september - i got to feel like i'm lamillion
ohhhhhhh hello september.
2 am and i got back from work a little bit ago. doing laundry right now. i got a cop copine dress, as well as a shirt that doesn't have a tag but kind of in the style of gaultier. work was pretty boring. trying to maintain a chill week but the urge to go plus ultra, as alec would say, is strong. the hosts were being a little slow, and i told two of my coworkers "i'm so chill right now, so demure." and they flipped out. it was funny. in the mood to watch gossip girl but alec is playing games. might watch it on my laptop, perhaps? i seriously have to get the oil changed in my car. i have to go in the morning. it's going to be the worst. i could wait until monday but what's the difference? but.. how's another 50 miles going to affect the car anyway after all? when i bought the car in 2020 (0 miles), i was very diligent. i got the oil changed every 3,000 miles. then slowly, it started getting longer. the car is about to hit 6,000 miles since the last oil change, which is near the max of what i feel comfortable with. i know when i go in they're going to say, you need new brakes, you need new tires, etc. (brakes is valid. i got my back brakes changed last year. the hosing needed to get changed too. slamming/pumping brakes in the winter can expediate that i feel, but my front brakes are nearing the end now.) my tires have dry rot but, ya know, whose doesn't? i might change my tires in october before the first snow fall, i'm considering getting studded tires. when i got my brakes changed last year subaru let me borrow a 2023 subaru crosstreck with studded tires (they deemed my car not safe to drive until the brakes were changed and they needed to order the parts). i drove up a mountain to visit my mom who was staying at my uncles while he was roadtripping, because my uncle is a retired trucker and lives in a fancy ass house in the mountains on south side (although he's moving to arizona) and those tires handled it so well. i have never actually driven a car before then that had studded tires. my brother taught me to drive in a chevy colorado in the dead of winter in summer tires and i did drift many a time in that car. when i pulled out of a parking lot driving home from work one evening i accidently did a 360, which was very enjoyable. right now though, my subaru has all seasons.
still on the hunt for a good book to read. que hago?
we have a new busser who is from croatia and his name is duje (i think like a school exchange situation.) it baffles me how anyone would choose to come to alaska from a mediterranean climate, ever. (quick google search: it snows there too??) i've had people tell me that people get tired of living in tropical places, islands, and the like. my reply: how?! i went to hawaii for 5 days and literally felt like i'd been reborn (the fact that i didn't have to work is not relevant to this feeling.... i swear). laying on the sand, gazing up at the sky while the palm trees sway softly above me. listening to the waves lap onto the shore, while the sun sets behind the mountains, a rainbow streaking the sky in the distance... that's hawaii. period.
later: ah well i found out all the money he makes he sends to his family. he was working multiple jobs. it's not uncommon for people from kazakhstan to come work at the restaurant i am at in the summers either, but i never usually ask their reasons.
stephen king wrote on twitter (i refuse to call it x, elon) that florida banned 23 of his books... LOL!
low-calorie ice cream i recommend even though no one asked: nick's mint chokladchip.
a customer asked me earlier: "how do you guys make your cauliflower crust?" i told alec that and he started laughing.
my toxic trait is thinking i can be more my own tailor? thinking about hemming my guess jeans because they're too long, the cop copine dress, it's fitted at the bottom and i'm thinking about cutting it so it's flowy.... but what if i just straight up ruin the clothes? i don't even know how to sew. i can't even cut paper in a straight line. i had to cut cash out sheets upstairs at work the other day, and it definitely did the job but if anyone asked at the quality - i was going to say, they didn't hire me to be a secretary.
alec's cousin got sick at work and had to leave early, but when they were looking for him to tell him he could go home my coworker went up to my manager and said "i think he despawned."
as i was walking by i heard my manager reply, "he despawned...." in an incredulous tone. hilarious.
i was like, what the fuck?! i told matt d. at the window, "alec said this is called brain rot. is that true?"
i hear nothing, not a sound on the city streets, just the beating of my own heart -- i have mail, from you.
