Monday, June 18, 2018

Getcha Some!

I've just decided that these blogs are just gonna come out whenever they come out haha. No more sticking to the two a week thing or whatever because clearly that isn't going to happen. I just keep either getting really really busy or I'm just so tired from work or from being busy that it just falls to the way side. But a fair amount has happened since the last blog that's kept me at bay from my computer.

So right after the last blog was the last day of the work week (thank God), and it ended up being a really nice day after work. I finally started Sense8! Even if it was through my boyfriend's encouragement haha. But I sort of fell right into it and couldn't stop watching just to know what in the hell is going on. And while I was doing that Friday night, I did some writing. And now only did I do some writing, but I FINALLY finished chapter ten! Just one more chapter and Book Two is half way there! I'm so excited to finally finish the chapter haha. It's kind of a bloated one, so I'm looking forward to dropping some major plot-bombs in this halfway chapter 😏.

After that, Saturday was the day I was heading to the river with my boyfriend and his mom and the entourage she brought with her, which included two of her close friends and his friends Careese, so that was set to be a fun time. I had to get up a little early just because they were leaving Richmond fairly early so we could have most of the day on the river, but I got up to his apartment a little bit before. The river was great though! The water was perfect, the flow of the river was perfect, and we drank the entire time down the river because we had a designated float just for alcohol haha. Oh blessings. The rapids through me for a loop the first time, fighting for my light because I realized I couldn't touch, but here I am, I made it through haha.

Then there was some low-key drama, especially when we left the river and were going to the Silo brewery and finding food and what not. We ended up going to Macado's and I got my favorite drink there, Kiss On The Lips, revived and it was so damn good. Then we all met up at Hokie House and yeah. It was whatever haha. We went back to my boyfriend's place and slept, and it was great. Then we woke up and went to 622 (which is just so fucking good, I can't get over it. It's the same place we went to with West and their food is so damn good ugh) and we drank and ate, so damn good I literally can't say enough wonderful things about 622, don't get me started. Then his mom took the crew, after we took some group pics haha, and it was sad to see Misty go because the title of this blog was what she kept saying and my boyfriend and I could not get enough of it haha. He also called water "Bitch Liquid" and I couldn't get enough of that too haha.

I think we had a chill evening then, I can't really recall all too much haha. Oh! We went to the pool at the apartment and just chilled really. Then the work week started anew, and it was a mess because everyone was saying that our Regional was coming, which he finally did on Thursday, but it wasn't for very long and we don't know anything about the visit. My little Faith Rose was off on Thursday, and then she wasn't feeling too good Friday so I was without her haha. It wasn't too bad of a work week, but also just ugh. Thursday after work me, my boyfriend, and his roommate went and saw Incredibles 2 and girl. It might be better than the original, it was so fucking good! I also ran into Anna, an old friend from my last relationship, and it was nice to see her again. But ugh, the movie. So damn good. The only downside was I thought we were gonna get to see Honey in this movie, Frozone's hilarious wife, and it didn't happen. But all in all, A fucking plus.

Then came Saturday. My grandma hosted a cook out for my cousin because he's going into the Marine's soon and also I guess a little bit for Father's Day. And my boyfriend was coming which meant that he was getting to meet almost most of my family all in one go. And it went great! He got to see how crazy yet hilarious my grandma is, how my cousins just like to partake in the ganj', and the food was incredible. And Benzo got to come too! After bribing her boss with me, because apparently she loves me? Haha, whatever works. Then I got fairly tipsy, played Mario Kart with my boyfriend and my best friend, and life was wonderful. Benzo left after a while, but he decided to spend the night here with me for the first time, and that was incredible. We lounged in bed together, watched a lot of Sense8, before finally heading to bed. It was glorious.

We woke up, lounged in bed haha, then headed back up to Blacksburg, ate again at 622 and had brunch and wine flights again, then my boyfriend and I watched The Last Five Years and it made me really sad mostly because it's sad but mainly because I was drunk. Then we had a little talk because of the movie and it brought up some things for me, but it was all fine, no fight or anything. Just me being a Pisces, street name: teardrop (I hate that he came up with that, only not really because he's right haha). Then we went to the pool, ate some steaks, drank some more and Lisette came over, and then work this morning.

And this is the only day I had to work at my store this week because I have Academy classes for the rest of the week, on what? I'm glad you asked. It's area specific training, meaning it's telling me how to run my department. You know, the department I've already been running for just shy of a year? Yeah, I'm ready to shade the hell out of things, so stay tuned for that. Maybe I'll do a little update Friday before my plans start, because we're going out to the Park on Friday to celebrate Lisette's birthday, and the notorious girl from my boyfriend's rants is coming too and I'm ready for the shit show. Apparently there's an event that night too, so we'll see how that goes. And now that Joseph Birdsong's Dead By Daylight stream is over, I'm gonna play some Sims 4 for a little bit before bed. Life is good haha.

Getting some,

-- Justin

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Me? I'm Getting Off!

Again with the no song in NP, I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things haha. It's been pretty eventful since the last blog though so, I have a fair amount to talk about.

Right after the last blog, it was the event for OGP at work, so I was dealing with that literally as soon as I got there. It was raining on the way to work, so naturally, we had to move the event inside. But it was super fun. I was honestly the star of all the pictures, because I was running into everyone's picture because I'm a mess haha. I was in charge of the cotton candy machine and Faith Rose was in charge of snow cones and we KILLED it. Like we should honestly work at the fair or something.

Then I headed to my boyfriend's place for there weekend. We went to a nice little romantic dinner at the Farmhouse, but not before we had a talk about the previous Wednesday's events and things, and I'm just really really glad that we have the kind of relationship where we can easily be open and honest with each other. I just love our relationship. So after the Farmhouse, which was delicious, we went back to the apartment and hung out, ended up watching Coco in bed and we cried together so that was fun. And I was getting so tired and delirious from working all day that the title of this blog is what I thought he said to me while we were getting ready for bed haha.

Sunday we went to 622 for brunch, I got super drunk because they have wine flights, and then we spent the day in a drunken haze included going to Parkway Brewery, playing drunk Uno, and swimming drunk in the pool up at their place. So all in all that was a good day. Not to mention we went to see Solo after eating at Frank's and it was so good. LIKE so good. Better than Last Jedi, there I said it.

I did some writing on Monday during lunch and honestly I need to get back into doing that more because it felt absolutely amazing and made me feel really good so that needs to keep happening. Work hasn't been too bad lately, just working on things getting better so that's good. I filmed and posted another video reacting to Taylor's surprise songs on tour. We're only about a month away from my show and I'm so damn excited! AHHHH. I hung out with Benzo yesterday and we're planning outfits and things of that nature. I'm so pumped.

And Drag Race is finally back after being gone for a week, I'm super tired but I'm gonna try and treadmill, and that about does it. My grandma is at the beach and comes home tomorrow so things have been lax at the house.

Rewind to me saying I had a lot to talk about but then not haha.

Getting off,

-- Justin

Friday, June 1, 2018

Wrap Up

So hi! Wow, I'm getting really bad at updating this blog, aren't I? I don't know, things have just been absolutely whirling around me so fast it's hard to find a moment or even the motivation to sit down and collect my thoughts. I'm just going to bullet point some of the things that's transpired since my last update.


    • 13 Reasons Why Season 2 dropped on Netflix and I finished it fairly quickly. It's, in my opinion, not as good as Season 1, but I still cried and was horrified, so I guess they did their job?
    • The house has been pretty crazy around here. I mean, seriously. It's gone from my uncle's girlfriend being around here to no being around here to him sneaking in some random ass guy to sleep here in the middle of night and leave his clothes. I mean, things are fucking crazy at home, and ugh, whatever
    • My boyfriend hosted another theme night! I think it was the weekend of May 18th, and the theme was Decades Night! Come dressed as your favorite decade, and we came as the '50s! I'll attack some pictures below because we looked fucking cute and you can't tell me otherwise. Also, I got really drunk, played Fear Pong with the squad, and ended up being dared to take my boyfriend's pants off with just my teeth. And I was incredible at it. And he was wearing a belt. So there's a little tidbit about myself that you didn't ask for, but you sure the hell got for free haha.
    • A fan of my videos contacted me through Instagram and was...really aggressive? Like sending me dick pics and talking very inappropriately to me, so that's a thing that's happened?
    • I got a message from a girl who attended the Seattle show of the reputation Tour and, well yeah, more on that when I feel like I can actually talk about it, but yeah  😏.
    • Work is slightly getting better. I've resorted to writing everything that deters me from my actual job down in a notebook (a Taylor Swift notebook, of course, who do you think I am?) but things are improving. For example, last week I went two days with no freight, and this week? NO DAYS WITH FREIGHT.
    • My boyfriend surprised me with a spontaneous Date Night last Wednesday and we went to a brewery literally so close to my house and I never knew it existed haha. We talked about me potentially moving closer to him when he goes back home this summer, and things of that nature, and just had a really good time. Then we went to dinner at this place also super close to my house that I've never been to before, and our fellow LGBT server gave us free drinks? WOO FOR SOLIDARITY! (her words, not mine haha).
    • A hilarious story happened later that night back at his apartment about his co-worker, and let's just say that "I don't know, Lisette, just sing." is the new "Hope you're invited, girl." Oink oink, mukafukas.
    • I bought an actual duffel bag (instead of using the one we've been calling "the Meryl bag" for ages now haha) because last Friday I was leaving with my boyfriend and his roommate to go to Massanutten Resort with my boyfriend's mom! It was such an amazing trip and I can't get over how much his mom spoiled us and all the things we did. Our luxury hotel room, eating multiple times at Campfire Grill, the Valley Fest where there was beer, wine, and jerky tastings! Despite the heat it was amazing. Then we went to an indoor (YES!) water park that was incredible. We decided to stay an extra day, got this cute little motel outside Massanutten in Elkton, where things go a little...intense familial wise, we'll say, but all in all, it worked out in the end and everything is fine. We came back Monday and even though I called out, it was an amazing trip that was definitely needed. I'll also post pictures of that for anyone interested!
    • MIZ CRACKER FINALLY WON A CHALLENGE ON DRAG RACE. It was the makeover challenge and #HouseOfMiz is a bop. Miz Cookie was EVERYTHING.
    • I had a little mini breakdown this past Wednesday night. Wednesdays have been really hard on my lately, I don't know if it's because Faith Rose isn't there with me, or what, but they've just been hard. I was being super hard on myself about being a failure in the writing world, and feeling trapped in this area of where I live, and my boyfriend moving away (even though it's literally not a big deal and we've had amazing conversations about it) I was just going through it. And thanks to a nighttime drive (and a listen through of Shake It Off), I saw I was being too hard on myself, especially on things I can't control, which is part of my problem in the general scheme of me as a person. Mental health is a serious thing y'all, don't take it lightly! Super shout out to my boyfriend for being the sweetest (even if he was a little drunk during our phone call haha) person to me that night. I've literally never had someone say my feelings are valid and that their there for me no matter what their doing or if they're out with friends or whatever. He's literally so incredible, I can't express it enough. And shout out to my Benzo for always being on my side even when I don't deserve it. I love you both so much.
    • Things with my mom are still tense I guess? Like I get that she tried to call and my service was really bad but during the Massanutten trip, she (after not responding to my last text) sends me pictures of my brother graduating from High School...without telling me that his graduation was even on the horizon. Being left out of such an important milestone in my brother's life really hurt me, and thank God for my boyfriend being there to comfort me and literally watching me cry and still be the absolute best thing that's ever come my way in the romantic area. Like, could not thank him enough. But yeah, I don't know what's going on on that front. I still haven't heard from her...
    • I've been writing more! I finished the second to last scene for this current chapter I'm working on (thanks to 13 Reasons for the inspo) and now I'm on the last scene. I'm glad I can get back into my writing because I've been needing it lately. Maybe that's one of the reasons I've been so out of wack lately? I don't know, but we're also not going to go out as much at work on lunch so I can focus on writing then too. Hallelujah!
    • This work week has been super lax, coming in to no freight, but I've had everything else at work happen so I haven't been able to stay on process but that's besides the point. Our dress code at work changed! WE CAN WEAR JEANS. WE CAN WEAR SHIRTS WITHOUT COLLARS. WE CAN WEAR WHATEVER COLOR WE WANT. IT'S A NEW DAWN IS A NEW AGE. I love it. There's an event tomorrow for the opening of our OGP (online grocery pickup) and of course I'm helping with the abled help of Faith Rose and Pam Pam. Faith Rose, Shanan, and I went on an adventure today to get some of the stuff. So much fun!
    • I got a new phone! I've been just struggling with the iPhone X because it's a little too small for my massive man hands, and I went to Verizon, got approved for them for the first time in my life, and I got a new phone! I went to the red iPhone 8 Plus and I'm in fucking love with it. Paying back AT&T is going to be a bitch (even though I get to keep my iPhone X...I don't know why?)
    • I've been filming my reactions to the surprise songs during the reputation Tour! My All Too Well one was particularly fun, and I need to film the other two songs, I'll get there. But today is my chill day at home so I'm not filming today.

And that about brings us up to speed! No song in the NP this time just because of life and I've been listening to literally everything, but shout out to Lauv slaying the game and releasing his full "album" / playlist, I love that motherfucker ugh. I'm going to attempt to be better at updating this blog with everything, but only time will tell. Thanks to anyone reading and supporting me through this crazy thing called life. You're the best 💙.

Here's some of the pictures and things I mentioned in the bullets above!

I literally love this picture so much. Look how we're
 looking into each other's eyes, I'm wet.

Tell me about it, stud.

Neither of us remember taking this haha

Decades Night success!

Sitting by a cozy outside fire at Campfire Grill

Just a couple of cuties

My boyfriend's caption of "Two dads on
vacation" pretty much sums this up.

The traditional family on vacation picture

ft. Drunk Justin & West singing
Skinny legends posing before heading to
the indoor water park

There was this cute ass photo booth outside
the Country View place in Elkton
and I just had to take a photoshoot in it


The old Justin can't come to the phone right now...

Why? Oh...


'Cause he's dead!
I'm literally a mess, but at least I'm an entertaining one? Haha.

Wrapping up the negativity and letting the light in,

-- Justin