I made hamburgers for the first time tonight. I seasoned them with italian seasoning, the only kind of seasoning we really had in the apartment, and then, since I didn't have hamburger buns, I put them on a slice of bread, without a top bun. So I dubed my burger creations "Topless Italian Burgers." They were yummy! I am seriously proud of myself for my cooking success tonight! I think it will become a more regular part of my diet now! I love hamburgers, and I am so happy to discover that I can successfully make them on my own without having to pay for a wimpy fast food burger, pay for an expensive restaurant burger, or wait until I go home to make them.
I'm so proud of myself!
Shae
Sunday, June 20
Thursday, June 17
Cell Phones
I've been without my phone since Monday. Its dead--won't charge, won't turn on, d-e-a-d dead. I had to use my roommate's phone to call my dad so he could call customer service for me. Now they are sending me a new phone, supposed to get here today, only, with campus mail like it is, i doubt i will get it today. i went to pick it up a little bit ago and they weren't even there! :( they are moving the mailboxes and the bookshop to another building, and so its all crazy and hectic. and i have to work tomorrow, so i can't get it then, and they aren't open saturday/sundays, so next week is the only time i can get it. Monday, maybe, i might have to work. Tuesday, maybe, if i work monday. not wednesday, maybe thursday, not friday. so :( BOO!!!! i want my phone i don't want to have to be a FULL WEEK without it. besides, once i get it i have to do all this junk to it, activate it and bring it in to transfer info--because i am NOT going without my pics of my baby nephew that are on there. priceless never get again pictures! besides, since my phone is DEAD i can't transfer over the contacts myself. :( boo again. boo times ten million. if i GET my phone today, i might not be able to get it to the store to transfer info until next week, so it'd be worthless anyway. i hope can get it all sorted out today. i need to send off the old one back to the company, and i need to do THAT within ten days or whatever. which puts ME on a time crunch that i can't afford. :( ugh. i hate this. i HATE this with a PASSION. the mail guy won't be back there till 4:00. i was there at 3:30, and i couldn't waste a half hour there doing nothing. so now i have to go back after 4 and see if my package is there. this time i am driving, last time i walked, and its hot as heck outside.
Shae
Shae
Tuesday, June 15
busy busy busy bee
I've been real busy lately. I worked 32 hours last week, and I have 32 hours this week too. I had Monday off, and I have Thrusday off, but other than that, I work every day, 8 hours a day (except Sunday, I don't work Sundays). Tomorrow is the head housekeeper's birthday at the Inn, and I was going to get her a card then I completely forgot when I was at Wal-Mart. I got groceries, but didn't venture to the other side of the store to look at the cards. Shoot!
Anyway, I don't know what else to really say right now. I'll get back to you...
Anyway, I don't know what else to really say right now. I'll get back to you...
Wednesday, June 9
Sexy Cowboy
I have a special request for my Gregory. I want a sexy cowboy type guy. Maybe not LITERALLY a cowboy, but that persona, that feeling of a sexy cowboy; preferably a cowboy who can sing...
Can you blame a girl for hoping?
I want him rugged, but handsome.
Can I get him sophisticated, but rough around the edges?
I prefer a tall drink of water... but not a string bean, please.
I want some meat on his bones,
shoulders that can really fill a shirt...
A head of hair that isn't filled with too much product,
but not hopelessly out of control.
He should be morally sound, christian man
but have a bad side.
I want a man
but he doesn't exist, not in this dimension.
His name is Gregory,
but I don't think he's real--
really out there.
really for me.
wow, spontaneous poetry.
Shae
Can you blame a girl for hoping?
I want him rugged, but handsome.
Can I get him sophisticated, but rough around the edges?
I prefer a tall drink of water... but not a string bean, please.
I want some meat on his bones,
shoulders that can really fill a shirt...
A head of hair that isn't filled with too much product,
but not hopelessly out of control.
He should be morally sound, christian man
but have a bad side.
I want a man
but he doesn't exist, not in this dimension.
His name is Gregory,
but I don't think he's real--
really out there.
really for me.
wow, spontaneous poetry.
Shae
Sunday, June 6
sinner in the hands of an angry God
I skipped church again today. i DID read some of my bible though, in Luke 3, and then somewhere else about judgement. now i'm watching evan almighty.
my best friend in the whole world is coming to visit me saturday. i'm excited. and my other friend from school is in town for a choir thing, and we're going to hang out this week. we're going to a movie sometime, Prince of Perisa, because I want to see it so much but i don't want to go alone. I think i will go to a movie with melissa on sat. when she gets here. :D i'm excited for this week. it will be a good upper for me, from being lonely this past week without my fav. roommate in the apt anymore.
Shae
my best friend in the whole world is coming to visit me saturday. i'm excited. and my other friend from school is in town for a choir thing, and we're going to hang out this week. we're going to a movie sometime, Prince of Perisa, because I want to see it so much but i don't want to go alone. I think i will go to a movie with melissa on sat. when she gets here. :D i'm excited for this week. it will be a good upper for me, from being lonely this past week without my fav. roommate in the apt anymore.
Shae
Saturday, June 5
I'm a Cockatoo
I never thought that cockatoos could be cute, but they kind of are. Seriously, google image "cockatoo" and you'll see some awesomely strange birds. I always said that if i were an animal, i would want to be a bird, because i want to sing and fly. more specifically, i think i'd be a cockatoo. they are odd, like me, and it makes a great match.
besides, with my hair having been cut by the glass in the crash, my hair sticks straight up on my head just like a cockatoo. i always have to pull it back in order for it to look okay. i have two options: ponytail or half ponytail, with the occasional bun if i'm in the right mood. right now, i'm alone in my apt and i have it down, with a little piece of yarn that i'm wearing like a headband. its odd, i know, but hey, i'm a cockatoo, i'm allowed to be odd.
There is a blue sky and sunshine outside. its a glorious day to fly in the clouds. maybe i'll go fly around a little bit. i think i'm overdo for some suntanning and reading Pride and Prejudice in the grass (one of my favorite pasttimes). But first, I am doing something with my hair. and maybe i'll change my shirt. but then again, maybe not. its an oversized royals t-shirt, and its comfy and hides the fact that these pants are too small just slightly now, enough to give me an unattractive muffin top. of course, when are muffin tops ever attractive? never.
Shae
Grocery shopping--midnight style
so, i got off work and decided that, since i haven't had time lately to go grocery shopping, and i really need to, i would just go after work tonight. so at midnight, i got to walmart and buy groceries. i know, i'm a strange child. but i got some good stuff, restocked i shouldn't have to go shopping again for two weeks if i play my cards right. except maybe milk.i go through tons of milk.
i got LOTS of goodies, including Breyers ice cream on rollback. it is only 1 cent more than the great value stuff, and so much better! plus, its all natural, and it better for me than the ben and jerry's stuff, and i will eat less at a time withe the half gallon ( i have tiny bowls i use). so it was awesome. i hate those commericals, the rollback commericals, but in actuality, they DO save me money, and honestly, i appreciate it, and i wouldn't shop anywhere else, probably, because i know i can get pretty good stuff as great value at walmart and come out on budget, under sometimes.
my roommate asked me to do the dishes, too. she left a note. she has company coming over tomorrow and apparantly the two sinkful of dishes plus a counter full of dishes couldn't be tackled by HER, since its HER company, but had to be done by ME, who could care less if her company saw our dirty dishes. whatever, i did them anyway, because i've been meaning to. i even took out the overflowing trash (your welcome, roommate!) i'm just staying, after 8 hours at work, nearly an hour of grocery shopping, DISHES was the LAST thing i wanted to do. and they took me 45 minutes to do, because they were everywhere. is started at 1:30-ish, and finished around 2:15 to put away clean dishes, wash dirty ones, and rinse them. ugh. my feet are KILLING me! I thought i'd treat myself to a netflix movie and a small bowl of ice cream (already scarfed down). maybe i'll watch the proposal.
oh, and i bought popcorn. butter lovers. for when i watch all my movies.
oh, and i work three days next week already. monday night, wednesday day, and friday night. yay. and if i'm lucky, i might even get thrusday night from ronnie. *crosses fingers* that would be four days i would work, which would give me 32 hours for that week. that would be awesome. :D *prays fervently* tiring, sure, but it would be worth it.
i am really wanting a cute guy to show up soon, or i'll go crazy. quite frankly, i'm getting cuddle-hungry!! (or horny, however you want to phrase it. i prefer cuddle-hungry. its more polite).
shae
i got LOTS of goodies, including Breyers ice cream on rollback. it is only 1 cent more than the great value stuff, and so much better! plus, its all natural, and it better for me than the ben and jerry's stuff, and i will eat less at a time withe the half gallon ( i have tiny bowls i use). so it was awesome. i hate those commericals, the rollback commericals, but in actuality, they DO save me money, and honestly, i appreciate it, and i wouldn't shop anywhere else, probably, because i know i can get pretty good stuff as great value at walmart and come out on budget, under sometimes.
my roommate asked me to do the dishes, too. she left a note. she has company coming over tomorrow and apparantly the two sinkful of dishes plus a counter full of dishes couldn't be tackled by HER, since its HER company, but had to be done by ME, who could care less if her company saw our dirty dishes. whatever, i did them anyway, because i've been meaning to. i even took out the overflowing trash (your welcome, roommate!) i'm just staying, after 8 hours at work, nearly an hour of grocery shopping, DISHES was the LAST thing i wanted to do. and they took me 45 minutes to do, because they were everywhere. is started at 1:30-ish, and finished around 2:15 to put away clean dishes, wash dirty ones, and rinse them. ugh. my feet are KILLING me! I thought i'd treat myself to a netflix movie and a small bowl of ice cream (already scarfed down). maybe i'll watch the proposal.
oh, and i bought popcorn. butter lovers. for when i watch all my movies.
oh, and i work three days next week already. monday night, wednesday day, and friday night. yay. and if i'm lucky, i might even get thrusday night from ronnie. *crosses fingers* that would be four days i would work, which would give me 32 hours for that week. that would be awesome. :D *prays fervently* tiring, sure, but it would be worth it.
i am really wanting a cute guy to show up soon, or i'll go crazy. quite frankly, i'm getting cuddle-hungry!! (or horny, however you want to phrase it. i prefer cuddle-hungry. its more polite).
shae
Thursday, June 3
Crochet lessons
So I was home alone last night, doing stuff on my computer when a friend come by (a guy-friend, mind you, the one that the guy thought i was dating) and he poked his head at my window and was like, 'hey megan! Whatcha doing?" I said absolutely nothing, and he was like, can i come in? i said sure, and so he came in, and we chatted a little, and then we did some crocheting (last time he came over mandy taught him, if you remember). we listened to some music, crocheted, then watched the last episode of Glee together, and then he mentioned this other show, The Modern Family, and he said that he thought i'd like it, so we watched a few episodes of it, and it was funny. then we both facebooked and it was kind of funny, because we didn't talk, we just were both on facebook. it was weird. he left at 11, and i went to bed (i had to work at 8 this morning)
thats all. i don't even know what else to write, because nothing has happened.
shae
Oh, I found out that Cute Boss-man actually does have a girlfriend. she goes to school in south dakota. she's kinda pretty. anyway, thought i'd update you.
shae again.
thats all. i don't even know what else to write, because nothing has happened.
shae
Oh, I found out that Cute Boss-man actually does have a girlfriend. she goes to school in south dakota. she's kinda pretty. anyway, thought i'd update you.
shae again.
Wednesday, June 2
Cute Boss-man Strikes Again
Today, I went to work, all for the attitude that cute boss-man is off limits, dating someone else, thing. I even wore a cute dress to work today, brown and yellow that looks great on my figure, thinking, hey, i want to dress up just for the heck of it, because i can (and because i have to do laundry).
Cute boss-man called at work, asking if it was raining, there was a storm coming. i said there wasn't, and he was all, great, thats what we needed to hear, and then we hung up. a few hours later he PULLS UP to the inn, and wiht some other guy, unloads tv's on our luggage cart and puts them in the breakfast prep room. He was looked nice in a blue polo and khaki shorts (how do you spell khaki... kakhi?) he stayed for like, a half hour to an hour unloading and doing a few other things. He told me that i was doing a few things wrong, and to do it this way instead, and to do this, and that, and for some reason, the way he said it, irked me to no end. I got MAD at him. i stuck my tongue out behind his back (which, looking back, wasn't a good idea because of reflective glass doors... yah, yikes.) yah, i was ridiculous. but it felt good, because since i was mad at him, i forgot that i had a crush on him. it was a good relief.
then he called later a few times, checking on things, and adding a note to tomorrows day people, etc, and he seemed happy to talk to me, and glad to talk to me, etc, you know? there was something happy about his voice. and like the first time he called and he found out i was working he was like, "hey!!" and was like, really excited to talk to me. it was a little wierd, but nice, and made me smile. :) you know?
I'm like a little girl in middle school, going on about some guy. he's four years older than me, for heaven's sake. He's not even christian, i don't think, because i heard him cuss. would a good christian guy cuss? Honestly, i keep asking myself that, holding to the hope that he is and it just slipped out.... or that its a bad habit he hasn't dropped yet.
i don't know, i think i'm just blowing it out of porportion. one of my roommates, the one who used to be engaged, now has this new guy she met that's she's been going on dates with, and he sounds like a great guy. and now i keep thinking about the only prospect on my table right now, cute boss-man. *sigh*
i hate this. go away, cute boss-man, stop being so amiable, and friendly, and cute. stop calling work when i am working, and stop coming to the inn when i am working. stop it, cute boss-man. stop it.
his name is jason. i just had to say that, because i like his name. its a nice name.
stop it. gosh, change your name to something less cute, like harold, or jim. UGH!
Shae
Cute boss-man called at work, asking if it was raining, there was a storm coming. i said there wasn't, and he was all, great, thats what we needed to hear, and then we hung up. a few hours later he PULLS UP to the inn, and wiht some other guy, unloads tv's on our luggage cart and puts them in the breakfast prep room. He was looked nice in a blue polo and khaki shorts (how do you spell khaki... kakhi?) he stayed for like, a half hour to an hour unloading and doing a few other things. He told me that i was doing a few things wrong, and to do it this way instead, and to do this, and that, and for some reason, the way he said it, irked me to no end. I got MAD at him. i stuck my tongue out behind his back (which, looking back, wasn't a good idea because of reflective glass doors... yah, yikes.) yah, i was ridiculous. but it felt good, because since i was mad at him, i forgot that i had a crush on him. it was a good relief.
then he called later a few times, checking on things, and adding a note to tomorrows day people, etc, and he seemed happy to talk to me, and glad to talk to me, etc, you know? there was something happy about his voice. and like the first time he called and he found out i was working he was like, "hey!!" and was like, really excited to talk to me. it was a little wierd, but nice, and made me smile. :) you know?
I'm like a little girl in middle school, going on about some guy. he's four years older than me, for heaven's sake. He's not even christian, i don't think, because i heard him cuss. would a good christian guy cuss? Honestly, i keep asking myself that, holding to the hope that he is and it just slipped out.... or that its a bad habit he hasn't dropped yet.
i don't know, i think i'm just blowing it out of porportion. one of my roommates, the one who used to be engaged, now has this new guy she met that's she's been going on dates with, and he sounds like a great guy. and now i keep thinking about the only prospect on my table right now, cute boss-man. *sigh*
i hate this. go away, cute boss-man, stop being so amiable, and friendly, and cute. stop calling work when i am working, and stop coming to the inn when i am working. stop it, cute boss-man. stop it.
his name is jason. i just had to say that, because i like his name. its a nice name.
stop it. gosh, change your name to something less cute, like harold, or jim. UGH!
Shae
Sunday, May 30
Birthday Cake
We have half a birthday cake in our apartment, screaming my name. its perfect--yellow cake with chocolate frosting, my favorite. its my roommates birthday today, and my other friend too, who came and stayed with us last night. the cake is delicious... i had two pieces after work last night... :D
I am going crazy with my fantasies about Cute Boss-man, so I have determined to dub him "off limits" He now has a girlfriend that he will propose to soon. Shh, don't tell anyone (mostly because its all madeup) this will help me, however, not to think of him like that anymore, if i tell myself that he's already taken. its helped in the past.
I now have netflix on my computer, thanks to my dad. Yahoo!! i was so happy!! Its so handy! its like an online video store, but i don't have to pay anything! Haha, its wonderful with all types of movies that i've always wanted to see/never heard of/sound interesting. Lol.
I'm a little bit rock'n'roll.... Actually not really rocknroll so much as classic rock. I just like the allusion to the song. I listen to classic rock radio station at work because its either that, vulgar pop, or country. I pick classic rock! its what my dad listens to, and i always thought it was annoying and not my thing, but now that i listen to it, i like it. i will prob. never admit that i like my dad's music to his face..... Oh my gosh, i'm turning into my father. NOOOOO!!!!!
Pardon me while i have a panic attack....
[leaves room and screams then returns]
okay, i'm over it now. thank you for obliging me there. Haha. Now i think i will go and watch a jane austen novel on film via netflix.
Shae
I am going crazy with my fantasies about Cute Boss-man, so I have determined to dub him "off limits" He now has a girlfriend that he will propose to soon. Shh, don't tell anyone (mostly because its all madeup) this will help me, however, not to think of him like that anymore, if i tell myself that he's already taken. its helped in the past.
I now have netflix on my computer, thanks to my dad. Yahoo!! i was so happy!! Its so handy! its like an online video store, but i don't have to pay anything! Haha, its wonderful with all types of movies that i've always wanted to see/never heard of/sound interesting. Lol.
I'm a little bit rock'n'roll.... Actually not really rocknroll so much as classic rock. I just like the allusion to the song. I listen to classic rock radio station at work because its either that, vulgar pop, or country. I pick classic rock! its what my dad listens to, and i always thought it was annoying and not my thing, but now that i listen to it, i like it. i will prob. never admit that i like my dad's music to his face..... Oh my gosh, i'm turning into my father. NOOOOO!!!!!
Pardon me while i have a panic attack....
[leaves room and screams then returns]
okay, i'm over it now. thank you for obliging me there. Haha. Now i think i will go and watch a jane austen novel on film via netflix.
Shae
Friday, May 28
Cute Boss-man
So, the cute boss-man.... he's not technically my boss, he heads up a branch of the Inn at a nearby city. He's the owner's nephew, or son, or something. He's 23, goes the university there, and is a business major, I think. He's tall, thin, with brown hair and a really attractive face. :D
I've only met him twice, and talked to him about five times or more on the phone, but I'm smitten... I only wonder if he's smitten with me, too... ?? I have no idea, I can't tell, he keeps his business face.
The only thing was the first time we met, he was like "you working on sunday/monday? I'll be in town again..." i wasn't, so that was sad, but because i stayed later today, i got to see him again. lol.
the only thing is, i heard him cussing a few times, which makes me uncomfortable... I want a guy who is a christian, and i don't think he is, but then again, i might be decieved. I don't know... .
But he's CUTE!!! Like, drop dead gorgeous, cute. :) a little thin, but tall enough o make up for it. Hahah.
Anyway, I'm done sighing over him....
I'm watching My Fair Wedding, and I love the wedding planning, and all that. now i want to plan MY wedding... via online pictures. lol. :) okay, that's my project for tonight. plan my wedding. :) lol
Shae
I've only met him twice, and talked to him about five times or more on the phone, but I'm smitten... I only wonder if he's smitten with me, too... ?? I have no idea, I can't tell, he keeps his business face.
The only thing was the first time we met, he was like "you working on sunday/monday? I'll be in town again..." i wasn't, so that was sad, but because i stayed later today, i got to see him again. lol.
the only thing is, i heard him cussing a few times, which makes me uncomfortable... I want a guy who is a christian, and i don't think he is, but then again, i might be decieved. I don't know... .
But he's CUTE!!! Like, drop dead gorgeous, cute. :) a little thin, but tall enough o make up for it. Hahah.
Anyway, I'm done sighing over him....
I'm watching My Fair Wedding, and I love the wedding planning, and all that. now i want to plan MY wedding... via online pictures. lol. :) okay, that's my project for tonight. plan my wedding. :) lol
Shae
its been a while...
So, I realize now that its been awhile since I've posted, so let me update you a bit. Well, screw updating, I'll just tell you about my crappy day. Haha.
Today I had to go into work for my coworker, who was getting her knee looked, and had to leave early. So I came in about 1:30, and was supposed to work till 4, when the other guy would come in and change shifts. at fifteen till four, a guy calls saying he is going to update the files on teh computer for our program, and i can't use it for 20 minutes until he's done. 40 minutes later, he finally is done. in the meanwhile, i had to do everything by hand, and couldn't check anyone in, couldn't do anything except write it down to do later. it was bad.
The guy who is supposed to come replace me at 4 calls and says he won't be in till 4:30. Okay, whatever, that's fine, I guess. Then this other guy (cute boss-man) comes to replace the TVs in some rooms at 15 till 5, the guy has just gotten there himself to take my place, i'm still checking people in by hand, and trying to figure things out. Then Replacement goes and helps Cute boss-man with the TVs, so I stay at the front desk to help customers. They finally finish, and then there's an entire issue with the cash drawer. apparently, the woman i replaced, gave a guy a cash refund, when she wasn't supposed to, and the drawer was all off, and it was a whole big issue. and THAT took 30 minutes to resolve! Finally, at 15 after 5, Cute Boss-man leaves to get remotes for the TVs from Walmart, and I tell Replacement that I am leaving, I clock out and go home.
to be greeted by my sister's ex boyfriend on facebook, whining about how he missing my sister, he can't live without her, can't sleep, can't eat, can't nothing. Ugh. now i have to deal with HIS problems, and try to encourage him and still be loyal to my sister, who is, honestly, better off without him, but at the same time, they were great together, so its a hard position to be in.
finally, ten minutes ago, i ended that conversation, and now i am sitting, hungry as an ox, and writing to you about it.
and i can't stop thinking about cute boss-man.... i'll get to that in a bit, i'm going to make dinner. Stay tuned for my next post about Cute boss man!
Shae
Today I had to go into work for my coworker, who was getting her knee looked, and had to leave early. So I came in about 1:30, and was supposed to work till 4, when the other guy would come in and change shifts. at fifteen till four, a guy calls saying he is going to update the files on teh computer for our program, and i can't use it for 20 minutes until he's done. 40 minutes later, he finally is done. in the meanwhile, i had to do everything by hand, and couldn't check anyone in, couldn't do anything except write it down to do later. it was bad.
The guy who is supposed to come replace me at 4 calls and says he won't be in till 4:30. Okay, whatever, that's fine, I guess. Then this other guy (cute boss-man) comes to replace the TVs in some rooms at 15 till 5, the guy has just gotten there himself to take my place, i'm still checking people in by hand, and trying to figure things out. Then Replacement goes and helps Cute boss-man with the TVs, so I stay at the front desk to help customers. They finally finish, and then there's an entire issue with the cash drawer. apparently, the woman i replaced, gave a guy a cash refund, when she wasn't supposed to, and the drawer was all off, and it was a whole big issue. and THAT took 30 minutes to resolve! Finally, at 15 after 5, Cute Boss-man leaves to get remotes for the TVs from Walmart, and I tell Replacement that I am leaving, I clock out and go home.
to be greeted by my sister's ex boyfriend on facebook, whining about how he missing my sister, he can't live without her, can't sleep, can't eat, can't nothing. Ugh. now i have to deal with HIS problems, and try to encourage him and still be loyal to my sister, who is, honestly, better off without him, but at the same time, they were great together, so its a hard position to be in.
finally, ten minutes ago, i ended that conversation, and now i am sitting, hungry as an ox, and writing to you about it.
and i can't stop thinking about cute boss-man.... i'll get to that in a bit, i'm going to make dinner. Stay tuned for my next post about Cute boss man!
Shae
Sunday, May 23
My story idea
I almost forgot to talk about the story idea that kept me up from 1 to 3 am (I fell asleep around 11, then woke up again around 12:30/1).
Its mostly affected by the fact that I watched The Mask of Zorro yesterday. Anyway, its the story of this woman, and the man she loves, but doesn't know she loves right away. She runs into him at a dance or something, and he grabs her out of the crowd and kisses her, then tells her that the next time he kisses her, they will be married (more eloquently said). She dismisses him as drunk, or delusional, or cocky, or all of the above. then, weeks later, her father calls her into the parlor, and she finds the same man sitting there as suitor. they clash right away, and argue and glare at each other all the time, but its contrasted by his passion and love for her.
She walks him to his room that night, and they exchange the formalities of goodnight. she curtises all formal and meek, and starts to walk away when he grabs her, takes her into his room, and pushes her against the wall. He gets real close, only milimeters away from her face, but doesn't kiss her. the passion is eminating from his eyes, and she can feel it, and her breath comes heavy and suddenly all she wants to do is kiss him, but he whispers to her "I'm going to keep my promise," and then lets her go, pushing her out the door. The door accidently shuts on her skirt, and she pulls at it a moment,then stands there awkwardly. he opens the door slightly and lets her skirt go, and she goes to bed.
they do this routine for some weeks, and they fall in love with each other, with their passion, their fire, they fall in love with the other's love. They get engaged, but then he tells her that he has to go, and he doesn't know when he will be back, but he will be back, and that she has to wait for him. "I promise i'll come back" he tells her,and she believes him, because he's always kept his promises.
three years pass without sight/sound of him, and one night, a strange man comes into her room with a rag drenched in chloroform and kidnaps her (she's the daughter of a rich nobleman). scared out of her mind, she wakes up in a strange bed and she's crying--bawling. I don't know how much time passes, but she spends it in the bed, crying. there is a tustle outside the door, she can hear it, and a man comes through the door, (an evil one) and tries to grab her, to hurt her. she kicks and screams, and he gets tired of her fighting, and cunks her on the top of the head, knocking her out. so she doesn't see her man come in right behind the evil guy, fight him and win, and carry her out safely.
she wakes up in his arms and she immediately knows who it is. she smiles.
"you came back," she says. he says that he can't stay, that he will be back some day, but not today. she is sad, and disappointed, but they ride together, in each other's arms, and they are happy. he drops her off at her house, and tells her to tell them she escaped, not to mention a word of him, and then gallops off. mysterious, but she does what he says because she trusts him, and loves him. two years pass and the day comes when he does return, but her father isn't happy with him. he says he doesn't deserve her anymore, he left without a word, and he doesn't deserve her. He tells her father that he loves her, but her father says he left, and isn't worthy anymore. she overhears the conversation, and comes down (in her night gown, its was early morning) and says that he told her he was leaving. That she knew, and she had waited. her father thinks about it, and says he will be given a chance, but he has to compete against the other suitors. she asks what other suitors, she hasn't seen any. he says they've been there, but he's kept them under raps. she looks hurt, but will take what she can get.
"Okay," her man says, obviously not worried about having to compete with others. he knows he has her heart forever. She walks him to his room (his room is moved to the servants quarters, which was another big tizzy). but he says goodnight and closes the door--the fire gone, the passion is missing. feeling rejected, she sulks back to her room, and cries.
the other suitor guy comes, and there's a whole scene where he is making her laugh,and the other man, the one who came back, is sitting there unemotional while the other guy is making her laugh. she keeps looking over at him, like, TRY! but he doesn't. she begins to doubt what they had.
she walks him to his room and confronts him about how he's lost his fire, lost his passion, and she doesn't know what to think anymore. she goes back to her room and cries herself to sleep.
the next day something snaps and the guy brings his game back, and she is happy, and falls for him all over again. the choice is obvious, even to her father, knowing that to deny her the man she loves would be a colossal mistake. so they get married. for sure this time, he doens't run off, and she is happy. he kisses her again, as man and wife, and he keeps kissing her. finally they walk back down the isle, and when they get to the steps, before everyone has joined them, he tells her he is sorry,but he has to leave."i' will come back, i promise," he tells her. "but i have to go," she is confused, but nods, and he is off.
a year later, she is still alone, a married woman with no husband. a man appears in her room, and he attacks her. she kicks and scratches, and he gets off.
"You would be wise to do as i say,"he says, and then two men bring in her husband, tied up. surprised, she looks at the man (the suitor guy from before)
"Let him go," she tells him.
"I'll make you a deal," the man says. "You must reveal everything, the truth about what happened," he says.
"No..."
"tell him the truth, and i will let him go.... and you must kiss me." she starts to cry, and looks at her husband in the eyes.
"I'm so sorry," she cries.
"Tell him!"
she reveals that he was the man who kidnapped her, but that wasn't all. he had raped her, taken her, and that he had left her with child. she can see the pain on his face at the news. she continues, crying herself, that she had carried the child three months when she lost the child. she says thats why he wanted to marry her, to make up for the 'black mark' on his record. he wanted to marry her, to fill her with his children, to erase the black mark of losing the child. her husband's face contorts into disgust.
the suitor guy waits for her to finish her part of the deal. she goes to him, and leans toward him, hoviering milimeters from his face, not kissing him, but giving the idea that she would, the anticipation killing him. at that moment, her husband broke the bonds that tied him, and he attacks the suitor guy, scuffling for a bit before the guy is knocked unconscious. her husband looks at her for a moment, then drags the man out of the room. he comes back some minutes later, and looks at her wearily.
"I'm so sorry!" she told him.
"you knew it was him," he said. she nodded. "I knew about the baby," he told her. the surprise showed on her face. "people talk, you hear things, especially when its about the woman you love."
she gave him a look of shock, then smiles. "You must be tired," she said. "come to bed."
he smiles, and nods, joining her. she curls up next to him, kisses his chest once, and tells him good night. he says good night, too, his arms wrapped around her. "I love you," he says.
"I love you," she says back, and they fall alseep.
and then I fell asleep, and the story was ended. thats the story that kept me up for two hours. what do you think? is it any good? I like it a lot. romance, adventure, mystery. i need to figure out where he goes for years, and why he had lost his passion when he came back the first time. but, those are holes that can be easily filled.
Shae
Its mostly affected by the fact that I watched The Mask of Zorro yesterday. Anyway, its the story of this woman, and the man she loves, but doesn't know she loves right away. She runs into him at a dance or something, and he grabs her out of the crowd and kisses her, then tells her that the next time he kisses her, they will be married (more eloquently said). She dismisses him as drunk, or delusional, or cocky, or all of the above. then, weeks later, her father calls her into the parlor, and she finds the same man sitting there as suitor. they clash right away, and argue and glare at each other all the time, but its contrasted by his passion and love for her.
She walks him to his room that night, and they exchange the formalities of goodnight. she curtises all formal and meek, and starts to walk away when he grabs her, takes her into his room, and pushes her against the wall. He gets real close, only milimeters away from her face, but doesn't kiss her. the passion is eminating from his eyes, and she can feel it, and her breath comes heavy and suddenly all she wants to do is kiss him, but he whispers to her "I'm going to keep my promise," and then lets her go, pushing her out the door. The door accidently shuts on her skirt, and she pulls at it a moment,then stands there awkwardly. he opens the door slightly and lets her skirt go, and she goes to bed.
they do this routine for some weeks, and they fall in love with each other, with their passion, their fire, they fall in love with the other's love. They get engaged, but then he tells her that he has to go, and he doesn't know when he will be back, but he will be back, and that she has to wait for him. "I promise i'll come back" he tells her,and she believes him, because he's always kept his promises.
three years pass without sight/sound of him, and one night, a strange man comes into her room with a rag drenched in chloroform and kidnaps her (she's the daughter of a rich nobleman). scared out of her mind, she wakes up in a strange bed and she's crying--bawling. I don't know how much time passes, but she spends it in the bed, crying. there is a tustle outside the door, she can hear it, and a man comes through the door, (an evil one) and tries to grab her, to hurt her. she kicks and screams, and he gets tired of her fighting, and cunks her on the top of the head, knocking her out. so she doesn't see her man come in right behind the evil guy, fight him and win, and carry her out safely.
she wakes up in his arms and she immediately knows who it is. she smiles.
"you came back," she says. he says that he can't stay, that he will be back some day, but not today. she is sad, and disappointed, but they ride together, in each other's arms, and they are happy. he drops her off at her house, and tells her to tell them she escaped, not to mention a word of him, and then gallops off. mysterious, but she does what he says because she trusts him, and loves him. two years pass and the day comes when he does return, but her father isn't happy with him. he says he doesn't deserve her anymore, he left without a word, and he doesn't deserve her. He tells her father that he loves her, but her father says he left, and isn't worthy anymore. she overhears the conversation, and comes down (in her night gown, its was early morning) and says that he told her he was leaving. That she knew, and she had waited. her father thinks about it, and says he will be given a chance, but he has to compete against the other suitors. she asks what other suitors, she hasn't seen any. he says they've been there, but he's kept them under raps. she looks hurt, but will take what she can get.
"Okay," her man says, obviously not worried about having to compete with others. he knows he has her heart forever. She walks him to his room (his room is moved to the servants quarters, which was another big tizzy). but he says goodnight and closes the door--the fire gone, the passion is missing. feeling rejected, she sulks back to her room, and cries.
the other suitor guy comes, and there's a whole scene where he is making her laugh,and the other man, the one who came back, is sitting there unemotional while the other guy is making her laugh. she keeps looking over at him, like, TRY! but he doesn't. she begins to doubt what they had.
she walks him to his room and confronts him about how he's lost his fire, lost his passion, and she doesn't know what to think anymore. she goes back to her room and cries herself to sleep.
the next day something snaps and the guy brings his game back, and she is happy, and falls for him all over again. the choice is obvious, even to her father, knowing that to deny her the man she loves would be a colossal mistake. so they get married. for sure this time, he doens't run off, and she is happy. he kisses her again, as man and wife, and he keeps kissing her. finally they walk back down the isle, and when they get to the steps, before everyone has joined them, he tells her he is sorry,but he has to leave."i' will come back, i promise," he tells her. "but i have to go," she is confused, but nods, and he is off.
a year later, she is still alone, a married woman with no husband. a man appears in her room, and he attacks her. she kicks and scratches, and he gets off.
"You would be wise to do as i say,"he says, and then two men bring in her husband, tied up. surprised, she looks at the man (the suitor guy from before)
"Let him go," she tells him.
"I'll make you a deal," the man says. "You must reveal everything, the truth about what happened," he says.
"No..."
"tell him the truth, and i will let him go.... and you must kiss me." she starts to cry, and looks at her husband in the eyes.
"I'm so sorry," she cries.
"Tell him!"
she reveals that he was the man who kidnapped her, but that wasn't all. he had raped her, taken her, and that he had left her with child. she can see the pain on his face at the news. she continues, crying herself, that she had carried the child three months when she lost the child. she says thats why he wanted to marry her, to make up for the 'black mark' on his record. he wanted to marry her, to fill her with his children, to erase the black mark of losing the child. her husband's face contorts into disgust.
the suitor guy waits for her to finish her part of the deal. she goes to him, and leans toward him, hoviering milimeters from his face, not kissing him, but giving the idea that she would, the anticipation killing him. at that moment, her husband broke the bonds that tied him, and he attacks the suitor guy, scuffling for a bit before the guy is knocked unconscious. her husband looks at her for a moment, then drags the man out of the room. he comes back some minutes later, and looks at her wearily.
"I'm so sorry!" she told him.
"you knew it was him," he said. she nodded. "I knew about the baby," he told her. the surprise showed on her face. "people talk, you hear things, especially when its about the woman you love."
she gave him a look of shock, then smiles. "You must be tired," she said. "come to bed."
he smiles, and nods, joining her. she curls up next to him, kisses his chest once, and tells him good night. he says good night, too, his arms wrapped around her. "I love you," he says.
"I love you," she says back, and they fall alseep.
and then I fell asleep, and the story was ended. thats the story that kept me up for two hours. what do you think? is it any good? I like it a lot. romance, adventure, mystery. i need to figure out where he goes for years, and why he had lost his passion when he came back the first time. but, those are holes that can be easily filled.
Shae
This Horrible feeling
I am a horrible person. I am sitting here on my couch, watching "High Fidelity" starring John Cusak (Spelling?), skipping church this morning because I was too tired because I laid awake in bed last night following a story line (it was really good, too) and so I was up till 3 in the morning last night, and when my alarm went off this morning, I laid awake, perfectly awake, but still a tinge of tired, thinking, I'm too tired to get out of bed to go to church. even to get up and wear my favorite dress to church. I was too tired.
Iam a heathen. I skipped church, for the second week in a row, because I was a TWINGE too tired to get my lazy *** out of bed. Ugh, I hate myself.
I'm making mac and cheese. My alarm dinged that the pasta was ready. Its sitting in front of me, delicious. and it makes me feel more guilty. I skipped church, it screams at me. I'm in my jean shorts and a shirt, and they are screaming at me "you skipped church" and my bible is on the coffee table, unopened, untouched. Its screams at me.
I hate myself.
Shae
Iam a heathen. I skipped church, for the second week in a row, because I was a TWINGE too tired to get my lazy *** out of bed. Ugh, I hate myself.
I'm making mac and cheese. My alarm dinged that the pasta was ready. Its sitting in front of me, delicious. and it makes me feel more guilty. I skipped church, it screams at me. I'm in my jean shorts and a shirt, and they are screaming at me "you skipped church" and my bible is on the coffee table, unopened, untouched. Its screams at me.
I hate myself.
Shae
Friday, May 21
Grey's Anatomy
I just watched season 6 finale episode on hulu.com. I haven't watched any of the season, but last night I watched the last 5 episodes and caught up on it, and then today I watched the season finale. 2 hours of anticipation, suspense, and emotion. It was amazing. The directors did well on it. My kudos.
I was a upset that Meredith lost her baby, though, when she had just found out, and Derek didn't even know about it! And she worked on Owen while she was having a miscarriage!!! Oh my gosh, I almost cried. I don't cry, but I almost did!
Well, I just had to get that out. My roommates are all gone and I'm alone in the apartment, and I'm feeling a little lonely/hopeless romantic, especially after watching Meredith cry over McDreamy for two hours, I am in one of those gorge on chocolate while watching girly romantic crap on TV moods. I am currently watching Say Yes to the Dress on TLC, tons of women trying on wedding dresses of their dreams. Oh, how I yearn to find "Gregory" and get engaged, and go on the frustrating hunt for a dress (because I know, with my body, it will be a frustrating and long process). I want that so badly, though, to start a family, a love, a life with someone else. Not just someone, THE one.
Is that so much to ask?
Shae
I was a upset that Meredith lost her baby, though, when she had just found out, and Derek didn't even know about it! And she worked on Owen while she was having a miscarriage!!! Oh my gosh, I almost cried. I don't cry, but I almost did!
Well, I just had to get that out. My roommates are all gone and I'm alone in the apartment, and I'm feeling a little lonely/hopeless romantic, especially after watching Meredith cry over McDreamy for two hours, I am in one of those gorge on chocolate while watching girly romantic crap on TV moods. I am currently watching Say Yes to the Dress on TLC, tons of women trying on wedding dresses of their dreams. Oh, how I yearn to find "Gregory" and get engaged, and go on the frustrating hunt for a dress (because I know, with my body, it will be a frustrating and long process). I want that so badly, though, to start a family, a love, a life with someone else. Not just someone, THE one.
Is that so much to ask?
Shae
Connections
A funny thing happend at work today. This old man came in to the Inn for a room (duh) and he was asking about this restaurant down the road. He asked if it was any good, and I told him honestly that I didn't know, I hadn't eaten there yet, but I had a friend who worked there who said it wasn't bad. He teased me, asking if the guy was a liar, if I could trust him, and I said that he was a good, christian guy, and I could trust him. He laughed and said I was lucky. Slightly confused, I shrugged it off, and the man went out to get his luggage from his car. He comes back in with these two books, "The Bible Promise Book" and he says that they are for me and my BOYFRIEND!! I started laughing, but didn't have the heart to correct him!! I just laughed and thanked him. He said they were separated by topic and so that if "we" had a fight, I could look up anger, and I could tell him to look up forgiveness. I laughed again at that, and he left.
It was just too funny to think about me and this friend of mine dating! Granted, he IS cute, and I used to have a crush on him, but honestly, all of my friends have at one point. Then you get over it and he's just a good friend. This guy is a theatre geek, and plays the part! I think he's been compared to like having a gay friend who isn't gay! (He is definetly straight!)
I facebooked my friend and told him about what had happened, and can't wait to hear what he has to say about it!
In other news, there was a lady who came in talking about how she was missing her shows. I asked her what shows she watched, and she said Bones, and Grey's Anatomy. I used to watch Grey's every week, and LOVED it, but when I got to college, I never had the time to watch it, and I told her this. She informed me that someone was supposed to get shot tonight, and she thought it would be McDreamy. I told said again that I hadn't been able to watch any of this season, but hoped McDreamy would be okay. She came back some hours later and was like, "Do you want the scoop?" I was like YES!! So for five/ten minutes we stood there and chatted about Grey's gossip! It was so much fun, just chatting about a favorite TV show with a complete stranger! She updated me on what had happened, like Meredith and Derek getting married, Alexis breaking up with McSteamy, and dating Carev, and that Heigl (spelling?) wasn't on there anymore, and that Meredith had found out she was pregnant, but then with all the stress from the shooting at the hospital (tonight's episode) she had a miscarriage (because McDreamy was shot! BUT he got through surgery successfully. I think if they killed off Derek, tons of millions of women would be so mad!)
That's my story for tonight. It just got me thinking about the connections you make with people in the oddest ways, ways you never would have expected with people you never would have thought. I run across so many different people at the Inn, I thank God for putting me there to work, for however short or long a time, for the simple reason of people that I meet.
Off for now, its late, and I want a bowl of cereal. (That's one of my quirks, I eat cereal really late at night. Its good, you should try it, its like getting a jumpstart on breakfast).
Shae
It was just too funny to think about me and this friend of mine dating! Granted, he IS cute, and I used to have a crush on him, but honestly, all of my friends have at one point. Then you get over it and he's just a good friend. This guy is a theatre geek, and plays the part! I think he's been compared to like having a gay friend who isn't gay! (He is definetly straight!)
I facebooked my friend and told him about what had happened, and can't wait to hear what he has to say about it!
In other news, there was a lady who came in talking about how she was missing her shows. I asked her what shows she watched, and she said Bones, and Grey's Anatomy. I used to watch Grey's every week, and LOVED it, but when I got to college, I never had the time to watch it, and I told her this. She informed me that someone was supposed to get shot tonight, and she thought it would be McDreamy. I told said again that I hadn't been able to watch any of this season, but hoped McDreamy would be okay. She came back some hours later and was like, "Do you want the scoop?" I was like YES!! So for five/ten minutes we stood there and chatted about Grey's gossip! It was so much fun, just chatting about a favorite TV show with a complete stranger! She updated me on what had happened, like Meredith and Derek getting married, Alexis breaking up with McSteamy, and dating Carev, and that Heigl (spelling?) wasn't on there anymore, and that Meredith had found out she was pregnant, but then with all the stress from the shooting at the hospital (tonight's episode) she had a miscarriage (because McDreamy was shot! BUT he got through surgery successfully. I think if they killed off Derek, tons of millions of women would be so mad!)
That's my story for tonight. It just got me thinking about the connections you make with people in the oddest ways, ways you never would have expected with people you never would have thought. I run across so many different people at the Inn, I thank God for putting me there to work, for however short or long a time, for the simple reason of people that I meet.
Off for now, its late, and I want a bowl of cereal. (That's one of my quirks, I eat cereal really late at night. Its good, you should try it, its like getting a jumpstart on breakfast).
Shae
Wednesday, May 19
Say Anything
I just watched a movie with my roommates, Say Anything with John Cusak (spelling?) I enjoyed it, it was corny, sappy, 80's romance, which is right up my alley (except the 80s thing...) One of my roommates, however, doesn't like cheesy/sappy at all, and was trying not to gag through the whole thing. It was kind of funny. When it was over, I told her she could stop gagging now. She thought it was funny. But a totally true funny. You know?
I don't even know what I want to say here, I just wanted to write something, to update, to "Say Anything...." :) Interesting pun, no?
I am a believer in raw poetry, or minimalistic poetry. This basically means that the poetry I write is only slightly edited. Not a lot of change from the original first draft, most of the time being the first draft. A normal edit for my poetry is changing a line, or a word. Usually this is done as I write it, hardly ever do I edit after the poem after its completely written. Its just the way I write poetry. My stories, I edit big time, no raw there. Edit edit edit! But poetry, raw, original, just words spat onto a page (or computer word document, either one).
My poetry comes usually from times when I am exceptionally emotional--lately because of a guy. (One in particular, but I won't go there.) When I am emotional, it comes out in a few ways. I vent to one of my friends, and say the same thing over and over again, or I sit in my room, blaring my music and I just sit there listening/dancing randomly around my room. Or, third option, I write. Sometimes its my stories, one of my novel ideas (another pun) or sometimes, rarer, (is that a word) it comes out in poetry. Raw, thoughts onto a page, broken into lines, poetry.
So, I'll give you a sampling.
Say Anything
By Shae Mallak
Anything, anything at all
Spit it out--
what do you really want to say
to me?
Do you speak from your heart?
or what is expected from you?
Speak--
true and honest
how you feel
raw emotion
pouring out of your soul
to me.
Does it frighten you?
It frightens me.
Just speak openly
because communication
is key--
the key to success
to relationships
(of all sorts)
and the key
to my heart.
Just be honest with me--
say anything,
anything at all
that is real
that is true
that is honest
Honestly you.
I want to see you
who you really are
so be honest
true
real
speak--
I don't even know what I want to say here, I just wanted to write something, to update, to "Say Anything...." :) Interesting pun, no?
I am a believer in raw poetry, or minimalistic poetry. This basically means that the poetry I write is only slightly edited. Not a lot of change from the original first draft, most of the time being the first draft. A normal edit for my poetry is changing a line, or a word. Usually this is done as I write it, hardly ever do I edit after the poem after its completely written. Its just the way I write poetry. My stories, I edit big time, no raw there. Edit edit edit! But poetry, raw, original, just words spat onto a page (or computer word document, either one).
My poetry comes usually from times when I am exceptionally emotional--lately because of a guy. (One in particular, but I won't go there.) When I am emotional, it comes out in a few ways. I vent to one of my friends, and say the same thing over and over again, or I sit in my room, blaring my music and I just sit there listening/dancing randomly around my room. Or, third option, I write. Sometimes its my stories, one of my novel ideas (another pun) or sometimes, rarer, (is that a word) it comes out in poetry. Raw, thoughts onto a page, broken into lines, poetry.
So, I'll give you a sampling.
Say Anything
By Shae Mallak
Anything, anything at all
Spit it out--
what do you really want to say
to me?
Do you speak from your heart?
or what is expected from you?
Speak--
true and honest
how you feel
raw emotion
pouring out of your soul
to me.
Does it frighten you?
It frightens me.
Just speak openly
because communication
is key--
the key to success
to relationships
(of all sorts)
and the key
to my heart.
Just be honest with me--
say anything,
anything at all
that is real
that is true
that is honest
Honestly you.
I want to see you
who you really are
so be honest
true
real
speak--
Grocery Shopping
I went to Wal-mart today for groceries, and I got a little food-happy. Well, considering I bought twice as much as I originally planned. I bought some strawberries (1.49!) and I got a loaf of bakery bread for 90 cents!! It was on the day-old clearance rack. I got 6 eggs, which I didn't even know you could still do! I got some hot-pockets, and had one for lunch and it was delicious! (steak and cheese panini). Also in my cart was several "sides" like pasta sides and asian sides. I got some teryaki noodles. I am looking forward to it!
Ever since I moved into the apartment I have felt very homemaker martha stewart. I want to decorate, and cook, and clean, et cetera. I love it! It helps that my roommates are awesome. I have three other girls in the apartment with who are all awesome. One of them is gone on a trip right now for two weeks, and another is leaving in a few weeks, but they are all club sisters from college, so its awesome. We get along great (so far... that might change).
Right now, the three of us are all on our laptops in our living room, watching America's Next Top Model. They are shooting in Brazil, and some of them are complaining about things, and picking fights with each other and all I can think is--get over yourself, you're in BRAZIL!!
The models make me feel fat. I'm slightly overweight, yah, but not terrible. I'm curvacious, not fat. But these models are skin and bone and not a lot else, and they make me feel like I'm 100 pounds overweight with the outfits they wear (skimpy, in a word.)
Top Model is back on... they are doing their next photo shot. They have to wear a fruit hat (the tall ones with bananas and grapes, etc) Yah, not a whole lot of people can pull that off!
We'll see how this goes.....
Shae
Ever since I moved into the apartment I have felt very homemaker martha stewart. I want to decorate, and cook, and clean, et cetera. I love it! It helps that my roommates are awesome. I have three other girls in the apartment with who are all awesome. One of them is gone on a trip right now for two weeks, and another is leaving in a few weeks, but they are all club sisters from college, so its awesome. We get along great (so far... that might change).
Right now, the three of us are all on our laptops in our living room, watching America's Next Top Model. They are shooting in Brazil, and some of them are complaining about things, and picking fights with each other and all I can think is--get over yourself, you're in BRAZIL!!
The models make me feel fat. I'm slightly overweight, yah, but not terrible. I'm curvacious, not fat. But these models are skin and bone and not a lot else, and they make me feel like I'm 100 pounds overweight with the outfits they wear (skimpy, in a word.)
Top Model is back on... they are doing their next photo shot. They have to wear a fruit hat (the tall ones with bananas and grapes, etc) Yah, not a whole lot of people can pull that off!
We'll see how this goes.....
Shae
Fantastical
Check out my "Fantastical" Page to get a mini-story about Gregory and I! (See last blog, Gerhard, Gregory, and Carter) I will try to update and elongate the story as much as I can, or post additions on my home page. Enjoy! I know I will!
Gerhard, Gregory, and Carter
My friends and I have this running joke about my Mr. Right. Awhile ago, when I was feeling all "I hate being single" and just couldn't wait for the right guy to come along (Okay, I still can't wait) my friend and I made up a fictional person, whose name was Gregory--not Greg, Gregory--who was the hypethetical person I would someday marry. He was my other half, perfect match, etc. Whenever I was feeling bad about something, she would tell me "Gregory is probably watching you right now thinking how beautiful you are" or something to that effect. It always made me laugh and smile, and I would temporarily forget my problems. Now we laugh about if the guy I DO marry is named Gregory, how ironic it would be.
On a related note, I was talking with another friend of mine who is a writer like me, about how there was never main characters with my name (My real name, Shae is a pen name). She thought about it and said I was right, and said she would right a character with my name for me, and she did (well, started to). The man that she had me end up with was named Gerhard, also known as Carter. So it became the joke that Gerhard was my Mr. Right, and that either Gerhard or Gregory better show up because I was getting impatient! After a while, we decided they were the same person, and the name Carter was added to Gregory, creating an entire persona, Gregory Carter with the personality of the character Gerhard.
(Now that you know the background) Tonight I was working at the Inn when a couple came in. It was like, 11:30, and I could tell they were dead beat and tired, and just needed to lay down and sleep. I asked for the woman's driver's license to put some information into the computer and almost burst into hysteric laughter when I discovered that her last name was Gerhard!! It's such a unique name, I found it completely amazing and hysterical! Of course, I held my laughter for afterwards when I immediately texted my writer friend about what had happened. The couple, however, was married, and the guy wasn't even cute, so it couldn't have been my man. However, as my friend wisely pointed out, he could have a cute brother or something that would work...
I was on Facebook the other day (I love facebook) and decieded to search for "Gregory Carter" and see what came up. What I found was mostly black guys and military guys. When I told my writer friend this, she found it funny, as I had, and said I was destined to be with a military man. I said I was okay with this because military muscles were hot. She agreed. (We also established tonight that accents were sexy).
The moral of the story? If your name is Gregory Carter, are a military man with an accent and a ruggedly handsome appearance, please show yourself! See my contact page and let me know you exist!! (Picture required).
Shae
On a related note, I was talking with another friend of mine who is a writer like me, about how there was never main characters with my name (My real name, Shae is a pen name). She thought about it and said I was right, and said she would right a character with my name for me, and she did (well, started to). The man that she had me end up with was named Gerhard, also known as Carter. So it became the joke that Gerhard was my Mr. Right, and that either Gerhard or Gregory better show up because I was getting impatient! After a while, we decided they were the same person, and the name Carter was added to Gregory, creating an entire persona, Gregory Carter with the personality of the character Gerhard.
(Now that you know the background) Tonight I was working at the Inn when a couple came in. It was like, 11:30, and I could tell they were dead beat and tired, and just needed to lay down and sleep. I asked for the woman's driver's license to put some information into the computer and almost burst into hysteric laughter when I discovered that her last name was Gerhard!! It's such a unique name, I found it completely amazing and hysterical! Of course, I held my laughter for afterwards when I immediately texted my writer friend about what had happened. The couple, however, was married, and the guy wasn't even cute, so it couldn't have been my man. However, as my friend wisely pointed out, he could have a cute brother or something that would work...
I was on Facebook the other day (I love facebook) and decieded to search for "Gregory Carter" and see what came up. What I found was mostly black guys and military guys. When I told my writer friend this, she found it funny, as I had, and said I was destined to be with a military man. I said I was okay with this because military muscles were hot. She agreed. (We also established tonight that accents were sexy).
The moral of the story? If your name is Gregory Carter, are a military man with an accent and a ruggedly handsome appearance, please show yourself! See my contact page and let me know you exist!! (Picture required).
Shae
Tuesday, May 18
Magical or Mundane?
Optimism makes the sun shine brighter. That's the motto I am trying to live by. With a life as mundane as mine, it is important to be optimisitc about things.
I have to go to work in a half hour, so this won't be a very long blog to begin with. I work at a little hotel, only 4 branches and all in one state. Its fairly cheap, so we get a lot of strange characters coming in. Usually gross truckers that try to hit on me and the kind, elderly couples who are trying to survive on a small, retired budget.
The other day, when I was working, an Amish family came in. I only talked to the grandfather and father, but they were fun to chat with. You could tell almost immediately that they were Amish from their looks and faces (they have distinctive faces). The father was modernized with a phone, and a credit card and a card, etc, but the grandfather wasn't. They paid $200 cash! Who carries that kind of cash with them on a daily basis anymore? Apparently the Amish do.
That same night a gay couple came in from Colorado. I didn't know they were gay right away until I asked them what room they wanted, and they said one bed was fine, and they joked about hiding being gay or not because they definetely weren't in Denver anymore (Wizard of Oz joke, anyone?) I laughed and reminded them that they WERE in a small town! (Approximately 10,000 people.)
I have to go for now, I work from 4 to midnight tonight and have to make something to take for dinner before I leave, and I still haven't put on any makeup! Yikes! Write back soon....
Shae
I have to go to work in a half hour, so this won't be a very long blog to begin with. I work at a little hotel, only 4 branches and all in one state. Its fairly cheap, so we get a lot of strange characters coming in. Usually gross truckers that try to hit on me and the kind, elderly couples who are trying to survive on a small, retired budget.
The other day, when I was working, an Amish family came in. I only talked to the grandfather and father, but they were fun to chat with. You could tell almost immediately that they were Amish from their looks and faces (they have distinctive faces). The father was modernized with a phone, and a credit card and a card, etc, but the grandfather wasn't. They paid $200 cash! Who carries that kind of cash with them on a daily basis anymore? Apparently the Amish do.
That same night a gay couple came in from Colorado. I didn't know they were gay right away until I asked them what room they wanted, and they said one bed was fine, and they joked about hiding being gay or not because they definetely weren't in Denver anymore (Wizard of Oz joke, anyone?) I laughed and reminded them that they WERE in a small town! (Approximately 10,000 people.)
I have to go for now, I work from 4 to midnight tonight and have to make something to take for dinner before I leave, and I still haven't put on any makeup! Yikes! Write back soon....
Shae
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