All Work and No Play...

...makes a person REALLY cranky.

Well, not really. I think some people get cranky when work takes on over their entire life.

For a person who lost interest in checking out the bar/club scene long before I turned 21, I look at this one co-worker of mine who seems to love going out pretty much every night. She said it's a way to socialize, mingle and meet men. Well meeting a guy at a bar or some party where booze flows almost freely, I doubt you'll land an honest-to-goodness Mr. Right! Most often than not they're just Mr. RIGHT NOW and after a quick tumble in the sack, you'll be lucky if you hear from him again and he doesn't turn out to be the stalker of the century in your life!!!

I get pissed off coz I work all the effing time and I hardly have any funds to use for my pleasure. Bill payments and whatnots always comes first, and by the time I am all caught-up paying it all there's hardly anything left for me to splurge on something.

What the heck kinda world are we living in now anyway?! You work your arse off for what?! Sometimes you can barely make ends meet. And some people wonder why others hold down how many jobs in one lifetime. -shakes head-

Music of My Youth...

Boyzone...Take That...East 17...the Backstreet Boys...New Kids on the Block...Let Loose...Michael Learns to Rock...Bon Jovi...

Browsing YouTube this evening and stumbling across certain videos (mostly fanvids) featuring songs sung by boy bands I used to go crazy over with, I can't believe how time just passed me by. 12 years ago I was going gaga along with a group of my closest gal pals in our old living room in one of our two apartments squealing in girlish glee at the sight of Boyzone performing their current hit song.

Just the other night I was listening to my Backstreet Boys greatest hits album and their very first single, We've Got It Goin' On, was played. I was instantly transported back in time when I was in grade 10 and I ran for my 10th grade student council rep position (which I won, btw). My fellow 'party' members had to perform during our campaign and since we all liked to dance, we wanted to dance to a song that nobody else has used, and since BSB, at the time, was still 'fresh' and their song was just the right teeny-bopperish pop sound, we latched on to it and watched the video for it, copied some of the dance moves and incorporated some of our own.

It was a blast. I was transported back in time yet again to the day two of my closest gal pals went home with me to watch the video and practice the moves. I dunno how long we were practicing, but I remember losing my voice the next day! Over all it was an awesome experience and left quite an imprint in my life...

Gas Price Hike-Up...or Down!

-gasps- OMG! Am I psychic or AM I PSYCHIC?!

I pulled up at the gas station en route to work this morning coz my baby's nearing empty (don't want that flashing red/orange light driving me nuts telling me I am almost outta gas!!!). I looked at how much gas I still have left and while driving I was thinking how much I'll be spending just to fill 'er up (today's payday and also the day my car insurance and car payment gets taken off -- and however how much I earned this paycheque will just go to pay for those two!!!). I was thinking to myself "Oh, I think $60 bucks will be my full tank." But at the same time I am hoping that I will be spending less.

I got to the gas station, pulled up at the pump, and since they take debit/credit card payments right on the pump, I don't have to go inside and wait in line (if I did I'll probably really late for work). I was asked after I swiped my debit card if I want a fill up, so I said 'yes' and my eyes nearly bogged out when it said it was authorizing for a $110 fill-up!!!!!! I know they're just guesstimating, right? But spending that much to fill up a tank of gas?!?!?!?!?!?!? So yeah, anyway, I remained cool and waited until I was told by the machine to grab the nozzle and start pumping gas. I was watching it and...dangit! For a 53L gas fill up I was a few cents short of a $60, so I kinda slowly filled 'er up and made sure that I spent $60 on gas.

I can't believe I was right about that. Before the cost to fill 'er up when I am close to empty is less than sixty!!! I hope the closing down of that Alaskan pipeline due to leakage ain't gonna cost us all an arm and a leg! I've had it with $1.14/L -- when I started driving way back in '98/'99 the cost per litre was I believe $0.45/L!!!! Well, okay, maybe I was wrong, but there was a point in time when it was that low the cost per litre for gas!!!

This is driving me nuts! Why must they hike up the price then lower it by midday then jack it up again before the end of the day?!

a So-So Wedding

Just got home from attending my cousin's wedding reception. I was supposed to be at the church too, but other responsibilities (like picking up mother dearest from work and hopefully make it in time for the church ceremony) kept me from attending. I did manage to catch up to the party before they left the church though and congrulated them there.

I've been to how many weddings in my life and each one of 'em I have something to complain about. But nothing too drastic. This wedding, however, is different in a way that it felt like a burden of some sort that I just wanted to get it over and done with and forget about it for as long as I live!

Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions; the blushing bride and the proud groom. When I looked at the bride and groom...well, for starters they don't look like they're glowing! Even when I attended the wedding rehearsal it seemed strained. But maybe that was because I attended the affair with a somewhat closed eyes and an inert anger/annoyance that I don't want to be there. I couldn't find it in myself to be happy for the couple. Maybe in a way I was happy for them, but deep down inside I think they're trying so damn hard to shift the attention towards them (they announced their engagement while we were busy preparing for my brother's wedding last year). Maybe if the timing was right I would've been more receptive of their announcement and actually felt proud and be happy for them.

BACK IN THE GAME!

I dunno what came over me, but for some odd reason I am on a roll writing fanfiction stories yet again. I thought I am over writing fanfiction stories and just concentrate on writing original fiction stories that I hope to get published someday, but sometimes this brain of mine needs a little distraction and writing fanfiction stories helps.

Of course given the right mood songs and my creative juices are flowing! -LoL- Of course the only fandom I ever write fanfics for is Harry Potter and I ship the fire & ice ship (meaning the Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley ship! -LoL-). You can read it here -- it's entitled Angel of Mine. I initially called it Until You're Back Here for lack of anything else to call it ( I needed a working title so I just picked a random title off the top of my head while listening to BBMak!). Then nearing the end of the first chapter, something I wrote one of the characters thought of struck me as the perfect title for the fic hence calling it what I ended up calling it. -LoL-

Right now with the way things are going I need something to distract me before I end up strangling someone's neck! My cousin's wedding is this weekend and...well, let's just say that I ain't really 100% for it and as much as possible I don't want anything to do with it, but hey, I'm family so I have to be there -- it's only common courtesy too since they were present at my brother's wedding last year. -sighs-

Oh bugger this sense of decorum or whatever you wanna call it!

Wedded BLISS

OK, here's this something that I just want to find an answer to.

Ya'll know a lot of people these days move in together first then later on decides to get hitched, right?

To me moving in together before tying the knot kinda defeats the purpose of you looking forward to spending the rest of your life with the person you married. I mean, you already moved in with him, for Pete's sakes! Isn't the whole point of getting married is for you to enjoy marital bliss with your lifetime partner? Start from the very beginning; get to know each other some more now that you are living as husband and wife legally! Where will all the excitement be in a newlyweds' lives if they'd already been living together like husband and wife before officially tying the knot?

With that said, here is my burning question:
Living Together: MOVE IN BEFORE Getting Married or MOVE IN AFTER Getting Married?

BACK TO SCHOOL...

I know it's July still, but I received in the mail a week or so ago a catalogue book for courses offered at one of the colleges here in the city. I flipped through it and found some courses I am really interested in taking.

I am torn, however, on whether to take the languages course I've been wanting to learn for so long OR take a writing course to help me out with my dream to become a published author someday (hopefully someday soon, but I know I have to learn so much more before I get to where I want to be).

Both courses offered are part-time courses and the classes starts after I'm done work during the week. One of the courses are offered on Saturdays, which is way more convenient for me, but the other courses were offered during certain days of the week day.

Hmm...tough decision to make. I need to really think about this carefully. And I have to register ASAP if I want to get in for the fall semester!!!

Tired? I Did SOMETHING About It!

I feel 25% guilty and 75% better. I rarely play hooky at work, but when my body starts screaming enough or I will explode, I listen to it and just -- even though I hate doing it -- gave myself a day off from work.

I am still feeling a bit tired today, but when I slept through my alarm clock this morning and I had this nasty headache looming at the back of my head, I knew I needed to call in sick and take a rest. Relax my body, my mind, my everything! Tomorrow I'll be back to my 100% self and...well, hopefully my week will end differently. I kinda didn't like the way this week started off for me. It was slow and...lotsa annoying clients/customers!

Mood Swings

mood swing n.
Alternation of a person's emotional state between periods of euphoria and depression. [courtesy of dictionary.com]

Lately I've been having quite a lot of 'mood swing' episodes, especially at work. I often wonder as to what it could be about. Could it be because I am getting so damn effing fed-up with my job that hardly pays me enough to do so many things? Or could it be because I am getting fed-up with some of my co-workers who brings nothing BUT drama to the work place?

I just want to get away and do nothing for a full week. I have a holiday vacation, but that won't be in effect until December this year (yep, the pitfalls of having the lowest hold on seniority at work for full-timers). -sighs-

December looks so far away right now. I need and want to go on at least a week-long holiday! I need to relax my whole body and just...sleep...

Any ideas on how I can relax even though I am working my arse off still? Kinda hard to accomplish, I know, but hey, I'll try it if it will help me get off this ever-changing mood swing wagon of mine.

ESCORTS: a nicer term for Prostitutes

What would make you turn to this kind of profession?

Some people turn tricks for some quick cash 'coz let's face it: sex sells.

Some people say they turn to this kind of trade out of sheer desperation. It's easy money for those who stopped furthering their education after high school or maybe way before the graduated from high school.

It's not a safe, easy trade to be a part of. Just read the news and watch it on television. Quite a lot of female "escorts" turn up dead or disembodied after encountering a very bad john.

Would you risk your life for this kind of profession?

Bottomline is quite a lot of people -- mostly young women -- turn to this profession solely for the lure of easy money. They'd turn a blind eye to the complications that came with the job; as long as they have a job and there's food on the table, that's all that matters...