close but no ...

ok so I was going to try my first "vlog". But as usual, I couldn't figure out how to turn on the dumb webcam to record a video. And I am too lazy to charge my camera battery and use that right now. This is a perfect example of why I need to upgrade to the iPhone 3GS! Then I can just make a video on there and upload it on here with no snags ;) I plan on getting one soon, don't fret. I decided to try to do some vlogging because I have some friends (most of them actually) that read this blog that I never see in person. I just thought maybe they would want to see my face sometimes. But I could always be way off target :P Anyways. My best friend mentioned to me the other day that she was listening to the Newsboys, talk about a trip! Whoa brings me back to highschool for reals... yeah I just said for reals. I like to try to be a bigger nerd then you, get over it. I win. Going back to what I was talking about... it made me miss them a little. Believe it or not I have NONE of their cds! I went to every single concert they had in my area when I was in high school and I don't have any of their cds anymore! Epic fail. You see what happened was that I have probably bought at least one copy of ALL of their cds, but my siblings used to think it was great to take my cds out to the culdesac and rub them on the asphalt. Awesome, right? Gotta love little brothers. But really, I do love them. It's just that if they would've found other things to do that with I would've left home with a lot bigger music collection. So today I am settling for youtube videos of the Newsboys. Its enough for now I guess. It's not like my car has a cd player... Another old favorite band of mine from highschool was MXPX. However I only went to 1 of their concerts. And it was well after highschool. I don't really listen to them anymore either. I've been in a Bob Marley and Owl City kick :) Oh and I just wanted to mention something else before I sign out for the day. I went to Target today (like I do most everyday...) and I was SHOCKED to discover that they didn't have a white short sleeved button up shirt in the mens department. Seriously Target?!? What are you doing with your life if you can't sell me a simple mens dress shirt?!? I couldn't believe it. I walked through the whole mens section 3 times and then left with nothing. That is not supposed to happen when you go to Target. But I can't hate them, most of my new clothes are from that very store. All I'm saying is that they need to get their mens department butts in gear. I needed that shirt for a party. And now, I have to actually go hunting for one. I'm tired just thinking about it. Ok, well I now have to go to my class with the crazy teacher... Have a great day all...


... cigar

In A Dash

ok so I am about to head out the door to go to class. I have class every afternoon. But only one class per day, Mon-Thur. And then one class on Sat at 12pm. Classes are going well. I still have not done any school work at all! I have not gotten into the school frame of mind at all so far! I need to work on that. I just keep putting it off. Yesterday I cleaned out my whole fish tank. A chore I don't like doing... I have to take out the rocks one by one and scrub them with a toothbrush, and then get a sandcleaner thing out and clean up the sand. Then change the filter, and scrub all the walls of the tank. And last but not least I get to put everything back in and fill it with more water (water gets taken out while cleaning the sand). All in all it takes me usually 2-4 hours! And it's such a small tank! I cannot imagine cleaning a HUGE tank. Although, the bigger the tank the easier it is to take care of. So apparently I am at like pro status in the salt water balance keeping whatever... I want to get some new corals for the tank and maybe even an anemone for my clown fish sometime soon. It would make the tank look so much prettier. Its so dull right now to me. All I have are 4 snails, 2 crabs, and the one clown fish beings that my blue fish died already :( But I really don't like our local aquarium stores water quality. I think thats why my blue fish died. I don't think the couple running it REALLY know what they are doing. Every time I have gone in there for something I have spotted at least one dead fish in a tank. Sad. Plus in their crabs, snails, and shells tanks they have a lot of unwanted little critters and worms and such that they have no interest in taking care of. So that kind of shows me that they don't really care to keep everything clean and healthy, they just want to keep selling stuff. Which is sad. Because I think in the end they will lose customers that would be spending a lot of money there just because they can see that they won't get quality items, or quality care from these people. And I am all for supporting your local couples that try to start things up, I buy my filters and non live things from them. But as far as critters I won't be shopping there anymore. I guess I'll drive out to SF for that. I wish I could go back to my old home fish store in LA. They were the best in every area! I miss those guys and all there salt water wonders! OK well its class time for me! Stay happy :)

Brainfart

Today I couldn't remember how to do the whole chicken dance to save my
life. Sad. The end.

Sunny Side Up

want to blog more often...
must remember to do so...
get more inspiration...

I am pretty sure that I am have mentioned before that I have really bad sleeping problems. Insomnia. Lately I started taking Ambien CR and its been working for me! I don't really feel better health wise, but it hasn't been that long since I started taking it and getting some real sleep. I am looking forward to feeling better all the time! I put off getting sleep aid for a really long time. I guess mostly because people say you get addicted to them. But then I thought about it more rationally.
There are much worse things then sleep to be addicted to. And there have been studies of people taking them every night for a long time. So I jumped in (to my bed that is) with both feet. And I am glad that I did! I am going to be picking up my one month prescription today from the hospital pharmacy. Before I had just tried a trial size. One major health issue that I would love to go away is my heart pain. Especially today. Right now it's hurting as bad as it was when I last went to the ER :( So I'm in bed laying propped up for now. I took some ibuprofen and hopefully the pain will subside soon. Until then, here are some random facts about me and night time.

*Every night right before getting in bed I flip over my pillow. Every night.
*I cannot sleep with socks on, even when it's cold.
*I wake up in the middle of the night to pee and drink more water.
*When I lay sideways I sometimes have a hard time breathing.
*I don't like sleeping with the door open.
*I cannot sleep with a night light on.
*I do not like quiet noise of any kind when I'm trying to sleep.
*If I am really tired I cannot sleep in loose clothes. Because they twist in the bed and it REALLY gets on my nerves!
*I like to go to bed in between 8:30-10:00pm every night
*I have a much harder time getting sleep when Jake and I go to bed at different times.
*I don't sleep at the top of the bed. I get into bed, and pull my pillow down about6-8 inches and sleep down there. Because Jake is so much taller then I am if I sleep at his head level the blanket doesn't come all the way up to my chin!
*I wake up every morning in between 2:45-5:00am, but I don't get out of bed until 7:00-10:00am!
*I never ever sleep with a sweater on, unless I am sick in which case I always do.


well I cannot think of anymore silly facts about myself and night time :P Have a good day! Do you have any silly night time rituals?

a piece of peace

So I couldn't just go to bed after posting such a downer, right?! I thought I would share with you what I did today other then being horribly hung over! I went to school starting at 9am. I went to a Statistics class and tried to add it. I am not sure if I am going to get in or not. But I really hope so. I had to leave early because I was still throwing up like once an hour, and was just in general really sick. So I hope that the teacher doesn't look too badly on me leaving early. But I guess she could decide to not add me because it was kind of rude to leave early on the first day and when I was trying to add the class. Fingers crossed! After that I came straight home and took a nap until my next class at 12:30pm. I drove through Wendy's and got some fries on the way. Thankfully I was able to eat half of the small fries and keep them down. But I still felt like crap. Class was ok. Then when I got home it was so nice outside that I decided to walk down to our local Peet's. It's about 2 miles. But I didn't want to nap anymore, for fear of not sleeping tonight. I have some serious insomnia issues. And it was really nice out. So I grabbed my headphones and headed out with my music playing. I got to Peet's and got my favorite special beverage. And then as I was approaching our block I decided that I still wanted to walk! So I turned around and went all the way back down to Peet's and back. It was such a perfect way to spend my afternoon. The weather was gorgeous. I was wearing comfy clothes and sunglasses. And I was listening to some good music. By the time I got back home I was feeling so much better! But let me tell you, I came across some weird things on the side of the road during my walk! For example, within one block I walked past a condom (gross), a NoDoz energy drink bottle, a hotel after shave bottle, a pair of mens boots, a letter, a prescription bottle, and lots of other random things that I promised myself I would remember but I don't! It was kind of comical. After I returned home I cleaned up my room, and made dinner. Tonight we had spaghetti. Simple but delicious. Oh and here is another random fact about me, I drink about 6 cups of water a day. 6 cups of this size!

It's HUGE. I drink a lot of water...

tough to be tender

ok well as a forewarning this is not going to be a peppy post. Today I woke up feeling absolute CRAP. The reason being? I was really hung over. Sad, but true. I had a pounding headache, I had a cold sweat, I was throwing up a lot. And I couldn't even keep down water. It was all over the place bad. And today was a school day for me. So I had to get up and get going. I even threw up while driving on my way to school (in a bag in my car trashcan thing). I am so embarrassed. I was so mad at myself for letting this all happen that I started crying. Now you might not think it's such a bad thing to drink too much one night and feel it the next day, but for me it was huge. (this will tie in in a sec) I have never (as far as I can remember anyways) ever made New Years Resolutions. I just thought they were stupid. I mean if you want to change something, why wait until the new year to make it a goal? But this year I was faced with an ugly beast and I am going to overcome it. So this year I made 1 new years resolution. And last night I broke it for the first time all year. Pathetic. I didn't even make it one month! Ughh... My new year resolution is to not get drunk anymore. I have a drinking problem. I don't think I am an alcoholic, but I do have an issue. When I drink I just don't have portion control. And so I am always drinking too much and paying for it later. I have known and still know a lot of alcoholics. I don't want that for me. I don't want it for my friends and family. I am the only one who can change this for myself. So I made the resolution to not get drunk. But not only that, I made myself some drinking rules. And then I made myself a "reminder" bracelet. Here is a photo of the bracelet...

It starts at the wine glass and then goes to the tan beads. Here is what it stands for 2 tan beads - 2 shots of hard liquor, 2 pink beads - 2 glasses of wine, 2 cream beads - 2 glasses of champagne, 7 green beads with one darker - trying to only drink once a week, 3 grey beads 6 pink beads and then 5 black beads - 365 days, and then just a white bead - for a new beginning. I started off the year wearing this bracelet everyday. But lately I haven't worn it at all. I am going to start wearing it again so that I can have that visual reminder that I need to stick to my goals. Posting this is hard for me, I don't want people to know something so personal for me. It goes deeper then I have let on. But that's too personal for me to talk about now. I guess I am posting this because I need to feel supported. I guess I feel that if more people know, I will be less likely to fail. I will be encouraged to keep on track because I won't want to tell my family and friends that I messed up again. Now just for the record, I have never ever hurt anyone or anything like that from being drunk. But that doesn't mean that its not bad for me to get that way. So with all that said and out, I think I will get going to bed now. I hope all my readers are well, and if you have made new years resolutions I hope they are going well for you! I'm going to work harder to keep with this :) Take Care,
~Nessa

rehtard

ok so I cannot believe that it's been THAT long since I last posted something! I guess I have been "kind of" posting some "blog posts" on my fb account. But I suppose that doesn't really count... Anyways, whats on my mind today?? Ankle boots! I recently bought a pair of grey ankle boots and CANNOT stop wearing them!! They are so comfy and they keep my feet surprisingly warm! Anyways, I came upon some REALLY UGLY ankle boots whilst browsing for some more ankle boots. And of course I would like to share those photos with you today. So without further adieu, here they are...




I'm sorry if anyone likes any of these boots... I think they are gross.
good day!