YES! Finally back in blog & update mode! …It’s about time, eh? Hah. Oh man, SO MUCH has been going on lately! I don’t even know where to start. I guess I’ll go with the biggest change first.

I’ve left Abercrombie, but it’s because I’ve been working as a club promoter for Prive’ inside Planet Hollywood for the past few months. I LOVE this job! The pay, the perks, everything. It’s a lot of work but it’s so worth it, haha. The club is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, the company has tables & comp’d bottles @ hot spots nearly every night, VIP lists up the yang…a Vegas girl’s dream come true! LOL. Taking this was a HUGE change for me. I’ve never had a full-time job, so stepping into this pretty much out of nowhere kinda shocked my Mom, but she’s really proud of me. I am too, to be honest. I never thought I’d survive a FT position, but I’m doin’ great. I’ve met so many wonderful people and made some great contacts and connections. I get paid to meet cool people, promote an amazing club, and have fun. Awesome!

Although I’m no longer working at Abercrombie, it’s certainly not goodbye forever. Once I graduate and have my bachelor’s degree, I’m pretty sure I’m going to return and become an MIT, and eventually a Manager if all goes well. It certainly should. I’ve got a great record and history as far as my work and performance goes, which isn’t too common there, unfortunately. The vast majority of the employees (who aren’t managers) are high school kids who don’t take the job seriously, slack off, and just don’t do good work, whatever the task may be. Regardless of the pay and/or perks, I’ve always had an extremely good work ethic, which I get from a few places & people. My Mom, my Aunt, a few friends, school, cheer, etc. I’m very proud of that, too, because it shows, and it definitely doesn’t hurt!

Another…well, important thing, I guess you could say, is that I’ve been seeing a grief therapist for the past few months. I’ve been having a VERY hard time dealing with my Dad’s death. He passed away over 12 years ago, and although I didn’t know him well, now that I DO feel like I know him thanks to his friends and Marine buddies, I’m going through the grieving process that I’ve never truly gone through. I was 9 when he died. I had no clue how to process the situation or how to handle it. All I knew was that this man, who is my Dad, but whom I barely know, is no longer with us. That was that. When I was in my early teens (around 13 or 14), I started to go through a few emotional phases — anger, resentment, guilt…I got through them all thanks to my Mom, but, as I said, the grieving process never truly hit until now. And good lord, it’s…I can’t even think of the words to describe it. I’m having such a difficult time dealing with his loss. One thing that’s very problematic is that I want answers that I’m never, ever going to get, and I don’t know how to accept that. I’m a very direct and inquisitive person. If I want to know something, I do everything I can to either find out the answer to that something (or the questions I have about it), or do everything I can to learn and teach myself about it so that I can get the answers, if that makes sense. I get the fact that he’s gone, has been gone for over 12 years, and will never, ever be coming back. As much as I hate that fact, I understand it. But accepting it is another story. I want to know WHY to so many things. WHY did he have to die? WHY did I only get 3 months with him? WHY was he practically dangled in front of me at the worst time possible? WHY was I teased, cheated? WHY him? WHY a Marine, a good person, a hero? WHY not a mean, evil, cruel person who’s rotting in prison and is nothing but a menace to society? WHY MY DAD?

I’d, “Why?” myself ’til the sun comes up, but it’s useless because it’ll get me nowhere. And that’s the problem. I don’t know how NOT to question everything. It’s just my nature. I need to know. But, Dawn (my grief therapist), is absolutely wonderful. She’s so sweet, compassionate, understanding, and she genuinely cares about me and wants to help me as much as she can. That, I appreciate. She’s helped me out tremendously so far, and I know things will only continue to go up from here.

I know I had some more to say but I’m getting tired, so I’m gonna go crawl into bed, cuddle with Lilly, and try to get some sleep. Hope everyone had a good (and safe) weekend! Love ya’ll. Baci!

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Yep! I’m still around, of course, hehe. Just been INSANELY busy lately. This is just a super quickie blog for now, but I’ll make an insanely long update about everything that’s been going on either later tonight (if I’m still up, hah), or tomorrow for sure!

Ti amo; Baci (xoxo)!

Someone…uh, well, lets just say, “interesting” sent me an e-mail the other day asking if I have a boyfriend and what my personal life was like.

…I didn’t reply. Well, with what they were expecting. I simply answered a few basic questions and explained, as I do whenever asked about it, that my personal life is personal.

Do I have a boyfriend right now? No, I don’t. Am I straight? Yes, I am a heterosexual (but have no problem with anyone who isn’t and strongly support the gay community and 1,000% equal rights, including marriage and adoption).

That’s all ya need to know. I’ve never gone into the depths of my personal life because I’ve never seen or felt the need to. It’s MINE! Not your silly pants. Tee hee.

Anyway — my initial reason for opening WP! Lordy, it feels like I haven’t updated in forever. I know it’s been a good 3 months or so since a real post (eeeeeeeek!), but I just haven’t felt very motivated to update. …Probably because I know there’s so much updatin’ and new stuff I need to get done and put up. I kid you not, in my ‘Notes’ on my Sidekick, I literally have a list of some 15+ new ideas for the site — none of which I have even started on. I’m usually not much of a procrastinator except when it comes to school work, but lately I’ve been shoving everything to the side or puttin’ it on the back burner. Bad Liz! I think on February 1st I should make a “New Month Resolution”. Obviously my New Years Resolution already went down the toilet. Har Har.

Speaking of Sidekicks, I finally decided to part with my precious and bought a new one! (Insert shocking gasp here). I had initially narrowed my choices down to an iPhone, a DVF Sidekick 3, a Sidekick LX in blue, or a Sidekick Slide.

I quickly rationalized my thoughts and said, “…eh, fungul no!” to buying anything first generation, I couldn’t find any brand new DVF Sidekicks (everything on eBay was already used or damaged), and I don’t like the look and feel of the SKLX. But, the Slide. Oh how I love you, Slidey. So, I got one! And I LOVE it. I’m still getting used to a few features and the new design, but overall, it’s molto fantastico.

My next order of Sidekick business is to give Precious a preoper funeral (lmfao), and get my Slide SC’d (Swarovski crystal’d). Since NYCPeach just up and dissappeared, I’m still looking around for someone good and authentic, and so far Crystal Icing is looking good. I guess that’s where the celebs ran to when Peach died, so it’s good enough for me! I’m still deciding on a pattern and color scheme though, and we know how frickin’ long that took me to do last time with NYCPeach and my Sidekick II. Hahaha.

My trip to Disney with Mama was absolutely fantastic. I have some photos that I still need to upload, but you can see what I took with my Sidekick starting on this page on my Flickr! We both needed a vacation VERY badly, and Disneyland is definitely our ‘happy place’, heh. It’s just so insanely beautiful there at both parks around Christmas time. If you’re a Disneyland tripper but have yet to go in December, then get your ass down there at the end of this year! Between the decorations around the parks, hotels, the holiday parades, the Christmas fireworks show, the ’snow’, and Fantasmic!, it’s just…amazing. I will never, ever get sick of that place.

We got home from the trip about 2 weeks before Christmas. And man, was it the best Christmas EVER! Or at least one of them, haha. I got extra spoiled this year with a bottle of Dom Perignon! Hoorah for being 21! LOL. I got some more wonderful goodies as well, so I’ll post pictures on Flickr later today. I’ve got them ready, just got a ton to upload… :~\

Anywho, Lilly has been getting along with everyone (keep in mind, we have 4 other cats and 5 dogs at the moment, plus one foster dog!) so well lately, it’s astounding. I think what shocks me the most is Baby’s acceptance of her. She’s the alpha/dominant female cat in the house and always has been, so that had me worried. But she and Tibbies have actually let Lil join in on their morning ritual game of CHRLH, or my short term for their game that I’ve dubbed, ‘Chase, Hide, Run Like Hell’! LMFAO. It’s hillarious. They play it EVERY morning and I always wake up to either a cat pouncing on top of me while I’m asleep and scaring the crap out of me to the point where I think I may have pissed myself (hasn’t happened yet though, hahaha), or the sound of little kitty paws pitter-patterin’ and running up and down the hallway. It’s precious.

Expect a temp. new WP theme soon. I’m sick of this one and it’s full of errors that I need to fix and de-bug.

I’m gonna go try to get a few hours of sleep. Ciao tutti!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!

So I know I’ve been promising updates, and I can honestly say that I AM working on them as I type! I finally updated my Flickr, and will edit my photos and share this year’s Christmas stash with ya’ll later tomorrow. I’ll also post details about the trip and all sorts of other stuff. Pictures, etc, so keep checking back, and thanks for being patient with me! ILU all! Ciao tutti! xo