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Rica · Kenneth Cole

RE: Innocent Confessions

carmenb513 · Coach

Ok girls.You all will call me a whore...........but I'm cheating on my BF and lovin' every minute of it.He's a jerk and I need to can him but the timing is not right.

kenzie · Chanel

Okay, I've got another one.

I am completely freaked out by getting older. My birthday is coming up (I'll be 26) and every year at this time (since I turned 22), I freak out. Not b/c I'm actually getting older, but b/c I'm getting older and I feel like I have nothing to show for it. Every year I think, well next year at this time, it will be better, but it never is, despite my constant efforts.

I graduated from college, but that's about it. I still don't have the greatest job (at least I'm out of retail, so maybe it's a little better this year), I completely question my relationship with my bf on a constant basis and I feel like all of my friends are in good relationships and have jobs that they actually care about. I want to go to grad school, but I can't decide what I want to do- whether I want to get an MBA or an MFA in metalsmithing and jewelry design, or both. I hate living in PA, I want to move to Cali or Charleston, SC or Vegas, but finding a job blows and I'm not going to do the retail bit again.

I know this sounds like a pity party, but my bf and I got into a massive fight last night b/c he decided to go to the beach w/o me this weekend (even though he knew I really, really wanted to go). And guess who he's going with? Those idiot frat boys (you know, the ones who call me names).

I'm done now. Thanks for listening.

lynnie · Chanel

NylaBelle wrote:

Okay, I've got another one. I am completely freaked out by getting older. My birthday is coming up (I'll be 26) and every year at this time (since I turned 22), I freak out. Not b/c I'm actually getting older, but b/c I'm getting older and I feel like I have nothing to show for it. Every year I think, well next year at this time, it will be better, but it never is, despite my constant efforts. I graduated from college, but that's about it. I still don't have the greatest job (at least I'm out of retail, so maybe it's a little better this year), I completely question my relationship with my bf on a constant basis and I feel like all of my friends are in good relationships and have jobs that they actually care about. I want to go to grad school, but I can't decide what I want to do- whether I want to get an MBA or an MFA in metalsmithing and jewelry design, or both. I hate living in PA, I want to move to Cali or Charleston, SC or Vegas, but finding a job blows and I'm not going to do the retail bit again. I know this sounds like a pity party, but my bf and I got into a massive fight last night b/c he decided to go to the beach w/o me this weekend (even though he knew I really, really wanted to go). And guess who he's going with? Those idiot frat boys (you know, the ones who call me names). I'm done now. Thanks for listening.

I think you'll feel much better if you move to one of those places you love. Your name is NYLAbelle! You could always find a temp job or serve tables in Vegas or Cali. At the very least, you will be doing what you are already doing now, but in a place you love. And cute nice boys do exist! They are rare, but they are out there, and when you are happy, you attract happy people! I still remember the OC where Summer was talking about happy vibes or emitting a happy buzz that other happy people are attracted to. hehe

Amelie · Kenneth Cole

Andrea Julia wrote:

When watching a movie where a woman has a choice of two guys, I always hope she will pick the opposite one that she picks (and that the audience is supposed to "like better" and want her to end up with). Two movies that I have seen recently that come to mind are "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton" and "The Phantom of the Opera". I totally wanted Rosie to end up with Tad. I didn't even like the other guy; he was so sarcastic and negative all the time. And in Phantom, both when I have seen the play and this new movie version, I want Christine to end up with the Phantom. He's just so much more interesting and passionate. I would have picked the Phantom even with his mangled face any freakin' day. I'm crazy-I know this. Also, I always felt that Cal in Titanic wouldn't have been bad if Rose wasn't running around with Jack. He was a lot cuter, too.-- Edited by Andrea Julia at 09:57, 2005-07-01

I am the SAME way. I wanted Christine to be with the Phantom SO BAD. I mean, she could have interesting conversations with the Phantom.Raoul is so dull. And I'm sure the Phantom is better in bed.

Andrea Julia · Coach

Amelie wrote:

I am the SAME way. I wanted Christine to be with the Phantom SO BAD. I mean, she could have interesting conversations with the Phantom.Raoul is so dull. And I'm sure the Phantom is better in bed.

LOL! My friend and I said the same thing. He is just so passionate and powerful. He HAS to be good in bed. Christine should have at least had a one-nighter with him-she probably would never go back to Raoul.

kenzie · Chanel

lynnie wrote:

I know this sounds like a pity I think you'll feel much better if you move to one of those places you love. Your name is NYLAbelle! You could always find a temp job or serve tables in Vegas or Cali. At the very least, you will be doing what you are already doing now, but in a place you love. And cute nice boys do exist! They are rare, but they are out there, and when you are happy, you attract happy people! I still remember the OC where Summer was talking about happy vibes or emitting a happy buzz that other happy people are attracted to. hehe

Hehe...that's where my name came from New York, Los Angeles. I guess it would be more appropriate to be CaliBelle, b/c I'm not really into NYC as much as I used to be.

But serving tables? ACK!! Been there, done that. All through college. Hell if I'm doing it again! Temping, fine, serving, hell no! I value my evenings and weekends and don't want them taken up with work. I think that honestly, I will be happy if I can move to the beach (any beach that is south of Delaware). I think I'm just bored with my town. I'm planning to move out of it when I move out of the ex-bf's house.

RyanJ · Coach

shopgirl82 wrote:

sometimes i "dress up" or at least put on matching bumming around clothes before my bf gets home from work so that i don't become "one of those gfs".

I am kind of the opposite. I dress like a bum most of the time, so when I put on jeans and a decent shirt my bf gets all excited because I am "all dressed up".

ShanKel · Kenneth Cole

beachgirl wrote:

I am going to be 25 soon, but I still have no idea what I want to do in life. I never went to college, and I'm worried that it's too late.

This is one for me too. I'll be 25, graduated from college and still don't know that I want to do with my life. I avoid people I went to school with at all cost so they won't ask me what I'm doing and where i'm working.

I really like Beyonce Knowles. I know she can be tacky as hell sometimes but I feel like she reminds me of myself (funny, i dont even know her). I go to all the fan sites and search for candids. It's like i'm living vicariously through her.

blubirde · Chanel

Rica wrote:

My best friends best friend is having a weekend trip with the girls for her bachelorette party and I've been invited to go. Part of the trip includes floating the Guadalupe River, but none of the girls know anything about floating. Well, last summer when I floated for the first time, my tube flipped over and the current held me under for a good amount of time. I nearly drowned to death. Scariest thing ever. Anyway, I plan on floating again this summer but I refuse to go on the river with a bunch of girls who, if something were to happen, would freak out before they got help. So I just keep putting my RSVP off because I'm afraid to tell my best friend that I don't trust her with my life.

Rica - seriously don't freak about the guadalupe. I live in ATX and everyone does it all the time. I've been several times and it's not like floating a real river. All anyone really does is hang out in the water in a tube all day. You'd have to paddle to actually move anywhere, the current is that weak. Plus the water is super shallow. It's more of a "float the shallow end of the pool" type adventure. All anyone goes there to do is lay out and drink, essentially. If your tube flipped over in the guadalupe (and would only happen in some freak drunken dancing escapade or something), you could just stand up. No current would move anything anywhere.

It's super tame.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

blubirde wrote:
Rica - seriously don't freak about the guadalupe. I live in ATX and everyone does it all the time. I've been several times and it's not like floating a real river. All anyone really does is hang out in the water in a tube all day. You'd have to paddle to actually move anywhere, the current is that weak. Plus the water is super shallow. It's more of a "float the shallow end of the pool" type adventure. All anyone goes there to do is lay out and drink, essentially. If your tube flipped over in the guadalupe (and would only happen in some freak drunken dancing escapade or something), you could just stand up. No current would move anything anywhere. It's super tame.

bluebird- my bf's pseudo-sister (really cousin, but more of a sister), just got done tubing the guadalupe river this weekend. it sounded like so much fun! she said she drank alll weekend and turned into a lobster who needed detox at the end of the weekend!

and RyanJ- my boyfriend usually sees me in scrubs and workout clothes, so sometimes i try to hurry up shower and change so he gets a change of pace, but it usually backfires because he'll come home in the middle of a face mask, or what have you and i look even worse! oh well, it's the thought that counts.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

i am sometimes jealous of my friends' and BF's professional successes. I have been in the same dead-end job for five years, although more importantly, the last two have been while I was in school full-time for my intended future career. But I still have the job, it's still entry-level, and I get sad and jealous sometimes to hear all about other people's promotions, raises, transfers, new jobs, etc. I really wish I were working at a company where I mattered to them, where my opinion mattered, where I would need to go to meetings and attend conferences, instead of doing mindless menial labor all day. And I know I will do those things eventually, but I dislike being several years behind everyone else who hasn't gone to school or changed careers.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

oh and I stay up way too late reading books and posting on stylethread, and then curse myself the next morning when I wake up exhausted.

and occasionally I go to bed without brushing my teeth cause I'm too tired to.

laken1 · Hermes

I really really like playing video games on the playstation 2. I think this makes me a nerd & I'm afraid

sage · Dooney & Bourke

laken1 wrote:

I really really like playing video games on the playstation 2. I think this makes me a nerd & I'm afraid

Ha ha ha.

I like going in to comic book shops and I like Dungeons and Dragons.
I too think this makes me a nerd and I am afraid. On the bright side
being a nerd is cooler than it has ever been.....right???

jacL · Coach

I am obsessed with advice columns. They are my favorite part of newspapers and magazines and I even get Dear Prudence delivered to my Hotmail inbox.

Escrime · Kate Spade

sage wrote:

laken1 wrote: I really really like playing video games on the playstation 2. I think this makes me a nerd & I'm afraid Ha ha ha. I like going in to comic book shops and I like Dungeons and Dragons. I too think this makes me a nerd and I am afraid. On the bright side being a nerd is cooler than it has ever been.....right???

I am a huge comic fangirl. I read comics a lot. I just really enjoy them. They are on my nightstand next to the other books I read. Sometimes, when I buy them, I act like they are for my younger brother.

Lilykind · Hermes

sage wrote:

laken1 wrote: I really really like playing video games on the playstation 2. I think this makes me a nerd & I'm afraid Ha ha ha. I like going in to comic book shops and I like Dungeons and Dragons. I too think this makes me a nerd and I am afraid. On the bright side being a nerd is cooler than it has ever been.....right???

(from the view of a fellow nerdy girl) Nerdy girls rock. I think when I get my new prescription, I'm going to get geek glasses as well as contacts.

I too am a bit of a comic book fanatic. If I wasn't single, I would be picking up every single guy at the comic book store (because of course I like those types). I actually already flirt with the cashiers at the Golden Apple out here.

Currently BF and I only read the JLA comics obsessively but if we had more time (and if BF wasn't such a slow reader), we'd have stacks and stacks of comic books in our apartments.

exsupahero · Kate Spade

^^ I'm definitely not a comic book nerd but I do know a thing or two about trading card games ... specifically a certain anime type trading card games and the Marvel/DC trading card game that's made by a certain gaming card company we used to work with. we used to run official premiere events and even though i never actually learned the games, i so know my cards! haha

::trading card game nerd::

-- Edited by exsupahero at 03:30, 2005-07-10