It’s New Years Eve at 9:22pm and I have less than 3 hours to bring in the New Year. I have alot to be grateful for these days. When I left home 7 years ago I never imagined for one second that I would end up in San Francisco. Yet here I am. Happy, healthy and ready for the next year. I feel so lucky to be able to share it with Nate. We’ve become so domesticated. It’s alot of fun. No roomies, just the two of us and our pups. It’s nice. I kinda feel like an adult for the first time in my life. We’re clearing out all of the junk in the house, setting up his studio, my sewing machine, getting a new couch, watching shit-tons of television shows. The list goes on and on. We even have a little Christmas tree that I have to take down tomorrow 
Meh. Oh yeah, how could I forget? We also have a very beautiful 20 gallon salt water tank. Our dwellers include:
1. Starfish = Belly
2. Cleaner shrimp = Wimpy
3. 2 Peppermint shrimp = The Doublemint Twins
4. Blue-leg hermit crab = Calypso
5. 2 mini hermit crabs = Peewee and Herman
6. Emerald crab = Jebidiah
7. ???? = Ralph
8. Clown fish = Glenn
9. Damsel = Rapunzel 1-6 (which is only 2 of the original 6 + 2 new ones)
We plan on getting some coral soon and an anenome for Glenn. Apparently, clown fish bond with anenomes and they become a crucial part of eachothers lives. I think it will be interesting to witness. It’s 9:50pm now. Gonna go get some hugs. Happy New Year everyone 
UPDATE: We now have an anemone named “The Warehouse” and some coral named “Weird little butthole thingies”.
So, the most intense show of the yesteryear award goes to…OZ. Nate borrowed Season One from Alex and let me tell you, this show is HAUNTING. I had seen bits and pieces before but never really got interested in it. Of course, I was only 18 when it came out and maturity definately plays a part in enjoying the show. You get really sucked into the life of these prisoners. And what a nasty life it is. I find myself taking sides alot and feeling sympathetic towards different characters and situations. I mean, take Beecher for example. He got 15 years for vehicular manslaughter caused by drinking alcohol. Something most of us do on a regular basis. Before OZ, Beecher was an average Joe. Glasses, shirts & ties, married to a pretty girl. The whole lot. One of the inmates decides to make Beecher his bitch and continuously rapes, tortures and ridicules him. Beecher snaps one day and decides he’s not having it anymore. After piercing his adversary’s eye with glass from throwing a chair at him and spending 2 months in the HOLE, Beecher pins him down, pulls down his pants, shits in his face and then RUBS it into his face with his bare hands. I’m only on Season 2 and so far Beecher’s wife has committed suicide and sent him a letter saying the he killed her just like he did the 12 year old girl he hit. He’s also fallen in love with his cell mate who has been hired to kill him by the fucker that used to rape his ass. Pun totally intended. Let’s just say, there’s never a dull moment in OZ. The inhabitants may be bigger, smellier, and more fucked up than the little people of Munchkinland but it’s real life. Painful, scandalous, revolting, grisly, life. At it’s finest.
We did it! We got a new puppy We decided to name him Bandit. It just fits. He’s already showing signs of being a “smart one”. After we found him with his head in his bag of food we fed him. When he was done, he went and knocked over the bag, spilt food all over the floor and starting eating it! Little punk. Gotta keep an eye on this one. He really is so cute. He’s laying in Nate’s lap right now looking all sorts of precious. I’m going to go steal him…..
Well, Nate and I may be adding a new member to our “family” soon. Tomorrow we have an appointment to meet 4 Australian Cattle Dog pups that are for sale through a San Leandro adoption center. Chicken is an ACD mix and they are incredible dogs. And, you can see from the pic, the most precious, adorable, fuzzy-wuzzy little guys EVER. I really hope they like us and let us have one. Graham needs someone to play with as Cokes is getting old and is bitchy as hell. Cross your fingers and wish us luck!
If you read the comments from my previous post you will see this one from my boyfriend:
“Yay baby! I know you can do it *kiss* You sew, I’ll cook. The maid will clean and I’ll write music. I know we can do it ”
Although I’m sure his intentions are nothing less than benevolent, it makes me look like a lazy ass biatch. I’m not disputing it by all means but I felt the need to save some face. I cook SOMETIMES. Nate may be a far better cook than me, I confess, but I do try. I mean, come on, my mom fed me frozen tv dinners growing up and the few specialties she did have, I have perfected. Like spaghetti, tacos, greenbean casserole, tuna casserole and hamburger pie, DUH…I’m from Texas. I do venture outside of my comfort zone sometimes and experiment. For example, last night I decided to make some banana bread because one of my determinations for the New Year is to not be so wasteful. I had 4 rotten (I’m sorry, VERY RIPE) bananas so I cooked up some banana-walnut bread. It was easy, fun and work is eating it up. Alright, that is that. So nextly, I do clean. I may be slow at it and go about it unnervingly, but I get it done. I cleaned all day on Monday. Shouldn’t have taken me all day, but shit, the house was pseudo clean once I was done. This is why I’m looking forward to getting a maid too, Baby. Although, I won’t want to spend ALL of my free time sewing. I plan on boosting quite a few things this New Year. First and foremost, more playtime for Chicken and Cokes.
I got a sewing machine for Christmas and am most excited to plunge into my new hobby. It could not have come at a better time as I am about to quit smoking. Again. Supposed to start today matter of factly. I had never been on a sewing machine before and spent a few hours this weekend figuring the thing out. Thanks, to Aunt Jizz for the quick tutorial. Coincidentally, Ms. Jen Grey also got a sewing machine for Christmas so now I have a learning partner. We have a shopping date on Saturday at the fabric store to begin our first project. My head is spinning with numerous ideas. Usually, this causes me to become overwhelmed, unfocused and then end up not doing anything. I really need some curtains for the house and figured that would be an advantageous first project. I am attracted to bright, sparkly, contrasting colors so this should be alot of fun. The posibilites are endless. “Focus. Focus”
I did not receive a Christmas bonus this year I won’t be able to easily purchase my own laptop which I had been planning on doing for sometime now. I received a package in the mail from my Dad today that contained some Amex money. Immediately I became enthusiastic and wanted to go down to the clothing/shoe stores and pile up. Started thinking about the shit already piling up at home and how I have been trying to rid myself of clutter and decided that a better idea would be to put the money towards my computer which will only cost me $800.00. Please be advised that I am now accepting donations. To send your support please email your bank account information to me@janellybelly.com and I will handle the rest. Thanks very much, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. <3
Poor scared Coco. Not only is she wearing a www.feministing.com (Sahmita’s world famous blog) t-shirt and I’m forcing her to stand up, but she really HATES camera flashes. She starts breathing hard and shaking and trys to climb on top of you. We call them “panic attacks”. Well, as you can see I am torturing my poor puppy with no shame. Bless her little heart. I stole this picture from Shortbus. For those of you who don’t know, it’s my boyfriend’s blog. You can view pics and read his posts (if you’re nosy like me) at www.short-b.us I wanted to post this pic to show off my new haircut. It’s the only one I have so far, and myspace is overrated. So is sand.
My brother is coming to visit me! Little Weezie, Weezer, the Weez, Weezle and sometimes even, Laweez. It was pretty funny when his Coast Guard buddies started calling him ”Little Weezie”. He loved me for that one. Well, Weezie and Aunt Jizz are in LA for a few more days and then they will be heading to San Francisco. Some of you San Franciscans might remember my brother….QUITE WELL. Anyhow, that is him last Halloween. He won the costume contest but couldn’t collect his prize because he was blacked out drunk in the car. Love you brother 
