Allietastic!

long time, no speak

2009-08-03T12:49:00.004-04:00

So it's been about nine months since my last post. If I were impregnated while leaving my last post, I'd be in labor now, or in other words, it's been a very long time. I've missed you blogger! So much has happened since I last saw you, so much experience has been gained, so much knowledge has been learned, so much growth has occurred. I'm not going to sit here and explain everything, I'd be writing all day. But I do wanna start blogging again. Let's pretend we just met again, and re-introduce ourselves. My name is Alexis but you can call me Allie. Nice to meet you too. Let's start from scratch :)

Change...

2008-11-04T23:15:00.002-05:00

...has finally been made as Obama has been named the new President of the United States. How long til Bush can pack his shit and get the hell out the White House? Oh excuse me, the Black House... lol! I'm so excited!

Momumental Day!

2008-11-04T15:39:00.008-05:00

I'm so excited for tonight! It's election day and we will have a new president for the first time in 8 years tomorrow! It's such a great day to be an American :) I'm definitely rocking my Obama sticker and Georgia voter sticker on my shirt! I love it! I can't wait to celebrate tonight! I just know he's gonna win :) Hope you guys exercised your right to vote and enjoy your election day!

PS As every citizen in the Dawg Nation knows, the Bulldogs lost to the University of Florida (Gators) this past Saturday. It was a very sad loss. R.I.P. Championship game :( :( You will be missed...

Life Wrap-Up

2008-10-29T13:13:00.009-04:00

Wow, I haven't blogged in so long, it's almost as though I'd have to sum up my entire life for you guys to catch up. Ok not really because, honestly, I don't have much going on right now. The only exciting thing I've done lately was vote yesterday :) Other than that... nothing. Let's see... oh yeah, all you Georgia fans, as well as myself, have reason to be happy as the dawgs beat LSU last weekend! Wow! This weekend, we're playing FLorida. I don't know what to expect especially since I thought we'd lose to LSU. And my second fave holiday is only two days away! I didn't get a chance to order a new costume, and I don't think I'm going to wear my old one either. I think I might just go trick-or-treating dressed up as a college student :) But other than that, I work all weekend. I can't wait til I get this paycheck! *sigh* brokeness.

Niacin, please! cont'd.

2008-10-17T01:39:00.006-04:00

Ok, I got the callback from Sam's the other day. My manager had asked that I come in for an interview that day. I was almost certain that I would have to take the drug screening to calculate the levels of illegal drugs in my system. It was what I had to do last time I was hired. So I researched the local drug testing center to see what time they closed. It said they closed at 5pm so i decided I would schedule the interview for 4. Just because the interview was schedule for 4, it doesn't mean the interview would occur promptly at 4 especially since I had scheduled it around my own convenience rather than theirs. So I went in at 4. The manager nor supervisor responsible for interviewing me was present. Just when I thought I had to reschedule, the manager showed up. But mind you this was around 4:30 that she showed up, not 4. So that saved me an extra 30 minutes. By the time I had filled out the employment paperwork, it was about 5. At that time, I received the paperwork for the drug screening. They told me I had 24 hours to take the test or I would forfeit my pre-employment. Immediately after I left the job, I headed to the local Kroger to grab some niacin (it was bogo free for $9 so I got two bottles for that price, about $4.50 each) and 6 liters of water. I got the flush-free niacin only because I feared I wouldn't be able to handle the side-effects. I took two pills and drank half of the water and I finally gave up because I was tired of constantly running to the bathroom! So the next day I went to the testing center around 4 so I could have a lot of time for my system to clear out before I was tested. After leaving the place at 4:15, I returned to my room to receive a phone call from Sam's SCHEDULING ME FOR NEXT WEEK! Yesss! I'm so happy to have found a job, I'm so tired of being broke. Ok with that being said, I'm going to leave and blog another time because I'm very tired, excited, and high right now all at the same time. deuces

Niacin, please!

2008-10-14T12:55:00.002-04:00

I'm sooooo nervous! I worked at the local Sam's Club last year for a good nine months. The only reason why I got the job was because I had cheated during the drug test (don't ask). Now I'm scheduled for an interview today so I can redeem my job and I'm so nervous because I might need to take another drug test! They called me literally like five minutes ago to tell me to come in today for a quick interview. I'm familiar with the fact that it is necessary to take a drug test the day of the interview and not going to the testing clinic can result in me not getting hired. I'm so freaking nervous. Does anyone know where I can get some niacin?! Well rather than me sitting here & blogging, I will go buy myself a gallon of water to get started. I'll update you guys later!

Trading Places

2008-10-09T21:51:00.005-04:00

I haven't been watching music videos lately (and by lately I mean in the past two years). But I stumbled upon this video as I was randomly wandering around different internet blogs. I like it..a little. It's kinda sexy and innovative. Whatever. I just thought I'd put some media-type content on my blog to decorate my pointless ramblings.

Anyway, has anyone been watching television this week? I have! Especially since my COMPUTER IS OFFICIALLY BROKEN AND CAN'T BE FIXED. But I will resolve that problem by the end of the semester *GOAL*
I don't want to talk about it, I might start crying again.

Anyway, really, I saw the season premiere for the Real Desperate Houswives of Atlanta (RDH@ATL for short) and I didn't really find it interesting. It was the season preview airing all over again! And I don't find any of the characters funny or hot! There was some first-episode drama to set off the season but there really wasn't anything else intriguing about it. I dunno. You know how those depression commercials say "Do you find yourself not enjoying the things you used to?" Maybe I'm depressed because I just don't find anything intriguing anymore. Shit bores me. I feel like Diddy (is that still his name? Did I miss any memos about a name change?) it takes so much these days to please me.

Well except Project Runway! I still love that show! I was really hoping to see two black designers in the top three but I guess it'll still be a good season finale. I do admit that I did love Jerrell but his wedding dress wasn't my fav. at all. I'm sad that Leanne made it this far. Even though her wedding dress was very nice, I don't remember anything else she's made so far this season. I dunno, maybe I'm just hatin'. Even though Kenley has proven that she's the big bitch of the season, I have still loved all her designs this season and I'd been rooting for her since day 1 (I think it's because she's hot) but no one beats my babe KORTO! I'm hoping and non-religiously praying that she wins!! *crosses fingers*

Ok enough about them, and more about me! Every Wednesday when I watch Project Runway it inspires me to start sewing again. I have my sewing machine with me on campus so with my next paycheck, I'm going to buy some fabric and patterns and start on my dream again. *GOAL*

Whatever, I'm out, I have a test tomorrow, a midterm on Monday, and a paper to write. I need to find something more productive to do with my time :(

PS I still haven't gotten a costume yet :( I need to spend the money on a new pair of glasses *shhh my mom doesn't know I lost my other pair :((

'Tis the season

2008-10-02T20:24:00.010-04:00

I'm so excited. Why? Because my second-favorite holiday is approaching. No, not Columbus Day! I'm talking about Halloween. I've been thinking about this year's costume choice since last Halloween. As you may or may not ~~care~~ know, I was an airplane pilot last year. I bought my costume from 3wishes.com which is a lingerie site (ooohh sexy!) and this year I want to be a taxicab driver. I'm still doing research as far as prices are concerned but hopefully I'll have ordered/bought a costume by the end of this weekend.

Anyway on more "imporant" news, I was named the official webmaster for the university's fashion magazine, The Little Red Book. There's a lot involved in building this site. Not only do I have to purchase a domain, but I also have to build the layout and construct each page for each link. And it has to be cool & fashionable & interesting. And I also have to create the logo for the magazine because it hasn't been created yet! I'm a little stressed out because not only do I have a 5-8pg paper due in philosophy tomorrow, I also have to take a mega-test in religion tomorrow, I have tons of homework due in arabic by monday, a meeting with a friend sunday for a personal website, and then I must finish building the website for the magazine in less than four weeks. I'm too slow to handle this all at once! But I believe in myself, I suppose. Honestly, the first step in achieving all this is to get off of blogger and start studying/writing! Omg wish me luck luck luck!!!

PS! I forgot to mention, I took out my long, black hairweave and got my natural shortcut trimmed. I will upload a pic later. I look like Nia Long circa 1995!

First Loss

2008-09-29T12:14:00.005-04:00

Well as many of you college football buffs may know, UGA lost its first game of the season :( to the University of Alabama. It was a sad game for Georgia fans as we were behind about three touchdowns by halftime. But the team did their best and the final score was 41-30. It was so stressful at work watching us get our asses kicked in our own stadium. But it didn't stop me from celebrating my birthday afterwards. I'll admit, I had a blast! I met Pastor Troy (probably don't know him, he's a DSGB [down south georgia boy] lol) so it was pretty awesome. Now I'm back in school mode. I'm excited because I learned how to say new things in my Arabic class today. "Ana asmii Alexis" means my name is Alexis but it's the English transliteration of the actual words. Until I learn how to write with the Arabic alphabet that'll be my way of typing in Arabic. "Ad-roos linguistics" means "I study linguistics." Yay before you know it, I will be semi-fluent! Wish me luck. Until next time, deuces.

Two Decades

2008-09-25T17:28:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was my 20th birthday. That's right, I'm now officially out of my teens. Am I happy about it? Not exactly. Do I feel 20? Actually I do. I think being in college forces everyone to grow up a little. We're set in an environment where we're cut off from our original supply (our parents) and we start taking responsibility for ourselves. You know how 12 & 13 year-olds are considered pre-teens? Well 18 & 19 year-olds should be considered pre-twenty-somethings. So how was my birthday? It was awesome. The weather was nice, I felt healthy (as opposed to feeling like I have AIDS I suppose) and I didn't have any tests/quizzes. It was a great day. What did I do? I went to 2/3 of my classes, attended a friend at her photoshoot, went out to eat, smoked a black & mild or two, and hung out with a snake the whole day. But I'm not quite done yet. After working at the football game on Saturday, I'm definitely going to the club. And just because I'm only 20, please believe that I will be partying like I'm 21! ;)

My Weekend. Blah.

2008-09-21T23:48:00.012-04:00

Unlike the previous weekends in the semester, I stayed in a place of living rather than a disco club. Friday after classes, I cashed my paycheck which I received for working the football games. It was a really weak check but considering the lack of funds I've seen in my account these days, it was a big help. Unfortunately since I'm not used to cashing checks but rather having direct deposit, I didn't have access to the money until midnight when my day was already over. But besides that, I went to see the movie Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson. The movie was mediocre as far as the floppy storyline was concerned but it had its moments of enjoyability (for lack of a real word) so overall the movie receives a B- in my movie grade book. I'd just seen The Family That Preys the weekend before which I definitely gave an A for emotional involvement. I like for a movie to keep my attention and have me screaming "Oh no she didn't!" I also engaged myself in helping my friend paint her apartment. I turned out very nice and it's amazing what color on walls can do to the overall room. It makes me want to paint my dorm (or not...) Then I enjoyed some Saturday night college football and my team (Georgia Bulldogs) beat the opposing team (Arizona State Somethings... can't remember...) 27-10. It's our fourth victory of the year but apparently we're still not #1, we're #3 out of the top 25 schools of the SEC (Southeastern Conference). Today I enjoyed a lazy afternoon, laying in my bed procrastinating on all my day's work, watching television. I finally caught the season preview for the Real Desperate Housewives of Atlanta which I adore already! The official premiere airs the 7th and I can't wait to leave a post for it. Now, I'm in my friend's apartment waiting for my clothes in the wash (for free as opposed to using that overpriced washer at school) especially since the water bill is included in their rent. That about sums up my weekend so until next time, I'll be thinking of things to post!

Update!

2008-09-18T20:34:00.007-04:00

Wow! It's been like three months since my last post! Nothing much has happened though. I can do a run-through of my life since July:

moved back into my dorm/started classes
gained like 300 lbs
spent large sums of money
lost student i.d./credit card
found student i.d./credit card
lost my license
got my license back
gave up on sewing
gave up on life

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. But I'm glad to be back, up, and running again! I've learned so much more about web design just by updating my profile. Well until I can think of some interesting content to express, I'll leave it at that.

Excitement!

2008-06-15T17:33:00.007-04:00

I'm excited because:

1. I have the day off so I can sew
2. I just got Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III

Oh and btw, Happy Fathers Day to all.

Relaxing at home for once,
Allie

PS I'm not excited that pervert/artist R Kelly was found not guilty! After all these years on trial, this freak of nature is still walking away a free man. tsk tsk. I'm not even surprised though.

I wish I were sewing!

2008-06-12T15:13:00.010-04:00

So yeah I worked 15 hours yesterday! I thought I'd open up my post with that being said so it could be understood why I haven't been able to make any new creations! It was so slow in the restaurant though, I think because of the rain. People obviously don't like to come out & eat when it's raining outside. Hopefully tonight will be a better night. But anyway, I've finally gotten pictures of my last creation:

It's a simple top from New Look (6775 C) which I thought was perfect for a beginning sewer like myself. New Look shows a lot of instructions and suggestions printed on the actual pattern which I find very helpful. My next project is from McCalls, it's a dress and I'm using a nice floral summery-type fabric. I'm very excited, I just need to find the time to complete it! After this dress is finished, I want to work on one of those Victoria's Secret dresses I was interested in making, probably the wrap dress.

So I have a lot on my plate, but no time at all! It's taking a toll on me :(

Getting ready for work,
Allie

EDIT 06/15/08: I decided to sew this vogue dress to knock off my vicky secret dress

Finally!

2008-06-08T14:06:00.002-04:00

Ok I have some good news & some bad news. First, the good news is that I finally sewed a successful garment. Can you believe it? Well that's where the bad news comes from, I still haven't been able to take a picture of it yet. So you won't believe it until I do so! I'm so excited! Oh and about my lesson with JoAnn's ... to hell with them! I went in Friday morning at 10:55am. The old lady that works in the area asked "Can I help you?" with the same stank attitude she had when I signed up for the lessons. I responded, "Yeah, I'm here for those sewing lessons." She looked at me like I was crazy and responded "There aren't any sewing lessons today." I was sooooo heated! After looking it over for a few minutes, she figured out the problem. The next lessons aren't held until July 6th; Friday was June 6th. She told me to be there on the 6th so I assumed it was the first 6th to happen! Duh! So what the hell am I supposed to do with that?! I'm expecting to be in Virginia on July 6th! And to top off my inconveniences, she was an ultimate bitch! She was nice enough to offer me private lessons at her other place of work (which is another sewing joint) but she told me when I get there to bring her a sandwich! I should've been like "Bitch, I'll bring you a sandwich if you give me the money!" (excuse my language) Sorry, I know we're supposed to be respectful of our elders but quite frankly I believe they should have some respect for us youngsters too! Well, lemme go get ready for what I've been doing all weekend! Work! My next off-day isn't until Friday so I'm going to be so not-in-the-mood for anything else! I'll try to find time for sewing somewhere!

*sigh*
Allie

My Last Chance!

2008-06-02T15:52:00.004-04:00

I scheduled an appointment with my local JoAnn's for Friday morning 11am - 2pm. Let's hope I wake up in time! I have to bring my sewing machine, thread, scissors, etc. but they said not to bring any fabric because it's just a workbook lesson. The only thing sketchy about these lessons is that they're held every two weeks! I only have the summer to learn to sew, these people don't seem to understand. Hopefully one of the ladies giving lessons will be willing to have private lessons with me. I'll pay her! I just wanna learn how to freaking sew for goodness sake!!! I don't have an entire lifetime to spend on this newfound hobby. Sheesh...

Allie

Discouraged...

2008-06-01T22:23:00.004-04:00

Well you remember that sewing appointment I had scheduled for Sunday? Yeah. Never happened. I called Ms Kay around 12 in the afternoon to see if she was still willing to have me over. She agreed but by the time I'd gotten ready and bought my fabric & notions, it was about 3pm (yeah I'm slow getting ready for anything). I called her to get directions to her house but she didn't answer. Being the late-20th-century younging that I am, I didn't leave a voicemail because I assumed she had caller i.d. Next thing I know, I'm out with a friend to kill time, 5, 6, 7 o'clock passes by. Then my mom calls screaming at me "You never called Ms Kay back, she's been expecting you!" Of course my only excuse was that I did call her back but I didn't leave a voice message. Sorry! I'm used to people knowing I called, I hate voicemail! I hate sending them, I hate receiving them. But I felt bad because I guess it was semi-professional so I should have left the voice message. Since then, I haven't spoken to Ms Kay. I called her Friday when I was off, but once again, she didn't answer. So I tried sewing the pattern I bought and ended up creating a disaster. I feel like this whole sewing thing would be so much easier if I wasn't working so often. I work 5-6 days a week, I'm a waitress so I'm working 8-hour days. I don't have time to keep trying to set up appointments with other busy people only for them to reschedule or cancel. So I don't think my lessons with Ms Kay will work out. Tomorrow I want to wake up early and speak with the people at my local JoAnn's and see about lessons there. Hopefully it will work out because this is my last straw. If these lessons don't happen, I will officially give up on sewing. It's not a good time in my life to do it, I don't have the time nor the resources. I'm running very low on my drive as far as staying motivated is concerned. I'm ready to give up, but there's a little spark in me screaming "Not just yet!" So I'm willing to give it one last chance and then I'll find other things to spend my money on rather than wasted fabric! Until next time, have a good day!

Allie

Update!

2008-05-22T18:03:00.006-04:00

Wow, it's been a minute since I left my last post! I haven't really been busy, I've just been hanging out and not thinking about my blog or sewing at the least. I'd gotten so frustrated with wasting money on fabric and patterns that weren't being executed properly. But I figured out my problem. I have no patience. It's simple as that. Any time I want to learn something new, it saddens me to know that it takes a little something called time before I can be a pro at it. The same thing happened when I was interested in web design. It took fooooorreevverrr to learn html and css and photoshop because it takes time and patience. But does it mean it won't be until years from now that I'll be a sewing expert? You know what? I'm willing to accept that. I'm only 19 years old, why am I always in such a rush? I'm not even in my 20s yet! So anyway, I also wanted to mention that I found a sewing instructor. Her name is Ms. Kay and she's my mom's friend's mom who happens to be a seamstress/caterer. I'm hoping her experience and skill will help me out my inexperienced hole leading to nowhere. I'll update you guys on my first lesson with my new sewing instructor, it's actually set for Sunday morning so until then,

No more!
Allie

PS. I got a new phone! It's a t-mobile shadow and I charged it to my new credit card! It's my first charge ever (let's hope it's not the first leading me to debt!) And I also got my hair done. Yeah I know I look like a typical Atlanta chick now but I love it! I'm officially a blonde bombshell :)

Ahhh!

2008-05-07T13:13:00.002-04:00

It feels so good to finally get some down time! I've been running around like a chicken with its fricking head cut off! I haven't even been home for a week and I'm already worn out. Isn't summer break supposed to be time for repose?! Well obviously not! I want to start sewing but I have neither the time nor the experience to know where to start. I want to start off making a simple racerback dress because I believe I only need two pieces, the front and the back, but I'm wondering if it'll really be that easy. I mean I can barely sew in a straight line. Well, I only have a couple hours before I head off to work so I might start constructing that dress now. Until next time...

No more!
Allie

Sew many ideas!

2008-05-01T22:17:00.010-04:00

Well I was Internet window shopping today when I was reminded why I love Victoria's Secret so much. They have the most awesome dresses in my opinion. They're cute, sexy, and very flattering. So I've decided that I would base all my projects this summer on the Victoria's Secret's summer dress collection. Here are some of the dresses I'd like to illegally cop:

But after looking at the details of these dresses, I wondered to myself Self, are you capable of even making any of these dresses? I mean I don't have the patterns to make these and I have no sewing experience. Is it possible for a self-teaching rookie like me to accomplish such success in a matter of only three months? I guess I'll have the answer to that question in... three months. So until next time...

No more.
Allie.

PS I need to make a signature for my posts.

What is Allietastic!?

2008-05-01T15:47:00.006-04:00

I went to sleep last night around 2AM and I woke up this afternoon around 2PM! Now I have one of those I-slept-for-way-too-long headaches and it's definitely not making anything better. Well since this is my second post, I thought I'd explain what this blog is all about. I hope it'll be somewhat of an outlet. Somewhere I can pour all my creative juices in an organized fashion, if possible. I want it to exhibit my daily agenda, my adventures, my ideas, my complaints, and occasionally some photos to throw in some visual interest.I know how people are. We prefer to read things with pictures (we still haven't recovered from reading those picture books in elementary school!) So with that being said, I hope this blog turns out to be useful cuz I'll abandon it in a heartbeat. This summer, I will set aside time & cash to invest in my latest hobby: sewing. I've never taken classes nor do I have any sewing books so it'll be my conquest to a fashion sewer from scratch. And I want it all documented in this blog! But I didn't want to limit the blog to just my sewing, I wanted it to feature all sorts of random tidbits. I dunno, we'll see how it works out! Until next time...

No more.
Allie.

la première entrée !

2008-04-30T21:58:00.002-04:00

It's been a rather stressful week. It's finals week so all I've been doing is studying. It feels like my brain is about to explode in my skull and leak through my ears! And quite honestly, I might be relieved! Because at least then, I wouldn't have to take any more exams! The sad thing is that despite the fact that I've been studying, I still didn't feel 100% confident coming out my exams. They're so hard; my professors obviously have no remorse for us and we've somehow disappointed them this semester so they're taking it out on us through their exams! Well I just can't wait until this week is done with. I still have one more final to take then I'm moving out my dorm this weekend. This week marks the first unbearably stressful week of the semester! Congrats last week of April! You've officially increased the chances of me dying from a stress-related illness! 'Preciate it!

No more.
Allie.