Day 33 - What I've Always Wanted

Business cards!!!!!!!!!!

I will be getting some soon from Buzzine as I am now a contributing editor there! All very exciting and really, business cards are all I want out of life.

On another note: instead of having WILAY days, last Friday I had a very Becky Bloomwood day (Shopaholic).

Dealt with major money issues in the morning after having a major meltdown. And then carried on to go to a press conference for Stand Up 2 Cancer in the afternoon. But unlike her press conferences, this one did not have champagne, but did have lunch for us.

So maybe I’m not so WILAY right now as the money thing is getting in the way, but being a little bit Shopaholic isn’t too bad either.

But I did do a very WILAY thing today. I rearranged my bed and computer area, so my room is looking slightly different today and I’m quite fond of it.

It is much like the episode where Holly feng shuis Val’s place (the first episode). However, I cannot find a picture of this, so instead, here is a creepy picture of Gary.



Yikes!

Day 31 - Shopaholic Style

I finished the final (I think?) Shopaholic today. And I am feeling major withdrawal already.

And then last night I also saw a trailer for the film and I almost cried. It is soooooooo beyond wrong! The main issue is she has red hair and in the final book she hates this woman with red hair and there is this whole red hair issue, so it just doesn’t make sense for her to have red hair.

This may take me a while to get over.

So, I had to kill a little bug today. With a magazine, which luckily LE and I haven’t tossed the magazines we are getting rid of so I didn’t have to use a good one, which reminded me of an incident when my sisters were here.

Middle sister: You have a bug in here.

Me: Where? Oh no! Get me a magazine.

Middle sister: OK.

Me: Wait, not a good one though.

Middle sister: What?! Did you say not a good one??

Me: (going to the magazines) Hmm…we can use People, not Glamour though.

Middle sister: (laughs)

I’m pretty sure she ended up getting rid of the bug without it resulting in death or the use of any magazines.

There was also an incident this weekend at my apartment laundry room. LE was trying to wash her comforter and a certain Nosy Neighbor was saying LE was going to break the machine, blah blah. So he stopped it from washing and caused us a huge ordeal. He acts like he is in charge here. Long story short, we sopped up the water with a towel which we then threw into the washer to clean and forgot about until the next day.

Well, NN then “confronted” me on this issue.

NN: Hey, sorry about yesterday. I didn’t mean to…

Me: (cutting him off) Yeah, OK, it’s fine.

NN: Oh, did you guys leave a towel in there?

Me: (realizing he might think he is better than us and doesn’t leave his towels in overnight) No.

NN: Oh, well there was a towel left in that same washer yesterday.

Me: Well it’s not ours. (beginning to walk away)

NN: OK, well I hung it on the face.

Me: (still walking away) OK, whatever.

I then had to spend the rest of the day on lookout, planning when I could go grab our towel so that NN wouldn’t see me.

All in all, I’m feeling very Shopaholic as she lies about everything just to save herself a little trouble. Plus I’m pretty sure she would understand saving the good magazines.



Oh yeah, and I just took a quick quiz on the Shopaholic website and I am a Becky Bloomwood in the making. Things I can be proud of…

Day 26 - Maybe It's A Bit Like Love...

I’m exhausted and probably driving myself a little crazy over this whole job thing. I know that I have spent way too much time in front of my computer, checking for jobs or looking at my email, waiting for someone to respond.

So, I need some space. Not that I will stop looking by any means, but I will chill out a little. After all, all of my other internships came when I wasn’t really expecting them or necessarily looking for them.

- CosmoGIRL! came along while I was waiting to hear from Seventeen and randomly called them one day to see if they were filling internships.

- Newcity came while my oldest sister and I were sitting in a Chinese restaurant and she picked up one of their issues and I had never ever heard of them before.

- In Style came along while I had a job and would occasionally check editorial websites to see what was out there, but was not at all looking for an internship of all things.

I suppose they say you find love when you finally stop looking for it, but what I want more than that is a dream job, so I’m going to lighten up on myself and my email checking and job obsessing. I’ll do some temping and whatnot to pay the bills and of course I’ll keep freelancing.

Honestly, I should just be taking a bit from WILAY. Val found her dream bakery when she wasn’t even expecting it.



^ See how happy she looks…well, you know…

Plus now I can get reacquainted with Shopaholic who has been having such a hard time in Shopaholic and Sister.

Oh and better yet, Legal Eagle wants to go to a psychic! I have been dying to go. Really, I would go to a psychic everyday if I could. But she mentioned it this morning and now I am bursting with excitement and have to find a really good one.

And I have to find us a hairdresser soon! I have decided to get bangs again and am also excited about that.

Time for boring dishes…reality can be such a drag.

Day 23 - Me Time

I’m back and 24!!!

And all I want right now is a little “me time.” I feel very much in the need of a day or 2 of just vegging out with nothing to do. But with our apartment being fairly close to a disaster zone and my life being equally as close, I think I will have to wait until the weekend to truly have a little “me time” and catch up with my magazines and Shopaholic.

But I think there are a few things that will get me to the weekend:

- My birthday party girl dress which I will post a picture of as soon as I take one. Maybe I’ll try it on just for kicks.

- Some WILAY episodes since it has been forever since I’ve gotten to see one.

- Knowing that my many mosquito bites from Texas will have to go away eventually.

- Coming home and remembering all the cutesy little things I got for my birthday.

- Oh, my parents impending arrival of course. Will be so nice!

In other news, talked to Oldest Sister today who informed me that she figured out why I like WILAY. Said she finally noticed Holly’s short skirts and it all makes sense because I am also quite fond of wearing short shorts or skirts for that matter.



^ So not the reason I like the show, but I can appreciate and relate to her taste in clothing.

If I were in school I would totally be shopping for school supplies. Not sure why I thought about this, but it actually seems like it would be fun. Man, I really want an office job, so I can buy a ton of cutesy office supplies. Then I would be known as The Girl with the Cutesy Office Supplies (if you read Shopaholic, this may sound familiar).

And I could go back-to-school clothes shopping! I would get scarves and boots and a bunch of clothes in brown and yellow and green. And of course a load of little jackets!

On a final and completely different note:

I saw the layout of Brad and Angelina’s kids and poor Maddox! He only gets one picture (of the 19 pages) and it’s a profile…although there is another, but he has Shiloh sitting on him so you only see him legs and arms. At first I wondered if he was going through an awkward stage, but he isn’t, he is just left out.

Day 17 - Cheer Up Buttercup

I have been in a major funk. And it’s time for it to end.

So, while I have been dwelling over all the annoying, sucky things going on, I’ve decided to focus on the fun and exciting things that are coming up.

Now here is my list of upcoming fun!

- I get to cover a wonderful event with huge names and while I completely think I’ll be a bit of a mess, it’ll be a huge accomplishment and I think I need to start thinking of it that way.

- My sisters are coming! Finally, I get to have some family visit me out here! While it’s been stressful getting ready and making sure all pieces are in place, I can’t wait to see them and know it will be an absolute blast.

- Martini is coming! My middle sister has the best dog ever and he is making a trip out to California (possibly to become a movie star).

- Movie screening Monday. It’s a small movie, but I get to take LE and my oldest sister to it, so I feel pretty cool. Very excited that I get to take my sister to a fancy, private, advance screening with comfy comfy seating.

- Chelsea Handler Show!! Finally I get to go to a taping. I’m so excited to see her in person and I hope she has a super great guest on the show.

- Possible studio tour. Oldest sister and I might go on a tour. And while this is totally lame in a way, I foresee a million laughs along the way. Plus we’ll probably get yelled at or in trouble or kicked off the lot.

- My hero - Greg Behrendt (He’s Just Not That Into You). LE and both sisters and I are going to his show next week. I am sooooo excited. And I can tell him I was probably the only person in the world who watch his short-lived talk show everyday.

- My bowling gift card. Finally going to use it with my visitors. Nice to get something for free!

- I do have an interview with a company that publishes a couple of magazines. Unsure about it as of now, but it’ll be interesting to hear what the job would entail and if it’s what I want to do that could easily sway me.

- My birthday is in about 2 weeks. While I do not like to make a huge deal out of my birthday and get rather overwhelmed once it gets here, I think I will be OK this year. I’m just going to let people fawn over me and do whatever they want and take it easy. Ha.

- I will soon have had a Sprinkles cupcake.

- I’m working my way through all the Shopaholic books and love them and can totally relate to Becky, although it’ll be sad when I’m done with them.

- My sister’s calendar for California. My oldest sister and I figured out how to make and share a calendar on Gmail, so we can add things and stay organized, but we can both use it and we are having so much fun with it.

- Griffith Observatory. Oldest sister and I are going to go and she’s going to say, “What are you rebelling against?” To which I will respond, “What have you got?” And then we’ll drive off a cliff.

- Doggie beach with Martini. Have I mentioned how fabulous and gorgeous he is???

OK, that’s about all I can think about for now. But now I am super excited and feeling better.



^ So not how I will be greeting my sisters at the airport. Sorry girls!!

Day 3 - So This Is Why They Don't Have Pets

Finished up in Ontario, blah blah blah and came home today feeling all calm and zen until I walked in the front door.

My cat Barbar has been getting sick. Well not all the time, but he gets hairballs (at least we think it’s him because we don’t have evidence to the contrary), but I got home to him having been sick which is not a pleasant thing to come home to at all. So zen was gone and now I know why Holly and Val never had a pet. The reality is soooo not glamorous. Although I wouldn’t trade my little monster for the world.



But alas, my apartment, clothes and everything would probably all be in a lot better shape. Wonder if this is how people feel after they have children? Probably.

Also came home to a bill from our apartment for when our toilet overflowed because we have to have the worst plumbing ever. So, my Holly and Val-ness is put on hold because now I have to deal with these sucky little things. Did their toilet ever overflow? I know Val once got her hand stuck in it, but she had Vic to help her out. I guess this is better than having my hand stuck in a toilet.



Made a trip to the grocery store, my least favorite place in the world, but felt like it could be therapeutic if I really tried, but then they didn’t have my face wash, so I stood in the aisle trying to find a new one for about 15 minutes. I’m sure most women can sympathize.

So I’ve decided that today will be my day to crash and get off course a little as I have a million and one things that I should be doing right now. Plus a while ago I had completely organized and filed my emails, which have now gotten out of control and I’m struggling to find anything. I’ll get back on track with my plans tomorrow, after I enjoy some What I Like About You episodes later today.

Oh! But I did have a very glamorous moment in the mail when I got a major gift card to a hipster bowling alley that I covered an event at for one of my freelancing gigs! So roomie and I will definitely be making a trip to go bowling.

And on a weird note, The Doc called me last night to see if I wanted to hang out this week. What’s his deal? I texted him to let me know when he’s free and so far have gotten nothing back. I’m about ready to write him off completely, so very over this back and forth game.

Everyone should be crossing their fingers tomorrow because I will be making a major step in my goals, hopefully! I’ll explain more (although most know what’s going on) if everything goes well!

And one thing I definitely need to do is get the second Shopaholic book, I am soooo addicted thanks to my mom. I feel like I’m in withdrawal!