Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Feb 3, 2012, 1:17 pm
I used to post LMFAO Fridays because let's face it, I had an aecerbic wit. That particular brand of wit only comes out once in a while now... just not feeling all that aecerbic. I'm too happy for aecerbic. Which is a little bad for writing comedy, because there's no tension, except for the condition...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Feb 1, 2012, 4:47 pm
I feel this urge to write... feels like forever since I was able to get onto my own computer. Well, that's kids for you... which is a good thing. I...I...I...(gosh I sound selfish!)...I...I...I... (oh thank God! some me time! Oh shit, what do I do with me time anyway?) who am I kidding... I'm going ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jan 28, 2012, 1:48 pm
I feel like...Gordon MacRae... "Oh what a beautiful moooooorning! Oh what a beautiful day...." It was from the movie Oklahoma, and my father used to sing it in the car when we'd drive somewhere. He also used to sing Zippidy Do Dah, but I knew that was from Song of the South because I loved that sto...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jan 25, 2012, 7:42 pm
You mofos ain't gonna belieeeeve this shiiiit!Yes, yes, I know... I haven't been here since August of last year. Shame on me for leaving you hanging with no follow up to my then current upheaval. It's alright, I got what I deserved karmically for doing so... more upheaval! I could serve you legitima...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Aug 9, 2011, 1:26 pm
Image by dawkeye via FlickrI cannot go into details... mainly because I am not going to cry and die here because it's one sided. But ya know, it is MY blog, and I do come here to bitch, so I'll give ya enough to get the gist of the situation... Second reason for the lack of details; I'm not putting ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Aug 9, 2011, 1:26 pm
Image by dawkeye via FlickrI cannot go into details... mainly because I am not going to cry and die here because it's one sided. But ya know, it is MY blog, and I do come here to bitch, so I'll give ya enough to get the gist of the situation... Second reason for the lack of details; I'm not putting ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 26, 2011, 5:47 pm
Image by SEOULMAN66 via FlickrWell, I've been living something of a monastic lifestyle these past weeks. I quit smoking... yes again... and by the Grace of God for the last damn time. I gave up soft drinks and mix-sweet drinks for bottled water. I eat quite sparingly and started exercising; at this ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 26, 2011, 5:47 pm
Image by SEOULMAN66 via FlickrWell, I've been living something of a monastic lifestyle these past weeks. I quit smoking... yes again... and by the Grace of God for the last damn time. I gave up soft drinks and mix-sweet drinks for bottled water. I eat quite sparingly and started exercising; at this ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 19, 2011, 10:10 pm
Image by Guerito via FlickrI found myself in a precarious position this morning. Then my angels showed me a vision, and I knew I was at an impasse. I could either take the path to my right, which appeared clean and neat and pulled together. The concrete was solid, the path was lined with shiny store...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 19, 2011, 10:10 pm
Image by Guerito via FlickrI found myself in a precarious position this morning. Then my angels showed me a vision, and I knew I was at an impasse. I could either take the path to my right, which appeared clean and neat and pulled together. The concrete was solid, the path was lined with shiny store...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 18, 2011, 12:23 pm
So I was over on facebook *shocker* when I saw this pic from All Posters and it got me to thinking. First of all, everyone needs someone to hold onto even if it is only once in a while. Secondly, as adults, we tend to eschew teddy bears for the live version and call them boyfriends or girlfriends or...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 18, 2011, 12:23 pm
So I was over on facebook *shocker* when I saw this pic from All Posters and it got me to thinking. First of all, everyone needs someone to hold onto even if it is only once in a while. Secondly, as adults, we tend to eschew teddy bears for the live version and call them boyfriends or girlfriends or...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 18, 2011, 2:08 am
Image by ComputerMonger via Flickr I've been away a long time. Turns out Best Buy finally confirmed what I had long suspected... my shiny, honey colored, beautiful, beloved computer... my Juliet... was a lemon. Thanks to Tex-ex's neurotic need to have the most Gucci of service warranties on all elec...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jul 18, 2011, 2:08 am
Image by ComputerMonger via Flickr I've been away a long time. Turns out Best Buy finally confirmed what I had long suspected... my shiny, honey colored, beautiful, beloved computer... my Juliet... was a lemon. Thanks to Tex-ex's neurotic need to have the most Gucci of service warranties on all elec...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jun 10, 2011, 11:14 am
Image via Wikipedia*sigh* I was tired of the roller coaster... and the whirlwind surrounding it. I mean really? Have you ever been up at the top of one of those rides in high winds? How about going through one of those monster loops? Even roller coaster enthusiasts will admit that shit's scary. It's...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jun 2, 2011, 11:17 pm
Image by Jeff Kubina via FlickrOMG I so needed to get drunk last night. I don't drink anymore... as a pretty general and airtight rule... but I was due. Oh so due. Could I afford a case of Michelob? No. A 12-pack of Bud Light? Not quite. A six-pack of Mickey's Big Mouths, for fuck's sake? Guess agai...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - May 30, 2011, 8:23 pm
Image via WikipediaI think garden gnomes are beating me up in my sleep. Nothing else makes sense. How in the hell did I bruise my foot while I attained my less than 4 hours of sleep last night? It's on the side of the heel back behind the instep, below the ankle. Whaaaat thaaaa....??? I don't have a...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - May 30, 2011, 1:28 am
Image via WikipediaUggg. This week I am once again training in receiving at work. I like this department even though receiving is early morning shift. There's a fair bit of freedom that I enjoyed when I originally trained for it a while back... before they sold the store and learning the old system ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - May 28, 2011, 2:32 pm
Image by nogoodreason via FlickrOh the conflict raging through my head this morning. Thought it was absolutely going to break me. The mud... the dank foul mud of my mind... both sides of my wants and needs sparring it out with nuclear warheads of rationality and emotion. Couldn't seem to find clari...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - May 20, 2011, 12:21 pm
Image via WikipediaMiracles never cease. I left the California-ex (Josie's dad) over five years ago. Shortly thereafter, I met Tex-ex, moved to Texas and found out I was pregnant with our son. All these many years later, I decided back in February that I was going to get my divorce finalized this su...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - May 14, 2011, 4:49 pm
Image via WikipediaSometimes, it simply comes down to a matter of scheduling. In case you're new, scheduling is not in any way shape or form my forte' and can only be done with mediocre aptitude under penalty of death or exorbitant payout my strong point. If I look at the entire work schedule for a...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Apr 15, 2011, 11:24 am
Image by notsogoodphotography via FlickrThis post is such a random summary of what's up lately, that I figured a completely non-specific pic would be apropos. OK, so to update y'all, the letter to the roomie was a resounding success. We patched things up that afternoon. But I'm still moving out tod...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Apr 10, 2011, 1:07 pm
Image by ZedZaP (great to be back ) via FlickrWell readers, I have to move again. I don't have a set place yet, but one is coming, of that I am certain. My time here has set and a new day is dawning... yet again. I'm about two weeks from having funds to get settled. That doesn't worry me as much as ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Apr 1, 2011, 12:11 pm
Image via WikipediaSo, thanks to my wonderful friend Joan at The Retirement Chronicles, I have an appointment with my academic advisor this morning to discuss changing my major. Joan made a comment on the last post and suggested journalism... I was like *heel of hand pop to the forehead* I Shoulda ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Mar 26, 2011, 1:37 pm
Image by pirate johnny via FlickrWhen I started school, I loved it. What's not to love? I was living in tight quarters with a man I was constantly at war with, a child who was completely out of control because he's psychic as hell and was living in a war zone, no job, no friends, and a desperate nee...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Mar 25, 2011, 1:54 pm
Image by JDB Photos via FlickrI know there was a planetary thing going on. Was it all due to Super Moon? I have no idea. Whatever it was, I could feel it. I was off the chain, and so were a lot of people I know. That which was buried deep within us, was rearing it's heads, fully, wholly, and uncont...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Mar 22, 2011, 12:12 pm
Image by Stuck in Customs via FlickrSo I was over on facebook (I know, shocker!) and my friend made a comment on one of my statuses that both made me laugh and made me stop dead in my tracks... She offered me a cup of awareness. Ouch, Hallelujah! How fucking clueless have I been? Oh only this much ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Mar 19, 2011, 2:05 pm
Image via WikipediaI'm starting to wonder that very question. To say, "one" is to limit yourself, to say higher numbers draws the attention of mental health professionals. But really, aren't we all more than one person? We have our private side, that is known only to us and whatever universal force ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Mar 19, 2011, 12:36 am
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeWell, well... it only took two months to update again... But this time it's a new dawn in an internet connected place to live... for real... for a while... until I can get my own. For those of you who do not do facebook (or follow me there), let me catch you up... q...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Feb 6, 2011, 12:15 am
Image via WikipediaThis has been the most bizarre week... possibly in the history of my existence. Everything that was up fell down, and everything that was down rose up. On the first I was set to watch my son all day at Tx-ex's house. But on Monday, after giving me an awesome new haircut in the mor...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jan 29, 2011, 5:06 pm
Image by DR000 via FlickrI know, y'all. I'm sorry. It has yet again been an obnoxiously long time since I have posted. Life and its many ups-n-downs just keep rolling along, and sometimes I don't feel things are appropriate to share, cause I'm good like that and I suck like that. Which may be why y'...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Jan 6, 2011, 1:38 pm
Image via WikipediaIt seems like a month of Sundays since I've filled you all in... Eh, life got better, then worse, and now I'm back at ground zero starting my rebuild yet again. Must have been messing up... or God shut those doors to open new ones, which is my personal hope. School started up agai...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 30, 2010, 4:15 pm
I kinda looked like this, but with better teeth.Well, I should be doing my schoolwork but I wanted to catch y'all up... you've been so patient, because from my perspective, that last post was lifetimes ago. Holy cats y'all. I didn't go any further. I made a decision to come back to the little ole to...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 28, 2010, 7:43 am
Image via WikipediaGod, where did I go? I used to be fearless. I crossed state lines last night and have found myself this morning in Duson, Louisiana. Farther East on I-10 than I ever went before...and quaking in my Keds the whole way. I pray constantly that  God has me even though I'm not really...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 24, 2010, 9:07 am
Image via WikipediaI swear, that I understand that, I look crazy. God is not telling me to re-up my room again. No. God is telling me to give almost half my money to Darrell. I'm supposed to put the amount HE told me to in his bank account and then go over there today and give him my bank card for g...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 22, 2010, 8:01 pm
Image by ken mccown via FlickrWhatabunchaDRAMA. But hey, what's a breakup without some drama? Every major break-up has to have some drama. Ours started about 48 hours ago. I came back to the house and could not stop myself from spouting some hard truths. When I was with my first ex, I called it Will...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 21, 2010, 10:30 am
The future is scary.The past is comforting.Choose the future,It is more rewarding.-AP Ziedoü Share
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 18, 2010, 2:33 pm
Image by G & A Sattler via FlickrPeople ask all the time, "How are you doing?" At the grocery store, at the gas station... when you're going through a break-up... Today, my answer is "Icky." I feel like hell. Every time I enter the house I want to cry. It Sucks. I thought I'd be happier. I was so mi...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 11, 2010, 4:22 pm
Image by melilab via FlickrFor those of you who have managed to resist the temptation of facebook, I'll catch you up to speed. I'm single~ish.Let me clarify so as not to confuse my long-time readers.I'm married, still, by some cosmic joke to the person I have always referred to here as ex-hubby.I ne...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Nov 8, 2010, 11:30 am
Image via WikipediaI just don't get it. Some chick on my facebook friends list just updated her status with her dietetic breakfast menu. Seriously? Can we file that under I don't give a shit?  I'm pretty sure she's a fellow blogger too, so it doesn't bode well for her writing skills that the most p...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Oct 22, 2010, 1:59 pm
Image by milesizz via FlickrWell, since the last time I was here, I had a little more experience with the whole non-friend friendship thing. We went to Austin and saw a girlfriend of mine earlier in the week. She's only been in Texas for a few months, and over my school break I went to visit her al...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Oct 11, 2010, 2:49 pm
Image via WikipediaI've been coming to a lot of realizations lately. Some of them after a lot of thought and consideration. Some of them simply smack me in the skull while I'm washing dishes or playing Bejeweled Blitz; which mentally are the same thing~ a task to focus the surface mind while the inn...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 30, 2010, 4:43 pm
Image via WikipediaSome days I feel like an island. Not Gilligan's Island, cause it had years of company, granted it was reluctant, but still. Not the Survivor island because I'm not being trampled on by camera crews and people doing the guerrilla-version of  Biggest Looser mixed with Fear Factor. ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 22, 2010, 8:44 pm
Image by un point c'est tout ! (Les chicos) via FlickrAny parent with a shred of honesty will admit that sometimes their kids drive them street-rat-bat-shit-round-the-damn-bend crazy. If they don't, they're either liars or highly medicated. My son has no off button. He's not a lap-baby.  He doesn't...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 20, 2010, 5:11 pm
Image by aussiegall via FlickrSo, I'm sitting at the computer... I know, newsflash... and my son, who is now 3 1/2 (which I taught him to say and sounds totally adorable) is standing still in the middle of the living room. This is monumental for two reasons. First, he's STANDING STILL.  Yeah, it's ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 16, 2010, 5:39 pm
Image by Sean Molin | Photographer via FlickrSo yesterday, after my unfunny post about my instructor difficulties, I managed to get a hold of my academic advisor and she dropped me from that class. Unfortunately, it was while I was still on the phone with her, so I couldn't go back and tell the guy ...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 15, 2010, 11:11 am
Image via WikipediaSo, after a wonderful week off full of doing nothing, unchecked facebook time, and a day-trip to see my girlfriend from high school that was mentally, emotionally, and gastronomically AWESOME, it was time to return to school this week. Sunday I got online and posted my bio to both...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Sep 8, 2010, 1:05 pm
Image by wallyg via FlickrSo, I was over on Yahoo reading about the US Presidents that have topped the best-seller list... and agog that they're calling W.'s book 'Decision Points' a best-seller. It hasn't been released yet. I mean, it takes a long time to reproduce that many pages written in crayon...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Aug 30, 2010, 4:32 pm
Image via WikipediaSo, we've finally gone all commando on the potty-training. And I mean that literally. My son is WAAAYYY late potty-training.  Turns out, he's just super lazy... or we are... whatever.He knows how to use the toilet.  He's good at it.  When he does not have a butt-cover on; if he...
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Aria Z. posted an article on Aria'z Ink - Aug 16, 2010, 3:24 pm
I woke up today with a monster headache... the kind that instantly has you close-eyed groping for Excedrin... or *beg pray beg* morphine, whichever you lay your hands on first (damn, it's Excedrin), and then you call your primary care physician for a referral to a neurologist cause you're positi...
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