April 10-16, 2011
69) Night At the Opera. Marx brothers movie about hijinks surrounding an opera. I'm not a Marx Bros. girl so I had lowered expectations going into this. It was actually not that bad. I liked it more than other Marx bros movies I've seen. 3.3 stars
70) City Lights. Charlie Chaplin silent movie about a tramp who falls in love with a blind girl who thinks he's a millionaire. I was kind of disappointed by the end. :/ 3.4 stars
April 17-23, 2011
71) I Love You Phillip Morris. I really don't even know what to say about this indie movie. Jim Carrey stars as a married cop turned gay con man who finds the love of his life in jail. Incredibly strange, oddly appealing at times, appalling at others. 3.4 stars
72) Wise Girl. 1937 film about an heiress who poses as a poor girl to find her dead sister's kids, who are living with their uncle. It had it's good moments but it's not the best movie I've ever seen. Pretty predictable. 3.3 stars
73) It's Kind of A Funny Story. Indie-like film starring Zach Galifianakis about a teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic and is unexpectedly forced to live among the adult patients. Enjoyable and cute. 3.8 stars
74) The Switch. Jennifer Anniston stars in a film about a 40-something woman whose friend has to tell her he subbed her spermdonorsample with his own. Rather ridiculous and predictable and worst of all at least 15 minutes longer than it needed to be. It's so strange how you can switch 3 details and still have the exact same movie that's been made for the last 20+ years. 2.9 stars
75) The Book of Eli. Denzel Washington and Mila Kunis star in this film about a man determined to save a sacred text to protect humanity in a post-apocalyptic town. I enjoyed it. Probably because of the scripture quotes. 3.6 stars
76) Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County. HBO film about homeless kids who live across the street from Disneyland. As depressing as you might expect with the addition of condescending questions from the filmmaker throughout. 2.2 stars
April 24-30, 2011
77) Heartbreaker. French film about a team hired to break up relationships. Extremely cute! Exactly the kind of French films Rashan and I used to watch at the start of our relationship. Awww! 4 stars
78) Red. Bruce Willis stars in this 2010 comedy about an ex-CIA agent now being hunted by the government. I was amused. Rashan was not. 3.6 stars
79) Easy Rider. 1969 movie starring Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda about drug dealers trying to get to New Orleans. Exactly the kind of movie I never enjoy. I hate the AFI for making me watch this. The only part I enjoyed was the end. 2 stars
80) My Life in Ruins. Nia Varvaldos stars in a film set in Greece about a stuck up tour guide who gives boring tours and what? I'll let you guess. It's very predictable. Exactly what you imagine will happen, does. Really bad. 2.3 stars
5.01.2011
4.27.2011
Our Valentine's Day
Don't you love waiting a month for the recap of a holiday we delay for a month? LOL
The day started beautifully with a dozen tulips! Yay! Then it was off to dinner at 1618 West!
Me outside the restaurant. Love this outfit! Rashan liked it, too!
We started with duck confit nachos. It would've been better if there had been more duck and/or with a smaller portion with duck on each chip or more of a layered effect. Not bad but not great.
I know it seems ridiculous to take a picture of the complimentary bread... but this bread was GOOD! As was the basil oil it was served with!
Rashan got NY strip Oscar with jumbo lump crab, asparagus and frites. It was pretty good. He enjoyed it.
I had the pan seared sea bass with risotto cake and grilled asparagus. Very yummy. My only qualm is that I couldn't taste the advertised jalapeno in the risotto cake. I was also perplexed about why I had one stuffed crimini mushroom off to the side. Doesn't it look lonely?
I had the espresso martini for dessert... YUM!! I need this regularly!
4.25.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 97
1) When you say you (almost) wish you had dark hair and your hair is blond... but dyed... and I can see your brown eyebrows... You sound stupid. Just FYI.
2) I'm so not as internet savvy as you think I am. I struggle with the teen text talk as I call it. IKR? I determined that was "I Keep (it) Real." But it didn't always fit. I asked Rashan. He said, "I know right." I said, "Oooooh. That makes way more sense." Then I forgot and 2 weeks later I asked him again........
3) Why does Rashan know teen text talk?
4) Nutella-swirled oatmeal with cinnamon-infused sugar and nutmeg? Thumbs up. (I love it when my meals sound somewhat like gobbeldygook! It makes me feel so chef-y!) Shoutout to NerdGirl for the Nutella!
5) I could not care less about who hosts Top Chef Masters. But for the record, I don't want to see you cringing over eating bugs, CURTIS. You're supposed to be a chef. I'ma do you like that vegetarian last week. Expand your "pallet." LOL but no really.
6) Living Social? Not for me. At all. I have yet to be more than marginally intrigued by any of their coupons. Groupon's been wack for a while as well. Both of them need to get it together. Please refer to my 30 Before 30 before suggesting further coupons. Ideas include whitewater rafting, sky diving, hot air ballon ride, helicopter ride. Get to work. Thanks so much.
7) I think either the mom blogs are rubbing off on me or I'm getting all old and stuff but two things blew my mind. 1) A baby was crying at the wedding a week ago and I was completely unfazed. It barely registered because I was so into the ceremony. 2) At the reception I accidentally sat next to a little boy SCREAMING his head off. His mom turned and said, "Sorry." I said, "It's okay!" cheerily... and meant it. WHO AM I!?! Ordinarily? I would have been muttering about how there will be no babies at my wedding. Again. Whooooooo aaaaare youuuuuuu? Dr. Seuss what's up!? Or is that Alice in Wonderland?
8) Fashion bloggers make me snarly. I get so annoyed by their uninclusive, incestuous worlds. (I make up words when I'm irritated.) I stopped following one and felt almost instantly better. It looks like more unfollows are coming.
9) Everybody thank Jasmin for me not blogging for the last week. Some people don't know how to act. We all know she's much closer to having babies than I am.
10) You know how we usually only hear the cute/pretty British accents over here? Every single time
I'm reminded of the hideous common accents, I cringe. Ick. I wonder which American accents are the cute/pretty ones to non-Americans. LOLOL
11) The term pre-poo sounds disgusting. For my 2.5 male readers (I don't know what the half is either... claim that half if that's you), that's (I had to look it up, too) something you put on your hair to moisturize BEFORE you shampoo. But really... do we have to call it that???
12) My left thigh is larger than my right and it looks weird...
2) I'm so not as internet savvy as you think I am. I struggle with the teen text talk as I call it. IKR? I determined that was "I Keep (it) Real." But it didn't always fit. I asked Rashan. He said, "I know right." I said, "Oooooh. That makes way more sense." Then I forgot and 2 weeks later I asked him again........
3) Why does Rashan know teen text talk?
4) Nutella-swirled oatmeal with cinnamon-infused sugar and nutmeg? Thumbs up. (I love it when my meals sound somewhat like gobbeldygook! It makes me feel so chef-y!) Shoutout to NerdGirl for the Nutella!
5) I could not care less about who hosts Top Chef Masters. But for the record, I don't want to see you cringing over eating bugs, CURTIS. You're supposed to be a chef. I'ma do you like that vegetarian last week. Expand your "pallet." LOL but no really.
6) Living Social? Not for me. At all. I have yet to be more than marginally intrigued by any of their coupons. Groupon's been wack for a while as well. Both of them need to get it together. Please refer to my 30 Before 30 before suggesting further coupons. Ideas include whitewater rafting, sky diving, hot air ballon ride, helicopter ride. Get to work. Thanks so much.
7) I think either the mom blogs are rubbing off on me or I'm getting all old and stuff but two things blew my mind. 1) A baby was crying at the wedding a week ago and I was completely unfazed. It barely registered because I was so into the ceremony. 2) At the reception I accidentally sat next to a little boy SCREAMING his head off. His mom turned and said, "Sorry." I said, "It's okay!" cheerily... and meant it. WHO AM I!?! Ordinarily? I would have been muttering about how there will be no babies at my wedding. Again. Whooooooo aaaaare youuuuuuu? Dr. Seuss what's up!? Or is that Alice in Wonderland?
8) Fashion bloggers make me snarly. I get so annoyed by their uninclusive, incestuous worlds. (I make up words when I'm irritated.) I stopped following one and felt almost instantly better. It looks like more unfollows are coming.
9) Everybody thank Jasmin for me not blogging for the last week. Some people don't know how to act. We all know she's much closer to having babies than I am.
10) You know how we usually only hear the cute/pretty British accents over here? Every single time
I'm reminded of the hideous common accents, I cringe. Ick. I wonder which American accents are the cute/pretty ones to non-Americans. LOLOL
11) The term pre-poo sounds disgusting. For my 2.5 male readers (I don't know what the half is either... claim that half if that's you), that's (I had to look it up, too) something you put on your hair to moisturize BEFORE you shampoo. But really... do we have to call it that???
12) My left thigh is larger than my right and it looks weird...
4.18.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 96
1) I don't watch Iron Chef America if I don't like the secret ingredient. Chocolate? Pass. My feelings would be so hurt if I finally got to judge and that was the ingredient. Battle milk and cream? I was in it from the beginning!!
2) There is nothing worse than a self-righteous vegetarian. Do you know when I said I couldn't be vegan, this dude told me to expand my "pallet"? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO!?! You clearly don't know me like that to say such foolishness!! First of all it's PALATE. Second, everything in moderation. Third, don't try to convince me to do something YOU'RE not even doing. You sound ridiculous. If I'm ANYTHING, I'm an adventurous eater. Challenge me on many things (you'll lose) but don't challenge me on my palate. Ever.
3) I'm equally bad about people who don't know me asking what I know about cooking in a mocking or derisive tone. Fall back.
4) Y'all see I'm on edge and people KEEP testing my gangsta!! I'm so not hard.
4) I PROMISE the worst tweets are about relationships. I mean extra basic stuff. Like "she can't love you if she doesn't love herself." *enter monotone* Wow. I've never heard that before. That is groundbreaking.
-_-
5) I managed to keep stress pimples at bay for weeks. WOW!! Just one but clearly I feel like this is a huge accomplishment!
6) Have I mentioned that I haven't gotten my 8 hours of sleep in at least a week? I AM NOT A MOM!! INTENTIONALLY!!! GIMME MY SLEEP!!!
7) Did anybody see Parks and Rec? I'm in shock! But "30 Rock" is BORING. What's happened?
8) I have an urge to complain about something I don't want anyone to sell me platitudes about. I don't trust any of you people to say what you're supposed to. Instead, respond to this with something really, really jerky.
9) I finished one of three short films due by Thursday. Sunday, Monday, Thursday. #faints*
10) Another softball game tonight. The team captain is working my nerves. So guess what? I hope we lose. I'm not gonna do anything to make it happen but I just wouldn't be in the least bit sad if we did.
11) One of my closest friends from elementary school to college got married Saturday to a girl we've also known since elementary school. Collective awwww! :)
12) I've wanted oysters for what feels like an eternity. GIMMEEEEEEEE!!!
13) I want a Sprite... or an orange soda... or a peach soda... or a Fresca. What is wrong with me? I never crave soda. If someone says I'm pregnant I'm not blogging for a week.
4.14.2011
Laugh of the Day
It started innocently enough....
Dear @rashanjamal, I hope you watched Modern Family.... b/c I just deleted it.... kloveyoubye
Then my line sister's sister decided to join the conversation...
@jameil u can watch it whenever on hulu.com :) I LOVE that show!
jameil
@Sisofsis For real? What's Hulu?
@jameil It has episodes of a lot of popular shows & some old movies too.
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jameil
@Sisofsis Really?? Is it free?
@jameil the most current episodes are free but u have to pay for the really old ones:/
Y'ALL!!!!!
At NO POINT did she figure out I was joking!!! I have two blogs, a tumblr, a twitter page & a facebook page and this girl thinks I don't know what Hulu is!!!!!! DYING!!! LOLOL
4.11.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 95
1) Ever since I learned children who have fewer words spoken directly to them (often those in financially disadvantaged families) struggle more in school, I try to talk directly to every baby/child I encounter. Every little bit, right? Now you do it!
2) It irks me when people say every since.
3) Noooooooo!! I just saw a child's ugly velcro shoes and almost said, "Never MY ch--" until I realized it's velcro or tying laces 90xs an hour or watching them skin their inevitably adorable faces/bodies repeatedly after they trip over said laces. :( PLEASE DON'T MAKE MY CHILDREN WEAR UGLY VELCRO SHOES!!!
4) My cousin's doing a one-week vegan challenge this week. She invited me. I didn't even have to think twice. NO. I put myself through enoughunnecessary hurdles seeing as I have more goals in a month than some people have in a year. That sounded way more snobby than I meant it but yeah... I like food too much. I'm not doin it. One week vegETARIAN? I'd so give that a shot. Who else would be on board? We can give it a shot. Tell me this, though. Can I still eat eggs? (Pretend they're not baby chickens.)
5) My mom likes David Letterman (kinda) but HATES Paul. This cracks me up!
6) I've been doing some crazy editing! I get bursts and just GO! So I think I'll be posting something online for you guys to see soon! :)
7) My mom doesn't want me to tweet about her... Yeah... About that... Stop doing tweet-worthy stuff.
8) I'm addicted to burgers and am currently bingeing on them. Don't worry. It's not followed by purging. Just delirious deliciousness. I think I had a burger 4 days last week and almost had one a 5th day but talked myself out of it. I think I should've eaten it... LOL> See what I mean about this one week vegan thing? Never gonna get it!
9) Son! I had kim chi for the first time this weekend. Fermented cabbage doesn't exactly SOUND appetizing but I'm a curious eater and let me just give it a rousing endorsement! Koreans know what they're doing! Yum!
10) We have our first playoff game tonight! Aaaaaareeeee yooooooouuuu readyyyyyyy????
11) Have I told you lately how much I love birthdays?? I get sad when there are stretches of days w/o birthdays on fb. No fun messages to write??? Awww maaaaan! Your birthday is the BEST day on fb!! BEST! Hands down!
12) Speaking of birthdays and fb, HBD you can keep. If you're too lazy to write Happy Birthday, just leave. Also don't be so dumb as to use D seeing as BIRTHDAY is one word.
13) Rashan is finally blogging again. He had to put up a week of posts for me to believe it. And I'm still not sure if it'll stick. We'll see.
2) It irks me when people say every since.
3) Noooooooo!! I just saw a child's ugly velcro shoes and almost said, "Never MY ch--" until I realized it's velcro or tying laces 90xs an hour or watching them skin their inevitably adorable faces/bodies repeatedly after they trip over said laces. :( PLEASE DON'T MAKE MY CHILDREN WEAR UGLY VELCRO SHOES!!!
4) My cousin's doing a one-week vegan challenge this week. She invited me. I didn't even have to think twice. NO. I put myself through enough
5) My mom likes David Letterman (kinda) but HATES Paul. This cracks me up!
6) I've been doing some crazy editing! I get bursts and just GO! So I think I'll be posting something online for you guys to see soon! :)
7) My mom doesn't want me to tweet about her... Yeah... About that... Stop doing tweet-worthy stuff.
8) I'm addicted to burgers and am currently bingeing on them. Don't worry. It's not followed by purging. Just delirious deliciousness. I think I had a burger 4 days last week and almost had one a 5th day but talked myself out of it. I think I should've eaten it... LOL> See what I mean about this one week vegan thing? Never gonna get it!
9) Son! I had kim chi for the first time this weekend. Fermented cabbage doesn't exactly SOUND appetizing but I'm a curious eater and let me just give it a rousing endorsement! Koreans know what they're doing! Yum!
10) We have our first playoff game tonight! Aaaaaareeeee yooooooouuuu readyyyyyyy????
11) Have I told you lately how much I love birthdays?? I get sad when there are stretches of days w/o birthdays on fb. No fun messages to write??? Awww maaaaan! Your birthday is the BEST day on fb!! BEST! Hands down!
12) Speaking of birthdays and fb, HBD you can keep. If you're too lazy to write Happy Birthday, just leave. Also don't be so dumb as to use D seeing as BIRTHDAY is one word.
13) Rashan is finally blogging again. He had to put up a week of posts for me to believe it. And I'm still not sure if it'll stick. We'll see.
4.10.2011
Movies 2011, Weeks 12 & 13
March 27- April 2, 2011
It's AFI list week! Too bad I only hit up two films. LOL
65) The Best Years of Our Lives. 1946 seven time Oscar winner about three WWII vets struggling to come to terms with their experiences and readjust to civilian life. Really good. It's not difficult to draw parallels to vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. 4 stars
66) Platoon. Vietnam War movie starring Charlie Sheen. I'm really tired of war movies. That's what I thought as the opening scenes rolled. I only watched this because it's on the AFI list and it went offline for Netflix this week. A bit of a slow start but less than halfway through I totally got why my uncle doesn't want to talk about what he experienced there. The narration was a bit heavy-handed. That couldn't detract from a good film overall. 4 stars
April 3-9, 2011
There's really no good reason I didn't watch movies this week. I read slightly more... but I don't think that's it. It just didn't cross my mind to sit in front of the tv or computer to watch movies. Oh! I know what it was. I was all caught up in season 1 of "Scrubs." Lol. I've seen all of the last several NBC seasons episodes multiple times but hadn't seen 70+% of season 1. So weird!
67) Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Old movie about pod people. Kind of funny. Short but felt long. I didn't mind it too much but Rashan was definitely not a fan. I think it'd be great background for a classy Halloween party or something more ironic. 3.4 stars
68) American Graffiti. Really funny to see Richard Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford this young. Ron Howard I'm used to but the rest were really amusing. Are they really gonna just drive around all night? I was bored with that line of activity after about 40 minutes. Meh. 3.3 stars
It's AFI list week! Too bad I only hit up two films. LOL
65) The Best Years of Our Lives. 1946 seven time Oscar winner about three WWII vets struggling to come to terms with their experiences and readjust to civilian life. Really good. It's not difficult to draw parallels to vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. 4 stars
66) Platoon. Vietnam War movie starring Charlie Sheen. I'm really tired of war movies. That's what I thought as the opening scenes rolled. I only watched this because it's on the AFI list and it went offline for Netflix this week. A bit of a slow start but less than halfway through I totally got why my uncle doesn't want to talk about what he experienced there. The narration was a bit heavy-handed. That couldn't detract from a good film overall. 4 stars
April 3-9, 2011
There's really no good reason I didn't watch movies this week. I read slightly more... but I don't think that's it. It just didn't cross my mind to sit in front of the tv or computer to watch movies. Oh! I know what it was. I was all caught up in season 1 of "Scrubs." Lol. I've seen all of the last several NBC seasons episodes multiple times but hadn't seen 70+% of season 1. So weird!
67) Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Old movie about pod people. Kind of funny. Short but felt long. I didn't mind it too much but Rashan was definitely not a fan. I think it'd be great background for a classy Halloween party or something more ironic. 3.4 stars
68) American Graffiti. Really funny to see Richard Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford this young. Ron Howard I'm used to but the rest were really amusing. Are they really gonna just drive around all night? I was bored with that line of activity after about 40 minutes. Meh. 3.3 stars
4.08.2011
Old Man Moves
My boyfriend's really REALLY old in case you didn't know. We have to get married soon because I can't marry a 40yo man. Yes, I realize I will step on the toes of some of my readers with this post. Wear steel toed boots. I'll wait. Ready? Okay!
1) Explaining a party line. For the rest of you youngins, you could pay approximately 99 cents/minute to call a number and talk to a bunch of random strangers.
2) Rapping "A Children's Story" by Slick Rick to your girlfriend while she prompts you to continue. If it was a book it'd be a page-turner!
3) While we're on music, explaining all the lyrics to every song she was too young to know/understand all the words to... i.e. anything circa the late 80s and early to mid 90s. Phrases like "cold lampin" (chilling as if leaning against a lamp post) and "run your jewels" (getting robbed).
4) Anytime he talks about songs from my childhood as hits in the club. Guaranteed blank stare. It's rare for me to be shocked by it but the first time I heard him talk about jammin to Biggie or Outkast or something at parties, I was like, "HOW OLD WERE YOU????" He said, "College." Worse is when he says I was out of college by then. I wasn't even in high school! You old, son!
5) Seeing classic movies in the theater... sometimes before I was born. "Rocky III" (1982) & "Rocky IV" (1984), "ET" (1984), "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Back to the Future" (1985) .
6) He watched the Challenger explode live and is still traumatized.
7) He remembers when the world was gonna be destroyed by the Soviet Union.
8) He remembers when John Lennon (1980) and Ronald Reagan (1981) got shot... both happened before I was born.
Really, it's like dating a living history book.
1) Explaining a party line. For the rest of you youngins, you could pay approximately 99 cents/minute to call a number and talk to a bunch of random strangers.
2) Rapping "A Children's Story" by Slick Rick to your girlfriend while she prompts you to continue. If it was a book it'd be a page-turner!
3) While we're on music, explaining all the lyrics to every song she was too young to know/understand all the words to... i.e. anything circa the late 80s and early to mid 90s. Phrases like "cold lampin" (chilling as if leaning against a lamp post) and "run your jewels" (getting robbed).
4) Anytime he talks about songs from my childhood as hits in the club. Guaranteed blank stare. It's rare for me to be shocked by it but the first time I heard him talk about jammin to Biggie or Outkast or something at parties, I was like, "HOW OLD WERE YOU????" He said, "College." Worse is when he says I was out of college by then. I wasn't even in high school! You old, son!
5) Seeing classic movies in the theater... sometimes before I was born. "Rocky III" (1982) & "Rocky IV" (1984), "ET" (1984), "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Back to the Future" (1985) .
6) He watched the Challenger explode live and is still traumatized.
7) He remembers when the world was gonna be destroyed by the Soviet Union.
8) He remembers when John Lennon (1980) and Ronald Reagan (1981) got shot... both happened before I was born.
Really, it's like dating a living history book.
4.06.2011
April Goals
Seeing as this month I have to defend my 2nd thesis in two years, and complete two other shorts, I'm gonna go light on the non-educational goals. I'm already at the part of the process where I have daily stress headaches and if I wake up for any reason I'm wide awake thinking about all the things I need to do.
First let's talk about March. I've had to partially skip the finish transcription stage and get to the editing portion. Still working on the script but I'm making some good progress. I've read 758 chapters instead of my goal 730! Wheee!! I bounce around so I read parts of books. This month I completed 5 books to bring my total up to 46! That means I only have 20 more chapters left in the bible! That is so cool! I also got some non-Bible reading in-- three books! Yay! I went to B&N and bought 3 books. I read 2 of them in 2 days. It was great! Just like old times. I used to devour books! Click on the books tab for details.
1) Read at least 52 chapters in the bible. That will bring me to 810 total chapters read out of 1189!
2) Continue to work out AT LEAST three times a week. I feel myself getting into the mode of exercise becoming second nature and something I want to do more than 3xs a week. FABULOUS!
3) Eat better meals. I imagine there will be a silly amount of eating out this month so if I can eat more healthily for even those meals, I'll be happy.
4) Make AND KEEP a budget. I can do this!!!
5) Read at least two books.
6) Watch at least 4 AFI list movies. Guess who's already done one? MEEEEE!!
First let's talk about March. I've had to partially skip the finish transcription stage and get to the editing portion. Still working on the script but I'm making some good progress. I've read 758 chapters instead of my goal 730! Wheee!! I bounce around so I read parts of books. This month I completed 5 books to bring my total up to 46! That means I only have 20 more chapters left in the bible! That is so cool! I also got some non-Bible reading in-- three books! Yay! I went to B&N and bought 3 books. I read 2 of them in 2 days. It was great! Just like old times. I used to devour books! Click on the books tab for details.
1) Read at least 52 chapters in the bible. That will bring me to 810 total chapters read out of 1189!
2) Continue to work out AT LEAST three times a week. I feel myself getting into the mode of exercise becoming second nature and something I want to do more than 3xs a week. FABULOUS!
3) Eat better meals. I imagine there will be a silly amount of eating out this month so if I can eat more healthily for even those meals, I'll be happy.
4) Make AND KEEP a budget. I can do this!!!
5) Read at least two books.
6) Watch at least 4 AFI list movies. Guess who's already done one? MEEEEE!!
4.04.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 94
1) Some dude was humming in class the other day... and it sounded like a negro spiritual. Why?
2) I soooooooo wanted to do the best April Fool's Day prank EVER!! I was gonna tell you guys I was engaged and wait for you to be like APRIL FOOL'S!! But it would actually be true. HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE!?! But no dice. You'll have to wait for that one.
3) TOP CHEF ALL-STARS WAS AWESOME!!!!
4) Tomorrow we have the third and final game of the softball season. If we win this one, we go 2-1. LET'S DO IT!!
5) I love how when I put my headphones in my laptop, it automatically turns the volume down. Awesome!
6) I kinda want an e-reader.
7) I asked Rashan if he would give me a kidney if I needed one. Without hesitation he said yes. BEST. EVER.
8) I seriously don't understand why or how I get so into mom blogs but I really do. It's pretty crazy. Sometimes they make me want to hysterectomize myself. Really. Sometimes it's so bad I make up words and get rid of my own uterus. But most of the time, the ones I read are really really funny!
9) On Chopped, I always come up with what I would do with that basket... unless it's All-Stars! Then I just sit back and enjoy! I need them to do this again!! Stat!
10) When does Project Runway come back? Soon? Yes??
2) I soooooooo wanted to do the best April Fool's Day prank EVER!! I was gonna tell you guys I was engaged and wait for you to be like APRIL FOOL'S!! But it would actually be true. HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE!?! But no dice. You'll have to wait for that one.
3) TOP CHEF ALL-STARS WAS AWESOME!!!!
4) Tomorrow we have the third and final game of the softball season. If we win this one, we go 2-1. LET'S DO IT!!
5) I love how when I put my headphones in my laptop, it automatically turns the volume down. Awesome!
6) I kinda want an e-reader.
7) I asked Rashan if he would give me a kidney if I needed one. Without hesitation he said yes. BEST. EVER.
8) I seriously don't understand why or how I get so into mom blogs but I really do. It's pretty crazy. Sometimes they make me want to hysterectomize myself. Really. Sometimes it's so bad I make up words and get rid of my own uterus. But most of the time, the ones I read are really really funny!
9) On Chopped, I always come up with what I would do with that basket... unless it's All-Stars! Then I just sit back and enjoy! I need them to do this again!! Stat!
10) When does Project Runway come back? Soon? Yes??
3.30.2011
Happy Birthday!
My little sister is 27 today! If you have a confused look on your face because you thought I was just 27 or was still 27, we're 19 months apart! So from March 30th to August 23rd, we sound like we're a year apart. It REALLY throws the people who think we're twins. LOLOL Here's a picture of my sister when she was just a few days old. Meet your big!
I'm going to Raleigh in a few hours to take her to dinner. Guess what? The baby wants to try some food she's never had before!! PAUSE! JUST PAUSE Y'ALL!! I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD!!! *tear!* So we're headed to an Ethiopian restaurant. Hope it's good! The reviews are! Yay! Happy Birthday Elaina Paina!
3.28.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 93
1) My program has an intramural softball team and I'm on it. Everybody was so shocked! Haters. Can I help my flyness? That'd be a no. But that doesn't mean I'm not a fierce competitor! I had 3 hits in 4 at bats. Yeah! 2 singles and I was batted in twice! I slid in at 2nd and 3rd on one of those. LOL Also, we were down 1-9 at one point and came back to win 13-9. WHAT!?!?! Get like us, son. Get like us. I had a ball! Game 2 tomorrow night!
2) Funny thing about that game... one of my classmates said he'd never seen me run before. I thought it was hilarious that he's known me 3 years and never seen me run. Why would he? IDK but it was still amusing to me!
3) Some days I want to just put my head under my pillow and not be bothered with anybody. Wednesday was one of those days.
4) FB status of the week comes from Sha Boogie,
2) Funny thing about that game... one of my classmates said he'd never seen me run before. I thought it was hilarious that he's known me 3 years and never seen me run. Why would he? IDK but it was still amusing to me!
3) Some days I want to just put my head under my pillow and not be bothered with anybody. Wednesday was one of those days.
4) FB status of the week comes from Sha Boogie,
3.27.2011
Movies 2011, Week 11
March 20-26, 2011
A good week for movies and I started on Thursday!
59) Unstoppable. Denzel Washington is trying to stop a runaway train. Pretty awesome. My biggest qualm is with the portrayal of media coverage with shots people would NEVER have and a company that would NEVER release that much detailed information. Even non-news people can see that. Clearly Jay Pharoah was playing in my head AD NAUSEUM during the film and I couldn't stop laughing! LOL In spite of the ridiculousness, still enjoyable. 3.6 stars
60) Bachelor in Paradise. Bob Hope stars as a writer who finds himself the only bachelor in a community full of married people. He's welcomed by the women and hated by the men. Amusing enough. 3.4 stars
61) The Departed. There are no words. Awesome, awesome movie about a rat in the police department (starring every white actor ever). LOL Extremely violent so prepare yourself if you've never seen it but worth every Academy Award it was nominated for and then some. 5 stars
62) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Film about a psycho who vows revenge when her husband and her baby die within weeks of each other. Pretty good. I'd seen part of it before but always missed the crucial beginning. 3.8 stars
63) Inside Job. 2011 Academy Award-winning documentary about the economic collapse of the last few years. OMG eye and ear wash!! Why are there so many people in this film????????? Way too much information. 2.4 stars
64) Protocol. 1984 Goldie Hawn movie about a cocktail waitress who accidentally saves a dignitary's life and finds herself caught up in a compromise that uses her as a political pawn. Amusing enough to watch and be entertained. 3.4 stars
A good week for movies and I started on Thursday!
59) Unstoppable. Denzel Washington is trying to stop a runaway train. Pretty awesome. My biggest qualm is with the portrayal of media coverage with shots people would NEVER have and a company that would NEVER release that much detailed information. Even non-news people can see that. Clearly Jay Pharoah was playing in my head AD NAUSEUM during the film and I couldn't stop laughing! LOL In spite of the ridiculousness, still enjoyable. 3.6 stars
60) Bachelor in Paradise. Bob Hope stars as a writer who finds himself the only bachelor in a community full of married people. He's welcomed by the women and hated by the men. Amusing enough. 3.4 stars
61) The Departed. There are no words. Awesome, awesome movie about a rat in the police department (starring every white actor ever). LOL Extremely violent so prepare yourself if you've never seen it but worth every Academy Award it was nominated for and then some. 5 stars
62) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Film about a psycho who vows revenge when her husband and her baby die within weeks of each other. Pretty good. I'd seen part of it before but always missed the crucial beginning. 3.8 stars
63) Inside Job. 2011 Academy Award-winning documentary about the economic collapse of the last few years. OMG eye and ear wash!! Why are there so many people in this film????????? Way too much information. 2.4 stars
64) Protocol. 1984 Goldie Hawn movie about a cocktail waitress who accidentally saves a dignitary's life and finds herself caught up in a compromise that uses her as a political pawn. Amusing enough to watch and be entertained. 3.4 stars
3.23.2011
30 Before 30 Update
I like to complete things. We know this! This desire means the goals on my 30 Before 30 list that I'm still working toward HAUNT me! Because even though some of these things see progress daily or weekly, I'm still weeks or months from the completion of the actual goal. And don't get me started on all the near misses this month!!! So to make me feel better, let's talk about all of the things I have in progress!
4) Ride a mechanical bull for at least :08. THERE WAS ONE ON CAMPUS FOR SPRINGFEST AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT!!!! What kind of foolishness???? People in my program knew there was one AND THAT I WANTED TO RIDE ONE and DIDN'T TELL ME. I HATE THEM.
5) Go on a helicopter ride. Rashan wanted to take me on one for our Valentine's Day but they're prohibitively expensive around here.
8) Read the entire Bible. [Started 5/31/10] It's coming along but not as quickly as I want it to. I'm simultaneously trying to speed up and slow myself down.
9) Run a 5k. I was supposed to do one this month but I haven't been running. Sounds like a bad idea. I found one for next month, though so I WILL be doing it.
11) Go wine tasting in North Carolina Wine Country. ARGH!!! Rashan and I went to a vineyard this weekend and all the vines looked like THIS! Brilliant blue skies, lush green grass and naked as a jaybird vines...... Pass on that tour!!!
12) Cook my way through Tyler's Ultimate cookbook. I'm really terribly over this one and I'm only about a third of the way through. There are some expensive ingredients and some things that really just don't intrigue me. Le sigh.
14) Work out 3xs a week for a full year. [Started 12/26/10] Enjoying this! Especially since I'm getting to go outside some (something I very often don't like)!
15) Take at least one picture every day for a year. [Started 3/7/11] I started a tumblr page to keep track of it all! I don't like that you can't comment (what on earth is the point of that??) but I like that it's so easy to post pictures. It will be all pics with a brief description. Hopefully there are more great days than "I just need a picture day." The beginning of any long challenge is pretty easy plus I got some cool tips on taking daily pics that I hope will help me along.
17) Go to a Duke-Carolina basketball game. ARGH!!! This thing sells out THE SECOND it goes on sale so I didn't get a ticket. :/
18) Learn how to hem clothing. My cousins wasted SO MUCH of my time by showing up 3+ hours late OR NOT AT ALL to the point where I didn't get to learn how to hem clothing from grandma. UGH!!
19) Ride on a hot air balloon. Still waiting on this to come on Groupon/Living Social again. More expensive than I want.
20) Make a house a home via decoration! I've been looking but I think this will be waiting a while yet.
23) Make AND KEEP a budget. Oh my goodness! I've been doing incredibly poorly with this.
25) Read 10 classic books: The plan for this is to read one a month but I'm stuck at Catch 22. Great Gatsby is next. I think it'll give me a boost.
a. Pride & Prejudice [6/6/10- LOVED IT!!]
b. Oliver Twist [8/14/10 Liked it a lot. The neat wrap up was rather ridiculous at the end. My 2nd e-book.]
c. Catch 22 (in progress)
d. Catcher in the Rye [1/13/11] I can absolutely see why this one was banned. I don't particularly enjoy being cursed out the entire time I'm reading a book. It was a pretty easy read. Very stream-of-consciousness which I was actually far more tolerant of than I've ever been before.
e. Grapes of Wrath
f. The Great Gatsby
g. Invisible Man
h. Lord of the Flies
i. Their Eyes Were Watching God
j. Uncle Tom's Cabin [7/15/10- Slow start, intriguing & at times infuriating middle, shark-jumping end. My first e-book. That experience alone was an adjustment.].
27) Get my name in the newspaper a minimum of 5 times! One down for the radio program I'm teaching. Wheeeee!!
28) Enter a food competition with my own recipe. I've composed a couple of recipes. I just need to find the right competition!
29) Watch AFI's Top 100 movies. I needed to watch about 51 movies at the start of this and now I have 35 left. I feel like this is moving sooooo slowly!
4) Ride a mechanical bull for at least :08. THERE WAS ONE ON CAMPUS FOR SPRINGFEST AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT!!!! What kind of foolishness???? People in my program knew there was one AND THAT I WANTED TO RIDE ONE and DIDN'T TELL ME. I HATE THEM.
5) Go on a helicopter ride. Rashan wanted to take me on one for our Valentine's Day but they're prohibitively expensive around here.
8) Read the entire Bible. [Started 5/31/10] It's coming along but not as quickly as I want it to. I'm simultaneously trying to speed up and slow myself down.
9) Run a 5k. I was supposed to do one this month but I haven't been running. Sounds like a bad idea. I found one for next month, though so I WILL be doing it.
12) Cook my way through Tyler's Ultimate cookbook. I'm really terribly over this one and I'm only about a third of the way through. There are some expensive ingredients and some things that really just don't intrigue me. Le sigh.
14) Work out 3xs a week for a full year. [Started 12/26/10] Enjoying this! Especially since I'm getting to go outside some (something I very often don't like)!
15) Take at least one picture every day for a year. [Started 3/7/11] I started a tumblr page to keep track of it all! I don't like that you can't comment (what on earth is the point of that??) but I like that it's so easy to post pictures. It will be all pics with a brief description. Hopefully there are more great days than "I just need a picture day." The beginning of any long challenge is pretty easy plus I got some cool tips on taking daily pics that I hope will help me along.
17) Go to a Duke-Carolina basketball game. ARGH!!! This thing sells out THE SECOND it goes on sale so I didn't get a ticket. :/
18) Learn how to hem clothing. My cousins wasted SO MUCH of my time by showing up 3+ hours late OR NOT AT ALL to the point where I didn't get to learn how to hem clothing from grandma. UGH!!
19) Ride on a hot air balloon. Still waiting on this to come on Groupon/Living Social again. More expensive than I want.
20) Make a house a home via decoration! I've been looking but I think this will be waiting a while yet.
23) Make AND KEEP a budget. Oh my goodness! I've been doing incredibly poorly with this.
25) Read 10 classic books: The plan for this is to read one a month but I'm stuck at Catch 22. Great Gatsby is next. I think it'll give me a boost.
c. Catch 22 (in progress)
e. Grapes of Wrath
f. The Great Gatsby
g. Invisible Man
h. Lord of the Flies
i. Their Eyes Were Watching God
27) Get my name in the newspaper a minimum of 5 times! One down for the radio program I'm teaching. Wheeeee!!
28) Enter a food competition with my own recipe. I've composed a couple of recipes. I just need to find the right competition!
29) Watch AFI's Top 100 movies. I needed to watch about 51 movies at the start of this and now I have 35 left. I feel like this is moving sooooo slowly!
3.21.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 92
1) I'm turning into the person I never thought I would be... the person who never checks voicemail. It started with me missing calls and just immediately calling said person back and has morphed into me checking vms maybe once a week. SMH. Just wrong.
2) I love Rashan. I never want to spend another week without him. I didn't see him for 8 days when I went to Charlotte and Mississippi and it was TORTURE!!!! I'm so glad we don't have to do that on a regular basis anymore!!!!
3) Did y'all forget I have another blog? Pay attention! Food & fashion. To The Record Dish!
4) I love, love LOVE Duke bball!!! I have for a long time. And yet I was completely unconflicted when they played my alma mater, the illustrious Hampton University, this past Friday. HU all the way baby! I knew there was no chance but I watched the first half and the first 3 minutes of the 2nd half and I couldn't take the pain anymore. They eventually lost by 42. Ouch.
5) Every time I go to my friend's house I leave my phone or almost leave my phone. What is the problem??? I guess after we've talked for 6 hours or more straight, the last thing I want to do is talk more. *lies* It also takes me a good hour to calm down enough to sleep.
6) Sometimes I think my trainer's trying to kill me... Friday? I had to gingerly lower myself every time I wanted to get lower than standing. Such a mess.
7) Guess who got the DVR down to 4%????? MEEEEEE!! Now guess who could ignore the tv for a week? Same. I'm done with non-All-Stars Chopped and non-new Iron Chef America and non-new Throwdown.
8) Me and Rah's Valentine's Day was fab! I should post about it... add it to the list.
9) I had the most awesome week for research last week!!! I found TONS of my ancestors by searching thousands of pages of online census reports from 1870 to 1930. It's so cool! I quickly got over the fact that it being handwritten means you can't search by keywords when I kept finding familiar and unfamiliar but ancestral names!! So this was one of the cooler ones I found.
My great-great-great grandfather, Brit Hilton, is on this page!! He was once a slave who couldn't read or write but his grandson grew up to be a teacher, great-grandson became a preacher and presiding elder, same for his great-great grandson, ALL LANDOWNERS. And now two of his great-great-great granddaughters are teachers and he wouldn't be able to fathom what me and my sister do! (She's a web and graphic designer.) HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?!?
10) Have I told you lately how much I don't like "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? I'm convinced the clothes and Audrey are the only reason people like that movie. Do you know how upset I was when I found out she was a #glorifiedhooker? That is not cute, ya dig?
11) I didn't get the hype of the super moon. It looked like a normal bright full moon to me. Apparently I wasn't looking at the proper time... Ah well. Remind me in 18 years, please. Thanks.
12) Sometimes I feel bad for being a hater. Then the hatee does something dumb and I think, "This. This is why. I do this for your own good." LOLOL
13) I have no patience for grown people who need to announce every weekend how drunk they are. That is foolish. Please go somewhere with that.
2) I love Rashan. I never want to spend another week without him. I didn't see him for 8 days when I went to Charlotte and Mississippi and it was TORTURE!!!! I'm so glad we don't have to do that on a regular basis anymore!!!!
3) Did y'all forget I have another blog? Pay attention! Food & fashion. To The Record Dish!
4) I love, love LOVE Duke bball!!! I have for a long time. And yet I was completely unconflicted when they played my alma mater, the illustrious Hampton University, this past Friday. HU all the way baby! I knew there was no chance but I watched the first half and the first 3 minutes of the 2nd half and I couldn't take the pain anymore. They eventually lost by 42. Ouch.
5) Every time I go to my friend's house I leave my phone or almost leave my phone. What is the problem??? I guess after we've talked for 6 hours or more straight, the last thing I want to do is talk more. *lies* It also takes me a good hour to calm down enough to sleep.
6) Sometimes I think my trainer's trying to kill me... Friday? I had to gingerly lower myself every time I wanted to get lower than standing. Such a mess.
7) Guess who got the DVR down to 4%????? MEEEEEE!! Now guess who could ignore the tv for a week? Same. I'm done with non-All-Stars Chopped and non-new Iron Chef America and non-new Throwdown.
8) Me and Rah's Valentine's Day was fab! I should post about it... add it to the list.
9) I had the most awesome week for research last week!!! I found TONS of my ancestors by searching thousands of pages of online census reports from 1870 to 1930. It's so cool! I quickly got over the fact that it being handwritten means you can't search by keywords when I kept finding familiar and unfamiliar but ancestral names!! So this was one of the cooler ones I found.
My great-great-great grandfather, Brit Hilton, is on this page!! He was once a slave who couldn't read or write but his grandson grew up to be a teacher, great-grandson became a preacher and presiding elder, same for his great-great grandson, ALL LANDOWNERS. And now two of his great-great-great granddaughters are teachers and he wouldn't be able to fathom what me and my sister do! (She's a web and graphic designer.) HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?!?
10) Have I told you lately how much I don't like "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? I'm convinced the clothes and Audrey are the only reason people like that movie. Do you know how upset I was when I found out she was a #glorifiedhooker? That is not cute, ya dig?
11) I didn't get the hype of the super moon. It looked like a normal bright full moon to me. Apparently I wasn't looking at the proper time... Ah well. Remind me in 18 years, please. Thanks.
12) Sometimes I feel bad for being a hater. Then the hatee does something dumb and I think, "This. This is why. I do this for your own good." LOLOL
13) I have no patience for grown people who need to announce every weekend how drunk they are. That is foolish. Please go somewhere with that.
3.20.2011
Movies 2011, Weeks 9-10
Wow! It's been a while since I posted one of these, huh? Well, here it is! Maybe next time I'll have more films!
February 27- March 5, 2011
53) Inception. AWESOME! I loved the mind-bending aspects of it. I will admit that I started to want them to wrap it up a little faster around the hour 40 mark when I knew there were still 40 minutes left. But I would definitely recommend this to people and definitely watch it again. You just know it's the kind of film you could see something different after 50 watchings of it. I also loved the end. Subtracting a bit for length. 4.7 stars
54) Temple Grandin. HBO film starring Claire Danes (who won a Golden Globe for the role) as an autistic woman who became an expert and educator on animal husbandry and autism. Really good. Touching. 5 stars
March 6- 12, 2011
55) The Sandlot. A kids movie about OMG what annoyingly bad narration. No child of mine will ever make it to even 5yo w/o throwing a ball. Male or female! Unacceptable! I needed to watch this as a kid to have the appropriate appreciation... But still, "You're killing me, Smalls!" = AWESOME! I say it all the time b/c of one of my UF classmates and had never seen the movie. The ending somewhat redeemed this for me but still... 2.9 stars
56) The Rainmaker. Matt Damon & Danny Devito star as attorneys taking on the man for some poor people. I enjoyed it thoroughly. A tad long. 4 stars
March 13- 19, 2011
57) Life As We Know It. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel star as people who hate each other with mutual best friends who become joint guardians when their friends die. Even though I got it from Netflix, I was really surprised to like this movie. It's cute and well-played. 3.9 stars
58) Days of Wine & Roses. 1962 film starring Jack Lemmon about two alcoholics and how their illness destroyed their family. Really good, really raw. I wasn't expecting it to be nearly this good. Wow. I wanted to know what happened after the end. 4 stars
February 27- March 5, 2011
53) Inception. AWESOME! I loved the mind-bending aspects of it. I will admit that I started to want them to wrap it up a little faster around the hour 40 mark when I knew there were still 40 minutes left. But I would definitely recommend this to people and definitely watch it again. You just know it's the kind of film you could see something different after 50 watchings of it. I also loved the end. Subtracting a bit for length. 4.7 stars
54) Temple Grandin. HBO film starring Claire Danes (who won a Golden Globe for the role) as an autistic woman who became an expert and educator on animal husbandry and autism. Really good. Touching. 5 stars
March 6- 12, 2011
55) The Sandlot. A kids movie about OMG what annoyingly bad narration. No child of mine will ever make it to even 5yo w/o throwing a ball. Male or female! Unacceptable! I needed to watch this as a kid to have the appropriate appreciation... But still, "You're killing me, Smalls!" = AWESOME! I say it all the time b/c of one of my UF classmates and had never seen the movie. The ending somewhat redeemed this for me but still... 2.9 stars
56) The Rainmaker. Matt Damon & Danny Devito star as attorneys taking on the man for some poor people. I enjoyed it thoroughly. A tad long. 4 stars
March 13- 19, 2011
57) Life As We Know It. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel star as people who hate each other with mutual best friends who become joint guardians when their friends die. Even though I got it from Netflix, I was really surprised to like this movie. It's cute and well-played. 3.9 stars
58) Days of Wine & Roses. 1962 film starring Jack Lemmon about two alcoholics and how their illness destroyed their family. Really good, really raw. I wasn't expecting it to be nearly this good. Wow. I wanted to know what happened after the end. 4 stars
3.17.2011
Mississippi Mania!
I had a blast this trip! It's hard to put it into words so I'll let the pictures do the talking with just a little help! I took all of the pictures except of course the ones I'm in. My mom took Jameil in action shots. First, the set-up as I prepare to interview my Aunt Shirley.
This picture right HERE?? I was MESMERIZED down there! This is where my Grandma who called herself "The Pink" and "The prettiest woman in J.asperCounty." Hilarity. I could've kept walking down that road forever. First time I ever felt like I could live part-time in Mississippi. This is where I'll have my winter home.
Me and Uncle Dave at the former site of my great-great grandma's home, Grandma Duck! This is where my grandfather grew up. My mom and her brothers used to play in the yard here.
Oh! And I also hung w/Pserendipity, Aidan, Love Girl & Nerd Girl and we had a blast! This was a really, really good trip!
Welcome to Mississippi!
This sign becomes more joyous to me with each trip!
A rural part of I-20 in Mississippi. So different from 20 in Atlanta, right?? Hilariously so!
Flowers in bloom in my grandma's backyard. Love it!
My grandma with the statue of Medgar Evers in front of the Medgar Evers library.
Me and my new BFF. My cousin's 2 yo ADORABLE son LOOOOOVES ME! So cute! He loved me just as much when we met a year and a half ago. Just as cute then!
Me and some of my cousins
Me and my cousins in the interview set-up
4 generations of women + D who REFUSED to let us take a picture without him! LOL
Me and my uncle David on our family land. With the wild boars and deer and bears! Oh my! Snakes and wolves, too. You see how uncle dave is running? This dude was like that all day! It was awesome! I loved it!
It was sooo pretty! And this pic doesn't do it justice. There were tons of flowers in bloom.
A lake near my family's land. Loved this, too.
Oh! And I also hung w/Pserendipity, Aidan, Love Girl & Nerd Girl and we had a blast! This was a really, really good trip!
3.14.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 91
I just made it! Did you miss me!?
1) I can't eat green bananas. GROSS! But because bananas taste better when the skin has some brown, they are softer and I can see why people hate bananas. I can always taste when a banana is too green even in recipes. Not cool. Banana-flavored things? Nasty. Especially alcohol!
2) My mom really irritates me in the car on long trips. We can't escape each other and she has to nitpick. Then we get to Mississippi and she won't let me be without her! If I leave the house, she wants to come, too. -_-
3) Was last week really spring break? Because I got very little break.
4) I need another good sleep like I got Wednesday night. That sleep was AWESOME! So marginally uninterrupted. Even at grandma's. Le sigh. Come back to me! I love you, sleep!
5) Rashan and I want VDay on a weekend and I was on a shoot this past weekend (our originally scheduled time) so we're celebrating Saturday. He's planning everything! Wheeee! I'm so excited! :)
6) I used to love my middle name. In middle school (at the start), I decided the name I always hated, Jameil, was OUT. I asked my mom, fully expecting a denial, but she said yes I could go by my middle name. Took all the fun out of it. Know what else did? The 100 or so people from elementary school who'd known me 2-7 (it was a K-6 school at the time) years who couldn't stop calling me Jameil. :/
7) My tweeps (TWEEPS!) kept me SANE w/o internet and cable at grandma's in Mississippi! God bless you all for @ replying to me!
8) Son... if I don't workout at least twice before Wednesday? Bad for business. It is a ..S..T..R..U..G..G..L..E.. to get it in before the end of the week, ya dig? STRUGGLE!
9) I hit the grandfatherlode while researching my granddad at my mom's house. WOW! I found his birth certificate and at least 9 pictures of him I'd never seen before. When I first started this, I only remembered 2 pictures of him. I'm now up to about 15. Maybe at this rate I'll see 30 pictures of him before I turn 40... LOL. But seriously, I'm psyched!
10) I'm a room-filler. Not just with my personality, though that, too. I spread my stuff out all over wherever I am. It is seriously a struggle when I travel to wrangle my stuff to keep it from spreading. NO matter how little stuff I have. SPREAD! It's nuts.
11) My Uncle David took me to our family land. Son. He says, "We're going down here and I don't have my gun." SKRRRRRRRR! Nervous laughter. "Why do you need your gun?" "There's all kinds of animals down here. Bobcats, sometimes snakes-- moccasins, wolves, alligators." For real? More warning please!! LOL Yes, I went down there anyway. Partly b/c I've never seen the land and also because I had a camera. So if anything happened, at least it would be preserved for posterity. YES I KNOW THAT'S CRAZY!!
12) Rashan and I have given up on a Winston-Salem restaurant with good service and better than good food. We're headed to Greensboro ASAP.
13) I kind of halfway got sucked into "My Fair Wedding" at my aunt's house. Sorry, Nai. BUT my dvr is near 50% and that will never do. You know I like mine to stay below 10. Yeah. I can't. Sorry another wedding show Rashan is delighted to not be consigned into watching or being in the same room with. A week away is a killer. Plus I don't like how uninvolved the groom is. Tasting w/o Rashan? Do you know how important food is to our relationship??? Shooooo.
1) I can't eat green bananas. GROSS! But because bananas taste better when the skin has some brown, they are softer and I can see why people hate bananas. I can always taste when a banana is too green even in recipes. Not cool. Banana-flavored things? Nasty. Especially alcohol!
2) My mom really irritates me in the car on long trips. We can't escape each other and she has to nitpick. Then we get to Mississippi and she won't let me be without her! If I leave the house, she wants to come, too. -_-
3) Was last week really spring break? Because I got very little break.
4) I need another good sleep like I got Wednesday night. That sleep was AWESOME! So marginally uninterrupted. Even at grandma's. Le sigh. Come back to me! I love you, sleep!
5) Rashan and I want VDay on a weekend and I was on a shoot this past weekend (our originally scheduled time) so we're celebrating Saturday. He's planning everything! Wheeee! I'm so excited! :)
6) I used to love my middle name. In middle school (at the start), I decided the name I always hated, Jameil, was OUT. I asked my mom, fully expecting a denial, but she said yes I could go by my middle name. Took all the fun out of it. Know what else did? The 100 or so people from elementary school who'd known me 2-7 (it was a K-6 school at the time) years who couldn't stop calling me Jameil. :/
7) My tweeps (TWEEPS!) kept me SANE w/o internet and cable at grandma's in Mississippi! God bless you all for @ replying to me!
8) Son... if I don't workout at least twice before Wednesday? Bad for business. It is a ..S..T..R..U..G..G..L..E.. to get it in before the end of the week, ya dig? STRUGGLE!
9) I hit the grandfatherlode while researching my granddad at my mom's house. WOW! I found his birth certificate and at least 9 pictures of him I'd never seen before. When I first started this, I only remembered 2 pictures of him. I'm now up to about 15. Maybe at this rate I'll see 30 pictures of him before I turn 40... LOL. But seriously, I'm psyched!
10) I'm a room-filler. Not just with my personality, though that, too. I spread my stuff out all over wherever I am. It is seriously a struggle when I travel to wrangle my stuff to keep it from spreading. NO matter how little stuff I have. SPREAD! It's nuts.
11) My Uncle David took me to our family land. Son. He says, "We're going down here and I don't have my gun." SKRRRRRRRR! Nervous laughter. "Why do you need your gun?" "There's all kinds of animals down here. Bobcats, sometimes snakes-- moccasins, wolves, alligators." For real? More warning please!! LOL Yes, I went down there anyway. Partly b/c I've never seen the land and also because I had a camera. So if anything happened, at least it would be preserved for posterity. YES I KNOW THAT'S CRAZY!!
12) Rashan and I have given up on a Winston-Salem restaurant with good service and better than good food. We're headed to Greensboro ASAP.
13) I kind of halfway got sucked into "My Fair Wedding" at my aunt's house. Sorry, Nai. BUT my dvr is near 50% and that will never do. You know I like mine to stay below 10. Yeah. I can't. Sorry another wedding show Rashan is delighted to not be consigned into watching or being in the same room with. A week away is a killer. Plus I don't like how uninvolved the groom is. Tasting w/o Rashan? Do you know how important food is to our relationship??? Shooooo.
3.07.2011
Monday Mindspacing Vol. 90
1) My appetite for royal lineage and information is MADDENING!! Mostly because if this was some regular American celeb I would not be able to express my disdain quickly enough! I console myself by saying, "It's largely about history!" (true-- I started at King George VI and clicked on links and links and links backwards and forwards in his lineage and FORCED myself to stop... after about an hour... SHAMEFUL!) "I don't care about their exploits," (extra true) and "I don't care about their love lives" (half true-- I like to see where the stories intertwine). I really can't explain it.
2) Did I tell you I used to love me some PrinceWilliam? His attractiveness has waned in recent years? months? I feel like the day he announced his engagement was the day he became the most unattractive man in the world to me. LOL. MatthewMcConaughey did a similar thing the day I found out he got his gf pregnant (and by googling how to spell his name I see still hasn't married her... did you see how GORGEOUS she looked at the Oscars??? Idiot. Him primarily...). But he's still pretty pretty.
3) These Monday Mindspacing things are becoming long enough to almost warrant a blog post sometimes!
4) Tomorrow I head to Mississippi for the 3rd time in 4 months. This is the most I have been in a short period in my entire life BY FAR. Previously I think my closest trips were 9 months apart. It's also the shortest three intervals for my mother who has a notoriously shall we say strained relationship with her mother. I think we'll both be ready for a break after this one.
5) Rashan hates it when I say tweeps. Tweeps. For you twilliterates (that one's free... thought I made it up but it's on the preeminate authority, Urban Dictionary), that's short for twitter people.
6) My tweeps know this but my blog la familia should also know. I, Jameil Il Fabulosa, flipped a tire! A 250 lb. tractor tire at that! I also whacked it with a sledgehammer. WHAT??? WHO ARE YOU??? My trainer had me going full farmer last week and I felt like I could birth cattle after that! Okay maybe not PHYSICALLY birth cattle but if I was around a crowning heiffer, I'm pretty sure I could reach in there and yank out a calf w/o blinking!
7) I love that the days of the month are the same in February and March. I have no idea why.
8) I'm gonna start sayin, "Ya dig" all the time. I just like how it sounds. Like I'm a cool cat, ya dig? Already #winning.
9) Speaking of winning, y'all know I can't watch that foolishness but the twitter commentary? The MOST. And the best!
10) Can we PLEEEEEEEEASE have a Cosby Show reunion whereBuuuuuud Kenny & Rudy are now married???
11) Worst trait of fashion bloggers? This "cool" distortion of the pictures to the point where I can't see the clothes. Now I know you like your photoshop tools and that's all well and good but if I can't see colors or patterns anymore...
12) I went to CIAA this weekend and pretty much enjoyed myself. It'd be better if I could get my friends to be slightly less stuck-up. LOL
13) I take it back. Let's all complain about gas prices! This rise is just ridiculous! Hate it! Let's all get crazy! Take back the night! And the day! And the everything! SC is 7 mins max from my mom's church. I sure did go down there to save 12 cents/gal on gas! Hmph.
2) Did I tell you I used to love me some PrinceWilliam? His attractiveness has waned in recent years? months? I feel like the day he announced his engagement was the day he became the most unattractive man in the world to me. LOL. MatthewMcConaughey did a similar thing the day I found out he got his gf pregnant (and by googling how to spell his name I see still hasn't married her... did you see how GORGEOUS she looked at the Oscars??? Idiot. Him primarily...). But he's still pretty pretty.
3) These Monday Mindspacing things are becoming long enough to almost warrant a blog post sometimes!
4) Tomorrow I head to Mississippi for the 3rd time in 4 months. This is the most I have been in a short period in my entire life BY FAR. Previously I think my closest trips were 9 months apart. It's also the shortest three intervals for my mother who has a notoriously shall we say strained relationship with her mother. I think we'll both be ready for a break after this one.
5) Rashan hates it when I say tweeps. Tweeps. For you twilliterates (that one's free... thought I made it up but it's on the preeminate authority, Urban Dictionary), that's short for twitter people.
6) My tweeps know this but my blog la familia should also know. I, Jameil Il Fabulosa, flipped a tire! A 250 lb. tractor tire at that! I also whacked it with a sledgehammer. WHAT??? WHO ARE YOU??? My trainer had me going full farmer last week and I felt like I could birth cattle after that! Okay maybe not PHYSICALLY birth cattle but if I was around a crowning heiffer, I'm pretty sure I could reach in there and yank out a calf w/o blinking!
7) I love that the days of the month are the same in February and March. I have no idea why.
8) I'm gonna start sayin, "Ya dig" all the time. I just like how it sounds. Like I'm a cool cat, ya dig? Already #winning.
9) Speaking of winning, y'all know I can't watch that foolishness but the twitter commentary? The MOST. And the best!
10) Can we PLEEEEEEEEASE have a Cosby Show reunion where
11) Worst trait of fashion bloggers? This "cool" distortion of the pictures to the point where I can't see the clothes. Now I know you like your photoshop tools and that's all well and good but if I can't see colors or patterns anymore...
12) I went to CIAA this weekend and pretty much enjoyed myself. It'd be better if I could get my friends to be slightly less stuck-up. LOL
13) I take it back. Let's all complain about gas prices! This rise is just ridiculous! Hate it! Let's all get crazy! Take back the night! And the day! And the everything! SC is 7 mins max from my mom's church. I sure did go down there to save 12 cents/gal on gas! Hmph.
3.02.2011
March Goals
Let's go ahead and call my lack of achievements a complete and total failure for February. Except working out! I also read one book, struggled through three more simultaneously (which may be part of the problem). I did some transcription but not nearly enough. I joined mint.com and like it so far but it's a very involved process but I'll keep me up to date on my spending this month. We'll just repeat my goals, WRITE THEM IN A VISIBLE PLACE and #win!
1) Finish transcription (typing out what everyone said on camera) for both Mississippi trips, complete first rough draft of script, begin editing.
2) Send out at least 10 applications.
3) Apply to at least 5 more film festivals with my last film.
4) Read at least 45 chapters in the bible. That will bring me to 730 total chapters read out of 1189!
5) Continue to work out AT LEAST three times a week. I feel myself getting into the mode of exercise becoming second nature and something I want to do more than 3xs a week. FABULOUS!
6) Plan more meals. I still have horrible eating habits right that make my body feel less attractive than it could with the amount of work I'm putting in.
7) Make AND KEEP a budget. I have never been good at budgeting. If I manage to come in under a budget one week, I use the excess the next week. This will never do. This month I want to get this under control. If any of you have any tips, please leave them in the comments!
8) Read at least two books.
9) Complete at least one 30 Before 30 goal. I have my eye on the bull ride! LOLOL Or a dance class! Something!
1) Finish transcription (typing out what everyone said on camera) for both Mississippi trips, complete first rough draft of script, begin editing.
2) Send out at least 10 applications.
3) Apply to at least 5 more film festivals with my last film.
4) Read at least 45 chapters in the bible. That will bring me to 730 total chapters read out of 1189!
5) Continue to work out AT LEAST three times a week. I feel myself getting into the mode of exercise becoming second nature and something I want to do more than 3xs a week. FABULOUS!
6) Plan more meals. I still have horrible eating habits right that make my body feel less attractive than it could with the amount of work I'm putting in.
7) Make AND KEEP a budget. I have never been good at budgeting. If I manage to come in under a budget one week, I use the excess the next week. This will never do. This month I want to get this under control. If any of you have any tips, please leave them in the comments!
8) Read at least two books.
9) Complete at least one 30 Before 30 goal. I have my eye on the bull ride! LOLOL Or a dance class! Something!
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