again, I lose track of time and energy and forget to blag… let me say a few words, hopefully catch up on everything, and then skip off into the sunset.

the new guy from my last post has a nickname – flight of the conchords (he kind of looks like jemaine clement). we’ll call him jemaine to keep things simple.

june 1 – left work early for a dr’s appt then headed to oreo’s to look for my toaster and stuff. arrived at his place to find someone had placed two boxes full of books on my grandmother’s dining room table. this might not seem like a big deal, but my grandma is dead and the table was one of the only things I took from the house to remember her. on top of that, all three table extensions are in, so the boxes made the table bow. of course I removed the boxes post haste and texted oreo asking he not move my stuff again – I’d be more than happy to move anything he needs moved. later that night I hung out with jemaine again. we watched some more of “jon benjamin has a van” and I don’t remember what else lol.

june 2 – I spent the day with zanzibar in gettysburg at the outlet shops. it was so great, we walked around the entire outlet, bought some fun mini-books, some super-cheap bath & body works stuff, and I tried on a million bras but couldn’t find one I liked -_- on the way back to her city, there was this interesting old-style grocery store so we decided to stop in. I took a silly picture outside with the old-fashioned phonebooth lol. the first floor of the building was like walking into a country farm or something… so much wicker and quilt! the second floor was awesome – they had I think three rooms layed out in a 50’s style coca-cola diner theme. was awesome to see everything, and you could buy anything there! then we got around to the local food type stuff, and we got those old-fashioned candy sticks, zanzibar found a great pair of sunglasses, and also bought some kind of dip mix that looked deadly delicious. after we left the country store, we stopped by the liquor store in zan’s town (love me some whipped cream vodka!) and the farmer’s market (kiwis!). we parted ways after that because she was going to have dinner with her bf, and while I was invited, my energy was waning and I thought it’d be nice for them to have dinner alone. got home probably around 6:30pm, goofed off and went to bed.

june 3 – LAZY. I spent most of the day on the couch watching movies on HBO -_-

june 4 – jemaine and I were texting and he found out I had never seen black dynamite. he insisted he come over the next day for us to watch, but I told him I was busy until thursday. he grudgingly accepted thursday.

june 5 – went over to eli’s after work to help him unpack into his new place. we re-assembled a futon and built an ikea entertainment center. that one was an adventure… we caught up a little, made lewd jokes toward each other, and I left around 8pm because I still had to drive back to MC. was good seeing him :)

june 6 – originally was supposed to go to niece’s band concert, but the little one got bronchitis and an ear infection and wasn’t up to playing. I don’t blame her! because of this, I asked jemaine around 1pm if he wanted to come over to watch black dynamite. he said sure thing! then we chatted about how he reacts to his ex dating, and I told him he was creating a double-standard if he was allowed to date but if she did then he gave her crap for it. anyway… I got home around 5:30, settled in some (laundry, food), then put on the TV. got a text from jemaine saying that he’d talked to his ex (did I mention she still lives in his house?) and apparently she IS bothered by him dating. he told me he and his ex decided to give each other the courtesy of not dating until she had moved out. so pretty much got plans cancelled on me two hours before they’d happen. obviously I wasn’t too pleased with this outcome, so I told him “think of the most sarcastic way to say ‘awesome’ because that’s how I feel.” I sent a few more snarky responses while he continued to explain the situation, but once he started sending pics of him and his daughter being goofy and trying to cheer me up… well, let’s say I caved lol. but still… two weeks without my new friend is going to suck. he said it probably won’t last two weeks because his ex will do something to break the courtesy rule. who knows? right now I’m just trying to get through this week and into a calm weekend.

friday after work I picked up zanzibar’s car because hers would fit a desk and side table…

saturday I left the house at 7:45am, got my friend in baltimore, drove to annapolis to get the desk, drove around downtown a bit to enjoy the scenery (was trying to go to chick & ruth’s but downtown was just too crowded and I got anxious), drove back to MC, had sushi at a buffet, went back to my place and moved the furniture in my room, drove friend back to baltimore, returned zanzibar’s car, and drove back home. all in all, was in the car for over six hours. it sucked. I need to stop driving around so much. it costs too much and wears me outttttt. no more day trips. that’s it. the end. for reals this time.

sunday I slept in a bit (totally needed after saturday), straightened up things, ate too much junk food, had my friend joe over to watch ice pirates (pretty much a cheesy 80’s flick making fun of star wars and the like), caught up a bit, played monkey island on the ps3 (the revamped original), then he left around 6:30pm. I ate dinner and cleaned up a bit more, updated my okcupid profile (says I’m looking for long-term dating again… because katsu still hasn’t messaged me), texted with journey (who I still feel awkward around/texting whatever laskdjlksfjasldkf ) then passed out.

and now it’s monday, and I had great plans of doing a 2012 rio5 review but now I’m grumpy and tired and my allergies are noticeable today. grumble grumble. so I’m not doing any of that stuff. so there >.< but here’s my steering wheel cover (Photo0592 currently missing) that I wrapped with ribbon! =^_^= actually can’t decide if I wanna go black and pink as my color scheme, or black and blue/teal… like a nice #02A7E1 or maybe #0078AD. decisions!!!!!!

these past several days haven’t been kind to me. I found out some pretty bad news on friday that has permanently altered the way I think about relationships. not going into detail because I don’t want to, but just wanted to mark this milestone.

thursday journey texted me and asked if I was in bed – at 10pm. of course I was; I wake up before 5am on the weekdays! but he charmingly said he wanted to drink and at the time bigwerm and ruckus were still awake drinking so I told journey to come on over. I got out of bed and on my way downstairs passed ruckus – apparently he had an important meeting in the morning and had to be responsible. psh. I finished my descent and walked into the kitchen where bigwerm was on his way upstairs for bed, as well. okay, guess it would just be journey and me!

journey got to my place around 10:30pm. I’d previously told him he could stay until midnight. thought that was fair. anyway, we started drinking and goofing off. I think we went on youtube for some stuff, and facebook because he wanted to know how many friends I had. we also created a plentyoffish account so I could demonstrate why okcupid was better. oh, and I’d randomly received a text from a guy I’d chatted with on pof OVER A YEAR AGO and wanted to check out his profile lol. anyway, journey and I were having a good time when around 11:30pm bigwerm came downstairs. of course my initial reaction was guilt because I’d kept him awake. he assured me he just wasn’t able to get to sleep. then bigwerm decided to make chili dogs (journey had one, I declined) and hang out for a bit. around midnight bigwerm went back upstairs, leaving journey and me alone once again.we had some great fun and time slipped away. suddenly it was 2am. UGH. finally kicked him out (even though I wanted to keep hanging out) and passed out. woke up at 4:45am and wanted to punch babies. thought about how weird it is that we have a good time together and have pretty good chemistry but he says we aren’t a good “dating match.” whatever -_-

friday I had a doctor’s appt during work hours, which totally screwed me getting a full 40 hours, but it did allow me to take a short nap on the table while I waited lol… then work was a blur and I got home and got the last parking spot. ruckus wasn’t happy about that but what was I supposed to do? then bigwerm called ruckus to ask if he wanted 5guys and I was telling ruckus that I wanted some but he refused to tell bigwerm. when ruckus hung up, I asked him what that was about. he said that’s what I get for taking the last parking spot…. really? REALLY? skjfskl;ajfasdfkaj!!!! one reason I’m glad he’s moving out soon – he can be such a child!!! night was relaxing, went to bed a little late after watching TV.

saturday I got up early to get my mudguards installed up at the kia place in owings mills. got done around 11:30am (btw Lee is awesome and he really took care of me), called zanzibar to see if she wanted to hang for a bit, drove up to her place and chilled for a bit. I decided since it was really sunny and warm out that seraphina was probably heated enough to de-badge. so in zanzibar’s parking lot I started spraying the goo-gone stuff and slowly peeling back the badges (the RIO and GTI). somewhere near the end, I got the attention of too many wasps and freaked out. zanzibar was gracious enough to come outside and move the wash buckets near the front door while I drove to safeway’s parking lot to finish the de-badging. (less foliage = less wasps). finally got seraphina all done, washed her up at zan’s, and went back upstairs. relaxed for a bit, then we headed to target, then they had a birthday party to go to so I stopped by the mall. serendipity! new york and company was having a one day 50% off everything sale, which meant I could afford the two shirts I’ve been wanting for over a month!! yayyyy! I also spent some time at mr tire, but my buddy there was really busy so I left soon after. drove back to bigwerm’s, relaxed, passed out.

sunday I did laundry and vacuumed a bit. other than that, spent most of my time on the couch watching movies. bigwerm and ruckus went to the oriole’s game (sad they lost but it was a good game) so I had the TV to myself. they came home and bigwerm made chili cheese dogs and we ate and then I watched him play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night then we went to bed. oh, and I called my mom somewhere in there! happy mother’s day!

all in all, an alright weekend. not as happy as I wanted to be, but I’ll get over this slump soon.

this past weekend was so odd. first the friday evening was spent doing pretty much nothing. dishes, maybe? ate crap food for sure. I spent a lot of time on reddit which directly affected me going to sleep around 1:30am.

saturday was a different story. woke up at 7:30am thanks to ruckus’ alarm (which of course he snoozed). used bigwerm’s computer to bullshit online, then took a shower. by the time I was done, dressed, and going downstairs, ruckus was up and back from mcdonald’s. he shouted, “GOOD MORNING!!” at me and I responded in a not-so-enthusiastic manner. why would it be a good morning when I didn’t get enough sleep on the weekend? you know, the nights you shouldn’t have to set an alarm? regardless, I left the house around 9:30am and visited bruce at the kia service center. I wanted to ask about mud guards and a tiny tiny chip in the paint on the side of the hood. he and I also chatted for a bit but then I was off to more adventures. it was nice, he sent me an email after my visit to let me know it was great seeing me again (more on this later).

now, background info on my next stop… I’ve been looking for some metal wings to screw into my front license plate. no, I don’t want a whole license plate frame. I just want two wings coming off the screws. because her name is seraphina, I think it’d be really cool to have wings on the front of the car. something relatively small… maybe four inches? but you have NO IDEA how difficult it is to find this!! so after leaving the kia service center, I went to home depot to try and find some metal wings… no luck. by this time, zanzibar had contacted me about the demolition derby that night, saying to meet up at 5:30pm. but since I was already halfway there, I just went up to her city and shopped at kohl’s until she called. OH AND ALSO!!! by this time I’d received a text from an unfamiliar number that said, “is this kaese?” and the convo went back and forth a few times before he told me his name… it was bruce, the service guy. now, I don’t know about you, but I didn’t give him my number but obviously they have it on file at their shop. I’m a nice person and I’m not going to report it or anything, but isn’t that a little weird? anyway, back to my convo with zan: we decided to go to j cafe (http://www.myjcafe.com/) for lunch with her bf. then we went to THEIR home depot to get flowers and a gas grill for the bf. I stayed in the shade as much as possible and ended up looking like a lurker lol. the bf got an already assembled grill but it wouldn’t fit in zanzibar’s forrester so after many times of trying to detach the extremities, the bf gave up and we got a boxed one. went back to the bf’s house, I took a nap, then around 5:45pm zanzibar, the bf, one of their friends and I drove to the demolition derby (after picking up some alcohol, of course. side note, new favorite drink: root beer with whipped cream vodka). the derby was awesome. it was really fun rooting for a specific number. zanzibar’s cars always won. rigged? perhaps. we also had delicious funnel cake. omg so fresh and fatty and worth it!

oh, side story, sorry… about journey and katsu.

I’ve been having a rough time of it with katsu. thursday I was gchatting with katsu (the only way we communicate) and he wasn’t going to be able to hang out this weekend. I haven’t seen katsu since april 26th, so I don’t think it was unreasonable for me to be a little disappointed about not seeing him. the other ongoing issue is he’s always green on gchat because of his phone, but that doesn’t mean he’s actually around to chat. so I told him thursday that I needed him to start messaging me since green on gchat for me means I’m actually available. anyway just read the chat snippet and you’ll get the idea. so then friday night I was texting with journey about it, and I mentioned that I was really enjoying my time with him and he stopped texting me O_o turned out his phone had died, but nevertheless I was self-conscious enough about it to re-think my attitude toward journey. we also talked on the phone saturday night and he stressed we were bros. yeah. definitely not going to get too attached to that one lol.

sunday I watched TV/movies all day with bigwerm. felt like such a slacker but it was nice to recover! was kind of hoping journey would text me to hang out, but after our odd conversation saturday I refused to text him first lol.

before I leave, just wanted to say how awesome fancybox is! love lightboxes! cheers ^_^

another weekend packed full of extreme social interaction and too much food and drink.

friday I made dinner which was a BIG DEAL because normally bigwerm cooks for me. I made this creamy chicken gnocchi dish posted on food.com which turned out pretty well. whole house smelled like garlic after, though. um. I stayed up too late friday night which affected my energy on saturday. very bad idea.

saturday I went up to zanzibar’s for a few reasons. main reason was to get my niece’s cellphone. I’m switching service from at&t to tmobile and wanted to make sure I had enough of a signal where I needed it. we also went to target for a nice spring sale they were having. of course we had brunch, this time at rafael’s. their cheesy hash brown balls are divine. we also stopped by walmart so I could return an unopened container of motor oil that was for my old car, frankie. then I drove back home, took a quick nap, cut coupons, had a small dinner, and waited for bigwerm and his woman to show up so we could all go to m&m’s for a 30th birthday party. the party was a lot of fun. it was really nice to play beer pong again, and we had an animated game of circle of death. drinks were good, company was good. ruckus wasn’t there because of another business trip, which sucked, but all in all it was a great night. got home after 2am I think, and passed out.

sunday I woke up at 9am to drive to baltimore to pick up the baron. we then drove to my work so I could check that I got a signal on tmobile, then we had brunch at a hibachi buffet. I stuffed myself obese. seriously, after drinking saturday I was really craving horrible food and I made good on that craving. I didn’t eat the rest of the day; that’s how full I was. anyway! we also drove to westminster to go to the mall (I tried on that new york and company shirt again but still can’t get over spending $50 on one item of clothing) and talked to the tmobile guys again. dropped the phone off at zanzibar’s and took the baron home. then drove back home and lazed about for the 1.5 hours before bed. had a nice time texting with this guy who needs a nickname… he’s really funny and I hope he sticks around :D

I kept telling myself, and everyone around me, that I needed to blog about my life. it’s a semi-hectic whirlwind involving far too many people and I often lose track of what I did. when someone asks you what you did on the weekend and your response is “uhhh…” something needs to change! today I make an effort to change.

things that went on this weekend:

friday I had a google calendar list of “to-do” that mostly got done. look over algebra with ginger, vacuum ruckas’ room, clean the shower… I didn’t find my headphones and still haven’t planned my lunches but meh. I made good on some things.

saturday I needed to get my oil changed on my new car, seraphina (oh, yeah, I have a new car. more on that later). they say you don’t HAVE to do an early oil change on new cars now, but better safe than sorry. at just shy of 1,400 I thought it was prudent, so at 10:30am I got to the owings mills dealership for my free oil change. and tire pressure check. and car wash. the service desk guy, bruce, was super engaging and fun to chat with. he complimented me on my attitude, which I ate up lol, and he also found an owner’s manual for my car (I’d been without one and the sales guy was going to mail me one but I was impatient)! what I really loved was registering my email address gave me updates of when they started working on my car and when it was done. and the free car wash. love free car washes lol. met up with zanzibar and took her around in my car for the rest of the day. had a lovely lunch at jcafe; got a side salad instead of kettle chips which was a great choice. the salad was legit: fresh tomatoes, yellow and red peppers (I skipped the onions) on a bed of mixed greens. skipped getting dessert – trying to watch those sugars… then we went to the mall because I needed jeans, but also found a super-cute shirt at sears for $18 (orig $40). also found an awesome shirt at new york and company, but they only had one of the two colors in my size, and with their BOGO1/2 off sale I didn’t just want to get one. looked online… still debating on whether or not I should shell out $75 for two shirts when I now have a car payment :| stopped by mr tire to see nick, then zanzibar and I parted ways and I stopped by the original dealership where I was going to get a car. see, I went to a toyota dealership first, but ended up getting a kia at another location. however, the original sales guy got credit for the sale since the locations are connected. BUT he and his sales people gave me such a hard time about buying a kia that I felt unwelcome :( I guess it really doesn’t matter anymore since I don’t ever have to go back there, but I thought chris and I could be friends. meh. oh, then I went BACK to mr tire to hang out with nick again lol… closed the shop with the crew and went home. bigwerm and his non-gf came home that night with non-gf’s dog (who was sequestered to the basement because the cat freaked out). and when they tried to go to bed with the dog in the basement, he would NOT SHUT UP. suuuuper glad I don’t own any pets. ugh.

sunday I watched movies and ate food all day with ruckus. first inception, then ace ventura, aliens, and wrapped up the evening with your highness. pizza from pizza hut, and pancakes. omg. never again.