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.

Saturday

My post title is sooooo original, yes I know.....I'm brilliant. *eye roll* lol

I'm very happy that the weekend is here, as usual. Even though it will be painfully short, it's still my time to chill and do whatever. So far, whatever has included cleaning house, cleaning house, and lastly cleaning house. Z had to go into work early this morning. As quiet as he was trying to be he still woke me up. He gave me my mernin suga and off he went. As hard as I wanted to, I just could not go back to sleep so I lounged in the bed a little while longer while my brain tried to will my body up so I could get to cleaning. My brain eventually won because the house is now spic and span. I would like to thank J.Scott, Eryka Badu, De'Angelo, and ole school MJ for helping me to get 'er done!

This week has really been quite a doozy. I have honestly been so tired that I literally just wanted to lay down as soon as I entered to door. The culprit is work as it seems I have officially begun to actually put time in for what I do. Try as might to not work, the plantation just did not want to seem to want to give me a break this week. Oh well, as is life, these things do happen. *sigh*

I had an interview late yesterday afternoon. This lady called me out of the blue and told me she had seen my resume on Mon.ster and wanted me to come in. I had never even heard of this place before but from what I read while doing my research, they are a good company to work for. They've been around for 28 years are #1 in the industry they work in, never have had layoffs (this is a definite plus!!) AND you get to wear jeans every freakin day....my kind of job. I scheduled it for when I got off of work but had planned to dot out a few minutes early (count 30, lol) since it was on the other side of town. I wanted to make it earlier in the day but my boss was going to be in all day and since I knew I would be interviewing with a few different people I didn't want to take the chance of being gone longer than normal. Ha, yeah right. Lo and behold his ass takes a half a day off and left at lunch time.....that son of a biscuit!!! I am going to need for him to utilize his Outlook calendar function and update it to show "out of office" going forward. I need to know these things so that I can properly plan how I am going to use my "non-work" work time, lol.

Anway, the interview went well, but then again, I usually think that and never get the offer so I am probably just delusional. I first interviewed with the HR manager and generalist. That took like an hour and a half. Then I met with the VP and we talked for another 30 minutes or so. The company has a new system they just migrated to and the person filling this role would be responsible for bringing the big dawgs up to par on the system and running the reports for them, etc. As the guy I talked to put it, "I'm the most computer savvy person (of the higher ups) and I'm not really that computer savvy". Oh my............ So basically the person would have to be trained by the people @ Micro.so.ft to learn the product..........OH MY. I know I can do but really can I????!!!! Yeah, I can but there's always that little voice of doubt in my head that tries to steal my thunder. It's something I've done a million times before (learning dbms's and running reports) but there was always someone else there who knew more so I was safe in the fact that I didn't have that pressure to know everything........know what I mean? Honestly, I still hope I get the position. They didn't have a problem with my salary request (another plus). There is one more person being interviewed Monday in addition to the person they had Thursday, I hope they both sucked major ass! lol lol lol They are wanting to bring some in ASAP and I would be all to happy to leave my current employer ASAP (by choice, not force of course). I had to throw that out there cause words have power.......I know this from experience. So with that being said, I claim this job as mine and mine only and will not only do a good job but I will knock their freakin socks off!

Yesterday evening while we were watching "World Trade Center" on tv the doorbell rings. I mean rings, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, DING-MF'IN-DONG.

Me(loud): Oh heeeeeellllllllll no! Who in the hot devil hell is this ringin this bell like they done lost their rabbid ass mind??!!
Z: I don't know but they better need some help or they are going to need some help.

Z opens the door and I'm all up in the mix peekin around him. I'll be damn if it's some little kids, out waaaaayyyy past sunset, tryin to sell some ish. It was a quarter 'til 9 folks. I just walked off. I don't know what they were selling but they instantly lost my interest after showing that they had no home training ringing the doorbell like that. Z told them no thanks. Folks please school your kids that it is not okay (1) to be out and about after the streetlights come on (I'm old school and it's just a rule of thumb to me), (2) you only need to ring the doorbell twice; once and if no answer try again, if no answer after that move it along, and (3)your very YOUNG children, do not need to be going door to door by themselves when the moon is out. Yes they were with their slightly older sister and I consider our neighborhood to be quite safe but still you never know.

Anyway that's all that going on here in "The Way", I'm off to go and check out everyone's pages to get my updates.

Short and Sweet

Today is the day!!! I'm sure many of you have (or haven't) been waiting with baited breath for Jill's cd to be released. All I can say is if you're not a fan, you have no idea of what you are missing. This woman and her voice, maaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn! She is BY FAR my favorite singer ever, HANDS DOWN!!!! Her music, her words they do something to me on the inside part (thanks Beloved, lol). She just has a way of making me feel things I don't feel with a lot of artists out there. It's always good to see someone who is genually serious about their craft. Not to say that any other musician out there isn't (well there are some that I really give a mean side-eye to). I appreciate the fact that she takes her time (even though the wait can sometimes be excrutiating) to make sure she is delivering her very best work. All of the songs are great, but my favorite tracks (so far) are #11 (Whenever You're Around)which made me mist up....SHUT UP!! lol It wasn't even the words, it was just the raw beauty of her voice. Also #16(The Way, Live in Paris). I know it's an older song but she put a rock mix to it and it sounds absolutely fabulous. If you've seen Dave Chappelle's "Block Party" it's the same version she performed in the movie. I instantly fell in love with it when I heard it then and I love even more now that I can play it in the car.

I stan (stalker-fan) for JS and will continue to do so until the day I leave this place called Earth. :-)

I'm a Rockin Girl Blogger Baby!

I've been tapped on the shoulder by none other than CreoleinDC as a Rockin Girl Blogger. Hip hip HOORAY!!! After a little prodding from Sissy (girl I'm slow as molasses), I have finally posted my honors. So thanks to Creole for bestowing this wonderful honor upon me and my blog. I am humbled by this.

It's about 5:00 pm my time (C.S.T.) and the greens are almost done. I'm am so ready to tear those suckas up!! Watch, I won't even eat a good bowl full. Z made a roast and some Jiffy (cornbread), aaaaannnnnddddd a Strawberry Cheesecake so we we'll be eating heartily with leftovers to boot. As usual in our house, Z is on the couch, I am on the loveseat online and the game is on. It looks like the NY Giants and Washington Redskins are playing. I had to look up from the computer screen to verify cause as I have said before, I don't do football (not much anyway).

Yesterday after walking the "kids" in the morning and lounging for most of the day, we made a trip to Sam's Club to sign up for a membership. For years and years, I always said I would get one but yeeeepppp, never did. After we made our way in, we made a beeline for the desk to sign up where Rotunshanda (who looked to have an attitude) and Emma (we got a chuckle out of that as that's the puppies name) were having a hard time (read pissed off). Anyway, we fill out the forms and wait for Emma to come back to take our info to enter into the system. We are waiting because she is having to deal with someone who wanted her to call a manager. You know what that spells....trouble and a loooonnng wait. Lucky for us, another young lady came up to help out and took our stuff to get us set up. As we waited, I noticed that her boobies were out. I don't mean just a little, I mean O-U-T! All that was missing were her nipples! lol I know she is proud of her bountiful blessings, as am I, but come now all that at work just ain't necessary. Once we got our cards we went through the store and picked out this and that and laughed at the thought of how long it would take just the two of us to use a lot of the bulk items in the store. After we had enough, we went to checkout and the CSM lady looks at our cart and was like "Is that all ya'll got? You can go over to the service desk and have them check you out since their not busy." Z and I looked at each other and kind of chuckled and both mumbled to each other that we thought we did have a lot. All that supersized stuff must have messed with our heads. lol So over at the service desk chillin is none other than Rotunshanda eagerly awaiting (read: po'd to see us coming) to check us out.
She asked if we had a return. Z told her no that the manager chick told us to come there. She had this look on her face and I just knew what it meant....."I hate it when they do that shit". ha ha. Anyway, she finished us off and we left with not too bad of a dent in the pockets.

We took it back to the house and chilled out for the rest of the night watching movies and what not. I'm sure there will be more of the same tonight minus the movies, plus football for him and whatever else is on tv for me. :-) I've since finished eating and it was good! I'm fuller than a tick and ready for my slice of cheesecake. I was about to wash dishes but I hear Z in there taking care of that....GOOD DEAL! Since my baby is taking up the slack, I am about to go to Ha.stings to pick up some books to read this week and come back to pick out my outfits to wear to work this week. This is a must now as I am going to start coming in about a half hour earlier (7 vs- 7:30). You wouldn't think that 30 minutes would make a lot of difference in a commute but I'm here to tell ya it does. I told my boss this past Friday that I would start coming in earlier and of course he didn't care sooooo, there ya go. Anyway, anything I can do to save time during the morning routine is a must as I will most certainly wake up late 4 out of the 5 days in a work week. *sigh* Oh well, here's hoping you guys are having a fun and safe weekend!

I'll be damn.....

....if I didn't save a post on my jumpdrive while I was at work and it's not here. I think it was a human error as I didn't direct it to save to my desired location so I figure my post is floating around on my hardrive @ work somewhere. I'll deal with that Monday cause honey it's Friday evening and I ain't hardly stuttin anybody's job right now!

Emma and I are chillin' out on the bed looking @ "Still Standing" on Lifetime. This show is so funny as is Reba. I love Barbara Jean and Van! They make the show to me. Reba McEntire is a good actress as well. Who knew her talents extended beyond singing. My favorite song of hers has always been "Fancy". I caught a bit of her on Oprah this week. That lady is 52 years old and looks damn good....I mean DAMN GOOD! Go head honey chile! Anyway. Isn't it something, shows you would never think of normally watching while they are on the air are some of the best ones when they are in syndication. Case in point, "My Wife and Kids". You couldn't have paid me to watch before but now that they show repeats I absolutely cannot get enough. Go figure!

So yesterday was "Black Thursday". I had my black on and made a point to check out the other two brown faces in my department. One had on brownish stuff and the other had on dark gray. At least one of them was close. Maybe the gray signified the union of blacks and whites in perfect harmony. What??!! That could be the case. During my observations, I also noticed that several of my white co-workers had on black as well. Makes me wonder if it was by choice or coincedence. I'll just have to wonder because I didn't ask.

I was watching the local news this morning as I got ready for work and heard a story (http://www.wbaltv.com/news/14143146/detail.html ) of a woman throwing her SIX MONTH OLD child at a policeman. WTF??? In case you ain't know, babies are not the new projectiles........get it togther people....Damn! And why was this heifer released from jail while facing 8 different charges of child abuse and drug charges. This world ain't right I tell ya.

With that, I'm out. I had much more typed up but it just is not happening this evening. I am about to go to the county fair to get me a corn dog and a turkey leg to make some greens with....YUMMY!!!

Have a good weekend!

THIS JUST IN:
So we are back from the fair. I told Z we are going to be in here just long enough for me to get my corn dog , some turkey legs for the greens I am going to cook up this weekend, and do a lap around the fairgrounds. I saw the usual mix of fair workers, country, and get-toe people. Here are the highlights.

• This one guy that was working a game had the grungiest looking toenails I think I had ever seen in my life and had the nerve to have them on display in some flip flops. Ewwwww, someone pass him a toenail clipper and some Cornhuskers lotion please.
• 5-0 was chasing after something or another not soon after I saw crusty the clown. Dude was kinda healthy and seemed to be having a hard time getting to his destination. I just made sure I moved out of his path as I did not want to be the headline for the paper, "Woman Gets Trampled During Police Chase", the next morning. I think they caught whoever it was as I heard some young girl talking on her cell saying they got Toot Toot or some damn body.
• I also see that leggings are all the rage here, especially bright red ones with tight booty shorts and red braids. *smh* It didn't help that her friends were "complimenting" her new look by telling her that she was sexy. That made me refrain from telling her she really needed to take that ish out of her head. Hey, if you sessy your just sessy, no need for me to rain on her parade especially when your all of maybe 14. *eyeroll*
• We went through the cattle portion of the animal display. The stench is enough to make you want to shower continously for 24 hours yet I am always drawn to it. I'm always amazed by the size of some of the cattle. Some of those beasts are humongous!!! I just stood and looked at this one until she/he gave me the side eye. I got the hell on just in case it wanted to get buck and kick me out of the stable.
• One group of family/friends decided it was a good idea to bring their wagon with them to tote the babies in. I wonder if he'll do it next year. Seems like he was having a hard time maneuvering through the crowd while the little ones were being held in the arms of others.
• Children are cute.
• Children are not as cute while running around knocking into you.
• Children are especially not cute while cussin.
• Some kids get on my nerves.

So anyway, that was my take on the 2007 Faulkner County Fair. The food I got made it 30 minutes well spent. :-)

Those boots were made for walkin!

I started a post yesterday morning at work but 86’d it, as I didn’t have a lot to say. I did end up stopping by TJ Maxx when I got into town after work as well as the one in North LR yesterday afternoon. Both stores had the boot but only the ankle version which I’ve never really cared for so I opted to pass. I thought about going back to the zappos website and getting the ones they had but they cost $99, TJMaxx had them for $50. I figure if I’m going to pay durn near a hundred bucks for some boots they need to be the supersized, so now I am looking for the boot in the knee high version. I checked the Dillards website and found a perfect match. They are beautifully made by Michael Kors and are $289….*sigh* That’s a tad rich for my blood so I’ve set my budget @ $150 since I know the “full length” boots tend to be a bit more expensive. It’s still a lot (to me) but I like my boots to be all leather, I don’t really dig the imitation stretch leather that a lot of boots are made out of nowadays. On the bright side, I did score a pair of really cute boots while at TJ Maxx. I searched and searched for a picture of them on the web but can’t find one so here’s a good substitute http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/20330638/c/768.html to show they style of the boot. The ones I purchased are brown, the design makes it look like it is quilted (like this http://www.bakersshoes.com/product/bakers+womens+boots/bakers+womens+dress+boots/kavita.do ) and are real leather unlike the boots displayed in the pic. There is a strap thing-a-ma-jig that goes across the top with a silver buckle and the strap is patent leather(ish) as is the heel. I’ll just have to take a picture so I can show them off.

I finished reading Eric Jerome Dickey’s “Chasing Destiny” yesterday. I figured that there was not going to be much substance to the book but I took a chance since (1) I really wasn’t looking for anything “deep” to read and (2) it was on clearance for $5. I should have saved that $5 for another rainy day cause that book was a mess. The convo’s between the characters were redundant and went on forever when it could have been nipped in the bud. Quite honestly half of the story could have been left out and it would have been a better book. I personally wouldn’t even recommend it to Lil Bootsie’s Book Club but don’t let that deter you….just my two cents.

I caught probably the last 30 minutes or so of “The Biggest Loser” last night. I guess I missed last season cause I had no idea the dark haired lady that was a trainer had left and come back. So now they have 3 teams. That’s cool since it gives more people a chance to compete. I would love to be on that show just to be able to have all that exercise equipment available 24/7 trainer included and be able to have healthy meals all the time. They also canned the other host (Caroline Rhea) and got the lady who plays that crazy girl “Sammi” on Days of Our Lives probably cause she kept gaining weight (it seemed) every season. ANTM (America’s Next Top Model) premieres tonight. I didn’t even know until I heard it on the radio this morning……maybe that’s a sign that it’s time for me to stop watching. I used to stan HARD for it, now I really don’t mind if I miss an episode or four. Lol

In other news, my work neighbor E-40 was on crutches last week. When I asked what happened, he told me that he had gout. It took a lot to restrain myself since I was at work. A normal reaction to that simple phrase is a laugh and side order of negro please! I kind of chuckled and asked what was really wrong with him. He says “No seriously….I got gout!” If you could have seen the expression on my face………. I looked to his neighbor and he nodded his head “yeeeeeep, he’s got gout”. At this point I’m thinking to myself they must be joking cause gout ain’t real……is it???? Turns out IT IS! Who knew…..obviously not my me. E-40’s neighbor told me that he thought the same as me until one of his relatives got it. All this time I thought it was just a term folks randomly threw out when they didn’t really know what was wrong with them. Gout is real just like Jesus. My entire life as I know it has changed.

It's Monday

Back on the grind after a relaxing weekend. I took the “kids” for an extended weekend edition walk Saturday morning. The weather was SO nice, damn near perfect fall temps. I cut the air off and let all the windows up when I got back home. That reminds me, I need to go stock up on some fall themed/scented candles like pumpkin spice, apple somethin or another, etc. It always makes the house smell sooooooo homey! Since football season is upon us, the tv occupied most of Z’s time. The big Razorback –v- Alabama game was Saturday. I heard (as I didn’t watch) it was really good. A last minute score with just seconds left on the scoreboard allowed AL to take the win. That had to suck……oh well. Saturday evening, we went to the video store and got a few flicks: GhostRider, Sherry Baby, and Blades of Glory. Ghost Rider was cool…. nothing spectacular, I fell asleep on Blades of Glory (not because it was bad but because I was sleepy by the time we got around to watching it) but I don’t think I missed much. Sherry Baby was not bad , not good just okay, the story line didn’t really go really as deep as it could have (IMO) but that Maggie Gyllenhall chick did a pretty decent job (sans her saggy boobs). The plan was to go to the movies last night but I wasn’t in the mood to sit in a theater so that plan got scrapped. I ended up flipping back and forth between the boring ass Emmy’s and “Muriel’s Wedding” (which was a very good movie!) until I realized the movie was much more interesting. I had always wanted to watch it but up to that point never had and had no idea that it starred Toni Collette (who I just love). If you’ve never seen it, do yourself a favor and check it out sometime. It’s one of those quirky little films that just takes you right in (at least it did with me).

Sidenote: I am listening to a song on the radio and the voice sounds remotely like Will Smith…..something about “the party starter”. Does he have a new song out? Never mind, he just confirmed my suspicions by saying his name at the end of the song. I don’t like it, it’s corny.

In other news, my boss will be out of the office until Thursday AND we get to wear jeans all this week. I didn’t find that little tidbit out until I got to work this morning and saw (most of) everyone in denim. I asked my neighbor E-40 if I missed the memo. Apparently, I did (as I am not on the distribution list that sends out stuff like that) because you get to wear jeans the last official week before summer is over and shorts on Friday. *does the tootsie roll* . I’ll be washing all my dirty denim and diamonds tonight to be prepared for the rest of the week. Work in general is boring. The primary software that I use is so easy that it’s ridiculous. My main challenges so far are the people (isn’t that normally the case, lol). They are nice but you know as well as I do, being nice doesn’t always make you a good worker and that’s all I will say about that. lol

I went to TJ Maxx and saw THE cutest boots by Nine West (http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/20538571/c/72/g/women/s/9.html). The largest size they had was an 8 ½….no 9’s anywhere!! I tried on the smaller size to entertain myself. That sucker was durn near taking my blood pressure so that was definitely a no go! I will stop by the TJ Maxx where I live to see if I have better luck this evening. As a matter of fact, I am heading out a half hour early to get a head start on rush hour traffic.

Byeeeeee!

Just Blah

As usual…not much going on….work, home, walk the dogs, eat, chill, sleep, wait for the weekend…..repeat M-F. * sigh* I’m at work right now typing up a post since I haven’t felt much like blogging in the evening but it won’t be up until I get home since corporate americano has the blog game (most of them anyway) on LOCK! I think I may do this going forward, type of my thoughts up in a word doc @ work and copy and paste it when I get home……sounds like a plan. Anyway, it just occurred to me that I never blogged about this weird dream I had a few weeks back. I had good intentions but just never got around to it. It was actually two dreams so as best as I can remember this is what happened.

The first dream started with Z and I bike riding in the dark in a town that seemed familiar (like I had been there before) but didn’t look familiar at all…..so stran-jay! So we are riding along and I see a group of kids (they were about 9 or 10 I guess) on their bikes as well. I noticed that they were going really fast, probably racing or something, then all of a sudden some of the kids starting hollering at one kid telling him to watch out. Next thing you know he and his bike fall down some ditch, open hole, or something. Z and I jet over there and get the kid (I think it was a boy) out and take him to a house nearby. When we get there, the couple already had the door open and led us over to the couch to lay the kid down. Everything from the outside to the inside of the house was cream. Doors-cream, carpet-cream, couch-cream, the couples clothes-cream even the freakin dog was cream. Lol Z is trying to comfort him because he was still crying but it looked like he only had a few scrapes and bruises (that had to suck for the cream couch). The kid eventually falls asleep and then that’s it, at least that’s all I remember.

In the second dream we are in downtown St. Louis or at least close to it because I remember seeing the arch not too far from where we were. So we are walking to this place Z wanted to take me to. We eventually find it and stand outside for awhile while Z chats it up with a couple of people outside. We walk in and I realize it’s a strip club. Whoever owned apparently didn’t want to bring much attention to it as it was just a regular brick one story building. I didn’t trip but I remember saying that we needed to make a beeline to the bar so I could and I quote, “Get some grey goose so I can get loose”. Da hell??!! Lol lol lol The club was dark with the exception of the lights around the bar , dimly lit accent lights on the walls around the club, and the spotlight on the stage. We are walking around and I see quite a bit of folks getting lap dances and what not. I notice that we are making our way past all the action to another part of the building. Turns out the action was where we were headed. Before my eyes, people are pretty much getting it on and not caring as we pass through. (it kind of put me in the mind of that Tom Cruise flick “Eyes Wide Shut”). There were open rooms with lots of folks and ummmm “private” rooms I guess even though most of the doors were still open. We finally get to where we were going, a “private” room. It was really long but had lots of seating. The tv was on and I think that was the only light in the room. Z sees his boy in the room and goes over gives him some dap and sits down on one of the couches. I’m thinking to myself, I know this negro doesn’t think I’m about to get it on with him and this dude. I grab a seat in a chair and keep on drinking. Z and his friend keep looking to the other side of the room where I was at but they weren’t looking at me. I look up as this girl gets up from a couch where she had been sleeping. If she were a snake she would have bit me cause I didn’t even see her. She sashays over to them and I get up and follow and sit next to Z on the couch. Z and the guy are checking her out talking about her cute and thick she is but they were not talking TO her but to each other, all the while she is just smiling and giggling……while naked thank you very much! Lol So the guy and the girl start making out, Z looks over at me, smiles and then……I wake up. Seriously, that’s it. The alarm on my phone was going off and eventually brought me around.

So that’s it. I don’t know what to make of the first one since it was so short, random, and cream but I can only presume that I was horny when having the second one. Lol I told Z about both dreams the next day and all he could do was laugh. I still want to know how it ends though….maybe the dream realm will be kind and take me back.

Plain and Simple

Hey ya'll!

It's Sunday evening and I am sitting here "watching" (ie listening to and looking up here and there) a NFL game with Z. I don't know who is playing and I don't know the score. I am currently in the middle of cooking dinner as I type this post.

This weekend has been the complete opposite of the previous one. We have done absolutely nothing except for go to the store to buy groceries. I of course have been back since then to pick up the things that I forgot to include on the list yesterday......I still think that I forgot something though. Oh well.

Friday night Z ordered a pizza. It had been a few months since we last had one so I figured we were due for another. He got some pizza cut into "strips" that you could dip into sauce from Pi.zza H.ut. It was pretty good with the ranch and marinara sauces, the garlic butter dip is definitely for those with a totally different palate than mine. Basically....it gross! At around 8 or 9 that night, my tummy started feelin not so hot so I laid down. At 1:30 a.m., I woke up to the most painful stomach cramp ever!!!!!! I laid there to try and see if I could make it stop..... yeah, I think I have super powers or something when it comes to my body. Someone must have had some cryptonite nearby cause AR Gal could not make it stop. The entire time I was laying in the bed the Pep.to commercial kept playing through my head. "If you have nasseau, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea...." At that point, I felt like I had all those symptons. I got up and walked around which helped slightly but not enough for me to get a good nights rest. So I thought out my options....I could either take some medicine and wait for it to kick in or force myself to throw up whatever was ailing me. After checking to make sure I had another toothbrush in the cabinets under the sink, I took the other one I use and well, yeah you get the rest. I have a pretty strong gag reflex when I brush my tongue so I knew that wouldn't be a problem. So after the upchuck from hell, I instantly felt better. Z didn't even budge. He said that he was dreaming but he heard me when I did it but just thought it was part of his dream.....whatever man! lol After I woke up later that day, I thought about what I had eaten prior to that. Then it came to me, I had about a handful of "puffy" cheetos a few hours before that. The bag was pretty close to being empty and the cheetos at the bottom of the bag normally get soaked in the oil that settles to the bottom. I think the combo of that and the pizza did me in. I won't be eating cheetos or pizza for a long while......especially not in the same day.


Moving on.....while in Wally World shopping this lady turns her cart onto the same aisle I'm on. I look up to glance and keep looking at the item I wanted to purchase. Then I look up again and stare cause I couldn't believe what this lady had on. I mean from head to toe she looked a MESS! She was wearing a weave that looked absolutely attrocious! It was like a mix of orange and strawberry blonde maybe.....I don't know, it was just extremely bright. The worst part was it looked like she had not thought to even put a brush to it from the time it was installed on her head. Honestly at first I thought she had picked up a wig from the Halloween aisle and had forgotten to take it off until I saw her hair peaking through and waving to me. My eyes then wavered down to her tube top and pants, both of which were waaaaaayyyyy to tight. I don't even think she had a bra on as the back of the top had rolled down and I saw no support of the chesticular area whatsoever. People....why.....just why???? I'm just glad I only saw the view from the back.

Anyway, I also went by Has.tings today to scoop up a couple of books to read. After making my selections, I go to wait in line. No sooner than I get there, my ears are brutally assaulted by this loud annoying chick. Imagine the voice of Fran Dresher in "The Nanny" and add about a gazillion decibiles to it. Her cell was ringing as she got in line behind me. Her ringtone was "My Humps", ya know the part where they sing "spendin all your money on me". She then hauls off and says, yep you sure are and answers the phone. Her convo ensues with her hubby:

"Hey Honeeeeeyyyyy" *pause while he talks. (I'm assuming he is suggesting that she hurry her ass up)* "Well, could you please be patient, I'm in line right now" *pause again* "No I didn't buy out the store" *pause again* "I'll be out in a minute okaaaaayyyyyy"

She then turns around and starts conversing with someone behind her. I do a quick head spin to see who she is talking to, it's a young black guy. She tells him, "He's such a mess about me spending money. He would have really been mad if I would have bought those $500 jewelry boxes I wanted yesterday. " *sidebar....who in the hell buys $500 jewelry boxes???* The guy laughs a little. She keeps on talking, "Don't worry honey, you will have a wife soon that will be just as great as me that will want to spend your money too". HA! For real.....okay. I stop listening after that and hurry up and get the hellz out of that store. As I'm leaving the parking lot, I see her sashaying her butt out of the store like she had just finished shopping @ Tiffany's or something. lol lol Go head girl, go head get down. lol lol. I pity her husband.

Anyway, that's the weekend for me. Nothing special, just a couple of tales of tomfoolery. Dinner's done so I'm off to eat.

Hope you guys are having a wonderful evening!

Wipe Me Down

There's another new post down below but I just had to share this mess with you guys. Simply put....this woman is pissin in public....in between a sidewalk and a curb.....as she leans on a car.....for real. This triflin heifer couldn't find a restroom, an alley, hell l wouldn't have been as digusted if she had at least found a bush........just ugh! The worst part is that she has a young child with her on lookout, I suppose, holding her extra pieces of toilet tissue while she does this bs. Hand this nasty bitch a depend stat! I think I threw up a little in my mouth after watchin this.

FYI.....if you guys are at work you may want to wait until you get to the house as it's NSFW.


Here's the link:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/31089/

Blogger is trippin about me trying to add embedded code and I don't feel like trying to figure it out.

Labor Day Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey ya'll! First thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! My b-day and the weekend out of town were great!

The birthday evening was a nice evening eating out with a beautiful card and necklace I had my eye on for awhile. The weekend officially got started for me @ 3:48 Friday afternoon. I was supposed to leave @ 4:30 but got tired of pretending to work especially when I had absolutely nothing to do so I bounced. Hardly anyone else was there anyway most importantly my boss, lol. So after making sure the house was in order, we left Saturday @ 2:00. We get on the road and were making good time when BAM.......we see a gazillion brake lights. That can only mean one thing on a Saturday afternoon on I-40........CAR WRECK!!! Arrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!! So while we are waiting it out, we noticed other cars coming back past us. Picture us in the left lane and other cars backing up, turning around, and going past us on the grassy part. lol There was a section in between that we had just passed that you could cross over to the other side of the interstate, so we counted about 20 cars that chose to do just that. I tell Z we are not going to do that but once there was an opening, to get over in the right hand lane and to just ride the median out to the next exit. Sure enough, just as we merged traffic picks back up......for a hot second and then to a stop. We finally get to the exit to take a back road up to the next town. By the time we get back up to the interstate, traffic was smooth sailing so I guess the wreck was just a little bit further than where we were. Oh well, who cares....as long as we were moving I could have cared less. I despise being stuck in traffic that does not move.

Moving on, we made it Memphis and got settled in the hotel room. I wasn't about to ask mom's if we could crash there.....she's old school when it comes to folks not being married and staying at the house. lol Plus it was just more comfortable for us since we had the dogs and would be coming and going at all hours of the night. So we leave to grab a bite to eat come back and Cochise is barking at the top of his freakin lungs! OMG! I was so shame. I hauled ass upstairs to get in the room so he would shut up! lol. I told Z that we had to get him a muzzle cause I would be pissed if I had paid for a room and then be forced to sit and listen to a dog whine and bark all night. Of course he didn't take to well to it at first....it was actually kinda funny to sit and watch him trying to get it off. He gave up after about 30 minutes.

So we get the "kids" fed and walked and we head out to Southland (a dog track where they race greyhounds) which is in West Memphis (right before you get to Memphis). I have passed this place so many times and had never been and neither had Z so we rolled out. Ya'll that was some of the most boring shit I have ever experienced in my life! The races occur like every 12-13 minutes and in between that time they have the stats of how everyone is betting up on tv screens, then they show the dogs, then they race for one lap then it's done and you go back to waiting. Seriously....I was ready to go after the 2nd race. Luckily we got there late and only had to endure 3 races since it was almost over. :-D Z did win 19 bucks though, lol. One guy won like $800+ and let everybody know. I told Z, dude needs to shut up cause you know somebody is gonna try and jump him when they get in the parking lot. ha ha So we left there and went to the casino out in Tunica. I always remember why I only go every so often........I just can't get with giving over tons of hard earned money to get nothing in return. I'm not a big risk taker so gambling is definitely not my thing. I was ready to go after an hour and a half. This one lady I talked to said she had been there since 1 in the afternoon......we didn't get out there until like 12 something....*blank stare* It's her thing though so whatever........... After that we hit up Beale street. Beale is Beale lots of walking, stopping into bars to have a drink, listening to music, and laughing at the folks gettin wasted and acting a fool. We actually had the most fun down there.

We got back to the room @ about 4 that morning and slept good and hard.....so hard we didn't wake up until 12 that afternoon. ha ha! Of course I wake up starvin and want some crab legs so we head up the interstate a couple of exits to Joe's Crab Shack. It was yummy! I heard that they are going to open up one in North Little Rock......I sure hope so. Then we hit up the mall and I spot a few things and we book it back to the room to chill out before the concert.

I won't even go into the details of the Memphis ghetto fabulousness that I witnessed but I will say that if I ever needed a reason to know that lime green and cream (with cream gators to match thank you very much!) look really sucky together, this one DUDE'S outfit was all I needed to see to confirm it. Even Z made comment about how wrong dude was for that and he hardly ever talks about folks. lol Now the promos for the concert had Musiq and "friends". I had been trying to find out exactly who "and friends" consisted of since we got the tickets. I knew that Marvin/Marcus Dixon (some guy that did/does comedy on ComicView) was going to be the host/comedian, whoever he was he did a really good job. He was hilarious! The only thing I didn't want was a local act performing, sure enough that's who the other "friends" were. Some group called "Soul Singers". *eye roll* They weren't that bad once they started singing slower songs but the sound engineering department had the sound so f-d up all you could hear was the band and not them for the first two. *sigh* Anyway, so they move on and the comedian dude does his thing, then Musiq comes out in some khaki short set with gold sequins on the side of the shorts and on the side seams of the shirt, with some paint/"art" on the back of the shirt with a hot pank (yes pank) tie, and some timb's with no shoelaces. That negro looked crazy as hell but he put on a good show and I was happy. So we left to grab a bite it eat and hung out on Beale a little more and took it back to the room.

Sunday, sorry Monday, was just a lot of loungin, hanging out with the fam, and bringing it back to the house. All in all, it was a good weekend, no complaints here. Okay now, I'm gone to check out your blogs since I can't do it during the day :-(. Corporate americano has that ish on lock so my blog addiction has to wait until the evenings.....oh well.

Sayonara Twenties!

Hey ya'll! I'm tired as hell but in lieu of the last evening of my twenties I felt I should post. I probably should say something about this last decade of my life. It was fun.....that's all I got right now. Onto the post.

So as ya'll know, I started the new gig yesterday. With most first days you get the introductions to the group (everyone is nice), the email showing your login/passwords to certain applications have been set up (some of them still don't work), and you start getting trained (not me, lol). I have a floating appointment with my counterpart in OH as soon as the IT people get me set-up in the one system that I really need. It's not their fault though, my boss (let's call him Ray cause he resembles the guy from "Everybody Loves Raymond", just a little younger) forgot to send in the request on my behalf so I have been getting paid to pretty much do nothing for the past two days. I told my cube neighbor that I am ready to get to work. He, let's call him E-40 (engineer 1), told me to not rush a thing cause he has a feeling that my azz is will be on the grind whenever they set me up. lol I think I'll take his advice and chill out as much as I can until then......just watch that ish will be working tomorrow. lol So the company I am contracted to work for is big however this department is not. By this being with the engineering group, there are A LOT of guys (black,white, other, & in-between) and just a handful of women. I actually think I made it a solid handful, lol. Hopefully work tomorrow will be a little more interesting and I won't spill hot water (with lemon *wink*) all over my pants........again. *sigh*

Z and I have been doing major cleaning around the crib. I'm talking "wipe me down" style....cabinets, floors, carpets, doors. ha ha That made me laugh, sorry. As I type this, he is currently cleaning the carpet....not vacumming......steam cleaning. With another doggie addition to the house, we felt it was needed and since we are going out of town this weekend we decided to go ahead and get it out the way. Speaking of this weekend, I decided to go to Memphis, blah. I was searching for tickets to stuff on ticketmaster and noticed Mr. B-u-d-d-y (Musiq) himself will in town so I figured...why not. I'm actually looking forward to it. I really hope that (1) he shows up and (2) he doesn't forget the lyrics to his songs like he did to the "Star Spangled Banner". lol

Well, I'm off to bed.....I think. Hope you guys had/are having a good evening.

Weekend Wrap-Up

This weekend was all about relaxin and good eatin. We went out to eat @ The Butcher Shop (they are known for their steaks) Saturday evening. I had been before but Z had not been so off we went. I opted to try the salmon this go round instead of steak. The salmon itself was good but the hollandaise sauce that you could use to eat with it.....no so much. It tasted like melted butter with a little cream added to it. I have had the sauce before at Morton's (compliments of my big sis. I was a broke college student at the time and could not afford to eat there on my Wal-Mart paycheck) and lemme tell ya it tasted nothing like that. So anyway, I just ate my vegetables and sopped up the salmon with the brown rice and called it a day. To this day, the best salmon I have ever had was at Outback....I kid you not. The thing is huge (you really can't eat it all in one sitting unless you have gone all day without eating) and the sauce to accompany it is great!

So after that, we went to the "dollar movie". Actually it's only a dollar before 6. The after six price has increased from $1.50 to $1.75...bastards!! lol Z wanted to see "Fantastic Four:Rise of the Silver Surfer". Nothing like seeing a crappy movie at a cheap price....can't really complain about that right? Right! Yeah, that was until bey bey's kids, nieces, and nephews decided to come in. Oh lawd! Why?! From the time they walked through the door all you heard was talking. There was a couple sitting to the left of us. The guy kept telling the kids to shut the hell up! Of course they kept talking. I get up and go get Mr. Policeman and tell him he needs to get them to shut up or kick 'em out. So he comes in....stands there and "monitors" and then tells them to be quiet. They keep talkin but eventually get a little quieter. Mr. Policeman leaves and they start back up. I just about to turn around when Z turned around and was like "Look here. I don't know about ya'll but other people in here came to watch a movie. Ya'll need to take that sh*t up to the front row and get somewhere and be still or get the hell on." Don't ya'll know those chil'ren got quiet as a mouse? The man over to the left of us was crackin up laughing. I was kinda embarrased, then I was like....what for? ha ha. They left about 15 minutes after that....thank goodness. Not that the movie was all that good, but dagnabit we came to watch a movie not listen to them yip and yap about a whole bunch of nothing.

Sunday we just hung out around the house. Z put some steaks on the grill and I made some squash with mushrooms in olive oil like they had at the restaurant the evening before (minus the zucchini). After that it was time for football and I retired to the bedroom to watch my shows.
I missed the "Big Love" season finale cause we only have one box in the house.....I ordered another one Friday for the bedroom. Thank goodness for repeats as well because I will be watching it from the comforts of my bed this evening.

I've been thinking about what I wanna do for my birthday. I know I don't want a party...strange I know but it's just not my thing. I want to go out of town for the weekend but have planned NOTHING. We tossed around some places that we could maybe drive to Friday and stay the weekend (even though my b-day is technically Thursday). I considered St. Louis since my big sis is there (and currently my mom is too visitin)and take in some of the sights but I have seen them all. Plus going to St. Louis is not really getting away to me since I have family that lives there. I don't know we'll see but I do know I will be doing something....I just don't know what that is yet. I'll probably surf the web today and see if there's anything interesting going on in the surrounding areas since I don't start work until tomorrow.

How about ya'll? How was your weekend? I guess I could just go to your blogs and see for myself huh? lol

Have a good day!

Staccato

I got new tires yesterday. I didn't take too long. I payed more than I wanted to. I got the "good" tires. I also got the wheels aligned and the oil changed. My hubcap was loose but they broke it. They tried to put it on me. He says that it was already somewhat loose. Yeah but it was on there. I got sassy. My new one will be in today. They are paying for it. I like my new tires. The ride is much smoother. The new rubber smell is stinkin up the garage.

My next car will have alloy rims. Factory rims. Not 28" rims from Leroy's dubb shop. I can't stand those things. They are so not my style. It's okay if the alloy rims are shiny though. As long as they come with the car. I saw a Nissan Murano. They had shiny alloy rims. I liked it. I do not like hubcaps. I have gone through a lot of them. They suck!

I bought a box of Chocolate Chex. I like trying different cereals. I like Chex. I do NOT like them with cocoa sprinkled on. It's gross. Do not buy them. They are in the garbage. I bought a box of regular Chex yesterday.

I got a birthday card yesterday. It was from my mom. She also included a gift in paper form. :-) I will be 30 one week from today. I'm not too freaked out. I do feel different though. Like I'm actually really grown. ha ha Okay, not really. I'm taking it better than my friend. She turned 30 in March. She just about died. Her words not mine. She looks good to have had a near death experience.

I start a new job Tuesday. I have not worked for 4 months. I was doing contract work for a consulting company. It paid really well. I miss that money. The new job is with the same consulting firm. My interview lasted 20 minutes. I kinda knew I would get it. I used to work with the guy who was last in the position. Networking does work. I need to call to thank him. It doesn't pay quite as much. Oh well. Such is life. It's still money. I am still applying and interviewing for other jobs. I don't like working on contract. I want a permanent position.

Hot water + lemon juice (from real lemons)=good stuff. For your body anyway. I used to do it religiously when I worked. I got lazy. I started back a month ago. I am less bloated. Lemons+baking soda=good stuff. For your face. It "tingles" but it works. I can always tell a difference in my skin instantly. I only do it sporadically. Citric fruits make skin sensitive to the sun. Be sure to wait a couple of hours if you do it during the day before going outside. I like to do it at night. They have a lot of other uses. Google it if you're bored today. lol

That's all for now. I hope you all have a good day.

Gone but Never Forgotten

It has been exactly one year today that my family lost its matriach, my Grandmother Virgie. She was a mother to 3, grandmother to 3, great grandmother to 4, and a friend to many. She was known by many names but only one describes her for me.....my grandmama. Throughout her life, she had to face many obstacles but always did it with a smile. She always told me growing up, smile even when you don't want to but more importantly smile because you should want to. That didn't make sense to me as a kid but I've grown older and have since had many life lessons.....I now know exactly what she meant. That small bit of advice has served me well.

I will never forget the walks to the doughnut shop with just she and I when she came to visit us during the summer, I will never forget the visits with her and us taking the bus around Memphis because she couldn't drive (I always thought that was the coolest thing), I will never forget the little notes of encouragement she sent to me while I was away in college (and the $5 she sent with them to buy me lunch), I will never forget the random 2 minute phone calls she made just to let me know that everything would be okay. To this day I still think we had a connection beyond just the surface because without fail, everytime I was feeling down she would call to lift my spirits. I will never forget the time we had together in this life.

I was many a time a spoiled brat, but she was always a wonderful grandmama. She had a long life, at 90 she left us to go on for her soul to finally rest. I miss her but I am not sad because I knew she was not happy with the state Alzheimer's had placed her in. I saw it everytime I looked into her eyes. With each visit, the warmth and brightness that I had come to expect had been replaced with something else I wasn't used to. I'm glad her suffering is now over and that her spirit is free. She is gone but never forgotten.

I love you Grandmama!

Adventures in Bowling and Late Night Eating

If you got a chance to read my post Saturday then you know that I went bowling that night. Pulling into the parking lot, we didn't think we would even be able to get a lane because the parking lot was almost full. Most of the crowd was because of a few birthday parties that were in the process of wrapping up. After waiting about 10 minutes we got a lane and got ta bowlin. I started off strong and had high hopes of showing Z up, ha! My hopes faired a lot better than my bowling arm cause this was the worst I've ever bowled, lol. I didn't get over 100 even with knocking a couple of strikes within one game. I think my highest score was 95, ha ha ha. 8 games and 3 balls later and I was dunzo! My fingers were were hurtin, my back was hurtin, and I was almost certain that my thighs would soon be giving me something to talk about shortly after so I called it quits. Z bowled a few more games by himself and then we were done.....and hungry.

It was close to midnight by the time we left so we headed to pretty much the only place that's open if you have the munchies.....Taco Hell. Normally that place is bumper to bumper with people, but we got in and out the drive through pretty quick. I should have known something was up then. So we get home and while I'm poppin a couple of Excedrin in my mouth I hear Z say that our order was not right. Say what?! I get on the phone, call the people to let them know I am the way back up there and grab the bag, receipt, my purse and leave. I get there and there is a truck right by the door to the dining room. He sees me and asks if they messed my order up too, I just shake my head and kind of smile while I grab for the door. Tell me why this thing is locked? I saw this lady in there cleaning up and she came over to open the door and said "Oh I bet we mixed your food up with his". ya think??!! So I walk over to the counter, she takes the bag , and goes to the back. I'm thinking that she is going to help re-do my order. She comes back with the bag and the receipt in her hand talking about, "She said since the dining room is closed you will have to get back in the drive through for us to fix it".

Now up until that point, I was trying to remain calm because I know me and when I get pissed it is not pretty. So after hearing her say that I haul off and ask " Who is she, cause she needs to come here so we can have a talk". She says it's her manager and then walks the hell off and continues cleaning. Seriously....for real.....okay. Then I notice that her husband/boyfriend/whatever are sitting in the dining room waiting on her to finish so they can all go home. After I stood there for about 5 seconds, I screamed out "HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" and the lady working the drive-thru came over. I said now look I don't know which one of ya'll is the manager right now and personally at this point I really don't care all I know is that this one back here is telling me that I need to get back in the drive through for YOU to fix YOU'RE mistake and ma'am I just have to let you know that.ain't.gonna.happen. She starts apologizing and telling me that they have a new person and he had made a mistake. I said that's fine shit happens but whichever one of ya'll is the manager needs to talk with this one cause her people skills suck. She asked if we were charged the right price and all that jazz and took the bag back for them to re-make. You better believe that I watched them like a hawk as they made it too. lol I didn't eat half of it when I got home though, I had suddenly lost my appetite....go figure.

Online & random stuff

So I'm surfin the web today and find this little diddy:

My first iPhone Bill!

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Just in case you can't view it, I will sum it up for ya.

So this chicka gets an iphone, which I think are severely overated but hey what do I know. So she receives her first bill (since she had to change service providers) and it comes in a box. ha ha! So while the music that the company now uses for most of it's ads plays in the background she flips through all the pages of her bill.......300 pages worth. All I can say is this chick must either own a business or can't keep her ass off the phone cause that's a lot of calls. So she makes the announcement that her bill was 300 pages long and then a message appears to "Use e-billing, save a forest". lol I mean did she really expect for her bill to show up in an envelope with all those minutes of usage? Maybe she did. It really wasn't strange to me as I used to have to keep up with invoicing for a company Iworked for and the bills came in those boxes all.the.time. I used to groan everytime I saw them because I would have to sort through each line of service to make sure they weren't being "abused" (per mgmts. request cause I really could have cared less).....all 30 of them. Yuck!

Anyway, all of this got me to thinking. Why don't I use e-billing? I should but I don't. Why not you ask? Hell, if I know cause I never even open the paper billing until I get ready to file off bills I've paid and attach my pymt confirmations with them. So then I notice on the website that I can actually save $5/month by using e-billing. For real? Why am I just now noticing this and why haven't I signed up? I don't know but I'm gonna, but first I need to make sure it doesn't bind me to a contract. You may think that would be silly but my current service provider does slick ish like that....trust. By the way, I'm still with Spr.in.t and I still plan on changing but in the meantime I will see if I can take advantage of that bit of savings.

Well that's all for me right now. Z and I are going bowling this evening. We are leaving in 15 minutes, I was supposed to start getting ready 15 minutes ago......good thing I already showered. It's kinda early but we are leaving then to see if we can make it to the alley to try and get a lane for the all you can bowl from 9-12. I don't know how well that's going to pan out with me lasting through 3 solid hours of bowling but I'll be sure to let you know. lol Ok, I now have 11 minutes to get ready....shit.

Have a good evening ya'll!

Nothing Much......

....going on here. Just the same ole same ole. Translation, I have nothing to blog about. I will however share a couple of vid's I saw courtesy of YouTube.

This first one is funny. It showcases some church folks gettin bout it. It gets really interesting at around the 48 second mark. Hey, at least they took it outside. lol lol



This other clip is of some judge in Atlanta going off in the courtroom during the sentencing of a child molester. Here's the gotcha though....he doesn't give the tongue lashing to chester chester, he saves it for the mom. Take a listen and you'll see why. We need more judges like this in our life.



That's all I have for now. Here's hoping you guys are having a great day!!

I love Jill Scott!!!

Here's the vid from her latest joint "Hate on Me". Cornell West and Tavis Smiley even make a small cameo in it...hilarious. Great video, great song! Check it out while you can before the mean people tell YouTube to take it down.

For Real??!!!

I've been reading this site for a few months now. If you are not familiar with it, the site was created by some guy named Frank to allow people to anonymously send in secrets via postcard to post on the internet. He normally posts new secrets each Sunday. I've seen some pretty interesting things and will find myself saying "daaaaammmmmnnnn" or "for real???" when I read some of them. lol The things some of these people have done or been through are just that shocking at times(some of them make me crack up laughing).

So today, the site has a mini-movie up. It's pretty much just video of the postcards with music and the Frank dude talking a bit. What got me was the very first secret in the vid. I won't ruin the experience for you guys but I will say that my mouth dropped wide open......for real for real! I would love to have a convo with this person just to find out why. Now one that just struck me as wierd is around the 2:44 mark. This person....ok, I'll let ya'll watch but all I know is that they need to quit that with a quickness! lol I guess it's better than going Freddy Krueger on them but still......

Anywho....I went to check out the Bourne Ultimatum last night. This was a really great movie and Matt Damon is as sessy as eva!!! The fight scenes with one of the "assets"/assasins had me on the edge of my seat....for real for real! I wish this movie series could go on forever like James Bond but from what I've heard/read this is it.....bummer. Soooo, like I said....good flick, go check it out! Here's a preview to the movie. Please excuse that little voice you hear within the clip that keeps sayin "Matt Damon". lol Someone embedded one of the voices from "Team America: World Police" into the clip. It's quite funny to me as that part of the (Team America) movie always makes me crack up laughing.




Late post addition:
I was just reading CreoleInDC's post about her encounter with a gas station attendant. I cracked up laughing. Not at her experience but because it made me think about my experience I had Friday morning. I stopped by a gas station that morning to grab a bottle of grapefruit juice because my throat was feeling a bit parched.

I walk in the store and speak to the guy behind the counter.

Me: good morning
Him: jibberish
**I just smiled and kept moving. I was trying to get in, find my drank, and get out. lol**
Him: (at the counter) jibberish
**His accent (he was hispanic) was so thick and he was talking so fast I didn't understand him.**
Me: Come again?
Him: You're beautiful, you have a nice car, and you have no ring on....what happened?
Me: Thank you, thank you, you're way too nosey, I have a boyfriend, now how much is my drink?
Him: Oh okay....nevermind.

I cracked up laughing when I got in the car. People never ceased to amaze me.

Hope you guys are having a great weekend!

How Ya Like Me Now?

I decided to switch it up a little in my space. I stayed with the green theme because that is my current favorite color. However, I could no long deal with exorcist neon green....it was irkin the devil outta me. Maybe that wasn't such a bad thing. Isn't that the purpose of exorcisms? Ne-who, I like this template a little better. It's kinda boring but I'll keep around for awhile until I get sick of it. I call myself checkin everything out to make sure all the lil bells and whistles were back working, sooooooo if you guys experience any malfunctions let ya girl know and will get on it.

It's going to be over 100 degrees here for the rest of the week. I wish I had one of those remotes Adam Sandler has in the movie "Click" so I could fast forward past this heatwave.

Ace Boon Koon

I was talking to a friend via instant messenger today when she brought up an old friend of mine. The friend on im told me she had seen my old friend at a sorority convention in Louisiana this past weekend. I asked her did they get a chance to catch up....long story short, she told me they spoke and that was that. I wasn't really surprised.

See this old friend and I go waaaaaayyyyy back to preschool age. I considered her to be one of my best friends for real. Our friendship really blossomed when we went off to college. We were one of just a handful of black folks from our class that decided to go to college in the central AR area. Throughout the years we had each others backs and went through a lot, many things that still make me giggle to this day. During this time we also had our share of "friendly" arguments but we eventually always talked it out and kept it movin.

Fastforward to fall 2004. We were about to leave for our annual treck to Nashville for TSU's homecoming to hang out with our other childhood friend. Now up until this time we had never discussed who was driving. I knew I had some things that I needed to get fixed up on my car and mentioned it to her previously when we were discussing the trip. I just assumed that she would be driving since her car was newer (she had just gotten it that year). So I call to see if she would be ready to go at the time we had discussed and to figure out who was gonna drive. She lets me know that she needs to get her tires rotated and oil changed and didn't want to drive. So I'm thinking hmmm, okay I've told her about the issues with my vehicle and she knew I didn't want to drive but she waits until the night of to tell me that she didn't want to either. *sigh* So I got mad. It really pissed me off! I wasn't mad at the fact she wanted didn't want to drive her vehicle, I was po'd that she knew it and had not voiced her concerns prior to that date. Hell, we could have rented a car. It would have been really cheap between the two of us (I had coupons for days to this one car rental place). Granted we were both at fault for not getting that particular detail of the trip clarified but honestly I didn't think it would be that big of an issue. My bad. So anyway, I proceed to go off.....she goes off and we...rather she is not going anymore. Fine by me. My dumb azz packs up my car, yes the same one that needed repairing (shut up :-), and ball out. Needless to say this argument was all over some silly stuff and we both knew it was much bigger than who was driving. I think there were just some things that we needed to get off our chest that we had been holding back for awhile and this just happened to be the straw that broke the camels back.

Fastfoward a couple months ahead again for me. It's Christmas Eve, I'm in my car stuck in traffic (due to icy road conditions) headed towards Memphis when I receive a call on my cell. Guess who? Yeeeeep, it's her. I chose not to answer as I really didn't have anything to say. I wasn't in the mood. The only thing I was concentrating on was getting off the interstate and to my grandmothers house. She leaves a voicemail that she was just calling to see what I was doing. I never called her back. The next month I get a call from my friend (the I was chatting on the im with today) that my old friend had a stroke. What?! I was in my car driving with my boyfriend when she told me. I couldn't talk, I just started to cry. I didn't sleep at all that night, I was just up. I knew whatever it was that I was upset about no longer mattered and was not important. The next day after work, I went to see her and everyday while she was in the hospital. When she was in rehab about 30 minutes away, I went to sit with her in the evenings after work to help her shower (she told me that she wasn't comfortable with the nursing staff helping her cause she "didn't know them folks" lol), to cry with her, laugh with her, and talk with her. She gets out of rehab and moves back into her apartment and things between she and I are basically back to normal.

Fastforward (again) with me to fall 2006. It's that time of year again to head out to Nashville. We make it this time and we all have a ball. Soon after, contact from my hommie dwindles(from the end of October up through like January, I had like two phone convos with her). If you know me and my close friends, we call each other at least once or twice/week. Most times we don't talk about ish but it's just what we do. :-) So one day I call and leave a voicemail for her to give me a ring because I was concerned that she was upset with me about something. She returns my call and says only that she's been busy. I know there's more to it, I can hear it in her voice....I ask if she is sure. "yep". Hmmm, alright. So we talk a bit more then end the call. I haven't picked up the phone since.....neither has she.

Getting back to the friend on the im. I met her through my old buddy. I was interested to see if they caught up only because I knew that she (my old friend) was no longer speaking to her either. One day last year I asked my old friend why she no longer kept in contact her. She told me it was because she asked her not to call me when she had her stroke (she wanted to be the one to call and tell me) and she did it anyway. I can understand that and respect it but by the same token, it's not like she called me up to gossip.....it was a serious situation and she felt, even with us being on the outs, I should know asap. She (old friend) also told me that when we saw her at an event last summer that she didn't even speak to her. I just cracked up laughing and asked her what did she expect. I mean damn, you had pretty much cut her off soooooo what did you think would happen? lol

I've had a lot of mixed emotions about it all. I have questioned myself about my role in all of this.

Was I really a good friend? Hell, I thought so.
Was I truly being understanding with the situation regarding her health? I hope so.

Could I have been a better friend? Probably.
Were there things I could have/should have done differently? Maybe

Who really knows. I'm sure she has her reasons, I'm also sure I will probably never know why. Maybe we will reconnect at a later date but it's just not in the cards right now. I wish her all the best.

Playing Catch-Up

I have a few things to blog about this morning some of which include things I totally forgot to blog about in the past few weeks. Sue me, I'm gettin old. :-)

My youngest nephew's birthday was this past weekend. He is now 2 years old.


Let me tell ya'll, this boy can eat! When I went to see he and his brother while they were visiting my mom he kept me laughing. He would go in the kitchen, pull out the chair, sit down and wait while my mom prepared their meals or just randomly go and open the fridge and stand looking at it like he was deciding what he was going to eat next. lol He's funny but he's is also a sweet little boy that I love.

In other news, I got a new puppy! Allow me to introduce Emma.....


We have had her for about a month now. Emma is a rat terrier, according to the people we got her from even though people often mistake her for a jack russell. She was all of 2 lbs. when we brought her home and we have fattened her up to a whopping 3 lbs. The people we got her from and the vet both said that they doubt she will get over 10 lbs. She is doing fairly well with house training. She knows that she should go to the door and wait to do #2 but we still have to watch her like a hawk for #1. She has yet to gain mind control over that.

She loves playing (ie getting on his nerves) with her brother, Cochise. Luckily, I was able to catch them during one of their calmer moments to capture this Kodak moment. Please don't think his size intimidates her one bit. Ha! You know they say little dogs think their big and she is no exception.


And here is Shorty, my neighbors dog that I walk with Cochise. I tried my best to get them to look at me but as you can plainly see, that didn't work out to well.



Last but certainly not least, my best friend had her 1st born a week ago....a healthy, bouncing baby boy. No pics of the baby. They haven't uploaded any to email out and I can't remember the name of the hospital he was born at to go and snag one. lol I do have a pic of him in my cell phone but my current cell phone provider requires that I spend an extra $5/month to be able to forward picture mail.....it's not that serious.

As far as the weekend goes, not much to tell....as usual. I followed LadyNay's lead and bleached the kitchen down and cleaned up the rest of the house....watched a couple of old school movies, "Uptown Saturday Night" & "Cotton Comes to Harlem"....funny stuff and did a little grocery and "me" shopping. All in all, it was just a regular relaxing weekend.

Just Thinking.....

So the tragedy of the bridge collapse in Minnesota has got me thinking....what if? Throughout my life their are four bridges that I have crossed countless times which have always been a constant in my life. The Memphis-Arkansas Memorial Bridge (the old Bridge), the Hernando De Soto Bridge (the new bridge;both of these cross over the Mississippi River connecting AR to TN), the I-430 bridge (in Little Rock), and the I-30 bridge (also in Little Rock; both of these cross over the Arkansas River).

Growing up I would often go visit both of my grandmothers and other relatives in Memphis. As a child, I would always know which grandmothers house we were going to first by the bridge that my mom took. New bridge=Grandmama Virgie (my mom's mother) and the old bridge=Grandmama Ella(my dad's mother). I always hated going over the old bridge, not because I didn't want to see my grandmother but because I didn't trust that one. Through my eyes as a child, it always just seemed old, rusty, and unsafe. I think part of that stemmed from hearing it being referred to as the old bridge. I would always beg my mom to take the new one and drive the long way around to Grandmama E's house. She would just tell me to be quiet. lol The new bridge just seemed better and more trustworthy than the old one.

I'm older now and realize that there is really not much difference between the two other than the physical appearance. The old bridge has been around since 1949 with a 112 clearance below to the river. The new bridge has been around since 1973 with a 109 clearance below. Yeah there is about a quarter of a century difference between when the two were built but in my mind now they are both just old. Take a look.

Here's the new bridge. Look at all that damn water below. That thing you see floating by in the water is one of several barges that passes through Memphis on a daily basis.


Here's the old bridge



I couldn't find any pics of the bridges in Little Rock I normally cross but here's one of the Little Rock skyline that shows a smaller bridge that connects Little Rock to North Little Rock.


With all of what has happened, the first thought through my mind was that it could happen to me. Scary thought. I can't swim and don't deal well plummeting at fast rates of speed, especially at a time that would involve falling to my untimely demise. Is this going to stop me from using them? Nope, not at all, however I will continue to go across them at high rate of speed.

My wish for the families directly affected and the city of Minneapolis/St.Paul is healing. Time will truly be their best friend during this difficult situation.

Not So Smooth Criminal

I swear I'm surrounded by rebels against the law. First, the AI reject (see below) and now this (and lawd knows who else). One of my old co-workers sent me an email today about a case of identity theft that happened to one of her friends.

A couple a weeks ago, the friend noticed a charge on her bank account from Jacque Pennae'(that's JC Penney for all you civilized folks)to the tune of about $300 that neither she or her hubby made. So they call the store, but only found out that it was an online purchase and it would take about 24 hours for them to find out more info. The next day comes and they still don't find out much but the case is turned over to the Loss Prevention Department. That same day, her co-worker noticed a charge to the tune of about $200 from an online perfume company. So the co-worker calls the company and they discover the charge is fradulent and cancel the order. The next day, JC Penney calls the friend and tells them that the order is being shipped to the home address of the owner of a local italian restaurant. The friend has not been to this restaurant in years. So she and the co-worker go through the process of elimination based on the restaurants they've frequented. They come to the conclusion that the cc#'s were obtained from a certain mexican spot only because they know the owner of the italian restaurant also owns the mexican spot and his daughter runs the place.

So the police and their bank gets involved. They give 5-0 the okay to go with the FedEx delivery person and arrest who receives the goods. That planned backfires as the only people home are the babysitter and a little kid. So the police goes to the italian restaurant, to try and locate the owner.

Sidebar:I have passed this restaurant a number of times and have never gone in. Why? Cause it looks like a roach or rat would instantly go to war with my big toe the minute I walked in. It looks just that yucky from the outside. I've often heard that the food is good, too bad I will never know cause ya girl ain't settin foot inside of that place.

Back to the story. So 5-0 is at the italian restaurant questioning people. This place is owned and operated by hispanics. How about every single last worker in there starts acting like they can't speaka no englaise?! lol lol lol Come on now. Ya'll are making this money, have been running this restaurant for years, and noone speaks a lick. I don't believe it, ya'll need more people...STAT!!! So the police give them a couple of days to provide a confession. Think they didn't?! The next day, the NIECE of the owner comes forward and admits to stealing the card numbers from the mexican spot. Ain't that a blip! The niece. So now, she is potentially going to ruin her families business all because she didn't want to save up her tips to buy the stuff with her own do-rei-me. Girl please....LOCK HER UP!

With all that said, just be careful. I don't know what is up with this "what's mine is yours" mentality with identity theft. All I know is, they better not step to this, cause I will shank a bitch over my money.

All this thievery has made me think of something I heard on the Steve Harvey morning show today. They were discussing a story about a lady that had reported her pool stolen. It was one of those big "pop-up" pools. According to the woman, there wasn't even a trace of the water they would have had to let out of the pool to steal it. Steve said he thinks she's lying and is just trying to get a new pool. lol So now the lady said in order to safeguard her remaining valuables in her yard, she has chained everything in her backyard to her house.......including her grill. SHUT UP! lol lol lol

Alright, I'm done. Have a good one.