Okay so the weekend before last I went to the movies with Lauren - She was up from NC visiting her family for Thanksgiving. We went to the movies to see New Moon because we have this whole Twilight thing. As I am on the metro heading to New Carrollton this guy is standing by the train doors. He looks in my direction and decides that he wants to sit next to me.

His fingernails are longer than mine and they are yellow. His nose looks like he hasn't cleaned it in a month of Sundays and he smells bad. I have on headphones listening to music and I am playing around on my phone - pretty much doing everything under the sun to ignore this guy. He asks me what my name is - I tell him. He asks me what I'm listening too - I ignore the question and when he keeps pestering me I say "music." He then proceeds to talk about his baby momma. He asks me for my number and I say "No." He then proceeds to talk to his friend sitting in the seat in front of him about needless shit to make himself feel better. He also talks about how he is better than most other guys.

He asks me where my other half is - at this point I am desperate for this douche to leave me alone so I say he's in Florida visiting his parents for Thanksgiving. He asks why we aren't together and I tell him it's because our families are in different states. He then goes to say that this is unacceptable and if we were together I would have to be with him. I then go on to say it doesn't always work like that and describe my relationship with my "boyfriend." How kind, caring, and hot he his. I tell him we have been together for 3 years and that we are apartment hunting together, etc.

I was on the train for 30 minutes and this guy just did not get it. When we got to New Carrollton I all but ran off the train and to Lauren.

Why me? Arrggh.

Okay. So I have terrible teeth and I have to have a lot of filling done. I went to the dentist yesterday for a marathon session - fillings on the top right, bottom left, and bottom right.- I opted to have them down with a laser instead of a drilling. It was virtually PAINLESS! There were no needles, no vibrations, and no annoying sound. My mouth wasn't numb and I wasn't drooling all over myself. There is no need for any recovery time.

There was a popping sound that reminded me of popcorn and a burning smell. I was there for an hour and got the majority of the work done that was needed. I have to go back for two more fillings that should be as easy as the first ones. My jaw is a little achy but well worth it.

The moral of the story is that if you need to get fillings and you have the money do laser filings. The total cost for yesterday was about $1000 but with insurance I only had to pay $180 - that includes the $50 copay that I have.

Fall!

Now The dark begins to rise
Save your breath it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Nows your chance to run for cover
I don't want to change the world
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere
All is lost again, but I'm not giving in

I Will Not Bow, I Will Not Break
I Will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

Fall!

Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to heaven
All is lost again, but I'm not giving in

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold blooded, fake
I will shut the world away

You're right!

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold blooded, fake
I will shut the world away

Fall!

So lately I've been uber restless. I can seem to sit still. Maybe it's because I'll finally be moving out of this apartment soon or maybe it's because I really need to get to the gym.

I really wanna go biking. I haven't been in sooooo long. I've wanted to go all summer. There is a really awesome trail in downtown Silver Spring that I'm hoping to check out. It should be a really good work out.

I finally found the bed frame I want. It's sooooo pretty! I'm ordering it on Friday! I already have a canopy and fire fly lights for it. ohhh this is going to be amazing. Final step finding a box spring and choosing a wall paint color.



I found this after an unsuccessful trip to mattress discounters with Aurora. How in the hell does a bedroom furniture place not have any full size bed frames? How is that possible?!

Work has been slow this week. I guess I better enjoy it while it lasts.


also I want another tattoo. who wants to go with me?

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
By Francis Scott Key 1814



Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

well alrighty then.

Vegas is a blast. Last night Janay and I went to see Thunder from Down Under. It was absolutely amazing! We got to take a group shot with the guys and I got a solo picture with Donovan. They wouldn't let us use personal cameras because of the nakedness. I really wanted to get a picture os Janay when she was on stage but I couldn't. Damn!

We have been ripping and running since we got here. I'm tired but there is absolutely no reason to stop!

This has been the best vacation I've had in a looong time. We've gone shopping, gotten massages, seen shows, been up and down the strip, and tonight we are going to club it up St. Patty's Day style in Vegas!

Pictures to come soon.

So the job is going well. it's insane crazy busy right now. we started a new project and are hiring lots of new people.

as great as work is going it's pretty boring. i pretty much work and come home. i haven't went out to party in a long time......booo

i wanna go to adams morgan. whose coming with me?

Over the past few day I have developed a theory on my Obama won both the electoral college and the popular vote....There have been 8 years of a republican nightmare that the majority of the American people are tired of. This country is ready for a change. The USA is in a major financial recession...to the point where foreign economies are being heavily affected. The two candidates that were upon for election varied in one important way. One wanted to stay the course and continue on the path that the Bush administration set (random insert...the idea to tax health care benefits was absolutely asinine..it was on his campaign website as a way to raise government revenue)and the other realized that change was needed.

Those that criticize Obama with being inexperienced have yet to realized that the President does not have absolute authority. There is a Senate, a House, and a Presidential cabinet. I believe that these sections of the government was act as a balance to policies and ideas put forth by the president elect.....I mean if they haven't seen what failure to do so can lead to they need to look at the past 8 years.

I for one am excited to have a young(er) president because over the past few years I have learn that young people have a uncanny ability to recognize that change has to occur. While I do not agree with every aspect of Obama and his campaign I do realize that his campaign was based on people working together within the confines of their own FREEDOM to seek out a better America. Yes he has a moral and ethical agenda that he would like to apply to the America people but he was not out to force it on us through laws and policies. The only mar that thus election carried was that people still continue to discriminate against those that are different whether it be race, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that create difference and diversity.

This election goes down in the history books of not just America but the world. The world watched and held it's breath to see if the America people would realize that not everyone has the right to vote, to chose not only who they follow but also who the allowed to lead them.

I am and have always been anti the Bush administration for one basic reason: If the man elected President could not take the time to learn how to deliver a speech with out nervousness or stuttering how could he possibly take the time to learn how to lead his country into prosperity? How could not speak his words with conviction and believe that his country would follow? I believe that the people draw from the strength of its leader in good times and bad times but what happens when the the strength is not there?

It has been a rough 8 years for those not financially able to insulate themselves. We also know that it will take time to undo all the damage that has been done. It is not possible to immediately fix everything that has gone wrong. But I have something that I didn't have 4 years ago. Hope.

I apologize for my political soap box rant but I had to get it off my chest.....I have a religious soap box rant that is brewing but that is for another day.


NO PROP 8. I refuse to believe that God rules based upon hatred, intolerance, and discrimination. That just does not make sense to me.


My mama always told me that I could grow up to be whatever I wanted to be and on November 5, 2008 I believed her.

okay so lets start off with the good news: I have a new job. w00t! I work in silver spring. yay!

I have been craving sushi like no other. I've had it like 3 times in 3 days. somebody stop me!

yoyo cafe is one of the best sushi places in silver spring. their Chinese food is crap but their sushi is amazing.

the bank (bad) news is someone hacked my paypal account and stole a crap load of money from me. I've been fighting  Bank of America and PayPal to get this money back but they don't make it easy. It was really easy for someone to steal money from me but it's hard as hell for me to get it back. bah! I am switching banks when I start my new job. I have had enough!

I want to be like Jeanne Calment and live until I am 122.

I turned 21.
I had 21 drinks.....i was fine until the 151..thanks Aria and Darian.
I got a tattoo....and now I want another one.
I found an apartment......now all I need is a decent job.
I learned that Conferences blows.
My little brother is a prick and annoys the fuck out of me. This is the last time I go on vacation for a week with him.
Growing up makes me die inside.
I don't like it when people question me.
Sometime I prefer being alone.
I don't always want to talk to people....silence is golden.


i'll finish this later

In the last 48 hours I have worked 40 of them. People have been stuck in elevators, rooms, a building flooded, and I've been cussed out in 3 or 4 different languages.  If i didn't have Lauren, Janay, and Andres I'd have to choke a bitch.

The next little kid that hangs out of a window, gets stuck in a elevator, or sticks their finger in a sprinkler is going to get kick in the head.

The parents are actually being decent. I love the supervisors that I work with (and Katie). Odyssey of the Mind is a nightmare because Intelligent kids are actually the dumbest ones.

June 4....please get here soon.

Okay so I got a D in the french class. sooo mad because I got all As and Bs except for that one stupid class. I still had a semester gpa of 3.1 but it could have been sooo much better. ARGH!!!!!

I now am an official graduate of the university of maryland. w00t!!

work is kicking my ass....it's only thrusday and i have 35 hours for this week (that's with only working like 4 hours on memorial day).....I have a 12+ hour day tomorrow......oh dear lord.......

I just need a D. Please for the love of God give me a D.

Olivia.