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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WE'RE NOT HOMELESS ANYMORE

So we've found a house and are moving in this Friday. I'm so excited!!!!!!!!! Whoo hoo! Where we are now cuts down the travel to work by half, barely any traffic, and it's our own private house. Yay!!!!!!!

It's a 3 bed 1.5 bath with a hugeeeee yard. I mean, it's like half the size of a parking lot. No. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating at all. We've got all almost new black appliances, with an induction stove top (which is sooo dope.) My sister has one at her house and that's the only time I've ever used it so I'm excited to cook our 1st meal on there. There's alot of cabinet space (we sure need it) and storage closets around the house period.

The living/dining room is hugeee. Actor says it's his favorite part of the house. I think it's mine too for now until we change a couple of things around. We're gonna make the place look like every room is our favorite. lol. I'm excited for what we're gonna do to each room.

We haven't packed yet. I know it's horrible but hey, we weren't gonna pack until we were sure that we got a place. Cuz we were gonna extend our lease at the apt. if we didn't, and there's no point in packing & unpacking. We also gotta prime the wall that we painted in the living room.

I just thought about something too: I've never taken pix of the apt. Aww man! It's all messy now that we're moving. I might still try to tighten up a little bit so I can take pix so we can remember what our 1st apt. looked like 50 years down the line.

I'll keep ya updated on the move & transition into our wonderful new abode :-)

Until then,
Hanh

NO THANKS. WE'LL PASS

Updates of random happenings & events:



~ Brando's getting bigger. We went to the vet on Saturday & he's 17.6 lbs now. Chunky monkey!


~ Our friend had a bbq at the park for her birthday on Sunday. And how about we totally didn't consider the "park" part cuz everybody had their dog there & we left Brando at home. We felt really bad :-(


~ The party was soooo fun! We had meat on a stick, burgers, chips & dips & countless other edibles. Everyone shared 2 BB guns & shot at each other. lol. We're not violent ppl I swear! No seriously, it was a tiny tiny plastic bullet. Didn't hurt at all. We placed cups on the table as targets too. I (& Actor) found out that I had a great (almost perfect of course) shot *evil chuckle*

~ We're moving at the end of this month to live closer to our jobs. Ergoooo, we've been house hunting for like 3 months; to no avail might I add. We've got specifics in mind & nothing has proven worthy as of yet. So you know, I've been looking through Craigslist, AJC homefinder, etc. etc. Tell me why there are so many scammers on Craigslist? Oh my God! People are so desperate & crazy!!!!!

This one guy (that I didn't even email) emailed me with the subject of "Re: Interested in renting home" Ummm, I'm sorry? I didn't even email you you dumb ass! He then goes on to say that he lives in Switzerland (or some other country that I can't remember right now) & will mail me the keys to check out the house if I fill out this "application" & email it back to him. On the application? Your name, address, number, social security #... etc etc. I was like damnnnn, do you want a sample of my urine too? And my blood type while you're at it? Stupid idiots! Go scam some other sped. I wish I knew which ad he posted on there so I can flag it & tell the cops to trace it & arrest him. Ughh *disgusted*

And then my friend showed me an ad from Creative Loafing that sounded nice (on paper only of course.) 2 beds 1 bath, all utilities included, washer & dryer, cable; basically the works for $800/mth. I was very skeptical cuz you know, if it sounds too good to be true, then yea... But me being an optimist & also a hardhead went ahead & called them anyway.

*Ring ring Ring ring*

"Hello"
"Hello?" "Yes I saw your ad in CL & wanted to know if you still had that home available?"

(Thick country incoherent accent. Sounded like a late 50s, early 60s woman)
"What? Oh yea, it is. It's got *insert run down of stats here. For 3 minutes long might I add*
"Oh ok, that sounds good. Do you have any pictures that you can email me?"
"Pictures?! We don't take pictures honey"

*silence pause; me taking the cell phone from my ear & looking at it like huh? Did I hear that right?*

"Sooo... you don't have any pictures of it that I can see?"
"No, we don't take pictures around here"
"Oh ok............. Can you give me your address so we can mapquest it to see how far it is from where we are?"
"Well, you take so & so exit to so & so. Turn right at the Chevron, wait, is it an Exxon? I don't know, one of them gas stations. *insert her husband talking all country & loud in the background telling her the directions to tell me* Well here, talk to my husband. He'll tell ya.

*Insert phone passing here*
*Insert me not listening here*

"Hello! HELLO! Ok, so you take *insert the same incoherent rambling that she just told me here*

*Insert me trying so hard not to hang up on them here*

"Hello! Yea, can you just give me the address there? I'll find it."
"Welll, I just told you how to get here. You just *insert same incoherent directions here*

WAIT

STOP

WHY THE HELL AM I STILL ON THE PHONE?

You know why? Cuz I'm full of foolishness that's why. lol. It was amusing & entertaining to me. So I was like "Uh huh, uh huh..." *3 minutes later* "Well, that sounds too far out for us. Thanks for your time though."

"So when are you coming to look at it?"
"I'm not. It's too far. Thank you. Bye bye." *click*

That was Monday. Tell me why they've called back 4 times since then! Twice while I was at work, once last night AT 11PM!!! And just called & left a voicemail as I type. This very moment.

Last night they called from their cell phone (Oh my god they have a cell phone? *gasps*) and I was away from my phone. Bre was gonna answer it but it stop ringing so he called back. We didn't know who's number it was but as soon as I heard that country accent I died laughing and did the cut throat sign to Bre like "No! Uh uh"

He (being as full of crap as I am) persues the conversation. He lets her give him the run down of the stats again *insert a funny look from him here* then said "Well, it's kind of late, my girlfriend is asleep. But I'll let her know & tell her to call you tomorrow. K bye."

*Our eyes light up* (I always know when he has something funny to tell me. I get excited then both our eyes light up like "Guess what just happened?"

"So... what'd she say?"
"She said... the stats of the house of course, and that we can't drink alcohol or do illegal drugs because they're living in the basement & are in recovery so..."

*insert both of us dying of laughter, tears running down my face*

WAIT

WHAT?!

You want us to rent your house out with you living in the basement?!

And you're both going through recovery?

OH. MY. GOD!!!!

*dying as I type this*

Um... No thanks. We'll pass.

MY PIC

You know what? I just realized that I've never posted a pic of me before. You see the cut off pic on the left of my profile but that doesn't tell much. I used to want to do a whole private thing with a pen name & all but now I want to be more personal with you guys (and plus most of you know who I am anyways. Lol.)

Soooo... Here I am! *insert fanfare*

We're at Anthony's Pizza (one of our favorite places. Click on link to read more)

More pix to come. Gotta eat now!

~Hanh

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1st DAY OF SPRING

Happy 1st day of spring everybody! Spring's my favorite time of year :-) Warm sun & cool breeze beats cold, dry winters & hot summers any day!

Enjoy your day & Easter weekend. Do great things. Live in love, laughter, forgiveness & happiness. Find inspirations in everyday things & people. Enjoy life! Be happy! *insert any other uplifting messages that you want to hear here*

Be blessed! Love you guys!
Akanke

NEW BRANDO PIX!

Happy 2 months birthday to Brando! Yay! Here are some new pix that I took of him at the vet getting his 1st set of shots. The camera actually captured the blue in his eyes, which is so dope.

Oh and some pix of him sticking his head out the car window. He loves the wind but if we're going faster than 40 then he'll come back in. Hehe. Not big enough to handle strong wind yet...

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WITH AGE COMES STRENGTH & WISDOM

Tomorrow will make it 3 weeks that we've had Brando. And oh how he's grown. He's so much bigger than when I first saw him; he's much stronger & smarter too. Within 3 weeks he:

1) Learned his name

2) Sits when told about 80% of the time

3) Jumps onto big rocks/boulders and from one to another with ease

4) Can go up & down steep hills without hesitation.

5) Used to be scared of going down the stairs & only goes up but now he runs up & down.

6) Is almost, almost potty trained. He sometimes goes to the door & scratch at it like "Hey I gotta go... let me out"

7) Freaking bit off pieces of the big rock in #3 and eats it. His teeth is way too sharp & jaws too strong man

8) Managed to chew open one of his toys (a rhino) so now he can't play with it cuz he gets fluff all over the carpet & sometimes eats it.

9) Can jump to catch a toy that you're dangling in the air

10) And when he gets it? haha. Good luck getting it back. He's got a super grip. I mean, he'll hold on to the toy with his teeth even if you pull the toy up. Ergo he's dangling in the air by his teeth & you can spin him around and he still won't let it go.

11) Eats like crazyyy. We'll feed & walk him & as soon as we come in the door he goes to the food bowl looking for more.

12) His bark is getting deeper. He used to whimper & whine with this high pitch & lately he's had a little bass in his voice. haha. That's my boy!

13) He loves to lie in my lap for naps. Sometimes Actor have to distract him to another side of the room if I have to do something cuz he'll keep pawing me to sit still so he can get in my lap & sleep. Like, I'm on the floor changing out his pads & he'll jump on my back or paw me so I'll turn around & as soon as I do he'll muscle his way onto my lap.

14) He loves to follow Actor around too. That's his boy! During our walks we like to run to let him chase us so he'll get some good exercise. But if Actor's just walking behind us & not running then he'll stop & look back like "What are you doing man? Come onnn." And same goes for when I'm not running; he'll stop & look back at me & then at Actor like "Hold on. She's not running."


We took him to the vet for his 1st set of shots yesterday. He did pretty well considering it was a strange place. Leave it to him to not sit still on the table trying to explore everything & almost fell off like 5 times. He fell onto my lap twice & Actor caught him another time. He stayed pretty still when they had to examine him & all... The diagnosis? He's completely healthy! Yay!

We're taking him over to Aunty's to see his parents & brothers tonight. A little family reunion if you will. I'm excited to see how the other pups have grown :-D

ON LIFE, OSCARS, MUSIC & MORE

Things that have been on my mind as of late (& a few weeks ago that I didn't get a chance to mention)


On Life...
~ I still can't believe that Heath Ledger is gone. Boo. He was starting to become one of my favorite actors.


On Oscars...
~ Johnny Depp didn't win the Oscar. Double Boo! But according to most Daniel Day-Lewis deserved it cuz he's the supposed "truth." I haven't seen any movies that he's been in so I'm gonna have to pass on agreement until I see them. Until then... Boo!

~ Speaking of Depp, I had a dream that Sweeney Todd was chasing me around the city. To kill me of course. And he freaking had the heightened sense of the PERFUME guy. He never caught me but always knew where I was & was just too far behind since he was on foot & I was on wheels. Ahh. Needless to say I woke up shook!

~ Same goes for Marion Cotillard. Never heard of her a day in my life. Got some research to dooo.

~ I'm glad that Bourne Ultimatum won alot of Oscars for Sound Mixing & Editing & etc. That movie was the shiznit! One of my ultimate favorites.

~ Did ya'll see when they cut Marketa Irglova off as she was about to say her acceptance speech?! lmao!!! I laughed as I felt bad. Buahahaha. It was horrible!!!! I'm glad they brought her back out.

~ Speaking of horrible, I dunno if it was the tv that I was watching it on but most of the time when people were presenting the top of their heads were cut off the shot. I was like "Wow. If this isn't my tv messing up then somebody's getting FIREDDDD."

On Music...
~ V.I.C's song "Get Silly" is whack. And including Soulja Boy in it doesn't make it better. I'm so sick of all this WHACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK music. STOP IT!!!!!!!! Do something else with your life. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

~ Someone who's not whack? Chris Brown... If only he was a few years older *sighs* lol. He might be overrated to some, but you can't deny his talent... I had a dream that he was at my job & somehow just him being near me made me know how to dance. Like harddd. lol. I swear I was running up on shelves in the supply room & doing backflips & breakdancing & shat. It was fun :-D

~ Shawty Lo's "Dey Know" (as wrongfully spelled as it is) is a hot song. lol. I loveee the beat. The rhymes are ok but the beat got my attention. He looks funny...

~ J. Holiday's "Suffocate" is banging! I love the swagness of the song. Whew! He's cute but not my type. He got 2 banger singles; keep doing your thing J!

~ Ok. Dance groups in videos. Need I say more? If you're not put together pleaseeee turn down the offer to be in a video. PLEASEEEE. Don't embarass your mama like that.

On TV...

~ I just recently caught a "Keeping up with the Kardashians" marathon. At 1st it was just in the background but then I somehow ended up watching like 5 episodes. It's way better than I thought it was gonna be and Kim is way more down to earth than I thought she was gonna be (well, on the show anyway. Don't know what to or not believe.) I like how deep their family bond is & the drama of course. haha. It's very entertaining.

~ Oh how I love the E! countdowns.

~ Did anybody see the Best Dance Crew thingy on MTV? Whew! BreakSk8 is the best to me. They're killing it on skates! Come on!!! Hands down I'd pick them if I was casting.

BUDDY BRANDO

As you can obviously tell, Brando's one of the most exciting things in our lives right now. hehe. I'm gonna write about him very often to update you on what he's doing & also as a personal diary so I can look back at this years later & remember how he grew & stuff & stuff. I'm very sentimental. So what? Don't judge me!!!

So we got him last Friday night (2/22/08) after Actor got off work. It was probably midnight but he was still up, well, VERY up & hyper I should say. We jokingly said that one of the kids gave him some crack or something cuz he was extra extra hyper. We hung out for a little while then I wrapped him in a soft blue blanket & we took him home. He squirmed for a little, slept for a little, and whined for a little. He did pretty good considering that was his 1st car ride. But as soon as we parked the car I felt his stomach shaking really bad. I thought he was gonna poop so I put the puppy pad on his butt but then it came out the other end. lol. He threw up a good bit on my arm.

As soon as we came in the house he peed & pooped like 10 times within 10 minutes. We were cleaning up repeatedly. Guess he was just marking his territory... We fed & gave him water, let him walk around & get aquainted to the place, showed him his bed & toys & just played with him all night. We didn't go to sleep till almost 5 in the morning.

We woke up at 7 to feed, walk & play with him some more. He was scared of the outside for a little while. We had to drag him across the hallway cause he kept resisting to walk. No not hard as in abusive, more like an encouraging nudge. Gotta show him love but discipline him at the same time. After a couple of walks he couldn't wait to go outside. He goes in & out of the house without hesitation now.

We're crate training him; he took to it immediately & even goes in it by himself to sleep. The 1st day or so he could stay in it for 3 or 4 hours & then starts wailinggggggg. After 4 hours he'd wail until we let him out. We ignored him the 1st time just to see how long he would wail. We figured that he'd get tired within 15 minutes & stop. Yea righttttt. He wailed for 3 hours straighttt. We had just taken him outside so he didn't have to go or anything. He just didn't wanna be in there.

After a couple of days we'd decided on another approach, you know, just testing to see what works best for him. So we moved his crate to the kitchen & left the door open but gated him in. That way he'd have room to roam around & occupy himself until we got home from work. Now mind you I taped puppy pads on the entire floor... When I got home that day... BOYYYYY. The entire house smelled like poop. I walked to the kitchen to see what was going on: he dug under most of the pads, peed & pooped EVERYWHERE. And if that wasn't enough he smeared his poop EVERYWHERE that he could reach: alllll over the floor, on the cabinet doors, bottom of the oven... yea.

I was overwhelmed. lol. I stood & stared at the mess for like a minute, like "How the hell do I approach this situation?" So I put him in the crate so I could clean up. It took me almost 45 minutes to clean, wipe & disinfect everything. Definitely an experience...

We decided that we were gonna give the whole "open ground" thing one more try before we put him back in his crate. So I taped the pads on the floor, this time with much more durable tape, and we hoped for the best. When we got home it was a little better as he didn't smear stuff everywhere but it was still too messy.

The next day we put him back in his crate & it's been getting better everyday. He barely whines anymore unless we just came home & he's so excited to see us that he keeps jumping up & down & barking to get out. He's getting trickier with his poop though; smart little runt! I had his bed on on side & the pad on the other & he pooped under his bed where there was no pad. Little rascal! Yesterday Actor told me that he threw his poop out of the cage. And last night we came home from the store & he had pee & poop outside of the cage. Apparently he stuck his booty out of the cage to do his business. lol. I'd be mad but it's too freaking adorable. Guess cuz he's still new. Cuz after a while I'm gonna be on that ass. Better play your cute card for as long as possible buddy.

He be posingggg

Look mommy I'm biting my toy! Take a picture!

You can kinda tell in this pic but his eyes are gray/blue/purple

His sexy come hither look

Outside on the rock that he eats. More on that next time...

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BRANDO 2

Here's some pix of Brando. He just turned a month old yesterday =)

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BRANDO

Pssssssst... Guess what?


















Me & Actor are expecting...








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Now before you go pacifier & diaper happy, ya might wanna consider a petsmart giftcard. lol. Cuz we're getting a puppy!!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's no word that can describe the depth of excitement that I feel. Actor's had numerous dogs before but this is my 1st dog ever. My 1st real pet ever. Cuz I mean, I had goldfishes as a child but they all eventually died & plus I didn't get to play with them so they don't count.

His name is Brando (as in Marlon of course.) He's a pit/rottweiler/chow mix. Yes I know that's the roughest mix ever for a 1st dog & everyone that we've told have been like "You got a what?!" but it's all good. With Actor's experience & both of our love, affection, attention & discipline he'll grow up to be a fine dog. Oh, he's gonna be trained to attack you if you mess with us too, believe that, lol. But if you don't mess with us then you won't get ate up *wink wink*

He's still at Aunty's house feeding off of his mom Sasha. She's a beautiful blue pit bull. Aunty's family is like our second family; we love them dearly. They already have a handful of dogs and Sasha just had a litter of 7 so they were giving them away. Me & Actor just started talking about getting a puppy & Brando came into this world right on time.

We can't separate him too soon from Sasha & are waiting for him to grow a little bit more before we can get him. If all goes according to plan we're getting him next Friday. I'm so excited! I've already looked online & in stores & know exactly what I'm getting him as far as a bed, food, & etc...

I remember the 1st night that we saw him, he was a little smaller than he is now. I stood there & watched him for like 40 minutes! lol. Couldn't take my eyes off of him. He's so adorable & cute & playful & affectionate &... everything great in this world. Did I mention that he's a deep, rich, chocolate color? And we think his eyes are blue. We're not too sure cuz his eyes were so tiny & he was moving too much for us to look.

I'll definitely take lots of pictures & post it on here. He's gonna be the most loved dog in the whole wide world.

:-D

MY NEW FRIEND PEARL

I remember the first day I got her. Black, red & silver with a mirror on the back. Shaped like a regular rectangle but with the top right & bottom left corner curved in. The infamous Nokia whatever edition (I still can't remember.) I love limited/ unique/ customized stuff. They're the best.

My brother gave it to me as a graduation present; straight from Vietnam to my tiny little hands. It was the most complex & entertaining device I had ever seen in my life: Mp3 music player, movie player, film maker, photo caller id, internet, memory card... the works. It might sound typical now, but mind you this was 3 or 4 years ago; before anybody even knew that music on your phone was even possible.

The reactions were always great: "What's your number?" "404. 5. Whoa! What kind of phone is that?!" "Oh, it's just a... *insert explanation here*" It was cool to have a phone that everybody loved & complimented over. Cuz I'm a gadget freak. And I love having cool stuff. lol.

We've had conversations, good & bad. Pictures that are definitely worth more than a thousand words. Messages that make or break your day. Songs & videos that entertain. We've been through it all.

I dropped her a couple of times (Ok, many) & it was very painful. I don't know about ya'll but I don't like dropping stuff, especially my phone. It's the worst.

Years later, as with all things, my little Nokia started to deteriorate. Bit by bit she wore down & out. I was sad. I tried to nurture her, heal her, but to no avail.

Reluctantly I got another phone. Turns out my little Nokia had already told her friend about me: what I liked & needed. Ergo me & little miss Blackberry met & shook hands. "Pearl" she calls herself. She's beautiful & smart too. Adorned with silver jewelry & bright, shiny, red lipstick, she catches everyone's attention. I mean, you should see her lipstick! It's the most amazing red I've ever seen in my entire life! It's shiny apple, new car paint red.

I've only known her for what? 2 days now? We've gotten off to a good start. I love everything about her so far & I'm excited to learn more. She's just so interesting. I have a good feeling that this will be a long lasting friendship, hopefully as long as it was with Nokia.

I still have her by the way (Nokia.) I'm looking at her right now. In a couple of days we'll say our final goodbyes as she goes back to Vietnam with my dad. He'll find a nice place for her to stay & might even fix her up for good. Even so, I might just let her stay there & go on a permanent vacation. She deserves it. Don't we all?

TO- THE TOILET SEAT WETTER

LISTEN- I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

YOU SEE WE HAPPENED TO CROSS PATHS- AS YOU CAME OUT, I CAME IN.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK AND CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF, BUT YOU HAD ALREADY WALKED INTO THE OFFICE AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME. BUT NEXT TIME WE CROSS PATHS TO AND FROM THIS RESTROOM I WILL, CAUSE SINCE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AS SOON AS I SEE YOU COME OUT I'LL JUST ASK POLITELY BEFORE YOU GET AWAY AGAIN.

I (NO, WE ALL) ASK THAT SINCE APPARENTLY YOU WERE NOT TAUGHT AS A CHILD THAT BOYS SHOULD LIFT UP THE TOILET SEAT *white out* THEY TINKLE - WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SO CURTIOUS ENOUGH AS TO WIPE IT DOWN WHEN YOUR DONE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE ENJOYS CLEAN UP YOUR URINE.

SINCERELY,
YOUR SECRET KEEPER (FOR NOW)


"PLEASE WIPE OFF THE TOILET SEAT WHEN YOU WET IT"



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*I saw this in the handicapped bathroom at work. (There's two businesses in this building & we share a public bathroom. The regular bathrooms have 4 or 5 stalls & there's a separate handicapped bathroom across the hall (which everybody uses. I don't think I've ever seen a handicapped person use it...)

*Ask me how hard I laughed when I saw this

*It's filled with grammatical errors but you get the point. You toilet seat wetter! lol. Stop it! That's gross!

TOUCH FREAKING DOWN

The Giants won! (Not as in happy, but as in shocked)

They won! As an Atl-ian I'm obligated to stay true to the Falcons but since they weren't playing (and won't be for a long time. blah) we were rooting for the Patriots (weren't we all?) But it was inevitable: 18-0 & you lose the game that matters the most. Yea. That's just how life works doesn't it. I feel bad for them. But damn if the Giants didn't deserve that win. They fought for that thing. You don't understand! It was an uproar! There were only 3 or 4 people in the house that were going for the Giants so when they made that last touchdown everyone else jumped up & screameddddd (Not cheering. Screaming in pain. lol) Glad I didn't put money on that game. If I did I would've bet on Giants just cuz everybody thought the Patriots were gonna win. I think that's another reason why they didn't either. They were a little bit too comfortable & figured they had it in the bag. Boys & girls, this is what we call a classic case of GOT YO ASS!!!

And look! The Manning brothers both won the superbowl! Two years in a row! How kick ass is that?! I bet they're gonna make them go head to head in the superbowl soon. Very very soon. How big is that gonna be? Can you imagine?

SWEENEY TODD

Sweeney Todd. WHOOOO!!!!!! Love it!

Me & Actor agreed that this has got to be our favorite musical now. Grease is still one of my favorites, but this movie just took musicals to a whole 'notha level. And plus Johnny Depp is the shiznit. Did I mention that by the way?...

Depp plays Benjamin Barker, a happily married barber who is unjustly exiled & sent to prison by a jealous & greedy judge who wanted his wife. He comes back years later, changing his name to Sweeney Todd & vowing revenge. The only person that recognizes him is Mrs. Lovett, a meat pie shop owner who's store is right below his. Lovett, who's been secretly in love with Sweeney forever, becomes his accomplice in the quest. He reopens his shop & vows to give people the closest shave they'll ever have. A shave that they never come back from again...

Filled with banging songs, lyrics & melodies, Sweeney Todd is magnificently crafted. I mean, I can remember most of the songs even now and I saw it a while back. Most of the movie was dark but splashes of colors were beautifully thrown in & made you appreciate it. The story line was... exciting, breathtaking, scary, thrilling, moving, overwhelming... it's just freaking awesome!!!

Helena Bonham Carter (Lovett) was a great match for Depp (you know they've done movies together before. Look it up.) She's a great actress & singer. Everyone else in the movie were great singer & actors too, hence the all-around great musical.

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) made a cameo appearance as Signor Adolpho Pirelli, a former apprentice of Sweeney (before he went to prison) and is now a self-proclaimed barber of the town. lol. He is a trip!

Alan Rickman (Judge Turpin) is the one responsible for Sweeney's miserable life & has Sweeney's daughter in captivity. He's also the bad guy in PERFUME. He's a great actor; definitely makes you scared of & despise him.

I definitely gotta give props to Depp for singing throughout the WHOLE ENTIRE movie. He was really nervous about it but he did his thang! Refer to the "he is the shiznit" comment above...

I also gotta give props to Jayne Wisener (Johanna; Sweeney's daughter.) Her voice was so pure & enchanting. Her song was one of my favorites.

Now mind you, some people didn't know that Sweeney Todd was a musical. A couple of people left the theater after the opening scene & the ones who stayed were very annoying. They kept commenting & making fun of the singing and you KNOW me & Actor were blowed! This chick behind Actor kept kicking his seat when Sweeney killed people in the barber shop... Yea. Pretty bad... But guess what? The movie got soooo good & captivating that everyone, EVERYONE, in the theater were still & quiet & taking it all in. It was a great thing to experience for me. I'm such a big Depp supporter.

Speaking of, I want him to win the Oscar. He deserved it a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG time ago. I'm all for Depp winning "Actor in a Leading Role" this year. He better freaking win is all I'm saying. It is not a request!

I like all the other contenders in the category too (Clooney, Day-Lewis, T. Lee Jones & Viggo Mortensen) They're all great actors but I'm all for Depp this year. Sorry guys! You'll get one another time...

In conclusion, here's a recap:

1) Sweeney Todd is THE musical. Watch it.
2) Sacha B. Cohen is still the truth.
3) Depp better win the Oscar this year.
4) Remind me to tell you about "Eastern Promises." That was a good movie too.
5) Depp better win the Oscar this year.
6) Win the Oscar this year Depp better.


~ Akanke

SWEENEY TODD

"This is the tale of an ordinary man, who had everything... Benjamin Barker. Until a man of power stole his freedom, destroyed his family and banished him... for life. And in his sorrow a new man was born."


"No! Not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd, now. Sweeney Todd. And he shall have his revenge..."



At last! My arm is complete again!

"I can guarantee the closest shave you'll ever know."




"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled of shit, and the vermin of the world inhabit it..."

"I want the bleeders"