Drawbacks of a Night on the Town

So, all I'm looking for is a nice night out with a few girl friends. Just the opportunity to get dressed up-- feel pretty. Dancing is a must. Fruity drinks, optional. Of course we're going to go to the hippest spot in town.. or the only place that has a dance floor in our area. It's time to step into heels, crank up the music and get ready for a good time. Or so I thought..

Now I'm not sure who it was who told men that it's okay to hit on women in any of the following ways, but somewhere along the line, they received some pretty ridiculous advice. A brief description of some of my most recent favorite creepers:
[1] The beer-sloshing, ash-flicking inebriate: This is the man who is overly enthusiastic to meet new people. So ecstatic that he is unconsciously spilling beer all over your jeans and dropping cigarette ashes on your $90 boots while he attempts to hit on you. I stress attempts.
[2] The OMG, ME TOO!!!! guy: It doesn't matter what you say in your attempts to scare him off, it's bound to fail. Why? Because he loves it too!! Tell him you murder people in your downtime and you've got someone to drag the bodies for you because it's his favorite pastime. Partners in crime. Score.
[3] The pedophile: Begins a conversation with "Are you girls even old enough to be in here?! You look like you're thirteen!" He then proceeds to chat you up and may even suggest you exchange numbers and get together sometime. How much more disgusting can you get? Who would want to be with a guy who is turned on by the fact that you "look like a preteen"?
[4] The old high school pal: He isn't just any old guy who went to your high school. "Remember me? I remember you from ________ high school! I [a] was your substitute teacher once [b] took your senior pictures [c] watched you in all of your softball games." Enough said.

Now, the way you respond in any one of these situations is key. Refrain from encouraging conversation. Your best bet, get far, far away. There's plenty of bar to go around. I, however, have a problem with being unfriendly. My attempts to discourage these encounters somehow backfire and I end up stuck in a never-ending conversation with one of the above offenders. I guess everything has both positive and negative aspects. What matters is that we didn't let these sleazy, unclassy predators ruin our fantastic night out! <3

Wintertime blues.

Has anyone noticed the awful weather? Dumb question. Welcome to Pittsburgh, I guess. A few years ago, I actually liked it out here. And to be honest, I really like the weather at my house. If it snows in Pittsburgh, it ends up being gross and brown within a hours. When it snows at my house, and it most certainly will, it's absolutely beautiful. Anyway, it hasn't been snowing at my house lately. It hasn't been snowing at all. It's been rainy and dreadful and it's got me thinking about the beach. I want to move to California. Maybe for a year-- maybe longer. But I want to do it. One of my friends may get stationed there in the military in a year or so. I'm thinking we should have an adventure. I'm ready for my life to begin.

First ever blog post!!!

So, I stayed up until five in the morning trying to create myself a cute blog, which may or may not ever be read by anyone besides myself. That's okay though. This is for me, not everyone else.. unless, of course, they are fascinated by my musings. Being the perfectionist that I am, I'll probably spend a good amount of time attempting to edit the page some more tomorrow. I haven't used html in, oh say, five years? I guess I need to brush up again. But not until after I get some much needed rest! :) Goodnight, moon.