What I Got

Let's see here...

I got a zune! Yay! Its wonderful! 120GB. My brother hooked me up. I added 2008 songs and 700pics and didn't even make a dent. Lol. Its red too, just like my phone. The only thing is, I can't get my video onto it. And I have like 60 videos. They're all avi files and I need them to be wav. And I don't know how to do that! Sad face. Help?

I also got some pepper spray. I have not been working 45 hour weeks (a welcome change from the 30 hour weeks of yore) just to have someone steal my shit. My family and I aren't really gun people- I prefer knives as anyone who has ever met me knows- but there has to be a longer-range personal protection strategy. So pepper spray it is!

So we went to Starship to go get the sprays for myself and my bro and mom. If you don't know, Starship is an "adult and novelty" store in my hood. The majority of it is porn and sex toys but in one corner is smoking accessories and the other is protection, such as knives and mace. So I get the pepper spray and head to the counter cuz its 2am and I'm ready to go lay down. Plus kesi's brothers were with us and if I was going to browse I wasn't gonna do it near them, lol. What little they do know about our sex life is too much. But meanwhile, they fall in love with the knives (don't mess with us son! We're like that gang in the Michael Jackson video!) and start picking out which they want.... So Kesi walks over to the discount videos and starts reading the titles. Pure entertainment. Just cutting right to the chase. Its like going to the movies and the titles are "15 people die" or "he has a secret, she finds out, they break up then get back together." only in porn the plots are simpler. Lmao. I will not recreate their titles because they're words I wouldn't say outloud, let alone on my PG13 blog. So he's reading, and behind us is a display of lubricants. And one is literally a liter of lube. With a pump. And I'm like, who needs all this? So I go to pick it up and show Kesi.... And it slips out of my hands. Hits the floor. Cracks at the bottom. Splashes all over my left pant leg and shoe.

Great.

So I was gonna buy it since I broke it, but that shit was $22! I aint even got it! And I'm more concerned with my shoes and pants. So I try to rub it in/ wipe it off, and so now its on my hands. And it smells like gak. Yall remember that gooey clay stuff nickelodeon had back in the day? Yeah. I don't wanna touch anything, now I just wanna leave. My shoe has a really nice shine though, even though I have since washed the stuff off.

I still wanna know who needs $22 dollar lube. With a pump.
Listening to:
Sneaker Pimps- 6 underground
Sublime- what I got
John legend- satisfaction
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facebook repost

so i was gonna post sumn else regarding facebook, but then this happened. long story short, my brother go robbed on the way to work. he's fine, but without phone. the following is his status on fb after it happened, then his friends' responses:


JMJ asks.... Sooooo what is a man to do when he's robbed at gunpoint on the way to work for an honest day's pay??!! BULLSHIT!!!

KH at 11:52am
Wat who this happen too........

JMJ at 11:53am
Me... At about 10:15 today...

DA at 11:53am
What the hell? Umm... JMJ, I hope that this didn't happen to you!

TS at 11:58am
Dude are you serious! Where were you?

TB at 11:59am
Damn thats crazy. But hey if u still wanted to try what we were talkin bout (beyonce tix everyone's trying to get)u can do it today. Let me know if it works

JMJ at 12:00pm
Down the street from my house... Don't try calling my phone... They took it. So, if u want, either just send me a message, or hit me up on Yahoo Messenger. TB I don't have the necessary amount in my acct right now. But I'll try anyway. I want to go to the bank... But, u know.

TS at 12:00pm
Did you report it to the police?

SG at 12:01pm
Darn cous, srry to hear that. Better your phone than you though!!! glad you are ok

DA at 12:02pm
Damn, this is really fucked. Exactly what all did they take besides your phone? I really hope you reported it to the police.

JMJat 12:02pm
Yeah. Luckily, there's a police station right up the street. I was literally right around the corner from there when I was robbed. And they said it has happened two other times from the same guys.

DA at 12:04pm
Well that's good at least. I hope they catch these guys. And if your card was taken, you need to call and cancel it.

JMJ at 12:04pm
My phone, my carmex(DAMN MY LIPS R DRY!!), 12 bucks, some pens and my headphones. They're not exactly good at robbing people cuz if I was in their shoes, I woulda searched the person. But I still have my wallet, camera, and house keys that were on me. I still have my card.

SG at 12:05pm
not the Carmex !!!!!! LMFAO

DA at 12:06pm
Oh okay, goody! It still sucks that they took stuff from you, period! And I already know how you're feeling with the phone... and especially the carmex. Lol! I'm just glad that you're safe most of all. It could've been worse. Hope you get another phone soon.

TS at 12:08pm
I agree

JMJ at 12:08pm
Yeah. If there was only one of em, gun or not, I probably woulda fought him... It might be stupid, but I woulda been workin on impulse.

KH at 12:16pm
Im sorry love im glad u safe...........

JMJ at 12:24pm
So am I

DAJ at 12:31pm
So you're telling me that more than one person robbed you at gunpoint and only took your phone, $12, some headphones, some damn pens...and your Carmex??? What the fuck is wrong with our people! That's it... I'm Native American. We can't even rob right anymore. This confirms the vast downward spiral of the black community.

JMJ at 12:33pm
Lol right... Cuz he made no effort to check for my camera, my wallet with my bank card, or my house keys... Though he didn't know where I live... Point is, he coulda got more for his pathetic display of justlearninhowtostealness.

DAJ at 12:34pm
You should have asked his dumb ass if he wanted your socks too.

JMJ at 12:35pm
lol he probably woulda taken em. Then my feet would be uncomfortable.

DAJ at 12:36pm
Ha! Well at least he wasn't a complete fool and you're alright. Now you can go to work and be a bitch at RT! Yay!

JMJ at 12:37pm
Nah, I was on my way to work. I called them while I was at the police station, and my gm told me it was kool if I didn't come in.

DAJ at 12:38pm
Ok good. They should pay you for that day seeing you lost money... but that's just asking for an arm and a leg. You should get a gun.

JMJ at 12:39pm
Lol why would I get a gun? Totally outta my character.

DAJ at 12:40pm
Because guns are cool... duh!

JMJ at 12:44pm
ATTENTION EVERYONE!! I STILL HAVE MY CARMEX. THANKS.

DAJ at 12:45pm
Woo moist lips! [nohomo]

JMH at 12:47pm
lol soooo homo!! jk

JoyCJ (thats me, in case you werent on the up) at 2:30pm
Yall are a trip! Did your carmex fall in that loose pocket you have? I put out the word on my status cuz I really want those guys caught. A lot of my peeps live of (the main road).

JMJ at 2:30pm
Yeah. I found my carmex Joy! The apron pockets are deeeep!!! Thatz wha's up though. Black Dodge Neon!!

IT at 3:24am
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS... SO SORRY, JMJ... AND JOY U PROBABLY THOUGHT I WAS SO INSENSITIVE FOR NOT ASKING IF LIL BRUH WAS OK WHEN I SAW YOU TONIGHT.. BUT I AM JUST LEARNING OF THIS SITUATION VIA STATUS BROWSING!!! *sorry for yelling* ..but like everyone said, I'm glad that you're ok.. black dodge neon, huh??!?!?!?! :-( ...i didn't do it!!

JMJ at 3:26am
Lol I know you didn't. There was no tag on the front and I know yours says "N'DIYA." Its iight. I think they'll get caught. Mean time, where can I get some p-spray?

IT at 3:37am
p-spray??

JMJ at 3:38am
PEPPER... HUN. PEPPER.

ITat 3:42am
damnit i knew it was gonna be something i would feel retarded about questioning... Boy... my ass sometimes... I tell ya the truth!!!

JMJ at 3:46am
LOL BUT I LOVE YA NONETHELESS.

JoyCJ at 3:47am
Hardware store or starship (a sex shop on the main road).

JMJ at 3:56am
OH OK. THANKS!

IT at 3:58am
lol@ pepperspray being at starship... boy i swear... people these days!!!! we've taken 4play to a whole new level... *ok I'm done*

JMJ at 4:01am
LOL WELL THEY HAVE KNIVES N SWORDS TOO.

JoyCJ at 4:05am
thats where i got mine.

*please note the time frame of the conversation. 20 hours!!! it was a very long day. and i was up the entire time.*

the gay storm's got me!!!

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i dont know if you know, but many of my friends and family members have the gay. lol. the original commercial they showed is foolish propaganda, and my love, stephen colbert really showed that. really? youre afraid? really? im sorry, but, i cannot understand how gay people getting married affects my specific marriage. maybe the wedding, because thered be less availability in halls and churches, but not my marriage. unless i married a gay. and trust me, that aint the case.

*taken from stephen rader's blog. an awesome guy who i woulod so be friends with in real life.*

I'm telling all the biz

*work dramas*

1. So its busy in the hotel right now, as it gets as the temperature raises, so we have to be on our game. That means ontime, completely prepared, full bank. We have a woman that works in the back, where an essential part of her job is giving change. Pennies, quarters, bills, etc. At a certain part of the day we go get change. Since its busy its so very neccessary.

So Wednesday this guy from the valet parking co comes up like "I need change." ok, 2tens, some ones, what? "100 ones." I can't give you 100ones. Its very busy and I need my ones. Are you allowed to go to general cashier? (since its a secure area some franchised departments can't partake of the service. "yes but there's a line. I thought yall had extra money." well if you don't stand in the line, and I give you change then I'll have to stand in the line. I don't see where that benefits me. Also, no, I dont have extra. I have enough for me. And I can't give you any.

Ok, so then I tell my manager how he basically told me he was too lazy to stand in line at the cashier and thought my money was up for negotiation. No buddy! Oh, at one point he even said "lemme see how much you have" like we could work out a deal. For the record I had hella ones, but by the end of the night I had none. So my not giving him any was a good deal. Then (then!) he comes back Friday with some fives trying to make a trade. After I heard he again wanted ones, I left the conversation because I JUST told him no! So my coworker is giving him the "I can't spare it" speech and he's again trying to haggle these fives! So she, not knowing who he is, said "we can go get you some ones from the cashier" and I said no he can get them himself. So he walked off and I told her about Wednesday's drama. If he comes back i'ma have to really get at him.

2. So I told you how my homeboy had been skimming money and got fired, right? If I didn't, that's the whole story. He'd been "no sale"-ing and pocketing the money and he got caught. So now he's been gone for a month or so. Why is there a MARKED difference in profits and deposits? Like a noticeable difference. What the hell. Were we really underestimating how much money he was taking? Meanwhile he's on welfare and proud of it! And other facts, but I wont tell all his biz. Just know he's trifling. And has nothing to show for it. Hope he had some money squirreled away, though I heard he was selling his rims on eBay.

3. One of my supervisors got fired for stealing time. I remember one instance last summer where he "left" at 3ish, and then we saw him at 730 that night! And we're like, what are you doing here? He said he "forgot something." I really think he stayed clocked in and left. Apparently he had been editing his time to say he was scheduled later than he was when he'd come in late. He was seriously getting over. He got caught and fired but he contested it and now he's back. My thing is, now there's a tension. He thinks the mgr is out to get him (which may be true) and she feels usurped. So that's all fun.

4. My homegirl quit. Or sumn like that. She called in sick, then didn't call in at all (and I had to work for her, while I was already scheduled next door), then had a 3 day weekend scheduled then didn't call in again. Then last Tuesday I get a call asking if I wanted to work. It was already deep into year afternoon so I said no (though I wish I hadn't, it was my only day to be absolutely lazy) Wednesday I see her girlfriend and she says my coworker left town. Or at least that's what they're telling my manager and any other authorities. The real story apparently involves the FBI and the decision not to come to work because other things were taking off in her life. Which I can understand. And now I'm working a 6 day week to cover her hours, which suits me fine cuz I got things to do, monetarily.

I think that's it. There's a lot of randomness at my job. They're a mess. But I love them.
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So you know what I learned the "hard" way? When the cable goes out, the electricity goes out. I have cable internet, but it didn't dawn on me that that was the case. So I'm sitting at home Friday night during the tornado warnings, watching Dollhouse, which is great and if you haven't watched I recommend you hulu it ASAP, and I get a few storm warnings but no interruptions. Then @1am ish the cable goes out. Right in the middle of my typing the previous entry. But I'm good because I still have my net. I'm all in the middle of youtube-ing and typing. Then I go to publish: "server cannot be reached" or some mess. Boo! I have cable internet! So now I'm officially bored. And both of them were out til like 3 the next afternoon. Can someone explain how the cable goes out hours after the storm is over? And it wasn't even a bad storm! At least not in my hood. Wtf!

*interjection- those monotone Com/cast commercials make me feel funny. Like a queasy funny.

Anyways for some reason I've been neglecting blogging since I've gotten my laptop. Then the one night that I'm doing it.... Lol yeah I'm gonna probably stay blogging from my blackberry. It feels better to me. Unless I have pix or videos to share. Maybe tomorrow I'll tell you about my coworker who will surely be fired soon, and about Ressurection Sunday and my first time at a Sunday svc in years, and about how I finally know my first kiss is gay.
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the extraordinary machine

can i tell you how much i hate to spell the word extraordinary? im pretty sure thatll be my last time doing it this blog entry.



so anyway, i changed my blog name. i got struck by a fiona apple song ,and my favorite line: be kind to me, or treat me mean. i'll make the most of it... etc. i ts such a powerful thing to say. "whatever you do, ima keep it moving as Joy." so there.

i think its immportant to remind myself that the world around me can only take me down if i let it. and thats not who i am. this particular period in time has been particularly trying, what with my granddad dying, the ever reocurring drama with my dad, and random and myriad things. but im still here. cuz im extraordinary.

anyways, here's the video of her singing the song at the benefit for katrina victims. you know the "george bush hates negroes" one, lol.

Yep, that's right

Its loser week. I'm sure there's things to talk about but I am drawing a straight up blank.

I'll try to think of sumn by tonight. Since for some reason I'm scheduled for 5.5 hours today... Whatevs.
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a yabba dabba doo time!!!

lets see...

tons of margaritas,

yummy mexican by mexicans,

thai dinner,

tattoos,

aquarium, complete with the above attacky stingray,

and more to come!

im having a good time.

and she's not just lying on the floor mopey, cuz im awesome. and also theres no booze here that ive seen, so of course we have to leave sometime.

2.5 more days!!!