Yay.

Haha I found a "misc" forum online. Pretty interesting what those kids have to say.

I also found where they talked about me. There's even a pic! Haha. It just seems some people just don't have a life.



(Heh...as I write a pointless blog at 12:28am.)

I must be a REAL lifecaster now, eh?

Yesterday was...interesting. You know, reflections are a silly thing. I should probably pay attention to the angle my laptop is sitting at when I'm undressing.

It's quite comical though. I mean, don't get me wrong. I deleted those archives of "nekkid jane bewbs" so you can save that bleach you were about to pour in your eyes for something like laundry. Hehe. I'm so clever.

Oh. Hear this. Remember that date I had with Patrick from lifedoc? Well, back when we were trying to find the Galleria, we took a toll road but never saw the toll booths to pay. Then we took an exit and got off the road and thought we just didn't have to worry about it. Well, turns out that you have to have a tag to drive on that road and it's under video surveillance. Got my first traffic ticket in the mail today for not having a toll tag on my Hyundai. Obviously, I didn't have a sticker! I didn't know where I was going! I was following Patrick's directions!

So, now I must cough up $1.60 to the government. Interesting...

What a funny day. A funny, funny day.

Sunday

I simply must stop spending money at restaurants. I paid $9 for Awesome Blossom at Chili's just now and I barely ate any of it. Why do I do this to myself? I have no money!!

Today is Sunday. It was a...regular Sunday actually.

I think I'm going to iron some clothes and do some "room work" since I'm don't want to do "house work".

I need some company. The only way I can clean is if I know someone is coming over soon. Hm...

1st day at Starbucks

Wow. Let me just say, wow. Today was...a day.

Literally, though. Most of the 5 hours I spent filling out paper work and meeting my partners. It was pretty fun though. The people are extremely nice and helpful. I opened many packets and read over booklets and did coffee tastings. Mmm...if you ever get a chance to, and a barista offers, do a coffee tasting! Coffee out of the french press is awesome, especially if its the French roast. Mmm... I'm jealous Dennis has a french press. I don't have any money at the moment to buy one.

So, we tried coffee, obviously, and we also took a tour around the shop, learned to make the drinks we wanted. I tried a Passion Lemonade Iced Tea for the first time today and it was real good. I suggest it. One of my partners, Austin, said it's also good as green tea. That guy is pretty funny. I think him and I are on the same level of humor/sarcasm, but we'll have to see. Haha.

I'm excited! This next week is going to be chock full of more training and exercises! I haven't been able to get my free bag of coffee but I think that can wait. I'm not in any hurry at the moment.

Here's a fact. I found out that after you grind a bag of coffee, it's only good for 7 days after that, according to Starbucks standards. That was pretty interesting. I wonder if it's the same for Folgers and other ground beans.


Oh the lady I'm training with is actually from Mexico and this is her first job. It was interesting hearing all the questions she had about the company and how people did their jobs. She asked a whole bunch of questions I didn't think to ask but I gained some knowledge after knowing the answer. It was interesting. I'm glad I'm training with her.

I got my aprons today.
:)
They're so cool.

My day at Starbucks was pretty cool, even when I sat around waiting for my manager to come back to the table to check out our workbooks. I sat there for about 20 minutes just watching customers and baristas. It was pretty pleasant. I wonder what Monday's going to bring.

*sigh...* I've never looked forward to a Monday work day like I'm doing right now.

Viewers...

This is for any viewers who saw me today while my dad was lecturing me about who-knows-what.

It's ok. I've heard that same lecture at least twice. Dad doesn't like me locking my door and asking who it is when people knock. He says I act like I'm above them when I do that.

So basically I'm just frustrated. I've been sick for days and have taken a break from broadcasting in order to recooperate. Today was actually going to be another break but I decided to broadcast for a bit. Dad comes in here saying I never spend time with the family...only after spending about 3 hours with him just about an hour or so earlier.


I'm exhausted. Why doesn't 21 get here faster? And why don't I have a larger paycheck so I can buy a house? I think I'm gonna buy another lottery ticket.

Official Quittin Time.

As you can tell, 2008 has been a very interesting year so far. I think it's been changing for the better as well.

Number One Change:
The office job is out the door!! Today was my last day and, let me tell you, it was great to finally get out. I felt bad leaving all the good people behind but leaving my manager was...priceless. I told her off a couple times today too.

Angie: "Hey, don't we have some inquiries to answer? +30 day service orders to handle?"
Me: "No."

Heh...I don't know why but that tickled me. Another one was this.

Angie: "You know, you should stay. I can work with your school schedule. We're getting 2 trained workers over in our area Monday so that will help with hours."
Me: (laughing) "That's funny. Sorry, I'd have to decline."

Man, she cracks me up how much she cares when people leave because of her actions. While I'm there, she could care less about how stressed I am. I seriously think she was listening in on my phone conversations with techs telling them why I'm moving on. Nosy...nosy...nosy. Haha.

Number Two Change:
New car! Oh yeah. It's awesome. I got $3000 credit toward the purchase of a new car for crushing my Elantra and "saving the planet". It's some cleanTXair something or another that Al Gore or someone is trying to push. Hey, if I get a new car, I'm all in. Anyway, I got a Kia Spectra and it is nice. Compared to my Hyundai, it is a Lexus. Compared to a Lexus, it's my Hyundai... But really, it's nice. I can drive down the highway without having to worry about stopping all of a sudden and getting smashed by the car behind me. This thing has working windshield wipers and an mp3 player hookup! It even has a CD player! I'm telling you this car is seriously, not to use the term loosely, "teh rox0rz" and it will be mine forever.
Or...until the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty expires.


Now, I'm in for one more change that might not even happen if I keep playing with my feelings like I do, but that's something I'm not ready to discuss on here.

Okay! I'm ready for Starbucks now.

Car

Soooo...the car is dying and it's quite annoying.



The biggest things happening with it are:

1. Cannot put my car into reverse (causing parking spots to be a little difficult to find unless I can neutralize my car and back up on a slope.)

2. The acceleration keeps dropping out on the roads (which becomes a pest to drivers behind me. I'll be going 65 on the highway and then all of a sudden I start getting slower and slower and slower...until it pops back into place.)

3. Windshield wiper fluid container is broken (due to an accident I got into. It will hold half a tank before it starts leaking.)

4. Transmission is out (I probably should have said this earlier. This is the reason #1 and #2 are happening.)

5. It's covered in bird crap (which makes #3 ten times worse.)



I think it's time for a new car anyway. If I pay to fix the transmission, I'll have paid more for the repair than the cost of the car itself! I paid $800 for it back in February of 2006 and its almost February 2008. I'd like a new car. My mom's thinking a Kia Rio? I guess my family is addicted to Korean cars. My mom drove a Kia a while back and my current car is the Hyundai Elantra. I wonder why??



So, tomorrow I'm going car hunting with my parents instead of dress hunting with my cousin for her wedding. Fun fun! I'll keep up with my Twitter.



Oh yeah, this pic was taken right after the accident I got into. It now has a black fender and bumper cover. One of my tech calls it the "Panda Car".

It's quittin' time

If you haven't heard already, I quit my office job! You don't understand how thrilled I am to get out of it! Starbucks is now my official employer!

Last night was so much fun. My manager is fun (so far...I said that with my current boss at the beginning and look how that turned out. Hopefully that's not the case this time!) and very helpful. I drank A LOT of coffee and I got to meet 3 of my "partners". They are so cool too!

So, yes. I think I am going to have a good time at this job. I'm a very social person and my office job really left no room for fun.

Anyway, I'm out!

Lotto Texas!

Yes! I went today to go buy my first lotto ticket. My fortune cookie read "Your courage will guide your future" and it had some nifty lotto numbers on the back so I figured, Heck. Might as well.

So me and my buddy drive to the Valero corner store and walk inside to try and find the lottery thing. You know, that red thing that people are always at in commercials, filling out their numbers and stuff? We don't find one. I look around and realize its all at the counter so we go up there.

The man asks me, "Can I help you, ma'am?"
I don't know what to say. Uh... "I'd like a lottery ticket," and I look down at the little lotto ticket holder on the counter.
"Sure, which one?"
"Uh..." I don't know what it's called!! "A...regular one?" I kind of stand their staring at him blankly.
I think he finally realized what I was talking about because he said, "The lottery is already done for the day."
"Oh."
Another blank stare as I'm standing there looking ridiculous carrying a piece of paper with my so-called 'lucky numbers' on it.
"Would you like another ticket?"
Quickly I say, "Sure. Anything."
"Okay, do you want one for Tuesday? Wednesday? Maybe a scratch-off?"
"Sure. Um...yeah."
He cocks his head. "Which one would yo--"
"Anything. Just anything would be cool." I quickly interrupt him. I feel enough of a dork to be standing there with the whole store looking at me.
"Oh. okay. Um..." He punches some numbers into his little machine thing and then hands me the ticket. "That'll be--mmmmbmbrrm."
Now this was my turn to blankly stare at him. "How much??!"
He gives me 'the look'. "One dollar, ma'am."

So yes. Another awesome experience of this year! My first lottery ticket.

I get in the car afterwards and my buddy congratulates me for going through with it. Then I ask, "Um...how do I know if I win?"
After much argument and the turning on and off of the dome light in his car to read the back of the ticket, we finally agree that we have no idea.

And here I am, reading up on the internet to find out how to win. I found out that he gave me the ticket for Tuesday's lottery. I guess I read the newspaper or look somehow online? I think I'll just check on www.txlottery.org to see if I won. I mean, heck. $19,600,000 doesn't sound bad for $1. I could buy a new car and new computers with that. I could BUY education! Sweet. Let's see how this goes!

Oh my gosh. 2007 is gone forever.

Wow! I cannot believe that its already 2008. The kids of 1990 are now 18 years old and, personally, that kind of freaks me out.

So, the events of the new year haven't been horrible. I went bowling for the first time this year last night. Played 2 games and didn't win either. The only thing that bothered me last night was the bathrooms. Okay, yes, it IS a bowling alley bathroom and of course it's not the world's best-kept bathroom of the year. It wasn't the appearance of the bathroom that highly disturbed me. It was the lack of, can I say, "coverage"?

So I got into the bathroom with my best friend's daughter. There were 2 stalls so naturally we each take 1 stall. As I'm getting ready to do my duty, I see through the crack of the door, a mother and daughter walk into the bathroom.

The daughter, being about 3 or 4 years old, has a temper tantrum about something. Not sure what it was. Probably something about her mother finally telling her that the tooth fairy wasn't real and the tax collector lives under her bed or something. Anyway, she pulls away from her mom and stands right at the wall in front of my stall.
It takes a while but she finally finds me.
Inside of my stall.
Sitting on the toilet.

Okay, what do I do?? A 3-year old is staring at me through the crack of my door! I know she's probably seen lady parts before. She was just born just a couple years back so it's probably bringing back memories, but, GOSH! Mind your own business kid! I'm just trying to get back to the lane!

And the kid never looks away. She just stares at me.

I sit there for a while contemplating what I should do. Maybe yell, "Fire!" I tried talking to my friends daughter to see if the attention of that little girl would drift from me to the other stall but it didn't. Nope. Nothing. She stares at me. I finally think, "You know, she's 3. Shove it." and stand up and move closer to the door so at least she's out of my vision. Then I finish, zip my pants back up, flush the toilet, pull the door open, wash my hands and leave. I was glad to be out of that place and back on the lane.

Then my friend looks at me and says, "Where's my daughter?"

Yeah...she was still in the stall humming to herself or dancing in the stall.

So anyway, that was alot of information about me and my disturbing experience of 2008. There will probably be more to come.