Pistols + Petals: Sweet dreams are made of thisss

I recently had an overwhelming TWO whole complaints about the lack of updates on this blog! Awesome. Who knew anyone even glanced at it other than myself? I created this baby as an alternative to writing in my paper journal, being as its the twenty-first century and all, ya know. This blog was a way for me to track the progress as well as the backsteps of my goals, dreams, etc. I also use it as a visual accompaniment for my shotty memory. Surprisingly though, my blog has proved theraputic and has spared me of having to retell some of the same things over and over. That said, lets get to it.

I have been in brooklyn for just over three months and it feels like I've been here for three years. So much has happened in such a short time span. I have had jobs, quit jobs, been denied jobs, created jobs. I have been piss poor, loaded, just fine and stable. I have been, quite literally, lost, found and accidentally in the right place. My whole experience has been one big contradictory rollercoaster of emotions and I not only appreciate it, but LOVE it......

(the sister and I looking like certified lunatics waiting for nicki minaj at the MAC store in times square last week. Well, not lunatics. But i picked the wrong day NOT to utilize a makeup brush)

Last week was kind of epic. This homesick thing was just starting to go away up until then. My mom, sister and my (practically) adopted sister came to the city to be with me for Thanksgiving and they were here for like a week and it completely threw me. I had a blast. I had so much of a blast, that I quit my job.... Seriously. Well, I guess I didn't reeeally quit out sheer excitement but it was a factor.

....Since you're reading this, Im going to assume that you know me in real life so you already know how much I absolutely hated my bloody job at um, Skateboard B (covering my ass here). It was a wretched hot mess, that place. It was starting to really mess with me. I remember one day I left work super upset and was STILL upset after my 35 minute rush hour trek home! No ma'am. And trust, I realize how bratty that sounds. Millions, if not most, feel this exact way everyday allday. I get it. I do. Really. But 1) I am not most people and 2) not for the circumstances this particular situation was under.

Explanation? Had it been Patricia Field, Marc Jacobs or Vogue and I had to deal with evil retail supremacists for pay that barely covers my iPhone bill, I would totally be down for it. Totally. Because those are places that I would entertain having a future with. Those are places that would provide unbelieveable experiences and opportunities. Skateboard B, however, is not that type of place. Forget hanging twenty tee shirts, I was gonna end up hanging mySELF if I stayed there! I have given so many people lectures about staying at jobs that werent going anywhere AND not paying well in my past! And here I was, being a big fat hypocrite. One of them should have slapped the shit OUT of me and some sense IN tome a very long three months ago. This was not me. So I had to go. And I did.

...and an even better audio/visual to express how I felt about it

So wrong. sorry. brooklyn is doin something to me. :)

Moving on...

So, yah. nicki minaj. i twitter-stalk her and found out she was doing the launch for her Pink 4 Friday lippie @ MAC-Times Square and forced my sis out of bed to go see the spectacle that is the Harajuku Barbie herself... Get this, the girl pulled up in a silver Maybach and a floor length white fur. In times square.

She,as well as the Barbz, were in full effect.

Needless to say, I definitely bought a copy of Pink Friday (even though I had already gotten the songs for free online) #groupieass lol. I have yet to listen to the entire thing because I cant get past:

and let me just say this; im soooo over everyones beef with this broad. folks just mad that she managed to adapt the best and learn from the worst of all the femcees before her while sprinkling in a alittle newness in there. AND IT WORKED. what other rapper is doing corny ass Jimmy Kimmel, killing on a Kanye/Jay song and selling almost 400K records first week?? Seriously. Who?...I'll wait.

Kanye outsold her but his ass got boo'd at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! He's winning right now but not by much. But thats a whole other story. Funny, the more that people are hating him, the more Im actually starting to like him.

Im a Lil Kim fan all day but she completely hoe'd herself with this diss record foolishness. Why would an established iconic entertainer such as herself even address a chick who (at the time) didnt even have a record out? Jay Z would never go at a Drake, or a Wiz Khalifa. Pointless.

Enough of that.

Last week I also got a dose of Carrie, Charolette, Miranda and Samantha. My sister is just as much a fan as I am so we dorkily wandered over to the Meatpacking District, Soho and the Village to..fantasize