some mini stories...

8/10

rac gave me some vintage levi high-waisted grey trousers earlier in the week so i decided to wear them to work today. since they're this sort of tight stretchy material i wear a v-string to avoid major pantyline. when rac gets to work she gets sooooo excited to see me in them, sooooo excited that they fit perfectly that she turns me around to face reservations reaches around me and grabs a butt cheek in each of her hands and jiggles them..up and down..up and down..in front of EVERYONE..and i pretty much have no panties on! oh gosh! then i go upstairs later and she does it again to everyone upstairs! sexual harassment!

8/20

now big man rh is making it mandatory that someone be at the wine bar at ALL TIMES which is boring and a very inefficient use of time..but i have noticed that whenever i'm over there i end up having long conversations with random customers.

for instance there is effi the israeli man. he was telling me that i should move to LA to find a job and live up the night. he gave me his name and email address and told me to look him up on facebook and he would put me in contact with his young israeli friends, so whenever i visited israel they would take care of me... and also "if you are ever in LA and need help, contact me" funny guy.

then there was whitefeather willy, a native american man who lived on a mountain and taught survival classes. he talked to me forever about the youtube videos he's made etc etc...wrote down his name and website..and he had his two sons with him (who are still older). i took pictures of all of them on their camera and when they came back from dinner one of the sons came up to me and said "jasmine i'm cold come keep me warm!" then willy starts talking to me again and the sons drag him away saying (jokingly) "we've got to take him back to the home"...people crack me up!

8/27

there's this group of harley davidson men tattooed from ankle to neck in the store and i see them sort of looking at me as i go around folding shirts. i pick up a pile to fold and bring it to the counter. cc is there showing them, of all knives, the lone switchblade left. they're all thinking it's bad-ass of course. i plop the pile of shirts down and walk off. later cc told me this:

(i walk away)

(one biker dude says) "hey, i think i just found bill's next wife"

(bill stands up straighter and finger combs his hair) "if only i wasn't a happily married man"

and did i mention that the youngest one was probably my father's age? heehee

august in a nutshell

What a month... Full of twists and turns adding stories to my journey. I'll start at the beginning Aug 01- really feel the end of July and beginning of August. Milestone of sorts so ready to start my next chapter. Todays the day 90% of my stuff gets moved to klamath. I'm taking my steps I need to take and feeling good! Mom treated me to lunch.. amused by the extreme elderly man totally decked out as john Lennon. Oh people never cease to amaze me. Aug 03- what a wonderful free evening out in the yard no TC the leech of a roommate tonight. How refreshing Enjoyed my very first Bali hai clove so amazing. I really cherish moments like those that lift your spirit so Aug 04- farewell dinner at si casa with the retail hellgate crew. Quite lovely such amazing kind ladies I've had the pleasure of working with so nice to have had their support. Mean that ... What better way to celebrate our precious time together than over strawberry margaritas and sombreros complete with love and gifts as well. Muchos racios senoritas. Hopeful night of dancing after dinner... Night was more emotional than I had anticipated and didn't do much dancing. But we did bring joy with our outfits to a homeless misfit who lived in his truck, an elderly man who needs more control over handling his mints and two study body builders who were not gay FOR THE RECORD. Enjoyed seeing Des the manager who first hired me tho. So we didn't dance a single song but had a very special moment at the car reading my card from Aug06- last day so ready to be out of there. Had a lovely surprise when DT surprised me at hellgate to say goodbye. My most favorite lady ever she's so inspiring Aug 07-load up car get check set off sounds simple right? Not so much.TC ruins the day as usual. Getting ready to leave and this crazy lady pulls up with pepperspray. Well apparently TC brought home this lady's truck until he got paid for helping out his friend mind you... Stupid mistake. Well him and this lady get into an altercation pepper spray flying knives out arms sliced Thank God CH was there to mediate. I load up and head out. Say goodbyes to my girl jaz and set off for my new chapter. Aug 08- unpack fun shopping spree setup my new room and bathroom so amazing to have my own space finally Aug 09- interview for joanns at worksource went amazing! Aug 10- cleaned and organized get the call I've been waiting for..... I got the job and I have orientation Tuesday Aug 12- orientation so excited.. I find out I'm going to be on the project team That's going to be setting up the new store in September. 55 of us were chosen out of hundred s to be on the project team. Then once the store opens they will keep ten to twenty of us fingers crossed! Aug 19- went with my sister and her boyfriend to Crater lake for the first time. It was so gorgeous and simply breathtaking. Spent my Bali hai for the road moment here in my own space in my own world. It was beautiful Aug 26- went shooting for BB birthday. It was fun. Usually I'm too scared to shoot but that day I wasn't and Oh man they created a monster I want my own now. A pink one of course Aug29- took my letter of recommendation from DG into joanns hopefully it gives me a leg up Lastly Aug 31- relaxing and enjoying the blue moon. Feels good I feel a breakthrough coming on Cheers to the first post!

8/20 the bank boy

i bank at south valley and every dang time the bank boy chats with me. i’ll call him b “the bank boy.” a couple weeks ago, on paycheck day, i ran over there on my “ten minute” break (which is more like a twenty minute break lol) to deposit my money. i walk in and the bank boy catches me right as i enter. i’m writing my deposit slip, trying to hurry, but he keeps chatting…and chatting…and chatting. for nearly fifteen minutes! he was on his way to lunch and me, nice ole me, kept a polite and charming smile the entire time. i finally started shifting my way towards the line when he threw up his hands and said “oh! don’t let me get in your way!” he said it in a way that made me feel bad. EEK! fast forward a couple weeks.

i’m downstairs working with cc when i look over at the café, and who do i see? bank boy! he’s standing in line looking over towards the register area. immediately i duck below the counter.

“cc,” i say, “i..i am going to errrrr take a break or maybe run upstairs for a while.” i proceed to tell her very quickly my situation. she laughs as i run upstairs to talk to rac. meanwhile, i’m remembering where i went wrong. i remember that during our conversation previously mentioned, i had told him that i love to take my lunch at two because it makes my day shorter. plus, he already knew where i worked.

as it’s nearing two, i tiptoe downstairs and as i turn the corner i see him pacing near the t-shirt rounder. i take a sharp left turn into reservations and run to the break room. i get js “the creepy teacher” (ok, you think he’s sorta creepy lol) to get my purse from behind the retail counter so i can lunch.

successfully avoided! when i get back cc told me he paced around downstairs for ten minutes looking for me. i escaped!

well, maybe i didn’t.

THE NEXT DAY

the bank boy comes for round 2 of…where’s jasmine hiding?

after i avoided him i had felt really bad. and childish. he’d made a point to seek me out and the least i could do was reward him, if just a little bit.

sure enough, he comes in same time the next day. i’m downstairs minding my own business when nlo comes back from lunch and i have to go back upstairs (no, i did not purposefully go upstairs!). i go up there, chat with kll while cc heads to lunch. not 5 minutes later who makes the door go beep? you guessed it. he heads straight over to me and i feign surprise. i ask him if he’s been here before and he’s like “not for a long time.” HAH! LIAR!

to make a long story short, i got the impression he was heavily christian (volunteers as a leader of a youth group) so i did something sorta, kinda bad. i tried to turn him from “on” to “off” by being as inappropriate as possible. a mixture of provocative, outrageous, and wicked. sorta how i always am but times 100.

since he hasn’t been back, i think it worked… :)

8/3 scorned...again!

sooooo remember jd “the douchebag” who i danced with way back when we went out with nc? the one who grinded his junk on me then backed off finally, after i admitted (smugly, i might add) that “these goods were taken”? and then remember when goodness gracious i had a facebook message from him that said…

FROM JD “THE DOUCHEBAG”

hey i’ll be going out tonight for a few drinks with some buddies. i was wondering if you would like to join me?

right. well i had politely replied back to it, something like “sorry, but i don’t check my facebook that often so i missed your invitation. hope you are doing well.”

a couple days later…

FROM JD “THE DOUCHEBAG”

if i had your # then we wouldn't have that problem :)

i decided not to reply…heehee…scorned…again!

and we're...LIVE

here begins the communication blog of two blonde twenty somethings. two girls...living in two cities...who are two great friends.