Lust List 2015: Ashley: Bartender, Mother

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Age: 25

Relationship Status: Taken

On any given weekend night, trying to score a drink at Mother in Old Fourth Ward can be a daunting task. Chances are the hodgepodge of hipsters, college bros, and others who frequent the Edgewood Avenue haunt aren’t actually in the market for a vodka and Red Bull; they want to watch the sultry, tattooed, dark-haired beauty behind the bar. At 25, Ashley is the type of woman the nerds in Weird Science would have loved to cook up: gorgeous college grad with a degree in communications, and a love for video games and books by Haruki Murakami. Ashley might not believe in love at first sight, but many men (and women) have confessed their infatuation for the Covington native after one glance.

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

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I think I believe in lust at first sight. I feel like true love is when you’ve actually been through stuff together and how you react in those situations and how you cope. I feel like people like to think of love as just this thing, but I think love is something lasting and deeper. People maybe base things off shallow things: ‘Oh, they have really good taste in music and we like the same clothes.’ But that’s not what’s going to build a foundation. It’s asking do we want the same things for our children, and where we want to live, and do we have the same ideal income or whatever.

Maybe it’s just a will to work through things. We’ve had our ups and downs, and we’ve even broken up before but we always kind of just came back to each other. And I feel like either you want to move forward and get past something bad that happened or that’s, like, a reason to end it for you.

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You’re always making them, but what’s your preferred cocktail?

My go-to is a descent whiskey, with maybe ginger ale. If I’m in a nicer place they probably have ginger beer. Like a Bulleit Rye and ginger beer; that’s probably my favorite.

What did you like best/least about your ex?

Best was he was there for me no matter what, because I was really young and stupid. Worst? Honestly I couldn’t really say anything bad about him, it just was timing. I was young and not ready for a serious relationship.

What is in your nightstand right now?

Maybe some unmentionables, and I always keep this sugar — this Lush product, sugar lip scrub, and some lip night cream. Those are definitely my bedside staples.

Take yourself back to 14-year-old Ashley; what was your favorite band?

Brand New or Taking Back Sunday, or something really emo and ridiculous.

Who was your first crush?

I used to watch this show when I was little and it was called “Higher Ground,” and it was about these, like, troubled teens that have to go off to this camp. Anyways, one of the actors in it was Hayden Christensen.

What is your most gruesome childhood injury?

I’ve never broken a bone, luckily, but I remember I went through a phase where I would follow my brother and his friends around a lot, and they were climbing on the shed in our backyard and I was saying, “I’m going to do it too.” And I remember I had to get stitches all the way around my finger because I fell. Yeah, it was bad. I stopped following my brother around after that.

What would be your last meal?

My last meal would have to be something, some kind of Asian-inspired dish: Ramen or sushi. Dumplings, I really love dumplings.

What is your guiltiest pleasure?

Probably crappy reality television.

What’s the shittiest thing you watch?

I’ve watched some really crappy ones, but I’m borderline obsessed with this show called “Made in Chelsea.” It’s a British show but it’s basically like “The Hills” or “Laguna Beach,” but about all these rich kids in Chelsea. They go on holiday, probably like four times a year, and drive Rolls Royces.

What is your pettiest relationship deal-breaker?

As far as looks go, I couldn’t date someone with bad teeth. As far as personality traits go, I don’t think I could date someone that was completely insensitive. Like, a guy could be like normal or whatever, but he has to have a little bit of a sensitive side.

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What has been your craziest travel experience?

My first time in New York with my best friend, Katrina. We had a place to stay and her mom — Katrina got in trouble actually about some photos that were on Facebook — kind of tried to like cancel our trip because we were supposed to stay with her aunt. Her mom was like, “No, you can’t do that anymore.” So we ended up just booking a $13-a-night hostel in Harlem, so....

Shit.

The only weird thing that happened was one night I came home and there was a drunk Irishman sleeping in my bed.

How’d you get him out of there?

I didn’t. I just had to find another random bed.

Where would you go for a bucket list vacation?

I would stay in a bungalow over the ocean in Fiji.

Jeez, that’s pretty specific. You’ve thought about this.

It’s a joke, because, well, it’s not a joke, I would totally go there. Have you seen that show on VH1 where they go over celebrity’s lives?

Oh yeah, “The Fabulous Life Of”

Christopher Flockton says, “a bungalow in Fiji; small bananas for Lindsay Lohan.” I don’t know, I always thought it was hilarious.

When was the last time you cried and why?

The book I’m reading currently, and every time I go to finish it I just get busy, is called Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

So what’s the first album you bought with your own money?

I think it was, like, Jewel. I loved her. I remember that being my first tape and my first CD.

In your mind, what happens to us — or happens to you, when you die?

I would like to think that you just die. Because I’m kind of scared to think about anything else.

If you were convicted of a crime, what would it be?

Well, I got in trouble for shoplifting once when I was younger. For now I don’t think I would go back and do anything like that. Now I’m just into no crime committing. If I could and not get caught, I’d probably, like, rob a bank or something. Like the characters in the movie Sugar and Spice.

Speaking of Mother, how often do you talk to yours?

My mother, we have a pretty good relationship. I would like for us to talk once a week. I don’t think much changes in my life in a week, but if it were up to her we’d probably talk every day.

If you had a movie about the life and times of Ashley, who would play you?

I’ve gotten told before that it should be Mila Kunis; that I kind of resemble her. I also think she’s a good balance of cute, sexy, and funny.

For you, what is the sexiest part of the male anatomy?

I would say eyes or lips.

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What’s one thing you hope to accomplish in 2015?

In 2015 I would like to get some international traveling out of the way, and kind of figure out where I want to go with my degree and if I want to go back to school. I think it’s because I just graduated, and this year is all about what’s next, and making a path.

Alright, what is the best album to make out to?

I feel like maybe some Otis Redding for some classics. The Weeknd for something more modern.

What’s your life’s ambition or grandest dream?

Probably just to be happy and have a life of my own. Pretty simple, nothing too crazy.

Do you have a weird recurring dream?

I don’t have it anymore, but I used to have it as a kid a lot. It was this dream where this cat would cut a hole in my window, and it would come in and it would start to steal all my stuff. Like somehow it could fit, it could pick up a dresser and fit it in the hole in my window. But the dream would get progressively scarier. Like, the cat would get meaner, and then it would start to try and go to my mom’s room. Like, I had a recurring nightmare for a while.

Like a hell-raising Heathcliff.

Yeah, it kind of moved robotically, like the cat from “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.”

I imagine this happens a lot, so, what is the lamest pick up line that someone has tried to use on you at work?

I don’t know. I feel like all pick-up lines are lame. I feel like if anyone wanted to hit on me their best bet would be to just talk to me, like normal. But I don’t know; I’m not very responsive in that way at work.

How do you spend your day on a rainy day?

That would be a day where I buy a video game, and just play my video game all day.

Wait, you’re into video games?

Well I’m not like a gamer girl. I play really silly games. I grew up with a Super Nintendo, and I will still play that today. My boyfriend’s brother has a Wii U, so we’ve been playing Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart for that.

Is there a drawback to being so attractive?

I feel like sometimes people might think I’m a little airheaded, or that I don’t really have much depth to me. I feel like just because I like makeup, girls are like “Oh, she likes makeup, she’s, like, really into herself.” No, I just like putting on makeup.