Shelley's Super Sweet Blog

So I’ve started looking at grad schools for costume design…I did one web search and got nauseous at the thought of dealing with theatre people again. Just to be 100% cliche here, they’re stinky, eccentric, attention seeking, know-it-all, jizz bubbles. Clearly I didn’t create a strong bond with other theatre kids in college. They were icky. My professors had more drama than the students and I spent the last 2 years trying to graduate as quickly as possible. I’ve come to discover that I usually don’t have much in common with theatre people. Their interests usually include, larping, ddr, dragon shit, magic and other role playing, non-realistic, out of touch with reality gay shit. Ohhhh god…..yuck.

So I’ve been working in the costume shop at Smush lately. It’s nice to alternate between the street and the costume shop. The day before yesterday, I was sewing when we noticed a ceiling tile was logged with water. We poked at it with a big stick and nothing drained so we went on with our business. I got up from the sewing machine and walked to the cutting table when ” KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!” The ceiling caved in. We’ve had a trash can under the hole for two days now.

In about two weeks Crustyn, Black Widow and I are going on a road trip to Smush Fardens Williamsburg. Waaaa it’s gonna be so much fun! I hope we don’t get murdered.

The other week Husband was part of an art thingy called Artwalk ( or something like that ) and they projected on houses in a neighborhood. Husband and Aaron’s was by far the best! I wish I had pictures of theirs but it was dark and our camera is broken. However, some other peeps were painting a canvas hanging on the side of a house. That was pretty rockin. I got a pic of that cause it was a little lighter there.

Afterwards me and the peanut gallery went to a friend’s housewarming party thang. Crustyn grew boobs there.

Nice jugs bud.

So every morning when I get up for work, I head to the bathroom and leave vittles and Husband asleep in the bed. I opened the bathroom door the other day and this is what I saw. It was reallllly creepy. He was waiting for me…staring with those dead eyes….

I was at the gay club the other night when something attached itself to the bottom of my heel. It was a rinestone. How….fitting. Then a tranny in the bathroom said I looked like Rose McGowen. Generally I think she looks good.  Funny I would choose this picture of her cause that’s EXACTLY what I was wearing and how I was posing when he/she said it. crazy!

Realistically  it was probably more like this. YUCK! Wait she looks old and ugly here!       

I like this one better I think

Wow I’ve really been putting a lot of thought into this! I better go and get ready for work.

So I tried really hard to get someone to cover my shift today but no dice. I asked FIVE people and all of them had an excuse not to take it. I’m not saying their excuses weren’t valid, I’m just saying it’s BULLSHIT! kidding. I went out with Crustyn and Black Widow for a hot minute and now I am blogging before work. We went to Ybor where the line for Czar was wrapped around the block! Social was only $5 and it was an open bar but since the peanut gallery is underage and I’m attempting to be responsible and not drink because of work, Social was clearly not the best choice. We saw someone Crustyn knew in line at Czar and jumped in and moved all of 10 feet in 25 minutes. Black Widow and I installed “bump” on our phones and we all stood in line and bumped. Holla. We bailed and went to the porn store. I know that sounds like a joke but it’s not. We stopped in at the Todd. For those who don’t know what the Todd is, it’s a porn store but it ALSO has costumes, party favors ( Yes the majority of party favors are penis shaped ) and shooooes and of course all the weird toys I’m afraid the even walk past. We did a quick loopty loop and left shortly after Crustyn had a melt down in the ” personal toy ” aisle.

I literally crawled out of bed 30 minutes ago and put on my dress from last night, put on my make-up and pulled my hair back and called it done. I threw on earrings too. A little dazzle never hurt anyone. It’s 8:03 and I have to clock in at 8:30. I should probably leave soon. I’m so irritated with airbrushing lately. Mainly because for the morning airbrushing it takes all of 1 minute to complete one face and I do four people but I’m scheduled for 2 hours. They have to schedule me for a minimum of two hours but I can clock out when I’m done but the stiltwalkers don’t all come in at the same time. Therefore, the majority of the time I’m sitting around waiting. BORING. I have no attention span so this is awful!! Okay I finish blog later and tell my faithful readers how airbrushing went.

I’mmmmmm baaaaaaaack! What is this?! I freakin complain about airbrushing and then it goes awesome!!! I went half an hour later so I wouldn’t have to wait around for the stilt walkers and then to make it even better they all clocked in a little bit early so I didn’t wait at all! I did all my clean up and then worked on Street stuff. Woooooooord!

I forgot to mention that my package came yesterday!! My teal boots are toooo cool and I wore them to Ybor last night for the whole 45 minutes we were there. I saw some evil broads staring at my boots wishing they were theirs. I had this convo with Black Widow and Crustyn last night about how I like Ybor but I hate that the majority of people there are sooo full of themselves! Mainly the girls. They all dress up and stand around in the clubs shooting evil eyes and talkin shit. Why all the hatred?? I freakin lovve going to Ybor and looking at everyone’s outfits! You can see some crazy shiz there. If I tell someone I like their look they either think I’m hitting on them or tell me to eff off. Cheer up emo kids! You’re young and pretty try to smile!

I leave you with a text message I received yesterday. I have removed the name to protect the embarrassed.

I just heard a big truck drive into my complex and I got so excited cause I thought it was FedEx. It was the dump truck. It’s trash day. However, my tracking number does say my package should be delivered today! Omggggggg exciting! You know what’s not exciting? My current “hang out with friends” regimine. They go out almost every night and I’m totally invited but I have this crazy notion that I can’t hangout on school nights…or ” work nights ” since I’m not in school and all. I’m always worried I won’t get enough sleep and I’ll die at work the next day. In case you didn’t know when I get sleepy, the world ends. I’m done. It’s over. bed time. Also, I feel I should be at home working on the fashion show stuff which can’t happen if I go out. Ohhhhh So I tried my “ring master” jacket on my model yesterday and it looks pimp ass. I’ve been thinking about what to put on her bottom half ( such as shorts/ pants etc ) and I really want her to wear high waisted shorts but the fabric for the jacket alone was $40 and I’m working on another dress which was $50 and I really can’t be spending ALL this money so I talked to a girl at work who is also showing at the show and she said ” Why build something already made. Buy the shorts. It’ll be cheaper and save time and money.” My only thing with that is, I think if you’re building stuff for a fashion show, shouldn’t everything on the model be made by you?? Liz, that’s the other designer, said no not as long as you made 3/4 of the outfit. Shiiiiiit girl. You be right. The jacket is the focal point not the shorts. win.

I got some new creamer for my coffee. Creme Brule. Clearly i can’t spell brule or so my spell check is telling me I can’t. I’ve drank the whole pot of coffee two days in a row now. You should see me get ready for work. It happens REALLY fast! muhahah.

First cup of coffee down. Ooo I just went to get more coffee and I took note of how to spell brulee. That’s it brulee. There’s a do hickey on the last E but I don’t feel like digging into my special do hickey list to put it on there. Just know a special do hickey is on the last E.

Sooooooo our new schedule came out at work yesterday and you know what? Shit son. I work in the main costume shop now. Not permanently but just for Howl O Scream. They said they needed another seamstress and my name came up. I only work on the street ( Sesame street ) once. I’m totally stoked about it but damn let a sista know before the wonders what the eff is wrong with her schedule. There’s this one lady that works up there that I loooooooove. She’s from Kentucky and we get along real well. She knows how much I hate sitting around doing nothing when I’m on the clock so when I was done airbrushing last night, she gave me some hos dresses to put together. rockin.

I work tomorrow morning for 2 hours. That’s my usual Saturday shift but it really puts a damper on my Friday night activities. Maybe I’ll see if someone wants to cover that for me. i wanna hang out!!!!!

Short blog. Lots of coffee. Must take shower.

Last night I was shopping online and I asked Husband for his credit card so I could ” buy some shit.” He denied me and I went to sleep. This morning I woke up and got my own credit card out and bought some shit. Muhahahahhaahah Now that what I call 9 am empowerment! Enjoy my new purchases mother efffffffffassssssssssssss. ( The mother effer commment is from the Hangover. My mouth really isn’t as dirty as my blog lets on.)

I found this swimsuit online and I really like it but I’m not sure how I feel about mokinis yet. I bought one ten pounds ago and it made feel faaaaaaat. I never wore it again. I also lost the pesky ten pounds.

I wore one of my Grandma’s old dresses that I got when she passed to work the other day. It was a huge hit and everyone loved it. It was a true vintage piece! Maw-Maw would have been happy her clothes were put to good use! I have two other dresses that were hers too.

I have to run some errands today. I have to go the the Ulta store and get some more powder foundation, go to Joannes to pick up odds and ends for my costumes and then to Publix. I’m out of coffee creamer and the world ends where there is no coffee creamer. Actually maybe I won’t get more creamer cause that shiz isn’t good for you. It’s better if you just use milk and sugar. I need milk. And bread. . .

I was in the shower yesterday and the freakin water was cut off!! It was in the middle of a storm so I guess that was the problem? It came back on after a few minutes but I was covered in soap. Awkward…and slimey.

We went to Anna Maria Island yesterday night to meet up with Husband’s cousin and her family for dinner. They are vacationing there and have a room right on the beach. How awesome is that?? I want to live right on the beach, in a hut. We hadn’t seen his family in about a year so we did a lot of catching up and of course the typical questions of “when do you graduate?”, “what will you do then?” came up. That’s when I realized that I have no idea what I want! I like Florida and I really like my life right now. Buuuuut I also really want to go to grad school…but that could be insanely expensive…but if I want to further my education, I don’t think I should be denied that. Buuuuuut money is a big factor and Husband locating a job is an even bigger factor. And USF doesn’t have the program I want so no dice on staying here. omg omg omg omg what’s going to happppppppen in May?! Husband graduates in May. This is gonna sound crazy but I feel that moving somewhere new is a BIG risk. Now you ask why. I tell you why. Because I very very much like Florida, our house, my job, my friends, the weather, the shopping, the clubs….I like a lot of things. I don’t like the red lights here. They hold forever. I’m one of those freakish people that it their surroundings suck I’m super unhappy. What if we move somewhere shitty?!?! I can’t go back to that shitty state of mind I was in before!!!! NOoooooooooooo! Oh May. What do you hold. Hawaii would make me HAPPY! Husband said ” get real.”

Husband has his piano lessons today. It’s going to rain. I will be sewing. Sounds like a good day.

meow.

Today is one of my 2 days off this week. I always say ” I need a day off” and then when I  get it I don’t know what to do with myself. On my last day off, I stopped at work to drop something off and ended up staying and working for a couple hours. Waaaaa

It’s almost been a month since I last blogged. I am such a shitty blog mother!! I have abused my blog and left it to die! I shall redeem myself…

Husband and I went home to Tennessee for Brett and Sarah’s wedding. It was awesome…they had a candy bar. Like a bar of all candy annnnd the served breakfast. I freaking love biscuits and gravy. My friend Ryan ( who recently moved to Orlando and I haven’t seen in a long time )was in the wedding party with Husband. I love Ryan! Why don’t we hang out?! He made their wedding cake and it was beautiful!

Soo I’m co-organizing a fashion show in October with a friend and I’m stressing out! I’m organizing as well as showing so it’s a double whammy. I’ve got two out of four costumes nearly done but during the month of October I’m also working Howl-O-Scream at the Smush so I know I won’t have any time to work on my pieces. I’m stressed but it’s a good stress.

I’ve had a lot of coffee.

After going home to TN for a week, I rode back with my parentals to Florida. We went to Seaworld and the Smush and had a merry old time. This is my Pops….

Soo I got red streaks put in my hair. I asked The Beret at work if I could do it and he said yes. I did it then he said it was too bright. Grrrrrrr. So then I had to RE-Do it with a darker red. shit son make up yo mind!! The Beret says he likes it now. Yay. This is the day after the first color. It was a little neon red/ orange but I still liked it.

And here it is with Vittles in natural light. hahaha

Up keep on my hair is so intense now. I have to color it like once a week.

I’m very excited because I have a feeling I’m going to be seeing B-Nasty a lot more! I don’t know if I’m allowed to explain why yet but i will keep my loyal blog readers informed!!

I’m getting the vacation bug super bad! I really want to take a vacation somewhere I haven’t been before. I also want to go back to New York when it’s not freaking cold!

Heather ( For those who don’t know, Heather worked at BaDonga with me before she moved to Delaware with her Bf which is now her fiance ) was in town last night and we did Chilis and bowling! It was awesome to see her!! A whole bunch of Sesame people came and wooooow there was a lot of drunkness goin on. Crustyn got camera happy and took about 10000 pictures.

This is my favorite cause I was creeepin on Te Te….

I think I will stop blogging for now. I have lots to blog about but I need to get started on some things around the house! Byyyyyyyyyyyyye