Im still here!!!

Woo Hoo!!! I wasn't ready to leave so I put up a fight... or figured how to come up with one more months rent =) And thus I'm still frantically looking for a job so this rent payment can be made in the future, enabling the idea of going anywhere far from this place! *unless it is for a short period of time where I return to my humble abode in Brooklyn safe and sound!
So along with the searching endlessly for a job, I tend to take a few breaks in the wonderful Union Square. I stop to read, eat and intake its surroundings, which in short never cease to humor me! The other day there was a bum, who was walking around with a sign that read 'I need money for beer'- hey atleast he is honest. Well a group decided their change worthy of such honestly and the guy ended up hanging around for far longer than was welcomed. He told stories of stealing, how he can't get arrested, and how his friend got a concussion when they broke in for a nap. He would only break in between to chug a shot from the plastic vodka bottle he had. Hilarious! This guy was WAISTED! He had a few jokes up his sleeve as well! Finally the group was the one who got up and left and I went back to being able to read with no distraction. ahhh... I love it!
Anywho... Im still crossing my fingers for a few places to call me back! and hopefully they will next week if not I have a hopeful interview already set for next week =) so keeping my chin up and thinking positively... for now... later gator...
M

less than two weeks in counting...

Sadly, in less than two weeks, I will be leaving the city I have fallen so madly in love with... and I haven't even seen most of what it has to offer! Anyone have ideas on how to make $1700 in 2 weeks?!? I went on another open call extravaganza yesterday- found 7 and made it to 6- damn me for leaving my resumes at the first one and realizing it going to the only one that was only an hour long-awsome! but no worries, the 6 hopefuly will bring something good. but then again, I have done this before and the interviews seem great, they write little notes, say they are putting this one aside, and then they never call... but trying to remain positive... and hoping the few that were good will call-plus a few didn't seem to crowded as excpected so maybe its a better chance. I might attempt a few more days of this to improve my chances as well... gotta do some research on the good ol faithful-Craigslist- and hope i recieve some much needed subway fare. I definately went ALL over the city yesterday, and they all seemed to perfectly go from one end to the other.(or midtown to downtown).. got off at houston atleast 2 different times, went to south ferry for the first time and re-submitted my resume to one open call I recognized walking to in hells kitchen-hey maybe they will recognize my resume and give me a shot...

I wish I had my selling licence, I'd set up shop in Union Square.. sell random shit... things Ive made and collected cause I don't know how to really sell them... i.e. embroidered tops, a calendar, collaged shit and handbags... random... I know! Maybe one day I will just go out there with my suitecase and try until a cop asks me for the selling licence and then just play dumb... Im a girl... it can work right?!?!

Today, on the other hand of being productive in my search to stay in NY-which I wasn't, I walked, yes WALKED, to the Brooklyn Bridge Park. I was shooting for the Brooklyn Promonade, but decided the park would do. So yeah, definately walked down Flushing ave the entire way, wasn't sure if that was a smart idea before I left, but I figured it was mid-day and I'd be fine-plus I clipped my pepper spray in my pocket just in case. It actually wasn't soo bad... yeah the first few blocks looked like rundown warehouses-which they probably were.. and after the few neighborhoods I wouldn't be caught dead in if it was night time... it turned into a predominant orthodox jewish area(obvious by the guys with top hats and curls and every lady in a long ankle length skirt, hoes, flats and 90% pushing mini versions of either of the previous descripitons around in a stoller). Then... it was nice downtown brooklyn area/prospect hieghts.
all in all a good walk, but defiantly not one I would take past 5 pm. It was a beautiful day out too! damn the hot dog guy for not being open, but still sat and read on the dock and had a good time.

till the next time.... peaceout cub scout!

damn you horoscopes...

So I know you should never read into you horoscope too much... they are never right anyways... right?!? Im not huge on following them strictly, but every so often I do check it. and might I say, the myspace and facebook ones sometimes scare me they are so on(more so than not)!

todays facebook one: You really want something, but you can't afford it, and it's bad for you. Think about it. . (direct copy and paset!!!!!!!!)

and a few days ago there was something about how I tried something and it just isn't working out, better luck next time....

oh and btw, I still have yet to find a job and quite possibly might have to move back to GA cause I can't afford NY... CRAZY! what can I say, I tried NY and it just doesn't seem to be working out this time... but I plan on coming back if I do leave... and maybe just maybe I will have better luck?!?!?!?!?!?!
I keep on trying to deny this fact, because I want NY soooooo bad. and these damn horoscopes, true or real or not, just make me realize what I need to be realizing!

DAMN you horoscopes!!!!!

OH and PS... ITs fashion week and it has been crazy around the office! late nights and weekends, oh what fun... the sad thing is I really don't mind it, just making me realize yet another fact... If you love what you do, you don't mind doing it when it gets all crazy... I'm so ment for this indusrty- it takes dedication and love for something to work your ass off for 5 months with no pay.... for shizzle!

peace out <3

My happy place...

"just find your happy place" - good advice to anyone in need of a smile, an escape, or really anything you want it to be. my new happy place is the barnes and noble store in union square. lame. kind of. but its easier than getting a library card in new york apparently(i've heard a story of how it took a few months for someone to obtain theirs, and I am not sure I will even have the chance to still be here if that is the case =/) so I opt for the 4 stories-yes 4 floors of books and more- of my happy place =) Its crazy how many other people are actually doing the same thing. I didn't actually think you were able to just sit down in a book store and read a book without buying it. but they even have chairs and just ask that you don't sit in the isle. Crazy! and I have one day sat there for hours and pretty much read an entire book. yeah, I don't think I finished the last 25 pages... but there is always the next time I go. Today I picked up three different books to see which one I was going to end up purchasing, for the fact that I have already finished my book I purchased friday(thanks to all the errands I run and needing to be on the subway so much for my commute...). The one I ended up picking thankfully is a bit longer. So far into it Im liking it. Its interesting, called 'an arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england'....


did I mention I need a job/life?!?! I miss tampa... well... I miss the comfort of knowing my area, and all my friends.... -damn- just think happy place...


oh wait... happy place is closed =/

Re-GrandOpening.. scratch that... Revival *Tah Dah*

ok ok I admit, I'm horrible with this thing.... but I want to revive it! I will write in it... I'm still an intern and damn hoping my time for free will pay off soon... but for now I'll vent, rave and ramble of life as an intern(still) and life in general in NYC....

YAY!

So fashion week is upon us... and stress levels are high, hours are longer and Rebecca is back(one thing that was not mentioned in the abise of what should have been a blog... Rebecca had her baby a few days before Christmas, and didn't come back till last Monday. lets just say YAY for no more trips to Brooklyn to drop things off between RT's house and the stylist's house... just to keep her in the loop while on maternity leave)!! So on top of getting the runway looks together, everyone is updating RT on the fall line, samples that have come in, approvals that are needed... so on and so forth... geesh... this is one time I'm happy I'm not one of the designers. Ok... honestly right now I would rather be one than not... but whatchya gonna do... I'm still free labor(picture fake smile here). Today it somewhat started to get to me. the whole not getting paid, doing crappy jobs-errands and copies on the top of that list- and running up and down stairs for what seems to be just lazy people. I get it. but still... is it too hard to go make a copy of that yourself... seriously!!! and to be honest I guess this is a normal feeling, but it really hasn't happened often. I might say I have only gotten this way maybe one other time maybe twice(which is a good thing.... right?!?!) It probably doesn't help that I have still yet found a job that actually does pay and still in MAJOR need of one! Still trying to think positive. but I guess it gets to ya every once in a while.
I'm still phoneless- yet another missed blog... went out one night, got way too drunk for my own good(beet salad for dinner prob. didn't help) and left my purse at a bar #3. yeah totally my fault, and it didn't help that I told people I had a black purse while they looked for it when in all reality I had a teal one... yeah... I'm the idiot for that night, or as my roomie likes to put it... I was 'that girl'. p.s. it is never good to be 'that girl'! you make fun of 'that girl' on the train b/c she is so drunk... or the one falling over she is so drunk... yeah... I pretty much was... (using hand quotes and all) 'that girl'...
any who... hoping to get it back ASAP! my life has been incomplete without it... sadly(and it doesn't help with the interviewing process either! that is for sure!!!)
on the job hunt trail... if you have ever been to an open call for a job... multiply it by 5 and then you have an open call in NY. YAAAAY. been on too many to count. But luckily... I hope... I finally might have something. I might be a Coyote at the original Coyote Ugly =D I'm pretty stoked! I would rather be bartending that sitting in a 9-5 somewhere crossing my fingers I had a job tomorrow... plus yeah its a recession, but people will still drink, and it helps that there is a movie about the bar, so needless to say we will have tourists if not regulars! but still not sure... crossing my fingers. gotta make a few phone calls tomorrow too to check up on my resume stats. joy!

alright. enough for now. if you are still reading, I commend you for not falling asleep! yet I hope its not that unbearable!

for more fun stay tuned. I promise I'll do better updating this time around...
till then. peace out cub scout!