about six years ago, i was strolling through the warehouse part of ikea and came across what seemed like hundreds of piled up, chunky plastic chairs. my best friend sophie had one and i always thought it was cute, and at that time they were carrying hot pink ones… so i grabbed one at the amazing price of…………… $5! (#best) and it was seriously one of my favorite things about my bedroom decor.

when i moved out of my moms house this last time, my younger sister ended up taking my old room because it was larger than hers was. and that’s where i had left my precious chair.

one weekend, we were painting her new room from my dreary dark gray to a lovely shade of dark purple. and she thought it would be a genius idea to stand on my chair to paint an area that was higher than she could reach…

not so genius.

she went right through the damn chair with one of her legs.

so as if that wasn’t traumatic enough to endure… i was painting all productively and hear a BOOM! and then the plastic crack… and i just knew. i just felt it in my bones. so i turned around and it was confirmed, it was done for.

it was really hard seeing my sisters leg through the damn thing… i froze and teared up a little. and then she asked me to help her out of it.

can you imagine the nerve?

LOL jk jk jk… (i seriously did stand there for a second though and she yelled at me to help her, lol. BUT SHE WAS FINEEEEEEEEE…)

so i have been checking craigslist and ebay on the regular for this damn thing monthly to no avail… i can’t find any damn colours either, even though i’d specifically like the pink one again.

if you have one or if you see one, PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE TELL ME!!!!! – you’d make my life so happy and complete again<3

#notevenkidding

oh right, the other part of this damn post.

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so we were trying to have an 80′s pop-star themed halloween party but it didn’t quite work out for everyone…  i didn’t get many pictures on my camera because i was too busy dancing it up…  but here are a few…  and i was supposed to be boy george for halloween if it’s not obvious… i couldn’t find a damn hat or over-sized vest to go with my outfit anywhere…  i guess that’s what i get for waiting until the last second for things.  i also wish i had the yarn and the patience to braid yarn into my hair…  meh.

teddy was an amazing looking prince, lol. he def. would have won a contest had we gone out.  marie and katy were hall and oates and my sister was the chick from flashdance.  her ex came up with us, he’s chucky. 

i tried to look serious in every pic.  i always remember boy george being more sad/serious looking than smiling?

at one point, my sister had a cow suit on and you could pick up faintly in the background she kept saying “milk me, MILK ME”.

o.O

just popped into my head and it made me LOL at work.

mom: oh i saw the tucci brothers, god are they gorgeous. what are their names again?
me: mike and billy
mom: oh yeah, that’s right. which is the one you used to hang out with?
me: mike
mom: oh, right.
me: did billy still look on the crazy side?
my sister: they both kind of looked the same, with long hair
mom: that mike… (saying something along the lines of “if i were twenty years younger i’d”…)
me: (with puzzled look) jesus, ma!!
mom: (laughing) what?? he’s cute…
me: oh, i know. and i hope you know that i hit that… so, ha.
mom: :gags:
my sister: :gags:

lol

where did all the horrible things start?
ah yes, my old bedroom.

my sister started removing whatever nails i had left in the walls first, and instead of using a step ladder, she used my favourite chair in the world… my hard, plastic, pink ikea chair. (which they don’t make anymore… – especially that colour – now i must hunt this shit down via craigslist or ebay?) worst.

so she’s standing on it, trying to spackle a hole, when she accomplished this #worst! her foot went right through the fucking thing. my heart broke instantly, my eyes teared up, i started nervous laughing. then she started screaming at me and the reality hit that her leg was stuck in it. oops. so i pulled her out and she almost peed in her pants laughing.

RIP pink chair<3

sunday my sister, theodora and i painted and had so much fun. i make them pee in their pants with my stupidity… we actually all just ordered in chinese food since we were filthy painted messes…

so we were super productive, got the room done.. all i wanted was to sleep, i was so tired. so i setup shop downstairs on the couch and went off to dreamland… then sometime during the morning, i felt a cat puking on my feet… joy.

…still half asleep, i manage to wash the pukey sheet and go upstairs to bitch at my mom and then i fell asleep in her bed til we had to go to our doctors appointments…

we get to the doctors office at 11 – waiting room is full… don’t get called in until almost 12:30PM. i was STARVING (couldn’t eat because of the bloodwork) and at some point, some HUGE (fat) dude came in and sat down across from us. i thought he was gonna get stuck in the chair fat… so i go in for my physical and my EKG, come out and i’m told to give pee… so i knock on the door and there’s no answer, so i open the door…

all i see is HUGE, cellulite ridden, roley poley, chocolate chip cookie looking ass.
AHHHHHHHHH! (shut the door with the quickness but he came out giggling… ugh.)
when i came out, he was smiling/laughing and winked at me. ugh.

soooooooooo… i peed in a cup and went into the bloodwork/breathing test room… now i’m a huge baby when it comes time to needles… especially blood being taken, i hate that shit. so the head nurse couldn’t find a vein last year, so i was prepared for this year. or so i thought…

she put that rubber jammie around my right arm, couldn’t find a vein. so she put it on the left arm, poked me four times in the elbow pit? (hinge) of my arm (technical term: antecubital space- woo!) and couldn’t find anything… so she tried my left hand twice. as soon as she started saying “it’s in, but i’m chasing the vein – it keeps moving”, it was all over.

i started getting nasty dizzy and i said that i thought i might puke… but i told her just to try the right hand – and after three pokes, we finally got it flowing… but the other nurse started freaking because i went pale and i think she was preparing for the worst… she broke open an alcohol pad and put it under my nose as if it was supposed to help and laid me down.

i looked at the wall and it kinda closed in on me after hot/cold sweats.

what a baby

and now i have sore arms and hands.

HATE NEEDLES.

so this first chick – she seriously had this as her myspace user pic. (loosen up a little, sheesh.)
we found great humor in this, and turned my bathroom into a backdrop for our mockery.

(clockwise) mindy?, amit, me, sarah (my sister), charlie.
charlie’s is the best. it’s even better than mindy’s.

get upstairs, looking for mattresses. walking down normal sized aisle, chick in uggs/furry vest/hair did comes walking up with hand up in the air like she’s a model… hits my shoulder/chest while i am clearly not in her way… it took a lot to not attack her physically. instead, i turn around and say “this is ikea not a fucking runway…” my sisters boyfriend laughed and then we just totally made fun of her (and her walk).

i totally behaved myself. i only got three of those little plastic box sets, tested out some mattresses and picked up the aisle/bin of the bed i went there for… totally skipped over the market place. (go jess!)

load up the furniture cart, going to pay, some lady and her cart crash into the side of one of my boxes. rips it open, but the bed was in tact. :whew: we decide on line that we want frozen yogurt and drinks… so my sister and i leave her boyfriend near the exit elevators and buy the stuff and get online to leave.

at this ikea, you have to exit back down to the parking lot in elevators, but as we were leaving, we were being stopped for our receipt (which i had just put into my bag). my hands were full, holding my soda and frozen yogurt and i realized i had to put something down to free a hand. so i was standing in front of a garbage can while this was happening, and without thinking – i toss my new frozen yogurt. only hit my tongue like four times. WORST.

my sister and her boyfriend are almost peeing in their pants because i’m an idiot, and the lady checking the receipts figures out whats going on, realizes she can relate and goes “i’m a pot head. and one time, i dropped all my weed right into the toilet! and it wasn’t in baggies either. straight up weed, broken up. mannn i was TIGHT that day.” lol.

and then we left.
and now i have a new bed at my apt waiting for me<3

i felt odd.

my barista from work told me he was going to be on bell for a live performance at one of my regular bars, asked me if i knew where it was (lol) – i was very excited to have my brooklyn buddies down there (him and his gf who also works at my starbucks)! so i went over to erica’s and we met up with them at the bar…

erica left after a while because she wasn’t feeling well, and then my friend pat lee rolled through. we all hung out, enjoyed the cover band for a while… i was getting harassed by a youngin’, we entertained this for a while and then we all left.

my family and i didn’t really do anything for xmas. we were all pretty broke, so i promised my mom i’m going to take her to see mary poppins on broadway next month, and for my sister – i’ve got a few gems up my sleeve. but this month all had to go to apt. stuff… i mean, i know it’s not all about gifts, but we all look forward to it as well… my sister bought me the wicked witch of the west collectors barbie that i had wanted, russian nesting doll measuring cups for my new apt, and a slimer (from ghostbusters) coin bank (BEST!)

pat lee came over on xmas eve to help me out with my poor, charlie-busted computer… he installed windows 7 for me – it’s lovely so far! (thanks dude!) – so now i can update my poor, neglected blog again…

i slept for most of the day both days which has totally screwed up my sleep schedule now, worst.

last night a bunch of me and my sisters friends went out for my sisters birthday which was postponed because of the snow storm last weekend… the usual bar we go to where we can avoid all the annoying ugg-wearing/ditzy dancing bitches was filled with just that – and a DJ… worst. i guess they were looking to draw in a new crowd to pack the place – so annoying. but towards the end of the night it filtered out… ran into a few friends – one including a twitter-induced spotting (lol!) and let loose a little.

oh manskies, old school.
this is my sister sarah and i in the EARLY cascarino’s days<3 (the whitestone store)

friday: movie night with my lovie<3 a mi casa...

saturday: went to the jersey shore (long branch) for my cousin kim’s wedding… it took place on the beach at a resort… it was kind of surreal, when i looked around at the hotel behind me and the boarwalk area, it screamed CANCUN! until i looked towards the beach and saw dirty jersey water… lol. bleh. it turned out to be a lot of fun, but super tiring since we were dancing in sand all night…

(L>R) this is my moms sister/my aunt edie’s family… my cousin marie (a week younger than me/my other half in life), kim, uncle ed, aunt edie and katy. ed is actually kim’s step father, my aunt remarried in the early 80′s.

i didn’t have my camera, just my iphone… so i’m depending on others to send me NICE pictures, but here: my sister was attempting taking a pic of the three of us (that’s her boyfriend) and after three pretty try’s, instead i just made this face… AINT I PURRRRDY? lol

the night ended with these fireworks shooting off, super pretty!
…wound up sleeping at my mom’s house, it felt weird… haven’t slept there in months.

sunday: spent time with mom, went to dinner with erica @ cinco de mayo’s – got a tad inebriated!, hung out with jen at the knights and then went home with george – watched wall-e<3

monday: cuddled, got some coffee, totally RELAXED, BSG nerded out, walked around the hood, and stuffed myself with empenada’s con mi amor… so perfect on our day off