30 posts from 2008

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the game from.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
    Saving Grace - Everlast

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
    Let's Get it Started - Black Eyed Peas (lord have mercy)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
    Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
    We Belong Together - Mariah Carey

30. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
     More Than A Woman - Angie Stone

Not taggin anyone, thought this was fun! Thanks M.Michelle....

My daughter's art teacher gave them this assignment the first week of school and I think its a great idea for breaking the ice and gaining insight in to yourself and others. Plus, dude has a sense of humor...ride with me on this test, I won't have all 100 answered up front, but, I will be sure to change the date so it updates as a new entry when I edit them.

10/7/08 Edit: they threw the paper away...but, if I can come up with more, I will add them...lol

Instructions: This is a test of you, more of a "let's get to know you". Or maybe it's a "you get to know you". Anyway, answer the questions:

1. If you had to brings something in for show and tell, what would it be?
   I remember doing that in elementary school and would be excited all night about showing off my cool things: I would probably bring something really cool, but I can't think of a damn thing right now...
   
2. If I could send you on a trip to any part of the world, which would it be?
   I would love to visit Africa, learn more about the real history of man.
3. What kind of music to you like?
   Soul
4. Who do you like more, dad or mom? Why?
   Mom, I never met my real father.
5. In ten words or less, please give a definition of love:
   Love's what makes you smile when there is nothing else.
6. Favorite sport?
   Baseball, of course
7. Favorite wrestler, new or old?
   Can you smeeeeellll what the Rock is cookin?
   
8. Favorite pizza topping?
   Sausage
9. What was the last argument you had about?
   Someone being EXTREMELY inconsiderate of my feelings.
   
10. Hot, warm, cold or no shower?
    Warm
11. Favorite type of ethnic food?
    Mexican
12. What is a language you wish you spoke?
    Spanish, I have so many friends, that I wish I was fluent
13. If you had to lose one of your limbs, which one would it be?
    My leg, to me walking is less important that everything I do with my hands.
14. Who do you think has a neat voice? This answer does not have to be any famous person.
    Again I say, my boy JNez...;-)
15. What movie character would you like to have played, or been?
    I'll get back to you on this one...hmmmm....but let me put a twist on it, I'm asking you, if you have talked to me, who would you think?
    
16. Who's funny?
    My son, hands down, he is the biggest goofball I know.
17. What is the last great move you saw?
    Vantage Point
18. What is a soothing sound?
    His voice...;)
    
19. In less than five words describe anger?
    Intense negative emotional reaction
20. With no words describe frustration. (this one is better done in person, so just describe what your physical reaction is to frustration)
    Squinted eyes, furrowed brow and deep sighs
21. Tell a joke
    hmmm
22. What are good baby names? 2 for boys and 2 for girls.
    I like Robert, Marcus, Jasmine and Deja
23. What is your favorite punctuation?
    Exclamation point!!!!!
24. If you were a kitchen utensil or construction tool, what would you be?
    The utility knife...
25. What would you die for? Be specific
    To save my child
    
26. What magazines' pictures do you look at?
    Cosmo
27. What magazines do you read?
    Essence, Ebony....not many because there is so much advertising now
28. What is your favorite book?
    I honestly don't have one
29. What would you say is a defining moment in the formation of your personality?
    hmmmmm
30. Are you a good liar? Be honest!
    LMAO! and No, I am not...
31. What do you suppose goes into a chicken pot pie?
    Chicken and pots?...lol...seriously, chicken, potatoes, peas and carrots.
32. Which of all the planets in the Milky Way is your favorite?
    Saturn, its rings are beautiful
33. What word feels best when it rolls of your tongue?
    Fcuk....

...more to come

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Oh that's easy, stop eating out...

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 42. No, I am not one that cares if anybody knows how old I am. I don't look it, neither do I act my age. This I give to my kids and my family genes.

Today is a relaxing day so far, my daughter needed to get her hair done for the first day of school...she's getting a hair cut, finally, she realized that her hair breaking was not a good look, regardless of how long it is.

So, I'm sitting in the salon with her now while she gets it done. And on that point, you know this is not a black shop, right? We won't work on holidays like this, but the egyptians? You better believe that they are gonna get that money...and at $75 a head...they are bringing in the bucks on the day before school.

I'm actually recovering from my weekend today, and tomorrow...I don't go back to work until Wednesday, so I have a nice long break from the office.

Friday was the first day of celebrations, me and my sis got our hair done and I got my eyebrows waxed...she actually lightened my brows and I like them a lot, they are so dark usually, that it freshens my look, a lot...

August 31, 2008

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Then we had a late lunch, burgers at Poag Mahone's, damn thing was so big that I didn't eat again until Saturday afternoon...even after 5 Effen Black Cherry and Sprite's and 2 shots of Patron. That burger soaked up all the alcohol...lol.

We met up with one of my co-worker's niece and she had some guys meet us at the second spot we went to. Bad News. Turns out that they both were drug dealers and I was done...by the time we go to the third place to dance, I was like its time to ditch these guys...

The little one, yeah, he was a little snot and he kept kissin on my girl...but she let him, so who am I, right? She was drinking Merlot and she was gone...lol...but she and her niece left with them, I had to say no, I couldn't make myself leave with them...I called her on Saturday and her drunk ass said she didn't even remember his name...damn shame..but as long as she was ok, I was good...

B-day Cake

Saturday, I spent out with my kids getting done with school shopping for my daughter and getting our nails done. First we had a late breakfast, then the mall. Then grocery shopping.

Then, right about when I was getting ready to go to bed, they brought out my birthday cake. My kids didn't want me to have to share with his family on my birthday...isn't that special?

Yesterday? On my birthday? I didn't really do much, lazed around, then my oldest daughter came over with my gift...she got me a Dooney! I was so surprised! She got me that and a digital picture frame.

B-day Present

We went to his sister's for the holiday and ate and listened to music. I enjoyed my kids and his family and the weather was beautiful. I won't even mention the negatives, I am just grateful that my kids love me.

Today? I'm just basically relaxing...gonna go home and make spaghetti  for dinner and just chill...maybe make a margarita. who wants to join me?

~~peaceful~~

I just want to know how you handle what life throws at you, its the true test of character. So, how do you handle?

Thanks for sharing this Duane:

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of farther pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary an bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

--Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I’ve been meme tagged by Anewlis…I am awful at critiquing music, so here goes my version:

Here are the rules: “List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.”

Selfish
Vivian Green
This has been my mantra...I'm selfishly reclaiming me, I'm done with being what everyone else needs me to be...

Hate on Me
Jill Scott
This song also hits home because of my situation...hate on me hata, now or lata, cuz I'm gonna be me...

Moving Mountains
Usher
I just heard this for the first time today, but it spoke to me again regarding my situation, its gonna be like moving mountains, but nothing is impossible.

The Letter
Raheem Devaugn
Again...lol...speaks to my situation, she leaves him a break up letter, says that that there was nope hope for her broken heart and signed it Heartbreak. It's a hidden track on his Love Experience cd.

Beautiful
India A.rie
I finally started listening to tracks on cd's that were not being played on mainstream radio and found that I love this one!

Better Days
Dianne Reeves
This song is my all time favorite and has been for about 10 years now, I first heard it on gospel radio and began a search that led me to this jazzy lady. Her grandmother was a sage. You won't get to better days unless you make it thru the night.

Take Me or Leave Me
Rent
What can I say? This song epitomizes what I feel right now, if you don't like who I am, please leave...hit the door and don't let it hit you!

Passin’ the meme torch on to:

1. Alousionist
2. thirtydaes
3. SimplyRik
   
4. D_Rox
5. DrVictorine
6. **************
   
7. reign4aday

Holla!!!

1. What is your favorite word?
Smooches - I have no idea why...

2. What is your least favorite word?
Can't

3. What turns you on?
excitement for life and living it to the fullest

4. What turns you off?
aggressiveness and narcissism

5. What sound do you love?
water and waves

6. What sound do you hate?
an animal that is about to puke...yea, I'm out there

7. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Music, singing or playing...

8. What profession would you not like to participate in?
Anything that has to do with medicine or sanitation - I ditto D on this one...

9. What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck - again with the ditto... ( or fuck me...hehehehe *ahem* sorry)

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Its not your time yet...you still have good work to do

Seriously?

I'm gonna lay it out for you.

You get what you put out, and that includes me!

Dammit!

I absolutely know I am NO Angel, I have done wrong and tried to learn from my mistakes.

But when you know you are in the wrong, man the fuck up about it, fix it or step the fuck off!

Don't dip and dodge, come and go and expect me to still have your back and support you!

I do not purposely set out to hurt anyone. If what I have done is so questionable, if you have a problem with it in ANY FORM, then put me straight and put me out of your fucking life!

If I have overstepped my boundaries, then tell me!

But realize that when I overstepped mine and you let me, then you overstepped with me.

Don't Hem and Haw, just fucking tell me to go, period!

Don't fucking use and exploit me! Or allow me to do it to you!

Because I'm gonna take advantage just like any MAN would do!

Just tell me that you have no use for me in your life, I will leave, believe that.

Doesn't matter if we have known each other for years, or that we have children together, that we have history, doesn't matter not one bit.

Be adult, don't blame me for what is wrong in YOUR life, take responsibility for what you do then I can take responsibility for my role in what is going on or is going wrong.

Don't use your fists, use your words. I know you have them, I have heard plenty of them roll out of your mouth.

Physical pain doesn't make me change, but understanding does.

If I can't understand what you want or how you are feeling, how can I do what is needed to do to change me or us?

Realize, YOU can be erased just like the next person....you are not that damn special!

Sigh....

Smile
Originally uploaded by Sun....

Wine Candy! Jolly Rancher green apple is my all-time favorite!

Remember going to the penny candy lady? Wine candies, Now and Laters (that never made it to later), bubble gum, chews, Sugar Daddy's and pickles with a peppermint stick in the middle!

Memories of sticky fingers and sunny summer days of childhood just plastered a silly smile on my face...share some of your memories with me!

~SunShyn~