So Im on Facebook and I see that Eric has posted one of those LiveSocial top 5 things. Usually his posts are really funny, but I was rather perturbed by this one. The post itself?
Eric Shannon: Direct response to Jon the hater Brown…. heres the 5 dopest Flo Rida songs. (I only know two of his songs, but theyre so darn powerful, that he only needs two songs)
Resa:
….reeeeeeally? really?
JB:
You are absolutely right….
Facebook DOES need a dislike button
Resa:
Seriously. I mean, how could you leave out In the Ayer? WAY more powerful than Right Round…
Ok, so seriously, I hate Right Round so much – I cant even bring myself to joke about it being better than anything.
Eric:
Resa, you joined Jon Browns Hate Nation? Im shocked and appalled. Im pulling Right Round up on iTunes right now to combat your dark spell.
And I forgot about In the Ayer.. Ive got that on iTunes also. Not a huge fan of the song, but one aspect of Flo Ridas genius is his creative spelling. Ayer? Yes, absolutely. So profound.
got this stuck in my head since I wrote it a minute ago… sing along:
You spin my head right round Jon Brown
When you go down when you go Brown tonight
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From the top of the pole I watch Jon go down
Jon Brown got me throwin my money around
Ain’t nothin more beautiful than Jon Brown
Browns goin down down.
JB:
Once again, I dont know about riding any poles, but if you want to throw some money my way Ill take it.
Eric:
Them baggy sweat pants
And the Reeboks with the straps [With the straps]
I turned around and gave Jon Browns big booty a smack [Ayy]
He hit the flo [He hit the flo]
Next thing you know… Read more
Jon Brown got low low low low low low low low
JB:
Ok, now I feel uncomfortable.
Resa:
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That would be hilarious if it wasnt that song.
Its not even catchy. Its just loud and annoying.
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And whats the deal with rappers and hookers? I mean, seriously. If theyre such hot shit, why do they have to pay for sex? Come on. Ever seen the pick up artists at the Saddle Ranch? Not famous, not super hot (or conventionally attractive), but they can get almost any woman they want. And someone whos self-proclaimed loaded and hung cant get laid without paying for it?
I should probably stop here and continue in a blog post.
Anyway, Right Round sucks.
But a big YES (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyqUj3PGHv4) on Low.
Eric:
oh good lord, trannies? hahaha youre a fan of trannies?
About hookers though, Flo Rida is into STRIPPERS. Not hookers! I think its cause hes such a good soul just wants to shine his white light upon them…. raise their spirits all. Hes doing good deeds by bedding these strippers.
About the Saddle Ranch, you mean the one on Sunset, … Read moreright? I never noticed any pickup dudes in there, but would normally see a posse of Real World or Road Rules rejects. One of them used to be the mechanical bull operator. Trishelle (the super slutty one from the Las Vegas season) was in there more than once. Flo Rida could get her, for sure.
Resa:
You wouldnt notice them because they werent picking up on you. :D
They become hookers when he pays them for sex.
Hey shawty what i gotta do to get you home?
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One stack, come on/Two stacks, come on/Three stack come on, now thats three grand/What do you think Im playin?
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Whoa shawty/yeah she was worth the money/Lil mama took my cash/And I aint want it back
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Tattoo above that crack/I had to handle that
A. Hes begging to take her back to his place.
B. He resorts to a cash incentive to tap that.
Hookers.
And the Yes Dance is teh roxorz.
And Im going to shut up now.
JB:
Game. Set. Match. Winner… Resa!!!!!!
Eric:
Humph. Ok you got me. I need to study Flo Rida lyrics harder.
In his defense though… you cant blame him for having to handle dat. Hes a man of means, we cant hate on him for that.
In any case… Id still love to see a pic of Jon Brown in apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.
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But really, what is it with rappers and prostitutes? Im genuinely curious about this trend that seems to have dragged rap down from an art form expressive of the difficulties inherent of life in the hood to a misogynistic shouting match among egotistical thugs who have more money than they know what to do with. I think thats most likely where it starts.
As the late Biggie Smalls used to say, mo money mo problems. Similarly, Ira Gershwin expressed that “them folks with plenty o plenty, they got the locks on they door. Theys fraid somebodys goin to rob em while they goes out makin more. Long story short, money complicates things. Though necessary, money like most things is best in moderation. So young boy from the hood who grew up with next to nothing gets thrown into this world of glamour and notoriety and also falls into a fair fortune. He has NO idea what to do with all this money after the major personal investments have been made (houses, bentleys, indoor basketball court and fridge full of red bull), so he blows some of it because what the hell. It’s there, more keeps coming in, why not spend it? This is what some call nouveau riche.
So there’s all this money and there are all these girls playing hard to get. Why not put the 2 together? Pay these super hot, seemingly unwilling yet considerably easy women with gifts, top shelf booze and cash. Yes.
Now I’ve realized that there are a few solid reasons for this… scratch reasons, make that explanations.
The first is that it gives him, the investor, control of the situation. She really doesn’t have much reason to say no. Especially considering the risk of getting donkey punched and having to do what he wants anyway.
The second and seemingly most compelling reason is that it’s no strings attached sex with someone that’s not totally beat. Hit it & quit it? Heck yeah. Sure, he has to pay for it, but can you really put a price tag on the freedom to hook up with whoever you want whenever you want without someone else getting upset? Not by any means. Except for the whole paying for that freedom thing…
And the third reason, which I think is my favorite but the least substantial, is that these guys just have no game. I can’t really explain it, and I would love for someone else to try to convince me otherwise, but I maintain that if you have to pay for sex, you should really reassess your tactics. I mean, you can’t just pull a Jamie Foxx and just convince them to let them roll with it and chalk it up to being drunk?
Please.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go justify my own drunken misconduct to the tune of Lady Gaga.
So last night I got to enjoy an evening out with friends, starting off with some bomb sushi teppan action at Matsu right here in Huntington Beach. SO great – after living here for 8 years, Id never tried the place and I have SO been missing out.
A number one- dinner and a show. Serious. I wish I were that enjoyable to watch cooking. I mean, I dance when I cook, but thats not nearly as cool as onion volcanos and flaming shrimp. I think you kinda have to be there to really enjoy the magic.
B number 2- the fooooood… Theres so much food- thank god I shared with Jare-bear. Seriously, I would not have made a dent. Started off with a crunch roll – amazing – and had the fried rice with the chicken new York steak teppan goodness. Im not usually one for chicken (or at least not lately) but gdamn! Everything was great- next time, Im getting the scallops. Mmmm mm. Those were a-mazing. Fried rice = killer, steak = bomb, and the veggies.. So much veggie action, and I love my veggies. Yummmm.
C number 3- the scorpion. Rums of god knows how many sorts, apparently vodka, and Im guessing OJ. In a scallop bowl. We couldnt finish it between 2 of us. Can I just say yayyyyy for DDs?? Yep. That good.
Overall? Great service, great food, great drinks, and an overall good time with friends. Good for a date, night out, etc. Not my first pick for an intimate convo, though. At least not at the teppan tables.
So next stop was karaoke at the Rebel Room in Westminster. I love this place because the drinks are strong cheap, the crowd is fun, and the karaoke is serious business. And it inflates my ego a little. Heh. Good times.
Finished off the night at my sisters place just to say hi. Caught a little monster house (awful movie… Seriously. WTF?), got back to Long Beach and realized that my keys probably fell out of my purse at Matsu.. Fail.
Regardless, it was SUCH a fun night. After such a crazy week, I think I really needed that. To top it all of, I hit up Dog Beach in Huntington with my sister and Jare-bear.. Yep. Im having an awesome weekend
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So if you actually encounter me in person on a regular basis, you know that Ive been considerably stressed over elections and school happenings, and yesterday was the climax of it all with the announcement of election results.
But to keep you in suspense and fill you in with what went down, I have to back up a bit.
So not too much since the last post aside from campaigning and a printing company fiasco.
Which is a kinda interesting story. Hm.
So I used overnightprinting.com to create some postcards to distribute at meetings and meet greets. Unwisely, I decided to do so very last minute. So I order 10am Monday, drop an extra $20 for priority overnight shipping, so at latest Im thinking this should arrive Wednesday morning.
Wrong.
Tuesday night I get an email saying my shipment was cancelled. WHAT?! So I call them at 7 am demanding to know whats going on bc I needed those flyers that day. They said theyd just registered the shipment too soon, it didnt go out yesterday but would be going out in an hour, so theyd cut my shipping cost in half and it would be delivered that afternoon. Well, Id made a huge boo-boo and ordered 500 of these beasts and its the final week before elections. I work full time so what little time I spend at school is already occupied with class and meetings. Question: what do I do with 500 postcards in 2 days? Right. So I told homegirl that at this point, it’s pointless to deliver the cards, right? Too late though, so it was delivered by messenger service that night. Sweet. Right. Now I have 350 postcards that say “Vote Resa.”
Yep. So then Sunday night rolls around after more campaigning goodness and lo and behold, the polls are open early! So Jared and I go to vote and guess whose picture is not on the ballot. Yep. Mine. And while I run a hard campaign, I know that people like pictures and they’re quite likely to click on the most attractive of those pictures. And mine was Prospector Pete. Not that he isn’t a stud, but he’s no Resa.
So here it is Thursday, I’m anxiously anticipating the results from the office (results announced at noon on campus) and the morning really couldn’t have been much slower. Lot’s of great vibes, lots of positive feedback, then the text that reads that Denise and Philip won.
Bummmmmer.
Come to find out I lost by 15 votes.. Yeah. Huge bummer.
As I’ve been told, I have a solid case if I bring it to the AS Judiciary because my lack of picture on the ballot was a mistake on AS Communications part, because they definitely took my picture. Twice. And they left it off of the ballot. And I really feel like it would have made a difference. There are worse things, though. So I’m just rolling with the blows at this point. I’ll def bring the matter to AS Judiciary but I don’t think a re-count would be necessary or fair. The election was what it was and there are tons of other opportunities to get involved with ASI and I’ll certainly take advantage of that.
Needless to say, the rest of the day at the office was rather long too.
So then I took off for my hair appointment…
Yep. Teresa at City Salon in Huntington Beach basically rules. She did a beautiful job – my hair looks healthy & natural, lots of volume, she gave me great styling tips and did an overall fantastic job. Seriously – I have this whole big sexy Eva Mendez hair thing going on and I effing love it.
Although I think it was a sign when I started falling asleep while she was cutting my hair that I need to chillax. So tonight, it’s off to Matsu’s with some coworkers. Review to come later!!
Resa out.
Exceedingly difficult task, but I’m SO doing it. I’m diving into social media and I’m really excited to learn more about it and incorporate it into my line of work (search engine marketing). They’re already related fields, but I want to know how to bring that to clients in an accessible way.br /And nooo, it’s not that I want to Tweet all day and monitor facebook fan pages and actually have time to blog, vlog and develop my website (ResaMichelle.com, coming soon!)… Okay, so I can’t lie, I kinda would love to get paid to be a new media socialite, but still. At least I know better than to say I’m an expert because god knows I’m new to this and I’m just scratching the surface, but I’m excited to learn.
Anyhew, like I said before, I’m running for Senator of the College of the Arts, and basically, my life has revolved around that pursuit this week. I’ve had a meet amp; greet, a couple org meetings this week and now I need to call Anthony about an interview/statement for his podcast, drop in on a couple rehearsals amp; meetings, and keep getting my name out there. On facebook? Join the campaign!! http://tinyurl.com/Resa4COTASenbr /Right. It’s funny – I have a lot of support, but I really have no idea how much support I have in the actual College of the Arts (that’s right – if you’re not in the College of the Arts, you can’t vote for me as much as I’d love for you to do so). But I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on my campaigning efforts. “I would think that you would be running for president!” from my girl Avis.
Woo!
Speaking of Elections, there are actually some really great candidates this time around, although none of the VP candidates have really stood out to me this year… or at least not so much as they did last year. And that’s probably a good thing.
See, last year, this guy a href=”http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jason_Aula”Jason/a was running for VP of ASI against Ruben and Chris. Now Jason talked a lot of mess and grasped a pretty lofty cause (rebuilding a football team at CSULB). Cool idea, though it was none to well considered, but it got him into a runoff with Chris who has served ASI in a few different capacities and knows his stuff as far as campus politics are concerned. Jason’s idea of campus politics is based on mudslinging and a conservative agenda (read anti-immigration)… And CSULB is a liberal campus.
Anyway, to keep a long story short, this ended in a bloodbath run-off with a lot of online trolling and Jason attempting to sue Chris for changing his campaign picture for the runoff (because the original one that he submitted was edited incorrectly and half of his head was cut off in the pictures for the general election). And to tie it all off, Jason tried suing ASI for bias… or something. Some samples of statements after last years elections:
Vice presidential runner-up Aula expressed his disappointment after the announcement [of Chavez's win in the run-off election]. “I wasn’t too surprised. Chavez had a lot of support and I think it was a good accomplishment that I still got 35 percent of the vote,” Aula said. “I still want to move on with the football thing and hopefully I can get a committee together to get it going.”
Aula also mentioned the struggles he said he faced. “Obviously the people in ASI are against me. I’m not in the circle of ASI people and I think they’re scared of a conservative voice,” Aula said. Aula also outlined his plans to keep tabs on the new executives. “If Chavez makes any mistakes, I’ve got a network of people who are going to try to get him recalled,” Aula said.
Aaaand..
“I won’t stand for ASI not enforcing the rules… they are the ones that should be upholding ethics and enforcing the rules and they’re not,” Aula said. “I want to take out a literal lawsuit against ASI and Chavez in an outside court and get proper representation.” /ppThe AS Judiciary also concluded that should the Senate seek to pass “a more comprehensive campaign regulation policy,” and that online social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube be “banned from campaign use by candidates and their staff.”
Both articles were taken from the Daily 49er online (http://www.daily49er.com/2.292/chavez-named-new-vice-president-for-associated-students-inc-1.90378 and http://www.daily49er.com/2.292/as-judiciary-dismisses-suit-against-chavez-1.90303).
Kind of comical… right? Well, he’s running again this year with a campaign base on facebook.. but he was barred from running for ASI office after last year’s debaucle. Apparently he’s depending on the write-in vote that no longer exists in ASI’s online elections. Coooooool. Have I mentioned that the last few ASI presidents have been politically conservative? Yeah. Political affiliation isn’t actually a part of campus politics…
But as far as real candidates are concerned, we have a great line-up of Presidential hopefuls, VP’s and Treasurers. All seem well qualified for the job, so I’m really excited to see how everything will turn out (frankly, I’m incredibly anxious about the turnout and I just want the elections to happen already!!). Not to mention and the Board of Trustees and Senatorial candidates. Seriously, we have some great leaders running in this election and I’m really excited to be a part of it.
Like I said, elections are consuming my life.
Last week was spring break and I worked. A lot. Yayy for making up on hours. Got a lot of research in and started formulating ideas for my website. Pretty sweet.
Other spring break highlights and events:
-Attended my teacher’s late husband’s memorial service… I’m amazed by her strength and I was deeply touched that she asked for my help in planning it.
-I had a beach adventure with Jared which included beach rock/shore cliff navigation and cove exploration, as well as ass freezing beach water wading. Mind you I hate beach water. And sand. But I love divers cove in Laguna.
-Karaoke with Roni and the wine tasting gang!!
-Started watching The Office from season 1.
-Los Caballeros Poker tournament!! The office complex in which I work hosted a poker tournament, so I played.. and got 5th.. out of something like 60 players. Pretty cool for never actually competing at poker. Won $210. Yay. :)
So now I’m a week out of spring break and my eye won’t stop twitching… Right. I should probably relax and take a vacation once this election is over. So I’ll go wine tasting!! Yayyyyyyy :)
Okay, Resa – out.
I should probably get on top of this – with as much as is going on in my life, I don’t think I take enough time to reflect on what I’m doing, nor do I take the time to express my opinions.
And lord do I have opinions.
Like right now, the polls are open for the Beach Legacy Referendum and I’m horribly torn. My personal opinion is that the referendum could allow us to utilize our Instruction Related Activities fees for Instruction Related Activities (which are deeply affected here in the CotA). On the other hand, it’s more money coming from our students. The question is what will the actual end result be? We did get the parking structure up sooner than anticipated and it has been such a huge relief on campus. Strong athletic programs and modern facilities do yield high incomes for Universities, not to mention notoriety. With so much at stake, I couldn’t imagine that ASI and the students themselves wouldn’t demand timely results. But I question how much IRA’s will really come back to the rest of us. I can’t help but feel like my department always gets the short end of the stick. The arts are important too. We are in school for an education, just as everyone else is. In fact, we’ve chosen a difficult, competitive path that started even before we started college.
But I digress.
The arts, generally speaking, are underfunded. So how much of the IRA’s would really come back to us if the BLR passes? Like I said. Torn.
Meanwhile, in other parts of my life, I went to OC’s Largest Mixer today and had a great time with my coworkers! Good times and for anyone who stopped by the Local Splash table, thanks so much!!
SAI is incredible. I love my sisters and I’m so excited to spend time getting to know the new MIT’s!! I’ve gained a lot great perspective from working so closely with a group of girls, especially about myself and my relationship with my real sister.
-I’m an ideas person. I have great ideas and I think creatively to develop solutions or simply to continue and maintain development.
-When we get upset with people we care about or with people involved with the things we care about, it is primarily because we have expectations of them that are not met. This could mean that we may have to sometimes swallow our pride to compromise or hear one another’s criticism. This could also mean that we need to relax our egos and allow other people to do what they need to do, even though we may think we can do it better ourselves. This could also mean that perhaps instead of getting upset, we should ask not why someone is messing up but what we could do to make this work better. It is a great circle that takes humility and love – the cycle wouldn’t exist without love, so naturally it is humility that takes the most work.
-It’s okay to say no.
Speaking of saying no, my last Wind Symphony concert is technically tonight at 8 pm! I’m a little sad, but my life is taking such amazing turns and I’m so grateful for the opportunities that I have. I mean, I have a great job that is understanding of my incredibly strange (but stabilizing) schedule which is more than many can say right now. I’m involved with some incredible organizations who do so much for the school and the campus and I get to see first hand the difference that we make. My parents are incredibly loving, understanding and supportive and I’m lucky to come home to such a warm welcome every night (not to mention my sweet little dogs). So really, life is great and though I won’t be performing for a while, I love music and it’s always going to be a part of my life. In fact, I think this means that I’ll be playing a lot more piano. :)
So anyway, my dogs are asleep (like out cold, babies don’t sleep this well status) and I should be too. Night, all!
Love,
Resa
P.S. I’m running for Senator of the College of the Arts at CSULB!!! Please vote for me and Phillip Bustamante! He’s a great leader and he’s served the COTA with our best interests in mind – I hope you’ll allow me to join him in doing so. :)
P.P.S. Follow me on Twitter: @ResaMichelle
