Back to work...

...for three days in a row. Like usual. It'll prob be busy...first full week back at the college. I just hate getting slammed with people...when I'm by myself. Glad I only work a mid-shift...still it feels too long at times. Why do the shorter shifts always feel so freakin' long? Hoping it'll fly by if I get busy. But.....I would just rather stay home with Bibi all day...and make art...and listen to music. Maybe one day that can happen...but til then, gotta make a bit of money. Time for breakfast! Have a good day & week everyone. My work week has officially begun...woohooo. That is all for now.~

one of my paintings is named after a line in this song...at the very very end..."And what exactly is a dream?"...xoxoxoxox to you Syd....

Happy Friday, what a long week!

It was a very long week for me and I don't know why since Monday was a holiday. I think it was because it has been soooooooo slow at work the past few days I was there. Still feels like we're on break though it's the beginning of the Summer Semester. I mean I have no idea what to do at a certain point...I get computer-ed out, I can't blog either, and we aren't allowed to read. Yes, that's right I can't READ a book in front of patrons/students but I can look online...and browse & even BUY stuff and they don't care. Makes sense, right?

I had just bought stampers and decided to test 'em out...maybe I can make my art & stuff like that there. :) Well, probably not but I did make Dracenea a small card stamped because I literally was B-O-R-E-D beyond belief. Minutes were feeling like...hours....hours like...days!

Woweeee, snail mail is super fast here in Michigan these days. I just sent Diane something and I sent Boyd his prize pack from the Goth giveaway and they got 'em the day after I sent them. Pretty fast. Oh and Boyd did a really sweet & cool post ALL about what I sent him. Check it out HERE if you'd like to take a peek. Very nice of him. And I'm always VERY happy when someone else is grateful & happy from the gifts that I give 'em-yay!!!

Well, this will be all for now. Have to get ready and all that stuff 'cause I have an appointment soon. Turning in all that darn Medicaid paperwork. I have to get there a lil' early to talk to the lady who handles that stuff to make sure I did everything right. Just can't wait until it's out of my hands for good!

Enjoy your weekend everyone and here's a song from what Boyd is talking about...and what I also sent Diane. {I wasn't sure when to blog about it because I'm still tweaking some things-not the songs, just the 'art' I send with it.} Basically, it's a compilation of songs I like from 2009, so far. Most of the artists I've talked about either on this blog or my Goth blog. So if you'd like one, PLEASE email me & gimme your address. Um yes, it's a kinda a pirate thing (as Boyd says), so ssshhh...well, not really because I'm not selling it. OK, gotta run...I mean walk fast...I mean slowly move to make my bed. ;}
XoX~Eve

Yay for Thursday & Kathie Olivas painting

Good morning...or afternoon/evening by the time you read this my curious friends. It's Thursday, which means I work today from 2-10 PM and then my weekend begins after that, yay! Work on Tuesday was odd. I didn't really explain this in my post called Yesterday at Work, but I got hit BIG TIME by tons of peeps that day...and I was pretty much the only one there (well, at the main-front-desk after 4 pm), kinda sucked.

My supervisor is on vacation and there was no replacement for her (even another part-time person would've helped), so I was doing things pretty non-stop. And since we got these new security gates EVERYTHING seems to be setting 'em off. So I have to wave down peeps, which I hate to do and I feel bad for them because no one has been caught actually stealing a book so far. My lunch/dinner was even constantly interrupted, I sat in the breakroom with my co-workers but was the last to finish my food because I kept getting people at the desk. Ugh, so I hope my supervisor is back because I was going nuts that day. :( Hopefully today will be better, even if she's still gone! :)

So on a brighter note, today is the last day of my work week & I'm very glad. Oh & do you like the picture above? It was "new" on Kathie Olivas MySpace page. I think it's very awesome. I love her art and actually her Scavengers art toys were the 1st 'art toys' I ever got-but darn those blind-boxed ones because I got 2 of the same...of course. That's just my luck. But for her Scavengers series 2, I got two different ones so that was good. Then those toys lead to Dunnys & I haven't looked back yet...;} Well, I should go...time for breakfast. Hope you all enjoy your day & be talking to you later.~

Yesterday at work

Hi there. I'm actually at work, it's Tuesday, I'll prob post this Wednesday though. We can't use Blogger but I can send this Yahoo message/post to my blogger (I like to do it as a draft so I can make sure all turned out ok). So I'm at work & not a whole lot is happening here, which is fine because we got new security gates here at the library & they've been going off quite frequently. So luckily things have slowed down a bit...it's 7:15 PM & I got here at 2:00. It's my new schedule, I used to come in at 4:00, and it's not really much of a difference (you know feeling like time's dragging).

Ugh, I thought my constant nightmares (literally they were happening every night) were over but every now & then I'll have one & I wonder when it's gonna stop. Mainly because I usually never have such scary dreams. I woke up in the middle of the night (aka: morning) sweating. I know that's normal sometimes but in my dream, aka: nightmare, I was running from someone who wanted to kill me. Definitely freaky. My nightmares change (not reoccuring theme) but I really think these awful things are happening to me. One morning I woke up from a nightmare thinking half of my face was terribly disfigured. And I was really believing it too, and then I looked in the mirror & there was nothing of course.

People have said it could be because of stress and although I feel some stress (the two big factors being because we have yet to find a new roomie as well as some medical issues I'm dealing with), I didn't think they'd be going on for this long. I don't feel like I'm constantly thinking about these things but somehow I dream something weird and scary almost every night for about 3 weeks now. Hm, curious, right?

Enough about that for now. I feel glad because I did some serious "organizing" today. You gotta understand that my bedroom closet is a place where things go to be forgotten about. I had things in there from Christmas still...just because I didn't want to find a place for 'em (DVD's, gift sets, etc...). I also had lots of books in there (because my bookshelf is to full capacity), so I atleast organized 'em a bit. And then just random non-Xmas stuff...so overall it's a lot better than it was before. Just can't keep throwing stuff in there-gotta stick to it!!! ^_^

Mike's family bought me the complete series of The Munsters for Xmas & I finally got around to watching that yesterday. Yeah, only took me 3 months cuz of that darn closet! I watched the pilot episode as well as the first episode called Munster Masquerade. The pilot was only 15 minutes long & also had two different actors originally playing the roles of Lily & Eddie. Thank God they got replaced because they were both awful. Lily was originally called Phoebe and the actress playing her seemed like she was on some serious Valium. Then the opposite happened with the young boy playing Eddie-he was bouncing off the walls & trying to (pretending to) always be attacking someone. Maybe that's how they wanted Eddie & Lily to be at first, so again, glad they changed how the characters were & the actors too.

Herman was played by the same actor as well as Grandpa & Marilyn. I especially love Grandpa...and Lily too. I think Grandpa is so funny and Lily is too, as well as being a cool & very pretty lady. I don't know why but I always liked her more than Mortica from the Addams Family. I love both shows...prob couldn't pick a fave between the two. I still would like to own Addams (on my wishlist) some day. I told Mike's parents they could get me either one & they chose Munsters so I got hm....only 69 episodes to go-yikes! I'll be watching that for a while.

Well, I should get going. I gotta lock up this building...one of the wonderful joys of working at night. Woo Hoo (kidding). So it'll be Wednesday when you'll probably be reading this so I hope your day goes well. It'll be my day off so I'm looking forward to it. Take care everyone.~

Cellphone Pics: At Work

Here's some more random cellphone pics. This time they're all from work. If you don't remember, I work in a college library. This pic: Hm, I don't know why anyone would take a chair from under a plant but I guess it's happened before...says the boss.

The pic above is a Degas picture we have upstairs that I really like. Of course all the paintings we have are NOT originals...think some would have mysteriously disappeared if so...:)

Lookie, it's me through the looking-glass! Well, not really. I'm actually in the...restroom. Well, where else am I gonna find a mirror? My hand looks really big...weird. Probably because I'm holding that closest to the mirror. Trust me, I have small hands-not those monsters!

This is upstairs looking out a window to the parking lot of my work. I work downstairs at the desk, the upstairs is where most the books are though. I think I took this pic in the fall. I must admit that it's a nice view. But yeah, now you know why I'm late quite often. I gotta find a spot somewhere in that massive lot and then walk all the way up that ramp. Well, it can be trying, especially in the winter time when it's freezing!

Most the cool art is upstairs, and this is another example. It's a Georgia O'Keefe. Love her!

I also LOVE old pictures and I really liked the cover of this book. You can't see it but I'm pretty sure the girl's crown says "Cuba" on it...but I have no clue why. I used to know my history but it's been a while since I took any classes.

For the Love of Goth Blog & Guy Gets Handcuffed

hey peeps. happy middle of the week! only a lil' to go before the weekend. yay! :) so what's new with everyone? me, not too much...except a couple of lil' things. i thought things couldn't get crazier at work yesterday compared to Monday but no, things got crazier! yeah, a guy got arrested about 20 feet away from me. he wasn't a student, just a creepy looking guy from the "public." nobody really knows why this happened besides he wasn't supposed to be on college grounds. we never get the full details. it was such a WEIRD night. people always say "working in a library must be boring!" but i just say "you'd be surprised what happens in there sometimes." and yesterday was a perfect example.

oh & i figured out a way to look at other Bloggers while i'm there (Blogger recently got blocked there). woo hoo! but the thing is i still can't go on to my Blogger to add/edit/accept comments...& i can't comment on other peeps posts. darn! just LOOK, yes, but that's about it...but that's cool cuz i need to catch up on my fellow friends posts sometimes. so that made me smile. :}

so why i'm really writing this. (time for the shameless name drop!) well, after some thought i decided to change my previous Blogger called Gothic Lolita Love to an all things Goth Blogger. and yes, i'll still include my love of Gothic Lolita fashion. so my Blogger is now called For the Love of Goth. that way i can dish out my darker side there...well, my last name is Noir afterall. of course THIS will still be my main blogger...and that'll be my lil' "project." :) so stop by sometime if you have a darker soul yourself...;}

OH & BTW: still need someone to break my POLL's tie. the answer shall be revealed tomorrow. thank yous!!!



o.k. i hope you all have a lovely day and hope to talk to some of you soon. take care.~

Ugh, Work--->Why O' Why?

(do you like my pic above? i made it a while back...)

hm, i went back to normal hours today at work & as i should've figured BLOGGER got blocked. or whatever you want to call it-no access to it. some @$$hole (aka: co-worker) was asking me about it in a weird way & i just knew he'd be a little tattle-tale & run off to our "higher ups" to block it. what a jerk! work can be quite boring at times and today i was surprised by how boring it actually was for the 1st day back of the new winter/spring semester. i mean zzzzzzzzz boring. think cuz of the weather (extremely cold) teachers were letting students out fairly fast. we had a girl sitting in our lobby for most the night because she couldn't find anyone to give her car a jump. sad but eventually a guy helped her out.

so my point is it's boring there & i look at the computer most the times anyways. so that means no myspace, or my dear hello kitty junkies, & blogger now. i can shop or 'surf' a bit...but that gets old fast & i have no $$$ to spend. so i emailed w/friends for a while (thanks peeps, i needed to chat!) and that passed some time luckily. and then there were "no no no's" for sitting at the part-time desk w/a computer there. idk why. that computer has everything blocked too and it's (god forbid) only several feet away from the main desk (where we MUST sit now) when you walk in the door. yeah, and it can get pretty freezing there too...cuz it's near the entrance/exit to the library of course.

i know it's not the end of the world but it's getting worse & idk why. we aren't even allowed to read books when we work. i mean it's a freakin' library! totally bizarre, ya think? rules rules rules...the only sensible way to live in this world is without rules...hm, who said that, ha ha ha. but he's right sometimes....=]

Big Snowfall Today & Where Is Everybody?!?

hey peeps. got a really big snowfall here in detroit. may have started overnight but it has yet to ease up at all today. pretty much non-stop snowing. i wanted to atleast go grocery shopping but the roads are really bad & for some reason (when i was out briefly today) my stupid windshied wiper ices up & of course it's exactly where i need to see (eve level)! god, don't you hate that!?! so luckily i wasn't out too long. just somewhere quick earlier today & then about an hour ago to pick up some chinese food.

soooo...how's everyone doing? i noticed that there's not much activity today. you guys are lucky & prob aren't snowed in. :( woe is eve. ha ha. :) now, i'm just debating what to do...could clean out my closet?...no. could clean the bathroom?...no. i'm in no mood for that...just wanna watch tv or do computer crap...or simply lounge around the house. there's always next week for that stuff since my schedule is pretty open then. again, i'm happy to be starting up my new schedule (on thursday)...cuz yay, finally i'll have a couple of night shifts. where before i worked three mid-shifts a week. & trying to do certain things was very hard at times since my days were choppy.

hope everyone is doing good & btw: the pic above isn't one i took. i just found it on photobucket, but i think it's beautiful. but yeah, the snow does look like that here right now...well actually A LOT more of it. hope you are having a happy saturday dear friends! i decided i'm going to watch a movie now. TTYL! ^_^

TGIF...Finally!!! ^_^

hey everyone. it's Friday...TGIF, right? this week was long & strange for me. glad the weekend is here. finally found out my work schedule which begins January 15th. i'll be working 2 night shifts & only 1 mid-shift. yay! considering i haven't worked a night in over a year. i began hating working ONLY mid-shifts, my days were really cut in half before...and i'm actually looking forward to a new schedule for a change.

i go to work soon...ugh! yeah, another mid-shift. if that dude comes in (from yesterday's post), i will consider throwing a BIG book at this head! no i couldn't do that but it'd be nice...WELL, anyways i did one 'project' yesterday & it was making my eyes wonky cuz i had to keep looking at numbers for a while (hate numbers! not good if you work where i do & numbers are the code for almost everything). plus it was a slow & boring process...i didn't do it for long but it felt like hours...ever do something like that before? and the library is so quiet (it's break & barely anyone is there) & i was all alone, so i'm thinking "this would be a nice time to listen to some music." but noooo, i'm in a library & mike has an ipod, not me...:(. so eve must suffer! well, it's not awful...just boring, boring, boring! i hope they don't have me doing it for long...or at all today-that would RULE.

what are YOUR plans this weekend dear ones? i don't really know yet. just can't wait for my work day to be over with at the moment. well, i better go so i won't be late...but i really wouldn't mind honestly... ;}

Work & the Typical Patron...aka: Wack-O!

i worked today. no i mean it-i actually worked! not saying working in a library (at a college) is the hardest job ever...but some days are a little more work than the others. and strangely, we get more 'work' done on breaks (which the college is still on). plus working w/the public is always interesting when you get some crazies in (or as the library kindly calls them, patrons).

for example: a guy came in today asking to use our phone (there's a courtesy phone in the lobby but it only dials my county's area code & strangely there's no pay phones on the campus). part of the reason they got rid of the public phones is because they were hardly doing any business since almost everyone has a cellphone these days. still, it is not cool for the peeps who don't cuz they can't call for a ride, etc... & in those cases we do let peeps use our phone. but this guy was kinda NUTS. and of course i'm the one to help him.

so first he said i need to make a very important business phone call. and then tells me he can't make his call from the courtesy phone cuz it's a different area code. and asks if there's another phone on campus. i say no because there isn't one. then, he asks if he could use our phone to make this 'very important business call.' i say the library phones are for OUR (business) use only. he's getting pissy. (& i'm thinking-why would he want to make this type of call anyways with us around him?...i mean it's kinda odd, right?) then continues to say well then can i use one of you guys' (my co-workers) cellphones. wha'''?!? i say no we don't do that. (eve looking like "what a freak!!!")

he goes on to say again how important this phone call is to him & that he came ALLLLL the WAYYYY up to the college to make this call. hm, i'm wondering at this point, why the hell didn't you go to a pay phone by your house, dude!?! WTF!?? or perhaps call us to see if we had a phone here instead of wasting both your time & my time?!!...cuz apparently his home phone can't get through to this 'business call's' area code. again, wha'''??? he walks away angry saying UNBELIEVABLE! yeah, this is an example of the kinds of crazies that come into the library.

what blew my mind the most was...isn't it really creepy/bizarre to ask a stranger to use his/her cellphone? i have actually been asked this before...waiting in line at the grocery store! i didn't have my phone out so i just told this person "i don't have one." what is up with people? that person didn't give me attitude but this guy did and unfortunately that wasn't the 1st time i had to deal with him. last time he was in shock that the library actually charges fines if your books are late. that time he said "i'm never coming back here." yeah, and he was back. and it's even crazier to think that peeps his age (around 40s-50s) don't understand such concepts like: YES a library charges if a book is late and NO the library doesn't allow you to use their phones unless it is an emergency (like calling for a ride). and again, if it's such an important call why completely depend on us from the start? i just don't get peeps some days.

weirdos weirdos weirdos...is it almost a full moon cuz that's usually when we get the real loonies in?!? anybody else have any weird patrons/customers at their job? i never thought a library would have so many oddballs but there's a lot...yeah, UNBELIEVABLE, ha. ^_^

Not So Fun, Then FUN!

i'm at work. i only have about an hour left of my shift. but i am not too excited about leaving either. i have a very undesirable doctor's appointment after this. ug, i hate going to the doctor, dentist, etc...always just a weird feeling. i can handle seeing my therapist but ug, i never look forward to those other type of appointments. my blood pressure ALWAYS goes through the roof for one thing. plus, i have a high heart rate in general, so you can imagine that it feels like it doubles with my worries!:( but most the times, when i'm done at these types of appointments, i say to myself "well that wasn't so bad afterall." i guess it's just the anticipation that makes me so nervous. i should know by now but ug, i can't seem to help it to this day.

but the fun doesn't stop today. wednesday i have yet another doctor's appointment. unfortunately, it's just the way things worked out-almost back to back this week. and i would've had another appointment possibly on Friday if my therapist would've been in, but she'll be out so actually i'm glad. but again, i really feel ok going to see her. it's a different type of appointment if you know what i mean.

so the good stuff now. yay, tomorrow i'll be going to dinner with my friend. and wednesday after my appointment, i'll be going to my work party. so by then i'll definitely be feeling little or no stress. then thursday is my last work day until...i don't know when. our schedule's aren't out for next week (& i'll be lucky if i work because my work is only open mon & tue next week).

after that, it's xmas eve & xmas day (those days should be nothing but fun!). and after all THAT, i'll be on vacation for over a week. which is both good & bad-good because i'll get to do some things i've been putting off & bad because i won't be getting paid-ugh! but c'est la vie. that's just what happens when you work at a school.

ok, i hope you all have a good week. and i'm sure i'll post more as usual over the days to come.;} now it's almost time for me to leave...i got 15 minutes to go. so now i'm just hoping i'll get in & out of my appointment asap. talk to you peeps later.

I Am The White Rabbit

i'm at work now. i was late, once again. only 5 minutes but still! seems like even when i try 'saving' time in other ways (example: i make coffee at home rather than buy it before work), i still run late.:{ i feel like the white rabbit in alice in wonderland ALL the time. "i'm late, i'm late, i'm late." ha ha.

hm, i'm gonna use an excuse though. see, i work at a college library and since i'm part-time i can't use the staff lot, which is much closer to the building i work in. so even if i'm not running late, it can still take a little while to find a parking space. and then when i find a space, i have to walk a little distance to a ramp that leads to where the college building are. LUCKILY the library is the 1st building you come to.

how about another excuse?!:} there's a train that comes by every now & then before you get to my work...and you can bet that THAT thing always comes when i'm running late. go figure! and my last excuse. and this is a weird one. sometimes when i'm driving to work, it's a few miles away, funeral processions are going on ON the main road i take to work. odd, hm? curiouser & curiouser...