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Today was the last day of school for NYC. aka the last day my last student metro would ever work = A= FUUUUUU

I haven't been able to get a job yet. I can't say I've been applying like mad, but I have been applying and no one has answered me yet. I figured that one of these days I would trek over to Victoria's Secret and Charlotte Russe and update/resubmit an application now that I've graduated. Working at Charlotte Russe would be fucking awesome. :< But I applied to CVS again (2 stores actually), LoveCulture, some wholesale accessory spot on 34th, and some other place I don't quite remember.

Some places I need to keep in mind for later to apply:
-Wet Seal
-Mandee
-CUPCAKESTOP (OMGKBHASHKDB)
-Crumbs
-American Girl Place
-F.A.O. Schwartz

A job at a restaurant seems kind of eh. It seems more complicated than I thought... I can't trust myself to work at a restaurant. e_e Maybe I'll ask Horace about it later and get his opinion.


I started up a Tumblr after being tempted by my friends on Facebook = w= and.. it's like crack. Seriously, I don't think it's been a full week yet and I've been reposting things to my own shit like crazy (what's the use of 'liking' shit?) So don't be surprised with all the pink and cupcakes and shit on there... seriously.


I've been doing a lot of entering for my sister's wedding-- some lady called two weeks ago about me having won a random drawing contest from when I registered to the Great Bridal Expo back in April? I dunno what I won, but either way I wasn't eligible since I wasn't engaged. I tried to tell the lady to pass the prize onto my sister, which she took down her name and phone number, but now I'm wondering if chick just lied :/ I'd be disappointed, like seriously you could've just said no when I asked. Oh well, I'll check up on dia later and ask.

I've also been entering her name in this 100k wedding giveaway on WeTV... where basically you give the magic word that shows up every Sunday during their new episodes, to enter in a chance to win $100k budget for your wedding, -plus- a free honeymoon. So I've been entering and praying every week xD; It'd be cool if she won.

Other than that I just enter myself in random things on twitter and when I join sites and shit... and apparently I won a book o wo

I didn't even get any notice of me winning, they just sent it to my house. But either way, it's pretty damn awesome. I posted about it on tumblr here.

So yeah, I won the "Rich Bride, Poor Bride" wedding planning guidebook and I was.. beyond excited. I've been meaning to buy David Tutera's wedding/event planning books for a while now. This book isn't huge as David's, but it gives me enough information to look into my own things, which I'm definitely gonna go by for my sister's wedding.

I've already read half the book last night, and I've never realized how much stuff I'd need to do -RIGHT NOW- and prepare for and look out for. While it gets me really excited for this project... at the same time anxiety and the doubts start rolling in pretty hard.
Yeah, guys, be inb4 the "ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID NEVER A BRIDE/DOES WEDDING PLANNING BECAUSE IM NOT HAPPY WITH MY OWN LOVE LIFE" because it'll probably come up down the line xD seriously.


But on a serious note... Cedelia doesn't exactly know what she wants to do yet, which I'll really need to sit down and talk to her about to get that out the way. I need to start making outlines for checklists, lists, options for venues, etc., already look into florists, book the florist and photographer as WELL as reserve the ceremony place and the reception venue... and start getting the dress done. wtf ridiculous! That seems like half the trouble, seriously D:

The worst part of her not knowing what to do, is that time is limited... summer is wedding season, and I have a feeling that July 11th tends to be a popular day.. so I'm gonna see if there's any other date they might put up as an option.

And then to top it off, budget worries are limiting her dream image of her wedding, and of course I'm her sister, I don't want her to have a mediocre wedding day. If we happen to do a restaurant reception dinner, I don't want it to be because she couldn't afford it, despite wanting to do something like... her first dance or something. I don't want her to take away important images if she really wants them. I'm also going to coax her and see if she can make the budget bigger, even by $5,000 if anything, because I'm afraid that a 10k budget is... really tight for her image. Like even if she gotta get a credit card for a little while.

In the meantime I have to see what time of day she wants this wedding to happen (I'm assuming late afternoon, or at least for the location it would seem the best time of day), and see how much the permit will be for that spot.

When she talked to me, she spoke of wanting to do a theme based on "Coming to America", more on the aspect of it being 80s than anything, so I've been thinking... how to do that, exactly? I'm trying to come up with floral ideas and stuff to make it look -right-. Come up with a sort of Concrete Jungle theme? How exactly do I go about that without doing too much or looking too dull or too costumey for her wedding?

I'm gonna try and go over to mom's house this week and try and catch this chick and talk to her about these things... she had her own checklist and as far as she saw she had an idea of who the DJ will be and wedding singer and etc? I'm worried these people might just be friends and not so much quality performers/professionals so I do have to look into it and see if they -are- good enough for Cedelia's wedding.

So, I'm gonna make the checklists and everything right now, look up possible venues to call up soon, look into florists, I believe anthoussai will probably be the photographer as long as Cedelia is ok with the price... and I need to see who's gonna put her dress together x_x Woo boy


And then I'm hoping to attend some stuff with her.

First would be David Tutera's Seminar at some mall in Bridgewater, NJ-- if Cedelia ends up driving and going (Godihopeshedoes), I'm definitely going to go. I'm kind of sad because it's on Susan's meet day, and I've been meaning to go to one of her meets for the longest, but David Tutera gives me so much inspiration that I need to see him in person. (and hopefully get private consultation and advice on Cedelia's wedding, as well as maybe an autograph and a photo as well >w> hurr).

Second would be the next Bridal Expo in October. Hopefully we'll have most of our shit together by then, but even then it'll be good to go and have both of our brain juices going.

It's... going to be a long year, I feel. But I hope this will hit off well and that after this I'll know if I definitely want to do this as a career or not. Along with this prepping, I'll be taking my certificate courses by then, hopefully.

And by courseS I mean that a new one popped up that I might end up kissing ass to attend, in addition to the Event/Wedding Planning certificate course. It's at Brooklyn College as well, it's a Event/Wedding DESIGN certificate course by both the WPI -AND- PrestonBailey, who's known for designing a buttload of celebrity events and weddings. So along with all this venue searching, etc, I'm gonna call up the WPI again and ask them about this program bundle, see if there's any sort of grants I can get, and then try to suck up to Opi to have him help me pay for it ; w; haha. The Design course starts on August 15th, while the Planning starts at the end of September, so hopefully this'll be enough to cram into my brain without driving myself crazy.


On an extra, completely unrelated note, I have two meets in mind, 1)an afternoon tea party at King's Carriage House (August 16thish) and then possibly a boatriding picnic day at Prospect Park, and/or Victorian House touring nearby.

I'll also be helping out at Kammie's booth again at NYAF, the whole weekend :3 Depending on cash, and if I'll actually pull through with it, I might be cosplaying for the first time, 1) as Michiko to pair with miesuku if she does her Atsuko, and 2) Princess Tiana, if I get the money for the materials -and- for someone to make the thing for me xD lal

I'm excited for Dances of Vice on the 11th~ I managed to get a swatch of the fabric, once I draw the design up I'll post it. But I'm still having a bit of a dilemma with choosing how to do my hair ._. I need a perm.

So I'm pretty much confirming it. One of my Wonder Eye lenses ripped :/ It's really only a nick, it barely even touched the color but I'll be getting a new lens soon (luckily SecretEyes allow me to just get one, opposed to a whole new pair). I'll probably hop on it and get some Wonder Eye Greens, though they're still in Plano only. But first I'm gonna see if they're gonna stock Barbie's Super Nudys.

Because they come in pink.

That's fucking right. Super Nudy pinks. So fucking getting them. They make me want to get pink mascara from NYX, get a pink wig or something, and just deco out. They look hot, though I hope the pink actually looks nice in natural light rather than flash-only.

While watching Michelle Phan's first video with Lancome,(which was pretty nice, for her doing a natural tutorial for once), I fell in love with this song:



I couldn't stay awake when I got home lol. I kept dozing off to this song. I love how soft the music is.



Today overall was a productive day. I made it to class for once (a little bit late no thanks to the MTA), and I also went to yoga with Carol :3 We've been going for a few weeks now, but this week and last week has actually been actual work days counted towards my Phys Ed credit. Next week we're gonna start going twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday probably. I did my little calculating for this cycle (which ends April). If I keep going twice a week, then I'll be earning just enough for a whole credit to 1 1/2 credits. If I continue this (or even more challenging, start trying to go three times a week!), by June I should have all my Phys Ed credits done, if not MOST of them. Like 4 out of 5 credits. Which would be an awesome goal. That last credit I can just work off slowly over the summer (hopefully I'll have a summer job then). As far as academic credits go, if I pass both my classes this term and do independent study work, I'll be done with all my academic credits. Even if I don't pass the class, I'll still have April-June to finish those credits up with Independent Study work!

I'm almost there! And I have a very good feeling that I won't give up from my usually depression dips this time around. Forget the GED, because SUNY never contacted me back about the test anyways. So I'm not gonna sit and wait for that shit anymore.


I'm thinking of trying to save up my money for a little bit to get a digital camera for myself. I am so tired of NOT having a camera, it's been almost a year, and it's been killing me D:

I don't think I'll go for those really nice professional cameras... as nice as they are, they're mad bulky and it complicates things for me (as if I want some huge shit around my neck! smh). Maybe something for 100, 200 dollars even, as long as it's good and have good video, I'll be set.

Of course, this comes after I reserve Final Fantasy XIII and get Assassin's Creed II. lol. I need them desperately. I should be getting my Xbox 360 this week or next week so I'll be set game-wise! At least until I save up to afford to get the newer PS2 model lol. Not really gonna bother with a PS3 unless I absolutely have to (e.x. a Final Fantasy game coming out on it and not the 360). I'll probably replay Grand Theft Auto 4 again, beat that 100%, replay Assassin's Creed, beat that 100%, and then probably get Ballad of Gay Tony again, and beat that 100% too. I'm just so set on getting these shits full completion, though I think nowadays they don't really bother to give you an alternative or special ending if you do.


But yeah. The camera. I want to start making videos and I want to have new pictures for Pupe, and for my sales posts, instead of these shitty pics I got from like, seriously 2 years ago on my older shitty camera, with shitty lighting and all that D: Yeahno. That's no way to be selling stuff lol.

I should be getting to sleep now even though I already have a nap. This song... is keeping me weary lol.

So, I was being nosy and found out that my cousin had gotten herself in trouble -yet again-.

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I had took Angela to the airport this morning, but she ended up missing her flight and having to buy another ticket for later in the day. Fucking sucks, if we didn't miss the first bus, and if the A/C wasn't being so slow to getting to the train stops. :/ I told Omi and even Omi thought she should've been able to make it. That's MTA for you, I guess.

After dropping her off I went to Harlem, looked around for a bit, and then went to Kinokuniya, then Book-Off where I managed to get a FF12 strategy guide for 3 BUCKS (win!) and also lol The Little Princess for a buck, no thanks to nostalgia. I might end up selling a lot of my kids books to Book-off, though I don't know how much that'll come out to, they said it would usually be anywhere between .30 - 1.50, depending on the type of book, condition, etc. Sooo maybe. I know I can make at LEAST about 20 bucks from my old books, which is better than nothing atm. (Plus more space for me~)

I'm waiting for my computer desk to get here, before thinking about getting anymore furniture for my room. Though I know I definitely need a bookcase, a small one the very least, and then I want an armoire for all my dresses and other clothes that need to be hanged. I'm gonna start measuring and pretend to move things/place things to make sure they fit well before I actually ask to get them. I also want those little plastic storage drawers and stuff to put between the wall and my drawer by the TV, because in about two weeks I'll be getting my Xbox 360 and I need to put that and my PS2 somewhere, rather than sitting them out randomly. Then I'll just pile my bags on top of that lol. I was also thinking of those shoe storage things that go under the bed, but I dunno if it'll be good for my complicated bed. xD also, storage bags for whatever other clothes I got, oh and for bedsheets and stuff. I need to free up my last drawer for my lolita skirts.


I think tomorrow's the first day of the term.. but I'm not gonna go. I already know I'm gonna have to come in on Wednesday. I didn't get a chance to see the schedule for this term, all I know that there are gonna be two Phys ed classes in the morning of Tues/Thurs that I am so not gonna make lol. Really though, it's really starting to suck that my school's having less and less phys. ed classes. Why should this even be required of us? We don't even have a proper gym, and only one teacher in our whole school with a license to teach Phys Ed. Like really.

I figure that I'll be signing up for the minimum classes I -need- to sign up for and not do most of them, just concentrate on Independent studies, especially my Phys Ed work. I need to get on top of that. I'm trying to go to to Yoga once a week (and eventually, twice/three times a week hopefully), and I go with one of my new friends, so if anyone wants to come along (Kelsey? Amy? Someone?) hopefully this will build into a steady thing :3

I really don't want to register today. I'm tired of going to the same teachers. Taking the same classes. Seeing the same stupid ass people.
I really don't want to see Jane either. I'm sure I had hurt her feelings when I told her I felt that she stopped caring. I know I've been MIA some days, but never three weeks straight. She didn't have time to listen to me, she never called until last week to tell me about registration and that I'd be kicked out if I flake again.

I'm exhausted from being depressed.

I just realized why the fuck I hate my classes.

Everyone is fucking STUPID

OMG I cannot say enough to just show how dumb these people are man.
Not only am I not really learning anything, I'm stuck in a class mainly full of dumb people.

I'm here in Personal Finance class, 30 minutes late, and I end up leaving early because I was just done with my work that quick. Like everyone else was using calculators and shit. And I wasn't.

Their frustration over figuring out the mean/median/mode of a set of numbers BAFFLED the shit out of me, these were mainly single/double digits or decimals and they just couldn't figure it the fuck out. omggggg I wanted to headdesk so badly.



P.S. Youtube actually fucking works on my teacher's computer. Win.

Quick post because I'm not feeling well.

First off, the interview was pretty good. It was a group interview, actually. I ended up wearing lolita-- well, my Metamorphose dress anyways, with cute accessories-- despite what I originally argued with usagii_pyon who suggested I wear it to the interview. xD

The interview itself was alright. I felt good when I went there, the other girls who were in my group were nice and we were talking. We answered a few questions and did a few group activities (ex: "Making a Build-A-Bear commercial"). In like an hour, 1 1/2 we were done.


I wasn't in my best of moods though, and I hope that didn't really show. When it came close to me leaving the house this afternoon, I started feeling sick out of the blue, and I know I wasn't -that- nervous. I think I may be coming down with the flu or something. On the train I felt like I wasn't getting enough oxygen to my brain, that weird, clotting feeling when you're having trouble breathing a bit. I can't explain. It freaked me out but I tried my best to stay calm, tried to concentrate on the games on my phone instead of freaking out and causing myself to get in a panic attack. When I got to Build-A-Bear I had a slight headache, not one of those pulsing headaches, but the ones when you shake your head and you feel your brain kind of hurting on that side. I can't explain myself.

After the interview I stopped by Kino's, looked at the new Kera, I love MAMA!, G&LB and stuff like that. Eventually, and I don't know if this is from me standing or what, but all at once my back began to strain. It felt so stressed, and I had to carry that pain for 2 hours until I got home and went to sleep.


Now, since I woke up an hour or two ago, my eyes have become sort of light-sensitive, when I stretched one of my arms began to cramp, and my back still feels strained and I just feel like shit. I'm guessing it's the flu, or maybe it might be side effects from the antibiotics I was taking over the weekend, but I feel like SHIT.

Not only am I emotionally stressed, now it's physical and I don't know how far I can push myself at the moment. It fucking sucks because it's like, school didn't even START yet. My classes start tomorrow (well, today, since it's Tuesday now) and I'm already stressed like holy fuck. I'm depressed and angry at people and I'm just ugh. I just want to hit everyone and everything that comes in my path because I am just that stressed and it's frustrating me to the point where I'm just going to rage at everyone and get myself into a fight.


Oh and to put the icing and the cherry on top of this lovely cake, Mom told me she has a lump in her freaking tit. Not only am I stressed about everything else but now my Mom has a lump in her breast??? Seriously, God?

She's gonna make an appointment for a mammogram to see what it is. I don't know what I'm going to do if it happens to be a malignant tumor. I can only pray but praying haven't gotten me anywhere these past couple of years so I don't know what to do.


Back to bed, back pain is turning to searing back pain and I'm about to cry.

Yesterday was meh. Just went in to get my "appointment" for my program registering, went to get my classes (which btw, are cute but I just picked them out to get my prescription for circle lenses), went to get my antibiotics that my doctor prescribed, and went home. Pretty much it.


Anyways.
Today I went to school and got my program together.
If I keep my shit together this cycle, I'll be practically done with school finally.

I have 1.5 Math credits left, and 1 language credit left.

I'm gonna take Personal Finance (math), Advanced Problem-Solving, and Latin for regular classes. I'm also going to participate in the Art Club every Monday for extra credit, though I know damn well I don't need it. You only need 2 Art/music credit in my school in order to graduate. I came in with 15 credits from LaGuardia only. Ridiculous, right? Whatever to make me look good-- I always stay in the art room after school anyways.

But for the main classes, that's 1 Math credit for both of those classes, and .5 Language credit.

Then from there, I still have my Independent Study papers that I've had for nearly more than a year and STILL haven't finished; that would be another .5 Math and .5 Language.

So yeah, if I finish all that, I'll be done with my academic credits.


Then, I'd have to tackle my Physical Education. Speaking that I never -did- get along to actually getting shit done with Independent Study Phys. Ed, I still have 180 hours (5 credits) to work on. I'm gonna make a letter to the principal from my Mom stating that I had done maybe 2 credits worth of physical activity through bowling or something (that I very well did not do), so I can get those. I tried making a lame letter but Jane was all "lol no, letterhead dood" so now I gotta remake it. Durpdurpdurp

Kelsey, if you still want to do the Yoga thing with me, let me know, kay bb? <3 (And I still need to give you your Harry Potter ties.) I figure that I can do Yoga at least once a week, or try to, so I can get some of the stuff out of the way. But even 72 hours within the next two months, is literally impossible for me, especially when I might start working sometime this month. Fucking sucks, but I'm going to do my best.



If all goes well with this cycle, which end like the first week of November, then I'll practically be done. All I would need to do is finish up the remaining Phys. Ed credits, and then I need to do a Literary Essay for my graduation portfolio and then I'll be done!

Even though I don't -need- to take anymore classes, I'll probably get into "Street Art, Pop Art, etc." class that Jane's gonna be working on. She has a class this cycle, where they're gonna take trips nearly EVERY DAY to visit different sites of art, even artist's studios (you know the artist who made the little brass? structures in 14th street and wherever? That's one of the artists they're gonna visit). It sounds really fun, but I have one of my classes during that class and her class takes up two periods. Boo.

But next cycle she's gonna have it, except she won't have the trip-thing going on anymore-- it'll be all hands-on work from there, which is my favorite part of any art class. Especially when it's all basically free expression, no strict assignments of what to do. So I might sign up for that. I want to be one of the kids who did a mural on the walls inside my school :x fuck yeah


But yeah, almost there. I suppose I should start looking into college stuff now, though I'd rather do it once I'm all done with my remaining academic credits and stuff.




Job-wise, I went to Build-A-Bear today. Decided it's best to go early so I wouldn't have to embarrass myself any more during the evening, when they're most busy. At B-A-B you have to fill out the application, THEN once you fill out the application you have to ring this loud ass bell and recite THE BEAR PROMISE in front of the whole store. The employees who were there had to repeat the bear promise after me so it wasn't as stupid because we all looked stupid.

Fucking embarrassing though, but I had to remind myself that "I dress sillier than this shit." And soon it was over. lolol Thank the Lord. The children were amused though. Durnit.


But! I have an interview Monday afternoon so hopefully I'll get the job and never have to recite that damn thing by myself again!.



After that I went to Toys R Us to go and pester Cedelia for like 2-3 hours (though she needed someone to talk to about her BF so I was listening to her about that). But by then my "all-nighter" crashing began and I left before I started sleeping standing up in the store. Came home and went nearly right to sleep.


I want to try and get my sleeping schedule on point, I can't be messing up now.


P.S.: MY ART MAJORS~ Cedelia was telling me that they're finally opening a Michael's in Manhattan, and they're hiring now. I'm gonna apply there if I don't get this job with B-A-B, but in the meantime you should GOGOGOGOGO

This is my life right now.

I read and took notes on the Japanese Economy.

I think my brain broke.


I'm gonna need help on this. The shit is not going to be etched into my memory, in fact it'll be completely forgotten in 15 minutes, if not by the morning.

Waiting for my horn to finish baking.

Lubkily bfefore wasting even more money, I asked Jane if she had any sculpty. Yes, she had sculpty. Super-sculpty, in fact. Plus it wasnt chalk white, it's more of a flesh tone. Awesome. Now it looks near perfect, 'dirt' look happened while I was modeling because of excess ink that was still under my nails. Now I just need a light layer of someting so it can be a bit shimmery, hmmm.

Anyways, need to see what to do to my hair and my makeup for tomorrow.