Sweater Weather

...is ending. THANKFULLY. 

It is getting springy and happy and wonderful and it appears that everything on the horizon is positive and splendid! It could just be that it is March and it is my favorite month, 98% due to St. Patrick's Day...Spring also provides for adorable things, such as:

And maybe because end-of-winter sales are the best thing to hit NYC streets since my Rod Stewart deity in the sky decided to make sure every bartender was a vierecke geaugen hipster!

My wonderful piece of ancient history (cellphone) decided to stop receiving text messages and it was the most pleasant experience of. my. life. I could talk at you but never had to worry about what you said back!! It was rather refreshing to have real life conversations and not sit on my phone in result of boredom.

I still stand by the idea that doing things by your lonesome is the best experience. #1, you will act like the best version of yourself #2, you make awesome new friends, #3 you get turned into a GIF. 

I also got adventurous (and drunk) and bought bathing suits for Cancun online. Target is awesome but I think I need to develop an eating disorder (or get drunk) before I try them on.

NYC is magical again. 

KISSES & THUGS.

later, boners

Okay, I forgot about my blog again. I don't know how, because when I am not sleeping or at work, I am on the internet, so I should be doing something constructive (like this is improving my writing or human interaction...), but instead, I drink a bottle of wine and watch My Drunk Kitchen and nearly pee my hamburger boxers...or as I refer to them 'meat shorts.' That's if you're feelin' funky.

Here, let me give you a recap of my last few weeks:

1. I went to Erie, PA. There is nothing there. Except a roller coaster that goes over a highway. BUT IT WAS FUN.

2. I saw Passion Pit, Matt & Kim and Icona Pop. In the nosebleed seats at MSG. Don't care, still awesome. 

3. I spoke to Martha Stewart, she scared me. David Beckham was like...5 feet away from me. A Real Housewife was nice to me.

4. I haven't done laundry. At all.

5. I quit smoking. HOLLLLER.

6. I read like, 6 books and drank too much wine. Give me more ... of both. 

7. I went to Brooklyn! Like, a lot. By a lot, I mean like 3 times. One time I was asleep in the car, so I don't think that counts. (This is a big deal...being a self proclaimed hipster and never venturing to BK is a severe faux pas. )

8. I realized Mac Miller ...is total dirtbagaliciously sexy.

9. I paid off my seeeester's wedding trip! Viva Meh-he-ho, fuckers.

10. Mooooooar spikes. Spikes on spikes on sweaters and shoes and I'm sorry in advance if I puncture you. 

I'll be your friend again. And I'll stop telling people about that time you got diarrhea in Barnes & Noble ... grandma...

New. Life. Motto. 

KISSES & THUGS.

-Whitty

Ps. Listen to more Rolling Stones. 

Ohio is for LOVERS

I feel like I just got back from Ohio...yesterday, however I have been home for almost two weeks and have been ignoring my poor little blog, due to incessant work and what seems like constant cleaning, never ending laundry and what I just realized, a LOT of shopping. Anyway, Ohio was wonderous. I  love my Athens nuggets and we had so much fun, a great birthday dinner, so many snuggles and even more Sambuca. I saw so many people I didn't think I would and it ended up unexpectedly AMAZING. Those weirdos treat me like a little princess. Here are some peektures.

Sure, it was quite the bender but I have never been more upset leaving A-town. These fuckers are my favorite people on the planet...and can all cook like god damn champs...added bonus.

The rest of the weekend was full of my sister's Bridal Shower festivities and my birthday. We got some killer food and it ended up being a good time even though she was originally petrified of the plans.

Bridesmaids.

Also, since turning 21, I have not been asked for my ID anywhere. I mean, it was rare before and I haven't been going out, but on the reals, I'M A REAL PERSON NOW. ASK ME! 

*usually the bouncers get fed up with me because I can never find my wallet in my giant purse :(

XXX

Birthday Beats

My birthday is in exactly one week, I don't plan on doing much to celebrate especially because I am still insanely sick (and just took waaaaay too much Nyquil), but here is a birthday playlist that will melt your face: 

Levels vs. Die Young

Rock on, weirdos. 

And happy early birthday to Je$ha! 

Lifedates

I have been terribly bored in the past few days due to not taking care of myself when I actually had the flu and am now stuck in bed (also fell and absolutely destroyed my knee and hip) , BUT before that happened, tons of fun things happened (like being stuck in bed is thaaaat bad. I watched about 75 episodes of How I Met Your Mother and slept like a baby), such as:

-I saw ANDREW MOTHER FUCKING W.K. He plays every year around NYE and I saw him about 4 years ago and have been dying to see him again. I went with my forever friend Emily and happened to run into all of the wonderful people I spent my high school years with and wished I saw them more frequently, including my baby brother Michael! 

Although at first security blocked us from the stage, Andrew wanted us to party in the Party Shed, so I took full advantage. Lots of dancing, singing and hugging, the hugging occurred after I was solo on the stage singing a duet of "I Get Wet" with the master himself. It got all types of weird.

-I spent New Year's Eve with my best friend. We got all gussied up, drank some wine and ditched everyone and went out and adventured. At first we played at an empty bar but then decided to be social and see some friends we knew at another bar, which was all fine and dandy, champagne toast and then at midnight, her man friend we were just starting to lose  faith in, showed up and surprised her. BE STILL MY HEART. Bing, bang, boom...we end up at our local haunt and get diner burgers. Perfect? Think so. 

-I got two more tattoos...somewhat spontaneously. I have wanting another skull and crossbones on the opposite ankle of where my cute, little girly one already calls home...since I got the first. When I was reading Slash's biography, I found the perfect counterpart to Miss Nasty.

(this is actually my ankle.. but I find it is incredibly hard to take pictures of the back of your ankle...ain't that flexible..)

dis ol' girl.

 And then this little guy is the logo from the band I am unhealthily obsessed with, but this doesn't at all represnt the guys in the band, it represents what they stand for and what they stand for is everything that has kept me going the past few months when everything has shot to shit.

#vague  

Addendum: I know there are people out in the world who are adamantly against tattoos, think spontaneous tattoos are silly, you got a band tattoo..seriously?, think I'll hate them when I'm 90, but you can go on with those opinions elsewhere. When I'm 90, I'll see my tattoos and know why I have them and my "why" is all that really matters, k bros? 

-I'm going to Ohio on Wednesday & it's my birthday! 

I fly out of "Brooklyn's Fart Trail" (Long Island) and get to Columbus on Wednesday night when WASTEYRACH will scoop me at the airport and we will head down to ATHENS. I get to see my friends and my brother and play for a few days which is SO exciting because last time I was there, I was with my ex, who kinda made it suck. Kidding, kinda, nope. Not at all. 

So a few days there and then I head up to Columbus for my sister's bridal shower which is also on my 21st birthday. We're doing a lunch thing at her fave restaurant and then going out to play that night. 

Shall be fun. 

-I bought myself an early birthday present : tickets to see twenty one pilots. Obsessed, yes. Fucks, none given. 

Oh! I also got their cd which I pre-ordered and two t-shirts in the mail yesterday. AMAZING.

I'm going to go waste away and attempt to get better so I can go back to work, because not making money is dumb. Also, another job would be cool....

XXXo+

New Year

2012 was terrible. Probably the worst year of my life. Bad choices, lots of negativity and way too much loss. I lost an integral part of my family, friends, pets, romances and I was negative about everything. Until the latter half of the year, I was a sad sack and could not see the good in anything that was thrown my way, but that started to change a bit and I have remained tough and smiley, for the most part. I am hoping 2013 will bring more positivity in my life, better choices and more happiness! 

This article found on Thought Catalog sums up a lot of my resolutions for this year. A few other additions to my list include :

- Saving money.

- Go back to school.

- Cut out shitty people / be a better friend to the good ones.

- Keep in touch.

- Work even more. 

- Stay away from that "bitter, hawk-nosed Southerner from Yale" (Plath, you so aptly describe so many instances in my life) who eats your soul every time you see him. 

6 New Year’s Resolutions That Are Worth Keeping

DEC. 28, 2012

By RYAN O'CONNELL

1. You can learn how to say no to people. It’s actually quite easy, isn’t it? You’ll probably be surprised it took you this long to figure out but don’t beat yourself up about it. The important thing is that you got to the point where it finally resonated with you. You can start the year off as a doormat, as a “yes” man, and then slowly start to feel your resolve build. When I was younger, I didn’t know how to say to no to anyone ever and as a result, I spent my formative years getting taken advantage of by just about everyone. Then, seemingly overnight, I hit my limit and decided that I’m going to put myself first and cut the fat. My social life is now decidedly more anorexic than it used to be but I don’t mind. Now that I’ve learned how to create boundaries with people, everyone who’s still in my life is meant to be.

2. You can take more risks. Risks are always nice. It’s no fun being stuck in your ways, especially when you’re in your twenties, and still have a lot of insane living left to do. Risks = potentially amazing things happening in your life. No risks = no sex, no joys, lots of stagnant evenings in bed watching Netflix. Being high-maintenance doesn’t get you anywhere besides living a life that’s permanently constipated.

3. Stop being such a curmudgeon. There are cynical assholes born every second so why do you feel the need to add to it? Be kinder to people, don’t burn bridges, be more understanding. Is it just me or were people really behaving like dicks in 2012? I was so tired of the constant insults and outrage and annoyance. Take a chill pill, you freaks. You all have your iPads and your HBO subscriptions and dinner parties. Life cannot be the worst thing ever and if its, let me play a song for you on the world’s smallest violin.

4. Read more. Reading is like brain food and the more you do it, the more enlightened you will become. And no, reading Keep Calm And Carry Ondoesn’t count. Go read something less Soccer Mom Having Deep Thoughts At Her Book Club. (I know I said stop being a curmudgeon but book snobbery is a *thing* and always will be.)

5. Cut out the exes who make your bones ache and your heart hurt. Protect yourself against those who don’t value you as much as they should. Getting treated like shit loses its luster after awhile. People don’t tell you the truth, which is that it can actually feel good for an allotted amount of time, it can feel good to see how low you’ll go to feel recognized by someone, but then it just starts to reveal itself for what it is: you not respecting yourself enough to not get walked on all over.

6. Vow to be honest, vow to be ridiculous, vow to make out with as many people in dark bars as you want, don’t worry about what other people think of you because no one’s worth the decision to live your life on a low volume, stop freaking out about getting a full eight hours of sleep in fact never turn down a night of potential fun for sleep because can sleep give you a blowjob or make you laugh?, paint the picture of what you want your life to look like and do it DO IT DO IT. 2013 IS THE YEAR OF DOING. START NOW. RESOLVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS.

So ...peace the FUCK out 2012. You sucked. 

XXXO. WHITTY KITTY

This is New Years last year...

here's to hoping it sucks less!

RIP MFS, DP, WG & DUKE

LOL :-) feat. Gucci Mane & Soulja Boy

A lot of things I do, I do with the intention of prohibiting people from speaking to me, ie: the ultimate sensory depravation system a la How I Met Your Mother -- GIANT hood up, EVEN BIGGER sunglasses (MK Olsen style), noise canceling headphones, coffee in one hand, P-Funk in the other ...and then you walk REALLLLLLY fast. That shows that you have someplace to be and can't stop to talk to ANYONE. Or you can avoid the creepy man staring at you on the subway. You do however have to take it off in certain occasions: you sit next to Paul Rudd on the subway, you are ordering something or you go into a store/are shopping-- DONT BE RUDE TO RETAIL EMPLOYEES.

 But sometimes, some of my schemes backfire. For example, I went to go visit my friend who is a bouncer at a bar because he was having a bad night and the plan was I would stay until the end of his work shift and we would make the trek back to our town. I had just finished an extremely long work day and was not in the mood to deal with predators that congregate at any sort of Irish pub, so I embraced the rolled-out-of-bed-to-go-to-a-twelve-hour-work-shift-which-half-of-was-spent-working-in-a-location-that-was-practically-outdoors (but I did consume the most epic sandwich ever from Subway---buffalo chicken, white american, lettuce, tomato, hot sauce, banana peppers ....holy nom) . 

This look includes: smeared eye makeup, no face makeup (me not bronzing the FUCK out of my cheekbones, what the actual f?) , ill fitting jeans, ACDC t - shirt with giant hole in arm pit, sneakers, ripped Hanes hoodie, scarf, and...the kicker-- imagine the highest possible hair do you could ever do, now combine that with Cindy Lou Hoo and you can imagine the intensity of how high this pony tail was. 

So I see my friends, normal. Have a beer, normal. Have one REALLY cool guy start talking to me and we talk about stuff I like: Dali, writing...not normal. Have a dude go up to my friend and try to get him to set us up, not normal. 

And both complimented the fact that I was wearing my hair like that. And that they liked ACDC. Etcetera.

Thank you gentlemen for enabling me to dress like a homeless person and not try. Although I was not in the mood to talk to you, I am pleased that dressing like a slob is socially acceptable and I will never get ready again. 

FREEDOM.

LOL :-)