eep.

so i didn't take pictures.
because i was running late.
heheheheeee.
but my boo came!
and after i rode we gave
all the horses some nice little
treats i bought them.

it was lovely.

except i rode kismet.
and kismet is a handful.
a big handful.
they said he was "good for kismet", though.
lol i guess that says something right?
i still got it!

lol i act like it's been years.
it's not something you forget easily, anyways.

but i`ll take pictures next week.
i`m already feeling it, man.
i think i pulled a muscle.
eek.

-mints.

oh, and...

THREE DAYS.








thank goodness she got
a working visa.
<33

*(@&#*&@!!!

so, i`ve been on a really short
fuse the last couple days.
i have been mean to everyone at least
once a day, and i am not PMSing.
i was even mean to daren
and daren is one of the nicest
people i have ever met. and i
yelled at him. well kindof yelled.
i don't really yell.
i just get the 'tude;
and i say whatever i`m thinking.
and these are the whatever i`m thinkings
that people are not as pleased to hear.

also,let me tell you that a bad attitude
is NOT a good thing when you are
a cashier.
especially when customers try to
pay with canadian currency...
IN LANCASTER, AT A GROCERY STORE.
get out of here.
anyways.
i`ll get over it...

&you know why i will get over it?!
because i`m going riding tonight
for the first time in almost a year!
and it will be a weekly thing!
and i am so excited and derek
is going to come watch me.
<3.

i just went to lunch at olive garden
with jon, because he was home for a week
or two, and they were training kids at
the table next to us,
and took jon's chair when he went to the bathroom.
haha. it was yummy though.

now i am going to watch the tivo'd
episode of oprah about puppy mills
[yes, she did another one. and i missed the first one]
and wait for my boonani to come so
i can go riding.
oh! and i`m gonna buy batteries for my
camera because i never took enough
pictures of the horses or of me riding.

i will def. def. def. post some pictures!
for myself, obviously.



-mints.

one year;

is not a very long time, but...
derek and i discovered today that
TODAY is exactly a year since
our first means of communication.
since we didn't talk in person.
our first myspace message!

myspace. geez.



not much;
but at least he liked
my mohawk, right?

-mints.

OH AND A BIG FAT P.S.!





M.I.A. is in 6 DAYS!
AHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHH.
TORONTO HERE WE COME!
me, derek, and killa.
omgholla.
we're going to dance our
pants offffffffffffffffffffffffff!
AHHH I AM SO EXCITED.




-mints.

kitties.





so that's adrian, rocky, and mic
in the one with all three.
they're so small!
she found them homes already;
she's keeping two of them haha.

and now say hello to shooter&nyla;



DEHBABIES!

-mints.

and, could you tell me one more time that i am real?

well, i havent had much time to post.
i still want to post the kittens allison
is fostering.
wait, i can do that now!

okay but what i really wanted to discuss with myself
is the fact that there ARE things that cannot be explained.
i watched this oprah that was recorded the other day
about hypnosis and past lives. and i saw indiana jones which
is obviously not real, but the crystal skulls, are a real thing.
they come from mayan civilizations, and are these skulls
made of crystal, and scientists still can't figure out how
they made them 5,000 years ago, because for them to be as
perfect as they are, they would have needed lasers, or a
buffer. and they didn't. and legend is that these skulls were
sent from their gods.
and that the world is supposed to end
in 2012, and these skulls are supposed to be placed in a circle
to save the world.
there are supposed to be 13, i think we've found 12.
also, the skulls have energies and such things.
kinda creepy.

so anyways on oprah, i think it was dr.oz
that said we need to look around and wonder
how real the world really is.
that sparked my interest and got me thinking...
how many times have i been somewhere and things
have not felt real, like they weren't really
happening. i feel like that all the time.
i just blame it on my horrible memory.
but what do you think of coincidences, luck,
when everything seems to go your way,
or vice versa?
it blows my mind.

but these people who got hypnotized went back
to memories of past lives, and it explained
a lot of their current fears and whatnot.
i'd like to say i believe it all.
they knew a little too much information
about themselves, their surroundings,
and they really felt they were there,
grown men were crying and everything.
and they knew a lot about other people, too.
the one lady told the man all about his daughter
and wife, and his father, how he passed and all that
things she would not have known.
if the brain can really contain information
of past lives. the one lady said she had
been on earth 86 times.
then it's even more magnificent than i thought.
to hold that much information,
memories of 86 whole lives.
to instill those fears and everything in us still.
no matter how buried the information is, it's still there.
i guess i won't know until i die if this is for real.

and last but not least. aliens.
ive always been interested in aliens
ever since i was little. and the older i get,
i don't grow out of it...i just believe more.
i def. believe they are out there.
hello, area 51?
two of the aliens were dead, and one
was barely alive. they were REAL.
it's crazy to think of aliens flying down
on us, but...
i don't know. and i don't think looking on
planets is going to help us find them.
i think they live in another dimension.
and can you imagine what that dimension
might look like?
it's mind blowing.
and some people are too closed minded to imagine
the fact that there is another dimension, but
there is. there has to be other solar systems.
other galaxies.

i just want to make it clear that,
i do not believe in god in
any of this.

i also don't think that as humans, we have
a purpose on earth, i think that we are just
animals too advanced for our own good.
if a dog doesn't have a purpose on earth,
why would we?
i think while we're here we should just LIVE.
because that's really all we were made for,
to live and give life, and ENJOY
all the other living things.
if anybody asked me my purpose in life,
that's exactly what i'd tell em.
to enjoy it.


-mints.

back in the saddle.

i`m starting riding again
on friday at 5:30...
I AM PUMPEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!


DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK!


i`d like to compete at the fair this
summer, but we`ll see.

-mints.

sheeoom.

i think bailey is THE WORST
street to drive on.
i hate that drive! lol.
it's like everybody has
to be in front of somebody!
garrrr.

-mints.

ah,yes;

Flaws And All - Beyoncé



-mints.

well, you see...

sometimes i feel invisible.
sometimes i feel like a failure.
sometimes i feel like i have no voice.
sometimes i feel like i am not good enough.
sometimes i feel like i am too good.
sometimes i feel like i could do better.
sometimes i feel like it could only get worse.
sometimes i feel hopeless.
sometimes i feel scared.
sometimes i feel like nothing could phase me.
sometimes i feel love.
sometimes i feel hate.
sometimes i feel crazy.
sometimes i feel screwed up.
sometimes i feel alone.
sometimes i feel attacked.
sometimes i feel angry.
sometimes i feel broken.
sometimes i feel like i made the wrong decision.
sometimes i feel like i ruined a good thing.
sometimes i feel like i blame everyone else.
sometimes i feel like i take the blame for everyone else.
sometimes i feel like i make excuses for other people.
sometimes i feel like a one man army.
sometimes i feel violated.
sometimes i feel like i dissapoint.
sometimes i feel proud of myself.
sometimes i feel accomplished.
sometimes i feel anxious.
sometimes i feel like nobody wants to listen.
sometimes i feel like i have nothing to say.
sometimes i feel like i don't know who i am.
sometimes i feel invincible.
sometimes i feel defeated.
sometimes i feel like i don't know what i feel, exactly.

but i always feel like things will get better.
that there is something to look forward to.
that this is not the end.
and maybe that's a fault, maybe that's why
i get stepped on and am often dissapointed.
maybe i should stop finding the positives in
the negative; and just take things as they are.

but i'd like to think it keeps me sane.

because instead of wondering why people go crazy...
maybe we should wonder why they don't.


-mints.

dr.oz;

says you cry when you feel safe.


is that why i feel like crying
when i`m laying in bed with him
sometimes...


i hope it's something that positive.

maybe i am just effed up in the head.
sometimes i feel that i am.

-mints.

mar-a-lago.

oh, and the mar-a-lago turkey
burgers i made for dinner monday...
DELICIOUS!

i suggest you try them.
recipe courtesy of oprah.com.
y-o-m.

recipe here.

GG!

okay, so the season finale
of gossip girl...kinda weak.
so everybody falls in love with
everyone they shouldn't be in love with.
the end.
EXCEPT i CAN NOT believe chuck
did that to blair.
omg my poor beloved blair.
that's what she gets for getting
all WEAK and mushy.
i love blair, but that was a weak moment.
i love her because she is "the psycho bitch around here"
not because she is in love with chuck bass.
my poor baby.

i guess it wasn't that bad, kinda mushy, though.


sooo i am still gossip girl's number one fan.
and i can't wait til next season.


and house...i cried! i cried.
it was really sad.
derek didn't cry
and i don't think he got
why i was crying.

hey here's another shout out
to PMS. for making me cry over stupid
things, get really mad, and feel fat.
this is one of the worst
cases i have had in awhile,
but my cramps aren't that bad.
haven't needed any vicodin or anything yet haha.
i guess it's
PMS up, CRAMPS down.
or vice versa.
so basically it's
EVERYONE ELSES PAIN up, MINE down.
i am not being very nice.

-mints.

up,up, and away!

so i`m not babysitting nyla anymore,
allison was too tired to bring her
before work. lol.

so it's 12:30 and i just got up
off the couch and i`m going
to go grocery shopping.
i`m making turkey burgers tonight.
y o m.

i had the craziest dream.
i always have the craziest dreams.

man, i can't find my glasses.

and i found out yesterday i have
class today. only one.
my 3-5.3o
fantastico.
well, i don't have much
to write yet today.


-mints.

battery low. overflow.

well, i guess i`ll just let my phone die tonight.
i don't have my charger.

did a lot of thinking today. blame it on my PMS.
ah, gotta love our little friend, ladies.
i start thinking about a lot of things...
but can't finish them sometimes.
there are so many things that as conditioned human beings
it is so hard to wrap our minds around.
relationships, how they start...how they end.
love.
hate.
domesticated animals.
there are just so many things.
our brain and emotions are so complex
it's so hard to really understand.
i don't think anybody really understands.

then there are the everyday 'problems'
the little things that bother us,
that drive us crazy.

i try my best to rationalize situations
before i let the troops of rage and tears
come marching to the frontline.
i really, really try.
but then i come back to you, ladies...
you understand the symptoms of PMS.
which is another strange wonder of life.
i use the word wonder, lightly. eeeyikes.

i find myself staring into space
just thinking. but my mind races from
one thought to the next. it's like i can't
finish one thought, without another moving in.
it's kindof stressful, and really difficult
when i am emotional like this.
i felt like crying all week, i knew
this was coming. thank you, evolution;
for not forgetting to bless us with
menstruation and all the joy that it brings.

and a little note to YOU;
stop making it harder than it has to be.

other than that, i`m just a brat.
and once again i will remind you
that it is the PMS. or is it?

i`m watching nyla tomorrow,
rise and shine at 7.3o.

so for now i am going to honor
my r.s.v.p. to my invite to join
d.froze in alaska. goodnight.

-mints.

my, my.

what have i done?



anyways, went to the lemuria show/going away party
last night and it was fantastic.
i really like the ergs.
i love lemuria, but almost fell
asleep at the end of their set.
;[[[
i need sleep.

all in all, good show,
good cuddles.


-mints.

sucks.

derek got really sick,
we think it had something
to do with the hot tub.
hot tub rash or something,
but he is sicker than that.
i don't know but it's been
almost a week,
and i didn't get anything.

strange.

so he's gonna call his doctor again
tomorrow, i guess and we`ll see whats up.

i got my hair done again
it's red and orange.
holla.

and shooter had a playdate
with nyla
he is such a baby!
he will learn, i`m sure.

and my ex is looking for a
HOTTIE HOT HOTTIE.
anybody want a date?
he'll be really nice
to you and
maybe you`ll get dinner.
;]]]]]]

-mints.

i can breathe under fjakfjdlkfj waterrrrrrrrr.


so i discovered that i am
better with watercolor
pencils than i am with watercolor paints!
i will have to work on my skills.
i guess i am much better with
pencils in general.
as you can see, my painting skills
sucked so bad;
my fishie's eyes started bleeding.


i tried, i really did.


here's one of the tattoos i drew
for someone at work.

it's her kids' names.
and it's big across her lower back.

it was copied kindof weird but,
you get the point.



that's a photocopy of my original drawing.
hopefully she'll get me a picture of her tat.
not that my artwork can really be judged
by the tattoo artist's job
or interpretation of it.

la di da.


okay well i`m really tired from
workin&looking for a wedding outfit.
joe pops is gettin married, watch out.

and...there was no hot tub party.
;[[[[

but tomorrow will be a fabulous day because
i only have one class...
MY LAST CLASS OF THE SEMESTER,
and i am taking shooter to allison's
to play with nyla.
and i am getting my hair done!
YAY!

k, le snooze.

-mints.

the air is so clean here.

such an open feeling.
it feels good.

thank you.


-mints.

well, it was fun while it lasted.

i took my clavicle piercings out.

i took out the one that wasn't
done right.
left it with one for a few days...
then i started to think it looked
pretty trashy just having one.

and then i thought i would just leave
it til i got the other one redone anyways.

BUT the "good" one started acting funny.
and was kindof uncomfortable with
my bathing suit so...
out it came.

i hope the scars stay, honestly.


time to ponder on my next one.



also, my sister and i got an invite
from a neighbor boy for a
block party on the 21st of june
for the longest day of the year.
everything there will be served
"long."
haha.
long neck beer bottles, foot long hot dogs,
spaghetti noodle salad, and everything
will be served on a ladder.
i think this is a pretty neat idea.
i`m kindof excited for it.

and tomorrow is hot tub party with
pat sub.
s'mores and tubbin with EFA.
or half of EFA, anyways.

as long as my sister doesn't act a fool, at least.


meh.


-mints.

flaw in the design...

i was thinking as i was driving...
over evolution i think there is
one thing that was never finalized.
not the ONLY thing, but one...
are we as a species
monogomous by nature, or not?

i find myself on both sides
of the fence sometimes.

penguins have life mates.
while dogs do not.

humans often choose life mates,
but do not remain faithful.
or do not choose a life mate at all.

don't get me wrong, there are people
or couples
who are completely faithful.
i`m pretty sure of that.

also, those people that DO
cheat on their partners...
are still upset at the thought
of their partner cheating on them.

perhaps when it came down to it,
this was not something that
was important enough to determine
certain life or death in
the circle of life, so it
was left open-ended.

but it makes for
major dramatics
and lots of tragedy.
maybe it was left up to
us as means of entertainment?


-mints.

see, see, see

i`m a go get-ta and he a go get-it.

tat ta tatat ta tt at ta ta .


i am happy.
no time to be sad.

my boo is the best
naniface nanana boozaza
cutiechacha face in
the world.<3

-mints.
i want to feel new again.


-mints.

well, you see....

telling THE truth;
is different than telling YOUR truth.


this is not directed towards anybody.



seriously, it's not.


and shooter has fishbutt
>BARF.


-mints.

awwwwdebehbehs.

awww allison brought nyla over
and she is so cute.
and her and shooter are going
to fall in love.
even though he was so scared
of her, that he hid his face in the couch.
i have videos,
i will post them when i post the police vids.
hahaha. ha.
i don't have much time this
week, it's a prom week,
and the week before mother's day.
very busy in the floral dept.


also, we got a hot tub at my sister's
house. it's mad sweet.
it's a "softub"
and the lights change colors and it's
the hotness so
me and derek are going to have
a hot tub party since he didn't
want to go in it tonight.
and pat was gonna ride his bike over!
le partay pooper.

speaking of prom week...
i made THE most ridiculous corsage yesterday.
i will post a pic tomorrow if i have time.
and one more thing...

I GOT MY FREAKING GLASSES!
and some good news.

so i am in a fantastic mood.
RATHER fantastic.


i love you all!
muah, muah, muah!


-mints.

hm.

it's almost been a year since derek and i
started talking.
it FLEW.

i feel like it was just
yesterday.

wow.

-mints.

mochaloca peapod.

i am MAD.
okay.
they said my glasses would be ready friday.
then monday.
then today.
NOW THURSDAY.

okay.
so this always happens to me.

i`m in a BAD mood.
EF the world.
i`m getting my gun.

-mints.

layin the smack down.

so i didn't post the videos yet.
nobody reads this anyways.

last night was drama filled and
fantastic at the same time.

okay so also, gossip girl
is the best show of all time
those of you who watch, KNOW IT TOO!

i have to go to work 11:30a-8p ew.

other than that,
i went to sister's wake yesterday.
i can't believe she was 97!
the other nuns were telling us
how she wasn't afraid to die,
and how she always had fun.
which makes me happy.

we saw pictures of her before
she went into the convent
and she had on a flapper
dress and she was sooo pretty.
she went in when she was 17, though.

then i went to allison's and caught up on
some drama and watched gossip girl
and addressed a problem that better be solved
this week or i will take matters
into my own hands...
hence 'layin the smack down.'
;]]]]]

then i came back to dereks
and we helped our little
daren out with some girly probs.
and... ate french fries.

agh i gotta go
get ready for work.
this sucks.

oh, and my glasses are
ready today but i work
til 8 so they will
be closed!
maybe i can have derek pick
them up.

-mints.

rooooxxxxannnneee.

i don't know what happened to my
editing capabilities
but i really hate typing
on this side of the page.
anyways, i was on the toilet when
roxanne started, which mad me sad.
BUT...the entire show was PERFECT!
elvis costello&the police.
i have videos.
poor quality videos.
and 0 pictures.
because i thought cameras wouldn't be allowed.
but i guess they were.
unfortunate for those of you
who weren't there.
but i still got to experience it!
i`ll post some of the videos.

TECHNOLOGIKS!

i switched to an ionic
hairdryer...
and let me just tell you...
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
yesssssssssss.

-mints.

gatfreakingdangit.

i was supposed to pick up my new
glasses today but now
they won't be ready until monday/tuesday.
i hope i can still see the stage!
;[]

-mints!

stumbling on happiness.

i picked up this book
at border's yesterday after work.
i picked up a lot of books actually,
but this is the only one i decided to buy.

i think it might teach me some things
about myself and about
truly being happy.
i like it so far.

it opened with this quote;

"one cannot divine nor forecast the conditions
that will make happiness; one only
stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour,
at the world's end somewhere, and holds
fast to the days, as to fortune or fame."

-Willa Cather, "La Lavandou," 1902.


so far from my understanding is that you
really cannot plan your happiness.
and i believe that to be true.
sounds good !

the back of the book is what really caught me, though...

"why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity
then for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? why will sighted people pay more
to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain sight?..."

etc, etc.
i don't feel like typing it all...
but you get the gist.

-mints.

heart of broken glass.


video going here instead.
i know it's poor quality and sideways...
but all you really need to know
is that he is singing heart of glass
and winning
and his smooth dance moves
knocked over a table
and broke a glass.



minty cupcakes idol boo.




so, the cupcakes are fabulous.




and derek came over after
practice and we played american
idol on wii.
and i have a fabulous video
of derek singing heart of glass.


we rocked it though.
i won a round and he won a round.
and that's whats up.

TOMORROW IS THE DAY TO DANCE OUR PANTS OFFFF.

and yes, fabulous is the word of the day.

-mints.

cakes!

derek is at band practice
and i am about to make some FABULOUS
cupcakes.
it feels good to be HOME home.
even though i have really only lived here
[with my sister]
for a few days
since i moved in.
now that derek has a car
i`d like to be here more often.
we got a hot tub, too so holla!
yeah so i`m gonna go make these behbehs.
i`ll share with you all later.
btw;chocolate covered strawburr cupcakes.
yom.
-mints.