JoJo's Blog- Peek into my Life

Remember Me???

I know you must have been worried since I haven't let you peek into my busy life at Case but it got a little to chaotic for me to take time out and blog. But now that I have finally received a much need4ed break I thought I would take advantage of it and let you in on what has been goin on. Well this summer I worked as a student custodial assistant which was challenging since it was so hot at times and unfortunately some students trashed there placesleaving it for hard working people to clean up after them so they would be ready for their new inhabitants. The work could be pretty tedious especially the wall scrubbing but the work ethic that my mom instilled in me as a child through the long list of chores and responsibilities I had made me quite capable of everything that was thrown my way. That is more than I can say about many of my co-workers who couldn't bare it. There were students who never even fixed a bed in there life and others who somehow got away with literallly sleeping on the job and leaving repeatedly hours early without getting caught. Even though not everyone got the same out of the experience they should have all realized how much hard work the custodians had to do to make Case a clean environment. The summerstarted out a little rough since I did not have internet access and the dorm room I stayed in was smaller than any room I have lived in while at Case. The worst part was it would get so hot in the rooms that sleeping was not an option.
Don't get the wrong idea because it was not all work and no play. When we finally got our month late paycheck that had as practically starving I did find time to enjoy the summer by going home for the Lorian International Festival, going to the movies, Cedar Point, and out to eat. One day me and some friends went to Moda, a nightclub. We had been to the club on previous occasions and heard it was on the verge of closing. According to local radio stations and the club itself, it was closing to remodel. So we went that Saturday and it was alot of fun; nice crowd, good music, & no drama. We decided that since we did not have any plans for the 4th of July we would return to the Moda with some of our other girlfriends. So that is what we did. This night was nothing like the that night even though it happened only 2 days later. The first difference that should have been a sign was that they did not check our ID or purses like they did every other time we went there. Then when we walked through the curtians we were practically devoured by the bodyheat immitted from everyperson in the overcrowded club.
You are probably wondering why we did not leave. Well the answer is simple we had just paid $20 which is more than we had ever paid to get in too and the only reason we paid is b/c we had went through the effort of getting ready, drove all the way down there and it isn't like we could go anywhere else since many clubs have become 21 & up. So we stayed and tried to make the vbest out of the fact that we couldn't actually dance since movement was more like a product of the entire mob of people instead of your own deliberate action.
We were managing to still "enjoy" ourselves despite the mishaps but then there were incidents that changed everything. It all started when a fight broke out and instead of them just throwing out the culprits as usual they decided they would pepper spray the entire club which resulted in people panicking because they could not help it but to cough and some even had to vomit. Within minutes the club was practically vacant but many belongins were left behind: purses,jewelry, clothes, hats, shoes, you name it. Thwe girl that drove us lost her keys and I stayed with her to find them but we lost track of the other girls we came with. What is even crazier is that she had just pouchased the car that day. After we scanned the club repeatedly we finally found a worked who had found her keys. Don't get ahead of yourself. That is not the end of the story.
I have the worst sense of direction and we could not find the car since we parked it on the street and that was a first since we usually are able to find spots in the parking lots. While we were walking down the stree we see a group of guys in the middle of the street. It looks like ther are going to fight so we don't pay it no mind. Unfortunately there was no fight because one of the shortest guyz pulled out a gun and shot it. When I seen the gun he was aiming it towrds the boy across from him but I have no idea if anyone was hurt because I ran away as hard as I could when I heard hte gunshot. My shoe and earring broke but it did not slow me down. After walking around and makeing an phone call we finally found out car but we were still missing our girls so we drove around and found them walking.
I had not gone to a club again until last Sat. I'm happy to say it was a positive dram free experience. This time we went to Spy Bar. By the way I forgot to mention the real reason Moda got closed down. According to the newspapers it was run by drug money and the money raised was being laundered for terrorist organizations, so much for remodeling. Well alot more has happened so I will keep backtracking until you are posted.