my parents decided that it is not a good idea for me to stay in the dorms all by myself, so............
I'm going back home...
--believe me, I'm not too thrilled about it---
usually I'd be thrilled...I mean come on, L.A.? Best city--hands down!
you see, it all started with a sociology project:
the norm-breaking project...
as far as I'm concerned, each person has their own particular views on norms, therefore I was having trouble with the project from the start....
One day as I surfed through myspace, I saw this girl's picture and she had the cutest lip piercing!
I then rekindled my desire for a lip piercing, though,[whoever knows me well enough knows what I'm talking about] I am the BIGGEST scaredy cat!!!
I know my parents & family would flip if I were to get one: Eureka! I found my sociology project topic!
I decided to buy a fake lip ring and wear it around Davis and then write about my experiences...
..so i did...
got some good & bad reactions......but now I REALLY wanted one!
one crazyy night, when my suite-ie [suite mate/sweetie] kris's boyfriend, Justin, came up, we all hung out...apartment hunting...then Chipotle..
side note:
(dude...the night before was crazy! tiffy [other suite-ie] Kris and I got wasted in the dorms.......pukey puke..hehe]:
..so back to saturday..I made a decision...I was gonna do it....
sooo.......we went to Urban Body [of course] and I signed the papers, swiped my visa, and was ready to go....
Avi, once again, was my piercer...[1st time=lobes]...totally sweet and awesome....see below:
he said no clamp,,[yes! I had watched youtube videos on lip piercings..clamps=freaky]
so he prepped, talked and pierced.........
Motherf***er..it hurt like hell...........
I am HORRIBLE with pain...........
it was over...krissy was nice enough to capture the moment:
[ignore how bad I looked: I was surfin' the crimson wave]
after it was over, i felt great..I couldn't believe I did it!
that lasted for about, uh I dont know...five minutes...
THE PAINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
Justin drove us to Safeway..[aka..Vons for us socal peeps] and got some Tylenol......
dude.........my lip was KILLING me.......
I had originally decided to stay in that Saturday night, but nope...destiny had other plans for me...
Lambda Theta Phi...[my future bros, perhaps?!] were having a fund raiser house party...how could I miss that??!!!
...got ready in like a record breaking 10 minsss..........
wore:
brown baby doll dress, gold flats, white cardigan, long heart chain necklace..crazy curly hair a la Carrie Bradshaw...and lots and lots of lip gloss to go with my cute new piercing...
side note
[ironically i wore the same dress that I wore to a Lambda Theta Phi social where I met the Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha, which I am not proudly part of..thanks Luis for the lovely talk!Love Lambda boyss....]
So Sarah doll and I were picked up by Francisco's friend Dorian[?] and my paisa Mauricio...
we got to the house...full of beer [yuck!] of course...and wayyyyyyyy too crowded....
too crowded=too hot!
oh before I forget..took my black Gap pea coat but decided to leave in in Francisco's car...besides better judgment....
so I tell Francisco to tell me when he's leaving so I can get my coat out of his car...
the night goes on...I get to see my sisters the Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha from UC Berkeley...Cal! ...Wendy was the cutest little intoxicated girl of the night...we dance...we laughed...party was alright!
..but after a couple of hours the Tylenol wore off........around 2am, I was sooo ready to call it a night!
...but of course! Dear old Francisco had left without telling me!!!
[thanks bro...glad to see we got each others backs!]
so I was in pain while calling his phone...the other bros [sweet] were trying to help, but no such luck...
my paisa mauricio was kinda tipsy....and oh so hilarious..
Mauricio:
"he melissa,you from el salvador too, huh? we're paisas...hey you wanna go ask people if they are from el salvador?*grabs me by the waist* ...hey foo...you from el salvador?no...foo...you straight up mexican*receives angry face*..hey paisa (thats me) maybe you should stay back, you dont want to get hurt!"
funny paisa!
...so after i realized that Francisco was not coming back, i decided to hitch a ride back to Cuarto with juan's friends...[I was rather shy because the first time I met them was I was not on my best behavior]...they were nice, though...
I get home and I don't have my key!
how lame!!!I call Krissy, but she won't be home soon...so I'm in a dress, and its freezing cold...
I go to the lounge where I realize that I DO have my key---LAME...
I decide to take pictures with my new Polaroid instant film camera while listening to Sublime...
so the next day, I was in pain..as for the next week...
monday at the DC [dining commons, foos] while I was eating lunch with V [Veronica..my lovely roomie]....see below:
[eww...] my lips starts bleeding tons!
sweet lady at the dc aka my davis mommy asks me if I'm okay and gives me advice/guilt tripp.....
I run out of there..go clean up and its time for Sociology...
oh sociology, how devoted I am to thee............
so thinking back on all of this that went down two weeks ago, i think, is my lip piercing worth it?
my answer: fo sho.....
hah...
YES!!!!!!!!!
i love it sooo much..its amazing!
...so this brings me back to this weekend...........
I was sooo not planning to go home for a LONG time...
so now I have to face my parents with my new piercing!!!
I'm kind of freaking out...........
they, of course, will not give me the angry yelling...that...that I can deal with...
nope...they will give me the disappointed bit........THANKS!!!!
...that I can't deal with.......
:(
oh and I just bought some AMAZINGLY awesome red ballet flats...
--if you know me, you know I could live in flats--
these new red ones have not been taken off for a week straight....
they just make EVERYTHING pop!
I've mostly worn them with skinny jeans and tees but I spun it up with my brown baby doll dress [again] for singles awareness night at the Grad...big success [ props to the UC Davis Entertainment Council ..and for the best volunteer staff..yup yup..thats us!]
& I wore them with some AE flare jeans on laundry day....hey..they could make a comeback!
God, I'm in love with these shoes!!!
nighty night...class in 6 hours...some more Maya Deren or Salvador Dali perhaps?
energy drinks fosho.......
-melidee
