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Hello lovely ladies and gentlemen of SG!
I am officially moving to Ft Wayne in about a week and a half. yikes! I'm so nervous. I got a job starting at a waitress and working my way up to bartending at an Italian Pub called Zambucas. They have a small dance floor, too. The woman I set to meet at the strip club a few weeks ago (who is my mom's best friend's cousin) owns it, along with a few other bars.
Meeting her was hilarious. Her name is Mona. Her office is at Showgirls 1 in Ft Wayne. We were supposed to meet her at the strip club at around 3:30 so she could talk to me about possible jobs and get a feel for me, whatever. So my mom, her friend, and I get there at 3:30 and Mona isn't there yet so we wait in the lobby where all the girls are dancing. Yes, I went to a strip club with my mom hahaha. You could tell my mom was really uncomfortable but she was still cool about it. We talked about which girls had the best pole skills and were talking about how surprised we were that they were ALL pretty. Well, time keeps going by and Mona still hasn't showed up yet. She didn't get there until after 5! So I waited with my mom and her best friend in a strip club for over an hour and a half hahaha. My mom was complaining that she'd way to many tits and face humpings for the day. So funny.
Meeting Mona was fine. She talked for like 20 minutes about how much she loves Sarah Palin (this was before the election) and I of course had to keep my mouth shut and look pleasant because I wanted her to give me a job haha. I'll remember to never talk politics with her. Other than that she seemed fine. She liked me and told me to talk to the manager of Zambucas and that he was the best guy to train me, and told me to mail in an app since I was leaving Ft Wayne that night. i sent it in and tried giving a follow up call but I was never able to get a hold of her. That woman is way too busy. So the next time I was going to be in town I called to let her know and didn't get a hold of her. I tried calling Zambucas and never got through to them either. Finally one day I got an answer and set a time to meet with the manager the day before I was leaving again. He's probably 40 and looks kind of asian, but he was super flirty with me, winked at me, and told me he'd hire me right then. haha! But he said he needed to talk with Mona, had me fill out another app (wtf?) and told me to call the next day since he had a meeting with Mona that morning, and we could set up an interview. I was kinda like, why don't you interview me right now? but whatever.
So the next day I called Mona at her office (since Zambucas doesn't open until 4) and she said "yeah I just need to know when you are able to start training."
cool! I got the job.
It's all been kind of weird though. I don't know if it's just that they're all unorganized or too busy or whatever, but I feel like I've never gotten a definite answer about anything from anybody. I don't know how to explain it. Yes, it sounds like a got a job, but it was all just so... unprofessional? I dunno.
Sorry, I'm rambling haha,
So come December 1 (ish) I'll be moved! So that means you'll all see a lot more of me since I'll have access to really fast internet and a bunch of computers. yay! I've been spending as much time as I can here in Ft Wayne these past few weeks, trying to get familiar with the living space and the town. I still don't know my way around at all, but I feel a lot more comfortable.
Only thing I need to do is get a car and pack all my shit up. Finding a car is a pain in the ass. Especially since my mom is the one who is financing it (I have the worst credit and no money lol) but she doesn't seem to want to get me anything over $3,000. She was complaining that even that was too high. It's like, jeez, come on! I don't want to spend more on repairing this piece of crap than I would for an actual car payment. but whatever, we'll see what happens.
Another thing I need to do is smudge this house with sage lol. Nick and Carson are both convinced this house is haunted and it really creeps me out! I totally believe in all of that stuff so don't make fun of me lol.
In other news... Nick and I have officially been together for over a year! I can't believe it! & the weirdest part... we're still happy and want to be with each other! haha
I hope I can get settled into this town easily. I need to try and make some friends and find a belly dance troupe. I think I might have made one friend, thanks to Carson being a man-whore haha. Her name is Michelle, she's super hot, 30 years old, and has a 7 year old daughter. She's also from Germany! She lived there until she was 14. How cool is that? I used to speak German really well and spent a month there when I was 15 (turned 16 there) but I hardly remember any of the language any more. Hopefully she can help me catch up! That would be awesome.
ok, enough rambling. time for some pictures!
I looove sushi mmmmmm
that's not my dog but I wish it was! hehe
I have a crazy aunt who sends me and my mom letters all the time with random stuff in them. sometimes money, sometimes little heart cut outs, sometimes cat toys haha. she's so goofy. I love my aunt. here's a letter I got from her the other day.
now some belly dancing pics!
I think this one is funny because my face looks like the people in The Ring haha. oh... and check out that dude in the back with the hat!
the outfit for my solo!
close up of the top I made! I'm so proud of it!
now he's a few pictures from over the summer....
I got to be an extra in a Harry Potter spoof movie called Harvey Putter along with a bunch of other girls from my belly dance troupe. We were there for the "Wizard Convention." It was soooo much fun! I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd so it was awesome being a part of it. I can't wait to see the final movie. I only wish I'd found out about it sooner, because the day we filmed was the last day
check out the website http://www.harveyputter.com
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the belly dancers with "harvey"
me posing during the down time. there was a LOT of down time. we were there the entire day for shooting, but what I was in will probably only end up being 5 minutes of the movie lol.
my mom's table for the "convention." she did tarot readings. I think she had to coolest booth out of everybody!
my best friend holly. she's so sexy! i love her.
holly posing with one of the actors. he was playing "colon creepy" (colin creevey for those of you who are familiar with the story. harry potter's biggest fan)
this is why you shouldn't leave belly dancers, especially holly, unattended haha. I can't believe she talked this guy into putting on her belly dance stuff! omg, it was sooo funny.
I gave him one of my veils.. I thought it was a nice touch hehe
oh what a day. soooo much fun!!
another funny thing... Nick got called a sinner my a group of amish people the other day at work. haha! he didn't even do anything to them. he works in the warehouse at Oak Express, and he was loading out the stuff they bought. He said they were all looking at him funny and wouldn't talk to him and he kept asking if they needed anything, and then as one turned to walk away he said "sinner," and then they all walked away hahahahah.
aaaand... tuesday night I went and saw NIN!!!! it was absolutely fucking incredible. I've always been a big fan but this was my first time seeing them live.
I wasn't able to take my camera in because my cam is huge and they were searching people, but here's some pics of the tour from their flickr.
The show was amazing but the crowd totally sucked. The arena wasn't even half full, and the audience was lame. So I know they'll probably never come back to ft wayne again. Nick was talking to the sound guy and he was complaining about the turn out, and at the end of the show he said trent was pissed. they didn't even do the encore, which was 4 songs. one being echoplex, which nick was really looking forward to see, because the bring this giant screen down and one of the guys runs a drum machine by touching different keys on the screen.
Oh well, it was still an amazing show. I just wish I was taller because I couldn't see shit haha. I'm thinking I need some rediculously tall platform shoes with like 6 inches haha. something like this:
hehe!
Then last night Nick & I watched an old NIN VHS called Closure. It was really cool. Carson had it, but it's a rare tape.
oh... another plus side of moving to Ft Wayne... I'll finally be able to go to SG Havana! YAY!
well that's all for now folks... I have to head back to South Bend I'll talk to you all soon!
Hope all you sexy people are doing well!
I am officially moving to Ft Wayne in about a week and a half. yikes! I'm so nervous. I got a job starting at a waitress and working my way up to bartending at an Italian Pub called Zambucas. They have a small dance floor, too. The woman I set to meet at the strip club a few weeks ago (who is my mom's best friend's cousin) owns it, along with a few other bars.
Meeting her was hilarious. Her name is Mona. Her office is at Showgirls 1 in Ft Wayne. We were supposed to meet her at the strip club at around 3:30 so she could talk to me about possible jobs and get a feel for me, whatever. So my mom, her friend, and I get there at 3:30 and Mona isn't there yet so we wait in the lobby where all the girls are dancing. Yes, I went to a strip club with my mom hahaha. You could tell my mom was really uncomfortable but she was still cool about it. We talked about which girls had the best pole skills and were talking about how surprised we were that they were ALL pretty. Well, time keeps going by and Mona still hasn't showed up yet. She didn't get there until after 5! So I waited with my mom and her best friend in a strip club for over an hour and a half hahaha. My mom was complaining that she'd way to many tits and face humpings for the day. So funny.
Meeting Mona was fine. She talked for like 20 minutes about how much she loves Sarah Palin (this was before the election) and I of course had to keep my mouth shut and look pleasant because I wanted her to give me a job haha. I'll remember to never talk politics with her. Other than that she seemed fine. She liked me and told me to talk to the manager of Zambucas and that he was the best guy to train me, and told me to mail in an app since I was leaving Ft Wayne that night. i sent it in and tried giving a follow up call but I was never able to get a hold of her. That woman is way too busy. So the next time I was going to be in town I called to let her know and didn't get a hold of her. I tried calling Zambucas and never got through to them either. Finally one day I got an answer and set a time to meet with the manager the day before I was leaving again. He's probably 40 and looks kind of asian, but he was super flirty with me, winked at me, and told me he'd hire me right then. haha! But he said he needed to talk with Mona, had me fill out another app (wtf?) and told me to call the next day since he had a meeting with Mona that morning, and we could set up an interview. I was kinda like, why don't you interview me right now? but whatever.
So the next day I called Mona at her office (since Zambucas doesn't open until 4) and she said "yeah I just need to know when you are able to start training."
cool! I got the job.
It's all been kind of weird though. I don't know if it's just that they're all unorganized or too busy or whatever, but I feel like I've never gotten a definite answer about anything from anybody. I don't know how to explain it. Yes, it sounds like a got a job, but it was all just so... unprofessional? I dunno.
Sorry, I'm rambling haha,
So come December 1 (ish) I'll be moved! So that means you'll all see a lot more of me since I'll have access to really fast internet and a bunch of computers. yay! I've been spending as much time as I can here in Ft Wayne these past few weeks, trying to get familiar with the living space and the town. I still don't know my way around at all, but I feel a lot more comfortable.
Only thing I need to do is get a car and pack all my shit up. Finding a car is a pain in the ass. Especially since my mom is the one who is financing it (I have the worst credit and no money lol) but she doesn't seem to want to get me anything over $3,000. She was complaining that even that was too high. It's like, jeez, come on! I don't want to spend more on repairing this piece of crap than I would for an actual car payment. but whatever, we'll see what happens.
Another thing I need to do is smudge this house with sage lol. Nick and Carson are both convinced this house is haunted and it really creeps me out! I totally believe in all of that stuff so don't make fun of me lol.
In other news... Nick and I have officially been together for over a year! I can't believe it! & the weirdest part... we're still happy and want to be with each other! haha
I hope I can get settled into this town easily. I need to try and make some friends and find a belly dance troupe. I think I might have made one friend, thanks to Carson being a man-whore haha. Her name is Michelle, she's super hot, 30 years old, and has a 7 year old daughter. She's also from Germany! She lived there until she was 14. How cool is that? I used to speak German really well and spent a month there when I was 15 (turned 16 there) but I hardly remember any of the language any more. Hopefully she can help me catch up! That would be awesome.
ok, enough rambling. time for some pictures!
I looove sushi mmmmmm
that's not my dog but I wish it was! hehe
I have a crazy aunt who sends me and my mom letters all the time with random stuff in them. sometimes money, sometimes little heart cut outs, sometimes cat toys haha. she's so goofy. I love my aunt. here's a letter I got from her the other day.
now some belly dancing pics!
I think this one is funny because my face looks like the people in The Ring haha. oh... and check out that dude in the back with the hat!
the outfit for my solo!
close up of the top I made! I'm so proud of it!
now he's a few pictures from over the summer....
I got to be an extra in a Harry Potter spoof movie called Harvey Putter along with a bunch of other girls from my belly dance troupe. We were there for the "Wizard Convention." It was soooo much fun! I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd so it was awesome being a part of it. I can't wait to see the final movie. I only wish I'd found out about it sooner, because the day we filmed was the last day
check out the website http://www.harveyputter.com
[imghttp://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/29/115/855080452/n855080452_4583089_1890.jpg[/img]
the belly dancers with "harvey"
me posing during the down time. there was a LOT of down time. we were there the entire day for shooting, but what I was in will probably only end up being 5 minutes of the movie lol.
my mom's table for the "convention." she did tarot readings. I think she had to coolest booth out of everybody!
my best friend holly. she's so sexy! i love her.
holly posing with one of the actors. he was playing "colon creepy" (colin creevey for those of you who are familiar with the story. harry potter's biggest fan)
this is why you shouldn't leave belly dancers, especially holly, unattended haha. I can't believe she talked this guy into putting on her belly dance stuff! omg, it was sooo funny.
I gave him one of my veils.. I thought it was a nice touch hehe
oh what a day. soooo much fun!!
another funny thing... Nick got called a sinner my a group of amish people the other day at work. haha! he didn't even do anything to them. he works in the warehouse at Oak Express, and he was loading out the stuff they bought. He said they were all looking at him funny and wouldn't talk to him and he kept asking if they needed anything, and then as one turned to walk away he said "sinner," and then they all walked away hahahahah.
aaaand... tuesday night I went and saw NIN!!!! it was absolutely fucking incredible. I've always been a big fan but this was my first time seeing them live.
I wasn't able to take my camera in because my cam is huge and they were searching people, but here's some pics of the tour from their flickr.
The show was amazing but the crowd totally sucked. The arena wasn't even half full, and the audience was lame. So I know they'll probably never come back to ft wayne again. Nick was talking to the sound guy and he was complaining about the turn out, and at the end of the show he said trent was pissed. they didn't even do the encore, which was 4 songs. one being echoplex, which nick was really looking forward to see, because the bring this giant screen down and one of the guys runs a drum machine by touching different keys on the screen.
Oh well, it was still an amazing show. I just wish I was taller because I couldn't see shit haha. I'm thinking I need some rediculously tall platform shoes with like 6 inches haha. something like this:
hehe!
Then last night Nick & I watched an old NIN VHS called Closure. It was really cool. Carson had it, but it's a rare tape.
oh... another plus side of moving to Ft Wayne... I'll finally be able to go to SG Havana! YAY!
well that's all for now folks... I have to head back to South Bend
I'll talk to you all soon!Hope all you sexy people are doing well!
I'm in Ft Wayne for the week trying to find a job. So far, not so good.
My computer at home is still totally busted and I probably won't have the internet again until I actually move. Who knows when that will be!
I've been so stressed out lately. Nick moved on the 9th so I missed him a ton of course. I was so lonely and bored while he was gone. My best friend doesn't live here anymore either, so I felt really lonely. I'm also stressed about moving. I haven't found a job, and Nick has been hounding me to get one, which just stresses me out even more. You know the economy is bad when both Barnes & Nobles here in Ft Wayne say they're not hiring and probably won't be for the holidays. All the people who are actually hiring are offering crap hours. The lady who offered to train me to be a bartender never called me back. BUT... I'm supposed to finally meet her on Friday. I hope that all goes through and she can offer me something full time. She's my mom's best friend's cousin. My mom and her friend are coming in to Ft Wayne Friday for other business opportunities but they're still planning on picking me up so I can meet her. Please pray for me that it all works out!
I also have sad news... last Wednesday, October 16, my kitty Angel passed away. She'd had a lot of problems for a while, none of which I's rather get into at the moment. I'm still really sad about it. The week before she passed she was doing SO much better though. I really though she was going to make it that time, but then it all went downhill. She was so quirky and entertaining, and I loved her. I've always been a HUGE animal lover, though. But she'll definitely be missed.
RIP Angel October 16, 2008, 2:55 am.
At least I have some positive stuff in here today. October 9 & 10 my troupe had a belly dance show. It went pretty well. I finally did a SOLO!! I choreographed it myself. and I also made the top of my costume. It took forever but I really like it. I don't have any video recordings of it yet but I'll try some time to get it recorded and posted to here. I know I've been meaning to get a video of me on here dancing for quite some time. I know a bunch of people took pictures but I've only seen a few yet. Ill post what I've seen so far anyways though.
Starting off are some pictures from a show earlier this summer:
and now finally pictures from this past show. too bad they're watermarked but I have gotten the full size images yet.
Dances for a Festive Night
a few pictures from my SOLO!!!
I wish you could see the top I made better. I'll have to get some better pictures on here once I have access to my camera again.
take a bow!
our instructor, ruby jazayre
The End.
Once I find more pics from the show I'll post them as soon as I can.
Btw... you all NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Zeitgeist - The Movie
It's super creepy, but mainly because of how truthful it is.
I love and miss you all. Tell me something exciting/cool/interesting.
much love
Danielle
[edit] I'm going to a strip club for the first time tonight!!!!
....with my mom.
hahaha.
the woman who we're meeting with about training me to be a bartender owns a ton of bars and a strip club here in ft wayne and her office is at the strip club. lol. [/edit]
[also edited to add:]
these are so fucking cute, I just had to post!!!!! I love bunnies.
hehe!!
My computer at home is still totally busted and I probably won't have the internet again until I actually move. Who knows when that will be!
I've been so stressed out lately. Nick moved on the 9th so I missed him a ton of course. I was so lonely and bored while he was gone. My best friend doesn't live here anymore either, so I felt really lonely. I'm also stressed about moving. I haven't found a job, and Nick has been hounding me to get one, which just stresses me out even more. You know the economy is bad when both Barnes & Nobles here in Ft Wayne say they're not hiring and probably won't be for the holidays. All the people who are actually hiring are offering crap hours. The lady who offered to train me to be a bartender never called me back. BUT... I'm supposed to finally meet her on Friday. I hope that all goes through and she can offer me something full time. She's my mom's best friend's cousin. My mom and her friend are coming in to Ft Wayne Friday for other business opportunities but they're still planning on picking me up so I can meet her. Please pray for me that it all works out!
I also have sad news... last Wednesday, October 16, my kitty Angel passed away.
She'd had a lot of problems for a while, none of which I's rather get into at the moment. I'm still really sad about it. The week before she passed she was doing SO much better though. I really though she was going to make it that time, but then it all went downhill. She was so quirky and entertaining, and I loved her. I've always been a HUGE animal lover, though. But she'll definitely be missed.RIP Angel October 16, 2008, 2:55 am.
At least I have some positive stuff in here today. October 9 & 10 my troupe had a belly dance show. It went pretty well. I finally did a SOLO!! I choreographed it myself. and I also made the top of my costume. It took forever but I really like it. I don't have any video recordings of it yet but I'll try some time to get it recorded and posted to here. I know I've been meaning to get a video of me on here dancing for quite some time. I know a bunch of people took pictures but I've only seen a few yet. Ill post what I've seen so far anyways though.
Starting off are some pictures from a show earlier this summer:
and now finally pictures from this past show. too bad they're watermarked but I have gotten the full size images yet.
Dances for a Festive Night
a few pictures from my SOLO!!!
I wish you could see the top I made better. I'll have to get some better pictures on here once I have access to my camera again.
take a bow!
our instructor, ruby jazayre
The End.
Once I find more pics from the show I'll post them as soon as I can.
Btw... you all NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Zeitgeist - The Movie
It's super creepy, but mainly because of how truthful it is.
I love and miss you all. Tell me something exciting/cool/interesting.
much love
Danielle
[edit] I'm going to a strip club for the first time tonight!!!!
....with my mom.
hahaha.
the woman who we're meeting with about training me to be a bartender owns a ton of bars and a strip club here in ft wayne and her office is at the strip club. lol. [/edit]
[also edited to add:]
these are so fucking cute, I just had to post!!!!! I love bunnies.
hehe!!
I can't stand not having internet!! I've missed SG soooo much! The library makes me mad since I can't log in there haha.
So, I will be moving to Ft Wayne, Indiana in a month or so. Nick is already set to move this Friday, which makes me kinda sad. I'm never gonna get to see him! He got a transfer with his work and they have him set to start a week from tomorrow. I pretty much just need to find a job there, get a car, and then get all my shit together before I can move, My mom's best friend has a cousin who lives in Ft Wayne and owns a strip club and a bunch of bars and he talked to her and she agreed to train me to be a bartender which is awesome! I've wanted to be a bartender since I was a teenager. I've called her twice though and left messages and she hasn't called back. Hopefully she's out of town or something and will get back with me soon.
I am kind of scared to move, though. This is my first time moving out of my childhood house, plus I'll be living with my boyfriend (and another guy), which is weird too haha. I've never had a serious relationship before. But we've been together almost a year and are still happy. I'm also scared to move because I don't know this town at all and I don't have any friends here or know anybody besides Nick's friends. I know it will take getting used to and in time I'm sure it will all work out, but it still makes me nervous. Especially since I'm shy and it takes me a shile to warm up to people. I was here with Nick this weekend (why I'm able to use the internet) and we ended up going out to a bar and I just felt awkward being there. A bunch of Nick's friends and their friends were there, and I wasn't feeling well, and I felt out of place. I realized it's going to be that way for a while for me after I move there.
I still want to move, though. I do feel that I'm ready to live on my own and start a new chapter in my life.
Disney finally fired me. Too many tardies. We're only allowed 2 in a 6 week period. It really sucks, considering I had been there almost 4 years, but what can you do except move on. I got a job at FYE about a month ago, and it's fun. I get along with everybody I work with REALLY well. We're all pervs and crack jokes all the time. It's so fun. I feel bad moving away and leaving them haha.
We have a big belly dance show coming up this weekend! I'm really excited. I'm going to get a ton of pictures of course. My blog has lacked pictures lately, which makes me sad. I'm going to be in 5 numbers total, plus I'm finally doing a SOLO!!!!!! And I did all the choreography myself, too. Sooooo excited. I've never done a solo on stage before. Wish me luck! hehe
I miss you all. Hope you're all well! and hope I can talk to you soon!
So, I will be moving to Ft Wayne, Indiana in a month or so. Nick is already set to move this Friday, which makes me kinda sad. I'm never gonna get to see him! He got a transfer with his work and they have him set to start a week from tomorrow. I pretty much just need to find a job there, get a car, and then get all my shit together before I can move, My mom's best friend has a cousin who lives in Ft Wayne and owns a strip club and a bunch of bars and he talked to her and she agreed to train me to be a bartender which is awesome! I've wanted to be a bartender since I was a teenager. I've called her twice though and left messages and she hasn't called back. Hopefully she's out of town or something and will get back with me soon.
I am kind of scared to move, though. This is my first time moving out of my childhood house, plus I'll be living with my boyfriend (and another guy), which is weird too haha. I've never had a serious relationship before. But we've been together almost a year and are still happy. I'm also scared to move because I don't know this town at all and I don't have any friends here or know anybody besides Nick's friends. I know it will take getting used to and in time I'm sure it will all work out, but it still makes me nervous. Especially since I'm shy and it takes me a shile to warm up to people. I was here with Nick this weekend (why I'm able to use the internet) and we ended up going out to a bar and I just felt awkward being there. A bunch of Nick's friends and their friends were there, and I wasn't feeling well, and I felt out of place. I realized it's going to be that way for a while for me after I move there.
I still want to move, though. I do feel that I'm ready to live on my own and start a new chapter in my life.
Disney finally fired me. Too many tardies. We're only allowed 2 in a 6 week period. It really sucks, considering I had been there almost 4 years, but what can you do except move on. I got a job at FYE about a month ago, and it's fun. I get along with everybody I work with REALLY well. We're all pervs and crack jokes all the time. It's so fun. I feel bad moving away and leaving them haha.
We have a big belly dance show coming up this weekend! I'm really excited. I'm going to get a ton of pictures of course. My blog has lacked pictures lately, which makes me sad. I'm going to be in 5 numbers total, plus I'm finally doing a SOLO!!!!!! And I did all the choreography myself, too. Sooooo excited. I've never done a solo on stage before. Wish me luck! hehe
I miss you all. Hope you're all well! and hope I can talk to you soon!
hello lovely ladies and lads of SG! I've missed you all sooooooooooooooooo much!!!
My computer died and it's gonna cost more to fix it than it would to buy a new one. I'm able to check my email at the library, but obviously I can't get on here... lol I don't want to get banned.
So much has been going on, I don't even know where to begin. I might be moving to Ft Wayne, Indiana with Nick. We'd be living downtown in a house with the singer in his band, Carson. I really want to go, but it's also scary for me. I have to find a full-time job there, I still need a car, and a bunch of other shit. Nick has it pretty much made and moving is gonna make his life a lot easier. He's able to transfer within his company so he has a job lined up, he has a bunch of family and a ton of friends there, and his band is there. I have... nothing there. But I do need a change and to get out of this crappy town and boring life. I want to make a change, it's just going to be a lot of work for me. Especially since it would have to be in October... agh!! The 2 guys that live with Carson now are out of there lease in October, and the job Nick would be transferring to has an opening in October. So it works out for him. But it's such late notice for me. Plus, I've never moved before. So it's all pretty stressful. If it was going to be after Christmas, that would be fine. But I don't know. I guess we'll see what happens!
I'll try and get online again soon. Carson offered to give me one of his Macs (with 2 screens) which is still really new and in great condition and already loaded with the newest version of Photoshop for only $300! I know that's a fantastic deal, but I still have no money right now. and if I do get him the money, Im don't know if I should take it now or wait until (or if) I move there.
I can't think what else has been going on, there's been so much. I'm too excited to be able to log on here that I can't think! haha
I saw that Frolic went live! yay!
I hope you're all doing well! how have you been? what's new in SG land? I miss you all!!!
My computer died and it's gonna cost more to fix it than it would to buy a new one. I'm able to check my email at the library, but obviously I can't get on here... lol I don't want to get banned.
So much has been going on, I don't even know where to begin. I might be moving to Ft Wayne, Indiana with Nick. We'd be living downtown in a house with the singer in his band, Carson. I really want to go, but it's also scary for me. I have to find a full-time job there, I still need a car, and a bunch of other shit. Nick has it pretty much made and moving is gonna make his life a lot easier. He's able to transfer within his company so he has a job lined up, he has a bunch of family and a ton of friends there, and his band is there. I have... nothing there. But I do need a change and to get out of this crappy town and boring life. I want to make a change, it's just going to be a lot of work for me. Especially since it would have to be in October... agh!! The 2 guys that live with Carson now are out of there lease in October, and the job Nick would be transferring to has an opening in October. So it works out for him. But it's such late notice for me. Plus, I've never moved before. So it's all pretty stressful. If it was going to be after Christmas, that would be fine. But I don't know. I guess we'll see what happens!
I'll try and get online again soon. Carson offered to give me one of his Macs (with 2 screens) which is still really new and in great condition and already loaded with the newest version of Photoshop for only $300! I know that's a fantastic deal, but I still have no money right now. and if I do get him the money, Im don't know if I should take it now or wait until (or if) I move there.
I can't think what else has been going on, there's been so much. I'm too excited to be able to log on here that I can't think! haha
I saw that Frolic went live! yay!
I hope you're all doing well! how have you been? what's new in SG land? I miss you all!!!
[ATTN:] massive pic post!
I had fun on my berfday. (I turned *21* on July 1... same birthday as Canada! haha)
The day before, I went to the bank, and then went with my mom to visit my aunt up in St Joseph, Michigan. We went to lunch and then walked around down town and then walked by the beach. I got mad at lunch though because my mom kept telling EVERYBODY that it was my 21st birthday (even though it wasn't until the next day) and then didn't know how to react when the waitress asked for my ID. Come on, Mom. I look 12. Did you really think I could get away without getting carded? Ugh. I wasn't planning on ordering anything since I knew I'd get carded, but then since she made such a big deal about it I felt like I had to order something. Then I felt like an idiot because I had to tell the waitress I left my ID. It was so annoying. And then they were out of what I wanted to order. So I was grumpy that day haha. But then afterwards, once we walked around, I was fine.
Then, on my actual birthday, Jae wasn't able to go last minute, so it was just Nick, Rob, and me. It was still fun, but not having Jae go made it all a lot more expensive for everybody. Not everything went as planned. We ended up meeting up with Rob's friend who lives there, but he didn't seem to want to do anything we suggested and was kind of a bummer the entire night. It was like, ok dude, it's my birthday, we're not here to cater to what you want haha. We did end up going to a really nice Vietnamese restaurant, though. The food was AMAZING! Then we went to a little sex shop, and a dumb sports bar (Rob's friend picked it... the only reason I call it dumb is because I can find a million places like that at home. I wanted to go to Chicago for something unique). Then we finally ended up at this really cool bar called the Funky Buddha Lounge. I thought that place was so awesome! I would love something like that around here. I hate South Bend haha. While we were there, I ended up meeting LostLucy and writeboy! It was very unexpected, but a nice surprise.
After that place closed (2am... boooo) we ended up at some place that had an after-party for a rapper. You'll have to excuse me, I know nothing of rap, so I don't remember who he was. But I got my picture taken with LostLucy and I don't remember the name of the club, and she for some reason was deleted, so I can't track it down haha. By this point Nick was really drunk and ended up getting pissed off at people and threw a fit, but oh well. I was pretty good the whole night though, and didn't get too drunk. I didn't have a hangover the next day, but Nick and Rob both did haha. We all ended up over-sleeping so none of us got showers before we had to check out of the hotel. Oh well. So that next day we walked around Chicago, went to Navy Pier, and I got to do a little shopping.
So, over all, not too crazy of a birthday, but I still had fun. I wish it all wouldn't have been so expensive, though... Nick bought alcohol before we left so we wouldn't have to spend so much at the bar, but we didn't drink any of it haha. I don't even want to know what their bar tabs were... ouch. I would feel so bad if I really knew!
My parents got me some nice things for my birthday, too. For one, I FINALLY GOT A NEW CELL PHONE!! You don't understand... I'd been without a phone since September. It was hell haha. It's a really nice phone, too. It flips open to a full keyboard and has a camera. You should have seen my old phone, haha. It was a Nokia brick. I had that thing for 5 years! I'll have to post before and after photos, lol. They also gave me $50 to spend in Chicago, some clothes, a bunch of random jewelry, a 2GB SD card for my camera, and money for a passport! yay!
Oh, and also, I still haven't found a new job yet and am getting even crappier hours at Disney. But, I did get the bank to clear ALL of my overdraft fines! I got a really nice lady, and mentioned it was my birthday and how my job hadn't been paying me, and she cleared all of them! yay!
We've had about 3 belly dance shows in the past month, so here's some pics from all of them, plus some random other pics.
Evening At The Oasis (before the show):
Mishawaka Summerfest:
my backside haha
doesn't the trash bag add to the allure of our dance? haha
Seitz Park:
random pose
swoosh
love this pic of my best friend holly
swoosh
bum!! haha I love the look on the girl's face behind me
berfday:
I didn't take many pictures in Chicago actually, which I know is weird for me haha. I didn't feel comfortable taking my purse to the bars, and we didn't go back to our hotel until the end of the night. but here's a couple I took.
the fridge in our hotel room
me when we got to the hotel
at navy pier
random pics:
me after getting my hair trimmed a couple weeks ago
this is why you don't get smashed around my friends.... hahahhaa I love this picture
4th of July:
nick swaggering haha
I have an oral fixation and love weiners
hahaha
That's all Folks!
Hope you're all well!
I had fun on my berfday. (I turned *21* on July 1... same birthday as Canada! haha)
The day before, I went to the bank, and then went with my mom to visit my aunt up in St Joseph, Michigan. We went to lunch and then walked around down town and then walked by the beach. I got mad at lunch though because my mom kept telling EVERYBODY that it was my 21st birthday (even though it wasn't until the next day) and then didn't know how to react when the waitress asked for my ID. Come on, Mom. I look 12. Did you really think I could get away without getting carded? Ugh. I wasn't planning on ordering anything since I knew I'd get carded, but then since she made such a big deal about it I felt like I had to order something. Then I felt like an idiot because I had to tell the waitress I left my ID. It was so annoying. And then they were out of what I wanted to order. So I was grumpy that day haha. But then afterwards, once we walked around, I was fine.
Then, on my actual birthday, Jae wasn't able to go last minute, so it was just Nick, Rob, and me. It was still fun, but not having Jae go made it all a lot more expensive for everybody. Not everything went as planned. We ended up meeting up with Rob's friend who lives there, but he didn't seem to want to do anything we suggested and was kind of a bummer the entire night. It was like, ok dude, it's my birthday, we're not here to cater to what you want haha. We did end up going to a really nice Vietnamese restaurant, though. The food was AMAZING! Then we went to a little sex shop, and a dumb sports bar (Rob's friend picked it... the only reason I call it dumb is because I can find a million places like that at home. I wanted to go to Chicago for something unique). Then we finally ended up at this really cool bar called the Funky Buddha Lounge. I thought that place was so awesome! I would love something like that around here. I hate South Bend haha. While we were there, I ended up meeting LostLucy and writeboy! It was very unexpected, but a nice surprise.
After that place closed (2am... boooo) we ended up at some place that had an after-party for a rapper. You'll have to excuse me, I know nothing of rap, so I don't remember who he was. But I got my picture taken with LostLucy and I don't remember the name of the club, and she for some reason was deleted, so I can't track it down haha. By this point Nick was really drunk and ended up getting pissed off at people and threw a fit, but oh well. I was pretty good the whole night though, and didn't get too drunk. I didn't have a hangover the next day, but Nick and Rob both did haha. We all ended up over-sleeping so none of us got showers before we had to check out of the hotel. Oh well. So that next day we walked around Chicago, went to Navy Pier, and I got to do a little shopping.
So, over all, not too crazy of a birthday, but I still had fun. I wish it all wouldn't have been so expensive, though... Nick bought alcohol before we left so we wouldn't have to spend so much at the bar, but we didn't drink any of it haha. I don't even want to know what their bar tabs were... ouch. I would feel so bad if I really knew!
My parents got me some nice things for my birthday, too. For one, I FINALLY GOT A NEW CELL PHONE!! You don't understand... I'd been without a phone since September. It was hell haha. It's a really nice phone, too. It flips open to a full keyboard and has a camera. You should have seen my old phone, haha. It was a Nokia brick. I had that thing for 5 years! I'll have to post before and after photos, lol. They also gave me $50 to spend in Chicago, some clothes, a bunch of random jewelry, a 2GB SD card for my camera, and money for a passport! yay!
Oh, and also, I still haven't found a new job yet and am getting even crappier hours at Disney. But, I did get the bank to clear ALL of my overdraft fines! I got a really nice lady, and mentioned it was my birthday and how my job hadn't been paying me, and she cleared all of them! yay!
We've had about 3 belly dance shows in the past month, so here's some pics from all of them, plus some random other pics.
Evening At The Oasis (before the show):
Mishawaka Summerfest:
my backside haha
doesn't the trash bag add to the allure of our dance? haha
Seitz Park:
random pose
swoosh
love this pic of my best friend holly
swoosh
bum!! haha I love the look on the girl's face behind me
berfday:
I didn't take many pictures in Chicago actually, which I know is weird for me haha. I didn't feel comfortable taking my purse to the bars, and we didn't go back to our hotel until the end of the night. but here's a couple I took.
the fridge in our hotel room
me when we got to the hotel
at navy pier
random pics:
me after getting my hair trimmed a couple weeks ago
this is why you don't get smashed around my friends.... hahahhaa I love this picture
4th of July:
nick swaggering haha
I have an oral fixation and love weiners
hahahaThat's all Folks!
Hope you're all well!
First of all, a big THANK YOU to all the comments in my last blog. It really helped, and made me feel a lot better. 
MY 21ST BERFDAY IS ON TUESDAY!!!! I'm so excited!!!
(hint hint! haha jk)
We're still going to Chicago. It's going to be me, Nick, and his friends Rob and Jae. We're staying at the Wyndham right down town, so we'll have access to everything. yay!
I'd like to say that things have been going better, but then I overdrew my checking account 3 times! I get charged $32 each time, even though all the transactions were only 2-5 bucks each. So, my account was only overdrawn $6.55, but after all the fees it came to -$102.55! OUCH! I called my bank and got them to remove one fee, but I have to personally speak to a manager if I want to try and get them to remove any more. My check from Disney barely covers the nagetive balance, and I don't get paid for another week. And, right after my birthday all my bills are due! UGH! Why does everything have to happen at once? haha. I told my parents all I want for my birthday is money, especially since I wanted to have some spending money for Chicago.
I do have some good sexual news though... Nick made me squirt! I've never done that before! haha woo!
MY 21ST BERFDAY IS ON TUESDAY!!!! I'm so excited!!!
(hint hint! haha jk)
We're still going to Chicago. It's going to be me, Nick, and his friends Rob and Jae. We're staying at the Wyndham right down town, so we'll have access to everything. yay!
I'd like to say that things have been going better, but then I overdrew my checking account 3 times! I get charged $32 each time, even though all the transactions were only 2-5 bucks each. So, my account was only overdrawn $6.55, but after all the fees it came to -$102.55! OUCH! I called my bank and got them to remove one fee, but I have to personally speak to a manager if I want to try and get them to remove any more. My check from Disney barely covers the nagetive balance, and I don't get paid for another week. And, right after my birthday all my bills are due! UGH! Why does everything have to happen at once? haha. I told my parents all I want for my birthday is money, especially since I wanted to have some spending money for Chicago.
I do have some good sexual news though... Nick made me squirt! I've never done that before! haha woo!
ok, I don't have a whole lot to update, other than:
my 21st berfday keeps getting closer and closer!! mark your calenders for July 1!! woo!!
Monkey Business (a children's fitness center) still hasn't fixed my paychecks... they payed me for 2 weeks but skipped a week, and it wasn't up-to-date... and they still haven't payed me for any of the belly dance classes I've done. ugh.
Every year I go up to Canada to visit some family, go camping, teach some belly dance workshops, and have deviant fun. I'll be leaving in a couple weeks! here's a pic from a couple years ago, to give an example on the kind of fun we have haha. I have a ton more where this came from, so once it gets closer to us leaving I'll post more.
I'm sooooo excited! it will be so fun. it's also nice to get out of this crap hole... I really hate this area.
May 31 we had a belly dance show. I was only in one number, which kind of sucked, but I was still really nervous for some reason and know I didn't perform my best. it was still fun, though. nick and holly both came, but stuck in so they didn't have to pay haha. then about 30 of us went to dinner, and then holly, nick and I went over to a friend's house for a bonfire. we all got into a couple arguments with some idiot douchebags that were there, but there was this one drunk guy who was HILARIOUS. he could never remember holly or my name and kept calling her hillary and me damian. hahaha!! he was so funny.
here's a pic of me and my friend allie before a show back in september:
and here's one of me from the show this weekend with cecelia:
and one of me being a poser, haha!
that's all for now, folks!
xoxo
[edit:] my computer keeps getting worse... now I can't even load msn messenger, and I can't use a right-click on anything! wtf! also... half of the time I try and leave a comment on here, it either won't show up at all, or it shows up as a blank message. it's sooooo annoying!!
also... I hate that you can only have 20 fave SGs on here! there are thousands of beautiful women... why do I have to be so selective? It makes me sad I want to be able to add more.
I also think it would be cute if there was a "fave hopeful" section or something too... [/edit]
my 21st berfday keeps getting closer and closer!! mark your calenders for July 1!! woo!!
Monkey Business (a children's fitness center) still hasn't fixed my paychecks... they payed me for 2 weeks but skipped a week, and it wasn't up-to-date... and they still haven't payed me for any of the belly dance classes I've done. ugh.
Every year I go up to Canada to visit some family, go camping, teach some belly dance workshops, and have deviant fun. I'll be leaving in a couple weeks! here's a pic from a couple years ago, to give an example on the kind of fun we have haha. I have a ton more where this came from, so once it gets closer to us leaving I'll post more.
I'm sooooo excited! it will be so fun. it's also nice to get out of this crap hole... I really hate this area.
May 31 we had a belly dance show. I was only in one number, which kind of sucked, but I was still really nervous for some reason and know I didn't perform my best. it was still fun, though. nick and holly both came, but stuck in so they didn't have to pay haha. then about 30 of us went to dinner, and then holly, nick and I went over to a friend's house for a bonfire. we all got into a couple arguments with some idiot douchebags that were there, but there was this one drunk guy who was HILARIOUS. he could never remember holly or my name and kept calling her hillary and me damian. hahaha!! he was so funny.
here's a pic of me and my friend allie before a show back in september:
and here's one of me from the show this weekend with cecelia:
and one of me being a poser, haha!
that's all for now, folks!
xoxo
[edit:] my computer keeps getting worse... now I can't even load msn messenger, and I can't use a right-click on anything! wtf! also... half of the time I try and leave a comment on here, it either won't show up at all, or it shows up as a blank message. it's sooooo annoying!!
also... I hate that you can only have 20 fave SGs on here! there are thousands of beautiful women... why do I have to be so selective? It makes me sad
I want to be able to add more.I also think it would be cute if there was a "fave hopeful" section or something too... [/edit]
Happy Memorial Day!
What a crappy week.
We have a big belly dance show coming up on Saturday but I'm only in one song this time. So that kind of sucks, considering I have to go through all the time to get ready and put on stage makeup to dance for 3 minutes. Plus, we had to pay $50 to take a seminar. It's required to take the dance seminar if you want to perform. I don't want to do the seminar, though. It's 4 hours long and the last one I went to sucked. But oh well.
It's been 3.5 weeks since I've been paid at Monkey Business (a children's fitness center). It's a family business and her dad writes the checks but her sister is supposed to print up the info to give to her dad. Each time I mention it there's always some issue. But it's starting to get really rediculous. It had been 3 weeks since the last time I got my paycheck, too. I need my money, damnit!
Wednesday my boss at Monkey Business (Stephanie) talked about closing for the holiday weekend. She originally was thinking of closing early on Friday and being closed through Monday, but then talked to the businesses next door who said they were only closing Sunday and Monday, so she decided to stay open Friday. Her son had to get a CAT scan Friday morning, so her sister was supposed to open, but she assured me that I should still come in Friday evening to teach my belly dance class. She also appologized for not paying me and said I would get the check the next day.
Thursday I did a little bit of shopping and running errands with Nick early in the afternoon. I wanted to buy some bindis (the jewels Indian women wear on their forheads. you can get some really fancy ones that are great for belly dance) and there's a really cool shop in downtown South Bend. I found some that will work for the show, but I found an even better website (visionsofindia.com) that has BEAUTIFUL ones for super cheap! I'm gonna buy a million haha. Well anyways, an hour before I had to leave for work, I called my mom at home and asked if she could put my clothes that were in the washing machine into the dryer so they'd be ready for when I got home. I got home with just enough time to change my clothes before I had to leave for work, and right when I walk in my mom is JUST putting my clothes into the dryer. She said, "Hey, I'm sorry. I fell asleep. They should be done in like 30 minutes." I'm like "WHAT??! I need to leave right now!" Her response? "Oh, sorry!"
I was 45 minutes late to work that day. I was sooooo fucking pissed!
After I'd been at work for about an hour Stephanie was like "Omg, I'm so sorry! You were late so I forgot to call my dad and tell him how much to write your check for. I have it all printed up, though. I promise I'll have it for you tomorrow."
Then, I go to leave that night for home, and I can't get my key to turn in the ignition. I called my dad and everything he suggested didn't work. Stephanie has a 4 year old so she needed to get home, so I got to chill out in the empty building by myself until my dad got there. I live pretty far too, so it took a long time. The computer was already logged off and I don't know the password so I couldn't even roam the internet while I waited. And, of course, once my dad got there it only took him a minute to get it working again. Ugh!
That night Nick said a couple of his friends that he rarely gets to see wanted to go up to the Four Winds Casino. He dodesn't like gambling, but wanted to see them so he asked if I would tag along. I was really tired but agreed. I'm not 21 yet (a little over a month!) but both his friends assured me that they've never been carded and as long as I don't try buying alcohol I'll be fine. So of course, once we get there we're stopped by 3 people at the front door asking for our IDs. Fuck. Nick made up some lame excuse that I forgot my ID in the hotel (ha) so some random dude escorted us to the hotel side. Then we basically roamed around for a little bit, walked back to the car (from the outside, so we didn't get harrassed again) and then decided to drive down to the lake and maybe mess around while we let his friends gamble. We weren't about to drive all the way back for nothing, considering it's like an hour drive, probably longer. Some random lady in the hotel suggested the lake since there isn't a pool table or anything other than gambling to entertain yourself with there. It's supposed to be a family resort, but whatever.
So Nick takes a wrong turn but of course thinks he's right until we hit a dead end haha. The road was really curvy, so we weren't going very fast, but right when we came up to a curve on my side I saw a raccoon run out into the road. It all happened so fast. Nick didn't even see it since it was on my side. The moment I saw it, I knew. and I screamed, but there was no time. THUD! then I heard it roll 3 more times. I cried for at least 20 minutes, and Nick felt so bad. I know he didn't do it on purpose, and that these things happen, but that doesn't make it any less sad. I still want to cry again just writing about it! I'm such an animal lover. I even get offended if they "kill" animals in movies haha.
So yeah, that definately ruined the mood. We still drove down by the lake, but just sat there and listened to the waves.
Friday I get ready to teach a dance class, just like Stephanie suggested I do, even though I don't normally get many people to show up on a Friday night. I drive all the way down there and bring all of my dance stuff with me. I noticed the parking lot looked strangely empty, and then walk up to the building with the doors locked and the lights off. There was also a sign on the door that said "closed Friday at 11am until Tuesday 3pm in honor of Memorial Day. Have a fun and save weekend!" ...excuse me, what? I know that sign wasn't there the day before! I was so pissed. Nobody called to tell me the building was going to be closed. I drove all the way down there and wasted a gallon of gas... to go to an empty building. UGH!! Which also meant I didn't get paid, AGAIN. Even though I was told I would have a check on Friday. So I drove to pick up my check from Disney for my 5 hours of work (at least that was a closer drive). That was all the money I had for the entire Memorial Day weekend. Then I had to stop at the bank but missed the turn because I was in such a bad mood and had to turn around and wait through all the traffic again. Just one thing after another after another.
Saturday, Monkey Business was closed of course so I missed out on more money. Thankfully Disney used my call-in so I got to close that night and make a little bit of money. But, on the way there I almost got pulled over and there were a million cops out so I couldn't speed but still wanted to be on time for work so I didn't stop for gas even though the emergency light was on haha. Thankfully I made it to work and was able to stop at a close one on the way home.
Yesterday, on my way to work, I was being a nice person when pulling out of a gas station and let somebody in a van go in front of me. Serves me right, I guess. I got stuck behind them going barely 35 in a 40. They must not have noticed the speed limit sign. People don't seem to pay attention. I take this route to work every day, for both jobs, so I know where speed limits are what. There were in a fucking Ford too, of course haha. I was in a hurry trying to get to work, and couldn't believe they were going under the speed limit, so I'll admit I was riding them pretty close. At one point they tapped on the brakes even though they didn't slow down, so I'm assuming it was to tell me to back off. I didn't of course haha. I had my windows down a little bit and once we got up to a stop sign I heard a girl yell "Ass Motherfucker!!" and I can only assume it was directed towards me. It made me chuckle a little. Then, the van in front of me goes to turn left and this fat hick leans completely out the window and yells "ASS MOTHERFUCKER!!" looks really pissed off and waving her arms all over the place. I knew my windows weren't down very much so I wasn't sure if she'd be able to hear me but yelled "Go the speed limit!" and immediately she yelled "Nobody asked you, you stupid cunt!!!"
hahaha. Oh, I love people. I'm glad I'm not a person who gets easily offended. Her actions made me laugh more than anything. Plus, it gives me a good story. I've never been called a cunt by a stranger before, lol!
Then, this morning, a little before 8:30, I got home from Nick's only to find stuff scattered all over our front lawn. There were a couple of my mom's realtor signs from the back of her car an empty brown paper bag, which led me to looking at her car and noticing the inside light was on and her passenger door was ajar. There was also a bag of tools from my dad's trunk on the driveway. I looked inside the car and everything was scattered all over the place. Center consoles open and dumped, the gloveboxes open and dumped. My mom keeps a lot of stuff in her car, so it was a mess. My dad had a briefcase in his that was open and dumped too. I kept going and saw the side garage door was open, too. It was so weird! Luckily, I had left my van locked so they didn't get to anything in there. My parents usually lock everything but just forgot, I guess. I woke them up when I came in and they freaked out, of course. But the strange thing is, we can't find anything missing. They went through everything, but didn't take anything. My dad had a camera in his car and a lot of expensive tools, and nothing. They took some loose change from my mom and she thinks a little leather bag with a silver ashtray and a pocket knife in it. How random! They didn't even take her cigarettes. We don't notice anything missing from the garage, either. Apparently a couple neighbors reported the same thing. Any car on our street that was unlocked was rummaged through, but all that was missing is some random change. Crappy way to start the holiday!
[edit:] Some one down the street said a cd player was taken along with their rear-view mirror... random!
On top of all that, the website that I use ALL of my photo linking for has died. They lost their server and couldn't get all the old pictures back, but this week they announced they will not come back at all. So I lost hundreds, perhaps even thousands of pictures stored online, and also lost a great community. grr!
sorry, that was REALLY long! It's just been one of those weeks, ya know? I apparently REALLY needed to vent! haha! If you actually read it, wow, thanks! haha I promise my next blog will be much happier!
(I hope!)
xoxo, Danielle
What a crappy week.
We have a big belly dance show coming up on Saturday but I'm only in one song this time. So that kind of sucks, considering I have to go through all the time to get ready and put on stage makeup to dance for 3 minutes. Plus, we had to pay $50 to take a seminar. It's required to take the dance seminar if you want to perform. I don't want to do the seminar, though. It's 4 hours long and the last one I went to sucked. But oh well.
It's been 3.5 weeks since I've been paid at Monkey Business (a children's fitness center). It's a family business and her dad writes the checks but her sister is supposed to print up the info to give to her dad. Each time I mention it there's always some issue. But it's starting to get really rediculous. It had been 3 weeks since the last time I got my paycheck, too. I need my money, damnit!
Wednesday my boss at Monkey Business (Stephanie) talked about closing for the holiday weekend. She originally was thinking of closing early on Friday and being closed through Monday, but then talked to the businesses next door who said they were only closing Sunday and Monday, so she decided to stay open Friday. Her son had to get a CAT scan Friday morning, so her sister was supposed to open, but she assured me that I should still come in Friday evening to teach my belly dance class. She also appologized for not paying me and said I would get the check the next day.
Thursday I did a little bit of shopping and running errands with Nick early in the afternoon. I wanted to buy some bindis (the jewels Indian women wear on their forheads. you can get some really fancy ones that are great for belly dance) and there's a really cool shop in downtown South Bend. I found some that will work for the show, but I found an even better website (visionsofindia.com) that has BEAUTIFUL ones for super cheap! I'm gonna buy a million haha. Well anyways, an hour before I had to leave for work, I called my mom at home and asked if she could put my clothes that were in the washing machine into the dryer so they'd be ready for when I got home. I got home with just enough time to change my clothes before I had to leave for work, and right when I walk in my mom is JUST putting my clothes into the dryer. She said, "Hey, I'm sorry. I fell asleep. They should be done in like 30 minutes." I'm like "WHAT??! I need to leave right now!" Her response? "Oh, sorry!"
I was 45 minutes late to work that day. I was sooooo fucking pissed!
After I'd been at work for about an hour Stephanie was like "Omg, I'm so sorry! You were late so I forgot to call my dad and tell him how much to write your check for. I have it all printed up, though. I promise I'll have it for you tomorrow."
Then, I go to leave that night for home, and I can't get my key to turn in the ignition. I called my dad and everything he suggested didn't work. Stephanie has a 4 year old so she needed to get home, so I got to chill out in the empty building by myself until my dad got there. I live pretty far too, so it took a long time. The computer was already logged off and I don't know the password so I couldn't even roam the internet while I waited. And, of course, once my dad got there it only took him a minute to get it working again. Ugh!
That night Nick said a couple of his friends that he rarely gets to see wanted to go up to the Four Winds Casino. He dodesn't like gambling, but wanted to see them so he asked if I would tag along. I was really tired but agreed. I'm not 21 yet (a little over a month!) but both his friends assured me that they've never been carded and as long as I don't try buying alcohol I'll be fine. So of course, once we get there we're stopped by 3 people at the front door asking for our IDs. Fuck. Nick made up some lame excuse that I forgot my ID in the hotel (ha) so some random dude escorted us to the hotel side. Then we basically roamed around for a little bit, walked back to the car (from the outside, so we didn't get harrassed again) and then decided to drive down to the lake and maybe mess around while we let his friends gamble. We weren't about to drive all the way back for nothing, considering it's like an hour drive, probably longer. Some random lady in the hotel suggested the lake since there isn't a pool table or anything other than gambling to entertain yourself with there. It's supposed to be a family resort, but whatever.
So Nick takes a wrong turn but of course thinks he's right until we hit a dead end haha. The road was really curvy, so we weren't going very fast, but right when we came up to a curve on my side I saw a raccoon run out into the road. It all happened so fast. Nick didn't even see it since it was on my side. The moment I saw it, I knew. and I screamed, but there was no time. THUD! then I heard it roll 3 more times. I cried for at least 20 minutes, and Nick felt so bad. I know he didn't do it on purpose, and that these things happen, but that doesn't make it any less sad. I still want to cry again just writing about it! I'm such an animal lover. I even get offended if they "kill" animals in movies haha.
So yeah, that definately ruined the mood. We still drove down by the lake, but just sat there and listened to the waves.
Friday I get ready to teach a dance class, just like Stephanie suggested I do, even though I don't normally get many people to show up on a Friday night. I drive all the way down there and bring all of my dance stuff with me. I noticed the parking lot looked strangely empty, and then walk up to the building with the doors locked and the lights off. There was also a sign on the door that said "closed Friday at 11am until Tuesday 3pm in honor of Memorial Day. Have a fun and save weekend!" ...excuse me, what? I know that sign wasn't there the day before! I was so pissed. Nobody called to tell me the building was going to be closed. I drove all the way down there and wasted a gallon of gas... to go to an empty building. UGH!! Which also meant I didn't get paid, AGAIN. Even though I was told I would have a check on Friday. So I drove to pick up my check from Disney for my 5 hours of work (at least that was a closer drive). That was all the money I had for the entire Memorial Day weekend. Then I had to stop at the bank but missed the turn because I was in such a bad mood and had to turn around and wait through all the traffic again. Just one thing after another after another.
Saturday, Monkey Business was closed of course so I missed out on more money. Thankfully Disney used my call-in so I got to close that night and make a little bit of money. But, on the way there I almost got pulled over and there were a million cops out so I couldn't speed but still wanted to be on time for work so I didn't stop for gas even though the emergency light was on haha. Thankfully I made it to work and was able to stop at a close one on the way home.
Yesterday, on my way to work, I was being a nice person when pulling out of a gas station and let somebody in a van go in front of me. Serves me right, I guess. I got stuck behind them going barely 35 in a 40. They must not have noticed the speed limit sign. People don't seem to pay attention. I take this route to work every day, for both jobs, so I know where speed limits are what. There were in a fucking Ford too, of course haha. I was in a hurry trying to get to work, and couldn't believe they were going under the speed limit, so I'll admit I was riding them pretty close. At one point they tapped on the brakes even though they didn't slow down, so I'm assuming it was to tell me to back off. I didn't of course haha. I had my windows down a little bit and once we got up to a stop sign I heard a girl yell "Ass Motherfucker!!" and I can only assume it was directed towards me. It made me chuckle a little. Then, the van in front of me goes to turn left and this fat hick leans completely out the window and yells "ASS MOTHERFUCKER!!" looks really pissed off and waving her arms all over the place. I knew my windows weren't down very much so I wasn't sure if she'd be able to hear me but yelled "Go the speed limit!" and immediately she yelled "Nobody asked you, you stupid cunt!!!"
hahaha. Oh, I love people. I'm glad I'm not a person who gets easily offended. Her actions made me laugh more than anything. Plus, it gives me a good story. I've never been called a cunt by a stranger before, lol!
Then, this morning, a little before 8:30, I got home from Nick's only to find stuff scattered all over our front lawn. There were a couple of my mom's realtor signs from the back of her car an empty brown paper bag, which led me to looking at her car and noticing the inside light was on and her passenger door was ajar. There was also a bag of tools from my dad's trunk on the driveway. I looked inside the car and everything was scattered all over the place. Center consoles open and dumped, the gloveboxes open and dumped. My mom keeps a lot of stuff in her car, so it was a mess. My dad had a briefcase in his that was open and dumped too. I kept going and saw the side garage door was open, too. It was so weird! Luckily, I had left my van locked so they didn't get to anything in there. My parents usually lock everything but just forgot, I guess. I woke them up when I came in and they freaked out, of course. But the strange thing is, we can't find anything missing. They went through everything, but didn't take anything. My dad had a camera in his car and a lot of expensive tools, and nothing. They took some loose change from my mom and she thinks a little leather bag with a silver ashtray and a pocket knife in it. How random! They didn't even take her cigarettes. We don't notice anything missing from the garage, either. Apparently a couple neighbors reported the same thing. Any car on our street that was unlocked was rummaged through, but all that was missing is some random change. Crappy way to start the holiday!
[edit:] Some one down the street said a cd player was taken along with their rear-view mirror... random!
On top of all that, the website that I use ALL of my photo linking for has died. They lost their server and couldn't get all the old pictures back, but this week they announced they will not come back at all. So I lost hundreds, perhaps even thousands of pictures stored online, and also lost a great community. grr!
sorry, that was REALLY long! It's just been one of those weeks, ya know? I apparently REALLY needed to vent! haha! If you actually read it, wow, thanks! haha I promise my next blog will be much happier!
(I hope!)
xoxo, Danielle
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