Inside Kimmy's Mind

So once again I’ve wondered into the dating world.

It always happens by accident and I don’t ever see it coming. It started with a caught glimpse. It sounds very conceited of me whenever I say this, but I really don’t mean it to. On Tuesday I went to my Fiction Forms class like normal. I sat at my desk. I said hello to my fellow classmates. It was a typical day. Soon enough class started, I was turning in a rough draft for a story I’m working on entitled, An Almost Beautiful Romance, I’m surprised I’m not bored with it yet. Anyway, so my professor started lecturing about Boldface and asked the few students who had taken part in it last year to talk about their experiences. After that he continues talking, as teachers often do, and then I look around the room at my peers. My eyes tend to wander  but more than usual that day. Suddenly I lock eyes with someone, I wasn’t sure if he was gazing at me, so I do what I normally do, I look away. I mean for me that is just habit, I lock eyes with strangers all the time. The universal move is to look away at the same time. But I noticed he didn’t look away not until after a few seconds, his gaze had lingered. So naturally I stare back at him. No blink. He finally looks down at his paper or back at the teacher and I return my focus to my teacher. I catch my peer’s gaze a few more times when finally I figured I should probably smile or something. I decided on a smile/nod thing. I was trying to relay the message, “Great lecture huh?” But since he can’t read minds I  don’t think he received that message. Well he stared in my direction a few more times throughout the remainder of class but I just pushed it out of my head. He was probably spacing out or something? So class ends, I say goodbye to my friend, and head out. As I’m walking down the hall I hear footsteps behind me. Which isn’t odd because I am in a hallway filled with students. :/ So I walk out of the English building and hold the door open for the person behind me. I continue walking when suddenly the footsteps are now next to me and the person they belong to asks me, “So how is your story going?” His name is…lets just call him Jay. Jay just so happens to be my gazing classmate. We had only spoken to each other two other times before and both were because we ended up in a group where we critiqued each others stories. I had noticed him in the beginning of the semester and during our second group time I even hinted at a group outing , aka lunch, with my two group members. I figured hanging out with him in an nonthreatening environment might be best. With writer’s you never know how they will react. They didn’t realize my subtle hints so I just dropped it. Turns out he’s actually interested in me. And has been getting up the courage to talk to me. The semester is almost over, so as you can see it has taken him some time to gather up that courage. But he finally did and it ended with me giving him my number and with a maybe date on Thursday. Which was last night. We went to Poison Girl (a bar) to listen to our teacher and two other writers read some of their work. The day started slow, and it was also pouring down rain. I direct you now to the picture of my rolled up pants and completely soaked d chucks. Those shoes are normally a lighter blue. :/ As my feet were submerged in water I just kept hoping that my maybe date wouldn’t be canceled. Luckily it wasn’t. I also made it home in time to shower and get ready. So yay! He picked me up around 7 and we went straight to the bar to grab good seats. This place gets packed pretty quickly. I met a friend of his who had already known my name. Meaning he told him about me. I forget he isn’t a typical guy I’m used to. He’s a writer, which means he likes to talk. The night was great, we talked and laughed and enjoyed awesome readings. I also talked to several other classmates. And I have a dinner planned with several of them on Monday night. I’ve finally made friends who I can hang out with outside of class and they are all writers. I’m excited to hang out with them. One girl, who is in my Shakespeare class was there with her boyfriend at the bar. I can really see myself hanging out with them. They are a nerdy couple who I would love to call friends. I’ve been in Houston already for 2 years and I’m just now fitting in and coming out of my shell. It’s a great feeling and I don’t want it to end. I was happy with the outcome of my date and we plan on going out again. Not sure when but I will make it happen. Oh I guess I should mention this, at the bar they have a wall of pinball machines. I think its relatively new because I didn’t notice it the last time.  But how freaking awesome is it? I mean it’s Spider-Man. I didn’t have any quarters on me so I couldn’t play. Oh and I finally used my Star Wars clutch at the bar. It worked out really well and I got so many compliments throughout the night. I love being surrounded by nerds. So yeah I had a great night.

Sorry for such a long post, I just wanted to explain the whole situation. I think I’m starting to like Jay, but we’ll see what happens. How do you handle asking out someone? Do you wait for them to make the first move or do you just dive right in and hope for the best?

If you love to write then you should  totally sign up for this conference. There will be craft talks and workshops where you have a piece of your writing critique by fellow writers. Choose from poetry, fiction or non-fiction writing.

I plan on signing up as well, I’m so excited. It will be held on the UH campus and anyone 18 and older can join…unless you are currently in a grad program. :/ All the information can be found HERE. If you register before Sunday it only costs $75 after that it will be 100. That will only cover food and registration not room and board. They will have rooms available so if you are interested in staying on campus for the week that option is available.Now this is pretty cheap compared to some writing conferences so I can’t stress how amazing this opportunity is…especially if you live in Texas. If you do consider coming then leave me a comment so we can get acquainted I would love to meet you and read your writing.

So I watched this great short film a couple years ago. Let’s call it film A.

I lost it and every time I tried to find it again I had no luck. I finally located it and liked it right away, so I could find it if I needed to. I’m also posting about it so there is no way I can lose track of it again. While I tried to find this particular film, I found one similar only now I can’t seem to find that film. (I’ll call that one film B) -.- I need to really keep track of things I like like, thank god Pinterest exists now and days. Maybe while I search for film B, I’ll discover another film to boast about. I should be doing my homework but I thought I’d share this great short with the rest of the blogging world. Also check out the rest of the films on this channel, they are all pretty great. Film A, Beyond Words, is just so beautiful. I’m glad I was able to find it again. I think the makers and actors did an excellent job on making it believable.  Not exactly sure how I will find film B though, I really need to start remember the names of these films. Oh well I’m sure I will find it someday.

I was looking around at all the papers I printed out for class, and then I notice the sea of discarded candy wrappers. I can’t help eating a bunch of those Werther’s Original caramel candies. I know most candy does that. But what candy can you not resist?

 

So I had a great Spring Break, I just wish it was longer.

So I went to New Orleans, it was my first time out of Texas and it was so much fun. I got to meet the rest of Jody’s family and visit a different state. I got to ride a ferry walk around the French Quarter. Not to mention eat some delicious food. Went to a craw fish boil at Jody’s brothers house. And then had beignets at Cafe De Monde, I have a lot of video footage to sort through so I’ll end up putting it in a vlog sooner or later. We stayed at with Jody’s dad. His house was so pretty. They had the most comfortable carpet I have ever felt in my life. I always feel strange when I stay at someone elses house. Technically I have two homes since moving in with Mija and Jody. Both feel like home for me, just in different ways. The New Orleans air didn’t like my hair. And I thought Texas hated it the most, but nope. The first day it was ok because it was nice and cool but extremely windy. I was all about comfort on this trip.  Oh yeah walked down Bourbon street, yup saw a bunch of nudie pics. But before that we saw one of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen- St. Louie Cathedral. Is that an oxymoron? Or is it irony? XD Well it doesn’t matter, it was so beautiful. The whole trip was just fantastic. It was a nice getaway. Minus the fact I brought home a cold as a souvenir. But now I know why people travel. A change of scenery, that’s probably why people run away from their problems. I didn’t think about any home work assignments that entire weekend. It was nice to come back home and then have an entire week to just catch up on dreaming….even though I should have done  homework. :/ I just didn’t want to do anything, but I did go to the rodeo. But I’ll talk about that in a later post. I actually have a lot to talk about, but have to finish this post first. >.<

I’m so unorganized, I let too much time pass and then other things happen that I want to share but I can’t put them all in one post.  That would be even more messy. How do you keep your blog post organized? Or do you just type whatever whenever?

So this weekend the weirdos and I are heading to New Orleans.

Jody has invited us to go and visit his family. I’m excited, I’ve never been outside of Texas before. I haven’t even traveled explored the rest of Texas. I’ve been to Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Mission, McAllen, and a few other small towns. But I haven’t been anywhere really, my family and I never really went on vacations.  I’m finally packed, I think I have everything I need. I’m not bringing my lappy because where we’re staying won’t have wifi, plus my laptop should be traveling.   But before I go, I wanted to share a funny story with you. I don’t want to gross anyone out so if talking about feminine products disgusts you then stop reading now. Ok so I carry extra pads with me for those just in case moments. Because we all know that mother nature loves to screw with us. Well anyway, I had put on in the zipper compartment of my bag. Its one of those Always thin pads, anyway so I kept it unzipped because I had kept my cell in that compartment. Well I head in to the bathroom and start checking my bag and its vanished. I must have dropped it somewhere on campus, of course you would think that I would have noticed but obviously not. This moment made me think of another time this has happened to me. I can laugh about it now, but the 11 yr old me would cringe to think I’m sharing this story with other people. So when I was 11, according to biology or science, I had become a woman. I, the same as now, carried extra pads with me. Only I carried like five extra pads with me. A bit much but hey I didn’t know how many to carry with me.  Well I must have forgotten to zip the front pocket of my backpack because all of these pads had fallen out all over the assembly area.  Luckily there were only a few people, all of them girls and all of them “friends”, and they started making fun of me. Now these pads weren’t diapers. They were tiny pads, I was 11 for goodness sake. I can laugh at it now, but at the time I was really embarrassed. So I just ran off. The next morning I get to school and notice the pads I had left were being kicked around by some boys. Most of my peers avoided them but one boy had picked one up to throw away ,holding it between his index and thumb as if it were used. I was mortified because it was all anyone had talked about all day. About the pads that littered the assembly area. Now that I’m an adult I can laugh but I can imagine the current 22 yr me dropping a pad in front of someone but they were probably too embarrassed to say, “Hey you dropped your pad.” XD

Just one of those moments that might have been a bit embarrassing but since I was so unobservant it didn’t phase me. 😀

So have you been to New Orleans? If so what are some places I should check out?

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So we went to the zoo on Saturday. Jody and Mija have memberships and they let Kat and me tag along. 😀 We walked to the train and I personally like the light rail so much more than the bus It’s faster and has more seating. If only the rails were all over Houston then public transportation would be a lot more fun.  We were on a time crunch so we had to wake up early. But we managed to see everything I wanted to. Elephants, peacocks, orangutans and the red panda are all the animals I was hoping to see.  As you can see from my gif playing in the sidebar, the red panda was one of my favorite animals I saw this weekend. So adorable. The mommy and baby orangutans were just so cute. The mom was named Cheyenne  and she is a surrogate mother to abandon babies. Her newest baby is Aurora. She had the cutest case of bed hair. When we first went around to their exhibit we couldn’t see them. They were laying down behind the pillars. The playground was decorated for Aurora’s first birthday. They had birthday presents all over  the place, Cheyenne took it as her duty to open and consume whatever was in the box. There was also this hilarious lemur who kept spreading his arms upwards. Too funny. Once I saw him I couldn’t help but sing, I like to move it move it. It was the same type of lemur that sings that song in the movie Madagascar.

After we left the zoo we walked back to the train and took it to Les Girvals for the best bahn mi sandwiches ever. Ok, so I haven’t really tried any other places. But these sandwiches are so freaking yummy and I feel like it just can’t any better than this. The BBQ is marinated in this amazing sauce plus the sandwiches are only 2.50 so whenever I have money I head over there and treat myself. Especially since now I know how to get there from my house. I did try the place on campus but it was horrible. There was this horrible hummus spread on in instead of the yummy sauce that makes the sandwich great. This is also probably the reason I don’t try any other restaurants.

So do you have a restaurant that you prefer?

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So on Monday, the weirdos and I were gonna head to Ihop for some free pancakes. And then we realized that none of us are even fans of pancakes. I’m more of a French toast or waffle person. Anywho, we decided on eating at Jus’ Mac instead.  What is Jus’ Mac you ask? Well since you asked, it is this amazing restaurant that serves just mac, meaning macaroni and cheese. But I’m not talking just plain Kraft here. This is gourmet stuff, and so freaking yummy. :9 The first time I tried one of their dishes was when my bro-in law brought some leftovers home. The dish was called The Pit Master: brisket topped with Colby Jack and BBQ sauce. Delicious. I’m from Texas and the BBQ is awesome here so of course there has to be a dish with brisket it in. Then to top it all off is bread crumbs. Eating regular mac and cheese just won’t taste the same without the bread crumbs toasted on top. I don’t think I can go back to Kraft. >.< I tried something different when we went Monday night. The Broc: fresh broccoli florets topped with cheddar. It was so yummy. Obviously if your not a fan of broccoli then this wouldn’t be the dish for you. But they have other ones to suit your taste. The next time we go I plan on trying the Cheese and Chong: seared chicken, sauteed mushrooms, pesto topped with French fried onions.  Can’t wait. >.< They offer two sizes personal and regular. I got the personal and it may look small but believe me, it is more than enough. I highly recommend trying Jus’ Mac if you are ever in Houston or Sugar Land. It changes mac and cheese. Moving on, so when I came home today Jody had the blinds opened. Tomo loves it when the he can peer outside. (what a creeper) He’s only ever been an inside cat so he doesn’t really know about the outside world. Sometimes there will be stray cats wondering around and he’ll get excited/scared and just glare at them. He makes a funny noise when he sees birds outside. It is super funny check out the video below to see what I mean. It’s an old video I shot back in 09 to show my sister how weird her cat is. He is sort chirping, I think he is trying to talk to me. Such an odd ball. I’m amazed he can fit on the windowsill. Such a big kitty, also his birthday is coming up. I think he is going to be 4? I plan on knitting him another bow to wear for his special day. He didn’t like the last one I knitted for him. But he can wear one for one day. XD

Also my laptop is starting to spazz out on me. The screen is starting to flicker…that’s how my first laptop died. -.- I’m seriously doomed when it comes to computers. Please just hold out for the next two seasons. 😥