To Do At The Mall

 Just a Girl    Rambling   

My regular Sunday afternoon thing didn’t happen, so I went to the mall because I wanted to find a present for Patrick’s sister since her bday is this week. I went to Horton Plaza because they have the best Sanrio in town and also because Hot Topic is next door and I needed a new pair of comfy show shoes. I scored at Sanrio - got her a Kitty bracelet exactly like mine (she liked it when she saw it when I was in OR) and picked up a few more cute things for me. Then next door to Hot Topic where I got a pair of black sneakers that have butterflies, skulls and hearts printed on them. So then I trolled around...cheese on a stick....See’s, Starbucks, whatever. I was wearing my We Are Scientists shirt for the first time in public and it tripped me out that I kept getting comments about them. Lots of “I love that band” convos.  I was kinda killing time until I had to pick Kira up from the train station so I checked the time on my parking ticket to see how much time I had before I had to leave to get her. I had plenty of time, so I went to the other side of the mall and was going to head into the gaslamp when I happened to check my pocket and didn’t find my parking ticket. Ut-oh. So I went to the mall guest services and they validated my receipt and told me that it would serve as my parking ticket. (A lost ticket in the garage is usually $48!!!) I was too stressed out at that point to do any more shopping so I got out of there. Sure enough, they did take the receipt in lieu of the ticket but took my driver’s license info and my license plate and all that. Makes sense - that way they can track repeat offenders. I have been going to that mall since I started driving (17 years, yo...) and I am usually super paranoid about that parking ticket. So weird that I lost it. When I bailed there, I headed to M-Theory but that was pretty futile. Everything I wanted they didn’t have (Boy Kill Boy, Silversun Pickups). Oh well.

I don’t know where I was going with this post. Mainly I wanted to say “yay me” for the cool shopping and let everyone know that if you’re at Horton Plaza and lose your parking ticket, all is not lost. It’s almost time for Entourage in any case...so I’m out.

Weekend Plans and Other Randomness

 Rambling    Rawk Shows    Venus vs. Mars   

- This weekend could be filled with soirees and drinking and general debauchery because it is Pride Weekend. Because we all know that you have to earn your fag hag card and I definitely haven’t been spending too much time in the hood these days. My gay husband called me yesterday to tell me that there was a huge bottle of Jagermeister waiting for me at their pre-parade party. I kinda feel bad but I know I am going to flake on going to his party and hanging out for the parade and whatever else. I do have a good friend coming into town and I really want to see him, but otherwise, I think I will be pretty M.I.A. for the festivities. 

- In other news, Internet Boyfriend surprised me this morning by emailing a video to me and messaging me. From our interaction the other day, I thought he was going to back off but I guess not. I’m really going to try my hardest to be a little standoffish with him, but I’m not gonna lie, I’m so watching that video when I get home.

- DJB show was pretty fun last night. Photos are my flickr....I don’t have the link handy because I can’t login to myspace or flickr at work, I’ll update later with the link.

- Show calendar is starting to fill up. The Lashes are returning to SD this month and that will be a crazy night because I have a company function to go to, then the after party for that (with William Hung and the Village People), and then squeeze in The Lashes’ set at HOB. Everything is downtown, so it shouldn’t be an issue, but it will be nuts. But I can’t miss a Lashes show, I totally heart Ben right now. Then in September, there’s Paramore, Butch Walker, Snow Patrol, We Are Scientist and Art Brut, and The Cardigans. Woo hoo. I have to be careful about committing to shows since the travel thing hasn’t been finalized, but I have a pretty good idea of my schedule, so all should be fine. I do have pre-sale tix for Rise Against in Vegas on October 30th. I’m thinking it might be fun to be in Vegas on Halloween....Anyone in???

-Still looking for suggestions for Music Mondays. (Sorry Z, no Beach Boys or Beatles on cd for me.) If all else fails, I will do an upcoming show post.

-That’s it....have a great weekend!!!

On Auto Pilot

 Rambling   

I have completely screwed up my sleeping cycle this week. Not that I am a big sleeper, because I’m not. But I’m pretty consistent to get 4 hours in a night, usually between 2-6am. But not this week. It’s gone like this.....work 8-5, home, nap, wake up at 10, up again until 1 or 2, go to bed, don’t get to sleep until 3.30 or 4, get up between 6 and 7. Lather, rinse, repeat. It’s wreaking havoc on my psyche and I’m just floating on auto pilot today. Good thing I don’t have much going on except DJB show tomorrow. Then I have a bunch of friends rolling into town for the SD Pride festival. There should be parties galore this weekend but I don’t know if I am in the mood to party with my gays this weekend.

Next week, I’ll be finalizing plans to fly into the wild blue yonder. And I’ve decided to move out of Tierrasanta into my sister’s place. That’s weird in itself, but I’ve been unhappy at home and I don’t need more complications in my life. It’s going to be a huge undertaking to move. But I can do it gradually so that will be okay.

I’m all over the place, aren’t I? One more thing....the new releases were way yawn this weekend, so I am opening up the forum for Music Mondays. What do you want me to post? Old stuff? More of stuff from bands I have already posted? I’m all for a completely eclectic MM.

And now, I must get some caffeine. Catch you on the flip side.

The World of Finance

 Rambling   

I had a weird day today. It started off when I went to check my accounts online. I usually make a stop at least once a day during my regular interweb use but I hadn’t checked my accounts since last Friday. I was a little perturbed to see that one of my credit cards were over limit, especially since I had just made a payment on Friday. So I checked it out and I knew right away that the charges weren’t mine. I didn’t have time to deal with it right away so as soon as I could, I called my bank. The charges were made in NY. Pretty scary since I am one of the most cautious people when it comes to my financial stuff. I am guessing that my info was in the batch of info that was compromised when some account info was stolen at my bank. I’ve worked in the financial industry since I was 19 so I knew what my rights are and the bank took care of reversing the charges and closing my account. Easy enough. I just know that even the most cautious person can get screwed if you don’t know how things work. Especially since most of this type of fraud is committed by former financial industry employees who use the fraudulent cards until someone notices the charges.

Then later in the afternoon, my boss’ boss came over to talk to me. They’ve been bouncing around the idea of opening a satellite office of our division in the Dallas area. And I pretty much told them I would go granted they give me certain things. Such as paying for my place in Dallas and then sending me home once a month for a week. The details have yet to be worked out but it looks like a go at this point. I know, I know. I love living here, but it’s a great opportunity for me and I would still be home once a month. I’m sure at some point I can get it to where I am spending more time here than there, and it should only be for a year.  So we’ll see. More than likely I’ll be gone in the next few months. The change of scenery could do wonders for me. 

And now I must shift gears and get ready for a show....Steady as she goes, man....Steady as she goes.

My Punishment

 Rambling   

Dear God-

I understand that I am too old to drink shots of Jagermeister. I also understand that your way of reminding me that I am too old to drink Jagermeister is the raging hangover that you have gifted me this morning. It is my punishment and I accept it.

But I am not complaining, God. This is because you have also given me sausage biscuits and hash browns from McDonald’s and a day with a bunch of sweaty punk boys at Warped.

Thank you for always balancing the good and the bad. I promise I’ll behave myself today.

P.S. If you’re feeling super benevolent today, you think I could run into Tim from Rise Against? That would be awesome!

So Long, Sanity

 It's A Family Affair    Rambling    Venus vs. Mars   

I can’t believe how fragile I can be sometimes. I go on for ages being strong as a rock and not let things get to me even though I’m hurting or pissed off or whatever else. But today I am completely losing it. I have been avoiding certain crappy parts of my life since I haven’t been around. No avoiding it now because I have no where to hide these days. Let’s see, where to start? My home life sucks, my older sister pulled something that put the rest of our family in the middle of our crappy relationship, things completely have gone to crap with The Charmer already and I think I’ve gained back the 12 lbs. I lost when I was on Jenny Craig.

Oh and I didn’t get just one crappy fortune at lunch today, I got two. I just can’t catch a break today.

So I’ll just revert to my goth sensibilities and let JAMC speak for me…

sometimes i can fake a smile
but still the world looks down on me
twenty five years of growing old
it just hangs infront of me
i can’t see or understand why
pushing up can drag me down
take my time in everything
it breaks me up if i cant sing
i cant see
i cant touch
sometimes in the summer sunshine
the sky falls down on me
always in the dead of darkdays
someone’s after me
talking fast I’m walking backwards
and my head is in the trees
you can hang this heavy feeling
hanging down on me

Case of the Blahs

 Rambling   

I cannot muster any enthusiasm to save me life. I hate feeling this way...feeling blah sucks.

Also, I am pretty freaked out about the bug bite on my hand. I got it while I was in Maine last week and it’s not getting any better.

I have an appt at 1.45 to get it checked out. I hope they don’t have to give me a shot. I will seriously freak out. I hate needles.

Oh look at the time....I have to leave now. Wish me luck.

Update on the bug bite....
could be a tick bite, so the doc is being safe and gave me antibiotics. He also warned me that taking the antibiotics could give me a yeast infection so I should eat yogurt every day. Did you girls know that? That was news to me.