Mortisha's Lair

scared the crap out of him!

Oh man you gotta love working at Van Helsing sometimes.
Today right before we were going to close, this one man took a nice shit as he was walking through.. left a nice turd trail at the top of and down this one set of stairs and stank up the place.  He must have been soo embarrassed.. he just left the maze tried to be all discreet, but Alicia figured out it was him.  People coming through were complaining about the smell and I was wondering what was going on.. I heard Alicia call for a clean up over the radio and thought someone threw up or something but they actually defecated.  It was nasty, everyone was joking about it.  The performers all wanted to know who it was that scared the guy and made him shit his pants.  A hazardous waste material guy came in to clean it. LOL
We should advertise the fortress Dracula maze as a laxative.
Ha!

   

I'm only happy when rains

Holy crap, the weather actually changed! It's raining on and off all day today.  I went to Trader Joe's and got some groceries.  I've decided to stop eating meat again and I got all this good stuff like hummus, guacamole, this pepper spread, tortillas, organic corn chips, almond and soy milk, vegetable egg rolls, etc.  I had some spinach 'pita' as we would say in serbian.. it's spinach, onions, and cheese wraped in filo dough.  yummy! 
I dunno what I'm going to do with the chicken and corn dogs i have in the fridge... i'll give it to Matt, he'll probably take it.

Sunday

So since i finished all the Ultimate Spider-Man volumes (which were friggen great and I can't wait to read the next one!), I'm on to X-Men.  Volume 1 was a bit overkill on the fighting/violence... to the point that it bugged me so I just started the Volume 2.  I was almost finished with vol 1 before I started the 2nd one. I only read a few pages of vol 2.  I told Matt about this and it was as if I had done lord knows what terrible thing... He wanted to take the books back.  It's like relax, it's just a comic book... just my personal opinion, we don't have to agree.  lol silly boy.  He apologized for his behavior though and will work on the attitude he seems to have when it comes to comics and video games. 
We went to the zoo today.  Last night we went over to my sister's to watch Gangs of New York and had some Tai food.  Tomorrow I'm going to look around for a halloween costume.

relationships=learning about yourself

Right now I am very grateful that I'm in a relationship with someone like Matt. 
I just realized how critical I was of myself.  You know that inner voice that just constantly puts you down all the time and gets you all paranoid and self conscious?  I just realized what a bullshitter mine was. 

Last weekend and earlier this past week have been kind of a "let's all get on Maria's case make her feel like shit" period.  Aside from my sister getting on my case for telling my parents she was going to live with me, when i went bowling with Matt and his family his mom made a comment about me that made Matt really mad and that I took personally.  After that let's just say I was feeling quite insecure about my appearance.  Then at work on Wednesday Matt told me that he was thinking about going to work in Japan for a year and asked how I'd feel about it.  Just the fact that he was considering it upset me... I'm really not into long distance relationships.  He's not going to go (at least not this year) but it was still a downer.  Then the next morning the first thing he tells me when he sees me at work is that a few performers were complaining about how I'm not doing a good enough job and they wanted him to tell me.  That got me a little mad at him, it was kind of like "thanks for having my back, Matt".  Also, I respect people a lot more that tell me to my face if they have a problem with me, then getting someone else to do it for them.  Just the accumulation of all of that, along with the fact that I'm living with a drug addict, had me really bummed Thursday night.  I needed some time to myself to 'digest' it all if you will.

Matt and I talked things out between us and in the last few days I realized the basis of my insecurities and that they were unfounded.  It all stems from what my family and some others have said to me in the past and the attitude they took towards me.  My insecurities are a result of theirs.  It's all a lot clearer to me now.  I have no reason to be embarrassed of or insecure about anything.  I have a boyfriend that loves me as much as I love him and he reminds me that I'm beautiful just the way I am every day.  Maybe it's not so bad being me, after all.

Days off

Gotta love it when you have a day off from work.  Now that I've graduated from the Musician's Institute I'm working at Universal 5 days a week and looking for a better paying job in the music industry (marketing/promotion/ or artist management). 

As far as the roommate situation goes, it ends up that my sister is moving in with me on November 1st.  She unfortunately broke up with her boyfriend of 4 years and he's moving back up north with his parents.  I had to tell Jennifer that the room was no longer available.
It's funny how things work out sometimes.  I honestly saw the split coming.. they didn't get along well all the time.  I remember when I wanted to move out to Cali and suggested that my sister and I live together she said "no way"... but now she wants to?  I see how it is.  Just more ammunition for me in case of an argument ;)  She also got mad that I told my parents she was moving in and that they broke up... she wanted to tell them herself.  Big deal, it's not like they wouldn't have found out eventually anyways.  They asked if I found a roommate, and I told them.  I'm not big on keeping stuff from my parents. It's not like I told them every single detail and gossiped away or anything.  Yeesh.  She should be thankful I'm letting her stay after the way she treated me when we were younger, and still does sometimes even now.

Anyways, Matt and I watched Beverly Hills Ninja last night.. it had me cracking up!
Gotta go get the laundry...

Camp Freddy rocks the Key Club

Ahh, you've gotta love Camp Freddy and classic rock tunes.  What a great show last night!  Mark McGrath was a special treat for me.  He was awesome!
I have to say I felt like the Isaacs factor was missing though.  It was kind of like Lucy, Ricky, and Ethel without a Fred.  (gotta love I Love Lucy)

It was great to see all the panic agents again!

Linda! thanks so much for the kind words.  I'm glad I finally got to meet your boy! 

Matt, Rachel, and I didn't really join anyone in particular, we just found a spot where we could see the stage good and stayed there.  Afterwards we weren't really feeling up to pizza at the Rainbow at all.. Rachel went home and Matt and I stopped by In & Out burger to get some food.  mmmm, i looove In & Out..... then we just went to bed.  We worked all day before the show, we were pooped.  I worked today and will again tomorrow.  Just taking it easy tonight and reading Volume 5 of Ultimate Spiderman.  Tomorrow night I'm going bowling with Matt's family.
Have I stated how wonderful Matt is?  He washed the dishes and made my bed! 

In other news, earlier this month I told my roomate he has to leave.  He is a tweaker and I will not have that shit in my home.  I have no tolerance for drugs.  It is not a good sign when you find lightbulbs in your freezer. He was quite disruptive and I had enough and told him he had to leave.  He said "sorry" and that he'd find another place and keep it cool for the rest of the time he's here.  He's been a lot better so far. I'm going to ask him how the search for a new place is going tomorrow.  Hopefully he'll be out next week.  Maybe he'll learn something from this and realize that he needs help.  But probably not.
What can I say, you never know how someone really is until you live with them.  I have found a young lady, Jennnifer, that should become my next roomate.  She is going to send the deposit, and once she does she can move in.  She doesn't drink or smoke but I forgot to ask about drugs.  **note to self - ask about drug use when interviewing roomates**

for those that don't have it..

Download rhcpmy_friends_live_at_david_letterman.mpg

Download rhcpaeroplane_live_at_david_letterman_1995.mpg

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Last night after work a bunch of us went out on City Walk. We hung out at the karaoke machine then went to see The 40 Year Old Virgin.  That movie cracked me up!  The collectors comic book figures SO reminded me of Matt.  I loved watching the people sing karaoke.  Next time I'm doing Meredith Brooks' "Bitch". Afterwards Matt and I went back to my place and he spent the night.
For the first time I can truly say without a doubt that I am completely in love...  My boyfriend is wonderful.  I'm so glad and fortunate to have him in my life.

I hate being sick

blah.  I have a cold or something.. i'm all stuffed up and coughing.. don't feel well at all so I called in sick from work today.
I have been playing Myst: Uru
What a gorgeous game.. freaky at times because it's all so desolate.  the puzzles can be quite tough and you can waste a lot of time just trying to figure out what in the world to do!  Matt was over playing it last night. it was interesting to watch him play.. he's stuck at this one part I've already gotten through..ha!

twiddle dee dum

Yesterday's guest lecture class was really cool. Why, you ask? Because the one and only Jesse Tobias was the guest speaker.  Man, what a smile that man has!  He talked about some great stuff, my particular favorite being his story of when he was in the Chili Peppers for 4 months or so.  Poor guy was totally devastated and turned to alcohol for solace when things didn't work out and he was told Navarro was taking over. 
Cool thing now is that he's going to Rome to record with Morrissey.  Rock on Jesse, rock on!

There is or was a fire burning up in the hollywood hills and we're getting some smoke here.  Reminds me of Serbia in the fall when they burn leaves everywhere for some odd reason.

Matt and I have decided to make Wednesdays our special day to spend together.  Although I've been seeing him at work, we were having trouble getting our schedules aligned so we picked a day just for us.
Speaking of work, I've been wearing a wrist brace on my left hand because I pulled something somehow and it hurt.

Moses (my roomate) had two of his friends (girls) from Atlanta over this weekend.  They left a little while ago.  They were really nice, and one of them was totally gorgeous. It was kind of a pain because they were nocturnal- slept all during the day and were out all night and came home at 5 or 6am making quite a bit of noise.  The other night something happened where Moses left his keys to the apartment/work/car somewhere and called me at 5am so he could get in.  He happened to by pure luck take a spare car key with him in his pocket and was able to get home at least.  He also spilled wine on the carpet in the living room and there's a nice red stain there.  "just don't mess up my futon" i thought to myself...

We have a TV and DVD player in the living room now... woohooo!   A bigger TV will be much better for the video games.  Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, here I come!

The next Zelda, Twighlight Princess comes out in November! Happy birthday to me!
Can't wait! check out these screen shot previews: