Pepperoni's has Amstel Light now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and all of Pekin lost it's power tonight....woo...hoo?

it's pretty bad when the prime mexican restaurant in town (wonderfully named Margarita's) has on their marquee :

cheeseburger fries soda $2.39

what the hell?

damn...no BLOGing...could be cause i was deathly sick pyscho-headache-from-Hell yesterday and that uhhh...i forgot. nothin new. PAVCB sent a letter saying "thanks 4 your resume but we have no positions to fill blah blah blah"

oh well, at least they wrote.

today is (was..whoops) grandma's b-day. the big 7-9. go grandma.

isn't it amzing how i can be so "oh-my-gosh-i-am-so-broke-what-the-hell-am-i-gonna-do-crap-now-i'm-depressed-cause-i-just-realized-i-have-no-money" when i wake up to a "hot-damn-i-am-financially-ok-and-am-working-every-day-this-week-so-it-sall-good" state now?

could be cause i just downed 4 beers.................

oh shit...my bad...thought i hadn't B LOGed already...

made a killing bartending/delivering tonight...$25ish...plus the check from joe...$180ish..no! $180...and i work every night up til sunday 4 -close...woo hoo.

i may be manic depressive...mood swingy..arrrr, you've never seen my freaky side. and by freaky, i mean bad. hell, we're all human we're allowed to get depressed or pissed off for reason right?

man, i wish i HAD a job to bitch about.

i've decided that yesterday was a bad day. why? i dunno; it was this feeling. when i actually analyze it, things went well i guess. but you can't analyze things, you feel them. as corny as that sounds, it's true. if i didn't listen to my feelings, what good would i be as a human being? crap...well, i'm better now...again, dunno why...that's feelings for ya...they're irrational.

ISU's CornFest is exactly what it sounds like.....yes, there's corn, and well i guess it's a fest, but well, my highlight yesterday was not just the CornFest, but rather the free Homecoming 2001 cup i got for free and the part oh i'd say when stacy and i left CornFest.

...and proceeded to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. great flick very entertaining is the key word. why? well, probably because the script was a far cry from intellectual and that i've seen better stuff. but the key word is that i enjoyed it. and that's all that matters in this life isn't? fun. i watch dumbass-no-plot-whatsoever movies all the time.....Lost and Found...Tommy Boy...Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, but kevin smith, now he is one of the masters. i did notice that Mallrats has some of the worst lines ever...i mean no one would say that. but that doesn't stop it from being one of my favorite movies. movies are like assholes, everyone's got...oh wait, that's wrong. oh well...fuck it, if you like a movie, you like a movie...not everything's Oscar-material...who cares if it is. wooooo hooo. so yea, i'm gonna see American Pie 2...wow two movies in two days...call me a movie fan...wait, i am...DAMMIT why can't i go watch the damn things then? oh yea, i'm broke....tomorrow i start work..4 o'clock..driving??? bartending in the week too, joe has my hours, will pry cut me my check tomorrow.

i have heard of the term "partying like a rock star" many many times in my recent 20 something years, but i feel the need to describe my evening of last night as just that. but i cannot for two reasons: #1 i didn't really "party", rather just drink a hellovalot. #2 i'm not a rockstar. but man oh man was Erin Feis fun. bill and alex showed around 9:30 and i got to schmooze with my old director Lynn...a bit "happy" and damn glad to see me non-Latino. then....sunnova...my parents are there!!! sittin behind us at the CEFCU centerstage...argh...anyways...then stacy, kuntz, and shannon imported me back to normal wth them and here i sit. damn this laptop is tricky tricky.

and so i begin to speak of a fantastic day that hasn't even begun....wow, talk about Attitude, Good. somebody call me the self-esteem fairy...no wait, that title immortally belongs to tamara (that's right, "immortally," in case she lives forever). speaking of tamara, i finally daned to get a hold of her last night around 12:30 (whoops). no, sall good, i justed hated hearing she made a studio show from stacy on IM....little bugger never calls me that's why...so i called. and talked to bridget...brigette...shit, i dunno how to spell it...i spelled it wrong in theatre history once anyhow...she said i spelled it the "irish way"...anyways, i dunno the "non-irish" way...ANYway, i talked to her for a bit; haven't talked to her in ages. first she was missy's good pal, then she was tamara's...confusing? eh, not so much. it was weird too cause i was just pondering on what she had been up to yesterday for some odd reason. God works in mysterious ways.

during whilst this "babble babble" call by britt in the wee hours of this morning (i call it "babble babble" cause i seem to do the predominance of the talking, catching up and all), i had just gotten back from Appleby's and slugged down 2 Brewtuses...and didn't pay...damn that bill and alex and their sneaky check-paying ways. whew, so i was feeling good...more or less. and yay, i got to sleep in today...well, i didn't have to get up anything that resembled early. i think i work in an hour. horray for short days.

damn, i forgot to request a check from joe...well that's what fridays are for eh?

hey i just read BLOGGER is 2. hmmmm....i guess it's not so coolas i'd thought.

moving on, i think today was "dirtiest day" let me check my calendar...yep...but only for britt and only whilst cleaning at Pepperoni's...the good news: i totally appreciate my bath i just took. the ba-wait, there is no bad news...just tons o good news..good news #2: food is slowly creeping into Pepperoni's, as well as some beer. good news #3: i get to go to Erin Feis tomorrow night...woo hoo and emily and liz are coming (it's like tradition so it seems). oooooo, and i guess i have another bit of good news...i don't have to work til afternoon tomorrow...yeaaaa...the only bad news is that dinner won't be ready for another 10 minutes....damn damn damn

have i ever mentioned that James Cagney rules?! (God rest his soul...)

well....he does...damn right. yay, i am so happy Pepp's is working me every day at least...tomorrow i request a check from Joe...i need it, esp. with Erin Feis coming this weekend...can't miss that...hell no, might as well denounce my irishship, or whatever it's called. good news, the other main bartender at Pepp's is none other than Jen Alexander, Julie's old bud. and.....i have a certificate from tazewell county sayin i can serve food....woo hoo i say, no really i do say that...a lot...hmm

weezer rules...did you know that??? no? well, remember it always. i am sick of cleaning....i want to OPEN and especially since i dunno what all they want me to clean...i run out of things sometimes. oh yea, and i sent otu a SHITLOAD of resumes today...Peoria Chamber of Commerce, Peoria Area Convention and Vistors Bureau...whatever, local tourism, etc, crap i'm interested in....and this time i PUT MY EDUCATION ON IT. hell yea, i got a BACHELORS OF THE ARTS...in what???? ummmmmmm...quick! what's that?!
ok...so i'm anxiously awaiting some reply...for job #2...yea

when the hell was the last time i posted??? oh yea, last thursday....DAMN!!!! ok, so i went to ST. Louie friday afternoon, oh i'd say 12 pm ish. first i got my check from Monical's...a whole whopping $100....no really, cheer. chris recruited me to his fall league in softball...woo hoo, i get to be # 29...finally. should be good exercise for me..ha ha exercise...what's that? anyways, St. Louie was fun, 6 flags was too, i think chalise (and i knew she would) FORGOT that britt don't roller coaster it...but she soon (again) accepted it...and we went on THUNDER RIVER!!! woo hooo! "you may get a bit wet"??!! what a disclaimer. anyways, no Alton, IL trip to check out the haunted sites. let's just say when we picked up Kristin sunday at miah's apt. outside St. Louie she was sans nap....no not grumpy, but i didn't wanna push it. so we saw the arch and went to the kickass mall in swansea or wherever suburb it was...

yay, now it's monday and i'm back in the swing of cleaning Pepperoni's...the good news, the heath dept has finally managed to show up and do their "health-thing-you-can't-have-an-opening-date-til-we-do-this" procedure. when do we open? crap, i dunno, i gotta go in tomorrow at 10 and clean a bit and then wed all the employees have to do this sanitation class wednesday morning. wonder if it's this weekend? damn damn damn Erin Feis is this weekend....oh well..

oooo!!! me and chalise nailed a Krispy Kreme down there too!!! yeeeeeeaaa....oh. and liz seems to be enganged...

man oh man....workin again is kicking my ass.....

naw, not really, i worked 1-5 yesterday @ pepp's cleaning and today 10-5. but man, scrubbing with steel wool hours at a time can really suck after a bit....oh, and no hair dyeing as a bartender....bahhhh. i love that i'm working/busy/distracted...whatever....crap i got emal to answer and i'm actually behind...my hands are sore; just want to relax...man school starts next week, for ISU, ICC and Pekin High...weird weird. kelly's back home in Normal from Fla...tamara is back from Connecticut (i don't expect to hear from her anytime soon though...i'll just assume she's in Normal), and the girls are back from their camping trip. awwwww.....and i'm dead tired i can't even visit. no e-mail answering til tonight...i yet gotta eat.

Scar died tuesday...God Rest his soul.

hey hey, turns out i can go into Pepperoni's every day this week at 10 and help work around/clean...whatever...woo hoo...i'm workin'!!! damn, stacy keeps buggin me to come to Normal so i can get my hair dyed, no gas $$$, no hair dye $$ and no $$ to pay her back from New Orleans...that's what i got.

damn, need to go to my sister's tonight to see how she wants her house cleaned (another job i may take on..)...julie wants to hang though...argh...no time no time...and all i truly wanna do is watch that History Channel "history vs hollywood" with anne frank.........ppffffffffffffff

i think today was the offical "everyone in pekin take ALL of your stupid pills, ok great, now let's go out DRIVING!!! woo hoo" day.

wow, i haven't B LOGed since friday...NO i don't have a job yet...good news, Pepperoni's has a sign up! yay.

sent out three resumes to the local tv stations, only time will tell.

only 105 more days til the christmas season starts. yes, i'm counting. why? i dunno, maybe cause i'm sick of this hot weather and by then i'll have a job.....geeeeez. i believe dave when he said he'll put me to work monday (Pepperoni's not opening til a week from that)...but the radio station is fucking around with me and thats not cool....i better get a call next week...this could lead to worse and worse depressive things. for God's Sake, i blew off going on the Illinois River tonight cause....well, i dunno...i'm starting to feel sad or depressed and reduced to watching a Patty Duke Lifetime movie...but just for the record, Patty Duke RULES

man oh man..."taste of Peoria"...as wild as "taste of Chicago"? i dunno, i've been to "taste of Chicago" only once, "peoria" 3 X.
got to eaty eaty and drinky drink (hence the "taste" part). but who who knew that on the corner of Fulton and Madison smack
in the middle of downtown i would be swing daci to "Proud Mary" and doin the "Mick Jagger dance" to "Brown Sugar" ? not i....
and my hair was greenish up front (yea, yea, since the pink is gone, i miss it being "different"), you can imagine how odd i appeared
to Greater Peoria...ah ha ha ha.

why the hell am i talking to a 16 year old football player from...somewhere...not here.. ???

because my niece was chattin up a storm on IM last night...both Yahoo and AOL. i guess preteens dunno about the wonders of teh internet...or downloading free music. i think they fear it's all porn, so therefore stay away!
this vacation is making me nervous...that's right, that's the word fot it, "nervous". good thing, reagrdless of all, i start Pepperoni's Monday. my hair is sorta green, just a bit steaked in the front...hoo boy. what's wrong with me?

so i swear to you, I AM A DJ!!!! A MIGHTY DJ!!!! and I AM A BARTENDER...HEAD BARTENDER....A MIGHTY BARTENDER!!!

so why am i not working yet? what is the deal...everyone keeps asking me..."how was your first day?"

like i know...i haven't frickin' started yet.. ho boy, end of "vacation" is gonna suck. decided not to register for that German class today cause well:

1) it sounds like a beginner type, and i'm above that...hee hee
2) that's $45 more i will now have
3) besides, who know how jacked up my schedule will be anyhow with these other jobs and rehearsals
4) duh...i'm lazy..didn't wanna drive up to ICC

i did accomplish paying my student loan bill and sending off a letter to Amsterdam. to who? oh just some random...ha HA! no, i hear if you write Miep Gies (the main helper that hid Anne Frank and her family), she responds pretty fast. i find that pretty cool. she's 90 something too, so i should get this in quick anyhow....wonder if i can can learn dutch?

i also switched my ISP to a better, non-Nazi ISP....God Bless Gallatin River.

i have been boatin like a ....well a boatin' fool...this weekend. too much time on the Illinois...

have i ever told you about the history of the Illinois River???? ah HAHAHAHAHA

help me, i've become addicted ( again! ) to freecell! argh, what is it about this game??/ maybe it's cause i had NO CLUE how to play it at first, which was eons ago, mind you, and then i became a master at it.

man, do i miss tetris.

oh yea, and i burnt my bottom of both my feet walking on hot dock....OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

you know, i thought of something last night that i thought was B LOG worthy. i couldn't write it cause i've been sorta kicked off the net (i'm 4 days overdue on my internet bill).

"if you love what you do, other things will just come"

what the hell does this mean? well, do what you wanna do in life, your other obligations (bills, etc) will work themselves out.

maybe this is why i majored in both art and theatre.

saw Pollock last night, great flick, didn't know the man was so #$#$ ed up. went boating today...got too much drinky drinky and sun in. argh...need nap...but i got another movie to watch (House of Mirth).

geez i love vaction/"i-have-no-job-yet".....

why the hell is NTS allowing me to be connected this long????

argh, this joblessness i making me sink into a "worthless nothing" feeling. but hey! woo hoo! i got a job, maybe next week i start...i now work at a radio station, doing the boards and Djing...part time and all. and then i'm also a bartender...wow it's like two dream jobs i tell ya....

so i finally was able to visit tamara last night, and yea, it looks as if she's been busy, she looked as if she was ready to conk out any second...uh oh. my damn friends and their busyass lives...sheesh...

my new way to greet telemarketers is "no way Jose, off the list, buh bye"

i dunno if that's so effective...or rude enough...aw geez, and i hope that was a telemarketer...

my mom has too many "Peg Bundy" type pants. when i say that, i DO NOT mean spandex such as Peg wears on the show. i mean "Peg Bundy" type, hence as i just said.....they're cotton, but my mom sure has a lot; she should start an outlet.

so i venture out to my soon to be job tonight. damn, missed going before 11 today...i'm a bum. damn, my internet bill was due yesterday...

i've decided that in my ancient 24 years on this planet, i no longer enjoy the drunk feeling i once did.

no. no. being "drunk" when i was 19 (whoops! i mean 21......) was equivalent to being REALLY shitfaced and #$%#$%# sick now.

no, now i enjoy that 2 1/2 beer buzz....

yes, i'm irish, but i'm also not always in active practice.

now that i am done with the crappyass job we refer to as Monical's.....here is a link that seems befitting...

i find it really strange how the Grateful Dead soothes one's nerves. maybe it's cause they write "soothing music for the soul", maybe it's cause i'm a leftover hippie from the 60s, (HELL NO! i ain't no neo hippie...geez, those people are pathetic), or maybe it's cause i'm britt, and odd things apease me....

i currently don't have a job....ahhh...it's weird man! no, i really, i'm a shadow of my former self...i almost feel sorry for myself, isn't that weird? it's like "poor pathetic britt has nothing to do with herself..."

but really, i'm okay, as long as i'm not at monical's....i'm that much happier. my new job opens it's doors on aug 13. and when that day arrives, i become "head bartender" whatever the hell that means.....woo hoo. sounds cool though, eh? yea, i guess...