im only starting this back up because blessen is a baby and won't convert to myspace. whore :-P

we'll see if i'll be as good as updating this as i used to....which wasn't very good

jackie comes home tomorrow! yay!

it has been sooo long since i wrote in this bad boy... so... HOLLER:-)

So lately i havent been doing much of anything except working, school work and partyin up with sunflower.

jackie came to visit and we had UBER good times... miss ya already dear :-*

this past weekend we had our jazz party... wasnt really there for much of it, but it was fun. we all looked SMASHING :-) after i left the jazz party, i headed to AEPi with crystal and some of the phi mud boys... we partied up there til it got busted up by the cops... good times were had by all... EXCEPT for the fact i lost my license there... i really hope mark finds it somewhere in the house.

so only 20 more days left of classes for this semester.. AND THEN almost ALL of my friends graduate and leave me. Crystal isnt graduating either, but she accepted a co op at IBM in Minnesota, so my apartment and summer/fall semesters are going to be oh so lonely :-( i'm going to miss everyone so much when they leave... cant even think about it right now.

cant think about anything right now.. must got study for abnormal

peace out

i hate valentine's day
i hate winter
i hate stupid boys
i hate being shy
i hate that im the only loser RPI girl without a bf
i hate total tan

::: not necessarily in that order :::

so many things aggrevated me or made me upset today, its a wonder i made it through the day without crying... although that came later...

mad props to chreitien for making me smile tonight...


on a happier note... i hit a new total tan world record for lotion sales $501.97 by the time i left at 6!! :-) go me!

i am so sick of everything. maybe this whole loan thing isnt working out for a reason. maybe its an out for me to leave rpi for good. to turn around and not look back. at this point, im tempted to take it.


brian came up for the week to spend time with crystal before he goes to europe for 6 weeks. things have been going REALLY well for her, which makes me super happy. Dude on the other hand has been completely miserable because of the whole situation... he kind of turning into an asshole because he isnt getting what he wants. the whole time we were ice skating today i just had an urge to beat his ass. i dont know... things seem cool when we are in class, but then the second we arent in the classroom he just starts acting like a dick..

:::fuck him:::

i havent talked to the farm in an UBER long time.. i really miss them :-\

other than being annoyed with dude theres nothing going on, i should get back to my homework.

peace

there has been a lot of craziness going down the past few weeks. i can't even begin to talk about all of the pain and heartache so many of my friends and family have been faced with. at this point though, all of my prayers are with ahren and angelina. i hope that everything works out for the best and angelina is born safe and sound.

classes have been a nightmare. i went into this semester thinking i could slack off (as i have the past 7 semesters) but i really dont think thats the case. although i'm taking relatively easy classes, they are all going to be a lot more work than i was expecting. ah well. its about time i put some effort in.

i am going to try to take a few non credit art classes this semester somewhere locally. i need to build up a portfolio that includes other things besides graphic design if i want to get into FIT. (which i do)

abnormal is probably the best class i am taking this semester, and only because there are so many good folk in it. I went in knowing that i was taking it with joe and vic, but was surprised to find out that jess was in it as well as john green! kat may pick it up as well, which makes me super excited!

i should probably finish getting ready so i can mosey on down to total tan. i have to work until midnight, but then hopefully we will do something fun. we were thinking possibly the big house, but crystal said she doesnt think joe will want to go becasue sheila got mad at him for ditching her last night... sorry sheila... but he ditched us too! ha

we'll see

peace out

well it's been about a few weeks... and a lot has happened...

california was absolutly B-E-Autiful... well, except for san fransico. i can;t understand why anyone would leave pebble beach to come to troy...

so much happened in california... crazy 8 mile walks to monterey, getting *shat on* (as jenna would say) by a seagull, whale watching, good times at the wharf, monterey bay aquarium, quality time at the jazz club, being mistaken for joe's wife by a crazy musician, garlic world (otherwise known as gilroy), in n out burger adventures, getting TRASHED in san fran... losing joe to tomas and nay nay... oy vay.... probably a lot more...but i cant get into it right now.....

classes start monday... not looking forward to that AT all...

hey....can someone light a fire under my ass to get on with this URP... i'm LAZY... haha

anywho...

i should try to get back to a normal sleeping pattern... so we'll chat later

so its been awhile. sorry

i left troy tuesday afternoon to venture to the b-lo. after i got here, i FINALLY had some REAL pizza and wings. yay! nick got home shortly after i did, so i hung out with him and my mom until about 9:30 or so. Jax called, so i met her and oia over there while deciding what we were gonna do. since it was tuesday, the obvious answer was Caputi's. umm, hi. apparently, that's no longer the cool place to go, and no. no one sent us the memo. I suggested heading to the duece since thats where my brother was, and hello, so was the rest of the class of 2000. haha. i got to see a lot of people that i hadnt seen in a really long time, and it was nice. (i even got my brothers friends to buy me drinks, even though i wasnt drinking. haha :-P i'm sly)

wednesday wasn't all that great of a day. i made my grandma's blanket and hung out. my mom and i got into a little tiff, and she started flipping out....but after an hour or so, everything was fine. i fell asleep mad early, and didnt really feel well most of the night. the fam was a little mad at me that i didn't go to church with them, but i couldnt get out of bed.

thursday was fun. in the morning i went to my gram's to give her her gifts. she cried... a lot... at the poem we gave her. the holidays have been tough for her with out my grandpa...but shes hanging in there. so also LOVED the blanket. she is always cold and put it around her right away. she threatened my little cousin that if he touched it there would be hell to pay, cuz it was hers. it was funny

my mom got all edgy when my uncle got there so we had to leave. which meant that i didnt get to chat with katie and beth. i miss them... i told beth i would give her a call sometime this week. we have a lot of catching up to do :-)

my mom cooked prime rib when we got home and the dinner was UBER good. after dinner we played the 20th anniversary trivia pursuit. Nick and I won :-) haha

i headed over to mama p's to enhjoy the company of the i-talians. we played catch phrase for a long time and had a super good time. once again... the team i was on, won a lot :-) go us. i wish there were more holidays for us all to hang out and play games at.

oh oh oh.. amanda bought me a cookie cook book!!! it will go nicely with my chocolate cookbook bert gave me. (and super soft pj pants, cuz she thought my collection should always be growing :-)) thank you dear!!!

today i think i am just gonna hang and watch soaps, while working on the cornrow URP. tonight i'm gonna go to the casino with my mom to try and win some money for cali...(and in place of the infamous loan that is taking FOREVER)

alright... i shall write later... peace out

this has been such a bad week. if one more bad thing happens... well i'm not sure what i'll do.

today made me happy though.. aubrey's last day was today so i went in to work a little early to say goodbye. karen was there, so that was cool. i'm glad we have an awesome DM. so Mike Dagostino came into the shop today. (not the pizzeria mike, crazy as that is) we were talking and what not and he invited me to go to vegas with him and a few other people. Keith is paying for everyone to go, and mike asked if id be interested.let me just tell you how many things are wrong with that...

first of all...the owner of total tan paying for a trip to begas for his friends/guests... kind of weird... (yet slightly cool)
second of all... mikes like 45...(and loaded... again slightly cool if i wanted a suga daddy:-P... )
but yea... i think ill pass on this one folks.

kara came into work and the two of us went crazy.... as always... i love that girl! :-P
after work i headed to the ruck, where again...old men hit on me. haha it was kind of funny though...in a sick and twisted kind of way

sarah fran and i decided to watch dirty dancing... "nobody puts baby in a corner" :-P we headed to my place to wait around for mcclure to call me back...but he didn't... ah well... i'l catch up with him next week when he heads to buffalo.

OMG.. totally forgot... got the new years eve outfit. its UBER hot. (and was sooo INexpensive. score one for tina!) i might test it out on christmas to see how it goes over. we'll see...

fran is totally all about me getting with the boy all of a sudden. its funny... she keeps telling me to take one for the team...
i think its not really considered taking one for the team, when its something you wanted to do. in any case, it works out well for all... 11 more days til operation FINALLY :-P

amanda is silly... i am not, nor was i ever mad at her... just annoyed and in a bad mood... no worries...

time to go to sleep.....g'night

so that 9 am meeting this morning? CANCELLED. along with everything else in the capital region. it was a snow day all around. hott

i really didn't do much of anything today, up until i went to work. i worked with kara for a few hours, which is always good fun. "hello, *silence*".... "tina... do you see this... he calls and doesn't talk. WHATS UP with that... *click.*" haha... stupid eric. we planned an all day adventure on wednesday, i'm looking forward to that. :-)

after work, crystal and i went to pick up scott, chris and brian from o'learys. we went down to the ruck for scott's birthday. they didn't even id him. *he was sad*

oh! i heard from joe today [*happy*] he emailed me to tell me that he reserved a really nice hotel room in san francisco for our stay there. i'm UBER excited! 15 more days!! i called him as we were leaving the ruck and talked to him a little more about it. he was hanging out with the boys he said wouldn't like us, so i let him go. he's supposed to call me tomorrow. we'll see :-)

i'm convinced tonight was country night at the ruck. after hearing friends in low places (ah memories of *that* night :-P) and boot scoot boogie, crystal and i decided we are going to make joe take us to a country western bar in cali. cowboys are hott.

mmm... cowboys...
ok bye

so i didnt call up leslie sansone again tonight, too tired... i'll see her in the am.

total tan blew today. i got there super early, because i didnt want to chance the roads and be late. i hung out with kara for awhile and that was cool. at like 4:30 TJmaxx called to tell me that Office Max, Pay more and Flannigan and themselves were closing early due to the weather. it was advised that i do the same. I called kara up and she told me to call coporate, and to tell them that the malls were closing early as well. gary, the prick that he is, called me back to say, that unless albany declares a state of emergency, i was to stay open until 8. needless to say, i had ZERO customers from 4-8. i sat on my plump white ass and did NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. ugh... it pissed me off. my car wasn't dealing too well with the snow, so i let him sleep over at total tan. brian was nice enough to come and pick me up. yay for four wheel drive.

after work i finally picked up all of my laundry and headed here with crystal to make a frozen pizza. after that i should be walking away the lbs, but tough.

i'm really thinking about this assistant manager thing... should i do it? it requires that i work 35 hours a week, which i think i can handle, because i wont be working as much at the school. if kara gets manager, i'm really thinking i might try for it....

i have to meet with audrey and ron tomorrow morning to go over the cornrows site. hopefully he'll give me more stuff to work on that he wants done for next semester so that i can get ahead on that and not have as much to worry about later.

i'm gonna get up tomorrow at 6 so i can work out and shovel before my meeting at 9. we all know i'll be napping for most of the day upon my return. haha.. to bed it is... night