PostSecret: Sunday Secrets

I’m sorry, but I was stiffed once and not tipped twice tonight, so I’m bitter.

asakite:

WOW. i would love to work in a place like that!

I want to live in the aquarium room.

Professional pet photographer.

I’m going to use this summer to start building a photography business and hopefully that will pay the bills in the near future.

elyssasharp:

aja:

• What is your mother’s maiden name?
• What is your older sister’s favorite Monopoly game piece?
• Who did your paternal grandfather vote for in the 1956 presidential election?
• Why did you choose a liberal-arts degree when your entire family urged you to go into finance?
• In what year did you begin working on your novel?
• How many weeks away was graduation when you dropped out of college?
• What was your score on the civil-service employment exam?
• Where were you sitting when your girlfriend told you she was pregnant?
• Where did you never end up going for your honeymoon?
• In what year did you begin working for the post office?
• What is the name of the hedge-fund manager your ex-wife married?
• How many hours did it take you to drink that bottle of Jack Daniel’s yesterday?
• What time was it when, in a drunken rage, you threw your novel into the fire?
• If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?

I just had the worst night at work.  I haven’t cried like that since I found out my parents were getting divorced.  Now I have to decide whether I want to quit, explain to my manager why I blame him (and risk getting fired), or suck up my pride and give a fake apology.  Oh, and I have a ton of schoolwork to do tomorrow.

unicornology:

bon-bon:

getbuck:

I feel like my friends and myself, at this point in our lives need a collective shake. A collective slap in the face. We are brilliant, creative people and some of us are working, some of us need to find work, but all of up are feeling this dark cloud. I an pretty convinced that if someone just slapped all of us, and screamed ‘wake the fuck up, you brilliant idiot!’ maybe some of us will start moving. And start doing more than what we need to do in order to survive.

1. How old were you? 1 year, 4 months
2. Who were you dating? ummm…
3. Where did you work? Diapers-R-Us
4. Where did you live? Union, NJ
5. Where did you hang out? the floor, on my sister, with the dog
6. Did you wear contacts or glasses? no
7. Who were your best friends? my sister
8. How many tattoos did you have?
9. How many piercings did you have?
10. What kind of car did you drive? I had to master walking first!
11. Had you been to a real party? I had been to a real potty….
12. Had your heart broken? Nope
13. Were you single/taken/married/divorced? Single
14. Any kids? weird.

****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****

1. How old were you? 6 years, 4 months
2. Who were you dating?
3. Where did you work? school
4. Where did you live? Berkeley Heights, NJ
5. Where did you hang out? The YMCA I think
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? No
7. Who were your closest friends? NaDea, Sabrina, Stephanie, Kyle?
8. How many tattoos did you have? none
9. How many piercings did you have? none
10. What kind of car did you drive? Training wheels!
11. Had you been to a real party? I had probably hit a pinata or two…
12. Had you had your heart broken? No
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single
14. Any Kids? Nope

***10 YEARS AGO (1999)***

1. How old were you? 11 years, 4 months
2. Who were you dating? Probably Brian Finn
3. Where did you work? Nowhere yet
4. Where did you live? Berkeley Heights, NJ still
5. Where did you hang out? Drug Fair, Grand Union, “downtown,” the library
6. Who were your best friends? Courtney, Nikki
7. How many tattoos did you have? none
8. How many piercings did you have? none…or had I just gotten my first holes done?
9. What kind of car did you drive? mountain bike!
10. Had your heart broken? At the time, I probably thought Brian broke my heart after our 25-day relationship.
11. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single/taken in that middle-school-kinda-way.
12. Any Kids? no

****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? 21 years, 4 months
2) Where do you work? Missy McLamb Photographers and Ham’s Restaurant
3) Where do you live? Chapel Hill, NC
5) Who are your closest friends? Alex, Sarah, Allie
6) Do you talk to your old friends? Of the people above, I still talk to my sister, NaDea, Sabrina, Alex, Sarah, and Allie.  I occasionally talk to Courtney.  There are actually a lot of other old friends I still talk to.
7) How many piercings do you have? 10!
8) How many tattoos? none, but plans for four when I have the design and money.
9) What kind of car do you have? 2002 Honda CR-V
10) Had your heart broken? not really
11) How many kids? none
12) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Taken
13) Contact or Glasses? Neither

So much of my future plans depend on me finding a real job after graduation in May:

1. Living in North Carolina rather than at my dad’s house in NJ
2. My relationship with my boyfriend (if I have to go back to NJ, we might break up)
3. Taking the next step with my boyfriend, moving in together
4. Being able to support myself so I can finally be independent of my mom (we don’t have the best relationship)
5. Maintaining the friendships I’ve made in NC
6. Expanding my freelance business and working toward opening a photo studio or agency

I find it hard to get excited for anything past May 10th because I don’t want to eventually get let down.