Piece of Me

Obsessions: Orange Juice. There is no greater love in this universe than orange juice. True story. Music, sunglasses, lip gloss, dog's, Britney Spears, Central Park, jumping on my bed, shopping, electronics, nail polish, magazines, underwear, perfume, taking pictures, Halloween, VS Pink, socks, post it's, picture frames, wigs, candles, commas, stalking Rihanna and all her outfits, tattoos, the color pink, key chains, Barnes and Noble, stationary, mustard, Tina Fey, Sex and The City, and many many more. I have way weirder obsessions, but then I just might scare some of you.

Things that should be abolished from this planet: Animal haters, Central Park joggers, root beer, pigeons, people who litter, people who don't pick up after their dog, plain socks and underwear, House of Dereon, people who don't let me finish a sentence, collect calls, children's toy's that make noise, dog toy's that make noise, headphones that burn out only after a month, cheap bra's, men who aren't gentlemen, dust, slow walkers, orange juice from concentrate, McCain and Palin, the photo uploader on blogger, frizzy hair, long lines, people on their laptop at Starbucks, MySpace stalkers, and the list could go on and on!

I just felt like making a list of all the things I like and dislike. I probably should have put "lists" under Obsessions. Now that I've read it twice "list" seems like such an odd word. Doesn't it look weird? It's really bothering me. It's looking at me...

Anywho, I had pretty good weekend. Any weekend when I get blow some cash is a pretty awesome weekend for me. I was feeling a bit crappy on Saturday morning, so to make myself feel better, I took my Mom and I shopping. Usually I hate going shopping with my Mom, but she actually managed not to get on my nerves! Haha I know that's so mean to say, but let's be for real, shopping with the parental can be a pain in the ass. Anyway, like I said my Mom and I didn't end up arguing, and I had a really good time. Ahh maxing out my credit card never felt so good!

Speaking of shopping and credit cards, I have got to learn to manage my money and credit cards more responsibly! Now, I do have bills to pay and I always pay them on time, but it's what I'm spending my money on. I'm looking over my credit card history for the past 90 days and it's pathetic. Like, seriously I charged Jamba Juice?! Seriously, Ashley?! Did I mention that I happened to max out my credit card the day after I paid it? Oops. However, I am not a person who has buyer's remorse. Not one bit! If all my responsibilities are paid and taken care of, there is no greater satisfaction than dropping $300 on sunglasses. So, basically all I want to do is be more careful of what I use my credit card on. That's it really.

And I just went to the website of my credit card provider and now I can put my own personal picture on it! Whoop whoop!

Visual Aid:

Honey

So, today was a pretty mellow day. I finally got to sleep in for the first time in a long time. It felt good not to have to wake up until 10:30 in the morning. Haha I remember when I used to stay up until 7 in the morning and then wake up at 3 in the afternoon. I still go to sleep pretty late (around 2 in the morning on weekdays and 4 0r 5 on weekends), but I'm still up by 9. I'm pathetic.


Anywho, today I got my hair done at the new Warren Tricomi salon at the Plaza hotel, and honey it was fabulous! Please do not think that I am ballin' like that, because I am not! My friend Merima is a stylist there and she was able to pencil me for an appointment this evening. The place is great and the staff is awesome, so if you ever have an extra couple hundred bucks just lying around, go to Warren Tricomi and get the full treatment.


At first she was just going to straighten my hair, but a couple of the other stylist's started talking about how I have a great face shape, and that I should get layer's. I gotta tell ya I love my gays. Just thought I should add that. Anywayz, so I got my layer's and I think they look great. The best part is that I got hooked up for free. Yeaaah baby!


I remember when I was younger I used to hate the whole beauty process, because I just hated being fussed over. Oh man but now I absolutely love it! I've gotten increasingly girlie as I've gotten older.


So, I just wanted to share some pics of my hurr, before I have to go off to bed.


Love always and forever,
Ashley Venus

Soda Pop

That's me looking all cracked out while watching Saw 2. Scary movies aren't my thing, but My Mom sort of forced me to watch part 1 with her, and I got hooked. So far I really liked part 1 & 2 and now we're waiting for Blockbuster to ship parts 3 & 4.

(My cousin said my super cool blanket makes me look like a polar bear haha!)

I never watch scary movies, because they actually scare me! No matter how silly the movie is, if there's a crazy killer, I'm almost certain he'll be coming after me in my sleep. Seriously, all these people want to kill me! And I don't even want to hear that "it's just a movie." You know why? Because there is some sick fuck out there who actually wrote, thought, and planned out all these sick ways to kill and torture people. Ha, but I actually do enjoy a scary movie when I can bring myself to watch them.

So, that was pretty much my weekend. I stood home all day Sunday and watched movies. In addition to Saw I also watched Sex and The City, and Love Story. I'm surprised I actually liked Love Story. For some reason I thought I wouldn't. But why is it that in a love story somebody alway's has to die?!?! My God! Have we never heard of happily ever after, Hollywood?! Titanic broke my heart into tiny little pieces when Jack died, and now I go ahead and watch Love Story!

My weekend wasn't a total waste though. I did take my Goddaughter Niya out to the Children's Museum of Manhattan on Saturday. Dude, that place is so much fun! I can't wait until I have kids, but until then I guess I'll just be borrowing other people's kids for the next 10 years or so.

Back to the movie thing for a second. Why is that whenever I put a movie into my queue it's never available?! I must have REALLY good taste in movies. Sheesh.

Visual Aid:

Peace and Love,

Ashley Venus

Chasing Pavements

I hate spending a weekend at home, because I feel so unproductive, and like I wasted two perfectly good days doing nothing. But I actually managed to get a lot done in the house this weekend. Lately I've been in this super domestic mood, and whenever I see a spare chance to do some cleaning or organizing around the house, I'm right there! Very strange! Maybe my Mom is right. Maybe I am growing up. Ahh!

Turns out my Mom is right about a lot of things. We got to chatting this weekend and I guess I finally got it through my head, what she has been trying to tell me forever. You simply can not change people. People are the way that they are and nothing that I do is going to change that. Everything that I say is just going to go in one ear and out the other, because most likely they have already heard it a million times before. It's just so hard for me!

I am not one of those people who are just completely anal and wants to control everybody else's life. For the most part I just let people be. But when it comes to somebody who is very close to me and who I care a lot about, it's hard for me to bite my tongue. But it's something that I am going to have to learn how to do. Even though it pains and frustrates me to see those close to me make bad decision after bad decision, I am just going to have to learn how to shut up! :-/

Also, I'm going to stop trying to help people who are not willing to help themselves. This is very hard for me, because I care so much. It hurts me to see other people going through a hard time, but it hurts me even more when I realize those who I am trying to help, do not care about themselves as much as I do. Nothing in life is free, you have to put in hard work to get what you want, and I am not going to do that work for you. Period.

Now on to a lighter subject:

My friend Janey took pictures of her room at college and it inspired me to take some pics of my room!

This is basically where all the sleeping happens! I love the cute little decorations above my bed, especially the laugh thingy. People say that it describes me perfectly lol. I'm not really sure if you can see it, but the tiny picture frame on the shelf is of my nephew Daniel. And the thing with the sticks in between the Victoria's Secret dogs is a lavender diffuser. It helps me sleep at night. That orange stuffed animal on my pillow is a Koala Bear and her name is Kola. I sleep with it at night. Shut up. Haha I feel like this is MTV Cribs: Blog Edition!

This is my bedside table and I need all these lavender smelling things to help me sleep a little bit better at night. I suffer from a pretty bad case of Insomnia, but I refuse to take sleeping pills, so I try to do anything natural and non-addicting to help me have a rested sleep. The scent from the big candle calms me, so I sleep with it on. I also have candle's that I light when I meditate, but I didn't take a picture of them. I'm also really weird about smells, so I try to make my room smell as good as it possibly can. That's a picture of me getting ready to go Dolphin swimming in the Bahama's.

My closet door! My masterpiece! Haha, my friend Merima came over to help me paint, and that's what we ended up doing!

I'm a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, so I freaked when my Mom brought this home for me. I just freakin' love this thing! I catch myself staring at it for hours (okay, maybe not hours) just trying to take in every detail of each Polaroid. In my old room I used to have all these pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn all over the place. My cousin Jason used to call it my shrine to dead people lmao! And I just want to say that I am a real Marilyn Monroe fan. I'm not one of those people who just like her because she represents the ultimate in sex and glamour. I have tons of books on her and have seen all of her movies, okay? My Mom used to put on The Seven Year Itch for me when I was younger, so that I could sit still and be quiet. I still love that movie, but I really really love Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. It's so funny and I wish I could steal all the outfits in the movie.

I'm a pretty neat person, but this area of my room is probably the most cluttered. Actually, it's all really well organized, I just think the bulletin boards make it look cluttered. But it's an organized clutter! Haha I'm such a loser. LOL yes my screen saver still say's "I Love You Spotty!" What can I say, I still love that dog.

I must seem like the biggest narcissist, because I have pictures of myself everywhere, but where else am I supposed to put them?! This area also looks messy, but I assure you it is not! Aww, look at my books! I'm a voracious reader and feel "naked" if I'm not carrying a book on me. Right now I'm reading Audition, but it's too heavy for me to carry everday, so I'm reading it little by little. And yeah I like stuffed animals.

Isn't that the cutest picture frame?! Man I love me some Bed, Bath and Beyond! That's a photo of my best friend Linnea and I on my 19th birthday. Right after this picture she said "Omg it's almost tattoo time!" and honestly if she hadn't said that I probably wouldn't have gotten it!

This collage is right above the case where I have the photo of Linnea and I. When people come in my room they alway's stop to look at it and I hope they're thinking "Ashley has a life!" I don't, but it's nice if other people think I do haha!

The only thing missing from these pictures is a picture of Tokyo's cage. I moved him to the living room while Rocco was here and have been too lazy to move him back. So, since he was left out of the tour here is a pic of him and I:

Alright kiddies I gotta peace out,

Ashley Venus

Take Control

Since I am now sort of self-employed I have more time to do the things I thought I was going to be able to do once I got a job. Not the case. My Ex-boss wanted so much our time and nobody was willing to give it to her except for me. The other girls set boundaries and I never did. I spent a lot of time with the boss and she would complain that the others were being "difficult." I didn't want to come off as difficult so I just did as I was told. Big mistake on my part. Since I was the boss' little puppeteer who never said no it was alway's big drama when I actually did say no.

I am so happy that I am no longer working for them anymore, but I still see them everyday. I hate having to do the fake smile and small talk bullshit. Neither of us have anything to say to each other, so what's the point? Actually, I have a lot that I would like to say to them haha, but I am not. Several people have commented on my composure and maturity that I display when I do have to do the bullshit small talk. Thanks!

Anyway, now I actually have some time during the day to spend with my unofficial Goddaughter. Earlier this week I had a HUGE gap in my day, so I took Niya to a playground in Central Park. Then yesterday I went over to my friend Nicole's house and we baked cupcakes and cookies. I don't have a big sweet tooth at all, but I loooove to eat cake batter. Oh man I freakin' love it! Too bad I got SUPER sick yesterday after eating all of it. Blah I'm getting dizzy just thinking about it.

Damn it. I wanted to write more, but I really want to go outside. I hate being in the house. I'll try and update later this weekend.

I leave you with visual Aid:





Ashley Venus