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so i guess i have a boyfriend? [Mar. 18th, 2009|04:29 pm]


were tentatively calling ourselves boyfriends but i guess thats what we are. its a bit weird, but maybe not in the digital age, we met on the internet and he came to visit and we hit it off AMAZINGLY. ive never met a guy who makes me feel the way he does.

while he was here we just hung out, went to see a few shows: Le Reve, which i had seen before. still amazing!

then we went and saw KA!!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING. words cant even describe how amazing KA was. i highly recommend it to anyone wanting to go see a show. the stage moves in crazy ways, the actors go through the audience and stuff, the show is all around you, even above you at certain points. SO GOOD!


we also went to LA for a day and a half and went to LACMA, santa monica, and spent a second or 2 on melrose. LACMA was a huge surprise. i didnt expect much from it, but i was very pleased with what they had there.

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he loved it in vegas (i mean he lives in nowhere texas so anything is great by comparison haha) and plans on moving here. he finishes school in May, so itll be pretty soon. hes getting a degree in performance, yes hes an actor, and figures he can find a decent amount of acting work here with all the shows on the strip and with local theatre stuff. he said after he did a little research that vegas is really underestimated when acting is concerned. his dream is to go to NY obviously, but with the economy and with his own financial situation he says its not really possible right now. i told him roundabout costs of living in vegas and he was shocked at how affordable it can be. it was always weird to me how affordable vegas is when compared to other cities. anyway, hes moving here, and that makes me happy. he also sent me a huge box of easter candy today which made my heart melt (for those who dont know i LOVE candy).

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(no subject) [Feb. 15th, 2009|02:01 am]
[i feel | aggravated]

so today I had one of the most unruly customer ever. at the end of our interaction I was so infuriated! here's how it went:

woman: yeah I'd like to get a sugar-free, non-fat vanilla latte.

me: oh we don't use sugar-free vanilla here because it has chemicals and we use natural ingredients. we have a no-sugar-added vanilla. it still has sugar in it but not nearly as much as the normal vanilla.

woman: I always go to the coffee bean and they always give me sugar-free so like I said I want a SUGAR-FREE, non-fat vanilla latte

me: (being completely nice and trying to keep my cool) ok so we'll just do a no-sugar-added vanilla latte

woman: NON-FAT!

me: oh, all of our flavored lattes automatically come with non-fat milk.

woman: you're killing me! just give me what I asked for!

(I proceed to just ring her up and not say another word)

woman: (pulling one of those new sugar free gatorades out of her purse) you want a gatorade? its sugar-free.

me: no thanks, I don't like them much I think they're kind of gross.

woman: (eyeing me up and down) yeah you don't seem like the type who would have very good taste...or be very athletic.

I kept quiet, took her order, and then helped the woman behind her and then went to my manager saying this while the woman was probably 4 feet away "that woman with the nasty black and blond hair is a fucking bitch. when her drink is done give it to her and tell her she needs to get the fuck out! I'm so livid right now!"

i then went to cool off in the backroom. i maybe was a bit inappropriate by yelling while the woman was right there but my manager was totally ready to back me up and tell her to leave but the woman left of we own accord. fucking bitch.

I don't understand how people can be so douchy. and since when does liking Gatorade constitute good taste? oh well. I asked my manager when it's ok for me as the barista to tell rude people to leave. she said any time a person acts like an ass and I don't like it I'm totally allowed to refuse them service. so now I know for next time.

and also, done people have better things to do than be assholes about their coffee drinks? it's so frustrating when someone wants a latte at 137 degrees, a specific amount or room for cream of one and a half of a packet of splenda or something else ridiculous. get a hobby and stop bugging me!
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(no subject) [Feb. 11th, 2009|03:10 am]
i have no idea how it happened but as i was grabbing all my stuff from my car to walk to class i somehow spilled coffee all over inside my bag, which i guess is made from water resistant fibers so instead of it absorbing some of the liquid which may have helped it cause less damage the liquid just pooled up at the bottom of my bag. i didnt notice till i went to get my sketchbook and it was soaked. and it was my nicely bound hardcover sketchbook too! :( unlucky ducky is me. oh well the paper in this "nice" sketchbook was subpar paper anyway so whatever. any of my art friends on here have recommendations for cheap/good or at least decent quality paper/non-ugly sketchbooks? i hate those ones that have SKETCH written on the front with some picture of a lame sketch and the companies name and logo plastered on it.


for those who dont like to read about my life heres me and my niece having fun:


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(no subject) [Feb. 5th, 2009|02:53 am]
[i feel |here]
[im listening to |lily allens new album]

i love my print class. the professor is hilarious even though her standards for grading and what makes "good" art could use some expanding/tweaking. not that she doesnt know whats up, just that she thinks every piece has to have some story or feeling or message or statement to it and cant just be nice looking for the sake of being nice looking. or nice looking with a subtle message. anyway heres my first diptych i did for the class. (a diptych is just a 2 panel piece of art)

the assignment was beginning and end, or before and after. i cant remember which. but i chose to do these:


and


dont be fooled by the size of the picture, theyre about 8x10 in real life. and i titled them A to Zed, but in order to help people maybe figure out what i was going for a bit more easily ive decided to re-title them "day to Z"...
someone please tell me they get what i was going for! i thought it was obvious. i got points taken off for the content of my idea, i guess it wasnt good enough... maybe i should have drawn a caterpillar/butterfly, or childs shoe/stiletto like some people did, maybe making it a very obvious beginning/end or before/after would have gotten me a better grade. anyway moving along.

heres my next assignment, a linocut print. the assignment is "higgelty piggelty" (definition is a state of chaos or disarray i believe). the professor is obsessed with pigs so i think thats why she picked that specific phrase.



the drawing is supposed to be a bunch of blocked off spaces that fit together like a puzzle sort of and each blocked off piece has its own pattern or theme but the pattern or theme kind of spills off onto the other pieces therefore making it "chaotic". higgelty piggelty made me think of mismatched patterns so this is what i came up with from that idea. and that thing on the lower left is from a magazine, it was a mesh veil thing some guy had on in some picture i traced part of it and freehanded some and im going to use it as a pattern for one of the pieces. for those of who who dont know what a linocut is it basically means that grey thing my drawing is on, which is a piece of linoleum, will get cut and carved basically into a stamp of sorts, then i ink it up and print/stamp it on paper, or fabric. i think i may try fabric for this one. or doing some in paper and some in fabric for this edition of prints. if anyone wants a print i can print you one when its done. ill sell it to you cheap ;) (i gotta make extra cash somehow!)
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sad moneys [Feb. 3rd, 2009|05:26 pm]
[i feel | irritated]

damn economy!

i just got a statement for my stocks and 401k and ive lost -43.8% of my money. NEGATIVE! what the fuck seriously!? im not even going to pay attention to what my investments are doing until the economy comes back. it just aggravates me.
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(no subject) [Jan. 27th, 2009|04:53 am]
so i think i might go to london this summer instead of new york like i was thinking. if i go to london the plane cost would be 300 more but i wouldnt have to pay for a hotel, which when i went to NY was 400 a night for like a decent room in a good area. and for hostels for a private room itd be around 100 a night which would end up being if i went for 5-6 being an extra 500-600 bucks. so london is clearly the better deal right? thoughts?
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(no subject) [Dec. 20th, 2008|11:35 pm]
[im in |home]
[i feel |here]



today was my first official day of work at the new store. up till now i was working in other stores or working in my store, before we opened, just prepping stuff. anyway, all i have to say is FUCKING MADHOUSE! were right across from the center of town square where they have santas house set up so we got A LOT of families who would come in and order 3, 4, or 5 drinks all at once right after they just saw santa. it was insane. we had to call in reinforcements and it still wasnt enough. oh well though, it makes time fly like ridiculous. in 5 hours i made 27 dollars in tips which isnt amazing or anything compared to some tip jobs, but its still nice. ive never had a job where i get tips so its nice getting a little added bonus at the end of the day, especially a day like today. one thing that did suck though was me trying to hurry along and make some tea lattes. i poured the tea into the cup too fast, it splashed all over my hands and now theyre all blistered. cool right? haha. i just cant win!

but luckily i also work tomorrow 1-6pm so come say hi and hang out with me and Lindsay!
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(no subject) [Nov. 26th, 2008|09:51 pm]
so now me, my mom and my brother are jobless because the economy. cool right?

happy thanksgiving!
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(no subject) [Nov. 11th, 2008|04:40 am]
even though i dont really care about all this proposition 8 craziness/protests/whatnot, this is really moving.

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not having a job ive been reduced to watching tv at my moms house. [Nov. 8th, 2008|06:06 am]
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so awesome [Nov. 6th, 2008|08:09 pm]

NOTCOT: Banksy's Village Petstore & Charcoal Grill from Jean Aw on Vimeo.
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so i kind of conquered a fear the other day: [Nov. 2nd, 2008|02:00 am]
so for my ENG 231 class one of our readings was this play Everyman from the 1495 or there abouts. (the exact date is unknown). since it was a play the teacher wanted to give people parts and have us do a dramatic reading in front of the class. i was assigned the part of Death because my deep voice haha. i thought i was going to vomit when i got up in front of everyone, not only did i have to read dramatically in front of everyone, but i had to read things like this:

"Lord, I will in the world go run over all,
And cruelly out-search both great and small.
Everyman will I beset that liveth beastly
Out of God's laws, dreadeth not folly.
He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart,
His sight to blind, and from heaven to depart
Except that Almsdeeds be his good friend
In hell for to dwell, world without end.
Lo, yonder I see everyman walking:
Full little he thinketh on my coming;
His mind is on fleshly lusts and treasure,
And his pain it shall cause him to endure
Before the Lord, Heaven-King.
Everyman, stand still! whither art though going
Thus gaily? Hast thou thy maker forgeet?"

thats just one little part of mine. the play was about 20 total pages and i had 2 full pages to myself basically.
but i decided to just go balls out and went for it. i was yelling and shaking my fist in the air. i got a few compliments that made me feel good and the teacher said "and thats coming from the guy who never speaks!" while glaring at me. shes a bitch and i absolutely love it!


oh and also theyre taking submissions for a student art exhibition at school and i think i may submit my key drawing. its not amazing or anything but i like it and think others may like it too.
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(no subject) [Oct. 25th, 2008|02:00 am]
since losing my job ive found creative ways to stay fed properly.pasta roni 10 for $10, instant stuffing as a meal (cant beat $1.19 for a full tummy) ive been clipping coupons like crazy for almost everything, i have about 30 coupons for free coffees from 7/11 i got from the news papers, and the clearance section at fresh and easy. i got 4 meals and a little cake today there for $5.32. if you havent seen the clearance section at fresh and easy i suggest you check it out. its all the stuff thats expiring that day, so my stuff says it expired the 24th but im sure i'll eat it in the next day or 2 so im sure i'll be fine.

anyone else have any suggestions for when times are tough?
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(no subject) [Oct. 24th, 2008|01:47 am]
i still dont see the big deal with halloween. i mean yeah i can see how its fun for people to dress up as something/someone else for the day/night but why do people make such a big deal out of the fact that i dont participate. i dont like halloween and i havent dressed up as anything for halloween since i was 12. it just isnt fun for me.
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(no subject) [Oct. 17th, 2008|04:23 am]
this semester ive been a complete slacker. my art 102 class i havent done anything worth even mentioning except till today when i did this:


i used this glossy paper, kind of like a magazine page, and a piece of silver to draw that (theres no erasing and the silver comes out very lightly so you have to layer and layer and layer to get it to a reasonable darkness level). im pretty proud of it. its obviously unfinished but i like how its turned out so far. i even got a compliment from the instructor, well compliment and semi-insult rolled into one, he basically said that nothing i had done this semester was any good except this and i must have taken a real liking to this technique. oh and he also said something super artsy-faggy-hilarious today, he said "drawings dont have to have all the answers, they can pose questions too". hes a cool guy but can sound way too artsy for his own good sometimes.
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(no subject) [Oct. 8th, 2008|01:55 am]
all i keep hearing from people are stories of heartbreak, depression, loss (financially and otherwise), horrible things happening to them, horrible things happening to loved ones. just generally not good things from basically everyone i know. maybe the world is ending. man how that would suck.

p.s. people trying to push my buttons about shit makes me laugh. keep on trying!
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thanks economy [Sep. 27th, 2008|01:06 am]
I got laid off today. cool right? I cried a lot.

I keep telling myself it's a blessing in disguise, let's hope it is.

if anyone knows of anyone hiring or anything let me know! i got bills and i dont get unemployment forever!
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(no subject) [Sep. 15th, 2008|09:35 pm]
my winter wardrobe this year will be inspired by the following:


i couldnt find super great pictures of either of these 2 but these will do.


Brad Goreski's overall style.



Chuck Bass (yes the character from Gossip Girl, not the actor Ed Westwick. although he too has nice style, its just not what i'm going for.).



and the overall "feel" of this (by "feel" i just mean the slimness/clean-ness/darkness):


i'm somehow going to mesh all three of these things into something amazing.
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(no subject) [Sep. 13th, 2008|02:28 am]
so ive never really encountered a true compulsive/pathological liar (is there a difference?) until just recently. i made friends with this guy from canada on the internet who said he was going to be moving here for work when in fact he had no intentions of ever coming here. for weeks all i heard from him was about him packing or him trying to sell his place or trying to find a place here in vegas to stay etc. he told me so many lies about his job/his schooling/his hobbies etc etc etc. the list goes on and on. its fucking ridiculous. the thing is i dont even know why! he must have something seriously wrong to lie about the most insignificant things for absolutely no reason. id have totally blown off the whole situation and said "fuck it" if i hadnt made myself look/feel like an ass. i had offered to pick him up from the airport last friday morning, come friday night he isnt here and didnt text me about any delays, i finally get a text back saying he was stuck in cleveland because his flight malfunctioned and that he was getting a flight out saturday and would be here around 8pm. so come 9-10ish on saturday i text and call him just saying that i was just wondering if his flight was delayed or something and (thinking he was probably on the plane at the time) i said to call me when he lands.so the next morning, sunday, im on aim and he signs on, so i send him a few messages just saying that im curious where he is/if hes ok, etc etc and not a minute later i get a message from him on myspace saying that he got a call while in cleveland saying his brother was dying and he had to fly to north carolina to see him and his family and that he was on his sisters iphone and he could only use myspace on it because his phone was broken. yadda yadda yadda. so at this point i know something is up so i basically called him out telling him that something was fishy and that i think its funny that hes sent me this myspace message saying he has no phone/internet and can only use myspace and not facebook while hes on aim (it didnt say he was mobile either) and had just posted new pictures on facebook. needless to say, he never replied to my message. theres way more to the whole story but thats a super brief synopsis. and i dont think he realizes that facebook shows me like everything he posts in comments to others and stuff on my main facebook page. eh, whatever. just a random dude. but its still fucking nuts in my opinion. heres a brief rundown of some of things he told me that i found out were lies.

-his age. told me hes 24 but thanks to the magic of facebook updates i was informed that a friend left him a comment saying "happy belated birthday. the big 20!"
-his job. he said he was some high up manager at apple and got all these crazy discounts, but i dont think he even works at apple as a regular employee.
-his schooling. he actually told me he was done with school and had a masters degree. i knew this was a lie the second i heard it and this was actually the lie that led me to start questioning most things he said. anyway, i found out that hes still in school and apparently has classes from 3-7pm on weds. again, thanks to the magic of facebook.
-he told me he doesnt smoke and HATES smoking yet there are pictures of him on myspace smoking.
-i had told him i liked guys who wear glasses so a few days later he posts pictures on facebook of when he and his friends went out one night and he wore his "old glasses" because he didnt want to wear his contacts and you can clearly tell that theyre girls glasses (they had a big chanel logo on the side) and actually in one of the pictures from the same night you can see one of his girl friends wearing the same exact glasses, and in that photo he happened to not have "his glasses" on. odd right?


i dunno...there were so many more small and not-so-small lies he told me but i cant even remember/dont care to remember most of them. but my favorite was the one where he told me this long elaborate story of how he got into a fight with one of the owners of google.

pfft. bitches be crazy!
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(no subject) [Sep. 7th, 2008|08:40 pm]
this week was like the week of shitty people. i dont know why i just had about 4 run-ins with different shitty dudes and its put me in a (needless to say) shitty mood. i hate liars. i hate people that make snotty comments and then when you call them out they try to backstep and say "i never said that" or "i wasnt talking about you i was talking about so-and-so" or "you misinterpreted what i meant" knowing full well that what they said/did was what they meant and my offense at it was in no way a misinterpretation. one thing i learned, and learned well, from my mother was how to smell bullshit from a mile away, i guess i should be getting laughs out of people stupidity and lies but after a while it gets frustrating. just be nice and truthful people!. i also had a full on breakdown at my moms house, pouring tears and all, over school. i just dont feel good enough yaknow. but we all go through it which makes me feel a bit better.

thats all really.
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