Friday I got home and ended up getting into a tiff with my boss. He paged me (I’m on call) and was all kinds of mad because nobody was answering the phone at work.
Steve: Why is nobody at work to answer the phone?
Me: Because YOU gave Dan approval for vacation today and I get off at 4.
(Dan usually works to 6)
Steve: Why isn’t Robert there answering the phones?
Me: Because YOU said he wasn’t ready yet, so he worked my schedule with me today.
Steve: Well, I wish someone would have communicated this to me?
Me: Why? You are the one that gave Dan vacation, and you know what my schedule is.
Steve: Now I have to call 3M and explain this to them and it’s going to look like I screwed things up.
He did screw things up, and it’s his fault! That man is so dumb. There was a lot more to that convo, but it really was all dumbness. So after that mess, Brenna came over and we did the dinner thing at Cozy Mel’s and then went off to the Long Branch to meet up Sammy, Rose, and company.
We hung out there for a while, but not too long. They only sold beer and wine, and Brenna can’t drink that junk very well, and we had other plans. So we scurried off to the Rainbow Cattle Company. Ugghh… that place was total snoozeville. Brown boy DJ was playing the worse honky tonk crap he could find. It was completely un-danceable music. That’s just wrongness.
I was wearing my rhinestoned hat (the one in the icon on this post), which always garners too much attention… some good, mostly bad. You know, it’s one thing to check me out and give a smile, that is ok and totally appropriate behavior that I encourage.
What is not ok is when you spend a good deal of time staring and smiling, then get all your friends together in a circle to point at me, then talk about me, all while I’m looking directly at you. No, not to be encouraged! And we’re talking about arm fully extended kind of pointing, not a discreet kind of gesture pointing. It was all kinds of rudeness and inappropriateness. Had they been cute, they may have been forgiven, but no.
So we ditch on the Rainbow and head on over to the Charlie’s, where it seemed every gay boy in Austin was hanging out. Yay for us! I had plenty of my boys there, so I knew I was in for a good time. We were out on the patio getting drinks from hottie skinny bartender. Brenna got a Bloody Mary that kicked her ass and sent her into drunksville with a quickness.
She ran into some of her friends and chatted with them throughout the night while I spent time hanging out with “N” and Jose.
After I got home, I stayed up WAY too late talking to Kip on-line.
Saturday was all kinds of weird all day, but weird in a good way. The day started off with me being paged for work like 5 times in the morning. That darn pager kept going off and waking me up and I was not happy about it.
Brenna came over and we went to have lunch at Serranos. We were cracking up through lunch because one of the cooks was singing extremely loud in the kitchen and interrupting our conversation.
After lunch we went to Gina’s to hang out for a bit. I didn’t get to chat much because my darn pager went off and kept me busy talking to a customer and a sales representative. Lali was busy in the living room being crazy and telling everyone it was her turn to talk and asking us to be quiet so that she could listen to the music on her leap frog. This year, I’m going to spend more time hanging out with Gina. I need to work on that.
After Gina’s we went to Target again so that I could get a housewarming present for my sister. I found lots of cute stuff, but Brenna had informed me that I was not allowed to purchase any of it for myself. It’s a good thing she was there, otherwise I’d have a bunch of new stuff that I have nowhere to put.
We went back to my place and started getting ready for our night out. Brenna put on her makeup while I stressed over what I was going to wear for the night. I was not having any luck because I hate all my clothes right now. I wanted to get a little funky and I needed a red tie.
I called Structure, they had red ties, but for $40. No ma’am. I want a tacky red tie that’s cheap, not a nice expensive tie. So we ran out to TJ Maxx and could find anything there either.
So we go out to my vehicle to leave, I push the remote entry button and a few seconds later we hear a car alarm going off. I’m looking around to see where it’s coming from and Brenna tells me it’s coming from mine. No, wait… I don’t have an alarm. Apparently my vehicle decided it did, and it was going off. I had to lock the doors and then unlock them again, and it turned off. What the hell? Seriously, I don’t have an alarm!
Ok, anyways, so then we went over to Structure and I ended up getting a really cute new outfit, pants and shirt, for $32. Go me! Then we came back home so that I could change, and we went to dinner at Korea House. There was a wait when we got there, so they put us on the list and handed us a number. They don’t take names, they just hand you a number, and the number is printed on a little cut-out picture of an apple. Apple? It’s a Korean restaurant and that’s the best they can come up with?
I had lots of leftovers, so I took them with me. Brenna said that we should just leave them in the car because it’s cold enough outside and it won’t smell. More on that later…
My sister’s party was fun. We mingled in the kitchen and I had two drinks. There was a cute boy there, but he was only 19, and I have limits! Brenna liked him too, but he is gay. Hahahahahaha… all the best ones are!
Michelle (my sister) gave me an awesome little disco ball cowboy boot. I gave her a cool candy dish jar thing that can double as a vase, and I filled it with awesome valentines chocolate. She loved it and she asked me, “Did you make this yourself?” I said, “I don’t blow glass.” Cuz I’m dumb and didn’t realize she wanted to know if I put the candy in it, or if it came that way.
So we left when Sammy called and we ran to the car. On the way, I tripped over a pot hole and almost bit the dust, which provided a ton of amusement for Brenna and I.
We jump in the car and the smell of Teriyaka death punched us in the face. Brenna was SO wrong! That leftover food was raunch stank nasty. We couldn’t breathe! We were gasping for air and choking at the same time. We couldn’t stop laughing.
So we had to stop by my house to put that food in the fridge. I ran it into the house while Brenna sprayed Febreeze all over the back seat. Yes, that’s right… I have handy travel size Febreeze in my glove box. I’m all against odors in my ride.
We picked up Sammy and headed to Rainbow. Brenna and I were super excited because I knew fun people were going to be there. I got to do a lot of dancing with Elizabeth and Brenna. I even got to do some Polka! I never get to Polka!
Brian/Zandt showed up with his new boyfriend. Brenna thought he was sexy, but then quickly changed her mind when she realized he didn’t want to play her hate game. He was all too serious. Elizabeth was trying to set me up with some boys, but she was picking all the wrong boys.
Jim and Michael showed up and spent the evening entertaining Sammy. The boys got bored with Rainbow so we ran over to Charlie’s for the rest of the night. I spent most of the evening with Brenna and my Charlie’s boys. Sammy, Michael and Jim spent most of the evening on the patio chatting.
I alternated between dancing with Brenna, Jose, and “N”. Jose was being weird, so I quit dancing with him and spent the rest of the evening dancing with “N”. Brenna was off talking to Jose and he called her a drunk cabron. So now we must beat him down.
We danced until they played the “get out” songs and then we left and went to breakfast at Kerbey Lane. We convinced “N” to come along. That whole experience was just full of weirdness. There was this girl at the table across from us making out with her boyfriend and tonguing his ear while sitting with their friends. She also kept walking over to harass the guy sitting behind us. Then this homo from way across the restaurant got up to come yell at the table of boys next to us for staring and there was almost a fight. Is this what happens at 3am breakfast in Austin?
Today I have slept in and done nothing by write in my journal and watch TV. I saw “Party Girl” and I have to say my favorite line was, “I would like a powerful mind altering substance. Preferably something that will make my unborn children grow gils.”
That is all for now.
