I just remembered...

a quote i heard many many many years ago..randomly:

"You get more flies with Honey, than Vinegar, but if you rip their little wings off, they'll eat whatever you give them."


I kinda like it.

In case you were wondering...

I fuckin hate my nose and ears and here's why:

They are growing oddly long hair. Yesterday, while driving to work, I had an itch on my ear lobe, upon rubbing my ear, I felt a stranger tickle. Low and Behold, a hair. A SINGLE..hair growing from inside my ear. A hair that was so long, I could SEE IT IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR as I grasped it with my thumb and fore-finger...and then pulled that mother fucker right out of his cozy little ear-follicle. It was like a plant...a single little vine growing up from the shadows, stretching towards the sunlight.

and TODAY...today I thought I felt a sneeze... but no, it was an oddly long and oddly strong NOSE HAIR!!! WTF IS GOING ON!?!?!?!? When did my body start growing hair in these places?? whats next?? hair on my tongue???

Im not well for it. So I have been spending small groupings of time throughout my morning, plucking nose hair at my desk. I realize that this visual is gross, but A) my nose is clean, and B)... ITS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL SO I, THEREFOR deserve respect for not pussing out and accepting the disgusting new growth of hair...I have been hard core and plucking these coarse, strong little hairs one by one. Yeah...that's right. How many of YOU pluck your nose hair?? yeah... I'll bet not many. So quit your gasping and making faces about plucking nose hair, at least I'm tough enough, and considerate enough of others, to remove the hair.

That is my current issue with life... ear and nose hair.

okay check ya later peeps!!

One Last Thought before I begin...

2009 is here, and its time to stop reflecting, and start moving.

Happy 2009!



There comes a point in your life when you realize

who matters,
who never did,
who won't anymore...
and who always will.

So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.


Okay people. Time to move forward. Don't be afraid. I DARE YOU TO MOVE....

Actual Work Conversation

Steve: "Hey Buddy, how was your trip?"

Andru: "Fine thanks."

Steve: "Did it hurt?"

Andru: "Did what hurt?"

Steve: "Your trip...when you tripped and fell hahahaha"

Andru: ".........*click*"


5 minutes later...

*phone rings*

Andru: "This is Andru"

Steve: "hahahah well did it hurt?"

Andru: "I dunno Steve, did it hurt when you fell face first out of the Ugly tree?"

Steve: "...good one. Im heading to lunch."

Andru: "ok... avoid mirrors."




This has been another, actual work conversation.

Viva La Musica

This is what Im listening to:

Cloud Cult - Lucky Today
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
Ashlee Simpson - Little Miss Obsessive (yes ashlee simpson, get over it)
John Legend - We Just Don't Care
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares
Brandy - Sittin on Top of the World
SWV - You're the One for Me
Bette Midler - The Rose
Eric Benet - Georgy Porgy
Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
Dashboard Confessional - This Old Wound
Common - Universal Mind Control (Feat. Pharrell)
Cartel - Burn This City
Craig David - Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)
The Academy Is - About a Girl
T.L.C. - Switch


Give them a listen. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

2009, so far...

Well, here it is, one week into 2009. I hope so far all is well with all of you.

I have had a busy 2009 so far, but all in all it has been good. I have already had my first roadtrip for the year. And it was special. I really enjoyed it.

I don't know what is going on right now, but Im feeling weird lately, its like a combination of excitement, loneliness, fear, determination, and disappointment. I can;t even tell you why. Im sure if I sat down and thought about it I could figure it out, but I just dont know right this very second, what the deal is with me.
I was told that I have a chemical imbalance when I was a teen but never took the medication route, I just pushed through life and hoped for better days. So far so good. I think this might just be the issue. Maybe my chems are all outta wake again and I need to find something to busy myself until it passes. Im gonna focus on advertising my pet sitting business. I have one possible new client I need to contact today, for a job at the end of the month, so yay for that.

If you know anyone who needs pet sitting, house care, plant watering, personal assistance of any kind while they are away...please feel free to drop my name, and my email: DedicatedPetCare@gmail.com

I will be advertising on craigslist like a fiend as well. I am also hoping to start getting my tshirt line off the ground as well. All of this on top of trying to get financial aid and grants and loans to go to school this year. I think I've decided on San Diego. I have friends there, and the school is there...so we will see. All of this depends entirely on money. Which is really a bitch because I need money to move down there, get a place, get school supplies, and pay my bills and help me live while Im in school, on top of finding a job that will work around my school schedule. If all these ducks aren't in a row, then I dont get to go to school. Which is enough to make me cry.
I am not going to do the community college route. I already went through high school, general ed in college is ridiculous and unnecessary. Its just a way to get more money out of the students. That's why Im going to an accredited Trade school, learn my trade of choice, and nothing else, get my degree, and start my career. 1-2-3. BUT...Im not able to commute 100 plus miles a day, AROUND work, for school, and have no sleep and no money. Hells no. I need grants, financial aid, and massive amounts of student loans. I am not afraid of debt.

I have amazing friends who have helped to point me in the right direction as far as where to go for FAFSA, and student loans. I will be calling you particular friends when the time comes to help me figure it all out! be aware.

I really hope I can work it out. I will be terribly lonely all by myself in a little studio apartment in San Diego, but it will be worth it. I will be in contact constantly with all of my friends, and my harem (that would be you, Derby Girls...you're my harem.haha) But hopefully, while in S.D. I will be able to see Wesley, who is al OLD family friend, who is a few years older than I am, but his mom and my mom were BFF's and I used to bug him and follow him around as a kid hahaha. My friend and ex boss Kerry lives there, so I will be able to hang with her, Mike lives in SD so I'm sure I will be able to hang with him from time to time...(he is a busy monkey)... I think that about covers it...OH well my friend Tyler is there too. We "dated" for a few months like..5 years ago, and since haven't been in touch much, but when we do talk, its always pleasant and fun...he is the only "ex" I consider myself still friends with.

So I have like 4 people in S.D. that I know, so I guess I wont be a total loner. Maybe I'll get a pug. Pugs are cuddly and lovable and my Pug will keep me company. I will name him/her Scrunchy Face the Second, in Honor of the dearly departed Scrunchy Face.

AGAIN...LET ME SPECIFY for all of you who are thinking that I don;t love you and am abandoning you...

All of this talk of moving, is entirely dependent on MY GETTING FINANCIAL AID, GRANTS, AND/OR STUDENT LOANS. And as for VCDD...ok bitches, YES I would need to move for school, BUT That doesn't mean I can't still come up once a month or so for a game to announce for you! I will go to an S.D. game, but I'll be damned if I abandon my team. I'm VCDD for LIFE YO!!!! I just wont be able to go to practices twice a week and the occasion gathering or burlesque show... but Ill do what I can. AND school is only for about one year... then Im free to re-enter the working world, where ever I decide I want to live. So its not like Im vanishing forever.


Anyway, Im off to my lunch. I have a business call to make, gotta run to the bank, and then go pick up my salad. Yes, even my lunch breaks are hectic. I need another vacation.

LOVE YOU ALL
Peace out

Andru

OH...if anyone else who reads this knows anything about getting grants, and student loans, please email me asap!!! Guacamolejim@gmail.com

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New Years Resolutions

Well, its that time of year again where we look back at our lives and see where we need or want change. Normally I avoid resolutions like the plague, because I hate being disappointed, especially in myself. This year has been different. 2007 was a record BAD year for me. It started with heart break, turmoil, and drama. Followed by shitty jobs, moving into a FABULOUS living situation that I am still living in with my beloved roommate, but soon following signing the lease, I got laid off. No good...the first 6 months of 2008 were rocky and kinda scary and really hard...

But then, I got this job that I have now, and everything began to fall into place.
I was paying my bills, I was traveling, I found roller derby earlier in the year, and thank god for that because I have made some amazing friends who I cherish, like Shelly, Jessy, Lizz, Heidi, Honey, Machii, Amanda, Kate, Craig, Zara, Beezy, Eva...oh the list goes on and on...
But it was just what I needed in my life to show me that a boring life isn't something Im stuck in, its something I did to myself because I didnt venture out. Im venturing on a daily basis now! There is so much out there to do and you just have to look for it!

So time went on, I was progressing, I was healing, I was finding the happiness within. I finally got over my last relationship, and began to see my ex as the person that he is. I was so stuck on the raw and open person that he WAS when I fell for him...now he is bitter, jaded, and has this chip on his shoulder that he blames on me, his other ex, the gay community, the universe, karma...you name it he blames it. But he refuses to turn his blame inwards, and he will never be able to let any of that go until he realizes that he isnt perfect and he needs to take personal responsibility. But, I could talk to him about that until Im blue in the face, it will make no difference, and its really not my concern anymore. He made his choices, and I had to feel the pain, and now he is feeling pain, and I am making the choice to let him feel it, and NOT be involved. It's for the best...my best.

So Once I let all that go, there was a HUGE weight lifted off my heart. I found happiness...within. So I have been riding high on that ever since.
Then I met Mike. Who I think is probably one of the coolest people I have ever met. He is smart, funny, a little wicked, and so much fun to talk to and hang out with. I hope to spend more time with him. :-)

Let me tell you about September. Holy freaking crap balls, September was a month to end all months!! Okay so it started innocently enough, work, pay bills, etc etc... Then some friends and I decided to have a weekend get away. Kendall, JR, Katie and I went to Kendall's parents house in Palm Springs for a weekend. We had such a relaxing and fun time. We went out to eat, we lounged around, we spent probably 80% of the time we were there, in the pool. It was heaven. So we came home sunday, I went to work Monday...then Tuesday, was my BFF Tim's birthday, and he wanted to go to Disneyland. So Tim and I went to Disneyland, and met up with two of my favorite people in the whole world, Scott and Mike. (side note, Scott and I have known each other for almost 24 years now, and Mike is Scott's Boyfriend of like...5 or 6 years) So we had SO MUCH FUN!!! I loved it.

The VERY NEXT DAY...I went to work...and on the way home, as Im driving up Arneill Rd, I GET BROAD-SIDED BY SOME JACK ASS IN A CONVERTIBLE. Yeah, He was waiting at a green light to turn left and I was going forward...and when the light turned yellow, I continued through the intersection, because I had the right of way, and he hit the gas, and drove his fucking ugly GOLD Chrysler Sebring Convertible into my beautiful little Hyundai Elantra. :-( and totaled her. He hit me just hard enough to rip the axel out of the transmission...thus ending Rikku's 5 year life. So sad.
BUT, I got the insurance pay out, and bought myself a SEXY PIECE OF ASS ON WHEELS...a black 2 door Honda Accord....soooo sexy, especially when I had the windows tinted and all blacked out...she is gorgeous...

Since then, I got a 2 dollar raise, had an excellent Christmas in the way of gifts, I got the iPod touch I wanted, and plenty of fun gift cards, I rediscovered my love of reading this year, and have been reading "Wicked" most recently..and LOVE IT. I actually think I rather like the Wicked Witch of the West, and hate the wizard.

I have like 4 more books on order, and am anxiously waiting for them to be delivered. yay Barnes & Noble .com

All in all, I have been having a fantastic 2nd half of 08!!! So I have decided that 09 is the year I go back to school and follow thru and finish!! This may require that I move, we have to see about financial aid and student loans first...THEN we will know.

Last New Years Eve, my friends Jessica, Raylene, Tim and I decided...this was going to be the year of progress and change...and damned if we didn't do it!

So this New Years, I'm making the resolution to not avoid resolutions.


My Resolutions:
~ To greatly reduce, if not quit smoking all together.
~ To start saving at least $40 a week..by any means necessary.
~ Not to be afraid to get what I want, whether its a tattoo, a shirt, or a house.
~ To stop explaining myself and my decisions...I am my own person, with my own mind, and my own money...and what I do with my life, body, wallet, and spare time, is for me to decide, and I dont owe anyone an explanation.
~ I'm going to travel more, and worry less.


Now Im not sure I will be able to accomplish all of these resolutions, but the fact that Im going to try and Im going to give it 100%...is change enough.
2009 is gonna be another year where I kick fucking ass in my life.
2009's gonna rock.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A ROCKIN NEW YEARS EVE AND THAT NEXT YEAR IS FUCKIN RAD!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOUR FACES!!!