Long Time Comin’

Okay, so I’ve been slacking majorly on the posting lately, and for those of you that actually enjoy and look forward to readin’ my blog, I apologize. I’ve just been so busy...having FUN! On that note, I’ll fill you in on the day by day activities since I last left you (this is gonna be long, so at least I’m making up for my absence!)...which I believe was about two weeks ago, on a Thursday night.

I met up with Brandi that night, at Humphreys. We snagged a table and ordered drinks and some food. Another regular, we’ll call him ‘C’ was there, and standing at our table rehashing my err…tequila-driven actions from the previous weekend. In, walks one of his friends, ‘J’ and he’s with a girl, that I immediately recognize as familiar. I’m not exactly sure HOW I know her, but I’ve got an idea. They sort of pass by the table, and head to the bar, speaking to ‘C’ in the process. Drink in hand, the girl moseys over from the bar, to our table, pulls out the chair beside me, and sits down. She introduces herself as “Lo” to Brandi, and then to me. I respond with… “don’t I know you already?”

She sort of stares at me a couple seconds and then exclaims; “MP!”

*NOTE: MP are the initials of my ex.

Now, it’s confirmed how I know her. I’ll give you a little background information. There were three instances that I’d run into this girl. I dated a guy last year for about two or three months. From one day, to the next, things went from near perfection, to...just, I don’t know. We suddenly went from hanging out every single day and every single night (I mean, I may as well have been living with him, that’s how often I was there, the only time I wasn’t, was when I was at work, or, getting more clothes from home), to barely communicating, much less hanging out. He had some underlying issues that I guess he needed to deal with, to this day, I’m not sure. ANYWAY, he explained to me that he didn’t feel as though he had anything to offer anyone right now...and I’m too nice a girl to...blah blah blah. Now, given that explanation, you can imagine my surprise when one night I was walking a friend to her car after a night at Humphreys, and we’re laughing and joking on the way to the car, and we run into another girl who sort of began to joke with us…it went something like this…

[insert random laughter/jokes]
Me to aforementioned girl: girl, do you even know where you’re parked???
Girl: [laughing] ohh, I didn’t drive, MP did.

At which point, I think my face sort of fell. And I’m guessing it showed.

Girl: Uh oh…do you know him?

Before I could even respond, a few yards away, walking down the sidewalk, is MP. He throws up one arm and says; “yo, let’s go” …I don’t know if he saw me, or not. Off she walked in his direction, they got in his car, and that was that. I was, well, livid. I felt like I’d been lied to…like he hadn’t been forthcoming about why we’d broken up. I should’ve let it go, but, I felt that I deserved the truth…and, well, I’d been drinking, so, I called him. He didn’t answer of course, I left him a message. He called me back much later that morning, around 4 in the morning, I was asleep. He called again later that day. I missed both calls. I called him back, he didn’t answer. We played phone tag like that for a while.

About 2 weeks later, on a Sunday night, at my best-friend’s urging, I text him to see if he was out. Turns out he was. I ended up going to the bar he was at, so that we could finally talk. Beforehand, I asked if he was out alone, and he said he wasn’t. I wasn’t going to go after that, but he kept texting asking if I was coming. So I asked if it was going to be alright with whoever he was with, if I were to show up. He assured me it’d be fine, in fact, his exact response was “f*** yeah.” So I show up, turns out he’s with the parking lot girl, and another one of his girl friend’s, ‘K’ (this one, I know). We step outside to talk…at one point, he’s got to use the restroom, so he excuses himself. It was pretty cold out, so after a couple of minutes, I decided to wait for him inside…at which point, I realized I needed to go to the bathroom, which was located down in the basement. As I’m going down the stairs, he and the parking lot girl were coming up. I could tell that there was some tension between them. From the bathroom, I could hear them talking on the steps, but I couldn’t make out what they were saying. When I ascended from the steps, they were both standing in front of the door…he sort of threw his hands up, and she walked out. A few minutes later, I think he went after her, he was gone a long while before he came back.

The third instance, was on Halloween night, which was about a week later. I was walking down the sidewalk towards Humphreys, when on the other side of the street, I thought I spotted Mike. I ask Laura if that’s him… “yep, that is Mike.” We make it across the street and are walking towards him, he’s with parking lot girl and ‘K’ again. Laura says “Hiiiiiii Mike” and I say “Yeah, hi Mike”….he speaks or whatever, and parking lot girl says “hiiiiiiiii Mike” in this mocking voice. It made me SO mad. I avoid confrontation because I just am not into drama (though it seems to follow me), but I was ready to confront this girl that night. Laura sort of dragged me into Humphreys, so no other words were exchanged.

I didn’t see her again after that. Until Thursday night two weeks ago, when she sat down at our table. More on that…

So we start talking about the night we met in the parking lot, which, she doesn’t really remember. We talk a little about MP, just generally, nothing in depth. And then we just shoot the sh!t about nothing in particular. Turns out she’s a pretty awesome and fun person. So much in fact, that when Brandi and I prepared to leave Humphrey’s, to head down to Sammy’s, we asked her if she wanted to join us, which she did. We partied hard that night, and I paid for it Friday…felt like crap all day long, lol. **Will Insert Pix Later**

Ah, that Friday night, I didn’t do anything, just spent the night recovering from the night before. Saturday, I headed down to Birmingham for a Real World open casting call @ Zydeco. It wasn’t as much fun as the one I’d attended in Nashville a couple years ago (you can read about that, here http://www.xanga.com/LostTrezher/36616252/item.html), but maybe because I was by myself. They were supposed to have been doing call backs that night, for the following day, but I didn’t receive one so, no Real World for me, lol. After the casting call, I drove about an hour and a half, to Prattville to catch Michael’s show @ The Blue Iguana. Great show, not a great crowd or location, but as far as the talent goes, Michael and the boys never disappoint.



RW Casting Call @ Zydeco-Birmingham, AL-02.02.08




Michael Warren Band @ The Blue Iguana-Prattville, AL-02.02.08






Sunday night, Lo called me and said she was meeting up at Crossroads with MP, E (a good mutual friend of mine), and E’s gf and wanted to know if I wanted to meet up with them. After making sure she’d cleared it with MP, I agreed. We all hung out, and oddly enough, it wasn’t awkward at all. Even after E, E’s gf, and MP left, Lo and I hung out for the rest of the night. I ended up crashing at her place, and went to work the next morning in some clothes her roommate provided me, lol.



Monday was spent recovering again.

Tuesday, I went to vote after work, woohoo! And later that night, Lo and I headed downtown for the Mardi Gras events. Boy, what a night. I guess there were two things that sort of stood out about that night. The first, was Lo & I running into MP out on a date. The irony never ceases…on top of that, at some point, I think Lo suggested we go bug MP for a drink (this was at a bar, so it wasn’t a romantic date anyhow)…what should have been an awkward moment (but wasn’t at all...which is weird), followed, it went something like this:

Lo: let’s go get MP to get us a drink
Me: what? no…plus he’s on a hot date
Brandi: man, f*** a MP
Lo: [looks at me] we already did that!

And then we burst into hysterical laughter. Wow, just wow. The second thing that happened involved a straw thief (yeah, so you know it’s gonna be interesting). This is what happened…

I'd brought both of us these super cool blue bendy straws (can be seen in photos). So, we both have our straws…and then, suddenly, only I have my straw. We eventually figured that she must have dropped hers when she was giving me a piggy back ride up the stairs (uh, don't ask). So we go back downstairs to look for it. We spot a guy and a woman (and I say woman, because this wasn't like…some teeny bopper here), and the woman, is holding our straw. So we walk over and POLITELY ask if they happened to have found that straw. The guy openly admits he found it. The woman says "if both of you kiss him, then I'll give it back" …I'm like…wtf, why should we have to do ANYTHING to get something back that already belongs to us?? (not to mention, why is she trying to get us to kiss the guy SHE is with..freaking weirdo). We go back and forth, because obviously, we're not gonna bend, and neither is she. I eventually get fed up with the back n forth banter, and I say "forget this, let's go get Larry" (security, whom I know very well). So, Lo and I go and explain to Larry, the whole situation, we follow him back to where this woman is. Now HE'S going back and forth with her…she keeps saying "this is MY straw…I know the law…I know the law…blah blah blah" (apparently, she knows the law, lol). At this point, to me, it's not longer about the straw, it's like…you KNOW this does not belong to you, why are you hoarding it? I was SO pissed…so I made a move to snatch the straw out of her hand, but she had some sort of intense Hong Kong Phooey Kung Fu Grip on it…I couldn't wrestle it out of her hand, so then we BOTH had the kung fu grip going. She's yelling "you're assaulting me, you're assaulting me…I know the law (of course)"…Lo pulls me away, and tells me to just forget about it. The woman is not content with just giving us the straw back, but she's okay with Larry MAKING her throw it away (guess she figured if she couldn't have it, none of us would—she was wrong), at which point, Lo retrieved it out of the trashcan, gave it to the bartender who sanitized and rinsed it off and gave it back to us. Never a dull moment, I swear. Oh, and Larry kicked the chick out (which we cleverly avoided, lol), yaaay! Team RoLo wins again! After Crossroads, we went back to Humphreys, and then from Humphreys to 3rd Base and then finally, home. **Will Insert Pix Later**

I don’t remember doing anything Wednesday night, probably recovering again. Thursday night was the official ladies night as usual. This time, it was me, Lo, Lil Bit, Brandi, Lauren, Toni, and Toni’s friend Jane. Awesome time, as usual. Too awesome of a time I think, I paid for it Friday…I was an hour and 10 minutes late! Oops. It was okay though, I didn’t get into any trouble, they (the bosses) actually thought it was funny “soooo, what’d YOU do last night Robyn? Need some aspirin?” Like I keep tellin’ ya, alcohol is the devil, lol.

Speaking of Friday, and pay...I got my first check on Friday, wooooooooooot! I can't even describe to you how fulfilling it is, to receive a check that I worked for...ya know? That's one helluva feeling. Sitting at home and collecting unemployment was nice for a while, but, there's nothing like having EARNED money. Oh, and even better, I get paid weekly, woooooooooooot!!! Like McDonald's, I'm lovin it!

Ah, Friday night, I didn’t get into anything. I stayed at home taking my [micro]braids down for my appointment Saturday morning. After my appointment, I dropped my car off to get my new speakers installed (yeeeeeyuuuuh) and then spent the rest of the day riding around with my mom. We found a 1bdrm condo that I’m super excited about! I’m supposed to go look at it today after work, hopefully it’ll be my future home! Saturday night, I met up with Lil Bit downtown @ Humphreys. We hung out there a while waiting for Lo to show, so that we could all go to the NFL party @ Crossroads…which she never did show, lol. Lil Bit and I opted to NOT go to the party when we found out it was gonna be $20, I’m sorry, but I’m not paying that to see the same folks I can see around town for free. So instead we headed to The Horse…where Brandi, her friend with blue hair, and eventually LO, met up with us. Afterwards, Lo and I went to Ihop, where we had a jolly ol’ time and a good meal…and finally, I arrived home a few minutes after 5am. **Will Insert Pix Later**

Sunday (yesterday), I slept until 2pm (can you blame me?). Then I got up, cleaned n stuff, and caught the 4:15 showing of “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” with mom and sis. It was an ‘aight’ movie, I didn’t think it was as funny as I’d expected it to be, especially with Martin, Monique, Cedric the Entertainer, AND Mike Epps being in it. First Sunday was much, much funnier. I halfway watched/listened to the Grammy’s…weren’t Kanye’s performance and speech amazing??? I also thought Amy Winehouse performed really well…and need I even SAY how much I loved Alicia Keys’ and John Mayer’s performance. I love that man ya know? 
Other than that, I posted a new youtube video. Not doing anything special, lol, in fact I just did a lip sync of one of my favorite songs, Kissin’ You by Des’ree (the original version/artist that INSPIRED Beyonce’s version—which I also like, for the record). Here it is (check out them actin' skills, can you feel the emotion I emit, or CAN YOU FEEL THE EMOTION I EMIT??!??!! lol):







I’m trying to think if there’s anything else I’ve left out…that should pretty much bring you up to speed on everything. Oh yeah, I’m headed to St.Louis Friday after work, for the weekend. It’s Candice’s birthday, yaaaay. We’re finna do it up real big, be sure to check for pix next week. Also, we’re planning to get tatted together while I’m there. I’m getting a musical scale, across the length of the inside of my left wrist. Above the scale will be the words “Music Is” and below the scale “My Boyfriend”. I think Candice is gonna get hers on her ankle, and I think she's getting a butterfly with the caption of "If I Had Wings..." (which was my idea, chea!). I can't wait!

One other thing, I ordered a new comforter set, can't wait for it to get here, the one I have now is long overdue to be replaced, peep the new ish!


Um, yeah, so, that's it. I'm not sure what's on the agenda tonight, but obviously after an entry THIS long, I won't be posting again tonight..maybe tomorrow. Love ya'll!

YOUTUBE VID OF THE Day-because I love me some Cory & Dondrea!!!






RMwaaaaah!

SSS, out!


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2 notes:

Anonymous said...

Lol ok where do i start...ummm Damn chick the run in with this parking lot chick is funny, when it comes to the part where u said you wanted to know the truth about the real reason yall split, i feel u 100%....it like a closure thing and then you'll be good once u can get the answers. anyway you didnt tell me about the kong fu grip, i laughed sooo hard when i saw that u stupid!!! the youtube vid OMG, actually those are the only words i can say to that...the second one, do you know them? They are good.

Anonymous said...

It's been a long time coming is all I can say, and you already know my opinion on d matters at state.. OH yeah!! I SAW THE STRAW CHIC WALK PASS THE STUDIO!! It was a couple days ago, but I know it was her from that hair and hideous purse..LMAO
N E Way on my way to work ttyl