I'm BAAACK!!

Well, so much for me not neglecting this thing....i will do my best to update.
July, 2006-
Well, lets see.,for the 4th, jakes friend ryan had a party at his house!! Jake and his cousin were the house band for the night!!


it was awesome!! on July 7th i made the move back to fresno. I quickly began to spend lots of time with Jake. And spent very little time on the job hunt. In mid july we took a trip to san francisco for my friend amies bday. We saw the fray at the fillmore!! It rocked!!! At the end of the month we went to cayucos for jakes friends yearly trip. We had a blast!!!

So....that pretty much sums up july. August -moved along rather quickly. Much to my chagrin, i reluctantly got a job at cool hand lukes bartending. In mid august jake and i celebrated our 3 month anniversary. My first anniversary spent with a special someone. At the end of august i made my annual trip to minnesota!! i went the last week of aug. first few days of september. I got to see devan and the girls. We made a visit to the minnesota state fair. I ate cheese curds. They sound way worse than their mouthwatering taste. Its just like cheesesticks, xcept WAY better!!!! There was a shitload of people there. Holy crap, i didnt even know there were that many people IN minnesota!! In September- i said the dreaded three word phrase i never thought id hear myself utter.....I LOVE YOU!!!! EEEEEKKKKK!! i know!!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT EITHER!!!!! But, its true. Im in love. I never thought id feel the way i do about jake. But, im thankful everyday that i have him in my life .Also, in september my mom got engaged!! To a 74 old jehovahs witness. I dont even know what to say to follow that sentence. I dont think its really even possible. so, i guess, ill just move on. I saw the movie little miss sunshine with my sis, and jake. INCREDIBLE!!! its definitely a MUST SEE!!! So far october has been pretty mellow. Dre's wedding is next weekend. Im in it. Although im really stoked for her...im in it, that means i have to wear a dress!! BLEEECHHHT!!! the next weekend. ive somehow volunteered myself to dress in egyptian garb for my cousins 8th birthday party. gotta love family!!! Then its halloween!! jakes birthday is in the beginning of november. we're hoping to take a trip up to tahoe. i really miss it up there!!!

Neglect is a four letter word.

I realize its been a criminal 4 months since my departure from blogging. I actually feel guilty for committing said crime. I know excuses are like assholes, we all have them and yes, they ALL stink. So, i wont even attempt to give a lame ass excuse. (cuz really, that, at its best, is all it would amount to) I will merely suggest an acceptance of my sincerest apologies. And, unlike the err made in my last post, i wont promise to keep up the blogging, i will simply vow to make it more of a priority. ( as much of a priority as eating, sleeping, and drinking are. which means, i SHOULD be doin this shit pretty much all the time) So, what to tell, what to tell.....i guess ill start where i left off. it was valentines day (yet another excuse to purchase mass amounts of chocolate, the day after of course, no way im paying full price for freakin chocolate shaped hearts!!) and i was alone (insert"awww" of sympathy) and i had to work!! As if werent shitty enough having to deal with this purely commercial holiday ( i mean really, who actually knows the story behind st. valentine? anyone...anyone...bueller?) alone. I have to serve cheesy couples who insist on cuddling and smooching in my presence. Gross!!! So, yeah, february was a pretty chill month. i went down to fresno for mardi gras( what a culture shock that was, i actually had to pay a COVER at a bar in FRESNO, for MARDI GRAS!!! i was not a happy camper!!) what else....oh, a group of my friends came up to hang, that was really cool!! In march, i started hangin more with my coworkers. I've met some really kick ass peeps. So, yeah, in march i went down to fresno for moms bday. At the end of the month my friend jake came up to visit. After that visit, jake and i started talking alot....but, ill get to that in a bit...where were we....so, april...umm...lets see in april i went to reno for my friend jamies bachelorette party. 14 chicks...all of whom work in the service industry, a lot of crown royal, and getting apprehended by casino security (after a chippendales show, mind you) at which point we were told our shirts were "offensive to customers", we were at a male NUDE revue!!! talk about hypocrisy!!! my friends rene and richie came up at the end of the month i spent a couple weeks in fresno....went to a giants game, spent some time in san francisco with jake. i spent the first three weeks of may in tahoe...sober....it was quite refreshing. jake and i started getting pretty serious. i couldnt believe it...i actually like this guy!! and even stranger...he likes me back!!! i went down to san diego for a few days to hang with my family. then i went back to fresno for my friend jays 30th birthday. after that trip i came back to tahoe and jason and i decided our time in tahoe was done. i decided to move back to fresno and pursue my own business opportunites. so, i quit my job at cabo wabo. i went back to fresno at the beginning of june and stayed for a couple weeks. my friend jamescame to fresno to visit. i attempted to begin the job search process ( by attempt i mean, i exerted very little to no effort!!). now im back in tahoe. we have to be out of the house by july 7th. so, thats that. you are pretty much caught up with the life of janice, up to this point. now, about this boyfriend thing. i just have this thing. i know you're not supposed to compare relationships, new ones to old ones. but, how can you not? i mean, ive definitely learned alot from those past experiences, and (few as they may be) i really have nothing else to base my knowledge on....so, my deal is, well, its basically a fear, i guess. a fear of the whole "label". making it (the relationship) official scares me. i mean, REALLY scares me!! i guess what it comes down to is that, from what i know to be true in relationships, a label brings about, lies. lies, and deceit. my two least fave things in life!! i know i have to just suck it up and take a leap of faith. i have to trust what we have (which is awesome, i never knew it could be this awesome!!) to be real. i have to trust my feelings as well as jakes. i have to trust jake. it sounds so simple. im reading what ive written and im like, why is this even an issue? ive made him wait, for the label. and he has, patiently waited. oh my gosh...I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!!! alert the presses!!!! adios!!!

heart day...shmart day!!!

so...its valentines....yet another day that im reminded how many people i love!!! also another day that reminds me how happy i am to be single!!!! i mean really....theres just too much pressure on this day for people that are in a relationship!! i mean really!!! plus...theres just way too much chocolatey flowery cheesiness!!! not that i wouldnt mind if ya sent me either of those!! so...sorry ive been neglecting the bloggish!!! ive been working at cabo EVERYDAY for the past two weeks!! i finally have a day off tomorrow!! thank god!!! ive been real busy with work and socializing!! ive met some really kick ass people here!!! i love it!!! friends have been coming to visit....the weather is still amazing!! all and all im a pretty freakin happy camper!!!! everyones really cool up here....its kinda like i just belong here!!!! a feeling i havent felt in awhile.....i luv living with jason.....im gonna be helping him out with his company....which is awesome!!! its crazy...we've been friends for so long....i never woulda guessed wed end up being roommates!!! so...ill be throwing some pics up.....sorry for the neglect....i wont let it happen again!!!


me and paula!!!




work training....yeah...im fast AND flawless!! haha!!

Id rather be snowed on than snowed in!!!!

Ive felt all dressed up with nowhere to go before...a story i dont intend to tell...but this past saturday nightbrought whole new meaning to that phrase.....jason had friends in town for the weekend (they actually came up to buy ferrets....a subject ill touch on later in this post!!) we had all decided to go out just for a couple of drinks (yeah....ive said that before!!!) since the boys were going to ride in the morning....after getting all gussied up (which...is no small task...we're talking at least an hour!!) and deciding who would drive to the bar (its only about a mile and a half!!) we ventured outside....which is when the weather reared its ugly head!!! you see....it had been snowing all day...and, although i was perfectly aware of the snow...we actually attempted to put chains on as we were driving around town....i somehow just assumed that when it was time for us to leave...we could just...ya know, leave....not so much...after measuring 17 inches on the TOP of my car....and spending about a half hour attempting to remove said 17(at the same time dialing the cab co..which, by the way, didnt even answer the stinkin phone...i mean, i understand ur freakin busy...but, ur not even gonna answer...thats just ridiculous...i now realize i have to venture out and find my own personal cab driver....just call me miss daisy!!)we all came to the realization that we were stuck....unbelievable...we were actually "snowed in"!!! i mean, ive heard of this absurdity before...but, i didnt think it actually happened...i mean, just the simple fact that its the year 06....all the different modes of transportation, and technology....and people actually get "snowed in"....its preposterous...i mean, if i want to go to a bar, the fact that its snowing should not be the reason for my inability to get to said bar!!!! this is definitely a pain in the ass...not to mention, the damaging effect it will have on my social interactions.....ok, im still just pissed cuz i didnt get to go to the bar...but still, it is pretty lame....so, yeah, we drove to reno(it was snowing...it took us, altogether, there and back, almost 5 hours in the car!!!not cool!!!) so jasons friends could buy their pungent, puny ferrets...eeeeewwww!!!! i really just dont get it!!! and im not even gonna try to get it either!!!! i mean, there are sooooo many other things you could have as a pet....a ferret??!!!?? come on!!!! anyhoo.....that completes my rant for now!! peaaace!!

Thought Id throw some pics up on here...this is my roommate jason(he refuses to smile in pics!!) on nye in tahoe!!!

yeah..i think the pic pretty much says it all!!! only in tahoe does pizza seem like a good idea at 4 in the am!!!

this past weekend some of the homies from the 'no were in town....nuff said!!!

this is alex...he looks like val kilmer!!!!

brett and sara are the cutest couple ever!!! i heart them!!!!

its funny...ive been coming up here for years and years....it never seemed as breathtaking as it was at this moment...i was driving and had to pull over and snap some photos... the next morning i realized...its awesome...every day!!!

home sweet home

Well....here i am....as i sit here typing i have, pretty much a kick ass view of the california side of heavenly mountain...on a clear night i can see the lights of the night runs illuminating the white on the mountain.....natural beauty is a very mesmerizing thing....its almost...intoxicating, oh, actually thats probably the cocktail im consuming...so far its been a smooth transition...this city is different from new orleans in the respect that it has that cozy small town feel, and the same in the whole, party your ass of all night long way...im trying to focus on the former rather than the latter...easier said than done!!! so far i havent met many people, jason and i both had friends in town the first weekend...this past weekend a whole slew of fresnans were here...so, i havent really sought out new friends...i did meet a couple cool guys....one sort of took a liking to me and im currently milling over exactly how to say i just want to be friends, and actually JUST be friends....also, easier said than done...i mean, in my experience, ive found when one uses that phrase they almost never actually mean it...so, im pretty sure the wording will have to be different so as not to give that whole "blow off" feel....wow, only been here a week and a half, and im already having to let em down easy......im not sure if thats a good thing....but, it has been awhile since ive been the blower, and not the blowee....(i just chuckled out loud while typing that!!!thats good shit right there....compliments of captain morgan and diet coke!!!)well, my faithful following(me laughing...at myself...again!!!)i hope that 06 has proven to be as promising for yall as it has for me...good night, and good luck(oh, i saw this movie and it rocked!!!gotta check it out!!!)

new start....new year....

Well...its 06 people....one of my new years resolutions is to keep posting...its been kinda hard to keep up what with this crazy life i lead(however, i am somehow still able to feed my daily myspace addiction!!). Well, christmas was awesome!!! My birthday rocked!!! And just before new years i started the move into my new place in lake tahoe!!!! Im sad to say im bidding adieu to the blissful life of retirement!!! Time to get back to reality!!! Tahoe is freakin beautiful!!! The people are very chill(mellow...if ya catch my drift!!!) We get our internet on monday...thats when the chronicled trials and tribulations of my time in tahoe will begin!!! Hope to see ya there!!!

my birthday...getting our bowl on!!!
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my new home!!!!
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