earth to bella

Hungry Hungry Hippo

2011-11-15T14:40:00.000-08:00

I've been blogging since I was 14 and I never once stopped, until this very moment, to think about why the subject line or title is always before the actual blogging text box. What if you don't know what you're about to blog about? What if you accidentally title it something that has nothing to do with the content and then following protocol you hit "publish" and the readers are left somewhat in the dust?

I know, I'm completely ridiculous.

I shall call this post, "Completely Ridiculous."

Let's continue on this topic.

I recently (last night) came back to Houston from a quick trip to Chicago. It was wonderful! It snowed our first day there, we shopped down State Street, and most importantly, we ate. We ate so much food. Hot dogs, deep dish pizza, White Castle, and the list goes on. I felt like an elephant in a peanut buffet. Sure, I consciously think about my outward appearance when I am scarfing food in my mouth while my pants apply more and more pressure on my tubby belly, but I still feel that I can eat whatever I want.

Let's get one thing straight: I am not complaining about my weight or my outward appearance. I am actually quite content with how I look. But even the most confident of people have their insecurities and one thing I would love to work on is my diet and exercise. Making sure I stay healthy and have a fairly toned body is something I've always known I'd eventually have to keep up with.

I told myself, as soon as I get back home, I'm going to eat healthy and start working out. Sean literally just sent me a text message saying he wanted to go to the gym tonight. At work, I wrote down a list of delicious foods we could buy at the grocery store and cook instead of eating fast food all the time.

Is this completely ridiculous? Kind of. I'm a pig! I'm lazy, and I just give up on most projects.

Maybe this will be the one time I don't shelve this idea. Shelf this idea? I do want to start eating healthier.

It's probably not going to happen, but hey, then again, I won't post for possibly another year. We'll see then!

Twenty Eleven

2011-02-01T07:44:00.000-08:00

I feel as though I should not neglect any of the online journals that I keep, even if I do neglect some of the paper journals I still have. Perhaps, I have moved past that, as I look at the stack of journals sitting under my desk that are mostly all filled up.

Meanwhile, my life is busy with working in a restaurant. It upsets me that over a year after I have graduated from college, I am busting my ass for a quick buck that I tend to spend shortly after on food from the aforementioned restaurant. What a vicious cycle!

But this year, and this month, are a new for me. My family will be coming to town at different times of the month, and I look forward to their company to keep me going. They are, for me, motivation to keep on keepin' on.

The cold front has come through (I woke up for a split second from the sound of rain tapping on my window) and I must take a shower so I am not freezing outside when I work ALL DAY. Today and tomorrow. Oy.

I pray the jobs I have applied for respond. I pray that this is where I need to be. And if it is not, God I hope this journey to where I need to find my big girl job (if that is the future case in my life) that it ends soon or at least doesn't continue in the restaurant business the entire time.

WHOA, does that make sense? I don't have time to step back and read it.

Forgive me.

Encouragement.

Shower Power. Flower.

did you know?

2010-04-10T22:46:00.000-07:00

...I've done so many did you know's about myself that I struggle to find anything new about myself.

...I am a very organized person, but I am also a slacker & I procrastinate, so projects sometimes do not get finished. No, they do not get started.

...I am however very meticulous and I pay very close attention to detail. I could alphabetize a mess of papers in less than an hour.

...I love HTML. It's so time consuming and you have to pay close attention to the typing, but it gives me the greatest feeling of accomplishment. It is possible that completing a website in a few hours feels better than when I received my degree. Possible.

...I have a bachelors degree!

...My clocks are generally ahead by at least 4 minutes. I hate to be late.

...I have never smoked a cigarette. I did smoke a flavored one once, just a drag, so I don't really count it. What do you think?

...I am not happy with myself or where I am in life.

...I do not have a big enough closet, but I do not even have that many articles of clothing. My style has changed and I want to get rid of almost all my clothes, but then I'd literally have nothing to wear.

...I often live in a fairytale that I still think is real. I daydream way too much and it gets me into trouble. (No tickets here, Sandy)

...I honestly think my life is a big mess right now, and I'm afraid to take the reigns to clean it up.

...I can still smile, though.

I hope that's enough.

Testing.

2010-03-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am testing this to see if it works on my main page.

If it does, then success! If not, I will continue to work on it until you can read this on my website.

I am currently listening to the interlude on The Hush Sound's album "Goodbye Blues" and it's just so beautiful.

Enjoy your day.

It's raining men, 2010

2010-02-11T11:39:00.000-08:00

Wow, that was the worst title I have ever concocted. It is raining enough to create a man of water, and it is 2010, so ha!

My cousin just created a new blog for his class assignment and it reminded me of my blogspot. I apologize (like I always do when I abandon a blog for a long period of time) for not being around after April 2009. What an awful friend I am! So much has happened and you're sitting on the sands of the Interweb-world wondering, "What is going on with Monica? How is she doing?"

Well friend, here's the scoop.

I've graduated college.

That's it! ....in a nutshell. SO much has happened and I'm afraid I can't divulge it all to you today. Perhaps, I can with your hardback friend aka one of my journals/diaries.

Bottom line: Monica needs a job. This job will provide for me monetarily, which then will provide for all the other frivolous activities I'd like to pursue but cannot without the funds. Example: move out of mama's house, buy a new wardrobe, go to every concert I want, eat out on a daily.

Maybe after I can spend my money like a fat, snobby businessman, I can feel happy and motivated enough to stop going out to eat so I can run and lose weight and look pretty good in a bathing suit.

Who knows world, who knows.

Yours

Addicted to Rhett Titus

2009-04-22T08:50:00.001-07:00

Rhett Titus hugging me instead of giving me a hotel key card.

Old news, but...

Wrestlemania weekend was huge in Houston. For us, it was all about ROH. There's a huge story to go along with the entire experience, but every time I have tried to sit here and type it out, it's never the same as it was when it actually happened.

Some highlights include meeting some of the coolest guys ever, (and they were some of my favorite wrestlers), becoming a waitress for the night, only to have half the people not get any food (I blame the establishment), hanging out after the show with some of the wrestlers, even if I kept quiet because the first place sucked and I picked it.

It was an amazing weekend that had me out of sleep, but it was totally worth it. I hate to name drop so I won't...yet. :)

songs i will always enjoy

2008-07-01T21:40:00.001-07:00

"leader of men" - nickelback
"i wish" - carl thomas
"my way" - limp bizkit (don't judge me!)
"try honesty" - billy talent
"seeing red" - unwritten law (i thought the band was vendetta something lol)
"truly madly deeply" - savage garden (no matter how much i deny it at karaoke bars

more to come

what qualifies to be on this list? songs that i don't really like the artist's full library of work. just that one song.

*2010 EDIT: what an awful list of songs! good grief, self, this is embarrassing.

guy/girl names

2007-02-15T20:46:00.000-08:00

I love lists like these and I think about this kind of stuff all the time.

Shared Names
Ashley
Tracy/Tracey
Stacy/Stacey
Shannon
Lynn
Sam
Alex
Toni/Tony
Adrienne/Adrian
Dani/Danny
Cary/Carey/Kari/Kerri
Ryan
Bryce
Jamie
Jan
Andy
Drew

Different Versions
Dennis/Denise (and various spellings)
Danielle/Daniel
Alexander/Alexandra (Alejandro/Alejandra)
Dominic/Dominique
Michael/Michelle
Christopher/Christina
Andrew/Andrea
Samantha/Samuel
Gabrielle/Gabriel
Louise/Louis

celebrity middle initials

2007-02-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

inspired by my three named celebrities post, here are celebrities with a middle initial that makes them who they are :) basically I'm bored, and I want to surf IMDb all night.

william h. macy
john c. reilly

I'm having a harder time than I thought. Like the three named celebs post, this will always be updated.

three-named celebs

2006-02-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

jennifer love hewitt
chad michael murray
billy bob thornton
johnathan taylor thomas
katie holmes cruise
david allen greer
joey lauren adams
mary-kate olsen
philip seymour hoffman
michael clarke duncan
sarah jessica parker
brian austin green
johnathan rhys meyers
jennifer jason leigh
david hyde pierce
julia louis-dreyfus
seann william scott
mary-louise parker
tommy lee jones
kathie lee gifford
haley joel osment
neil patrick harris
debra jo rupp
jamie-lynn sigler/discala
joseph-gordon levitt
jamie lee curtis
carrie-anne moss
helena bonham carter
sacha baron cohen
bryce dallas howard
thomas haden church
anthony michael hall
sean patrick flannery
amy jo johnson
christopher mintz-plasse

always updated

viva la raza

2005-11-15T09:38:00.000-08:00

You know since our stolen cable is no longer stolen, I have to wait the next day to watch recaps of Monday Night Raw. Eddie Guerrero was awesome, and it's so sad that he passed away. Watched the videos and looking at the pictures just makes me cry. I wish I could have watched it last night. Latino Heat <3333

See, I still love wrestling. :(

english as a second language

2005-11-14T19:19:00.000-08:00

here are some words that people don't know how to spell, but should. (correct spelling in parenthesis)

awsome - (awesome)
wierd - (weird)
appriciate - (appreciate)
anniversery - (anniversary)
alot - (a lot) *it's actually two words
dose - (does) *believe it or not, I still have a friend who spells it this way.
tierd - (tired) *same friend spells this word wrong too.
belive - (believe) *omg this one is just frustrating.
calandar/calender - (calendar) *i used to put two e's. wow!
definately - (definitely) *I ALWAYS SPELL THIS WORD WRONG.
seperate - (separate) *I might have misspelled this once or twice.

and let's never forget the favorites...

your instead of you're
(your stupid - I just love when people type that.)
their, they're, there. (really? this is just so easy to learn)
it's and its. (...it's like adding the apostrophe s to a name!)

now this is just hilarious.

library - It may be as enjoyable as a berry patch but that isn't the way it is spelled. That first [r] should be pronounced, too.

from this website.

probably the funniest thing i've seen, an old friend used to type, "I am so pisst."

ohhh there's just nothing I can say.

this list will continue to grow.

Let's check it out.

2004-09-30T16:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't used blogger in a long time. Dang. I almost miss it. Any type of automatic blogger for me will work. I've got em all. I'm just not clever enough to post in this. So, forgive.

I don't know what that "So, forgive." was all about.

I.