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Legs, sun & blinds: a funky combination

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DRESSED TO IMPRESS

*Written Saturday, June 14th*

I'm a simple girl when it comes to fashion. Sure I get dolled up & put on my dress & stilettos when it's needed, but, for the most part, I'm a jeans & T-shirt kinda gal. I love wearing jeans & a tank top or wife beater.

I have my days where I'm extra glammed up & looking like I just came straight from an airbrushed magazine cover. Then again I have my days where I go to the grocery store in my pjs or soaking wet work out clothes from running laps at the park.

I've always been the type of person that doesn't care about what anybody says or do. I don't follow trends, whether fashion, music, or whatever. I don't care about what people think or say I should do or be.

I do what I want, I say what I feel & I never hesitate or doubt myself because of what someone else feels or think.

It's funny cuz I've never actually stopped to think about what people think of me. Of what people think of others period.

With that said: Actor & I went to get some Chinese food for lunch today. We saw that our favorite restaurant had a location near where we just moved to so was excited to check it out.

As soon as we walked in we saw a familiar face & she was all like "Hi! I know you!" she worked at the other location & I guess she relocated just like we did. It was pretty cool.

I'm wearing a camouflaged halter topped one piece short dress with a bow that ties in the middle of my chest. Actor has on some jeans & a black & white striped Polo shirt. We stood in line behind this middle aged couple & her husband was deaf. He turned around, looked at both of us, folded his hands to his chest, bowed to me & saluted Actor. He saluted him twice.

Me & Actor smiled (one of those polite smiles that you do when you have no idea what the other person's talking bout.)
Then Actor must've gotten it cuz at 1st he nodded & then shook his head like "Oh, no." Then I finally caught on...

The guy was saluting Actor cuz he thought we were in the Army. Cuz of my dress. Guess he thought we met overseas & I came back with him or something.

Goes to show people really do judge you by what you wear. Something to think about the next time you go out lookin all sorts of ways. As for me, I'm comfortable with whatever I'm wearing at the moment. So if you have a problem then look away. Lol

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DAY 2

Ok, so this technically isn't the next blog, but it IS the next blog about my miserable streak of bad days.


*Day 2*
Thursday. May 29, 2008


Went to work, had the whole deal with management about my Pearl and went home.

Stopped by Quizno's to get a Blackened Angus sub *drools*

Got home, put in Alpha Dog to re-watch & got cozy on my futon.

*doorbell rings*

It was my next door neighbor. Well, their son. He's like 11 or 12. He said that his mom said that I could use their trash bin to put our trash in until we get ours. (Cuz the stupid trash company took forever and a day to deliver ours. Just got it last week by the way & we've been there over a month.)

I said "It's ok. We just put it outside & they still get it. They're gonna deliver our bin soon."

"Oh ok. Well just letting you know that you can use our bin if you want to" and just stood there. I mean, I've never seen anyone that concerned about my trash, in life. Since he didn't move I caved. I wanted to go ahead & get it over with so I could get back to my dinner/movie.

By the way, we just had a BBQ at our house the previous weekend so had bags & bags of trash outside. And we forgot to put the trash out on Monday so it didn't get picked up. We had it on the other side of the fence of our backyard, and somehow Brando got to a couple of bags & ripped them all open. Yea... trash scattered all over the yard. I guess that's why our neighbors offered cuz they probably thought "Ughh. Let me help you clean up this mess!" lol.

So I went inside, grabbed a couple of trash bags & went out the back door to start picking up the massacre. The little boy & his mom helped me pick up everything on the outside of the fence. Told them I'd clean up the inside later (didn't want Brando to pounce all over them.)

As we finished up I thanked them & head back to the back door. Which is locked!

Hence, I'm locked out of my house. *insert scream here* This is the second time I've locked myself out at this house by the way. The 1st time was the day of the BBQ & Actor had to give me a lift up so I could climb into our window. Yea... don't ask. lol. It was pretty fun though; I like climbing stuff.

But back to the matter at hand here. So I'm locked out. Again. The same way like the 1st time. How you ask? Because the bottom knob to the door is retarded that's why. You know how when you turn the lock vertically it's locked & horizontally is unlocked? Mine is the opposite. Ergo, horizontal is locked. Yea... And I apparently can't remember that yet.

So here I am, standing outside in my PJs, in a neighborhood where I don't know anyone (except for my new friends,) Actor's out of town, I don't have a phone cuz I lost it yesterday, ergo don't know my landlord's number so I can call her to come open the door for me.

I asked my neighbors to let me use their phone, called Actor, and he didn't have her # either. He tries to google her to no avail. He says he'd call me back once he finds the number cuz we didn't wanna waste my neighbor's minutes. So I call my other friend K to help hunt her # down too. 2 heads are better (and faster) than one... But somehow they can't find anything on her. I finally remembered that I have an email from my landlord with a leasing agreement attachment, which should have her contact # right? So she hunted for that, found it, but couldn't open it cuz the laptop she was using didn't have Adobe Reader. Back to square one.

An hour later, between 80 calls to and from using numerous resources, we finally got an office #. By this time it had to be like 7:30 or 8pm. I figured she wouldn't be there but she picked up. YESSS!!! She works across town from where I live so said she could get there in an hour, hour and a half, so... I just waited. Sat outside on a horsy toy thingy that one of the kids had and waited... in my pjs... in a new neighborhood... where I don't know anyone but my newly introduced neighbors...

Their family was really nice. They offered me to come into their house to wait for my landlord but I didn't go in since I didn't know them so I sat outside for a while. But it started getting chilly since I was in my pjs so I gave & went in. The mom gave me a diet Mountain Dew & some crackers (which I didn't take.) The diet Mountain Dew wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be (I don't drink diet stuff.) I sat for a couple of minutes & then realized that my landlord's coming by & the backyard is filled with scattered trash, which is NOT a good look, so I excused myself to go clean up the mess.

Brando kept bothering me while I leaned down to pick up the trash. He has this habit of coming over to lick my back when I'm leaned or sitting down on the ground. Yea, he's an asshole. After about 10 "Sit down Brandos!" & "Go over there & play so I can clean up the mess that you made Brandos!" I got irritated & put him in time out in our storage shed. Don't worry I opened the windows so he could have some ventilation & stuff. And some toys. He kept barking cuz he wanted to be out near me but I ignored him until I got the job done.

My landlord finally came & let me in. It was the 1st time that they saw Brando too. They had concerns because he was a pit mix but he was so well-behaved & friendly that they were ok with him. She said "What's up with the grass?" though. lol. We just moved from an apartment to a house so don't have a lawn mower yet so... We'll get it handled as soon as possible.

They came in the slightly messy house with me & we chatted for a while & then they left. The house wasn't extra junky, but there were scattered stuff in some places that I would've cleaned up if I knew we were gonna have company kinda messy.

I reheated my now overly cold sub & resumed my movie. Man... What a night what a night!
Wait till I tell you about my 3rd bad day... Tops everything.

MOVIE SHOOT 2

We went back to Lake Lanier yesterday for the movie shoot. They had to do some more scenes. It was hot outside but wayyyy cooler & less humid than last weekend. I sat in the shade for most of the day so it was pleasant. Brando broke his leash so we had to improvise & tie the broken string to his collar (had to keep the same leash for continuity purposes.)

*Brief film dictionary lesson*
Continuity is extremely extremely important in film. It's the consistency of everything in the movie, particularly warbrobe, props, scenery, everything. Say if Brad Pitt was wearing a red shirt, tan pants & holding a fruit bowl in a scene. If they had to reshoot the scene he'd have to wear the same exact thing. Even have the same hair style & everything. If they were to edit & one moment Brad's saying something, he turns around & he has on a blue shirt, white pants, & a fruit plate then you'd be like, hold up, what? That doesn't make any sense. It doesn't flow.

There's lots of continuity errors in lots of films. Pay close attention next time you watch a movie. Maybe you'll catch one

But anyhoos, back to the movie shoot. So Brando was all in the movie today. He had lots of scenes with them. The cast had to shoot every scene numerous times just to make sure they got the perfect shot. Actor & everyone did very well from what I could see.

*Rewind to 3:30pm when we were getting ready to go to the shoot*
So how about I packed all of Brando's stuff (food bowl, toys, puppy pads in case he throws up cuz he gets motion sickness & etc.) I put his rope toy on the roof so I could load the rest of the stuff in the car & we drove off & I didn't remember it till we almost hit the highway. lol. We had to stop by Target & get him a new toy.

On our way home he slept like a baby sprawled across my lap. He was soooo done. We got home, fed him, he ate & went straight back to sleep. Me & Actor made some burgers & I went to sleep cuz I had an early morning today. And guess what? As soon as I pulled out of my drive way & drove off I saw Brando's rope toy in the middle of the street. Was gonna stop & get it but was running late for work so figured I'd get it on my way home if it's still there... Anyhoos, enjoy ze pix.

MOVIE SHOOT

We're at Lake Lanier right now for Actor's movie shoot. They're doing an independent film called "God of Spinuza." A quick synopsis of the movie: Thomas (the leading character) is a Catholic guy who gives up his religion for Lint to study other religions. Actor's playing Jon, an athiest & the leading guy's best friend. The script is great so I can't wait to see the finished product.

Brando's gonna be in the movie too lol. I gave him a bath this morning so he's all clean & ready for his close up.

It's so hot outside. Not sure what the temp is now but we've been here since 3pm and it was well over 90 degrees earlier.

Brando got in the water for the 1st time. It was so cool! He just ran in the lake & started swimming like he's been doing it all of his life. He hates taking baths & refuses to go to the bathroom when it's raining so I was so surprised to see him jump in but it was so precious. He was having so much fun.

Actor's 2 brothers are with us too. I call them Q ball & Meatball. We're all having fun hanging out & playing with Brando.

We're scheduled to leave at 10pm but since we're a little behind schedule so we might not leave till later. Well, I'll keep ya updated on the movie as he goes along. Have a great rest of your weekend!

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DAY 1: MY FRIEND DROWNED

The last couple of days have been the worst days of my life! I mean, back to back to back.

*Day 1*
May 28, 2008

I lost my phone. Yea. My beautiful red Pearl... Left her in the bathroom at work & came back an hour or so later & she was gone. We share a building with a newspaper company so alot of people circulate the bathroom, ergo, anything could've happened.

I emailed the building management to let them know my situation. I then proceeded to the bathroom to look for it. Mind you this was like 5pm, an hour after I was supposed to be off work. I was so distraught I couldn't leave. lol.

I was actually tempted to dig in the trash but I couldn't bring myself to it. lol. I mean, I love my phone & all, but I dunno what people have & what they put in the trash so, yea, I'm good. As I walked out of the bathroom this younger cleaning lady (bout my age) passed by. I was like "Excuse me, did you find a phone in there?" *blank stare* "Did you find a red phone in there?" *blank stare* AWWWW MANNNNNN. Are you kidding me?! lol. Come on! No help at all today. I did the universal phone signal (pinky & thumb to my ear & mouth) & she was like "Oh, oh, telefono" and I said "Yes! Did you see one in there?" *blank stare* By that time my patience had left me (not for her, but period) so I just gave up & left.

Oh yea, did I mention that Actor was out of town? He went to Cali that morning. So here I am, gonna be home by myself until Sunday night, in a big ass house, in a new neighborhood where I don't know any of my neighbors, and no phone. Yea. Enough said.

So I'm driving, and I realize that I gotta freaking cancel my account cuz I don't wanna be responsible in case somebody did steal my phone. And I realize this while I'm merging onto the "pre-highway" as I call it. It (obviously) is a one way so I can't turn around. So I'm like, well, I'm not gonna merge onto the highway, just gonna take this local exit so I can turn around. So I fork left, and guess what? There was no turn around. Drove for like 4 miles before it even went to a local road. And then it was a one way so I couldn't go where I wanted to. So had to drive basically in a circle, in traffic, to get back to my job. Like an hour later.

I get back to work & my coworker said "Hey, you're working late today" "No, came back to call the phone company cuz I lost my phone" "Was that your blackberry in the toilet?" *insert my heart dropping here* "What?" "Yea, so & so said that she saw a blackberry in the toilet. She thought it was one of the magazine's people's phone." "Was it a red blackberry?" "Yea!" *insert knife here* All I could do was breathe out. lol. I couldn't even get mad. He asked me if it was still in there & I said no cuz I checked already. We went in there to double check but it was gone. By this time the trash bins have been emptied & replaced so... I just picked my feet up & dragged myself to my cube so I could call to cancel my account.

By the time I drove home it was 7:30 or 8pm. We've been on Dairy Queen's cheeseburgers for a minute so I'm like hey, I'll go get 2 for dinner. They have this thing where it's 2 for $2.22; best price ever for some greattt burgers. I get there & order, drive up to the window, and the guy says "4.20" (or some random change amount.) I was like "I'm sorry, did you get the 2 cheeseburgers?" "Yes, two cheeseburgers, no mustard. $4.20" I just coughed it up. It wasn't expensive, just like... man, out of all the days to change the price on me. Is anything gonna go my way today? Should've went to Burger King. lol.

I got home, ate a burger & fell asleep. Left the other burger out all night so had to throw it away. I'm really iffy on eating old leftovers or stuff that hasn't been properly stored.

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The next day the building management called & said that the cleaning lady found my phone & was gonna bring it to work & to come get it in 30 minutes. 45 minutes later the manager called me back & said that the lady hasn't come with the phone yet so she'll just call me when she does. Hours later, still no word of my phone, so they had a meeting with the cleaning crew. Turns out the cleaning lady (whom doesn't speak much English) misunderstood what the manager asked her. Cuz she had found a phone in the men's bathroom but it wasn't mine. So... blah.

Ergo, my beautiful Pearl was taken from me. She drowned & I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. Her body was never recovered. *Moment of silence please*

I lost all of my contacts, calendar appointments, my 2gb memory card, alllll of my freaking pictures! Oh my God!!! Brando's baby pix, Kanye's concert pix that I was about to post on here, and random other priceless pix. Boo *insert pout here*

At least I posted some of Brando's baby pix on here so I can retrieve them. Everything else is gone.

Gone baby gone... Another movie that I have to see soon. (Yes I just completely changed the subject, but... take it!)

I shall talk about my 2nd day of misery in the next blog. Stay tuned.