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lynn2009
04-07-2014, 04:23 PM
Steamed broccoli and grilled chicken for dinner along with a whopping glass of ice water. My daughter's wedding day is in 18 months and it's time to start working on fitting into a tux that doesn't look like a tent...
You are off to a good start! :)
reversecowgirl
04-07-2014, 04:26 PM
i love mayo. on hamburgers, on sandwiches, i love mayo and pickles together, omg mayo and onions even better. :D yum.
ScarletKitten
04-07-2014, 09:46 PM
FUCK! I didn't go into work tonight because I was in the wrong state of mind. Fuck Mondays anyway. I'll go in tomorrow.
I feel like such a loser today. A pretty loser, but a loser nonetheless.
Tulsa
04-08-2014, 10:39 AM
Tuesdays are only slightly better than Mondays
Addison
04-10-2014, 08:54 AM
I've gained some weight and my boobs have gotten fat. I've NEVER had real boobs before, only my implants. I was going down the stairs the other day and thought WTF!? Anyway, I'm really enjoying this fat on top of my fake tits. I've been standing in the mirror, shaking my boobs, jumping around, squeezing.... It's fun.
Kellydancer
04-11-2014, 12:22 AM
I posted a photo of my loser ex on Facebook and do not care. He unfriended me and blocked me when I found his online profile. I'd really like to post the photo of the guy I really want to be with, but many of my FB friends are people I know in real life who also know him. I really have no reason to post his photo.
There's a guy at church I am not interested in but keeps trying to make conversation with me. He's ugly to me and not my type so after church I hide until he leaves.
Aniela
04-11-2014, 06:03 PM
The latest installment of Bambi On Ice has come to NoVa. My boots finally blew out at work last nite, after the mgr tried to help me fix them w/ E6000 glue where they were starting to split. This club does not like tall boots, they said nothing above the ankle, & I am now sitting here in my brand-spankin-new stilettos in between aimless wandering around my (carpeted! :eek: ) apt trying to break them in.
whirlerz
04-11-2014, 06:20 PM
I LOVE tall boots!
ScarletKitten
04-12-2014, 07:38 PM
I hate that we have to make money at all. I just wish money didn't exist. I wish the Zeitgeist/ Venus Project world actually happens soon. I can't take this shit much longer. I just think that money is useless and corrupts this world.
Imagine if everyone lived in earthship homes; shared resources; grew their own food; had free, green electricity; and worked together as a community. No governments, no banks, no religions, no taxes, no money, no office buildings or gas stations. Only green nature everywhere, with beautiful gardens and waterfalls...
oh fuck, I'm a stripper, I'm supposed to love money. RIGHT. ::waking up in the real world now. must love and crave money...::
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 08:36 AM
So I went out on a date with this guy last night and we ended up staying at a pub super late, like until 3am. We had hung out once before but this was our first official date. I know how to use the tube here but I am useless with the buses and after midnight the tube shuts down so night buses are the only thing to use.
We had had a really good time but I started to get really frustrated because when I mapped it out it was like 4 buses to get home and I can usually only manage to figure out two, it's REALLY complicated to take the buses here because there are a like million bus stops within a 20 foot radius and I always get lost. I had also been drinking quite a bit! Anyway, I said I was going to take a taxi and intimated that I wanted him to pay for my taxi home, which would be like 35-40 American dollars. He said he didn't have that much money on him and I got super pissy, I felt like he should take care of me to get me home (it was 25 pounds to get home)
Anyway things ended fine and when I woke up today I was thinking it over and I don't know if I was being unreasonable or he wasn't being a gentleman? I'll mention he had bought me about four 7 pound drinks over the course of the evening. I was REALLY pissed about it at the time. Sometimes my stripper mentality of "pay for everything for me" seeps into my everyday life and I feel like I have to pull myself back... does anybody get that?
whirlerz
04-13-2014, 09:20 AM
Yup, all the time, lol
chanzep
04-13-2014, 12:46 PM
So I went out on a date with this guy last night and we ended up staying at a pub super late, like until 3am. We had hung out once before but this was our first official date. I know how to use the tube here but I am useless with the buses and after midnight the tube shuts down so night buses are the only thing to use.
We had had a really good time but I started to get really frustrated because when I mapped it out it was like 4 buses to get home and I can usually only manage to figure out two, it's REALLY complicated to take the buses here because there are a like million bus stops within a 20 foot radius and I always get lost. I had also been drinking quite a bit! Anyway, I said I was going to take a taxi and intimated that I wanted him to pay for my taxi home, which would be like 35-40 American dollars. He said he didn't have that much money on him and I got super pissy, I felt like he should take care of me to get me home (it was 25 pounds to get home)
Anyway things ended fine and when I woke up today I was thinking it over and I don't know if I was being unreasonable or he wasn't being a gentleman? I'll mention he had bought me about four 7 pound drinks over the course of the evening. I was REALLY pissed about it at the time. Sometimes my stripper mentality of "pay for everything for me" seeps into my everyday life and I feel like I have to pull myself back... does anybody get that?
Ugh where did you meet this guy, how dare he take you out late and then not pay for you to get home safely esp because your from another country, he is not a gentleman, I would not talk to him again cheap and non caring of you safety.
Kellydancer
04-13-2014, 02:21 PM
So I went out on a date with this guy last night and we ended up staying at a pub super late, like until 3am. We had hung out once before but this was our first official date. I know how to use the tube here but I am useless with the buses and after midnight the tube shuts down so night buses are the only thing to use.
We had had a really good time but I started to get really frustrated because when I mapped it out it was like 4 buses to get home and I can usually only manage to figure out two, it's REALLY complicated to take the buses here because there are a like million bus stops within a 20 foot radius and I always get lost. I had also been drinking quite a bit! Anyway, I said I was going to take a taxi and intimated that I wanted him to pay for my taxi home, which would be like 35-40 American dollars. He said he didn't have that much money on him and I got super pissy, I felt like he should take care of me to get me home (it was 25 pounds to get home)
Anyway things ended fine and when I woke up today I was thinking it over and I don't know if I was being unreasonable or he wasn't being a gentleman? I'll mention he had bought me about four 7 pound drinks over the course of the evening. I was REALLY pissed about it at the time. Sometimes my stripper mentality of "pay for everything for me" seeps into my everyday life and I feel like I have to pull myself back... does anybody get that?
Okay maybe I'm off but I'm getting "you didn't sleep with me so I won't pay for you" vibes. I feel he was wrong and should have made sure you got home safely. Where did you meet him?
Isn't dating a load of fun? I have come across men like this and other cheapskates (like me expecting me to pay for them)that makes me want to adopt a bunch of cats.
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 02:45 PM
Just met him randomly in London! I don't know considering he had already spent 30+ pounds on the evening I'm not sure if I had a right to expect that on a first date he would shell out another 25 pounds for me to take a taxi. He was trying to help me figure out how to take the bus home but I just really wanted to take a taxi. He said that he didn't have another thirty pounds on him when I asked and when I got pissy he said he would give it to me next time... And it wasn't a "you didn't sleep with me I won't pay for you" situation, I was being way more forward sexually than he was! I have a feeling he's really good in bed lol.
I don't know I'm still bit undecided on the issue. We met a couple weeks ago and we've been talking everyday, I quite like him unfortunately :( ugh. I guess I'll see what it's like the next time I see him.
Doc Holliday
04-13-2014, 04:09 PM
Jesus fucking Christ, stop thinking about money! Counting the drinks? If you're this OCD about it, get a job in accounting at an investment firm.
This guy was tool, ...er wanker. Friends or lovers, you make sure your drinking partner gets home safely. But it's Britain, I don't know what the custom is there.
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 05:24 PM
That was a little unnecessarily aggressive? I don't think I'm being OCD?
He found me a taxi and made sure I was going to get home, he wasn't like "ok see ya!" he just didn't me the $45 for it (said he didn't have it, dunno).
Doc Holliday
04-13-2014, 05:26 PM
Do they not have card machines in the cab?
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 05:35 PM
No they don't here actually, it's all cash. The black cabs you pick up on the street are I don't know about the ones you call. But he wasn't in the cab with me anyway, we live on totally opposite sides of London so I don't know how he would have paid with a card anyway?
ScarletKitten
04-13-2014, 05:36 PM
^^There's nothing wrong with wanting your date to pay for your way home. I would have expected that too.
Also, Doc, what the fuck is wrong with counting drinks?? Especially if you know you have a limit/tolerance level that needs to be monitored. For example, I know I can't drink more than 3 strong drinks in a short period of time, because if I do, I pass the fuck out. Also, everyone on this earth worries about money - it's called being human and keeping track of your finances. I don't think she was being OCD at all, just cautious and smart, like any girl would do in a FOREIGN country. Geez. fucking relax. go jerk off or something, fucking christ.
Doc Holliday
04-13-2014, 05:38 PM
So, he would have to go back into the pub, find an ATM and get forty quid out to pay for the cab?
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 05:39 PM
^thank you.... yeah I don't understand what's wrong with me counting drinks? I'm sorry but I'm not a huge drinker or a large man, I have a low tolerance for alcohol and especially if I'm out on a date with a hot British man I'm going to be watching how much I drink to make sure I keep my wits about me! 4 is my limit once I reach that I start doing things I regret and I shouldn't have even drank that much anyway!
Doc Holliday
04-13-2014, 05:41 PM
It's just focusing on money outside of work. I was a bit aggressive LOL. It just bugs me when I join co-workers for happy hour and they still want to discuss work.
audrey_k
04-13-2014, 05:43 PM
How is watching how much I drink so I'm not totally sloshed focusing on money outside of work?
Doc Holliday
04-13-2014, 05:50 PM
It was tallying up the bill, and worrying about money on your side. For him, the money wasn't the issue. It was the hassle of coming up with the cash. It's still petty. He should have found and ATM to get you home.
anyway I need to jog before it gets dark.
Long story short stop worrying.
chanzep
04-14-2014, 10:29 AM
Erm no that is not the norm here, all men I have dated would not expect me to get a bus home!, they would drive me if not been drinking or they would pay for my cab, it is not British custom to be that cheap and uncaring!.
LaurenAus
04-14-2014, 10:40 AM
I hate having roommates. I hate having roommates. I hate having roommates. I hate having roommates. I hide in my room so I don't have to come out and make small talk with people who I don't give a fuck about and who I know don't give a fuck about me either.
oldster
04-14-2014, 11:38 AM
How is watching how much I drink so I'm not totally sloshed focusing on money outside of work?
I am a notorious lightweight and keep a close eye on how much I drink
I think the guy was wrong on many levels.
First, while I am also famously oblivious[IOW if you did not bring it up I may have not considered how late it was and how you were getting home] it is pretty bad form to let a girl get home on her own at 3AM
Hell, if he really didn't have the money a romantic gesture might have been to do the bus routine with you
Besides, from a completely guy perspective the closer he gets you to you front door, the odds of him getting in skyrocket!
Sounds like the odd of him getting in took a nose dive....................
Doc Holliday
04-14-2014, 12:03 PM
I was typing all that in a rush to get out the door. What I was trying to say and what I was apauled at was Audrey consciously valuing her worth down to the nickle & dime.
he had already spent 30+ pounds on the evening I'm not sure if I had a right to expect that on a first date he would shell out another 25 pounds for me to take a taxi.
Of course he should have! Unless he didn't have it. But then he could have taken the bus with you as oldster said. Why wouldn't he? One of the more memorable first dates I had was helping a drunk date break into her house when she left the keys on her dresser, and her roomate left, then wouldn't answer her phone. It was a massive hassle that left me bruised the next day. But, it gave me a story to tell.
People show their ass when they're drunk. He could have helped you home, but he didn't. So, he probably won't be very reliable in the future.
How has reacted since? Has he owned up to being a tosser?
audrey_k
04-14-2014, 01:14 PM
We haven't spoken about it since. Honestly he's been really wonderful helping me with things since we met a few weeks ago, so I'm on the fence with how I feel about him. I was a bit surprised at the taxi thing because it doesn't really match with his other behavior. The only reason I have a GP at the moment is because he went through the process with me on the phone for 20 minutes... I probably text him about 5 times a day with totally random things from "where can I buy a really cheap mirror to hang on my wall?" to "where can I go to print out a plane ticket? do you have Kinkos here?" and he always gets back to me in a few minutes. He's explained English politics to me, he talked to me on the phone for an hour at 4am (even though he had to be at work at 8) because I was upset about being called a "disgusting American bitch" by all the girls I work with and being told "go back to America" by the DJ. When I was with him he was very gentlemanly, the taxi thing aside, opening doors for me, helping me put on my coat, pulling out my chair, paying for drinks, etc-- when we were walking to the bus stop we started making out and he was the one that stopped it, saying he liked me a lot and didn't want to screw it up especially as I had been drinking (I wasn't going to sleep with him but may have done a few other things!).
But I have a very negative opinion of English men to be honest with you, I have had SUCH shitty experiences every time I've dated an English guy. I feel like they're all romance and sweet-talk and once they get you in bed they disappear, they're just so dishonest. At least American men can own being asshole players, Englishmen act like they're wonderful chivalrous men and then turn on you. So he won't be getting anywhere near my underwear for a long time cause I am not interested in being another notch on some English guy's bedpost! I'm not going to perpetuate the "American woman are whores" stereotype they all believe....
Doc Holliday
04-14-2014, 01:45 PM
Ok, so was the DJ 'busting your balls' like you're cool, he'll do things for you, but likes to give you shit like a brother, or is he just being an ass?
I want to root for this guy, but I don't know. Let's see how he acts with you around his mates. If he treats you like his Guinevere, then we can let him slide on getting smashed & cheap/lazy.
audrey_k
04-14-2014, 05:08 PM
No, it was definitely a I-hate-you-stupid-American-bitch-watch-me-do-everything-I-can-to-fuck-up-your-money-for-the-next-four-hours thing, not a brotherly joking kind of thing.
Yeah, he hadn't been so wonderful and sweet in every other aspect I would be more likely to stick him in the cheap and lazy category. But he definitely knocked back getting laid a few weeks with the not paying for the taxi thing...
audrey_k
04-15-2014, 05:48 AM
Going for a vanilla job interview... first time I've gone for a job interview in months without wearing fake eyelashes, a low v-neck top and tight jeans!
Doc Holliday
04-15-2014, 06:31 AM
Good Luck! Downplay your American arrogance and uplay your American ingenuity and determination!
Doc Holliday
04-15-2014, 06:56 AM
Actually, the best interview advice I can give is to act as if you already have the job and the interviewer is just someone you are getting to know. Ask questions about the position, be more interested in that and don't talk about yourself except when asked. That casual but direct approach has always worked for me.
whirlerz
04-15-2014, 08:02 AM
Good Luck! Downplay your American arrogance and uplay your American ingenuity and determination!
Jeez, really^::) what's up w/your pithy comments lately
Anyway, good luck dear I know you'll do fine!
oldster
04-15-2014, 09:43 AM
I'm still waiting for the massage story[taps foot impatiently]
audrey_k
04-15-2014, 12:18 PM
Jeez, really^::) what's up w/your pithy comments lately
Anyway, good luck dear I know you'll do fine!
Yeah I'm about one more snippy comment away from blocking you Doc /:O
thanks hun!
Kellydancer
04-15-2014, 07:00 PM
Good luck Audrey! The first interview after dancing or other sex work is so surreal because they are judging on talent and smarts versus looks so it's a bit different but so fulfilling. I'm sure you'll be great! Don't forget to ask questions (employers like this)and a good question to ask is "what is your goal and how can I help you reach it?". I saw this on a television show and asked at my last interview.
ScarletKitten
04-15-2014, 11:14 PM
I love listening to Julee Cruise, it reminds me of being in New Orleans with my husband. That was the happiest time of my life. I miss red wine. I have to get into work so I can buy a good bottle of wine.
chanzep
04-16-2014, 11:37 AM
I forgot how gross, ACV in water is, but decided to start drinking it again after finally finding Braggs brand in the UK. hope to get used to it and be glowing lol.
Doc Holliday
04-17-2014, 05:54 AM
I wonder if Katy Perry roars when she has sex?
smeca
04-19-2014, 09:27 AM
ueergh i just posted that my free night off is now sexless as my dude is elsewhere, and this customer messaged me straight away asking if i fancy a date. can't even respond, ew, he looks 10 years older than he is and is just too fawny and cringeworthy ew.
also what the heck can i do now, apparently nobody is around to go for dinner, it's a nice evening!
Doc Holliday
04-19-2014, 09:47 AM
Catch a theatre, live music show, art-house coffee shop, someplace people will be, you may meet someone, but if not there's something to entertain you?
audrey_k
04-20-2014, 09:43 AM
Is it weird that I am spending my Easter lying in bed in my PJs, re-watching a season of Walking Dead and eating Indian food and I'm totally content?
I've been kind of depressed all week to not be able to see my family today-- this is my first holiday without them-- but I've so totally exhausted from four days of work that being able to pig out and watch TV and lie in bed is making me intensely happy...
chanzep
04-20-2014, 04:03 PM
I thought I was the only 1 spending Easter in bed!, I had plans but woke up today and could not move, was tired even after shower and green tea, working double shifts has killed me, Hope the weather is better tomorrow as I have to do stuff.
audrey_k
04-20-2014, 04:21 PM
I haven't left my bed except to take a shower and pay the delivery guy for the Indian food! These last four days absolutely killed me I'm absolutely knackered.... I have a ton of shit to do tomorrow as well, I'm so annoyed it's a bank holiday cause I wish I could just do my errands! Are even like the grocery stores gonna be closed tomorrow?
Kellydancer
04-21-2014, 09:31 PM
I have mentioned this dancer I worked with many years ago that I actually became friends with. I rarely became friends but she was an exception. Anyway her story is tragic, she got hooked on drugs, got fired for turning tricks so she became a streetwalker. I found several of her arrests in the paper from many years ago and assumed she would be dead soon.
Fast forward to now. If I found the right one, she really has changed for the better. She has received a bachelor degree and is working towards a masters in counseling and works as an addictions counselor. She also runs an animal rescue home. I emailed her asking if it is her. This would be cool if it's her and she wants to reconnect.
audrey_k
04-22-2014, 12:25 PM
Just booked a 3 day trip to Berlin for May. I love that my job gives me the freedom to travel as I please and that I live in a city where it's so easy to travel to cool places!
audrey_k
04-22-2014, 09:54 PM
SO BLOODY HAPPY to see my flatmate has ceased to sleep on the fucking couch in the living room and is now sleeping in his bed (I don't know why the fuck he's been doing that, he's a bit of an odd one but whatever hopefully it's over). Our kitchen is open to the living room and the fridge is actually in the living room, so I have not been able to cook any real food once I return from work the last week and have been surviving on rice pudding and creme brullee, which I love but isn't really a meal. Call me a pig but what gets me through the last couple hours of a rough shift is imagining all the fattening crap I'm going to stuff down my throat once I get home since I don't eat during the day if I have to work.... tonight, noodles AND leftover Indian food.... yes yes yes...
yoda57us
04-23-2014, 03:57 PM
It's kinda funny the looks you get from a cashier when you buy condoms and baby oil at the same time...