Disgusting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8062705.stm

I heard about this incident before, but was reminded of it when I saw the article on BBC. Every time I see an article like this I get a terrible, sick feeling in my stomach. I hate to think that I'm part of a group that has people who would do this kind of thing. Three guys holding a 14 year old girl down so a fourth one can rape her? WTF?

It disappoints me, but I guess it shouldn't surprise me, since crap like this happens everywhere. There are some truly terrible people in the world.

Break out the party hats!

My brother and almost-sister-in-law-Leah (as opposed to party hat wearing Leah [although I'm sure Leah isn't opposed to party hats {are there people opposed to party hats?}]) are getting married in just over a week! I'm freaky excited. I just picked up my bridesmaid dress from getting altered, and it's adorable (or, you know, whatever adjectives bridesmaid dresses are supposed to have) and I'm leaving for Atlanta in a few days and it will be great fun for all. If stressful fun. Oh well.

Leah had told me (in a meandering way through the use of pictures and idontreallycare) that I was aiming for bronze strappy shoes (at least, that's what I got out of the pictures). I ended up buying a shoe that looked nice, but now I'm convinced look like fancy heeled flipflops (it's the straps. I don't know what I was thinking). So, LeahandMark, if I ruin your wedding by showing up in fancy flipflops, I'm sorry!

In other news, I'm totally not dead. I'm just lazy and antisocial feeling. I promise that I'll make more friend-like effort after I get back from Atlanta.

Also, I'm sure we discussed this at the beginning, but are these DinosaurParty Hats or Dinosaur PartyHats? Because I see no dinosaurs either way.

Trip to Vegas

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Val and I took a trip to Vegas a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun time, but we were definitely ready to go home when the trip was over. We missed doing a couple of things, like going downtown (actually, we were just too lazy to drag ourselves over there) and going to a nightclub (we were too poor for the ridiculous entry fees), but it was very relaxing and we did get to see a Cirque du Soleil show. I took him to dinner for his birthday; although his birthday isn't until later this month, the trip was supposed to be a birthday celebration of sorts. We went to PF Chang's. Not the fanciest place ever, but I like it. I made him try the banana spring rolls because he LOVES bananas. After one bite he proclaimed it to be his favorite dessert, ever, haha. So if anybody knows a good recipe for banana spring rolls... please give it to me. Maybe even a good recipe for homemade coconut ice cream.

Here are some pictures. We spent a lot of time wandering around on the strip. Caesar's Palace is huge! We went inside the mall where I lamented about being a poor person unable to buy all of those fancy and expensive clothes. There was a beautiful white dress at BCBG but it was way too expensive. And also such a nice dress that I'd probably never have any occasion to wear it. There was a huge Japanese stuffed seal at FAO Schwarz, which Val bought for me the day we left (yes, he spoils me... a lot). Also, there is a gelato stand in the mall and Val had never had gelato before. So I convinced him to try some with me, before I saw the prices. Over $16 just for three flavors! (small portions, too). I was shocked! So it was over $30 for the both of us. And I love gelato, but not THAT much. And there was really nothing special about that particular gelato, either. If it was the most amazing gelato in the world, then maybe I could (sort of) understand the price. At first I thought the sign must be wrong, or that I was mistaken, but nope. It really was just that expensive. Maybe I am just too poor or ghetto but damn. $30 for two small cups of what is essentially ice cream just seems like way too much for me. But then it is Vegas. And all the other shops around there were expensive, too.

We ate at some random Mexican restaurant that I can't remember the name of, but it was tucked away in some corner of the mall. It was okay. We had a couple of drinks there, which were okay. All the drinks on the strip seemed pretty weak. Maybe they are strong in the clubs or something... but in all the casinos and restaurants they were super sweet, even to me. When a drink is too sweet for me you know that is pretty bad... haha. Anyway, I didn't mind so much, except that the drinks were also so expensive and then they skimped on the alcohol. But, listen to me. I sound like I only have complaints about the trip... but no, I had an awesome time.

The Cirque du Soleil show that we saw was KA at the MGM Casino/Hotel. The tickets were expensive but definitely worth it! I haven't seen any of the other shows but I really liked this one. The costumes were so beautiful; I really found myself wanting to paint/draw after we got out of there. It was really fun to watch. And there were some comedic scenes during the show, also. Unfortunately, they had a very strict no-cameras rule in the theatre so I couldn't take any pictures. But anyway, I definitely recommend seeing it. Or maybe a different Cirque du Soleil show. I assume that they are all pretty amazing.

Not sure what else to write about... oh, the food. Well, to tell the truth, we didn't go to a lot of unique and fancy restaurants. On our first night there we went to the buffet at The Mirage and completely overstuffed ourselves. We had been wanting to hit the casino afterward, but after dinner all we could do was slink back up to the room and into the bed to fall asleep. Except we couldn't even fall asleep because our bellies were so bloated. So worth it though. They had some kind of mashed sweet potato thing there and it was delicious. Seriously my mouth is salivating right now just thinking about it. I really wanted to go to that steakhouse at Circus Circus (since we kept seeing ads about how it was the number one steakhouse in Vegas... or something like that) but we walked to Circus Circus once and then didn't feel like walking back there again later that week. Also the area around there is pretty shady looking.

Man, I can't remember what else we did, besides a lot of much-needed relaxing and lounging around. Definitely nice until I make my trip to Phoenix later this summer (which really is not very relaxing at all). Not a whole lot going on, otherwise. Val is gone for a couple of weeks so it's a little lonely without him, but it's not so bad since I know he'll be back soon. Pretty sure I'm going to collapse into a quivering mess when he leaves for Korea, though. Anyone have tips on a long distance relationship? I know I've already been through a couple, but hey, I'll take all the help I can get!

Books

On another note, I just wanted to mention this: I totally completely forgot that you guys had recommended some books for me. I went to Paperback Swap and ordered a whole bunch of terrible chick lit books. I am reading The Devil Wears Prada. The main character is 5'10" and weighs 115 pounds. She is considered to be fat.

WHAT

THE

ASS

Nobody ever updates

Well, neither do I, but nothing exciting ever really happens in my life. Everything I've done in the last few months can be summarized in this short post.

A couple of weeks before my birthday, I had to do 12 hour night shifts for an exercise on the base. Actually, I only ended up doing one full shift... On the first night they told me to not even bother coming in. On the third night I was only there for maybe 4 hours before they told all of us to just go home and keep our phones nearby in case we got called back (we never did). And then I didn't have to come back the next night, since the exercise ended early. A pretty easy week for me!

The week after that, I was put on "base detail". We did pretty much nothing. We took lunch from 10 to 1. One time we even left for lunch at 9. Then when we came back at 1, they told us to go home. An even more ridiculously easy week.

That weekend was my birthday, and it was amazing. Priscilla flew up from LA and got to meet some of my friends here. We went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse which was DELICIOUS. A couple of my friends from work threw me a party and we all went to the club afterward. My crippled boyfriend even came out with us and danced with me.

The weeks after that are kind of a blur.

I went to San Francisco last week and that was a lot of fun. We are going to Vegas this week. Staying at The Mirage! Maybe I can post some pictures for that. In fact, I will even post some pictures here. Let's see...

Oh man, hella sweet!

Okay so now I will post a picture from my birthday.

Yup. Anyway, I am pretty drunk in this picture. No makeup. I was late to my own birthday party so I didn't even do my hair or anything. I guess it doesn't really matter when you are in a dark club, though. I fell down so many times; there were stains all over that dress. I had to take it to the dry cleaners twice to get it all out. Thank goodness it looks good as new now, because that dress was expensive.

Right, well, hope everyone is doing well!

Boot Invasion

My friend Priscilla flew in last night so I am very excited about this weekend. We're heading to San Francisco for a few hours in a bit here, then after that is my birthday party!

I am so hungry, but I've been putting on too much weight this week. Too much eating out and not enough exercise.

Sesame Street

I just spent the last half hour watching Sesame Street videos from the mid-late 80's. Did you know that seal character was named Wolfgang? And nobody believed that there really was a seal character! But there was! And it was super cute!

MY DEAREST LEAH

Give me a call (or text or whatever) when you come into town. I probably won't be over in Sac but... maybe!

So I spent about $80 on hair combs. Not those kinds you brush your hair with, but the kinds you use to hold hair up... or whatever. I don't know why I spent so much on them. I don't even know how to use them. I'm pretty sure they won't even stay in my hair, since my hair is so thin. But they were so shiny and pretty and so many different colors. After I bought those (on Etsy, by the way), I went over to Amazon and spent nearly $200 there... also on hair combs. LUCKILY my willpower prevailed and the browser was closed before I could confirm the order!

Basically what I'm trying to say is that I hate online shopping. I'm pretty sure if online shopping didn't exist then I would have a lot more money. A lot more money, and a lot less clothes/hair accessories/metal CDs. ...

Tonight I went to a really yummy sushi place for dinner. Then after that we went to this custard shop thing where you could mix all kinds of fruits and toppings in to... your... stuff. Like a self-serve Coldstone with frozen yogurt!

Work has been retardedly busy.

Last weekend I went to a party and got ridiculously drunk. I was the OLDEST PERSON THERE. Also, I think that was enough drinking for a while. I don't know how I managed to drink every weekend in Mississippi.

And that's about it, I guess.

Because Daddy is cow. …Cow that eats rice. I am special cow.

Hahaha, I love My Mom/Dad Is A Fob.


Mom: "All girls have rose. It no good to lose it early. Boys want to pick your rose, but you no let them. If every boy pick your rose, garden will be empty!! Then what give your husband then? No one will want to marry you. *dramatic sigh* Then you end up with old man with bad teeth, like Mama here."

http://mymomisafob.com
http://mydadisafob.com

What.

I just wanted to say that I can't believe Leah made a post. I haven't even read it yet. But I saw that pink and purple party hat and I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES.

In other news, I saw Gran Torino tonight. And yesterday I went to a casino and actually gambled a little bit of my own money (on the slot machines...). I won $80! And it was on a Star Wars machine, too!

EDIT: I still didn't finish reading the post. BUT LEAH

IF YOU ARE GOING TO SACRAMENTO YOU HAD BETTER FREAKING VISIT ME

I WILL BURN DOWN A CHURCH IF YOU DO NOT VISIT