Cause this is Thriller....Thriller Night!

Today's post includes some stories from one of the local radio stations "Thriller Thursday" segment. During the month of October, the station has people call in or email their stories of experiences with the unknown. It's actually quite interesting to listen to. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.

#1
My grandfather and I had always been close. I could be found at his house every weekend until he passed away Dec. 2000. After he passed away I would visit the Little Rock National Cemetery where he was buried every couple of weeks. I always felt at peace when I was there. I graduated high school in 2004. On graduation day I visited his grave site and was a little upset because he would not be there to see me walk across the stage. As I was sitting there I started to smell his cologne which was Brut. Well I looked around to see if anyone else was there but there was no one else around as far as I could see. The smell was getting stronger until it smelled like he was right there next to me. I then heard the word proud whispered in my ear. I thought I was just hearing things and didn't think much of it, until I heard "I am proud of you" whispered in my ear. I then felt a pressure on my shoulder kind of like a hand squeezing. I asked "papaw is that you" thinking I was losing my mind and hearing things until he whispered "i love you jessie." He was the only person that ever called me jessie. I knew then it was him letting me know that even though he wasn't there to watch me graduate he was still proud of me. I told him that I loved him too. As soon as I said that the smell disappered and the pressure on my shoulder was gone. I still visit his grave every once in a while. On the days that there is something important going on I can smell his cologne and his hand on my shoulder. I haven't had him talk to me since but I know that he is still there with me when I need him.

#2
I have one for you. My husband and I moved into an apartment which; was our first apartment as a married couple. During the time we lived there we experienced many strange things. The bathroom toilet would flush by it's self and the doors would open and close throughout the night. Our TV channel would change right in the middle of us watching something. (And mind you this is during the time before we had digital TV) so you literally had to get your butt up and change the channel. Lights would go off and on all the time and the worst part of all of this was we would wake up in the middle of the night with the stove burners blasting at high with loud banging sounds coming from the kitchen. Like someone hitting a pot on the counter or something. This went on for quit a long time and my husband and I were convinced we were being haunted!

Well our son who was about 1½ to 2 years old at the time, was terrified to sleep in his own room or even go in there to play. And every time we would lay him in his bed asleep, he would wake up screaming and crying running to find us crying "mommy ghost ghost daddy ghost" So we ended up having to keep his bed in our room. We didn't even understand how he would even know what a ghost was at this age! He was an only child and there were no other children around him at this point. And we never exposed him to anything containing ghost in it.
Well one day we were sitting in our front room floor my husband and me, and we were reminiscing over old family pictures. My son walks up behind us and looks over our shoulders and see's a picture of my husband's late mother. He goes into an immediate panic and is basically inconsolable pointing and crying GHOST MOMMY GHOST DADDY GHOST! Tears came to my husbands eyes as did mine and we closed the book and immediately tried to settle our son down.

That night we talked to our son for a long time, and we tried to explain to him the best way we could that in short; that he need not be afraid that, the picture was of his grandma who loved him and lived in heaven and you can't go to heaven if you're a bad person. We told him how wonderful she was and would not hurt him. We eventually after a day or two got him to look at the picture without being terrified. A week later he finally started sleeping in his room. We had never asked him about the ghost for fear it would start all over again, but about a week later he came out from playing in his room and told us that he loved his grandma. We were so shocked I can't even begin to truly explain what we were feeling. We clarified that it was my husband's mom he was speaking of and he said; "yes grandma in the picture! So we knew it wasn't my mom he was speaking of who is still with us.

My mother in-law passed away several months before my husband and I even started dating. So I myself had not ever met the women. Long story ended, the weird stuff all ended the first night my son started sleeping in his room. We are convinced it was my husband deceased mother.


#3-(I looked for the pic on the stations myspace page but they did not have it posted)

My grandparents had a very wonderful marriage. The two were very close and very much in love. They would play fight with each other about things saying "This is my house." "No, this is my house." Things of that sort. In late July years ago my grandfather repaired the old fence in our backyard. My grandmother had been after him for some time to do that. I called it the last great act of the Patriarch, because by early August he passed away. It was very hard for all of us..especially my grandmother. She wasn't dealing with his death well. The two of them owned their own private Insurance agency, and one day while we were all at the office going through old files my grandmother let out a scream and began to cry and LAUGH at the same time. When we calmed her down she explained that she felt something go through her that just made her feel so wonderful, and she believed it to be my grandfather. Well, shortly after that I was at her house when I caught a glimpse of my grandfather standing at the end of the hallway wearing the exact suit he was in when we buried him. I decided that what I had seen was caused by grief and let it go. Later that winter I was on the phone with my grandmother who was still convinced that it was my grandfather that passed through her and that I had really seen him at the end of the hallway. While arguing this I heard her scream, drop the phone, and stop replying to me. Then I suddenly heard the distinct sound of her vivtar camera clicking away. Finally she returned to the phone and told me to immediately come over and go with her to Wal-Mart. I did as she asked and we immediately went to the 1 hour processing center. About an hour later we got the pictures and she immediately started to look through the photos. Afterwards she handed me the pictures and just asked "Tell me what you see." Upon looking at the photos I saw that she had taken pictures of the fence that my grandfather had put up before he died and the shadow of the tree that is in front of it. Looking closer I then saw that the shadow of the tree and the leaves formed the words "My Fence" and was underlined. We have the picutres framed and hang on the wall to this day, and I can send you copies of the picutres to see if you'd like.

#4

My whole 31 years, my grandmother has been a very religious person. I used to kid her about being born with more religion than Jesus is. She is an open, honest, blunt person. She told me she was not always the goodie goodie I see today. She was a rather hellcat back in her day. My grandmother is 82 years old so I guess she could have had a life before being a granny (lol). Well during one summer, I believe it was in 1988, my aunt and cousin were visiting us from ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />South Carolina . Granny had all her granddaughters and daughters spend the night. It was like a big generational slumber party. I was teasing Granny about being a holy roller (we are close and kid all the time with her), she said that she had a story to tell me that caused her to find GOD and find him fast. Back in the day, my granny's brother Vaughn was a hooligan, as Granny put it. He was cavorting with a married woman. One day my great Grandmother told Uncle Vaughn to baby-sit my granny. He was a good 10-11 years older than she was. He threw a fit about watching his sister because he had some place he needed to go. Great Grandmother told him to take Granny with him. Uncle Vaughn made Granny walk with him down the field and across the brook to his lady friend's house. On the way, they passed this HUGE tree, directly across the street stood an old 3-story home that was vacant at the time. As they approached the tree, Uncle Vaughn and Granny both stopped dead in their tracks. A huge fireball rolled from the top of the tree, across the street, and under the old house. The house did not burst into flames, as one would think. Granny said it just rolled under the house. Uncle and Granny both looked at each other confirming the other had seen the same thing and bolted down the road. Granny swears it was a warning from a higher power telling Uncle Vaughn to leave that lady alone. Sure enough, as they approached the lady's house HER HUSBAND WAS HOME. Uncle Vaughn wanted to wait him out, BUT Granny started crying and he decided to walk her home then come back. On the way, back they had to cross the tree's path once more. Nothing happened this time. Great Grandmother was not home yet and Uncle Vaughn had to stay and watch Granny. Two hours passed and Great Grandmother came home and she was distraught. It seems that Uncle's lady friend and her hubby had a terrible fight and the husband SHOT and KILLED his betraying wife. My Granny swears to this day God was telling them what he was doing was wrong and he saved them from being there and possibly being shot. Granny said she found God that day and has not let him out of her grips.

So that's all I was able to post as their myspace page starting acting wierd. Maybe the the ghosts and goblins didn't want me to share anymore stories. If you're interested and want to read more here's the link (http://alice1077.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.myspace.com/mcpoolboydjhb) to their myspace page, just click on the Thriller Thursday links in the blog section.

Last week they had some guest on from ARPast which stands Arkansas Paranormal something or another. At the top of the post is a pic from one of the hospitals they investigated that has since closed down. I really don't know what to think of it other than it just looks really wierd but it's interesting nonetheless.

It's 2:00 in the mernin........

......I'm up and not even close to being sleepy. I got home from work this evening (after the drive in traffic from hell), took off my clothes, and got into bed. My intention was not to go to sleep but just to rest and wind down for a minute. So I'm laying there watching a bit of "Oprah", "Reba", and thinking about if I wanted to take the dogs walking when I dozed off. I guess that answered that. I remember waking up around 7 or 8 and turning the tube to Lifetime because I wanted to watch that show with the Lisa Williams chick. I apparently stayed up just long enough to change the station because I was out again until about 10. I've been up ever since. Just my luck, I won't get sleepy again until it's time for me to wake up and take the car in to get serviced. Thank goodness for afternoon naps! :-)

We had to take Emma to the vet Thursday evening because she was limping around the day before when we got home from work. She was fine Wednesday morning so we are guessing that she may have gotten her leg caught in her kennel. The doc checked her out and nothing's broken or swollen which we figured because she was not crying and did not seem to be in pain. He says it's probably just a sprain or bruise and gave her some doggie dope (ie some med's) to take to help just in case she's feeling a bit sore. She's up to 8 lbs! I knew she had grown (she's all legs) but figured she was about a good 5-6 lbs. No wonder my arms were sore last weekend from carrying her around during the race.....maybe I should get her a stroller. HA! NEVER!

So today at work, I get in and do my usual prep to get ready for the work day. I hear my other co-workers start to drift in including E-40. Thankfully there was no phone fight ensuing with his wife.....hey you gotta be grateful for the little things sometimes. He was however, talking to this other guy (we'll call him Mr. Buffy since he lifts weights) that sits next to him about the review he had yesterday and said that it all went well and that he only disagreed with one negative remark. The manager told him that he needs to work on his interpersonal skills and try to conduct himself in a more professional manner. lol lol He really couldn't believe it. Really? After the stunt that you pulled last week, you're shocked...no seriously you are....AS IF!! Like I said, dude is nice but he can go overboard and that is so not a good look. Mr. Buffy actually told E-40 that it probably just made the manager uncomfortable and it didn't bother the other guy. Well, ummm duh? It made me uncomfortable as well. I don't know if the other guy took it personally but the look on his face was not one of extreme pleasure.

In other news, we are changing offices. Today was our last day in the current building. Come Monday morning, I will have to drive up 3 extra exits to make it to work which ironically is right up the street from where I used to work and even more ironically (is that even a word??) it's in the old building that I used to work in many many years ago. The new building is really not that much further up the road but I had gotten spoiled with the other location as it's off of the first exit right after you cross the river and just a quick lane merge and left turn away after you exit the interstate. Quick and easy access...you can't beat that. Oh well.....ce la vie!

I've started to detect some yawns so maybe I have a few extra zzzz's left in me after all.

Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Conversation with my Mama

Here's an excerpt of the convo I had with my mama this evening that I found to be rather funny

Mama: What are you doing?
Me: I'm online while we are talking
Mama: Ohhhh, that's why you aren't paying attention to what I'm saying
Me: Huh what?
Mama: See that's what I'm talking about you too busy checking email. I don't see how that takes a lot of time since you don't ever send any
Me: Yeah you're right, I really don't. I receive a lot.....especially from you
*laughing from both of us*
Me: I usually just check them and then look online at blogs
Mama: Frogs???
Me: *laughs* No ma'am...blogs b-l-o-g-s
Mama: What's that??
Me: It's kind of like a diary that people type instead of write and put it online for other people to read
Mama: Why would you want to do that?
Me: Well different people do it for different reasons I suppose but from what I've found most do it as a form of self expression and to relieve stress
Mama: You don't have one do you?
Me: yeeeeep I do
Mama: You been talkin about me online
Me: If I have it really hasn't been that much
Mama: You bet not be
Me: *laughs* Why not?
Mama: I don't want all my business posted on the computer for folks to see
Me: Yes ma'am
Mama: Can you get in trouble for having a blog?
Me: In trouble with who?
Mama: I don't know
Me: No mother dear, it's perfectly fine
Mama: You don't do it @ work do you?
Me: *sigh* No mama
*thinks to self "I would if I could though but they have it blocked"*
Mama: Oh well that's fine I guess
*more talking about this and that*
Mama: What are ya'll eating for dinner?
Me: Cube steak, corn, and mashed potatoes
Mama: Steak? I thought Z didn't eat meat
Me: Nooooo mama, he doesn't eat pork
Mama: Ohhhh, I knew it was somethin or another. Well I'll let you go so you can cook and get back online
Me: *laughs* Okay woman, I'll talk with you later. Love you
Mama: Love you too.

50th Post!

It's my 50th post...woohoo! No biggie, just thought I'd share. To be quite honest, I didn't think I would even be able to blog for this long considering my previous blogging efforts http://givinyouthebestthatigot.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html :-)
I guess since I've made it to 50 the least I can do is stick it out to 100 post and then take it from there.

So the walk (for the race for the cure) went well. It was just a bunch of women walking at a slow pace (unless you were actually in the front and ran) over the course of 3 miles or was it 5? Hmmm So the plan was to meet up at one of the nearby hotels and go on from there in one vehicle. I already knew that I would be taking my own car since I had Emma and a lot of people aren't as pet friendly. So I'm following the other folks trying to find a park when she pulls into the parking garage. Oh well this is nice of them I thought, they opened up the garage for people to park at. HA, it was until I saw the sign that they were charging $5. Niiiiiccccceeee. I personally think it was rather tasteless to charge for parking (for this event anyway) but hey whatever. I drive on past and continue looking for me a park as I didn't have any cash. I phone my friend and let her know that I would call her as soon as I found a place to park.

She calls me 2 minutes later, "Have you found a park yet?".
I just laugh and tell her no and that I will call her when I find one.
2 minutes later again....same question....
Me: "Heifer didn't I tell you I would call you when I found one?".
She: "Aww girl, you should have called me we had some cash and could have paid your way to park."
*blank stare*
Me: "mmmhmm, lemme call you back"

I'll be the first one to admit that I have a really really really short temper when it comes to stuff like this. I'm the type of person that looks out for my friends....always have always will. Me personally, I would have called people before hand to make sure they had money to park before going in the garage. That's just what I do. This fruitcake....not so much and it irritates the shit out of me. I love her to death but she irks me to no end sometimes. *sigh* I told Z and he said that I really shouldn't be mad at them for me not having any cash on me. I told him it wasn't about that. It's just that she didn't even think enough about the situation to call me to check.....it's what I would have done.

Anyway, moving on. I finally found a park (after several conversations with myself weighing the possibility of taking my black ass back home) and find them in the midst of all those people. As soon as I get in the crowd, folks are oohhin and awwin at the puppy wanting to pet and hold a conversation about their dogs. *eyeroll* Don't you see me trying to get somewhere folks? lol
When I finally made it to the group, this one chickadee behind me would not leave me alone. She kept saying how much Emma looked like her dog and I quote "OMG, they could be like twins!" That was cool enough. I asked her where she got hers from because it was possible even though I don't remember any of the other pups having the same markings as she did. Turns out we got them from two different towns, soooooooo no twins here. She keeps blabbering about something and talking to the dog when she asks me where my doggie stroller was. If ya'll could have seen the look on my face. *smh* I told her mine was still at the store. She just laughed and thought that was the funniest ish ever. Needless to say.....her dog has a stroller. *smdh* All I can say is it will never be me......dogs like to walk for a reason.

So the big news in town is the murder (http://thecabin.net/stories/102207/loc_1022070005.shtml ) that happened yesterday afternoon. Crazy thing is it happened in the apartment complex I used to stay in. It was a nice quiet place (still is as far as I know), I always liked it there and never had any problems.....well except for the nice baby mouse that was in my bathtub one night after I came home from partying and the man who lived across from me that used to hit on me but that's a different story for a different day. lol I didn't know this guy however Z did. I looked at his pic and got that feeling of I've seen him before but just couldn't be sure. I've probably seen him around town several times before but just can't remember, that's neither here nor there now though. The newspaper reports says that he was shot between the eyes......execution style folks. In my opinion, this was no random act of violence, someone meant for him to meet death yesterday. I've heard different stories about what he did. Most everyone (except me), in the black population of Conway knew that he owned a barbershop. I've also heard that he sold drugs and the shop was a business on the side. I dunno, it may be true, may not be. I didn't know the man so I can't say. If that is the case, that makes me think even more that this was an isolated incedent and he knew the killer. Whatever the reason behind it, I feel for his family and hope that they find the person responsible for his death. It's always hard loosing a loved one, may he rest in peace.

TELL ME WHY…..

……I saw a little boy no more than 8 years old pushing his scooter down a busy street while cars where whizzing past him. I sure hope he made it home safely.

….People drive really slow until they see the light turning yellow and speed up so they can make the light

….People only merge into turning lanes half-way leaving the other half sticking out so that they hold up traffic

….Black women do the side-eye stare thing when they see another black woman driving

…..I want another car SOOOO bad

……Now that I have new car fever, I see so many people with new car tags

….People in traffic always slam on their brakes during rush hour when they see a state trooper on the interstate. Ummmm folks, 9 times out of 10 you are not speeding in the first place since the traffic is bumper to bumper so why do you freak out??!!

….My friends little girl told me my name was Pearl last night, lol lol lol

….I bought another pair of shoes yesterday? I just bought a pair the week before…..I have issues.

….I wish it was 4 o’clock already. By the time I get a chance to post this it will be so this one will be null and void. Lol

…My cubicle neighbor fussin on the phone with his wife………….AGAIN!!!! It’s approximately 1:01 pm. It really is not that much to argue about in this world with your spouse….is it?

.....I saw young children at the school across the street from where I work wearing shorts and short sleeve shirts. Yeah I know it was going to get up to 82 degrees today but what about this morning when it was only 56 degrees.......

.....Both of my dogs almost got run over by a damn truck while running across the street to greet my neighbor. I would have been sick if something happened.......JUST SICK!

.....I am waking up tomorrow morning at the same time I normally get up to go to work for this
walk (the Race for the Cure). The things I do in the name of a cause I tell ya! Luckily I'm not the only insane one as 44,999 other women are expected to walk with me + my baby Emma

....I'm so HAPPY IT'S THA WEEKEND BABY!

I hope you are too. Hope everyone has a good one!

I have nothing.....

....much to blog about that is. I'm sitting at home chilling out for a little while until I go and get my hair done. I thought about the timing of this since the (Susan G. Komen) "Race for the Cure" in Little Rock is Saturday morning. Then I figured, I know I will end up washing it Sunday (I like to wash my at least twice/week) it really didn't matter as long as it was relaxed. Speaking of the Race, I'm assuming that I'm still going as my friend that I am walking with informed me that she still hasn't registered...*sigh*. She lives in a town about 15 minutes outside of LR.....the place that you register at is right up the street from where I work. I guess I could have offered to go do it (even though she didn't ask) and she pay me back BUT it's not that serious. If she does she does and if she doesn't she doesn't no biggie....that just means I get to sleep in longer Saturday morning. :-)

So today @ work we had our weekly team meeting. Most everyone was in the conference except for "shiny top". He makes his way in and has a seat and E-40 hollers out, "Hey baldy where ya been man?". OMG!!! I cringed!!! Did this negro really just say that??!! Our manager looks up and says, "E-40.....no!" E-40 was like "What man I call him that all the time, he's "shiny top" and I'm "fat pork belly pig". *BLANK DAMN STARE* Ok, it's certified this dude is silly. The manager said, "Yeah but I don't care....not in my meetings....got it?" I saw some tumbleweed pass by it was so quiet in there. I would say that I was shocked but really I wasn't.

E-40 is nice and is helpful BUT is he also VERY VERY LOUD, cracks silly (read rude) jokes, and thinks that it's cool. He calls one of the other female members on our team "The Mexican" all.the.time. One of the vendors took us out for lunch last month and he was even stupid enough to mention that our manager had a talk with him saying that he really needs to watch what he says to her because she could go to HR on him. I guess he took heed because I haven't heard him use that little phrase anymore....at least not where I could hear it. He also has very colorful and (once again) LOUD conversations (read arguments) with his wife on the phone almost every morning he comes in. It was slightly funny at first but now it's just annoying as hell. They fuss about the dumbest of things, IMO.....keyboards, that he didn't wake her up in the morning (she works a later shift and he said that he doesn't want to disturb her in the morning), toilet paper......the list goes on. I'm sure they actually have argued about some stuff that is relevant but I just try my best to tune them out now because their love-hate phone sessions sometimes go half a day. *sigh*
Now I am by no means a fuddy duddy at work. I normally keep to myself and do my work but I also make sure I have good relationships with the people that I work with. I may chat it up with here and there and even have a chuckle or two but I also know there is a time and place for everything (especially in the workplace), somehow E-40 missed this lesson. We will be changing office buildings soon and although I am still close to him there is a cubicle separating me from him.....not that it will make much of a difference. lol I know one thing for certain......I'm just glad I'm not his wife, I would probably kill myself....or him. lol

Alright, I'm off to get my wig split.....catch ya laters!

Now Why You Have To Go and Do That???!!!

Clifford Harris, boy is you crazy??!! You.are.a.damn.F-E-L-O-N! I'm sure you know what this means but do you really or did you even care? I'm sure you also know that you are not supposed to be around guns, drugs, or anything regarding the way of life as you knew it before that got you "achieved" your felon status. Did this even cross your mind while you were wheeling and dealing to get your toys? I don't know your life or what possible things you have had to go through but I for one will never understand why you (and other folks of celebrity status for that matter) felt the need to risk all that you have accomplished and more importantly your freedom. And for what, nathin, not a got durn thing but having a lot of me time coming your way by force. Oh, you say you're not going to jail....HA HA! You can hang that up right now. You got picked up by the feds.....THE FEDS MAN! That's an automatic 85% jailtime that you are going to have to serve. I hate it for ya but you may as well get cozy and find a cellmate because you're in for a long and bumpy ride....in more ways than one.

Movin on.......

So I went to check out the T.P. flick this weekend as I see most people did. I was still a bit skeptical before going to see it but after reading a few blogs and checking out the reviews on Yahoo Saturday afternoon, I knew I had to go check it out. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised and like the movie a lot. I won't say I loved it because I did still see room for improvement but it is a definite upgrade from his last film with the angels and piano hanging from the ceiling in the wedding scene *eyeroll* And Janet Jackson.....who knew she had so much raw emotion waiting to just come on out! I found myself saying "Is that really her?" in one scene. The star of the movie, IMO, was without a doubt Tasha Smith. She had me laughing the entire time and I loved the style of her hair. I don't care if that was a weave or not, that cut was tha bizness!!! Jill Scott....loved her! I was mad at that mess of a wig they slapped on her head but that's another story for another day. I was so happy when her character finally woke up out of that fog and served a little justice of her own. So if you haven't checked it out yet, go ahead...I'd say it's worth the full price.....or at least the $5 matinee. :-)

Break Out!!!!

I'm sitting under the hairdryer as I just finished washing the bee da bees. Z and I are going to the fair (yes again) tonight in Little Rock. This however is the big 'un....the Arkansas State Fair. lol No big deal, just something to do and it's the only night that I will consider going as it's only $0.50 to get in if you buy these little token things in advance. And lordy no, I'm not washing my hair just to go to the fair , it's just that my hair has a way of acting flooky and when it gets like that, the only way for me to able to deal with it is to wash it.

There's a lot going on in these parts this weekend. I heard on one of the radio stations that I listen to that Carlos Mencia, from "Mind of Mencia (on Comedy Central), is doing a show tonight in LR. One of my old co-workers always used to beg me to watch because it was according to her and I quote "Hi-fucking-larious". I did sit down and catch an episode but for whatever reason I never got into it.....oh well. There's also going to be a big football game between UAPB and some other college tomorrow in LR as well. I remember that my sister said that she was coming down for a football game either this month or the next, I wonder if this was the one she was talking about....that reminds me, I need to call her tonight. Then on Sunday another comedy show featuring Monique and George (I can't think of his last name) from the Michael Baisden talk radioshow will be going on. I don't think it's sold out and it's still up in the air if we're going, so for our sakes I hope it's not just in case we do. So needless to say, there's lots and lots of fun things for people to do this weekend. We've been invited to a football watch party Sunday for the big game between NFL team 1 and NFL team 2. I'm sure you all know whose playing so just act like the team names are there.....mmmmk, cool. I told her we may show face....we may not or rather he. Z's pretty fickle about where he spends his time watching his beloved football so I'm pretty sure he will bow out. I'll probably go just to show face (cause I know the lady of the house will not hardly be watching any football) and retreat back home.

So like I said I'm drying my hair and "Pretty Woman" is playing on Lifetime. How many times have we all seen this movie? Probably what seems like a gazillion right (or maybe not)? While I was looking at the tv screen, it occured to me that this WAS Julia's breakout role. Yeah she was in "Mystic Pizza" and probably some other stuff I have never heard of before prior to this film but this was IT. The role that made her a starr-uh. So then that got me to thinkin.....what movie, past, present, or future, would be the one that I could have seen myself starring in with a breakout movie role or hell any movie for that matter. The first thing that automatically came to mind.....Uma Thurman as "The Bride/Black Mamba" in "Kill Bill"! I love the movie and I loved her character. Actually I really liked Darryl Hannah's "Elle Driver" character as well but she eventually gets killed and that just wouldn't work for me in my make believe world. I would just love to be able to kick some major @ss, even it wasn't for real for real, it sure would be fun and then to see lil ole me on the big screen doing all that! Ya'll couldn't tell me nothin!

So I pose to you, if you had your chance to be a starruh, what film would you love to have made your breakout debut in?

In lieu of the breakout theme, I leave you all with Swing Out Sister singing "Breakout". This is my first time ever seeing the video but I absolutely loved this song when I was a kid.

YAY....

......it's Tuesday, which means it's almost Hump Day, which means it's almost the weekend! Well, not quite but hey, we're closer than we were yesterday.

So this weekend was pretty much a blah....no AH HA moments for me. I was not motivated to do a got.durn.thing. Saturday, I pretty much stayed in bed for most of the day and watched tv and surfed the web for a few hours. Z and I did try this pretty new restaurant in town called New York Deli. I called in the order and the chick said 30 minutes. I thought, okay sounds a little much just to make some sandwiches but whatever.....maybe their busy. So we go and pick up the grub, get home and get ready to eat when I notice that my ish is cold. *sigh* I would normally pick up the phone and go off but like I said I was feeling blah and not in the mood to read anyone the riot act (even though I was pissed) so I just popped the food in the microwave for a few seconds and all was well.

I did watch a show, actually a mini-series , that caught my eye this weekend. It's called "5 Days" (http://www.hbo.com/films/fivedays/?ntrack_para1=feat_main_image) and it is very, VERY GOOD! It had my attention the entire time. I won't ruin it for you so just click the link to check it out but just to give a general idea of the premise of the series, here's the description from the HBO website:

A mother vanishes into thin air. Her children, abandoned in her car, also end up missing. As police search for clues over three gut-wrenching months, the woman's husband and family learn that nobody's quite what they seem. In the end, five days prove critical in solving the case.

The episode I viewed was the first one, the second one in this series comes on tonight 8/7 cst. If you're able, watch it....if not record it. You won't be sorry.

In other news, I made lasagna for the first time Sunday. It wasn't bad and it wasn't great but at least it was edible! lol I need to work on the recipe for the sauce....it had a bit of a bite to it. So if you guys have any sure fire lasagna recipes you wanna share....get with me in the comments.

That's all I have for now. Today is a beautiful day, sunny skies and cooler temps, and I am going to enjoy it.

Boy oh Boy!

This week has flown and dragged by at the same time. I couldn't wait for closin time to get here today but now that it has all is well in my world......until the next Monday anyway.

So I haven't blogged since Monday as I've been somewhat into my shows and other random stuff on tv this week. I checked out the line up on the CW Monday night as most folks did. All the shows were pretty entertaining. I just love Tichina Arnold's character on "I Hate Chris". People slept on her for a long time, I'm just glad that she is given an opportunity to once again showcase her talent. I especially enjoyed "Aliens in America" as I laughed my butt off for most of the show. I missed the very 1st part of "Girlfriends" but caught up with it as Lynn was she was performing with her band. FYI....girl braids are not your friend. Joan was Joan. I won't say that I could never be friends with her but I think I would have to limit my direct contact time with her. All that crazy requires a special attentiveness kind that I don't know I could give. lol
"The Game" started off with a helluva scene. I didn't think ole girl had that much ghutzpa (that's ghetto hutzpa) in her but she proved me wrong. I am actually looking forward to the show this season. My friend says that I didn't give it a fair chance during the last one sooooo I'm going to take a shot and add this one to my roster.

I actually skipped "Heroes" this week to watch the other shows. I wasn't really impressed with last weeks episode that I felt like I just had to see it then so I'll give a viewing sometime this weekend on nbc's site. I said this last season as well, as much as I like the show things just go a little too slow for me. I want to see some action....MAJOR ACTION and they give to me in small doses. I'm not the "save it for a rainy day" type of girl.....just sock it to me like "Bionic Woman". That show has got me hooked already. Good plot with enough action to keep me coming back.

I fell asleep on a couple of my fav's, L&O:SVU and ER. I didn't think I was that tired but apparently my body thought otherwise once my head hit the pillow....oh well. I also caught "Ghost Hunters", a show on the Sci-Fi channel, that I had never seen before. It was quite good and gave me goose bumps, the part that I saw. I need to search through the listings to find out when it comes on again so I can see it from beginning to end. Other than that, I watched a lot of senseless reality tv stuff.

One of the local radio stations I listen to in the morning has this thing called "Thriller Thursday" once October comes around where they allow callers to call/email in their experiences with ghosts/spirits/encounters of a different kind. This one lady emailed her story and it freaked.me.OUT!!!

She was staying with her aunt (who was out of town or something) and one of her friends had just left the house visiting. She sees a light in a room that she thought she had turned off and goes in the other room to turn off the light. She does and the light comes back on. Well of course she can't switch it off cause the light switch is already in the off position. She says that the light just starts flickering on and off so she hightailed it outta there to her room cause she was freakin out. So she gets to her bedroom and turns on the lamp.....same thing happens. She turns it on, it goes off, she turns it on, it goes off, etc, etc, etc. So at this point, she can't take it no mo and screams out, "Leave me alone, go away!!". Now there is a black marker next to her on the nightstand, so she is looking around the room to make sure nothing comes out of the woodworks and then looks back down. On her arm, something has written "never" on her with the black marker.

Mmmmk, this is officially where I started freakin the hellz out.

So she picks up the phone and calls her mom and gets the answering machine and leaves a message. While she is waiting for her mom to call back the phone keeps ringing, each time she picks it up the only thing she hears is the sound of a car horn honking. Then a different call comes through. This time it's from a lady asking to speak to her cousin. According to her, he has not lived in the house since he left high school and was like in his 30's at this point. So she tells the lady that he is not there. The next morning she finds out her cousin has died in a car accicent. OMG!!!! I was done....as was one of the host of the show. This happened when she was younger but she told the story like it happened yesterday. It was just crazy!! They had a lot of people send in their stories but this one got to me. Ya'll should have seen me at my desk lookin around like something was going to come ouf the woodworks and get me. lol I can't wait until they do them again next week.

Well that's all of interest for me right now but I will leave this post with some of THE most insanely funny mess I have seen in quite some time. This video had me cryin....you'll see why.

Imodium AD gets a thumbs up from me!

I have been having more issues of the internal nature than the law should allow. I was once again awaken early Sunday morning because of a tummy ache. This time was different, I didn’t feel all the symptoms like I did the previous time. I popped a couple of Excedrin to help me get a little more sleep and woke up feeling a better. A few hours and a movie later and it was BACK! I told Z to stop by Walgreen’s after the movie was over so I could pick up some Imodium AD because it all of a sudden dawned on me at the movie what was wrong……..a stomach virus….eeeeewwwww. I remember having one back in high school and then again in college. This little bout was not as bad as the other two but it still sucked big time. Z teased me and said that we could go in the Big Lots next door and buy a baseball bat so he could squeeze the gas (that’s what he thought it was) out of me. If you’ve ever seen “The Last King of Scotland” you will know exactly what I’m talking about. All I can say is thank goodness for I.A.D because it works miracles!

I’m sure you’re wondering what movie we saw. We went to catch “The Kingdom”. This film is superb!!!!! I’m telling ya’ll I probably would have left if it were anything else but the action in this film made it worth it. I’ve seen a lot of movies this year and only two have made me feel like I wanted to go back and watch it……Transformers and THIS MOVIE! I really think that even if you’re not into action films the story line is so good that it will instantly pull you in.

Mmmmmm, so that’s all I got right now. I’m sure something else will come to me as soon as I post this. It’ll just have to wait.