My birthday is coming up in a few weeks (YAY!) and I really want to do something other than the usual. The usual being going to the local bar/nightclub that I've been to a million times already. After thinking on it a bit I decided that I really, REALLY want to go to Miami for by birthday. It's perfect because it's on a Thursday and I don't have class Friday so I could catch an early flight and spend the weekend.
Now the problem is finding people, or at least one person, to go with. A lot of people I know went to Miami over the last couple of weeks for spring break so that pretty much counts them out. If I had known I was gonna be sitting around my house unable to work because my manager never returned my calls I would have gone too but that's another story. I'm trying to get my friend to go because her birthday is the day after mine but I don't know if it's gonna happen.
All this is making me wonder if I should just go on my own. As scary of a thought as that is, I really want to go so I should. Why should a lack of a travel buddy stop me from doing what I want to do and going where I want to go? Especially on my birthday which should be all about me anyway. My main issue with going solo is that I'm worried I'll spend the whole trip by myself which is the last thing I want. My naturally quiet nature has me seriously doubting whether I'll be able to make friends to hang out and party with while I'm there.
If I go I plan on staying in this hostel I stayed at last year for spring break because it's a more social setting so that should make it easier to meet people. Plus there was a ton of people there who traveled alone so we'd be in the same boat. Right? Anyway, I guess I still have a little time to decide for sure.
I'm really not sure that I'm ready to (literally) fly solo but maybe it would be good for me to just jump in with both feet. You never know until you try right?
Deuces!
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Bitches KILL Me!!!
So, my friends (and I use that word loosely) are on my damn nerves. We're supposed to be going on a trip to Europe next year but so far it looks like I'm going alone because I think I'm the only one who has actually booked the trip so far. First off, I already had to alter what I wanted to do to appease them which already pissed me off. I wanted to go on the 30 day tour but my one friend said she probably wouldn't be able to get a month off both of her jobs and the max she could do is about 2 weeks. Okay, as annoying as that is, I get it so I agreed to go on a 15 day tour so everyone is happy. I know it's gonna be fun no matter how long it is, but if I'm gonna go to Europe I want to go all out. *sigh* Maybe next time.
Once we all agreed I went ahead and put the down payment on my trip because there was a discount going on at the time and I wanted to make sure to get a few bucks off the trip. I could use that money to buy souvenirs or something. Now I'm starting to feel like they're backing out and they just don't want to tell me. I told my friend when I booked and all that good stuff but I haven't heard anything from either of them. I sent them a Facebook message asking if they booked and telling them that the prices go up next month but I haven't gotten a reply.WTF?!
So now I just have no idea what's going on and it's pissing me off. I need to just call these broads and ask them what they're doing because I have no clue. One thing I know is that I'm going. Whether they go or not at this point is just whatever, but I want to go and I'm going. And if they decide not to go I'm going with my original plan to go on the 30 day tour. Screw it!
ps: If anyone would like to help me fund my little trip I would REALLY appreciate it. So far I only put down the $150 down payment to hold my spot but I'm working on the rest. Every little bit helps so if you can there's a link on the right where you can "chip in." Thanks.
Once we all agreed I went ahead and put the down payment on my trip because there was a discount going on at the time and I wanted to make sure to get a few bucks off the trip. I could use that money to buy souvenirs or something. Now I'm starting to feel like they're backing out and they just don't want to tell me. I told my friend when I booked and all that good stuff but I haven't heard anything from either of them. I sent them a Facebook message asking if they booked and telling them that the prices go up next month but I haven't gotten a reply.WTF?!
So now I just have no idea what's going on and it's pissing me off. I need to just call these broads and ask them what they're doing because I have no clue. One thing I know is that I'm going. Whether they go or not at this point is just whatever, but I want to go and I'm going. And if they decide not to go I'm going with my original plan to go on the 30 day tour. Screw it!
ps: If anyone would like to help me fund my little trip I would REALLY appreciate it. So far I only put down the $150 down payment to hold my spot but I'm working on the rest. Every little bit helps so if you can there's a link on the right where you can "chip in." Thanks.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Hot Jam
It's summer (almost) which means that every radio station worth anything is promoting some special summer concert with most people's favorite artists. Lucky us. My friends and I went to a concert in Hartford promoted by one of our local radio stations and I came home somewhat annoyed after the events of the night. Here's what happened.
First off, the concert was supposed to start at 7 or 7:30pm and we left sometime close to 9pm. If it were up to me we would've been on the road by 6/6:30 at the latest but it's not my car so what can I really say. These broads thought it would be okay because when they went to the winter concert promoted by the same station they didn't get there until around 10pm but were still able to see 4 or 5 acts. That wasn't the case this time. By the time we got there they were already on to the second to last act (Nicki Minaj). She was almost done with her set when we got there so we really only saw about 2 1/2 songs. I swear, these people take CP time to a whole new level...smh. (sidenote: CP time = colored people time). So that was strike 1 for the evening.
Then we got to see the full set of Ludacris which was good. We were excited at first because we thought we were gonna see Drake because he came out on stage while Nicki was on. We were wrong. It turns out that he had performed his set already and that was just an extra little tidbit on her song. He was the main person we all wanted to see so naturally we were pissed >:(. Strike 2 for the evening.
We go outside after making our way through the crowd of hot mess that was in the building. Naturally it was raining and we parked on the street because we were so late and had to walk to the car. Did I mention I just got my hair done earlier that day? Yeah. Then instead of going to one of the after parties nearby, these fools decide they want to drive back to New Haven and go to a regular bar and just chill and drink. Really? How anti-climactic. Again, if it were up to me we would've gone to one of the after parties with Ludacris, Lil' Jon or Young Money. But again, I wasn't driving and apparently I was outnumbered 2 to 1. Then on the ride we heard about all the stuff we missed at the beginning of the concert on the radio. Like Lil' Jon DJing or something, Gyptian (who my friend LOVES) opening the show, and some girl throwing a leopard print bra on stage at Drake. Then of course all the callers on the radio kept saying that Drake was their favorite part of the show. Nice. Would this be strike 3 or 4?
So we ended up going to this dry little bar that I don't much like anyway but they have good wings and make good drinks so whatever. Whenever there happens to be more than 3 people in that place they're usually 35 or older. Sorry but I'm not interested in partying with people 10 years older than me. This time we walked in on some girl's birthday party. I guess she was also a biker because there were a lot of them in there with their tricked out leather jackets and bikes parked outside. We used the bathroom, had 2 drinks and left. At least the one bartender was hot.
The night wasn't a total bust because I really enjoyed the Luda performance and what we actually saw of Nicki and Drake. Maybe next time people will leave on time, especially since we ended up paying $65 to see 2 people perform. Actually 1 1/2. SMFH
First off, the concert was supposed to start at 7 or 7:30pm and we left sometime close to 9pm. If it were up to me we would've been on the road by 6/6:30 at the latest but it's not my car so what can I really say. These broads thought it would be okay because when they went to the winter concert promoted by the same station they didn't get there until around 10pm but were still able to see 4 or 5 acts. That wasn't the case this time. By the time we got there they were already on to the second to last act (Nicki Minaj). She was almost done with her set when we got there so we really only saw about 2 1/2 songs. I swear, these people take CP time to a whole new level...smh. (sidenote: CP time = colored people time). So that was strike 1 for the evening.
Then we got to see the full set of Ludacris which was good. We were excited at first because we thought we were gonna see Drake because he came out on stage while Nicki was on. We were wrong. It turns out that he had performed his set already and that was just an extra little tidbit on her song. He was the main person we all wanted to see so naturally we were pissed >:(. Strike 2 for the evening.
We go outside after making our way through the crowd of hot mess that was in the building. Naturally it was raining and we parked on the street because we were so late and had to walk to the car. Did I mention I just got my hair done earlier that day? Yeah. Then instead of going to one of the after parties nearby, these fools decide they want to drive back to New Haven and go to a regular bar and just chill and drink. Really? How anti-climactic. Again, if it were up to me we would've gone to one of the after parties with Ludacris, Lil' Jon or Young Money. But again, I wasn't driving and apparently I was outnumbered 2 to 1. Then on the ride we heard about all the stuff we missed at the beginning of the concert on the radio. Like Lil' Jon DJing or something, Gyptian (who my friend LOVES) opening the show, and some girl throwing a leopard print bra on stage at Drake. Then of course all the callers on the radio kept saying that Drake was their favorite part of the show. Nice. Would this be strike 3 or 4?
So we ended up going to this dry little bar that I don't much like anyway but they have good wings and make good drinks so whatever. Whenever there happens to be more than 3 people in that place they're usually 35 or older. Sorry but I'm not interested in partying with people 10 years older than me. This time we walked in on some girl's birthday party. I guess she was also a biker because there were a lot of them in there with their tricked out leather jackets and bikes parked outside. We used the bathroom, had 2 drinks and left. At least the one bartender was hot.
The night wasn't a total bust because I really enjoyed the Luda performance and what we actually saw of Nicki and Drake. Maybe next time people will leave on time, especially since we ended up paying $65 to see 2 people perform. Actually 1 1/2. SMFH
Monday, May 3, 2010
Just an Update...
I haven't posted anything in a while so here's a little mini-post about what's been going on. This weekend I went home for my friend's birthday party and that was pretty fun. I went on a nice little trip to the mall and got a few dresses which is always good. Then on Saturday the birthday girl and I went to see Jordin Sparks perform at the Wolf Den of the Mohegan Sun casino for FREE! It was fun and she was great. The funniest thing was this older woman who fell on her ass because she was so drunk...smh. She tapped my friend and I to say she liked the video we were taking and all we could smell was alcohol. A mess! Then the real kicker for the evening was my period unexpectedly showing up. I was really shocked until I realized a new month had started so technically it was right on schedule. Too bad I had to throw away a perfectly good pair of underwear and spent most of the night having my friend check my ass for blood stains *sigh*. Girls, you know what I'm talking about and guys, sorry if that's tmi. Anyway, now I'm back at school and thank God it's the last day of classes. Although I feel it's completely ridiculous that we should actually have to go to class today but whatever. I don't know how much I'll be posting in the next couple of weeks with finals and everything but we'll see. DUECES!!!
Jordin during the show.
Jordin during the show.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Birthday Celebration from Hell (or at least somewhere close to it)
This past Wednesday (the 21st) was my birthday but I didn't actually go out to celebrate it until Friday. I was planning and hoping to have so much fun but that ended up not happening. In fact the entire week started going downhill on Monday but I held out hope that it would get better. It was my birthday week so of course I tried to have a positive attitude and be in a good mood but now I'm just annoyed with everything. Here's what happened:
Monday: My friend from back home told me that she wouldn't be able to drive down for this concert on Friday that we both really wanted to go to because she couldn't afford to spend the extra cash with her car payment due the same week....understandable but still, I was disappointed. We haven't seen each other for months so it would've been fun to hang out for the weekend. Moving on...
Tuesday: My other friend tells me that she can't go to the concert because it costs too much. Apparently when I told her the prices the first time around (a couple weeks ago) she didn't remember them being so high. In case you're wondering: Floor seats were $75, Lower level were $55 and Upper level was $30. To me that doesn't seem so bad for the number of acts that were going to be there. Especially when other concerts start in the $100s but ok, sure....whatever. Instead we made plans to just go out clubbing on Friday instead since I didn't have anyone else to go to the concert with.
Wednesday (my actual birthday): I'm a nursing student so I spent 12 hours in clinical. Ordinarily I don't care because I like clinical but having to be at the hospital by 6:30am on my birthday really hurt my soul...ugh. I didn't go out that night because by the time I got home all I wanted to do was sleep. On the up side, I was able to see an X-ray of conjoined twins so that was pretty cool.
Thursday: I texted my two friends (including the non concert goer) to tell them I wanted to go out Friday for my birthday. My one friend was sick and couldn't go out so I can't fault her for that. The other one told me she was planning to go out with her other friend to some 18+ club because her friend's friend isn't 21. Really bitch? Didn't we just make plans to go out? Ugh! Then she asks why I didn't tell her it was my birthday. Why? Because I'm not one of those people who runs around shouting "Hey it's my birthday!" to anyone who will listen, that's why. I didn't say that though, I just told her that's what Facebook is for. It's funny though because she was the only one of the 3 girls I actually hang with out here that didn't realize it was my birthday. Again...whatever. So we decide that the two of us and our other friend J are gonna go out on Friday.
Friday: Complete and utter bullshit ensued for the night...smfh
1. The place I really wanted to go to was dead as a doornail. We walked over, looked inside and the place had all of 10 people inside. Disappointing indeed.
2. The next place on my list that I heard really good things about had a bouncer that was a complete douche. I showed him my driver's license (out of state because I'm in PA but I'm from CT) and he says "That's not you sweetheart." Really asshole? I've been using that government issued ID to go into every spot since I got it
3 years ago but that's not me. Why because my hair is different and I wasn't smiling? Seriously?! I'm 24, what the fuck do I need a fake ID for? I've NEVER used a fake in my life. If I wasn't old enough to get in I just didn't bother going. Admittedly, I know that I look young for my age. I get told on a regular basis that I look anywhere from 16-18 but never my actual age. But still for him to say it's not me, like I'm trying to sneak into his raggedy little club when I wasn't just pissed me off.
3. We end up going to the same place we always go to which was ok because at least we always have fun there. After a while the music started to suck so we went to a few other places. One place I wanted to go to but when we got outside I could tell by the music playing I didn't want to go in. Then we were bombarded by some guys who somehow talked my friends into going inside. I ended up going in and was ready to go instantly. Why we stayed there as long as we did (about 5-10 minutes) I can't for the life of me figure out. Especially since we never even saw the guys who talked my friends into going in in the first place. So annoying.
4. We go to the next place which I also don't like but I figured I'd give it a chance because my friend kept bitching about wanting to go there. The only good thing about this place is the music and the drinks, everything else sucks. It's way too small so with all the people in there you can barely move a muscle. And the worst part is that when we walked in it seemed like every guy in the place was staring us down like we were slabs of meat. It was really disturbing and J and I felt really uncomfortable. Yet we ended up staying there for a little bit....lord why?! In the end we went back to our original spot until the end of the night.
5. How did I end up paying for the entire cab ride on MY birthday? Good question. When one girl only brings a debit card and the other girl only brings $5 it's kind of hard to split the bill. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would go out and not bring money with them. One thing my mom always told me was to NEVER go anywhere without cash because you never know what could come up and I've always listened to that.
Fun night huh? Happy birthday to me.
Monday: My friend from back home told me that she wouldn't be able to drive down for this concert on Friday that we both really wanted to go to because she couldn't afford to spend the extra cash with her car payment due the same week....understandable but still, I was disappointed. We haven't seen each other for months so it would've been fun to hang out for the weekend. Moving on...
Tuesday: My other friend tells me that she can't go to the concert because it costs too much. Apparently when I told her the prices the first time around (a couple weeks ago) she didn't remember them being so high. In case you're wondering: Floor seats were $75, Lower level were $55 and Upper level was $30. To me that doesn't seem so bad for the number of acts that were going to be there. Especially when other concerts start in the $100s but ok, sure....whatever. Instead we made plans to just go out clubbing on Friday instead since I didn't have anyone else to go to the concert with.
Wednesday (my actual birthday): I'm a nursing student so I spent 12 hours in clinical. Ordinarily I don't care because I like clinical but having to be at the hospital by 6:30am on my birthday really hurt my soul...ugh. I didn't go out that night because by the time I got home all I wanted to do was sleep. On the up side, I was able to see an X-ray of conjoined twins so that was pretty cool.
Thursday: I texted my two friends (including the non concert goer) to tell them I wanted to go out Friday for my birthday. My one friend was sick and couldn't go out so I can't fault her for that. The other one told me she was planning to go out with her other friend to some 18+ club because her friend's friend isn't 21. Really bitch? Didn't we just make plans to go out? Ugh! Then she asks why I didn't tell her it was my birthday. Why? Because I'm not one of those people who runs around shouting "Hey it's my birthday!" to anyone who will listen, that's why. I didn't say that though, I just told her that's what Facebook is for. It's funny though because she was the only one of the 3 girls I actually hang with out here that didn't realize it was my birthday. Again...whatever. So we decide that the two of us and our other friend J are gonna go out on Friday.
Friday: Complete and utter bullshit ensued for the night...smfh
1. The place I really wanted to go to was dead as a doornail. We walked over, looked inside and the place had all of 10 people inside. Disappointing indeed.
2. The next place on my list that I heard really good things about had a bouncer that was a complete douche. I showed him my driver's license (out of state because I'm in PA but I'm from CT) and he says "That's not you sweetheart." Really asshole? I've been using that government issued ID to go into every spot since I got it
3 years ago but that's not me. Why because my hair is different and I wasn't smiling? Seriously?! I'm 24, what the fuck do I need a fake ID for? I've NEVER used a fake in my life. If I wasn't old enough to get in I just didn't bother going. Admittedly, I know that I look young for my age. I get told on a regular basis that I look anywhere from 16-18 but never my actual age. But still for him to say it's not me, like I'm trying to sneak into his raggedy little club when I wasn't just pissed me off.
3. We end up going to the same place we always go to which was ok because at least we always have fun there. After a while the music started to suck so we went to a few other places. One place I wanted to go to but when we got outside I could tell by the music playing I didn't want to go in. Then we were bombarded by some guys who somehow talked my friends into going inside. I ended up going in and was ready to go instantly. Why we stayed there as long as we did (about 5-10 minutes) I can't for the life of me figure out. Especially since we never even saw the guys who talked my friends into going in in the first place. So annoying.
4. We go to the next place which I also don't like but I figured I'd give it a chance because my friend kept bitching about wanting to go there. The only good thing about this place is the music and the drinks, everything else sucks. It's way too small so with all the people in there you can barely move a muscle. And the worst part is that when we walked in it seemed like every guy in the place was staring us down like we were slabs of meat. It was really disturbing and J and I felt really uncomfortable. Yet we ended up staying there for a little bit....lord why?! In the end we went back to our original spot until the end of the night.
5. How did I end up paying for the entire cab ride on MY birthday? Good question. When one girl only brings a debit card and the other girl only brings $5 it's kind of hard to split the bill. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would go out and not bring money with them. One thing my mom always told me was to NEVER go anywhere without cash because you never know what could come up and I've always listened to that.
Fun night huh? Happy birthday to me.
Friday, March 19, 2010
"I can see you married to a white man...."
The title sentence of this post was uttered by a good friend of mine while we were on vacation. Oddly enough, I had never really thought too much about the possibility of marrying a white guy until she said that. I've dated people from different races so it really doesn't matter but for some reason I never considered it.
Like I mentioned before, this whole thing started while we were on vacation in Miami for a few days and I guess my friend, who I'll call 'M,' noticed a difference in my behavior/communication with black guys vs. white guys. M told me that I'm more talkative and engaging with white guys than with black guys. Apparently with black guys I was looking around, not making as much eye contact and not talking to them as much. I never noticed any type of change in my behavior when talking to guys of different races so I was a little surprised by her comments. There's really no explanation I can think of as to why this happens because I don't prefer one race over the other and I've had both good and bad experiences with both black and white guys.
After doing a little self reflection, I realized that it is much easier for me to talk to white guys. I have no clue why but that's just the way it is, for me at least. At the moment I'm crushing on a black guy and a white guy so I guess I'll have to be a little more observant of my behavior towards each of them to see if there are any real differences. Nothing wrong with a little self analysis every now and again. With that being said, in the words of Big Pun: "I don't discriminate, I regulate every shade of that ass."
Happy Dating! :)
Like I mentioned before, this whole thing started while we were on vacation in Miami for a few days and I guess my friend, who I'll call 'M,' noticed a difference in my behavior/communication with black guys vs. white guys. M told me that I'm more talkative and engaging with white guys than with black guys. Apparently with black guys I was looking around, not making as much eye contact and not talking to them as much. I never noticed any type of change in my behavior when talking to guys of different races so I was a little surprised by her comments. There's really no explanation I can think of as to why this happens because I don't prefer one race over the other and I've had both good and bad experiences with both black and white guys.
After doing a little self reflection, I realized that it is much easier for me to talk to white guys. I have no clue why but that's just the way it is, for me at least. At the moment I'm crushing on a black guy and a white guy so I guess I'll have to be a little more observant of my behavior towards each of them to see if there are any real differences. Nothing wrong with a little self analysis every now and again. With that being said, in the words of Big Pun: "I don't discriminate, I regulate every shade of that ass."
Happy Dating! :)
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