Tips rock.

I got my first tip share last night and boy was it rewarding. It was only $19 this week but I don't care. I've never gotten something in addition to my usual paycheck. My last job was just straight $8.50 an hour, no bonuses, 2% raises on your year anniversary, and you could hardly get a promotion (if you did, the job sucked). So, it's really great to have an awesome job and be able to have some cash to spend on the side!

I finally got wireless pretty much installed in my house. I still need to reset my router almost every time I turn my computer on but its not terribly bad. It stays on while I have my computer on.

Oh weird. There was a very loud noise coming from my kitchen. It's 12:55am. I...think I had better...check it out.



Well, I looked and didn't find anything that had fallen or broken. I feel like an idiot though. I actually brought my hole punch in case someone had broken in since it was the heaviest thing around in my room. I walked out of my room and turned my kitchen light on and my dog scared the heck out of me. I think the blood is back in my face now.


Once my wireless is working and good, I'm going to start lifecasting. I know right now I'm on and off lifecasting/talking to viewers, but for a while I'm going to just be broadcasting my life. I do love everyone in my chat but sometimes I just want to just straight lifecast. It will be fun. Just watch. You'll see me do more around my house. I've got a piano in the living room. I've even got 2 turtles that y'all probably don't know about. I'll even go outside every once in a while when it starts getting warmer!

So, stay tuned! Oh and buy my new shirt. I think all lifecasters should have one.

Woo! First Paychecks!

I got my first paychecks today. One for about $36 and the other for about $196. Awesome awesome. Money is good for bills. I'm glad I can finally pay them now and maybe I'll have something left over!

So, closing today at work really wasn't that bad. It was stormy outside and for some reason, on a Friday evening, there were not very many coffee drinkers.

I got to work more on the espresso bar and make drinks for customers. The biggest thing I'm having trouble with is pouring the steamed milk. I keep pouring it with my left hand when I know that pouring it with my right would be SO much easier. I just keep doing it wrong though. I know I'll get the hang of it. It will just take time. I just wish I could be caught up!

Ok. Headache time = Bed time. Man, it sure is pouring outside. I love it!

ABC's (and D's of course.)

Wow! I wanted 1 Valentine. I got 4! :) Of course I'm not saying each man is not special, because each of them ARE. They are awesome people that I am so glad I met.

Here are the guys: (I realized the pattern last night. Couldn't stop laughing.)
Arnaud
Bobby
Chris
Dennis

Arnaud, you are so smart and kind with your show. I hope it thrives and becomes even more wonderful than it is.
Bobby, you have done so much for me in the past couple months. I pray it is all returned to you...times 4!
Chris, you rock. I've known you since we were tiny. :) Just to see you all grown up, its so weird! I hope you do great at school and in whatever you want to do.
Dennis, you know how much I adore you. You've been an awesome friend since I've known you and I wish you luck in your future!


But yes, this Valentine's day wasn't actually that bad. I went to my classes and biology lab today. I actually got a phone number from a guy in my algebra class. It was odd, but sweet. I guess...? I was sleeping on a bench in the hallway waiting for my next class to start. He comes up to me, wakes me up, and says, "You should hit me up sometime," and hands me a piece of paper with his number on it. I seriously would have never known he was in my class if he hadn't came up to me earlier to ask how I did on my algebra test. It was nice of him. Made my day.

Oh and I worked too. Work work work. Coffee coffee coffee.
I worked mostly at the register but I also got to work at the espresso bar, finally. I really need to learn those drinks. I'm getting better at frappuchinos too.
But anyway, we had a lot of Valentine's couples come in and even some last minute shoppers before their dates. I made many Strawberries and Cream frappuchinos.
Oh and Matt had a guy yell at him today through the drive-thru window because he asked to see ID since the face on the debit card was a white woman and the man driving the car was an African American man. This is pretty much what the guy said.
"I come through here everyday and no one asks me to see any ID because of this card! Give it back to me. I'm never coming back here again!"

Oooh. Hot temper. I'm glad Matt didn't turn around with 2 black eyes after that.

But, back to Valentine's day.
Uh...yeah. I think that's it. Goodnight.

twitbin.

I have a confession to make. I feel silly saying it this way but I think it is the only way for me to express how I feel.

I am in love with Mozilla Firefox + addons.

I'm being TOTALLY serious on this one. Ever since I was introduced to it by one of my good friends, Kyle, I have been using and abusing it non-stop. (Okay, by "abusing", I mean it in the most positive way possible. I promise I don't smack my beloved computer around. Not for Firefox's sake anyway.)

I know me and Firefox have had some hard times ever since I started justin.tv, but I can't blame it! I've also broadcasted from Internet Explorer and AT&T's browser, coincidentally called AT&T Yahoo! (Logo consisting of a picture of the AT&T symbol next to the Yahoo! symbol. It's pretty clever, let me tell you.) All three of them have had crashing issues when it came to broadcasting via JTV, so I shouldn't be so angry at Firefox for dying every once in a while. It just gets so frustrating!

So, thank you for accepting me for who I am, Mr. Mozilla Firefox, for I know that I do the same for you everyday. You rock, dude.


Current Add-on's:

• AdBlock Plus (the blocker of the ads)
  
• Firesomething (turns "Firefox" in my title bar into something wonderful. It changes "fire" to another element or place, and "fox" into another animal. Currently it is Mozilla Junglehamster) [1]
  
• FoxyTunes (puts my iTunes controls in the status bar at the bottom of the window) [2]
  
• Full Screen Homestar Runner (makes Homestar Runner cartoons the size of the window you are watching it in) [3]
  
• Tab Effect (makes switching tabs on Firefox fun! It looks like each page is a side on a cube and switching to another tab looks like turning the cube)
• TalkBack (sends messages when Firefox is about to crash)
  
• TwitBin (puts Twitter in my sidebar so I can keep up with my friends and update whenever! I just LOVVVVE this feature.) [4]
  
• Weatherbug (gives me weather whenever I want it! It keeps a temperature gauge right next to my menu bar.)[5]
• You can also customize your theme. Right now mine is set to a 300-theme with the deep reds and Spartan icons. [6]

Birthday ChipIn

Okay, I'm going to post all the ChipIn's I make up here for a blog post every once in a while. This one is just a way for y'all to say "Happy birthday". Of course, I'm not asking for $50 or anything. Just a dollar or two would rock!

I just want to thank everyone who has supported me through these hard times I've been going through. I don't know if I could have made it without y'all!

Maybe I should just settle down and get married.

We just got a letter of rejection from the government saying that our income is "too high" for us to get the $3000 credit toward my car so we might not get it. My dad will have to file again for it. If he doesn't get it, though, my car payments will sky rocket. I'll have to pay even more for the next 6 years. All my dad had to say was, "If I don't get it, you will need to tighten your budget even more."

So, yeah. Money. I freaking hate money. How the heck will I raise it?

1. More hours at Starbucks.
2. Take on a piano lesson student again.
3. Never eat out or buy groceries.
4. Sell my DVD's.
5. Sell books I don't read to Half Priced Books.
6. Garage sale.
7. ChipIn?
8. Tax return.
9. Get married.
   

But even the last one costs so much money so that's out of the question.

Or maybe I should really look into this internet business idea I have. That would raise money.

Okay. I'm getting started on this "selling stuff" thing.

Birthday

I have to say, February 3rd was pretty awesome! So were the days preceding and following it! I think this year was my best birthday I've had so far.

I never actually "celebrated" my birthday out with friends. I did go out to eat a couple times but it was mainly hanging out and...Oh! Coincidentally, my birthday happened to fall on the same day! It was pretty awesome though.

The waiter at Chili's was pretty comical. He looked exactly like Ferris Bueller's best friend, Cameron. He had the sense of humor of a pickled radish, but it was still a funny situation. It all started after our meal when he was asking if we were interested in desserts. I turned to my friend next to me and said, "Oh man! I should have told him it was my birthday!" Then the whole table lightened up remembering why we went there and excitedly informed him that it was my birthday. All the guy said was, "Good one," then walked off.

When he came back and took the dessert orders and I just quietly sat in my place. He finally returned and gave us our checks. I signed my receipt after he swiped the cards and wrote at the bottom, "I'm sad you didn't believe it was my birthday. Have a better night." Then I gave it to him.

Oh the surprise and embarrassment that showed on his face while he was reading it. It was priceless.

"Oh..my...go--Is it seriously your birthday?!"
"Yes"
"No...It's really your birthday??"
"Yeah, it is."
"No way."
"Do you want to see an ID?"
"No! No, its fine. My gosh, I feel like a [jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes]."

:)