Inane Ramblings of a Crazy Gringa

It's been so long since I've posted on my LJ. I forget it even exists anymore. It appears that other people are still posting, so that's good.

My life is so busy these days. I work a lot and hard, and I hate most of it. Apart from maybe two people, everyone at work is not someone that I would ever keep in touch with after leaving. I work for the state. The state is the most disorganized, shitty company I've ever worked for. No wonder we're losing so much money. The government is ran by retards.

I don't really know what else to update. I still live in the same house, which is a goddamn miracle, considering how much I moved before that.

I can't even think of anything else to write about right now. Epic blog failure.

Two thoughts I have from cruising the 2009 Cannes red carpet pics (with pictures!):


Sharon Stone is still mega hot. She might seem hotter to me now than she did then,
because it shows that she's truly beautiful. Or that she's
spent hella money on plastic surgery.



And...


Paris Hilton has scary skeleton feet. And gross legs.

haha I'm *not* moving to Austin now?

Life is weird. I am too poor to move yet I am doing nothing to get money to make it possible.

SIGH.

I am moving to Austin.

I've given my notice at my house and started going through/getting rid of things.
I've informed my parents.
My dad is helping me get new brakes/tires for my car, which is super fucking cool.


Last Wednesday, I had finally had enough of Tully's and their corporate bullshit and quit my job and walked out midshift. It was maybe the awesomest thing that I've ever done.

I still have my second job, which is now my primary job, so that's good. Not having rent to worry about is a good thing. Now I just need to save my paychecks for moving. Yay!

I'm really scared/excited/worried/intrigued. I've never moved so far from everything I know before, it's weird. I just keep saying it's weird over and over again.

I have been awake since 130am. I slept for maybe like 2 or 3 hours, if that, and then woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. So what better time to catch up on good old LJ. hah

Torn torn torn.

Want to move.

Don't want to stay except for little things like I like one of my jobs.

wah.

I really think that Rilo Kiley's first album is their best.

Take Offs and Landings is amazing and I'm obsessed with it, but their other ones seem to just annoy me.

In my constant state of working/walking/not drinking, I've lost 12 pounds. Wooooo.

Then last night I ate two brownies. Booo. haha

Must get ready for work.

I was talking to a friend last night about how I, in the last few months, have felt happy more and more. This in turn makes me happy because I normally have these bouts of emo that make me want to cry my face off.

I hung out with a girl last night that I have known for a few years but never spent much time with. We had tons of fun (seeing the Dutchess and the Duke - yay) and I'm happy to make a ladyfriend in the city. Hoooooraaaaay.

Anyway, now I must get ready for work. I am tired.

Hope all is well in the land of my livejournalfriends.

I need to start eating better. i walk a lot and am getting buffer, but I just caught my reflection and was sad.

Someday things will be better maybe.

I had an awesome day!

Courtney, Angel and Serjybaby came down and saw me at my house, and then revealed their grand plan to kidnap me for the day. We got in the car and ended up going to Ballard, where we ate cupcakes and Puerto Rican food and meandered through Archie McPhee's for a while. It was awesome. Then we met up with Julia and went to PF Changs and ate again, despite still being full of delicious Carribean goodness.

I love my friends. They are rad.

My new job kicks major ass.

My mom came over today and helped me move the rest of my crapola to my new room, and put it all away. I love my mom, she's so awesome about helping me with stuff like that. Or helping me with anything really. She brought me Tilamook cheese and contact solution from costco and was even going to take me grocery shopping - but we didn't have time. But my room is awesome and put together and I'm so so happy. I think if I have a decent paycheck on Monday, I'm going to buy some fabric and make some new curtains for my room.blood red ones would be pretty damn awesome. I'll just have to buy some quality fabric. Hence the decent paycheck part.

So my new room kicks major ass, too.

I like today.

I am working another show tonight with Anomie Belle. I am glad they they still let me do their merch. It's exciting. This evening they open up for The Album Leaf, which is extra exciting because they're almost like certified rock stars or something. But not really.

The last show was weird because The Kindness Kind played, and their bassist went to my high school, so there were all these high school kids there. I still got nervous about seeing all of the "popular" kids. Which is totally retarded, since I'm way cooler than them now. Strangely. Or maybe I was cooler than them all along.

I was just berated for having five M Ward albums and never listening to any of them. ha.

I am into The Kills this evening. Bueno bueno.

I got affirmation that I am liked by my roommates today. It was lovely. Now I don't have to live in fear that they all hate me. I wonder why I always think that.

I paint and move bedrooms next weekend, along with work an Anomie Belle show. Yay! I like working the shows at Neumos, because it's my favorite venue and it makes me giddy to stand behind the merch table and have the power.

I applied for two jobs yesterday, in addition to being a barista. One of them was being an Usher at the Paramount. I think that would be super fun.

I find the following very intriguing and I think about it quite a bit actually.

There is a correlation between small social groups (ie: groups of friends, families, workplaces) and their inhabitants and world culture social groups (ie: countries, alliances, . The instigators, the followers, the snobby ones, the ambitious ones, the bullies and the peacekeepers. They interact in similar ways in macro as well as in micro.

I think human nature is fucking amazing and beautiful. It may not be perfect, but it's pretty damn consistent. It makes me wonder about what makes us this way. Almost religiously, but I don't believe any religions that have been presented to me as of yet.

I sewed tonight for the first time since Halloween.

It was good. I need to do it more often.

I found out today that my entire household might move at the end of July. I doubt that includes me. I like my roommates, but don't feel entirely at home. And I always do this to myself. But I don't want to move again. But I do want to move again.

I want to move somewhere else, but then I'm just getting established here and it's nice. It's strange to be out and see people that I know. It happens a lot, too! On Friday I was at The Crescent and ran into Merritt and some of his friends.

I need a new job. Or another job. Or to work on my wallets and sell them. But I never feel like working on them.

I don't know what to doooooooo. Oh man.

For shits and giggles, I'm going to list some of my top shows of 2008.

In no particular order:

Yeasayer (MGMT opened) at Neumos- What an AMAZING show. I had listened to Yeasayer's album "All Hour Cymbals" quite a few times before I saw them live in January this year, but didn't truly appreciate it until I saw them live. While each member of the band seemed to belong to a different genre, if you judged by clothing (which I do), but their vocals harmonized better than any band that I've ever seen live. It was, hands down, one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life.

The Hotel Cafe Tour at Chop Suey - A mini Lilith Faire, minus Sarah McLaughlin and every lesbian west of the Mississippi. My first chance of seeing Thao Nguyen (sans the Get Down Stay Down), which was amazing, of course. But there was another lady there who surprised me with her utter awesomeness. Emily Wells came on stage, all unassuming, and took the tiny audience of Chop Suey by storm. Greeting the crowd with "Are you ready for some HIP HOP?", she proceeded to rock the socks off of all onlookers - on the violin of all instruments! Her voice sounded like Bjork, and her songs were kind of pretty and mysterious.

The Dutchess and the Duke (Moondoggies opened) at Neumos- I don't know how this couldn't be on the list, considering they guestlisted me into the show AND told me happy birthday from the stage about six times. But I really like this band and their 2008 album. They are kind of folky, kind of rocky, and lots of fun. Seeing them perform Strangers was like having angels and fairies sprinkle sparkledust on my heart.

The Saturday Knights at Neumos - I love hip hop shows. They have such an awesome vibe, and everybody dances. I caught this surprise show at Cap Hill Block Party, and I'm glad I did. When they played "45", I really felt like I was on the dance floor and the DJ dropped my 45.

The Kills at Neumos - I didn't actually get into the show, but I tried to drunkenly convince the ticket girl that I was supposed to be in there. She stared at me with the disdain that only indie hipster chicks with power can muster. But wow, they were awesome from the hallway until we got kicked out.

The Valley, The Hands and Thee Emergency at King Cobra - The Valley is really really good live. And Thee Emergency is always fun. Plus, Emily and I got in for free *and* got free drink tickets, which always equals a good time.

I'm going to throw in an honorable mention from the end of 2007:
Joanna Newsom at Benaroya Hall - GodDAMN that little girl can play the shit out of that harp.

I will update this if I think of anymore.

I am really antisocial at home. But I think I've always been that way, except when I lived with my two bestestest friends.

I wonder why.

Seattle is so crazy and covered in snow. It's like the city shut down.

It's kind of amazing and beautiful.

I really want to do something amazing.

Sometimes I get excited about things that I should not.

But I'm excited.

Oh wells.