The Adventures of the NSP

It’s a little after 5 on this Friday the 27th of May.  Today’s my last day of work here at good ole NYSC.  I’m cleaning out my desk, taking things off my wall, saying good bye to friends & colleagues.  Today is stage 2 of my liberation.  This is the event in the making folks.  I’ve been unhappy here for quite sometime.  The thought has weighed heavily on my mind.  But finally there comes a point where you decide ok it really is time to take back my life.  Yo can call this the sequel if you want but really I feel like its a new beginning.

Completely scary, a lil uneasy, completley exciting, refreshing & my favorite word….spontaneous!  I want to get back into what I came here to do.  What is that you ask?  To rule the world!  Ok well maybe not totally but at least do something that makes me happy.  Quite frankly that is whats most important.  Somebody asked me the other day what was my favorite age.  I know I’ve had some crazy yrs & some fun ones but I would have to say right now.  This has been a yr with a lot that has happenned.  I’ve learned, I’ve lived, I’ve grown.  I use to have this crazy idea that I wouldn’t get past the age of 26 bc that’s how old my father was when he died.  Yeah I know, I’ve nalways had a few death issues.  BUT, I feel like there is still sooo much more to see & do & experience that that scary thought has pretty much left my head.  Thank God bc this emancipated Poison Ivy hotness has still got a lot left to give to the fans.

So here’s to the beginning of my new found journey.  I’m in it to win it & don’t plan on stopping so help me God.  To Larry, I pulled out of the pitstop & back on the highway.  It’s time to ride.  To Rob, forever my bestie yes I know you always got my back.  To Nathan(shout out), my activity partner…I’m forcing your Mormon ass to get outta control.  To Shuley, we’re finally at the starting point at the same time as is my girl Adrienne.  To Antonio, thank you for showing me that yes everyone is different.  You are a wonderful individual & I look forward ot getting to know more about you. 

Now, a horoscope told me that I should write myself a letter. It said write to the evil & the good side. Well, I would like to think that I am complete mixture of both.  I’ve played the role of the seducer, the heartbroken, the bad boy, the coming out of his shell guy, the guy in love, the jaded bitter type, baby….I’ve done it all & I don’t regret any of it. 

So dear Nick,

May you grab life by the balls & give it a good talking to.  May you be completely sexy & cause a bit of controversy bc yeah you know you like it ; ) May you also be careful with people’s hearts…treat it the way you would want yours to be. If you end up broken remember that you always have your best firends…you, yourself & you….dammit!  Its time baby.  Get ready to shine.  Show me what you’re working with.  Get ready to make me & your grandmother proud bc thats all she ever wanted for you anyway.

Sincerely,

ur bestie…Nicolas/Devin/Poison Ivy/Nicky Sue

(to anyone that doesn’t really know me well reading this I bet u think I’m one f*cked up cat!)

AKA…..See no no evil, hear no evil & remember no evil

After this last weekends debacles, I’ve decided no drinking for me for a hot minute.  Mind you this has been said before & I failed at this attempt each time.  But seriously, this time I’m gonna practice reallll hard.  Lets see last Friday night.  Go to Big Daddy’s bday party, check.  Have cake & drinks, check.  Go to Monster bc Big Daddy wants to, check.  Rescue the str8 girls & myself from said bar & retreat to Splash, check.  Leave & continue looking for the next party w/my girls, check. Finally go home feeling & looking like crack salad…priceless. 

Saturday….finally get up around 1:30 in the afternoon.  Meet up w/ Rob & Jorge el guapo at all places but BBQ, check.  See my man Antonio on the street in front of Gym bar so ofcourse I have to have one drink in the afternoon.  Well, plenty of other one drinks later I decide I want a hot dog reaaalllllllll bad & I eat 2 like its my j-o-b.  Well this wasn’t on my list of things to do so its quite the surprise.  What was on that list you ask?  Get all my shopping done for my everyday needs….so no check on that one.  What happenned in btw that & waking up at 11:35 (thinking it was Sunday & that I had missed Desp Hous)…..well the network censors said that I need to leave this out in repsect of my image.  So then I went to Roxy & sobered up & danced my ass off until 6:30.  Shout out to Mo, Chase, Brad, Jude & Jason.  My fav dance song in the whole world Someone To Hold was played by Manny Lehman.  I’m pretty sure I lost a few pounds that night!

Now for Sunday….meet up with Rob, Fort & Farhad for brunch, check!  Get nothing else accomplished that day, check!  Spend the Lord’s day in drunken haze, check!  Which brings me to the conclusion that this weekend has to stay sober.  I think I am gonna take a brief hiatus like for reals fo sure.  This week at work has been bananas & I’m sooo over it.  SO glad its Thursday & I’m also glad that this cold is almost over.  For all of you that I talked to this week, yes my MAN voice is leaving me.  Sorry to disappoint anyone who wants to hear about shenanigans but I surely can not turn into Kirsten from the OC.  Season finale tonight btw.  I just wanna be like Summer & win Homecoming Queen…..thank you & good night

the nsp management

Working Monday through Friday takes up all of my time/ If I can get to the weekend everything’ll work out just fine/ That’s when I can go crazy, That’s when I can have fun/ Time to be with my baby, time to come undone/ Where’s the party?/ I want to free my soul/ Where’s the party?/ I want to lose control

Tuesday?  What is good about Tuesday?  It’s better than Monday but still so far away from Thursday.  So on this day I felt it would be good to write about my past weekend’s activities.  Kids, it was fun, it was long, exasperating, hell it was crazy & I loved it!  After I was stuck at work alone on Thursday & Friday (yes Irv still wanna kick ur ass for that one) I was sooo excited to have my Friday night bc that was the night of Single & Mingle. The party I had at my house.  The apt was looking quite clean & my room hasn’t been that clean since….well the last party ages ago.  It was soo much fun.  Big ups to Larry my doorguy while I was rocking my DJ Devin skills.  There were soo many people that were new to the mix.  I know at a certain point people came to the door & in my tipsy state I said, "Hi, who the hell are you?"  They’re like we’re Peter’s friends.  Tipsy response: "Who’s Peter?"  Then Peter is like der Nick that’s me.  Tipsy response: "I thought ur name was Patrick!"  Peter is like no & in a tipsy response: "Ok then, well… no one steal anything!"  All in all it was quite fun.  Damien, I still have the pictures you drew of the men with penises.  Some of it is real art.  You might wanna look into that.  Rob’s new friend Jorge & I surely bonded over our love for all things Kylie.  On A Night Like This the alcohol surely had me Spinning Around.  But that is one Love Affair that I just knew it was Love At First Sight! The party ended around 1:30ish & jsut want to say thanks to all of you who came.  It was surely a blast.  Then, a few of us went to Splash & continued our drunk escapades.  My highlight was when Brad & I sang It’s Like That over an instrumental part to a totally different song playing.  I love how in our own head we ARE Mariah.  So as I sit here at work thinking of that its like geez why can’t life always be this much fun dammit?!

Couldn’t wait to get older/ Thought I’d have so much fun/ I guess I’m one of the grownups now I have to get the job done/ People give me the business/ I’m not living in fear/ I’m just living in caos, gotta get away from here/ Where’s the party?/ I want to free my soul/ Where’s the party?/ I want to lose control

So now we’re at Saturday & Michael’s bday party in Brooklyn.  That’s right folks, I traveled to Brooklyn twice in 2 weeks.  Maybe there is hope for me afterall.  Once again I met quite a few people that I didn’t know.  Which made for a very interesting time.  This one guy kept making extra drinks that I was surely taking full advantage of….next thing you know I’m doing bench presses w/ my other friend to see who could lift more.  Then taking off my shirt bc some girl said she wanted to see my chest.  Secrets were revealed that had been long held back about people we know.  Peoples, it was crazy!  I will keep these things to myself unless you ask me while tipsy, then thats another story!

Don’t want to grow old too fast/ Don’t wanna let the system get me down/ I’ve got to find a way to make the good times last/ And if you’ll show me how…….I’m ready now!/Where’s the party?

So now we’re to Sunday.  The day of brunch.  This has long been held a major pastime & quite essential to the weekends activities.  This is where you get together & you have group about the weekends activities.  It’s a place you can take stock of all that’s happenned.  Oh yeah, you can also get drunk off mimosas.  We tried a new place.  It was ok, the girl was nice.  Kept drinks coming.  I’m feeling that there is a recurrence of whats been going on.  Should I join AA?  Nah!  Then more drinks at Nathan’s while we get heavily into group discussions about life, our pasts, and boys.  Rob & Nathan….remember when I sent a random email to someone on Fster bc u dared me to?  Oh my moo!  Later I convinced Rob to go see House of Wax with me which I must apologize for.  That was more like House of Crap.  nuff said.  So now we’re at Tuesday, my liver hates me & my body is paying for it.  But just got off the phone with my friend who convinced me that I need to go out with them tonight.  And guess what?  Apparently I am. 

Slow down you move too fast/ Gonna let the good times last/ Gonna let my hair hang down/ I’m ready now!/ We can make it alright/ We can make you dance/ We can make a party last all night/ repeat til you fade ; )

I feel compelled to write about something that seems to be the current trend among many of my 20something friends. 

Maybe its just timing or its something in the air & everyone is catching it, but…everyone seems to be breaking up w/ their significant other.  There’s too many to name but you know who you are.  On the remixed flipside, I’ve found out that something else that seems to be going on is couples moving in together for the first time.  Quite a few recently told me of this & it’s all happenned within the same time frame.  It’s all very weird to me.  Can’t explain really how I feel about it.  In a way it feels too grown up for me.  But then I think about how it is where I’m from.  Down there its like graduate high school, get a good job,  meet someone, marry, move in, kids & dog, then mix with water.  Thats how recipe like it is.  It’s no secret I was never a fan of this plan.  But, looking back to when I was younger I thought 26 would be sooo old & that I would have done so many things by this point.  Mind you, I have come a long way but there are certain things that still seem foreign to me & things that just seem like they’re not right for me right now. 

I wonder.  The thought of being all alone doesn’t really ht me bc I have so many wonderful friends in the same boat & we have each other to lean on.  Hate to refer to it but hey!  It is & will always be my show.  In an episode of Sex & The City they all talk about how they don’t have men in thier life but they say that they can be each others life partners & men can be like an added bonus.  This definitely makes sense to me.  In a way you know you’re not doing it totally alone. 

As I continue to grow & learn, I can’t help but think of things I thought I was ready for a few yrs ago.  Wow, looking back I understand now what I was told.  There are so many more things I need to grow into & experience.  It’s funny bc at that time I thought I was sooo ready.  I have no regrets but I am definitely glad things are the way they are now.  I mean hey we’re all different.  My friends & I compare ourselves to certain characters and doesn’t everyone really.  You have to have the Charlotte’s, bc looking at them it reminds you that there are hopeless romantics who won’t give up on love.  You have to have the Miranda’s bc they’re the ones who help you realize you’re making a mistake or help your thought process take place.  The Samantha’s you need bc hell do I really need to explain it?  Lastly, you gotta have the Carries or you won’t have a damn show.  Tee hee.  To all my peeps you know who you are & I love yuzzz.  I’m glad we’re in it together. In this journey for the search of a happy life & who knows….maybe even love!