Leave Nothing to Chance

This blog is a bit of a bummer, but truth be told I'm glad it's behind me and now I can sit back, reminisce about it, think, "Damn, this was not so bad." I'll write the update here. I got everything resolved with the cellphones (didn't have to pay a dime), thanks to some woman named Laura, who did some digging for me over at Nextel, bless her. Not even a day after I lost Mazda 626 my dad bought a Kia something or other which we returned the next day and my brother picked me up later in my new-used Mitsubishi Galant who I fondly call Gary. He's great to me, and I in turn definitely try to be great to him.

Original Blog Date: Monday, June 4, 2007

It's got nothing to do with LUCK.

Because if there were such a thing, I would be seriously lacking.

I'm not ungrateful. I have AMAZING Family, and GREAT friends.

However, I feel like all odds are against me. This week. So, I'm super excited about my friends coming this weekend, I have everything all planned out and then BAM. BOOM. KA-POW!

I mean to switch from Nextel to TMobile on the 15th of July- well, TMobile disconnects my phone the 1st of June- I'm not paying the cancellation fee from Nextel, because I DIDN'T AUTHORIZE the damn change, but Nextel will add an additional MONTH of Service for 120 smackers in order to reconnect my line, so I'm NEITHER HERE NOR THERE! Except, I am without ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH ANYTHING! Very, very, disconcerting.

Moving on, we all recall my CAR DILEMMA! The drama that is... well, yesterday, I went to the Alehouse and after dropping off my best friend, his parting words were, "you should get that oil changed," which we all knew really meant, "your car is fucked" I remember for as long as I have driven him, he's been telling me I need a new car...and we were just talking about his odds of being correct- OBVIOUSLY another point in his mother flippin' favor!

Well, it's 1 AM and I'm on the highway going home, with my rattly car and my disconnected cell phone... The car breaks down on the highway. I get towed ($85-that I would've had for when my friends visit) then I missed work today, to take the car to the mechanic, and then he tells me the car is a loss... the engine is stuck and the gears wont move, and that the car is going to be more expensive to fix than what it ended up costing. So he told me to sell it. SO, now I have no car and 300 bucks in my pocket. I don't know what to do with myself. I need a car and PRONTO, and of course since I have $00.00 savings, I can buy- I don't know what, but probably not even a bus pass.

I'm most angry because I thought I was finally moving ahead. I was meant to be moving forward and getting out of debt, and now I'm being sucked back! Well, maybe it's a blessing REALLY, REALLY well disguised!

I'm not going to let this hold me back, this isn't the end of me. I'll eventually have my cell back, and I'll eventually have a car. It just doesn't feel like there's an end in sight to all these terrible odds. I know there's a reason for this, and I don't even want to know why, but it's happened and now I have to make the best of it.

Alright, enough of this hippie spiritual talk, I'm just bummed out is all, but I always keep a positive outlook, it's definitely the way to be. F-CARS AND PHONES and our attachment to the two.

Craig

This Blog I wrote after my dad's business partner and super close family friend, Craig C. passed away. It was a very big blow for my family, he was just 28 and he is still missed everyday.

Original Blog Date: September 21, 2005

I recently lost someone very close to me. I am at a loss for mental activity. I have never been through something so devastating, because it not only changed the course of the person's life but also the course of mine. I miss him because I took him for granted and I always thought he'd be around. Without him now a lot more worries surface, that I don't know how to face. I know I'll be alright if I take things one day at a time. It's unbelievable how from one minute to the next your whole life can change. One thing I know now is that life is certainly not promised and you can't be certain of anything in life except death. I know he is now in a better place, and he deserves his rest after all he went through. I miss him though and I wish I could turn back time and make things go back to normal. But reality is hard and it jolts be back like a thousand volts. I feel very wishy washy lately but I hope to be back to my old self soon, crying only gets you brief release. I have to make peace with my new situation and the fact that he is never coming back and only hope that one day...

Ode To My Cellphone

This blog is just to recap a few of the many times I have had phone issues (mainly losing it) and always managing to find it.

Original Post Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 

Alright gang!I just wanted to take a minute and write a little "thank you" to my flippin' phone, man!I mean how many times have I lost it? How many different models have I lost? Seriously, those who know can recount quite a few times, restaurants, cars, houses, WALT DISNEY WORLD (come on- who loses their phone there and gets it back? Seriously.), A couple weeks ago at Winn Dixie, and just last Friday at Spirits Night Club at the Hardrock.FOUND... Every. Time. I have had the telephone number since FOREVER, and it's never failed to make it's way back to me... I know I'm probably jinxing it with this blog, but what are the damn odds people?!My sunglasses don't come back to me! I'm not gonna stroll down the shore of the beach and say, "there you are sunglasses!" NO! That's just not going to occur, and yet, my PHONE! Oh, heavenly little apparatus that "does what it Do!"And this latest model, it's been through so much with me, and it is still hanging in there, the little guy. I think it's biggest loss was the ability to radio- since after all isn't that the POINT of Nextel phones?But, I'm grateful for whatever capabilities this little sucker has left. Besides my plan ends in a couple weeks (or is it days?) and then I have to choose a new phone and a new plan... but the SIM card- that sucker's been the same-sizzle forever-izzle!!!!!Well, that's all I have to say about my little guy-Thanks phone- keep it tight! 

Update: The phone no longer exists, I am very happy with TMobile now, and I have lost my phone since, and still recuperated it. It's the one thing in life that shouldn't be dependable, and yet, it is. For which I continue to be grateful.

Sunglasses: A Necessity and Yet Also a Malady

During my College Program I am sad to report that I must have spent most of my paychecks buying sunglasses. I worked outside in the sun, Disney has regulation on what kind we can wear in front of guests, and as you'll read I lost or broke the majority of them. I am happy to report that in late 2007 or so, I bought 2 pairs at 2 for $20.00 and they are still to this day in tact. It might have been something in the Orlando air.

Original Blog Date: Monday, May 14, 2007

A moment of silence.

ALRIGHT KIDS! I lost my FAVORITE SUNGLASSES (because they're always my favorite when I lose them) I don't know where, or how, but they are, as N'Sync would sing, "GONE!" and I miss them oh-so-terribly as I am prone to headaches due to chronic squinting! And now  the search is on, it's time to find me a new FAVORITE Pair! Why is it that I lose Sunglasses so EASILY? I think I must've spent my entire final Disney paychecks on Sunglasses and NOT one pair exists....
My favorite story was when they were smacked clear off my face and into the ocean by a giant wave at Cocoa Beach, it was as if the sea was saying, NO, BITCH you can't HAVE THESE! So, in conclusion, I think everyone should own a cat.

Clarification: I would like to apologize or rather clarify the ending to this anecdote. I was not attempting to be all Gertrude Stein, but really, it was more of a shout-out to my friend Raul who told me in a communications class during speeches, one particular student gave a rather rousing speech only to conclude with the final thought of cat owning.

It went a little like this:

"Have you ever heard of Grand Theft Auto? This game is stock full of prostitution, violent rage, theft, and other horrors. So in conclusion, I think everyone should own a cat."

- Unknown

My Birthday Bummer Weekend 2007

This blog speaks for itself. It's just a recap of the weekend of my 24th birthday. Needless to say after this I needed a stiff drink.

Original Blog Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007

So how's this for a sour weekend before my birthday!?!?

Friday: On my lunch break I went to cash my check (GOOD TIMES) and left car keys locked in car with car on! FANTASTIC! Asked a police officer for help and he said the county took away their Jimmy's... Awesome... I WAITED 1 HOUR and some-odd in the bank waiting for a Locksmith (super expensive-o and a complete waste!), when a young man at the bank offered to try to pry open my car. Different cop sees us STRUGGLIN' and comes over and says the most ironic phrase in the history of desperate times, "want me to open that for you in like 2 MINUTES?" My reply, "Yes, an HOUR ago!" Good news is I saved a shitload of money by switching to Geico (just kidding) but I did save on the aforementioned locksmith :) Then Friday evening- I get A FRANTIC phone call that a mutual friend of mine is in the hospital (thank goodness I called his girlfriend for a calmer account of the situation) turns out my buddy's gonna make it after all! Just like Mary Tyler Moore!

Saturday: uneventful (my fault- sorry to my friend Jackie, but more sorry for me, it's my birthday weekend for crying out loud!) 

Sunday: Got the new kitchen in the new apartment installed (FABULOUS and GORGEOUS!) DOWNSIDE ~ Some fucker hit my car when doing some maneuver he/she OBVIOUSLY did not know how to do! Unhinged my left side-view mirror DAMN YOU!

Monday: APOCALYPSE NOW... My car breaks down, (battery/alternator/ bad maintenance due to owner being a girl, me, who knows squat about cars except how to speed!), dies (the car not the girl) in the middle of HELL-A-LEAH, some tow truck driver comes to "rescue" aka sexually harass girl while towing car to safety... then takes girl to an ATM machine whereby I am supposed to cough up a mere $55 smackers for towing my insignificant car 20 blocks- HONESTLY! So I go to said ATM and get 60 beans. I pay the douche, and he says he doesn't have the 5 bananas to pay me back (ARE YOU FRIGGIN' KIDDING ME?!?!?) He's like is $4 OK? AND NEVER HANDED ME THE MULA... Yea it's OK- SCHMUCK. Finally home after said ordeal...Get home quick fast to renew AAA membership so this Bullshit does not happen again.... but... where's my... ATM machine? OH NO!! Mother-of-pearl, I flippin' left my damn ATM card in the dinkin' machine, I return and lo-and-behold it's not there anymore!

Tuesday: Woke up crazy early to get a ride to work from el BROVA-man. On the way... I forgot my dress shoes... return trip 1. Get to work. Later, on my lunch break, 900 missed calls later... 1 Voicemail from the bro, "ELAINE HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO GET THE CAR FIXED IF YOU HAVE THE CAR KEYS!" Mistake. OOPS, I am officially a tard.

Wednesday (el futuro)- my birthday... no car, no cash, no fun. PRICELESS.The end...or is it? Could my luck get possibly worse or is there really nowhere to go but up from here? (I've got to say, all in all, I'm optimistic- it has to get better now right?) No worries- it's just life. I'm gonna make the best of it, even when it's kickin' me so hard it's knockin' the wind out of me. ::Insert silver lining here:: 

For now, that's all kiddies.

Update: Honestly, I can't remember how that birthday went... I'm sure I resisted against any celebrating. But it's these kinds of things you have got to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and just say yes, I can... as Eeyore would say.