Well it has been a fun couple of days

 

August 28, 1999

Well it has been a fun couple of days ... lets see ... Thursday I found out I got the apartment ... I was sooooo excited ... I just love this place and I can hardly wait to move in ... I wish it were yesterday that I got the keys instead of next Friday ... but good things come to those who wait ... besides it gives me a bit of time to decide where everything is going to go ... and I need to get new bookcases, a couple of bar stools and a table for my patio ... ahhh yea I am totally excited ...  anyway Thursday night dean and Kris and I went out for a drink that turned into a kind of late night ... but really fun ... we went to Lupos at Mandalay Bay for some drinks and then dean took us up to The Foundation Room which was bitchen ... so high up there the view was amazing ... and the place is just cool itself ... all the walls are covered with patchwork tapestries and there are scented candles and incense everywhere ... there is a huge media room and then these dark private rooms ... all the artwork was amazing ... and we hung out and watched a Madonna concert for a while ... we went back to Lupos and met Jason G. and hung out ... then headed to Gordon Bierch ... which was dead and boring ... but I got some guy to pull down his pants and let me take a picture of his ass ... I can't believe what people will do just cause I have a digital camera and I tell them it is going to go up on the internet ... I will have to start testing that theory more ... {smile} ...  oh it was such a bummer ... Thursday afternoon I stopped at the good-will by my house ... to see if they had anything I needed for my new place ... and as I was leaving I saw this older couple trying to get a dresser into their car ... so I stopped to help them ... and it just wasn't going to fit ... I was about to tell them we could load it into my van when a woman came out and said ... you got the dresser I wanted ... and I told her I had one just like it that I would love to get rid of ... for 20 bucks ... she said sold ... then offered to put these peoples dresser into her station wagon ... and we would all follow them ... drop off their dresser then she would follow me to get mine ... well shit if they didn't all tear out of the parking lot ... and I was behind them for a bit ... but lost them in a construction area ... and I hadn't given the woman my number ... so I missed out on selling my dresser that I hate ... maybe I will run into her again sometime ...  I keep daydreaming about how I am going to set up my new place ... {smile} ... I am so excited ... next week I am going to take some time to repaint my coffee table and night stand ... change some handles on these groovy chest of drawers I have ... so stuff is ready when I move in ... today we stopped at a garage sale ... and they had this bitchen chair that I was looking at ... and someone bought it for 5 bucks right before Kris sat down on it ... such a bummer ... it was really cool ... and shit for 5 bucks ... how could you not ... Kris and I need to start hitting the estate sales ... in Kansas we got some killer stuff ... I had 2 of the best dressers from an estate sale ... too bad I had to leave them behind when I moved out to Cali ...  well I have a ton of work I should be doing today ... but I am a little burnt ... and waiting for a whole shipment of cds to come in that I need to catalog ... everyone had plans to go away for the weekend at work ... and I assured them I would take care of everything ... so at any moment I could be flooded with work ... as soon as the FedEx guy gets here ... hahahaaa ... although I know I will take a break tonight from 8:30 to 9:00 PM cause I gotta watch that show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" ... it rocks ... it is such a great show ... I hope it doesn't just run for the 13 days ... I hope they make it a nightly show ... it is the first time in a long time that I have been so excited for the contestant ... and able to answer the questions myself ... some nights I get them all some I don't get any ... but the fact that they are never really difficult they just cover a broad range of topics makes it so fun ... cause anyone has a chance ... I think my mom should try out for it ... she would be so great on this show ... I know she knows all these answers ...  well I guess it is back to work for me ... ahhhh fun fun ... I love setting my own schedule I just hate how I feel obligated to always be working ... not forever ... just gotta remember that ... {smile}

Ohhhh yea!!!!

 

August 25, 1999

Ohhhh yea!!!! I did it ... I got a BITCHEN apartment ... ohhh man I am so excited ... and I did on my own ... well not on my own ... I couldn't have done it without the help of many people ... mainly Kris and Chevy ... but this is the first apartment I have ever gotten where my parents didn't help me with the move in cost ... the deposits and stuff ... cause I never had enough money at one time to do it on my own ... but today I found the coolest place ... yesterday I look at a place that I thought about going back to today ... but I just really didn't like it ... ya know I didn't come home all excited after seeing the place ... and today I couldn't wait for Kris to get home and come back over there with me ...  so we did ... as soon as she got home and she loved it just as much as I do ... I can hardly wait to move in ... pending I pass the credit check ... {fingers crossed} hahahaaa ... I mean I did fine at my last place ... but I have since broken my leg ... wracked up huge medical bills that I am still paying off ... so we will see ...  anyway the place is so perfect ... one bedroom ... huge living room/dining area that I can use all as a living room ... and a walk in closet that is bigger than some rooms I have had ... it just rocks ... a balcony off the bedroom ... huge kitchen ... security system ... and a washer and dryer ... and came in under my proposed budget ... its about 10 minutes away from Kris' and maybe 15 from work ... everything is really close ... and the neighborhood around it is beautiful ... and it will all be mine in 9 days ... woooohoooo ... its time to start thrift shopping and find funky furniture that I can fix up ... my favorite "Alice in Wonderland" looking table was 5 bucks at good-will ... maybe I will get even luckier in Vegas with some groovier stuff!! ... ohhh I love moving into a new place ... and I get it the week Kris and Chevy are going to Cali ... so I am going to try and have everything but my big furniture moved in during that week they are gone ... and then just get Chevy and his friend Tim help me ... and I figure if there is anything I want to paint ... I can do it that week they are gone when Kris' car won't be in the garage ... so stuff is pretty groovy ...  work is hectic ... there is always something I need to be doing ... it makes it really hard to relax at all ... cause if I am at home I feel like I need to be working ... sometimes I feel like I can't even get to writing in my journal cause it is taking time away from working ... and I know it won't always be like this with work so I should put in everything I have now when it really really counts ... at least I get to work at home a bunch ... which I love ...  well I got a bit of work done before I finished this ... just in case I thought of anything else I wanted to write ... but alas I didn't ... so I will post this ... work and bit and head to bed ... I know I will have sweet dreams tonight ...  Oh wow I was getting ready to post this when I realized something ... I am getting my new apartment on the 3rd ... three is definitely my number ... all groovy stuff seems to happen on the 3rd ... right on!!

Oh man what a day

 

August 23, 1999

Oh man what a day ... work was hectic and stressing ... there is just sooooo much to be done ... and I got home around 7ish ... and Kris isn't in a very good mood and I am worried that I am over-staying my welcome ... I asked and she said no ... but it kind of feels like it ... I have been starting to think that myself ... and I wish I were able to move out in mid September instead of mid October ... maybe I will talk to my mom about helping me out ... she would understand the overstaying my welcome feeling ... who knows ... then to top things off ... I get a thing from my bank back in Cali ... I haven't used the bank since I moved ... except to keep enough to pay my internet charges ... till I set up a bank out here ... well Earthlink is charging me 485 dollars for I don't know what yet ... so I have this huge overdraw on my account ... I decided today I wanted to go to school to learn JavaScript ... take a class ... but I checked at UNLV and at the community college and there was nothing I really wanted to take ... but then Chris (note: my best friend is Kris ... and Chris is a woman I work with) ... anyway Chris was talking about this computer school on the internet ... we looked it up ... and they had the stuff I wanted ... so dean signed up for a whole year ... I can take any of the classes I want ... it rocks ... just gotta find time in my schedule for that ... man if I didn't have to sleep I might actually get everything done I am working on ... hahahahaa

ohhh my goodness!!

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Lets see ...

 August 16, 1999

Lets see ... seems like there is so much I want to write about ... even though not much has happened since I wrote yesterday ...

I started to write about my living situation yesterday ... and in my head I sounded so spoiled and bratty that I just couldn't write about it ... and deleted all I had written ... but then today I thought ... shit Liz you are working hard ... and should be happy for what you are accomplishing ... but a part of me still feels bad that there are people out there that can't afford the necessities in life ...

anyway ... the cost of a two bedroom apartment out here is like 15 dollars more than the one bedroom I had in Cali ... and I am making more money than I was in Cali so I have decided to get a two bedroom in October ... this way I can put my whole workshop and the futon in the second bedroom and get a real couch for my living room ... this way when I am working on projects I can shut the door and Kramer won't bother them ... and when I have company they can have some privacy ... and I can also have a kitchen table and I won't have to eat in the living room at the coffee table ...

now I know a couch is expensive ... and it is going to take some savings on my part to get one ... and I was thinking the same about the kitchen table ... but then I saw the possibility of a fantastic project ... buying a table that I could actually afford at Good-Will or garage sale ... and painting it ... along with the chairs ... which now I am really excited about ... cause I already decided I am going to redo my coffee table ... and buy paint colors I actually like ... instead of stuff left over from old projects ... so the whole possibility of the new place is exciting ...

and I am starting to miss all my "stuff" ... everything is out in boxes ... and I keep thinking of stuff I wanna use or read or work on ... and it is all packed away ... I will totally miss living with Kris and Chevy but at the same time I am really looking forward to having my own place again ...

and I told Kris this weekend I was worried ... it was only august and I was already dreading October cause I was going to have to move all my stuff ... and she said ... "ya know it isn't like a regular move ... you don't have to be out of here on a certain day ... each night you can take some stuff over and unpack it ... so when you decide to move in you take the stuff from your room here and you are all set" which is just a great idea ... the task of moving isn't so huge now ... I can get everything hooked up and settled in before I even spend my first night ... so I was happy about that all weekend ...

I had a ticket to go to DC over Labor Day weekend ... but since I will be totally busy with work ... and Kris and Chevy are going to be gone that week ... I changed the ticket to go at Thanksgiving ... since it is a frequent flyer ticket and there are a bunch of blackout days ... so I will only be going for like 4 days ... but that is pretty good ... and I won't extend the trip up to New York this time ... which is a bummer I would love to see Karen and Dana ... but that will have to be for next time ...

I am waiting for Kris to get home for lunch today ... we are going on a Target shopping spree ... I am going to break down and get a Target charge card ... cause there are so many things I need ... and I just haven't gotten paid yet ... and it is killing me ... 3 weeks without making any money has been so hard ... I had to call my mom and borrow some money to pay my phone bill ... well the money was intended for my phone bill and birth control pills ... but I have nothing ... so I paid the phone bill and said screw it to the birth control ... I am not having sex ... so what is the big deal if I don't take them this month ... and wait till I actually have some money ... so that was 30 dollars for the week ... which should be ok ... especially if I work from home ... saves me some gas money ... hahahaaa ...

well I think I have rambled on long enough ... gotta get back to work ... many sites waiting for my design style ... hahahaaa ... or at least to plug everything into them ... ahhhh its Monday ... which means Hazen will be here in 2 days ... yea!!!!

We had a great night tonight for Kris' birthday

 

August 11, 1999

We had a great night tonight for Kris' birthday ... we went to Ceasars Palace and ate at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant ... Chinoix ... I think that is the name ... anyway it was totally fun ... Kris, Chevy, Lori, Jessica and I went ... and everything was fantastic ... I have been working sooooo much lately ... my body is permanently growing into the computer chair position ... but I am loving it all ... so it is all good ... I just can't seem to get work off my mind no matter what I am doing ... thinking about pages I am working on ... thinking of things I have to take care of ... I guess that is a great sign that I am loving my work ... Dean bought me the camera for the office yesterday ... and today I got everything hooked up and working ... it is really bitchen ... I am loving it and can't wait till InterNIC redirects my domain name so I can upload the page to the new server and start running the cam again ... especially with the new concept of having it at work and at home ... its going to be cool ... I have been so broke lately ... I can't wait to get my first real paycheck from my new job ... cause I have been scraping change for everything ... I was worried about tonight's dinner cause I have been so broke ... but I went by the pizza place today to apologize to Mario for quitting so abruptly ... and they did owe me money so I was able to go out tonight ... thank goodness ... even though Jessica wound up picking up the check for everyone ... I was able to leave the tip ... schwoooo ... cause I know Kris would have been bummed out if I couldn't go ... and I didn't want her to front me the money ... I really hate borrowing money from people ... just makes me uncomfortable ... Eric and I have been talking a lot lately ... he has been seeing Erin a bunch and sounds so happy ... it makes me happy ... and he has been giving me sooooo much help on my sites ... I have been doing stuff that I am just not sure of ... and he is always there to help ... I don't know what I would do without his friendship ... I would be so lost ... if it weren't for him I would have never gotten as good on the computer as I am now ... I hope they come out and visit soon after I move into my own place ... it would be fun ... speaking of visiting ... Hazen will be here a week from today and I can hardly wait ... I am so excited to see him ... we are going to have a blast ... and tonight I told him I would do all the touristy things with him cause half of them I haven't even done ... tonight was my first time in the forum shops at Ceasars ... my mom loves them and has been telling me to go forever ... so I am glad I finally did ... the ceiling is painted like the sky ... with clouds ... and the lighting changes from day to dusk to night and back to day again ... it rocks ... I would love to paint the ceiling in my house like the sky ... ahhhh it would be so beautiful ... maybe one day when I own my own place I will go for it ... {smile} ... well I gotta put tonight's gallery up ... and head to bed early ... I wanna get up early tomorrow and get a fresh start on the page I have been working on ... I don't even wanna look at it anymore today ... maybe I will dream about what I need to do and figure it all out ... it has been happening lately ... probably cause it is the only time I can truly relax ... ohhhh I almost forgot ... I told Dean about the thing I had for Jason Bateman ... and he knows everyone ... I mean EVERYONE ... and I heard him talking to this woman and said ... hey next big thing coming up we gotta get Jason Bateman there cause Liz would love to meet him ... and she said ... no problem ... that night I had a dream I met him and screamed like a 14 year old ... I woke up giggling ... I have met many stars and never screamed ... but I just adore him ... if I do meet him I hope I can keep my cool ... it would be hard ... thinking about it now I am cracking up ... but I should be able to ... I can always scream afterwards ... hahahaaaa ... ohhhh too funny ... but at the same time I hope it happens ... ok ... off for some sweet dreams ...

Wow we had such a great time last night

 August 8, 1999

Wow we had such a great time last night ... we got to The Drink pretty early ... but it was cool cause there were a whole bunch of guys there for a bachelor party ... so we weren't the only group there ... The Drink was a pretty cool place ... we got a great table ... they serve drinks out of mason jars ... and it is a big place ...

In the front room they had a reggae band playing ... and we all hung out ... talked ... drank and listened to the band ... eventually the dance area opened ... and we had a blast ... even though the place was so big ... we all kept finding each other ... it was totally cool ...

Kris was rocking out in the cage on the dance floor ... it was awesome ... and I met sooooo many people probably because of my camera ... people were asking what the pictures were for ... and I told them all about my web site ... and then everyone wanted their picture taken ... I talked to lots of cool people ... a guy that reminded me of a good friend of mine in Michigan ... and this P.O. named Brian who was totally sweet ... I tried to find him before I left to say good-bye ... but he was no where to be found ...

Kris and all her family left around 1 and I wound up staying till after 3:30 ... Jessica gave me a ride home ... thank goodness cause I found out it would have cost me a fortune to take a cab home ... which is what I had been planning ...

All in all I would say everyone had a great time this weekend ... and I think Kris' birthday turned out great ... I am glad everyone was able to be out here for the weekend ...

but in the same breath I will say it was SOOOOO great once everyone left today ... the house was trashed with 8 of us staying here ... and I wouldn't admit it to Kris ... but I was looking forward to doing some cleaning ... cause it needed it ... so Kris and I went to work ... scrubbing the bathrooms ... washing everything that wasn't nailed down ... dusting ... vacuuming ... ohhhh and after a couple of hours the house was great ... I was so happy everything was clean again ... and if I was happy I can bet Kris was even happier ...

Kris and I went grocery shopping ... and then I came home and made a big spaghetti dinner for everyone ... we watched "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" ... it was pretty good ... kinda long and slow but still pretty good ... and now there is peace and quite here in the house ... it is soooo nice ... I didn't realize how much I had missed it ... but there is lots of work to be done tomorrow ... so I should head off to bed ... ahhhhh I am sure it will be fantastic sleep tonight after such an amazing weekend ...

Well I see I have been somewhat lazy about writing in my journal

 

August 7, 1999

Well I see I have been somewhat lazy about writing in my journal ... which surprises me cause lots has gone on ... so lets see ... Thursday I went into the pizza place and quit my job ... he was pretty pissed off at me ... but we have had so much work at HotSpoon ... that I have been working like 12-16 hours a day ... the pizza place was killing me ... the stupid thing ... everyone gets involved with it but the people that should ... ya know one person tells another they are pissed ... and they tell another till it gets back to me ... man if you are mad at me ... tell me ... which is what Kris did ... but once I explained to her why I did what I did ... she understood more ... but that was what made me figure out why we have remained so close for so long ... we don't bullshit each other ... when one of us is mad or upset or tired of the other ... we tell them ... we don't tell their friends ... and we hash it out ... and everything is better ... but I am glad I quit the pizza place or I would have had to work last night and that would have totally bummed me out ... Kris' sister came down yesterday ... we are celebrating Kris' birthday this weekend ... and she was kinda bummed cause Matt and Kevin (her two younger brothers) told her they couldn't come out ... well when patty got here she asked Kris to help her with stuff in the car ... I went to take the dog out back and Matt and Kevin were hopping the fence ... they came up to surprise her ... and she needed it ... big time ... when she walked out back and saw them there she started crying ... I was so glad to see them come out ... and Chevy was totally happy cause otherwise it would have been an all girl weekend and he would have gone crazy ... ohhhh I almost forgot ... on Thursday I worked on my whole site ... learned a bunch of JavaScript and redesigned my site so I could use it ... and I set up the home and work cam area ... which I am so excited to have up and running again ... it could be as soon as Monday ... just depends on when they redirect my domain name ... waiting to get an email telling me I can change to the new server ... and tomorrow dean and I are going to buy a camera for the office ... it is going to be pretty bitchen ... ok so anyway last night we all went down to Fat Tuesday's ... and then to the brewery at Monte Carlo ... it was a pretty bitchen place ... we hung out there for a while and then of course headed to Boomerangs ... man I am sick of that place ... I was actually falling asleep sitting there ... and besides I had too much on my mind with all the web sites I am working on ... so when Jessica decided to go home I got a ride ... so I could come home and mess around on the computer ... hoping inspiration would hit ... (a total geek I tell ya) ... it was totally fun last night ... I love Kris' family ... and I have known them all for so long ... and seen her little brothers grow up ... that I feel like part of the family ... it is a great feeling cause I always wished I had more brothers and sisters ... so tonight is the big night for Kris' birthday ... we are going to some place called The Drink ... and my boss is getting us all in for free ... which rocks ... cause I hate to pay just to get in someplace .... that is just bullshit ... so I have my camera ready with extra batteries ... so I can take a ton of pics tonight ... although tonight I am going to try and get in more myself ... {smile} ... everyone went out today and bought new outfits for tonight ... but I just don't have the money to do that yet ... and besides ... even though I think it kind of bugs my friends ... I hate dressing unlike myself when I go out ... they want me all dolled up ... wearing nice stuff ... but man ... I looked for a job that wouldn't require dressing up ... hahahaaa why would I want to do it when I am going out to have fun ... maybe they just want me to so I could hook up ... but if I really wanna hook up ... then it doesn't matter how I am dressed ... I just have to set my mind to it ... and I can have whatever I want ... ahhh but speaking of dressing ... I need to do that now since we are leaving soon ... I am already excited to see what pictures we come up with tonight ...

I wound up going to dinner with Dean

 

August 2, 1999

I wound up going to dinner with Dean (my new boss) and Boz (the guy I work with) ... and then we went back to the office to work and work and work ... I didn't get home till quite late ... and I was bummed missing Sunday dinner with Kris and Chevy ... they always cook up a storm on the weekends ... and I work so much I love having my two days off ... anyway between jobs today ... Kris and I met at Big 5 Sporting Goods ... and tried on skates ... it was so great ... we were skating around the store ... they were so much better than rollerblades ... I put them on hold ... they are getting a smaller size for me from another store ... and they are holding Kris' till I get mine in ... I wound up telling her cause Chevy didn't think she would really want them ... neither did Kristy ... so I told her and she was sooooooo excited ... cheering and whooping ... so today when she was having a rough day ... I gave her the address and asked her to meet me there between my jobs ... she was excited to see we were trying on skates ... the sales clerk was cracking up at us ... it was totally fun ... the skates are white with purple wheels ... I am thinking of surprising Kris and getting red ones put on ... its her favorite color ... that way part of the gift will be a surprise ... ohhhh and the biggie for today ... Merrill Lynch called and let me a message today ... about a job offer ... so I feel like I am at the point of making a huge life decision ... the job of my dreams making hardly enough to live on ... or a job that pays me pretty well but that I am not too excited about ... and I don't wanna make the wrong decision ... {not that anyone wants to make a wrong decision} ... there is just so much to consider ... and figure out ... and it will be a day of standing up for what I think I am worth ... not always the easiest thing to do ... I sometimes think it is easier to get paid less than you are worth and wow people ... then for them to pay more and never be 100% sure of what they are getting for their money ... man I just need to sleep on it and see what happens in the morning ... man I can't wait till Kris and I get our skates ... and I want a job where I get to see her some during the week ... ohhhh it will all be figured out in the morning ... all that is left for today are sweet dreams ... {smile}