I've started my shift supervisor training at work now, which is both scary and exciting! I've never really been a leader in anything important before, so it's going to be a huge change for me. But that's also the fun part! So I've been kinda busy with that sort of stuff, it's been on my mind a lot lately.

Not to mention I've delved into gaming a bit again; working my way through Silent Hill 4 on my own (since the other file I have is with my friend Amy) and the Resident Evil games. I have a thing for zombies at the moment, apparently. They're really kinda hilarious.

And I went to prom with Signe a week or so ago, which was super fun! I'll just throw up a few pictures here. I'm the one in the red, and Signe is the one in the gold. I was apparently a bad escort because I didn't get her a corsage.

( Prom Pictures )

Also, it's weird when good friends get boyfriends. I totally support Amy, and her boyfriend rocks pretty hard, but it's still weird since she hasn't had one for a long time. Maybe I'm a bit jealous or something, because I have the bad luck of having the only guys that I like being either a) gay or bi/pansexual alright with a boy/girlfriend  b) straight, but already have a girlfriend that they are really devoted to, or c) my personal favourite; live in another province or state.

I have awful luck.

Goodness, I am so tired. I'm not built for doing two closing shifts in a row anymore, then waking up to go to work at noon the next day. It doesn't sound that bad, but it really takes a lot out of me.

Yesterday night was really dead at work, but it was fun working with the gals I was with. I don't get to see them very much anymore! It seems like I only work with a few of the same people. and not with anyone else anymore. But what can you do? 

I watched the Torchwood episode Countrycide the other day, and couldn't help but think it was like the Supernatural episode The Benders in some ways. Though it was a lot creepier in the end. That show definitely has me hooked-- I'll need to go out and buy the second season too. It's a pity that they're so expensive. Bloody imported shows!

Running out of frappuccino mix at work really, really sucks. Especially when it's really hot out, like it was when we ran out. But we managed to well... manage! And that was kinda fun, making all the cold drinks for once, instead of just hot ones.

I really can't wait till summer. It's gonna be so nice to finally get all the sunshine! It's still cold out now, despite the wonderful weekend we had, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm still wearing capris. I'm ever hopeful, hehe. Even if I'm the only one sometimes.

Friday was AWFUL at work, but somehow it was fun at the same time. Fast and the Furious came out, so already we had a double long movie rush because of the hype around that. (I won't see the movie, just because it made me work harder. Haha. Spite.) And then there was the West Coast Amusements fair set up outside of the movie theatre, so people were coming from there like crazy as well. And if I thought that was bad, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was playing at the race track... Which is about five minutes away at the most.

So we were understaffed when we got slammed by the biggest rushes, and the three of us were scrambling like mad. But it was fun, the two girls I was working with were awesome, and we even managed to get out on time after we closed up! So that was nice too.

( Sibling Worry )

Oh, and found a really cute black dress that I want to get for the cocktail party at the convention in August-- Amy said it looked good, but I'm still a bit iffy over the amount of cleavage that it showed. But it was really cute, so maybe I'll let that pass and get it anyways.

I really need to learn to get more sleep! But work does stop me from dong that. Especially when I trade shifts with one of my coworkers so he can go to a sex expo with his buddies. Oh teenage boys. The make me giggle.

But anyone seen Haunting in Conneticut yet? Because I seriously wanna see it, but it has the potential to be lamer then some other horror movies that I've seen that I won't even name they were so bad. (I am such a movie snob sometimes.) But yes, if anyone's seen it, let me know how it was! I don't wanna waste money to go see it at the theatre if it's not worth it.

Not too much has been going on. I keep getting prompts from indignantlemur to write, so I've just been working on those. (Surprised at the reception one of them got. I underestimate peoples love for dark!fic.) Besides that, just work (finding out that my ASM apparently has decided all the women who work at Starbucks are now married to him, since none of us listen. 'cept I'm his favourite wife. I feel special.) and things like that.

And finding out that a guy who's 6"2 (about) and isn't exactly skinny can fit in the back fridge at work, amongst the milk jugs, in order to jump out at me to scare me. Since I claimed that I don't get scared.

Did I jump? Barely. I was more shocked that he fit in there to begin with.

Work has been keeping me away from this place too much! Curse you, people who want lattes early in the morning, and late at night!

Really, I have two things to write about. I'll start with the shitty stuff, and end with something a bit more fun. 


One kinda funny thing though was that I went to work, and Adam, the ASM said he was really sorry about my loss. I was confused since I hadn't told anyone about what had happened, but he clarified that Katherine, one of my brother's friends, told him. She must have found out because of Shae's facebook.

But that night at work was really good. I had a closing shift with Kirsten, but Candice was there to doing some kind of coffee count. Adam and Kathy were doing a rollout till midnight. So when we closed the store, we were all pretty much just... Crazy. Adam found a way to hook his iPod into the speaker system, so we were blasting random stuff.

The security guard came and knocked on our window because we were being so loud. (And by we, I mean Adam yelling, and everyone yelling back at him.) It was hilarious, because that isn't the first time that the security guards have thougth someone was being raped/ the store was being broken into.

So at least that was a bit of a fun time, in an otherwise horrid week.

So someone needs to A) stop being so angsty, and B) actually update her LJ a lot more. Haha. I just kinda forgot about here, after everything happened. But anyways.

I got a raise at work yesterday, which was pretty kick-ass! And also, we're finally redoing my kitchen. Which is good, 'cept we're pretty sure there's asbestos in the walls, which pretty much sucks. So we're gonna have to do something about that so my Mom'll stop freaking out. (She's like... way freaked about it. I kinda feel bad for her.) 

And I hope the random snowstorms are gonna stop sometime soon. I'm tired of waking up to the snow. :[ And there's salt caked onto the sides of my car so it looks really gross too.

I already posted over on my dA journal; but I feel like it's a bit more personal over here anyways, and I can actually give the details without being called a drama whore, which would undoubtedly happen over on the other site. (Sometimes that just really pisses me off. Apparently you can't be emotional about anything without people getting on your back about it. Talk about over reacting.)

( Details )

R.I.P Taboo, February 4th 2009

I'm not even going to lie; I am absolutely exhausted. Friday night I had been planning to see MBV again with a friend; since she hadn't seen it yet. (Such a crime!) So I ended up spending the night over there. We have serious problems when I do that though; since we tend to sleep very little. (And we didn't even get to see the movie because our damned theatre isn't showing it anymore; and I didn't wanna risk going to Langley again and having her not able to get in.) 

The next day it was work time; a 6 hour shift which wasn't too bad, except apparently some guy pulled a knife on my ASM when he was out doing a garbage run. He came into our store afterwards too, was just sitting down and doing nothing. Scary as hell, I'm telling you. Adam, (the ASM) was telling us all the be really careful around him if he came up and asked a question, or if we went out there. I'm thinking he was tweaked out on some drugs, because he was talking to himself as well. Because of that though, I forgot my present for Alyssa's birthday at work; which was no biggie really, she didn't mind, but was a pain. 

We watched some movies over there with her other buddies for her party, and I ended up talking to Matt for like... Multiple hours about Silent Hill; wince he wanted to play it. Other people kept coming into our conversation at the worst times; i.e. when I was saying things like "yeah, so if you don't shoot your mom..." or "the one kid got dismembered" etc. By the time we finished the movies, it was too late for me to go home so I just stayed there. I was the only one who didn't sleep though; since Matt, Alyssa and I relocated down to the basement where her PS2 was, and I worked on my RE4 game. Alyssa nodded off a few times, and ended up getting some sleep; but I just kept playing and finally beat the game.

Saddler was a bit of a sad boss. He could have been a lot harder. But then again; I'm not that disapointed that he wasn't hard. Just a little. The skidoo part at the end however was a pain in my ass because I can't drive any kind of .... anythings, in games. Haha. So I crashed us about 8 times before getting out; mostly at the same spot. But all in all I was really happy with the game; definitely one of my favourites now.

Anyways, I'm writing this now, being completely exhausted, and going to work in an hour and forty-five. At least I got some sleep last night after we watched the worst horror movie ever; Asylum.

It's so bloody cold here right now, but finally it's raining instead of snowing-- so our roads are really nice. I've gotten totally sick of fishtailing around, and worrying about not making it up the Manson hill to my house. So I'm relatively happy about that; I won't lie there.

With help from shining_siren I've been getting my inspiration back slowly; so I'll be able to not only work on my Beta projects (since that had been the only thing that I was able to do for a while) but also work on my own art, and continue Hoax. Since I think my friend is going to murder me if I don't post another chapter soon.

Haha. I apparently found out that I'm the second highest "Recovery" person in our district for Starbucks. Which means, I give the most free drinks. Which means I'm an awesome person. Well... Really it means we need to keep the coffee brewed, so I won't have to feel bad about making people wait, and give them free drinks instead. I wasn't in trouble with it; in reality my Manager was happy that I was taking such good care of the customers; but she did say that we couldn't keep giving away that much free stuff, so I'll have to be a little bit less nice.

Whoops!

I can't believe 2008 is almost over now; it's been such an influential year in my life; to risk sounding really corny.

Everything just kind of came together, you know? Graduated high school, got a job that I love with amazing co-workers, got my license and a car... Though, It's slightly... Well. Needs a new bumper and headlights that actually match. The car used to be my brothers, and he gave it to me for free. Can't really complain, can I? Besides, the soundsystem? Yeah. Amazing. Six speakers, two subs, two amps. Can't beat it.I may have lost a friend, but I gained a few more who are actually loyal and not bitchy, to put it simply.

All in all, it was great.

So, NaNoWriMo killed my LJing, which is why I haven't updated for...Goodness, a long time. But I'm finally gonna get back into it; because I miss this place like mad! 

How have things been going for all you guys? It's been pretty much the same for me; I've been working like a madwoman at Starbucks; getting a lot of hours and makin' a decent amount of money. I got my drivers license, and I'm currently looking around for a car; I think I've found one, ironically on facebook. It's a sporty red Chevy Cavalier, and it's rather endearing.

The snow is bugging me, I'm really wanting it to just melt and leave me alone. I mean come on, sure I live in Canada; but MUST it really snow? Sigh. It's cold and unpleasant.

Oh, and I'm almost ready for Christmas. I still need to get a few things for my brother, who is the worst person to buy for ever, and then it's all smooth sailing. Which is good, since Christmas is in less than a week.

Crazy, yeah?

My gosh, yesterday's shift at work was insane! It was a four hour closing shift, which isn't so bad really. Pretty short and easy. But I was a bit out of it; which showed really clearly.

I was working with Holly and Adam, which is always pretty fun. Adam seems to like using silly accents when there's no one else around, and Holly, like me, just has funny accidents all the time. So, the first one was when I was on my break. I was sitting in the back room, writing down some stuff, when Adam kicks the door open; and I jumped at least five feet in the air. It scared he Hell out of me! But I tried to keep my composure until he said "I SO saw that! You jumped!" 

And so we had a big laugh about it, and he went back onto the floor, and I kept writing. Now, I shouldn't have jumped a second time, because seriously, shame on me, right? But I heard him coming again, and I knew he was going to do it; but when he kicked the door open I still jumped like three feet.

So when we got back on work, we all laughed about that. But then. Holly was making some hot chocolate mix, and she hadn't stirred it all the way; then had left it for a while. So on top of it there was this chunky foamy stuff, that looked absolutely disgusting. She dared Adam to eat a spoonful, since he said he'd never back down to a dare.

And honestly, we all ended up doing it. And it was disgusting on so many levels. It was chunky, gritty and kind of tasted like sand. Or as Adam was saying; Hamster.

Nasty, nasty stuff. So I'm trying to find something grosser now. I'm thinking something mixed with Matcha powder...

I've been working closing shifts all week so far, and I got another one tonight, though thankfully only a five hour instead of a seven. Last night was super awesome though, Jen and Angelina were great to close with; and Jen drove me home in her hilariously squeaky car. (We have funny conversations about smoking and drinking too) And a really cute guy came into the store asking for a "hardcore orange drink" that he couldn't remember the name of. It ended up being a Wild Sweet Orange tea with Vanilla added. I maybe kinda-sorta stared/flirted with him.

Speaking of, I totally got flirted with by another guy yesterday, who was pretty cute as well.

And last weekend was pretty good too, watched some movies with Signe over at her house which was pretty fun, then got my Halloween costume on Sunday night with Amy when she came over to watch Supernatural. So all in all it was a pretty tiring weekend/beginning of week because of the whole lack of sleep deal.

Man, yesterday I was so wiped. I only worked a four hour shift, but since Candice hurt her ankle bad the other day, she couldn't work and we were short staffed. At one point the lines were literally out the door, and there were only the two of us working. And it continued to be that busy as well; and I was going to take the bus home as well.

I didn't get a break so I got paid for an extra fifteen minutes, and thankfully my aunt and Nana swung by and took me out for lunch with my cousin as well. She's so pregnant, it's insane. I think the baby is due in a week or two now. But at least I was saved from the stupid city bus!

I hope today's shift isn't going to be absolutely crazy now.

So I'm going in on Tuesday for another job interview. I mean sure, I'm pretty busy and tired already with this first one, but more money would be pretty good. Who wants only one paycheck when they could have two? Wow... That sounded greedy, but you all know what I mean. Especially with the LA trip in March, and the fact that the Canadian dollar is WAY down right now. (It's like at 84 cents now. And when paying large sums of money... Yeah. It definitely sucks.) 

So I'm hoping I'll be able to get this job as well. You know, as long as the hours are flexible and I'll still get my Thursday nights off. And hey, dual paychecks mean I'll be able to move out sooner! Which, as of right now, I'm planning for next September. I wanna get my own little place, an apartment or even a basement suite if that's all I can get.

And I just got my paypal account up and running, which is kinda nice. There's some things that I have been meaning to buy and all, but I never had an account to use. Also I can finally subscribe to this darn site, so I can get more pictures and get rid of the ads. I really have this thing against ads apparently...

Whoops! Two journals in one day! Sorry about that guys; but t3h_yuki had this in one of her journals, so I wanted to do it! Because everyone knows that I'm a sucker for these things of things.

(And that means that it would be awesome if you other people did it too, because it'd be fun!

( Quiz! )

Now I better get some sleep, since I have to be at work early tomorrow, as I said before! Ugh. What... fun? And I have a dentist appointment, which is even more fun. The only good thing about it is I can ask them about whitening my teeth, since they're so... Well let's just leave it at "I drink too much coffee and tea." 

I hate being called into work on days I'm supposed to have off; but apparently tomorrow I'm going to work in the morning to cover someone's shift. Also I get paid tomorrow, so that in itself is pretty nice; the paycheck should be bigger then my last since I'm not going to be on a training wage anymore. (Thank goodness.) Also I have my certification in two weeks, so I'll be a real barista! Is it kinda lame that I'm kinda excited? 

Amy and I decided that we're going to go for the convention in LA next March instead of the one this November. It just made more sense when I was looking up prices and such, since we can get the better convention package for the weekend, and we can spend a few extra days in LA; probably head over to Disneyland for a day or two and such. We're still looking up hotels, since I seem to only find the over $200 a night ones, and we think we got a good one. So really all that's left is tonight I need to talk to my Mom so I can get our con tickets before the packages sell out; and then book the flights and all.

It's kinda exciting, planning and going on a trip without the parents.

By all rights I should be tired; since I had to work at 6:30 yesterday, worked 7 hours, then went to a movie with Amy. And today I had to work at 8:30, but I had to be up much earlier to be ready. Thankfully I was gifted with a 5hour shift instead of a 7, so it wasn't too bad. (Apparently whenever I make the mocha sauce when we're out, I get it on my arms and hands. Thankfully it never gets on my white shirt, but always on my skin. I'm starting to think it's evil.)

But I'm pretty awake, I think it had something to do with the coffee fumes that  I inhale when I'm at work. I swear just smelling it is just as good as drinking it. But yes. Not tired. Should be. Looking forward to sleeping tonight.

The movie that we saw was Eagle Eye and I.... Wouldn't recommend it. I won't give anything away about it just in case you do wanna see it, but I'm gonna say that if I were you, I would watch about 3/4 of the movie, then stop it and make up your own ending. And we were seated on the third first row, so I was slouching in my seat and craning my neck so I could see the full screen. It was kinda cool sometimes, being that close, but most of the time it just sucked. (Honestly, we were so close that if the movie had been paused I could have counted every single individual stubble hair on Shia LaBeouf's face.) At least we went into the movie thinking it wasn't gonna be that good; so it wasn't a huge disappointment.

Last two days were really tiring at work; I was learning how to close the store. It was insane; working till midnight and all. There was so much to do, so much to learn, but most of it was pretty straight forward. Everyone was super helpful and all, so I could ask questions when I needed to.

I keep blanking on how to make the frappucinos, which kinda sucks since they're like the easiest things to make. (And I always laugh when using the blender. Stupid BlendTec blenders.) But besides that things are going quite well.  

I went shopping on the weekend and ended up spending so much money, but it was nice to be able to buy things that I wanted for once. (Clothes, mostly, too. I never buy clothes.) So I definitely won't need to be getting any new ones for a while, since I basically refitted my entire wardrobe. Now all that's left is going through my drawers and getting rid of all the old clothes that either don't fit, or I just don't wear anymore. I'll do that on one of my days off, eventually.

Besides that I haven't been up to much. Writing has been coming slow for the most part, so I haven't posted anything new yet; I really need to get together with Signe so we can plan out the chapters of the story I'm gonna write. Hopefully this weekend, if she's feeling better.