Sarcasm FAIL

Click on it to see the full size screen shot.

Keep it Real

I've always, always, always appreciated people who are honest WITH themselves and about themselves, and that appreciation just continues to grow as I get older. I've realized that almost everyone is living life in various stages of denial. Denial about themselves, their personality, how they are perceived by others, their careers, their relationships, their finances, their decisions, their choices, etc etc etc. I know we all have sore spots and things that are tough for us to admit to, but c'mon. You should KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! You should own up to your issues, your shortcomings, your poor decisions. You should be able to say, yes, I am......, or I did...... and that sucks, but hey.

I would MUCH MUCH MUCH rather be around someone who accepts their shortcomings, no matter how bad those shortcomings may be, then someone who acts holier than thou or who is so deep in denial land they haven't got a clue about themselves.

Just keep it real. With yourself. With other people. Life would be so much easier that way.

People Who Just Don't Get It

drive me bonkers. Yes. It. The proverbial "it." Whatever you want "it" to be. Whether it's sarcasm, or pop culture references (song lyrics, movie quotes, tv show quotes), whether it's basic fucking understanding of fundamental life concepts, whether it's people who use the dumbest reasoning known to man to prove their points...... all of them just Do. Not. Get. It.

A clue. They need one.

I'm Victoria Vertuga. And I approve this message.

I can see cleaaaarly now

LASIK is the best thing since sliced bread. It is so friggin awesome. Seriously. Being able to see without having to get up and put my contacts in and go through the whole hooptydoopdycrapola is just amazing.

The procedure is seriously so quick and easy and painless. Everyone had been telling me that, but I was still in AWE of how TRULY quick & easy & painless it actually was. It's over before you even have a chance to freak out about it. And the whole "going blind for a few seconds thing" isn't NEARLY as dramatic as I thought it would be. I thought it would be pitch blackness ZOMG I CAN'T SEE! It's more like when you close your eyes, and you can still make out shapes and light somewhat, and you can pretty much still see the corners of the room, just not the light you were staring at. It does smell a little bit for the 10-15 seconds that the laser is actually on, but even that isn't bad at alllllllll!

So it's basically like this:
Go in. Have your eyes checked/measured again to make sure your prescription is the same and to get super accurate readings on everything.
Take a valium. Sit and chill for a bit. Get a nifty little cap to put over your head/hair.
Go into the surgery room. Have your eyes swabbed. Have one eye covered up. Have numbing eye drops put in. Lean alllllllllllll the way back. Have your lashes and lids clipped up a little bit out of the way.
Look up into a red light. The doc talks you through things he's doing, he goes over your eye with some stuff, he tells you you're gonna feel some pressure. You feel some pressure, you "go blind" for a few secs. The red light comes back. The laser goes on. The laser goes kakakakakkakakakaka for a few seconds. You smell the "burning" a little bit. The laser goes off. The doc goes over your eyes with some stuff. He puts drops in. VOILAH. Right eye is done.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat for left eye.

SO FRIGGIN COOL!!!!!!!!!!!

So since I like to leave my mark and make things exciting and memorable, I had to have one slight thing go wrong. After the surgery, mi mami came to pick me up and we're walking outside to the car. We take about 2 steps into the bright ass sun and I start feeling dizzy. So I say, "I feel kinda dizzy." N then I take 2 more steps and it starts going black. So I say, "Mom, it's going black, is that bad?" My mom knew what was up INSTANTLY, so she starts bracing me for the faint that she knows is coming. But in my post-lasik world, all I can think is, OH NO, the procedure has gone TERRIBLY wrong, I'm going BLIND!!!! Then I guess I said something about my knees buckling, which I don't remember at all. Next thing I know, my mom is saying, "Honey, honey, can you stand up now?" And I'm thinking, stand up? I am standing up? Wait, omg, I can see. OHHHH. I had LASIK! How cool!!!! Wait, why am I on the ground? Did I pass out? What's going on?" My mom said I was out for a good 2 minutes or so.


A nice little man saw the commotion and ran back into the Dr's office to tell them that one of their patients fainted outside. Then my mom ushers me off into the shade to a bench where I can sit with my head between my legs. Then the doctor's staff rushes out with water and a bag of goldfish. They keep telling me that since I'm "so petite" (GAWD I hate that phrase) that 5mg of valium probably made me faint, and I should get more food in my system. So I'm sitting there drinking water and eating goldfish. Then they take me back inside just to check that I didn't fuck my eyes up on the way down (lol). The doc is like, are you okay? Well, actually, all I care about is your eyes! Good times. Then we try it again and I actually make it to the car. It was kinda hilarious. They called later on to make sure I was okay. Then when I went back in for my check up everyone kept calling me the fainting girl. *sigh* It's not like I did that shit on purpose. And now, for my next scene, a dramatic faint *falls to the ground* LOL. OH well. At least they'll remember me.

I'm a Brunette Now

So I FINALLY had my hair dyed dark brown yesterday. I've always, always, always wanted dark hair. The grass is always greener, what can I say. I'd gladly exchange my natural golden blond hair with a brunette :P

The change isn't as drastic as I thought it would be. I mean... it's drastic, but I still look like me. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I think I'm so used to how different I look going from straight to curly and wearing wigs for photoshoots and all that jazz that I'm not even phased anymore by how different I can look.

I'll post a snapshot soon. I can't wait for my first photoshoot with dark hair. It's looking like it might be HEDONIST :P I can't friggin wait!

LASIK

My surgery is this Friday! I'm so damn excited!!!!! And...a little nervous =D I have to wear glasses the week leading up to the surgery, no contacts allowed. And of course, I totally forgot that I didn't actually HAVE any glasses with my current prescription since I am STRICTLY a contact lens wearer I thought I could just tough it out with my ancient frames from when I was 16 and first found out I needed glasses/contacts.

Turned out, that was a very, very bad idea. The old glasses were making my eyes water, I couldn't see for crap, and, uh, they were also really, really ugly. LOL. So I took my ass to Lenscrafters and got a new pair that I can actually see out of. Thank you Lenscrafters for your "ready in an hour" guarantee.

I am SO not used to glasses at all. They start hurting behind my ears after about an hour or so. I hate how if you look up, its blurry. You look down, it's blurry. You look to the sides, it's blurry. And I'm constantly aware that there is SOMETHING ON MY FACE! *gasp* LOL. At my shoots this weekend I had to take them off to have hair and make up done, and I am so damn blind without them. Especially at Will & Ransom's, they were showing me pictures and shit and I had to be ALL UP IN THE COMPUTER SCREEN to see anything. They were talking about how fly Brenna's make up was and I was like, homegirl, do you mind if I get all up in your face for a minute so I can actually see it? LOL. Driving me NUTS! But it'll make being able to see after LASIK that much more awesome.

The funny thing is, I've been getting madd compliments all weekend on the glasses. At my shoots, at my cousin's bridal shower yesterday, at the grocery store. "Your glasses are SO CUTE!!!!!!!!" LOL. Well, at least they're pathetic week of life is being well appreciated by strangers.

=D

4 More Days!!!!!!

Aquarius

There were all these sign threads on MM today. I've looked at the traits/characteristics of my sign a lot, but this one article was so dead on I had to post it. I am SUCH an Aquarius.


Aquarius About Your Sign...

Aquarians basically possess strong and attractive personalities. They fall into two principle types: one shy, sensitive, gentle and patient; the other exuberant, lively and exhibitionist, sometimes hiding the considerable depths of their character under a cloak of frivolity. Both types are strong willed and forceful in their different ways and have strong convictions, though as they seek truth above all things, they are usually honest enough to change their opinions, however firmly held, if evidence comes to light which persuades them that they have been mistaken. They have a breadth of vision that brings diverse factors into a whole, and can see both sides of an argument without shilly-shallying as to which side to take. Consequently they are unprejudiced and tolerant of other points of view. This is because they can see the validity of the argument, even if they do not accept it themselves. They obey the Quaker exhortation to "Be open to truth, from whatever source it comes," and are prepared to learn from everyone.

Both types are humane, frank, serious minded, genial, refined, sometimes ethereal, and idealistic, though this last quality is tempered with a sensible practicality. They are quick, active and persevering without being self-assertive, and express themselves with reason, moderation and sometimes, a dry humor.

They are nearly always intelligent, concise, clear and logical. Many are strongly imaginative and psychically intuitive, so that the Age of Aquarius, which is about to begin, is much anticipated by psychic circles as an age in which mankind will experience a great spiritual awakening. The Aquarian philosophical and spiritual bent may be dangerous in that it can drive the subjects into an ivory-tower existence where they meditate on abstractions that bear little relevance to life. On the other hand it can help the many who have scientific leanings to combine these with the Aquarian yearning for the universal recognition of the brotherhood of man, and to embark on scientific research to fulfill their philanthropic ideals of benefiting mankind. When some cause or work of this nature inspires them, they are capable of such devotion to it that they may drive themselves to the point of exhaustion and even risk injuring their health.

Both types need to retire from the world at times and to become temporary loners. They appreciate opportunities for meditation or, if they are religious, of retreats. Even in company they are fiercely independent, refusing to follow the crowd. They dislike interference by others, however helpfully intended, and will accept it only on their own terms. Normally they have good taste in drama, music and art, and are also gifted in the arts, especially drama.

In spite of the often intensely magnetic, forthcoming and open personality of the more extrovert kind of Aquarian, and of their desire to help humanity, neither type makes friends easily. They sometimes appear to condescend to others and take too little trouble to cultivate the acquaintance of people who do not particularly appeal to them.

They do not give themselves easily - perhaps their judgment of human nature is too good for that - and are sometimes accounted cold. But once they decide that someone is worthy of their friendship or love, they can exert an almost hypnotic and irresistible mental attraction on them and will themselves become tenacious friends or lovers, ready to sacrifice everything for their partners and be faithful to them for life. However, they are sometimes disappointed emotionally because their own high personal ideals cause them to demand more of others than is reasonable. And if they are deceived their anger is terrible. If disillusioned, they do not forgive.

Aquarians work best in group projects, provided that they are recognized as having a leading part in them. They have a feeling of unity with nature and a desire for knowledge and truth that makes them admirable scientists, especially astronomers and natural historians. They may excel in photography, radiography, electronics - anything connected with the electrical and radio industries - aviation and everything technical. On the arts and humanities side their progressive tendencies can be expressed in writing, especially poetry, and broadcasting, or as welfare workers and teachers. Some have gifts as entertainers and make good character actors (having an ability to mimic) and musicians. The more psychic among them possess healing gifts, especially in curing the mentally sick.

Among the faults to which they are liable are fanatical eccentricity, wayward egotism, excessive detachment and an inclination to retreat from life and society, and a tendency to be extremely dogmatic in their opinions. Aquarians can be a threat to all they survey or a great boon for humanity in general. Circumstances - for example, continuous opposition to a cause they hold dear - may cause the atrophy of the openness of mind that is one of the Aquarian's most attractive traits. They may express a lack of integrity in broken promises, secretiveness or cunning. Simmering anger and resentment, rudeness or, worse, a tense, threatening silence which may suddenly burst out in eruptions of extreme temper, these are all part of the negative side of the Aquarian. This can also reveal itself in a sustained hatred for enemies that is capable of enlarging itself into a misanthropy toward the whole of mankind.

Possible Health Concerns...
As Aquarius is said to govern the legs from knees to ankles and the circulation of blood, its natives are susceptible to ailments particularly in the legs and ankles, such as cramps, and are also liable to spasmodic and nervous complaints, as well as wind, catarrh, diarrhea, dropsy, goiter and delirium tremens - so that the avoidance of alcohol is important for those Aquarians who have a taste for it.

Where did Summer go?

The days are getting shorter and summer is over :(

This summer zipped by so fast it's ridiculous! Good lord. October? Already? Really????? I can't believe how fast it all went. It seems like if I blink twice it'll be 2009!

A lot of stuff coming up soon!

Oct 17th-- LASIK! I'm super excited and a little nervous. I have to wear glasses (eek!) for the week prior to the surgery. I don't even know if I still have glasses LOL. I've always been a contact person since I needed them. And then after I can't wear eye make up or work out for a week. And then, life as normal. I am SO excited to not have to deal with eye allergies and things getting in my contacts and not being able to see shit when I wake up! w00t!

Nov 8th-- My cousin's super fast wedding. She decided she was having it Nov 8th only 6 weeks before the actual date. Insanity! I'm a bridesmaid (oh joy) so I have to shell out a shitload of $$ on a bunch of crapola, but at least the dresses we're wearing are actually cute. AMAZING right? And I'm SUPER looking forward to seeing my big ole crazy italiana family for a few days. So YAY for that.


I'm waiting on pictures from like 5 (what I thought were) really really good shoots. I can't WAIT to get the pix back. I'm foaming at the mouth with anticipation. And hopefully I'll have some really great shoots set up for the end of the year.