I read a whole book in 3 hours

I read "he's Just Not That Into You". One of the best books I've ever read. I should have read it a couple years ago when my mom first showed it to me. YES, you ARE ALWAYS RIGHT, MOM!!
Boy, did it open my eyes. If I'm not worth a five sec text or phone call from him without my initiation, then he's not worth a second of my time. Buh bye, boys!!

Very satisfying, I can't wait to see the movie.

What I've been looking for

For the longest time I've said I don't know what I want to do with my life. But time after time I turn back to my writing. It has been the only constant in my life since I woke up the morning of my 12th birthday, well writing and Hanson. Yes, they are still alive and rockin'.
So, I'm gonna keep writing. I don't know how to do anything else as well. I was talking to my mom the other day and I said "I love to write but I'll never make any money at it or even get published." She looked at me and said "Why not? You never knoe until you try." And mom is right. She always is. (And I know she's probably the first and sometimes only person to read my blog, so thanks, Mom!)
I'm currently in the last few chapters of what will be my first complete book. I have a few others that aren't finished yet, but they will be. Then it's editing and proofing then ship it off to publishing agencies, then hopefully someone will take a chance and if dreams really do come true, I'll do more than just make coffee at Border's. I'm reading the book "See Jane Write". It's by a chick lit author and a chick lit publisher, so I figure they'll know better than me how to get my chick lit books somewhere other than my little 2G memory stick.

This year, of all my 23.5 years (as of tomorrow), seems to be more hopeful than the rest. I turned on the TV this morning just in time to watch President Obama get sworn in and then listen to his speech. I may disagree with the president on several points, but his speech was pretty inspiring to someone like me who felt like high school was the best I'd ever be. I don't know what it was, but I cried during his speech. I prayed for him and his cabinet and our country. For the first time in a long while, I feel like I really can do and be anything I want. Even in this crappy economy, with the bills/debt that I have, I don't feel as out of control as I had. But I also read that one of the authors of "S.J.W." (see above) made $7000 for her first book, and not that I would end up in the same situation, but hey that's enough for me to get off my lazy butt and research, write, read, wrote some more, edit, realize that some of what I wrote makes no sense, so re-write it, research some more, hide the characters who are based on real poeple well enough to keep them guessing, edit again, have some one else read it and not say it's crap, then send it off and try not to hold my breath. Well, I feel more hopeful than I did last week, that's all that matters.

Things start to look better

Before they look even worse. I know it's only the beginning of the year, but I'm done with it already. With the economy the way it is, there is almost no hope to do anything or even have a job at the end of the year. Yeah, no one's saying anything yet. But if store after store in the shopping center where I work closes, not to mention the main attraction, what else should I expect? Six years ago I was told that I could do anything and go anywhere. Some one deserves to good kick in the face, as everywhere I want to go closes or cost more than my life and everything I want to do will only cost more money than I will see in my life time. I mean really? Okay, so right now I'm just in a negative funk and want to shoot someone, cause no one seems to understand that only so much money comes in and only so much goes out. Yeah, I made several mistakes and got myself in a a little mess, I take responsibility. But even when I get out of one mess, everything else goes down the hole, you know the stinky one. Seriously, I will never get married and have kids at this rate, why bother looking?

This year

SO I had a way too fun New Years. But I was safe. I'm not one to believe in resolutions. Or at least follow through with them. SO this year I'm gonna make a month by month plan. So as soon as I have one I'll post it. But this year I will do somethings I've never done. Like date, oh yeah!! Anyway. More to come, like my recollection list of 2008! But I'm hungry and need to get dressed and such. Happy New Year!!!!

Ten things that drive me nuts right now

10. Everywhere I look all these young unmarried girls are pregnant and not bright at all and I'm smart want to get married and have kids and I've yet to have a boyfriend. This is the most evil irony.
9. People do not know how to drive in a parking lot to save their lives. First it's 5 miles an hour, PEOPLE. Second, if you don't see a spot keep moving, some people have places to be and time cards to punch.
8. Is it really my fault you waited to go last minute shopping without a plan and now you have nothing?
7. Stalking someone and giving them creepy smiles is NEVER okay!!
6. Seriously, it's cold and wet outside, you're really wearing shorts and flip flops? Yeah, hello 911 I've got a crazy person on aisle 9.
5. If you come into my coffee shop everyday, and everyday you get the same thing and you've already told me how to make it. DO NOT ASK ME IF I'M MAKING IT RIGHT THREE MORE TIMES! Or I may make it wrong. Hmm, was that decaf you said?
4. I guess I missed the memo, Apparently when you install/set up something you're only supposed to do it half way. Thanks.
3. Just because it's on a table with other sale items does not mean it's on sale. Especially if I juts told you sale items have big red stickers.
2. I know things can be stressful during the holidays, but if you yell at me one more time you'll be celebrating from a hospital room.
1. If you think my apartment needs to be vacuumed so bad, let me get you the vacuum while I go back to doing the half a dozen things I needs to do. I live her I get this place clean, I haven't vacuumed yet, but if it's such a priority to you, go at it.

Dating . . . .

Yeah, so I'm giving the whole on-line dating thing another shot. Especially since guys around here are jerks to say the least. So far so good, but I don't want to ruin anything with endless chatter about it here. So, just a brief update that all you get.

cat vs dog

so my kitten who is far less powerful than my parents dogs will open any door no matter whet. Whereas my parents youngest boxer will whine until some one lets him in. he never nudges the door and my cat is a frickin' houdini!

I went so see . .

The Academy Is . . . a couple of weeks ago with my lil sis, since we're huge fans. We The Kings played as well and I alos happen to be quite fond of them. Well,, we're waiting after the show, as we usually do to hang with the band, as we usually do. Jack The Camera Guy, who happens to be best freinds with TAI and travels with them everywhere, was all "hey Megan and Ally, how's it going? So glad you cam out tonight." Which made me oh so happy. Yeah thats right we're starting to get recognized by the crew then the bands. thats's how it works.

Anyway, so we're waiting after the show in a small line to mingle with the band. I have an old issue of AP mag that I've been dying for them to sign and of corse questions about the venue I want to open, as well as the handy dandy digi cam. So, in front of us is a nice girl that we'd been taking pictures fro since she was alone. But in front of here was someone quite unbelievable. This girl, who looked like the lead singer, William's age and mine, 23 (thats us above) was oh so hard to describe. She was cute, nothing wrong about the way she looked. But then she opened her mouth and did what everyone in my family thinks I would've done to Zac Hanson. She started: "do you remeber when you played this Place (I can't remweber the place she said) earlier this year and last year and remember when we huing out and this show at this venue. Do you remember me, William?" Now William is over six feet tall. This girl is my height. He leans down towards her and says " I'm really sorry I don't remember. We've played there so much. ANd I'm exhausted from this tour. you look familar and I don't doubt what your saying but I don't have a good memory." But I do this is how I rember this part so clearly, and my sis was with me. "Oh, well I just wanted you to know that i've thought about those nights and how we connected . . " Williams eyes grow huge and Ally and I look at each other like what is she doing? "and how we're absolutely perfect for each other. So I was wondering if you'd marry me, please?" WHAT?????? Our jaws dropped, William stepped back from crazy Katie (her name really is Katie) and got worried. "What?" "We'd be perfect together. Marry me WIlliam." I look at Ally still in shock, did she just? Ally's like yeah she did. The girl in front of us turns around and says 'okay so she just proposed to William?" we say yeah and turn around to watch what happened next. It was a train wreck, and we were glued to the damage. William raised his hands to his face and then put them together like he was praying, which he very well may have been . . for security to come haul her away. He looked Katie straight in the eye and said " We don't know each other. At all. We're not perfect for each other. You can't base feelings for me on one night that we hung out a year ago, esspically since i don't remeber. You need to let go of EVERYTHING you cannot control, including me." She was a bit teary eyed after. understanabley. But just so everyone knows, I would never NEVER ask someone I "loved" in a band to marry me. I may push them into walls, or cause a riot outside their bus, or happen to metion i think they're really a halogram that's why we never see them in person. But I would never say something that crazy. And I have apoligized to each and everyone of those band memebers. Katie walked away looking hopefully crazy. So, yeah, that was kinda crazy to witness. the only other marriage proposal I've seen was my older sister's. And that was adorable. Oh, and she knew her boyfriend/fience who is now my brother in law, so it was a different situation .
Wow. I probably wrote a novel and I need to go finish my nanowrimo novel. I'm sdoing so good with it. Although, this Crazy Katei story does have soemthing to it. Maybe that'll be my project next month.
Also, Ally and I are workling on becoming youtube queens . . reality show . . . maybe! This pic is Travis from We The Kings, I had to take two pictures because I closed my eyes, but he was cool about it as always. I told him one of his band memeebers might be a halogram. He laughed and said I was fianlly on to him. But we're cool cause we're redheads. Travisaurus and Brownisaurus: you have to know when it's cool to open your mouth and when to keep it shut!

SO I'm standing in line. . .

at the new Circut City grand Opening yesterday. I look around and everyone . . . EVERYONE has some sort of Raiders memoriblia. I instant feel uncomfortable, simply because 90% of Raiders fans I know or have met are not the nicest people. I get the guts, really i have no idea where they came from, to ask the guy behind me if someone from the Raiders was in the store. At that moment, as the last word left my mouth, every thing slowed, everyone in line turned towards me and began to charge . . ok okay, so a few people turned around to look at me like I was a freak. When I found out Bill Pluckett was in the store I said: "oh, okay, thats pretty cool." Yeah like I know who he is. I did keep my mouth shut, however to the fact that I'm a Niners girl. Go #1! Alex Smith BABY!!!! ANd I like the Bears simply because my whole thing with Chicago and my cousin used to play for them.

So yea, not too much to report. But I'm working on a few things. And the new Fall Out Boy pic is cute. Very little boy lost look. Anywho, I gotta take some lunch to Ally and then enjoy a glass of wine with new Josh Hartnett movie "August" about some dotcommer something. I dunno Josh Hartnett is it. Oh, and David Bowie. So, look for a review.

The Jo bros

I will openly admit to loving the Jonas Brothers. Kevin in particular. That being said it was still a bit odd that they wound up in on of my dreams. I'm 3 years older than Kevin, the oldest, and I'm wierd about age. SO why did I drag my younger sis with me to chase the Jo Bros down a Hollywood backlot street (quite PATD "nine in the afternoon" style)? Then I hung out with Kevin at a fair somewhere. Odd but kinda fun (ny?). ANyway, other than job huting thats all folks!