Posted by: rialeilani | November 18, 2008

shhh…blog secret

Did you participate in Blog Secret?  I did and here is the secret I was given to post….

Visit Nilsa’s for a list of other participating blogs (PS she was totally awesome for organizing this!)

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The first day I walked into the office and saw him, I had one thought: “I’m going to sleep with him.”

I was living with my boyfriend, who had recently told me he wanted to move out. He had a girlfriend of almost two years. The attraction was raw, like nothing I had ever experienced before. I was naïve, but that was what drew him to me. As for me? I was just drawn to that attraction.

And I knew he felt it, too. It started with our legs touching at happy hour. Suggestive emails were exchanged throughout the work day. We wouldn’t look at each other. Any touch was electric. For two months, it was just flirting. Sexual flirting, but innocent enough.

One day, I needed a ride to pick up my car at the garage and I asked him to take me. This was the first time we really got to talking outside of work and the conversation was charged with sexual tension. From then, the emails were even more intense. He challenged me to step up to the plate. I’d retort that I’d follow his lead.

The Friday before Memorial Day, we were at happy hour, following a day full of sexual emails. We left and I was following him to get to the highway. My phone rang. “Follow me,” he said. I did.

I followed him back to the parking garage at work. We parked in the basement level and I climbed into his front seat. We started talking and I wondered if it was going to happen.

“I told you to make the first move,” he told me.

“I’m scared,” I admitted.

“Of what?”

“Well the possibility of rejection always exists,” I said, even though I knew it really didn’t at this point.

“Silly girl,” he said and leaned over and we kissed for the first time. His hands started wandering up my shirt. He unbuttoned my pants and the making out became hot and heavy. He undid his pants and climbed on top of me. My right knee banging against the car door, we had the most intense, amazing sex of my life. It was forbidden, it was wrong on so many levels, but that made it even more electric.

“This is going to change everything,” he told me.

“I know.”

And it did. I craved sex with him from that point on for years. He became my booty call, and me his. Just a simple text message and he’d come over. My boyfriend had moved out shortly after that night, although he never knew about it. About six months later, he broke up with his girlfriend, and hasn’t dated anyone since.

We’ve had sex on and off for five years. There were times when we would do it every other week or so. We never talked about other people. He never stayed the night. We would lie together afterwards and talk, though. During the entire time we’ve been doing it, we’ve also worked together. He never told anyone about our relationship, and neither did I. In fact, I’ve lied to people, I’ve denied it, I’ve come out and said he wasn’t attractive at all.

I’ve had very good friends never know about this relationship. I’ve had boyfriends during this time never know about that relationship. If I was seriously dating a guy, I would stop sleeping with him. But if the relationship ended, the text messages would start again.

I know eventually I’ll have to give this up, but I’m scared. It’s a safety blanket, knowing someone will always be there to fulfill my needs. Someone will find me attractive and desire me enough. Granted, this isn’t someone I’ll ever be in a real relationship with, but that’s okay. I just wonder if I’ll ever be able to find a real relationship because I’m enjoying this so much.

It scares me how easy it is to keep a secret. It scares me how easy it is to have this illicit relationship. It scares me how easy it can be to just lie. And it kind of makes me wonder who else is having this kind of relationship. Who else is doing this and can’t talk about it anywhere?

Posted by: rialeilani | November 17, 2008

can we say addict?

Seriously those were the hardest 5 days of my life.  I literally would see something and want to twitter about it.  And then I’d realize that I didn’t have my laptop and I forgot how to do it by phone.  I had tons of little stories I couldn’t wait to blog about.  I have a little notepad in my purse but do you think I wrote anything down?!  NO!  WTF is wrong with me?

Even as we departed for the airport at 4am in the morning I looked longingly at my laptop and asked C if I should take it.  He told me no.  He doesn’t understand the connection (healthy or not) I have with the interwebz.  C’mon it’s like cutting me off from civilization.  C likes to talk on the phone, I do not.  Well let’s correct that, there are certain people I will jump over couches and chairs to talk to on the phone.  But the majority of my communication is through email, texting and my blog.  Even twitter!  I didn’t even understand twitter when it first came out but now I look forward to opening it.

I know I’m sick!  Don’t judge me.

I’m surprised I didn’t go through withdrawls like cocaine and heroine addicts.  Minus the vomiting because EW.

We were even going to go to the public library and I couldn’t get out of the car fast enough.  C asked what my hurry was.  Hello!  What you can’t see my hands aching to type on a keyboard?!  Alas, they were closed :(  I saw signs for the library in Clearwater but we were on our way to an art fair and C couldn’t wait to get to the beach so I had to push the urge to check my email aside.  (it was hard let me tell you)

I’m hoping to upload some pics of the sunshine tonight.  I know I suck at bringing it home with me.

*hangs head in shame

Posted by: rialeilani | November 17, 2008

you guys are insane

I was gone for 5 days and I have 576 posts in my google reader. 576! Some are some techie blogs I subscribe to but the majority are from personal blogs and LOLcats of course.

I feel like I have lots to chatter about but it will have to wait.  I’m going to go through my reader :)

A huge THANKS to Emma and Jenn for guest posting for me! You guys rock! :)

Posted by: juicyjenn | November 15, 2008

Summer Lovin’

Well hello there friends.  I’m Jenn and I (possibly foolishly) volunteered to guest post for ria while she visits the warmth of Florida.  I wanted to figure out something fabulously wonderful to write about for her lovely readers.  Since I normally whine about boys on my blog, I’m going to try and avoid that.  I decided that, since ria is on vacation, we should talk about vacations here as well.  Specifically, vacation romances.

It was the summer of 2004.  Lucky me, I was getting to go to Hawaii for a work conference.  (Yes, you read that right.  HAWAII.  For a WORK conference.  How awesome is that?)  10 days in paradise.  Only half a day actually spent at the conference.  One night, the girls I went with and I go to a luau and as we board the bus, we notice a cute guy sitting across the aisle with some girls.  Figuring one of the girls had to be his girlfriend, I didn’t think much of it.  During the trip, we all strike up a conversation and by the time we actually get to the luau we are fast friends.  We all sit together and there is definitely some flirting going on between me and Cute Boy.  By the end of the luau, we’ve kissed a few times.  Oh the sparks!  Here I am, in Hawaii (quite possibly one of the most romantic places ever) and I’m kissing a cute boy!

Turns out he’s there for the same conference.  We exchange numbers and two days later, we meet up and spend some quality time together… dinner, kissing, etc.  The following day we go snorkeling together.  By the end of the trip I was convinced I was in love.  How can you not fall in love in Hawaii?  We go out for dinner, drinks, and dancing on my last night there.  He was a perfect gentleman and treated me so well for the week or so we were together.  He even got up bright and early the morning I was leaving to have breakfast with me one more time.

Now given that he lived in California and I (at the time) lived in Florida, there wasn’t a high probability that we’d make our summer romance last.  And we didn’t.  Oh we talked a couple times after I left, but the plans of visiting one another never panned out.  Looking back on it, I think I’m glad it remained just a vacation fling.  It was wonderfully romantic and I will always think of him fondly instead of trying to make something last when it ultimately probably never would have worked out.  But I still have a shirt of his and keep a picture of the two of us up in my house to remind me of how good guys really do exist.

What about you guys?  Has anyone else had a summer romance or vacation fling?  And if so, has it ever turned into something more than just a summer fling?  Am I the only one who thinks that vacation loves are the most romantic things ever?

Posted by: emmaelizabeth | November 14, 2008

Tell me what’s sexy.

Uhhh…omg I volunteered to guest post and now I have nothing to write. There’s always sooo much pressure to write something funny and great and have it be all that and a bag of chips. Yes chips. Chips are good. Sometimes. Anyhoo- Hi!!!  I’m Emma from Emma Elizabeth (also formerly AP from It’s a Glamorous Life). So while the lovely Miss Ria is out having a fabulous time, I will do my best to um…. not bore you to tears.

So I wanted to ask- what is sexy to you?

I had this conversation with a friend a few days ago because (don’t judge) I want a corset. Specifically, the one in Victoria’s Secret. I found it online last week and haven’t been able to tell myself no from getting it. A corset though! How 1900’s of me right? But it’s seriously a throw back to old Hollywood glamour and I love it. My friend and I were discussing how women sometimes just wear sexy undergarments for just themselves. A confidence booster. You know we all feel sexy and confident when we’re secretly wearing something fabulous. Well- at least I do. :) I’m , despite just putting it all out there for the public, too shy to really admit I want this. And I can’t get over the fact that it’s a corset and haven’t women worked hard to get away from the constraints men have put us in? Think- women’s movement. Anyways… sexy is not just glam undergarments.

The guy who wears oddly paired clothes, who can’t dance to save his soul but tries so hard, who makes you laugh, who eases your fears about being judged about something etc is sexy. I’m a simple girl underneath the makeup, hair, Coach purses, Blackberry, and inheritance. I don’t care about money or where you come from or what you do. A guy willing to make it past all that- is sexy.  

Old Hollywood Glam anything is sexy.

Vintage is sexy.

Prince William is sexy.

Confidence, humor, honesty and ambition is sexy.

But you know what is not sexy? THIS. Apparently some people use this as exercise. You can thank me later for that link. :)

 

Ok- now for some answers- what does sexy mean to you?

Posted by: rialeilani | November 11, 2008

ohhhh you guys are lucky

I have a couple of freakin’ awesome chicas that are going to guest blog for me while I am gone!

Stay Tuned!! :)

For those of you in the midwest I’m going to try and bring some sunshine back.  God knows we are going to need some to survive the long winter!

Posted by: rialeilani | November 11, 2008

wanting this day to be over

Because I’m leaving for Florida at 6am tomorrow!  Woohoo!  You know what a 6am flight means though right?  I have to get up at 3am to get ready and to the airport in time to sit around and wait for my flight.  Joy.  But I can’t complain because it was 29 degrees this morning when I got into my car after scrapping the ice off.  29 motherf-ing degrees.

I. Am. NOT. Ready. For. Winter!

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Have you taken a moment out of your day to realize that today is in fact Veteran’s day?  Thank a Vet for your freedom, we have no idea what they have endured for people they don’t even know.

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Anyone interested in guest posting for me while I’m gone?  I know nothing like a last minute request hehe.  Email me if you think you might want to.

Posted by: rialeilani | November 10, 2008

this is what i’m like at home

Posted by: rialeilani | November 8, 2008

let freedom ring

I don’t want to get too political here and if you don’t agree just move along to the next blog.  These are my opinions, my thoughts and things that I support.  I love all my real life and blog friends and I know that we don’t always have to agree, but we should respect each other.

To California and Prop 8

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I believe that Love is Love and who are we to judge by the color of someone’s skin or sexual orientation.  We need to open our eyes and our hearts, we shouldn’t be so narrow minded.

Jenn from you are flawed if you are not free says it well (and I feel like shit today and can’t think of something of my own haha):

I welcome supporters of gay rights to snap your own photo showing your wedding ring on your middle finger. Spread the word that this fight isn’t over. “Whether you’re gay, straight, bi, white, blue or tan — show your support by letting freedom ring on your blog then go here to log it for everyone to see!”

Posted by: rialeilani | November 7, 2008

more fun stuff

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Visit her blog for more info :)  If you decide to enter let her know you heard from me :)

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