Genesis...

Hi all! This is the first of what I hope will be many blogs about me and my life. As an introduction, I'd like to tell all of you a little about myself :)

My name is Ashley, I was born in 1985 to two wonderful parents who unfortunately are not together anymore. I live with my mother and younger brother, and my youngest brother lives with our father. I love all things music, except for rap and crazy you're-all-going-to-die death metal stuff. How anyone can call that "music" is beyond me because it certainly doesn't resemble anything I would call music, but hey, to each his own :D Along with that I love to sing, and one of my greatest dreams would be to become a recording artist but (sadly) I don't have the time to pursue that right now. I love films and all things cinema, love to discover new (and old) movies that fly under the radar. I think Stanley Tucci is an amazing actor and the most beautiful man I've ever laid eyes on (on the screen), he's definitely one of my favorite actors and I enjoy all of his work. For music my favorite artist is Rufus Wainwright. His music moves me to no end and I continually turn to it when life tries to get me down.

I LOVE to cook!!! And I'm damned good at it. Tonight was risotto milanese which came out splendidly, tasted like saffronic heaven <3 Tomorrow hopefully will be butternut squash soup followed by roast chicken breasts :) Nothing makes me happier than cooking for my friends and family and seeing how much they love what I've made for them.

I work as a waitress/assistant manager/anything else under the sun at a local casual dining, full-service restaurant. I cannot divulge the name of this place but I can tell you it's a national brand that does very well and is fairly well respected (as much as a corporate restaurant can be anyway). I've been there for nearly four years and most days I love my job. And I know what you're thinking, "My GOD a waitress who loves what she does?! I've never heard such nonsense!" Well I do. The good far outweighs the bad and I'm good, scratch that, GREAT at what I do so I never have any real problems at work.

There's so much more I could write here but I think I've indulged my narcissism enough for today so I'll bid you all good reading, and see you tomorrow :)