I've been on a bit of a cupcake quest for a few weeks now! I'm not sure if I'm looking for the perfect one OR if it is my goal to eat every cupcake available to make sure they are good for the masses. It started when I went to Charlotte. I had one that had like a molten something or another inside but it was way to dense and didn't really hit the spot. Next was St. Patrick's Day weekend, when at 5:30 at night after having done NOTHING all day I decided I needed a cupcake. I went online and saw a cupcakery on Charles. Now if you know Baltimore the streets like Charles, Pratt, Northern Parkway go from AAALLL the way East to AAALLL the way west. This was on EAST Charles although I went to West Charles and had to go back th other way which ended up being in Federal Hill. I'm not a fan of going places where parking is like a hunt. I actually don't mind paying for parking but I wasn't paying when I knew I was just gonna be in and out. This is about 6:30 in the evening and the 20 year olds are already drunk and loud at the various spots in Federal Hill. I finally find a parking spot, which was TIGHT, but me and the hooptie can fit in just about anywhere. I walk to the place, try and avoid the drunkards and the men at the homeless shelter O_o and get to the place. I had already decided I was going to get 2, but then after I placed my order the little girl said oh you're gonna be sorry you didn't get the salted caramel. I am such an easy target and easy sale so of course I say WELL then I NEED the salted caramel!! I had that, the Irish creme and the Black Velvet, both of these were supposed to be infused with alcohol. I didn't taste much of anything. The name of this place is Midnight Cupcakery and I will definitely be back on that random day that I can't live the rest of my life without a cupcake. Then there was the Food Truck event on a pretty chilly Friday. This was in Hampden which is hipster city and parking sucks donkey nuts so I drive past the Keswick Castle, ask the little cutie patootie security guard if there was parking and he said there is one spot I said WELL CAN I HAVE IT?!?! You have to ask because you just never know. So I had prime parking to indulge my inner piggie. I went to The Jolly Pig and had 2 pulled pork tacos and then if that weren't enough I went to the Kommie Pig and had a hot dog with spicy pulled chicken AND THEN I went the the Flavor Cupcake truck to get CUPCAKES!!! Now their claim to fame is that they won the 4th season of Cupcake wars on the Food Network. I got the salted caramel (which I guess I might be slightly addicted to) and some other chocolate one...LAWD I can't remember. Ummmm... I don't know, but I'm pretty sure they didn't win with those cupcakes!! They weren't bad, but they were all that great either. If I put anything down like 'fuck it I am not wasting those calories' then that is not a good sign. Just as a side bar Iced Gems, which is another cupcakery that has a food truck had a BANGING salted caramel!!
I remember as a kid when we would come down here from Pittsburgh my parents and other older family members fussing about 495 and the damn circles in DC. Well Baltimore has finally caught up to it's DMV sister DC metro area and has embraced the use of those freaking traffic circles! I honestly think there are government officials in the county and state sitting around like OH we have nothing better to do, let's slap a traffic circle on every possible corner in and around Baltimore. There is one in Woodlawn near the Merritt Athletic club that is just there FOR NO GOOD REASON!! Nothing a stop or yield sign could not have worked. You see skid marks all on it because no one slows down they just keep right on driving. The most recent one is the one at Greens Lane and Old Court ***LOUD SIGH*** this is a hindrance to me now EVERYDAY as I try to get to and from work. Now for the most part I get this one. People coming down Greens Lane trying to make a left have an awful time. So now just go in the circle and you're good. Now here is where the dilemma begins. Traffic circles are meant for cars to yield, NOT STOP and wait 5 minutes before NO ONE else is in the damn circle, just yield and keep it moving!! But there is always that one car out of every 5-8 cars that just stops and waits like DO I GO?!?! NOW?!? CAN I GO NOW??! HOW ABOUT NOW?!?!? As you sit and wait your turn to YIELD, that fool has slowed the whole process down and I fuss but he can't hear me saying JUST DRIVE DAMMIT!!! Just drive!
How does one get the job of sign holder? You know the guys that stand on the corner and promote whatever restaurant, store or apartment building! And then when you get the job I'm pretty sure eating chicken wings is not part of the job description which is EXACTLY what the little boy was doing when I went to go get some chicken wings at the Buffalo Wild Wings WHICH by the way are freaking delicious! So the 2 dudes that have this job today near my job were so uninspiring. It was for the apartment complex nearby and they both looked like Hey you wanna live here? NO ok well neither do I!!
I have been nerding out this week! Ok so you know there are like a 50elevenmillion features and formulas in Excel YES EXCEL!?!? The spreadsheets. So I've been tasked to... well to put it bluntly... figure shit out!! So now I have a stack of pages from various site and forums to help me as I trudge along. So initially my manager was like oh yeah just do a v-lookup and pull the information from the other spreadsheet. So as any good contractor employee I give her a nice blank stare and nod like OH YEAH SURE a v-lookup no problem!! Cause I am getting paid to know stuff and I do know STUFF but some stuff I just don't know. Figuring out how to actually do that took help from several co-workers. I mean this thing sought after so much so that in some job descriptions it say MUST KNOW HOW TO USE V-LOOKUP!! The even hired a chick who was a v-lookup 'expert'. NOW if you need a v-lookup I am the chick to come see cause I figured that shit out and I am the expert!! The next thing is the Concatenate feature. What I needed was easy. At leaset I thought it would be easy, but nothing, NO THING is easy when microsoft is involved. What I needed to do was put 2 cells together and then once those cells were together I needed to put that column of information together into one cell. EASY right!?!? Yeah not so much. I figured out the 1st part but then I had to go to the actual excel expert who is this older white guy who I'm not entirely sure he can see... well ok he is that guy who even though he has on glasses he takes them off and holds the paper an inch from his eye, which is slightly funny but not really cause you look at him like is he ok?!? But he knows what the hell he's doing and I for one am going to use him when I need excel help!! So he comes to my desk after a meeting we had where he sits and clicks his pen the ENTIRE meeting and I look around like does anyone hear this but me!!? But no one will look at him to say hey buddy cut that shit out!! And I always seem to sit across from him or else I would grab his hands. I forgot he was also the guy who after I got all my relaxer cut out and came to the meeting with my coiled up hair he sat between me and another co-worker with natural hair and we were talking. He then goes Oh yeah what is the difference between a perm and a relaxer because I heard there was difference!! I said well a relaxer is for African Americans (I try to be PC in the work place LOL) whose hair is more tightly curled, whereas white people who's hair is usually straighter use a perm to curl their hair.... he was like OOOOHHH... I think I woulda died if he asked to touch my hair!! LAWD I just I digressed. So... HE comes to my desk, I explain what I need he was still a little confused until I showed him the direction I needed to go and some random website and forum. He figured it out in like 2 minutes, I put my little spin on what I needed and did a little happy dance!! He wasn't expecting that I have been happy dancing myself silly this week hopefully not scaring the folks around me because it involves either a finger snap or clap followed by a HEY!! LOL Yes I am a nut!!
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
my senses, CIAA, and working out; Random as usual!
let me start off by saying I have on the world's worst trouser socks today. The left one has 2 BIG holes and runs at the top and the right one keeps creeping down. I put canola oil in my hair this morning, not sure why but it sounds good at the time, until I got a whiff and I smelled like COOKING OIL!! So then I went and put oil sheen on it to counteract the cooking oil smell! I know olive oil is good for your hair I don't know WHY I though canola would be too.
OK now that's out of the way!
Sensory Overload
I've been dragging my feet about blogging about my CIAA weekend in Charlotte. Not sure why. It was alot of stuff and outfit and things going on and it started at the airport. SO I find a seat in one of those leather(ette) chairs that has the plugs and stuff for your computer or whatever. I'm sitting next to a white couple who were maybe in their 50's. A woman... a rather large woman walks by in camo stretch pants or leggings and I instantly think Where do you go to find leggings in size way-the-fuck-too-big?!?! So the couple says something and then say 'well she's pretty confident!' And I bust out laughing and they're like OMG did you hear what we said and I said YES and I was thinking the same thing, in fact where do one even find pants in her size?!? I put my headphones on at this point only to see my next WTF... So I know you might be travelling to somewhere warm, but its February in Baltimore. What made you think pulling out your thin linen pants was a good idea? Finally get on the plane and I see a dude with gold teeth on his 'vampire' teeth AND a Louis Vuitton man bag!! This is too much for one day and one sitting LOL I haven't even gotten to Charlotte yet!
My girlfriend picked me up and I had to change real quick cause we were going to da club!! Now I am really not in club mode anymore. I go so rarely nowadays that when my cousin who came to town when I was in Charlotte asked me where to go in Baltimore I was at a complete loss. We had a blast POPPING BOOTLES (well twist off moscato bottles LOL)in VIP!! It sounds good right?!? LOL That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Now I will blame it on the aaa-aaa-aaaaKIHOL cause I attempted to drop it like it was hot, but it was kinda just luke warm!! I still got a standing ovation from some random dudes to which they were told NOT to encourage me (which was right) I can't even remember the name of the club.
Friday was the VSU (Virginia State University... which is where I matriculated LOL) day party! VIP again cause dats how we rolls! LOL So we walk into a cigar filled outdoor party... and then inside. WOW so many people and did they all go to VSU or was I such a nerd I just don't know none of these folks?!? Most likely the latter. I didn't really come out of my shell until I got to Baltimore where I acted a pure an utter fool for several years WHEW good times!! SO anyways I did see a few people I remembered. The host was Lorenzo 'Ice T' Thomas who went to State and who I had an unexplainable crush on when he dj'd in Baltimore. The party was really nice!!
That night (or was it Saturday I'm getting my days confused) we did the 'hang out at the hotel thing' and this is when my senses were overloaded again. I'll try to keep it short.... if you can't bend down in what you have on OR if you look at any hip hop video and you have the same outfit on OR if you feel the need to not wear a coat and it's 30 degrees cause you want to show off the outfit then you have NO sense and your friends really aren't your friends cause if they look the same way you do and YOU ALL thought it was a good idea then you are all idiots!! I get wanting to look cute but I really don't know the type of attention you are seeking or think you might get when you wear something so short, tight and otherwise ill fitting. 2 young chicks in particular came in with swimsuits, well at least that's what they looked like, and fancy pantyhose (LOL). I had had enough at that point.
I think Saturday we ended up at the Ritz Carlton and then a cute little wine bar... Needless to say I had a great weekend with my girls!!
Randomness
so I think I am the only person who watches the toilet flush completely at my job hence all the liners that are in place and other crap (literally!!) in the toilets when I enter. Sad but true!!
I'm not sure why I am having this issue lately, you don't have to tell me what to think or say! I'm real grown and I can do that ALL BY MYSELF!! And if you don't like what I have to say, then stop talking to me!!
Speaking of asking me something... so yesterday I'm at Forman Mills which is next to Planet Fitness which I just joined last week (more on that later). They really didn't have what I was looking for which is a terry cloth headband for yoga cause the sweat be getting all up in my eyes and it's bad enough when I take off my glasses I can't see a thing. So I'm at the cash register and the woman in front of me holds up this white suit, well pants and vest with this powder blue shirt, this hideous print on the tie and the back of the vest AND a pocket square. She asks the cashier, you think this is ugly?!?! The cashier is looking like Welll... uuuhhh..... ummm... And I'm standing there like PLEASE don't ask me!!! So, what does she do?!? She then she turns to me and says well my husband said he didn't like it, DO YOU?!? And I said NO!!! And then I ask how old is the little boy she said 7, THEN the cashier chimes in now!! She said you gonna dress him in ALL WHITE?!?! To which I said yeah don't do that to the baby!! She looked real miffed like these bitches right here! And I saw the look and I said WELL YOU ASKED!! It wasn't even a little bit cute and the blue was kinda tourquoisey powdery blue... not even a pretty shade of blue AND THE PRINT was several shades of blue and pink! It was just bad, and I can pat myself on the back for saving the child at least from THAT outfit.
Man I hate when I eat and then feel like I didn't and am ready to eat a cow...
Planet Fitness!
So I am diligently trying to get my workout on. I attempted the women's only gym, I'm doing yoga, and Zumba every so often, but I knew I needed to amp my routine up. And just for the record I am down 20 pounds which is freaking great!! SO I have a few friends that belong to Planet Fitness or something similar and the commercials said it was only 10 bucks with no contract. So I can see paying that as opposed to 40 bucks AND being locked into a 1 or 2 year contract. So I did everything online and went in hopping all I had to do was show my license and get moving. 45 minutes later I'm still standing at the front desk getting checked in. So although that wasn't the smoothest thing I still had hopes for the place. My goal is purely cardio. I need to get on the treadmill or elliptical or bike work it out for about 30-45 minutes and go! I am not interested in weight training in fact, I am pretty solid under the many layers. I've only been there 3 times so far. Day 1 - I get on the treadmill and really just try not to look at anyone. The energy is already different. Men have such a primal energy especially when working out. Now I must admit there were a few cuties and then there were those that were NOT! I watched Family Feud and tried not to sing to loud. Day 2 - I sign in and immediately dude from WAAAAAAAAYY in the back stops take a swig of water and just flat out checks me out! Now this should be flattering but it's not. I'm just thinking STOP LOOKING AT ME!! It was right then and there I knew I couldn't do spandex here. So I need to head to Wal-Mart and get more sweat pants. It just makes me so self-aware. Like are you looking at my cellulite?!? Day 3 was pretty uneventful except for the cramp in my foot when I was on the elliptical and the cutie doing 60 pound weight in front of me well he was cute til I looked down at his legs and they were hella ashy! I had to suppress an out loud laugh!! In general Under Amour is making a killing at these places. I was only a fan of muscle shirts for about 10 minutes, but at least they are wearing them at the right place.
no really what happend to SPELL CHECK on this thing?!?!? OOOOhhh you gotta chnage to compose hmmm...
OK now that's out of the way!
Sensory Overload
I've been dragging my feet about blogging about my CIAA weekend in Charlotte. Not sure why. It was alot of stuff and outfit and things going on and it started at the airport. SO I find a seat in one of those leather(ette) chairs that has the plugs and stuff for your computer or whatever. I'm sitting next to a white couple who were maybe in their 50's. A woman... a rather large woman walks by in camo stretch pants or leggings and I instantly think Where do you go to find leggings in size way-the-fuck-too-big?!?! So the couple says something and then say 'well she's pretty confident!' And I bust out laughing and they're like OMG did you hear what we said and I said YES and I was thinking the same thing, in fact where do one even find pants in her size?!? I put my headphones on at this point only to see my next WTF... So I know you might be travelling to somewhere warm, but its February in Baltimore. What made you think pulling out your thin linen pants was a good idea? Finally get on the plane and I see a dude with gold teeth on his 'vampire' teeth AND a Louis Vuitton man bag!! This is too much for one day and one sitting LOL I haven't even gotten to Charlotte yet!
My girlfriend picked me up and I had to change real quick cause we were going to da club!! Now I am really not in club mode anymore. I go so rarely nowadays that when my cousin who came to town when I was in Charlotte asked me where to go in Baltimore I was at a complete loss. We had a blast POPPING BOOTLES (well twist off moscato bottles LOL)in VIP!! It sounds good right?!? LOL That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Now I will blame it on the aaa-aaa-aaaaKIHOL cause I attempted to drop it like it was hot, but it was kinda just luke warm!! I still got a standing ovation from some random dudes to which they were told NOT to encourage me (which was right) I can't even remember the name of the club.
Friday was the VSU (Virginia State University... which is where I matriculated LOL) day party! VIP again cause dats how we rolls! LOL So we walk into a cigar filled outdoor party... and then inside. WOW so many people and did they all go to VSU or was I such a nerd I just don't know none of these folks?!? Most likely the latter. I didn't really come out of my shell until I got to Baltimore where I acted a pure an utter fool for several years WHEW good times!! SO anyways I did see a few people I remembered. The host was Lorenzo 'Ice T' Thomas who went to State and who I had an unexplainable crush on when he dj'd in Baltimore. The party was really nice!!
That night (or was it Saturday I'm getting my days confused) we did the 'hang out at the hotel thing' and this is when my senses were overloaded again. I'll try to keep it short.... if you can't bend down in what you have on OR if you look at any hip hop video and you have the same outfit on OR if you feel the need to not wear a coat and it's 30 degrees cause you want to show off the outfit then you have NO sense and your friends really aren't your friends cause if they look the same way you do and YOU ALL thought it was a good idea then you are all idiots!! I get wanting to look cute but I really don't know the type of attention you are seeking or think you might get when you wear something so short, tight and otherwise ill fitting. 2 young chicks in particular came in with swimsuits, well at least that's what they looked like, and fancy pantyhose (LOL). I had had enough at that point.
I think Saturday we ended up at the Ritz Carlton and then a cute little wine bar... Needless to say I had a great weekend with my girls!!
Randomness
so I think I am the only person who watches the toilet flush completely at my job hence all the liners that are in place and other crap (literally!!) in the toilets when I enter. Sad but true!!
I'm not sure why I am having this issue lately, you don't have to tell me what to think or say! I'm real grown and I can do that ALL BY MYSELF!! And if you don't like what I have to say, then stop talking to me!!
Speaking of asking me something... so yesterday I'm at Forman Mills which is next to Planet Fitness which I just joined last week (more on that later). They really didn't have what I was looking for which is a terry cloth headband for yoga cause the sweat be getting all up in my eyes and it's bad enough when I take off my glasses I can't see a thing. So I'm at the cash register and the woman in front of me holds up this white suit, well pants and vest with this powder blue shirt, this hideous print on the tie and the back of the vest AND a pocket square. She asks the cashier, you think this is ugly?!?! The cashier is looking like Welll... uuuhhh..... ummm... And I'm standing there like PLEASE don't ask me!!! So, what does she do?!? She then she turns to me and says well my husband said he didn't like it, DO YOU?!? And I said NO!!! And then I ask how old is the little boy she said 7, THEN the cashier chimes in now!! She said you gonna dress him in ALL WHITE?!?! To which I said yeah don't do that to the baby!! She looked real miffed like these bitches right here! And I saw the look and I said WELL YOU ASKED!! It wasn't even a little bit cute and the blue was kinda tourquoisey powdery blue... not even a pretty shade of blue AND THE PRINT was several shades of blue and pink! It was just bad, and I can pat myself on the back for saving the child at least from THAT outfit.
Man I hate when I eat and then feel like I didn't and am ready to eat a cow...
Planet Fitness!
So I am diligently trying to get my workout on. I attempted the women's only gym, I'm doing yoga, and Zumba every so often, but I knew I needed to amp my routine up. And just for the record I am down 20 pounds which is freaking great!! SO I have a few friends that belong to Planet Fitness or something similar and the commercials said it was only 10 bucks with no contract. So I can see paying that as opposed to 40 bucks AND being locked into a 1 or 2 year contract. So I did everything online and went in hopping all I had to do was show my license and get moving. 45 minutes later I'm still standing at the front desk getting checked in. So although that wasn't the smoothest thing I still had hopes for the place. My goal is purely cardio. I need to get on the treadmill or elliptical or bike work it out for about 30-45 minutes and go! I am not interested in weight training in fact, I am pretty solid under the many layers. I've only been there 3 times so far. Day 1 - I get on the treadmill and really just try not to look at anyone. The energy is already different. Men have such a primal energy especially when working out. Now I must admit there were a few cuties and then there were those that were NOT! I watched Family Feud and tried not to sing to loud. Day 2 - I sign in and immediately dude from WAAAAAAAAYY in the back stops take a swig of water and just flat out checks me out! Now this should be flattering but it's not. I'm just thinking STOP LOOKING AT ME!! It was right then and there I knew I couldn't do spandex here. So I need to head to Wal-Mart and get more sweat pants. It just makes me so self-aware. Like are you looking at my cellulite?!? Day 3 was pretty uneventful except for the cramp in my foot when I was on the elliptical and the cutie doing 60 pound weight in front of me well he was cute til I looked down at his legs and they were hella ashy! I had to suppress an out loud laugh!! In general Under Amour is making a killing at these places. I was only a fan of muscle shirts for about 10 minutes, but at least they are wearing them at the right place.
no really what happend to SPELL CHECK on this thing?!?!? OOOOhhh you gotta chnage to compose hmmm...
Thursday, March 7, 2013
random self effacing...
I am really in a do not ‘F’ with me mode. Why? It’s just one of dem days! I am blasting my iPod so I don’t have to hear the cackling loud ass woman who sits diagonally from me on the other side of the cube. For such a little person she sure can make SO much freaking noise. And I’m just not for all that today, or actually any day! And I asked my co-worker a YES or NO question and she said something dumb so I was really like either you can do it or not, don’t be ad-libbing an answer! Basically I’m on edge for no good reason. OH YEAH and I was moving at an absolute snails pace this morning and my cat is lingering around me like something was wrong. She doesn’t meow much so when she does SOMETHING IS WRONG. I got the auto feeder a while ago, but sometimes it misses a meal and she looks at me like Bitch you KNOW I’m hungry! SO I thought she was hungry. This morning it’s like she’s Lassie. I finally get downstairs to see the massive hairball she done threw up out of the bottom of her little cat tummy. Thanks Paisley!! Just what I needed on a morning when I didn’t even get out of the bed until 7:20 and we both know I need to be walking out the door at 7:30. SO I have to clean that up and sanitize the area for the next time she spews O_o The coffee I made was just aiight. I almost side swiped a little Honda something or another that I completely did not see at an intersection close to the job. So yeah this is how my day is going! So I go into the bathroom to well USE the bathroom and I catch a glimpse of myself. Now I have been rocking the short BC look for literally 7 days. It’s cute, but it has taken some getting used to. The first few days I look at myself like OH SHIT my hair is really short! Now it really isn’t that short but it is way shorter than I’m used to. Today I look at myself and start laughing, glad that I am the onliest one in the bathroom because I look like My Buddy!! You know the doll from the late 80’s? The Black version cause they give the white one the blond flowy hair. To be even more specific, the black boy doll which has this little short curly fro. And that’s what the hell I look like right now!! And it’s funny and if someone said that to me now I would drop kick them, but it would be true. My oldest nephew had the doll and when learning anatomy he pulled off the pants of the doll and said Buddy doesn’t have a penis!! All 3 year olds need to know the correct term for their parts, but we about died laughing when his mom told us what he said! Just in case you need the song stuck in your head like I have right now here are the lyrics (sung by the very young Joey Lawrence): MY Buddy, MY BUDDY, wherever he goes IIIIIIIIIIIIII GOOO!! My Buddy MY BUDDY teach him everything IIIIIII KNOOOOOOWWW!! Something something something… My Buddy My Buddy MY BUDDY AND ME!! You’re welcome!!
Ok so now I’m on the youtube looking at commercials from the 80’s:
Transformers MORE Than meets the eyes!
JEM is truly amazing!!
Any sugary cereal ad.
My Little Pony… hole up how is a horse in a baby buggy?
Ok so now I’m on the youtube looking at commercials from the 80’s:
Transformers MORE Than meets the eyes!
JEM is truly amazing!!
Any sugary cereal ad.
My Little Pony… hole up how is a horse in a baby buggy?
Thursday, February 28, 2013
THE BIG CHOP!!
I just got an unintentional BIG CHOP! (all caps cause this shit is serious!!) The BIG CHOP or BC as it's known in the natural hair community is when a black woman, or African American woman if we're being PC, cuts all of her hair off. The reason can be because it's damaged, or she may want to get all the relaxer out, or she wants a new look, or whatever. As for me the reason why it was unintentional is because I really just didn't know what to do with my hair. I was ok with relaxers. Sometimes women can be allergic or stop getting them because the chemicals can be affecting other parts of their body. In some cases it can be linked to allopecia, or breast or ovarian cancer so alot of women to alliviate the risk, stop getting relaxers. We have to go back just a bit for me. Last year (2012) in January or Febraury I got back in contact with a hairstylist that I used to go to. I liked the way she cut and style so I thought now would be a good time to change my look. Up to that point my hair was rather long and I would do it myself and just get touch ups when I needed them. I even went to the Dominicans a few times which is SO bad for your hair. I scoured Essence magazines and online for the perfect cut. I finally found something and took it to her to do it and I left with something not really what I wanted but it was cute so all was well. As the spring and summer went on, I had her cut more. She didn't really get what I wanted again, but at this point I was rocking an asymetrical and it was flattering on me. SO the final straw was late summer early fall when I wanted to get a pixie cut, which would have meant it was going to be really short but basically all I would have to do is get up tossle it a bit and GO! The night I got it cut, she was having some personal issues, her daughter was not doing well and actually she called a few times at the shop. I really thought though that she would be able to rise above her personal issues and still give me what I wanted, which is kinda odd since up to that point, she had not given me what I wanted. When she was finished and held the mirror up for me to see her handiwork, I said to her "Is this what you thought I wanted?" It may have been rude, but keep in mind I was paying ALOT to this chick and her prices seemed to vary from visit to visit! So NOW I was not happy. Her sister and brother-in-law came to pick her up and I sat in the car like WTF just happened here? I went to McDonald's they messed up my order so I was just MAD for the rest of the night.
Once my hair started growing out I went the braids route. During my first set of braids I got a text from her asking why I hadn't been back. And I told her I was not happy with the last cut and that I wanted my hair to grow out some more. Another thing to note, sometimes when you go to a stylist for a while you know things about them that you may not neccesarily want to know. So I knew this was a fresh start for her and that her clients really were not coming as regularly as she would have liked so she was struggling financially. When I first started going to her back when the daughter who is now about 20 was then about 7 or 8, i left the shop looking GREAT! She was always overbooked (not good for me but good for her). I even had co-workers come up from DC to go to her she was just that good. So over the years I don't know what happened but she just lost her love for doing hair.
Fast foward to a few weeks ago, I took out my 2nd set of braids and was left with some natural some relaxed hair. I saw a woman at Wal-Mart who had a cute style and she gave me the card to a lady near my house. I can be really picky though so I never called that lady. I think I thought I could do it myself by going on blogs like Curly Nikki, and KulChicBeauty, but I really was not prepared to go the natural route alone. And what I thought was some Carol's Daughter at the Marshalls I went to was actually some other brand of conditioner that did NOTHING for my hair. Hair care products can be expensive so you really have to be sure of what you buy. I asked one young lady what she used in her hair and she said Oh I use a product **BLANK STARE** Yes miss I'm sure you do use a PRODUCT but what's the name of the product?!?! She did eventually tell me but I was kinda pissed at that point so I forgot. I was doing my own little twist outs but it was really looking good some days, a hot mess on other, even though I carried it like I was the cutest chick in the world everyday! My BFF was trying to have me go to her hair dresser in Charlotte, but I wasn't real sure what I wanted and I was being to wishy washy. And then I was like if this woman does a good job then who in Baltimore is going to keep it up for me? I called another friend who said, oh you can get a weave! Now I don't knock anyone who rocks a weave, but that just isn't me. She then gave me the name to a woman who does natural hair. Now mind you I have a soror who does natural hair but she moved her butt to Georgia (oh she knows who she is!!). I called this lady and you know how sometimes you can tell everything about a person just from how they answer the phone? She was SUPER professional and even though I was wishy washy with her, she still assured me that she could help me. I was up in the air about everything up until the point of me sitting in her chair and she says oh yeah we are gonna cut this relaxer out and I sat there and said OK? Like yeah ok... but really, what was I holding onto. I am ready for a new look!
So it is short! I am still looking at myself like OMG my hair is SOOOOOOOOO short, but I have gotten compliments from co-workers, even got a double take from the cutie on the 4th floor who held the door for me even though I was WAY across the street, so that helped! Another co-worker who herself is natural said it looked very nice and that I looked adorable! That helped too. She also said that my hair would grow really fast and that I would be doing lots of styles which is what Tara said, who hmmm maybe I should put her link here, because even though she is all the way on the other side of the world in East Baltimore, I think it was worth it!
I need to figure out how to post pictures. WELL I need to TAKE some pictures LOL!
Once my hair started growing out I went the braids route. During my first set of braids I got a text from her asking why I hadn't been back. And I told her I was not happy with the last cut and that I wanted my hair to grow out some more. Another thing to note, sometimes when you go to a stylist for a while you know things about them that you may not neccesarily want to know. So I knew this was a fresh start for her and that her clients really were not coming as regularly as she would have liked so she was struggling financially. When I first started going to her back when the daughter who is now about 20 was then about 7 or 8, i left the shop looking GREAT! She was always overbooked (not good for me but good for her). I even had co-workers come up from DC to go to her she was just that good. So over the years I don't know what happened but she just lost her love for doing hair.
Fast foward to a few weeks ago, I took out my 2nd set of braids and was left with some natural some relaxed hair. I saw a woman at Wal-Mart who had a cute style and she gave me the card to a lady near my house. I can be really picky though so I never called that lady. I think I thought I could do it myself by going on blogs like Curly Nikki, and KulChicBeauty, but I really was not prepared to go the natural route alone. And what I thought was some Carol's Daughter at the Marshalls I went to was actually some other brand of conditioner that did NOTHING for my hair. Hair care products can be expensive so you really have to be sure of what you buy. I asked one young lady what she used in her hair and she said Oh I use a product **BLANK STARE** Yes miss I'm sure you do use a PRODUCT but what's the name of the product?!?! She did eventually tell me but I was kinda pissed at that point so I forgot. I was doing my own little twist outs but it was really looking good some days, a hot mess on other, even though I carried it like I was the cutest chick in the world everyday! My BFF was trying to have me go to her hair dresser in Charlotte, but I wasn't real sure what I wanted and I was being to wishy washy. And then I was like if this woman does a good job then who in Baltimore is going to keep it up for me? I called another friend who said, oh you can get a weave! Now I don't knock anyone who rocks a weave, but that just isn't me. She then gave me the name to a woman who does natural hair. Now mind you I have a soror who does natural hair but she moved her butt to Georgia (oh she knows who she is!!). I called this lady and you know how sometimes you can tell everything about a person just from how they answer the phone? She was SUPER professional and even though I was wishy washy with her, she still assured me that she could help me. I was up in the air about everything up until the point of me sitting in her chair and she says oh yeah we are gonna cut this relaxer out and I sat there and said OK? Like yeah ok... but really, what was I holding onto. I am ready for a new look!
So it is short! I am still looking at myself like OMG my hair is SOOOOOOOOO short, but I have gotten compliments from co-workers, even got a double take from the cutie on the 4th floor who held the door for me even though I was WAY across the street, so that helped! Another co-worker who herself is natural said it looked very nice and that I looked adorable! That helped too. She also said that my hair would grow really fast and that I would be doing lots of styles which is what Tara said, who hmmm maybe I should put her link here, because even though she is all the way on the other side of the world in East Baltimore, I think it was worth it!
I need to figure out how to post pictures. WELL I need to TAKE some pictures LOL!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
adventures in singledom...
I really had been debating whether or not I was going to share my whole speed dating adventure but then I thought, why not! Everything I do seems to be an adventure LOL This is after all Random Chick and what would a blog be without a little random dating entry. Ok so last Monday… oh wait, I have to back up even further. I have a friend who is signed up in a lot of meet-up groups. This is basically a free website that you go on and join these various groups like, the Meet-up group for Anne Arundel County Badminton club, or ones for single fathers over 40 in Laurel (I’m making these up but sometimes they can be that specific) So anyway I went to the site a while back to sign up and it can be very overwhelming with all the groups so all I did was sign up and I get the newsletter weekly. So last Monday I see an ad for the DMV Black Single Speed Dating. And I was like OH HELL yes!! That sounds like something I would want to do. Now I never had any very high hopes if nothing else it was something to do. I see the pics of some of the guys that are going to be there and I was like… uuhhhh BUT to anyone’s defense, some people just aren’t photogenic so I pressed on. I get there and of course there are a bunch of women and a few short young looking guys. I’m not knocking the short men, but I was like OK whatever this is just something to do. After a little while more people came in and there was this one guy in one of those (ridiculous) Ed Hardy shirts with the angel wings on which was kinda fitted and I certainly appreciated that he had been to the gym! So I sign in and no one checks to see if I paid or I just came in off the street. They tell me to sit at an empty table and then all the people after me they tell to sit at a table with the opposite sex. So I’m like well I would have sat with a guy if you told me to. So there are 2 other women at tables near me and we start chatting about the availability of men at this thing and in general, about where the hell do you go to meet men, and about how disorganized this even was. Which it really was, but once I shared my thought process of this just being something to do they laughed and were in agreement. SO once everyone signed in they told all the women to get up and move to the ‘holding area’. We all were like HUH?!?!? So basically they overbooked the women and there were not enough men O_o They counted 24 women to sit at the table with the 24 men that were there. The first guy Michael (no need to change names to protect the innocent) that I sat with was nice enough but he lived in Northern VA so unless there was a definite connection, I know I WASN’T going all the way there for him and I could only assume he wouldn’t be coming all the way to Baltimore. The next ‘round ‘ we sat and waited. So round 3 I get to sit with another guy. Everything I do is random so I really wasn’t scoping out the room I just sat at an available table, his name was Jason. Now this guy too, nice enough 26 *_* live in VA. So I sat there and thought ‘what 20 year old do I know for him?’ cause he was kinda cute, but just young. Some more people came in… a few more men. Third guy, Brandon, I sat with did not even want to be there he just came with his boys and then they were going out to a club after that. He was a chef and I told he needed to lead with that. He said he was gonna be done after me because he was sure the other women weren’t going to be as nice as me. Is this lil dude flirting with me?!?! Still young but cute. Fourth guy was a complete weirdo, D’Andre. I should have known something was off because his ’HELLO MY NAME IS’ was in gold sharpie, not black like everyone else. So he looked at me like a psycho killer. My dude did not blink or look away the entire time which was kinda unnerving. I was doing fine with the small talk up to that point but I could not think of a thing to say to him and he was not good at coming up with anything either. So when they said TIME I hopped up like OK thanks!! Whew that was a long 4 minutes. Next dude, George, which honestly I think he made up just that second because he didn’t even have a name tag. So we started talking about something and he said well if you told me you were 25 I would believe you and then if you told me later your real age, you know after we were kicking it I wouldn’t mind. So I’m sitting there looking at his big ass cubic zirconia thinking why does this fool have 2 BIG ASS earrings in his each ear and then I said Dude why would I lie about my age or anything? It’s not that deep!! And he was like oh well you know cause people do! I was glad when that 4 minutes was up. Last dude Kevin. Completely not my type, well none of them were, but he was the most interesting. He had on this necklace that he made, so we talked about jewelry making, he was an army brat and was well traveled. We both at different points went on a Mediterranean cruise and he wanted to go back to Italy and Greece and I was like ME TOO!! And then we listed the places in each country we wanted to go. So the bad part about this was it didn’t occur to me til after I was in the car almost home that I should have given him my number. He was at least the most interesting and someone I could have hung out with, the rest were pretty much cornballs. Now the good thing about speed dating is that you get to see the person in the flesh, no one is hiding behind a picture (that might not even be them) and a profile (which might be fake). The bad thing is if it is not organized properly the ratios will be off. I had already made up in my mind that this was just something to do, so I wasn’t out for a major love connection. Some of the women there were real (and I hate this term) thirsty!! One ‘crew’ were basically knocking other sistas down to get to this one guy who was in the corner. He was aiight, but not worth knocking someone down. OH and the age range was 24-39 but I really expected more older guys than there were. And there were a few women there who I knew were WELL over 39. I felt like I was hitting the cap already. And really what can a 25 year old do for you other than the obvious which might be mind blowing but then what (LOL)??
General Random
Even though I’m speaking loudly, it’s to myself NOT you, so move along!!
Adult orthodontia is a wonderful thing!
Really dude (or dudette) get off the phone and make the turn. You taking 20 minutes to make this turn is making my pressure rise!
It’s just a day! You may have someone you may not but really it’s just a day… slightly made up and exasperated by Hallmark.
I want to go out on St Patrick’s day for green beer O_o
I honestly don’t know how vegetarians do it. I am freaking STARVING after I eat veggies only. I ate some carrots this morning (not for breakfast but just as a lil snack) and 2 minutes after I was scrounging around for something else. Now carrots with hummus that can hold a chick for a little longer
I had some very specific rants about some friends and I thought hmmm…. If I write that they will know I’m talking about them and the goal is now to be putting no one on blast so we’ll just save that in the Random memory bank for another day
I recently bought popcorn kernels and have been making it on the stovetop. Now I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or if I really just made the best popcorn ever. I’m leaning toward best popcorn ever!! With just a little butter and old bay O M G!!!
One of the big whig dudes who clomps around here like everyplace he has to be is THE MOST urgent thing on the world he looks at me kinda strange like… who is this chick and why is she smiling at me?!? I smile at everyone dude (well except that bitch in the inside office LOL) and I might even say hello cause that’s just the kinda chick I am!!
Inside office gal is a bitch for so many reasons! I can’t even think of a better funner word to call her like tweedle or CR (crazy redneck) or just anything… cause I’m an orphan her at the crazy place I work meaning I have no real home or team, I just wander the halls hoping someone will throw me work (no not really)! One day I said something to her and she smirked at me ACTUALLY SMIRKED!! I kinda let that pass because everyone has their bad days, right? But then just recently she and the admin (who I now refer to as Linda Belcher… It’s a Bob’s Burgers thing) were trying to find space to put all the crap Linda has been collecting over the years, I walked by and weighed in ____________they both acted like I wasn’t there and didn’t say a thing. Linda (not her real name I am protecting the innocent) really probably didn't hear me. But IOB (eewwww that’s good inside office bitch!!!) most certainly did and smirked at me again
If you are funky don’t come to hot yoga cause it is just bad and I’m pretty sure it’s bad karma too. NAMSTE!!
What the hell happened to spell check on blogger.com?!?
General Random
Even though I’m speaking loudly, it’s to myself NOT you, so move along!!
Adult orthodontia is a wonderful thing!
Really dude (or dudette) get off the phone and make the turn. You taking 20 minutes to make this turn is making my pressure rise!
It’s just a day! You may have someone you may not but really it’s just a day… slightly made up and exasperated by Hallmark.
I want to go out on St Patrick’s day for green beer O_o
I honestly don’t know how vegetarians do it. I am freaking STARVING after I eat veggies only. I ate some carrots this morning (not for breakfast but just as a lil snack) and 2 minutes after I was scrounging around for something else. Now carrots with hummus that can hold a chick for a little longer
I had some very specific rants about some friends and I thought hmmm…. If I write that they will know I’m talking about them and the goal is now to be putting no one on blast so we’ll just save that in the Random memory bank for another day
I recently bought popcorn kernels and have been making it on the stovetop. Now I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or if I really just made the best popcorn ever. I’m leaning toward best popcorn ever!! With just a little butter and old bay O M G!!!
One of the big whig dudes who clomps around here like everyplace he has to be is THE MOST urgent thing on the world he looks at me kinda strange like… who is this chick and why is she smiling at me?!? I smile at everyone dude (well except that bitch in the inside office LOL) and I might even say hello cause that’s just the kinda chick I am!!
Inside office gal is a bitch for so many reasons! I can’t even think of a better funner word to call her like tweedle or CR (crazy redneck) or just anything… cause I’m an orphan her at the crazy place I work meaning I have no real home or team, I just wander the halls hoping someone will throw me work (no not really)! One day I said something to her and she smirked at me ACTUALLY SMIRKED!! I kinda let that pass because everyone has their bad days, right? But then just recently she and the admin (who I now refer to as Linda Belcher… It’s a Bob’s Burgers thing) were trying to find space to put all the crap Linda has been collecting over the years, I walked by and weighed in ____________they both acted like I wasn’t there and didn’t say a thing. Linda (not her real name I am protecting the innocent) really probably didn't hear me. But IOB (eewwww that’s good inside office bitch!!!) most certainly did and smirked at me again
If you are funky don’t come to hot yoga cause it is just bad and I’m pretty sure it’s bad karma too. NAMSTE!!
What the hell happened to spell check on blogger.com?!?
Friday, February 8, 2013
Yay Friday!
my blogs are long as HELL!! I'm sitting here at work working REAlLY hard and reading some of them from last summer. I got BOLD and bullets and... well randomness but that is to be expected
I'm glad it's friday!! The week wasn't bad it's just always a very welcomed day.
Tomorrow I'm taking my sister to see the Alvin Ailey Dancers. I think the last time I saw them was in Pittsburgh and I was a kid.
I went to a non-musical play on Tuesday and was left with WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE?!?! The quick and dirty of August: Osage County is the patriarch goes missing and then dead; and he's an alcoholic. The matriarch pops pills. Basically there are just secrets that all families have, but the one that stood out the most for me were the 1st cousins carrying on a relationship and it turned out they were brother and sister. As attractive as I think my family/cousins are I can't imagine kissing let alone having sex with them. And my brother?!?! I am sick to my stomach. The other sister was engaged to a man who I could tell was about to mess with the 14 yr old niece. I would kill a fool if he put his hands on any of my nieces, nephews too!!! So it was a good play, but I think I'll stick to the musical variety!!
There is a 2 hour delay for schools in this area, but no snow O_o
So glad I bought 4 bottles of wine on Wed!!
The office people are STILL complaining about the cubes they put in front of them
It's probably a good idea to NOT be writing my blog or looking at FB or tweeting or not working when 1 of my managers walks by. Yeah that's a good rule of thumb. Even though I am somewhat of an orphan, this is the one that authorizes the time sheet so yeah.
I'm addicted to a new vlog on youTube, BeatFaceHoney. She is a make-up person and her tips are really good. I actually thought she was in drag, but I think she was born with all girl parts! I need to step up my make-up game. For some reason the spots that are on my face seem to get bigger by the day. NOT REALLY, but a lil concealer and foundation aint never hurt nobody!! When I was working from home, my aunt told me to wake up everyday shower and put on some lipstick!! Which I usually did!!
people say the dumbest shit on FB and the meanest nastiest shit on twitter and on the comments of YouTube most likely becasue there is more anonimity. I guess people think they are protected by the computer and feel fearless. But TRUST if I wouldn't say it to your face, I wouldn't write it to live on forever and ever in cyber space! Maybe that's just me. Then once said, folks be surrying around to explain what they meant or, take downa comment that was offense. WHO has time for that, just DON'T say it in the first place.
I'm glad it's friday!! The week wasn't bad it's just always a very welcomed day.
Tomorrow I'm taking my sister to see the Alvin Ailey Dancers. I think the last time I saw them was in Pittsburgh and I was a kid.
I went to a non-musical play on Tuesday and was left with WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE?!?! The quick and dirty of August: Osage County is the patriarch goes missing and then dead; and he's an alcoholic. The matriarch pops pills. Basically there are just secrets that all families have, but the one that stood out the most for me were the 1st cousins carrying on a relationship and it turned out they were brother and sister. As attractive as I think my family/cousins are I can't imagine kissing let alone having sex with them. And my brother?!?! I am sick to my stomach. The other sister was engaged to a man who I could tell was about to mess with the 14 yr old niece. I would kill a fool if he put his hands on any of my nieces, nephews too!!! So it was a good play, but I think I'll stick to the musical variety!!
There is a 2 hour delay for schools in this area, but no snow O_o
So glad I bought 4 bottles of wine on Wed!!
The office people are STILL complaining about the cubes they put in front of them
It's probably a good idea to NOT be writing my blog or looking at FB or tweeting or not working when 1 of my managers walks by. Yeah that's a good rule of thumb. Even though I am somewhat of an orphan, this is the one that authorizes the time sheet so yeah.
I'm addicted to a new vlog on youTube, BeatFaceHoney. She is a make-up person and her tips are really good. I actually thought she was in drag, but I think she was born with all girl parts! I need to step up my make-up game. For some reason the spots that are on my face seem to get bigger by the day. NOT REALLY, but a lil concealer and foundation aint never hurt nobody!! When I was working from home, my aunt told me to wake up everyday shower and put on some lipstick!! Which I usually did!!
people say the dumbest shit on FB and the meanest nastiest shit on twitter and on the comments of YouTube most likely becasue there is more anonimity. I guess people think they are protected by the computer and feel fearless. But TRUST if I wouldn't say it to your face, I wouldn't write it to live on forever and ever in cyber space! Maybe that's just me. Then once said, folks be surrying around to explain what they meant or, take downa comment that was offense. WHO has time for that, just DON'T say it in the first place.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Weekend stuff...
I had a great weekend! Didn’t do anything major just a happy hour, the play Fela! And the superbowl (well not really the superbowl, but I’ll get to that in a minute).
Happy Hour
So I recently reactivated my membership into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. The main reason I stopped was because I didn't have a job. Sorority life no matter which one belong to can drain your account if you’re not careful. And at the time 2008 I think, having just lost my job and no real prospects for a new one thanks to the hellacious economy, letting that go was very easy. Now when folks say ‘where have you been?’ I just say around. Not working is kinda embarrassing even though I know I wasn't the only person in that current condition. Many of my friends and family were in constant pursuit of finding a job. And it wasn't that I was laid off or downsized, I was fired for really dumb reasons. I fit real well with folks who got laid off or downsized, which I guess is a nice way of saying fired. I worked little piddly jobs but nothing anywhere near to what I was making or doing. My credit went to pot. The house...AWW LAWD all I was trying to speak on was the damn happy hour. SO here lately anytime something is going on and I go I have been getting so excited! It’s almost like I’m a housewife with 5 kids that never gets to do nothing; and that is so not the case. So when I heard about the happy hour I was majorly excited!! It was at a bar/restaurant that I went to a few weeks ago (again I was very excited to go that night too) so I knew what to expect. And nothing dramatic happened it was just a good time with some ladies I haven’t spent time with in a long while.
FELA!
This was the highlight of the weekend. So I sent out a rather last minute email to my friends asking who wanted to go. I belong to several list-servs and sometimes I pay attention and sometimes I don’t. But I saw the ‘flyer’ for Fela! and I remembered how I wanted to go see it on Broadway. I don’t know why I never made it up there but I knew I wanted to see it. What I knew of Fela Kuti was very minimal. I knew his songs were long as hell, any given song could be 20 minutes long and the music plays for a good 10 minutes before you even hear singing. But that was alright with me. I’m a househead so I have heard many versions of the songs over the years. And I knew he was an activist of some sort. But just like Bob Marley and Jamaica, there are corrupt governments all over the world, and that’s about the extent of what I knew of Fela. So I encourage any and every one to go see this play. We got to the theatre maybe 5 or 10 minutes before it was to start. Parking is bad in DC and garages will rip you off if they can. The 2 attendants with there not so good English at one garage after they told me the rate wasn't a flat $15 even though that was what the sign had said, and that it would be $11 per hour… uh YEAH NO I need to find the $7 garage which was a few blocks away but worth it. So in the theater, the band is onstage already playing music, and people milling about. Several dancers are already... well dancing and the men are acting as if they are on the street pounding each other up. I love when stuff happens in the audience. Just like when I went to see Lion King and the animals were coming down the aisles, at first it freaks you out and then you start singing along with THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!! So a man tries to pound my friend and she is like HUH WHAT?!? But then she gets into it. Then Fela and his entourage come out on the steps and the play begins for real. So the setting is the Africa Shrine (a club) in Nigeria and he is talking to us like we are the audience at the shrine coming to see his show. It’s not a linear play, things have happened and things have yet to happen and of course I got a little confused. The music and dancing were awesome!! I had to youtube (thank LBJ for youtube) the actual music because the main song ‘Water Get No Enemy’ I knew that beat. It’s one of those songs that took 5 minutes before you hear singing. And not that every song has to have singing, but you know it's coming you're just not sure when. And the set was very colorful and vibrant! And the dancers!! I know I already said the dancers, but the women you could see the muscles in their arms and backs. So my new goal in life is to be a African dancer in Fela! The men... ok so any man who can move with such grace and agility you HAVE to love. And a few of them were real sexy!! The choreography was just great and I would definitely go see it again. I got a little overwhelmed in the gift shop. I wanted to buy something but there were just to many recordings and actually I didn't even see how much the tee shirts were. But it was great and I really enjoyed the show!
Superbowl
Ok so I really didn't watch the superbowl I watched AT it mainly for the commercials which were really not all that great. And I’m happy with the outcome. I mean I am not a Raven fan...but contrary to popular belief I am not a hater either. What I am is a Steeler Fan! I rep Steeler Nation no matter where I live or go. So when I wear purple, it’s because I look good in purple, AND THAT’S IT! And please PLEASE spare me the stories of how you were harassed by some random Steeler fan in Pittsburgh or even in Baltimore at a game between the 2. That has never been my MO so save it. To me all I see is Black and Gold and that's about it!! I will say though that the SNL skit with Keenan playing Ray Lewis was freaking hilarious!! I don’t even hate Ray Ray! I honestly wasn't rooting for one team other the other EXCEPT if the 49ners had won they would have tied us for Superbowl rings... and we can’t have that. And I really (REALLY REALLY) enjoyed the news when they kept showing Torrey Smith and his beautiful locks running to... wherever the hell he was running. That shit made me VERY happy!! I hope to see it again tonight when I watch the news!!
The halftime show. I said this jokingly to one of my FB friends from high school that this is Beyonce's world and we are just privileged to be in it. And again not hate or shade to Bey. But at one point I thought WOW narcissistic much?!?! Don't get me wrong the show was amazing, but the screen of Beyonce's both behind her and below her and the cut out pic of her where the 'fans' stood was a bit much. It was nice that she allowed 'an nem' to perform... i mean Destiny's Child (bka Beyonce an nem) But why OH why was Michelle so stiff. She was supposed to have been in Fela! so I know she is in shape, but maybe she just needed one mo rehearsal and she woulda killed it. Everyone is commenting on the Kelly and her thickness. She definitely got a booty now! Because Beyonce has soooooo much music out and every cd has so many songs that get air play I would have liked a mega melody and forgone the Halo song which I never really cared for that much. But it still rocked. the pageantry and her freaking legs that you know one day I will have long lean light skinded legs LOL
Jennifer, girl we know you can sing! You don't have to shout or over sing it or church it up. Just sing the damn song and we will still love you!! I promise!!
Alicia, my dear sweet honorary soror ***loud sigh*** You tried. But next to Harry Connick Jr., that was about the most boringest rendition I had ever EVER heard!
Torrey Smith and his locs... HIGHLIGHT!!! :)
Other stuff that had happened
HOT yoga. Ok so the men in hot yoga go topless. And actually most of the women wear just the bra top. I am not quite there yet. I know I need to feel less self-conscious about my body because truly no one is paying me no attention. The goal is to breath correctly and to focus on yourself and getting into the pose properly (which is still a journey for me). I thought I had seen the hairiest man my first time there... BUT OH NO, I HAD NOT!! Let me say there was a very attractive guy in the class I took Saturday, but then after the sweat started pouring the attraction faded. The guy next to him was as my mom would say, one of the last to evolve. He had hair on his chest, he had hair under, over and all over his arm. He had hair on his back O_o. I kept trying not to look at him but I could not look away. It is hot yoga you are supposed to sweat and I get that, but I always wonder where all this sweat is coming from these people around me? Like dude, are you really drenched and sweat is dripping off you shin? I mean I sweat too and it’s aggravating because it gets in my eyes, but there are literally puddles around these people.
I had the best lamb chops at Chop House in DC! I was mid-sentence, mid story and I took a bite and was like MMMMMMMMMM this is GOOD!!
I had an cupcake. The actual cake was just ok, the icing was freaking DELISH!! I kept trying to figure out if I should have gotten more than one. I mean nowhere on any eating plan is a cupcake a preferred food. So it was a cheat. I still enjoyed it because of the icing.
and that about sums it up!!
Happy Hour
So I recently reactivated my membership into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. The main reason I stopped was because I didn't have a job. Sorority life no matter which one belong to can drain your account if you’re not careful. And at the time 2008 I think, having just lost my job and no real prospects for a new one thanks to the hellacious economy, letting that go was very easy. Now when folks say ‘where have you been?’ I just say around. Not working is kinda embarrassing even though I know I wasn't the only person in that current condition. Many of my friends and family were in constant pursuit of finding a job. And it wasn't that I was laid off or downsized, I was fired for really dumb reasons. I fit real well with folks who got laid off or downsized, which I guess is a nice way of saying fired. I worked little piddly jobs but nothing anywhere near to what I was making or doing. My credit went to pot. The house...AWW LAWD all I was trying to speak on was the damn happy hour. SO here lately anytime something is going on and I go I have been getting so excited! It’s almost like I’m a housewife with 5 kids that never gets to do nothing; and that is so not the case. So when I heard about the happy hour I was majorly excited!! It was at a bar/restaurant that I went to a few weeks ago (again I was very excited to go that night too) so I knew what to expect. And nothing dramatic happened it was just a good time with some ladies I haven’t spent time with in a long while.
FELA!
This was the highlight of the weekend. So I sent out a rather last minute email to my friends asking who wanted to go. I belong to several list-servs and sometimes I pay attention and sometimes I don’t. But I saw the ‘flyer’ for Fela! and I remembered how I wanted to go see it on Broadway. I don’t know why I never made it up there but I knew I wanted to see it. What I knew of Fela Kuti was very minimal. I knew his songs were long as hell, any given song could be 20 minutes long and the music plays for a good 10 minutes before you even hear singing. But that was alright with me. I’m a househead so I have heard many versions of the songs over the years. And I knew he was an activist of some sort. But just like Bob Marley and Jamaica, there are corrupt governments all over the world, and that’s about the extent of what I knew of Fela. So I encourage any and every one to go see this play. We got to the theatre maybe 5 or 10 minutes before it was to start. Parking is bad in DC and garages will rip you off if they can. The 2 attendants with there not so good English at one garage after they told me the rate wasn't a flat $15 even though that was what the sign had said, and that it would be $11 per hour… uh YEAH NO I need to find the $7 garage which was a few blocks away but worth it. So in the theater, the band is onstage already playing music, and people milling about. Several dancers are already... well dancing and the men are acting as if they are on the street pounding each other up. I love when stuff happens in the audience. Just like when I went to see Lion King and the animals were coming down the aisles, at first it freaks you out and then you start singing along with THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!! So a man tries to pound my friend and she is like HUH WHAT?!? But then she gets into it. Then Fela and his entourage come out on the steps and the play begins for real. So the setting is the Africa Shrine (a club) in Nigeria and he is talking to us like we are the audience at the shrine coming to see his show. It’s not a linear play, things have happened and things have yet to happen and of course I got a little confused. The music and dancing were awesome!! I had to youtube (thank LBJ for youtube) the actual music because the main song ‘Water Get No Enemy’ I knew that beat. It’s one of those songs that took 5 minutes before you hear singing. And not that every song has to have singing, but you know it's coming you're just not sure when. And the set was very colorful and vibrant! And the dancers!! I know I already said the dancers, but the women you could see the muscles in their arms and backs. So my new goal in life is to be a African dancer in Fela! The men... ok so any man who can move with such grace and agility you HAVE to love. And a few of them were real sexy!! The choreography was just great and I would definitely go see it again. I got a little overwhelmed in the gift shop. I wanted to buy something but there were just to many recordings and actually I didn't even see how much the tee shirts were. But it was great and I really enjoyed the show!
Superbowl
Ok so I really didn't watch the superbowl I watched AT it mainly for the commercials which were really not all that great. And I’m happy with the outcome. I mean I am not a Raven fan...but contrary to popular belief I am not a hater either. What I am is a Steeler Fan! I rep Steeler Nation no matter where I live or go. So when I wear purple, it’s because I look good in purple, AND THAT’S IT! And please PLEASE spare me the stories of how you were harassed by some random Steeler fan in Pittsburgh or even in Baltimore at a game between the 2. That has never been my MO so save it. To me all I see is Black and Gold and that's about it!! I will say though that the SNL skit with Keenan playing Ray Lewis was freaking hilarious!! I don’t even hate Ray Ray! I honestly wasn't rooting for one team other the other EXCEPT if the 49ners had won they would have tied us for Superbowl rings... and we can’t have that. And I really (REALLY REALLY) enjoyed the news when they kept showing Torrey Smith and his beautiful locks running to... wherever the hell he was running. That shit made me VERY happy!! I hope to see it again tonight when I watch the news!!
The halftime show. I said this jokingly to one of my FB friends from high school that this is Beyonce's world and we are just privileged to be in it. And again not hate or shade to Bey. But at one point I thought WOW narcissistic much?!?! Don't get me wrong the show was amazing, but the screen of Beyonce's both behind her and below her and the cut out pic of her where the 'fans' stood was a bit much. It was nice that she allowed 'an nem' to perform... i mean Destiny's Child (bka Beyonce an nem) But why OH why was Michelle so stiff. She was supposed to have been in Fela! so I know she is in shape, but maybe she just needed one mo rehearsal and she woulda killed it. Everyone is commenting on the Kelly and her thickness. She definitely got a booty now! Because Beyonce has soooooo much music out and every cd has so many songs that get air play I would have liked a mega melody and forgone the Halo song which I never really cared for that much. But it still rocked. the pageantry and her freaking legs that you know one day I will have long lean light skinded legs LOL
Jennifer, girl we know you can sing! You don't have to shout or over sing it or church it up. Just sing the damn song and we will still love you!! I promise!!
Alicia, my dear sweet honorary soror ***loud sigh*** You tried. But next to Harry Connick Jr., that was about the most boringest rendition I had ever EVER heard!
Torrey Smith and his locs... HIGHLIGHT!!! :)
Other stuff that had happened
HOT yoga. Ok so the men in hot yoga go topless. And actually most of the women wear just the bra top. I am not quite there yet. I know I need to feel less self-conscious about my body because truly no one is paying me no attention. The goal is to breath correctly and to focus on yourself and getting into the pose properly (which is still a journey for me). I thought I had seen the hairiest man my first time there... BUT OH NO, I HAD NOT!! Let me say there was a very attractive guy in the class I took Saturday, but then after the sweat started pouring the attraction faded. The guy next to him was as my mom would say, one of the last to evolve. He had hair on his chest, he had hair under, over and all over his arm. He had hair on his back O_o. I kept trying not to look at him but I could not look away. It is hot yoga you are supposed to sweat and I get that, but I always wonder where all this sweat is coming from these people around me? Like dude, are you really drenched and sweat is dripping off you shin? I mean I sweat too and it’s aggravating because it gets in my eyes, but there are literally puddles around these people.
I had the best lamb chops at Chop House in DC! I was mid-sentence, mid story and I took a bite and was like MMMMMMMMMM this is GOOD!!
I had an cupcake. The actual cake was just ok, the icing was freaking DELISH!! I kept trying to figure out if I should have gotten more than one. I mean nowhere on any eating plan is a cupcake a preferred food. So it was a cheat. I still enjoyed it because of the icing.
and that about sums it up!!
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