NYE 2012

*DISCLAIMER:  New Year’s Eve celebrations, no matter how hard you try, will undoubtedly be filled with drama, fights, mingling, massive intakes of alcohol, strange encounters and of course the kiss.

Now a lot happened, some good some bad, but overall I had a really good time and wouldn’t have spent my last night of 2011 any other way.  Despite the mishaps and misbehaving you have to always look on the bright side because, well shit happens, you win some and you lose some but the greatest thing is the adventure and the people you have along for the ride.  So take a peek at what the night was like and it will hopefully remind you of how great or not-so great your NYE was too.

 

The Fiesta Bowl Block Party happens every year and Mill Avenue plays host to the fun filled shenanigans that ensue for New Year's Eve celebrations.   

Fiesta Bowl Block Party

Me and three of my friends were to experience it for the first time. 

This is our story...

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If your 21+ you better know by now that pre-gaming will be your best bet for a cheap buzz, that is of course if your short on cash.  Rose Champagne is no exception!  It's New Year's Eve and champagne is expected plus it also happens to by my favorite alcoholic drink.  One bottle down and...

To lessen the douche bag status luckily our friend Illyssa called Clean Air Cab.  WOO here we come!!

CleanAirCab

Once we arrive to Mill and past the gates, tickets torn with no re-entry, we are ecstatic as we make our way to Vintage.  Now I may be blond but I pride myself on not being such a stereotype in terms of actually being dumb.  However, everyone blond or not have "blond moments" that can cause laughter or in our case...chaos.

"Shit!  I forgot my ID...

...and there's no re-entry!"

@#*$!!!

Yep...thanks to me we had to spend nearly 2 hours coming up with a plan to have someone go get the ID and bring it back without having to shell out more money for a ticket.  If it wasn't for one of the ticket guys working at the gate feeling sorry for us and slipping us a free ticket I would have just left.  Also, thank you Krystal for getting my ID...I am forever in your debt!

...while we were waiting...

Finally! Let's go to VINTAGE!

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It was a great time where we had our own table and bottle of Grey Goose and spent most of the time dancing on the booth with our heels off because that's just how we roll.  It was packed and crazy!  Oh yeah and I must say Chelsea, Krystal & Illyssa have damn good dance moves!  We basically rang in the New Year overlooking the massive crowd outside and following the countdown the kissing began.  Illyssa had her first NYE kiss and the rest of us kissed each other...Les be honest...you wish!

So during this wonderful time at Vintage an asshole enters and upsets Krystal so Chelsea and Illyssa make it their duty to kick him out and with such success! *I've never been around such bad asses in my life* Now that the disaster is over we decide to go to The Tavern.

Side note:  The girls were kind enough to hold on to my wallet because I did not bring a purse.

 We are walking up to Tavern and on our way in I ask for my wallet.  Several seconds later we realize it's missing...

...oh and to add the cherry on top of that fucking sundae I asked Krystal to check her wallet to see if it was in there and we find out someone stole a LOT of $$$ money from her...

@#*$!!

 We storm back to Vintage and Illyssa & Krystal go back into Vintage to look for our stuff while Chelsea tries to calm me down on the street.  (I couldn't go back in because I didn't have my ID)  My wallet is found with everything intact but unfortunately Krystal's $$$ is still gone.

Just and FYI to people who do stuff like this:  KARMA'S A BITCH and you'll get yours! Oh you will get yours!

By this time everyone's morale is kinda low and while the girls discuss whether or not to go home yet I sit on the curb.  As I'm sitting there I see this hot guy walking towards me and the following happens:

Hot guy: "What's wrong?"

Me:  "Oh, my feet hurt."

Hot guy: "I'm sorry would you like a New Year's Eve kiss?"

Me: "Yeah!"

Standing on the street of Mill Ave we kiss and then to Chelsea's surprise start to make out.  *sigh* He tasted like vodka and RedBull but I didn't care.  Apparently RedBull does give you wings!

Hot guy: "What's your name?"

Me: "Courtney, and yours?"

Hot guy:  "Jayden."

at this point I notice he's holding a massive sub

Me: "Wow what a big sub!"

Hot guy: "Yeah...it's meatball"

Me: "Oh yum!"

We part and he begins to walk away and I thought I should have gotten his number but decided against it.  Best to just catch him and set him free.  I will always look back and think fondly of him as Jayden Meatball sub.  By this time the girls have finally decided to just go home so we walk to Chili's where we were to be picked up.

I want my baby back ribs.

Only here can you be questioned by homeless people asking whether you would prefer to be a sex addict or a drug addict.  It is also here where you can catch angry drunken men getting into a fight and acting stupid.  Thanks for the show!

After about 30 minutes of this we finally are on our way back to Illyssa's.  Most AKWARD car ride ever!  Once we finally get back to Illyssa's we are of course really hungry so we gorge on Jack in The Box until 3 in the morning talking and going over everything that happened.

It was a dramatic night to say the least but also very fun.  I wouldn't have changed a thing!

THANK YOU:

Chelsea, Illyssa and Krystal

From the Mind of Me #1

"From the Mind of Me"  

is a place I share collections of self expression 

and are literary pieces, thoughts, poems, stories, lyrics 

and other works of writing. 

Enjoy.

When I was out of breath you were the one to make me breathe

when all I saw were lies you were the one who made me believe

that love exists

that love is real

that love isn't love without you

If you're drowning, know that I will jump in after you

i would do my best to save you but if i do not succeed

your death would be the death of me

because life isn't life without you

when i couldn't speak you still understood me

life without you is not worth living

because if i were to lose you, i'd lose me

that life isn't life without you

a life not worth living

-PinkCloudThud

Reminiscent Entries

The other night my best friend came back from the holidays and we had one of those nights that mimic the past.  The entire night we were so incredibly giddy and just happy, happy for no particular reason. It felt like we were 15 again and enjoying every new experience we could possibly squeeze in before we had to go back home.  Everything makes you laugh and smile and your relishing in this good time that's also reminiscent of the past.  I guess it was so great because I hadn't just felt genuinely happy and laughed so much in so long.


Earlier that day I had stumbled upon my old live journal....oh vay.  To say the least it's stereotypical of a normal teenager growing up.  Without having realized it I had chronicled my entire freshman year.  I had shared this with my best friend and sure enough later that night when we were hanging out we got out old books filled with our thoughts and journals.  I never really kept a journal except for live journal and am more into writing and creating things that inspire me then actually daily doings.  I shared these poems, lyrics, thoughts with her and she picked a few that I should share with you.  I thought about it awhile and have finally decided to.  That's why this blog is here. So, I will be sharing various thoughts, poems, etc into separate entries in posts entitled "From the Mind of Me".  Some of these posts will also include art along with the entry simply because I also love to draw especially at the time that I had written in these books...

TEA: The Yummy Antioxidant!

Anyone who knows me knows of my love for tea, green tea to be exact, and my love for China.  Why not combine both?! This is more along the lines as a trivial post for fun. China is definately known for thier tea being the country's most popular drink! In recent decades people have been drinking tea from modern glasses or cups as we do in the Western world.  However, traditionally they drink tea from a Gaiwan 蓋碗 or three piece cup.

The use of a Gaiwan 蓋碗 aids in the infusion of the tea leaves.  The lid keeps leaves in the cup and not in your mouth.  The saucer helps prevent fingers from burning.

Tea in Chinese is chá 茶. The most popular types of tea people in China drink are as follows:

Green Lǜ 綠 tea chá 茶; Green tea Lǜchá 綠茶

Green tea  uses leaves dried without fermentation and is the most common tea.  It is usually baked immediately after picking.

Black tea Hóngchá 紅茶; Hóng 紅 actually means Red and this is because black tea colors during fermentation into a brew that is red in color thus explaining its Chinese name.

Flower tea Huāchá 花茶; Flower Huā 花.  This tea is a mix of green tea with flower petals such as jasmine, rose and chrysanthemum.  So pretty!

Pu'er tea 普洱茶 is from Yunnan and is green or black tea that is compressed into blocks.  That's why it's also called Brick tea

Oolong wūlóng chá 烏龍茶 tea is highly prized in China and is a lightly fermented tea.  It is blue-green in color depending on the fermentation and tea leaves used and is also known as Black Dragon tea.

Eight Bā 八 Treasure bǎo 寶 Tea chá 茶; Eight Treasure tea Bā bǎo chá 八寶茶 typically has about eight ingredients in it like Chrysanthemum, Green Tea, Honeysuckle, Licorice, Dates,Dried longan, Haw, Dried Tangerine, Rock Sugar, and Wolfberry.  All of these ingredients can be interchanged with each other and mixed to make up eight ingredients.  Definitely the most colorful of them all!

Yak butter tea is less popular than any of the other teas.  Tibetans are known to enjoy Yak butter tea mostly.  It actually looks really yummy!

Although most of these teas are traditionally served hot I prefer iced tea.  It's just more refreshing!  Even though I have to admit a nice warm cup of hot tea is perfect when it's cold out.

*sigh* I can't wait until the day I actually go to China and try all of these authentic teas for myself...until then I guess Starbucks will just have to do.  Oh wait, that's right I can get Starbucks in China too!  Starbucks Xīngbakè 星巴克

Say What You Want Need to Say

I hate when I have so much to say but just can't ever seem to let the words leave my mouth. I can't even type the words down.  I can't even write it out.  I've always been known to speak my mind and always have an opinion especially when it counts.  

I will not be censored nor bleeped out.  If you do not like the words coming out of my mouth or the words I write down shut your eyes shut your ears but never tell me to shut my mouth.  Because this thing is beautiful and speaks leaps and bounds, it has a way with words and will strive to be heard...especially when it counts.

*this goes for everything not just curse words...don't ever be afraid to speak your mind!

ANTI CENSORSHIP

Quick Post

Erm...going on almost 4 months since my first blog. About 10% of the reason is due to laziness. PROMISE. The other 90% has been so many things happening one after another!!!! *more elaboration in another post :)
This week coming up is STI Awareness week and me and all of the other Human Sexuality students at MCC are participating and throwing a Condom Carnival!

*sigh* NOTHING SAYS "I LOVE YOU" LIKE LATEX :D

New Happy Year

It's the 11th day into the new year and so far it's been good. As a person who likes resolutions and promises to better themselves and their lives, it is always no surprise to myself when I fall short and nothing I wanted for myself was accomplished or even attempted. The year goes by like that and on the brink of a brand new one I look back and sure enough  I seem to have let myself just stand by and do nothing, waiting for something exciting and life changing to happen. I guess you can say it hasn't been the greatest three years of my life...and yes I know, it's been THREE years, so I'm making the promise to myself that this year will be different. I am not waiting anymore. If I want something to happen I will make it happen. This is my pledge to be happy and have the fulfillment I've always wanted in my life and I thought by starting a blog and writing about and seeing the things I want to accomplish will help give me the strength to actually do it because as of right now this is a new happy year!