A couple days ago Tony and I met up with my brother Ian and his friends Ryan and Joe the Gravedigger at Cafe Latte in St. Paul. It was nice to finally meet back up with Ian again as I haven't seen him in a while. We had a pretty good time that night; Cafe Latte is a nice place and the cheesecake was lovely. It was amusing to hear Joe put down pretty much everything and talk about how he'd go nowhere in Minneapolis and then talk about how he's looking for a job anywhere, he'd even work as a cashier. Yes, you ARE too good for Minneapolis. (I know that's not what he meant.) Tony enjoyed the meet-up. As we walked back to my car, Tony was still cracking up at some of Ian's jokes. "He's so animated." Tony said as he continued to laugh.
And just so you know Ian, Tony wants to jam with you sometime.
Last night Tony and I went to this little "party" in Uptown where Emily's bf Matt and his band were playing a little show in an apartment basement. The "act" that went before them used computer generated beats while another guy blew through this long tube...and this they called music. Later on Tony said, "That group that went before the band, they sucked! That is not music." Matt's band wasn't too bad, I did like the music, but all of the amps were turned up so high that you couldn't hear the singer. When they were done playing, we headed up to the drummers apartment and hung out there awhile. I curled up into the corner of the couch and just kind of observed what was going on, which was amusing. Tony had grabbed this little acoustic guitar out of a corner and was playing it. The singer of Matt's band, David, was drunk and stoned and he was sitting on the floor next to Tony and as Tony played, he started to sing along. Only, he didn't actually sing anything, he just went "Ahhhh, Ohhhh..." He was a bit out of it. At another time, Tony and I were hanging out on this landing in front of the door with a few other guys as they had some "deep" drunken discussions. They got onto the subject of dejavu (sp?) and this one guy was saying, "Now, dejavu is different for everyone, and for me...I have these dreams that tell me the future, and when it does finally happen, I have dejavu."
All in all, it was just pretty entertaining to be sitting in a room with all these goofy-faced pot heads looking around dumbly with a big dopey smile. Yeah...I'm glad I've never tried.
When Tony and I got back to his place, he said to me, "Didn't you feel like the most intelligent person there?"
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Late Night Biking
Nothing too new has been going on really. It's strange, when school was going on, I always had something that I could do, but now that it's over, I find that I really have nothing to do unless I have to work. But I have not been sitting up here bored. If I'm not working and Tony's not working, we're usually spending every second with one another. As the weather has finally gotten nicer, we've been biking everywhere. We've been biking around the lakes in Uptown and up and down Lyndale and Hennepin pissing off all kinds of people as we weave in and out of traffic. Our 2 am bike rides through downtown are always amusing. The other night I almost got ran into by this drunk guy crossing the street, and then about a block later I was almost hit by a van. : )
At the moment, Tony is looking for a place to rent in uptown and just asked me if I'd like to find a place with him to share the rent. It'd be nice to live in Uptown, for I love that area and I think I'd really enjoy living with Tony. I like living with Emily, but I crave to have a place that feels more like me. Granted, in moving up here, I really didn't have anything, in terms of furniture and such, so I'm grateful that Emily did. But still, I'd like to have my own furniture, my own rugs, my own shower curtain, and my own decorations. And Tony is good at meeting people, and like me, he's also new up here and without many friends. Unlike Emily who has always been up here and has her own group of friends. With Tony, I've been out more and seeing more, and I just know I'd meet more people with him. I'd feel bad leaving Emily though. I think she is kind of counting on me to stay with her for awhile as it was slightly hard for her to find a roommate in the first place, and besides, it's kind of hectic just to try and find someone to take a place anyways.
Who knows, we'll see what happens.
At the moment, Tony is looking for a place to rent in uptown and just asked me if I'd like to find a place with him to share the rent. It'd be nice to live in Uptown, for I love that area and I think I'd really enjoy living with Tony. I like living with Emily, but I crave to have a place that feels more like me. Granted, in moving up here, I really didn't have anything, in terms of furniture and such, so I'm grateful that Emily did. But still, I'd like to have my own furniture, my own rugs, my own shower curtain, and my own decorations. And Tony is good at meeting people, and like me, he's also new up here and without many friends. Unlike Emily who has always been up here and has her own group of friends. With Tony, I've been out more and seeing more, and I just know I'd meet more people with him. I'd feel bad leaving Emily though. I think she is kind of counting on me to stay with her for awhile as it was slightly hard for her to find a roommate in the first place, and besides, it's kind of hectic just to try and find someone to take a place anyways.
Who knows, we'll see what happens.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
12 Hour Nap
Tony
I spent the night over at Tony's again last night. I headed over to his place after I got off work, which was around 7. He played a little guitar for me when I first got there and then we ended up just falling asleep a little later on. We probably fell asleep around 8, and we just stayed asleep, and didn't get up until 7 this morning. Yeah, we're such bums.
Friday night I worked til close at Target and wasn't planning on seeing Tony that night as I had to work the next day at 11. Tony was hanging out with his friend John and Tony had left some beer at my house the night before and wanted to come pick it up. So when I got home from work, Tony and John came over and I was expecting them to hang out for a bit when John says, "Hey, I'm just going to head out", and he left. So I got stuck with a buzzed Tony. I didn't really mind, I like having Tony around. But we couldn't really hang out tomorrow morning as I had to go to work. "That was a sly move." I told Tony. "Just having John drop you off here."
"No, I really thought he was going to stay." Tony replied. "But I did want to see you."
So Tony knows that I have feelings for him; he knows that I really would like to have him as a bf, but with that I have always known that it would most likely not happen. For one thing, Tony told me he didn't want a gf at this time, and also, he said that he wouldn't want to run the risk of ruining our friendship by taking that next step. But last night as we were sitting on the couch, we started talking about....I don't quite remember exactly, but it had something to do with me having feelings for him. Anyways, Tony made this comment that really shocked me. "Liz, you think that I don't feel the same way as you do?" He asked.
"What? With me having feelings for you?"
Tony admitted to me that night that he does have feelings for me that have only gotten stronger as time has gone on and wouldn't mind me as a gf. But as I've heard before, he also said, "I just won't do it though."
Tony's really worried about ruining our friendship, as he has told me before that he has never talked to past gf's after breaking up with them.
Oh well, if it's meant to happen, it'll happen. For now, he's just a really great friend.
Target
I've been picking up some hours at Target lately. I just really need some money, especially since I'm going out to Seattle. Work hasn't been going too badly lately. It's nice now that I've worked there awhile. Now whenever someone new is hired, I don't feel quite so shy or anything and so I'm making more friends that way.
Not all is good at Target though...Target recently hired a new GSTL (head cashier/team lead) and her name is Faustina. Ugh, I don't like her. The first day that I worked with her, I was carrying around my water bottle and another cashier had a cup of water. We were both standing around waiting to get assigned lanes and she just looked at us with guilty eyes and said, "I wish you weren't carrying around drinks." Instead of saying that we were breaking some rule, which we weren't, she was trying to make us feel bad about it. Ever since I started at Target, I always saw cashiers bring out pop with them to the lanes. Though I never asked if it was alright if I did, the GSTL's always saw cashiers with pop, but they never said anything about it. All of a sudden, Faustina comes along and it's BAD. So then guess what happens...a couple hours later another GSTL, Monica, came around to each lane and told each cashier about the new Rule: You cannot have pop at the lane. Water is fine and you can only drink it when you are not with a "guest."
Now, I realize that it's really nothing to make a huge fuss out of, but seriously Faustina, cashiering sucks and you should know this. Oh, it's "real fun" to stand around for 8 hours and go through 200 people who aren't all happy to see you. It's nice to have a little break and take a sip of pop every now and then.
Blah, people suck.
I spent the night over at Tony's again last night. I headed over to his place after I got off work, which was around 7. He played a little guitar for me when I first got there and then we ended up just falling asleep a little later on. We probably fell asleep around 8, and we just stayed asleep, and didn't get up until 7 this morning. Yeah, we're such bums.
Friday night I worked til close at Target and wasn't planning on seeing Tony that night as I had to work the next day at 11. Tony was hanging out with his friend John and Tony had left some beer at my house the night before and wanted to come pick it up. So when I got home from work, Tony and John came over and I was expecting them to hang out for a bit when John says, "Hey, I'm just going to head out", and he left. So I got stuck with a buzzed Tony. I didn't really mind, I like having Tony around. But we couldn't really hang out tomorrow morning as I had to go to work. "That was a sly move." I told Tony. "Just having John drop you off here."
"No, I really thought he was going to stay." Tony replied. "But I did want to see you."
So Tony knows that I have feelings for him; he knows that I really would like to have him as a bf, but with that I have always known that it would most likely not happen. For one thing, Tony told me he didn't want a gf at this time, and also, he said that he wouldn't want to run the risk of ruining our friendship by taking that next step. But last night as we were sitting on the couch, we started talking about....I don't quite remember exactly, but it had something to do with me having feelings for him. Anyways, Tony made this comment that really shocked me. "Liz, you think that I don't feel the same way as you do?" He asked.
"What? With me having feelings for you?"
Tony admitted to me that night that he does have feelings for me that have only gotten stronger as time has gone on and wouldn't mind me as a gf. But as I've heard before, he also said, "I just won't do it though."
Tony's really worried about ruining our friendship, as he has told me before that he has never talked to past gf's after breaking up with them.
Oh well, if it's meant to happen, it'll happen. For now, he's just a really great friend.
Target
I've been picking up some hours at Target lately. I just really need some money, especially since I'm going out to Seattle. Work hasn't been going too badly lately. It's nice now that I've worked there awhile. Now whenever someone new is hired, I don't feel quite so shy or anything and so I'm making more friends that way.
Not all is good at Target though...Target recently hired a new GSTL (head cashier/team lead) and her name is Faustina. Ugh, I don't like her. The first day that I worked with her, I was carrying around my water bottle and another cashier had a cup of water. We were both standing around waiting to get assigned lanes and she just looked at us with guilty eyes and said, "I wish you weren't carrying around drinks." Instead of saying that we were breaking some rule, which we weren't, she was trying to make us feel bad about it. Ever since I started at Target, I always saw cashiers bring out pop with them to the lanes. Though I never asked if it was alright if I did, the GSTL's always saw cashiers with pop, but they never said anything about it. All of a sudden, Faustina comes along and it's BAD. So then guess what happens...a couple hours later another GSTL, Monica, came around to each lane and told each cashier about the new Rule: You cannot have pop at the lane. Water is fine and you can only drink it when you are not with a "guest."
Now, I realize that it's really nothing to make a huge fuss out of, but seriously Faustina, cashiering sucks and you should know this. Oh, it's "real fun" to stand around for 8 hours and go through 200 people who aren't all happy to see you. It's nice to have a little break and take a sip of pop every now and then.
Blah, people suck.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Peroxide
School
I am ever so close to being done with classes. I have a final today at 2 and then my last one is tomorrow at 11 am. Ahh, it'll be so nice just to get it done with. I must say, I am not at all happy with how I did this semester. I'm probably getting only one A and I really don't want to think about what I might be getting in my other classes, though I'm almost positive I didn't fail anything. I feel that I might end up taking some of my classes over, if I get a C in them at least. I just want to do my best and not have anything mediocre on my transcripts.
Summer Plans
I'm really looking forward to summer, not only is it a break, but it sounds like some good stuff will be happening. For one thing, I'm staying up in Minneapolis this summer. I've never lived the "City Summer Life" and now that I have a really good friend, Tony, I have someone to actually go out and explore the city with. We plan on doing a lot of biking, evening dining, and maybe even some dancing. It shall be fun.
I'll probably also be going to Seattle. I say probably because Target hasn't verified my "Days Off Request" slip yet. But if I do go, which I should be, I'll be taking two weeks out of June to do that. I'll be going out there with my brother Erik and his wife Sue and my two nephews. It'll be a lovely long car ride, and I'm not being even remotely sarcastic. I love long car rides, I like to sit back, stare out the window and just think. And it's great time to be able to write in my journal and work on some stories that I've started. And don't forget all the scenery. Bad thing about this trip though, I'm poor as fuck and Erik will be stopping at a lot of tourists spots it sounds like. Well, I think I might be spending a lot of time in the car. I really don't mind though, I don't need to pay money to go see some man-made Mt. Rushmore or anything of the like. Besides, it'll be nice to just lounge around outside. And then when we get to Seattle, Jacob will be having his 8th (?) birthday and Erik said they plan on going to a theme park. Well, count me out. I don't really think it fun to spend 40 bucks to go to a theme park where I'll have to go on "sissy" rides as we'll have an 8-year-old and two babies with us. Besides, if I do want to go on a "big" ride, I'll have to wait in line forever. So, I think I'm just going to let myself loose in Seattle, explore it a little on my own and find a nice park or bench by the ocean to lounge around at. Sounds like a jolly good time to me.
Hair
I'm getting so bored with my hair. I want to chop it off, but I've never had it long and it's taken me such a long time to grow it out from the 2 inches that it used to be. Different hair color? I put peroxide in my hair today, I'd love to have platinum hair and bleach it, but I don't want to deal with the damage and the roots growing back. I'd like to dye my hair another color, but I LOVE being my natural blonde. I'd like to have blue, purple, and pink highlights, but I don't want to pay a proffessional and don't know who else could do it. Blah.
I am ever so close to being done with classes. I have a final today at 2 and then my last one is tomorrow at 11 am. Ahh, it'll be so nice just to get it done with. I must say, I am not at all happy with how I did this semester. I'm probably getting only one A and I really don't want to think about what I might be getting in my other classes, though I'm almost positive I didn't fail anything. I feel that I might end up taking some of my classes over, if I get a C in them at least. I just want to do my best and not have anything mediocre on my transcripts.
Summer Plans
I'm really looking forward to summer, not only is it a break, but it sounds like some good stuff will be happening. For one thing, I'm staying up in Minneapolis this summer. I've never lived the "City Summer Life" and now that I have a really good friend, Tony, I have someone to actually go out and explore the city with. We plan on doing a lot of biking, evening dining, and maybe even some dancing. It shall be fun.
I'll probably also be going to Seattle. I say probably because Target hasn't verified my "Days Off Request" slip yet. But if I do go, which I should be, I'll be taking two weeks out of June to do that. I'll be going out there with my brother Erik and his wife Sue and my two nephews. It'll be a lovely long car ride, and I'm not being even remotely sarcastic. I love long car rides, I like to sit back, stare out the window and just think. And it's great time to be able to write in my journal and work on some stories that I've started. And don't forget all the scenery. Bad thing about this trip though, I'm poor as fuck and Erik will be stopping at a lot of tourists spots it sounds like. Well, I think I might be spending a lot of time in the car. I really don't mind though, I don't need to pay money to go see some man-made Mt. Rushmore or anything of the like. Besides, it'll be nice to just lounge around outside. And then when we get to Seattle, Jacob will be having his 8th (?) birthday and Erik said they plan on going to a theme park. Well, count me out. I don't really think it fun to spend 40 bucks to go to a theme park where I'll have to go on "sissy" rides as we'll have an 8-year-old and two babies with us. Besides, if I do want to go on a "big" ride, I'll have to wait in line forever. So, I think I'm just going to let myself loose in Seattle, explore it a little on my own and find a nice park or bench by the ocean to lounge around at. Sounds like a jolly good time to me.
Hair
I'm getting so bored with my hair. I want to chop it off, but I've never had it long and it's taken me such a long time to grow it out from the 2 inches that it used to be. Different hair color? I put peroxide in my hair today, I'd love to have platinum hair and bleach it, but I don't want to deal with the damage and the roots growing back. I'd like to dye my hair another color, but I LOVE being my natural blonde. I'd like to have blue, purple, and pink highlights, but I don't want to pay a proffessional and don't know who else could do it. Blah.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
This 'N Dat
Stress Free
The past few days had been a bit stressful for me. I had a couple of projects; a poster/presentation for my social psychology class and a Group Panel Discussion for my speech class. I hadn't really put much time into doing these projects until the last minute and was just feeling very stressed out about it. But luckily the shit went down on Monday and Tuesday; it's just all done with and all I have left now are finals, which I'm not really too worried about. Not that I feel I'll do well on them, I definitely don't feel that good about them, but it's just not quite as stressful.
Tony
Tony and I have been hanging out a lot lately. When I came home from Iowa the last time, I ended up coming home a lot earlier than usual for Tony had called me on Saturday and made the comment, "You know Liz, I really do miss you." So I came back early on Sunday and picked him up. As we were sitting in my car after I arrived home, he said to me, "Liz, don't go back to Iowa this summer." I must say, Tony has become one of my best friends, he's just a really great person to have around. I clicked with him automatically and we've just become really close. The other night he made the comment, "You're one of the only people that I just don't get sick of hanging out with." Quite the compliment eh?
Tony's been pretty stressed out too. Like me, he kind of put shit off in terms of school work and is suffering now. As we've both been stressed, we've seeked each other's company to just kind of step back from it all and relax. We hang out all night and do breakfast in the morning. We sit in his house and he plays guitar for me and we just talk about whatever comes to mind. Both of us are just anticipating how good the summer will be as there will be no more stresses with school and we'll be able to just hang out and have a good ol' time in Minneapolis.
Other Shit?
Nothing really. I have made my decision to stay in Minneapolis this summer. I kind of knew all along that that's what my ultimate decision would be, but I didn't want to make any official announcement just in case. Last time I was home my mother said to me, "I'll think you'll be happier if you stay in Minneapolis this summer." I mean, I would like to go home, but if I do that, I will definitely miss Tony. And besides, I've never lived in a city in the summer and there will be so much to do.
I need to see Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy; I finished my re-read of it.
The past few days had been a bit stressful for me. I had a couple of projects; a poster/presentation for my social psychology class and a Group Panel Discussion for my speech class. I hadn't really put much time into doing these projects until the last minute and was just feeling very stressed out about it. But luckily the shit went down on Monday and Tuesday; it's just all done with and all I have left now are finals, which I'm not really too worried about. Not that I feel I'll do well on them, I definitely don't feel that good about them, but it's just not quite as stressful.
Tony
Tony and I have been hanging out a lot lately. When I came home from Iowa the last time, I ended up coming home a lot earlier than usual for Tony had called me on Saturday and made the comment, "You know Liz, I really do miss you." So I came back early on Sunday and picked him up. As we were sitting in my car after I arrived home, he said to me, "Liz, don't go back to Iowa this summer." I must say, Tony has become one of my best friends, he's just a really great person to have around. I clicked with him automatically and we've just become really close. The other night he made the comment, "You're one of the only people that I just don't get sick of hanging out with." Quite the compliment eh?
Tony's been pretty stressed out too. Like me, he kind of put shit off in terms of school work and is suffering now. As we've both been stressed, we've seeked each other's company to just kind of step back from it all and relax. We hang out all night and do breakfast in the morning. We sit in his house and he plays guitar for me and we just talk about whatever comes to mind. Both of us are just anticipating how good the summer will be as there will be no more stresses with school and we'll be able to just hang out and have a good ol' time in Minneapolis.
Other Shit?
Nothing really. I have made my decision to stay in Minneapolis this summer. I kind of knew all along that that's what my ultimate decision would be, but I didn't want to make any official announcement just in case. Last time I was home my mother said to me, "I'll think you'll be happier if you stay in Minneapolis this summer." I mean, I would like to go home, but if I do that, I will definitely miss Tony. And besides, I've never lived in a city in the summer and there will be so much to do.
I need to see Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy; I finished my re-read of it.
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