rocgirl504

New Things, New Changes, New Thoughts

2011-10-14T11:16:00.000-07:00

So its October 2011. Alot has changed since i submitted my last post. I am no longer living in Mid City. I am no longer playing kickball with the KOCC. I am no longer on facebook. Ill start with facebook. Facebook has continued to irritate me with its lack of privacy, people reading in between the lines of your life and the sheer fact that dating someone on facebook is just a disaster. Oh and i love the "you should be friends with your ex" icon that posts on the upper right hand corner of the webpage.
I also love when you are not online, it shows you are online and people message you saying "wait, you are supposed to be out somewhere having fun, not online". Man, social media is just too much to handle sometimes. So now im on google + and twitter. Twitter is awesome because you can state whatever is on your mind and not be found online or have crazy long lost relatives contact you. "Why does your mom hate me so much?" Gee, i dont know and WHY do have to contact me via facebook to ask me that question. So yeah, done with facebook.
Mid City. Well, living across the street from my now ex-boyfriend and living next to a bar wasn't really a great idea. Or living next to a good guy friend of mine's ex girlfriend who thought i was banging him wasn't a good idea either. Its amazing how so much drama could unfold in a square block. My landlords were good. That was about the only redeeming quality of living in that neighborhood. So now I am living in a vacant upstairs apartment that my parents own. Yep, free rent, 5 minutes away from the marigny/bywater, free electricity, and food whenever i want it. Its not too shabby. The only drawback is having mom and dad ask if you will be home tonight and not being able to have boys sleepover without explaining to mom and dad who they are and what relationship status you are in with them. So, i shall be returning to Mid City fairly soon, hopefully after November. Somewhere near the bayou where there are no bars or exes near by.
As far as my personal life, work is getting better and i have been playing the field of sorts the past two months. Its amazing what a haircut and weight loss can do for you. I'm getting back into my running. Every weekend in October i will be running a 5k. I love running. I love the endorphins and how i am not on depression medication due to my running. Its cheaper than meds and it helps you look good.
I'm no longer concerned with finding the "one" in life right now. My therapist brought up an idea the other day about "payout". Payout is what you expect to get out of a friendship or an intimate encounter . When there are no expectation of "payout", then a whole new world of no expectations arises and life becomes a little bit more fun. Oh and less pressure. So ive come to think about things in new ways and enjoy life a little bit more and take a step back and smell the roses.
Im more concerned about losing these pesky 10 lbs and getting a sweet apartment than finding the dude that can make me happy. I mean, cuddling is fun and everything but so is fitting into those skinny jeans.

the geisha tattoo!!!

2011-04-20T12:34:00.001-07:00

I'm finally getting the geisha tattoo finished. I got the outline completed almost three months ago and after many bills, I am able to get it completed. I came up with the idea after reading David Mack's Kabuki comic and being obsessed with Geishas for a very very long time. During my visit to Japan and South Korea, I actually got to see a REAL Geisha and became obsessed with their lifestyles as well as upbringing. This is basically a homage to the comic as well as to the Geisha.
The tattoo artist who is doing the Geisha tattoo is Larry Bone at Tattoo a gogo. Check him out on facebook Hes pretty rad and light on the touch. Yay tats!

Superheroes and Dating

2011-04-19T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, its been a while. Blogging that is. So I've been single for almost ten months now. While it has been quite an eye opening and sometimes disastrous experience, Ive had many epiphanies and realizations.
One of these realizations came to me when i was having my latest FanGirl party. It hit me as i was knee deep into my glass of Jameson.
I consider myself a Han Solo type of gal. I have come to the realization that there are two types of guys that we date. The Han Solo type and the Clark Kent type. The rustic, let me submerge my feelings type but get really angry when you start flirting with Lando and the let me hide behind my costume type so you really cant see who I am Clark Kent type. I am going to submerge myself into the movies and books for the next couple of months and write a really good book about this. If anything, it can help the "lost FanGirl" figure out or at least analyze the cycle of relationships we all get into from time to time with these type of men.

The krewe of chewbacchus

2011-02-03T10:36:00.001-08:00

A couple of weeks ago, i found out about a mardi gras krewe named the krewe of chewbacchus. I have always wanted to be a part of a mardi gras marching krewe/parade but never had the money or the time to commit to one of them. This was the perfect opportunity for me to be a part of something that im borderline obsessed with and is a new way of meeting new people and having ridiculous fun. We roll the Sunday of Bacchus before Bacchus. Our king is Peter Mayhew, of Star Wars Chewbacca fame. Yes, you read that right. I almost had a coronary after hearing it myself. The 501st legion is going to be at the beginning of the parade, then is followed by aliens, star wars costumers, etc.
So of course, this is where the costuming comes into play. I have never really designed a costume, unless you count outfits to wear to parties, holidays, etc. So this is my first stab at it. I started doing Pure Barr classes uptown and have already seen a drop in my waist line, so fitting into the costume by mardi gras time shouldn't be a problem. I have already found the helmet to the boba fett costume, so now i just need to get the body suit as well as other accessories. This should be fun. Ill keep the progress of the costume updated. So stoked about this journey.

Comic Con weekend 2011 in NOLA.

2011-02-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

Growing up i was never allowed to play video games. I had a cousin who was so addicted to Dungeons and Dragons that he would lock himself in his bedroom with his friends and we wouldn't see him for days. Ever since then, my mother didn't allow any video games in the house and due to that i was never introduced into comics. For some reason, gaming and comics go hand in hand. I never really got into comics until almost a year ago. Thanks to my ex boyfriend, Donald, i was introduced to this world of amazing art, storytelling and female empowerment. I was never a huge "novel" reader, so this was right up my alley.
The first comic that i really got into was Kabuki, by David Mack. I lived in Japan and South Korea for several months, so the artwork was intriguing as well as the story line involving the Noh Assasins and a girl who struggled with her own self identity. I had the pleasure of meeting David Mack at comic con. He was a very nice guy, very intelligent and we shared many stories of Japanese tattoing, Japanese culture and the story behind Kabuki, etc. Check him out--

www.davidmack.com

I recently went through a tough period of depression throughout the 2010 holiday months. This whole experience of meeting new people, seeing new art work, the various star wars legions, starfleet academies, as well the amazing costumes that were created, really threw me into a new world. I hadn't been that happy in SUCH a long time. It reminded me of the feeling i had when i first discovered Geology. Happiness is where you found it and i found it at the 2011 NOLA comic con. Looking forward to the next one.