i'm in a much better mood today...

mostly because of this:


(my new phone, as of yesterday)

and also because of this:


(used for text messaging). (it's a finger)

phone

by the way my phone died. in case anyone out there has tried to call me or whatever. i'm getting a new one tonight.

this is the end

i am formally ending my blog now. this is the last one. i have enjoyed having a blog, but now this blog is no longer able to offer me the one thing that blogs are supposed to be able to offer, freedom. freedom to write whatever i want about whatever i want, how i'm feeling and such, without having to worry about pissing anyone off. i know i only have one, maybe two readers. but one of my possible readers is someone who i have something to say about, and since i'd rather them not read about it (i'd rather tell them straight to their face how i really fuckin feel about them right now), i'm just not going to write about it. i'd like to, but i don't want to take any chances. i'd like to write about how incredibly pissed off i am at this person for doing what they've been doing, but i can't. if i don't get the oppurtunity to tell them to their face, then i may write about it. eventually. but not here.

thanks for the few months of outlet that you've provided, but now it's time to say goodbye.

i want my $5.50 back.

= Worst Movie EVER!!!!!!!!!!

guess what i did saturday night!

i thought it was going to be really gay and stupid, but i actually had a lot of fun... two times in the hot spot with the host and the one from charlotte (second from left, standing).. he was HOT!!!!
the girl i'm sitting on is april, one of my girls from raliegh..

we dressed like "hoochie mamas", supposedly. i hate that term, but we had fun none the less.

i'm never gettin in the ocean again. ever.

good morning starshine, the earth says hello

i love this movie. everything about it. especially the colors.


go see it. don't be all "but he's not gene wilder, and i'm an f'ing hippy who refuses to ever try anything new because i'm an asshole". seriously. go see it.

i had chocolate cake on friday, and i was trying to get my coworker to eat some of it, so i described it by saying, "if willy wonka was to throw up in my mouth, this is what it would taste like."

cool weekend.

i had an awesome weekend, so i feel like sharing.

friday: charlie and the chocolate factory with katie.
AWESOME movie. johnny is outstanding!!
the chocolate was beautiful, the colors were beautiful!
i loved it!!
then to kohl's to try and find katie's slingblade-esque appstate friend. no good, he was off.
then to tap room, for beers with andrea. i thought i saw trey at the bar, so katie called him, no good, he was in asheville drunk. but he told katie that we were welcome to go to his apartment and hang out and drink his beer.. he even told katie that he left a key on the porch .. hehe...
so we decided we should pull a prank and go to his apartment and take a bunch of pictures inside with some random object from my car, and then leave it in some obscure place in his apartment. we figured since he was drunk, he wouldn't remember telling us to go to his apartment.. then we were gonna have random people email the pictures to him.. heheh..
BRILLIANT!! but then we got to his house and couldn't find the damn key!! oh well. it WAS a great idea...
so then i went over to carmen's for Poker. put in five dollars and almost immediately lost it.. dustin got upset over some unsavory advice on satterfield's part.. so then he went out and we went to the WAHO. good food, retarded waitress.. i really don't care about your dogs lady.. if i did, i would ask.
so then we went back and hung out for a little bit........................not much else ;)

hehe..
got home at 3 am!!

saturday:
got up at 8 am! and andrea, katie, cathy, and i headed for carowinds and had an awesome time!! see pictures in my flickr.. of course right before we left that morning, i stepped on a piece of glass, so all day long i'm having to be careful walking.. and i got sunburnt all to hell, and SOOOOOOO bloody tired. but hey, it was worth it! definitely had fun.. we rode SOOOOO many rides... the new BORG Assimilator ride kicks so much ass. you lay down and go upside down. the hour long wait was completely worth it..
but then we rode some water rides, which were super cool.. definitely the best way to end the day..
stopped at shoney's on the way home. and saw cathy's super cute dog.. bought a lotto ticket in south carolina, so i can get out of debt :)
the plan was for me to then go to a party in charlotte, to see some friends i hadn't seen in years.. but by the time i took a shower, i was so bloody tired and in so much pain (foot and burn) that all i could do was go to sleep.. *sigh* i suck.

sunday:
here's the crazy part. well not really, i don't consider it crazy but some might..
i went to charlotte to meet. .... a boy!! yes, i met a boy, a boy that i've been talking to on the internet for a while.. i know, "the internet" is decieving, i could get abducted, it never works out.. all that shit, but i don't care. i had fun, and he is really nice..
he took me to this parking deck (haha, don't judge) in charlotte, the 7th street station. it's really cool, you walk around outside and there are these panels that you push on and it plays sounds.. it's so awesome... there is even a riddle posted outside and we SOLVED it.! yay! when you solve the riddle, it plays you a song and lights up all pretty! it was so oooooooo cool. i would love to post pics of it, but my stupid camera wouldn't work. that's what i get for leaving my good one at home. oh well. then we went to eat, had some good conversation and pizza, and beer. then we went to the movies to see war of the worlds.. which is a weird movie.. it's REALLY good until the end, when you're just like.. "wait a minute. that doesn't make any sense. none at all"... oh well.
so anyways i had a really good time.. and i hugged him good night.. cause it was a proper date..
had fun..
got home at 11 and went immediately to sleep after a good long weekend..
now, if only i could go back to sleep.

drivin sure is fun when your prescription ain't quite right.

so i go to the eye doctor today.. and they give me some contacts.. i can tell right away that something isn't quite right. he does the eye exam and everything.. and then he tells me that they're a little off, so they'll have to order some more. i figured then they would tell me to go ahead and take out the ones i have in, since they're not right. but no, he tells me to go ahead and wear these if i want, since they're still better than no corrective lenses.
let me just say now, these are OFF. my perception is wrong, and looking at this computer screen requires work.. i may have to switch back to my glasses until the goodn's come in, cause this is freaky.. well, ten more days... i hope the next pair fits better.

fastest mullet in france

best mullet i've seen in weeks.. although yesterday i definitely saw a skullet while GPSn.

Riley as a puppy

Riley as a puppy
Originally uploaded by laserone.

oh my god this dog is so friggin cute.. i want a pug so bad.. i can't wait til i have my own house and my own pug.

you swept me away

ok, so everyone in the hick-o-ry area knows all of this but so what.. it's been raining all day and everyone's all talking about the hurricane comin through NC.. well up here in Catawba County we definitely got to see it. i went to the gym for lunch, and it was all rainy and shit, but not bad. then, as i was walking on the treadmill, i noticed the rain start to get heavier, and heavier.. and the sky get darker and darker... then one of the Yployees went to one of the tvs and turned up the volume (which NEVER happens) .. so i turned off my ipod and listened: tornado warning in effect for catawba county, nc til 1:30 pm. Great. for those of you who don't remember weather class in 7th grade, warning means that there has actually been a sighting of a funnel cloud. so then they made all of us leave the workout room and go into the spinner room and sit there for like 20 minutes. being the genius that i am, i noticed the big radio in the room and found a local station, so we could listen to the weather report. "well, from our cameras on the water tower in lenoir, we can see the funnel cloud moving over northwest catawba county (hickory). it appears to be moving through downtown (where the Y is) and now up towards NE hickory (where my house is)... " etc. etc. etc. that's friggin crazy.. luckily, it did very minimal damage to hickory, at least the parts i saw coming back in from lunch. when the finally let us leave, the little creek that runs past the Y was definitely breaching the normal banks and over the little footbridge..
argh!! my house is going to blow away!

whoopty doo.

i love the fourth of july. it makes me sooo happy. it's like one big firework all day long.. the loud noises and the colors just make me feel cozy for some reason..



i also love the mountains.. especially boone. i think if i were to choose one place to live forever, it'd be boone. every time i go back to visit, all i can think about is how awesome it was to live in such a beautiful place.



i love my best friend, B. he's got a way of always being there for me..



these are just a few things that make me happy.. i have many loves.. what makes you really happy?

uh oh, i'm gonna be broke............. more broke

holy shit, look what i bought!! myprecious

don't judge! i'm only paying 9 bucks a month for it.. ok i'll probably pay more than that a month.. i'll try and pay it off quickly.. but it's so pretty and i like taking pics a lot, so maybe one day with this, i'll actually be good at it.. i hope.

um meme?

ok according to katie, i'm supposed to be listing five things that i miss from my childhood.. this is gonna be difficult.. i mean, i miss being a kid, but i like who i am now a lot better than the dork i was back then.. but i'll give it my best shot.

a. my grandma's field peas and salmon patties..
yes, salmon patties. i was born in bradenton, florida and lived there til the age of six. it was cool because that's where my dad's entire family was. my grandparents house was just a short drive away. we'd go there every sunday after church (well, after they got out of church). my grandma was and may still be a great cook. her best meal, and my all time favorite of hers, is field peas (hand picked from their garden), and salmon patties, hand squished. yes, believe it or not, i used to eat seafood. it is the only seafood in my whole life that i have ever enjoyed. i couldn't wait for that supper.. of course she would spend hours in the kitchen making lunch, with other things to go with it, biscuits, fried okra, etc. the smell would radiate through the whole house and outside into the yard where my brothers and i would be chasing frogs, armadillos, and rabbits. that smell still haunts me when i think about it.. so good... and then FINALLY supper would be on the table. but of course, before we could eat, we had to pray.. this would usually consist of a regular prayer, and then a 20 MINUTE reading out of some bible handbook, and then a few passages from the actual bible. it always seemed to take FOREVER. and then finally, we got to sink our teeth into the salty, yummy goodness.
of course, now my grandma rarely cooks. she and grandpa live in georgia, and she is too busy taking care of a house, and a sick grandpa to be able to cook big meals. plus, there's no one really to cook for anymore.. seems like everyone has moved away.
i'm not sure i'd be able to enjoy the salmon patties anymore anyways.. i haven't eaten seafood in years.
that one was kinda long i guess..

b. the creek
when we lived on billy st. in kannapolis, down at the end, where the road dead ends into the woods, there was the entrance to a trail. at the end of this trail was a creek.. a pretty little creek. and at the creek was a cabin. although it wasn't deserted, i NEVER saw a human at this cabin, and never saw a car, in fact i don't even know how a car would get to it. it was nice though, with a little bridge, a rock wall, and a picnic table. this was a favorite place to go for all of us neighborhood kids. anytime we wanted to escape our parents or siblings, or to have imaginary soap operas, me and my best friend marissa would go down to the creek. my eighth grade birthday party (the first one with BOYS) happened mostly here. we played spin the bottle and i got my first french kiss from rory miller (who unfortunately passed away a few years ago).
but this wasn't the end of the creek's coolness. there was another trail, from the creek, that led to a deserted skeet shooting range.. there were several buildings, all delapitated, perfect for kids and wasps. most of the buildings were blue and for some reason they were really small, but they were so cool. one year the mostly absent owners of this farm had a haunted hayride trail through the range for halloween. when it was over, my brother and me and all of our friends had and even greater time, due to the fact that they just left all of the props laying around the area..

now the beginning of the trail to the creek is closed off. the owner of the house at the end must have gotten tired of all the kids cutting through his yard. but one day, i swear i'm gonna go back there and see what it looks like now.

c. the wizard of oz as performed by a and a suggs
when we were wee lads and lasses, my brother alan and i would watch the wizard of oz over and over and OVER again.. we knew every word. we would act out the scenes, using our cats, my parents, and occassionally my oldest brother scott, as other characters. i, of course, was always dorothy.. and alan was usually the lion. my cat mayonnaise was toto. my mom even bought me a plaid dress similar to dorothy's. we had so much fun...

d. family vacations.
my family was hardcore into road trips. we went on road trips all the time. when we lived in florida we would take weekend trips up to north carolina to see the mountains and the "snow" during the summer months (yes, summer, it's 900 degrees in florida during the summer). when we moved up here, we would take day trips to the mountains, since it was only a 2 hour drive from k-town. at the grand old age of 9, my family, including my mom, dad, two brothers, and nana (other grandma) went to new england. we took a two week trip driving all the way up to maine and back.. we saw new york, maryland, rhode island, boston and everything in between. i'd say my favorite part was the whale watching in cape cod. another cool part, which i didn't appreciate at the time, was that we got to see the twin towers and go inside. there is actually a picture of my bros and i inside looking out from the top floor of one of the towers.

when i was 11, we took a month long trip across country, all the way to california and back. my family, my cousin alicia, and my grandma and grandpa. a van, a truck, and two campers. it was awesome.. got sick in vegas, saw seals in cali, saw yellowstone, yosemite, mesa verde, grand canyon, devil's tower, mt. rushmore, and EVERYTHING in between. i have been to 44 u.s. states because of these two road trips alone.
these weren't the only ones, just the best. we also went on a cruise to mexico, and other various vacations.. i miss that..

e. let's see.. i guess this last one should be the most important.. um... i miss... naps!
naps!! the most important and stupendous thing ever invented. i was never one of those kids who fought to stay awake in kindergarden at naptime.. i always warmly welcomed my favorite part of the day. the soft towel and pillow, the dark room, the back of my eyelids... this tradition carried on to the afternoons all through elementary school, and yes, even in middle school my mother would often come home to find me asleep watching animaniacs and tiny toon adventures. those rocked. in high school, i had to get a stupid job, so the naps had to end. every once in a while i'd be able to catch one.. who am i kidding, i napped everyday, during class!! especially when we'd watch a video, i'd be out like that.. . but then of course in college, i had a job too. but in college, you can't sleep during class, or you're fucked. i tried a couple times my freshman year, but it never worked. my naptimes officially stopped for good.
now i have a regular daytime job.. and my nights free. i could take naps if i wanted. of course i want to.. but now if i take a nap in the afternoon, i can't fall asleep at night.. which totally blows. so... no more naptimes for ally.

wow, that was a LOT of rambling.. sorry..

let's try this

i just wanted to test to see if this would work.. awesome.. Whoever can guess whose feet these are wins a prize! i'll give you a hint, he's a famous man, famous for singing. put your guesses in comments.. what prize is there to be won? well, you'll see. ;)

general title

you know, i'm starting to really like spades. me and dustin came back last night to beat carmen and satterfield.. we came back from behind with a BEAUTIFUL nil from me and a BEAUTIFUL cover from dustin. it was awesome. and then six feet under creeped me out.. and then my best friend called to tell me that the power supply i FINALLY got around to ordering for my broken ass computer, well they sent the wrong model number!!!! arrejroisejgokjokgh!!! but it's ok.. because we won at spades.. and today when i got to the office i got a pleasant message from one of my myspace boys.

this past weekend.

heeeheee... wouldn't you like to know?


(This was me Sunday morning ;) )

:)

van wilder.......... genius?

"you shouldn't worry so much about life, you'll never make it out alive. Write that down."