1) When people apologize for their long absences and they're less than 8 days, I have never ever noticed them. I follow enough people on Google Reader that you have to be mighty talkative for a long time for me to notice. And if you stay gone for a long time? I might forget you exist... I mean... it's better than me stalking you, right? Blame Rashan for me not stalking people anymore.
2) In case you forgot Rashan was a jerk... I had to explain google reader to one of my friends the other day & Rashan said, "Wow... it's 2007 again. You're explaining google reader." LOLOL. Jerk. (soft j)
3) Why do kids always ask "where do babies come from?" on tv shows? Cliche' much?
4) I watch "Chopped" all the time and you know what? I'm tired of hearing ScottConant whine about his disdain for raw red onion. I hate a lot of raw red onion, too, but this competition isn't about every chef making a dish to meet your standards. Really? STOP SAYING THAT EVERY TIME YOU'RE ON THE SHOW!!! But I love Alex! :)
5) If you're not familiar, they have a basket with three or 4 disparate ingredients they have to incorporate into a cohesive dish. One recent basket on that show? Baby bananas, black eyed peas, poblano peppers & ostrich steak. Da heezy!??? Rashan wants to do a "Chopped" challenge for me one day. Hilarious.
6) Update on me working out to meet my trainer? She said my form was GREAT and I didn't lose much over the break. Yeaaaaah! She also said she had a client who hadn't worked out in more than a month and almost died. LOLOL! Glad it wasn't me! But I SEVERELY underestimated how it would feel to be back! So crazy! My body was like, FOR REAL????
7) Can someone tell me how I managed to accidentally follow at least 3 M.ormonFashionBloggers? I'm pretty sure I've never even met a M.ormon before... So weird.
8) Every time I hear there's a party where I should bring food, I come up with at least 5 recipes I want to make. Someone tell me to calm down, please. PLEASE!
9) I went to the outlets nearest to my house on Friday. Ya know... the one with a Le Creuset store. *faints* You know baby had to get a lil somethin. I got a giant cobalt pie plate! Mine was $26. I also got some great clothes at amazing prices. My favorite deal? The $129 BCBG dress I scored for $29. *pat pat*
10) One of my 30 for 30 goals has got to go. I seriously do NOT care about taking a picture a day for a year. Suggestions on what to replace that with?
11) Funniest & most fun drinker? The (non-slurring) CHATTERBOX! Talk, talk, talk. It amuses me. I like that much better than some of the drinkers I knew in college-- overly emotional, mood swings (happy, sad, angry, "amorous" all in the space of half an hour), sick and vomiting. And this is just one person... Please drink responsibly.
12) It's been a while since I got a really stank comment. Probably because I have fewer commenters than I once had and the ones who do comment are my own little blog la familia. Sometimes I feel sad for the people who have to bring bloggers "down a notch or two" but sometimes I feel as sad when bloggers respond. Some handle it well... others... really poorly. That stranger (always hiding behind the cloak of internet gangstafied anonymity) needs to kick rocks! And hard! Don't let them drag you down with them... I feel like this is just inviting someone to say something stank... LOL. Please keep your foolishness to yourself.
13) Why doesn't blogger automatically recognize blogger as a word? To quote the wise bard, William of the Smith clan, "Dum dum dittaaaaaay!" (It didn't recognize any of that at all... Hm.)
1.24.2011
1.23.2011
Movies 2011, Week 3
January 16- 22, 2011
A pretty good mix of films this weekend, not all of them great but some good enough.
17) Waiting for Guffman. Silly mockumentary about community theatre. SO silly. Amusing, though. 3.8 stars
18) Mostly Martha. German film about a loner chef who becomes the guardian for her recently orphaned niece. I may have enjoyed this more had I not seen and (remembered well) the American version with Catherine Zeta-Jones. It was almost exactly the same but quieter. It felt a bit slow at times as well. This one did feel less forced most of the time, though. 3.3 stars
19) A Village Called Versailles. Documentary about a Vietnamese community in New Orleans that united after Hurricane Katrina. Some good moments but it felt separated into two halves, almost like 2 different films. 3.3 stars
20) Sylvia Scarlett. Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant star in this 1935 film about a woman who poses as a man. KH's accent sounds ridiculous. Wow. How can too fabulous stars be in such a colossally bad film? Really, REALLY bad. 2.5 stars
21) On the Town. Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra star in this 1949 film about sailors looking for fun in "New York, New York." There was a dance sequence I'm convinced last 17 hours. At least nine-thirds of the film. I mean, I like a good dance sequence and all but #cmonson. 3.5 stars
A pretty good mix of films this weekend, not all of them great but some good enough.
17) Waiting for Guffman. Silly mockumentary about community theatre. SO silly. Amusing, though. 3.8 stars
18) Mostly Martha. German film about a loner chef who becomes the guardian for her recently orphaned niece. I may have enjoyed this more had I not seen and (remembered well) the American version with Catherine Zeta-Jones. It was almost exactly the same but quieter. It felt a bit slow at times as well. This one did feel less forced most of the time, though. 3.3 stars
19) A Village Called Versailles. Documentary about a Vietnamese community in New Orleans that united after Hurricane Katrina. Some good moments but it felt separated into two halves, almost like 2 different films. 3.3 stars
20) Sylvia Scarlett. Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant star in this 1935 film about a woman who poses as a man. KH's accent sounds ridiculous. Wow. How can too fabulous stars be in such a colossally bad film? Really, REALLY bad. 2.5 stars
21) On the Town. Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra star in this 1949 film about sailors looking for fun in "New York, New York." There was a dance sequence I'm convinced last 17 hours. At least nine-thirds of the film. I mean, I like a good dance sequence and all but #cmonson. 3.5 stars
1.17.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 84
1) I love people who share food with me... but I don't necessarily like to share my food. This really applies to leftovers. Nothing else. If you eat my leftovers without me telling you to eat them? We'll have a problem. Rashan never does this. THANK GOD!!
2) I can be rather abrupt when it comes to matters of the heart. I have no patience for lingering in dead-end relationships. He told you he'll never marry you? You're still the side chick? Get out. What else do you want me to say to you? I don't like long relationships. I have no patience for people who proclaim each new beau as the one. I'm not trying to kill your hopefulness, I just don't get it. I have become more open-minded seeing as I did find my love on the interweb (how distasteful!) but it's still a struggle to get it when clearly I don't have to.
3) I put off a return to working out with my trainer as long as I could. I mean as LOOOOONG as I could. I'm so scared she's gonna murder me so I've been working out 3xs a week over the last 3 weeks in preparation to return to my trainer. Is that stupid? LOLOL I just don't wanna die! But return to her I shall this week!
4) I realized I didn't show you what I got for Christmas! Some AWESOMENESS!! I LOVED my gifts!! I got myself that 30 Before 30 lipstick and my Marc by Marc Jacobs rain boots.
I love them!!! Y'all know I'm all about bright colors! These hit the spot! I suppose I'll do a full Christmas post later because there are a ton of pictures I think it will amuse you to see.
5) I'm bored but I don't feel like returning to regular life. I'm really dreading this semester. I know that's not doing anyone any good. :/
6) Am I racist? Every person I talk to who's vaguely non-white, I have to restrain myself from asking them if they like to cook. Gimme your recipes!!
7) I have been so incredibly restless for the last week plus. My body is so hateful. Why do you treat me this way??? I sleep a couple of hours at a time.
8) There's nothing worse than a durn Yankee talking smack about Southerners and snow. There is NO comparison. A few inches of snow shuts down Southern cities because they don't have adequate budgets for snow removal and tons of people who think they can drive in snow but can't. If you don't move snow and it warms up during the day, which it always does in the South after snow, the snow melts. Temps drop again at night and what? Ice. NO ONE deals adequately with ice. Ice can shut down even the most Northern of cities. But it's particularly bad in the South. I've lived in both places and worked in a place where I covered snow and drove in it for 3 winters. A place that's USED TO snow knows how to deal with it. One that expects one "big" snow of a few inches and gets double or triple that? Never going to react the same way. Again, NO COMPARISON. So shut your mouth.
9) I learned of 4 pregnancies in 48 hours. Um... whoa. Y'all have been really busy keeping warm.
10) My mom gets sad when I don't love gifts she gives me... so I break it gently... and sometimes... I lie.
11) I deleted a fb friend a few months ago when she asked people not to post pictures of her wedding and said she may or may not post any. This after she wrote incessantly about the trials of planning a wedding. Invite in and shut out? STD. Shut that down. Now I kinda want to be her fb friend again. Why? Nosiness. That is such a mess.
12) Are you as excited as I am about the return of 30 Rock??? :)
13) I complain about the layout of Target every single time I go in one. Why? Because every single one has a drastically different layout. Why? WHYYYYYY??
14) "I (Almost) Got Away With It" is an AWESOME show!! So hilarious!! If you have Discovery ID or On Demand, WATCH IT!!
2) I can be rather abrupt when it comes to matters of the heart. I have no patience for lingering in dead-end relationships. He told you he'll never marry you? You're still the side chick? Get out. What else do you want me to say to you? I don't like long relationships. I have no patience for people who proclaim each new beau as the one. I'm not trying to kill your hopefulness, I just don't get it. I have become more open-minded seeing as I did find my love on the interweb (how distasteful!) but it's still a struggle to get it when clearly I don't have to.
3) I put off a return to working out with my trainer as long as I could. I mean as LOOOOONG as I could. I'm so scared she's gonna murder me so I've been working out 3xs a week over the last 3 weeks in preparation to return to my trainer. Is that stupid? LOLOL I just don't wanna die! But return to her I shall this week!
4) I realized I didn't show you what I got for Christmas! Some AWESOMENESS!! I LOVED my gifts!! I got myself that 30 Before 30 lipstick and my Marc by Marc Jacobs rain boots.
5) I'm bored but I don't feel like returning to regular life. I'm really dreading this semester. I know that's not doing anyone any good. :/
6) Am I racist? Every person I talk to who's vaguely non-white, I have to restrain myself from asking them if they like to cook. Gimme your recipes!!
7) I have been so incredibly restless for the last week plus. My body is so hateful. Why do you treat me this way??? I sleep a couple of hours at a time.
8) There's nothing worse than a durn Yankee talking smack about Southerners and snow. There is NO comparison. A few inches of snow shuts down Southern cities because they don't have adequate budgets for snow removal and tons of people who think they can drive in snow but can't. If you don't move snow and it warms up during the day, which it always does in the South after snow, the snow melts. Temps drop again at night and what? Ice. NO ONE deals adequately with ice. Ice can shut down even the most Northern of cities. But it's particularly bad in the South. I've lived in both places and worked in a place where I covered snow and drove in it for 3 winters. A place that's USED TO snow knows how to deal with it. One that expects one "big" snow of a few inches and gets double or triple that? Never going to react the same way. Again, NO COMPARISON. So shut your mouth.
9) I learned of 4 pregnancies in 48 hours. Um... whoa. Y'all have been really busy keeping warm.
10) My mom gets sad when I don't love gifts she gives me... so I break it gently... and sometimes... I lie.
11) I deleted a fb friend a few months ago when she asked people not to post pictures of her wedding and said she may or may not post any. This after she wrote incessantly about the trials of planning a wedding. Invite in and shut out? STD. Shut that down. Now I kinda want to be her fb friend again. Why? Nosiness. That is such a mess.
12) Are you as excited as I am about the return of 30 Rock??? :)
13) I complain about the layout of Target every single time I go in one. Why? Because every single one has a drastically different layout. Why? WHYYYYYY??
14) "I (Almost) Got Away With It" is an AWESOME show!! So hilarious!! If you have Discovery ID or On Demand, WATCH IT!!
1.16.2011
Movies 2011, Week 2
January 9-15, 2011
It was unintentionally old movie week at casa Jameil and quite a good one! Way to be there! Looking forward to more good ones this week!
11) Move Over Darling. Doris Day stars in the remake of the fabulous Cary Grant film "My Favorite Wife." Amusing and I've definitely decided I love the many incarnations of this film. I wondered who would play in a modern adaptation. Just please not Sandra Bullock. 4 stars
12) Sophie's Choice. Meryl Streep stars as a Polish immigrant who survived concentration camps and slowly unveils the grim details to her Southern neighbor who is also an unwilling witness to her tumultuous relationship. Interesting, yes. But also tiring and long. I could feel what was coming pretty early on. 3.9 stars
13) Cabaret. Liza Minelli stars as an American cabaret singer in Germany trying to make it big as Nazis are coming to power. Pretty good. It's a musical for all you musical haters. The end felt a little stretched out. 4 stars
14) The Thrill of It All. Same stars as Move Over Darling, ironically. Doris Day and James Garner are a couple who struggle when a company's president wants Doris Day as his ad girl. Not in line with modern desires a bit amusingly. Cute if a little too long. 3.7 stars
15) Yankee Doodle Dandy. James Cagney won an Oscar for his starring role in this biopic about an entertainment legend. Thrown off by an unexpected blackface sighting again. :/ It dragged toward the end. 3.4 stars
16) Splendor in the Grass. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty star as a young couple with too much feeling in their uptight Kansas town. I really enjoyed it. 3.9 stars
It was unintentionally old movie week at casa Jameil and quite a good one! Way to be there! Looking forward to more good ones this week!
11) Move Over Darling. Doris Day stars in the remake of the fabulous Cary Grant film "My Favorite Wife." Amusing and I've definitely decided I love the many incarnations of this film. I wondered who would play in a modern adaptation. Just please not Sandra Bullock. 4 stars
12) Sophie's Choice. Meryl Streep stars as a Polish immigrant who survived concentration camps and slowly unveils the grim details to her Southern neighbor who is also an unwilling witness to her tumultuous relationship. Interesting, yes. But also tiring and long. I could feel what was coming pretty early on. 3.9 stars
13) Cabaret. Liza Minelli stars as an American cabaret singer in Germany trying to make it big as Nazis are coming to power. Pretty good. It's a musical for all you musical haters. The end felt a little stretched out. 4 stars
14) The Thrill of It All. Same stars as Move Over Darling, ironically. Doris Day and James Garner are a couple who struggle when a company's president wants Doris Day as his ad girl. Not in line with modern desires a bit amusingly. Cute if a little too long. 3.7 stars
15) Yankee Doodle Dandy. James Cagney won an Oscar for his starring role in this biopic about an entertainment legend. Thrown off by an unexpected blackface sighting again. :/ It dragged toward the end. 3.4 stars
16) Splendor in the Grass. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty star as a young couple with too much feeling in their uptight Kansas town. I really enjoyed it. 3.9 stars
1.12.2011
#22: Find my perfect shade of red lipstick.
I did it! I know when you saw this goal on my 30 Before 30, you said to yourself, LAME! COP OUT! But I've never been a make-up girl. Okay I take that back. I really, really TRIED to be a make-up girl when I was a little girly girl but my MOMMY wouldn't let me. Meanie. She told me I don't need make-up to be beautiful. What a cop out. Of course I didn't believe her and put "a make-up kit" in the Top 5 of my (up to five page) Christmas list for AT LEAST a decade. I begged and begged. What about when I'm 13? When I'm 15? 16?!?! No! No! No! And NOT ONCE did I get so much as a lip gloss!!!! So I gave up on being a make-up girl. Then I got to college and was surrounded by women who knew how to put on make-up... and I no longer really cared about putting on make-up. *shakes tiny fist at M*
How did I learn how to put on make-up? By watching Carmindy on What Not to Wear... LOL. That is so sad! I'm sure she's the one who said there's a red lipstick for everyone. It's been embedded in my head since then. But with my complexion, when I go to make-up counters, they pick raisins for me. I'm looking for something unexpected. But when I told the lady at Lancome a red, she was skeptical and picked out three HORRIFIC shades of red. Truly terrifying. I had Rashan with me and he was of course, 0 help. Poor thing. He begged me to bring someone else, ANYONE else with me, and I didn't. This woman, in her desire not to talk herself out of a sale, refused to say anything HONEST about these awful colors she selected. I thought they looked terrible on me and she was like, "It depends on what you like." Girl. BYE!!!
My next stop was at Ulta where I thought I could get a reasonably-priced lipstick. A sweet little guy really, REALLY wants to see me in a non-red gloss. Hold up. I came in here SPECIFICALLY knowing I want a RED LIPSTICK and you try to send me off with a non-red gloss? I humor him, this time I'm with a friend, who also doesn't understand my desire for red, (SN: Why did I keep going with people who thought I was crazy?) and hate everything he does. He says, "I told you red wasn't for you. Let me show you some other stuff." I proceed to hate everything he shows me. Why? Mostly because I resent him for that!! What you are seeing here is the anatomy of how to lose a sale with Jameil (half rhyme...) part II.
My third stop, with the same friend but on a different day months later, is at the JCPenne' (LOL) Sephora store. This timid-ish chick hears I want a red and is again looking at me like I'm nuts. WHAT IS IT WITH THESE PEOPLE?!? I'm the only one who watches WNTW?? You're IN make-up and still want to do the same boring thing everyone else wants to do? NO. RAISIN. This chick hears red, looks skeptical and asks her cohort for advice. What do we have hear, people? If you guessed how to lose a sale with Jameil part III, DING DING! You're right! You get a blog post! And you get a blog post! (Don't get excited. It's this one.) She gives me some atrocious colors to try on, I scowl in the mirror and leave. I've never had a good experience with that store so I really should stop going back.
My fourth stop... y'all I'm so DEDICATED!! ... To finding a lipstick... fail... epic fail. Anyway, the 4th stop was where the first stop should've been. The store every make-up crazy black woman (with a little money) I know is a stan for: Mac. DUH!!! I said after the first place, I should stop playing around and just go to Mac. But did I listen to myself? (Sheepish) No... So this time I have my sister with me. I said red and she said really? But she said it with an open mind because she's the make-up fiend in the family. Plus I'm the big sister! Off to Mac we go. I'M DETERMINED we are finding my lipstick TODAY. By this point I was feeling rather discouraged and had amended it to 'an unexpected color' from red. But when I told the Mac chica I wanted a red but people were hating she said, "Why!? I think there's a red for everyone!" Oh honey. You need to teach 'how to take all of Jameil's money!' LOL. Clearly I agree so we tried several and.... decided on Ladybug! How cute is that name??
I wore it out for the first time to a casual NYE house party and was still easily one of the most dressed up people there. LOLOL. I love it. Why did it take me four tries over 6 months (almost to the day) to find a red lipstick??? That is so not cute. But I have it! Kiss kiss!
How did I learn how to put on make-up? By watching Carmindy on What Not to Wear... LOL. That is so sad! I'm sure she's the one who said there's a red lipstick for everyone. It's been embedded in my head since then. But with my complexion, when I go to make-up counters, they pick raisins for me. I'm looking for something unexpected. But when I told the lady at Lancome a red, she was skeptical and picked out three HORRIFIC shades of red. Truly terrifying. I had Rashan with me and he was of course, 0 help. Poor thing. He begged me to bring someone else, ANYONE else with me, and I didn't. This woman, in her desire not to talk herself out of a sale, refused to say anything HONEST about these awful colors she selected. I thought they looked terrible on me and she was like, "It depends on what you like." Girl. BYE!!!
My next stop was at Ulta where I thought I could get a reasonably-priced lipstick. A sweet little guy really, REALLY wants to see me in a non-red gloss. Hold up. I came in here SPECIFICALLY knowing I want a RED LIPSTICK and you try to send me off with a non-red gloss? I humor him, this time I'm with a friend, who also doesn't understand my desire for red, (SN: Why did I keep going with people who thought I was crazy?) and hate everything he does. He says, "I told you red wasn't for you. Let me show you some other stuff." I proceed to hate everything he shows me. Why? Mostly because I resent him for that!! What you are seeing here is the anatomy of how to lose a sale with Jameil (half rhyme...) part II.
My third stop, with the same friend but on a different day months later, is at the JCPenne' (LOL) Sephora store. This timid-ish chick hears I want a red and is again looking at me like I'm nuts. WHAT IS IT WITH THESE PEOPLE?!? I'm the only one who watches WNTW?? You're IN make-up and still want to do the same boring thing everyone else wants to do? NO. RAISIN. This chick hears red, looks skeptical and asks her cohort for advice. What do we have hear, people? If you guessed how to lose a sale with Jameil part III, DING DING! You're right! You get a blog post! And you get a blog post! (Don't get excited. It's this one.) She gives me some atrocious colors to try on, I scowl in the mirror and leave. I've never had a good experience with that store so I really should stop going back.
My fourth stop... y'all I'm so DEDICATED!! ... To finding a lipstick... fail... epic fail. Anyway, the 4th stop was where the first stop should've been. The store every make-up crazy black woman (with a little money) I know is a stan for: Mac. DUH!!! I said after the first place, I should stop playing around and just go to Mac. But did I listen to myself? (Sheepish) No... So this time I have my sister with me. I said red and she said really? But she said it with an open mind because she's the make-up fiend in the family. Plus I'm the big sister! Off to Mac we go. I'M DETERMINED we are finding my lipstick TODAY. By this point I was feeling rather discouraged and had amended it to 'an unexpected color' from red. But when I told the Mac chica I wanted a red but people were hating she said, "Why!? I think there's a red for everyone!" Oh honey. You need to teach 'how to take all of Jameil's money!' LOL. Clearly I agree so we tried several and.... decided on Ladybug! How cute is that name??
1.10.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 83
1) The most possessive-looking couple pose in the entire world? The one with the dude's arms around the chick's waist (cool) and her arms around his neck (THIS HERE? MINE!!!), both staring at the camera. Y'all are scary.
2) One of my childhood friends is having a baby August 21st. Well his wife is. I say, "Wait until August 23rd for the 2nd best baby ever!!!" Why does he interpret that as me having a baby??? HOLD UP, SLOW UP, STOP, CONTROL. REALLY?????? Who doesn't know my birthday is August 23rd???? Stop trying to spread rumors and lies on fb!!!!
3) Speaking of lies on fb... I have THEEEE ghettoest cousin with presto-chango (red, orange, platinum blonde, blue) hair colors. Our only contact in more than 10 years is via fb where I'm getting quite the education! The other day she was SO upset people sent her texts that KeyshiaCole'smom had died. "STOP SPREADING LIES!!!!!!!!!" (She types in all caps with lots of exclamation points.) Why are PEOPLE, not one person, PEOPLE, texting you this? I would have to remove these people from my list. (SN: Who determines the no. 1 ring tone? Don't answer. I don't care. I hate ring tones.)
4) Y'all can back up off the marriage and engagement talk again. It will happen when it's supposed to happen. I see the mention of it makes you all crazy. That's my bad. No more. Let's all calm down now.
5) I love encouraging my friends! Blog la familia included! If your homies aren't in your corner, then who is?? I won't be that weak link hatin on ya! I'm gonna help you along! You can do it! But you have to set a goal to make one! XOXO
6) Was that deep? Did I almost write a #fakerevruntweet? *shivering and shaking on the pavement*
7) I wanna go somewhere. IDK where but I'm headed back to MS next month... That doesn't count. Sorry, Sip. I could've gone to VA this weekend but wasn't really feeling that, either. I know what I need: a FREE trip somewhere. Preferably somewhere warm and exotic!
7) I have almost made myself into a coffee fiend on accident. I don't really like the flavor of coffee that much esp. unadulterated but the smell? HEAVENLY! And people have been trying to make me join their addict-ville for a long time. I love coffee ice cream and that makes me feel less bad but this is the 3rd year in a row I've had a Sbucks in the library. Not cool!!
8) Am I done yet? I should start a countdown to graduation. My baccalaureate is May 15th, the 16th is graduation. I'm gonna go ahead and make the bac what I countdown to. 125 days! HOLLA!
9) Rashan doesn't believe in ugly babies. I, on the other hand, see them everywhere. Newborn? Ugly baby.
10) I hate watching drunk people on sitcoms. They always seem like they've never been drunk. Exception? Queen Latifah as Khadijah on "Living Single." The tranquilizers episode? HILARIOUS!! Sooo funny! LOLOL
11) It is way too hard to maintain 2 blogs. Especially since I'm trying to do fashion AND food in the other blog. Am I really gonna be posting 5 days a week over there and 3+ days a week over here? Methinks not. I would need to be paid for that to happen. I'm at least 2 posts behind over here... and don't feel like posting. Yawn.
12) I really want an $89 pair of shoes ... But I know I shouldn't. They were originally $179! That's a good deal. You know it is! I just want some impractical shoes. How weird is it that those are more impractical for me than my magenta pumps? LOLOL In the time since I wrote this, I talked myself out of them because the ones I really want are sold out in my size. Way to save yourself money? DON'T SETTLE!! (Hence the reason I'm so difficult to feed. LE SIGH.)
13) Can you believe I still have 2 official days before school starts? And I have 0 classes to attend this semester? So weird. I'm teaching a class on radio once a week, though so that should be cool.
14) I'm ready for the next new internet thing. I'm coming up on my 3 year twitter-versary and getting a tad bored. There are some people I like to communicate with primarily through twitter but eh... I'm sure part of this is the fact that I am currently wasting my days but NEXT!
15) Modern Love was great this week. As was Vows about a couple who met playing Jeopardy online. Rashan and I soooo related to "he discovered 'a certain awkwardness in meeting someone for the first time when you think you already know them well.'” LOLOL! Been there!!
2) One of my childhood friends is having a baby August 21st. Well his wife is. I say, "Wait until August 23rd for the 2nd best baby ever!!!" Why does he interpret that as me having a baby??? HOLD UP, SLOW UP, STOP, CONTROL. REALLY?????? Who doesn't know my birthday is August 23rd???? Stop trying to spread rumors and lies on fb!!!!
3) Speaking of lies on fb... I have THEEEE ghettoest cousin with presto-chango (red, orange, platinum blonde, blue) hair colors. Our only contact in more than 10 years is via fb where I'm getting quite the education! The other day she was SO upset people sent her texts that KeyshiaCole'smom had died. "STOP SPREADING LIES!!!!!!!!!" (She types in all caps with lots of exclamation points.) Why are PEOPLE, not one person, PEOPLE, texting you this? I would have to remove these people from my list. (SN: Who determines the no. 1 ring tone? Don't answer. I don't care. I hate ring tones.)
4) Y'all can back up off the marriage and engagement talk again. It will happen when it's supposed to happen. I see the mention of it makes you all crazy. That's my bad. No more. Let's all calm down now.
5) I love encouraging my friends! Blog la familia included! If your homies aren't in your corner, then who is?? I won't be that weak link hatin on ya! I'm gonna help you along! You can do it! But you have to set a goal to make one! XOXO
6) Was that deep? Did I almost write a #fakerevruntweet? *shivering and shaking on the pavement*
7) I wanna go somewhere. IDK where but I'm headed back to MS next month... That doesn't count. Sorry, Sip. I could've gone to VA this weekend but wasn't really feeling that, either. I know what I need: a FREE trip somewhere. Preferably somewhere warm and exotic!
7) I have almost made myself into a coffee fiend on accident. I don't really like the flavor of coffee that much esp. unadulterated but the smell? HEAVENLY! And people have been trying to make me join their addict-ville for a long time. I love coffee ice cream and that makes me feel less bad but this is the 3rd year in a row I've had a Sbucks in the library. Not cool!!
8) Am I done yet? I should start a countdown to graduation. My baccalaureate is May 15th, the 16th is graduation. I'm gonna go ahead and make the bac what I countdown to. 125 days! HOLLA!
9) Rashan doesn't believe in ugly babies. I, on the other hand, see them everywhere. Newborn? Ugly baby.
10) I hate watching drunk people on sitcoms. They always seem like they've never been drunk. Exception? Queen Latifah as Khadijah on "Living Single." The tranquilizers episode? HILARIOUS!! Sooo funny! LOLOL
11) It is way too hard to maintain 2 blogs. Especially since I'm trying to do fashion AND food in the other blog. Am I really gonna be posting 5 days a week over there and 3+ days a week over here? Methinks not. I would need to be paid for that to happen. I'm at least 2 posts behind over here... and don't feel like posting. Yawn.
12) I really want an $89 pair of shoes ... But I know I shouldn't. They were originally $179! That's a good deal. You know it is! I just want some impractical shoes. How weird is it that those are more impractical for me than my magenta pumps? LOLOL In the time since I wrote this, I talked myself out of them because the ones I really want are sold out in my size. Way to save yourself money? DON'T SETTLE!! (Hence the reason I'm so difficult to feed. LE SIGH.)
13) Can you believe I still have 2 official days before school starts? And I have 0 classes to attend this semester? So weird. I'm teaching a class on radio once a week, though so that should be cool.
14) I'm ready for the next new internet thing. I'm coming up on my 3 year twitter-versary and getting a tad bored. There are some people I like to communicate with primarily through twitter but eh... I'm sure part of this is the fact that I am currently wasting my days but NEXT!
15) Modern Love was great this week. As was Vows about a couple who met playing Jeopardy online. Rashan and I soooo related to "he discovered 'a certain awkwardness in meeting someone for the first time when you think you already know them well.'” LOLOL! Been there!!
1.09.2011
Movies 2011, Week 1
January 1-8, 2011
It's so easy to watch more movies than there are days in the year when you refuse to leave the house. On a roll!!
1) The Man Who Came to Dinner. A jerky lecturer overstays his welcome when he gets hurt and has to stay at a family's home in this 1941 film with a softer look at Bette Davis. At nearly 2 hours, this film was far too long for a comedic film. Get to the point already. 3.1 stars
2) Tooth Fairy. Cute kids film starring the Rock about a guy forced to be the tooth fairy. It's certainly not unexpected but can definitely keep your attention. 3.8 stars
3) Doc Hollywood. Michael J. Fox comedy about a Hollywood-bound aspiring plastic surgeon who gets stuck in a small town when he has an accident there. Boring, predictable. 3.2 stars
4) Harvey. 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart follows a man who confounds his sister and niece with his companion-- a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit. Pretty amusing. 4.1 stars
5) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as two (smokin hot) thieving outlaws. Great action & a fun watch! 4.5 stars
6) Mississippi Burning. Film loosely based on the FBI investigation into the disappearance of 3 civil rights workers. Pretty good despite some holes and plot contrivances. 3.9 stars
7) Angel of Mine. French film based on a true story about a woman who believes a little girl is her long-dead daughter. Really creepy but good. 4.1 stars
8) Gidget. 1960s film about a girl surfer who's not taken seriously. I didn't enjoy it. 3.3 stars
9) Going the Distance. Drew Barrymore romcom about a long distance relationship. Cute. I enjoyed it. 4 stars
10) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The first in the trilogy. It was pretty good. Not my kind of movie. 3.5 stars
It's so easy to watch more movies than there are days in the year when you refuse to leave the house. On a roll!!
1) The Man Who Came to Dinner. A jerky lecturer overstays his welcome when he gets hurt and has to stay at a family's home in this 1941 film with a softer look at Bette Davis. At nearly 2 hours, this film was far too long for a comedic film. Get to the point already. 3.1 stars
2) Tooth Fairy. Cute kids film starring the Rock about a guy forced to be the tooth fairy. It's certainly not unexpected but can definitely keep your attention. 3.8 stars
3) Doc Hollywood. Michael J. Fox comedy about a Hollywood-bound aspiring plastic surgeon who gets stuck in a small town when he has an accident there. Boring, predictable. 3.2 stars
4) Harvey. 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart follows a man who confounds his sister and niece with his companion-- a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit. Pretty amusing. 4.1 stars
5) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as two (smokin hot) thieving outlaws. Great action & a fun watch! 4.5 stars
6) Mississippi Burning. Film loosely based on the FBI investigation into the disappearance of 3 civil rights workers. Pretty good despite some holes and plot contrivances. 3.9 stars
7) Angel of Mine. French film based on a true story about a woman who believes a little girl is her long-dead daughter. Really creepy but good. 4.1 stars
8) Gidget. 1960s film about a girl surfer who's not taken seriously. I didn't enjoy it. 3.3 stars
9) Going the Distance. Drew Barrymore romcom about a long distance relationship. Cute. I enjoyed it. 4 stars
10) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The first in the trilogy. It was pretty good. Not my kind of movie. 3.5 stars
1.05.2011
2011 Goals
One of my fb friends said,
1) Complete at least 12 30 for 30 goals. These goals encompass many of the changes I want to make in my life. That's why I this list will be shorter than last year's. I only completed 4 so obviously have quite a bit left to accomplish. Definites are read the entire Bible (almost halfway there!), go whitewater rafting, ride a mechanical bull, make and keep a budget, take a dance class, workout 3xs a week, tour a vineyard in NC wine country, use my passport and yes, RUN A 5K!! I did my first self-directed 5k run-walk over Christmas break and it was great!! I felt really powerful!
2) Read 40 books this year. I used to read every single night before bed. Then there were some breaks in college. Now I want to get back to reading. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter. I want to read some great books! I read The Help to get me back in the swing of things and loved it!
3) Try at least 100 new recipes. Y'all know I love cooking! I've lost a bit of my mojo with my crazy schedule but I think I can get it back in 2011!
4) Get a full-time teaching position in a great program. This will be awesome.
5) Work out more. This will help me with my 5k goal and the lifetime fitness goal.
6) Make sartorial magic. I shocked myself a little this year with unexpected combinations of the clothes in my closet. It's really fun to do that and I strive to do that more and more and further develop my personal style. I also want to find a tailor to make me some clothing. Working out is making my body type more and more difficult to fit, particularly on the bottom. I will feel much more pleased if someone makes my clothes instead of having huge waistlines.
1) Complete at least 12 30 for 30 goals. These goals encompass many of the changes I want to make in my life. That's why I this list will be shorter than last year's. I only completed 4 so obviously have quite a bit left to accomplish. Definites are read the entire Bible (almost halfway there!), go whitewater rafting, ride a mechanical bull, make and keep a budget, take a dance class, workout 3xs a week, tour a vineyard in NC wine country, use my passport and yes, RUN A 5K!! I did my first self-directed 5k run-walk over Christmas break and it was great!! I felt really powerful!
2) Read 40 books this year. I used to read every single night before bed. Then there were some breaks in college. Now I want to get back to reading. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter. I want to read some great books! I read The Help to get me back in the swing of things and loved it!
3) Try at least 100 new recipes. Y'all know I love cooking! I've lost a bit of my mojo with my crazy schedule but I think I can get it back in 2011!
4) Get a full-time teaching position in a great program. This will be awesome.
5) Work out more. This will help me with my 5k goal and the lifetime fitness goal.
6) Make sartorial magic. I shocked myself a little this year with unexpected combinations of the clothes in my closet. It's really fun to do that and I strive to do that more and more and further develop my personal style. I also want to find a tailor to make me some clothing. Working out is making my body type more and more difficult to fit, particularly on the bottom. I will feel much more pleased if someone makes my clothes instead of having huge waistlines.
1.03.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 82
1) Have you seen "Mexican Made Easy"? That show is AWESOME!!!
2) I traveled so much at the beginning of break that I'm tapped out. It was impossible for me to leave the house last week. I blamed it on my steep, icy driveway. I'd be able to get down... but I wanted to be able to get back up. That was my excuse for 3 days. Then I decided I wanted to go out for dinner. Typical, right? LOLOL
3) Have I ever told you how much I hate the name Jamie? I think it is incredibly ugly. The most awful unisex name ever. I hate when people try to shorten my name to that... or really most things they try to shorten it too.
4) That brings me to Mel. I also hate the name Mel. Don't call me Mel. My name is Jameil. Juh-mell. Not Mel.
5) I love the name Thad after a camp counselor I adored. I could never get past boyfriends to agree to name our possible future children Thad. What awful men. Be better, Rashan!! I'm willing to go with Thad as a middle name now!
6) For the first time ever, I was really, REALLY offended by the rampant materialism surrounding Christmas. It made me really sad, too. I was able to block it out in previous years but it was all up in my face this year in a way that threatened to steal my excitement. BUT I REFUSED!! It wasn't so much the stores. What else would they do? It was more people I was around who were only concerned with what they were receiving. It's particularly distasteful in children. If they're like this now, they'll be monsters the older they get. MONSTERS!!! But to soothe myself, I'm still rocking the Christmas music! And I told Rashan it will last for 3 more weeks. But let's be real... I'll be listening to Christmas music well into February and whenever else I need a boost. Merry Christmas II You (Mariah's latest) is my definite new fave! Guys, you need a new fave song or album every year! Don't forget!
7) I am SO sad that Therapeutic Musings is in the midst of a blog break!!! I love hearing about her fetus, who I adoringly refer to as BPL-- Baby Pickle Lover-- because he (I think it's a boy) learned how to be a fetus from sitcoms and only requested pickles in the early days. With every meal! Hilarious! Please no pickles and oatmeal! He now loves Mexican food! BABY AFTER MY OWN HEART!!! Blog auntie loves you!
8) Yes I'm crazy. Obviously...
9) Although I'm weird about January 1st, in general, I adore January. EVERYONE'S full of goals! I can always remember the new year and often accidentally start writing it in November or December. So future focused. (Which can be annoying.) Howsomever... February. Oh you. I always start writing the previous year in FEBRUARY. Right when everyone else has stopped. Absolute foolishness.
10) Rashan hates Valentine's Day because it's his deceased father's birthday. I love V-Day (and every holiday, really) and/but it was too hard on him so we decided last year that in the future we should celebrate on March 14th instead. I completely forgot about this until he reminded me the other day. I love it. And him. We are the cutest. On that note, I hate when people try to price gouge me because it's a special occasion. It made me want to stay in the house for New Year's. But it makes me extra excited about celebrating V-Day in March!
11) These last few months I've had to learn to live in the same city as my boyfriend for the first time in 10 years. So bizarre. And such an adjustment!
12) Boyfriend is such a stupid word for my 36-yo old man and belies the magnitude of our relationship.
13) I may as well start off this year with a confession... we live together... and have since September. I never tell people but it's not exactly a secret if you're on twitter and fb with either of us. It felt weird to not telling people when I was in Mississippi and every once in a while it feels like lying when I avoid talking about it. It doesn't jibe with my religiosity and was completely unexpected but was a necessity of sorts. I NEVER thought I would live with anyone before I got married. But I'm actually more delighted than I could have ever imagined to have him here.
Anyway, I know this year has great things in store! There will be some difficulties as there always are but with a new year and a new decade, like every new day, comes new opportunities for greatness. I'm excited! Aren't you??
2) I traveled so much at the beginning of break that I'm tapped out. It was impossible for me to leave the house last week. I blamed it on my steep, icy driveway. I'd be able to get down... but I wanted to be able to get back up. That was my excuse for 3 days. Then I decided I wanted to go out for dinner. Typical, right? LOLOL
3) Have I ever told you how much I hate the name Jamie? I think it is incredibly ugly. The most awful unisex name ever. I hate when people try to shorten my name to that... or really most things they try to shorten it too.
4) That brings me to Mel. I also hate the name Mel. Don't call me Mel. My name is Jameil. Juh-mell. Not Mel.
5) I love the name Thad after a camp counselor I adored. I could never get past boyfriends to agree to name our possible future children Thad. What awful men. Be better, Rashan!! I'm willing to go with Thad as a middle name now!
6) For the first time ever, I was really, REALLY offended by the rampant materialism surrounding Christmas. It made me really sad, too. I was able to block it out in previous years but it was all up in my face this year in a way that threatened to steal my excitement. BUT I REFUSED!! It wasn't so much the stores. What else would they do? It was more people I was around who were only concerned with what they were receiving. It's particularly distasteful in children. If they're like this now, they'll be monsters the older they get. MONSTERS!!! But to soothe myself, I'm still rocking the Christmas music! And I told Rashan it will last for 3 more weeks. But let's be real... I'll be listening to Christmas music well into February and whenever else I need a boost. Merry Christmas II You (Mariah's latest) is my definite new fave! Guys, you need a new fave song or album every year! Don't forget!
7) I am SO sad that Therapeutic Musings is in the midst of a blog break!!! I love hearing about her fetus, who I adoringly refer to as BPL-- Baby Pickle Lover-- because he (I think it's a boy) learned how to be a fetus from sitcoms and only requested pickles in the early days. With every meal! Hilarious! Please no pickles and oatmeal! He now loves Mexican food! BABY AFTER MY OWN HEART!!! Blog auntie loves you!
8) Yes I'm crazy. Obviously...
9) Although I'm weird about January 1st, in general, I adore January. EVERYONE'S full of goals! I can always remember the new year and often accidentally start writing it in November or December. So future focused. (Which can be annoying.) Howsomever... February. Oh you. I always start writing the previous year in FEBRUARY. Right when everyone else has stopped. Absolute foolishness.
10) Rashan hates Valentine's Day because it's his deceased father's birthday. I love V-Day (and every holiday, really) and/but it was too hard on him so we decided last year that in the future we should celebrate on March 14th instead. I completely forgot about this until he reminded me the other day. I love it. And him. We are the cutest. On that note, I hate when people try to price gouge me because it's a special occasion. It made me want to stay in the house for New Year's. But it makes me extra excited about celebrating V-Day in March!
11) These last few months I've had to learn to live in the same city as my boyfriend for the first time in 10 years. So bizarre. And such an adjustment!
12) Boyfriend is such a stupid word for my 36-yo old man and belies the magnitude of our relationship.
13) I may as well start off this year with a confession... we live together... and have since September. I never tell people but it's not exactly a secret if you're on twitter and fb with either of us. It felt weird to not telling people when I was in Mississippi and every once in a while it feels like lying when I avoid talking about it. It doesn't jibe with my religiosity and was completely unexpected but was a necessity of sorts. I NEVER thought I would live with anyone before I got married. But I'm actually more delighted than I could have ever imagined to have him here.
Anyway, I know this year has great things in store! There will be some difficulties as there always are but with a new year and a new decade, like every new day, comes new opportunities for greatness. I'm excited! Aren't you??
1.01.2011
Movies 2010, The Finale
December 19-25, 2010
I watched more movies in one day than in the previous 2 weeks... Weird. And I love comparisons like that.
208) TheKidStays in the Picture. Documentary about the life of film producer RobertEvans (TheGodfather, LoveStory, Rosemary'sBaby, UrbanCowboy). Pretty awesome. Moving narrative, great visuals. Really intriguing watch. He had quite the life. 4 stars
209) Public Speaking. Scorcese-directed documentary about comedic essayist Fran Lebowitz. I saw Jimmy Fallon drool over her to my great discomfort. She's funny but I feel like she's like other old people I know. She just says whatever she feels like saying. I guess what's supposed to make her unique is that she's been doing this a long time. 3.5 stars
210) Pirate Radio. Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the stars of this Britain-based indie film about pirate radio (non-government regulated) stations in 1966. I really enjoyed this entire movie. 4 stars
211) The Human Comedy. Old Mickey Rooney (as a teen!) film about the son of a widow working to help provide for the family because his brother's off at war. Some cheese but a likable enough story. 3.5 stars
December 26-31, 2010
I did wonderfully this week! Not leaving the house really makes you magical!
212) Mirage. A 1965 Gregory Peck film about an accountant who's lost his memory. It got rather wearying after a while. Just hurry up and end. 2.9 stars
213) The Kids Are All Right. Annette Benning and Julianne Moore star as a lesbian couple whose kids decide to find their donor. Interesting until it took an extremely predictable turn. There were some unnecessary n.ude scenes. The end was also less than satisfactory since the film just stopped in one of the story lines. Good foundation but they didn't capitalize. 3.4 stars
214) The Searchers. John Wayne cowboys and injuns flick about two searchers for a missing girl. I was only mildly interested. Not bad, just not my kind of movie. 3.3 stars
215) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Humphrey Bogart stars in this 1948 film directed by John Huston about gold prospectors. When one gets paranoid, things go from bad to worse. Pretty interesting. 3.8 stars
216) Holiday Affair. Janet Leigh & Robert Mitchum star in a 1949 film about a war widow with a young son and two men who want to marry her. Cute rom com with a Christmas theme. 3.9 stars
217) Rocky. Yes, I'm just seeing this for the first time. I understand why people love this movie but YUCK!! I was more grossed out than I am when I'm watching a real fight! I don't need to watch this ever again or any of the sequels. 3.9 stars
218) Regarding Henry. Sappy Harrison Ford movie about a jerky lawyer who gets shot in the head and becomes a better person. Actually pretty enjoyable. Just ignore the awful 80s music. I think my mom would really like it. 3.6 stars
219) Easy A. Emma Stone stars in this comedic adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel "The Scarlet Letter." My biggest irritation was the abundance of unnecessary curse words. This could've easily been a slightly more teen-friendly movie without tipping into the kid-friendly zone by dropping some of those GDs. I mean, is that ever necessary? Really irritating. I was like whoa... this is PG-13? Other than that, it was a pretty cute film. 3.8 stars
Clearly I didn't watch nearly as many movies this year as last year (not even a third) but I (obviously) felt way less pressure this year. I saw some great movies and fewer really awful movies. Next year will be even more leisurely with the movie watching but I'll still keep telling you what I watch as they come! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I watched more movies in one day than in the previous 2 weeks... Weird. And I love comparisons like that.
208) TheKidStays in the Picture. Documentary about the life of film producer RobertEvans (TheGodfather, LoveStory, Rosemary'sBaby, UrbanCowboy). Pretty awesome. Moving narrative, great visuals. Really intriguing watch. He had quite the life. 4 stars
209) Public Speaking. Scorcese-directed documentary about comedic essayist Fran Lebowitz. I saw Jimmy Fallon drool over her to my great discomfort. She's funny but I feel like she's like other old people I know. She just says whatever she feels like saying. I guess what's supposed to make her unique is that she's been doing this a long time. 3.5 stars
210) Pirate Radio. Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the stars of this Britain-based indie film about pirate radio (non-government regulated) stations in 1966. I really enjoyed this entire movie. 4 stars
211) The Human Comedy. Old Mickey Rooney (as a teen!) film about the son of a widow working to help provide for the family because his brother's off at war. Some cheese but a likable enough story. 3.5 stars
December 26-31, 2010
I did wonderfully this week! Not leaving the house really makes you magical!
212) Mirage. A 1965 Gregory Peck film about an accountant who's lost his memory. It got rather wearying after a while. Just hurry up and end. 2.9 stars
213) The Kids Are All Right. Annette Benning and Julianne Moore star as a lesbian couple whose kids decide to find their donor. Interesting until it took an extremely predictable turn. There were some unnecessary n.ude scenes. The end was also less than satisfactory since the film just stopped in one of the story lines. Good foundation but they didn't capitalize. 3.4 stars
214) The Searchers. John Wayne cowboys and injuns flick about two searchers for a missing girl. I was only mildly interested. Not bad, just not my kind of movie. 3.3 stars
215) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Humphrey Bogart stars in this 1948 film directed by John Huston about gold prospectors. When one gets paranoid, things go from bad to worse. Pretty interesting. 3.8 stars
216) Holiday Affair. Janet Leigh & Robert Mitchum star in a 1949 film about a war widow with a young son and two men who want to marry her. Cute rom com with a Christmas theme. 3.9 stars
217) Rocky. Yes, I'm just seeing this for the first time. I understand why people love this movie but YUCK!! I was more grossed out than I am when I'm watching a real fight! I don't need to watch this ever again or any of the sequels. 3.9 stars
218) Regarding Henry. Sappy Harrison Ford movie about a jerky lawyer who gets shot in the head and becomes a better person. Actually pretty enjoyable. Just ignore the awful 80s music. I think my mom would really like it. 3.6 stars
219) Easy A. Emma Stone stars in this comedic adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel "The Scarlet Letter." My biggest irritation was the abundance of unnecessary curse words. This could've easily been a slightly more teen-friendly movie without tipping into the kid-friendly zone by dropping some of those GDs. I mean, is that ever necessary? Really irritating. I was like whoa... this is PG-13? Other than that, it was a pretty cute film. 3.8 stars
Clearly I didn't watch nearly as many movies this year as last year (not even a third) but I (obviously) felt way less pressure this year. I saw some great movies and fewer really awful movies. Next year will be even more leisurely with the movie watching but I'll still keep telling you what I watch as they come! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
12.31.2010
December Goals *with Results
End of the year! Get it in gear! As of December 11th, I WILL BE DONE WITH THIS SEMESTER!!! That's the deadline I'm giving myself to finish grading those finals. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! CAN'T WAIT!
1) Work on my relationship with God. My goal was 495 chapters and 2xs at church. I went to church once. Improvement! I hit 493... I think... I think I hit it but didn't record it? Let's make next month's goal 75 more chapters. I'm starting to feel rushed again.
*I passed my 75 chapter goal! Wheeee!
2) Start my next film. I wanted to do at least one actual shoot. And I did!! December, a week of shoots and make arrangements for my trip to Vegas to get pictures from my great-aunt.
*I did my week of shoots but didn't get my Vegas shoot arranged.
3) Take the next step in my career. I did get my application materials together so I want to send out several packages before the end of the year!!
*Oops. Forgot about this one. i was exhausted from the semester. I feel so much freer with that over. I should be able to get some things done in the first few weeks of the year.
4) Try new restaurants. I was supposed to "EAT LESS FAST FOOD!!"? Oops. This is really making my workouts less effective than they should be. Week 1: 2 fast food outings. New restaurants-- Burke St. Pizza (decent, not life-changing), Alex's Cafe (some of the worst service I've encountered here. Our waitress actually drove off DURING our meal without a word or backwards glance to us. I kid you not. 0 tip. Because you're not here to get it and who would I be tipping?). I don't think we tried anything else other than a restaurant in Charlotte. It was fine. Depressing. I want to eat less fast food this month. I want my only restaurants to be high end or in other cities. I hate Winston-Salem restaurants.
*I ended up liking a restaurant in Winston! Did I mention how much I really, REALLY don't like people trying to feed me normal food for a ridiculous prices? And i don't like people suggesting those restaurants to me.
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. I said, if I can cookonce TWICE a week, it will be a miracle. Week 1: Pretty sure I cooked 0 meals but I did get a meatless meal in there. Thanksgiving? I cooked 4 new recipes. I should probably post those. Okay so this month I hope I can cook some more. I don't feel like having goals.
*I definitely cooked more! It was delightful! And there's more to come in January!
6) Watch more movies. My goal for November was 8. That most certainly did not happen. If I can get two movies in per week, I'll be happy. *singing* Lowered expectaaaaations! Oops. Only hit 7. Let's go for 11 to hit 225 this month. I can do it!!
*Lol. This is getting comical. How did I think 11 would get me to 225? I watched 15! I got to 219 on the year.
7) Work out more. I am consistently working out twice a week with my new trainer WHO I LOVE! I'm still working on getting to three days a week. IT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH! Since it didn't in November... lol.
*Guess who got to 3xs the last day of the week? MEEEEE!!! Only 51 more weeks to meet my goal!
8) Statecations. I had no statecation goal last month... and I don't have one for this month. I'm going to Mississippi & Savannah.
*I went to Mississippi & Savannah and nowhere interesting in the state! Oh wait. I went to dinner in Raleigh!
9) Contact my grandma once a month. I called her last month. She will finally get her package this month when I go down there!
*Saw my grandma. Our relationship will never be the same. Her miserableness was too much to bear. She got her stuff, though.
10) Organize my life. My goal was to sufficiently plan my life so that I don't feel so stressed and overwhelmed by it all for these last few weeks of the semester. That was a complete and utter failure. This month I will organize my next semester to make everything awesome.
*Hmmm... I should've remembered this goal. I tried to do this but I need other people to give me important dates. So I will give myself partial credit!
I will also actually pay attention to these goals so I have half a chance of achieving them. I did horribly last month and... I don't even care. XOXO
*I paid slightly more attention this month but that really just means remembering. In 2011 I'll be posting my yearly goals so I can achieve every single one! I'm so excited!!!
1) Work on my relationship with God. My goal was 495 chapters and 2xs at church. I went to church once. Improvement! I hit 493... I think... I think I hit it but didn't record it? Let's make next month's goal 75 more chapters. I'm starting to feel rushed again.
*I passed my 75 chapter goal! Wheeee!
2) Start my next film. I wanted to do at least one actual shoot. And I did!! December, a week of shoots and make arrangements for my trip to Vegas to get pictures from my great-aunt.
*I did my week of shoots but didn't get my Vegas shoot arranged.
3) Take the next step in my career. I did get my application materials together so I want to send out several packages before the end of the year!!
*Oops. Forgot about this one. i was exhausted from the semester. I feel so much freer with that over. I should be able to get some things done in the first few weeks of the year.
4) Try new restaurants. I was supposed to "EAT LESS FAST FOOD!!"? Oops. This is really making my workouts less effective than they should be. Week 1: 2 fast food outings. New restaurants-- Burke St. Pizza (decent, not life-changing), Alex's Cafe (some of the worst service I've encountered here. Our waitress actually drove off DURING our meal without a word or backwards glance to us. I kid you not. 0 tip. Because you're not here to get it and who would I be tipping?). I don't think we tried anything else other than a restaurant in Charlotte. It was fine. Depressing. I want to eat less fast food this month. I want my only restaurants to be high end or in other cities. I hate Winston-Salem restaurants.
*I ended up liking a restaurant in Winston! Did I mention how much I really, REALLY don't like people trying to feed me normal food for a ridiculous prices? And i don't like people suggesting those restaurants to me.
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. I said, if I can cook
*I definitely cooked more! It was delightful! And there's more to come in January!
6) Watch more movies. My goal for November was 8. That most certainly did not happen. If I can get two movies in per week, I'll be happy. *singing* Lowered expectaaaaations! Oops. Only hit 7. Let's go for 11 to hit 225 this month. I can do it!!
*Lol. This is getting comical. How did I think 11 would get me to 225? I watched 15! I got to 219 on the year.
7) Work out more. I am consistently working out twice a week with my new trainer WHO I LOVE! I'm still working on getting to three days a week. IT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH! Since it didn't in November... lol.
*Guess who got to 3xs the last day of the week? MEEEEE!!! Only 51 more weeks to meet my goal!
8) Statecations. I had no statecation goal last month... and I don't have one for this month. I'm going to Mississippi & Savannah.
*I went to Mississippi & Savannah and nowhere interesting in the state! Oh wait. I went to dinner in Raleigh!
9) Contact my grandma once a month. I called her last month. She will finally get her package this month when I go down there!
*Saw my grandma. Our relationship will never be the same. Her miserableness was too much to bear. She got her stuff, though.
10) Organize my life. My goal was to sufficiently plan my life so that I don't feel so stressed and overwhelmed by it all for these last few weeks of the semester. That was a complete and utter failure. This month I will organize my next semester to make everything awesome.
*Hmmm... I should've remembered this goal. I tried to do this but I need other people to give me important dates. So I will give myself partial credit!
I will also actually pay attention to these goals so I have half a chance of achieving them. I did horribly last month and... I don't even care. XOXO
*I paid slightly more attention this month but that really just means remembering. In 2011 I'll be posting my yearly goals so I can achieve every single one! I'm so excited!!!
12.29.2010
2010 Goals Revisited
Here's how my 2010 goals worked out! :)
1) Work on my relationship with God. Reading the bible has been GREAT for my relationship with God!
2) Finish my film. DONE!!
3) Take the next step in my career. Yeaaaaah! Accidentally got a job teaching on the collegiate level that I loved!
4) Try new restaurants. Y'all. You knew I would. I did a GREAT job on this! So much that I've made this a significant part of my life. I no longer need this as a goal! Woohoo!!
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. HAHAHAHAHA!! This went well for weeks at a time then nada. But I think I did a great job with my real goal: get in the kitchen.
6) Watch more movies. Lol... I wanted to watch 365 movies and just barely cracked 200. I cared much more about other things.
7) Workout more. Hiring a trainer really helped me with this! Now I just have to get myself to 3xs/week.
8) Go on statecations. Travel within the state is such a neat idea. I wanted to go to the Keys, Tampa and St. Augustine. Only the last one happened and I'm okay with that. Finishing my film was exhausting!!
9) Call my grandma once a week. I amended this to contact her once a month and really? That was more than enough.
Now tell me some of your great 2011 goals while I finish mine so I can steal some of yours!! LOL
1) Work on my relationship with God. Reading the bible has been GREAT for my relationship with God!
2) Finish my film. DONE!!
3) Take the next step in my career. Yeaaaaah! Accidentally got a job teaching on the collegiate level that I loved!
4) Try new restaurants. Y'all. You knew I would. I did a GREAT job on this! So much that I've made this a significant part of my life. I no longer need this as a goal! Woohoo!!
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. HAHAHAHAHA!! This went well for weeks at a time then nada. But I think I did a great job with my real goal: get in the kitchen.
6) Watch more movies. Lol... I wanted to watch 365 movies and just barely cracked 200. I cared much more about other things.
7) Workout more. Hiring a trainer really helped me with this! Now I just have to get myself to 3xs/week.
8) Go on statecations. Travel within the state is such a neat idea. I wanted to go to the Keys, Tampa and St. Augustine. Only the last one happened and I'm okay with that. Finishing my film was exhausting!!
9) Call my grandma once a week. I amended this to contact her once a month and really? That was more than enough.
Now tell me some of your great 2011 goals while I finish mine so I can steal some of yours!! LOL
12.27.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 81
1) I think I'm done subscribing to food mags. Some months I love EVERYTHING in them, others I like one recipe. After the month, they're all online anyway. What's the point? Especially since I don't have/don't take the time to read them anymore.
2) I forgot to tell you in the tales of Mississippi my family in the country. My aunt got high-speed internet a few months ago... I promise you I love my family in the country. They're some of my favorite people... but I don't understand their lives (probably any more than they understand mine).
a) Example: horses got loose scaring everyone driving (the could run out into the road)... I was so flabbergasted I couldn't even explain how outside the realm of my reality this is...
b) They were amazed that work/school is 9 minutes away. Everything there is 30 minutes or more away. Their "neighbors" are miles away.
3) One of my vicarious cats, Charlotte helped wrap presents for Christmas. How sweet!
4) I hooked this couple up 2 years ago and now they're engaged! Wheeee!! I'm so excited for them! I LOVE them together!! So I didn't really hook them up but I invited her to a party she didn't know about and he was there and the rest is history! But they still credit me with them meeting! Awwww!
5) I really missed being with my mommy for Christmas. We will stick to the original plan henceforth: Thanksgiving with his fam, Christmas with mine.
6) It SNOWED in Savannah while I was here!!! Just flurries but for several hours! Nothing stuck but it was amazing! It's supposed to be 70 Saturday. Couldn't we have had THAT weather??? If we'd stayed in Winston-Salem, we'd have had a white Christmas. I was a little bummed we didn't.
7) How about just the five confirmed people showed up for dinner. . . He had told his mom I was freaking out about the number of people. She said cook for the people we know about. Don't worry about all those other people. When I asked Rashan why she would mention the other people, he said, "That's my mom." Like that's how she does things. O_O --_--
8) One student gave me a mentorship award from her sorority. Another asked me to write a letter of recommendation! Awwwww!! Professor post forthcoming!
9) I got some new rain boots and I LOVE THEM!!
10) Tell me some of your goals for 2011 so I can steal them! :)
11) I actually watched movies last week and forgot to post them... oops! Next week! The last of 2010!
12) We still have no plans for new year's... I really don't care. I know I've mentioned this before but January 1st is a weird day to me. Why does it symbolize new beginnings? I get it on a basic level but it makes me too philosophical and y'all know how much I hate that. I used to get really excited about it and love watching the numbers change from 11:59 to 12:00 and the ball drop but now with so much technology, it turns 12:00 at 8 different times. That is certainly no fun.
13) I had some DELICIOUS oysters yesterday! My word!!
14) I miss Christmas. :(
2) I forgot to tell you in the tales of Mississippi my family in the country. My aunt got high-speed internet a few months ago... I promise you I love my family in the country. They're some of my favorite people... but I don't understand their lives (probably any more than they understand mine).
a) Example: horses got loose scaring everyone driving (the could run out into the road)... I was so flabbergasted I couldn't even explain how outside the realm of my reality this is...
b) They were amazed that work/school is 9 minutes away. Everything there is 30 minutes or more away. Their "neighbors" are miles away.
4) I hooked this couple up 2 years ago and now they're engaged! Wheeee!! I'm so excited for them! I LOVE them together!! So I didn't really hook them up but I invited her to a party she didn't know about and he was there and the rest is history! But they still credit me with them meeting! Awwww!
5) I really missed being with my mommy for Christmas. We will stick to the original plan henceforth: Thanksgiving with his fam, Christmas with mine.
6) It SNOWED in Savannah while I was here!!! Just flurries but for several hours! Nothing stuck but it was amazing! It's supposed to be 70 Saturday. Couldn't we have had THAT weather??? If we'd stayed in Winston-Salem, we'd have had a white Christmas. I was a little bummed we didn't.
7) How about just the five confirmed people showed up for dinner. . . He had told his mom I was freaking out about the number of people. She said cook for the people we know about. Don't worry about all those other people. When I asked Rashan why she would mention the other people, he said, "That's my mom." Like that's how she does things. O_O --_--
8) One student gave me a mentorship award from her sorority. Another asked me to write a letter of recommendation! Awwwww!! Professor post forthcoming!
9) I got some new rain boots and I LOVE THEM!!
10) Tell me some of your goals for 2011 so I can steal them! :)
11) I actually watched movies last week and forgot to post them... oops! Next week! The last of 2010!
12) We still have no plans for new year's... I really don't care. I know I've mentioned this before but January 1st is a weird day to me. Why does it symbolize new beginnings? I get it on a basic level but it makes me too philosophical and y'all know how much I hate that. I used to get really excited about it and love watching the numbers change from 11:59 to 12:00 and the ball drop but now with so much technology, it turns 12:00 at 8 different times. That is certainly no fun.
13) I had some DELICIOUS oysters yesterday! My word!!
14) I miss Christmas. :(
12.24.2010
CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!
Y'ALL IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!
I'M SO EXCITED!!!
I may... have already opened all of my gifts... LOL. What?
Y'all know I'm not good with surprises! If you don't, let me tell you I almost always open boxes as soon as I get them. Doesn't matter the holiday or occasion. You'd best believe I'll be gleefully ripping the boxes open! And I love wrapping paper!!! It ups the intrigue in the most exciting way!
Stace got me theeeee awesomest dress from Ghana! I look amazing in it!! I can't wait to wear it! This dress is half taunt since it's sleeveless and it's currently 39 degrees. It's supposed to be a white Christmas in Winston and I won't even be here. That makes me a bit annoyed. That never happens!
Anywho I LOVE all of my Christmas presents!! I'm super excited to use each and every one! Recap coming soon! XOXO, Loves! And Merry Christmas! Listen to the music of my favorite season forever!! :)
I'M SO EXCITED!!!
I may... have already opened all of my gifts... LOL. What?
Y'all know I'm not good with surprises! If you don't, let me tell you I almost always open boxes as soon as I get them. Doesn't matter the holiday or occasion. You'd best believe I'll be gleefully ripping the boxes open! And I love wrapping paper!!! It ups the intrigue in the most exciting way!
Stace got me theeeee awesomest dress from Ghana! I look amazing in it!! I can't wait to wear it! This dress is half taunt since it's sleeveless and it's currently 39 degrees. It's supposed to be a white Christmas in Winston and I won't even be here. That makes me a bit annoyed. That never happens!
Anywho I LOVE all of my Christmas presents!! I'm super excited to use each and every one! Recap coming soon! XOXO, Loves! And Merry Christmas! Listen to the music of my favorite season forever!! :)
12.22.2010
Christmas Dinner
It's a comedic nightmare... a comedy of errors if you will...
As you all know, I asked Rashan's mom if I could help with Christmas dinner. She said, "I don't have any plans, you can plan the menu! I was like, say what now? So I decided to come up with a menu despite the nuttiness of that jump. I scaled down from my original idea of goose with goose fat potatoes. I can do that when I'm doing one or a few items but the whole shebang!?!? Sheesh!
So Rah tells me it will likely be just 5 people...
HA!
His mom says 5 confirmed and 16 possibles.
Take that in.
Pay attention...
5 confirmed and 16 possibles.
HOW ARE THERE 3XS AS MANY POSSIBLES AS CONFIRMED!?!?!?
*whimpers*
Rashan said I now understand the state of confusion that is his mother...
Don't wanna! So I'm now planning dinner for 20????????????????????????????????????? Or 25??????
The tentative menu: french onion soup (me), whole roasted chicken (me), fried oysters, mashed potatoes and gravy (me), garlicky butternut squash (me), green beans, mac & cheese (Rashan's grandma), collard greens (his mom), cabbage (his mom), sweet potatoes (his mom), cracked earth chocolate cake (me).
I'm tired already.
Oh... and she asked me when I'm going to be her daughter. . . . .
As you all know, I asked Rashan's mom if I could help with Christmas dinner. She said, "I don't have any plans, you can plan the menu! I was like, say what now? So I decided to come up with a menu despite the nuttiness of that jump. I scaled down from my original idea of goose with goose fat potatoes. I can do that when I'm doing one or a few items but the whole shebang!?!? Sheesh!
So Rah tells me it will likely be just 5 people...
HA!
His mom says 5 confirmed and 16 possibles.
Take that in.
Pay attention...
5 confirmed and 16 possibles.
HOW ARE THERE 3XS AS MANY POSSIBLES AS CONFIRMED!?!?!?
*whimpers*
Rashan said I now understand the state of confusion that is his mother...
Don't wanna! So I'm now planning dinner for 20????????????????????????????????????? Or 25??????
The tentative menu: french onion soup (me), whole roasted chicken (me), fried oysters, mashed potatoes and gravy (me), garlicky butternut squash (me), green beans, mac & cheese (Rashan's grandma), collard greens (his mom), cabbage (his mom), sweet potatoes (his mom), cracked earth chocolate cake (me).
I'm tired already.
Oh... and she asked me when I'm going to be her daughter. . . . .
12.20.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 80
1) I give back my work computer this week. Let's have a moment of silence for all those games I've gotten addicted to...
2) The other day my momma said she was ready for Christmas to be over. CHILE BYE!!!! How dare you say that to me!!!
3) My mom said she doesn't feel comfortable selecting clothes for me. Yay for that! I hate getting clothes from people. I'm way too old for that and my style is ever evolving.
4) I had lost my Boyz II Men Christmas cd AGAIN until YESTERDAY!! I was ready to play it over and over again! PattiLabelle's Christmas = AWFUL!! That 1983 sound for a cd made in 2004 #fail.
5) My reader got up to 119 while I was internet-less in Mississippi!! There are usually about 30 per day. It's now clear & I hope I never have to let it get that bad again!! My cousin lives in a dead zone where she can't get internet. . . . . Yes, I know the whole state isn't like that but son...
6) My aunt moved out to our family land in the country 32 years ago. She didn't have a telephone and the water company had to dig a line to her house to get water. Everyone else in the area had wells. I. can't.
7) My mom and I visited my grandfather's grave yesterday morning. By the time we were leaving, people were pulling up and we accidentally met some cousins my mom hadn't seen since her childhood! That is hilarious and weird! This church is literally in the middle of nowhere!!! But the graveyard is full of relatives including 4 great-grandparents, multiple great-aunts and uncles, some of whom died before my mom was born.
8) My grandma is a really unhappy woman... but I don't think she knows she's unhappy most of the time. She thinks her lonely existence is normal. It's really crazy and interviewing her was infuriating. She was revising history not remembering the things she's told me before and having no clue the things other people told me.
9) Why did I ask Rashan's mom if I could help with Christmas dinner to have her reply I don't have any plans, you can plan the meal. O_O . . . . Da heezy!? How we make that giant leap??
10) I'm a little worried about how long it will take me to lose the Mississippi accent I pick up when talking to my mom and all of these people down there.
11) Y'all, my momma is the MOST unsentimental person. It's so crazy. But then I hear these stories about my family and marvel that she's as normal as she is.
12) If you didn't know, I'm making a film about the grandfather I never met. He died 40 years ago in February and participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. I got some great interviews and some not so great ones. To be expected, I'm sure. Some will turn out to be better than I thought in the editing room.
2) The other day my momma said she was ready for Christmas to be over. CHILE BYE!!!! How dare you say that to me!!!
3) My mom said she doesn't feel comfortable selecting clothes for me. Yay for that! I hate getting clothes from people. I'm way too old for that and my style is ever evolving.
4) I had lost my Boyz II Men Christmas cd AGAIN until YESTERDAY!! I was ready to play it over and over again! PattiLabelle's Christmas = AWFUL!! That 1983 sound for a cd made in 2004 #fail.
5) My reader got up to 119 while I was internet-less in Mississippi!! There are usually about 30 per day. It's now clear & I hope I never have to let it get that bad again!! My cousin lives in a dead zone where she can't get internet. . . . . Yes, I know the whole state isn't like that but son...
6) My aunt moved out to our family land in the country 32 years ago. She didn't have a telephone and the water company had to dig a line to her house to get water. Everyone else in the area had wells. I. can't.
7) My mom and I visited my grandfather's grave yesterday morning. By the time we were leaving, people were pulling up and we accidentally met some cousins my mom hadn't seen since her childhood! That is hilarious and weird! This church is literally in the middle of nowhere!!! But the graveyard is full of relatives including 4 great-grandparents, multiple great-aunts and uncles, some of whom died before my mom was born.
8) My grandma is a really unhappy woman... but I don't think she knows she's unhappy most of the time. She thinks her lonely existence is normal. It's really crazy and interviewing her was infuriating. She was revising history not remembering the things she's told me before and having no clue the things other people told me.
9) Why did I ask Rashan's mom if I could help with Christmas dinner to have her reply I don't have any plans, you can plan the meal. O_O . . . . Da heezy!? How we make that giant leap??
10) I'm a little worried about how long it will take me to lose the Mississippi accent I pick up when talking to my mom and all of these people down there.
11) Y'all, my momma is the MOST unsentimental person. It's so crazy. But then I hear these stories about my family and marvel that she's as normal as she is.
12) If you didn't know, I'm making a film about the grandfather I never met. He died 40 years ago in February and participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. I got some great interviews and some not so great ones. To be expected, I'm sure. Some will turn out to be better than I thought in the editing room.
12.15.2010
Wednesday Wanderings
I'm sorry if y'all need a real post. You know I don't have the internet this week (which is killing me ever so softly...) so you get Wednesday wanderings. Know that I'm doing this because I miss you bunches! And I mean that from the bottom of my heart!! This is the Mississippi edition so you can consider it all about Mississippi... because it is. Let's start with the positive.
1) I met Nerd Girl and Pserendipity and loved it! They were so fun! In my head I'm still referring to them by their blog names. LOLOL We shut down one of Jackson's Indian restaurants. And yes we talked about y'all! Ha! The food was tasty!
2) Hold up... I'm not trying to be funny but how does a Mississippi city have MORE THAN ONE Indian restaurant!??!
3) Can you check my email for me? I really should've asked Rashan to do that Tuesday night but I didn't think of it until he was already asleep. Does that make me too much of an addict? InternetIsCrack
4) Pserendipity brought me the Ina Garten cookbook I wanted for Christmas!! Wheeee!! That is so nice! I love Ina's cookbooks. They make me feel rich! After less than 2 hours with the book I now know what to look for when shopping for caviar. *sniff* *snooty look over my non-existent reading glasses*
5) Do you have any mean grandparents? I do. Only one grandparent is living (been like that for 20 years) and she doesn't know how to talk to people, doesn't care how to talk to people or a combination. I was so nervous NG or P would have had some interaction with her meanness and I would have to apologize! Yes, she's that bad.
6) Example? Within the first 5 minutes, she said, "Ooh! You gettin fat!" and cackled. The next day she poked me in a fleshy area of my back... I am in one of the fittest states of my life. I'm coming to the realization I will probably never be a 2 again and may never be a 4 but yes, I can still wear 8s and sometimes 6s (vanity sizing LOL).......... Fat. Did I mention I'm the second smallest of her grandchildren only to my 18yo cousin? Grandma is a hater.
7) My grandma and mother snipe at each other CONSTANTLY. It is so incredibly annoying. When someone other than me (a stranger) is around, they're civil. I NEED THIS. I will only return with Stace, my sister or Rashan as a buffer and/or a hotel room.
8) I brought two movies with me but have been too agitated being around their constant fussing. IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS, Y'ALL!! God bless P & NG for getting me out of the house! I kind of forgot the movies were here. I think they're both heavy. Not exactly an escape...
9) Now that my grandma's older, her house is full of non-perishables. This doesn't work for me since my mom raised me to disdain canned foods. I know you didn't think my food snobbery was anything but learned!!! She cooked almost every night growing up. No non-veg frozen foods (no, I'm not still on that) and only beans occasionally out of a can. Boxes of mix? Yeah right. These things were always fascinating to me. Anyway, I can't eat that and I hate the grocery stores in Jackson. WholeF...? What? Chile bye. So if I really am fat when I get back to Winston-Salem, it's because I said FORGET IT and ate all the delicious-looking fat-filled food I could find between home and grandma, around the state of Mississippi and back!
10) And I haven't gotten a workout in this week... that never bodes well for 3xs a week when I don't have ONE in by Wednesday. Help me, Lord!
11) No school work or internet means I'm getting in some good Bible reading!
12) I sure wish I had another book to read that was halfway interesting and not covered in an inch of dust... i.e. had been moved in the last 3 decades since my mom lived here... I accidentally left TheHelp at home after starting it and was HURT!! I almost turned around. I half wished I'd left my phone so I'd have a valid excuse to go get it. I knew it was going to be a boring time... Got to mom's and I had only left my horrible airplane mindless chick lit. WHYYYYY?? I have AT LEAST 6 new books at my place.
13) Why did my mom try to convince me some tater tots left in the microwave here were mine? Like seriously trying to jog my memory. One, I don't save tater tots. Two, if I did I wouldn't be reheating them in the microwave. Three, HUH!?! You're gonna convince me of food I never had??? Do you know there's another person in the house????? Grandmas can't eat tater tots? Lol. That does sound funny.
14) I'd like to thank everyone on twitter for @replying me!!! Those coming to my phone really got me through! I felt so much less cut off from the world.
15) Y'all. My momma let me sleep as much as I wanted on the way to MS!! That NE.VER HAPPENS!! She used to scream on me for not "helping keep the driver awake." As a result, this was one of the best drives I've ever had down here. I should say rides because she refused all my offers to drive.
16) Did you see Mariah Carey's Christmas special? She killed it!!! But I'm still stealing her wind machine for Christmas. My gift to her stans. Mimi, you know I love your every Christmas bone but gently billowing hair for the birth of Christ? That's a bit much.
And I'm out. *drops MC glitter mic* *mariah hands*
1) I met Nerd Girl and Pserendipity and loved it! They were so fun! In my head I'm still referring to them by their blog names. LOLOL We shut down one of Jackson's Indian restaurants. And yes we talked about y'all! Ha! The food was tasty!
2) Hold up... I'm not trying to be funny but how does a Mississippi city have MORE THAN ONE Indian restaurant!??!
3) Can you check my email for me? I really should've asked Rashan to do that Tuesday night but I didn't think of it until he was already asleep. Does that make me too much of an addict? InternetIsCrack
4) Pserendipity brought me the Ina Garten cookbook I wanted for Christmas!! Wheeee!! That is so nice! I love Ina's cookbooks. They make me feel rich! After less than 2 hours with the book I now know what to look for when shopping for caviar. *sniff* *snooty look over my non-existent reading glasses*
5) Do you have any mean grandparents? I do. Only one grandparent is living (been like that for 20 years) and she doesn't know how to talk to people, doesn't care how to talk to people or a combination. I was so nervous NG or P would have had some interaction with her meanness and I would have to apologize! Yes, she's that bad.
6) Example? Within the first 5 minutes, she said, "Ooh! You gettin fat!" and cackled. The next day she poked me in a fleshy area of my back... I am in one of the fittest states of my life. I'm coming to the realization I will probably never be a 2 again and may never be a 4 but yes, I can still wear 8s and sometimes 6s (vanity sizing LOL).......... Fat. Did I mention I'm the second smallest of her grandchildren only to my 18yo cousin? Grandma is a hater.
7) My grandma and mother snipe at each other CONSTANTLY. It is so incredibly annoying. When someone other than me (a stranger) is around, they're civil. I NEED THIS. I will only return with Stace, my sister or Rashan as a buffer and/or a hotel room.
8) I brought two movies with me but have been too agitated being around their constant fussing. IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS, Y'ALL!! God bless P & NG for getting me out of the house! I kind of forgot the movies were here. I think they're both heavy. Not exactly an escape...
9) Now that my grandma's older, her house is full of non-perishables. This doesn't work for me since my mom raised me to disdain canned foods. I know you didn't think my food snobbery was anything but learned!!! She cooked almost every night growing up. No non-veg frozen foods (no, I'm not still on that) and only beans occasionally out of a can. Boxes of mix? Yeah right. These things were always fascinating to me. Anyway, I can't eat that and I hate the grocery stores in Jackson. WholeF...? What? Chile bye. So if I really am fat when I get back to Winston-Salem, it's because I said FORGET IT and ate all the delicious-looking fat-filled food I could find between home and grandma, around the state of Mississippi and back!
10) And I haven't gotten a workout in this week... that never bodes well for 3xs a week when I don't have ONE in by Wednesday. Help me, Lord!
11) No school work or internet means I'm getting in some good Bible reading!
12) I sure wish I had another book to read that was halfway interesting and not covered in an inch of dust... i.e. had been moved in the last 3 decades since my mom lived here... I accidentally left TheHelp at home after starting it and was HURT!! I almost turned around. I half wished I'd left my phone so I'd have a valid excuse to go get it. I knew it was going to be a boring time... Got to mom's and I had only left my horrible airplane mindless chick lit. WHYYYYY?? I have AT LEAST 6 new books at my place.
13) Why did my mom try to convince me some tater tots left in the microwave here were mine? Like seriously trying to jog my memory. One, I don't save tater tots. Two, if I did I wouldn't be reheating them in the microwave. Three, HUH!?! You're gonna convince me of food I never had??? Do you know there's another person in the house????? Grandmas can't eat tater tots? Lol. That does sound funny.
14) I'd like to thank everyone on twitter for @replying me!!! Those coming to my phone really got me through! I felt so much less cut off from the world.
15) Y'all. My momma let me sleep as much as I wanted on the way to MS!! That NE.VER HAPPENS!! She used to scream on me for not "helping keep the driver awake." As a result, this was one of the best drives I've ever had down here. I should say rides because she refused all my offers to drive.
16) Did you see Mariah Carey's Christmas special? She killed it!!! But I'm still stealing her wind machine for Christmas. My gift to her stans. Mimi, you know I love your every Christmas bone but gently billowing hair for the birth of Christ? That's a bit much.
And I'm out. *drops MC glitter mic* *mariah hands*
12.13.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 79
1) I know a girl with short hair who talks about it all the time. She gets it cut and colored and styled... and I never notice a difference. Ever. When she talks about it, I find myself staring at her head trying to figure out just one thing different about it. I got nothin...
2) I'm in Mississippi this week to see Grandma... and I'm also going to meet Nerd Girl & Pserendipity!! I'm so excited!!
3) I hate when people say "authentic Mexican" food. It's so snobby. Yep. Me. The food snob. I just said that. If I say that, you should stop.
4) Why have I still not had food in WS I like? The latest disappointment is a breakfast spot called ScreamingRooster. Really hard toast. Ham, swiss & gouda omelet tasted mostly of swiss. Just the slightest amount of filling and a ton of egg. Unwashed, manhandled grapes as garnish. I expect fruit garnishes to be edible. This most certainly was not. If you want to tell me about your amazing local meat, you should care more about the execution of the food. Snap.
5) And I probably should never eat with you if you would ever say, "It's just breakfast." JUST!?! Breakfast is a very important meal (some would say THE most important) and too easy to make delicious. A diner can make a delicious breakfast. Get your life together.
6) Your mom.
7) Sometimes I have to make myself go to bed. The days I don't I end up staying up until 5 a.m. That's no good.
8) Why do people have to be so "deep"? And by deep I mean cryptic. From twitter to facebook to blogger. I'm not talking about one day the spirit hits you. I'm talking about every time you open your mouth or at least once a week you have to be on some RevRun stuff. "An apple is not an orange and neither is a tomato. All round, all shades of red, but all distinctly different." :? Just say what you mean. NOBODY's that deep.
9) Please stop getting so bent out of shape over these fb things. If people want to tell each other stuff via numbers, just let them.
10) I lost 4 teeth in February of my first grade year. Just thought you wanted to know that.
11) I don't understand why people who don't like Christmas have to steal everyone else's joy. Keep that grinchness to yourself. It's like sharing your negativity any other time of year but worse BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!!! Who tries to kill Christmas?!?! Go hibernate until February, please. (I'm still coming down from my Christmas high in January.) Did you know December 26th and August 24th are the two worst days of the year? They are. #themoreyouknow
12) I hate when someone who trusts my fashion opinion buys something excitedly and can't wait to show me. When it's ugly I have to be all tactful because... you already bought it. What do you want my opinion for now?
13) I am a vicarious cat owner. What does that mean? Tweeters but not bloggers, the enfianced Bakima (half of them is a delightful commenter), owneight FIVE cats between the two of them! Methinks that's plenty of cat to share! So I nurture those kitties via twitpics and fb. I e-love those cats I've never met! Sasha, Paris, Oliver, Nigel and the best, most ferocious, rambunctious, "DIS MINE-inest" kitty in the world, CHARLOTTE!!! She likes to help out around the house. She helps pick out clothes, wash them, type, tweet. She even answers the phone. Thanks Char!
2) I'm in Mississippi this week to see Grandma... and I'm also going to meet Nerd Girl & Pserendipity!! I'm so excited!!
3) I hate when people say "authentic Mexican" food. It's so snobby. Yep. Me. The food snob. I just said that. If I say that, you should stop.
4) Why have I still not had food in WS I like? The latest disappointment is a breakfast spot called ScreamingRooster. Really hard toast. Ham, swiss & gouda omelet tasted mostly of swiss. Just the slightest amount of filling and a ton of egg. Unwashed, manhandled grapes as garnish. I expect fruit garnishes to be edible. This most certainly was not. If you want to tell me about your amazing local meat, you should care more about the execution of the food. Snap.
5) And I probably should never eat with you if you would ever say, "It's just breakfast." JUST!?! Breakfast is a very important meal (some would say THE most important) and too easy to make delicious. A diner can make a delicious breakfast. Get your life together.
6) Your mom.
7) Sometimes I have to make myself go to bed. The days I don't I end up staying up until 5 a.m. That's no good.
8) Why do people have to be so "deep"? And by deep I mean cryptic. From twitter to facebook to blogger. I'm not talking about one day the spirit hits you. I'm talking about every time you open your mouth or at least once a week you have to be on some RevRun stuff. "An apple is not an orange and neither is a tomato. All round, all shades of red, but all distinctly different." :? Just say what you mean. NOBODY's that deep.
9) Please stop getting so bent out of shape over these fb things. If people want to tell each other stuff via numbers, just let them.
10) I lost 4 teeth in February of my first grade year. Just thought you wanted to know that.
11) I don't understand why people who don't like Christmas have to steal everyone else's joy. Keep that grinchness to yourself. It's like sharing your negativity any other time of year but worse BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!!! Who tries to kill Christmas?!?! Go hibernate until February, please. (I'm still coming down from my Christmas high in January.) Did you know December 26th and August 24th are the two worst days of the year? They are. #themoreyouknow
12) I hate when someone who trusts my fashion opinion buys something excitedly and can't wait to show me. When it's ugly I have to be all tactful because... you already bought it. What do you want my opinion for now?
13) I am a vicarious cat owner. What does that mean? Tweeters but not bloggers, the enfianced Bakima (half of them is a delightful commenter), own
12.08.2010
Christmas List
1) Diamond stud earrings
2) A trip: a vineyard, Atlanta (I haven't stopped missing it) or somewhere we have to fly
3) Le Creuset: I haven't told you because I was crushed... but mine broke. You have never seen a person bemoan an item. I want the enameled cast iron 3.5 qt. I'll also take the stoneware but I need something big enough to cook in.
4) Lorna Sass's The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook. I will continue to ask for this until one of you gives it to me. And the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. Pretend I didn't take a picture of the 15 cookbooks I already own.
5) This boatneck tee in bright seaport (S). This bangle.
6) A large room air purifier by Holmes. Yes, I still hate my neighbors.
7) This swan sweater! (S)
8) Stuff from my etsy list. Especially cowls, hats and headgear!! PLEASE get me some of this stuff before I die!! Pink or teal or purple if you're looking at knit/crochet stuff.
9) This clutch.
10) Saffron, truffle oil (and or truffle salt), fleur de sel, tagliatelle and pine nuts. What a foodie! LOLOL. These are the ingredients I really want that are way too expensive for me to buy on my own without a stern look from a certain hater boyfriend.
11) This shirt in pink. (4P) This tank in black (PS). This shirt in white (4P). These shoes in 8N, navy please.
2) A trip: a vineyard, Atlanta (I haven't stopped missing it) or somewhere we have to fly
3) Le Creuset: I haven't told you because I was crushed... but mine broke. You have never seen a person bemoan an item. I want the enameled cast iron 3.5 qt. I'll also take the stoneware but I need something big enough to cook in.
4) Lorna Sass's The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook. I will continue to ask for this until one of you gives it to me. And the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. Pretend I didn't take a picture of the 15 cookbooks I already own.
5) This boatneck tee in bright seaport (S). This bangle.
6) A large room air purifier by Holmes. Yes, I still hate my neighbors.
7) This swan sweater! (S)
8) Stuff from my etsy list. Especially cowls, hats and headgear!! PLEASE get me some of this stuff before I die!! Pink or teal or purple if you're looking at knit/crochet stuff.
9) This clutch.
10) Saffron, truffle oil (and or truffle salt), fleur de sel, tagliatelle and pine nuts. What a foodie! LOLOL. These are the ingredients I really want that are way too expensive for me to buy on my own without a stern look from a certain hater boyfriend.
11) This shirt in pink. (4P) This tank in black (PS). This shirt in white (4P). These shoes in 8N, navy please.
12.06.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 78
Oops. I just realized I hadn't posted this yet... Some of you are at work cursin me!
1) Ironic tweet: Someone called "Blessed & Highly Favored" said, "We just fried an egg with vodka! Oh snap!" Why ironic? Because I know too many people who spew blessings and cursings from the same mouth. I have a hard-earned skepticism for people who call themselves things like that. Plus can we talk about how gross that sounds? Yuck.
2) I realized I'd rather buy food and go on trips than pay for a wedding. No, I'm not engaged yet but the closer I get to it, the less I want the drama associated with the day. A big or even moderate wedding? I'm talking 75+. It's not gonna happen. I'm not gonna be stressed out about inviting a bunch of people I don't want there or all these details over EIGHT HOURS!! MAX! I just can't. I'm not that person. I want a party and a pretty dress. But most of all I want a successful marriage.
3) I went to the dinner party from Hades the other night. Beautiful restaurant, the menu looked like it was up to my food snob standards (turns out the execution wasn't that great...), my sister and I looked great, AWFUL company. We were surrounded by people she knew marginally who acted like they had never eaten anywhere better than GoldenCorral. Complaining about the menu, asking for a menu in English (IT WAS IN ENGLISH, PEOPLE!!!), complaining about gratuity included in the check when there were 15 people there~~~ For real? Just tacky. I hated being seen with them.
4) Please don't let me eat cooked salmon anymore. I just don't like it. Smoked? All over it. Raw? I can take it. Cooked? Blech.
5) My mom thinks I'm crazy for all the goals I have (30 Before 30, 35 Before 35, 40 Before 40, monthly, yearly). Rashan's just amused by it. I feel like I have the type of personality that needs something to keep me on track. Otherwise I just look up weeks later and can't say I've contributed anything to my personal, professional or spiritual development. If I create just a few goals, I can get a lot more out of life.
6) Why is this MM so detailed?
7) People who use their first initial intrigue me. I always want to know what's behind that. Is your first name too hideous or too pedestrian? You just want to intrigue me? Success. Now tell me the deal.
8) I was thinking the other day about how unfair it is that women's lives get put completely on hold when they get pregnant and men's don't. If I had gotten pregnant in grad school (not possible so don't go there) and was due during the semester, it would be a problem. I would have to put all my plans on hold. And God forbid I was on bed rest. Complete plan ruination. A guy? He's as empathetic as a he can be but he gets to continue his life pretty much the same. I know there's nuance but I'm really thinking about the people in my program who are married. This may not even be their reality but it's what I'm projecting.
9) Rashan hates when I speak in Spanish at Mexican restaurants. I can't say gracias??? That's straight up hate! He just doesn't want me to find my Mexican chef husband. HATE, I say!
10) I have 7 more days standing between me and the end of the semester!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!
1) Ironic tweet: Someone called "Blessed & Highly Favored" said, "We just fried an egg with vodka! Oh snap!" Why ironic? Because I know too many people who spew blessings and cursings from the same mouth. I have a hard-earned skepticism for people who call themselves things like that. Plus can we talk about how gross that sounds? Yuck.
2) I realized I'd rather buy food and go on trips than pay for a wedding. No, I'm not engaged yet but the closer I get to it, the less I want the drama associated with the day. A big or even moderate wedding? I'm talking 75+. It's not gonna happen. I'm not gonna be stressed out about inviting a bunch of people I don't want there or all these details over EIGHT HOURS!! MAX! I just can't. I'm not that person. I want a party and a pretty dress. But most of all I want a successful marriage.
3) I went to the dinner party from Hades the other night. Beautiful restaurant, the menu looked like it was up to my food snob standards (turns out the execution wasn't that great...), my sister and I looked great, AWFUL company. We were surrounded by people she knew marginally who acted like they had never eaten anywhere better than GoldenCorral. Complaining about the menu, asking for a menu in English (IT WAS IN ENGLISH, PEOPLE!!!), complaining about gratuity included in the check when there were 15 people there~~~ For real? Just tacky. I hated being seen with them.
4) Please don't let me eat cooked salmon anymore. I just don't like it. Smoked? All over it. Raw? I can take it. Cooked? Blech.
5) My mom thinks I'm crazy for all the goals I have (30 Before 30, 35 Before 35, 40 Before 40, monthly, yearly). Rashan's just amused by it. I feel like I have the type of personality that needs something to keep me on track. Otherwise I just look up weeks later and can't say I've contributed anything to my personal, professional or spiritual development. If I create just a few goals, I can get a lot more out of life.
6) Why is this MM so detailed?
7) People who use their first initial intrigue me. I always want to know what's behind that. Is your first name too hideous or too pedestrian? You just want to intrigue me? Success. Now tell me the deal.
8) I was thinking the other day about how unfair it is that women's lives get put completely on hold when they get pregnant and men's don't. If I had gotten pregnant in grad school (not possible so don't go there) and was due during the semester, it would be a problem. I would have to put all my plans on hold. And God forbid I was on bed rest. Complete plan ruination. A guy? He's as empathetic as a he can be but he gets to continue his life pretty much the same. I know there's nuance but I'm really thinking about the people in my program who are married. This may not even be their reality but it's what I'm projecting.
9) Rashan hates when I speak in Spanish at Mexican restaurants. I can't say gracias??? That's straight up hate! He just doesn't want me to find my Mexican chef husband. HATE, I say!
10) I have 7 more days standing between me and the end of the semester!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!
12.05.2010
Movies 2010, Weeks 44-48
Notice there was a week where I watched 0 films? O_O Do you also see how many films I watched in the last month? o_O
November 7-13, 2010
202) Coal Country. Documentary about the effect of mountain top removal coal mining on West Virginia communities. Pretty good. I liked that it showed both sides. You know I can't stand being propagandized. There was still a very clear agenda, though. 3.5 stars
November 21- 27, 2010
That's right, I watched 0 movies last week.
203) Someone Else. British film (I saw on Sundance) about a guy's dating woes. Pretty interesting. Predictable start but did not continue in that vein, which was fun. Short. It actually could've been a little longer... That will be the last time I ever say that. LOL. 3.6 stars
204) Bright Leaves. Personal documentary about the filmmaker's search for his great-grandfather's legacy. I didn't love it. Lasted a little too long. 3.4 stars
November 28- December 4, 2010
205) How to Train Your Dragon. Kids movie... self-explanatory. Dude... I have GOT to stop letting Rashan's mom pick my movies! Every time she goes to see a kids movie and really likes it I put it on my queue. Why??? I don't have any kids and don't want any right now. Completely my fault. It was fine. Good for kids. 3.4 stars
November 7-13, 2010
202) Coal Country. Documentary about the effect of mountain top removal coal mining on West Virginia communities. Pretty good. I liked that it showed both sides. You know I can't stand being propagandized. There was still a very clear agenda, though. 3.5 stars
November 21- 27, 2010
That's right, I watched 0 movies last week.
203) Someone Else. British film (I saw on Sundance) about a guy's dating woes. Pretty interesting. Predictable start but did not continue in that vein, which was fun. Short. It actually could've been a little longer... That will be the last time I ever say that. LOL. 3.6 stars
204) Bright Leaves. Personal documentary about the filmmaker's search for his great-grandfather's legacy. I didn't love it. Lasted a little too long. 3.4 stars
November 28- December 4, 2010
205) How to Train Your Dragon. Kids movie... self-explanatory. Dude... I have GOT to stop letting Rashan's mom pick my movies! Every time she goes to see a kids movie and really likes it I put it on my queue. Why??? I don't have any kids and don't want any right now. Completely my fault. It was fine. Good for kids. 3.4 stars
11.29.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 77
1) Ad fail: For a limited time get a Le Creuset 6 quart stockpot with any Le Creuset $274.95 purchase.
2) Dear BBC America, Don't show previews for the next Luther when you're showing the replay of this week's. UGH!!!! That show is the best. You should absolutely watch it.
3) I now see why people stan for Idris... Carry on.
4) I hate raw cauliflower. But I'm really starting to love it cooked. Thanks Rach!
5) I love pumpkin-flavored stuff... but not those pumpkin spice doughnuts. That layer of glaze kills it for me. Also, it is confirmed that I am a Krispy Kreme girl and Dunkin Donuts is for people without taste glands. Glad I grew up trained in the right way. (And when they are old, they will not depart from it.)
6) Thanksgiving was a rousing success. I love vegetarians... but not on Thanksgiving... Sorry Liz & Nerd Girl! I like my greens and green beans with some meat/chicken broth! My veg homie didn't come and veg-wise? I think that was for the best.
7) I added roasted carrots and parsnips to my recipes (for that missing vegetarian)... of the 6 people at the table, none of us had ever had parsnips. And we all liked them! (Except Rashan... he doesn't count.) They're like pale, meaty carrots. Awesomeness!
8) Because I read blogs on reader, I get confused when y'all talk about your new blog design. I can't see any of that, kids. (And sometimes I don't feel like going to look... Also if your design is lame, I feel like I wasted my time bothering to click the link to go look. Moral: If you're going to re-design, make it good.)
9) I want to re-design my blog but really don't have the patience or the care to be bothered right now. This design isn't me anymore. It's also been a while since I changed the name so it's about time for that, too. I know it confuses some of you and I understand that but I get bored. You'll get re-used to it... and then I'll change it again.
10) Rashan watched every episode "Friends" WHEN THEY AIRED. For real??? Gimme your card.
11) I can never complain about new fb because the second I see it I forget any distinguishing features of old fb. LOLOL! I seriously can't be bothered to remember every technological change when they come 17xs a week.
12) Speaking of stupidly frequent updates... ITUNES. Are you serious? I don't need a new version weekly. Quarterly is just fine. And honestly, at this point, I would be delighted with monthly. Keep v.3.8.9.
13) You'll be delighted to learn I got into a rhythm writing my 20-page paper. Once it started flowing, it didn't stop. I had to stop myself to work on other stuff. AND I got an extension. HALLELUJAH!! I'm more than halfway there! If the rest of it flows like this? Golden. Not a chance of a problem. Wheeeee!
2) Dear BBC America, Don't show previews for the next Luther when you're showing the replay of this week's. UGH!!!! That show is the best. You should absolutely watch it.
3) I now see why people stan for Idris... Carry on.
4) I hate raw cauliflower. But I'm really starting to love it cooked. Thanks Rach!
5) I love pumpkin-flavored stuff... but not those pumpkin spice doughnuts. That layer of glaze kills it for me. Also, it is confirmed that I am a Krispy Kreme girl and Dunkin Donuts is for people without taste glands. Glad I grew up trained in the right way. (And when they are old, they will not depart from it.)
6) Thanksgiving was a rousing success. I love vegetarians... but not on Thanksgiving... Sorry Liz & Nerd Girl! I like my greens and green beans with some meat/chicken broth! My veg homie didn't come and veg-wise? I think that was for the best.
7) I added roasted carrots and parsnips to my recipes (for that missing vegetarian)... of the 6 people at the table, none of us had ever had parsnips. And we all liked them! (Except Rashan... he doesn't count.) They're like pale, meaty carrots. Awesomeness!
8) Because I read blogs on reader, I get confused when y'all talk about your new blog design. I can't see any of that, kids. (And sometimes I don't feel like going to look... Also if your design is lame, I feel like I wasted my time bothering to click the link to go look. Moral: If you're going to re-design, make it good.)
9) I want to re-design my blog but really don't have the patience or the care to be bothered right now. This design isn't me anymore. It's also been a while since I changed the name so it's about time for that, too. I know it confuses some of you and I understand that but I get bored. You'll get re-used to it... and then I'll change it again.
10) Rashan watched every episode "Friends" WHEN THEY AIRED. For real??? Gimme your card.
11) I can never complain about new fb because the second I see it I forget any distinguishing features of old fb. LOLOL! I seriously can't be bothered to remember every technological change when they come 17xs a week.
12) Speaking of stupidly frequent updates... ITUNES. Are you serious? I don't need a new version weekly. Quarterly is just fine. And honestly, at this point, I would be delighted with monthly. Keep v.3.8.9.
13) You'll be delighted to learn I got into a rhythm writing my 20-page paper. Once it started flowing, it didn't stop. I had to stop myself to work on other stuff. AND I got an extension. HALLELUJAH!! I'm more than halfway there! If the rest of it flows like this? Golden. Not a chance of a problem. Wheeeee!
11.26.2010
Thanksgiving
The act of Thanksgiving improved my mood immensely! I loved it! Me and my momma DID THAT!! Our food was delicious and semi-nutritious! (Ahem, mac & cheese, you know you're at fault for that "semi.") The vegetarian had a headache so she didn't come. I hope she feels better but it was seriously stressin me OUT thinking about all the dietary issues at hand! My mood most certainly improved when I felt less pressure from preparing enough food that she would be able to eat. Chile we had so many sides I, JAMEIL, almost didn't want the turkey...
Yeah... I said it... TURKEY. WHY, LAWD, WHY???? Because cornish hens were $2.48/lb. and turkey was less than $.50/lb. Math. Math made me eat turkey. Math sucks. But actually, I don't mind saying that was one of the most delicious turkeys I've ever eaten. I took a 7.7 lb. turkey breast and Rachael Ray'ed it. That thing had not a dry drop in it. Meat was almost wet! (Insert joke from "The Office"...) I have NEVER had a turkey that tasted like that. No, not even fried for all you fried turkey stans. Ooh! Rashan and I are getting a turducken next year!!! We're already incredibly excited and we're still full from this year!
It's been a while since I did a post like this. Things have been nuts. Y'all know how I get when I'm in the thick of it. Obsessive and at times... unpleasant. I apologize to those around me. I hope to be better incredibly soon.
Hey! Two crazy things happened this holiday. My sister is apparently allergic to shrimp when touching them. She was standing over the sink after peeling the shrimp for the bisque, scratching her hands and looking mildly concerned. I was like, "Your hands are itching?" Her, nonchalantly, "Yeah." I look and they're covered in little bumps. Me, "EW!! You're allergic to shrimp! Stop touching them!" It's hilarious in retrospect that she was so calm about it and I was so alarmed. She actually said, "Yes!" when I told her to stop peeling them. REALLY???? You needed to be told to stop??? Crazy. Number 2, I'm apparently allergic to something I ate. I started sneezing and blowing my nose and haven't stopped for at least 3 hours... I'ma need that to get outta my body. You, sir, are not welcome. (I just know this allergy is a crotchety little old man... Speaking of little old men. My mom likes to attribute things to "a lil ole maaaan" with a drawl. She'll make some outrageous statement about something in her fridge making noise. I again with shock and awe and alarm say, "LIKE WHAT??" "I don't know! Probably a lil ole maaaan." ROTFL!!! She's so funny.)
Rashan also said I made his birthday great! Yay! This despite the fact some loser tapped his bumper at a stop light when he went on a grocery run for us and made him wait for police even though there was no damage! HUH??? Fix yo life, please. IT'S BIRTHDAY AND THANKSGIVING TIME!! NOT TIME WASTING TIME!! IT'S NEVER TIME WASTING TIME!! Okay I'm gonna go take some of this excess energy and grade some papers and eat some wait WHAT?? My stomach took over and wrote that. WE ARE NOT HUNGRY!!! Straight foolishness. I'm gonna grade some papers and find some allergy meds, STOMACH. Jeez. Also, Rashan just told me BlackEyedPeas for the Super Bowl half-time show and NOW I'M EXCITED! WHEEEEEEE! And I love this post from da momma.
Yeah... I said it... TURKEY. WHY, LAWD, WHY???? Because cornish hens were $2.48/lb. and turkey was less than $.50/lb. Math. Math made me eat turkey. Math sucks. But actually, I don't mind saying that was one of the most delicious turkeys I've ever eaten. I took a 7.7 lb. turkey breast and Rachael Ray'ed it. That thing had not a dry drop in it. Meat was almost wet! (Insert joke from "The Office"...) I have NEVER had a turkey that tasted like that. No, not even fried for all you fried turkey stans. Ooh! Rashan and I are getting a turducken next year!!! We're already incredibly excited and we're still full from this year!
It's been a while since I did a post like this. Things have been nuts. Y'all know how I get when I'm in the thick of it. Obsessive and at times... unpleasant. I apologize to those around me. I hope to be better incredibly soon.
Hey! Two crazy things happened this holiday. My sister is apparently allergic to shrimp when touching them. She was standing over the sink after peeling the shrimp for the bisque, scratching her hands and looking mildly concerned. I was like, "Your hands are itching?" Her, nonchalantly, "Yeah." I look and they're covered in little bumps. Me, "EW!! You're allergic to shrimp! Stop touching them!" It's hilarious in retrospect that she was so calm about it and I was so alarmed. She actually said, "Yes!" when I told her to stop peeling them. REALLY???? You needed to be told to stop??? Crazy. Number 2, I'm apparently allergic to something I ate. I started sneezing and blowing my nose and haven't stopped for at least 3 hours... I'ma need that to get outta my body. You, sir, are not welcome. (I just know this allergy is a crotchety little old man... Speaking of little old men. My mom likes to attribute things to "a lil ole maaaan" with a drawl. She'll make some outrageous statement about something in her fridge making noise. I again with shock and awe and alarm say, "LIKE WHAT??" "I don't know! Probably a lil ole maaaan." ROTFL!!! She's so funny.)
Rashan also said I made his birthday great! Yay! This despite the fact some loser tapped his bumper at a stop light when he went on a grocery run for us and made him wait for police even though there was no damage! HUH??? Fix yo life, please. IT'S BIRTHDAY AND THANKSGIVING TIME!! NOT TIME WASTING TIME!! IT'S NEVER TIME WASTING TIME!! Okay I'm gonna go take some of this excess energy and grade some papers and eat some wait WHAT?? My stomach took over and wrote that. WE ARE NOT HUNGRY!!! Straight foolishness. I'm gonna grade some papers and find some allergy meds, STOMACH. Jeez. Also, Rashan just told me BlackEyedPeas for the Super Bowl half-time show and NOW I'M EXCITED! WHEEEEEEE! And I love this post from da momma.
11.24.2010
:?
I'm in a terrible mood and taking it out on everyone. I feel bad about it and I'm also really stuck. I'm in this awful mental space because of the massive amount of stuff I have left to do in the next two weeks. Maybe just listing it all will help me feel better (or for you to commiserate with me). Due by Tuesday: A CV, cover letter, creative statement, teaching philosophy, demo reel, lecture, 21 packages to grade, and my favorite-- a 20-page paper. I also have at least 4 movies to watch to go into that paper. Did I forget to say I'm in charge of Thanksgiving dinner? With a (non-seafood-eating) vegetarian & a no pork or alcohol Muslim coming. Recipes turned completely upside down. I'm not making everything but enough. And I really want Rashan's birthday to be great... and he doesn't care. I'm gonna go work on my attitude.
11.22.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 76
1) After all the hype, someone wanted to taste FourLoko before it was pulled from the shelves but couldn't find anyone who would share it...
2) I went to my first tailgate! It wasn't actually that fun...
3) When people act like a film isn't that much work, I black out for a second.
4) Is this semester over yet?
5) I added shrimp bisque to the Thanksgiving menu. I let Rashan choose the soup since Thanksgiving Day is his birthday. My love will be 36! Olllllllld maaaaaaaan.
6) Rashan found a job up here! Yay!!!!!!!!!!
7) I really hate watching people self-destruct via social media. I don't like train wrecks. If you can't get it together, do I have to watch it?? I DON'T WANT A FRONT ROW SEAT!!! But I'm sometimes to nosy to not watch...
8) I hate when I tell people I don't like turkey because it's dry and they ask me if I've ever had a fried turkey. Only for about 13 years. Still don't like the flavor enough to eat it for 8 days.
9) If I die before Rashan, DO NOT LET HIM WEAR A SWEATSUIT. EVER!! Nope, not dying, just ornery.
10) I watched 0 movies last week. O_O
11) Can we stop acting surprised when women are knowledgeable sports? Not we. Can YOU stop that?
2) I went to my first tailgate! It wasn't actually that fun...
3) When people act like a film isn't that much work, I black out for a second.
4) Is this semester over yet?
5) I added shrimp bisque to the Thanksgiving menu. I let Rashan choose the soup since Thanksgiving Day is his birthday. My love will be 36! Olllllllld maaaaaaaan.
6) Rashan found a job up here! Yay!!!!!!!!!!
7) I really hate watching people self-destruct via social media. I don't like train wrecks. If you can't get it together, do I have to watch it?? I DON'T WANT A FRONT ROW SEAT!!! But I'm sometimes to nosy to not watch...
8) I hate when I tell people I don't like turkey because it's dry and they ask me if I've ever had a fried turkey. Only for about 13 years. Still don't like the flavor enough to eat it for 8 days.
9) If I die before Rashan, DO NOT LET HIM WEAR A SWEATSUIT. EVER!! Nope, not dying, just ornery.
10) I watched 0 movies last week. O_O
11) Can we stop acting surprised when women are knowledgeable sports? Not we. Can YOU stop that?
11.19.2010
Thanksgiving Bust
Remember that break I was supposed to get for Thanksgiving? It's not happening. And I'm not pleased. I just want to be done with this year. Not 2010, with my degree. It's time to go.
11.15.2010
11.10.2010
Recharge
I have lots of enthusiasm for the remix challenge, less for the myriad of stuff ahead of me in the next 36 hours. Wednesday is currently a very not fun day. There's always way too much stuff to do because I'm on campus all day Thursday and I need to be prepared for it. I'm delighted about Thanksgiving. Right around the corner and a much needed break. TWO MORE WEEKS. I can do this. Especially because after Thanksgiving, there is ONE week of classes, two exams (one to give and one to take) and I'M DONE for the semester. My 8-10 page paper due next week? I'm on page 3. *shimmies* My goal is one page per day to be done before the due date. I'm not sure how that's going to happen today but we'll get something done. As long as we get something done...
Remember how I was talking about saying no? The social stuff I can wiggle myself out of with increasingly little care. But here's the thing... my program is over-scheduling me. Weekly non-class commitments on top of everything else I'm doing? Too much to ask of me. Especially when some of it isn't even marginally helpful. What if I just stop showing up to stuff? Heck! Maybe I'll even start with tonight!
Remember how I was talking about saying no? The social stuff I can wiggle myself out of with increasingly little care. But here's the thing... my program is over-scheduling me. Weekly non-class commitments on top of everything else I'm doing? Too much to ask of me. Especially when some of it isn't even marginally helpful. What if I just stop showing up to stuff? Heck! Maybe I'll even start with tonight!
11.08.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 73
1) Heidi Klum doesn't seem like she should speak German. She's pretty for one. And two... just because.
2) There was an inflatable Santa on the roof of a building near my house on November 1st. Not. ready. Just because I've been listening to Christmas music for months doesn't give you the right to rush me with the decorations!!!
3) "How I Met Your Mother" CRACKS ME UP!!! LOLOL!!
4) A terrible coupon = any amount off if you buy multiples. Especially at Whole Foods. Dude. It's not okay to try to trick me like that. So, in your Whole Foods example, you buy two items at $4 each and you save what? One. whole. dollar. Yeah right. Let me also take a moment to call out Borders. Buy a cookbook, get a $10 coupon which is only valid for a week. YEAH RIGHT. Makes me not want to shop there.
5) I wish I didn't need/want stuff. Stores have really been pissing me off lately. Good thing I'm not buying anything for a while. Hence number 6...
6) Today began my 30 for 30 remix challenge and I'm SO SCARED!! I had to go buy 3 items to get 30 items in my closet I might like enough to wear over and over for 30 days... but I'm hoping to make it happen. Such an optimist, huh? I don't even care if that makes you judge me!! I'll be documenting it here. Do join me! Literally (buy doing it, too!) and figuratively (by cheering me on when I'm ready to end it all).
7) Old people make me sad sometimes. Not just because they die but because they like to do it so unexpectedly! You never know how much longer you have with them. Yes, I know it's like that with us all but I feel like they have so much more to offer than some 28-year-old ninny or 45-year-old twit.
8) Why yes, yes I have been watching an extraordinary amount of "A Different World."
9) If the drive-thru NC chain Cookout had its way, I would be the fattest person in America just from ice cream products. Rashan and I split a Cheerwine float & a caramel cheesecake Heath toffee milkshake. BOTH OF THEM OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I'm nearing salivation saturation just thinking about it! We almost returned the following night for more. Just fat!!
10) You're not going to convince me to see ForColoredGirls any more than any other TP production so stop. Stop trying to make fetch happen.
11) It's daylight SAVING time. No 's.' Please don't use the 's' or you'll make me crazy. XOXO, Jameil
2) There was an inflatable Santa on the roof of a building near my house on November 1st. Not. ready. Just because I've been listening to Christmas music for months doesn't give you the right to rush me with the decorations!!!
3) "How I Met Your Mother" CRACKS ME UP!!! LOLOL!!
4) A terrible coupon = any amount off if you buy multiples. Especially at Whole Foods. Dude. It's not okay to try to trick me like that. So, in your Whole Foods example, you buy two items at $4 each and you save what? One. whole. dollar. Yeah right. Let me also take a moment to call out Borders. Buy a cookbook, get a $10 coupon which is only valid for a week. YEAH RIGHT. Makes me not want to shop there.
5) I wish I didn't need/want stuff. Stores have really been pissing me off lately. Good thing I'm not buying anything for a while. Hence number 6...
6) Today began my 30 for 30 remix challenge and I'm SO SCARED!! I had to go buy 3 items to get 30 items in my closet I might like enough to wear over and over for 30 days... but I'm hoping to make it happen. Such an optimist, huh? I don't even care if that makes you judge me!! I'll be documenting it here. Do join me! Literally (buy doing it, too!) and figuratively (by cheering me on when I'm ready to end it all).
7) Old people make me sad sometimes. Not just because they die but because they like to do it so unexpectedly! You never know how much longer you have with them. Yes, I know it's like that with us all but I feel like they have so much more to offer than some 28-year-old ninny or 45-year-old twit.
8) Why yes, yes I have been watching an extraordinary amount of "A Different World."
9) If the drive-thru NC chain Cookout had its way, I would be the fattest person in America just from ice cream products. Rashan and I split a Cheerwine float & a caramel cheesecake Heath toffee milkshake. BOTH OF THEM OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I'm nearing salivation saturation just thinking about it! We almost returned the following night for more. Just fat!!
10) You're not going to convince me to see ForColoredGirls any more than any other TP production so stop. Stop trying to make fetch happen.
11) It's daylight SAVING time. No 's.' Please don't use the 's' or you'll make me crazy. XOXO, Jameil
11.07.2010
Movies 2010, Weeks 41 & 42
October 24- 30, 2010
196) Murderball. Documentary about quadraplegics who play wheelchair rugby. Great stylistic elements with a story line it's easy to get into. A fun watch. Rashan didn't enjoy this but I think part of that is that there are definitely some unlikeable characters. 4 stars
197) Sleepers. Film starring Brad Pitt, Robert DeNiro and others about four boys who were sexuallyabused at a juvenile correctional facility in the 1960s. Slow start but the film became riveting. 4.5 stars
October 31- November 6, 2010
Hey! I hit 200 finally in November! Yay me! Lol. I watched all of three of these on Saturday. IDK what got into me. But I do know if I make it to 250 this year, it will be a Christmas miracle! O Holy Night, shawty!
198) Just Wright. Queen Latifah and Common star as a trainer rehabbing a man with a knee injury. As cliché as you thought it would be but not terrible. 3.3 stars
199) Rabbit in the Moon. Documentary about a woman looking for the legacy of her family in Japanese internment camps during WWII. Riveting. It was great hearing from people who were there about a shameful segment of American history. 4 stars
200) Inheritance. Documentary about a woman living with the evil of her father's (AmonGoeth) N.azi leadership in WWII. It follows the simultaneous story of the young woman forced to work as a slave for the family. Pretty fascinating and at times disturbing. 4 stars
201) Zombieland. Amusing-ish zombie movie starring Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin & Emma Stone. Not my kind of movie (too much unnecessary cursing and a bit of gore) but I can see the appeal. 3.6 stars
196) Murderball. Documentary about quadraplegics who play wheelchair rugby. Great stylistic elements with a story line it's easy to get into. A fun watch. Rashan didn't enjoy this but I think part of that is that there are definitely some unlikeable characters. 4 stars
197) Sleepers. Film starring Brad Pitt, Robert DeNiro and others about four boys who were sexuallyabused at a juvenile correctional facility in the 1960s. Slow start but the film became riveting. 4.5 stars
October 31- November 6, 2010
Hey! I hit 200 finally in November! Yay me! Lol. I watched all of three of these on Saturday. IDK what got into me. But I do know if I make it to 250 this year, it will be a Christmas miracle! O Holy Night, shawty!
198) Just Wright. Queen Latifah and Common star as a trainer rehabbing a man with a knee injury. As cliché as you thought it would be but not terrible. 3.3 stars
199) Rabbit in the Moon. Documentary about a woman looking for the legacy of her family in Japanese internment camps during WWII. Riveting. It was great hearing from people who were there about a shameful segment of American history. 4 stars
200) Inheritance. Documentary about a woman living with the evil of her father's (AmonGoeth) N.azi leadership in WWII. It follows the simultaneous story of the young woman forced to work as a slave for the family. Pretty fascinating and at times disturbing. 4 stars
201) Zombieland. Amusing-ish zombie movie starring Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin & Emma Stone. Not my kind of movie (too much unnecessary cursing and a bit of gore) but I can see the appeal. 3.6 stars
11.05.2010
November Goals
1) Work on my relationship with God. I think I hit my October goal of 415 total chapters but I lost count at one point. My goal for this month is to hit 495 chapters. I did not make it to any churches AGAIN but I want to go to 2 this month so I'll work on that again. There's a guarantee to go to my home church in two weeks for my sorority's Founder's Day celebration.
2) Start my next film. Hmmm... I went back and forth on this one so I said done but I want to get out of pre-production this month and do at least one actual shoot.
3) Take the next step in my career. I didn't send out any job applications. What a loser. My goal this month is to get all of my application materials together so I can send out several actual packages before the end of the year!!
4) Try new restaurants. I did try some this month. I've also tried one more already this month. Now if I can just find some I more than kind of like okay. I'd like to make an addendum to this: EAT LESS FAST FOOD!! This is really making my workouts less effective than they should be.
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. I was going for one meatless meal a week and cooking at least 3xs a week trying to get my mojo back again. Not even close since I don't count not eating meat for breakfast as meatless. Oh well. If I can cookonce TWICE a week, it will be a miracle.
6) Watch more movies. My goal for October... was 20. That most certainly did not happen. If I can get two movies in per week, I'll be happy. *singing* Lowered expectaaaaations!
7) Workout more. I am consistently working out twice a week with my new trainer WHO I LOVE! I'm still working on getting to three days a week. IT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH!
8) Statecations. This month I wanted to go wine tasting.... AGAIN. And can we didn't go look at the leaves in the mountains. But guess what? I don't care. There was way too much happening in my life to really think about any of that stuff. I can honestly say I have no statecation goal this month. If it happens, it happens. If not, eh. Maybe this is a stupid goal for me.
9) Contact my grandma once a month. I don't know if I called her this month. I know I didn't send that package. I might go down there this month. We'll see.
10) Organize my life. This crazy semester is so OUT OF CONTROL!! Seriously? I'm going, going, going all the time until I feel like I'm gonna go nuts. So my goal is to sufficiently plan my life so that I don't feel so stressed and overwhelmed by it all for these last few weeks of the semester.
*I just realized I'm so unexcited about this list of stuff.... that's wack. I need to re-evaluate.
2) Start my next film. Hmmm... I went back and forth on this one so I said done but I want to get out of pre-production this month and do at least one actual shoot.
3) Take the next step in my career. I didn't send out any job applications. What a loser. My goal this month is to get all of my application materials together so I can send out several actual packages before the end of the year!!
4) Try new restaurants. I did try some this month. I've also tried one more already this month. Now if I can just find some I more than kind of like okay. I'd like to make an addendum to this: EAT LESS FAST FOOD!! This is really making my workouts less effective than they should be.
5) Cook at least 3xs a week, 2 of those new recipes. I was going for one meatless meal a week and cooking at least 3xs a week trying to get my mojo back again. Not even close since I don't count not eating meat for breakfast as meatless. Oh well. If I can cook
6) Watch more movies. My goal for October... was 20. That most certainly did not happen. If I can get two movies in per week, I'll be happy. *singing* Lowered expectaaaaations!
7) Workout more. I am consistently working out twice a week with my new trainer WHO I LOVE! I'm still working on getting to three days a week. IT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH!
8) Statecations. This month I wanted to go wine tasting.... AGAIN. And can we didn't go look at the leaves in the mountains. But guess what? I don't care. There was way too much happening in my life to really think about any of that stuff. I can honestly say I have no statecation goal this month. If it happens, it happens. If not, eh. Maybe this is a stupid goal for me.
9) Contact my grandma once a month. I don't know if I called her this month. I know I didn't send that package. I might go down there this month. We'll see.
10) Organize my life. This crazy semester is so OUT OF CONTROL!! Seriously? I'm going, going, going all the time until I feel like I'm gonna go nuts. So my goal is to sufficiently plan my life so that I don't feel so stressed and overwhelmed by it all for these last few weeks of the semester.
*I just realized I'm so unexcited about this list of stuff.... that's wack. I need to re-evaluate.
11.03.2010
Thanksgiving Meal Planner
So technically this probably goes on the food blog but that will be the redux after I cook these items. My mom and I are tag teaming this meal with some of our favorites and some of Rashan's and some new things.
Cornish hens
Ham
Oysters
Cornbread dressing
Mac and cheese
Jellied cranberry sauce (Rah's fave)
Whole berry cranberry sauce (Mom's fave)
Broccoli-rice casserole
Greens
Green beans
Sweet potato pie
Complete and utter deliciousness. I still haven't read my Rachael Ray Thanksgiving mag but methinks something may come from it!
Cornish hens
Ham
Oysters
Cornbread dressing
Mac and cheese
Jellied cranberry sauce (Rah's fave)
Whole berry cranberry sauce (Mom's fave)
Broccoli-rice casserole
Greens
Green beans
Sweet potato pie
Complete and utter deliciousness. I still haven't read my Rachael Ray Thanksgiving mag but methinks something may come from it!
11.01.2010
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 72
UPDATED: I forgot I had stuff to add.
1) I thought about daily blogging this month for National Blog Posting Month. The idea is to... you guessed it: blog daily for an entire month. It's what originally attracted Rashan and I to each other. We turned it into a hilarious competition. I was going to be devastated if he didn't do it this year. He did last year but you know he hasn't blogged in months. I decided not to do it because I'm already crazy and he's not posting either (because he hates me). If you've never done it before or if you have, give it a shot!
2) Here's a little tip for you: If you can't attend an event, don't put an overly explanatory note about why not on the event's page. Your surgery? You can keep it to yourself or tell them later.
3) I don't like when people shorten my name. "Mel" is not attractive... at all for a female. I (sometimes) like that you feel comfortable with me but that's not the way to show it.
4) I don't appreciate it when people give up blogging, tweeting and facebook for purely selfish reasons. It's like you've forgotten your purpose in life: to entertain me!
5) I was so energetic and crazy when I lived in Pittsburgh. My old blog posts are absolutely HI-LARRY-US to me! Sometimes it's really weird having so detailed an accounting of your life. Especially because I write exactly how I speak.
6) The write-speech connect is why Rashan told me I couldn't do the anonymous professor blog about the crazy things that happen with my students because my voice is so distinctive. BOLLOCKS!! This distinctive voice better pay off for me OR ELSE!
7) I hate the silver insoles in Nine West shoes. They rub off if you don't wear stockings which I most decidedly do not most of the time. WHY???
8) If fonts all look the same to you and you're trying to look professional or impress people, please let me vet your presentation! PLEASE!! Comic sans is not okay!!
9) People who use their first initial intrigue/distract me. What does that first letter stand for? I can't focus. Oh look! A nickel!
10) Can you make people stop talking about facebook like it's a new method of communication? Please?
11) THIS JUST IN!!!! THE 30 FOR 30 REMIX STARTS NEXT MONDAY!!! I can't wait to start! I'll be posting outfits on The Record Dish. Don't get it? Here are the rules! Email fashion blogger extraordinaire Kendi if you want to get on her list!
The 30 for 30 Fall Challenge, starting next Monday, November 8th.
Get your engine running -- or at least your closet organized because the fall remix is here. If you'd like to participate in the remix, EMAIL Kendi your name and blog address with the subject line 30 for 30 and She'll put you on a link list that I'll publish later this week. You have from now until Friday, November 5th to sign up to be on the link list for the challenge.
Ok so... what is the 30 for 30?
The 30 for 30 is something I came up with in April to help me learn my way through my closet by remixing my clothes. So here is the basic premise, I take 30 items from my closet (shoes included) and mix them into 30 different outfits over about a month period.
So you want to try it out? Good for you. Here is how to do it.
1. Pick out 30 items from your closet. Shoes are included in the count, coats and accessories are not. (I won't use a coat yet here in Texas, but you might in say Chicago so I don't want to penalize you for Mother Nature's wily ways.)
2. Remix the 30 items into 30 or more outfits.
And that's it! Ok -- not totally.
3. No shopping for 30 days.
Eek! Why in the world would I add insult to injury? Well so that you'll learn to work with what you've got and you'll learn to appreciate it. Learning to shop your own closet will in turn help you learn to shop outside of your closet. When you have to get creative with your wardrobe you discover other ways to wear a shirt or skirt, that you might not have thought of. Or you might just discover that you really like a certain type of skirt or that you gravitate towards a certain type of jacket, etc.
So what if you don't have 30 items? Then this challenge is perfect for you. It's about working with what you've got. I am a style blogger, an overabundance of clothing is a given. So don't worry about that, maybe for you it's a 15 for 15 or 20 for 20. It doesn't matter what you start with, it matters what you can make out of it.
Are you in? If so, email Kendi (and let Jameil know in the comments!) by Friday and post your 30 for 30 items by Sunday. Let the remixing begin!
1) I thought about daily blogging this month for National Blog Posting Month. The idea is to... you guessed it: blog daily for an entire month. It's what originally attracted Rashan and I to each other. We turned it into a hilarious competition. I was going to be devastated if he didn't do it this year. He did last year but you know he hasn't blogged in months. I decided not to do it because I'm already crazy and he's not posting either (because he hates me). If you've never done it before or if you have, give it a shot!
2) Here's a little tip for you: If you can't attend an event, don't put an overly explanatory note about why not on the event's page. Your surgery? You can keep it to yourself or tell them later.
3) I don't like when people shorten my name. "Mel" is not attractive... at all for a female. I (sometimes) like that you feel comfortable with me but that's not the way to show it.
4) I don't appreciate it when people give up blogging, tweeting and facebook for purely selfish reasons. It's like you've forgotten your purpose in life: to entertain me!
5) I was so energetic and crazy when I lived in Pittsburgh. My old blog posts are absolutely HI-LARRY-US to me! Sometimes it's really weird having so detailed an accounting of your life. Especially because I write exactly how I speak.
6) The write-speech connect is why Rashan told me I couldn't do the anonymous professor blog about the crazy things that happen with my students because my voice is so distinctive. BOLLOCKS!! This distinctive voice better pay off for me OR ELSE!
7) I hate the silver insoles in Nine West shoes. They rub off if you don't wear stockings which I most decidedly do not most of the time. WHY???
8) If fonts all look the same to you and you're trying to look professional or impress people, please let me vet your presentation! PLEASE!! Comic sans is not okay!!
9) People who use their first initial intrigue/distract me. What does that first letter stand for? I can't focus. Oh look! A nickel!
10) Can you make people stop talking about facebook like it's a new method of communication? Please?
11) THIS JUST IN!!!! THE 30 FOR 30 REMIX STARTS NEXT MONDAY!!! I can't wait to start! I'll be posting outfits on The Record Dish. Don't get it? Here are the rules! Email fashion blogger extraordinaire Kendi if you want to get on her list!
The 30 for 30 Fall Challenge, starting next Monday, November 8th.
Get your engine running -- or at least your closet organized because the fall remix is here. If you'd like to participate in the remix, EMAIL Kendi your name and blog address with the subject line 30 for 30 and She'll put you on a link list that I'll publish later this week. You have from now until Friday, November 5th to sign up to be on the link list for the challenge.
The 30 for 30 is something I came up with in April to help me learn my way through my closet by remixing my clothes. So here is the basic premise, I take 30 items from my closet (shoes included) and mix them into 30 different outfits over about a month period.
So you want to try it out? Good for you. Here is how to do it.
1. Pick out 30 items from your closet. Shoes are included in the count, coats and accessories are not. (I won't use a coat yet here in Texas, but you might in say Chicago so I don't want to penalize you for Mother Nature's wily ways.)
2. Remix the 30 items into 30 or more outfits.
And that's it! Ok -- not totally.
3. No shopping for 30 days.
Eek! Why in the world would I add insult to injury? Well so that you'll learn to work with what you've got and you'll learn to appreciate it. Learning to shop your own closet will in turn help you learn to shop outside of your closet. When you have to get creative with your wardrobe you discover other ways to wear a shirt or skirt, that you might not have thought of. Or you might just discover that you really like a certain type of skirt or that you gravitate towards a certain type of jacket, etc.
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