Random Day

1. Ummm, I have FIVE pairs of Chucks.
Pink, Cream, Green, Yellow, Red.

Really, Stace?

The next number I have multiples of is 3. Then there are a lot of fraternal twins


2. I don't think I'm going to get tired of American Boi. Estelle is my GIRL! and you know I love 'Ye

3. I just found out an ex, the first boyfriend I had at FAM, passed away last week. Gastric bypass gone wrong. I was shocked, more so by how big he must have gotten to need gastric bypass.

4. I have to get my chronic sinusitis in order. Just found out my grand uncle and Ghanian godfather found multiple myelomas in his nasal cavity. He's been a long time sufferer of sinusitis.

5. I still can't open my mouth to its widest cause of what the ortho tech did to me and the resulting infection. I was almost in tears trying to eat a breakfast sandwich from Micki Dee's this past Tuesday

6. Last week, I was thinking if marriage is what Drew and I do on the weekends but everyday, I'm not sure I want that. Kinda boring.

7. I still don't know what the Poke feature on Stacebook means. Mini Me said it's to get someone's attention. the person who has been poking me EVERYDAY has my phone number and unlimited text... I don't know what the problem is.

8. My car has been at the shop since yesterday evening. You know how much money that thing is going to cost if its been getting worked on for 24 hours? Now I know they aren't working on it round the clock but damn! Where is my Tima?!

9. Diana Ross is my celebrity idol. I love her almost as much as I love MJJ. When I was younger, I used to fluff out my hair out and sing along to her videos; much to the dismay of Mom Dukes

10. Drew and I have challenged Dani and Shayne to a game night. Jam and Rah, Joy and Kesi, Patti and PHI, La and BOB, y'all are next in our Will and Grace-esque domination.

11. I am seriously going to have a coffee table book of children's art one day. It's like invented spelling without words. So straight to the point and literal. and don't let there be a caption like, "It is sunee. We can rid bix" (It is sunny. We can ride bikes. the long 'I' is tricky, as is the trailing 'y')

12. On the way home from work on Friday, I realized I only want one child. A girl with the prettiest name I can think of. But that can be lonely...

13. I really want a black Coach with gold hardware. This one. But she's too big for me. I cyber tried her on.

14. I think I might send myself some flowers on Friday. Naw, I'll just get some from Publicks.

15. I'm bored.

16. I'm waiting for 'Single Ladies' to come on the radio while Drew and I are in the car so I can abruptly ask Drew if/when he's going to put a ring on it. I think that would be an awesome ice breaker.

17. I need new music in my life.

18. I think I need a good cry. I feel like I'm on emotional auto-pilot

19. My bro is turing 25 this Thursday. I can't believe it. I hope 25 is as good for him as it was for me. Then there's the other side of 25...

20. I burst Jameil's bubble about going to the beach in Virginia in October and it was funny.


-log out-

Oh, Kids

In honor of Black History Month, my class made a mini book of May Jemeson. Four little pages that are appropriate for their age:

"Mae was the first black woman in space." and they color a space shuttle in space
"She is a doctor too." they color a picture of Mae with a stethescope and a patient
"Mae won lots of awards" they show trophies and certificates

In hindsight,


I really should've put her picture up on the presentation station while I was talking about her, kinders need visuals.








Guess how many children colored Dr. Jem BLACK? Like, the actual color BLACK? She looked like a halloween costume in her orange NASA suit!

One kid exclaimed, "Oh! She's not black! She's brown! Like me!"

Oh, the simpler days.

Today's Baby Step

AdeivK: you talk to your sister yet?

DreezyfBaby: nope.



*sigh*



Talking about moms, I lamented the fact I know nothing of his.

AvK: Will I get to meet your mom one day?

DfB: yes you will

AvK: do you think she'll like me?

DfB: I know she will

AvK: she'd just prefer I was Jewish, right?

DfB: yeah. Its this weird thing Jewish people do to preserve the religion. Jews have been persecuted since the begining of time and almost wiped out countless times, so people take marrying very seriously.

AvK: wait, its to preserve the religion and not the race? well, they lost that battle with you a long time ago. You don't even practice your religion so what difference will it make?

DfB: that's very true. only some 20% of American Jews practice. They are old school and they aren't American.

AvK: I suppose. I guess i'll go out and find me a nice Ghanian to bring home to my family.

DfB: daaaah.

Meh

I knew V-Day wouldn't be a big blowout cause the band had a show on SoBe and I knew that the surprise tix to see Jaz Sullivan, Mewsic and Nee-Yo on Wednesday were my V-day gift but still


St. Valentine's Day was wack.


I ended up not going to their show cause I knew that while couples from all over South Florida would be pouring into the club on 8th and Ocean, I'd be sitting on a couch watching Fashion TV. It was 10pm when I told Drew, "I'm not going" and he had a mini hissy fit.

"You don't want to be with me on Valentine's Day?!"

"I don't want to sit on a barstool for hours on Valentine's Day"

"But it's Valentine's Day!"

"Since when were you a stickler for holidays? Plus I won't be WITH you, I'll be watching you work. I'd rather stay here where I have a bed and the option to change the channel"

*shoulder shrug*

What?


We exchanged gifts the day before for some weird reason. I got a white gold bracelet. The top half looks like iced out lace. It looks like the estate jewelry I'm digging. Very pretty, can't wait to show it off.
He got a juicer and was sooooo geeked. Pineapple juice was the best. Kiwi was good and would taste awesome mixed with liq. We need to add lemon juice to the apple juice to prevent it from turning brown. It may taste good but, you do eat with your eyes too.


This weekend, I was supposed to talk to him about what I've been screaming on this blog (thanks Rashan lol). He shut down about his family. I told him I feel like he's hiding something from me and as his best friend, I'd really appreciate it if he told me what's going on. I got a borderline curt response. Okay....?

I expressed my anxiousness at turning 27 this May and what I'm going to do with my personal and professional life. Told him TX is out of the picture and he suggested moving to Broward. I told him, "I couldn't live here with you. This place is way too small. Plus, I'm not trying to be a roommate." His response? "If I wanted a roommate, I'd move in with Lawrence" (lead singer/friend. not real name) Okay. we're taking some baby steps here...

I'm so much better at writing. I think I'm going to send an e-mail. This talking thing is for the birds.

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Seeing how Twitter isn't on my new page, another frat boy homie got engaged this weekend and there's a video on yootube....?!?!



*blank stare*



*eye roll*




Booooooooooooo.......

He's Got a Point...

In class, we are doing a unit on weather and seasons. During science, I ask the class to give me different kinds of weather:

"Rainy!" "Cloudy!"

"Partly Cloudy!" "Sunny!"

"Foggy!" "Windy!"

"Snowy!" "It doesn't snow in Florida!!"

"It snows in Georgia!" "And Virginia!"

Okay, they know what they're talking about! Granted, we choose the weather for day during calendar so it was just a matter of remembering what weathers they've seen. Learning at its finest.

We talked about how sky looks during each weather, what it feels like, something we can do, etc.

"You can fly a kite when it's windy"
"You can go to the beach when it's sunny!"
"You can play four corners when it's rainy!"

Okay, y'all know a lil sum'!! Now its time for seasons which is a harder concept to grasp.

"Who can name the seasons? There are only four of them."

"Winter"

then silence so I gave them a hint

"When its really hot outside, and you don't have school, its...

"Summer!"

This next answer came from my favorite boy.

Jordan, you have your hand up. What's another season?

"Basketball"

"Basketball seas-? You know what? You are so right"

SWAG

This one goes out to Dani

Y'all have seen my favorite movie, The Best man, right? T. Howard played Q, a lothario or charming futhermucker if you will... he got his skills from this one:

Adei walks into room quickly, adjusts the scarf over her scarred face. Places teacher bag on table and reads over agenda just passed to her.

Old (but still can get it) Spice: Boy, you a pretty little thing! They didn't have pretty teachers when I was in school! They were all big... ugly...

Adei (despite the pain to even think about cracking a smile): *giggling like a school girl* Now you need to stop!

Business at hand... discussing time, talents, and tithes...

OS: If I had a school aged child, I'd want him in your class, Adei. Or at least tutored by you

Adei: *batting eyelashes* Well, it is FCAT season

*Cue Old Spice commercial music*

is blood thicker than the color of water?

Written 2/15/08

so La had a post about family. her birth family and the one she chooses to have. i remember her comments on my blog when my brother and I were having a positively HEINOUS living experience and I have to say that b/c they're your family, doesn't mean you have to put up with them. in her most recent post, she noted that if a boyfriend was treating you horribly, you'd dump him so why not the family member? all for a little blood?


something you don't know.

recently, i told drew i needed some time to think about things within me, about him and about us. not a break-up, just a time to reflect and project. as you've read before, his family was a sore spot with me. read the post and come back. ummm, we talked yesterday and i found out some things.

his parents are very jewish and have the "don't bring a non-jewish girl home" thing going on.
they know what drew's doing and are not amused.
drew is basically disowned.

he hasn't talked to them since... spring '07 is what's coming to mind. i remember telling him to go hang with his peeps while my parents and I packed for ghana or something. he said, "yeah right. i'm going home". Its so funny how i didn't put 2 & 2 together... also, the time his sister came over and she was filling drew in on family biz. it didn't cross my mind that drew should know about his own parents, he should know that they are on vacation in Colorado


Its almost a year since I wrote hat post and I'm sad to say, not much has changed.

To be continued

Double Face

More like Two-Face.

I went to the orthodonitst last tuesday. The latest tech they had working on my mouth was a bit too rough for my taste and she ripped the corner of my mouth and stretched out my bottom lip. You know when someone's head is too big for a tee shirt? And the collar is all stretched out? That's how my bottom lip looked after getting a new bracket placed on my last molar. A bit painful, I meant to tell her about herself but she was called into the office and didn't come out for a while. I left it alone and made a note to request someone besides her next time I came; if she'd even be there next time.

Fast forward to Thursday. Slight discomfort in the region, nothing I didn't think a little vaseline wouldn't cure.

Friday after school, I have a headache and the corner of my mouth is really hurting now. I get an ice cube out of the fridge in my kitchen at school (kinders got it like that!) and pretty much hold it there 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off. By the time I get home from work/school, I notice a little bump has formed in the corner. By 7 pm, several bumps have formed and the area is getting hot. Must be a delayed allergic reaction to latex, powder, a chemical used to make latex gloves, something. damn that technician.

Saturday morning, its a little colony of bumps; the corner of my mouth has swollen to jellybean size and my lower right face is swollen. The area under my mouth, beside the jaw bone is tender to the touch and the inside of my lip on the right side is swollen.

Okay.
Attack mode.

benadryl p.o. (pill)
benadryl topical (cream)
Advil pm.

As the day progresses, the right side of my face gets more swollen (think someone put cotton balls in your cheek) and I only get more drowsy. Drew finds an urgent care clinic and didn't listen when I told him to call for directions. We get there and there is no clinic. Office space for lease. I pop some pills and sleep on my left side; the side I'm not used to sleeping on.

Sunday, we find another clinic and Drew calls this time...Apparently, its NOT an allergic reaction, but a full on viral infection. The ben was doing nothing but getting me drunk.

When techie ripped my mouth apart, "an otherwise latent virus that lives in all of us came forth from the trauma".

*blink blink*

So... if ole girl had been more careful with hers, I wouldn't be here?

Basically.


So I am home today cause my face is not as swollen as it was but the infection looks grosser than before. It would've been my worst nightmare to go to school with my face looking like this and have my kinders wonder and tell their parents some off the wall thing. "Ms. K's face was fat on one side and by her mouth, it looked like a she threw up but didn't wipe it off her face".

or something like that.

Plus, I can barely open my mouth and you can't be a kinder teacher who can't talk!!


You already know I went straight to the orthodontist this morning and let them know I will NOT be paying for next month. Between the clinic, the rx, and my day off, I need a month of treatment free. There is no need for me to have a different technician everytime I have an appointment! What kind of job turn around do you guys have?! If your practice is too big, scale it and the employees down some!


Yeah, I'm at home not able to open my mouth more than an inch wide unless I dare to re-rip my now healing cut. I have numbed the area with benzocaine film that makes the area turn weird gray, cream, and brown colors... real talk. I've eaten nothing but french fries and thinly sliced corndogs. I can only drink out of straws. Do you know what songs I've heard all day today?? *eye roll*

If I hear anything from paper trail again... I will pull a Chris Brown and punch someone dead in the face.


You'd think I use this time to catch up on some reading. I'm so not trying to finish The Plague with my right side looking the way it is. Oh well, tomorrow, I'm rocking the DVF scarf.



without the kool aid smile.

Heart to Heart

Pops and I went to dinner yesterday. Nothing extravagant; just Chicken Tropical... we were there for a good 2+ hours listening to the world music they had going on, people watching and of course, talking.

He touched on 3 subjects that have been on his heart.

He doesn't think me moving to TX would be the best for me... or him.
"In this economy, unless a school district is paying for your relocation, gives you a signing bonus AND finds your housing, I wouldn't feel comfortable you just upand heading to texas cause you 'love texas'". I graduated from Northeastern, up and left for Florida and was miserable. Mommy was pregnant with you in Boston and I was practically homeless in Florida. I don't want that to be you. I can't, in good conscience let you drive off to Texas without a plan. And I know you're paying off your credit card bills and you're helping out with Steph... Secure a job, think about it."

He wants to know what's going on with "Hollywood". I told him at the end of the school year, I'll either be in Hollywood or Texas.
"Have you discussed your concerns with Andrew? Have you even met his parents? Ok, they're super Jewish. We're super Ghanian! If his parents are the reason why things aren't progressing as fast as you thought they would, you guys need to talk about it. maybe you guys would be better as friends. I know you think you can just leave things at the end of the year but you need to talk to him. Guys don't think they way women do. He might think everything is okay and obviously, you don't. Tell him you have plans and goals for your life, you guys aren't 18, 19 years old so the dating thing is getting old. You're going to be 27, its not like you all don't know eachother, he's definitely welcome and comfortable with our family if his family isn't the same with you..."

my dad is too perceptive.

Plus, it seems my situation is the family topic. My uncle in New York wants to know if I need him to talk to Drew or if he should just go ahead and find someone else for me. No, thanks Uncle. *eye roll* as if I needed more pressure

Lastly, about 2 weeks ago, I broke down and told my dad how hurt I was by my brother when we were in Tally. I think I deleted those posts but some of you may remember what was going on. The shoe is on the other foot and bro asked me to do something for him. I did it cause that's the type of person I am but something Pops asked me opened floodgates on something I haven't talked about since Fall 2006. I was bawling about how a short 2 years ago, my own blood broke my heart and did me wrong. About how the tables have turned, about how if this was 2 years ago and I asked Bro to bring me something to eat, or borrow money cause I don't even have a quarter to make a call on a pay phone... my request would've met with a swift and harsh NO. I was sad cause I like to think that its all in the past but I two weeks ago it call came back like it was yesterday.

My dad wants us to be as tight as he and his siblings are. I can't see past 2 years ago. When I was at my lowest and needed the closest person to me, he damn near spat on me. I couldn't even call my family in West Palm to tell them I needed help. NO house phone, no cell phone and I wasn't allowed to use either one of Bros cells. He had two. He was throwing parties and making money and I was literally counting PENNIES to put gas in the car so I could make it to school and work.

You know what? I need to go. This isn't even about me and Pops anymore.

work in progress

I cleaned out much of the juvenile trash of yesteryear; all that stuff I was talking about when I realized I needed a new blog but didn't know how to get one I just tidied up a bit 'round here. 2005 and I think 6 are gone unless its a post with pictures in it. I love pictures.

Stars have always been my thing. Sirius reminds me of Christmas/Jesus cause it what people use to depict the star the wise men and shepards followed to find Him. That's who I need to find as well.

Sirius is also music at its best. What you want, when you want it, wherever you are.

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So. Drew and I were making plans for V-Day which was going to be D-Day for him. I kinda let him know how he dropped the ball TWICE over the holiday season every chance I get and its ALMOST running joke how he'll do something before or after a special day. We were going to spend the V-Day/Pres Day 3 day weekend in Orlando but duh! 3 day weekends are the WORST time to go to a theme park! And it's v-Day weekend?! I wasn't to geeked about that idea before I realized it was a 3 day weekend. Wasn't trying to be around hella couples making magic happen at Disnee while we're waiting to ride the tea cups. I don't want Diz to have a bad taste in my mouth as "the place where Drew SHOULD'VE done something but didn't." So we nixed that idea.

Then we were thinking key west.
St. Pete for the Dali Museum.
St. Aug., the oldest city inthe U.S.A
Cape Canav. eventhough a rocket would've launched the day before

We finally decided on staying in town and doing it big. Hair done, Fairchild Gardens, new exhibits at the museums and a top notch restaurant we haven't been to yet.

The band just got notice from the club the played at this past Saturday that the owner/manager would like them to play weekly...





Starting Valentine's Day.


*with the exception of my adopted star, the rest of y'all b!tches are aligned against me*


Yeah... it looks like Dreezy dream of NOT doing anything special on a specific day has come true. I'll keep you posted.

the weekend wrap-up

so Friday took forever to get here but it finally did!! I stayed at work much longer than planned b/c it was our principal's birthday and we had to go to the media center to sing to her and eat cake. I'm a fan of publix cake, but not when I want to get out of here with the quickness!! I knew I was taking a reverse half day (come in at 1130am) on Monday so I needed my plans done and on my desk before I went anywhere! Clearly, singing to someone I don't care for wasn't in my plans for Friday afternoon. Whatever the case, it was all done, made it home to shower and pack for the weekend. Dani called to tell me she and her boo are on their way to pick me up so we can ride to the s-telle and JL concert when mom dukes came out the woodwork with, "don't forget to do the bathroom. you didn't do it last week." yeah, giving TWO large dogs a bath kinda kills my bathtub cleaning mood, sorry. I told Dani abt that and she made my side split with a similar story abt her M.Dot.


"I know you're going to prom but can you sweep the front porch right quick?"

Really Moms? That's how we get down?


Anyway, we make it there listening to a mix of Raph (who didn't show up :-<), S-telle, and Johnny Boy. Meet up with the Drewski and go to our seats. John's backup singer opened the show. he sounds JUST.LIKE.JOHN. Come to find out, it's his brother. Cool.

S-Telle is next and she rocks it of course. Drew loves her now. Her Brit wit and language had him cracking up the whole time and he being the hypercritical engineer thinks her voice is awesome. We both noticed that her band was HORRIBLE. Drummer over played and you couldn't hear the guitar half the time. oh well,

her hour set was followed with a 20 minute break for JL's stuff to come out. Before you know it, this cinematographic masterpiece of JL as a boxer is coming from a big screen. So he's a fighter now? Black and white with a red pop of color here and there. He's throwing punches and jabbing left and right... then "HOLLA HOLLA HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He comes swagging* down the aisle and hops on stage to "Maybe, its me. Maybe I bore you"...

I was geeked.

GEEKED!

Singing at the top of my lungs and whatnot; so excited! Johnny rocked for 2 hours. He played a bit of EV.REE.SONG he has!

EVERY SONG?!

every song.

My fave? Sh.e Don't Have to K.now. I have no idea what it is about that song but I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I annoyed the dude in front of me using my full singing voice in ALL its potential and glory.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh! Stealing momen.ts just to beee with yooooou"...

*catches breath*

YES, JOHN! SANG, JOHN!!

This man was great. I have so much more love for him now! Now I see what all the white people were fawning about!

Oh you didn't know who his fan base is? Can I tell you who was MOBB DEEP at this concert?!

This guy Drew and I called J.Cru. Picture your stereotypical yuppie; probably pretends to be a vegetarian, drives a jetta but talks about getting a prius; blue eyes, collared shirt under a sweater vest, blond crew cut with the slightest frosting... sang right along with John the whole night.

THE WHOLE NIGHT.

every single word, ad libs, runs...

but then there was this guy who I called russian bad guy. he looked like an eastern european goon. weird buzz cut, crooked teeth, putin without the prestige. red track jacket (commie) having the TIME OF HIS LIFE! Oh my gosh, I was throughly amused between the two. But then there was a middle aged well dressed woman who pulled out her lighter and was rocking back and forth, the old couple who looked like they were going to the opera, the vast array of white people from all walks of life who were in that piece, singing along to whatever JL threw at them!! It was great.

That was Friday.

Saturday, your girl was bummed out the whole day. I felt so unfab and didn't want to do anything but wallow in self-pity. I passed on the tube dress and wore tight blue jeans, brown calf-high boots and my quilted express jacket to match. I still looked good even though I felt like ish. Drew and crew played and I sat there with the, "Don't approach me" face the whole night. Luckily, fashion tv was on and I watched fashion shows and fabulous people sitting in the 1st row. It bummed me out a bit and then I got over it with aspirations to sit front row at a fashion show one day.


Sunday, I did lesson plans. We went to tarrget with plans of getting a juicer so i can make lemonade, a grater so i can make eggrolls, and rice cooker so drew can make rice, and some sponges so i can wash dishes. yeah, we got nothing. at hole foods, i got some crab meat and pink shrimp to make this dish i saw in tyler florence's cookbook... yeah, must get jumbo lump crab meat. apparently, if its not clearly labeled as such, you'll get a shredded mess of crab. my dish tasted good but looked a mess. and we're not going to talk about he garlic bread i attempted to make from scratch... i can't deal with bread stuff. i can toast bagels and that's it. and even then, i'll lose one bagel in the bag to burning. *face*

I barely watched the superbowl. slept on and off thru-out the whole thing. saw larry make the touchdown run with 56 secs left and thought cards had it. drew woke me up less than a minute later to tell me the steelers won. boooooooooooooooooooo!!! i am happy for the local boys (holmes, boldin, mcfadden, etc) who made it there :-)


and today is monday monday. TTYL


* so John comes out in black pants, black button down, cream tie and cream track jacket. with fingerless gloves. he has this new machisimo that I found hard to believe for much of the show. plus every 30 min, he took of a piece of clothing! really john? what happened to the piano geek we fell in love with? and did you really tuck your undershirt wifebeater in? what's with the buff body? I asked Dani if he bought some swag to go with his fingerless gloves... he is such a star now! calling chicks to come on stage and grind on them...!! REALLY, JOHN?! Whatever floats your boat. i still think you're gay

Dilemna

Did I spell that right? I feel like I'm missing a letter...

So here it is: you know the dress I wore for NYE; the fantabulous tweed and leather piped dress? Yeah, I talked it up so much that Drew wants me to wear it to a party we're going to on SoBeach. I told him I can't because I have too many pics on bacefook. You know I can't go to a party and not take pics! But I don't want to look like I only have one party dress!!

Yeah, its not really a life or death situation. But I'd like your opinion.

Yeah!

What she said!

That's my damn dog.

Baby Boom

Like Jameil, I don't want to be the last person in my crew to be wedded and have children. Actually, I am less worried about that and just pressed about being engaged. Isn't that the fun part Miss Patti?

Anyhoo, perusing FB as I'm oft to do, I noticed all the highschool chicks I know that have children. There was something in the water about 3 or 4 years ago cause I PROMISE you, there is a whole cohort of 23-25 year old who have toddlers. The two highschool classes after mine went to college and came back with more than a degree if you know what I mean. As for my classmates, I think we pretty much escaped unscathed.

I mention this cause it just seems like the people who shouldn't be having babies, do. I mean, the girls came out okay, doing big things in law school or their chosen profession and whatnot... it's just that I used to watch A Babee Storee on TeeLCee and I can't even count the number of couples who've tried and tried and cried and cried over conception or miscarriage or pregnancy complications. And then down the street, there's LaQuanTanish'ah who is 20 and having her 3rd child from a 3rd baby daddy. Or a college student who would do anything not to be pregnant and shame her family. I don't get it.

Here's a IM convo btwn Dani and I about her sister

DQ: Marica is pregnant with TWINS????????????????????????????

AK: shut up shut up STFU!

DQ: so that makes 3 kids?? Am I counting right? Didn't she just have a baby?

AK: OMG, she just had one all of four months ago!!

DQ: my womb hurts right now...fallopian tubes are throbbing. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

AK: 2 words: clown.car. oooh. i think my ovaries just shrunk a little bit. Or swelled with pride cause that HAS to be a gift or some sort of talent!

DQ: I'm sooo... I can't close my mouth from sheer shock

AK: all I can do is SMH. I can't. and it's not just 3 kids but three kids under or just about ONE YEAR OLD! Dani, I think my uterus just fainted.


Lord, when my time comes, please let me be as fertile as Marica and honestly, her WHOLE family.

Reds?

I'm ready for a new tattoo.

Who wants to join me?

Let's make an Inked Blogger Day and get tats on the same day!! Yes?!

Anyone?

You in the back?

Clu? We're about due for a new one, you think?



Bueller?


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Wow.

I left my phone at school :-(

How will I check CNN at 5am without getting out of bed? and my she-mail? and bacefook???

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I left school with plans to go to Narnes and Boble and buy some books for my classroom library.

I did just that but...






I accidently fell in CBCG before I got to the bookstore.

They had this 70% off sign right in front; in the brightest red...

They had their winter wear on sale...



I saw a jacket I liked. Kinda like the one from Ranana Bepublic I haven't worn yet, but khaki. I would've preferred it in black...

I didn't get it.




I saw this sweater dress in the prettiest cream color. Double breasted with big black buttons. Knee length and fit just right.

I didn't get it.




They had a winter white waist length pea coat. A smidgen too big but CBCG runs big (on me at least) and I'm sure I'd be wearing more than a tee shirt under it...

I got it.


Then this gray dress that had nothing to do with anything but it was gray and I don't have a nice gray dress and I love gray clothes so much, I seriously would wear a gray wedding dress and want gray as a wedding color if it wasn't the same color as eeyore and everything else drab or hazy... *sigh* run on sentence, I know, train of thought, hop on.

That thing was the most expensive item I have EVER bought for myself. Like, too much for one piece of clothing that wasn't leather, cashmere or embroidered in 24k gold thread.
The dress was more expensive than the wool COAT!

*sigh*


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Thinking about cutting my hair... the chick on the zertec commercial has a Stacie haircut. A long-ish, layered bob.

cute.

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On a brighter note, my new GQ came today. I've seen LeBron look better.

M.O.

Liked her dress and matching coat and pea green gloves during the inauguration process. Did NOT like her ball gown. IDK what those tufts or puffs were all along the skirt. Gosling feathers? Cotton balls? Baby's Breath? She is hit or miss with fashion for me. I wasn't a fan of her red & black election day dress either.

Mr. President. I don't know if its his ears or I'm just used to him in ties, but the big white bow-tie didn't do it for me. Maybe it should've been black. Or smaller. Something wasn't right to me.

Joe and Jill? Loved. I mean, can't really say too much about Joe's classic look but Jill B's red strapless was gorgeous. Simple and beautiful. And that dress could translate into any color.

I watched the Neighbor.hood Ball. I wish I was there but... *eyeroll* Must Beyawnce be ev.ree.where? It reminded me of when she performed for the Oscars THREE times! French, Spanish, and English!! There are COUNTLESS talents out there! It would've been awesome if etta sang her own song! Or has anyone ever hear xtina aguilera sing "at last"? OMG. Shut.it.DOWN. Whatever the case, that 11 track double disc diva and her hubby need to sit down. Does Jay think he's 'Ye? Can he really wear anything and get away with it? Where did those glasses come from? I know he's been rocking them for a lil minute but that doesn't make him look better in them. I think he looks lame in those perpetrators. They aint real, Hov! Take 'em off and get a haircut! You're from NY! You're supposed to stay with the caesar!

Mariah looked like a controlled mess. Like she planned to almost spill out of her dress.

Vanessa Williams looked good as usual. She knows herself. Alicia? Meh. Not the worst I've seen her. We'll go with safe.

Ummm, I'm not watching the Youth Ball. Are Sash and Lia in attendance? I want to see their pretty little heads! How fab is their hair? I know their hairdresser loved straightening that hair! I am so excited that their daddy is the president!

Okay. I must go to sleep now. Ttyl

TODAY

Yeah, blogger and I are going to fight. I had this post that was realtime typing and apparently, it didn't post. Oh well, my last sentence was this:










MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK

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I don't really have much to say. but I don't want a week to go by without ANYTHING so here are some random things on my mind


I am more excited to see what M.O. is going to wear as her inaugural gown. I hope she picks the no name chick from the Chi she's been wearing and not one of the big name designers who dress celebrities all day, everyday.

I swear today was everybody get married or engaged day on facebook. I know I swore it off last year but that was when guys were doing the damn thing and proposing left and right. today, it was chicks I know and family in ghana. albums from everyone's vantage point. i was actually surprised about how nice one wedding was... based on the couples' website, i thought it was going to be some hood ish.

the school year is half over. we have reached the 90 day mark. 100th day of school is jan 30 and I can't wait. i think my kids will count out 100 cheerios and m&m's for math. do 100 jumping jacks? read 100 books? we'll figure something out by then

i think jill b.is so cute. its too funny that she got shushed. "did you just 'shush' me?!" is my automatic question to that! LOL I wish somebody would shush me...

it was overcast all day today. no rain or anything. just clouds and wind. it made the temp feel much cooler than it really was. and 2 cold fronts are coming thru this week. so much for my barack tees everday this week. maybe i will layer...i'm good for that. i love the longsleeve/short sleeve look. yeah. there it is.

been doing some thinking... 2009 is not looking cool. i can't say that i've been happy yet. the one person who used to be my hero isn't anymore. it saddens me and i just wonder, if other things pick up in his life, will I?

had good ole convo with God on the way home today. I seriously asked him, "let me know what's up, Dude."


I need to be missed. Pull a disappearing act or something.




that's where I am today. toodles.