Lea Marie

rolodex @ 2010-01-02T17:06:00

2010-01-02T22:06:48Z

I am always the listener. For once, I just want someone to honestly listen to ME.

rolodex @ 2009-12-18T13:39:00

2009-12-18T18:39:11Z

I'm not sick anymore but I have a huge unrequited crush and that's just as frustrating.

Since Tumblr is down.

2009-11-30T04:37:29Z

Life is still the same, lots of work and not enough p(l)ay. My life lately has consisted of work, getting stupid over boys, missing my best friend, and watching a lot of TV (having a complete series on demand and/or DVD pretty much rules my life). I quit my job at National Geographic at the beginning of the month and started a new job as a personal assistant. My boss is amazing and her kids are awesome and her husband has a phobia of buttons (seriously). It's pretty much the best job I've ever had, for sure. I get paid to drive an Escalade and a Mercedes S550, come on. On a semi-job-related note, my Nancy Botwin side-hustle is taking off (I keep reminding myself that I aint shit because it sells itself) but it's kind of ruining my social life. Not to mention my romantic life is perpetually pathetic, but that's enough of that. Taking's Brittany's advice and IGNORING. Other than that, I don't have much else other than I miss my best friend (who will be in Florida NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!)!

But anyway! Here are pictures! I haven't posted pictures in fucking forever, so some of these are kind of old.

In August, I dyed my bangs red & stopped biting my nails. I should try that again.

I pretty much only ate cereal for a month. It ruled.

I got kind of skinny (that didn't last long) and my hair got long

I've been growing out my bangs since September, so I'm pretty much rockin a permanent poof now.

Long hair don't care :)

Pretty much the best license plate ever.

My aunt & my grandma & I went up to Gainesville to visit my brother in the beginning of the month.
This is me & my aunt's puppy Cooper, just chillin. He's super cute!

Seriously I always make the same face

Uber duck lips hahaha how did that even happen?

Totally awkward face for sure, but how nice does my hair look?

Bunny

Chillin in my room before leaving for the airport to go see BRITTANY

Brittany's little pup Tia...soooo cute

Me, Brittany, and her other pup, Chiquita

Missed Photoboothing with her so much!

Chiquita's eye gunk is gross

Ugh my hair looked so nice in Georgia

Suckin down 40s!!!

Lea Marie & Tia Marie!

bug eyes

Lumberjack Brittany, hahaha

Lennox Mall bathroom.

Foggy/cold/rainy/grey Atlanta.

Alllll we do

~deep stare~

Seriously this dog completes me

<333

biffles

Brittany & Zane!

It was 45 degrees out, and I was drunk and playing Uno outside. Shit ruled.

The champ is here

Brittany's neighbor Meredith, me creepin

Cheesin!!

Schwasted

Man & his dog. Hahahaha

Cronic.

I was on graffiti look-out for this boy, and I spotted a South Florida crew gettin ups in ATL!

Cruisin in the ATL

Waiting for the Marta.

We went to CNN & hung out with families hahaha

Inside CNN.

Food court.

49 but felt like 39. Windy and freeeezing. Floridians can't handle that!

For Brittany's dad, haha

Underground Atlanta

Georgia State reflection

On the Marta

Marta Station

Brittany & Holly...schwasted.

Drunk

Halloween happened! I was Minnie Mouse and had a pretty solid rager at my house.

Katt, Billy, me, and Alex (who was fucking schwasted)

Alex & his Lil Wayne dreds, Richie and me

Madison was a tourist and took pictures with a disposable all night, HOW CUTE RIGHT!

Richie (pictured above as a pirate) turned 21 and we went to Benihana to celebrate, which was pretty killer:

This excitement is fake; Josh & I had a really boring hibatchi cook :(

Kevin, me, Josh & Sarah -- cool kid's table!

Paolo, Jenna, Kevin, me, Josh, Sarah

Good looking!!!!

Annnnnnd I'm spent.

Long time no Livejournal.

2009-09-27T20:26:48Z

Oh Livejournal, you're just as dead as Myspace. I'm updating Tumblr way more than Livejournal, but
I do feel bad neglecting the shit out of this (besides reading my friends page). So, uhh, here's a recap on life:

~ I really hate my full-time job but I just started a part-time job (weekend receptionist at a real estate office) that is pretty awesome so far. It's a floating position so it's really not a set schedule at all, but whatever. $10 an hour to sit in a comfy chair and answer phones and lurk the internet and drink free coffee? Yes plz.

~ I'm on a Nancy Botwin side-hustle and I have a crush on the boy that gets it for me. He thinks I'm pretty sweet too, but he lives kind of far and neither of us really want things to be official, for one reason or another. In the meantime, he gets me a good deal and watches The Wire with me, so no complaints.

~ I also have a crush on a different boy (who, of course, lives just as far as the other one). I was under the impression he wasn't even interested up until this weekend, and now I'm just confused about him all over again. He's dreamy but there's also a ton of reasons why it's not worth my time. I'm not getting ~emotionally invested~ by any means, but we'll see what happens.

~ I'm going to Gainesville with my aunt and grandma to see my brother on Friday. I'm stoked to go see my brother, but the 6 hour carride with three dogs will not be a fun time for anyone.

~ I'm going to Atlanta for 5 days in October and I can't even explain how excited I am. I need to see my best friend so, so badly. I have so many things I want to see and do, but I could sit around Brittany's living room the whole time and just shoot the shit and I'd be totally satisfied. So overdue for a long chat with that girl.

~ I found out I'm going to Israel for two weeks in March! Pretty fucking stoked on that. Time to start learning some useful Hebrew phrases!

I don't really know what else to say. My life is really boring but I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing. I feel pretty detached from a lot of my friends, but whatever; point taken, I guess. All I know is that I have to grind to shine, so I am trying to do what it takes to get things to go my way. Determination and hard work is the key to success, so it's time to step my game up. I refuse to make excuses for myself and I am taking responsibility for my actions. I'm just trying to plan my moves and get a gameplan together so I can make something better of myself. I deserve more than this small town and small people and small minds, but I have to realize that no one can make it happen for me except me.

rolodex @ 2009-07-16T17:45:00

2009-07-16T21:54:23Z

I had a nice day with a nice boy yesterday. He bought me lunch and let me drag him around to a bunch of thrift stores and said he's going to take me to the zoo next week. I don't really know what to make of it, but that's okay. He thinks I'm the bee's knees (his words, not mine) and of course I still haven't decided if I even like him. But I think I do. Or at least I think I might.

But one thing that I am sure of is that I absolutely cannot wait until July 31st. Atlanta, best friend, Six Flags, Asher Roth, and Brittany's birthday? Exploding with excitement!

rolodex @ 2009-07-05T16:31:00

2009-07-05T20:32:51Z

Life is what you make it and I'm trying to make mine the best I can. Trying to take things one day at a time.

Not that anyone cares.

2009-06-12T15:47:00Z

I don't even know why I have a Livejournal anymore, other than for nostalgia and my friends list. I should post more but I just don't have much to say lately. I'm sorry, I guess.

But! I do have a Tumblr that I've started using more (I blame okthx completely. She's peer pressuring me to watch Gossip Girl and next is going to be Twilight. NO R.PATTZ, PLZ.) so you should follow me on there if you have one. Not too much real substance over there, but that's fine too. My tumblr is http://littlelea.tumblr.com/ so hit that shit up, if you want.

I'm going to make an effort to update more here, though. I'm heading to Orlando for the weekend tonight, so I will have lots of pictures of me and my beautiful best friend and her wonderful pups to post. So fucking stoked.

Is it Friday yet?

2009-06-04T22:20:00Z

+ The NBA Finals start tonight!!!
+ There's a shit-ton of trees (and this one boy) currently in transit to me from Tampa!!!
+ My new house/car/bowl? All amazing.
+ Payday tomorrow and dinner plans with Grams.
+ Natalia will be home for the weekend and I am ridiculously excited.
+ Ikea on Friday, bff-reuiniting rage with Tal on Saturday, and possibly Miami on Sunday!
+ Driving up to Orlando June 12-24.
+ Brother's coming home June 19.
+ Roadtrip to Atlanta for Asher Roth and Brittany's 20th birthday in August.

Things are going good, with the exception of boys with girlfriends that like to fuck with my head. I've been having some pretty wonderful girl hangs lately, and it feels kind of nice to not always be around boys. I still need to get off my ass and apply for a second job, but that will need to wait til after the weekend. I'm not letting myself get stressed about anything because what's the point? I'm taking shit as it comes for once and it feels kinda nice. I need to burn a new cd for my car, which also needs to be cleaned desperately!

Offical member of the VW Club!

2009-05-26T21:32:54Z

Not the best picture but whatev, everyone knows what a Volkswagen Golf looks like right? I still need to name my new baby but I guess things like that take time. I put 280 miles on it in two days and I'm already planning roadtrips. I fucking love it.

Things I do not love: the rain for the past two weeks, my runny nose, the fact that I'm at work, the stupid ATM not accepting my cash deposit this morning, no one ever having change for a $100 (why do I even have hundreds?), living so far away from all the people I really want to hang out with (I'm looking at you, Jobeth), did I mention the rain?, gas prices, and toothaches (where the fuck's my insurance card already?).

I'll bite your motherfucking style, just to make it fresher.

2009-05-05T22:27:29Z

My birthday was nice, this boy bought me a bottle and we got all drunk and watched "Don't Be A Menace". Spent Friday night at Sarah's house since we weren't allowed to go to the bar, but Ring of Fire's always fun. This weekend was pretty horrible and emotionally draining. I didn't go to work yesterday for a bunch of reasons, but mostly because I wanted to sleep and have a day that I didn't spend crying. I drove down to Boomer's and Val and I rode the go-karts because I needed to blow off some steam (it was either go-karts or a shooting range). I had never driven a go-kart before so it was all sorts of exciting! I was basically drift queen of the south 2k9 and I want to go back!

On a more positive note, I think I found somewhere to live. I'm going to see it tomorrow with Billy to make a definitely decision. It's a super good location, affordable, and just generally really nice. The landlord is super nice so I'm pretty excited about it. I'd move in June 1st and I really can't explain how happy that makes me. I need out of my grandmother's house soon or else I'm going to have a nervous breakdown.

I'm getting my shit together about school, thanks to persisting by my family. I still have to request transcripts and file my FASFA, but I'm tentatively starting in fall. I'm going to go to BCC (I refuse to call it "Broward College", whatever) because it's cheaper and closer than FAU. I'm going to go part-time (two night classes at North campus, and one online class) for fall and full-time for spring and summer. Depending on my financial aid, I might just work part-time and go to school full-time after this year, so I can double-up on classes and get back on track. I want to graduate ASAP so I can just join the fucking Peace Corps.

So hopefully, with these school and housing related breakthroughs, I will have a car soon. I've got my fingers-crossed big time for everything to go off without a hitch, but I am being realistic about it. I've got a lot of moves to make in the meantime. Gotta get on the grind and get my shit together, end of story.

...and just when I started making progress again, I saw a boy with a backwards hat in a black Tiburon and I thought I was going to hyperventilate. God damn.

Happy birthday to me.

2009-04-29T14:57:13Z

Oh haaaaay, I'm twenty!
Where the birthday blunts at?!

rolodex @ 2009-04-15T22:37:00

2009-04-16T03:48:53Z

I was lying in a burned out basement with the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement when the sun burst through the sky.
There was a band playing in my head and I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a friend had said I was hoping it was a lie.

Favorite things right now.

2009-04-13T04:47:20Z

Ritter's Banana & Chocolate Chunk Frozen Custard (omg), coconut hookah, homemade vegetarian egg rolls, DMV appointment on Tuesday, Every Time I Die's youtube, Okkervil River, free movies, meeting new people, amazing dreams, self-affirmations or whatthefuckever, Sudoku, Photoshop cracks, celebrities on Twitter, steamrollers!, Capeside, tattoo ideas, birthday in 16 days, genuine affection, Weeds, Billy's apartment, bubble gum.

In no particular order.

I check chedda like a food inspecta.

2009-04-07T22:28:33Z

HAHAHAHAHA this has been cracking me up for like 3 hours now. Obviously, I win at MS Paint. I am now determined to grow long Maria Taylor hair.

Oh, and I'm using my Tumblr again: littlelea.tumblr.com/. I don't really understand the point of it, other than reposting silly things, but that's cool with me I guess. Follow me or something.

Better late than never.

2009-04-06T17:13:46Z

+ Finally meeting Jobeth after being online bff for almost 8 years!!!
+ Smoking a joint from Jobeth's dad in Royal Oak
+ National Coney Island!!
+ Visiting Shane & Becky at their respective workplaces.
+ Lemongrass (super fucking delicious)
+ The Heidelberg Project
+ Downtown Detroit
+ The Summer Pledge & Young Widows @ The Lager House
+ Ridiculously attractive boys
+ Smoke outs in some random van with goverment weed
+ The Office & Weeds & Smiley Face & Gilmore Girls & Dawson's Creek finale (omg)
+ Sommerset mall with Molly
+ Meeting random as fuck/totally fine band boys from Buffalo
+ The Maimed show in Hamtramck
+ Almost not getting in, but saved by the super dreamy drummer boy pretending to be my boyfriend hahaha<3
+ Hilarious dudes at the bar
+ AMAZING tattoos (Jobeth got a feline heart & I got a ghetto Abe)
+ Pizza, weed, The Office & sore-ness
+ Jobeth's hilarious family
+ Sad goodbyes at the airport

Basically, funnest trip ever and I really want to go back soon. I wish Jobeth lived closer because she is amazing and we would be pretty much attached at the hip. There are a million more pictures at my flickr, too. Now Jobeth just needs to drag her ass down here so we can be super cute and smoke South Florida chronic and do silly Florida-related things! <3

Oh, and everyone should listen to The Summer Pledge because they're fucking amazing. They only have a few tracks up on their myspace, but I have the full-length, so if you're into it I'll hook you up.

In other news, work sucks but I got promoted so it's all good. I'm officially the National Geographic Drop Ship Coordinator and it's kind of exciting. Largest non-profit in the world, waddap! My birthday is in 23 days and I'm working on a wish-list as we speak. I'm waiting on chicken wings and that will probably be the highlight of my day. I just installed StumbleUpon on my Firefox at work and I'm officially never going to get work done ever again, awesome!

Four-eyes.

2009-02-20T05:45:32Z

Goodbye hard-earned money!

Hello super cute new glasses!

We're just gonna have to see if boys really don't make passes at girls with glasses, huh? :)

Broken blunt, broken fronts.

2009-02-13T23:23:10Z

+ I'm going to California in the summer
+ I got my tax refund today
+ I got a rose from an awesome black dude I work with today
+ I'm getting tattooed next week
+ Brittany's coming down soon

Basically, life rules right now. Let's hope I'm not jinxing it!

Flickr.

2009-02-12T06:27:30Z

You should add me on Flickr. I need more friends!

Little Lea

"Too bad she's fat."

2009-01-25T03:41:53Z

I have a camera again!

(My hair is getting longggg)

^^ My new bowl!!! (+ Kevin)