Smoking...Blame it on the Parents(and lack of self control?)

So I noticed a trend the other day. If you have parents in which smoked, you are more way more likely to start smoking yourself. I decided to do a little survey on random customers at work. I found that about 78% of the smokers that I surveyed, (which was the majority of the crowd)had parents that were currently smokers, or had smoked for a significant amount of time. Weird, huh? My mother is a smoker, and my father. I think part of my downfall started when I started working at a gas station in Conifer, under the table. They gave me cigarettes for me and my ma all the time. I was only 14 when I got the job. Dad smoked for almost 20 years. Its crazy...we say that we don't want to be like our parents....yet the majority of us picking up so many attributes from our mother and father.....

I <3 Punk Rock

You'd think the younger generation would come up with something new. Nothing will ever be as great (or counter culture) as the mid-70's punk scene in NYC. (I think I was born way to late)It was new, innovative, and totally counter culture. If you were a part of it you were truly an outcast. No one listend to the Ramones, the talking heads, the cramps, blondie, Patti smith, television, etc. until sometime in the 80's when coporate moguls realized there was a buck to be made. By the 80's bands like sex pistols, dead kennedys, black flag, plasmatics, dead boys, clash, U2, and countless others were taking it main stream. We are in need of something new guy, I'm so sick of the rap generation. BLAH BLAH!

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Ahhh...the Holidays...

Suck. I am not ready for Christmas guys! Today at my work, they started playing freakin Christmas carols. Ewww. Its amazing how Christmas pops up out of nowhere. I'm still stuck on Halloween! I hate how stressed out everybody gets. Plus, people get really cheap and forget that servers make less than $4 an hour. Tonight, work sucked. The place was dead and the people had spent all of their money on gifts.......We all start freaking out about buying material things for the people in out lives and,(as corny as this sounds) forget about the things that really matter. Being around the people we care about and having a good time. AHHHH I HATE CHRITMAS!!!! OK, now that I got that out of my system......I feel a little better.

Stupid Fuzzy Dog Coats

Ok lady, your dog does not need a coat. It has one. I can understand the cute little water dish and rhinestone collar, but the fu-fu pink coat with the gemstones is grossing me out and I feel bad for your dog. Do you think the poor thing honestly likes it? Maybe if it's a Chihuahua and it's cold out. Sadly, my mom is one of these people. It's weird, shes a 'mountain' woman thats always had sheepdogs and mastiffs and what not, but recently she got this little yippee yorkie thing. She dresses the damn thing up. Its hilarious. Shes such a sweet little dog, but I can't help but laugh at her when my mother straps on that fuzzy tie-dye sweater. It's pathetic. My favorite part is when she insists on taking the dog out like that in public. I pretend like I don't know her.

I'm kind of a hypocrite though, I love to spoil my cat, Oliver. He's my boy! He doesn't have a fuzzy coat or anything like that, but I do keep him stocked up on fuzzy mince and Kittie treats. I give him cat nip all the time too, its hilarious.....and it wears him out so he doesn't try to eat my face or feet when I'm trying to sleep. He's an only cat so all of my friends and family spoil him. I told my family that their never getting grandkids from me, so I guess they think the need to spoil the cat haha.

I'm Bored

I'm bored, have nothing to write about, and I feel like I'm neglecting my blog. So, I've decided to write about what I see from my deck.
My apartment faces south and looks out over 2nd street. Its on the third story. When I look out to my left I get a glimpse of down town....which is way cool on a clear night. During the day its gross because of all the brownish green smog. Blech. Looking to my right I get a view of the tennis courts and my neighbors deck. It kinda sucks, hes right there. Like 5 feet away. I lucked out though because hes never out there and doesn't smoke. My view doesn't sound all that exciting, right? I get to look at the Wells Fargo building everyday of my life. Sweet. The thing that I love the most about this apartment is, when I look over all of that stuff, I have an awesome view of Green 'Mountain'. It's gorgeous with the sunset behind it. Wow, I just realized that everyone and their mom in my complex drives a mustang. Weird.

Tis the Season......for Shreddin theGnar

What do I love about winter? Hmmm... Thats a toughy. Well, to start, theres the snow, hot coco, sledding, snowmen, snow angels, snowballs,gloves, goggles, and my poofy coat. Haha. I'd have to say my very favorite thing about the winter would have to be snowboarding. I am soooo stroked about this year guys. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pass, but I'm staying optimistic. I think it's going to be a good year!

I remember the first time I went up riding with my bro. It was amazing. My brother and i hit the top bowl at Mary Jane . The powder was waist deep and completely untouched. Mmmmmmm, powder. The downy, dreamy, winter-wonderland white stuff. There was no sign of life anywhere and the whole mountain, it seemed, was ours. We rode for hours, stopped to eat , and hit Keystone for the night stuff. What a day. I hurt so bad, but it was one of those 'hurts so good' pains. I can't wait!

Student Life....or Death as it may seem to some

Its really sad, having to struggle so much in your youth to succeed later in life. This video opened my eyes to how much most students give everyday. I guess its all worth it in the long run, right? Right....The thought of being that far in debt by the time I graduate sickens me. You can't help something like that though, you have to make sacrifices while you can in order to get what you want and need to make a 'decent' , or better than decent, living. The education system today is a mess, but how can you resolve a problem like this? We rely on technology so much these days, and its hard for a machine to give a proper education. How are you supposed to get the help you may need in a class of 115 people? Studying and help from others who are in the same boat as you I guess. It's sad that teachers never get the chance to truly work with student and help them. It's not their fault though, with the growing number of students. Its all about self application and the will to move on and make the best for yourself. I remember when I first signed up for this gig. My counselor told me that needed to decide on a major right away. I think I pissed him off because I just laughed at him. I heard somewhere that 75% of student change their major after two years. Why make the effort when your chance of changing your mind is so high? Another interesting fact I saw somewhere: 60% of college students think about suicide before their first years over. Where do they get these stats? Ok, I'm starting to ramble so I'm done. I'll get back to this later.

What an Amazing Night

Ok, so for the most part, you guys are going to laugh at me and think I'm lame. Eh, whateva. Tonight was the best night I've had in a long time. I got off from work at about 3p.m. and sat around until 5 waiting for Forest(my....not so secret crush) to get off from work to go get me booze. I didn't mind the wait because I get to sit around and pretend that I had an actual reason watch him work(so attractive in a weird way). After we went to the liquor store and I made my point of wanting him to come hang out with me. Which he agreed to ..... :D by the way, I went home to clean and do homework.

When I got home, the love of my life/sister/best friend/Steph was putting on her make-up and getting ready for work. We talked about the plans for this weekends 'make a ton of good food, eat a ton, drink a ton, and be merry(a ton) event'. We have one of these every month, trust me, its good for the soul. I decided to make the usual Balsamic Pineapple Swordfish and Strawberry Daiquiri Cheesecake. An odd mix, I know, but it's wonderful(and about all I can cook haha!).

Steph went on to work and I decided to catch up on my homework that I've been slacking on for the past week. I made myself a cocktail and got to work. Did you know that there is in fact a technical term for that weird stomach gurgle you get? It's called borborygmus according to Chinese Medicine.

Anyways, I was starting to feel down again about life in general until my CD changer switched to Jewel(thats right guys, I said Jewel). I don't care what anyone says, her ridiculous lyrics about peace and consulting a cup of coffee make perfect sense to me. I rocked out to "Pieces of You" and suddenly felt relieved from the everyday stress of life. This is way different from my usual punk/grunge scene, which was just what I needed.

Anyways, all in all, it was a great night. I did next to nothing and loved it. I think that everyone needs to take a break from life and have a night to do whatever they damn well please. Do what makes you happy in order to keep your body and mind in order. No matter what that means. You could be lame like me and combine drinking, cleaning, and homework all into one evening. It made me feel like I was doing what I wanted to do and getting something useful done at the same time. All in all, it resulted in an amazing night.