I had a pretty chill birthday weekend, which is how I wanted it: no fuss. I hung out with the fam most of the time. On Saturday, I went to my godparents’ anniversary dinner at a nice Thai restaurant. Afterwards, my parents, Siobhan and I went to the Hard Rock to play poker (of course!) which was SO  much fun because we all played on the same table. Siobhan doesn’t play poker so she just came to hang out. We stayed until 5am. I’m so proud of my parents for lasting that long! lol I lost 20 bucks after swinging up and down all night. Dad broke even and mom was up $150 until she lost it all and I think she ended up breaking even as well.

On Sunday, my actual birthday, Siobhan came over and surprised me with balloons. As silly as it sounds, it really made my day. I’m keeping the balloons in my room. I love Siobhan for doing that for me! My aunt, uncle and cousin came over later for a huge dinner with some awesome food that everyone helped prepare. Ricky called me from North Carolina where he’s getting ready to start grad school. It was nice to know he remembered me, lol. Later that night, Renee went out with daddy and me to a nice reggae spot in Davie. I had a great time there. I’m so glad that Renee’s in town this weekend! It was good to see her for my bday. After that, went home and fell asleep since a working girl has to be up at 8am. It really was a nice relaxing weekend…no complaints… I had all I could want! Family and friends!!!

So, although I’ve grown up quite a bit over the years, there are a few things from my childhood that is proof of my youth. Don’t laugh at this list, but these are some of the “childish” things that I can’t seem to overcome.

• Apple juice. My coworkers continue to make fun of me for ordering kiddie drinks instead of grown person drinks like beer and such. lol. It’s all good! An apple a day…ya know the rest!
• Macaroni and cheese. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats a nice pan of baked mac n cheese! I’ll even take the stove top kind. I love Italian food and leave it to me to find a favorite in the simplest dish of them all.  Outback Steakhouse has this WICKED dish from the kiddie menu. I mean, seriously…their cheese is from the sky or something because it is so creamy and delicious! I get it every time we go there… Yum!
• Cartoons. Hey, guys can be over 30 and still play video games…So I see it just fine to be 25 and still watch cartoons. I love this animated penguin cartoon that I can’t remember the name of…oh, and Spongebob, of course! I also love Nick At Nite reruns…Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Nanny, Family Matters…yes!!!! Can’t get enough!

As for the things that are proof of my maturity, here’s a MUCH more boring but satisfying list.

• Paying bills. Umm…I don’t know ’bout you, but this has got to be the most satisfying feeling in adult life (besides making the money itself). I struggled for sooo long trying to get my bills paid every month (phone bill, car payments, food, server bills, student loan, credit cards, etc…) but now that I’m working full time, it all comes so much easier. Sigh.
• Working full time AND freelancing. First of all, I must say, I have the best job…seriously… I work with an awesome, creative team. My boss is the coolest. My projects are always interesting. Plus, I’m learning every single day… The pay is good, the hours are great. I never thought I’d enter the corporate world and actually *love* it. I still love what I’m doing every single day. Thankful for that still, 5 months into the job. Plus, I get to do some side projects to make a little extra income. Because of my job at Citrix, I decided to stop Rosanii Design Company as a corporation and started ideaCollage instead. It gives me so much more flexibility as a freelancer, and having an LLC is much better for me right now. Feels good to get paid to do what ya love. If you don’t know the feeling, I suggest you figure it out!
• Saving money. Truly, I missed this concept entirely while in college. Now, I appreciate the value of a dollar. I SAVE!!! It’s so fulfilling! Hopefully I’ll be able to buy my own place next year. A townhouse would be nice. Not into the renting thing…not rushing to move out da house at all. I’d rather save and make the right move at the right time.
• Finding time for myself and my fam/friends. I’m a workaholic as everyone knows. But I don’t want to miss out on the things that are much more important… The people in my life. I’m keeping in touch with old friends, making phone calls, random visits. My network is extremely important to me. If you’re in my life, I love ya!

Really, for my 25th year, my #1 goal is to continue to become a better person for myself and the world. I have huge plans and ideas…I just need to take it one day at a time and make progress slowly but surely. I’m excited!

So there ya have it. This is me, people. Thanks to all who helped make my birthday beautiful!

Vegas in 3 days…yAy!

iiiin addition, Microsoft’s new Operating System, Windows Vista, is an utterly useless piece of crap. i mean, sure, it looks cool and all, but that’s just cuz it’s a bootleg style version of a mac. looks basically the same. mimics window pop-ups and transparencies. Windows tryna be slick with their stuff now. XP was just fine! in fact, XP is perfect! worst thing is that alllll the new computers that are coming out have Vista on em. greeeeeat. buy a new computer and get a crappy OS free. such joy. Even worse, i can’t even downgrade from Vista to XP because these new supercomputers are built just for Vista, so none of my drivers would work if I downgraded. *sigh*.

lastly, turns out stamps are 41 cents a pop now. damn government, messin up my mail system. maybe if they weren’t wasting money on a pointless war in Iraq, I’d be happy with my old 37 cents a lick. *shucks.*

In conclusion….What has the world come to?!!?! ….but not complaining. just venting. things could be worse. :/ ]]> http://www.rozmichelle.com/journal/2007/05/the-world-has-gone-mad/feed/ 2 http://www.rozmichelle.com/journal/2006/07/two-one/ http://www.rozmichelle.com/journal/2006/07/two-one/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:52:00 +0000 rozm!chelle http://www.rozmichelle.com/notebook/?p=16 so i’m 21 now. and upon waking up the next morning (well, the next day because I definitely wasn’t up in the morning) after a successful night of fun at a miami club with my girlz, i realized that it didn’t really make that much of a difference. sure, i can go wherever I want and buy alcohol, but i was already able to get into my favorite clubs and i hardly drink alcohol anyway (unless you count last friday when I decided to get drunk for the mere second time in my life…but hey, i had a reason to celebrate). but it does feel interesting to show my ID to people now and have them look at me with a smile of recognition, some sort of smirk that reads “wow, you are finally legal; i remember those days.” so, other than that, i feel pretty much the same, with a strange yet compelling feeling to be more responsible while remembering to have as much fun as i possibly can. i’m just trying to find a balance between the two.

eminem is one angry dude. i am listening to my brother blast it defiantly through his poor desktop speakers. the moment them damn thingz bust is the moment i will be free from this too-blonde-for-tv psychopath with a record deal. (his music is ingenious, i’ll give him that, but damn. too much of em is disturbing if you ask me.)

i’m a word collector. and today’s fascination lies in the word himbo, “a man who is good-looking, but unintelligent or superficial.” …in other words, a male bimbo. yes, they do exist, now according to dictionaries worldwide. It’s not exactly some shit i’d throw in my vocabulary persay, but the fact that it made it to the dictionary simply astontishes and depresses me. another word that can now be found in the dictionary is bling…. *sigh*. not a fucking thing can be said.

the sky vehemently spat at me today. why it was spitting, i don’t friggin know. but i was personally offended. nevermind the fact that the entire eastern section of south florida was affected. point is, i was attacked by these evil rain drops that decided to contaminate me the moment i thought the sun was going to bless me with its presence. but alas! the clouds decided to drain themselves. bastards.

now, i’m not one to ask many questions. okay…maybe sometimes. but this is one i cannot go without asking: Why, oh WHY, is there a Guiness World Record for the Farthest Spaghetti Nasal Ejection?! Some dumb boy in new mexico holds the record for the longest spaghetti strand blown out of a nostril in a single blow. that, my friends, is friggin disGUSting.

nuff said. laterz! ]]> http://www.rozmichelle.com/journal/2006/07/random/feed/ 1