My thanksgiving

How was yours? Mine was awesome. I'm sure I gained a million pounds. I'm going to fast for Christmas (ha!).

My day began at 1030 as it usualy does, with a John and Kate marathon! Yay! I watched that for a minute then my mom called me saying the food was done and did I wanna eat before I went to work. We were out of milk so why not have thanksgiving breakfast?

Man. I was eating forever! She put so much food on my plate! Did she not realize that it was still morning and that this was indeed, not her plate? I even have some stuffing and turkey to Mikey in lieu of his usual worms. He was basking, but when I got home last night it was all gone.

I headed to work and chilled out. There were more guests than Wednesday, but they were either foreign or airline employees. People underestimate those that have to work regardless of holidays. Breezy came in a few hours later, mad because by the time he left for work his dinner was just gettin put out. I thought to bring him some of my mom's food, but I assumed that everyone was like her and cooked the night before. I figured he had eaten by 5PM. Sorry b! So we ammused each other, listening to music on his computer and cracking jokes until it was time for me to leave.

Before I left, a guy came in. We asked how his thanksgiving was going, and he said not good. "what can we do to make it better?" "take back the last 8 years with a different president." turns out he was a Vietnam vet, and his son had just died in his 3rd tour in Afghanistan. He told us about his son's decision to go in, and how he fought it, and how they didn't talk about their tours because it was too much to handle. He told us about his son's confessions, and how he called a man an asshole and kicked him out of the casino he worked in for hating on Obama. He was here to bury his son on thanksgiving. All B and I could do was listen as this man poured his heart out to us about the son he'd raised all alone since his mom had been killed by a drunk driver. I mean, it really touched us.

I left work and headed to kesi's house for dinner. "right on time! We were waiting for you!" how sweet! It explains why the youngest N was calling non stop while we were driving to the house, though. Hungry self. Ci, kesi's middle brother's girlfriend was there. They're so different than Kesi and I, lol. We're so affectionate, and even though they were dating for months, we haven't been able to confirm it until recently. Not until I woke up at the house and she was there too. They're best friends like we are, so we weren't sure of their level of closeness. They never kiss! At least not when we're around. So anyway, she did the prayer and she said she loved him! Aw! How sweet!
Dinner was so good! Kesi's mom is a kitchen beast. Her candied yams were so good I went back ad had more today. I felt bad that there was a lil bit of food left on my plate. I mean, I was afraid she was gonna think I didn't like it or sumn. But I was stuffed.

After the dinner and obligatory itis nap, we got on the net and spent the night watching YouTube dancing and fail videos. *check out "parenting fail," that poor baby. And the bird walk by the kids in Tokyo. And Lydia... Damn I can't remember her last name but if you search her and "Memphis walk" you will see sumn special.* we were up til about 230 laughing and watching. Great night.
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Amen obama plate

So, I was at work, bored, naturally, when a commercial I have seen many times came on. I'm sure you have seen it too. Work Sam and I were in a giggly mood, having already discussed that if we knew the new whitehouse chef we'd have him put a corner store candy counter somewhere in there and a "papi." what's a papi? The Latino guy frequently found in a north eastern state's bodega. He runs that joint but acts like he doesn't know what you're talking about half the time. My grandma used to have me buy "$3 of hard salami, sliced #2" from papi every other day. Then, of course, there's change leftover to buy as many sourpatch kids as possible.

Anyway, the commercial. The Obama Plate. Don't forget its close cousin, the Obama coin (in full color!). That shit is so tacky. I'm sorry if you want one. Cuz you are tacky. Bless your tacky lil heart, you probably have "china slippers" that you wear in public and don't match your outfit. Or you move your phone from your ear to your mouth when you're talking as if the microphone can't pick up sound from 6 inches away. If you do any of those things, this blog isn't for you anyway, so...

So Sam goes into how the man is saying "I never thought this day would come," and how that's code for, "I didn't want a negro on my plate, but it completes the set..."

Then there's a shot of him writing something in the office, looking at his plate, then nodding and smiling and going back to work. What the hell? Who is he writing to? Why is that tacky ass plate the highlight of his desk? He got 2 kids and the only photo on his desk is of Obama. On a plate. You tacky man. We imagined his letter: "dear makers of the Obama Plate: thank you for such an awesome product. It sets my workspace OFF! How else would I commemorate this historic and monumental event if not for you and your tableware? Do you make spoons?"

Did you are the kids staring at the plate on the coffee table? Its not a toy children! Go play outside! You're gonna break it! That Obama plate could be worth something in a few years! You all simply do not understand my disdain for this product. Why the hell, in this economy, would I buy a useless plate to hang up on the wall and look at?! I will be able to experience Obama every day if I turn on the news. Go ahead, try it! He's made 3 speeches this week and its only Wednesday. I'm working on an Obama blanket. It KEEPS YOU WARM. At least one day down the road when the Obama presidential dollar comes out I can spend that joint! (not the previously mentioned limited edition coin, but the dollar coin that will come out in a few years.) I just hate how these people are trying to validate such a wack item! If you want to show that you voted for him, buy a button. They're cheaper and his face is on them too.

And of course there's black people in the commercial. With their Obama plate on their bookshelf. Its not a willow plate! Are they going to write it into their wills and leave it to their children? I bet people are buying them for their grandparents. If anyone buys that for my grandma I will beat them.

Spend your 1995 on some food for the homeless or in need. I'm sure President Elect Obama would better appreciate that.
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Slacking

I just been slacking. I just have been doing other things rather than blogging. Especially since the ES left. Ugh! I will only be mentioning her in passing from now on, for she is no longer annoying me on a daily basis. If you don't include having me do her work... So when I went back to work, our food an bev manager kind of hinted at me getting a promotion. On the one hand I could do it, and I culd use the extra money and itd be a new experience, but on the other hand.... I hate working in there! You should have seen me the other day, just not in the mood. And on top of that, I'm really worried in about my holiday plans (I know, what a reason to turn down a job, right?) working in Starbucks means I can leave work at 10 or sometimes earlier but in the shop we close at eleven no matter what and I more than likely have to work new years eve. I hate, HATE traveling on that night. Usually I request the day off or to work earlier that day. I just don't know what to do. Bah. I haven't even been offered the job so...

I cooked last night. When I went to walmart last week something told me to check the organic section for my sushi rolls, and there they were! Yay! So I came home to make my lumpia for Kesi. If you were so inclined to make some its very easy. If you have a very hungry person around I'd advise the big pack of ground turkey and 2 packs of eggrolls (the white ones, not the seaweed). Then thinly dice celery, maybe one whole stalk, a quarter of an onion, and a carrot (I used baby carrots so I wouldn't have to peel them; about 5). Mix all that up by hand and so the ratio of meat to veggie is about 2:1. Then roll it up! The meat on each roll should be about the size of your pinkie. And here's something I forgot.... Eggs! I needed an eggwash to close the end of the roll but I forgot to get eggs. So I just had to hold them down in the pan. I wouldn't recommend this for deep frying. They cook pretty quick, and they had to be turned. They turned out so good! Kesi ate like 10. No lie. The small pack of turkey made about 20. But he was full! This, unbelievably, was only the 2nd time I've cooked for him in almost 7 years. But he loved it so I'm very happy. Its hard to compare to his mom who has been cooking (sometimes professionally) since she was 10. I don't cook very much at all. I know how, I just don't.

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Ding dong!

The bitch is gone, which old bitch? The evil one who works in the gift shop! (gotta sacrifice the integrity of the rhyme pattern to get your point across)

Yes, I had a great 3 days with Kesi, and I'll get to that soon enough, but first, we dance.

Ding dong! Lol. Yeah so last night the cool supervisor calls me, and I knew it had to do with scheduling. So she asks if Monk called me and told me "what happened." no. "ES quit Monday. She did a Beverly, she just decided it was her time, and she's not saying way her next move is." personally I feel like she did a Mo, who was the other coworker who left the day before my birthday. Beverly was our old manager, the best a person could want, and she left to take care of her son, who she said needed her influence as he headed to middle school. Anyway, so, the chick who replaced me many months ago went into labor AT WORK last week, so that literally leaves 1 permanent person in the shop at night. Everyone's kicking in to help, but on short notice, guess who's filling in today and tomorrow since she's already scheduled to work? ME! Yay? No. And I get to work by myself!

So anyways, I still happy I don't have to work with the devoid of soul anymore. I wish her the best in whatever it is she's going to do and I hope she's not pregnant, because that child would grow up so sad.

*ps, why did I see a man riding a horse down old national highway just now? We saw a different horse and rider yesterday afternoon and I thought it was a fluke. And it was a black guy too! In a cowboy hat! And he was young! I'm so perplexed. I went to the Bill Picket rodeo in 8th grade, so I know there are black riders, but where the hell is there a stable on old national? Per-plexed. I texted Kesi about it and he said, "times are hard," to which I replied, "hay is cheaper than gas." *
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ahhhh!!!!

so im packing for kesi's and my 2 day get away to luxurious downtown atlanta, and i move my bag, and what do i see? this lil homey on the left side of the pic.... for reals, i am a friend of all things reptile, but this lil gecko dude freaked me out!!!! i tiptoed upstairs and squealed at my mom and brother that there was a lizard in my room!!!! my mom seemed unphased: "why dont you just pick it up? i thjought you liked those things." yes, when theyre outside and not hiding in my room since god knows when! geez. so my bro followed me downstairs armed with a pringles can and chased the poor lil thing around the room. then we got the idea to cover it with a chip bowl and slide something under the bowl to trap it (actually this was kesi's idea, when i told him he may have to come get me if the lizard wasnt trapped asap). then we started taking video. yes, parts are dark, but i think that the audio is worth the listen, especially when my brother and i go into our geico impression.

Crow-shay

Those french. They can't just spell the stuff the way they'd like you to say it huh? Maybe that's why french is not as easily retained as Spanish. I remember very little from my 2 years of French, despite the fact that it was during a stress free period in my life- when I was 10. "oh Joy, that was 15 years ago!" you say. But Kesi took french in high school and barely remembers anything past hello. And La WENT to France! Don't even get me started. Meanwhile I can hold a convo in Spanish with the men of the International Poultry Convention with only a few sintax errors.

But that's not what this post is about. I got off on such a tangent! Its about crochet! Yay! Don't worry, I won't bore you. Firstly, I've been working very hard on a number of projects. But of course I don't like to display them until it gets in the hands of its intended. So you'll see them soon enough. My mom got me some patterns and I noticed something very disturbing. I've been undercharging. The pattern called for baby sizes to be a lil over 2 feet. Meanwhile I've been doing 3.5. And the adult size was closer to my baby size! Which leads me to think I know some big babies. Lol. Anyways I may have to reconfigure some stuff so I'm working smart, not hard. So those that have a blanket from me got a good deal. I don't think I'll be trimming my sizes too much, but I've gotta think about it.

There's one pattern I'm doing for free (for a baby gift) that is so time consuming! I worked for 7 hours the other day and got 1/4th done! Yeah, that baby will be able to walk before I'm done, lol. I'm debating taking it with me on my mini vacay just because Kesi sleeps later than I do. We'll see.

My mom wants me to make her a strawberry shortcake applique. I have no doubt I can do it, but here's the problem: its free! I'm not getting anything out of the deal. Its a gift for a coworker. But she keeps bugging me about it (and a snoopy) while I'm working on something I'm getting paid for. Don't be making promises on my name. Also, she's been "borrowing" my yarn. If you haven't been to my crochet site (and why haven't you?!?!)(annalula.blogspot.com) the heading photo is a big bin I have at the foot of my bed with skeins of yarn in it. At least once a week she comes down asking if I have any of xyz color. Yes, I do. For ME! Ima start charging her. Because I have to go replace them. *shakes fist* You feel some kinda way about saying no to your mom, right? She raised you and all that, and you can't give her a $2 skein of yarn? Adversely, the economy is rough and I can't be heading to walmart all willy nilly. Especially when people find out you're going and ask you for stuff they really don't need, like ice cream, and then there's expensive yet kosher digiorno garlic bread pizzas in the freezer section and you know you should maybe buy some turkey bacon just to offset that, or some romaine lettuce and carrots.... See?! I choose to avoid that scenario altogether. You can't have my yarn.

If anyone is looking for something to buy me for Christmas, a holiday I don't really celebrate with gifts anyway, so don't be upset when I don't buy you sometug back, or if you're interested in being my unofficial sponsor, there's a huge set of needles at walmart that I kinda need. They range from super tiny to really big, and I think they even come with a case! Need! Either that or some roller skates, lol.
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Non Barack news

I've been writing about nothing but the election for a while now. But other stuff has been happening too, right?

My manager told us that her stepdaughter and 2 of her friends went all "superbad" and made a book of cartoon penises. The kicker though, is that her older sister and my manager found it when the girls' grandmother was in town. She's Cuban. Upon seeing animal-themed wangs, she exclaimed, "ay dios mio! She's a freak!" And started crying. Of course my manager and the older sister started laughing like kids.

I met Jameil this weekend. We went to jalapeno Charlie's. Yum! Well at least 2 out of 3 was good. I don't know what exactly Rashan had, some kind of nachos, but he and Jameil loved it. She wasn't really feeling her fish tacos. I had mango shrimp and veggies. So good! I must go back and have more. *drool* so I think we had a good time. Good conversation, nice atmosphere, smiles and laughs. Kesi wasn't there though. He was probably still asleep. Oh yeah and Jam and Rah got lost. They ended up on Boulevard and Jameil said she knew she was in the hood because she saw 2 men boxing in a parkinglot. I told her Boulevard brings out my CT bourgie side. I start locking doors and turning my nose up. We took pix too, and I pray that Rashan deleted the one where I was making the most retarded face in history.

The last 4 days I worked were the most stupid. Firstly, tons of foreign guests who don't understand "what size?" is not an invitation to repeat what drink you want. I seriously have a pet peeve with people who visit a place and don't know the language. Especially if you're there for a conference. Double especially if you're a doctor. But they tipped well. I mean really well. I split my tips with the barista if they make the drink. So they usually end up with about a third of whatever I make. Well I have enough money for kesi's birthday dinner, so I know she broke good. Maybe they felt guilty for giving me a headache.

Speaking of my lovey boo's birthday, yes it was last week, but we're celebrating next Monday. Wwe Monday night raw, hotel downtown, a lovely dinner, and 2 days of not dealing with those people we live with, lol. John Cena may or may not be there because he got injured but I'm still gonna wear my shirt because I love him. So there, lol. I'm just really excited to excape a little.

Today I worked in banquets to get some extra dough. Banquet lunches are so dumb! You spend like an hour setting up a table to a tee, then a guest may or may not sit at that table or place, and if they don't you can't recycle the tea/water/silverwear that you placed and no one used, no. That needs to be recleaned or dumped. So you may have a table no one sat at but that stuff is considered dirty and your work is naught. Not only that but you have to carry that ish on a tray, and I broke some glasses today. Oops. Only like 6, but... Yeah. I just woke up from supernap. Doing it again tomorrow.

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13 things I never knew, until.

There are certain things in this world that have never crossed our minds, until they do, and ten you wonder why you never put 2 and 2 together. Someone, in recent years, called them unknown unknowns. I have a lot of those. So here's my list of things I didn't know were possible, until they were.


1 I never knew a blonde woman from astoria NY would wanna tap dance, until I turned on MTV this morning and saw her killing it.

2 I never thought I'd want to get married until I was in a serious relationship.

3 i never considered alligator food until I moved to the south.

4 I never knew milk crates weren't book shelves until I went to my friend Nicole harrigan's house at age 9.

5 I never knew there was such a thing as a blog until I read la's.

6 I certainly never knew it was so mentally rewarding until I had my own.

7 I never knew the one republican facebook friend I have would aggravate me so much with her damn statuses. Palin 2012? Really? Fucking sheep.

8 I never thought I'd want to tattoo "yes we can" on myself, until 2 nights ago. I'm wavering, cuz I know hella people probably want to get it too.

9 I never thought I'd be making big plans to visit DC again since La left.

10 I never knew I'd care so much, but I really do.

11 I never thought I'd be so bummed about not hanging with Jameil yesterday, but I was. *fist shake*

12 I never knew someone else's echelon could make me feel different even in my very soul.

13 I never thought about a black man being president until I got the chance to vote for one. Not just any one, but THE one.
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oh my god.

he won. im freaking. i spent the night talking to shani, la and x factor. watching cnn. scratching uncontrolably (i itch when im anxious). oh my god.

here are a few pix of my day. because i cant put this feeling into bloggable words:






my mommy in the middle, casting her vote



me and my pariphenalia.

omg. theyre on. gosh. malia and sasha's daddy is the president. michelle will be the fiercest first lady since jackie o!

jameil, rashan, time to toast it tomorrow. gotta go.

Live blogging the vote

November 4, 2008
1216am
My bff bre, who at my birthday party told me he didn't see the point in voting, spent 2 hours waiting in line to vote. I'm excited and so proud of him. Barack really can change minds eh?

I met a woman from wasilla who is a democrat. She said she never liked or voted for Sarah Palin. She was awesome.

I also met some Obama campaigners and they gave me an official button! Yay! Now I have two!

I'm getting these lil random thoughts out of the way so I can concentrate on what's happening in front of me at the polls. I'm waking up at 630am to go vote. My mom and my bro will be up too. Im looking forward to it!

630am
Kesi is already at the place. I haven't eaten yet! He says there's 160 people there. He'll be done way before me cuz he's already in line. I'm debating going in my pjs. I'm too tired to put thought into clothes I'll just change out of to go back to sleep....

645
I'm dressed and ready to go. Decided to put on jeans and a light blue shirt. This IS history, lol. The line has swelled to 300+ by now. The news happens to be at my polling place. Thank you channel 2! I'm waiting for my brother to vacate the bathroom so I can go brush my teeth and jump in line.

My mom said my grandma couldn't move last night and she sat all night waiting for someone to come by. Not that she called anyone. She can be so stubborn! So my cousin Tia took her to the hospital. She's a nurse... Gosh.

701am
I'm walking to the polls. Its a nice day! You know, for the sun to not have risen yet. I'm listening to Omar's "give me sunshine." I love how psychic my music player is! I got my camera case something historic happens..... You know, like a black man running for president or sumn.

711am
My mom and I are in line. A neighbor gave us a ride. Kesi said there are no cell phones inside. I've already started taking pix. I'm at the end of the parking lot and kesi's inside the building. My mom is talking about the crazy ammt of ballots there was to be sent out Sunday night.

727am
There's a woman out here selling coffee and krispie kremes. Damn I forgot my snack! System of A Down's "soldier side" is on now. Just filled out my voter certificate.

733am
"I got another wall to work through then i'll be in the hall right before the voting room." that's what an hour got him, lol.

743am
Rainbow connection is on. I smell coffee. I'm pretty close to the door and I'm close to the coffee vendor's table. Blahh. We're supposed to be giving out free coffee at Starbucks but they say our store isn't participating. Wack! I hope we are though. I gave away pastries and coffee to the staffers I met yesterday and a few others. Its just how I felt. "the warmth" by incubus is on. "remember why you came and while you're alive, experience the warmth."

752am
"Pretty good year"- tori Amos. See? Psychic mp3 player!

757am
I'm in the building and the line has wrapped so that Kesi and I are literally 10 feet from each other. We're making google eyes at each other. I just took a pic of him. When I volunteered a few weeks ago I was calling out, "take a date to the polls! Girls think voting is sexy!" its true.

804am
Kesi banned me from texting him til he's done.
Ooh seats! Ahhh. I just walked up to a fellow voter to ask about a crochet pattern. Her mom made the blanket. Damn. Of course mom's not here... Their baby was so cute though.

813am
Just walked up to my brother and told him he looks like our father cuz he's pouting. I think the guy in front of him thinks I was flirting with him or something when I was waving.

816am
Someone is catching the spirit right now in line. Every few seconds I hear "Jesus!"

820am
Kesi's done and gone. :( lol that means I should be out soon. Maybe by 9? I've zoomed through here.

823am
Kesi joked that he voted for McCain. I joked that we would not be having sex until further notice.

836am
My supervisor's facebook status has been donated to the McCain campaign. I respect her right to be totally wrong. She'll enjoy Barack as a president. She'll see.

843am
I can see the voting room! Lol radiohead's "no surprises" is on. Yes please, no surprises today. Just let me vote. Gosh I wish I had brought my fruit and nut bar. If yall haven't been to Starbucks and had one, do! I have 2 waiting for me at home.

856am
Done! I voted and now I'm walking home. My mom was still at the booth when I finished. My brother was in line so told him I was heading home. I looked at Barack's name, took a deep breath, and pressed "cast ballot." I love it. Today I'm wearing all my paraphenalia. Buttons, shirt, my "I'm a Georgia voter" sticker... Just passed a neighbor on the street and told her the lines are short. I knew it! Everyone rushed to be first, annd now there's no one there! But its all good. The earlier the better.

I'm headed home to sleep, if the excitement isn't too much. Pics soon. BARACK THE VOTE!
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Weekend's over, I am sad.

Friday was the Halloween party. In case you haven't seen my facebook album, I was the Obama-natrix, and I whipped those who had not yet voted. Fortunately I didn't have to get after too many people. We had a great time, but the DJ was a slight bit wack and didn't play, like, ANY recent songs. I'm talking at one point he played "white tee." that song came out when I was in high school. So we started heckling him and he started yelling and stopped playing. Then someone was like "have a heart, its Halloween!" and I was like "yes, Halloween 2008." and so we had a lil back and forth. It was maybe 3am so everyone left anyway, lol. It was still fun and those that did dress up did a great job. Breezy went as t pain, and even made his costume. I helped! I still have glitter on me.

Saturday I had lunch at zaxby's with my mom. We never do that. When we do its always catching up over errands. Which is what happened this day. We were on our way to walmart. That lil restaurant is good! Even their toast is good. We talked about the documentaries I'd been watching on BBC (I'm no Jameil, I like docs, but I like them to entertain, lol), one of which had to do with Britain's youngest grandmothers, the youngest of whom was 32 at her grand's birth. It was all about the statistic that showed teen mothers are more likely to have kids who are teen mothers. Good times having adult convo with mom.

After that Kesi, Jeremy, thurm and I saw "zach and miri make a porno." I greatly recommend it. But you can't be weak about it. You kinda have to think gross things are funny. I mean really gross things. Jason long's character was the funniest thing. A gay porn star. "you're not really my demographic, its ok." "what's your demographic?" "do you like p***y? Then not you." hilarious! I haven't laughed so hard at the movies in a long time.

After that Jeremy somehow ditched us on the way to the IHOP. For some reason we never manage to get to a restaurant with that boy. He did the same thing on my birthday. I'd think he was anorexic if he wasn't 240lbs. We stayed in there until the 2nd 1am, even though we'd long since finished eating and digesting. Talked about everything and nothing. I like that about friendship. I've known Thurm since the 2nd day of 9th grade and since then we've had the most irreverent conversations. He also inevitably bruises me every time I see him. This time he jabbed his fingers into my arm pits. Anyways we showered Kesi with affection and talked about being 25 and how there are things we're planning for and working toward. And how I should jog instead of trampoline.

When we got to kesi's house we spent quite a while staring into the sky. I saw a shooting star! I made a wish! It was pretty cool. I have literally never seen one before. But we each ended up seeing one. It was a nice 25 hours from the moment his birthday started.

I crocheted for a bit then fell asleep. Kesi said I was snoring but I just refuse to believe it! Bah! Lol. When we woke up we took his brothers to work and I picked up his real present, tickets to WWE/ECW! Woooo! Rawk! Lol. I also continued my search for sushi wrap. The sushi guy in the grocery store said I definitely have to go to an Asian market, but had no idea where one was. Wtf! Can I point out the fact that the grocery store had a sushi maker, but didn't sell the individual products he used! Scream.

The rest of the birthday was spent in various states of sleep, awake, hunger, fullness, and cuddles. It was a great day. I hope my birthday is as relaxing.

And now its Monday. The Monday between kesi's birthday and election day. Could there be a less relevant day? I doubt it. And for that reason it shall last til forever.

Ps, my cousin Shanae, who went as a Barack B girl for Halloween, cuz that's how we roll in our family, told me that our grandma is indeed voting. Totally made my day. Maybe Monday won't be *so* bad.
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Thursday 13: 5 days left!

Ok so election day is 5 days away. All of my posts have been politically geared this week because its all I can think about! Its all the conversation I'm having. Almost. Here's what's on my mind as we get closer to November 4:

1 a guy in Cali who was wearing a "no on h8te" button was beaten by a man with a "yes on 8" lawn sign. They're considering whether its a hate crime. In case you didn't know, cali's prop 8 is for a constitional ban on same sex marriage. I don't understand the fights over political beliefs or the sign vandalizing. I live in a democratic neighborhood and there are plenty of Obama and David Scott signs. If someone was to come steal a neighbor's sun or put something ignorant on it, is that supposed to make said neighbor go, " hmmm now I see it your way! McCain 08!" me thinkest not.

2 speaking of David Scott, I got mail from him and his running mate. I found something interesting about it. Her mailer has no mention of her political offiliation. This, and the fact that I went to school with her son, a blue haired drama boy, made me think she was a dem. Or at least an independent... But Mr Scott's flyers refer to her as "REPUBLICAN Honeycutt." All over the thing. Its like they're saying, "don't be confused, this black woman is not a dem!" lmao.

3 I am in love with "piece of your heart" by natasha beddingfield. Its about how she just needs comfort and not all that conversation, lol. YouTube it. That girl can sing.

4 speaking of, have you seen that "stand up to cancer" female singer extravaganza? Yeah, beyonce, Mary J, natasha, mariah carey, then we got miley cyrus, rihanna, ashanti... I really think there should be a rule about strong singers and weak singers on stage together. And then they let fergie do her stupid reggae thing... Why the hell does she sing like that?

5 I'm trying not to jinx my Halloween costume by telling people what it is. Kesi's either. I really want him to be able to do it cuz I think itd be hilarious. But if he doesn't dress up, I still want him to go to the party. You hear that? I know you're reading!

6 I found out last night that my grandma doesn't vote. That makes me sad. She and I are gonna have to have a lil talk. It may be too late this year, but 2012 Anna's at the polls! Lol. Also my mom told me 2 of my aunts may be republicans. She said its probably their church's influence. I actually started feeling uncomfortable at my old church because of their political beliefs. You aren't supposed to endorse as a congregation, I think but their ideals were clear. Wonder how they feel now.

7 yesterday was my buddy shamarr's birthday! He's 4. We talked last night and he's doing very well. It was late and he had school in the morning and he sounded so tired, lol. I miss him so much. He was such a ball of energy. I was watching the video I made of him wearing my sweatshirt and bowing like he was about to break into some karate... This kid, he's a star I tell you.

8 kesi's birthday is Sunday. We hadn't planned on doing anything, but our friends kept calling me, so now we're going to the movies Saturday. And probably some drinking and maybe football (yuck). He's gonna be 25. My baby's growing up! Sometimes I wonder how I could love him so much after all this. Other times, I just jump to the love. Forget logic.

9 I was gonna buy breezy a bottle of patron for his birthday last week. That ish is expensive! I'll buy him a shot next time we're out.

10 I really want a hug from my best friend. I think she wants one too.

11 there's video of aretha Franklin singing "touch my body. " actually if you go to The Cynical Ones you can see it there. Kilt me. Who is gonna throw you on the floor aretha? Stop playing.

12 my manager had me listening to Ricky smiley at work Monday. I truly love that woman.

13 OBAMA 08!
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dedication

so... my mom works for a courier, right? they do world wide deliveries and she gets to talk to all kindsa people when she processes their deliveries. so, why did she tell me that she talked to someone monday who wanted to coury (courie? courriate? they wanted it delivered is what im trying to say) their absentee ballot. apparently the last day to send it in cali was monday and he NEEEDED it to be there by tuesday. yeah did i mention my mom works the late day shift? this was gonna cost the man $400. and he paid it too. he's clearly a proponent of the "every vote counts" belief. you could fly back to cali and vote for all that effort! i just hope he voted for obama...




btw, i found this video and i laughed a few times. i kinda dont wanna hear the word vote anymore tho...

SOLID!!!!!

oh my god i hope i have this taped at home!!!

What a week!

And it starts over tomorrow! More craziness to ensue.

Monday my manager had me climb the cublicle wall to get some papers out of her office because she wouldn't be in the next day. Of course, being that I almost broke my neck to get them, I read them. It was an incident report from when my supervisor tripped another coworker. Yes, that's right, tripped. She had to go to the hospital. Yeah.

Tuesday.... I don't even remember Tuesday. I went to work.... Wtf did I do? Meh.

Wednesday I was off, and spent part of the day with Kesi. He played fable all day, I internetted all day. Just like a married couple! His brother, H's, girlfriend was over there too, and while she has the name and dance moves of a famous singer, the vocals are lacking. I woke up to her singing... Bless her heart. Can't talk too much junk though, she took me to Mrs Winners once I realized there was no food in the house that didn't require cooking or me throwing up (eggs).

That night I went to my friend Niko's surprise birthday party. Fun! It was of course a special day for me, being my friendaversary, the day my brother left for basic training last year, and Breezy's birthday. So I was grasping for sentiment. I told a couple of guys there, one of whose birthday it also was, about the friendaversary concept, at which point he says "yo dude we should pick a date!" and his friend says "yeah, no." it aint for everybody. Karina made lumpia, which I definitely have to start making. Rolled, fried turkey? Oh yes please. There was a line in the kitchen before she pulled them out the fryer.

Niko's mom is a doll. She's a pure trip. She left the party because the liquor selection was not up to par for her to take a shot with her son. Came back 15 minutes later with my friend Jose. I got some great shots of that too. I was the unofficial photographer.

At some point a neighbor called the cops because we were "loud." whatevs! It was like 10 PM! Apparently the smokers were yakking under her window. As a person who hits the bed at 2am, no sympathy. Though I've never had the cops called on me before, so maybe I'm just unnecessarily indignant.

Thursday- yo, hold up. I can't believe I forgot Tuesday! I worked 11 hours! I worked banquets from 10 to 430 and Starbucks from 5-10. Banquets had me going nonstop. But it was worth 3x my normal pay. And its gonna pay for kesi's birthday and thensome. But I was tired!!! I almost fell asleep at the register.

Anyways Thursday, Greencard said she was unable to work, so the schedule got rearranged. Guess who I see downstairs working a banquet when I was headed to lunch? Mmm. And she's all, "I'll keep your secret if you keep mine." when I told her I didn't have any secrets she said "you will." now I'm all for getting that paper, but you can't call in to your department to work in another. Its not a good look.

Tonight I worked ALONE. Work Sam called in because of a family emergency. When I talked to her she couldn't understand why the supervisor in charge of the schedule was mad at her. Because she's the girl who cried wolf. Every weekend for the past month she has had some kind of reason why she can't work. And now that there's a legit reason, no one wants to hear it. And now because of her we can't rotate weekends anymore. Luckily I still have next weekend off. And I'm not switching with nobody! I'm going to meet Jameil!
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i promise i'll have a real post soon...

maybe even later today if i finish it... until then, read this. its by one of my favorite authors about the a political pet peeve... i so agree, lol.

logic

laid out man... i was the only person on the floor. thats how bad it was. and despite the fact that it wasnt that bright in there, i had just came from the room with the strobe light so i needed the shades... i dont know why...it wasnt like i fully opened my eyes anyway...
me and my fellow volunteers!!! can you spot me? im right where i should be!





and here's video of russell simmons talking about the importance of taking the first step. it got interrupted cuz we had to go, but you get the gist.

So....

I wrote an entry about my weekend, how I volunteered at the Hip Hop Caucus for Respect My Vote and how I went to a house party littered with former schoolmates (ones I actually liked!), but it reads very boring because it was tons of "had to be there" stuff. And you weren't. I took tons of photos but I haven't been on a computer in a second, so, they'll be here when I do. Until then, some highlights:

*a Block ENT street team guy called me busty when I asked him for a tee shirt.
*i don't work for them, but Twelve hotel is the bomb! Now if only phones got reception on the guest floors....
*i was branded one of the worst pseudo-lesbians ever, because my friend Alicia and I had a hugging competition. We were living on the edge!
* "if you're trying to find logic you're not drunk enough!" -Work Sam
*work Sam's girlfriend made me a tequilatequila sunrise. Twice as much tequila as sunrise.
* "aint nothing bout them 'baby'!" -an old man at the liquor store to me and my coworker
* "ahh! I can hear you peeing!" -me, to Breezy who couldn't make it back inside so he relieved himself near his car
*my coworker was getting hit on by work Sam's girlfriend's ex, who I think is one of those guys who date black girls for street cred.
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Miss ego 2008

*This is what my friend called me. He has tons of drunk pix on the Face where his eyes are half open and he looks crazy. So I told him to come to our side of town and take sober pix. He told me to come take some drunk pix. I told him I had plenty and I looked hot in them. At which point he said that had nothing to do with nothing and that I had an ego. At which point I e-pageant waved, and declared my platform "world peace."

*One thing I'm not though? Breezy's secretary. This is an actual convo I had with a girl that works at the front desk.
Her: where's breezy?
Me: I don't know.
Her: when will he be back?
Me: I don't know.
Her: which direction did he go in?
Me: not sure.
Her: how long has he been gone?
Me: like a minute. Literally.
Her: and you have no idea when he's coming back?
Me: are you going to keep asking questions until he returns?
Her: maybe.
Me: hmm.
Her: ok I'll be back.
Me: I'm sure you will.

This was already her 3rd time coming in there that day, even following him into the office. And she did return before him and asked me 20000 questions again. He called her a stalker. Ya think? The problem is, if people see me, they immediately ask for him. Maybe because we're so close? But it gets old. I really don't keep track of him. And he's usually in the bathroom or sneaking cpu time at kinkos, so I don't wanna front him out either. So even if I do know, I'm probably not telling.

*He's a lil heartbroken right now anyways. I made him a mega mixed CD of about 100 songs (his car stereo plays MP3 files) including NERD, incubus, deftones, gnarls barkley, and the lovely MIA. He has been listening to the CD for a few months now, and decided last weekend to YouTube her videos. "I never knew how pretty she was! How old is she? She's hot." and etc. So Monday, he comes in and declares, "I'm going to marry MIA." so I have to break the news to him: she's pregnant. Lol he was like a 5 year old who just found out Santa isn't real. Totally ruined his day. To the point that when I get a text and "bird flu's" intro plays, he gets upset.

*beyonce knows some one at my high school's drill team. Have you seen "single ladies"? Which is "get me bodied pt 2" in almost every way except lyrically, although both are about going to the club. Anyways this is not to say that I don't like the song or the video, but during the 2nd chorus, she is all Dazzlin Dawgs, all day. La said she did those moves verbatim. I do agree with Shani about the song's message. Its not about me going to Kesi telling him he needs to ring me up, but moreso to that guy who I dated in 10th grade who wanted to keep our relationship "between us," constantly accused me of cheating, and now when I see him, which is every few months, he gives me that, "how's your man?" bull which really means "are you still with him?" boy stop. I also love Ciara's new song/video, though she quotes Soldja Girl at the end (if you're not sure who that is, you're not from atlanta, and you must YouTube it. I know someone who knows the whole rap).

I think that's all the random I have for today. I should have some new pix up on the crochet site soon, as soon as the recipient gets her package. Of course they have to be the first to see what they paid for.

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chalenge!

So la tagged me as an honest blogger. How sweet, right? Wrong! She did it because she thinks I'll flake and write boring things. How dare she!!! My best friend thinks I'm boring! Boo bitch. So here's some honest things about me, some she probably doesn't even know. But first, rules.

1. When you receive the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back
2. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.
3. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘honest weblog’
4. Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).
5. And then we pass it on!


1. I was thought to be blind or nearly blind at birth because I didn't respond to the doctor's stimulation. I was just ignoring him. I was literally almost blinded when a car hit the car I was in, on the door I was leaning against. Glass cut up the left side of my face around my eye. I still have scars.

2 I was kidnapped by a former close family friend. At least that's what I refer to it as. I was in school everyday but never able to go home. On my mom's end, it seemed like she was being done a favor, but the person was unstable and tried to make me replace the child she lost.

3 I once fooled around on a greyhound bus. It was still the worst form of transportation I ever took.

4 In 5 the grade I promised a boy that we'd go on a date in 7th grade, knowing that I would be in Atlanta by then. When I came back to visit the summer before 8th grade I found out he told people in our class. I denied it. I still feel bad.

5 someone close to me got pregnant with her son because she was jealous that another woman had a boy with her son's father. I love her son so much and sometimes contemplate telling him, but I worry that knowing the truth may break him, rather than fix him.

6 I kissed my uncle's fiance's son when I was 10. I just want to make it perfectly clear that I am not bama. We were not related!

7 I only resent my mother for reading my diary. Multiple times. Anything else she's ever done I can forgive. That, I have trouble with. Most likely because she's unapologetic about it.

8 my dream is to win wheel of fortune.

9 one of my exes killed someone. I only ever told Kesi, but he told a group of our friends.

10. I sometimes wish there was a concrete explanation for my weirdness, so that it could be explained away. Adversely, I hate when people dismissively state that I *would* like, do, or believe something because I am a little off-beat. Not in a "this is interesting, Joy would like it," kind of way, more like, "I don't get it, it gives me the same confusion as she does so she must enjoy it."



so here's who i tag.....

diva
diamondsrforeva
jameil
rashan
adei
v dizzle
wise

yeah some have been tagged already, but shoot, that aint in the rules.

knock yourselves out kids!!!

Blindness

Kesi and I went on a date this weekend! Yay! You may be thinking, "and?" but our quality time consists of hanging at my house or his house, and the last movie we saw was the Dark Knight. His supervisor gave us free passes to a regal theater, and so we were on our way!

Saturday afternoon we got dressed and headed to Atlantic Station! I had heard but not seen that they do a sort of craft fair on the weekends. This thing was big! I need to find info on it. Their lil "park" which is usually mini looking, was full of lil booths of people's paintings and jewelry and lotions... I'm broke, but they get a hand clap from the kid. Only one person had a proper sign, so I imagine they're on the same plane as I.
Anyways, Kesi went into the theater to get seats and I decided to get snacky. I waited in that line for like 10 minutes. Then, we had a $10 gift certificate, and guess how much I got with that? A medium (like 32oz...) soda and small popcorn. And I still had to pitch in 75 cents! Foolery.

The movie was great. Its about this city and eventually the nation, who gets a contagious "white blindness." meaning all they can see is white. For some reason julianne Moore can still see, and she lives in the containment area with her husband. I mean, it was exactly what I think itd be like, too. I'm not giving anything away when I say they were a mess. A sloppy mess. But the people's actions, their emotions and survival instincts, everything. So realistic. I recommend yall go see it. But be forewarned, there is A LOT of nudity in this movie. Its not gratuitous or overtly sexual. Its just, if no one could see you, how much time would you spend naked? Also, the direction is such that sometimes you feel blind too. Its an awesome movie.

After the movie we headed back because we were not spending any money there on food. It was still kinda light out and we had plenty of time to hang. A drunk man got kicked off the shuttle, which was hilarious. He kept arguing that he didn't have any liquids in his cup, just ice which was "cool, just like my daddy." what? Lmao! Then instead of sitting quickly he went to the back and tried to stand. She told him he couldn't stand and had to get off cuz there were no seats. "in other words, you don't want me?" "that's right sir!" and as he left he bumped hard into a girl, cursed and flipped the driver a bird. Pure mess. After that we saw a high school friend at the train station. Haven't seen her in ages! Last time I saw her was actually at our friend's funeral a year and a half ago. Since then she'd gotten divorced and is dating a woman. Seriously, I'm the only straight chick in Atlanta, lol. So we caught up and I found out that her sister, who used to date kesi's "lil sister," is pregnant. Precious. We also talked about her lil kiddies and just life in general. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with her now. She was MIA for a bit, which I blame on her ex husband.

Once we got to the house Kesi promptly fell asleep and I spent the night crocheting, until I shook him at about 1 to ask if he was staying. He's so cute when he's asleep.

In conclusion, go watch the movie.
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Dear republican candidates:

Synonyms for maverick:

bohemian, dissenter, loner, nonconformist, stray, unbranded, oddball, orthodox, radical, rebel, recusant, renegade, weirdo.

Please take note. I'm over that word. Thank you.

The Joy.

see Sarah Palin pictures

Down Peachtree

Yesterday at work, my friend Work Sam (not to be confused with Ruby Sam, who works with Kesi) said, "I need an AST training book, so if McCain wins, I can go be a supervisor in Canada." I laughed of course, but my manager, who we'll call Monk, because she has OCD, said, "he better win!" and you know what, I really like Monk. I think I have my first republican friend. I had assumed that she was a democrat, because her boyfriend is Cuban, and because she's a few months younger than me. I didn't know there were young repubs in Atlanta. I learned something! Lol. We'll convert her. She'll see. I'll just not talk politics around her because I don't want to lose my job calling her a racist fool or something. *i don't think she's racist or a fool, FYI. But I'm very passionate, ok?*

So last night kesi's egging me on to freestyle, as he is won't to do, to "down rodeo" by Rage Against the Machine. Even back in the 90s, I was all for the political rock. Zach dela Rocha is my homie. System of a Down, the dude from Pearl jam, I could go on, but I won't. Just know when I hear "rally round the family with a pocket fulla shells," I get emotional, lol. Making faces and all. I, today, noticed the anachronism of the chorus of that song as it relates to my life. I cannot "roll down Rodeo with a shot gun," for I do not drive, hate guns, and have never been to California. But I feel it so powerfully because its about revolution. Uprising. Change damn it! (And I frequently walk down Peachtree with a pocket knife, but for slightly different reasons).

I send forth a prayer that Obama wins. I haven't yet watched the VP debates because I was at work, but I hear from facebook statuses that Sarah blew, and when I came in the house my mom was watching and Palin had that dumb smile on her face that made me feel her brain was on "duh." so this woman who essentially needs a cheat sheet could be "a heartbeat away (If I hear that phrase one more time)" and she's dumber than Bush! Whatever "independent" thinking she claims to have done was just a product of her small town small thoughts. Now you're in the big city and all you can do is grin at me. Womp. And I love how people wanna paint McCain as a war hero because he was in a Hanoi jail for 5 years. But they don't mention that it was his fault. If he had not been at the bottom of his class and paid attn in maneuvers, he wouldn't have crashed for the 3rd or 4th time. Bet he was kicking himself after that one....

And so I wonder what Monk is seeing. Is she voting for her parents' party? Is she scared of the inteligent black man (that can't be it, she works with plenty of us)? I don't know. But I hope this nation doesn't go to hell in an Alaskan inuit-weaved basket.

*ps, breezys grandad told us when he was at the bus stop he overheard a convo between a young black chick and a white man. He asked her if she was voting for Barack, and she said "hell naw! I'm voting for Obama!" poor chile.
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13 things I love about kesi

Adei has me thinkin about how good it is to have a good man. Reading her list about hers, I'm agreeing and net high-fiving her, lol. So I that fashion, I present to you the 13 unique things I love about Kesi. They're unique because there's plenty of guys who are sweet and generous and sexy and blah blah. But only he can be described using these 13 tenets.

1 he frowns in his sleep. Its rather funny and totally cute. Its like a lil puppy.

2 he says, "it'd be funny if..." and then says something that sends us on a tangent of laughter for a few minutes.

3 he watches All My Children with me and keeps up with the characters.

4 he reaches for me while we're asleep. It wakes me up but I like it.

5 he tries to get me to freestyle rap. Yeah, no.

6 he worries about me going ANYWHERE with ANYONE after it gets dark out. Even around the corner to run an errand with someone I've known half my life.

7 he runs around like a mad man when I'm sick. When my teeth were pulled he bought every soft food in Kroger.

8 he talks freely and fearlessly about our future marriage/ kids.

9 my first attempt at crocheting an 8bit videgame character is the wallpaper on his phone.

10 he's got a crazy name. The last name is french, but spelled wrong; I think "Kesi" is swahili, but it means "born of a troubled father" which is totally funny, and his first name is Irish. Together, it sounds totally made up and I'm pretty sure he's been eyeballed as a terrorist. But you can't walk around with that name and not be totally unique and strange and cool.

11 I think he'd be totally down with the symphony version of Metallica's "nothing else matters" as our first song.

12 his hair curls in lil locks until he combs it. Which I suppose isn't so remarkable, but I love his hair and he's growing it out again. :)

13 we have text conversations like this:

Me: They're gonna roast bats!

Kesi: who? And where?

Me: Andrew zimmern. Travel channel. He's in samoa. I love this show!

Kesi: hahaha that nigga better *redacted for the childrens, let's just say he said something dirty* He has no excuse.

Me: Lol I just laughed so hard. Right though? I'd be so insulted. "nigga you ate slugs before!"

Kesi: haha totally.

Me: samoa looks pretty. We should go some day.

Kesi: gotta get rich first.

Me: true....He just ate a fish eye. Yeah he's a freak.

Kesi: gotta be.

Me: gonna buy you a fish eye.

Kesi: hell no!

Me: damn.

Kesi: why?

Me: I wanted to see if you'd eat anything. Lol.

Kesi: No i don't eat pork so that "anything" stuff is already out.

Me: womp. You're such a picky eater. Have an apple tomorrow. Do you have apples at work?

Kesi: no. Well apple pieces.

Me: Apple pieces? Eat 4 tomorrow

Kesi: why?

Me: Cuz you need to eat fruit and I'm the one to get you to do it.

Kesi: I'll see if I can sneak some.

Me: *cracks whip*

Kesi: *runs*

Me: you better run toward a fruit stand!

Kesi: *runs back* wait, where's a fruit stand?

Me: shit, I don't know!
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Wordless Wednesday

Me in my infinite boredom in my spongebob pjs, wondering what my hair looks like... Is that too many words? Bah. Its late.
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its saturday

and im off. just cruising the net, as i am wont to do. posted some new pix on my crochet site. updated my blogroll, in case you were looking for something new to read. check out spritestitch.com, where i am getting some great ideas... i think that's it!!! oh yeah, i love the postal service (mailed stuff out thursday and shani-o and my other recipient got it today!!!) and i hate the oil barons( 45 minute wait WITH traffic cops just to get gas? wtf?).

13 famous people I've met.

So me and my supervisor were talking about how year mom from Moesha was acting snooty with him (honestly I think that'd be her personality regardless, lol), and it led me to this week's Thursday 13. I've kind of categorized them for you...

1 Anne Rice

I met her at a book signing. I'm a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles, and even included her stories in to a report about book adaptations. Anywhoo, I don't remember what we talked about, but I'm glad I met her when I did. Apparently she became a born again Christian and stopped writing about Lestat. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

2 Terry McMillan

I wrote about meeting her a few weeks ago. It was awesome. She was just so breezy. So comfortable. Loves it.

3 Maya Angelou

She was sitting in a wheelchair in the lobby when I walked over to her, my entire bank in my hand (hundreds of dollars). I would have gladly lost my job to meet her. She was so sweet and peaceful. And she looks like she could have been thinking up a poem.

4 ludacris

I was 17, it was Christmas. My friend Melanie, an intern at DTP, called me and asked if I wanted to hold some signs up in exchange for meeting Luda. Yes maam! I had listened to him every day after school when he was 97.5's Chris Lova Lova and loved him since. I missed my chance at the skating rink so she got us in at the Bounce, this GHETTO ass club from back in the day. Anyways, it was 2am when I met him. He called me beautiful. Nothing could get me down after that. Even finding out my boyfriend was cheating on me.

5 Isaac Hayes

I don't remember why he was in the hotel. All I remember is he got a roast beef sandwich. And he was real mellow. Cool as you would think. This was before he left south park, I think a few months before. He was awesome.

6 Chris Daughtry

Last summer he came into the store and stood at the magazine rack. Not many people recognized him. He didn't seem to mind. He was really lovely. And cute for a bald guy. His band came down later and kept me company (and I, them, I'm sure) later that day. I decided to buy their album because I liked them as people. The album wasn't my that great. He should have just joined Fuel when they offered instead d remaking their music. But whateva.

7 Ronnie devoe

Scream! I loves me some new edition. Ronnie came into the hotel and I fawned and told him that he was my first concert when I was 5. I even got a picture! Then I fell out. No lie. After he left, I hit the floor.

8 the chick from blaque who didn't leave, but not the one who raps.

After I picked myself up from the floor I went back to work. I was serving this chick who looked familiar. I asked if she went to Howard. No... My high school? Nope. I couldn't figure it out. "I was in Blaque." oh yeah! Boom like an 808, yada yada. Oh yeah, she's married to Ronnie and has this SERIOUS ring. I mean, you could kill someone with an errant wave hello with that thing. Later we heard stories about how she flashed the bartender and claimed to have a 3rd nipple.

9 Elizabeth Rohm

I knew her from Angel, before I started watching Law and Order. I walked into the service elevators and there she was! I squeaked. She called me adorable and took a picture with me.

10 Mercedes Mcnabb

If you hadn't known, I'm a big buffy/angel fan (shout out to Rashan!) so when Harmony walked into my job I freaked out. She said I was more enthusiastic than most of the people who paid to see her. She asked if I was working the next day and promised to come back and take a picture with me. And she did! Its stuff like that that makes a person cool to me.

11 Kevin sorbo

Mo hit on him so hard last year. I mean, she still has his picture on her mantel. And she did that "hurcules, hurcules" clapping thing from Nutty Professor. Lordie. My friends, I tell ya.

12 lavar Burton

My friend said I had to say "but don't take my word for it!" when I saw him. I didn't. But I did tell him that he was my reading hero as a kid and that my mom is a TNG trekkie to the core. He really did a lot for kids back in the day. And roots? Don't get me started.

13 Judge Mathis

He bought baby oil, condoms and mints. Hot night for the judge! Lol he was there speaking to a boys group. See, when I tell you I'd take yall on judge Mathis when you owe me money, its not just a threat. Me and him go way back.
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Let's talk about something else...

Besides crochet, before I get hate(r) mail like Rashan, lol.

*so Saturday I went off to walmart to buy yarn (technically that's not talking about crochet, lol), and when I come to the counter with about 6 skeins of what could only be described as froot loop colors, the girl says to me, "you're not gonna use these to braid your hair, are you?" my eyes got so big. I thought she was crazy! "noooo." "ya people have been doing that lately. Its cheaper than regular braids." oh. My. God. What? I have no desire to walk around looking like a cabbage patch kid, thanks. What the hell is wrong with people?

*you ever notice that Andre 3000 says the most dirty stuff in his songs, but he's so clever about it? He's quite frequently rapping/singing about oral sex. Meanwhile there's other rappers who say stuff like "my d*** on swole and I know your p***** wet, your mouth saying no but your body sayin yes." first of all, date rape anyone? Secondly, ew! Mystery, people! Let me laugh at the fact that you got your double entendre past the censors, instead of running into your uncensored version and turning into my mom.

*is anyone else watching True Blood? Its on HBO Sunday nights. Its about this small Louisiana town and how they deal with the fact that vampires are now a more common part of society. There's a metaphorical comparison to racism and homophobia and other types of discrimination. All the characters are so good. I love Tara, who said her mother was either a hateful bitch or an idiot for naming her after a plantation, lol. Its only 3 episodes in, so watch it if you like that sort of thing. Oh and its written by Alan ball, who did 6 feet under.

*my mom asked me if I'd let Kesi go to the strip club if we were married. I told her I didn't know. The truth is, I didn't know how to tell her I don't really care because he's cheap and since he watches lots of porn, I'm sure he'd be uninterested in what he could see for free at home, lol. But that's tmi for mom.

* Kesi's manager's uncle "found the thing what done made Viagra." That is to say he discovered the thing that causes the chemical reaction that makes men aroused. But she sounded so country when she said that to us last night, it was kinda hard to believe.

*i got drunk(ish) on rum runners and kamikazes Wednesday night at a show I went to. It wasn't so bad. I mean, I almost fell out of breezy's car, but you know, that could happen anytime. I was praying my mom was asleep, but alas it was only 130am, and she was sitting right in the living room. But I don't think she noticed, lol. Oh yeah, I saw this guy who I had a crush on in middle school. He made quite a clever joke comparing my Coach pig keychain and Sarah Palin. And La, he said he is muscle skinny, lmao.

*my ES, who now has nothing to do with me, thank God, actually got mad because the chick who took my place (who btw is pregnant) needed a few days off because her husband's fam died. She actually said, "its not like he lived here..." wow, bitch! Why are you so insensitive? So the CM was like, "thank you lord that I am not that insensitive," and EM actually got mad! This from the woman that made one associate bring an obituary back, and told another that she was being silly when she started crying because her sister was in the hospital. There is seriously not an ounce of compassion in her.
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Look what I can do!

This is for my cousin nicky's first girl (she has 4 boys). My mom's making the blanket and she asked me to make miss Kitty. I'm glad it came out so good. I'm not finished, that's why its here and not at my proper site, but I just finished the face and I'm so geeked!

I Googled some crochet stuff last night and came up with some great ideas. I didn't see anyone come at the angle I'm coming from, but I was inspired. I'll tell you now, I saw a tetris blanket and I wanna do one.

Ps, my mom decided to take the blanket to work with her and didn't bring it home! That's why the background is my lovely comforter and not the art she created (so you can see where I get it from).
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13 things I'm looking forward to

Before the end of the year.

1 metallica and deftones and kanye cds!

Before I was allowed to go to concerts metallica played the family values tour. But their lead singer James injured himself and couldn't play the Atlanta stop and so kid rock and the lead singers from korn and limp bizkit sang in his place. Do you know how much I would have loved to be there? Ugh! Anyways, I really like funky, hard, heavy rock music with really powerful lead singers and sick drummers. And these bands both have them. And they're putting out albums before the end of the year. Actually metallica is #1 this week. And so I need to make arrangements to hit the target. And kanye. Love Lockdown. Awesome song. And there's rumors his next CD will be out before Christmas! Yay!

2 Kesi's birthday.

We're 3 months apart, so I can see how he handles being 25 before I go through it, lol. And I've already got the celebration planned out. I'm that excited.

3 RAW

We're going to see WWE RAW for Kesi's birthday (a few weeks after his birthday actually) and I can't wait! Its gonna be so fun! Remember I'm going to dress like John Cena.

4 50% off associate discount

Usually during the slow period my hotel chain will let associates stay in rooms for free for a certain number of nights, to encourage travel. This year they're doing 50% off, which is actually better, because I don't really leave town much. So now I can stay in a hotel for cheaper! Huzzah!

5 breezy's Halloween party.

Tentatively its at this 4H cabin halfway between his house and mine. Its the perfect kind of creepy (I've been to a party there before and I remember saying that Jason was gonna jump out of the woods and kill us) and its gonna be so fun! And I get to be what I wanted to be last year.... Lol.

6 the election!

Its less than 2 months away and I'm looking forward to how this will play out. I have what they call "hope." its apparently contagious. And I'm praying and acting. I really want Barack to win!

7 friendaversary

October 22 is the friendaversary. Celebrating 72 years of friendship. I don't know what tops a tattoo as a gift, but we'll work on it.

8 new years

For obvious reasons. i don't know what I'm doing that night but I'll be out of work crazy early and partying it up!

9 the Christmas party

I love the work Christmas parties. I decided I'm going to wear red and black again. And hopefully a CERTAIN young man will come with me so I won't get hit on by that guy from events. Ew.

10 killer mike and crew at CW

Next Thursday! Mike, niko villamor, priceless and oh... Someone else, I cant remember them all. I'm so ready. The show is only $15. Yesss!

11 Kesi's cousin's wedding.

Its in saint Louis. I loves the weddings. And I love his family too. And besides the fact that its a strange mix of city and country, I love saint Louis too.

12 indecision 08 coverage

I love the daily show and colbert and no matter what happens that night I know I'll be laughing at them.

13 my brother's birthday.

He'll be 20! No longer a teen! Maybe more responsible! Pointing out your sister's oldness because she remembered the day you were born! Lol.

What are you looking forward to?
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New new

In case you hadn't peeped it, I put up 2 new pix on Anna Lula. I can't link them, but the site is listed in my links down on the left. One of them was shipped to X factor last week and I'm so glad she loves it. We had an adventure with special order wool yarn and color choosing, lol. It was a bonding experience.

The other was for my coworker's brand new grand daughter, and he rolled around the corner right in time with that lil announcement photo. "you know I make baby blankets right?" We were on the phone with his daughter in minutes talking colors.

I got another I'm finishing for my friend Reka. Look for it at the Howard Homecoming - I'll be there in spirit. The pix will be up as soon as she gets it.

In other news, I finally got some privacy. A Lil shade to cover the doorway to my bedroom. Its not a door but it'll keep people from peeking in to see what I'm doing as they do their laundry. Dammit. Kesi and I had quite the time trying to put it up last night seeing how I don't actually have a door frame per se. He had on shades to keep the dust from my ceiling tiles from falling in his eyes and I had to stand on my extra cushy ottoman so I could reach the ceiling and hold up the blinds. I'm so short. Anyways after realizing we needed a drill, then finding a drill and realizing we didn't have an extension cord or a bore bit, then hammering nails into the spots and pulling the nails out and driving the proper screws in instead of drilling, we got the damn thing up. And now I have to sweep. That's what a $5 walmart shade gets you.

Tomorrow I'm going to a show at Lenny's at 5 points. I'll be sure to take tons of pictures!
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too much time on youtube

for some reason youtube and blogger are in hater mode, so i posted the urls...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WFdlxr3uso

juney boomdata- whats up with that cookie
*i have a love hate relationship with this song because i think its sexist (and racist... he said "that wet wet mexican" in one line. if he didnt then whatever he did say was gross, lol) but i like the beat. and this video is funny*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNyfGHUEHA

kanye- good morning
*its so cute!!!!!*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ikj4x-zls

robyn- who's that girl
*"i just cant deal with the rules, cant take the pressure" me neither girl. this song is lyrically on point.*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGE34VAqYTk

super mario rescues the princess

ha!!! i never noticed he was basically calling her a slut...

ps- ive decided that if you feel like you need to comment on my blog but you dont actually SAY anything, of if i feel like you didnt READ my blog entry, i will delete your comment or ignore it. dont be wack. i get my lil email saying someone posted a comment and then i read the comment and i get a headache. stop!!! just dont say shit. lurk!!! that is all.

A little sad

That's what I am.

So... After I posted that story about almost getting whooped over a secret, I went on facebook to see if I could find some of the people I mentioned in it. Guess what? I found EVERY ONE! Except Adela, but I'm working on it. I even found the girl who almost beat me up, but I didn't try to add her. We have no other connections, lol.

So anyways, over the past few days I've been emailing them, checking out pictures, seeing who's still friends with who and ended up where. They all still remember me, which is cool, and they all look the same, which apparently is also true of me.

I'm sad because in my mind, people are where they were when I left the. Everyone I emailed and requested and have talked to, they were still 11 in my head. Now I'm seeing kids, and marriages, ivy league credentials, vacations and so much more that I can't describe. These people have lived 13 years without me. They aren't who they were back then.

I missed it. And its my fault really. I didn't say a thing that last day of school. I cried for my best friend, who was brave enough to say she was moving away. Hid my tears from moving hundreds of miles away behind that reason. Instead of telling them what was wrong... These were my friends. I pretty much abandoned them. So I guess I'm sad with regret.

"Yea, it was crazy coming to school the first day of sixth grade. You were the only one I was really looking forward to seeing, and it really hurt not seeing you, anyway lol."

The boy who pinned me to the wall and kissed me when we were 5 said that to me today.

So yeah. Just a lil sad. I wish I could go back and change that day. Get some numbers and addresses. But I was so "tough" back then (another childhood friend's words, not mine) that I kept myself at a length. All I can do now is try to catch up.
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and more pictures!!!!

ok so, these pix were supposed to go up thursday, but with my not having a computer... so anyway all of these are costumes except the last one, which is the real thing!!! i bet stace knows who that is. holla!!!!

I choose my choice!

Does anyone else watch the daily show? You should if you don't. You also owe it to yourself to catch the repeat of Thursday's show when it comes on tonight at 8. Samantha Bee is my hero. Her coverage of the RNC, trying to get people down there to say "choice," was one of the funniest/ most perfect things I've seen in the media today. When John Stewart was talking to Newt Gingrich Wednesday night and he said something to the effect of "palin wants us to respect her choice and elect her VP to take away ours," I thought I had reached my echelon. But oh no.

Ladies and gents, I am so pro choice. Like, hard. I come from a place where there were 2 pregnant girls in my 8th grade class. Where I have friends with babies and abortions. Friends who got married only to be now divorced or on their way. Where I passed out or sold condoms (for $.25) in school before prom because I worked in cvs and was one of few whose mom told me to go to planned parenthood. I've made my good decisions and bad decisions, and I have no room to judge.

You figure a woman who ran away to elope and had a baby 8 months later would tell her daughter not to make the same mistake. You figure SHE of all people would have a more realistic view than "abstinence only." but no. Now she's a grandma. And you CANNOT tell me that she didn't for a second think, "we can just have an abortion and no one will know." I wouldn't think it was a big deal- 17 year olds get pregnant all the time, thanks to lack of education and resources- if it wasn't for all the deafening hypocrisy in the situation. Even hypocrisy is human. Just own up to that shit. Stop trying to paint this situation as something its not. That boy does not want to marry her. He didn't even want kids, lol. Your family and his family got together and decided what was the best way to save face. Some money was even probably exchanged. And it helps that yall are from Alaska. The cost of living is super low, and thanks to oil subsidies, that child gets $300/yr just for being born.

So anyways, I don't want someone who's gonna ask me to respect her child's CHOICE but has no respect for mine. I would choose to have my baby if I got pregnant today (and trust that it would be sooo unplanned). but I'm in a long term, monogamous relationship. Not everyone, including this woman's daughter, can say that. And none of those people have any bearing on MY choice. And so Sarah Plain and Tall (ha! X I see you!) should have no bearing on anyone else's. Don't think you are better than anyone because you had a shotgun wedding. Because you kept your baby and gave him a stupid name.

This is just my interpretation of the situation. I have no beef with Bristol, and honestly I think she's being used as a pawn, and if her moms boring ass wasn't running for VP she'd be telling a different story and her boo would still have that mullet. Anyways, I do have beef with her mom, and the type of people that almost ran my mom down while protesting when she was going to get a pregnancy test, cuz they thought she was trying to abort me. The type of people who put themselves on a pedistal for having more opportunities than others, for passing judgement on situations they themselves have never been in.

OBAMA 08 son!

Yes we can, because we still have rights!
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some pix

more to come on thursday!!!Kesi and Breezy. kesi came by to see me and take some pix. he's such a doll. as you can see by the apron, B was workin hard!

1230am on sunday, and i had finally run out of steam. i openned the door and saw the lil spot of space and knew i could fit there. my supervisor decided that it was photo time, lol.

monday i went to a show called Welcome Home Hip Hop. im sure the video will be up soon if you wanna youtube. mine will be up today, or tomorrow. anyway, this is Life the Great. he;s cool. got a retro sound. thats my friend Work Sam in the back.

this chick had on the most tacky shit!!! im bout to send her pic to Durty Mo, lol. got on 12 different colors. anyway, thats the lead singer from yellow wolf. he was jammin. youtube them, theyre awesome.

in addition to calling that 80's reject onstage, he also stole my shades off my face!!! what? lmao, but you know i got them back. lets not play.

And I'm back!

Quick rundown of the long weekend:

I tired and I lost my voice on Friday. I've been hearing that I sound like a man since then. My voice is so gone I can't sing Toni braxton. Yeah.

There's a pic of me resting on the shelf at work. I was just so tired!

Kesi came by and surprised me at work. It was so sweet of him! Brightened my day.

This guy led me to believe he was Frank Miller, the animator of 300 and Sin City. His name was actually Frank Miller, and so when I asked him if he was THE Frank Miller, he kept going "shh, shh," like "I don't want people to know its me." so then I googled him and he looks nothing like the guy. Nothing. He came back and I was gnna call him out but I was too tired so I just gave him an evil look.

I made lots of tips. But I overdrew my acct.

My friend Hotel Sam (as opposed to Ruby Sam, who works with Kesi) saw Danity Kane from backstage Saturday night. You know I was outdone right? She knows another of my highschool friends, Larry, who of course is cool with Dwoods, and they got back there. Meanwhile I was washing a million dishes. I was so over her! But hanging out with her last night I can see why people love her so much. She's literally crazy.

I got a Barack magnet. He's posed like Rosie the rivetter and it says "yes we can!"

Some costumes were awesome, some were wack to the nth degree. I have pix. You'll see them thurs.

I left work at 230 Saturday night. I spent 1.5 hrs washing dishes. That's how much crap we used. And the other closers left me and Breezy. Wackery.

I touched a drag queen's boob @3am outside a bar. I could tell the difference. But they were very well done.

Green card has trouble with American names. She spelled Robin "raban," Justin "jastan," Stephanie "stapny," Rayne "ran" and the list goes on. It was hilarious calling those drinks. Who? What?

Went to a local hip hop artist showcase last night. It was pretty awesome, but some acts were hurting my heart. I'd definitely check out Yellowwolf and Life the Great cuz I dig them, lol.

My ex supervisor came back to "help" for the busy weekend. She was barely around. Then she complained that this was her weekend off for her new job so she only got one day off. Honestly she was getting paid to do nothing, so she coulda kept her ass home.

My girl Mary Lou and I worked cold bar. Industrial buckets of frapp mix and mocha. I'm talking straight jugs. We slaved man. but we also danced and sang while mixing drinks. At one point a hotel employee tried to break the line and get some free stuff while Mary and I were singing John Legend. We had to tell him to "take it slow, oh oh...." we had the whole room cracking up.

**I'll be back with a real post later today. I haven't seen Kesi since Friday and we need some qt. Also some things need illustration. Holla!**
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