Ending 2009 on a good note?

 Just got back from probably the longest day of work ever. It wasn't even that bad, but this one customer just really pissed me off. She comes to the second window asking to change her order.. so I do it no problem, even though she should've done this already.. I remake her food then go to hand her the iced coffee she ordered and she started to complain saying, "I paid for a large iced coffee, why is this a medium?" So I told her that she was not charged for a large, it said medium. She then started to give me an attitude, so I just remade the iced coffee for her large to avoid issues. I then hand her the coffee and she was asking if it was sugar free vanilla, and it wasn't.. because THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE ORDERED YET AGAIN! So then she asks to talk to a manager and is getting all pissy about her drink, even though I'm fixing everything for her without a problem. She finally got her iced coffee and then started to say I didn't give her straws, when I already gave her about 12976349182746124 because she kept changing her drinks and asking for more straws. I seriously hate people.
To add to my annoyance with a customer, I was also thinking about how I got a ticket last night. I was driving on Kings Highway in Warwick, and then came to a bunch of cars in a row of traffic, so I slowed down.. Apparently the cop who happened to be the car in front of me had a problem with my driving.. so he proceeds in pulling me over. Once pulled over, he starts asking me word for word, "Was there any good reason as to why you were in my trunk with your reckless driving?" In the nicest way possible, I explained to him that I had no idea I was that close to him or was speeding, because I wasn't doing either. He then starts drilling me, asking if I was high. Asking if he could search my car, follow through with a blood test. He was even saying my eyes were bad and I said I had contacts, so maybe they were irritated, but he just called me a liar and went on with writing me a ticket for following too close. I was furious. It's obvious that I was getting a ticket just because I was a teenager, he pulled me over, and needed to meet his quota by the end of the month. I'm just worried because it's gonna come down to my word against his in court.. which really isn't fair. I looked up Officer Oresto online, and he apparently has a trend of pulling people over for no reason. He had the most amount of tickets in regards to driving safety for the year of 2007, which makes sense since he hands them out for no reason and drills people about smoking. If he really thought I smoked, he should've just tested me to end up looking like an idiot. If only police officers could do their job right. I just got back from going to town hall to hand in my not guilty plea on my ticket.. fun stuff.

And Today Was a Day Just Like Any Other...

I'm hoping that this'll finally be the blog I decide to stick with. I always make these things, to forget about them within a week or so. I'm gonna try to make this one last though, since I really do love writing pointlessly for practically no one to read :).

I've had a pretty easy day today, even after having to head to work at 6am. I went to go take a nap last night around 7pm, only to fall asleep for the night and wake up at 5am to my alarm. I was worried about working so early, just because we were supposed to get hit hard over night and into the morning with snow.. but luckily it wasn't as bad as they were calling, so I managed to drive to work without crashing along the way. I was only scheduled for four hours, but since the weather wasn't bad I didn't really care. After coming back and shoveling the snow, it was nice to be able to relax. I even got to watch Home Alone 3 for the first time since I was a kid. It was on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas special. I forgot how much I loved that movie, and oddly enough it's probably my favorite Home Alone movie. I was really surprised when I realized Scarlett Johansson was in it. She played the older sister of the main kid, Alex. Who knew!?

After watching the movie, I obviously wanted nothing more than to play a good game of Monopoly! I've been pretty much addicted to Monopoly lately, and it's getting kind of bad. Ever since I played one time over the semester at New Paltz, it's like I crave playing. Ever since I realized I could play online on pogo.. I've been sold. It's pretty much an addiction, and pogo gives me my fix. But hey.. it's a lot cheaper than cigarettes! I feel like it's the economist in me kicking in, especially ever since taking microeconomics. I've always been interested in monopoly, but after becoming a broke college student and learning the fundamentals of economics.. it's fun to have money and monopolize, even if it isn't real.

I feel like I'm growing up in a country that's not looking out for my best interest, or anyones at that. Once gay marriage was denied in New York ( & also watching Home Alone 3 kind of brought this into my head.. for reasons I'm not too sure of myself), I started to think of other instances where I felt deprived of my natural rights as a human being.. and I thought of way too many for apparently living in a "free" country; We're no more free than Iraq is safe. I just don't even understand the opposing stances on a lot of the situations either. Who really has the right to deny two people loving each other & living together, it's simply opinion. I know a few issues come into play in regards to money and how it would work out if two men or women could marry, but if my partner is dying in the hospital and I'm denied rights to see them, someone else in the hospital will die first. I'm just hoping within my lifetime I start to see some changes, because so far I'm not on team America.

I keep opening up my iCal to add events and things I have to do, and just seeing on my calendar that the LOST season 6 premiere is soon makes me so happy. I just watched the whole series over the summer, so going from watching episode after episode to none for a few months was pretty hard. I can't exactly complain though, because I could only imagine how people feel who followed it week by week. I'm gonna drive myself crazy during season 6, or just die from an anxiety attack. I'm trying to not let myself go through and watch the entire series again before going back to school. I should PROBABLY try to be a little productive and enjoy my month off, not in front of my computer screen. Then again, I end up watching Friends so often, that watching the entire LOST series again would be a piece of cake. Friends & LOST, the two loves of my life Y.

I've been in a lot more of a holiday spirit this year compared to most. I think a lot of it has to do with being able to enjoy free time before Christmas. Last year I was up at New Paltz until a few days before Christmas, so studying for finals so close to the holidays really takes your mind off it. I've recently become obsessed with David Archuleta, so once I saw he made a Christmas album, I got it right away. Ever since then, I've been listening to it everywhere I go, no matter what I'm doing. I really recommend it, he has such an incredible voice and does a good job covering traditional Christmas music. I'd have to say my favorite though is "Melodies of Christmas," which I'm pretty sure is an original, and amazing to say the least. His albums called Christmas from the Heart, and if you click that link, it'll bring you to amazon to sample his songs.. really good.

Well I guess I'll wrap up, since I've had no consistency to this post anyway, just felt like blogging. Now I'm off to hang out with Lauren. Too bad I have work again at 6am, although working in the morning goes by so much faster.. plus it means dealing with less customers, which is ALWAYS a bright side to any situation.