The Yogurt Bar, Camillus NY

I stopped by The Yogurt Bar in Camillus, NY after work on Friday. It's my Friday treat to myself, and they always have new, delicious flavors.

This week they had their S.U. flavors going on, I loved their setup!

 

You can visit their Facebook page here: The Yogurt Bar

 

I'm all about supporting Local! Especially local yumminess!

 

Action-Packed Weekend

I wore my S.U. hoodie to work yesterday, and helped four customers find S.U. gear and complete orange and blue outfits. It's going to be an exciting game, folks. But I have a confession: this is only my second season of being an S.U. fan. I admit, I was never into it before I started dating A. But now I know the players, and watch 95% of the games and I finally get it: ORANGE PRIDE. A took me to my first basketball game two months ago; I had only ever been to the Dome (that I remember) once before, to a football game with the ex-wife the year before. As it happened, my sister and bro-in-law were also there so they came up and sat with us.
 Then Sunday brings the Superbowl, and can I just say that I am delighted that neither the Colts nor the Patriots are in it? Sorry if one of those is your team, I'm tired of seeing them there. I want to see like a Bears and Vikings match-up. I know, funny.
 Haven't had my interview yet, waiting and spinning it through my head in the meantime. Been on the register more, which I don't mind. I know cashiering is a minimum wage job, and it's so many people's first jobs before they move onto greener pastures, but I enjoy it. I like the little snippets of conversation you make with each customer, the little laughs that are generated. It's definitely more enjoyable at this place than the last, a higher caliber of customer helps. Sorry, but it's true. However, it's also due to a newer computer system and better cashiering process.
 I'm kind of a stickler when it comes to cashiering. I am very turned off when I go through a cashier's line, and he/she continues their conversation with the other cashier, and is barely paying attention to what he/she is doing. I give each customer individual attention, because that's what I would like when I'm the customer.
   I'm having a writing marathon morning while A is at work, then I guess we're going to go shopping at Wegmans. WEGMANS, ON S.U./SUPERBOWL WEEKEND. He is out of his mind. By the way, I love how Wegmans advertises for sushi this weekend. Maybe I'm old fashioned and sexist and on the verge of making a LGBT faux pas, but what fucking dude is going to eat sushi while he watches the Superbowl? Is this something women do? Am I just out of a loop on this? I mean, I wouldn't mind sushi, but it just doesn't seem like an effective ad campaign.
 Have a fabulous and chicken-wing eating weekend, America. And remember to wash your hands before you handle your junk- you don't want that killer hot sauce down there ;)
 K

Anouk: Modern World

Beautiful Day. At the end of a transitional, fairly successful week.

I've been hired at a local retail joint, and I'm still amazed at how much easier the job hunt was/is without the club hanging over my head. I can't describe how uncomfortable it was, pretending not to be a dancer looking for a job. It's akin to going back to school after you get your first period. It feels like everyone knows, and its mega-paranoia time. 
Is this how every ex-dancer feels, once they've taken the plunge and gotten out of the lifestyle? Like I've shed a dirty old ragged skin that no longer fit. I feel cleaner, refreshed, and I've gotten a good dose of my confidence and self-esteem back that had been overshadowed by The Pole.
Fuck that Pole. 

The lover and I tried out Bagelicious II for breakfast today. Cute little place, good coffee. The bagels? ...Eh. 

We traveled out to his father's camp later, and I met his other brother, his wife, and their adorable daughter. Such fat cheeks!! 
The lake is quite high, no surprise there. It was beautiful out today, and I wish I could stand the heat better. 

The month of June flew by, and it was a stressful, busy month. Good riddance! I only feel a little panicky about losing a whole month of summer where I didn't pack in enough summer activities. However, I got a B in that awful Spanish class, so June can fuck itself.



;)
K

Split Life

I took Monday and Tuesday of this week to work on the freelance side of things. I sent out a bunch of writing applications Thurs-Sat, and got a couple of promising responses by Sunday night. I filled out one more today, now just waiting to hear back.
I’ve got some catching up to do with school, my head has not been in the game. Sooo very close to the end, and I’m mentally vacated. I’ve left some brains around in my skull to finish the job, just a matter of taking a deep breath, and getting through it. It’s going to feel so good to cross that item off my Things to Finish list! ”
The desperation to get out of dancing, and leave that whole crazy, dysfunctional lifestyle and everyone involved behind burns like a fire at my back. It’s a good heat though, keeps me motivated.
I love the thought of getting paid by the words that I put down on paper (Even if I might not get the byline) but at the same time, I long for a regular paycheck. What that must be like, to plan out how much you are going to make in a month because you know.
I was happy to see via Syracuse.com that the “building with the house on the roof” the one on the corner of Hiawatha and N. Salina (the newspaper had different streets, but I think mine fit) is going to get renovated.  A former trucking company owner, Yiorgos Kyriakopoulos bought it for $200,00 and plans on making commercial space on the bottom, and apartments on the top floors. He might turn the “House” (which is really just a cover for the mechanical parts of the freight elevator that runs through the building) into his office.
This is a pretty awesome happening in our city that needs as much help as it can get. I wish more of the abandoned factories that are sprinkled throughout the city would have more investors and innovators.