can't keep a serious relationship... I'm just too wild for my own good. Maybe Tim will be the one that stops my evil ways. Who knows.

GO OSU

Song of the Moment: "Hang on Sloopy" Yardbirds

Tonight Liz, Tim, Matt, Sara, Dave, and myself are heading over to Ryan's for some cookin' out, cornhole, booze, and basketball. Life can't get much better, right? I really need OSU to win tonight 'cause if they do then I have a chance of winning 100 bucks. Boy, 100 bucks would be super duper right now.

GO OSU! BEAT FLORIDA

Smitten

Song of the Moment: "Signs" Five Man Electrical Band

Christ, I'm completely smitten by a boy man. The last serious relationship I was in was three years ago with a jerk named Robert. He was the hardest thing I ever had to get over; I was completely heart broken and left completely jaded. Which, I think is why I've never let myself fall or "settle" down with anyone in a serious way. I've dated, I've hooked up, I've had my share of fun, but this is the first time since Robert where I've actually been able to say, "hey, I can really see this going somewhere." What's so weird about it all is that we just recently met... But we've been spending a lot of time together and we just click so well. I thought at first him being nearly nine years older than me (he turns 30 in September) would be a little awkward and I wasn't sure how my friends would handle that. However, Sara said it best when she told me that it doesn't matter how old you are all that matters is who you are. Although it's really creepy to think that when he was a senior in high school I was in the 6th grade or something ridiculous like that.

Back to the point... I did think it would be weird that he was so much older. Like maybe I was too immature or I would feel babied by him, but we just mesh so well and I don't feel that way at all. I actually really like the fact that he's older. He's grounded, responsible, not looking for "hook-ups," more experienced, so everything is definitely all good. The only thing that sort of freaks me out is what if Tim and I get serious and we date for a while and since he's so much older he wants to make steps forward that I'm not ready for? Hell, I was nearly engaged when I was 18 years old, I'm so not putting myself in that situation again -- But, what if since he's nearly 30 he's ready to settle down and make those steps?

You know what? I'm not going to think about it. It's far to early to even be worried about things like that and all I care about is the here and now. And in the here and now I'm falling for this guy really fast and I haven't feel this good about myself, another person, or how I feel when I'm with him. I never get this crazy about a guy so I know something's up.

No more talking about this boy, I need to think about other things like... cleaning this mess I call a room and taking a shower.

Here Today

I just had the best weekend ever. Saturday night Tim met up with me and then gang and we partied at my buddies place and headed to the bars to meet up with his friend, Bryce. We hung there and then headed back to his place to crash where some fun finally happened. Nothing too exciting, but it was still a good night. We spent all day Sunday together, watched a couple movies, hung out with Liz and Bryce, went out to dinner, saw Blades of Glory with Sara and Dave, and then I crashed at his place again with Liz and Bryce. Shit, I'm starting to fall.

Time to go to work... Boo.

Gypsy Woman

Current Favorites

I'm a bit of a music fanatic. I think I listen to my iTunes more than I sit down and watch TV. With that being said, Sara and I often enjoy making "BB and Sara White Trash Mixes" because let's face it -- We're the white trash of Bowling Green and we love our songs!

BB and Sara White Trash Mix #5
1. Do Dat Heisman Dem Heisman Boys
2. Rockstar Nickleback
3. Give it to Me Timberland, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado
4. Last Night Diddy f. Keyshia Cole
5. I'm a Flirt R Kelly
6. Love Me or Hate Me Lady Sovereign
7. This Ain't a Scene, it's a God Damn Arms Race Fallout Boy
8. Wait a Minute Pussycat Dolls
9. Glamorous Fergie f. Ludacris
10. She's Like the Wind Lumidee
11. Rehab Amy Winehouse
12. This is Why I'm Hot Mims
13. If Everyone Cared Nickleback
14. Stilletos (Pumps) Crime Mobb
15. Candyman Christina Aguilera
16. You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon
17. I Love It Young Jeezy
18. Cupids Chokehold Gym Class Heroes
19. Girlfriend Avril Lavigne
20. Irreplaceable Beyonce

I just got off work and since it's a beautiful day today I think I'll grab a good book and go outside and read. It's rare that I can get the opportunity to grab a James Patterson book and sit down and get in a good read. I started one of his newer books, "CROSS" before Spring Break and I just haven't been able to finish it. I love James Patterson and his character, Alex Cross, and I'm determined to finish this book before the end of April, if not sooner! I actually just finished a book that my mum got me a while back called "The Complete Slayer" which was an unofficial guide to every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That show was my all time favorite and over the years I've collected random books and all the seasons. The book I finished, though, was huge and I tried to read at least one or two blurbs on the episodes everyday. I love random fact books, now I feel so much smarter in random pop culture trivia.

Sara is coming over at 3:30 and her and I are going to run to the bank and hang out for the rest of this fantastic Friday. I'm pretty excited that tonight is power hour over at Quarters, it's always a blasty blast. A couple of my work friends said they were going to stop by so I know that tonight will only get better. One of my roommates for next year, JB, said that they were having people over tonight so Sara and I will probably stop by over there if we don't go to the D.Chi party since it's right down the street for Quarters. I miss partying with those boys, so I'll probably make my way over to the Delta Chi shindig.

I feel the urge to read.

So Glamorous

It's been decided -- It's definitely going to be Tim. Last night I skipped out on heading to the bars with Liz and Sara after work and Tim and I went back to his place and watched Fargo. However, my seemingly low-key night got really interesting when there was some domestic violence straight out of cops going on next door. I was pretty shaken up about it all, but Tim and I saw the police handle some crazy shit outside. How is it that a human can hurt another person? Especially someone they are "in love" with? Just doesn't make any sense to me...

I work today 9-2 and then it's off to a couple classes, errands with Sara, and then nap (hopefully). Tonight is power hour at Quarters and it's becoming a tradition for Sara, Liz, and I to have a ladies night and treat ourselves to a couple cheap beers and cheap shots. Should be a fun night.... Tim said he was going to meet up with us later after he is done looking after his nieces and nephews, so we'll see what happens. I have to work tomorrow morning, so nothing too out of control.

I'm actually really excited I met Tim. I'm having all those feelings you get when you first start dating a person... Excited to see him when we make plans, butterflies, the whole nine yards. We had a lot of good conversation last night so I know I'm making the right decision. He's a good and solid guy. Yay for this girl finally finding a good one.

Oh Snap!

I have to choose between two men and I have to do it this week; by Saturday at the latest.

I have Mike -- He's a great guy, but I feel as though he is a little immature for me and he doesn't really think before he speaks. However, he's treated me very well and been nothing but nice to me (when he isn't saying stupid shit). Although, he doesn't really "mesh" well with my group of friends.

I have Tim -- He's also a great guy. He is eight years older than me, but he's grounded, not into the whole "party" scene, and my friends all love him. I haven't found any flaws with this guy except I often wonder why he's still single. He's never been married and doesn't have any kids which is great because the last time I dated a guy with a kid it just was NOT what I was looking for.

I think, my choice is Tim. We're renting some movies tonight and keeping a low profile after the last two nights in the bar scene. We're renting Happy Feet, so I'm pretty pumped about it 'cause that movie is hilarious. I wonder how I'm going to break the news to Mike -- I still want to be friends because he's a solid guy to hang with and we have a lot of common friends, but I think he just isn't right for me. Our personalities don't match. Wow, this is going to be hard... Especially since he asked me to come over tonight after work and I already made plans with Tim.

No worries, though.

P.S. Hi, Mom.

Picture Post, Ca-Razy!

She's Like the Wind

Sweet ass.

Bar Crawl

Bar crawl with Sara!!! There are many, many more fantastic pictures from Friday and I will soon post them. We wore our "beer googles" out that night! Loves it!

A Blank Expression

I turned in my fabulous paper that I slaved away at for three hours last night today. I wrote about how social relationships between the lower classes, plebeian classes, and elitist of colonial Mexico City controlled the stabilization of the colonial regime over the government's regulations. It was a solid 10 pages long and pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. It was actually a fun paper to write. Why is it that I enjoy writing papers but I can't put that energy into other homework and tests? It just doesn't make any sense. I want to take a class that is purely focused on writing papers. That would be super grand.

I took my one and only class at 11:30 this morning and now I'm just sitting around bored off my ass. I don't have to work today so I'm thinking about finding some buddies to play some cornhole. Sara wants me to go to dollar wells tonight but I'm broke and I really just don't feel like drinking. I might love to party, but I don't drink all the time. Just on the weekends and Wednesday. Wednesay is an odd day, yes, to drink -- But it's ritual and it's FUN. Regardless of the drama and uncomfortable situations I may get myself into (on purpose?), I still love my Wednesdays with my girls.

Time to watch Friends.

Oh, and before I forget -- Download Lumidee's "She's Like the Wind." It's a remix of the great Patrick Swayze's song and it is my new favorite tune.

Almost April!

It's almost April... Finally Mother Nature has graced Bowling Green with some consistent good weather. The sun is out, it's not too hot, not too cold, there are birds singing, college kids playing cornhole, and the best part... us college kids sitting on the many porches along Wooster Street skipping class and drinking booze. This is when you know the school year is almost over. It's fantastic. However, this girl has decided to drown herself in school work and work. I don't regret it. I want to salvage what I can from this semester. I'd like to leave this semester with only one 'F' and the rest Cs. It's going to be hard, probably impossible, but by golly, I'm going to try!

This weekend proved interesting. The bar crawl of Friday turned out great. On Saturday Liz and I were going to go to Quarters for a couple of pitchers and then head over to a D Chi party (I haven't seen those boys in weeks!), but instead something rare happened... Liz and I came alone around 9PM and booked it to the bar to get a seat before it started getting busier... We were sitting at the far end of the bar, closest to the door and pool tables and we immediately ordered a pitcher of Bud Light and two shots of Quervo. You have to start the night off right! As we're getting ready to take our fabulous shots of Q, I notice two guys that I've never seen at the bar before (come on, I'm a regular there). We take our shots and I mention it to Liz; I didn't want to be conceited by any means, but those young men were staring. She said she noticed it too and we just kept an eye out to see if we were crazy or if they were. Well we play pool, have another pitcher, and the gentlemen move to another pool table to play some games. Liz and I are sitting at the bar and I bust the boys pointing and whispering. Liz looks at me and says, "I bet they are going to buy us a drink." I, being the outgoing and stupid person I am, decide to one-up them and purchase a shot for them first. I buy four Cherry Bombs and walk over there with Liz. I sit the shots down and tell them they looked thirsty and they deserved a shot. From then it was history -- We partied with the guys all night and they ended up being really fucking kick ass. Tim, 29, and I hit it off right away and he told me that on Wednesday him and Bryce, 26 (who hit it off with Liz), are going to meet us ladies at Quarters for our Wednesday night ritual. Now, although I'm very excited, I'm also very nervous. Like last week I'll have both old and new Mike there, Justin (who has the hots for me, but I keep turning down), AND Tim (who was flirting with me all night). This hussy is going to have a hard time handling this interesting situation.

Hope it plays out well!!

Time to drown myself in a paper due tomorrow. Yay for me.

Wowzers

I do believe that it is not a good idea to go on a bar crawl with all your best friends the night before you have to work 8+ hours. Not a good idea at all. Although I might be a little hungover and have found stamp markings in places I don't recall being stamped, it was surely a good night!!!

I actually ran into my "almost" boyfriend's roommate. He told me that Mike (new) really likes me! Yay! I guess he talks about me when I'm not there, and it's good things -- Not bad. That's always positive to hear. I had fun with all of Chris' friends last night after all my friends disappeared. We all got drunk and danced and had some fun. We all went to Taco Bell and it was crazy packed. I waited like 45 minutes for my food. I was not a happy girl... When you are wasted, tired, and hungry... It's not a good combination. I do believe I also saw Mike (old) at Uptown but I ignored him the whole time. I could NOT let my boy's roommate see me flirting with another guy -- I had to be on my best behavior because he would tell on me in a heart beat if it looked like I would hurt the poor kid.

I miss him, actually... We got in a pretty big fight on Wednesday because he was mad that I "wasn't paying enough attention" to him at the bar. I thought it was pretty childish and woman of him and when I told him that (hey, I was drunk), he wasn't too happy with me. We still haven't actually sat downt o talk about what we are or about Wednesday night... He's in Indiana this weekend for National Guard so I guess we'll just have to wait until Sunday to talk about things... I'm not really sure how I'm going to bring it up or what I'm going to say, but I believe I need to tell him about old Mike. Not everything, just that I'm just ending this complicated relationship and I'm really stuck in the middle of a rock and a hard place.

We'll see what happens.

Year of the Tiger

According to blogspot.com, my zodiac symbol is the tiger. After further researching this exotic animal, I'm more specifically the fire tiger. Basically all you need to know about me is that I'm powerful, the king queen of the jungle (it's not the lion, back off), and it is believed to govern the heart. Fire is associated with the qualities of dynamism, strength and persistence, and with restlessness and a sense of peacefulness. That little blurb was courtsey of Wikipedia. Sweet ass!

Go Falcons

For the first time ever a MAC Championship team has advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Can you guess which fabulous team accomplished this? BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY LADY FALCONS!! For the first time since 1989 we actually made it to the 2nd round and now we're off to the 3rd rounds against the #3 team, Arizona State. We beat the #2 team, Vanderbilt, last night so anything is possible! Best. Game. Ever. Check out my girls play on ESPN Saturday, March 24th, and 12PM noon!

With the good news being spread, I thought it would be an opportune time to also spread around a fantastic quote I heard today... Thanks to our ever great New York from VH1's I LOVE NEW YORK I present the following quote I heard today. I don't know why it made me laugh, but it just tickled my funny bone:

"It's ok to cry. People cry, dogs cry, doves cry, I cry, everyone cries!"

I think what cracked me up was that she said "doves cry" and all I could think about was Prince. I bet that too-much-make-up-psycho thought of the same thing.

Exams, Quizzes, Papers, OH MY!

I'm currently cramming for my quiz at 3:30. I did study last night, however, I was easily distracted by the movie "Stranger Than Fiction" which, by the way, I highly recommend. I'm kind of at a loss of studying for this quiz -- The last quiz I took for this class I studied for days and got a 58% on it. How is that possible, may you ask? Apparently I didn't have enough "verbs and nouns" in my essay questions. I reread all those bad boys and my answers were awesome. Oh well. At this point I'm just skimming what I don't know and hoping I can bullshit my way through some of it. If I get a better grade on this quiz it just further proves that you can bullshit your way through life.

I work today and I'm hoping that today goes better than the last couple of days. I've wanted to throw things at my lovely bosses. Boss man drives me insane sometimes. He definitely called me out last week when he caught me rolling my eyes at him; but, who can blame me? This man is ridiculous!!

Tonight is Quarters/Endzone night. My one of two nights that I like to go out during the week (the other being Saturday). Tonight will prove to be highly entertaining because not only am I going with my favorite bar gals, but I'll be running into both Mikes. New Mike and old Mike. This is going to be FUN! I wonder what drama will brew up from this -- Time will only tell.

St. Patty's Day went swimmingly. It was a lot of fun. Some of my favorite 21ers and I went on an impromptu bar crawl and made it to 10 different bars. A round of shots and beers at each bar, some more than others, led to a very drunk Ashley calling a very sober (new) Mike to come pick her up. Poor guy didn't know what was about to hit him.

Promotion!

I've been promoted -- How grand.

A Crazy Little Thing Called Love

These past two nights have been fairly interesting for me. On Monday I was surprised to have an old friend from Columbus come and visit. Him and I went to Chipotle, Quarters, and then to Uptown for a night of fun 80's music. While we were at Quarters Mike shows up with his very manly girlfriend. I wasn't pleased. However, I think he thought that Josh and I were "together" so it made things much more interesting. Overall, it was just extremely weird.

Well, being the drunk loud mouth that I am, as we (Amanda, Josh, and I) were leaving to meet our friends at Uptown I tell everyone that they should join us for some fun times. An hour later Mike shows up without his beloved girlfriend or Tyler. Weird. Why the hell would you show up alone to a bar to meet people you only sort of know? Sara says it's because I was there -- He did ask to come home with me; I said no.

Last night my buddy Kent and I went to Brewsters for free pool and, of course, Mike, Tyler, and Amanda were there. She's a very odd character, I might add. While we were there, though, I was really quiet with Mike. Usually I'm pretty loud, sarcastic, and outgoing, but I was very uncharacteristically quiet. I wasn't feeling very comfortable in the situation I was in. He noticed.

While we were there, though, a group of very attractive guys showed up to play pool and one of them (Rob) started to talk to me. I was very excited because I could see that Mike was getting upset that all my attention (and now very talkative-self) was on a different boy. Who can blame me, though? Did Mike really think I was going to be all giggles to hang out with him and his girlfriend? I definitely don't think so!

Tonight is the weekly Quarters then Endzone night for booze and karaoke. Rob said that he was going to go to Quarters at like 1130, and I'm considering going out tonight and seeing if I run into him. I go anyways, but usually we all leave around 11 for the Endzone. Maybe tonight I'll leave at midnight, instead.

All this sounds so trivial when I reread through it, but it's my confusing life and the only way it makes any sort of sense is when I write (or type) it down. What a crazy little thing called "love," I'm stuck between right now.

Back to Basics

Ah, it's now time to start the second half of Spring semester. This year has blown -- Completely. I don't want to be here anymore, and it's getting more and more difficult to make myself concentrate on actually doing well. I've dropped two classes this semester and I'm down to 9 credit hours; I also dropped a major (since I was double majoring). I don't know what's wrong with me this year, but I'd much rather be working right now and making money than attending class. I'm destined to be working at Hollywood Video for the rest of my life.

Something new, though... I've been really thinking about forcing myself to try and finish school and join the National Guard or the Army. Since I'm majoring in Geography and I want to make maps, I thought joining the military would be the smartest route to go, but we'll see. I'm still so unsure of everything in my life right now.

This weekend proved pretty interesting. Sara is finally back and we had our own little fun. On Saturday night Jeff, Matt, and I partied it up with some good friends. It was a lot of fun... I forgot how much fun that "group" was to party with. They continually crack me up.

I work here in 20 minutes and I'm really not wanting to go in. I usually go into work at 11AM, but for whatever reason I'm scheduled for 9AM. That's pretty lame and I have a feeling I'm going to be slicing meats and shit all night. Lame. And, to top off the "lameness" factor... I work with the bosses.

I Like to Move it, Move it

This week has gone by terribly slow. It's been Spring Break up here but, unfortunately, I did not get a Spring Break... I got to work 40 hours this week. I should have also taken the time to look for a second job since I'm completely broke, but I was just too lazy. And it snowed. I blame the snow. I'm actually kind of excited for today -- My best friend, Sara, is coming back from Vegas today. I really wanted to hit up the bars tonight but I don't think I'll be able to get to the bank today so I'm still broke. Looks like it'll be parties for the ladies tonight. Still, it'll be good to have her back... I've missed her! Last night JB and I went over to his buddy, Tristan's, house. I didn't really like anyone there. A friend from work, though, showed up so I was happy I knew someone. I'm usually a pretty outgoing person, but there was one of those girls there that thought since she was just soooo pretty everything should be handed to her. I was getting rather annoyed. Stupid girls. When I got home around 1:30AM Kent had sent me some IMs saying that my "crush" had come over to his place to drink. I'm kind of mad I missed the opportunity to drink with Kent and Matt (my crush), but what can you do. Hopefully I can get out some good gossip from Kennels. We'll see.

I'm really not looking forward for today (work wise). I work open to close, essentially; 11-7. I also work with Mike from 5-7 -- Peachy. I have really, finally, ended it. I'm smarter than what I've made myself seem and he just isn't worth what I'm putting into this crazy relationship. I also finally told a couple girls from work (I wanted to keep it a secret)... They also agree with me that it is good that I end it. It was kind of hard to hide it from them when I showed up with Henry and Chris attached to my neck. That bastard.

I also have a long shift tomorrow -- 10-3 and then 5-9. That doesn't seem so bad with the 2 hour break, but it's still a nine hour day. We also have a huge order to prepare on Saturday which probably means that the bosses will make an appearance. Boy, am I excited. I hope these friends of mine on my neck decide to disppear before then. I was getting nothing but hell at work for them. I guess it's my own fault, though.

Ugh, someone go to work for me.

St. Louis Rams

I realize that football season is long over, but it's never to early to be excited for the upcoming season!! I'm overly obsessed with the St. Louis Rams... They are my favorite team, hands down. What I'm most excited about is that the Rams last away game is against the Bengals (Who-Dey!), in Cincinnati. Since I'm originally from Cincinnati, this means that this girl is definitely taking her dad to the game. I will definitely be THAT GIRL that shows up to her home team's turf in Rams colors. Hopefully I'll be able to walk away from it all, but I gotta support my favorite team. I remember my first ever football game with my Dad when I was about eight or nine years old. I remember I had on those pullover winter jackets that a lot of sports teams had (I had both a Rams and a Bengals one), I had my face painted orange and black, I was wearing a Bengals beanie, and I was completely surrounded by drunk old men. It was the best time of my life. Wow, I'm entirely too excited for this season now!!! GO RAMS! GO BENGALS! (I hope the following teams lose: Steelers, Browns, Cowboys, Dolphins, 49ers.)

The Days That End in "Y"

That magical snow I mentioned earlier is a bitch. The city of Bowling Green cares very little about where they put all that extra snow that they shovel up. While walking to work I passed numerous (what can only be described as) "mounds." These "mounds" wouldn't necessarily be promblematic if they were out of the way of traffic. However, Bowling Green likes to place them in piles in the middle of the road in turn lanes. This makes it very difficult for people who walk to work, like myself, to cross the street when A) you can't see what's coming and B) you have to climb (yes, climb) over the mounds.

No worries, though, the snow melted in a period of four hours... I'm not worried about it when I make my walk back from the bars tonight.

It's Wednesday so that means pool and booze at Quarters, and then followed by karaoke night at Endzone. Such a glorious night this will be. Wednesdays are also a day that I booze it up with Mike and his friends so I'm curious to see if he will come over tonight or if his girlfriend will be there since tonight is his birthday. However, she's never come before so I'm hoping she doesn't change her plans. I'm crossing my fingers. It amazes me that even after all that previous ranting, I'm still excited to see him. I was really upset about him standing me up the other night, but it turns out he fell asleep when he got home to his apartment while he was waiting to come over to my place. I had said 2AM and I guess he got to his place at 1:30 and was just waiting. It's not really a good excuse, but I forgive easily and there's nothing we can do about the situation now.

I've decided I just don't care anymore. Really.

For some funny... Thanks P-Nasty for making me laugh with this amusing photo.

Party Hard

Meet Kent.


Now, in Kent's defense -- He really is a good guy, and one of my dearest and oldest friends. However, why is it necessary to go bonkers after a night of drinking? Just because we drink together quite often does not entitle you to confess your love for me, Sara, Kara, and all the other female friends you have. It's rather annoying.

I'm blowing off steam here, and I'm being kind of bitchy, but I have a right. I have to deal with this drama every time we drink. It's annoying (repeat).

Last night, as usual, we all head to Quarters for some pool, booze, and silver strike. I was having quite a splendid time and I was pretty hammered by the end of the night. While we were at the bar everything was peachy. There was no weirdness, nothing. We get back to Sara's apartment (since I'm crashing here) and it's like a trigger went off and he kept asking to sleep with me on the futon. I kindly told him no (four times), and to sleep on the other futon. Well, apparently, he was having none of that and left.

I would have stopped him from drunk driving but the room was spinning and instead of running to the door to stop him I yelled, "oh shit," and ran to the bathroom on the other end of the apartment.

Why are boys just so weird?

Now, I'm huuuuungova' and off to walk to work in the magical four inches of snow that we go last night. Fuck you, Mother Nature. She's a bitch, ain't she? I better be working with some sweet people today because I don't think I can handle the bosses.

Working Girl

You'd think that after being shown something once, that your boss would assume that you would be able to successfully complete that said task at a later date.

However, this is not the case. Yes, boss, I know how to slice tomatoes, ham, onions, etc. etc. You show me every day as if I've never worked there. In case you forgot, I've worked there for three months and slice daily. Get off my case. Thanks.

Also, I hate slicing onions -- Please make me stop doing it. Thanks.

And another thing -- Go home, boss, you make work 100 times more difficult when we are busy and you are there. We aren't 10, we know how to run a business efficiently and in a timely manner. The only time we get behind is when you are breathing down our necks and making us stop what we're doing every five minutes because you feel as though it's necessary to show us the "proper" way to make a sub. We've all worked there 3+ months. We aren't stupid.

One last thing -- If I have to hear you explain how none of us have good work ethic and how we're going to fail in life, I'll probably throw bread at your face. Oh, and before I forget, please have your son stop calling me "retarded" because I put a sticker on a piece of bread vertically and not horizontally.