Que the Mariachi

Guatemala update: Still working, still saving. Someone please tell Megan to stop planning Mexico vacations so I’m not tempted to blow it all on 4 days of drunken, sunburnt, bano humor (too lazy to go make the squiggly mark over the n).
Kind of a cool thing I realized the other day: I know a lot more Spanish than I thought. Once you get in the swing of conjugating verbs it’s just a matter of learning new words… which I have been doing slowly over the past months. I’d like to thank Tara for sending me her Berlitz Intermediate Spanish for iTunes, and Ricky Martin for putting the Spanish version of his most popular songs at the end of his CD! Is that dude even still alive? Yeah… I swear, I have no idea how that got in my CD collection. Holy shit, those mariachi smurfs are sneaky.

My dreams are getting bigger and bigger with each passing day… which is a little scary cause that means I have a lot more work to do. I’m still not giving away details just yet (mostly because I don’t really have them—this is a say ‘fuck it’ and just do it sort of deal). But crazy things are setting themselves up so that there is a very good possibility that this is actually going to work out!!! I’ve just got to keep at it! Send good thoughts my way if you would please! ☺

Some of you may know more than others how freaking stubborn and relentless I actually am. I think if I put even half the energy/effort into this as I have into other various endeavors, I will have no problems whatsoever. And it’s really not a hard thing to do when you’re this passionate about what you’re working toward.

I haven’t taken any new good pictures or videos lately… so here’s an old picture of me as a ninjapirate. It’s perfectly normal to feel a little intimidated.

The ADD Blo-- Hey, look... a butterfly!!!

Is it completely sick and twisted that I am totally in love with my new retail job? I signed up to work on a weekend… Memorial Day weekend to be specific. I’m giving up drinking beer by the pool with the family to work (and I’m a little excited)!!! Is this feeling just the aftermath of my gross unemployment binge? Haha, maybe a little… but I actually enjoyed it the first time around also (to an extent).

Anyway, I’ve had some pretty cool adventures lately. Alright… I’ll admit: they weren’t actually cool. I’ve just been having more fun than the average person in the average situation would. For instance… did you know that it’s Mustache May at Zia Records?


Oh yeah, that's hot!



Chicken Stache!!!!! P'KAAAWW!

(No, we hadn’t been drinking…. Yet).

Anyway, I’ve become completely obsessed with Guatemala ever since the idea was inserted into my head. This blog is all I can do to keep from hanging posters in my room, and wearing t-shirts with the Guat Flag on them! I’m probably driving people crazy! But what can I say… I just love what I love. And it’s starting to define me! I love greyhounds, baked goods, bicycles, the ocean, this song:



among much much more! Wow, I really had nothing of any particular importance to say tonight, did I?
I do have another new scheme formulating in my head… but I’m keeping it a secret until I can figure out how to make it happen in reality. Oooh, the suspense! (But yes, it involves sketchy business deals made in Spanish by the ocean). :-D
Did you know that anytime someone lets me play on their guitar (Thanks Snefnie!) I can’t resist singing the Smelly Cat song? I know the lyrics in their entirety. Hah! I’m like a modern-day hippie with a flower in my hair and an iPod in my pocket. Life is good. Viva la vida buena.

Supersonic Jello and Passes to Ports

I am officially the proud owner of a United States Passport. Oh yes, I can finally make all those weekend trips to Tijuana that I’ve been dreaming about all these years!!!! Or, wait a second… did I hear someone say Guatemala?

I’ve kind of been neglecting my blog for a while—I haven’t had too much to really report on… just staying busy with the usual quality hound time, painting, doing drugs, hanging out with friends, working. Ah, caught me! Yes! I did say: working! (Can you tell I’m excitable tonight?) I have an official job now! I’m back at Lowes, only this time around in the Install Department. I really like it so far… I think it’s going to offer me the type of challenges that are right up my alley to keep me interested and involved in my work. And work I will need to be doing because that unemployment stint combined with Emergency Vet visits pretty much left me in the red. When it rains it pours, eh? Don’t worry though… I also learned some fantastic budgeting/saving skills and it will be no time at all until I’m able to get back on my feet and book my flight to Guatemala City… probably not this month, but soon (very soon). I’m hoping my new job will be supportive when that time comes, seeing as I’ll be bringing back a pretty useful skill (and not asking for a raise because of it- if you guys read this –haha!).

One thing I do want to say after this experience: I have the best freaking friends a girl could ask for. They really have no idea how much even the smallest gestures meant to me when things were at their toughest. I’ve never really been very close with people before—but I’d go to hell and back for them if they ever needed me to. I love you guys. (sniff sniff –haha!)

Okay, done with the sappy…. I need a laugh! Ahhh, I know, how about a video from the Megan/Leah B-Day Bash???


Supersonic Jello Shot