Ramblings of a Jessica

A Zooventure!

2011-08-11T16:43:00.001-06:00

We had decided at work that if the agents reached a certain goal we would go as a department to the Hogle Zoo. Well we reached it and of course it was all about the pictures and kids for me there. Oh and a few animals too haha.

A Wedding, family, happy kind of time

2011-06-16T15:12:00.000-06:00

This past weekend my cousin TJ married his best friend Sarah and it was so much fun to see them so happy and to see all my family as well. It's great to be able to see how everyone has grown and what's going on in their lives. I love facebook but nothing can replace actually having everyone together. I wasn't going to take many pictures because this was more about just having fun and family but I just couldn't help myself at the reception and got a little picture happy. I also tried to grab a few of TJ and Sarah right after they got married but so many people were around! It was fun. I'll post some of my favorites below.

Also, new banner! What do you think?

A 50th Sampling

2011-06-08T14:39:00.000-06:00

I had a lot of fun taking pictures for Jeremy's family for his Grandparents 50th Anniversary. I'm working on pictures still but here's a few of some of the fun shots I was able to to get. I'm excited to get them all done! Below is a shot of the happy couple. I think it's so amazing that they've been able to stick together and are still so in love with each other after all this time. Congrats to them!

What's in a name...

2011-06-06T14:35:00.000-06:00

Well I'm finally starting to share my pictures with more and more people and the good news is, the like them! the bad news, they want me to take pictures of them. Haha I know that's not real bad news but I'm always a GIANT bundle of nerves when I'm taking pictures for people because I just want everything to come out looking great. I have been on a lot of photography websites lately getting some inspiration and just admiring the different techniques and locations people have done. One thing I've really noticed a lot is that they all have fun names for their business. Since I'm starting to do more pictures for people I think it's high time I came up with a name for myself too. Any suggestions?
The Anniversary shoot was a lot of fun and held a lot of new experiences for me. I'm working on those pictures now and should have a few up to show by the mid week. I didn't get any of the parade but I did manage to get a nice and pretty sunburn. Ouch! But I'm not complaining. It's better than all the crazy rain we've had lately.

A James Day at the Lake

2011-05-26T12:34:00.001-06:00

James and I decided to go take some pictures at the Salt Lake last night. Unfortunately by the time we figured out how to get there (I'm HORRID with directions) the sun was going down but we had some fun taking some water splash pictures.

I have a few of the landscape that I took as well that I'll post in a bit. I'm excited for the next few weeks because I'll be taking a lot of pictures for some awesome events. I'm taking pictures at a 50th Wedding Anniversary party, There's a parade coming into town next week I think and then my cousin and my brother are both getting married soon. How exciting! I'm not the main photographer for those weddings but you know me, I can't help being a little shutter bug haha.

Color change

2011-05-14T13:47:00.000-06:00

Wow I really need to keep up with updating more often. I haven't been able to take many pictures lately because it's been so dark and cloudy. Luckily these past few days the sun has come out so hopefully the weather can finally stay nice. The newest thing that's changed for me is my hair color! I'm loving this whole blonde thing. It's hard to keep up with but I'm still a fan. I might be going back to Texas in a few weeks and it'll be fun for everyone to see me with a new look. They're used to black, brown and my many attempts at dark red. I'm going to try and stay this color till at least the middle of August. My brother gets married on August 20th and I'm not sure if I want to stay with the blonde hair for the pictures or go back to my natural dark color. We shall see I guess.

It's me!

bored at work, up close edition

2011-04-05T16:42:00.001-06:00

Update! I have a picture of my brother I took while we were eating the other day. Oh the up close fun I have.

JONATHAN

I made the girls let me take up close head shots of them while we were bored at work.

GINA

JACKY

TEIGHLOR

The Great Salt Lake Adventure

2011-03-12T09:47:00.002-07:00

Luckily the weather was nice yesterday so I got my wish and me and the boys went out to take some pictures! We were going to go to the Salt Flats but after figuring out they were at least an hour and a half away the Great Salt Lake was out next choice. Here are a few of the pictures from that trip. I didn't have my longer lens with me so some of the pictures aren't as clear as I'd like them but it was a lot of fun!

After the Salt Lake fun we went to the dollar movies (Which apparently is the $1.50 movies now. Rude) and saw The Tourist. I thought it was pretty good but the screen had a line down the right side so it was really distracting. After that I went back home and just had an overall relaxing night. Yay for nice weather and great friends! I'm so happy it has stopped being so gloomy outside finally.

The park and some James fun

2011-03-11T10:12:00.001-07:00

Work has been crazy this past month getting everything taken care of with Valentine's Day and setting up the temps and who's staying and going and such. It's been a giant stress ball to say the least. Of course, to top it off I came down with the flu so I've been going crazy trying to get better and feeling guilty about missing work. Okay, not too guilty haha. I've finally started to recover and since both James and I had the day off we went to Memory Grove and took a few pictures just so I could get back into the groove. James is normally really shy so it was fun walking around with him and making him laugh and getting a bunch of different shots. I'm currently editing so I'm going to post the few I have now and then get some others up later. I'm trying to get James and Josh to let me take pictures of them today while the sun is out. Fingers crossed!

More soon!

Is it 8 yet?

2011-01-31T19:13:00.000-07:00

Well it's the busy season at work and this whole getting up at 5am and being at work till past 8pm is really going to drive me crazy soon. I just keep telling myself I just have to make it till Valentine's Day. Fingers crossed I don't blow up on any of my agents!
We had a housewarming party at my place on Saturday night and I got a lot of interesting shots. At the moment I'm working on a bunch of black and white pictures that I took of my friend Chris. I'll post some when I get them finished. I love black and white shots so I'm trying to find out what's the best way to really get them looking amazing. Any suggestions?

The girls!

2011-01-16T10:03:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the pictures that I took of Melody and Ezzie. They were both really fun to take pictures of and Melo has such a big personality.

I can't wait to work on the other pictures I have. I love those two girls.

Today is such a gloomy rainy day outside. On the plus side Gina, Josh, James and I might be going to our favorite Sunday Taco place, El Rey when Gina and I get off work. Yay!

Picture This

2011-01-15T13:04:00.001-07:00

I finally got a new camera! It's not just any camera either. It's a Canon T2i and I'm in love! I have a case with two new lens's and all other kinds of goodies. I've been using it a lot since I got it as a gift from my parents in December. I'm just starting out so my shots aren't up to where I'd like them to be but so far I'm having fun. I've done photo's for my brother and his new fiance and also for my friend James who let Josh go crazy one night and paint his face up. Yeah, I can tell my shots are going to range all over the place. I'll post some of the pictures here that I've done to share and so I can look back and see how things have progressed.

First up are some of the pictures I took and edited for my brother and Amanda.

This next one is the shot I took of James all done up lady like haha. Oh those boys.

I did a mini photo shoot for Gina and her two girls last Thursday. I LOVE taking pictures of babies and little kids. There are so many shots that you can get of them just being them and they turn out amazing. I should have a few of those up in the next day or two. I want to start doing more landscape photos too but the weather has been very gloomy and also being at work all the time gets in the way. Oh wells. Till next time!

sickness...

2010-07-12T22:19:00.000-06:00

Have you ever been sick for a really long time and wondered “when is this going to end?!” Yep, that’s where I’m at. It’s been about 3 weeks now and even though I went to see a doctor yesterday I’m still feeling like crap. On the plus side the medication he gave me really helped with the really bad cold/allergies I had. On the down side I’m apparently allergic to the medication. I’ve been throwing up all day at work today. Cursed Hydrocodone! I used to only have a reaction to the pill form but now the liquid form isn’t sitting well with me either. Fail. I’m here at work doing the best I can with my handy trash can by my side. Today would be the day where we’re way understaffed and I let Josh use my car so I couldn’t even drive myself home if I wanted to. Yep, today is most definitely one of those feel bad for myself kind of days. I just got myself a cookie so maybe that will help. We shall see…

Hi

2010-07-09T16:20:00.001-06:00

Happy Friday everyone! I'm going clubbing tonight and to a "campout" aka hanging around a bonfire with friends in the woods tomorrow night so I'm glad I've had the day off to relax and rest up. Pictures soon!

well crap

2010-07-08T01:52:00.001-06:00

Josh just told me he is moving to Spain in 2 weeks. I'm not holding up very well. It sucks hard that he's leaving but it's his life and dreams. I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now but mostly I'm just sad.
:( I miss him and I'm afraid of how things will change in his life and in mine. God this sucks!

so it's been a while...

2010-07-07T03:16:00.000-06:00

well here it is the beginning of July and all I can say is wow. It's been an interesting nine months since I've posted last. I've made friends, lost friends, learned more about myself, done fun new things and fallen back into some bad habits. I've moved into a new apartment and now I'm not entirely sure what will happen next. Most important, I've gone through quite a few different hair colors in the span of like 4 months haha
red, orange, brown and black. It's currently at a nice in between of the black and brown with some red highlights. The orange only lasted a few days thank goodness haha

So next thing.

My brother started talking to me today about his feelings on marriage with his girlfriend. First off... wow. To me he'll always be my little brother who danced around to the Ninja Turtle theme song and played video games till all hours. He's only 23. That's crazy. I keep having to remind myself that when I was 19 I was ready to get married to my boyfriend at the time. In my case that didn't work out and it's been pretty much a steady stream of gay men in my life since then. I don't think my brother will have that problem. It's just so crazy and somewhat scary to me to know that my brother is thinking like that. I don't want him to get hurt and he's told me that they're still taking things slow but we shall see. I wish him luck!

and the last for now...
Work has been interesting. I've made some really great friends there. It's fun having fun people help balance out the evil that can be customer service. This one lady asked me to call her boyfriend to let him know that we didn't poison his cookies as the guys OTHER girlfriend had told him we did. Really???
I mostly hang out out with Gina and Josh seeing as we all pretty much work the same hours and Josh and I are together all the time anyways. It's been fun with those two. Gina's pregnant!! She's been trying for a while so when we found out we all got really excited. The baby that Josh named "Boo" is due in December so it's been fun going through everything with Gina this time around because she didn't even know she was pregnant with her first daughter until she was like 6 months pregnant! We also used to hang out with our friend Chris a lot but we haven't gotten to as much lately. He's such a great guy though so hopefully things will get back on track. He's really funny and a FRIENDS addict like me and Gina and together we all make fun of Josh so it works out in the end haha. One major things I've learned at work is to just stay out of any office drama. Once you get sucked in things get kind of crazy!!

Hopefully posts will be more frequent. After I moved apartments I went without the internet for a while but I have this way cool app on my HTC Hero phone that lets me tether my phone to my computer to use the internet through that so it's nice not to have to pay the extra money for it. Win!

Well off to sleep I go. I have work tomorrow and then Josh gets home from San Diego at 9 so Daniel (love him!) and I are going to pick him up and hang out after. Oh the fun.

till next time!

Dressing Up

2009-10-02T12:34:00.003-06:00

Well one of the main subjects with all my friends these days is Halloween costumes. Now that it's officially October I have really got to buckle down and figure out what I'm going to do for a costume this year. There's going to be a big costume contest/party at work as well as some parties that I plan on going to as well. Josh and Landon are doing the light and dark angel thing and Gina is going as a CSI girl. I've tried on all different types but nothing is for sure yet. I did get a cute pair of black, blue and purple fairy wings at the store though so I might head in that direction. Now that I think of it I think I did some sort of Purple fairy outfit with my friend Jill like 3 or so years back but I think we just walked around work for a while and then went back to hanging with friends so I have no problem recycling the fairy costume idea haha.

Things have been busy and slow at the same time lately for me. I think maybe it's just a busy routine that I'm used to. I spent pretty much all of Tuesday helping Josh and Landon move into their new place and of course M-W I did the work thing. It's kind of hard having my two days off during the week because it doesn't really match anyone but at least I get days off so who am I to complain right? It snowed for a tiny bit on Wednesday night though and that was interesting. It's been in the 80's for so long that the drop down to the low 50's these past few weeks has been very chilling. I was happy I had never taken some of my coats out of my car from when I moved because they came in handy when I got out of work the other day.

My tv update so far is that Grey's, The Office, Project Runway, and most especially GLEE are all on my watching list. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about GLEE but I got hooked after the first episode. Plus both Josh Groban and Kristin Chenoweth have been on it so far this season which is already enough to make me giddy.

This video is from the show on Wednesday when Kristin and Lea had a mini diva-off singing "Maybe this Time" from Cabaret. Oh it makes me smile.

Well off to relax some more and try to think about what I want to do for lunch and dinner. Till next time!

-Jess

Oh ps what do you think of the new blog look? I'm trying to be all festive and such :)

Camera dump and more

2009-09-22T19:55:00.009-06:00

Wow it's been a while since I updated this bad boy and after much prodding and begging I'm getting right to it. So what have I been up to lately? A whole lot of work and some very enjoyable hang out times with friends and family. I've started to regret not having my camera working so much these past few months because I have so many moments I want to capture and share. My blackberry curve is great for many things but as far as a camera goes it's just a little bleh. Oh well. Until I can spring for a new one I'll just have to make do. Here's a little camera phone dump to update though!

At work I got a little bored during our downtime so I started doodling on post-its and those doodles turned into Halloween themed faces. I know, I really am that much of a dork haha.

I also found out that while we may sell a whole lot of cookie cakes, most of the people in my office had never actually had one! Well that settled that and I got one for us to share. Not only did the people from work have some but I brought it home and Josh, Tyler, and my brother helped me finish it off. Soooo good!

Speaking of those three It's been a lot of fun spending some nights with Josh, Tyler, Landon, and hanging out with my brother when he's in town or when I head up to Ogden.

These two pictures were taken during what turned out to be a very interesting game of truth or dare. Oh the fun I have. Jenny and I have decided that hang out time with the guys is a definite plus.

My other Tyler man and I went clubbing a few weeks ago and we had so much fun. I don't get to see him much but our love for Chinese food and hot guys has bonded us hahaha

When I was in Ogden with my brother we saw a giant monster truck at a gas station and so my brother of course had to get out and see it.

It's been a fun past month or so. Most days I feel like all I do is work and help some very very interesting people with order problems but I'm still a huge fan of my job and getting to spend time in the evenings with Jenn, Josh, Tyler, Jonathan, Landon, Gina, and whoever else makes up for all the long hours. My next two major events that I'm looking forward to are my trip back to Texas and Halloween! It's my favorite holiday and I still have yet to decide what my costume plans are. So far I've got Cleopatra, a green fairy, Zorro-ett, and an Alice from Alice in wonderland themed outfit but I'm just not sure yet. Any ideas?? I'm so excited to go back to Texas to visit. I had planned on moving back there a while ago but it didn't work out. As Josh says, everything happens for a reason so I will just have to get my Texas fun on next month for a few days. Andrew and I have some plans already. His brother is getting married AND he's going to be an uncle soon because Jeremy just anouced that he and his fiance are having a baby!! It'll be fun to see him after all the many phone hours we've had. Face to face time is a big plus. I also can't wait to party it up with Nicole, Mike, and everyone else! It's been so long since the last time I was in town and I didn't really get to spend that much time with everyone. I've given them a month warning though so things should be a blast.

Well I need to get to cleaning up my room a bit and get things sorted out for tomorrow. It's Wednesday which normally means breakfast Wednesday for me and Josh. The past two times we've done it we went to Dee's but I think we might try Denny's this week. Thursday should be a blast because I might be sushi'ing it up with Josh and going to the Sky Bar with Gina for her birthday that night. It's Latin night and she says I need to get back in touch with "my people" haha crazy girl. Till next time!

Jess

It's something you earn

2009-08-26T23:07:00.003-06:00

I used to trust a lot of people. No questions asked, no doubts, no worries. Now I doubt everyone. I'm not sure if it's just me being paranoid or crazy or if it's a mix of life experiences and just society in general. It's like, nobody can really be doing something good just to do good. There's always a catch. It's a sad thing when you realize that you start to doubt co-workers, friends, or even family members. I know it's something that I need to work on. That whole letting someone in and trusting others thing but it's not easy. I want to help people but I'm afraid of being hurt again. Of being taken advantage of again. Is that something that can just be talked through or will this take a while to get over? And really is it even that bad to approach things with a little uncertainty these days? I want so much to be there and to care about a friend of mine but I'm so scared of getting hurt again that everything in me just doesn't believe she's telling the truth. That I'm not just being used right now. That she's not just laughing at me behind my back. People can be pretty messed up sometimes. Oh well maybe this whole doubt thing will keep me on my toes for a while. There's not too much harm in always watching your back right?

My brother gets in to town on Friday night. Excited doesn't even begin to describe it. How much of a dork am I for being excited about playing 007 on his PS2 on the 100 in. screen? He may kick my ass but nothing bonds (haha get it? Bonds?! 007?! haha... oh me) two siblings like trying to gun each other down in a video game. Oh us haha

I know this was random but sometimes I've just got to get some things out of my head and what better place than a blog right? Tomorrow and Friday are my days off and even better, Friday is payday so I'm pretty excited for the next few days to happen. Even if all I do is sleep in and relax while watching some NCIS for most of it haha. Well... Till next time!

Jess

It's a work thing.

2009-08-19T08:16:00.003-06:00

8.19.09
So I just got to work and we're all here ready to get things going. We still don't have clearance as far as going to our own sites on the internet yet so I'll be using my handy dandy Blackberry for a while I guess. Almost as good as the real net except without my favorite part: live chatting. I guess that's what texts are for right? So anywho... I just got my first call of the day. An older lady from Georgia with a lisp. Not exactly the easiest to understand. What a way to start off the day.

8:32am So here I sit in my cubicle with my diet coke in hand looking at my sticky note covered wall. I've decided I want to make one of my walls a quote wall. My mom just sent me a really good one."Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." - Norman Vincent Peale.

9:06am: So far after an hour at work I've had 3 calls and 2 were from New York. New York accents make me happy. The two NY calls were about funerals though. Makes me sad because I tend to like to make people laugh on the phone to make it more comfortable for both of us but in these cases it's not always easy or appropriate.

11:15am: So far so good. For people with customer service problems they're being pretty nice. I'm going to enjoy it for as long as I can. For the most part I'm not really craving cookies anymore but every once in a while I get this urge to run and buy some. I'm trying to do my best to just sit here and much on my healthy trail mix. Darn that whole not getting the trail mix with just m&m's and peanuts. Oh chocolate makes me happy.

Well I got distracted yesterday so now it's Thursday the 20th and it 9:26 again. It's slow which is good and bad. Good because it's very low stress but bad because in my spare time I've taken to coloring post it notes and am slowly on my way to having a whole wall covered in nothing but post-its haha. Oh I'm a dork. I brought a book today though! It's "The Lovely Bones" I'm almost done with it but I want to make sure I finish it soon because apparently the movie version is coming out soon. Wow I can't even remember the last movie I saw in theaters. I think it was Up! Wow... That was a long time ago. Good times though good times.

Gina and I went to Cafe Rio for lunch today. It was actually pretty good I guess. I'm not so much a fan of the Mexican food but it filled me up big time and hanging out with Gina has been fun. Listening to her talk about her 2 year old, Melody, has been really fun because none of my close friends have kids so a conversation with her is just different. We can go from talking about guys and such and somehow end up talking about Melody dancing to songs on Youtube but it's cute to see how excited Gina is about her daughter. Good times all around I say.

Well it's finally time to end this thing! It's been a long week so far but tomorrow is Friday and who knows what will happen. My roommate is out of town again till late Sunday night so it would be fun to have some people over or something but we shall see. This whole starting over thing has been hard/exciting/lonely/crazy/upsetting/empowering/ and interesting all in one. I miss my Tosh. hmmmm "le' sigh"

I'm excited for the Iron Chef battle between Team Jess and Jenny and Team Reggie and roommates. It'll be big folks but alas, that is for another blog on another day.

Till next time!

Jess

The one with the desk and some icons...

2009-08-10T22:03:00.009-06:00

So I've had my computer on my old coffee table in my room for the past week since I've moved into my new place and it's really not very comfortable. I had it low down at my old apartment too but that's mostly because we had it out in the living room which made it easier for everyone to watch movies on it. Here though I'm just on the floor leaning against my bed and it's been messing with my back and wrist when I need to use the mouse. With my next paycheck I'm considering getting a new desk so that I can FINALLY sit at a normal desk with my computer. The only problem is price. I know which one I like:
It's the MIKAEL desk for $109.00. It seems like it would be able to help me organize things a little better and I really like the design and style but I'd also like to eat and I need to stretch my next check. We shall see. Maybe when my dad is in town in a few weeks I can work something out with him haha Of course knowing my dad he'll end up taking me to big lots down the street and making me get a $15 desk that goes with nothing. My only request for my furniture is that it's black and has clean lines. I know I can't do too much with my room but I just have a thing for black furniture. I think it just looks nice and clean. Now if only I could get my closet to look nice and clean I'd be set. Something tells me that instead of desk hunting with my paycheck I'll be hanging out at the laundry mat doing that all weekend instead. I'll have to take some before and after pictures once I FINALLY get my room situated.

My roommate leaves tomorrow morning around 5am for her week trip to CO. It'll be interesting being alone here but I'm very sure that I can handle it. I think I'm going to start moving some of my stuff out into the rest of the apartment because packing my whole former apartment into a bedroom isn't working out too well. Plus I hate feeling like I'm just visiting even though I'm paying half the rent. I laugh though because I have all these plans but in reality I'm pretty sure once I get home from work tomorrow I'll be all about the relaxing and not so much into the cleaning. We shall see.

I found two icons that I feel go with my mood and the happenings from this past weekend. Long story short I almost told someone they could shove it based on some comments that were made but instead I just took a deep breath, let out a big sigh, and did my best to move on.

Unfortunately the first icon has my biggest pet peeve in the world in it. Your does NOT equal you are. It's You're!! uggg. I know I shouldn't talk because my spelling and grammar isn't amazing but that's just something that drives me crazy. Never the less I still have mad love for the icon. I do promise that from here on out the icons will be happier. I work for a cookie company, some of that cookie happy fun is bound to rub off on me so life is and will be good. Life happens for a reason and I'm excited to be along for the ride.
Till next time!

Jess

A whole lot of new

2009-08-08T20:06:00.001-06:00

New job, new haircut, new apartment, new roommate, new outlook on life, and new appreciation for the Mexican woman who hand decorates cookie cakes. That's what's going on with me. I'll just go in order I guess.

New job: So far so good. There are some very questionable people working there but isn't that the case with any job? We crossed trained in every department so there are a couple hundred people out there getting packages that I either arranged, shrink wrapped, tied a ribbon on, or sent out. Damn I'm good. So far I mostly hang with three other people. V, Gina, and Erika. They're all very chill but a little loud sometimes. And by loud I mean the HR people might be called in at some point because they're making fun of Koreans or hitting each other. They call me the quiet one. I'm thinking that's not such a bad name to have haha. The computer system is interesting and a lot harder than any other that I've worked with before but life's about learning and that's what I'm going to do. Also of note, I get a very nice discount so be nice and cookies shall be sent your way haha

New apartment: It's still surreal. In about three days it was decided that I was moving out for sure, I found a new place, and my mom and I packed up my old place, and moved in here. It kind of makes my head hurt to think about it. It's so different from my last place but every day I'm getting more and more used to it. PLUS we have a tv so today for the first time in almost 2 years I just got to have my lazy Saturday morning just hanging out in my apartment watching tv. Oh the little things that make me happy. It's also been pretty easy to get to work and around town from here. I still miss some things about living on the other side of the trax (literally haha I'm on the other side of 4th) but I'm just trying to think happy thoughts about it all.

New Roommate: Her name is Jenny and things are good. We're both kind of quiet so that makes getting to know each other pretty hard but it's coming along. She's really big into WOW and Tyler's friend Jordan used to be obsessed so when those two start talking it's so funny to hear. She leaves next Tuesday for almost two weeks before school starts so it'll be fun to have the place to myself but sad to be alone. She's off to Colorado and I hope she has fun stories when she gets back.

New outlook on life: Trust no one. I've been hurt and left to dry one too many times and I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of letting myself be pushed aside and I'm tired of waiting for other people to make me happy. It's not healthy and it's not a good friendship for anyone. I'm just trying to look out for myself and see how that goes. I know that's not the most positive outlook and I guess I'm kind of in a funk right now but I'm trying to be happy. It's just not easy. I've been hanging out with Tyler a lot lately though and that's been a lot of fun. His ex has been treating him like crap and so he's helped me keep my mind off of work and life stress and I've done my best to help him keep his mind off of his drama too. It's been fun and when Jordan tags along it's just a whole lot of laughing which is something I've needed so much. Plus Tyler and Jordan are hot which makes things even more fun haha oh me.

I trust people. I just need to make sure that I don't give too much of myself all the time. It's better to have people wanting more than to smother them right? Oh the things I've learned in my 25 years of life. Plus all those late night 3 hour talks with Andrew telling me the same thing might have something to do with it. Who knows. haha

New appreciation for the Mexican woman who hand decorates cookie cakes:
At work we toured the kitchens and met the woman who hand decorates each cookie cake, or cakey as we call them, by hand. I didn't get a shot of the giant cart full of cookies that she had to do but trust me when I say that woman is amazing. Talk about a demanding job. I don't remember her name but when I see her I make sure to say hi because sometimes after a hard day I know that just one smiling face makes all the difference. I really do think that cross training we did was the smartest thing ever. I gained so much respect for all the different departments at my company and I'm very very grateful that I get to sit in the nice office with the very nice comfy chairs. Wow it's like Thanksgiving here haha.

So that's pretty much been it for me lately. I'm thinking about maybe going to church tomorrow but I don't know for sure yet. We shall see, we shall see. Oh and my brother will be back in town by the end of the month!! I'm excited to hang out with him. Maybe get some PlayStation gaming in or something. Oh I'm a nerd.

Till next time!

Jess

Send To Phone

Homeless?

2009-07-29T02:29:00.000-06:00

So now that I've got the new job I need a place to live. My lease has been up for a few months now but I've been kind of going month to month because I just had not found a new place yet. There were a lot of different circumstances that have changed and keep on changing as far as a job, roommates, and money goes but now that I'm finally back at work it'll make things a little easier. I think the best plan is to stay where I'm at for one last month and then save up my paychecks to move into some place with my brother when he gets back into town. That way I'll be able to have time to pack here and find a nice decent place to stay. It makes sense in my head anyways haha. I guess we'll see in the morning. I just really don't want to start a new job and move into a new apartment all at the same time. It's just a little too much at once for me. I think this month will be the month I need some extra support from friends. But of course no matter what, as Gloria Gaynor says "I will survive" :)

Random side note : I was on facebook and on the side it has groups and such that friends have joined and pictures that they're in and one of the groups is in memory of someone who died. I find it odd that the friend that I have that joined that group is my aunt who goes on under my dead uncle's name. It just creeps me out to see his name on my newsfeed posting things. Maybe it's just me but still...

Wow I just found something out about one of my friends that I wish I hadn't. Maybe going to bed is a really good idea. Till next time!

Jess

Should I stay or should I go now

2009-07-26T11:46:00.000-06:00

The past week has been kind of bleh. I've been spending a lot of time trying to figure out my current living situation. I start work on the 3rd but REALLY need to be either out of this apartment by the 1st or find a new roommate with rent money by the 3rd. I'd prefer the 2nd one because it makes things a little easier on me moving wise but maybe a new start is just what I need. I feel like I've fallen into a rut somewhere in the past year and it's come back to slap me in the face hard this past month. I was talking to my friend Tyler and he was just really happy and positive about things and I guess it just rubbed off on me. Of course he has reason to be happy what with his new "friend" Brady and all haha. I'm just ready to start work and see where that takes me. Plus that whole actually having some money thing sounds amazing. I was talking to Andrew last night and we were talking about the trip I wanted to take next summer. My goal is to go to Ireland!
I've wanted to go for a long time now and I'm not going alone so I'm trying to get my friends sold on the idea too. We shall see. Speaking of Andrew, he has a crazy work schedule so he's out till at least 2 in the morning and then has to drive home so we're always either texting or on the phone till really late but it's fun. Last night I stayed up till almost 5 my time which would be 6 in the morning his time. Oh the joys of being able to sleep in the next day. It sucks that he's so far away but I'm glad that we're still able to keep in touch as much as we do.

TV show update: I finished the 2nd season of The Tudors and it's SOO much better than the first. I'm actually excited to start the 3rd season. Crazy crazy Also in SYTYCD news Melissa STILL hasn't been kicked off the show yet but I blame that on the fact that the producers are kind of rigging things. She's paired up with Evan (who is Andrew's favorite) next week so we'll what happens.

As for today I'm not really sure what's going to happen. Josh and Landon spent the night so maybe we'll all hang for a bit (yay!) and Reggie said that he might come over later for dinner and movie night. Plus it would be fun to see Josh's cousin Tyler and his friend Jordan again. They were here last night and it was a lot of fun. They day is still young so we shall see. Someone is playing the harmonica out in the hall right now and little kids are yelling and running around. Maybe getting out of here is a good idea after all haha Oh well. Till next time!
~Jess

Shorty short

2009-07-21T15:57:00.000-06:00

So Josh is back and it was really fun reconnecting with him and Landon yesterday. We went to the DMV and waited around forever for him to get a new license but there were lots of people watching opportunities so it was all good. After we came back to the apartment and I let Josh and Landon have some fun with my hair and now instead chest length it's chin length! It took me a min. to get used to it but now I'm kind of in love with it so that's always a plus. Landon took a picture of Josh cutting my hair and before we got to style it up so it's not the best but here it is:

So the night ended with me and Josh spending some time browsing the net and just talking and catching up. A pretty great Monday if you ask me. So far today has been lazy but fun. We finished the first season of the Tudors and so far I'm cool with it. Still not my favorite but eh. So You Think You Can Dance is on tomorrow so I'm excited for that!! I'll post more pics of my hair asap. Still haven't really taken a good picture of it yet. I promise it'll be there soon Nicole haha.
Till next time
~Jess

update: Here are some pictures of the short hair.

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Luau Love

2009-07-19T00:13:00.000-06:00

So today Reggie and I went to the Hawaiian Luau that my Aunt invited me to and it was really fun! We got there right as it was starting and the food was amazing!! I guess seeing as I've been living off of ramen and eggo's the past week anything would have tasted good but this was REALLY good. Rice, pulled pork, salad, and some other stuff I didn't really know the names of. One thing was like ground up pork wrapped in seaweed and while it looked kind of iffy it tasted amazing. Also there was some other kind of noodle type of dish with pork in it but I'm not even sure what kind of noodles they were. I just know that they looked clear and rubbery but they tasted great so no complaints.

After the food they had a family come up and they put on a bunch of dances and showed off a lot of really cool costumes. There was even a boy who did a fire dance. At one point though he caught his hair on fire!! He got it out really quick and went on with the show. He was probably around 14 and was amazing with the tricks that he did.
After the party was over Reggie and I came back to my place and watched a movie and just hung out. It was really nice to catch up and talk about our new jobs and future plans to travel and just life in general. I hope we get the chance to hang out again soon.

Josh get's back in town this weekend so it'll be fun to see him and catch up. I'll try and steal him on Monday so we can have a Jess and Josh hang out day. We shall see. Oh also I watched the new Harry Potter movie!! There was a video of it online so I watched it while I had the chance before someone took it down. It was really good! Like the others, there were parts that I thought were different or missing but I'm just really glad that I didn't read the book right before I saw it again. I've done that with the last two movies and I always get mad at what the film leaves out so I just wanted to go into this one with little memory of the book and be entertained. I'm already excited fot the next movie!

Well it's late and I'm going to try and get some texting in with Andrew before I fall alseep. Not a bad Saturday all in all. Till next time
~Jess

I GOT IT!

2009-07-16T14:26:00.000-06:00

It's official y'all I now work for Mrs. Fields! The job description so far sounds very much like my kind of job. It's customer service/call center work at the corporate office. An office that smells like chocolate is my kind of job haha. I admit that after they didn't call yesterday I was kind of worried but it all worked out so yay!

In other news I'm excited for Saturday because it's the Hawaiian Luau party! I was talking to Reggie this morning and he said he wants to go with me so we're going to get our party on together. I haven't talked to him since school got out a few months ago so we have a lot of catching up to do but lucky for us after five minutes we're right back on track with each other. It'll be good to hang out again. Oh and Josh gets back Saturday night I think but I probably won't see him till Sunday or Monday. I'm excited though! I miss my Tosh. I guess this week hasn't been too bad so far.
Last night I watched So You Think You Can Dance and my new favorite is Jeanine. My top 4 would probably be Jeanine, Brandon, Evan, and Karla. I like everyone left really. I think that Randi and Kupono will go home tonight though. Oh and my favorite season 2 dancer, Travis Wall, choreographed the dance that Jeanine and Jason danced and it was really great so props to him!

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well I'm off to get some cleaning done. Till next time
~Jess

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The Interview and the Slytherin

2009-07-14T18:12:00.000-06:00

So I had the interview today and as far as I can tell it went really well. They're hiring five people so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well. It smelled so amazing in that office! Here's hoping for free cookies and such. That would be all kinds of yum haha.

Tonight is opening night for the new Harry Potter movie and the two people that I'd want to go with aren't in town. Andrew is in Texas and Josh is at Bear Lake. I would go with some other friends but alas, tickets are all sold out. I did make a graphic for an online forum. I think it's pretty cool. It's the first graphic I've made in almost a year so at the very least it was fun to get back into photoshop. I still have a lot to learn but it's all fun. Plus yay for Draco Malfoy! He's my favorite character because he's got that whole misunderstood bad boy thing going on for him.
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My current show of the moment is "The Tudors" I don't think I've ever seen an episode the whole way through so I'm giving it a shot now. I love that period in history because I think Henry the 8th is fascinating. I remember when Josh and I spent like a week or two watching youtube videos about Henry, all his wives, and the drama that came with it. Oh the fun. I like being a history dork. Now if only that would earn me some money haha. Well time to figure out what to make for dinner. Oh how I wish I could splurge on a pizza or something. That sounds amazing. Till next time!
~Jess

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The First

2009-07-13T22:14:00.000-06:00

I couldn't think of anything more original to put for the title of my first blog besides "The First" is that a bad sign? Ah well. So here I am hanging out at home by myself for the next week. Josh left today to go to Bear Lake with Landon's family so I'm kind of on my own. I'm suddenly very bored. On the plus side I have a job interview to work in the call center for Mrs. Field's tomorrow morning. My fingers are very crossed. As much as I like not working, that whole no money thing is a major pain. Also on Saturday I'm going to a Hawaiian party that my Aunt invited me to. It's a church thing which is not normally MY kinda thing but I'm going with this whole seize new opportunities thing. It's all a huge Thing kinda thing lol. We'll see how it goes.

As for right now though I'm watching some old FRIENDS episodes and hanging out with the Bella puppy. She's taken to grabbing all her clothes out of the bag we have them in and chewing on them. I know it's probably her way of telling me to stop buying her dresses and start buying more chew treats. Maybe I'll just keep buying both! Yes I know, I'm one of THOSE pet people but trust me I could be a lot worse haha.

Well it's almost 11 and I still need to get that laundry started. Till next time!
~Jess

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