AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 5/11/2005 03:52:00 PM ----- BODY: My lovely Beth passed this on to me. The deal: 1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me." 2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions. 3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions. 4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. 5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. So here are the questions she gave me: 1) If you had to make the choice between finding true love but living forever at poverty level OR marrying for money and having to live forever without love, which would you choose and why? true love. no contest. i'm a hopeless romantic and i truly believe that love can conquer all. (although i'm having a hard time with that right at the moment, i DO believe it'll all work out the way it's supposed to.) 2) What types of qualities do you value most in other people and why? honesty first and foremost. if people aren't honest with you, they most likely aren't being honest with themselves either, and that's not going to get anyone anwhere. sense of humor as well. if someone can laugh at themselves when they realize how absurd they're being, they can't be all bad, right? 3) Would you give up your dreams for love? Why/why not? depends on what kind of dreams. i've never been a big "career" girl. in fact, most of my dreams are about love. i've ALWAYS wanted to be a wife and mother. ALWAYS. so if you're asking if i'd give that up for love? no. i can always have a baby without a man if i have to. (not the way i want to do it, but, there is that option.) 4) What's the worst criminal act you've ever committed? when i lived in northern california my friends and i once took a "no trespassing" sign off of a chain link fence in the industrial park. it's still in my garage. (i wasn't a bad kid. sorry. best i could come up with. unless you count contributing to the delinquency of a minor by supplying underage kids with alcohol. but i was underage too, so i'm not sure that counts!) 5) When, where and what did you last sing at the top of your lungs? the last week or so. have been so happy about how things were going with the writer. been singing in the car A LOT. can't remember what song it was though. probably some "hair band". lol -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 5/11/2005 09:38:00 AM ----- BODY: it's stories like this that make me shake my head and wonder "what the HELL is the world coming to??" these type of things make me so THANKFUL that my life is relatively sane and that the people i love would NEVER do anything like this. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 5/09/2005 11:43:00 AM ----- BODY: dear writer that i adore, there have been a few ups and downs in our relationship so far. i know that there will be many more, but i hope they are more ups than downs. i know we've only known each other for 8 weeks, but i can't imagine my life without you now. we've had a rough spot the last week or so, and i want you to know that i am SO SORRY that i've hurt you. i hope you know that it wasn't intentional and was just a by product of my not being in a relationship for longer than i care to remember. oh, and of me trying to remember how to not worry about things. it's been so long since i've felt anything remotely close to what i feel for you that it's making me do crazy things. it's like they say in that new movie "a lot like love". "if you're not willing to make a fool of yourself, you don't deserve to be in love." well, i've been a fool. (unfortunately not in a good way.) i hope that you can forgive me so that we can move past this. i do love you and want you to be in my life. i'm sorry that i haven't figured out how to adequately show you that. i'm so proud of you and the wonderful business opportunities that have come your way. i know that you've worked very hard to get to this "break". it's very exciting and i couldn't be happier for you. i also know that due to this, you'll have less time to spend with me. i'll be ok, as i can always touch back to what you told me last week: "well in order to take care of you, I need to be as successful at my job as I can be right now." while it will be hard to be away from you, that statement will make it all worth while. while i wish we could go back to the time before i hurt you, that's impossible. all i can hope for now is that we'll get through this and that it will make us stronger as a couple. we've both said that "if it's worth working for, it's worth having." i just hope you still feel that way about us. it's amazing to me that i can feel this strongly about you in so short a period of time. but there it is. the next few weeks will be the true test, i think. you'll be busy in pre-production for the films and most likely will be travelling back and forth to los angeles. in between that, you'll have your kids, and your other business ventures to take care of. i know that leaves little time for us. i hope that by not being demanding of your time, that you don't view that as me "giving up" on us. that's not how i view it at all. i just know that for the next few weeks, you'll be VERY busy and i don't want you to feel badly if you can't spend time with me. i know that there will be plenty of time for you to spend with me once the films are done. forever yours, "babe" -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 5/04/2005 10:46:00 AM ----- BODY: i've got good news and bad news. the bad news is that the writer and i almost broke up yesterday. that's REALLY BAD news. (at least as far as i'm concerned) there was a HUGE misunderstanding, which has led him to be hurt (me too) and for him to be unsure of if he can trust me or not. it's crazy. and very very sad. and it makes my heart hurt. yesterday was a SHITTY day, i can tell you that. even thinking about it now is making my head hurt. and making my eyes water. and all that other shit that goes with it. i TOTALLY know how Merryweather feels. (hugs girl!) the good news? during all the bad news yesterday i realized that i am in love with him. and he's in love with me. better yet, he STILL WANTS to love me. we just have to figure out how to get past the hurt so we can rebuild the trust. so, any of you guys have any ideas how to get past the hurt? i'm open to suggestions. i've tried distraction and that's not really working. i'm trying not to dwell on it but that's hard to. so anyone? class? anyone? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 4/25/2005 04:03:00 PM ----- BODY: i mean this in the best possible way. however, i neglected to celebrate my one year in the blog world, which passed 11 days ago. i've been a little preoccupied with the writer, but i knew that it had passed. so..... HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO ME! now i started this site as a kind of fluke, but i've found over the last year that it's been somewhat therapuetic to me in the ups and downs of dating. i've met some awesome people (although, yeah i haven't really "MET" them). i've gotten some good advice. and i've been able to enjoy your stories on your sites. i just wanted to thank those of you that have enjoyed the ride with me. i try to update more than once a week, but it seems that that's how often i have the time lately, so please forgive me. and now, more news about the writer, because i CAN'T HELP MYSELF and i must talk about him ALL THE DAMN TIME! so last week we had our fabulous date. the next day? we missed each other more than we had before. (cue kymmie about to vomit. someone get her a bucket, k?) we didn't get to see each other again until saturday morning. when he SNUCK AWAY FROM HIS KIDS. to spend an hour with me. now, before you get all "he did WHAT?" on me, it was HIS IDEA. i would NEVER in a million years ask him to give up time with his kids. and i didn't. and i told him "i hope you know i'd NEVER ask you to give up time with the kids." and he said "you didn't have to." so to me, this is a good sign that he wants to spend as much time with me as he can. about 2 weeks ago i had gotten him a lucky bamboo plant. he was having some serious issues with one of his side projects and i hoped that it might bring him some luck and prosperity to that venture. well, when i saw him on monday, i didn't have it with me, so i was finally able to give it to him on saturday. in chatting via im today i asked him if he had remembered to take it inside. he said yes. i asked him if the kids asked him about it since this past weekend was his weekend with them. he said yes. i asked him what he told them. he said "i told them YOU gave it to me." i was floored. we've only been seeing each other for 6 weeks. and before, he'd only told one of his coaching buddies about me because he "didn't want to jinx it." my next question was "the kids know about me???". that's a HUGE step. granted, i've not met them yet, and that's ok. but they KNOW about ME. WOW. that? coupled with his greeting to me this morning? (for the record, it was "morning my love") had me walking on cloud nine all damn day. dammit. i'm falling in love with him. and while it's a wonderful feeling, it's a lil scary at the same time. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 4/19/2005 11:34:00 AM ----- BODY: 2 bowls of coldstone creamery ice cream - $9 2 tickets to see Sahara - $17 popcorn & a soda - $9 spending 2 hours together in the dark with a man who adores you that you're falling for big time - PRICELESS yes, i finally got to see my writer after 28 days. the irony. 28 days is long enough for us to have been in rehab. heh. doesn't appear that either of us kicked our habit for the other though. so that's good news. the other good news? now we miss each other more than we did before yesterday. and kymmie thought the only thing that could make her puke was raw oysters! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 4/15/2005 12:28:00 PM ----- BODY: in other words, no i haven't seen the writer yet. however, that is SUPPOSED to all change tomorrow nite. i'll keep you posted on that one. i have to look on the bright side of not seeing him for a month. (is there a bright side to that? not really, but it's the only way to keep myself going.) here are the things that keep me going and hoping that this exile will end soon:

so anywho, if you have any leftover good thoughts after sending a bunch zoot's way, i could use a few too. at least i know he's committed to trying to make this work. otherwise he so would have bailed by now. and let's face it, i would have too.

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 4/08/2005 02:01:00 PM ----- BODY: in answer to stacia's question, and by the title of this post, no. i didn't get to see him. for good reasons, but i'm still frustrated. i have some good news (and no, i didn't save any money with geico) but it is tempered by some not so good news. first though, why haven't i seen him you ask? two main reasons:
  1. upon his "let's tie the loose ends up" meeting on tuesday nite a major problem was uncovered and he's been dealing with that. and when i say major, i mean major enough to call in the police. it goes without saying that he needs to rectify that.
  2. minor health crisis. (his not mine) while i think everything will be fine, he's been dealing with that as well.

now for the good news:

HE'S FALLING IN LOVE WITH ME!!

the not so good news? he's not sure that i'm the "same person" that he's falling for. how can that be you ask? i'll tell you. it stems from him telling me that i wasn't ready to date only him and that he was ok with it if i still saw other guys, as long as he knew about it. i TOLD him that i didn't want to see other guys, but he was not convinced. so, i went out with another guy last weekend, even though i didn't really want to. and i told my writer about it. and as i predicted, he WASN'T ok with it. so. there you go. because i'm a "pleaser" and did something that i didn't really have my heart into, i've inadvertently hurt him. ain't love a bitch sometimes?

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 4/06/2005 08:50:00 AM ----- BODY: it's been 16, count them 16 days since i saw the writer last. i? am officially going nucking futs! completely batty! i fully subscribe to that whole "abscence makes the heart grow fonder" shit, but COME ON. cut me a break here. it seems that every time we make plans, life intervenes. let me recap for you so you can feel my pain......
  1. good friday, lunch plans were averted due to a meeting he got pulled into
  2. easter sunday we had plans to go to the movies after he dropped his kids at the ex's. ex calls with a "drunken neighbor" emergency. no movies for us.
  3. he went to st. louis for the final 4 to watch unc. IF unc had lost on 4/2, he would have been home on 4/3 AND would have been able to accompany me to opening day for the mariners. effin' unc just HAD to win. bastards.
  4. that means he got home yesterday. we were supposed to see each other last nite. he had a meeting (par for the course) to "tie up loose ends". i don't know when he got done, but i didn't get to see him.
  5. that means that the plan today is lunch and then see him after work. any bets on what will happen today?

i'm trying to keep a good attitude about all this, because it's obvious he wants to see me. i mean he DOES text message me 20 times a day. (well, maybe not quite that much, but just about.) but i am slowly losing my mind. (shut up kymmie! lol) so if you guys could send good vibes this way, i'll hopefully be able to see him today and find out just how much he missed me when he was gone. *wink*

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/29/2005 09:22:00 PM ----- BODY: "and tired. and tired always followed sick." (anyone know what that's from?) i've had this damn cold since friday morning. woke up at 2:30 with that "my throat doesn't really hurt, but feels like there is something perpetually stuck in my throat" feeling. that part isn't even the worst of it. THAT is reserved for the perpetual cough and the resultant sore stomach muscles. oh well. that's what nyquil cough is for, right? right. the only time i'm not coughing is when i'm sleeping. too bad i can't do my work in my sleep. that would be a neat trick, huh? completely unrelated, i've been noticing a lack of comments lately and while i write mostly for myself, i do like to read what those of you that take time to read what i write think. since there haven't been too many as of late i'm considering turning them off. just so you know. in other words, COMMENT DAMMIT! (*giggle*) -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/23/2005 04:03:00 PM ----- BODY: you don't EVEN know how true that title is. so i'm going to tell you. it's been a LONG time since i've had anything remotely close to resembling a boyfriend, and i'm the first to admit that it's been 99% my fault, as i removed myself from the pitfalls of dating for quite a long time. i eased myself back into the "dating scene" not quite 2 years ago. at that point, i met someone i was all excited about, and we "dated" for a couple of weeks. since then? a date here or there. maybe a 2nd date. even 1 or 2 that went to 3 or 4 dates. that's been the extent of it. i've "liked" a few of these guys, but not the "oh-my-god-i-can't-even-think-straight-because-all-i-can-think-about-is-him" type of liking. that has all changed. because of the writer. the writer who tells me on a daily basis that i'm beautiful. the writer that a few hours after our first "date" (lunch of course) said that he "missed me". (after 4 hours? SWEET!) the writer that traveled to boise to follow the local team (go huskies!) on their quest through the ncaa tournament, yet came home a day early (even though he was sick and didn't feel the greatest) so he could see me. the writer that continues to tell me he misses me, even though i saw him 3 days ago. the writer who, when asked today if there was a "light at the end of the tunnel" for all the meetings and things he has to do this week said "friday". (when we have a lunch date). the writer who has completely gotten under my skin and has apparently gotten quite comfortable there. so yeah. i'm completely "twitter-pated". case in point? monday morning. scratch that, make that MONDAY period. i couldn't concentrate. on anything. had to ask my boss 3 times to explain something to me. and it wasn't rocket science. it was more along the lines of "how many copies of that do you want?" "how many again?" yeah. it was THAT bad. my only consolation? i know it's that bad for him too. *grin* so wow. spring is right around the corner, baseball starts in just under 2 weeks and i have tickets to opening day, and there's a bright and shiny new relationship getting under way that has left me "twitter-pated". ain't life grand? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/10/2005 01:49:00 PM ----- BODY: i know that some of you don't understand the whole duran duran "thing". that's fine. sometimes i don't understand it myself. be that as it may, i am and will always be a HUGE duran duran fan. so i continue to wonder why it is that last nite was my FIRST duran duran concert. i don't have an answer for that other than i was not allowed to go to concerts until after i graduated high school. (yes, i realize that still leaves about 16 years where i could have gone. i'm guessing that i either a) didn't know they were touring or b) they weren't playing anywhere near me.) regardless, i can now die a happy woman. i have been able to worship at the altar of john taylor. there were people there with a sign that read "the church of the bass god welcomes you" on one side and "play that fooonky bass john" with "play that funky music white boy" underneath. it appears that my friends and i, (and the 2 new friends i met in the bathroom) were not the only john devotees in attendance. i mean look at this face. how could you resist?? needless to say, the concert was AMAZING. (and steve, you can just shut it right now. i don't care that you don't like duran duran. just hush!) one of my best friends from jr. high went with me and at the start of the show, the band came out and stood drinking in the love from their fans. she and i looked at each other, each with tears in our eyes. (i know. TOTALLY sappy. don't care. don't care. don't care! it was an experience.) while neither of us ACTUALLY cried, we came close. we stood for 2+ hours listening to them belt out 22 songs, singing along with most of them. they played all of their staples, although there were 2 songs that i would have loved to hear that didn't get played. considering the "miles" that age has put on them, they all looked good, with the exception of andy. but andy never got any of the attention back in the day either, so i suppose it doesn't really matter. it was an amazing experience and i highly recommend it to anyone that was a "duranie". it is so worth the $$ you'll pay. at the end of the show, my friend and i both said, "i could NEVER go to another concert in my life and die a happy woman". they were THAT good. this is what the boys look like today. (well, within the last year anyway.) most have aged well. they had fun, the crowd was great and i just wish i would get my voice back! ****in other non duran duran related news, zoot heard the heartbeat today! i am sooooooo excited for her!! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/08/2005 01:41:00 PM ----- BODY: so, it is officially 30 hours until the duran duran concert. and yes, i am that much of a dork that i've been counting down the hours since this morning. and yes, i've been listening to duran duran ALL day. (with the exception of being at lunch and right now, but only because the mariner's spring training game is on the radio.) i've already talked to both of the people going with me tomorrow to coordinate when and where we're going to meet tomorrow, since we're all coming from different locations. i've been online today trying to find out who the opening act is, but no luck. i can't find ANYTHING to tell me that. nor can i find anything showing what type of shirts etc. will be on sale at the concession stands. i did find a really cool shirt on ebay this morning that had swarvkoski (i know i didn't spell that right) crystals on it that was really cool, but even if i did buy it, it wouldn't be here by tomorrow. i have to tell you though, i am so EXCITED for this concert tomorrow! it's going to be a blast! i know y'all don't understand the fascination with duran duran and that's ok. just think of it this way: take the band that you LOVED in jr. high (and still do, admit it!) add 20 years of never quite making it to any of their concerts, and then add in a concert less than an hour away from your house and 5th row seats. NOW do you understand? i thought you might. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/02/2005 09:33:00 PM ----- BODY: i swear to all that is holy that i have less time now than i did before. is someone cutting hours out of my day therefore leaving me less time to get shit done? it sure feels that way some days! here it is march already. before too long all the kids will be out of school for summer vacation which means there won't be shit for parking at the malls or the movie theaters. (damn! when did i get OLD??) anyhow, here's a series of things to ponder:

these are the things i've been struggling with the last few days. that and the fact that i had to have a "girlie" procedure done last month to hopefully eradicate some possibly "pre-cancerous" cells and i won't know until 2-3 months from now if the procedure worked. gotta love that, right? wrong. oh well. hopefully i'll be able to get back into the flow of writing more often. however, now that i'm going back to the gym too? it might take me a week or so to lift my arms without pain.

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 2/22/2005 09:11:00 PM ----- BODY: honest. i didn't fall off the face of the earth either. here's the rundown on the last two weeks:

so in a nutshell, that's what i've been doing and why i haven't updated in 2 weeks. i will attempt to update more, however it appears that i will be busy as hell at work and unable to blog from there. (wtf is up with THAT? heh.) i will try to catch up with all ya'll's blogs and such. it may take me a bit to get all caught up though. hope all is well with all of you!!!

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 2/09/2005 10:57:00 PM ----- BODY: i quit my job on friday. my boss finally decided to leave the company we worked for and go to the company that has been "courting" her for two years. we are a package deal, and i "started" my new job this past monday. i say "started" because while i did go into the new office on monday, we didn't do any work. this new company believes in sending you to training for a week. (woo hoo!) this means that i will be more valuable as i'll understand all of the programs and pricing, et al, that i know some of now, but not all. unfortunately for me, the training in in kansas city, kansas. so on sunday i get to fly there for a week. joy. since my boss and i were expecting to have this week off AND we haven't had any training AND we don't have our computers yet, she told me to take the rest of the week off. yesterday i went shopping. today, dentist appointment and a 3rd date with "rafting boy". tomorrow? maybe a movie, and then a doctor's appointment. in between all of this i've been copying most of my cd's onto my computer so that i can import the music onto my ipod for my trip. in other words, i've been busier NOT working than i was when i still had a job! oh well. i suppose that's how it goes sometimes. anywho, i'm behind on some blogs and i'm trying to catch up. i'm behind on posting on my own blog, and i'll try to rectify that. i don't know how much access i'll have while i'm at training, but if i can post, i will. thanks for all the good vibes from those of you that knew what was going on. i appreciate it a lot! *****big, huge, gigantic CONGRATS!!!! to Amalah on her news! (can you share with Zoot please?!?!?) -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 2/02/2005 10:00:00 AM ----- BODY: as it is still the slow time of year for my job, i've had copious amounts of time to surf the net and do general slacking off at work. needless to say, i've come upon some interesting tidbits. also? have had random thoughts about numerous things. for example:

that's all folks.

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/27/2005 01:06:00 PM ----- BODY: really. i haven't died or moved to siberia or anything. and it's not even like my blog is the only thing that's suffered. i haven't been home for dinner in days. my cats don't remember what i look like. and the worse affront? i haven't watched ALIAS for 2 weeks! (not to worry, it is tivoed! hallelujah for my brother!) but that gives you an indicator of how crazy it's been around here the last week or so. here's just a peek:

so you can maybe cut me a little slack for slacking off on blogging the last week. i'm trying to get back into the swing of it.

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/19/2005 09:45:00 PM ----- BODY: i don't even have any words for this. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/17/2005 01:24:00 PM ----- BODY: i haven't done a "weekend update" in a bit. and seeing as how there's nothing super exciting going on right now, this seemed like as good a time as any to do one. so, here's what i did this weekend:

damn. didn't think that i'd done that much over the weekend, but i guess i did!

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/13/2005 02:19:00 PM ----- BODY: so, due to the snow/ice we had last nite and the fact that i'm pretty much caught up at work, i decided to take today as my "work from home" day. which of course means that i didn't do much work today. (to be fair, it's only 2:30, so i still have 2.5 hours to do some work. not that i will. just saying. *wink*) however, i did spend time surfing the internet. (or innernet, as doxie calls it) and what did i find? well let me backtrack a bit. see i live in the greater seattle area. and after october where i went to 4 concerts, i've been looking to see what acts are coming to my neck of the woods. turns out that CHER is coming to town in two weeks. (ok, ok. she is NOT an act from the 80's. but i am still SOOOOOO going to the concert! especially, and i probably shouldn't admit this part, since the VILLAGE PEOPLE are opening for her!) right about the time i saw that cher was coming, i also noticed that a group that was HUGE in the 80's was coming my way. according to their website, they would be playing in portland, oregon (about 3 hours from me) and in vancouver, bc (also about 3 hours from me). however. the "seattle" show? first off, it's not in seattle. that's fine. the town/arena it IS in? lots closer to me. HOWEVER. this venue sells their own tickets. so when the tickets went on sale at ticketmaster a few weeks ago, tickets to this venue were NOT available. so i did what anyone would do and i called the venue to ask why tickets were not available and why their website didn't even LIST that this wonderful band was PLAYING there. their response? "well, we can't control what "mega band" puts on their website. at this time we have no confirmation that they will be playing a show here". WTF??? how can a town and venue be listed on the band's website and the venue NOT know that the band will be playing there? needless to say i was confused and PISSED beyond belief. fine. my friends and i decided to wait it out and see if tickets to the closer venue went on sale. today? this is what i found.... tickets to DURAN DURAN go on sale saturday 1/15 at 10am. WOO HOO! now, i have LOVED LOVED LOVED duran duran since i was in the 7th grade people. but i was not allowed to go to concerts while i was in high school and therefore was never able to worship at the altar of john taylor when the group was on tour before. but now? there is NO WAY in hell that i am going to miss it! even if i couldn't find someone to go with me? i TOTALLY would have gone alone. (no worries though. one of my oldest friends from 7th grade ALSO didn't ever get to see them back in the day, so she and i are going together!!) so imagine the happy dance i did when i saw that tickets were FINALLY going on sale for this show! yes i know. most of you could care less. i however? am totally stoked! it's been a good day. here's what i've accomplished while i was supposed to be working from home:
  1. found out when tickets to the aforementioned Duran Duran (or Duran squared, as we used to call them) went on sale.
  2. found out that my friend wanted to go see them with me
  3. filed my tax return (gotta love telefile! i even get money back!!)
  4. talked to my boss like 5 times about drama at the office
  5. wrote this post
  6. watched a show on the travel channel about vegas

and the best part? i GET PAID for it!

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/12/2005 01:04:00 PM ----- BODY: so i can finally spill all the details that i've been dancing around for the last 8 + weeks. there was a strong possibility that i was leaving my job. in fact, it came down to the last minute that it was decided to stay. (you see, mine was not the only job that was going to be vacated and it was a package deal.) so you see why i couldn't really say much about it. it wasn't just me that was involved. and ultimately, while i had input, it wasn't my decision. but now it's all over and i'm staying put in my job. which means that i still have to travel a ridiculous amount of miles to get to my job. which means that if i get a new car, it'll have to be something that gets decent mileage. which means that i need to shift my whole house buying focus to something a little closer to work than i was thinking before. oh well. at least i know where i'm supposed to be for work tomorrow! that's always a big plus!! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/03/2005 11:30:00 AM ----- BODY: so, i actually went out this new year's eve. usually i stay home because the weather is usually nasty. not to mention the fact that people are stupid on new years and i don't usually feel like dealing with all the drunks at 2am. last year i was all ready to go out on new year's eve. until i put my car in the ditch that morning while i was trying to get my ass to work. once that happened? i decided to stay in. this year i not only had friends to go out with, i had a party downtown to go to and a free place to crash so i didn't have to worry about driving. and if all that wasn't fabulous enough? we got all dressed up! woo hoo! we had a good time, even though the party we paid $50 to get into was lame. we went to a couple different places after we left there. spent $100 on food and booze the entire nite. didn't have anyone to kiss at midnight though, which kinda sucked. oh well. the highlight of the night was when my phone rang at just after 9 pacific time. it was kymmie. completely schnockered and wishing me a happy new year. what's cooler than getting a call from your oldest and dearest friend? not much. and that's a fact. i toasted with my friends on new year's eve and now i raise my glass to all of you and repeat that toast........"may we get EXACTLY what we want in 2005." you guys are the best! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/30/2004 09:30:00 AM ----- BODY: once again i'm amazed at the level of stupidity i demonstrate in the dating world. i'm beginning to think that i have had one of those gps chips embedded under my skin that screams out to potential dates "this one will believe just about any line you throw at her!" i just don't get it. no matter how hard i try or how many times i hear it, i just don't understand "guy speak". i don't understand how when someone says (at 4 o'clock) "i'll call you when i get off work" that translates to ZERO phone calls that evening. did they mean i'll call you when i get off work next week? or next month? wtf? y'all know that i'm a proponent of "say what you mean and mean what you say". what is it about guys that makes it physically impossible for them to do what they've said they will? i mean really. is it THAT difficult to call someone when you yourself mentioned it? it's not like i said "call me" and he didn't. hell. at the end of the date he ASKED me if he could im me/call me the next day. and then he didn't. i don't effin get it. the thing that pisses me off the most? I. KEEP. REPEATING. THIS. PROCESS. wtf is wrong with me? granted, now i get more annoyed than upset about the failure to call. but still. it's still a waste of my time. and it's just plain rude. and y'all know how i feel about rudeness. anyway, i just needed to vent. and try to figure out how i can be so stupid when it comes to guys. is it possible to "ride the short bus" in only one area of your life? if so? i must be on the short bus of social relationships. wonder if this bus has any seatbelts? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/27/2004 09:13:00 AM ----- BODY: i actually had someone accuse me of that this weekend. that I was a princess! the nerve! and really when it comes right down to it, i'm not that spoiled. i mean just because i ASKED for a tivo (or it's dish network equivalent) does not mean that i EXPECTED my brother to figure out a way for me to get it for free AND only have to pay $5 a month for the service. i mean a HOUSE is always on my christmas list and no one got me THAT. geez. i got a lot of stuff, yes. but the stuff i DIDN'T get outweighed what i did. i mean i DIDN'T get a house. i DIDN'T get a boyfriend/husband. i DIDN'T get a laptop. i DIDN'T get a mini ipod. (well at least not yet. that's what my bonus is going towards.) and while i realize that the first two things are not things that someone else can really purchase for me, nonetheless, they (with the exception of my family being healthy and loved, which i DID get) were the only things that i really wanted. well, that and sex, which i also DIDN'T get. (sorry, probably tmi.) heh. anyways, i guess i AM spoiled, a little. but a princess? that i am so not. anyways, kymmie has the market cornered on princesses. *wink* all kidding aside, i hope you all had a wonderful christmas (or holiday season if you don't celebrate christmas) and here's to hoping that 2005 will be your best year yet. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/20/2004 02:37:00 PM ----- BODY: so, how that for clearing things up? i know i know. i? am a dork. a big one. i've come to terms with it. *shrug* what else can i do? first the big news i can't quite talk about....... some of you know what's going on. there are certain people who while i'm not sure they actually read this site, they do have the address and it could be potentially BAD news if they read about what's going on. so unfortunately all i can tell you is that i should FINALLY know what's going on by the end of the week and be able to spill about all of this soon. sorry. that's the best i can do. now the "news" i can talk about........... remember the new mantra? it's TOTALLY working for me. and? totally am NOT feeling bad about the decisions i've made since making the change to the 'tude. (how you like them apples? ~ bonus points to whoever knows what movie that's from!) i had a date on saturday nite. don't get all excicited. i'm not seeing him again. he was nice enough, i suppose. although he was kinda weird. i acted like a TOTAL guy. it was quite amusing to me. and fun. but mostly amusing. oh well. there are more guys lining up to meet me. i'm not quite sure where they're all coming from, but maybe one of them will be worth dating for a while. i'm not holding my breath or anything, but i figure i've kissed A LOT of frogs and in theory that means that my prince should be coming along soon. right? well maybe not. in other news today is the beautiful Queen of Sarcastic Bitch With Cleavage's birthday. or as she calls it the --th annual celebration of her 21st birthday. stop by and wish her a magnificent year. cuz y'all? she's the shit. love you girl! happy birthday!!! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/17/2004 11:17:00 AM ----- BODY: Dear all the guys that have said one thing and then done another~ well i lied. at least then. i was raised with that old axiom of "fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me." in other words, i was taught that you should always give someone the benefit of the doubt and give them an opportunity to redeem themselves. and i've really been trying to do that. i've tried to live my life like that. it hasn't worked. at least not the way i'd hoped it would. so i've decided to say "fuck that". here's my new philosophy, and i'm kicking myself that i haven't been practicing this all along. it is this.......(and no, i'm not getting all "preachy". it just makes a certain modicum of sense.) do unto others as you would have others do unto you......... it works like this (at least in my life): do you want some hot chick/guy to stand you up when you've made plans with them? no? then don't fucking stand them up. dumbass. (not that i'm bitter at all.) do you want to keep your friday AND saturday nites open because some guy/girl told you that they'd be calling later in the week to ask you out "properly" and still have not received a call by friday at noon? NO? then don't fucking do it to them. (are you sensing a theme here yet?) do you want your wife/husband to cheat on you with someone? no? then don't consider doing it with someone else, regardless of how fucking hot you think they are. basically, my new mantra is common sense people. no one likes to be an afterthought. or to be second best. or worse, third best. it's just not a nice feeling. mean what you say and say what you mean. if your definition of "i'll call you later in the week to set something up" translates to "i'm never gonna call you unless my date cancels at the 11th hour"? then don't fucking bother me. i've got better things to do with my time than try to figure out why it is that you're too stupid to follow thru on whatever it is you've told me that you're going to do. also? if you're dumb enough to stand me up or not follow thru when you tell me you're going to do something? don't bother to get ahold of me later when whoever it is that you've bailed on me in favor of doesn't work out. this is my new bottom line............i don't give a flying fuck. if you don't show when you're supposed to? you'd better be in the hospital. or dying. or something equally not fun. even then? you're most likely NOT going to get a chance to make it up to me. why this change of heart? because I'M. TOO. GOOD. FOR. YOU. also? i don't treat my friends or people i'm interested in possibly dating like shit. and since i don't tolerate that kind of treatment from my friends, i won't tolerate it from you either. and really? what on earth made you think that i would? just because i'm a fundamentally nice person does NOT mean that i'll allow you to treat me like a doormat. because i won't. and if you try to? i'll get kymmie to beat your ass with all that kung fu shit that she knows. and don't think she'll be afraid to break a nail to do it. she'll get pissed, sure, which means she'll beat your ass harder, but she'll still do it. then she'll charge me for the manicure to get her nails fixed. but hey, what are friends for? ****this post has been brought to you by the new and improved energy drink InstaBitch. just add water and you're on your way.**** -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/14/2004 10:10:00 AM ----- BODY: i thought of this title as i was falling asleep last nite. and this is why. in addition to my "married man" issue, i now have a bona fide cowboy AND an army guy that want to go out with me. let me 'splain:

so that's what's been up with me the last week. nothing terribly exciting. maybe if the date actually happens this weekend i'll have blog material? i dunno. but i wouldn't hold my breath if i was you.......

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/08/2004 03:46:00 PM ----- BODY: so you guys know that there have been a lot of guys that have "wanted to meet me" in the last couple of months. some of them i've met and some of them i haven't. of the ones i've actually met, there's only been 1 or 2 that i would have liked to see on a regular basis. one of those guys? is married. (insert the "duh duh duh" music here.) i know i should walk away. hell, i should run in the opposite direction. but i don't. want. to. this is the guy who rescued me from being stood up by the fireman. he came and had a drink with me. (well actually 3) he cheered me up. he told me what an idiot the fireman was to not show up. (kymmie, i love you, but shut it.) all in all he made me feel like it wasn't my fault that the fireman didn't show up. because at that point in time? it totally felt like it was. (even though i knew it wasn't.) and best of all? he's a genuinely nice guy. i was very vulnerable that night and he didn't try to take advantage of that. even though he wanted to. even though i wanted him to. so now i don't know what to do. i know what polite society dictates that i should do, but i don't know what i will do, and that's what scares me the most. i've changed a lot over the past few months. if you had asked me 6 months ago what i'd do in this position? i would have turned around and walked away. now though? i honestly can't tell you what i'll do. i mean, it's not like this would be anything more than a fling on my end, but still. do i even want to go down that road? and if i DO? what's next? doing drugs? turning tricks? what? i honestly haven't a freaking clue. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/06/2004 02:23:00 PM ----- BODY: so i needed to buy a 2005 calendar because it seems that no matter what i do, it will be 2005 in roughly 25 days. well, fine. be that way. i looked for suitable calendars over the weekend, and found none that i liked. i had to go to macy*s today to buy godiva chocolates for the co-workers that i like. (the ones that i don't? they get rat poison. not really. but it sounded good.) while i was at the mall, i noticed one of those seasonal calendar stores. yippee! i will at least have a large selection to choose from! yeah! i walked in and there were almost TOO many to choose from. wow. that's a lot of calendars. so i moseyed (is that even a word?) around. typically i have at least one calendar that is kittens or kittens and puppies. somehow this year i had NO calendars like that. i DID have these though: the requisite "hot guys from hawaii", the beatles, and a lord of the rings calendar. (2 at home and one (lotr) at work) so i'm wandering and i see the local firefighter calendar. one word.......YUMMY! so i look at that one, and then continue looking around. why is it that there are 5 rows of half naked women calendars, and only ONE row of half naked men? anyway, as i'm looking at the one row, i see the chippendales calendar. um, hello? DOUBLE YUMMY! well crap now what? how do i choose? firefighters? or chippendales? SHIT! i suppose i could flip a coin. the two OLD MEN running the place are not going to be helpful with this dilemma. hmmmm. what to do, what to do? since i couldn't decide, i did what any self respecting woman in that position would do. i got them both. now, the only problem is that i have to keep the firefighter one at work, in case things work out with the fireman i've been talking about. i can't have him roll over in my bed one morning and see a bunch of half nekkid firemen on the wall! that wouldn't be good at all! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/03/2004 01:35:00 PM ----- BODY: so it's friday. and for reasons that i can't quite put my finger on, i? AM FABULOUS! i think i have an inkling or two to why this is. what do you think? is it because: a) today is the first day in 3 days that i haven't had an excruciating headache? b) that i finally met the "musician" and am eternally grateful that he ISN'T as good looking as his picture led me to believe, so i am therefore no longer in danger of being talked out of my clothes? c) that today is friday? d) that i heard from the fireman finally? or e) that i've come to a decision regarding the way i've been conducting my life lately? well? what do you think? is it one of those reasons? none of those reasons? class? anyone? bueller? bueller? bueller? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 12/02/2004 01:50:00 PM ----- BODY: sorry i haven't posted for a few days. life has been happening and i was hoping that i'd have more than 3 people's questions to answer. Movies affair of the necklace (haven't seen this one yet) pearl harbor (i don't care what ANYONE says, i like this movie and not just for ben's butt!) dead poet's society (another good one) Books The Proteus Operation by James P. Hogan Laurell K. Hamilton, because she writes HOT shit! anything by The Bronte Sisters ~~~haven't read anything by the first 2, pretty sure i've read some bronte stuff Music Balligomingo~don't know WHAT the hell that is see Kymmie's comment from me~didn't realize this had anything to do with music Candy Dulfer - Saxuality (still my favorite even though it has been about 15 years)~have heard of her, but the only things i've heard her play was at the prince concert QUESTIONS: Darren asks: If confronted by a choice to either hurt someone or hurt yourself, which would you choose? ~ depends on who the other person is. if it's a child molester, then them. If a Frog moves at 80 mph in a circular motion, is it in a blender or a food processor?~ um, i'm guessing a blender What is the color of your favorite pair of socks?~ um, grey with green trim, i guess. they have mickey mouse on them, of course! Beth asks: What are your parents like? ~ my parents are awesome. just ask kymmie. she wishes they were hers. (at least she did when we were growing up.) Who's your mostest favoritest teacher from your high school years? ~ let's see. i'd have to say dalt williams or "willy", my high school band instructor. Why? ~ the man knew his music. he knew how to get the most out of us. and while a lot of the kids didn't like him, he was almost a friend instead of a teacher. and shit, he let us call him "willy" for pete's sake! Kymmie asks: Did you end up where you thought you would when you were a kid? ~ um, no. i thought i'd be married and have kids by now. i thought i'd be a nurse. i thought a lot of shit that hasn't happened would have by now. Do you really think I am here in the Midwest because I LOVE TOLEDO, OH!?!?!? Come on. ~ well i would certainly hope not, but you've done stranger things in the past. lmao Why do you want to stay in Washington anyway? ~ cuz i LOVE it here, that's why. even though my family drives me crazy, sometimes. that's all folks! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/28/2004 01:50:00 PM ----- BODY: because kymmie stole it from rick who stole it from dana who stole it from deann. THREE QUESTIONS! A. recommend to me 1. a movie 2. a book 3. a song, artist or album B. ask me 3 questions. not 1 or 2 or 4, but 3. ask anything you want. i won't tell you my name or anything that would allow you to stalk me. C. go to your journal/blog and copy and paste this allowing your friends/readers to ask you anything. if you wish, you may give credit to the thief you stole it from. have fun! -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/28/2004 01:01:00 PM ----- BODY: if you can't tell by the title of this entry, the "date" with the fireman didn't go well. in fact, it didn't go at all. that's not to say that I didn't go. that's to say that HE didn't show. at all. i don't get it. i don't get WHY a guy would go to trouble of saying all the things he said and then NOT show up. at least when we didn't connect on monday i got an email that nite with an apology (of sorts) and an explanation (also of sorts). this time? NOTHING. no phone call. no email. no instant message. NADA. ZILCH. and of course, ZIP. i'm beginning to think that my guy "picker" is fundamentally broken. or i'm losing my touch. neither of which is a fun thought. and of course, now the "i want a boyfriend itch" is in full swing since the holidays are officially under way now. if all of this wasn't bad enough? before i left to meet the "phantom" date on friday nite? one of my best friends called to tell me she and her bf had gotten engaged the day before. now i am totally THRILLED for her. but for me? it just depresses me more than i already am, as far as my own love life goes. (watch out. i feel a pity party coming on.) before this becomes a "poor me" post where i wallow in the futility that my love life has become, i think i'll end here. besides, the seahawks game is about to start and i have a few things to do before kick off. hope you all had a fabulous thanksgiving (as i did) and were able to share it with your friends and loved ones. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/24/2004 10:38:00 AM ----- BODY: ok. so yesterday i was not so sure that i should give the fireman another chance. i was mad/a little hurt to think that he'd ignored me while online and that he hadn't called/emailed to let me know he couldn't make it on monday nite (even though it WAS only a tentative "date"). well i found out some interesting information yesterday. before i go into it i KNOW that i possibly could have been misled. however, i don't think that i was. you be the judges. as you know, i'm on yahoo messenger every day at work. and my messenger list is up all day, so i can see who's online and who isn't. that being said, i saw the fireman was "online" and sent him an im. i got a "hi. this isn't the fireman. this is a friend of his. he'll be back in about 30 minutes." ok. i know people do this. we started chatting a little and ended up "talking" for 3 hours. he was telling me stuff about the fireman. he told me that the fireman has been talking about me. that he (the fireman) was worried that his work schedule and the traveling he does would screw up his chances to "pursue" me. i found this all very interesting and helpful. granted, i know that it COULD have been the fireman himself telling me all this. and of course there is not a way that i can 100% know if it was the fireman or if it was the best friend. gut feeling? it was the friend. we'll see. after we were done talking the friend signed off. about an hour later the fireman's id popped back up as being online. this time it was the fireman. we talked for a little bit. he apologized about monday nite. told me that his friend had been the one online that was ignoring me. (the friend told me the same thing.) we made actual PLANS to meet up on friday nite. so i have a date. with the fireman. and i'm freaking a little. i mean, what if the friend repeated things that i told him? it wasn't anything that i don't want the fireman to know, but maybe things i don't want him to know just yet. the friend told me that we'd have to keep the conversation between the two of us as the fireman would "shit bricks if he knew i was telling you this stuff". he told me "don't break his heart". he confirmed some things that the fireman told me. (as much as they can be "confirmed" for me, i know.) the question i have, i guess, is what if i find out that it really WAS the fireman i was talking to the whole time and NOT the friend? do i get mad? do i find it funny that he was willing to go to that length to feed me "inside" information about himself? i just don't know. what do you guys think? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/23/2004 08:56:00 AM ----- BODY: ok. so i was SUPPOSED to meet up with the fireman last nite. didn't happen. (to be fair, the plans WERE tentative, but still.) i didn't hear from him and i'll admit i was a little pissed. i mean, i DO want to meet this guy. (matt's advice aside, i want to see if there's anything "there" in person.) but it didn't come to pass. the part that makes me mad? i could SEE that he was online and signed in. earlier i had sent the "hey are we still on for tonight?" obligatory im/email and gotten no response. needless to say , last nite i was all "fuck it. he goes to the back of the line next to the musician." this morning though? i get this email: "hello, I am so sorry that I have not been online or available to chat. I have been working so much and going nonstop and am so tired but there is no end in sight until jan. All the things that I thought wouldn't be a problem are now coming up in my lap. Another trainer quit and so I have been doing two people's work and then doing my own regular shifts on top of it. I have not had time to do anything, not even really sleep. I understand if you are no longer interested and though would rather continue on as planned as far as meeting, understand if you're not.....fireman" ok, so now i'm torn. do i give him another chance? (ie: is that a good enough reason to have not gotten ahold of me last nite?) i knew going into this that he worked A LOT. and that until he was able to "scale back" (his words and idea as a matter of fact) his schedule that it would be difficult to work around his schedule to figure out when we could meet up. so i guess the big question now is "now what?" -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/22/2004 03:16:00 PM ----- BODY: i am so confused. not only am i confused, i don't know what to do about it. here's the deal..... i think i like the fireman too much. this in and of itself wouldn't be a bad thing, except we still haven't met yet. we are SUPPOSED to meet tonight, however i haven't heard from him yet and it's already 3:30. i'm thinking that it probably won't happen tonight. we'll have to see. i mean i realize that he works 3 jobs and all that, but if you really wanted to meet someone, wouldn't you make the effort to get ahold of them to firm up plans? if that wasn't enough to think about, things with river boy are getting interesting. not only does he want me to be his roomie when he moves out, but he likes me. now, i've known that he likes me for a little bit, but even though i adore him i haven't let myself like him since he hasn't been free. now that he IS going to be free? i don't know what to do. i know that i could totally fall in love with this guy if i let myself, i just didn't know if my feelings would be reciprocated. until today. he told me today that he "could see it" happening between us. WOW. NOW WHAT THE HELL DO I DO? i mean, the fireman is just about perfect on paper. but we haven't met. and that of course means that i don't know how the face to face is gonna go. meanwhile, river boy and i have been seeing each other on occassion since the end of july and are friends and i know how the face to face is with him. HELP! any suggestions guys?? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/19/2004 03:24:00 PM ----- BODY: this? speaks for itself. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/19/2004 01:57:00 PM ----- BODY: i so rock! see, earlier i was trying to figure out why the little arrow thingies that my beloved beth has installed on my site for me (as i'm a html-idiot) weren't showing up when i posted the results of my quizzes. then i remembered that when i posted photos awhile back, that if the image was too large, the little arrow thingies wouldn't show up. since i couldn't figure out how to make the quiz postings smaller, i figured i'd try to figure out how to make the posting "area" larger. i was not having any luck (hence the instructions for scrolling with the arrow buttons) and then i tried one last thing. and? IT FUCKING WORKED! (don't mind me as i do a little happy dance here!) anyways, this should be my last post of the day, but i completely felt the need to pat myself on the back. i think this must be a small part of how zoot feels when she figures something out with her skins and all that other cool shit that she does. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/19/2004 01:37:00 PM ----- BODY: yet another quizilla quiz. oh, and again, if the scrolling arrows don't show up, just use the arrows on your keyboard. casablanca "You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss". Your romance is Casablanca. A classic story of love in trying times, chock full of both cynicism and hope. You obviously believe in true love, but you're also constantly aware of practicality and societal expectations. That's not always fun, but at least it's realistic. Try not to let the Nazis get you down too much. What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life? brought to you by -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/19/2004 11:57:00 AM ----- BODY: i will continue to search the web for more random silliness. in doing so i stumbled across this..... HASH(0x8ad6084) You're Brigitte Bardot! how cool is that? works for me. oh and in case you were wondering about the "#such and such" in the title of the last few posts? blogger apparently never got out of the 2nd grade and can't count past 99. so in case i want to post something stupendous when i get to say, post #169, i want to know that that's what # i'm at. make sense? stupid blogger. one other thing. apparently the photo is too wide to allow for the scrolling arrows to appear. if you use the arrows on your keyboard, it will scroll just fine. -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/19/2004 10:25:00 AM ----- BODY: ok. not really. but it made you look, didn't it? sucker! anywho....TGIF! and i say that not because this week has sucked or anything. in fact it's been a great week. (that is if you can say you did pretty much nothing at work all week and your boss knows that you have no work, so that you are able to surf the net all week!)

anyway, here's the "headlines" in my life at the moment:

that's about all from here. for now anyways. i've got a miniscule amount of work to do, so i'm gonna do that now. but i'm sure i'll be back later.

ciao!

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/18/2004 01:57:00 PM ----- BODY: apparently this is what needs to be said to me in order to pick me up:
Do you believe in love at first sight... or should I walk by again?
Get your own Magic Pick Up Line
need i say more? -------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/18/2004 01:41:00 PM ----- BODY: yes, i know this is not news to you good folks. and if you want someone to blame this post on? blame matt. (although i LOVE matt for loving me, i did find this link thru him.)
Your Stripper Name is: Topaz
Get your own Stripper Name
-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/16/2004 09:04:00 AM ----- BODY: i had an interesting conversation with a good friend last nite. i was getting him all caught up on the players in my dating smorgasbord. i told him about the 6 (count them!) 6 guys that want to meet me. he asked me if i gave all the guys "nicknames". at first i was going to reply no. then i thought about it and i DO give them all nicknames. (ie: chocolate, musician, bartender, etc.) granted, those ARE their professions, but they are NOT their names. he asked WHY do i do that? my first response? i shit you NOT this is what i said: "IT MAKES IT EASIER TO BLOG ABOUT THEM" wtf? "it makes it easier to blog about them"? um, wow. his response to that? "it's so impersonal". to which i replied "THAT? is by design. i don't want to get too attached too quickly." ok. THAT? to me? is an understandable answer. even a good one. as in the past i've been known to get WAY attached WAY too quickly. and this way? i don't. so i'm fairly good with that aspect of the nickname thing. but the blogging thing? while it IS true, i didn't realize how much of a BITCH it made me sound like. (not that i have ANY problem with people thinking i'm a bitch, because i am and i'm damn good at it!) but wow. think i'm protecting myself much? LMAO anyways, here's the latest scoop on the dating stuff:

BECAUSE OF THIS ONE.......LUCKY(?) #6

so, here i sit, freaking the hell out about a guy i HAVEN'T. EVEN. MET. YET. and if that wasn't bad enough? here i'm all IN DEMAND from these other guys? and i don't want to set up any dates/meetings with them UNTIL i've met the fireman. WTF is up with THAT?? i think i've officially lost my mind now!

-------- AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/11/2004 10:40:00 AM ----- BODY:

ok, so i'm a total slacker. i haven't posted in over a week. as i look back over the more "recent" posts, i see that this phenomenon of posting once a week has become almost the norm. there are three reasons for this.

  1. i have been crazy busy on the social life front since last month and when i am home, the last thing i feel like doing is blogging. (i know, i know. the blasphemy of it all!)
  2. seriously? I. DON'T. HAVE. THAT. MUCH. TO. SAY. (ok, that's not entirely true. if you talk to kymmie she'll tell you i can't shut up most of the time. BUT! a lot of the stuff that has been going on, i can't really talk about on here due to the "real life people" that i know that read this blog. therein lies the dilemma.)
  3. and the other reason is a selfish one. i am one of those "comment whores". and i gotta tell you people, it kinda bummed me out that darren's entry got 15 comments and i'm lucky if mine get 5. i am going to try to be better about leaving comments on other blogs. maybe that will help. also? i'm going to go to blogexplosion and see if that helps too.

ok. now that i've given you the reasons that i've been such a SLACKER recently, let's see if i can't get you up to speed on what's been going on in my life. let's see. you know about vegas. (that still TOTALLY cracks me up!)

i have a few new dates i haven't filled you in on..........

then the "other" news is this...........RB (river boy for those of you that forgot) needs a roomie when he moves out. guess who he asked to be his roomie? you got it. moi. now, before you ALL say "don't do it!" or "there is no way in hell" i have to admit that i'm THINKING about it. it was not dismissed directly. however, just because i'm thinking about it doesn't mean i'll actually do it. there are quite a few factors to look at. i did tell him that IF this does happen, that it wouldn't be until 1/05 at the EARLIEST. so i have some time to look at the pros and cons and make a deciscion.

i think that gets us all caught up. hope all is well with all of you! hugs and kisses kids!

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