Rant One - VideoBlog

Rant One from MaiTye on Vimeo.

My Vlogs now have an INTRO!

So, now that I'm gonna start putting my vlog ideas to work, I decided to create an intro vlog.
It's only about 15 seconds. Enjoy!

My California weekend...

So, I went to Cali this weekend for my grandma's 78th birthday. After hangin' with the fam, we hung out with one of my highschool friends and eventually ended up at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles. Upon getting out of the car, some random dude tells us "Don't be shame, buy an UMBERELLA for five dollas!" Yes...umbErella. That's how he said it. *sigh*

We got there at around midnight, and after waiting for about 7 minutes...we were seated. It's INSANE how loud it was in there. I mean REALLY loud. But damnit, the food is so worth it.

My friend drives like a bat out of hell, and on top of that it was RAINING donkeys and horses. I said a quick prayer that we'd make it back to granny's alive and thank goodness we did.

It was a pretty short trip. Being that we drove down on saturday morning and left on sunday morning. And the best part? (sarcasm to follow) When we arrived back in Vegas, at the state line...I smashed my right index finger in the door of the truck. And now it's PURPLE! Sweet!!!

I saw Juno today...and it rocked!

So this weekend, I saw Clovefield & Juno. Let's talk about Juno first, since it was my inspiration for this video(above). Not only was it an awesomely fantastic movie, but it had a super fuckin' awesome soundtrack, which I immediately had to download after seeing the movie. MUST SEE!

Cloverfield...what can I say about Cloverfield? It was...different. The camcorder thing was REALLY annoying at first. And if movies weren't $10.50 out here, I may have walked out during the first few minutes. Not only that, but there were BIG warning signs before purchasing the tickets advising you that the camera shots could cause motion sickness and therefore there would mos def be NO refunds as you were warned in advance. In any case...it wasn't that bad. Not as awesome as Juno...but overall, not that bad.

Hey there Obama

Be careful what you ASK for...

Because when you ask for what you NEED, you may get just that. And what you NEED isn't always what you WANT...

I am totally encompassed in disbelief right now...but at the same time I'm channeling the cliche-riddled motto i've been repeating for the last several weeks:

"Whatever will be, will be. So one must enjoy the moments while they last and let things go when they are gone. It may hurt for awhile...but...So is life."

I can only hope that this feeling is a temporary one, and I can go back to being the ME that i've always been and continue to live by the motto that I've ALWAYS embraced:

Live...Love...Laugh...and most importantly...LEARN.

(Live your life...Love your people...Laugh at yourself and Learn from your experiences)

Hmmm...I totally just figured out what my next tattoo will be.

Awesome.

I don't care

I used to worry...

Worry about whether or not my actions would influence the way others might view me.

I worried that if I didn't completely surrender to the status quo...i'd be viewed as...well, alot of different things.

I don't worry anymore.

I do me.

If I feel ok with my decision, it's done.

I think that's why I don't have children...I think that's why i'm in NO rush to have them.

I'm pretty sure I couldn't completely succumb to this outlook on life if someone else's life depended on my actions.

Don't get me wrong...I still think before I act. (most of the time)

But I don't overanalyze myself anymore.

"What will he/she/they think of me if I...?"
"If I do that, they they might think i'm..."
"Why would they wanna be bothered with me if...?"

Fuck that...love me or leave me. I'm gonna be here regardless.

Q & A with MaiTye

From time to time I get random emails asking random questions about my life or just me in general. Alot of these questions just don't get answered and since i'm sitting here at work, doing nothing(for the moment)I've decided to answer some of the FAQ's. Let's get started shall we?

1) Why is your details section missing on your MySpace page?
- Because I no longer wanted my page private, but there are some things in my details section that not ALL of MySpace needs to see.

2) What do you do in your spare time?
- In my spare time I like to spend time with my friends and family, travel, Ebay it, brainstorm and wait for it, wait for it...BLOG/VLOG.

3) Can I have your phone number?
- Uh, no.

4) What happened to that website you started with your friend in Texas?
- Well, it eventually was shut down due to the fact that said friend and I were on two different wavelengths regarding running a successful website. I do NOT miss that headache at all.

5) Why did you move to Vegas?
- To live closer to my family. Most of my immediate family is on the West.

6) Why was there an ad for grits in one of your Vlogs?
- That's a LOOONG story/inside joke that you will probably NEVER have the pleasure of knowing.

7) Why did you add me to your myspace page that only has like 20 friends instead of the page that has ALL of your friends?
- Because I don't want you all up in my bizness!

8) Why do you use so many metaphors in your blogs?
- Because I feel like it. LOL, kidding. I've always used metaphors because I love em, and also because they sometime go over the heads of those who are not on my level of intellectuality...so, in the event that one of these individuals(that shall remain nameless) were to read any of my blogs...they would NEVER have a clue as to what I was REALLY talking about. Keeping it honest with you...there's really only ONE person that I KNOW OF that I would think isn't on my level of intellectuality and he NEVER reads anything I write, but this is pretty much for the "just in case".

9) What are your goals in life?
- To finish my first novel and for that novel to be well-received. Then move on to my second novel, all the while working with someone who can help me turn my first novel into a motion picture. I'd like my novel-writing/movie making aspirations to run concurrently with my additional aspiration of somehow finding financial stability withOUT working for someone else. I have yet to figure out how I'm gonna do that, but i'm gonna.

10) Why don't you have kids?
- Because kids are the DEBIL. I'm kidding!! They are the DEBIL incarnate. =)

That's all for now, folks! If I missed YOUR question, there's always NEXT TIME!

Broken promises...

Ok, so this one post a day thing should have never been a promise. So, I am changing it to a GOAL. LOL.

Obligatory blogs are no fun for me or my readers, so I will blog ONLY when the feeling hits me.

Right now, I am EXHAUSTED...yet euphoric. So, i'm gonna drift off into SleepLand whilst having the best thoughts a girl can have...

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