January 1, 2010 – Cut Rate Liquors

This is the first picture in my Project 365 mess. Hope this goes well! :D

Another Decade Passes…

 
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Then & Now

What changes a decade makes…

10 Years Ago – New Years Eve 1999:

  • I was 21.
  • I had curly red/auburn hair and wore funky, clunky shoes, wide leg jeans and lot’s of sweaters.
  • I had just moved into a shitty apartment in a nefarious part of town, having exited an even worse domicile that should have been condemned only a week or two prior.
  • I was in college working toward a journalism degree & served as one of the staff editors for the campus rag (News, later Entertainment, then Web)
  • I worked for the local paper part-time, writing obits and general odds-and-ends and covering various areas when others were on vacation.
  • I was driving a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire GT, black with premium sound and a moonroof. I paid for this with money I got after the wreck of 1997.
  • I spent my New Years Eve watching Jas drunkenly “swim” on my carpeted floor like a dolphin, then get hung over, then throw up… then swear he’d never drink again (and he really hasn’t much.)

The In Between – 2000 through 2008:

  1. Jas wrecked 2 of my cars in a matter of months (like 2, months that is) (2000)
  2. I graduated with a degree in Journalism & Technical Communications (2001)
  3. Lived in my favorite apartment EVER (University Tower, aka. The Manhattan) (2001-2002)
  4. Got married (2001)
  5. Got the job I’ll be in for a long time (2002)
  6. Bought a car (2002)
  7. Bought a house (2003)
  8. Got pregnant (2004) and had twins (2005)
  9. Diagnosed with MS (2006)
  10. Got divorced (2007)
  11. Bought another house. Got my first real tattoo. (2008)

Now – New Years Eve 2009:

  • I am 31.
  • I have pink and black hair and wear a variety of wide-healed shoes, wide leg jeans and a lot of black clothing.
  • I live in a house I purchased after losing the first in a divorce
  • I work as an artist making raw pork look as pretty as you can :)
  • I drive a 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT, silver with premium sound and a moonroof (What can I say/ I love Pontiac. I’ve owned 3 of them since 1997… I am so going to miss that company!)
  • I’m spending my New Year’s Eve working, then letting my old man (as in my dad, duh!) take me to dinner. Then it’s off to a show with he and Jas (Avatar 3D iMax). What a grand way to end the year! ;D

‘Tis the Season

To Make Complete Fools Of Yourselves!


Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Wacky Video Wednesday: The Sims Horror Movie

Enjoy!!
~P

Bankruptcy Court: Survival of the Fittest!




I survived the Trustee’s Meeting today. Survived, but still am dissatisfied with my counsel – It’s pretty sad when I seemingly know more about what’s going on than the guy I just paid $1500 to represent me to the Federal Bankruptcy Court.

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My Confession to You…

 

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Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I wait for you.. as if you’d come…

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Impotence

me… sad

I can’t model for shit these days. I’ve tried a couple times, but I feel so fucking undesirable I just don’t know what to do. It’s my own fault, I suppose. I just try to fantasize about something, someone, some place… that I want, desire, long for and I’ve got nothing lately. I start, but it always turns badly and I end up feeling worse than when I started. (You know something’s wrong when even your fantasies reject you! lol :)

So, I’ve put a few goals on hold until I can figure out what I’m going to do… Of course, that saddens me, too and, before I know it, I’m in tears… No good at all!

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Passing Thoughts Spoken, Penned, Thought Throughout the Past Few Days

Me

Thoughts About Insanity (Written in an email):
In my head I’m an 80 pound freak with twitchy, birdlike movements and tangled hair. I slink, head down… tilted to the side, like I’m listening for you.. waiting for you to call. You never do…

That’s the beast in my head… dark and ugly, scared, scarred and twisted… waiting for someone to kill it, squash it… destroy it…

Thoughts About My Past (Partial Tweet):
The cruelty suffered at the hands of men she held divine rendered her completely and irrevocably insane. One wonders if they nodded approvingly when they met on the street or if each held himself accountable for the destruction he’d wrought?

Thoughts About Sex vs. Love (Tweeted, then deleted):
When all you know is kink, normality becomes the perversion… I find myself longing for a lover to *love* me… As if that could happen! I am a freak… A fragment… alone. I was built to be what other people want me to be, be damned with myself. Unfortunately, I trust too much in others’ good intentions… very rarely do they pan out!

On my Disease (IM never sent):
There is nothing more depressing than knowing in 2 hours, you must take a shot that fucks with your head, makes you vomit, makes you miserably, alone, sad and in pain and knowing that, if you don’t take it… you could have all these problems, or worse, all the time…

On Danger (Unspoken thought):
You are dangerous… Even looking at you could break my heart. One insensitive word and I would stumble. Rejection? Definitely destructive… and all you can say is that I’m dangerous?!? I walk away and you would be fine. You walk away and I would be nothing. All you have to do is say you don’t care and my self-construct comes plummeting to the ground – And I’m dangerous… My dogmatic desire to make the world love me makes you inherently more dangerous  than I could ever be. Where I don’t want to hurt anybody, you want to push us all away… Danger is relative… You… are dangerous… I like dangerous.

Around the World & Home Again…

Just a quick update :)

After I dyed my hair pink, it faded… badly. In fact, the color was almost all gone in 3 washings… No fun!

But, after much soul searching (and the discovery of a hopefully much better dye), I’ve returned to my pink roots.

A picture:

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And a few more!

Have a great night and feel free to let me know what you think of this vibrant new color!

~H

Thirsty Thursday: Klaatu Verata Nikto

In honor of my recent (re)viewing of Army of Darkness, we named this drink after those three little words that cause so much trouble…







Klaatu Verata Nikto

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
  • 1 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
  • 1/2 oz Brandy, spiced
  • 1/4 tsp ground Cloves
  • 1 dash Nutmeg
  • 1 dash Allspice

Directions: Shake all the ingredients together with ice. Serve in a chilled glass.


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