ME & BRANDO

This was taken in March. He was 7 weeks old. Still a little baby...

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KANYE CONCERT

I've got plenty of pix from ze Kanye concert. Look for it in the next Blog cuz it's too much for me to post together right now. But anyway, it was the shizniz! We were straight back in the middle so we had the best view. Like perfect movie seats. (We don't like to sit all the way at the top. More like a couple of rows down)

We got there about 20 minutes before the concert started. Walked around & checked out what was offered in the concession booths but didn't buy anything cuz we weren't hungry at the moment. Took our seats & a couple of minutes later the show started. Exactly at 7:30pm. Right on time. We were very impressed.

The lights focused on stage, a guy comes out with mic stand in hand, places it down firmly on the floor & started rapping. Everybody screamed cuz they thought it was Kanye but when we realized it was Lupe everybody continued to scream. His opening mic thing was soooo hard. He came out to the 300 soundtrack song which was majestic, grand & perfect cuz that's one of our favorite movies, so...

Man! He did bout 10+ songs. It was so good! We thought he was just gonna open & do like 2 or 3 songs but he did a whole entire set. He's a great performer.

During intermission we got hungry so Actor got a slice of pepperoni pizza & I a Philly cheesesteak. Oh my god! Might I add the best cheesesteak I've ever had in my life! Melted queso styled cheese on it. Not the sliced cheese. Makes a worlddd of difference.

Our friend K was running late & was parking as soon as Lupe went off stage. She called & I had to break it to her. She was soooo moped. It was horrible. But as soon as she came in N.E.R.D came on stage & rocked it. I like them but not as much as her. Think she wants to have Pharell's babies. Lol. They had some funky background graphics behind them which was dope. They got the crowd so hyped with their own set of songs too.

And let me tell you: when they did the song Spaz or whatever it's called.... Man! When I tell you that everyone was jumping up & down & every which way? Wow. And then Actor was like, " I think Chris Brown is on stage" and I looked up & saw a whole bunch of ppl around him & he was killing them moves! Oh man!!!! (side note: I'm a hugeee CB fan. Loves him. Like. For real. No not in a wanna have his baby groupie kinda love. More as a he's a great artist & dancer kinda love. Plus he's sexy so... *Sighs* But he's too young & I'm taken so... Anyways. Lol)

So he's on stage & I see him on the screen & I freaking screamed! Lol. Don't think I've ever screamed that loud for anybody. Haha. Whoo! *insert watermelon smile here*

It was messed up cuz as soon as I screamed it changed to Bow Wow's face, making it look like I was screaming for him. Which I wasn't. Lol. I actually said "Eww not you... Chris" & Actor cracked up! Hahaha!

*Insert intermission here*

Rhianna was up next. I loved her! Was actually most excited to see her & Kanye. She came out and kilt it. Yes kilt. She had on this black & pink futuristic outfit that was banging. The choreography was dope & they even had glow sticks in the routine at certain points. It was refreshing & exhilerating at the same time.

Some ppl behind me were booing when everyone was cheering & it annoyed the shat out of me. Ugh! Don't freaking come to a concert & boo! Take your ass home then. More elbow room for me.

But anyways, I was pleasantly surprised when she did "Unfaithful" cuz it's been a while & I love love love that song! She ended the set with "Umbrella" of course & it was a great show except for the fact that I was hoping Chris Brown would come up & do the remix with her but he didn't. Boo.

I thoroughly enjoyed her performance though. I didn't know it but I'm a huge Rhianna fan.

*Another and the longest intermission* Everyone screamed in waves as Quincy Jones, Mary J., Chris Brown & other celebs walked through the stadium to get to the VIP section to watch Kanye perform.

A while later... Lights out; pitch black. Music up. Stage lights back on & focused. And it's on!
He had this whole space ship theme where it had crashed & now he's in the middle of the universe trying to find his way back home. It was the most creative concept I've ever seen. Loved it!

The stage was set up like the interior of the spaceship. Lights came on & focused on him lying on the floor & rapping "Wake up Mr. West Mr. West..." It was the most indescribable, grand, entrancing intro ever!

The rest of his show was equally as hot. The lighting & stage set up was crazy! So many different colors & set up galores. A visual orgasm if you will.

He did "Golddigger" where there was this video chick on the screen in gold blinking in & out like the signal was bad. (Was supposed to be Jane, his spaceship companion/computer sidekick.) She was visually enticing him since he's been lost so long & hadn't had some, umm, pleasure in a while. So she said "I can help you with that" and came on the screen. Once again, the creativity was out of there.

He had great harmonies for "Good Life" and "Stronger" was just... Majestic. He also did the mama song which made me a lil sad & everyone had lighters & cell phones out in the air.

Kanye did so many songs I actually lost count. Lol. I know he definitely did every single & even some album tracks. Had to be at least 20+ songs. Then he came back. Twice! It was perfect! When he went off the 1st time everyone was chanting "Kanye! Kanye! Kanye!" and he came back out. Then he got all of us the 2nd time cuz everybody thought he was gone & was thrilled to hear him just one more time.

Hands down has to be the best concert I've EVER been to. It was also Actor's 1st concert and he freaking saw the greatest show to date! Lol. How cool is that?!

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DINNER

I'm rewatching "There Will Be Blood" (yea it's that good) and eating dinner by myself. Actor's at work & he has rehearsal for this movie that he's shooting afterwards so...

I just fed Brando & now he's outside playing. He's getting bigger & more rambunctious. I love him more than anything :-)

I came home from work, took a quick nap, woke up & washed me hair & put this crab meat stuffed salmon filet that I got from Publix in the oven while I dried me hair.

Being the great timer that I am, I made some herb & butter rice that finished cooking at the same time as the salmon. Now I'm just sitting here relaxing & watching the movie.

Not gonna finish it though cuz once I'm done I have to practice this script for a casting call tomorrow. I'm trying out for this part in a training video that's shot for wireless companies that sell hearing aids.

I'm auditioning for an Audiologist part. She tells her hearing aid wearing patient what to look for & how to use a hearing aid compatible cell phone. Cuz did you know that ppl with hearing aids can't use normal cells because when they put it to their ear there is a loud, buzzing interfering sound? I didn't.

The script is very cool because I'm actually learning alot about the subject. And if I get casted I'm gonna be watched everytime someone is getting trained on this matter, including audiologists, hearing aid patients & cell phone sales rep. Very exciting :-)

I have about 2 pages to memorize by audition time at 11am tomorrow morning. I'm gonna finish the rest of me dinner & practice all night. Hard work produce results. Wish me luck!

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Random Pic of the Day

Here's a Bebe mannequin that seems to have lost her clothes. Lol

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(NEW) HOME SWEET HOME

*** This is my 100th post by the way. Whoo hoo! Can't believe I've spilled that much! lol. Thanks for taking precious time out of your day to read about my tiny little life. Here's to another 100... *cheers*



We're all moved in. But guess what? Not to the house mentioned in the previous Blog. Yea, I know. Long story. In a nutshell, we already signed the lease & started packing. The landlord was gonna clean the house last Monday before we moved in so we told our agent to ask the cleaning ppl to concentrate on the mold & mildew in the kitchen cabinets when they come.

I get a call on Tuesday saying that the cleaning ppl said that they couldn't get rid of the mold/ mildew & that it has to be professionally taken cared of & painted over to rid of it. She also said that she spoke to the owner and he didn't want to do it. And that he wanted to add a clause to the contract saying that any repairs under $100 we would have to fix ourselves. Basically showing that he doesn't wanna fix anything now or ever.

Our agent recommended that we shouldn't live there since he was doing bad business (and we completely agreed) so we broke the lease.

The next day we went househunting some more & found a gem. Our agent forwarded everything to the owner & the rest is history.

We moved in Friday. Boyyyyy, this has got to be the longest week of my life! We got the moving truck at 9am but weren't finished packing so were busy packing & cleaning for the better part of the day. By 6pm we had everything packed & loaded, the apartment cleaned & headed towards our new abode. We unloaded everything by 10pm & had to take the truck back down south so we just spent the night there.

Saturday we had a midnight BBQ with a couple of friends that helped us move. It was so fun! We bought the grill, some tiki torches & a whole bunch of food. It took us a minute to get started because the guys had to assemble the grill & I had to season all of the food. But it soon got underway & we grilled the night away. We spent the night at our friend's house so in effect, we hadn't slept in the new house except for a quick nap that morning.

Actor put our bed back together on Sunday so we finally slept in the new place for the 1st time after the Kanye concert. More on that next blog...

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GLOW IN THE DARK

We're at the Kanye concert right now. Lupe is opening up. He's done bout 4 songs so far. Whoo hoo! More later. I'm out!

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