This one goes out to the one I love

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BFF, Friends, Love

The other day one of my very best friends posted a link to this video on my Facebook page. Admittedly, I’m not great at watching videos that people post for me so it took til tonight for me to watch it. I’m a huge fan of The Head and the Heart but I’m not as familiar with their music as I should be and this song was great.

I don’t know if I would be the person I am today without the friendship I have with Melissa. Throughout my time in Baltimore, there really was no one I could count on more than her. I had some really great times there but also some super low ones and she knows things about me that no one else does. I am so glad that we met and I’m glad that we still talk almost as much as we did when we lived down the street. I miss being able to see her at work and going to happy hour and sometime drinking too much me just generally having so much fun. She is in the top five funniest people I’ve ever met and I’m proud to call her my friend. I miss you, girl. You and Michael need to get fancy jobs in Texas and move into a mansion close by. (I’ll make Michael grande Americanos for life if I can stay in your pool house.)

Back to the bar…

But probably not the bar you’re thinking of. Today was my first day back on the espresso bar at work and I have to say that I rocked it. In the 2 weeks I’ve been at work, I’ve mostly been on register since I guess they don’t really let brand new employees start messing up everyone’s drinks. However, they probably should have done the reverse for me since I seem to mess up so much more on register and making drinks is coming back to me like riding a bike. The day flew by!

I’m also riding high because I’ve gotten several compliments about my writing over the past couple of days. Maybe from 4 or 5 people, half of whom are strangers. It’s nice to hear since that’s something I’d really like to do with my life. I don’t know when that life is going to begin, but I’m joining a new local blog project so I guess that might be step one in getting some of my writing out there (in addition to this self-indulgent bullshit I write every few days.)

Also, one of my favorite things about working in the service industry is that I get to see cute dudes at work WAY MORE than working in a building full of finance and IT nerds. Having customer crushes is just par for the course and I have decided on mine this morning. I am going to have to do some ghost recon to find out his situation and whether or not he wants to marry me.

Boys- Can’t Live With Em, Can’t Shoot Em

My friend Melissa gave me an amazing breakup CD last year, so I decided to pay it forward with one of my close friends here that’s going through something similar. The problem? I can’t stop listening to it. (I made myself one, I didn’t just keep hers.) I used to be the queen of mix cd’s but I hadn’t made one in a long time and I have to say this one is pretty damn good. Here’s the track listing, if you are so inclined to take a gander for yourself.

1. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Starfucker
2. Nothing Better- Postal Service
3. Your Ex Lover Is Dead- Stars
4. Stall (Live) – Sarge
5. I Used To Love Him- Lauryn Hill
6. Burn- Pink Nasty
7. Drinking Song- Jenny Owens Young
8. A Better Son/Daughter- Rilo Kiley
9. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)- Kelly Clarkson
10. Where Does the Good Go? Tegan and Sara
11. Dear John- Aden
12. Bitches Aint Shit- Ben Folds
13. You Are What You Love- Jenny Lewis
14. Jar of Hearts- Christina Perri
15. Basket- Dan Mangan
16. Hot in Herre- Jenny Owens Young
17. We R Who We R- Ke$ha
18. Bad Romance- Lady Gaga
19. I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams- Weezer/Rentals
20. Tears Dry On Their Own- Amy Winehouse

Pretty good, right? I agree. The only problem is that it’s sort of making me re-visit my own breakup so some of the songs make me really sad. But at the same time, I hadn’t been feeling much of anything lately so I think sad is better than nothing at all. Right?

Work

So, I am going to start working again after being laid off in April and I am going back to my roots… Starbucks! I am very excited because I’ll be working with some old friends and I’ll get to interact with people again. As a rule I don’t really talk about work on the internet so this is probably all I will say about it here but I am thrilled about it. Obviously it is work but after working in an office for the past 8 years, working in a cafe again just sounds like fun. And working part time is even better. While I’m looking for full time work as well, I am going to stay with Starbucks part time to make some extra money and because, as I said, it’s going to be FUN! And I like money. And more than money, I like THINGS. And I need money to buy said things. I am very materialistic so I need to keep up with my lifestyle.

I had to buy all new clothes for the job which I guess is sort of typical for some jobs. But I realized the other day that I had no black or white collared shirts and my pants are pretty much office appropriate but not really cafe appropriate. So I have 4 new shirts and 3 new pairs of pants. And a new pair of black New Balance shoes. New clothes tend to make most things better. I’m going to have to get used to the “no nailpolish” thing though, but getting out of the apartment will be worth it.

I’ve been watching The West Wing like it is a job and it has quickly joined the ranks of Veronica Mars, Sons of Anarchy, The Wire, and Alias as one of my favorite shows of all time. It is so smart and well written and seems to really stand the test of time. But I am on the 35th DVD disc and I have almost 2 more full seasons to go! Seriously, this is a lot of West Wing. But take it from me, you’ll love it. My mom even likes it. And there are pretty impressive guest stars: Mary Louise Parker, Kristen Chenowith, Glenn Close to name a few. Oh, and the chick who plays Peggy in Mad Men.

Next time I will write the story about how I almost got hit in the head with a foul ball at a Rangers game.

My night.

I’ve been obsessed with Hemingway and a gatsby party is the next best thing. Also a really good excuse to buy a wig and wear fake eyelashes and red lipstick.

Uh oh…

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Guerlain, makeup, Pucci

I am going to do my best to not buy everything here. I love makeup. So much. It’s going to bankrupt me.

Cryyyyyying Over Youuuu

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List yourself, music, over-sensitive, Roy Orbison, sad, tears

Crying is one of my favorite songs. I love Roy Orbison. If I ever get down to making more music besides terribly covering a Ke$ha song, perhaps I could cover this one. Though Christina Perri just beat me to it. Whatever. When I was in a band in college, we wanted to have a Roy Orbison/beach boys sound. Obviously this did not happen since we were mostly drunk the whole time. But we had some good times and recorded one song.

Today’s List Yourself is to list the situations that always make you cry.

Full disclosure… I cry a lot. Mostly at tv. Like, so many episodes of The West Wing. American Idol eliminations. The Good Wife. Sons of Anarchy. EVERYTHING. It’s ridiculous. I am so glad I am alone.

I don’t usually cry if people say mean things about me or anything. I usually join them because I’m incredibly self-deprecating but I definitely cry if I hurt someone else’s feelings. I never ever want to hurt people I care about but sometimes my humor can come off mean and I’m always apologetic when I go too far.

Oh, when I have to ask my parents for money makes me cry a lot. I like to fancy myself an independent lady but every now and then in the past I’ve had to make that difficult phone call and I hate it. Luckily, they know I hate it and are always very nice to me about it. Which always makes it worse somehow, you know?

I’ve really been wanting to write something and I’ve come up with a few things but I’ve mostly been unmotivated. I need to figure out how to get back in the groove. Before I get a job and make even more excuses.

Mascara Love

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best mascara ever, great lash lots of lashes, Mascara, maybelline

I would be remiss if I didn’t tell y’all about the best mascara ever.* I’ve tried a shitload of mascaras because makeup is like crack cocaine to me. So just know that when I recommend a mascara as The Best Mascara Ever, I have gone through approximately a billion other mascaras to find it. Now, I’ve always hated the regular Maybelline Great Lash. I could never figure out why everyone liked it so much and why it was a cult classic. It sucks. But, I randomly bought this one because I was intrigued by the shape of the brush. And I am easily distracted by bright colors. I think the brush is mainly why it works so well. It gets every lash and evenly separates and provides a ton of volume. I mean, it’s not going to replace fake lashes even though all mascaras try to make us think that. But it makes a huge impact and is fucking cheap. I don’t think it could have been more than $7. And I don’t think anyone should pay top dollar for mascara (speaking as one who used to spend top dollar on mascara) because the experts say you are supposed to replace mascara more frequently than any other makeup due to bacteria or something. So don’t spend $30 when you could spend $7 on the best mascara of all time.

Now, go buy it and have it change your life.

*No one paid me to write this but I wish they would.

Dragons.

Someone should buy me a pet dragon. That is all.

Sometimes

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Random

Sometimes at night I get into bed intending to read a book and educate myself more and then I just look at my phone for the next hour and a half. This is happening right now.

Also, every shower I take is also the best shower of my whole life. Every one. Does anyone else feel that way? I’m always looking forward to the next one. Because I’m insane. Also, semi-related, am I the only one with a dry erase board in my bathroom? I feel like this is a genius plan but I’ve never seen anyone else do this.

I wonder if I’m funny enough to write a funny book about my observations of life and things. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’m funny. But do other people? Would they pay for this comedy gold? Unsure.