I am about to brush my teeth and call it a night........
My laziness continued even this evening.....sorry to all my fans if you came looking for me.
I can't explain it, after I had dinner the allure of my bed with it's freshly laundred bedding seemed to difficult to pass up.
But I am working tomorrow for sure. Also I need to get a new book, I am in the mood for a good novel. Besides being lazy and in need of a good book I also miss New York, LOTS. I think I am moping a little and therefore I am not working......
I LOVE Hillary Rodham Clinton, she is one sharp lady. That she is in the news right now for not wearing makeup while out doing her job is just ridiculous. She should be in the news every day because she is one smart and cool woman, not for choosing not to wear make up and wearing her glasses instead of her contacts. She looks great either way.
It is time that men and women are held to the same standards when it comes to appearance. If it is not expected of men to apply makeup every day, straighten their hair, curl their hair, fret over cellulite etc - then why should women get scrutinized for this?
I never wear makeup in the day time and I usually throw my hair up in a bun. I could not be bothered with applying mascara in the day time "because it really opens up your eyes" or "you never know who you might run into". First of all, my eyes are open without mascara and I do not care who sees me without makeup or who I might run into or not.
Yes, I do like to wear makeup but not all the time. If some guy only likes me when I wear makeup then oh well.......next! The door is over there buddy.
There are some things that you should consider before stepping out in public......don't have stinky armpits or BO. Brush your teeth if you are planning on talking to people. Maybe trim you nose hairs if they are trailing out of your nostrils, it's not so cute.
But to feel forced to have to wear makeup because you are a woman, whatever - it's 2012 hello!
Back to Hillary - she is definitely one of the sharpest tools in the shed. I like her. Sure, I do not agree with everything she does but find me one politician that you agree with across the board.
Tatiana had every intention of going to work earlier this afternoon. But when it got a little later.....indolence set in. When you do not have a set schedule, any excuse is a good enough excuse for not going into work according to Tatiana.
Like.....hmmmmm......watching documentaries on Netflix sounds so much more fun than work. Or.....I'd rather be home cleaning. Or......I am not in the mood to be half naked and talk to random people tonight. Or.....I'd rather cuddle with Chhaya. Or.....I feel fat and lazy. Or.....I am not in the mood to shave tonight.
Sometimes Tatiana is unmotivated and lazy. And it is so much more convenient to stay home where it's comfortable than work.
But that always passes, staying home for too long gets boring and Tatiana will eventually make it to work.
When Tatiana travels for work, she is diligent and works every night, even if she has period pain, pms or a headache. A Motrin or two will take care of that. But if Tatiana has pms or a headache while home, then there is no work.
Tatiana has every intention of working tomorrow night - right now at least.....!
Tatiana finally got up after laying around awake in bed for over an hour, tossing around with some slight anxiety.
She just didn't want to jump out of bed and face the day. But she finally did. Now she is sitting here, on the couch......blogging....Chhaya is out on the balcony spying on her squirrel friend. A cool breeze in flowing through the room. The sun is peeking out in between the clouds.
It is time to seize the day.
Before Tatiana heads out to get at latte from Kaladi, a pastry from the Moose Is Loose, check her mailbox and buy Chhaya a 33 lbs bag of Sundancer by Solid Gold, the dry food that Chhaya gets, she needs to vacuum here. It is very dusty and grimy, vacuuming is probably the chore Tatiana dislikes the most, that's why she didn't want to get out of bed. But Hoda and Kathie Lee came on and Tatiana loves those two ladies so she got up to watch the Today Show.
Since the headache and slight nausea from yesterday are gone, Tatiana will most likely go to work tonight. She can't sit around anymore, that gets boring too. Hopefully work will be more entertaining than last time Tatiana went in there......
I thought I was going to work tonight but I started feeling quesy this afternoon and got a light headache. It is midnight now and I still feel like that. So no work for me. Headache, even the slightest and cigarette smoke is a bad combination for me.
So I am at home. About to force myself to shower and brush my teeth soon, then sleep. I want to feel normal tomorrow.
I was going through some pics and I don't think I put this one up here yet. Sometimes I get confused and have to backtrack to make sure I don't put up the same stuff twice, you know......I have way over 1000 blogs now, it can get a little confusing.....
Photo taken by Barry Gallegos, bcgphoto. I hope to work with him again. If you search for his name in the blog you can see all the other photos I put up that he took.
......the Kentucky Derby and other events when animals run or fight for the sake of entertaining humans.
I am against it. Of course, I am one of those annoying animal lovers.
Actually I was thinking about writing an entry about the Kentucky Derby yesterday but decided against it, for the moment. I sometimes have an idea for a blog but then I put it off for another time, or forever. So today when I was checking my comments I saw that one of my nice readers left me a comment and some of it was about the Kentucky Derby. So I commented back. And this entry is basically what I replied back in my comment.
I do not know much about the Kentucky Derby. I know it is a horse race that I believe happens once a year. I read somewhere that there are about 36 000 horses bread every year but only one can win the Kentucky Derby.
It is a dangerous and brutal race. Many horses get injured and out of those, many get put down due to their injuries because the owners/investors do not think it is worth keeping the horse alive. Two examples of horses put down due to injuries that happened at the race......Barbaro and Eight Belles.
And what happens to the horses that retire from the race? Well, many of them end up in slaughter houses. What a nice place to end up after you have faithfully served and entertained humans. Would you treat your beloved dog or cat like that?
I am also totally againts dog fighting, bird fighting, Greyhound racing, fox hunting and zoo's.
Fortunately there are people out there that love animals so much that they opened up sanctuaries for them. I really admire people like these, they make me want to better myself as a person.
One place is called Black Beauty Ranch and I think about half of the animal residents there are equines.
Then there is Old Friends Equine, a place where race horses can retire and live well instead of getting slaughtered.
I could never attend the Kentucky Derby because I would be upset and sad. It reminds me of of when the Romans used to make animals fight each other or humans for the entertainment of the masses. I hope that events like the Kentucky Derby will be outlawed soon and I also think that in the future we will look back at stuff like this and shake our heads in disbelief over that we once used to think this was entertainment.
I think more and more people are realizing that animals are our friends and in my opinion equal to us. They should not have to race, fight or be held in cages for our entertainment.
One more thing, the hats women are wearing at the Kentucky Derby are so ridiculous looking. My advice to the wannabe British Royals is, if you want to feel like royalty, retire that lame hat and go enjoy some afternoon high tea at the Four Seasons or at The Ritz.
Tatiana LOVES Tokidoki. Tokidoki means sometimes in Japanese. It is a brand and the absolutely super KAWAII (cute in Japanese) characters appear on t-shirts, accesories, shoes etc. There is even Tokidoki make up.
This is Tatiana's LeSportsac Tokidoki purse, it is very KAWAII as you can see. Pink on the inside. The outside full of little characters.
There are some Tokidoki make up bags at Sephora that Tatiana wants.
Tatiana has a hot tip for all the bird enthusiasts out there. The best bird viewing in Alaska is at the dump in Soldotna. There are thousands of birds hanging out there, lots of eagles too - though none in this pic. Tatiana has never seen so many birds gathered in one place before. Chhaya loves that place, from inside of the car of course. Why does Tatiana go to the dump? She recycles. Do you?
Woke up to sunshine. Finally. Besides that I am too tired and too unmotivated to have anything else to say here. About to jump in the shower, brush my teeth, put in my contacts and go and get my breakfast - my latte. After that I am going outside to soak up the sun, like a lizard.
It is so cold and gloomy out - I am ready for sunshine and warm weather. I am so beyond over the cold.
It doesn't feel overly inspiring to spend time outside, whether it's with Chhaya or going for a jog when it's cold outside.
Friday night at worked SUCKED. I do not usually complain about that because most of the time I do not care too much. But we have two new hires at the club that I hope do not stick around for too long. Why? Because they both look like some washed up druggies that got all their tattoos made in prison. One of them would probably not get hired in too many clubs. And that is the reality. I am not the owner or the manager but I believe that the girls kind of represent the club and therefore there should be a certain standard held. Nobody is perfect - me included - though you shouldn't be scared or repulsed when you look at the "talent" in a strip club. Quality over quantity. Definitely.
Also, I do not sit with people just so they buy me a $ 10 drink. Some girls might, like the ones that just got hired or the ones working on getting wasted. I understand that the club makes $ 10 from every glass of ice mixed with soda water and cranberry juice that I drink. But I do not make anything from that. So from now on, I am not going to suffer through painfully boring conversations and having cigarette smoke blown in my face and all over my $ 100 bra just so the club can make $ 10.
I am not putting myself through that. What did I get? NOTHING. Besides acute second hand smoke poisoning. Smoking at clubs and bars should be banned, not everybody wants to be exposed to that poison, put in smoking areas and let the non smokers breathe clean air.
I do not mind sitting and talking to people for free, I do that a lot - because I want to. But when I am being told what to do and get NOTHING in return, no thanks - no more. Other girls might be ok with that. I am not. I'd rather sit by myself.
Therefore I stayed home last night, I was not in the mood to work. Friday night was such a disaster that it totally made me unmotivated to go in there yesterday.
Instead I took a nice, long bubble bath and relaxed. In my beautiful solitude with air smelling like vanilla and caramel.
I am having some serious New York withdrawals, it feels weird to go from the busy scenery of New York and everything that place has to offer to quiet little Kenai. I don't have many plans for my day today, the usual, I need to clean a little, get my latte and take Chhaya for a walk.
Later tonight I am working. Maybe something interesting will take place at work so I can write about it here tomorrow.
I also did a phone interview this morning with somebody from a Canadian magazine that is writing about the oil boom in The Bakken. Meaning North Dakota. They want to know if it's really possible for dancers to make $ 2000/night. So I chatted a little bit with the person that called me this morning. Once again, I did NOT make $ 2000/night in Williston, not even half of that. I was happy with what I made, I am sure some girls made more than me, since I am not aggressive in my approach. And a lot of other things that I am not going to talk about now. And some girls made less than me.
But to the girls that think that they will be making $ 2000/night or more, hmmmmmm.......probably not. But try for yourselves and good luck!
Oh, one more thing about that and the dancing in Williston. I get e mails and comments on a previous blog I wrote about Williston from dancers that want info on how to get hired at the clubs there. I have been nice and answered each one with the info and some of them, some - not all, don't even have the decency to respond to me with a thank you. Whatever! That is lame, I am not going to try to raise a grown person but if somebody does something for me, I say thank you. Just saying.
Thursday evening. I am at home on the couch, watching TMZ, I love my little Harvey..... About to fall asleep soon, so tired. I was planning on working tonight when I was reciting my plans for the reminder of the week to myself yesterday. Right.....I can barely keep my eyes open and it's only a little after 10 PM. Can't wait to curl up in my bed with my head on the pillows.
I am probably dragging myself to work tomorrow, have a new bra from Victoria's Secret to show off, got in in New York. It's white/beige and covered in small sparkly rhinestones. Don't worry, you will get a pic of me in it sometime soon.......
And this is a sparkly brand new pic of me, less than a week old.
My new necklace that spells out Chhaya, sooooooo cute, got it from Rose-Marie, I love it.
Here are some pics of me and my Chhaya. Pics by one of my fave photographers WOLF189.
This one he took of me getting ready, putting on my make up, it's a surprise pic, I am at my place in Las Vegas. Chhaya next to me, watching.
Chhaya means shadow or shade in Sanskrit. In case you wonder why I named her Chhaya.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhaya
Got a new book to read, it's called The Bond (Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them) by Wayne Pacelle. It's a book that brings up the many ways animals contribute to our happiness and well-being. It also takes on animal cruelty.
And you all know that I love animals and I am a friend of animals - big or small. Even ants. I'd much rather take a spider or a fly out than smush them.
Also Playboy. I love Playboy. What I found interesting in this issue was a small article about a Polish woman that started out as a model but is now a photographer, Marlena Bielinska. Some of her photos of very pretty Polish girls are in the mag......oh those Polish girls....there is something about them....isn't it?
She is quoted "Sexual women like to see themselves naked". Hmmmmmm.......I can understand and relate to that. Kind of. I like pics of myself in various stages of undress.
There is also a fascinating and scary article about the business of faking your own death to cash in on life- insurance money.
Also check out my new pair of swirly pink glass tumblers from Kosta Boda, Rose-Marie gave them to me. I ❤ them!
