| Now Playing: Pieces Of Me by Ashlee Simpson |
On a Monday,
I am waiting.
Tuesday,
I am fading.
And by Wednesday,
I can't sleep.
Then the phone rings,
I hear you.
And the darkness,
Is a clear view.
'Cause you've come to rescue me.
Fall,
With you I fall so fast.
I can hardly catch my breath,
I hope it lasts.
Oh,
Seems like I can finally rest my head on something real,
I like the way that feels.
Oh,
It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself,
I love how you can tell,
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me.
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me.
How do you know,
Everything I'm about to say?
Am I that obvious,
And if it's written on my face,
I hope it never goes away.
On a Monday,
I am waiting.
By Tuesday,
I am fading.
Into your arms,
So I can breathe.
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A throwback in the NP this blog haha. It came on shuffle randomly while I was driving and I was like HELL YEAH I'm feeling this, sis. And I've been listening to it lately and it's been stuck in my head and things of that nature. So yeah. An oldie but a goodie. Anyway, just always a hoot and a holler here at the jessegrey blog haha.
The past few days have been fairly uneventful, for the most part. Monday and Tuesday were my last two days of vacation, and I spent Monday doing literally absolutely nothing. I literally stayed in bed and watched Modern Family all day long. I couldn't tell you the last time I had a day like that, and it was much needed. Tuesday I ended up having lunch with Faith Rose amidst my getting ready for work shenanigans. But just resting I guess from the trip down to Farmville and everything. Plus I started to feel a little sick, like my throat was super scratchy all day Monday, but I think the cough drops I ate all day long cleared that up haha. I might have caught a whiff of Allen's sickness, which was confirmed leftover flu from a kid in his class, so who knows. But I've felt fine since, and haven't been having a scratchy throat or anything since. It's really weird.
Being back at work hasn't been too bad. Both yesterday and today haven't been bad at all, both have gone by pretty fast. Just this morning, Thursday, I was over it.com.org.uk.edu. There's been a lot of freight issues from the weekend so I've just been dealing with that. It's just been sort of hard to come back in the middle of the week haha. I also realized it's been a full two years since I moved out of my apartment in Radford, so holla for that. I'm just really ready for the weekend. And I also traveled down to Benzo's house because she's giving Shep to a friend, so that was a thing. But I know it's what's best for everyone involved, so it'll work out in the end.
I just can't wrap my head around how much my life and me in general has changed in the past two years. Two years ago, I came back to Salem. I moved into my grandma's sisters house, I moved back to my grandparents' house, I moved to my mom's house, I moved back to my grandparents' house AGAIN, like so much has happened. I published my first book. I got promoted at work. I started a new relationship, like so much has changed and I love it! It's just been such a true blessing, struggling and thriving through these last two years. I'm just forever thankful.
That's as good a place as any to end this blog haha. Oh, other than I've been using ever dollar I paid for my treadmill and using it A LOT. Oh, and Ross didn't win CBB. Marissa did so like yay, but whatever. At least Ross got America's Favorite Houseguest. Murder comes back on tonight, along with All Stars 3 and Will & Grace, I'm here for it.
Saddened by the end of vacation, but invigorated to blast through the usual chaos,
-- Justin
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Really!?
WHAT a surprise, I don't have a song for this blog haha. I've just been so busy lately, I really haven't had time to listen to a whole lot of music, because everything since the last blog has been go go go haha. But alas, here's a blog anyway, and that's what matters, right?
As promised, this blog is literally full of a bunch of shenanigans, so let's get started haha. After the last blog, I didn't have a whole lot of time before I was getting together with Allen. I was headed to his house for my birthday because I didn't really have any plans, so I headed up there once he was off from work and everything. We really didn't have a big thing planned or anything, just like staying in and stuff life that. But when I got there, he told me he was going to make me dinner, which was just so damn cute and exciting, but finding out that he was making a sequel to his infamous zucchini boat dinner, I was ecstatic. He tweaked the recipe a little bit, but bitch. Those zucchini boats are literally so damn good, I can't. So while we were waiting for that to be done, we sat outside on the balcony and drank the Riesling he'd bought for me, and just talked, had a great time, spilled a little tea haha. Then he was like I was thinking we could watch a movie of your choice or something, and he brought up Scooby Doo movies and I was so down. So then during the middle of checking on dinner, West came home so we started talking with him, and everything, and then after some technical difficulties, we started watching Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
We kept talking about the part that Allen had recorded and sent to Careese, where Daphne says "Really!?" in the way that can only be described by just watching the scene haha. The movie was great, we had a great time laughing together talking about basements and the safe word being scooby snack haha. The three of us have a great time together haha. So after the movie, Allen was asking me whether I was going to stay the night or drive back home and ultimately I decided to drive back home only because he had to work in the morning, and I just wasn't looking forward to getting up at 6am during vacation haha. Allen was on my side though, and I told him and West goodbye, and went home. But not before Allen walked me to my car, and we had this really wonderful moment outside, just kissing and...I don't know, it was just romantic and wonderful, I don't know how else to describe it haha. It was just yet another moment that made me stop and thank whatever powers that be that brought us together.
I made it home alright, but just like I'd been having trouble the past few night, I was super hot trying to go to bed. I don't know if it's just because it's been really warm the past few days, and I'm just one of those people that can't sleep when it's hot. And I even sleep with TWO fans, people. Plus I think my room stays hot for some reason, and I don't know why. Even with keeping my door open, it's awful. I don't know, but I was super ready for the hotel this weekend so I wouldn't have to deal with that.
So then came Friday, which I slept in until about 12:30. I know, awful, but I guess my body was so tired of dealing with trying to sleep when it was so hot, and it was a little better the night before, but body just needed the extra rest. Who knows, but it was a weird way to start my day. I was heading back down to Allen's because he bought us tickets to see Call Me By Your Name at Valley View Grande, and then I was spending the night at his house so we could up and go to Farmville when we woke up and West got home from work. So we met up at the movies, and let's just say that the movie didn't quite live up to the hype or either of our expectations. But I have to say, the peace scene, will forever be memorable, and we referenced peaches a lot during the weekend haha.
After the movie, we headed back to his place, and the plan was to go out with some other people from Allen's work, but we ended up staying in just hanging out, I got super drunk from two screwdrivers that I made way too strong, me telling West to own his confidence with a now catch phrasing "Yes you do know!" and the night ended with Allen's co-workers going home early, and West and Allen driving my drunk ass to Cook Out because I hadn't eaten anything that day since waking up so late and having the leftover zucchini boats Allen had sent me home with. But then my stomach started to feel a little weird after, and Allen started to not feel so hot, so we ended up just going to bed shortly after that.
The next morning was nice, Allen and I just hung out and talked while we waited for West to get home from work. Allen started running a temperature of 101.7, so not the greatest way to start off our trip down to Farmville. But he was honestly a trooper. He was like nothing's going to stop me from going to this show and drinking with my friends that I haven't seen in forever, so it's whatever. Plus he drove the entire way down and back. My boyfriend, a true hero haha. Anyway, once West got home, we headed out. And the drive down was fine. It was sort of like how the trip down to Mechanicsville went, where they were prepping me for certain people and instances so they gave me backstories haha. But the trip down wasn't too bad, especially since we were in Allen's mom's car since his was getting worked on from when he went down for that job fair. So it was smooth sailing, and West was playing the true 2008 hits from his phone through the car's bluetooth haha. It was a hoot and a holler.
So we get to the hotel, get checked in and everything, and the people there. I don't know. They were just like damn y'all look madder than hell coming in here, and acting like we were gonna harm them or something. Like, no, Wanda, we just rode in the car for two and a half hours, we're tired haha. Anyways, mine and Allen's room wasn't ready, and it honestly smelt like mold or something, so because we were on a time crunch, we got ready in West's room. We had like just enough time to get dressed and make our way onto campus for the alumni reception. And on the way there, it was nice. Allen was holding my hand confidently as we walked next to the street and everything, it was just nice to experience because I've never really been with someone who so celebrated our being together, so I was thankful for that.
We make our way to the area where the reception is, and I start meeting all of Allen's friends and his former professor's and the infamous "Mista Coates" spewing Ronda haha. It was a good time. I just felt sort of out of place, but that's just the natural introvert in me. BUT THERE WAS FREE ALCOHOL. Not only free alcohol, but no limit on how much. I ended up having one bold rock apple cider beer thing and four white wine spritzers haha. It was a lot to pour on top of the, wait for it, Chick-Fil-A we had on the way down, (I normally don't support them, but honestly, it was good, but my stomach and my pride hated it). But it was great meeting Careese, finally, and seeing familiar faces like Katie. I hope everyone liked me, I tried to engage as much as I could with how out of place I felt, so hopefully they're lenient on judging me haha. But we had a good time aside from Allen being snubbed by a few people, which was super annoying. And then there was Kasey, but we won't even waste our breath right now on that.
After about an hour, the show was starting! And I got to meet even more people from Allen's life before the show started. But then Allen and I were holding hands watching the show. And it was amazing. They put on A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and I loved it. Equal parts good story, hilarious, and music. During intermission, we got that last fifth drink in, and I used the bathroom, but my stomach was super upset, so I don't think that last drink helped. But I was fine once I sat down for the second act of the show. Then the drama happened after the show. We were trying to meet up with Abby and Katie and Careese, but they, meaning Katie and Careese, were already going to Patron with Kasey, and because the veto was used, we went to Macado's. But then the three of them ended up coming with us, and girl. I try not to judge people, but that girl does not know how to talk about anything or anyone but herself. And how much money she's throwing around. And how accomplished she is. Negative a thousand out of ten, would not recommend. But then Allen started to feel the full effects of pushing down his sickness, and he was feeling bad. So we said goodbye to everyone and headed back to the hotel. He was so hot, I was starting to worry he would feel worse in the morning. But sweating it out through the night seemed to help, so that was good. We checked out of the hotel in the morning, early enough because we were meeting Abby for breakfast, and we were on our way.
We had breakfast at this little place off of campus called Uptown Cafe, and it was really good. We all had a hoot and a holler, but then we made our way to actually explore Longwood University because Allen wanted to show me C-Stac, mainly, so we walked around campus, he showed me C-stac, and we walked around the rest of campus holding hands, being cute haha. Ran into Mason, of the infamous "Goodnight...Mason!" story, and Allen's ex-fling, but it was all nice and everything haha. No Real Housewives moment or anything like that haha. He was actually really happy for us, so that was nice. Then Allen told me more stories about their lives on campus as we made our way around. Then Allen's Mom met us to swap cars, we said goodbye to Abby, and headed back home. The car ride back was even quicker than the ride down, I swear, and that's unusual. We literally quoted "Really!?" from Scooby Doo so much this weekend, we even looked up other languages in it to quote, but they don't work as well haha. But it was a fun ride home. They dropped me off, I bid farewell to West and my babe, and then I got caught up on the two, and not the one like we thought, episodes of Celebrity Big Brother (US, of course) that we missed, and now here I am haha. The finale is tonight and we are HYPE. But now, I'm going to end this blog by grabbing myself a bowl of cereal, and gearing up for hopping on the treadmill during Big Brother haha. Luckily, my room, and this day, has been fairly good temperature wise, so it's not so hot to work out in. REALLY!? Sorry, I had to one last time haha.
Forever quoting the icon Daphne Blake,
-- Justin
As promised, this blog is literally full of a bunch of shenanigans, so let's get started haha. After the last blog, I didn't have a whole lot of time before I was getting together with Allen. I was headed to his house for my birthday because I didn't really have any plans, so I headed up there once he was off from work and everything. We really didn't have a big thing planned or anything, just like staying in and stuff life that. But when I got there, he told me he was going to make me dinner, which was just so damn cute and exciting, but finding out that he was making a sequel to his infamous zucchini boat dinner, I was ecstatic. He tweaked the recipe a little bit, but bitch. Those zucchini boats are literally so damn good, I can't. So while we were waiting for that to be done, we sat outside on the balcony and drank the Riesling he'd bought for me, and just talked, had a great time, spilled a little tea haha. Then he was like I was thinking we could watch a movie of your choice or something, and he brought up Scooby Doo movies and I was so down. So then during the middle of checking on dinner, West came home so we started talking with him, and everything, and then after some technical difficulties, we started watching Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
We kept talking about the part that Allen had recorded and sent to Careese, where Daphne says "Really!?" in the way that can only be described by just watching the scene haha. The movie was great, we had a great time laughing together talking about basements and the safe word being scooby snack haha. The three of us have a great time together haha. So after the movie, Allen was asking me whether I was going to stay the night or drive back home and ultimately I decided to drive back home only because he had to work in the morning, and I just wasn't looking forward to getting up at 6am during vacation haha. Allen was on my side though, and I told him and West goodbye, and went home. But not before Allen walked me to my car, and we had this really wonderful moment outside, just kissing and...I don't know, it was just romantic and wonderful, I don't know how else to describe it haha. It was just yet another moment that made me stop and thank whatever powers that be that brought us together.
I made it home alright, but just like I'd been having trouble the past few night, I was super hot trying to go to bed. I don't know if it's just because it's been really warm the past few days, and I'm just one of those people that can't sleep when it's hot. And I even sleep with TWO fans, people. Plus I think my room stays hot for some reason, and I don't know why. Even with keeping my door open, it's awful. I don't know, but I was super ready for the hotel this weekend so I wouldn't have to deal with that.
So then came Friday, which I slept in until about 12:30. I know, awful, but I guess my body was so tired of dealing with trying to sleep when it was so hot, and it was a little better the night before, but body just needed the extra rest. Who knows, but it was a weird way to start my day. I was heading back down to Allen's because he bought us tickets to see Call Me By Your Name at Valley View Grande, and then I was spending the night at his house so we could up and go to Farmville when we woke up and West got home from work. So we met up at the movies, and let's just say that the movie didn't quite live up to the hype or either of our expectations. But I have to say, the peace scene, will forever be memorable, and we referenced peaches a lot during the weekend haha.
After the movie, we headed back to his place, and the plan was to go out with some other people from Allen's work, but we ended up staying in just hanging out, I got super drunk from two screwdrivers that I made way too strong, me telling West to own his confidence with a now catch phrasing "Yes you do know!" and the night ended with Allen's co-workers going home early, and West and Allen driving my drunk ass to Cook Out because I hadn't eaten anything that day since waking up so late and having the leftover zucchini boats Allen had sent me home with. But then my stomach started to feel a little weird after, and Allen started to not feel so hot, so we ended up just going to bed shortly after that.
The next morning was nice, Allen and I just hung out and talked while we waited for West to get home from work. Allen started running a temperature of 101.7, so not the greatest way to start off our trip down to Farmville. But he was honestly a trooper. He was like nothing's going to stop me from going to this show and drinking with my friends that I haven't seen in forever, so it's whatever. Plus he drove the entire way down and back. My boyfriend, a true hero haha. Anyway, once West got home, we headed out. And the drive down was fine. It was sort of like how the trip down to Mechanicsville went, where they were prepping me for certain people and instances so they gave me backstories haha. But the trip down wasn't too bad, especially since we were in Allen's mom's car since his was getting worked on from when he went down for that job fair. So it was smooth sailing, and West was playing the true 2008 hits from his phone through the car's bluetooth haha. It was a hoot and a holler.
So we get to the hotel, get checked in and everything, and the people there. I don't know. They were just like damn y'all look madder than hell coming in here, and acting like we were gonna harm them or something. Like, no, Wanda, we just rode in the car for two and a half hours, we're tired haha. Anyways, mine and Allen's room wasn't ready, and it honestly smelt like mold or something, so because we were on a time crunch, we got ready in West's room. We had like just enough time to get dressed and make our way onto campus for the alumni reception. And on the way there, it was nice. Allen was holding my hand confidently as we walked next to the street and everything, it was just nice to experience because I've never really been with someone who so celebrated our being together, so I was thankful for that.
We make our way to the area where the reception is, and I start meeting all of Allen's friends and his former professor's and the infamous "Mista Coates" spewing Ronda haha. It was a good time. I just felt sort of out of place, but that's just the natural introvert in me. BUT THERE WAS FREE ALCOHOL. Not only free alcohol, but no limit on how much. I ended up having one bold rock apple cider beer thing and four white wine spritzers haha. It was a lot to pour on top of the, wait for it, Chick-Fil-A we had on the way down, (I normally don't support them, but honestly, it was good, but my stomach and my pride hated it). But it was great meeting Careese, finally, and seeing familiar faces like Katie. I hope everyone liked me, I tried to engage as much as I could with how out of place I felt, so hopefully they're lenient on judging me haha. But we had a good time aside from Allen being snubbed by a few people, which was super annoying. And then there was Kasey, but we won't even waste our breath right now on that.
After about an hour, the show was starting! And I got to meet even more people from Allen's life before the show started. But then Allen and I were holding hands watching the show. And it was amazing. They put on A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and I loved it. Equal parts good story, hilarious, and music. During intermission, we got that last fifth drink in, and I used the bathroom, but my stomach was super upset, so I don't think that last drink helped. But I was fine once I sat down for the second act of the show. Then the drama happened after the show. We were trying to meet up with Abby and Katie and Careese, but they, meaning Katie and Careese, were already going to Patron with Kasey, and because the veto was used, we went to Macado's. But then the three of them ended up coming with us, and girl. I try not to judge people, but that girl does not know how to talk about anything or anyone but herself. And how much money she's throwing around. And how accomplished she is. Negative a thousand out of ten, would not recommend. But then Allen started to feel the full effects of pushing down his sickness, and he was feeling bad. So we said goodbye to everyone and headed back to the hotel. He was so hot, I was starting to worry he would feel worse in the morning. But sweating it out through the night seemed to help, so that was good. We checked out of the hotel in the morning, early enough because we were meeting Abby for breakfast, and we were on our way.
We had breakfast at this little place off of campus called Uptown Cafe, and it was really good. We all had a hoot and a holler, but then we made our way to actually explore Longwood University because Allen wanted to show me C-Stac, mainly, so we walked around campus, he showed me C-stac, and we walked around the rest of campus holding hands, being cute haha. Ran into Mason, of the infamous "Goodnight...Mason!" story, and Allen's ex-fling, but it was all nice and everything haha. No Real Housewives moment or anything like that haha. He was actually really happy for us, so that was nice. Then Allen told me more stories about their lives on campus as we made our way around. Then Allen's Mom met us to swap cars, we said goodbye to Abby, and headed back home. The car ride back was even quicker than the ride down, I swear, and that's unusual. We literally quoted "Really!?" from Scooby Doo so much this weekend, we even looked up other languages in it to quote, but they don't work as well haha. But it was a fun ride home. They dropped me off, I bid farewell to West and my babe, and then I got caught up on the two, and not the one like we thought, episodes of Celebrity Big Brother (US, of course) that we missed, and now here I am haha. The finale is tonight and we are HYPE. But now, I'm going to end this blog by grabbing myself a bowl of cereal, and gearing up for hopping on the treadmill during Big Brother haha. Luckily, my room, and this day, has been fairly good temperature wise, so it's not so hot to work out in. REALLY!? Sorry, I had to one last time haha.
Forever quoting the icon Daphne Blake,
-- Justin
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Neon Ampersand
| Now Playing: Vanity by Cierra Ramirez |
Vanity,
I'm caught in your fingers, yelling out your name.
I'm yelling out vanity,
Can't sleep without you on my mind.
I'm addicted to vanity,
Love stronger than ketamine, or methamphetamine.
Draining my soul right out of my body,
Draining my soul right out of my body,
And I'm yelling out
Vanity.
Your love is like my enemy,
You're gonna be the death of me.
Venom in my veins from your kiss,
Legs numb, too faded to feel shit,
Feeling better than I ought to be.
Crippling waves of sin,
A little gin with the tonic's where I'll probably be.
And when I leave I hope you follow me,
Running out of time I'm slowly draining.
But still I fall asleep at night,
And you're the last thing on my mind.
There ain't a drug this side of town
I can use to ease the night.
I wanna be inside of your mentality,
But the thought of your body is surrounding me.
Got me on my knees, baby please.
I'm, I'm sitting here stuck just yelling out,
Vanity,
Took all the sanity away from my head,
And left me alone.
Can't you see, not even therapy
Could stabilize my head,
Or rebuild my soul.
I'm outta my mind, outta my mind, outta my mind.
Outta my mind, my mind, my mind.
'Cause I'm outta my mind, I'm outta my mind.
I'm out of my mi-i-i-i-i-ind, I'm outta my mind.
I'm outta my mind and I'm yelling out
Vanity.
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Sorry not sorry for the mass of lyrics in the NP haha. This song, which has been one of my favorites for a good long while now, came on randomly during my Rose-Colored Boy obsession that was showcased in the last blog, and I like re-fell in love with this song haha. And I've been listening to it a lot the past few days so that's why it's here. Plus, it's just a really good ass song, check it out.
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! I'm currently writing this on Thursday, and today's my birthday. So long, early twenties, and hello late twenties. And even though I'm only 26, this past year really has taught me so much. I'm very thankful for where my life currently is, even though it's not exactly where I want myself, I'm doing well for myself and I'm just super thankful to all people that are in my life right now, and just really happy.
So let's start with Monday was the only day that I had to work this week. And it wasn't a bad day at all, just one I was trying so hard to push through since I was about to go on vacation haha. As soon as I got off work, I was free! Total freedom from work and obligation for eight days straight, and I was so excited. I didn't really have a whole hell of a lot of plans until the weekend, with Allen and I heading out of town, but that's really is. It ended up working out, and I've ended up being fairly busy during these days off so far haha. I worked out the entire time during Big Brother Monday night and that's really the biggest thing that I did haha. Tuesday was a super exciting day because I was getting another tattoo! Christinia (my tattoo artist) had texted me Monday night confirming my appointment and I sent her the picture so everything would be ready by the time I arrived at 6pm.
I messaged Benzo to see if she wanted to go with me to get my tattoo, so we met up at Blue Lotus, and ugh, I love my tattoo so much. Christinia is literally a master wizard when it comes to tattoos and I literally don't want anywhere or else doing mine. So incredible. Here's some pictures and videos of the adventure to my beautiful hissing ampersand tattoo.
Ugh, look how beautiful. I just love it so damn much. Huge thanks to Christinia for always bringing my tattoos to life and breathing in this finesse that leaves my awestruck years later. Just as a reference, he's the picture that I gave Christinia to go from.
SEE!? She's literally incredible. So after that, Benzo was trying to get her ampersand tattoo, but Christinia is basically appointment only at this point, so we headed to Star City, where they couldn't do it. And also to Skin Thrillz, who could do it but wanted to charge her 120 for a tattoo smaller than mine and with less detail. That's a no go, sis. So then we just settled into the groove of going to Alejandro's for a little dinner, it was amaze of course. Then we parted ways. I headed to work to grab some Aquaphor because I wasn't sure I had some at the house, and then came home and chilled for most of the night.
Yesterday, I got my ass in gear and go up in time to head to GameStop. I really wanted to trade in my 3DS, my Pokemon Sun game, and my Breath of the Wild game. So I did. And not only was I able to get Bayonetta 2 (and the download for the first Bayonetta) but I also was able to pre-order and fully pay off the new upcoming Kirby game, with some left over on a gift card. So hell yeah haha. Then, I came home and played a bunch of Bayonetta, lounged around. And I finally pieced together what was going to happen in chapter ten of Book Two, so that's good. And then today, I didn't have plans, but last night Allen was like you have to do something it's your birthday, so we're gonna get together and I'm hoping that Benzo can come. All in all, I just wanna get drunk haha. I'm sure the next blog is going to be full of all sort of shenanigans.
Lastly, shoutout to Malcolm! I think that was your name on Blogger. But I opened up Blogger to see a wonderful comment on my last blog, saying he had read my book and was looking for my socials. I have sense added my Twitter and Instagram at the top of the blog for anyone interested. But it was a wonderful little birthday gift to see that comment, so here's to you, Malcolm! Thanks again!
Obsessed with my neon ampersand tattoo,
-- Justin
Vanity,
I'm caught in your fingers, yelling out your name.
I'm yelling out vanity,
Can't sleep without you on my mind.
I'm addicted to vanity,
Love stronger than ketamine, or methamphetamine.
Draining my soul right out of my body,
Draining my soul right out of my body,
And I'm yelling out
Vanity.
Your love is like my enemy,
You're gonna be the death of me.
Venom in my veins from your kiss,
Legs numb, too faded to feel shit,
Feeling better than I ought to be.
Crippling waves of sin,
A little gin with the tonic's where I'll probably be.
And when I leave I hope you follow me,
Running out of time I'm slowly draining.
But still I fall asleep at night,
And you're the last thing on my mind.
There ain't a drug this side of town
I can use to ease the night.
I wanna be inside of your mentality,
But the thought of your body is surrounding me.
Got me on my knees, baby please.
I'm, I'm sitting here stuck just yelling out,
Vanity,
Took all the sanity away from my head,
And left me alone.
Can't you see, not even therapy
Could stabilize my head,
Or rebuild my soul.
I'm outta my mind, outta my mind, outta my mind.
Outta my mind, my mind, my mind.
'Cause I'm outta my mind, I'm outta my mind.
I'm out of my mi-i-i-i-i-ind, I'm outta my mind.
I'm outta my mind and I'm yelling out
Vanity.
________________________________________________________________
Sorry not sorry for the mass of lyrics in the NP haha. This song, which has been one of my favorites for a good long while now, came on randomly during my Rose-Colored Boy obsession that was showcased in the last blog, and I like re-fell in love with this song haha. And I've been listening to it a lot the past few days so that's why it's here. Plus, it's just a really good ass song, check it out.
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! I'm currently writing this on Thursday, and today's my birthday. So long, early twenties, and hello late twenties. And even though I'm only 26, this past year really has taught me so much. I'm very thankful for where my life currently is, even though it's not exactly where I want myself, I'm doing well for myself and I'm just super thankful to all people that are in my life right now, and just really happy.
So let's start with Monday was the only day that I had to work this week. And it wasn't a bad day at all, just one I was trying so hard to push through since I was about to go on vacation haha. As soon as I got off work, I was free! Total freedom from work and obligation for eight days straight, and I was so excited. I didn't really have a whole hell of a lot of plans until the weekend, with Allen and I heading out of town, but that's really is. It ended up working out, and I've ended up being fairly busy during these days off so far haha. I worked out the entire time during Big Brother Monday night and that's really the biggest thing that I did haha. Tuesday was a super exciting day because I was getting another tattoo! Christinia (my tattoo artist) had texted me Monday night confirming my appointment and I sent her the picture so everything would be ready by the time I arrived at 6pm.
I messaged Benzo to see if she wanted to go with me to get my tattoo, so we met up at Blue Lotus, and ugh, I love my tattoo so much. Christinia is literally a master wizard when it comes to tattoos and I literally don't want anywhere or else doing mine. So incredible. Here's some pictures and videos of the adventure to my beautiful hissing ampersand tattoo.
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| Blue Lotus, the best place to get tattooed ever |
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| Halfway through the process of this beautiful tattoo being created |
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| The finished product. Hiss hiss, bitches. |
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| My lovely little ampersand the morning after |
Ugh, look how beautiful. I just love it so damn much. Huge thanks to Christinia for always bringing my tattoos to life and breathing in this finesse that leaves my awestruck years later. Just as a reference, he's the picture that I gave Christinia to go from.
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| Ugh, peep that neon ampersand, sis |
SEE!? She's literally incredible. So after that, Benzo was trying to get her ampersand tattoo, but Christinia is basically appointment only at this point, so we headed to Star City, where they couldn't do it. And also to Skin Thrillz, who could do it but wanted to charge her 120 for a tattoo smaller than mine and with less detail. That's a no go, sis. So then we just settled into the groove of going to Alejandro's for a little dinner, it was amaze of course. Then we parted ways. I headed to work to grab some Aquaphor because I wasn't sure I had some at the house, and then came home and chilled for most of the night.
Yesterday, I got my ass in gear and go up in time to head to GameStop. I really wanted to trade in my 3DS, my Pokemon Sun game, and my Breath of the Wild game. So I did. And not only was I able to get Bayonetta 2 (and the download for the first Bayonetta) but I also was able to pre-order and fully pay off the new upcoming Kirby game, with some left over on a gift card. So hell yeah haha. Then, I came home and played a bunch of Bayonetta, lounged around. And I finally pieced together what was going to happen in chapter ten of Book Two, so that's good. And then today, I didn't have plans, but last night Allen was like you have to do something it's your birthday, so we're gonna get together and I'm hoping that Benzo can come. All in all, I just wanna get drunk haha. I'm sure the next blog is going to be full of all sort of shenanigans.
Lastly, shoutout to Malcolm! I think that was your name on Blogger. But I opened up Blogger to see a wonderful comment on my last blog, saying he had read my book and was looking for my socials. I have sense added my Twitter and Instagram at the top of the blog for anyone interested. But it was a wonderful little birthday gift to see that comment, so here's to you, Malcolm! Thanks again!
Obsessed with my neon ampersand tattoo,
-- Justin
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Boozequet
| Now Playing: Rose-Colored Boy by Paramore |
Rose-colored boy,
I hear you making all that noise
About the world you want to see.
And oh, I'm so annoyed,
'Cause I just killed off what was left
Of the optimist in me.
Oh, hearts are breaking,
And wars are raging on.
And I have taken,
My glasses off.
You got me nervous,
I'm right at the end of my rope.
A half-empty girl,
Don't make me laugh I'll, choke.
Just let me cry a little bit longer,
I ain't gon smile if I don't want to.
Hey man we all can't be like you,
I wish we were all rose-colored too,
My rose-colored boy.
Low key, no pressure!
Just hang with me and my weather!
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When I tell you I've been obsessed with this song over the last week, I've been super fucking obsessed. I know I sort of skipped a Wednesday blog this week, but it was Valentine's Day and I wanted to spend it with my man and just relax. Then Thursday rolled around and it just made more sense for me to wait. But yeah I heard this song Sunday night after the last blog. The video was new on Apple Music and OBSESSED. The video is so good and the song is so upbeat and just exactly what I needed to be honest.
So this week haha. The first two days were pretty uneventful if I'm being quite honest, but Valentine's Day? Ohhhhh honnnnneeeeyyyy. Let's start with work. Work was going great until I was stocking one of my trend pods with bubbles, and the entire thing decided to split open and try to crush me. The side I was stocking did clip me in the shoulder as it fell, but it sort of swung me out of the way from getting trapped underneath it, so it could have been a lot worse. The other endcap on it fell over, and the middle sections popped out, so literally this thing deconstructed right before me very eyes, it was so weird. But we got it put back together, I was fine if not a little sore from it hitting me and everything, but yeah. It was pretty crazy.
After work, I started getting ready since Allen and I had a date for Valentine's Day. Luckily, I got off work at three and I had more time to get ready. So I head up to Blacksburg, pick him up, and we head to the movie theater, but not before we did a quick vodka shot haha. Anyway, we get to the movies and we're a little early so we're just sitting in the car talking and things. So I decided to give him his gift, and I had him the bouquet of alcohol, aka boozequet (literally, I'm such a funny genius) and he loved it of course, rolling his eyes and my HILARIOUS joke haha. We drank one of the Chardonnay minis, since it was that and Bombay Sapphire, but I legit almost threw up because there Sutter House chardonnay is too bitter, way more bitter than Barefoot. It was just too much. So then we got some drinks inside (he got some wine the they legit ripped us off for) and headed in to see the Greatest Showman. But we ended up leaving right before the end because we were going to miss our reservation at Kabuki and we didn't wanna risk it haha.
So we headed over to Kabuki and got sat at the last of two tables they had for the night haha. So I think it was a good thing that we left the movie, even though it was super incredible and super emotional haha. So we talked a lot during the meal, about friends and things, I told him some tea about my past and things of that nature haha. But it was a wonderful night.
We drove back to his apartment, took a long time telling each other goodnight haha, and then I headed back down to Salem. I fully expected him to be asleep, but he messaged me this really cute and sweet message before we went to sleep, about how I'm amazing to him and he doesn't deserve it, which he totally does. It was just really sweet.
Then Benzo and I got together twice this week haha. Once on Friday at Cici's, which included this hilarious bit where these people were parked at the firelane and I was commenting for it. This woman couldn't move the car like she was told, and had to wait on her husband. I was like "You got me out here looking like a fool, Ernest!" to which I said "I'm not listening to this shit tonight, Betty, we got Jebediah in the car." because their grandson was with them haha. Benzo and I about died. Then we got together last night at Longhorn, and it was good but not great. Also, my treadmill got here Wednesday and it's been hard to put together so I'm putting it off. My vacation starts after I get off work Monday and I'm so ready. God a tattoo appointment Tuesday and a bitch is ready.
Liquored up in life from the boozquet,
-- Justin
Rose-colored boy,
I hear you making all that noise
About the world you want to see.
And oh, I'm so annoyed,
'Cause I just killed off what was left
Of the optimist in me.
Oh, hearts are breaking,
And wars are raging on.
And I have taken,
My glasses off.
You got me nervous,
I'm right at the end of my rope.
A half-empty girl,
Don't make me laugh I'll, choke.
Just let me cry a little bit longer,
I ain't gon smile if I don't want to.
Hey man we all can't be like you,
I wish we were all rose-colored too,
My rose-colored boy.
Low key, no pressure!
Just hang with me and my weather!
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When I tell you I've been obsessed with this song over the last week, I've been super fucking obsessed. I know I sort of skipped a Wednesday blog this week, but it was Valentine's Day and I wanted to spend it with my man and just relax. Then Thursday rolled around and it just made more sense for me to wait. But yeah I heard this song Sunday night after the last blog. The video was new on Apple Music and OBSESSED. The video is so good and the song is so upbeat and just exactly what I needed to be honest.
So this week haha. The first two days were pretty uneventful if I'm being quite honest, but Valentine's Day? Ohhhhh honnnnneeeeyyyy. Let's start with work. Work was going great until I was stocking one of my trend pods with bubbles, and the entire thing decided to split open and try to crush me. The side I was stocking did clip me in the shoulder as it fell, but it sort of swung me out of the way from getting trapped underneath it, so it could have been a lot worse. The other endcap on it fell over, and the middle sections popped out, so literally this thing deconstructed right before me very eyes, it was so weird. But we got it put back together, I was fine if not a little sore from it hitting me and everything, but yeah. It was pretty crazy.
After work, I started getting ready since Allen and I had a date for Valentine's Day. Luckily, I got off work at three and I had more time to get ready. So I head up to Blacksburg, pick him up, and we head to the movie theater, but not before we did a quick vodka shot haha. Anyway, we get to the movies and we're a little early so we're just sitting in the car talking and things. So I decided to give him his gift, and I had him the bouquet of alcohol, aka boozequet (literally, I'm such a funny genius) and he loved it of course, rolling his eyes and my HILARIOUS joke haha. We drank one of the Chardonnay minis, since it was that and Bombay Sapphire, but I legit almost threw up because there Sutter House chardonnay is too bitter, way more bitter than Barefoot. It was just too much. So then we got some drinks inside (he got some wine the they legit ripped us off for) and headed in to see the Greatest Showman. But we ended up leaving right before the end because we were going to miss our reservation at Kabuki and we didn't wanna risk it haha.
So we headed over to Kabuki and got sat at the last of two tables they had for the night haha. So I think it was a good thing that we left the movie, even though it was super incredible and super emotional haha. So we talked a lot during the meal, about friends and things, I told him some tea about my past and things of that nature haha. But it was a wonderful night.
We drove back to his apartment, took a long time telling each other goodnight haha, and then I headed back down to Salem. I fully expected him to be asleep, but he messaged me this really cute and sweet message before we went to sleep, about how I'm amazing to him and he doesn't deserve it, which he totally does. It was just really sweet.
Then Benzo and I got together twice this week haha. Once on Friday at Cici's, which included this hilarious bit where these people were parked at the firelane and I was commenting for it. This woman couldn't move the car like she was told, and had to wait on her husband. I was like "You got me out here looking like a fool, Ernest!" to which I said "I'm not listening to this shit tonight, Betty, we got Jebediah in the car." because their grandson was with them haha. Benzo and I about died. Then we got together last night at Longhorn, and it was good but not great. Also, my treadmill got here Wednesday and it's been hard to put together so I'm putting it off. My vacation starts after I get off work Monday and I'm so ready. God a tattoo appointment Tuesday and a bitch is ready.
Liquored up in life from the boozquet,
-- Justin
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Mr. Peacock In The Hall With The Lead Pipe
Yet another blog without a NP. I haven't really been listening to just one song really. I've been listening to more of The Middle by Maren Morris and way too many others and a few other songs here and there like Jeepers Creepers by The Mosers, which I have loved for so long now, but ultimately, there just isn't a song that's highlighted the past few days haha.
Work has been a legit struggle this past week. Both Thursday and Friday, I had to endure it all without my lovely little Faith Rose, and it was tough. It's funny how just her not being there made the days drag on and on. But she was legitimately sick, so I can't fault her for it. Plus, Friday I think she had to go back to the hospital for dehydration, but she's all better now. I've already talked to her today and she confirmed that she's no longer contagious and that's she going to be at work tomorrow. Literally thank God.
I started implementing Plan B to my little Valentine's Day gift for Allen, because super glue was just not having it, so I went with my cute ass pink duct tape instead, and it's proving to be the better option of the two. Super thankful for it too because I was getting more than a little frustrated by the super glue. Anyway, as I've mentioned I've been looking forward to this Clue themed get together all week long, because it's just super fun and I loved Clue and honestly it's an excuse to dress up and have fun so what's not to enjoy? All my pieces for my outfit came in literally each day of the rest of the week starting with Friday, and everything was perfect and ready to be put together. I tried on everything, and it was perfect. I was worried that I was serving a little too much Oktoberfest in my outfit, but all was well.
Saturday comes around, and I was super excited. Allen had texted me about going for that beer tasting before the Clue Night and then we could get ready together. And since we didn't get to go to the tasting on Tuesday when I surprised him, I was all for it. So mid-day Saturday, I headed up there and we went to the tasting. It was really rainy, but it didn't matter. Clue was just seeping into life since it rains in the movie haha. So we get to the tasting and there's all these people just sitting around at tables and playing games while drinking and it's a fun time. We order some flights and head to the table that just so happened to have the literal airplane turbine of heaters sitting next to it. Literally, I was turning red from the heat, it was crazy. But it wasn't too bad. Allen and I just talked and drank our samples of beer. Surprisingly, I liked the darkest one, because it had like a lingering coffee taste? I don't know, but it was pretty good. All in all it was a really fun experience, but beer is just maybe not for me haha.
I was feeling some type of way after we left the tasting. Not necessarily drunk but like full? Which apparently is normal when you drink beer, which obviously I wouldn't know. But anyway, we headed back to Allen's apartment and got dressed for Clue Night. He was obviously a male version of Ms. Scarlet because obviously, and I have to say we look pretty damn good. Here's some pictures of our outfits.
I love how extra we are haha. So anyway, after we did our little photo shoot, West came home and we kept drinking and trying out the cocktails Allen had made for three of the characters. There was a little drama with Amanda and CJ but they ended up not coming to Clue Night, but Allen's co-worker Thora and her boyfriend Marcus did end up coming, and they were a hoot and a holler. After everyone got there and everyone was drinking and getting to know each other and having a good time, we started watching the movie. I've only seen Clue once, and that was several years ago haha, so I had forgotten the ending other than it was multiple. So we had a great time watching that and making commentary about our characters. Oh, I forgot. Thora was a female version of Mr. Green and Marcus was Colonel Mustard.
After the movie, we played two rounds of the game. I won the first round! It was Mrs. White (West) in the kitchen with the rope, and I was such a damn good detective haha. But I was getting a little too drunk by the second round, and Thora ended up winning by default because everyone else guessed wrong haha. You guessed it, the second round was the title of the blog, but obviously I tweaked the gender for my portrayal haha. So after that, Thora and Marcus headed home and the three of us just hung out for a little while. We talked about some of Allen and West's college time, including streaking stories that are just too much haha, and then we debated the LGBTQ alphabet soup and the confusion off all the labels and everything. It was a nice discussion, and after that everyone headed to bed. Let's just say it was a wonderful time before bed, and Allen and I were having a great time and had wonderful conversation afterwards. We talked about getting together for Valentine's Day, maybe seeing Call Me By Your Name and catching dinner, and I spilled that I got him something, and he reacted similarly to when I told him about the Christmas gift haha. He said he's gonna get me something but he really doesn't have to. I've found that giving is a lot more fun than receiving lately, in more ways than one.
Then we got up this morning, we both slept wonderfully. Shout out to my little table fan that I brought with me for keeping me cool throughout the night haha. We talked more about getting together for Valentine's Day and everything, and then I headed home, grabbed some Taco Bell for my "I drank a lot yesterday meal", and I sat down and wrote! I FINALLY finished chapter nine, and I'm so excited to be almost at the lovely destination of halfway done with Book Two! I'm so damn happy with how this sequel is squaring up and I can't wait to see where it continues to go.
This is my last full week of work before vacation comes though, and I'm ready for it. I've finally heard back from my mom, by the way. I messaged her on Friday I think and said I don't know if you're mad at me or if you're super busy but I love you and all that. She replied with yeah things have been ridiculously hectic and she's tried calling but it says unavailable. Which I don't know, she's never had a problem before, so it makes me wonder how valid that is. But you know, progress.
Also, the treadmill I ordered is supposed to be here on Wednesday, Valentine's Day. I can't wait to take it for a spin.
Peacocking from all the fun,
-- Justin
Work has been a legit struggle this past week. Both Thursday and Friday, I had to endure it all without my lovely little Faith Rose, and it was tough. It's funny how just her not being there made the days drag on and on. But she was legitimately sick, so I can't fault her for it. Plus, Friday I think she had to go back to the hospital for dehydration, but she's all better now. I've already talked to her today and she confirmed that she's no longer contagious and that's she going to be at work tomorrow. Literally thank God.
I started implementing Plan B to my little Valentine's Day gift for Allen, because super glue was just not having it, so I went with my cute ass pink duct tape instead, and it's proving to be the better option of the two. Super thankful for it too because I was getting more than a little frustrated by the super glue. Anyway, as I've mentioned I've been looking forward to this Clue themed get together all week long, because it's just super fun and I loved Clue and honestly it's an excuse to dress up and have fun so what's not to enjoy? All my pieces for my outfit came in literally each day of the rest of the week starting with Friday, and everything was perfect and ready to be put together. I tried on everything, and it was perfect. I was worried that I was serving a little too much Oktoberfest in my outfit, but all was well.
Saturday comes around, and I was super excited. Allen had texted me about going for that beer tasting before the Clue Night and then we could get ready together. And since we didn't get to go to the tasting on Tuesday when I surprised him, I was all for it. So mid-day Saturday, I headed up there and we went to the tasting. It was really rainy, but it didn't matter. Clue was just seeping into life since it rains in the movie haha. So we get to the tasting and there's all these people just sitting around at tables and playing games while drinking and it's a fun time. We order some flights and head to the table that just so happened to have the literal airplane turbine of heaters sitting next to it. Literally, I was turning red from the heat, it was crazy. But it wasn't too bad. Allen and I just talked and drank our samples of beer. Surprisingly, I liked the darkest one, because it had like a lingering coffee taste? I don't know, but it was pretty good. All in all it was a really fun experience, but beer is just maybe not for me haha.
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| Our ten samples of beer ft. Allen |
I was feeling some type of way after we left the tasting. Not necessarily drunk but like full? Which apparently is normal when you drink beer, which obviously I wouldn't know. But anyway, we headed back to Allen's apartment and got dressed for Clue Night. He was obviously a male version of Ms. Scarlet because obviously, and I have to say we look pretty damn good. Here's some pictures of our outfits.
Mr. Scarlet
Mr. Peacock
I love how extra we are haha. So anyway, after we did our little photo shoot, West came home and we kept drinking and trying out the cocktails Allen had made for three of the characters. There was a little drama with Amanda and CJ but they ended up not coming to Clue Night, but Allen's co-worker Thora and her boyfriend Marcus did end up coming, and they were a hoot and a holler. After everyone got there and everyone was drinking and getting to know each other and having a good time, we started watching the movie. I've only seen Clue once, and that was several years ago haha, so I had forgotten the ending other than it was multiple. So we had a great time watching that and making commentary about our characters. Oh, I forgot. Thora was a female version of Mr. Green and Marcus was Colonel Mustard.
After the movie, we played two rounds of the game. I won the first round! It was Mrs. White (West) in the kitchen with the rope, and I was such a damn good detective haha. But I was getting a little too drunk by the second round, and Thora ended up winning by default because everyone else guessed wrong haha. You guessed it, the second round was the title of the blog, but obviously I tweaked the gender for my portrayal haha. So after that, Thora and Marcus headed home and the three of us just hung out for a little while. We talked about some of Allen and West's college time, including streaking stories that are just too much haha, and then we debated the LGBTQ alphabet soup and the confusion off all the labels and everything. It was a nice discussion, and after that everyone headed to bed. Let's just say it was a wonderful time before bed, and Allen and I were having a great time and had wonderful conversation afterwards. We talked about getting together for Valentine's Day, maybe seeing Call Me By Your Name and catching dinner, and I spilled that I got him something, and he reacted similarly to when I told him about the Christmas gift haha. He said he's gonna get me something but he really doesn't have to. I've found that giving is a lot more fun than receiving lately, in more ways than one.
Then we got up this morning, we both slept wonderfully. Shout out to my little table fan that I brought with me for keeping me cool throughout the night haha. We talked more about getting together for Valentine's Day and everything, and then I headed home, grabbed some Taco Bell for my "I drank a lot yesterday meal", and I sat down and wrote! I FINALLY finished chapter nine, and I'm so excited to be almost at the lovely destination of halfway done with Book Two! I'm so damn happy with how this sequel is squaring up and I can't wait to see where it continues to go.
This is my last full week of work before vacation comes though, and I'm ready for it. I've finally heard back from my mom, by the way. I messaged her on Friday I think and said I don't know if you're mad at me or if you're super busy but I love you and all that. She replied with yeah things have been ridiculously hectic and she's tried calling but it says unavailable. Which I don't know, she's never had a problem before, so it makes me wonder how valid that is. But you know, progress.
Also, the treadmill I ordered is supposed to be here on Wednesday, Valentine's Day. I can't wait to take it for a spin.
Peacocking from all the fun,
-- Justin
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Super Cute™
| Now Playing: The Middle by Maren Morris, Zedd, & Grey |
So pull me closer,
Why don't you pull me close
Why don't you come on over
I can't just let you go.
Oh baby,
Why don't you just meet me in the middle?
I'm losing' my mind just a little.
So why do you just meet me in the middle,
In the middle.
Baby,
Why don't you just meet me in the middle?
I'm losin' my mind just a little.
So why don't you just meet me in the middle,
In the middle.
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WHEW. What a few days it's been haha. So Monday was a pretty cool day. Faith Rose was starting to feel sick, but hey, at least she had this hilarious knew laugh because her throat hurt and it was fucking me up haha. Nothing too crazy happened at work, so I was and am always super thankful for that. But what happened when I got off work was super interesting haha. So Allen messaged me and said he wanted to run something by me, and the proceeded to ask me if I would be into a Clue themed get together at this house this weekend, where we dress up as our favorite characters and watch the movie and play the game and, of course, I said I was so into that that it was criminal. See what I did there? Anyway, as soon as I found that out, I started to plan out what my outfit as the male version of Mrs. Peacock, because she's obvi my fave. He also sent me this adorable video of him from when he was a freshman in college and two of his friends made a video of themselves singing along and acting to Disney songs. It was pretty damn adorable. And his acting was phenom, Meryl surely approved haha. I can't remember if I mentioned the whole Meryl inside joke that we have now, but basically it's my acting mode is just called Meryl now. I also went ahead and started gathering things for what I plan on giving Allen for Valentine's Day because I'm adorable. And I can't wait for him to see it, even though I think I'm going to have to switch things up a little bit because today, I started trying to get everything to come together and the plan just was'n't having it haha. He also did something really super cute Monday morning by putting me on his Instagram for Man Crush Monday saying thanks for leaving your jacket so I can wear it and always be warm. God, he's so damn cute.
I was off on Tuesday, got paid, and was planning a surprise. It was quite the busy day for me. So because I was off, and I'm practically never off in the middle of the week, I decided that I wanted to surprise Allen and show up at his work to take him to lunch. But I had to keep up appearances so it could remain a secret. So I set an alarm to wake up around the time we would normally be saying good morning to each other and saying we were at work and what not, so I did that. Then I went back to sleep and woke up to my second alarm that I set so I could start getting ready to go up there and surprise him. I know, I'm super cute. Feel free to take a moment to aww to yourself. So I drive up there, and since I'm super early / don't really know when he was going to take his lunch, I texted him that I had a surprise for him and to just let me know when he went to break. I baited my time by shopping around Goodwill there in Christiansburg for the pieces for my now all finished Mr. Peacock outfit haha. But they ended up not having anything for me, so I waited some more. He texted me and asked what was going on and I spilled the beans haha. He immediately called me and was like "well hello" in the super cute way that he does. And he said he had already left but to meet him at his apartment and we'd eat something there.
I was just about to pull into his place and he calls again, saying he really doesn't have food there, even just for him, and said we could eat at the marketplace that's literally right by his apartment that we pass all the time when we go anywhere in his car, and so I said we could do that. We get there, he's telling me about his day and the drama going on at his workplace, we get some grilled chicken sandwiches that were pretty good but ya know, a sandwich is a sandwich. But it was super great and super cute to surprise him, and see the smile on his face that I did it. Shortly after we ate, he had to get back to work though, so he thanked me for surprising him, and he headed back to work. He was gonna see if I wanted to go to a tasting with him, but when he looked up the places while we waited for our food, they were all closed, so we opted to just see each other this weekend. And since the tasting wasn't happening, I decided to hit up Benzo and see if she wanted to get together. While I was waited for her to get ready, I went shopping for more possible Mr. Peacock attire.
I stopped by work and got my hair dye because I really needed it, learned that Michael Preston is moving departments and we're going to be managerless until further notice in a week or so, and then I hit Goodwill across the street. They ended up having a navy suit jacket that fit me, but this was a little too big, so I decided against it. It was at this point I realized that I was not going to find a navy suit jacket in my size in time, so I altered my outfit idea. I'm going for navy pants, white button up, suspenders, and glasses haha. I ended up buying this ADORABLE peacock bow tie (because the tie that I wanted wasn't available for two-day shipping and thus wouldn't get here by Saturday) that I'm really excited about. I also ordered teal suspenders because they're so hard to come by. Anyway, after hitting up Goodwill, I decided to try our Burlington, and that's when things started to come together. I found a white button up for cheap AND a pair of navy pants (on clearance no less) that fit me perfectly. Actually, I haven't tried the shirt. Let me do that right quick. Update, it fits beautifully! Anyway, I also so this navy hat that would look cute if I put like some peacock feathers in it, but I decided against it because I didn't think I had the money to order peacock feathers in time. So I took my shirt and my pants and got gas near Alejandro's and waited for Benzo.
We caught up, had a barrel of laughs like we always do. The food was great, like always, and we went to Ross after, like always haha. I didn't find anything there, even after trying on all things anchor but not of them fit, but Benzo found this cute navy and striped floral shirt that looked super cute on her. After that we got a little nibble of ice cream from Bruster's and we bid each other adieu. Then I dyed my hair as soon as I got home because I super needed it, and it looks so much better. I don't know what it is about me and wanting my hair black lately, but I'm into it by Ariana Grande. OH! Something else I learned while eating at Alejandro's was that my tax money updated and said it would be here the next day! So imagine how excited I was to get a text at six o'clock this morning saying I had already gotten my tax money!? SUPER EXCITED.
Work was pretty bland, Faith Rose wasn't there. Apparently she called out Tuesday and she wasn't there today. Confirmed she has the flu and I missed not having my buddy there today. But work wasn't really too bad, just the same old, trying to get everything straightened up and everything. Oh, and Monday I stayed after a little bit to help Faith Rose with some of her stuff in Bakery, so I had a little bit of overtime to kill, so I got to leave a little early. Which enabled me to run back over to Burlington and hoped they still had my navy hat, since I bought and two day shipped some peacock feathers from Amazon haha, and luckily it was still there. I had a hoot and a holler with the check out girl, she thought the hat was super stylin and kept complimenting me on my choice haha. Then when I told her what it was for she was living. She seemed like the kind of person you want to be friends with, and in retail, that speaks volumes. She's one of the good ones.
Then tonight was the premiere of Celebrity Big Brother. Allen and I livetexted through it and it was a shit show but we'll see how it goes. I also bought Season Six of Drag Race and watched some of that while I tried to do some wrapping on Allen's Valentine's gift, but it wasn't happening. So I gotta go with Plan B. AND we talked about the show we're going to back at Allen's college the weekend of my birthday and he said he got the tickets. So I went ahead and asked him what questions I needed so I could book the room. Then it said only 1 adult and I had to change the room but it wouldn't let me. So I had to cancel it and then rebook it with two adults. Legit Diane (my suburban white mom) came out. And since Allen's suburban white mom (Helen) was out today since he had a less than great dat at work, both of us were ready to claw a bitch.
And that's about it! This was really a recap blog, sorry not sorry. Also, I'm writing this blog with the new wireless keyboard I got from work today! I'm so much better and less hard on my hands than the Apple one that came with my computer. Gotta keep these wrists as dainty as I can.
Enthralled by all the super cuteness,
-- Justin
So pull me closer,
Why don't you pull me close
Why don't you come on over
I can't just let you go.
Oh baby,
Why don't you just meet me in the middle?
I'm losing' my mind just a little.
So why do you just meet me in the middle,
In the middle.
Baby,
Why don't you just meet me in the middle?
I'm losin' my mind just a little.
So why don't you just meet me in the middle,
In the middle.
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WHEW. What a few days it's been haha. So Monday was a pretty cool day. Faith Rose was starting to feel sick, but hey, at least she had this hilarious knew laugh because her throat hurt and it was fucking me up haha. Nothing too crazy happened at work, so I was and am always super thankful for that. But what happened when I got off work was super interesting haha. So Allen messaged me and said he wanted to run something by me, and the proceeded to ask me if I would be into a Clue themed get together at this house this weekend, where we dress up as our favorite characters and watch the movie and play the game and, of course, I said I was so into that that it was criminal. See what I did there? Anyway, as soon as I found that out, I started to plan out what my outfit as the male version of Mrs. Peacock, because she's obvi my fave. He also sent me this adorable video of him from when he was a freshman in college and two of his friends made a video of themselves singing along and acting to Disney songs. It was pretty damn adorable. And his acting was phenom, Meryl surely approved haha. I can't remember if I mentioned the whole Meryl inside joke that we have now, but basically it's my acting mode is just called Meryl now. I also went ahead and started gathering things for what I plan on giving Allen for Valentine's Day because I'm adorable. And I can't wait for him to see it, even though I think I'm going to have to switch things up a little bit because today, I started trying to get everything to come together and the plan just was'n't having it haha. He also did something really super cute Monday morning by putting me on his Instagram for Man Crush Monday saying thanks for leaving your jacket so I can wear it and always be warm. God, he's so damn cute.
I was off on Tuesday, got paid, and was planning a surprise. It was quite the busy day for me. So because I was off, and I'm practically never off in the middle of the week, I decided that I wanted to surprise Allen and show up at his work to take him to lunch. But I had to keep up appearances so it could remain a secret. So I set an alarm to wake up around the time we would normally be saying good morning to each other and saying we were at work and what not, so I did that. Then I went back to sleep and woke up to my second alarm that I set so I could start getting ready to go up there and surprise him. I know, I'm super cute. Feel free to take a moment to aww to yourself. So I drive up there, and since I'm super early / don't really know when he was going to take his lunch, I texted him that I had a surprise for him and to just let me know when he went to break. I baited my time by shopping around Goodwill there in Christiansburg for the pieces for my now all finished Mr. Peacock outfit haha. But they ended up not having anything for me, so I waited some more. He texted me and asked what was going on and I spilled the beans haha. He immediately called me and was like "well hello" in the super cute way that he does. And he said he had already left but to meet him at his apartment and we'd eat something there.
I was just about to pull into his place and he calls again, saying he really doesn't have food there, even just for him, and said we could eat at the marketplace that's literally right by his apartment that we pass all the time when we go anywhere in his car, and so I said we could do that. We get there, he's telling me about his day and the drama going on at his workplace, we get some grilled chicken sandwiches that were pretty good but ya know, a sandwich is a sandwich. But it was super great and super cute to surprise him, and see the smile on his face that I did it. Shortly after we ate, he had to get back to work though, so he thanked me for surprising him, and he headed back to work. He was gonna see if I wanted to go to a tasting with him, but when he looked up the places while we waited for our food, they were all closed, so we opted to just see each other this weekend. And since the tasting wasn't happening, I decided to hit up Benzo and see if she wanted to get together. While I was waited for her to get ready, I went shopping for more possible Mr. Peacock attire.
I stopped by work and got my hair dye because I really needed it, learned that Michael Preston is moving departments and we're going to be managerless until further notice in a week or so, and then I hit Goodwill across the street. They ended up having a navy suit jacket that fit me, but this was a little too big, so I decided against it. It was at this point I realized that I was not going to find a navy suit jacket in my size in time, so I altered my outfit idea. I'm going for navy pants, white button up, suspenders, and glasses haha. I ended up buying this ADORABLE peacock bow tie (because the tie that I wanted wasn't available for two-day shipping and thus wouldn't get here by Saturday) that I'm really excited about. I also ordered teal suspenders because they're so hard to come by. Anyway, after hitting up Goodwill, I decided to try our Burlington, and that's when things started to come together. I found a white button up for cheap AND a pair of navy pants (on clearance no less) that fit me perfectly. Actually, I haven't tried the shirt. Let me do that right quick. Update, it fits beautifully! Anyway, I also so this navy hat that would look cute if I put like some peacock feathers in it, but I decided against it because I didn't think I had the money to order peacock feathers in time. So I took my shirt and my pants and got gas near Alejandro's and waited for Benzo.
We caught up, had a barrel of laughs like we always do. The food was great, like always, and we went to Ross after, like always haha. I didn't find anything there, even after trying on all things anchor but not of them fit, but Benzo found this cute navy and striped floral shirt that looked super cute on her. After that we got a little nibble of ice cream from Bruster's and we bid each other adieu. Then I dyed my hair as soon as I got home because I super needed it, and it looks so much better. I don't know what it is about me and wanting my hair black lately, but I'm into it by Ariana Grande. OH! Something else I learned while eating at Alejandro's was that my tax money updated and said it would be here the next day! So imagine how excited I was to get a text at six o'clock this morning saying I had already gotten my tax money!? SUPER EXCITED.
Work was pretty bland, Faith Rose wasn't there. Apparently she called out Tuesday and she wasn't there today. Confirmed she has the flu and I missed not having my buddy there today. But work wasn't really too bad, just the same old, trying to get everything straightened up and everything. Oh, and Monday I stayed after a little bit to help Faith Rose with some of her stuff in Bakery, so I had a little bit of overtime to kill, so I got to leave a little early. Which enabled me to run back over to Burlington and hoped they still had my navy hat, since I bought and two day shipped some peacock feathers from Amazon haha, and luckily it was still there. I had a hoot and a holler with the check out girl, she thought the hat was super stylin and kept complimenting me on my choice haha. Then when I told her what it was for she was living. She seemed like the kind of person you want to be friends with, and in retail, that speaks volumes. She's one of the good ones.
Then tonight was the premiere of Celebrity Big Brother. Allen and I livetexted through it and it was a shit show but we'll see how it goes. I also bought Season Six of Drag Race and watched some of that while I tried to do some wrapping on Allen's Valentine's gift, but it wasn't happening. So I gotta go with Plan B. AND we talked about the show we're going to back at Allen's college the weekend of my birthday and he said he got the tickets. So I went ahead and asked him what questions I needed so I could book the room. Then it said only 1 adult and I had to change the room but it wouldn't let me. So I had to cancel it and then rebook it with two adults. Legit Diane (my suburban white mom) came out. And since Allen's suburban white mom (Helen) was out today since he had a less than great dat at work, both of us were ready to claw a bitch.
And that's about it! This was really a recap blog, sorry not sorry. Also, I'm writing this blog with the new wireless keyboard I got from work today! I'm so much better and less hard on my hands than the Apple one that came with my computer. Gotta keep these wrists as dainty as I can.
Enthralled by all the super cuteness,
-- Justin
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Tequila With Flavor
Another blog, another missing song in the NP haha. The only song I've listened to sparingly / has been in my head is The Middle by way too many artists but mainly Maren Morris haha. It's that Zedd and Grey collaboration or whatever. I wanted to dislike it but it's actually got a really catchy chorus so why fight it?
The past couple days have been some interesting ones, and some of the best days I've had in...well, probably ever. This weekend was just absolutely beautiful and really special to me, Saturday and today, and I just couldn't be happier about it. Firstly, Thursday at work was just a hoot and a holler. Faith Rose and I got lunch together because when do we not? And not only did we hit up the awful deliciousness of Mcdonalds, but then we went to Burger King just to get milkshakes haha. But because her driver door doesn't come down, so I hopped in the seat behind her just so we could go through the drive thru haha. And then, I like dropped my shake a little and it went all over my face. It was quite the comically timed moment. I don't know, I guess you had to be there. But Faith Rose and I were in hysterics.
Friday at work, I was just trying to get through the work week. I was officially going with Allen to his mom's house for the weekend for a party. After I got off work, I ended up getting my hair cut because a bitch really needed it. Plus I didn't want to met Allen's mom for the first time with my hair looking like a literally gila monster. After getting my hair cut, I headed home. Then I finished rearranging my room, and the energy is so much better. Literally, I'm so happy with how it turned out, the flow is working nicely, so I know it's going to go well with writing and everything. I've still been trying to comb through the audiobook for any errors, but I've just been trying to get this trip to Richmond situated that I haven't had a lot of time to dedicate to it. Plus what I really need to do is go through certain chapters and parts I'm worried about him muking up and then go from there. But that'll be an objective for this upcoming week.
And then came the big day haha. After heading to work on Saturday morning, I was so ready to get off and see Allen and get ready for this trip. We had already established the night before that he was going to pick me up from my house, and we would head to Richmond after that. So the work day was fairly normal, nothing too crazy. Aside from it being really busy in my department because it was a Saturday after all. So after I get off work, and buying some Caramel Delites from the Girl Scouts in the front of the store, I headed home. I wasn't nervous until Allen hit me with a text asking me if I could wear a collared shirt. I was freaking out because I thought it was just a simple party and didn't know it was going to be all like that, but later it ended up making sense just because of what he and West were wearing. He also told me West was coming, which obviously I have no problem with because West and I get along great. But I totally forgot to buy the wine I was planning on taking with us haha. So I stopped by Hanging Rock and grabbed a bottle of Barefoot Riesling and Chardonnay haha.
The drive to Richmond wasn't too bad. It was just really nice to ride with Allen, while West was pretty much asleep the whole time haha, holding hands and just talking about things. It was just a great opportunity for us to spend time together and learn more about each other, and I absolutely loved that we had that time together.
So then we get to his house haha. The nerves started to settle in, but what else was there to do but barrel through the doors? So we grabbed our stuff from the car and headed inside. His mom immediately gave Allen a hug, and then me a hug, and then West a hug haha. Allen told me that she had asked him if she could hug me, which was just really cute. We headed upstairs to put our things away, and thus began the adorable sighting of Allen's baby pictures haha. Literally so damn cute. I joked that I was going to take pictures of them later, but I ended up being too drunk that night to do so, and just blissfully forgot the morning after. We were sleeping in his moms room, and she was giving way to the couch downstairs, so we had privacy, save that for the knowing fact that we were sleeping in his mother's bed haha. Anyway, so we started for the bar after putting our things away, and start getting introduced to everyone. And I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but each time Deb introduced me to someone she said either "Allen's boyfriend" or "My son's boyfriend" and that was just really nice to hear. Really nice for Allen as well, because he later told me that he wasn't quite expecting such enthusiasm haha. So after that, the three of us grabbed some food. And this party was basically a fiesta, Mexican themed party for the birthday girl. I didn't even know it was a birthday party until Allen and I were talking in the car on the way there. But it was for a girl that I think Deb worked with named Laurel, which Allen and I kept saying in a French accent because of the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder. Anyway, I made some shredded chicken nachos out of the fixins laid out on the table (which were so fucking good, by the way) and we made our way into the kitchen.
I'm going to quickly take this time to list out what I had to drink, throughout the night, but still. A bitch was consistently drunk.
Anyway, In the kitchen was where most of our fun began. We were just chilling, eating our food, and this girl came in, Taylor. She was greeting everyone, but both Allen and I noticed West's eyes wandering, and it was clear why. This girls pants looked like they were painted on her. Literally, no joke. Her ass was on full display, and even the gays couldn't stop looking. We kept teasing him, trying to get West to make a move, but ya know, I get it. I'm usually super shy as well. At some point we made our way back over to the bar, I think because we ran out of our first drinks. So we started drinking and talking even more, just having a good time. At some point, Angie came over. Oh, Angie haha. She was a friend of Deb's, and she was fairly drunk, looked super good for her age, and was a hoot and a holler haha. She kept saying how much she loved Allen and that she wanted to have all of us over to her house...about thirty times haha. She also asked West what his preference was, which was just hilarious. Which lead to West telling me this story about the night of Allen's birthday when we first started talking about this guy asking to touch him in the southern direction, and he let him! Luckily we had drifted outside so West could smoke during this because I was cackling. But the gay was disgusted by West's southern manscaping, and acted upset. The gays are a weird brood.
We made our way back to the bar, and that's when the neighbors that Allen had warned us about came to the party, and things got annoying. I joked earlier about putting on my Meryl Streep for these so called neighbors of his, and I sort of did have to do that. So we met Micah and Pam, and it was a lot. But before anything annoying happened, Deb came over and we were talking with her. Then her and I stepped away and we were looking at the pictures on top of the mantle over the fireplace, and just talking together. I remember saying something about tequila, I think I said that it was my favorite liquor, and she pulled me into a hug and said "son-in-law" and I laughed. It was super nice of her to say, and made me feel good. She then got Allen's attention and said something about planning the wedding and Allen was like "uhhh...I'm gonna get the orange juice!". It was a really cute display haha.
So back to Micah and Pam. Micah sat down at the bar and started talking straight guy with West, and Pam started talking to Allen and Me. Allen mentions something about starting to play Kings and I said oh I feel like I'm on a whole other level right now, I don't know if I'm ready and this bitch, the first fucking thing she says to me, is "OH, 'cause you're ABOVE everyone, you're just so much BETTER than everyone here??" Like...bitch, it's not that serious, I was talking about being drunk. Furthermore, I'm clearly above you. Anyway, then I think Allen went to get ice or my water or something like that and I had to talk with Pam, and it was a lot of Meryl Streeping on my part. Like she was just so pretentious and above it all, even though that's what the first words out of her mouth were to me. Ugh, it was enough. Micah was nice enough later on when we were talking to him, but his whole "I have family values" and "I'm from Mechanicsville" was too much.
I finally got to get away from Pam because we started our game of Kings. So I sat next to Allen, West sat next to me, this lovely girl named Stephanie, who was hilarious, was next. Then Laurel, then this girl who I absolutely LOVED but I can't remember her name, and then Allen. So there was later this rule that we only had to address each other by our mother's first name, and I remember the girl's as Lorraine but I can't remember her real name haha. But they were all pretty awesome and it was such a great game, very telling haha. It ended though because earlier in the night Allen had some friend that had passed on coming tonight, but was on snapchat nearby in town, and she actually showed up. So then I got to meet Katie, who was lovely. We sat outside for a little bit and I bitched about Pam, and we talked about favorite vines because vine is life, and then Deb berated us to come back inside. tie didn't stay long. We ate again after Katie left and then ended up in the kitchen again, playing music from my phone, it was fun. West and I talked tattoos, and shortly after they we headed upstairs.
Allen and West got into a little tiff upstairs, about this girl sleeping in the futon room where West was going to sleep and Laurel being in the bathroom connected to the room we were sleeping in. I intervened and just said they were worried about the other person and weren't on the same page. West ended up sleeping in the twin bed room, and Allen and I headed back to his mom's room. Where after we got undressed, his mom came in and badgered about the leaving the door open for the cats, but Allen eventually got his way and we got to close the door. We then talked for quite a while, and that was great. And then we got to truly enjoy each other haha, which was even better. But of course, this is a PG blog for fuck's sake. But something just clicked during this trip. I mean, obviously Allen and I have gotten along and melded super crazily well but something about this trip just...made it feel different. More intense, more meaningful. Better. And I couldn't ask for anything better.
The next morning was laid back. Allen and I took showers, we all got dressed, headed downstairs. I had an amazing cup of coffee, and then everyone who spent the night started leaving. Then Allen's car didn't start on the way to lunch with his mom. It jumped just fine, and Auto Zone said nothing was wrong, so we ate at TGI Fridays. West and I got this thing called the Mac and Cheese burger and bitch. It was literally a patty made out of deep friend macaroni and cheese. It was good as hell but tore my stomach up haha. The ride back was a little harder, just because of the rainy weather and everything, but West again slept and Allen and I had our talks, so it was most enjoyable. I got home and settled in and Allen made sure I wasn't scared off by him or his mom during the party or thereafter haha. I of course wasn't, and he said "good because you left your jacket in my car" haha. I said you can where if you want it's super warm, to which he said "oh I'm already wearing it." I KNOW. We're just super cute.
And then I proceeded to watch some Celebrity Big Brother UK even though COURTNEY WON BITCHES! YASSSS. But I'm still gonna finish it up. And...I fell asleep during it, woke up at 3 am, went back to sleep and woke up six minutes before seven and was late for work. But that story is for the next blog.
Dowsed in flavored tequila,
-- Justin
The past couple days have been some interesting ones, and some of the best days I've had in...well, probably ever. This weekend was just absolutely beautiful and really special to me, Saturday and today, and I just couldn't be happier about it. Firstly, Thursday at work was just a hoot and a holler. Faith Rose and I got lunch together because when do we not? And not only did we hit up the awful deliciousness of Mcdonalds, but then we went to Burger King just to get milkshakes haha. But because her driver door doesn't come down, so I hopped in the seat behind her just so we could go through the drive thru haha. And then, I like dropped my shake a little and it went all over my face. It was quite the comically timed moment. I don't know, I guess you had to be there. But Faith Rose and I were in hysterics.
Friday at work, I was just trying to get through the work week. I was officially going with Allen to his mom's house for the weekend for a party. After I got off work, I ended up getting my hair cut because a bitch really needed it. Plus I didn't want to met Allen's mom for the first time with my hair looking like a literally gila monster. After getting my hair cut, I headed home. Then I finished rearranging my room, and the energy is so much better. Literally, I'm so happy with how it turned out, the flow is working nicely, so I know it's going to go well with writing and everything. I've still been trying to comb through the audiobook for any errors, but I've just been trying to get this trip to Richmond situated that I haven't had a lot of time to dedicate to it. Plus what I really need to do is go through certain chapters and parts I'm worried about him muking up and then go from there. But that'll be an objective for this upcoming week.
And then came the big day haha. After heading to work on Saturday morning, I was so ready to get off and see Allen and get ready for this trip. We had already established the night before that he was going to pick me up from my house, and we would head to Richmond after that. So the work day was fairly normal, nothing too crazy. Aside from it being really busy in my department because it was a Saturday after all. So after I get off work, and buying some Caramel Delites from the Girl Scouts in the front of the store, I headed home. I wasn't nervous until Allen hit me with a text asking me if I could wear a collared shirt. I was freaking out because I thought it was just a simple party and didn't know it was going to be all like that, but later it ended up making sense just because of what he and West were wearing. He also told me West was coming, which obviously I have no problem with because West and I get along great. But I totally forgot to buy the wine I was planning on taking with us haha. So I stopped by Hanging Rock and grabbed a bottle of Barefoot Riesling and Chardonnay haha.
The drive to Richmond wasn't too bad. It was just really nice to ride with Allen, while West was pretty much asleep the whole time haha, holding hands and just talking about things. It was just a great opportunity for us to spend time together and learn more about each other, and I absolutely loved that we had that time together.
So then we get to his house haha. The nerves started to settle in, but what else was there to do but barrel through the doors? So we grabbed our stuff from the car and headed inside. His mom immediately gave Allen a hug, and then me a hug, and then West a hug haha. Allen told me that she had asked him if she could hug me, which was just really cute. We headed upstairs to put our things away, and thus began the adorable sighting of Allen's baby pictures haha. Literally so damn cute. I joked that I was going to take pictures of them later, but I ended up being too drunk that night to do so, and just blissfully forgot the morning after. We were sleeping in his moms room, and she was giving way to the couch downstairs, so we had privacy, save that for the knowing fact that we were sleeping in his mother's bed haha. Anyway, so we started for the bar after putting our things away, and start getting introduced to everyone. And I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but each time Deb introduced me to someone she said either "Allen's boyfriend" or "My son's boyfriend" and that was just really nice to hear. Really nice for Allen as well, because he later told me that he wasn't quite expecting such enthusiasm haha. So after that, the three of us grabbed some food. And this party was basically a fiesta, Mexican themed party for the birthday girl. I didn't even know it was a birthday party until Allen and I were talking in the car on the way there. But it was for a girl that I think Deb worked with named Laurel, which Allen and I kept saying in a French accent because of the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder. Anyway, I made some shredded chicken nachos out of the fixins laid out on the table (which were so fucking good, by the way) and we made our way into the kitchen.
I'm going to quickly take this time to list out what I had to drink, throughout the night, but still. A bitch was consistently drunk.
- The entire bottle of Riesling wine I had brought with me
- Four tequila shots, both 1800 and Patron
- Two shots that Allen made that he calls "snow balls"
- Two tequila sunrises
- A cup of water when I felt I was getting too drunk
- And three of Deb's "margaritas" or as I said, due to their strength, "tequila with flavor"
Anyway, In the kitchen was where most of our fun began. We were just chilling, eating our food, and this girl came in, Taylor. She was greeting everyone, but both Allen and I noticed West's eyes wandering, and it was clear why. This girls pants looked like they were painted on her. Literally, no joke. Her ass was on full display, and even the gays couldn't stop looking. We kept teasing him, trying to get West to make a move, but ya know, I get it. I'm usually super shy as well. At some point we made our way back over to the bar, I think because we ran out of our first drinks. So we started drinking and talking even more, just having a good time. At some point, Angie came over. Oh, Angie haha. She was a friend of Deb's, and she was fairly drunk, looked super good for her age, and was a hoot and a holler haha. She kept saying how much she loved Allen and that she wanted to have all of us over to her house...about thirty times haha. She also asked West what his preference was, which was just hilarious. Which lead to West telling me this story about the night of Allen's birthday when we first started talking about this guy asking to touch him in the southern direction, and he let him! Luckily we had drifted outside so West could smoke during this because I was cackling. But the gay was disgusted by West's southern manscaping, and acted upset. The gays are a weird brood.
We made our way back to the bar, and that's when the neighbors that Allen had warned us about came to the party, and things got annoying. I joked earlier about putting on my Meryl Streep for these so called neighbors of his, and I sort of did have to do that. So we met Micah and Pam, and it was a lot. But before anything annoying happened, Deb came over and we were talking with her. Then her and I stepped away and we were looking at the pictures on top of the mantle over the fireplace, and just talking together. I remember saying something about tequila, I think I said that it was my favorite liquor, and she pulled me into a hug and said "son-in-law" and I laughed. It was super nice of her to say, and made me feel good. She then got Allen's attention and said something about planning the wedding and Allen was like "uhhh...I'm gonna get the orange juice!". It was a really cute display haha.
So back to Micah and Pam. Micah sat down at the bar and started talking straight guy with West, and Pam started talking to Allen and Me. Allen mentions something about starting to play Kings and I said oh I feel like I'm on a whole other level right now, I don't know if I'm ready and this bitch, the first fucking thing she says to me, is "OH, 'cause you're ABOVE everyone, you're just so much BETTER than everyone here??" Like...bitch, it's not that serious, I was talking about being drunk. Furthermore, I'm clearly above you. Anyway, then I think Allen went to get ice or my water or something like that and I had to talk with Pam, and it was a lot of Meryl Streeping on my part. Like she was just so pretentious and above it all, even though that's what the first words out of her mouth were to me. Ugh, it was enough. Micah was nice enough later on when we were talking to him, but his whole "I have family values" and "I'm from Mechanicsville" was too much.
I finally got to get away from Pam because we started our game of Kings. So I sat next to Allen, West sat next to me, this lovely girl named Stephanie, who was hilarious, was next. Then Laurel, then this girl who I absolutely LOVED but I can't remember her name, and then Allen. So there was later this rule that we only had to address each other by our mother's first name, and I remember the girl's as Lorraine but I can't remember her real name haha. But they were all pretty awesome and it was such a great game, very telling haha. It ended though because earlier in the night Allen had some friend that had passed on coming tonight, but was on snapchat nearby in town, and she actually showed up. So then I got to meet Katie, who was lovely. We sat outside for a little bit and I bitched about Pam, and we talked about favorite vines because vine is life, and then Deb berated us to come back inside. tie didn't stay long. We ate again after Katie left and then ended up in the kitchen again, playing music from my phone, it was fun. West and I talked tattoos, and shortly after they we headed upstairs.
Allen and West got into a little tiff upstairs, about this girl sleeping in the futon room where West was going to sleep and Laurel being in the bathroom connected to the room we were sleeping in. I intervened and just said they were worried about the other person and weren't on the same page. West ended up sleeping in the twin bed room, and Allen and I headed back to his mom's room. Where after we got undressed, his mom came in and badgered about the leaving the door open for the cats, but Allen eventually got his way and we got to close the door. We then talked for quite a while, and that was great. And then we got to truly enjoy each other haha, which was even better. But of course, this is a PG blog for fuck's sake. But something just clicked during this trip. I mean, obviously Allen and I have gotten along and melded super crazily well but something about this trip just...made it feel different. More intense, more meaningful. Better. And I couldn't ask for anything better.
The next morning was laid back. Allen and I took showers, we all got dressed, headed downstairs. I had an amazing cup of coffee, and then everyone who spent the night started leaving. Then Allen's car didn't start on the way to lunch with his mom. It jumped just fine, and Auto Zone said nothing was wrong, so we ate at TGI Fridays. West and I got this thing called the Mac and Cheese burger and bitch. It was literally a patty made out of deep friend macaroni and cheese. It was good as hell but tore my stomach up haha. The ride back was a little harder, just because of the rainy weather and everything, but West again slept and Allen and I had our talks, so it was most enjoyable. I got home and settled in and Allen made sure I wasn't scared off by him or his mom during the party or thereafter haha. I of course wasn't, and he said "good because you left your jacket in my car" haha. I said you can where if you want it's super warm, to which he said "oh I'm already wearing it." I KNOW. We're just super cute.
And then I proceeded to watch some Celebrity Big Brother UK even though COURTNEY WON BITCHES! YASSSS. But I'm still gonna finish it up. And...I fell asleep during it, woke up at 3 am, went back to sleep and woke up six minutes before seven and was late for work. But that story is for the next blog.
Dowsed in flavored tequila,
-- Justin
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