RANDOM PIX OF THE DAY

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.

~~~

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.

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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