Damn IT People!

Rating:	★
Category:	Other

They done blocked my Yahoo Launchcast! Hmph! I need my commercial free radio at the end of the day to get this desk cleared. Any suggestions?

PS I guess I'll be getting that new iPod after all. I knew I should've told Boyfriend 2.0 to get me one instead of a purse.

New Years Eve Plans, Cigarettes, etc.

I just had a slight falling out with Boyfriend 2.0 about NYE.  At first we were planning to go out & celebrate, but then that changed - several times.  He can't make a damn decision & when I make one he doesn't like, he's unhappy.  {Men!}

For those who know anything about me, know I live in the hood & the streets of said hood are no place to be once the clock strikes 12.  For folks to be having such a hard time paying bills & such, they sure can come across firepower.  I'm talking bombs over Baghdad firepower!  {SMH @ my people}

Anytime I'm home on NYE, I'm in my basement or the floor of my 2nd floor....and even then, I'm not all that at ease.

I would much rather go out & then crash at a nice hotel, but the male siblings of Boyfriend 2.0 also want to celebrate, but the Negroes are broke.  I'm guessing the bills are paid, but they are kinda light on the fun money.  They want to come to come to my house with their girlfriend & wife (who is my 1st cousin).  Their sister & her husband would also join us.  No problem right?  Wrong!  Of the 8 people who would be there, 5 of them smoke & I mean smoke like chimneys in the winter time, including Boyfriend 2.0.  

Y'all know I don't allow smoking in my house or car & prefer to avoid places where smoking is allowed freely.  When smokers visit my house, they have to step outside. 

Now this is where it gets tricky.  When the bad weather set in, I reluntanctly allowed Boyfriend 2.0 to go to the basement for his nicotine fix.  {I don't have a garage & I surely can't have him sick & not able work!} 

Now I know when/if the smokers come to my house & it's too cold to be outside, they will ask if the can go downstairs.  One or two of them?  Maybe. I might've been willing to bend the rules for the evening, but 5 of them?!?!  Hell naw!  Not to mention when the one brother & his wife/my cousin visit (they live 15 minutes away) they'll think they can automatically smoke indoors.

Am I being unreasonable?  I don't think so. 

There's No Santa?!

Did you ever believe in Santa Claus & if so, when did you stop?

I found out there was no Santa when I was about 6 or 7. Even tho I had my own room at my grandparent's home, I always slept in the bed with Muda. {Man I miss those days.}

Muda had this huge bed (for those who have been to my home, it was just like mine). I'm a very wild sleeper & I used to have a tendency to fall out of the bed on occasion. This particular Christmas Eve, I fell out of the bed & when I got up Muda was gone. Now this wasn't unusual because she was a night owl & was always up piddling around. I went to the kitchen 1st because that's where I usually found her, but tonight she wasn't there. I went to Papa's room & he was gone too! {Muda & Papa's separate rooms will be blogged about soon.}

I went back to Muda's room when I heard voices. I realized the voices were coming from the living room. I tiptoed to the living room & there they were! Muda & Papa putting our gifts under the tree! My eyes damn near popped outta my head. I tiptoed back to Muda's room & climbed in bed. I don't think slept a wink after getting a glimpse of what was under that tree for me.

I was so happy the next morning I think I laid in bed just long enough for day to break & off to the living room I went! I was a little mad woman ripping open boxes & ripping off bows.

A few hours later my Mama & Bill show up with these 2 huge hefty bags with the stuff "Santa left at their house" for us. I was in heaven!

I later whispered to my mama that I knew there was no Santa Claus, but she disagreed. I kept telling her I knew the truth & she finally asked me how did I "think" I knew. I told her I saw Muda & Papa putting the gifts under the tree the night before. She made me promise never to tell my sister & I never did.

Now the funny part of this story is that my mother, God rest her soul, was a hateful wench, (her mother's words, not mine).  She knew there was no Santa and my granny warned her not to tell my uncle because he still believed.  Well my mama, got in a mood and when my uncle was talking about Santa, his loving big sis said, "C'mere boy! (dragging him to my grandmother's closet) Ain't no damn Santa Claus!"   Legend has it that my uncle burst into tears & told my granny what happened when she got home & my granny beat the dogsled shit outta my hateful ass mama for ruining her baby boy's Christmas.

Presidential Old School Swagger

 

 

I *hate* December

I'm not looking for a pity party, just releasing....

Saturday, I attended a home-going service for my BFF's grandmother.  Afterwards, I went to my mother & sister's grave and had a good long cry with my 2 BFF's right by my side.  {Boyfriend wanted to go, but he can't stand to see Superwoman cry so I told him I had who I needed and would be OK....and I was.}

I've lost way too many people I love in this 10 day span of the calendar, including but not limited to:  my daddy, mother, sister, a boyfriend, an aunt, an uncle and grandmother (the last 3 were not my blood-my BFF's-but they were my family all the same).

I did some shopping for gifts today hoping it would lift my spirits, but I guess my spirit just ain't feeling it.

Next December, good Lord willing & the creek don't rise, I'll be on somebody's all-inclusive resort or cruise ship. 

Living in Sin

"It's better to marry, than to burn."

This is something my ex quoted to me damn near weekly.

This Christmas

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

Sadly, I did not enjoy this movie as I thought I would. The best parts, imho, were the bathroom scene (that shit was hella funny!) & the dinner table/cutting of the meat scene.

What say you?

Vashon High Class of 1990

During lunch or break (or over the weekend) - when you're bored - Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!! IF YOU FORWARD TO OTHERS, CHANGE THE SUBJECT TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATING YEAR.

1.  Did you date someone from your high school? Yes
 
2.  If yes, who (first name only).  Darren, Troy, Michael, Ronnie & a few others I know I'm forgetting.

3.  Did you marry someone from your high school? No, but I procreated with one.
                 
4.  If yes, who? N/A

5.  What kind of car did you have in high school? Bi-State (public transpo)
 
6.  What kind of car do you have now? 2003 Chevy Malibu

7.  It is a Friday night . . . where are you now? Sleep!

8.  It was Friday night . . . where were you then? With my friends at the mall.
 
9.  What kind of job did you have in high school?  After school peer-tutor

10.  What kind of job do you do now?  HR

11.  Were you a party animal? Every chance I got.

12.  Were you considered a flirt?  Of the worst kind.

13.  Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I was in the choir & even performed a few times.

14.  Were you a nerd? Yep...the smart, likable & cute kind. 
 
15.  Did you get suspended or expelled?  I'm I did once or twice.

16. Can you sing your school’s fight song?  I could 18 years ago.

17.  Who was your favorite teacher? Mr. Bright - taught me Algebra as a freshman & Trigonometry as a senior. 

18.  Where did you sit during lunch? Usually with my girls.
 
19.     What was your school's full name?  Vashon Senior High
 
20.     When did you graduate (or leave)? June 1, 1990
 
21.     What was your school mascot? Wolverine
 
22.     If you could, would you go back and do it again? Yep!  Those were a few of the best years of my life.
 
23.     Did you go to your Prom? Yes
 
24.     Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?  Yep.  He's just my baby's daddy.

25.     Are you planning on going to your next reunion? I missed the 10-year due to travel, but hope to make the 20-year. 
 
26.     Do you still talk to people from school?  Yep,thanks to ning.com.

27.  What were your high school colors?  Royal Blue & White
 
28. Name all the groups or areas where you had a picture in your senior year book:  National Honor Society, School Paper, Math Team & Peer Tutors 

Throwback Thurs ~ Don't Take It Personal ~

My namesake pretty much summed how I'm feeling right about now....

Did you know......

• Muda (maternal grandmother) is the reason why I'm the brat I am today?

• my inconsiderate, out-of-town, relatives listed my dearly departed mother as "deceased child" on her mother's (Muda) obituary? Even tho they apologized profusely, no one accepted full responsibility for the alleged oversight & it still pisses me off today.

• the day following Muda's burial, I wrote my own obituary & clearly spelled out how I want my "homegoing" services to flow?

• even tho Muda was my everything & I hers, she said some of the things that hurt me the most?

• that my skin tone made me feel like an outcast in my own family? If you've seen them, you know why.

• as a result of feeling this way, I was introverted until I was a teenager?

• I used my then 36-28-36 frame to get {what I thought was} much needed attention from the opposite sex?

• I had mixed feelings about telling Muda I was pregnant as I knew she would "fix" the situation so I wouldn't ruin my future?

• me & my mom (RIP) were pregnant at the same time? Her with my baby sister (RIP). This is quite common in my family. We weren't the 1st & probably won't be the last.
  
  
• I don't think my mother & baby sister are at peace?

• I love my middle sister, but I can't stand her?

• my sister had one assignment for our mom & sisters' funeral service & she couldn't complete that?

• some of my father's (RIP) family didn't believe I was his child? Muda nipped all of that crap in the bud when I made my grand entrance.

• my father was one of eleven & I only have a relationship with one of my aunts?

• my father lost his sight due to an on the job injury & wanted my mother to put him in a home because he didn't think he could bear not being able to see his baby girl?

• I was barely 3 years old when my daddy died & I still cry myself to sleep sometimes because I miss him so?

• my father's family convinced him to settle for a measly ass $1,000 for his injury?

• I regret the relationship with my son's biological?

• if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't? Motherhood isn't for everyone & I had sense enough to recognize it before having a tribe of children.

• this is reason why my son is an only child?

• I remained celibate for one (1) year after the birth of my son? I was deathly afraid of ending up with yet another mouth to feed.

• it's hard for me to accept the fact that my child doesn't grasp academics like I did?

• I trust my friends more than I trust my family?

• I still believe in "Happily Ever After"?

• if I fell ill today, I could only count on my Aunt Carolyn & a few friends to handle things for me?

• I keep track of my lovers? Not that the list is that damn long, but the document, a diary of sorts, is safely tucked away.

• my ex proposed to me - at my office, in front of my colleagues & friends after I busted his ass for cheating?

• I get tired of being everything to everybody?

• generally I'm a happy person & enjoy kicking it with my friends, but I'm just as happy all by my damn self?
  
  
• me & the boyfriend have hit some rough spots?   Good news is we’re working out just fine.

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Mrs. Claus' Wildside Punch

Ingredients:
25 oz X-Rated Fusion liqueur
25 oz Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila
25 oz pomegranate juice
25 oz cranberry juice
lime twists for garnish


Directions:
Combine one bottle of Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila, one bottle of X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, 25oz of Pomegranate Juice, and 25oz of Cranberry Juice in a punch bowl.

Serve mixture directly into ice filled glasses and stir to cool the mixture.
Garnish with lime twist.

HR Quote of the Day

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

"As long as they stay stupid, I work another day."

~Me~

It's open enrollment time (any fellow benefits administrators know this is hell on earth) & no matter how many graphs, charts, outlines, face to face meetings, etc., I provide, most of these folks just don't get it...and in this day & age, I'm glad of it!

Throwback Thurs. ~ What Makes A Man ~

(Wanna Cheat On His Woman?)
by Melvin Riley (formerly of Ready for the World)

Can any of you fellas answer that question?

Important Memo

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

TO: ALL BLACK PEOPLE
FROM: YOU KNOW!!
RE: NAMING YOUR DAUGHTERS
DATE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

Please don't start naming your daughters after the President... names such as: Obamanesha , Obamalisha, Obamarette, Obamalaya, Obamaria, Obamanette, Barakala, Barakella, Barakesha, Barakyah, etc. or adding, La, Sha, Da or Ja, Rhi, as a prefix is not allowed. Don't start that mess! PLEASE!!

It is acceptable to name your sons Barack, or even Obama but that is as far as you may go.

YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY RECEIVED THE MEMO AND HAVE BEEN WARNED!