Sometimes I Feel Like A Blog....

TUESDAY TOON: Cry Me A River..Build a Bridge..GET OVER IT..

2009-10-20T23:27:00.004-05:00

Where is that section in the card aisle?

LOL

While I must admit that I need to tell myself that....

You have anyone who is in need of a "Get Over It" card?

What would the inside of the card say?

...happy late night Tuesday!!

Thought of the Week: 10/19/09

2009-10-19T11:01:00.005-05:00

"Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head."
- Ann Landers

Hello blog world! Been a long minute....this week's TOTW is inspired by my recent interactions and encounters with WonderWoman & StutteringStan. I blogged about them back in August in a TOTW post. Well WonderWoman has finally left StutteringStan. She is actually sticking to it and has been for going on 2 maybe 3 weeks. Now on one hand I am very happy for her...I think she needs to be alone..to find herself again. On the other hand however, I am noticing and feeling this angry, hateful, resentful woman...this bitter woman. When I say I can feel it, I mean it's radiating off of her like heat whenever his name comes up. Usually, she's the one that brings his name up or makes a comment about it. Her exact words are usually, "I hate him. He is a liar, and he is just shady." She uses the term "shady" a lot when it comes to describing him. She also always seems to have an "update" of some sort about him...a "did you know that he got such and such phone number"...or if I say something simple like "hey we should get together some time catch up"...I get this look of caution then "why? you going to tell me something about StutteringStan?"...

So this week/weekend 2 major events happened. It was her birthday celebrating weekend...which is a blog for another day and another topic. The other event is while I was at work, StutterringStan ended up talking to me about their situation...his side of the story. Now, after hearing him out (which mind you, I did not seek him out...we small talk at work, I asked how he was doing then it just went from there) I got a little more perspective on the situation and a feel for who StutteringStan is. I didn't devulge any information WonderWoman shares/shared with me, nor did I applaud or cheerlead his point of view. StutteringStan explained that he really loves WonderWoman. He knows his part in the failure of their relationship, takes responsibility, and also told me emphatically that he has never ever cheated on her. Do I believe him? I believe his genuine heart and care for WonderWoman. I believe he's made mistakes, to the extent, I don't know. Now, after this conversation, I wasn't going to run back and tell WonderWoman. I knew how she'd read into it, and StutteringStan didn't devulge anything to me that was "new" news or anything serious. StutteringStan told WonderWoman he talked to me....and of course, she took it to the next level of the next level. On my way out from work, I stopped at the desk like I usually did and asked how she was doing and that we should catch up. Immediately it was "Why?...He told me that he talked to you, and I was pissed...I told him to stop doing that...stop talking to my friends...now I won't be able to talk to her (meaning me) without feeling uncomfortable." Needless to say my face remained calm but inside I was like "WOOOOOOOOW". So since then, even at her birthday, she barely says anything to me now.

So this week I encourage you to "evict" anyone living rent-free in your head. Ultimately, the only person you are hurting is yourself. While at first it may feel liberating...and offer a sense of vindication, it's only temporary, a superficial sense of satisfaction. When you let that resentment fester too long, you begin to become someone that eventually people do not want to be around. The real vindication and liberation is moving on and creating something new...something better of and for yourself.

=Know Your Greatness=

Tuesday Toon: Every Village Has an Idiot...or Idiots....

2009-09-29T11:09:00.002-05:00

You ever have those days where you just want to tell a coworker how useless you really feel they are?

Yeah....I'm having one of those days....moments....

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!

Thought of the Week: 9/28/09

2009-09-28T23:31:00.004-05:00

"Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

From quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

- James Levin

Hey there blogosphere!! This week's TOTW is a short and simple one inspired by my rejuvenated focus since returning from vacation. I not only spent this time to enjoy myself and visit with friends, but to also re-energize my mind and spirit.

Every now and again we all just need a break...whether big or small, taking time for yourself is always important. It's kind of like when you start working out, and you start seeing results. You at some point reach a plateau. You need to take a break...change up your routine. For instance, if you've ever done or seen P90x, you have 3 weeks of hard core training, and 1 week off.

So this week, I just encourage all of you to see the value of taking a break. Sometimes to get ahead faster you just need to slow down. In all the chaos of regular life, it is easy to lose focus....become stagnant or lost in the routine. Make some time for a little R&R my blog family! Clarity will surely follow....

=Know Your Greatness=

Vacation what?

2009-09-17T14:23:00.005-05:00

In my drunken blogging lol I mentioned my vacation...I'm so very excited...I haven't taken a legitimate vacation in a really long tiiiiiiiime.....I don't count going home as a vacation really lol...that turns out to be work too!! Ha!

So where am I going you ask............

*WOO-HOOOOO!*

4 day cruise....so not only my first vacation in a long time..but my first cruise too!

I am also going to TRY to get up to my favorite city

to visit the NYC fam!!...if time/circumstances permit...

I'll be going up to Maryland...then down to Florida...to the Bahamas..back to Maryland..try to get to NYC...then back to Texas. In any case it's over a week of relaxation and NO WORK!! So tomorrow marks my last day of work in the office!!

I haven't even started packing.........LOL

I will have a few blogs scheduled to post lol...so if you see posts from me next week, rest assurred that I'm not taking time away from my vacation to post LOL

Irony...my blog will be more active when I'm away then when I'm actually here......sad....but funny....**vacation fever setting in**

Right Song...Right Time..DAMMIT!

2009-09-17T09:32:00.004-05:00

Life has a funny way...seriously...of just...manifesting your thoughts and feelings when you aren't expecting it...whether it be through a "coincidental" conversation topic...a random encounter...or a damn song on the radio.....................

Bet You Didn't Know
- Brandy or Megan Rochell

bet you, bet you, bet you didn't know it
baby your picture's still hanging up on my wall
and i still get butterflies when i think of where you are
there are thoughts at the corner of my mind
i remember what it was to be completely in love
and you told me to give my heart away
and start over brand new
that it wasn't working between us
you couldn't love me like i needed you to
but there are things that you don't forget
i would give my last to get into your head
did you know how much i think about you still

i bet you don't thatyou're still on my mind
i bet you don't that
i think about you all the time
i know that we moved on
and yes it's been so long
i bet you don't that
i bet you don't that
bet you, bet you, bet you didn't know it

well it's hard to believe that it's so fresh on my brain
somedays how i feel like we broke up yesterday
but now so many things have changed
who's got your heart these days
i wish for you the best of everything
but you still don't understand
because i never thought i'd see the day, there was no you
was like being in another sad movie, couldn't get through
and there are so many things that you don't know about me
still in a the morning making coffee in the same routine
this is what i think about in my thoughts if they ever came out
they would sayi bet you don't thatyou're still on my mind
i bet you don't thati think about you all the time
i know that we moved onand yes it's been so long
i bet you don't thati bet you don't that
you thought that i was so unmoved
and you thought i didn't care (care)
but you can still call me
sometimes just to say hello
and i know that you still assume
that i'm still mad at you
that was a memory, it's still a part of me
and baby if you ever wonder

so do you ever wonder...bet you, bet you, bet you didn't know it
i bet you don't that
you're still on my mind
i bet you don't that
i think about you all the time
i know that we moved on
and yes it's been so long
i bet you don't that
you're still on my mind

baby your picture's still hanging up on my wall
and i still get butterflies hoping that you might call

All I could do was laugh, look up, and say "Ha ha funny....but thanks" as I drove to work today...

Hope you are all having a wonderful Thursday...(happy to report no hangover lol...)

Drunk Chronicles: 9/16/09

2009-09-16T23:06:00.005-05:00

aawww...it's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you..

withouth a DRUNK beat to step to....LOL

okay okay....first off YES it is a Wednesday.......i know..

but seriously didn't see this one coming....

went to my spot to see my bartener buddy before i take off on my vacation...

then all of a sudden...

1 drink 2 drink...3 drink...4 drink...5 drink.........

*smh*

now i'm here...at damn 11:13pm..drunk blogging on a wednesday...lol

sunnuva..........

drunk fact:

Peanuts are an ingredient in dynamite!

okay...i'm going to eat my leftover spaghetti and go to sleeeeeep!!!

GOOD NIGHT BLOGGERS :)

Thought of the Week: 9/14/09

2009-09-14T10:15:00.004-05:00

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions.
You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
- Unknown

This week's TOTW is inspired by the start of the Basketball League at the gym I work at. I was handed this task in pieces...so it's going to be some work to get it back on track, but a task that I am taking on. In any case, tonight was the first night. First and foremost you mix passion and testosterone and there is bound to be some conflict. So I have been involved with the league for the last 2 seasons. This is just the first time it has been given solely to me. The whole time I have been involved we have had the same referees. I hadn't heard any negative feedback about these refs and in my experience with them they do a good job. Being a ref is a tough job, and like I said testosterone/passion. It is a 3rd person perspective, interepretation, and enforcement of the basic rules of the sport along with controlling flow of the game and keeping players safe. Will they always get the right call? Probably not. Will a player feel like he was fouled and the ref disregarded it? Probably. So as the seasons have progressed I've witnessed some heavy encounters.

Last night, one of the players (we'll call him SecurityGuard) was upset at a no call and walked out of the gym. Upon returning to the gym, while the game was going on, he intentionally bumped into the referee from behind. Nothing errupted from that other than the game being temporarily stopped, and he left. The refs had a brief discussion and informed his team that they would discuss it with me, and that rules indicate a suspension for one game. The added twist is that I am friends with many of these players outside of work, SecurityGuard being one of them. So while I'm running the board for the last game, SecurityGuard comes over and sits next to me. When the game is done I just ask for his side of story. He went up for layup and his feet were taken out from under him, and the ref did nothing. He said as a ref before, that should be an automatic call. I asked him, when he came back in, did he intentionally bump the ref, and he said yes. I called the ref and asked for his side of the story. He says the defender was getting out of the way and felt it was a no call. I told him that I would talk with the other ref, and make a decision. I did not see the full play, but I did see him hit the court like he was hit, not busting his ass on his own. However, my decision is somewhat already made. By the simple fact that SecurityGuard intentionally made contact with my referee. He can't not be reprimanded for that, and unfortunately while it may not negate that there should have been a call, it does take the attention off the possibly deeper issue that needs to be addressed. It will make my suspesion of him the focal point, and not the next steps of addressing the officials and how they manage the game and the players. While he didn't intend to harm the ref, his actions dictated otherwise.

So this week I encourage all of you to take a little extra time to think before you act. I'm a Pisces, I know all about letting your emotions get the best of you. While passion and good intentions are great, those can all fade to the background and be misinterpretated with a simple action or gesture. A split second decision, can destroy a lifetime of good intentions. Make sure your actions are in line with your intentions. People will remember what you did...not what you "meant to do".

=Know Your Greatness=

Thought of the Week: 9/8/09

2009-09-08T09:49:00.005-05:00

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."
- Margaret Thatcher

Well first and foremost, I know this is a day late, but those Monday holidays really throw a monkey wrench in the routine lol. I did not forget however. Everytime I go to visit my San Antonio friends, I always come back with some sort of experience or realization...or both ha! This week's TOTW is drawn from some of my observations and interactions over the weekend. The biggest event among the group is the engagement of the oldest brother Michael and his now fiance Abi. These two met in the last year, worked through a long distance relationship, to now being engaged and moving into their first home together. So that means one brother is leaving the "nest" so to say. The committment that Mike and Abi have to each other is evident in all their actions. It's a beautiful thing. Now I'm not focusing on the relationship aspect or the marriage etc...Just the clear and focused goal, committment, and actions. In any relationship you have obstacles. You add distance and that magnifies a lot of potential barriers. The two of them worked through them all with such ease.

I think it is amazing what people can make happen when they set their mind to it. Mike and Abi easily could have dated longer between SA and ATL. They could have listened to others that thought maybe things were moving too fast, or they could have held onto their inhibitions or perhaps fears, but they chose to not stand in the middle of the road for too long and to not only make a decision to move forward with their relationship, but are executing it beautifully.

Life is all about choices..I say that a lot but it's true. And in life, there are always going to be those who have an opinion about the choices you make/made...those that "knock you down from both sides". So why stand in the middle..you can't please all people at all times..and the only person that should matter in these choices about your life is you. No it's not a free to be selfish with wreckless abandonment pass lol...but you should always make decisions with your best interest at heart...if you don't look out for you who will right?

So this week if you are in a situation that has you standing in the middle of the road, I encourage you to pull out into traffic...don't stay parked in the middle. Life isn't a one-way street...so even if your choice didn't have the intended/ideal outcome/destination...guess what? You can always change lanes....even make a U-Turn! You can't learn how to navigate the beautiful map of your life, if you don't start driving around!

=Know Your Greatness=

Clutter Be Gone!!!

2009-09-04T22:11:00.005-05:00

Soooo...always good when you follow your own advice!! Lol

I got off of work early today and came home and just got to cleaning...decluttering!!!

Did all my laundry (ALOT of laundry)...actually went through my clothes and bagged a lot up to donate...straightened up my closet...cleaned the kitchen...and the rest of my apartment..I guess it would be more of a reveal had I taken BEFORE pictures...but trust me lol...it was pretty cluttered...

Look at my nice and clean, clutter free apartment LOL

My Bathroom...

(I had all kinds of stuff around the sink...make-up, brushes, etc..)

My Room...

(Those who know me lol know that my bed is usually just piled with clothes...I don't sleep on it...lol...I will tonight!)

My Closet...

(You can't see everything...but it's all nice and neat now...)

My 2nd Bathroom...

(I never really use it...)

Living Room...

(I had moved the table out the way for a while...)

My Kitchen...

(I haven't spent much time in here lately...I need to clean my fridge out..)

My "Dining" area...

(There were bills all over the table lol..hot mess..and shoes lined up against the wall..)

Granted...it took me like 6hrs to do all of this...but it flew by and I REALLY feel so relieved...

Did any of you get to de-cluttering this week???

Hope ya'll are having a great Friday night!! lol

I'm off to eat pizza and watch a movie with Chuck!

Oh No She Didn't...

2009-09-02T22:36:00.004-05:00

If you've seen Julie & Julia...they touch on a very funny but true point..

Females will be friends with other females that they don't even like.

Think about that...seriously..lol

TallChick and I haven't interacted much since our little "confrontation" a few weeks ago. Don't know how to nor care to accurately blog the details lol...in any case the night just brought a lot of underlying issues to light for her I'd say more so. This is my thing, I "plan" the night and you rolling with me, well I'm assuming you are under the correct expectation that you doing what I'm doing....Sooooo, if we are out and you got a shitty attitude or a stick up your butt, well..you figure that out and meet me over here with the fun when you are ready. You aren't going to ruin my night...especially if it's on some BS. Well that was pretty much that night, I got irritated about the night and she got all irritated. I didn't go outta my way to bother her about it, I just kept to myself...She was driving, so I just needed to get over it.

This whole incident and the time since then has got me thinking...if you are just two different people you are just two different people...why do we need to continue to be friends?

No hard feelings right?...

You see while I don't knock TallChick for her lifestyle and choices, at the same time it's not my thing...I don't roll that way...I don't want to be associated with the chick that people call "friendly" if you know what I mean. Now, she is a grown as woman, and if she was a he nobody would think twice about it...I'm not trying to sound all self-righteous or better than, just simply put I don't like my business in that sense out there...(the very LITTLE business I do have).

Well tonight I stopped by the spot...on Wednesdays favorite bartender does Happy Hour...so i've always stopped by...but stopped for a while...in that meantime TallChick started showing up on Wednesdays...I would hear "Your girl showed up and got wasted"..."Had to take care of your girl last Wednesdays"....I just laugh and shake my head...in any case I was there tonight...and literally as I was getting ready to leave, in walks TallChick...she was saying hi to everyone around me (thought I really do believe she didn't know it was me). In any case, favorite bartender starts to poke fun at it like "Why you leaving Jill...is it because TallChick is here..."...laughing..but I know she took it that way...lol..it really looked that way...lol

Okay now I'm just rambling...but seriously...do you or have you just held onto "friends" for no real reason? For whatever reason you're afraid to just be realistic and accept that two different people are just two different people........hmmmmmmm...

ah well.........good night!

Tuesday Toon:...Oh I'll do it later...

2009-09-01T13:54:00.002-05:00

hehehehe

I'm sure at one point or another everyone can relate...

So tell me...
What's one thing you have been procrastinating on?

Thought of the Week: 8/31/09

2009-08-30T21:58:00.005-05:00

"Clutter is the end result of procrastination."

- Unknown

This week's TOTW is inspired by my TOTW process for this week LOL. I really did sit here and had all kinds of inspirations to draw from, but it was all coming from a very frustrated place. The last two weekends have been filled with very eye-opening experiences. Some positive and of course some negatives that if the choice to go about it differently was available, I'd take it. This isn't a negation of responsibility in the situation and results, just an honest opinion. So needless to say, for lack of better words, a lot of crazy sh*t has been going on in my life as of late. So as I was struggling to find a message to share this week, I realized all the clutter in my life. In my mind, in my physical space, and in my life. This is definitely manifested in my apartment right now. My apartment is definitely a physical reflection of what my mind/life are feeling like right now, and that is just unacceptable. (I KNOW MOM.)

So this week, I encourage all of you to do a little decluttering. Sometimes we tend to hold things in and try to self-manage and over time you sometimes just get lost in the shuffle of it all. So start with something physical, whether it be cleaning your room, your car, or desk at work. The physical process can be a visual reminder of where your mental state should be. Time to stop putting off what needed to be done yesterday!

=Know Your Greatness=

Truth in Lies..or Lies in Truth?

2009-08-30T21:13:00.003-05:00

If what you told me was a lie...

Yet everything you said was true

Was the truth in the lie or was the lie in the truth?

...so this weekend I had an interesting experience..

I don't feel like sharing the details...however it has sparked the

reoccuring contemplation of lying when unnecessary...

Not that lying is EVER necessary....

Yes it has to do with my interactions with a male.

I'm not mad at the situation at all...Just don't say you are going to do something and no do it...especially if it's something I need you to do, you offered, and the reason I need you to do it is because of something you did LOL.

It just blows my mind sometimes...

Please believe I still got what I needed taken care of...THANKS TO WonderWoman! lol

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

2009-08-27T09:28:00.005-05:00

"Don't forget to remember me

Don't forget to remember me

Please keep me in your heart

If we ever have to part

Don't forget to remember me."

- Don't Forget, T.I. feat. Mary J. Blige

Death is a part of life...one of the only certainties we can count on. Though the idea of it may bring about sadness or fear, it is futile to invest any energy into it. As many say, all you can and should do is just make the most of your life...live it to the fullest.

So I have a simple question...

How do you want to be remembered?

Now this shouldn't be a depressing or "Debbie downer" type reflection or question....in fact it should be the exact opposite.

How do you want to be remembered?

Take a look at your answer...are the actions you are taking today in line with how you want to be remembered?...and if they are not...well, no better time to start then the present!

So I ask again..tell me..

How do you want to be remembered?

Music Lyrics...Favorites

2009-08-26T10:55:00.004-05:00

So at work I listen to music when I need to like focus..lol..how many of you do that?

**The irony at that line as listening to music has DISTRACTED me to blog...LOL...don't judge me...lol**

But I love music....I really love great lyrics...here are some of my favorites..

"I wish I could go back to the day before we met and skip my regret."

- I Wish I Wasn't, Heather Headley

"It's almost like I knew this man from another life.

Like back then maybe I was his husband and he was my wife."

- The Truth, India.Arie

"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!"

- Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix), Jay-Z

"Couldn't tolerate no more loving someone who couldn't learn to love someone else."

-Got to Get my Heart Back, Keyshia Cole

"So many times I've changed my mind

Guess I was born to make mistakes

But I ain't scared to take the weight

So when I stumble off the path

I know my heart will guide me back."

- Didn't Cha Know, Erykah Badu

"Label got you souped up, telling you your sick

Man you a dick w/ a loose nut

Video hard to watch like Medusa

Even your club record need a booster."

- Get Em High, Common

"We commute to computers

Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors

We survivalists, turned to consumers."

"Even when the condition is critical,

When the livin is miserable

Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you.."

- Get By, Talib Kweli

"What if I was good to you, what if you were good to me

What if I could hold you till I feel you move inside of me.."

"I don't want to know that the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list."
- Lonely No More, Rob Thomas

"The problem is that you was using me

In a different way that I was using you.."

- Rehab, Rihanna

Little bit of a random list...lol but what can I say..

Hit me with some of your favorite lyrics!!!!

GET YOUR JWORK! GIVEAWAY ALERT

2009-08-26T00:28:00.003-05:00

You know I love this movement...

Get on it...what are you waiting for? (click it)

Win a Jwork Exclusive T-Shirt

Better start following....or get left behind! lol

Adventures of my Blackberry Camera....

2009-08-25T23:45:00.003-05:00

So J will tell you that I am trigger happy with the camera phone...lol...so I decided to share some of my random photo moments....

I call this....Closet Disaster...

While Summer Camp was going on at the gym...this is what the closet at the gym looked like for me every weekend...

I call this...Hair on the Run...

So I was sitting at the light...looked over..saw this lovely lady with foils in her hair...she must have been in a rush...

I call this...the Little Bartender..

Well...this speaks for itself...best part...which I couldn't snap my picture fast enough..was when he stood on that bar area behind him to get a new bottle..lol

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

2009-08-25T23:28:00.003-05:00

Thanks to those of you who took the time to participate!!

It was fun seeing your answers.

Soooo the 1st place Winner is

Kessa Thea

I will be sending you some of my favorite NYX items and my favorite book this year.

The 2 drawing winners

Stephie J & Miss S

I'll be sending you guys each a copy of my favorite book (The Greatness Guide) and a $10 iTunes gift card.

Email me your addresses ladies!!!

Tuesday Toon: .."Take a look...it's in a BOOK..."

2009-08-25T13:11:00.007-05:00

HAHA!!

I LOVE IT!!

**side note...do ya'll remember Reading Rainbow?..loved that show...lol**

Books are great!

Sooooooooo...

WELCOME TO McLIBRARY...may I take your order?

aka what are your favorite books...what books would you order?

Thought of the Week: 8/24/09

2009-08-24T23:39:00.003-05:00

"Enjoy who you are. Don't hate yourself for what you aren't."

- Anonymous

This week's TOTW is really just inspired by a myriad of different situations and emotions that have crossed my mind over the weekend. No specific story to relay this week..just a gentle reminder that the grass isn't always greener...and that if you are always looking for the next best thing you will never really enjoy what you have now or ever really experience "the best".

This week I just encourage you to find positive affirmations in your life. Embrace who you are at the very core of your being...that is the true you. If you spend all your time investing your energy into what you aren't....how will you ever really know who you are or who you can be?

=Know Your Greatness=

Thought of the Week: 8/17/09

2009-08-17T22:51:00.008-05:00

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

- Robert H. Schuller

This weeks TOTW is a little late...it's been a heavy hearted type of day. I don't usually duplicate messages on Mondays....but this one was unavoidable...As I sit here and listen to Beyonce's "Me, Myself, and I"...I've just been reflecting on today's events that have inspired this week's thought..this weeks very emotional thought.

I got a call this morning on my way to work from my boss. He said, "Don't go into work today." Immediately my heart dropped...am I getting fired?

Quick flashback...the biggest reason I moved from Phoenix was because I got laid off from the company I worked for for seven years. That was my first experience with losing a job. It was a very emotionally devastating experience. One that has definitely made me stronger and ultimately led me to many blessings, but nonetheless during the experience it was very hard...very tough.

Back to today...I simply respond with a very hesitant Okaaay. He then proceeds to tell me that there isn't any bad news for me...I'm okay...but today the office will be very unpleasant as they will be letting several people go...so it might be best for me to work from home. He said I could go in if I wanted to...but I am welcome to work from home today. (Pause as Lyfe Jennings sings "Must Be Nice" right now...) So I spent my day fielding phone calls...setting up conference calls for my managers to inform their reps in the field...instant messaging some of my coworkers to see if they were okay...to see if they were "still there". In my previous situation, I wasn't cut the first time...I was let go in the second set of lay-offs. So needless to say, this whole ordeal has made me uneasy...has brought my heart and mind back to a dim place. I may exhale a sigh of relief...but I truly inhale sorrow and sadness for those that were let go. So...I don't know what this means or where this is going...but I just know that I am okay jobwise...for now.

This week I so genuinely and deeply encourage anyone...everyone who has been through or is going through a tough time right now...to feel yourself through this moment...truly FEEL yourself through...because that's all it is...a mere moment in this journey of your life. Being tough doesn't mean to be hard and callous...it just means to be resilient...walk through this moment fearlessly and know that you will come through it all...on top of it all. I can testify to that...truly. So even though the burden may weigh heavy on your shoulders...that just means you can hold your head up that much higher. Everything will be okay.....everything will be okay.

= Know Your Greatness =

Tuesday Toon: Not Married Yet?

2009-08-11T11:13:00.008-05:00

LOL

So growing up...what age did you see yourself getting married?

Happy Tuesday!

Thought of the Week: 8/10/09

2009-08-10T11:35:00.002-05:00

"Sometimes you have to stand alone to prove that you can still stand."
- Anonymous

This week's TOTW was inspired by a nice afternoon by the pool with 2 of my girlfriends. You know about one of them, who I blogged about here with here crazy psycho guy experience. I am VERY happy to report that she is out of that situation and working on herself. *Hand Clap* She's definitely made a huge turnaround and growing from it all. (I have to give her a name....um..we'll call her TallChick...she's 6'1" lol..) Now I haven't mentioned this other girlfriend of mine. We will call her WonderWoman...because I wonder where the WonderWoman in her disappeared to. I met WonderWoman at the gym, she works there too. She and TallChick are good friends....so eventually we all get to hanging out and we all share similar interests. Just a quick synopsis of WonderWoman's situation...she's been off/on dating this guy whom we will call StutteringStan for about 4 yrs. Now she started seeing StutteringStan while he was married (yes had an affair). He eventually left his wife and was with her. Since they have been together, WonderWoman has gained 30lbs and progressively become quite unhappy with herself and situation...but she keeps going back to StutteringStan. I forgot to mention that StutteringStan also works at the gym. In any case, a very unhealthy relationship. So WonderWoman is in this self-created rut of disappointment, confusion, and self-loathing in a sense.

So as we were laying out at the pool we of course had girlfriend talk. It definitely was not a men bashing session in the least, but just a reminder of self session. You see I learned from an old friend of WonderWoman's that she use to be this strong, carefree, independent, happy person before she got involved with StutteringStan. She was a WonderWoman....not a wondering woman..you know? She all of a sudden developed this co-dependency that has her stuck dealing with someone she won't leave alone but can't stand. What my advice to her came down to was learning to be OKAY with being alone again. She has obviously been in that "moment" before...it's not about finding the next man or situation to get you out of your current. It's about resolving the current issues at hand, not with him, but with herself. A reminder that life is all about choices and it starts with her...and not something over night (that's unrealistic), but something that is a daily duty...that has to be in the forefront of her mind always.

So this week, I have 2 sentiments of encouragement for the week. The first is for my ladies specifically...a good friend isn't just the cheerleader...you do your girlfriends a huge disservice by encouraging the situation and ignoring the behavior...a good friend tells you what you need to hear not always what you want to hear..you can be honest and uplifting at the same time. Second, for everyone, it is okay to be alone...just because you are alone does not mean you automatically have to be lonely. The best love is self-love...embrace it...embrace you.

=Know Your Greatness=

BLAMEstorming Session 2

2009-07-31T10:32:00.005-05:00

For those of you that are new to BLAMEstorming...

Please see Session 1 for the rules/guidelines...information..lol

Let's get it in...

I blame a certain co-worker for making the last few days of the week a pain in the ass.

I blame the damn over access to information via the internet to my paranoia of the idea that this dog brought fleas into my apartment. I have sprayed my apartment down and will be spending the weekend washing EVERYTHING in hot water. I have been feeling like everything itches but can't tell if it's for real or if I'm trippin.

I blame whoever came up with FOOD DELIVERY for making it easy to be lazy when it comes to eating right.

I blame the INTERNET NAZIS at my job (who will probably read this) for not letting me access instant messaging on my computer. GOD BLESS BLACKBERRY!

I blame Ben & Jerry's for making SUCH wonderfully tasting Cookie Dough ice cream that kills my healthy eating plan. (Thank goodness they now have the little 99 cent small ones!)

I blame whoever came up with the idea of "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" for the fashion catastrophes I have to witness while out on the weekends.

I blame the upcoming FALL TELEVISION for what will soon be the end of my social life.

*exhale*

...you know what to do...

"I blame _______"

Contest/Giveaway Alert: SCAVENGER HUNT!

2009-07-29T22:00:00.001-05:00

Aren't those so fun? (rhetorical question)

So that's what we are going to do...

Jillian's Blog Scavenger Hunt!!

The only requirement is that you must be a Follower to participate.

How is this going to work?

I am going to list 10 questions to which the answers can be found in my blog.

You must not only list the answer, BUT you must also include the name/date of the blog post you found the answer in.

(Have to do that because some of you know me off-blog....J...lol and may just know the answer ha!)

Some answers can be found in multiple posts, but just one is fine.

Send your answers to me: hawaiianshorty@gmail.com

Subject: Scavenger Hunt

(not in the comments DUH then everyone will see!!! lol)

What's the incentive?

1st prize - The FIRST person to submit all the right answers ($40 value)

2 Drawings ($20 value each):

1st Drawing - Those who got all the answers right just weren't first lol

2nd Drawing - Those who made an attempt but perhaps missed a few

SO EVERYONE has a chance at winning something!

Even if you get them all wrong you could still win something! HA!

(hmmm strategy..lol don't send me 10 of the same answer either...Tunde..lol)

Scavenger Hunt ends Wednesday, August 19 11:59 CST

So have fun with it...I know I will...I am!

**EXTRA CREDIT: If you repost this on your blog, I will enter your name a 2nd time in whichever drawing you fall into.**

Are you ready?....Here we go...

Jillian's Blog Scavenger Hunt Questions:

1. When is my Birthday?

2. When did I chop my hair off?

3. What is my favorite food to eat after a night of partying?

4. When did I officially start calling it Drunk Chronicles?

5. How many pairs of shoes did I purchase in my Shoe-holic shoe binge?

6. Who gave me My 1st Blog-a-ward?

7. Who posted me as their Woman of the Week?

8. What was the name and date of my very first blog post?

9. Where did I go for Memorial Day this year?

10. What is BasketballGuy's real name? (This is a really tough one, but I give you a hint of where to look: Think of a holiday...)

An overall Hint for everyone...lol...blog titles say a lot...*wink wink*

GOOD LUCK and HAPPY HUNTING!!!

Heeeeyy Yoooouuu Guuuuuys!!!

2009-07-29T09:54:00.004-05:00

One of the best movies....lol..

...but I digress..lol

HEEEYYYYYY MY BLOG BUDDIES!

I have been super anti-blogging and blog reading for the last 3 weeks....NO BUENO for neglecting blogosphere....because I can't say I've been too busy (apparently I have a very loose definition for busy lol)....I've just been flat out lazy...but THANKS for still following hahahahaha..and commenting..and WELCOME to all new followers...I promise I'm a much better blogger than lately lol...

However..fear not..I've figured out how I am going to get my blog mojo back!

My ex's mother would always tell me whenever you are feeling bad or in a crappy mood...do something nice for someone else...SOOOOO that is what I shall do!

I will be posting a fun contest/giveaway today...the post will be up at 10pm CST.

(Now this is not the contest I was referring to in my vlog from my first giveaway...that's still in the works..)

ALSO..those of you who sent me info for my special THANK YOU post...fear not I haven't forgot about you at all...I just have a few more things to gather...I want to send out at the same time...which will be in the next 2 weeks..

So I shall be playing catch up and raiding all of your blogs....be prepared for my "shock and awe" wave of comments that is sure to reign upon you!

aaand....be on the lookout for the post tonight!

Have a SUPER Wednesday!!!!

TUESDAY TOON: Honesty Is The Best Policy...Right?

2009-07-28T07:14:00.005-05:00

LOL (aawww damn..)....LOL

So tell me....

WHAT IS YOUR BEST/WORST BREAK-UP STORY?

(guess that's up to interpretation lol)

aaaand...

IS HONESTY THE BEST POLICY?

Happy Tuesday!!

Thought of the Week: 7/27/09

2009-07-27T13:40:00.006-05:00

"It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes..We make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it acords with our emotions - especially selfish ones."
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

This week's TOTW is inspired by a few experiences of my friends. I know that typically I explain the situations and give you some background insight, but frankly I don't think that I could do these situations justice via a paragraph or two. Maybe when I get my blogging mojo back I'll devulge the details.

It is never any "normal" persons intention to go through life miserable. We instinctively like to do things that in some form or fashion make us feel good. Things that stimulate positive emotions and thoughts. I mean be honest, we are all selfish. It's okay to be selfish...if you do not look out for yourself and put you first, who else will? Now the levels of selfishness may vary, but it's okay to maintain a healthy level of selfish. Don't get it twisted however. Selfishness with ill intent at the expense of others is not what I am talking about here either.

This week, I encourage you to make healthy decisions with an equal parts head and heart. Yes there are times where sometimes one is required a little more than the other. It is the situations when one completely outweighs the other in which we tend to find ourselves in the midst of an obstacle or challenge. Let's be honest....the truth doesn't hurt. What hurts is the realization that we let our head lead our heart or vice versa. They each play a significant role in our lives...so give them each the equal attention they deserve.

=Know Your Greatness=

Contacts Come Back!!

2009-07-22T10:23:00.003-05:00

Technical difficulties last night...

In any case lost all my CrackBerry contacts!

LOL so if you see me requesting to add you again NO I didn't delete you LOL..

Soooooooo....

- Those that have me please message me your PIN again

- Or delete me and add me again

Lesson learned:.........backup contacts!!

Oooh and if you want to add me lol, email me your P-I-N

hawaiianshorty@gmail.com

**Please be advised, as a contact on my bbm you are subject to random messages and pictures (nothing x-rated) usually related to events involving the consumption of alcohol or random stupidity that I may come across**

Hope everyone is having a super Wednesday!

TUESDAY TOON: Be careful what you wish for....

2009-07-21T10:44:00.002-05:00

LOL

(don't get all PC on me now lol..just laugh)

So tell me...if you had one wish...what would that wish be?

Happy Tuesday!

Thought of the Week: 7/20/09

2009-07-20T14:24:00.002-05:00

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This week the TOTW is inspired by well....my personal reflection and lackadaisical ($50 word lol...yeah I had to dictionary.com the spelling....don't judge me lol) attitude and approach to several aspects of my life. I started out the year with a clear goal in mind and achieved them....but since have slowly become "blah" about them. From eating right to working out as much to just being motivated in general. Granted this wasn't overnight, but a slow process that I have let slowly get out of control...this however seems to be a battle I have waged before. I can feel and see the difference of falling off the wagon. They say ignorance is bliss.....well Jillian can't have that bliss because I know better....I've felt better. I know what needs to be done, and once again I must whoop my ass back into shape. I've even become less motivated to blog.......and that is just unacceptable!!! lol On a serious note though...change does need to occur. I don't want to harden in this state of complacent acceptance of mediocrity.

So this week I want to encourage those of you who find yourself in a mid-year rut to jump start yourself back into focus. Renew that motivation that drive....Rejuvenate your vigor for life. Take the good changes and make them better. Take the "challenging" changes and turn them into stepping stones to greatness. Let's not harden in acceptance, but flourish in continued growth.

=Know Your Greatness=

TUESDAY TOON:...It's not WHAT you do...but HOW you do it...

2009-07-14T09:49:00.003-05:00

LOL

...Tell me something you are passionate about..

Happy Tuesday ya'll!!

Thought of the Week: 7/13/09

2009-07-13T10:32:00.004-05:00

"We are our best selves when our personalities rest on a dependable inner definition and an outer execution of who we are."
- Sam Haskell, Promises I made My Mother

This week's TOTW is inspired from my weekend adventures and the challenges faced. I had a very good plan lined up for the weekend, but life happens sometimes and things don't always go according to plan. First and foremost, overall we had a great time. We got the majority of our list of things done, but there was a minor snag. I must admit that in the face of this adversity and challenge I failed. I failed to focus on what was important and let the relatively minor hitch influence my mood and attitude more times than necessary.

You see, I am a generally giving person and friend. Now friendships and money can sometimes be a deadly mix. So with my friends...I don't mind picking up the tab on a meal, buying a round a drinks, or movie tickets here and there. I figure I got this time, you got next time. As Chuck would say, symbiotic. We don't need to always have this distinct discussion of "Well of the last 10 times, I took care of 8." It's a genuine give and take relationship. You don't sit and analyze and asssess or obsess over every single encounter or action. I have had several negative experiences with this. Often times it doesn't seem to bother you until a key event takes place then you start to totally re-evaluate and reflect and realize that "Damn, I been doing everything" or that things have been very one-sided. Sometimes it is a "you" thing, but sometimes it's just a shady individual. My solution to this, was to be more self-aware at the company I choose to keep, be mindful of whom I choose to extend myself for, and to keep in mind that I establish people's expectations of me (think about that). Just like anybody else however, as self-aware as I try to be, I still slip up. I still have emotions. I still have a lot to learn. So when my friend came to visit and circumstances put her in a monetary predicament, I got frustrated and didn't trust in who I knew she was (nowhere near the type of person who would use someone) and most of all who I knew I WAS...who I AM. So I definitely wasn't my best self towards the end.

So this week, I encourage all of you to reflect on who you are....get a clear definition of your inner self. Know who you are at your core, so that every day you can be your best self. You will be tested, that's life, but the better you get at being your best self, the quicker the recovery time if you do slip up.

=Know Your Greatness=

Welcome to Texas Tina!!

2009-07-09T19:32:00.005-05:00

Like my sign for my friend??...check out the tumble weed!!! LMAO

My friend Tina will be in here in about 4hrs...I'm sooo excited...

She's the first of my Phoenix friends to finally come and visit...

We are going to have such a great time!!!

As soon as she gets off the plane..I'm taking her down to 6th st for a peek...

(BONUS: theBouncer text me that he is going to be in town tonight..wants to meet up.)

Friday

We are going for a nice hike on this trail by the gym I work at...

We are going to "burn the letter, bury the bear"

(my messenger folks have been seeing this lol)

Then we are going to go shopping down on SoCo (South Congress)..

I'm going to take her to Mount Bonnell for the view

Go downtown and watch Esther's Folly

THEEEEN...hitting up the Warehouse District...Six Lounge for some drinks and dancing!

(Possible Drunk Chronicle)

Saturday

Hit the gym (depending on when we wake up)

Do some more shopping....

Visit some more sites...

Maybe try to catch lunch and a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse

Rest up for the MAIN EVENT....(drum roll):

Yes! We are going to see Jamie Foxx!!!

(are you excited like I'm excited?)

Then of course proceed to more drinks and dancing!!!

Let me get back to cleaning my apartment HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

BLAMEstorming Session 1

2009-07-09T17:00:00.001-05:00

I like to consider myself a very well-rounded individual who is self-aware.

I like to look at life as something that you get out of it what you put into it.

The mentality that you always have a choice in any situation..even if the only choice is to choose not to be a victim...or to choose whether to be happy or sad...always choices.

So the last thing I every dwell upon is casting blame..I'm human...of COURSE I have those thoughts, but big picture overall when the emotional dust storm clears, I'm never one to look for someone to blame....I look for a resolution...a solution.

BUT (always one of those)...

Sometimes...you ever just want to get it off your chest...

Say out loud what you feel is the real problem..or hell just for a moment

put the spotlight on someone/something else for your poor decision making...

(Example: "Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol")

So I have decided to have random BLAMEstorming sessions...

please........feel free to join in...........

I blame George Bush for having to pay so much for damn gas.

I blame my dentist for the current pain that is taking place.

I blame Sportscenter for making me late this morning.

last but not least

I blame blogger for distracting me from doing actual work at work.

*exhale*....feel better already..

So let's BLAMEstorm together!!

Join me.......go ahead....

"I blame_________"

Dear Dentist...

2009-07-09T12:48:00.005-05:00

I really do not like you right now....

Why is it that I always leave in more pain than when I initially come to see you?

There is always another woman in the room (or man sometimes).

You spend most of our time telling me what to do...

And then you just dismiss me so abruptly when you are done with me.

We need to reevaluate this relationship.

Then again...I need you more than you need me.

*ugh*

See you in 3 weeks.

- Jillian

"This is how one song can change your life...."

2009-07-09T00:04:00.006-05:00

I am sure many of you watched the amazing memorial service....I've read countless blog posts on how moving it was...and beautiful...not sure if those of you who watched it noticed this but this floored me and was one of the many moments that had me in tears....

Remember when I posted about this kid a few days ago....

Yes...I'm guessing if you didn't recognize him then you do now...I was just in awe when I saw him perform at the memorial service...

This 12yr old kid sang this classic Michael Jackson song in April auditioning for Britain's Got Talent....mind you this wasn't his first choice of song....Simon gave him a chance to sing a different song....and when he was done Simon made the statement "This is how one song can change your life." Three months later he is singing this song as a tribute to the artist who made this song a classic....Michael Jackson actually saw a clip of Shaheen and invited him on part of the tour...that song has truly..changed this boys life forever...

Just another example of the profound power that a single life can have on generations upon generations...It is truly beautiful...

What Do You Want To Know: 7/8/09

2009-07-08T09:00:00.000-05:00

Beautifully.Conjured.Up asked "Do you think marijuana should be legalized?"

I was thinking about how to approach this question for two reasons...first being my Mom reads my blog lol. I have a story tied to this that I wanted to share, and I wasn't sure how my mother would take it...and two I wanted to do some research on the concept and not just have a yes/no answer.

So I'll just start off with my personal story. I grew up around marijuana. At the time, I had no clue. As I got older and exposed to it, I began to recollect my childhood run-ins with this plant. I definitely remembered the smell. That was a familiar smell in some of the houses I lived in (remember we moved alot in Hawaii). I can specifically recall a time when we were at a beach house that a family member resided at. I went into what I thought was a bathroom, but turned out to be a closet. There were several plants hanging with a sun lamp on them. Within 2.5 seconds I was snatched up, wopped on the buttocks, and told to not go in there again. I can remember them being broken up and sealed in baggies. I never experienced anything negative or harmful, it was just around. As I got older, I did experiment with it on several occassions. In fact when I moved to Arizona I wen tthrough a period of heavy experimentation. I never did anything crazy or stupid, in fact I didn't do much of ANYthing (go figure). In fact, the turning point in me stopping this "phase" was I literally smoked myself stuck. I am talking like Kill Bill Uma Thurman in the backseat telling her big toe to move stuck. This happened on my couch in my apartment lol, but still it freaked me out enough to be like "I'm done now."

Now, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug meaning high tendancy for abuse with no accepted medical use. Other drugs in this category include heroine, ecstasy, LSD, and GHB. All other levels have some accepted medical use and can be prescribed. Of course this includes items like anabolic steroids, valium, and morphine. But did you know it also includes cocaine, PCP, and Methamphetamines? I found that to be a little ironic. Many of the main arguments against legalizing this drug are:

It's a gateway drug
Long-term damaging effects
Harmful effects of second hand smoke (contact high lol)
Moral reasons

I can see the point of view for all these reasons. I however, do not feel that these are strong enough reasons to continue to keep marijuana classified with such extreme ramifications. I do not believe that based on studies and information available that marijuana is any more harmful to an individuals body than that of alcohol or cigarettes. Do I think it should be legalized, I don't see the overall harm in it. At the very least, I think it should be decriminalized.

With that said...I leave you all with a little "weed" humor:

Thanks for the question BCU!!!

Other What Do You Want To Know Posts: HERE

Today can suck a donkey!..(that's the pain talking)

2009-07-07T14:28:00.004-05:00

I've got a

That has me looking like

Because it's giving me a

And has me feeling like I want to

TUESDAY TOON: Yeah we're friends...but uummm...

2009-07-07T08:00:00.001-05:00

LMAO!!!!

"It's funny cuz it's truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue....."

This was so wrong...but for real...something I would say lol...

Since this seems to be "friendship week" lol...

Tell me a funny story about you and your best friend/friends....

(pleeeeeeeeease....)

Wednesday Questions....?

2009-07-06T23:50:00.003-05:00

Any questions for What Do You Want To Know Wednesday??

Thought of the Week: 7/6/09

2009-07-06T09:58:00.003-05:00

"A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway."
- Christi Mary Warner

This TOTW is an oldie but goodie! My inspiration for this is two fold. First I had a great weekend. First weekend I have had completely off, meaning no work Saturday or Sunday. I also had Friday off from my regular job. So as seen in my DC post, hahaha, I spent it in San Antonio with some amazing individuals. I find their sense of family and friendship so inspiring everytime I'm around it. I blogged about them before here which was my first time around all of them. I've been hooked ever since hahahahaha. They are definitely a living example of what true friendship is. Second (last but definitely NOT least), one of my very best friends Tina will be here Thursday evening. If you ask Tina how she and I became friends, one of the first things she will tell you is how much she DIDN'T like me when we first met. She and I worked together at a gym in AZ. We worked the front desk, and I'm a busy body organizational control freak at times. So yes, she thought I was a major Biaatch, which I probably was. I just get so caught up in working lol. Well obviously that changed as we spent more time together. We use to call our time together Wacky Wednesdays (the shift we shared). Good times good times! Tina is a beautiful mother, wife, friend, and just an overall phenomenal woman. Her positive attitude and upbeat personality is just so refreshing and contagious. Have you ever just met someone that you just had a good spirit? You could feel it....that's Tina.

Moving away has really shown me who my true friends are. It taught me to appreciate the ones I had, and led me to make new ones that have blessed my life in more ways than one. So this week I encourage you to take stock in those that are your true friends. These bonds and relationships are truly special, so don't take them for granted. After all, it's not all about the quantity of friends...rather the quality.

=Know Your Greatness=

Drunk Chronicles: 7/5/09

2009-07-05T03:11:00.003-05:00

Summuma...I'm seriously intoxicated..

Tonight we worked through 2 bottles of Grey Goose..

"Blame it on the GOOOOOOOSE"....lol

*sigh*

it was guuuurrreeeeat night ...I had a guuurreeeaat time..

saw theBouncer..he was definitely as cute as I remember..lol

I swear I wanted to hit a bitch tonight..

seriously if you know somebody who got a table got a bottle that's cool....take your free drink and move the fuck on....don't camp out on the shit like you put in on it...

seriously

anyway..my time in San Antonio have been great and relaxing..

ooh I forogt my random facto of the night...

Elephants can't jump

lol

i had my sirloin burgers that actually turned out to be chicken burgers but whatever..

alright.....bed time!! back in austin in the afternoon...

Hair Purgatory

2009-07-02T11:22:00.006-05:00

Alright...so we started out like this....

(Look like a totally different person lol...I look like the exorcist with my hair all in my face LOL)

Then changed to this April 3, 2009 .....

And are now at this as of June 25, 2009....

(sorry for the excess cleavage)

I am in Hair Purgatory.....

My hair is growing out...just now long enough to put in somewhat of a ponytail....more like ponyNUB...but it's just sort of THERE now....

lingering between too short and not long enough...

(i KNOW someone thought "that's what she said"...for my fellow The Office watchers lol)

On Sunday I have a hair appointment...

I am definitely going to work back towards lightening my hair...

(I am rocking the extra dark hair, summer time heat, thick hair..not a good mix)

I am definitely going to get it texturized (thinned out)...

(make my hair look less like a football helmet)

I am however debating on just letting it continue to grow or to cut it again/some more..

In any case.....I figure I'll just go with what I feel on Sunday ha!

Of course I will share the results...

What Do You Want To Know: 7/1/09

2009-07-01T09:48:00.003-05:00

Stephie J asked "What is your favorite childhood memory?"

I enjoy questions about my past..my childhood..(no matter how crazy it was)..because whenever I take time to think back about it..I'm amazed at how many random things I've experienced...remember experiencing...makes me laugh...makes me cry..but definitely makes me smile. (If you want to know more...lol just ask! ;).....)

One of my favorite memories is definitely centered around New Years celebrations. When I was living with my father, we lived in MANY houses. Funny thing was, every house had the EXACT same carpet (lol...my bad I digress). Well this has to be around the age of 5-6yrs old. We are living in this two story house with white panels and green trim. There is an extremely long and straight driveway leading to the house. Green grass to the right....green grass to the left and a perimeter of trees. Holidays at that time were really the only time I saw family members other than my Dad and my Uncle Kevin (his younger brother). **Side story....I never really saw him much...he was always the person I knew lived in the other room...hahahaha** So as usual it is the morning of New Years Eve. All the family has arrived from Oahu. My Grandma, Aunty Steph, Aunty Nani, Uncle Pasu, Uncle Martin, and all my cousins (too much space to name). Everyone is up eating breakfast going over things that need to be done to prepare for the evening festivities. Everyone would be doing something...in Hawaiian culture and Guam as well the men actually do most of the cooking lol. My Dad's specialties: Chicken Long Rice soup and Potato Salad (so YUM!!!). Anyway, while the adults were doing most of the cooking and major setting up...kids, we are cleaning lol of course and setting up tables and chairs in the garage and grass area.

As the night creeps upon us the smell of great food is in the air (Kalua Pig, Lau Lau, Chicken Long Rice, Poi, Roasted Pig, Poki, Sweet Potatoes, Lomi Salmon, Huli Huli Chicken.....aaaaaaaahhhh making myself hungry)...friends and more family have all begun to arrive. The sounds of laughter and island music play in the background. Fire crackers are going off, sparklers are being burned, and flashes of color can be seen in the sky. In a little while it will be Karaoke time lol. Now this was when there were no discs with words on the television to count you in or anything. You had to know your music (4 bar instrumental....8 bar break) and get your count on lol. My Aunt had a collection. So I'm talking about huge 3 ring binders with words to songs. All organized in alphabetical order by Song Title. The book corresponded with a CASSETTE TAPE or A-TRACK hahaha yes she had some of the songs on A-Track lol. In fact the song I always sang was on A-Track, an Anne Murray song lol. Talk about an operation, but we did it everytime the family got together. So of course I get my sing on and play with the cousins. I was the youngest of the older bunch so I always got shafted and they always tried to play jokes on me like light a firecracker and throw it near me. This particular night was hilarious because one of my godbrothers who particularly picked on me was outside with the Roman Candle. Ya'll know what that is right? You light it...hold it out and it shoots like a flare out makes a little splash in the air lol...you get like 5 per candle. Well, what I remember is walking through the house to get to the patio area and him stepping back in with holes in his pants, black stained, black on his face......the Roman Candle had backfired on him. Yes thank goodness he wasn't hurt, LOL but he look shocked and a hot mess. Everyone was laughing at his expression.

But anyway...here comes the best part...as we approach midnight the adult males have set up the firework display of the century to me at the time. A large tree to the left has the longest strand of firecrackers I have seen strung up on it. The entire driveway is lined on both sides with fireworks to be shot into the air. As we start the countdown, my uncles are at the top of the driveway with like these blowtorch back pack things. As soon as we say HAPPY NEW YEAR, the strand of firecrackers is lit and my uncles take off running down the driveway with these torches lighting every firework. These things are just blasting off *peewww* *boom* *pop* *pack pack pack*....when the strand of firecrackers is complete halfway through the driveway, another one is immediately strung up in it's place and lit. Now mind you, all of this happened in a matter of 5min or less....BUT it felt like an eternity..in slow motion. *long sigh*

That would definitely be one of my favorite childhood memories...Thanks Stephie! :)

Other What Do You Want To Know Posts: HERE

As always...if you have any questions...ask away!! :)

...tell you more about me next Wednesday....

I said I wasn't going to do it...

2009-06-30T21:42:00.004-05:00

...I said I wasn't going to flood the blogosphere with another Michael Jackson related post....but I kid you not...I'm sitting here with watery eyes....a few tears down my cheeks...after watching this video....I've seen this video before...but with MJ's death...it just really hits my heart in a different way now....I mean the mind can't even GRASP the depths of the influence this man's music has made on the world....but we will FOREVER be reminded and be grateful for the beautiful treasures he has left behind for generations upon generations to love...

(watch the whole thing)

This kid wasn't even alive when this song was out...wasn't even around at the peak of Michael's career...just amazing...when he starts the song....oh man!...got people crying...got Simon standing up....

*sigh*

I know everyone has their opinions about MJ...but hey...if you didn't have any privacy for 45yrs you'd be a lil off one too.....regardless...the man left an AMAZING legacy of music...

R.I.P Michael Joseph Jackson

You made me do this...(another long read..WORTH IT though)

2009-06-30T12:15:00.006-05:00

*sigh*

Alright...I made a choice to not really blog about my "dating" life...one because I really don't have one lol (hush J lol)...two I think I've got lots of other things to talk about...three well I guess I just want to keep some things to myself for the time being...I have just recently shared some relationship history in a few posts....but for the most part...lol I stay silent on it..

This series of unfortunate baffoonerific events have forced me to share this with you my blog family....one well for some insight perhaps...and two for pure entertainment LOL

Ok...let's give you the back story (somewhat full of baffoonery flags)...before I give you the event that had me looking like the picture...

So remember I posted about my great night with only one picture lol....SEE HERE . Well that night I met a guy we will refer to as WayneBrady. As I was coming down the stairs, he stopped me and said "Oh my God you are gorgeous. Can I buy you a drink?"...I say yes, and we have a brief conversation...he asks if he can call me some time...Now I will say that he was not unattractive, he just wasn't anybody I would have noticed if he hadn't spoke to me. I am however trying to be more "open" to different types of men and to step outside my comfort zone. So we exchange numbers. He contacts me on Sunday (I was at work hating life..hangover)..via text message and 1 call. When I get off I call him back. The NBA Finals were going to be on that evening and he was inviting me out to a sports bar with he and his friends. I ended up not going....hangover remember?

Next day he calls...the conversation is awkward...I feel like I'm talking to Bill & Ted of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...but he asks to take me to dinner...I say sure and we meet for dinner at Chilis...(it was around 9pm)...Dinner was great! Good conversation...lots of laughing...he's a good guy....job...car...etc...He expresses how much he really likes me (more than once)...at the end there is mention of getting together again but no set plans....I had a busy week ahead of me....I had customers in town and a managment meeting over the same time period...Those of you who have followed me for a little while know that I'm a busy body..lol I have a work intensive life....and I'm cool with that...so I go about my busy week....there are few text exchanges no calling really..I'm caught up in work and figured we could touch base later...

Thursday rolls around....at about lunch time I get a 5 text message long text message..(you know you only get 150 characters per text)...I wanted to share it with ya'll THEN but didn't...the message went as follows:

"Hey umm just got some things on my mind...So i know ur a couple yrs older and u can smell bs near or far probably just based on life exp but I wanna let you know that im a real like black n white kinda person n i don't want u to sleep on me cuz of my youth im genuine n passionate about things that are worth it now i don't wanna be that guy who u see callin or texting n ur like omg hes a bug...cuz trust me if i thought us interacting would be a waste of time i wouldnt bother u but im not going to lie n say that i dont like u cuz i do hence the persistence just some food for thought. I wanna do things with you to see if we could consider each other friends not looking for anything just wanna add you to my book of life lol get at me"

**yes...it's okay...I had that EXACT same look you have now**

I read this BS and just keep working I don't have time...I don't respond...that night around 7pm while at dinner with my managers I get a text that says:

"I shouldn't have stopped you that night. You were just so beautiful. It was nice to meet you."

**Remember this post?...I feel like deja vu**

So I'm sitting at the dinner table perplexed..It's like we met..had a relationship..then broke up...got dumped in less than a week!! He was "acting real female" lol...but I take a different approach...I message him back to let him know it's been a busy week busy day i'm a busy person but that I did enjoy hanging out and I would like to spend time together again..which seems to calm him down I suppose...

We had our 2nd date this past Wednesday. He was going to be gone for 6 weeks for training. I suggested a movie originally because he mentioned wanting to see it. He text me Wednesday morning telling me we are going to a sports bar instead to watch the game (NCAA World Series)...wasn't trying to be out late in the middle of the week, but I turned my bitch mode off and said ok, but let him know upfront I wasn't trying to be out late..an hour before we are suppose to meet I get a message that says, nevermind that let's go to PF Chang's. So we meet and the first topic on the table was OF COURSE the Text Dissertation I received from him. I can tell he's a little embarrassed, but we are adults. He responds as I expected him too, and apologizes a little, and reassures me he's not a stalker lol. Dinner was fine as it ends, he starts talking in circles and asks me what my "intentions"...how I feel about "us"..(I'm thinking there is no us..lol...) I tell him I am enjoying my single life but that I am open if the right person came along, but it's not a priority. He accepts that (like he has a choice), then asks if I want to go catch the game up the street at another sports bar. Sure!

**FYI I'm a sports CHICK...so I really do watch the game...if you are trying to have deep conversation..."date conversation"...Sports bar with me not a good idea...unless we are talking about the game that is on LOL..**

He made this mistake so I probably came off like a bitch...oh well.

So fast forward to present....he left Sunday...as you know my weekend drama lol..Now as I understood it he would be unreachable for this six weeks...which is fine by me...LOL

Well last night...I get a phone call around 10pm..it's a local number but not on my contacts. Now I coordinate events at the gym and sometimes they give my number out to parents so I went ahead and answered it just in case....conversation goes like this:

Me: Hello

Them: Hey........(silence)

Me: Hello

Them: Hey...(silence)

Me: Okay...who is this? (lil bit of an attitude)

Them: Oh (disappointed tone)...it's WayneBrady

Me: Oh (dammit tone)....why the hell didn't you say that if you know you are calling from a different number?

WayneBrady: I wanted to see if you recognized my voice

**Insert me looking at my phone with the WTF face**

Me:.....okaaay...(wtf tone)...where are you? Did you make it to wherever you are going?

WayneBrady: Huh?

**Insert eye roll**

WayneBrady: Oh yeah I'm in Missouri

Me:..okaaaay

WayneBrady: What are you up to?

Me: I was about to go to bed

WayneBrady: Oh...........so how was your day?

Me: It was uneventful...nothing major.

WayneBrady: You sound tired....

Me:...I did just say I was about to go to bed....

**Insert eye roll and wtf face**

Me: is this the number you are using while gone? (irritated tone)

WayneBrady: Yes this is the number you can use to reach me or text while I'm at training.

Me: Okay.

WayneBrady: Do you want me to let you go?

Me: Yes. I'll talk to you later. Have a good night.

*Now meanwhile he sounds like he's trying to talk all sexy..not like normal...you know all softlike and crap...makes it worse*

To my male followers.......please explain this behavior to me......I'm really trying to give the guy a shot......I don't think I'm being too picky or maybe I'm missing something.......I'm really trying to like the guy...I stepped back...and with the whole text message thing I really looked at it like I needed to give it a chance because as women we tend to talk about "guys aren't honest enough, aren't upfront about things..show their feelings more"...etc...Am I perhaps just subconsciously trying to find something wrong with him?..Please tell me if I am lol..........

*told you it was long................*

Talk to me people..............

TUESDAY TOON: I should hang up on your ass...

2009-06-30T11:28:00.003-05:00

LMAO
I laughed at this because 1. I know I've done this before lol
....and 2...I get so annoyed when it has been done to me LOL

**this is definitely one of those pull the phone away and look at it with the WTF face moments**

CAPTION PLEASE...

My Weekend...Good..Bad...Worse...(long read)

2009-06-29T22:17:00.010-05:00

So I'm going to try to condense this (YEAH RIGHT). The picture pretty much sums it up, and I've already outlined some of it in my TOTW earlier today. You already know how my Friday went lol via the Drunk Chronicle post.

The plan for the rest of the weekend was to party in San Antonio. My friend and I planned to go to party for the night, also my Uncle was there for training. So the plan was for me to see my family and then have a good time with my girl. We got there later than I wanted but I got over it. Dinner was great with my Uncle. The shit hit the fan after that.

So she's from SA and had an idea of where to go. We decided to go downtown. We don't end up getting down there until about 11:30ish almost 12. The first place she said turned out to be wack. Mind you everything closes at 2am. We pick a second spot, equally lame. Now I'm irritated because I didn't get all dressed up for nothing, and she's not really taking charge of alright let's do this. I can't because I don't know the area. Well, the last few times I had been there I always ended up at this SAME club, I wanted to try something different. She had a guy friend that text saying that was where he and his friends would be. By this time it is after 12am, and I'm like forget it I'd rather drive the 20min and end up with 45min of fun than to stay downtown and be irritated for an hour and a half. So we haul ass and make it up there. It's 1am and there is a LINE..seriously?...we stand around for 15min...apparently this guy didn't hook her up. We get in and I have a good time.

I met 2 guys...we'll call the first one Youngin'...and the other theBouncer (self-explanatory). So we get there, I head to the bathroom and I notice theBouncer noticing me. So I walked up to him and said "Did you just eye sex me?"....he laughed and I gave him a little smirk and walked off. I walked towards this little table VIP section area and stood off to the side near someones table area. While standing there Youngin' says "Why you acting brand new?" To which I responded, "Me acting brand new implies that there was something old between us...so what are you talking about sweetheart?" *add cute smirk*...he then offers me some Grey Goose and I of course include my girl in on that (that's what good girlfriends do lol). No real conversation, I know he's eyeing me, I say thank you and proceed to continue mingling. My girlfriend finds her guy friend, introductions are made, etc. Well a few minutes later Youngin' comes over to me. Starts with the compliments and expressing interest. We proceed to dance a little. He was so cute and sweet we exchange numbers that's that. He tells me to come back over to the table if we want. About 10 min later, I look over at the bar, and I see theBouncer take a shot. When he catches my eye I put my hands up and mouth "What about my shot?" *insert shot taking motion* He smiles and laughs a little. At that point club was about to close, so we head out to beat the crowd. As we are outside walking I hear a "HEY!..." I turn around and it's theBouncer, and he says "How you going to ask for a shot and then leave? Come back in here." I laugh and of course oblige. When I get back in there he has 2 shots in hand says he's already done 2 so these are for you and your girl. Shortly after the lights come on and of course time to leave. Well my friend is still standing around and wants a drink...I look over and see Youngin' with his friends and their bottles. So I tell her come one. We walk over and I ask him to pour my girl a drink and he obliges. She's happy....great. On the way out theBouncer stops me and says "I'm not looking for a girlfriend, but I definitely need to get to know you." The honesty was refreshing and if ANYTHING lol, that is a good hook-up ha! So I give him my number (my phone has died) and tell him to text me later so I have his.

Now after the club, I hit up Chuck and P to see where they are at. We are not that far from P's house, and I know they are still up. My girl is cool with it and we head that direction. While this is going on she is communicating with her guy friend that we went up there to meet. Now she's got history with this guy, so it then turns into this unnecessarily deep contemplation...she tells me she wants to see him...should she invite him over to the room?...I tell her, well if you do that you know what it's about and you know what he's expecting....(It's 3am....hotel room...etc) She knows he's like that as well....she's doing the whole I don't want to do that..so I tell her don't then and don't see him....after 20min of back and forth with him she chooses to see him. So I stop at a gas station and he picks her up. I tell her look, you got til 6am to do what you do then I'm coming back. I went to P's house and chilled there. I get a text message at 5:30 am "Hey girl. I f'd up."...now I'm like WTF happened etc....she then tells me I could have came back an hour ago.....apparently they did the deed dude said I'm going to get more condoms be right back...never came back..............(you are like DAAAAAMN right now huh?...yeah i know) At this point I just want to sleep in the hotel room with the hotel bed with the hotel pillows that I paid half for.........I don't want to have no "acting real female" discussion at no 6am..I'm tired...lol I walk in and she's awake texting..I don't say anything...I just shower change, step over condom wrapper and go to bed!!!

Next morning.....wake up....she has to be back to be at work by 3pm...and I don't have to be in until 4pm. So we know we have to get on the road by 12:30 at the latest...just to be safe...so as we are getting up and ready of course discussions of what happened take place...my whole opinion was if he didn't say BRB...it wouldn't have been f'd up...but you can't beat yourself up over it now...it happened he made a choice...you made a choice...time to move on....there is no need for a deep discussion on being respectful and feeling whore-ish....it was sex, you knew that going into it...you weren't being a whore....2 consenting adults...(she's slept with him in the past)...stop getting caught up in your feelings...Not trying to be mean, but it wasn't worth her energy....weeeeeelllllll if you read my TOTW you would know that she had a situation back in Austin.......in some ass backwards way, this f'd up moment made her turn to her other f'd up moment. It's like you have a piece of crap in your left hand...clearly crap...then with your right hand you pick up another piece of crap....this one isn't as big but it stinks just a little bit more....makes you think well the one in my left hand isn't so bad...>WRONG!!!<....CRAP IS CRAP!...she tells dude in Austin she slept with another guy.....and yes CRAP HITS THE FAN!

The next 2 hrs...we go to brunch...then get on the road....the whole time the following threats are coming through "I'm going to kill you"...."That bitch you are with can get it too".."I know where you are"....."Get home now"...mind you he is sitting outside her apartment the whole time.....RED FLAG...call the cops.....time for you to stop dealing with this guy........and now I'm in fear of my safety as well.......I'm driving home just over this drama...(not even mine)....on the way back she's contacted the police...called in to work (told them way too much information a simple I have personal emergency would have done....)....I drop her at her sister's under the assumption she is going to file a report etc..............I go to work (people at work now know and are asking me questions)....I get off leave her a message that people are asking etc...I watch a movie and call it a night!

DAMN....sorry so long...I left out little details here and there LOL...

So how was my weekend?............not sure how to answer that LOL....

**UPDATE: Found out this morning that she met up with him that night and talked to him...said he wasn't acting like he was threatening and just cried....cops came and she didn't file a report...she said she told him she is going to counseling and he should come too...**

Thought of the Week: 6/29/09

2009-06-29T09:54:00.003-05:00

"Good advice is often annoying - bad advice never is."
- French Proverb

This week TOTW is inevitably inspired by a current situation a friend of mine is in that has brought about alot of emotion...thought...self-reflection...and self-assessment. I ultimately believe that with every obstacle or challenge (directly or indirectly) one should always take the opportunity to look inward instead of projecting outward. The details of her situation would make this blog entry entirely too long. So I will try to give an accurate account that at least gives you an idea of the current status, and I will try to be unbiased. This friend of mine has been in a "relationship" with this guy for a little over 2 months. She enjoys single life, has told him this, but he has made it clear he wants to be with her. She has a clear view of his intentions, and tells him she is not ready for that committment but they can work towards that. She will not and does not "date" other people, and she tells him it is his choice to stick around. They spend a good amount of time together, he spends the night several times a week. He helps her around her apartment and also with some bills. He starts to present very jealous and possesive ways, as many of their nights the topic of discussion is about her being with him and once again the discussion of that's not what she wants right now, and him wanting that. Over the weekend this behavior of his escalated to serious threats of safety and well-being as my friend stated she wanted to "break-up". When I say they escalated, I mean having to call the police for fear of life escalated.

I have become very frustrated with this situation primarily because the current status of this situation could have been avoided, should have been avoided and terminated several times and much sooner. So while on one hand I feel for my friend and the state of fear and confusion this has put her in, on the other hand she is partly responsible for it. (That would be another blog for another day.) The other frustration I have (which is where this TOTW is stemming from) is that she has been sharing this story with lots of people, mutual friends and others. The "advice" or reactions she has been getting from others pretty much places all blame on this guy. Which please DO NOT mistake my stance, this guy is psycho, and I genuinely believe he is capable of acting out on these threats. What I am saying is often times especially women, we tend to what I call "act real female". I don't mean that in a derrogatory sense, but we just tend to fuel our words and actions with so much emotion that we completely ignore the big picture. We get into the "Yeah girl I can't believe that." "Oh it was completely his fault." "No girl you didn't do anything wrong." Even when we know something isn't right...and there is a deeper underlying issue there. So we enable our sisters and friends to continue this false sense of understanding instead of a solid foundation of reality.

So this week, I encourage all of you (not just ladies), to not just take heed to the advice you accept or dismiss, but also to that which you give. Hearing the truth is hard, and giving it is even harder. I know in the mix of things it's often tough to see clearly, but just remember, sometimes that "annoying advice" might be exactly what you need.

=Know Your Greatness=

Drunk Chronicles: 6/27/09

2009-06-27T03:09:00.003-05:00

Ok..so that picture..not entirely true...i'm DEFINITELY NOT drunk all the time....but uummm i typed in "I'm Drunk" and THAT's what I GOT! ha!

Ok...so this was definitely NOT the plan tonite...

I made some brownies for my fav bartenders (as they requested)

I figured 1-2 drinks then come home......

YEAH right....the drinks just kept appearing...

No shots tonite...just lots of Malibu/Pineapples...

More malibu than Pineapple.....

What the hell is it about drinking and frickin random food habits...

Jack In a Crack late night.........BOMB DIGGITY...however now that I am home at look at this bag LIKE what the hell Jillian..you aren't even going to eat all this shit..........i ordered some random ass shit...............what a waste............................it's the pictures I tell you...you sit in that drive thru TOO damn long and the pictures start talkin to you...................................I WILL however DEFINITELY be eating these...

Damn mini sirloin burgers...............YUUUUUUM...so damn good.....................yeah

So aNYWay......good unexxpected night.......no complaints.....ran into a guy i went on a date with a while back then never really heard from again....all of a sudden he's in my koolaid.......HA!

Did you know that the King of Hearts is the only King without a mustache?

HA!

I have to be at work in less than 6hrs..............BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Then again what's new..............i'm typing with one eye open and watching burn notice..............ggreat wow

HAPPY SATURDAY MJOOOOOOOOOOOORNING!??!?

Poetic Thoughts: To My Girlfriends

2009-06-26T10:37:00.004-05:00

Giiiiiiirl...first of all you know I love you right?
Regardless of the decisions you make
You know my friendship is 100% real...morning, noon, and night
I know I'm not telling you things you don't already know
But just bare with me as I speak them again
This will not be another "I told you so"
But I told you these things so...
When you are struggling with self
You have a foundation of truth and strength to rely
I told you these things so...When things fall apart you won't have to search for why?
You will know that all things start with you..begin with an "I"
I always try to approach things realisticly
So let's be realistic...he
Has given you signs of the present reality before
Often times the things in plain site, we try to ignore
The situation has taken another turn for the worse
Once again you find yourself saying "This is not what I deserve"
And you're right you don't
It frustrates me that you know what to do...you just won't
But as my emotions rise, I am calmly reminded of what's right
This Jillian is not your battle to fight
I can express my concerns and should leave it at that
The true definition of having your back
Is to love you unconditionally flaws and all
And to be there no matter what should you fall
I just want you to know that my bursts of frustration are all out of love
I only "flip out" because I genuinely care that much
I'm not perfect by any means
Just sharing what I have come to know
Giving you my experience of "you reap what you sow"
To perhaps save you the pain I went through
Because you're my girlfriend..and that's just what good girlfriends do...

(I swear though...if he hurts you in ANY way...I'll cut his ass!)

What Do You Want To Know: 6/24/09

2009-06-25T01:16:00.004-05:00

A little late....lol but better late then never lol...Life happens! lol

This post I will answer 2 questions, because the answers are relatively short...

Michy Mich asked "What is the best meal you can cook?"

Well, I really love cooking, especially for others. I don't think I've pinpointed the what one could consider the BEST meal, however, I will tell you what my easiest meal is and my favorite to cook whenever cooking for someone for the first time. It's SUPER easy, it tastes GREAT, and it tastes even better the next day as leftovers! My mother showed me how to make this growing up. When I started living with my mother and step-father, they were both workaholics. (HA look at me go figure right!) So when my step-sister and I would get home, we would be responsible for making dinner. My mom always left explicit instructions on how to do everything. I don't have a name for this dish, but one of my best friends Will deemed it "Earth Chicken". So anytime we see each other, he requests that I make "Earth Chicken".

- 1 package of Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs or Breasts (taste better with Thighs *hey now stop it* lol)
- 2 cans of Cream of Mushroom
- 1 package of Frozen Peas
- Seasoning: Garlic Salt, Garlic Powder, Salt, & Pepper

Season the chicken to your liking with the Garlic Salt/Garlic Powder, Salt, & Pepper. Cook chicken in a non-stick pot or large skillet. Make sure chicken is cooked thoroughly. Once cooked you can do 1 of 2 things here. You can remove the chicken and place it in a baking pan, and add the cream of mushroom and peas. Bake at about 350 for about 20-25min. You can also choose to brown the chicken about 2/3 then bake it longer. Second option is to just add the cream of mushroom and peas to the pot, mix until nice and warm. Now I usually serve this with/over rice (I love rice!!). In any case, it's quick, easy, and very tasty!

Pink Sun Drops asked "What are your five favorite places to go in Austin?"

I've lived in Austin now for a year and a half. I must say this city is FULL of SO MANY places to go. I feel that I having even scratched the surface yet. Something I must definitely work on moving forward. So I'll try to spread out the types of places when answering this: (links to each place, so feel free to click and see)

- Bar/Lounge: Six Lounge (I love the people there they take care of me. That is USUALLY where I end up on a Friday/Saturday night. Had my birthday here too! If you ever come to visit me we are DEFINITELY going there! lol)
- Shows/Plays: Paramount Theater (The setting of this place is fantastic. No real bad seat in the house, and I watched several movies there during the Austin Film Festival. It's also right in the heart of downtown!)
- Movie Theater: Alamo Drafthouse (Never seen anything like this until I moved to Austin. Movie Theater/Restaurant. Full menu w/ bar while watching a movie. It's great!!)
- Park: Auditorium Shores and Zilker Park (I love both places. They each hold numerous concerts and events like SXSW, ACL, and other festivals. Auditorium Shores is right downtown, great running paths/trails. Zilker is huge and is also next to Barton Springs, but they have this Play in the Park series. It's an outdoor theater, and you just show up with your blanket and some food and watch a full length play once it gets dark. Last year I saw Beauty and the Beast, it was great!)
- Restaurant: Paggi House (This is a very hard choice because Austin has the most restaurants per capita in the US. So I just recently ate there and it is my favorite SO FAR hahahaha...)

Thanks for the questions ladies!...If you have any questions please feel free to post them HERE...

Other What Do You Want To Know Posts:

"Why did you start your blog?"
"What made you leave home after graduation?"
"Getting to Know Me"

.....tell you more about me next Wednesday....(on Wednesday lol)...

Shut your SUBPOENA UP-date!

2009-06-24T14:01:00.003-05:00

Ok so many of you may already know that a week or so ago....

To my newbies....you can see the full story with illustration

here (click the image to get a better view)

And more info here

That should put you up to speed with the present and this update lol..

So obviously Monday was to be the day...12pm rolls around...no call..I contact P and Chuck...no call for them either...I call around 5pm left a message for Shirley the lovely Witness Coordinator...(she really sounds super sweet)...

For some reason this is how I picture her in my head.....

I just loved Rose from the Golden Girls

AnyWAY....I call her the next day (Tuesday)...and LORD AND BEHOLD I receive the following news (in the sweetest voice might I add) :

"You will be receiving another subpoena as they have re-scheduled the court date."

UGH!

So the Subpoena Saga continues..........

*oh by the way, Chuck got a subpoena too hahaha...*

*by the way WAY....if they ask me to identify her....FAIL*

Peep Show to the left! (dammit)

2009-06-24T09:58:00.005-05:00

I look down as I sit at my desk....This is so unacceptable..........

So this seems to be a reoccurring problem for me and button-up..button-down (whatever you prefer) shirts....even some dresses that I have with buttons in that area.......always between button 2 & 3....Now LADIES I know someone if not all of you can relate....(or at least I hope)....because it is such a damn distraction and irritant.....

Maybe one needs to wear a different bra?...I know automatic response is "Your boobs are too big"...they really aren't...aaaand I even wore my non-padded-no-push-up-plain ole regular bra and still.....PEEP SHIRT SHOW....not only is it a physical annoyance..but now ALL day I will think anybody standing to the left of me gets a free FLASH of my right boob.

Ladies (or men if you know lol)...outside of telling me to get a bigger shirt (which if I get it bigger I'll look frumpy no offense to the frumpily happy)...or telling me to safety pin it (which will then create 3 little peep shows).....any other suggestions? Feel free to tell me I'm S.O.L. just deal with it.........LOL

Happy Wednesday!

TUESDAY TOON: Get in the ZONE!...Kiss me thru the Phone??

2009-06-23T10:44:00.004-05:00

LOL...something a LIIIIIIIITLE different not really a TOON...

but still funny heheehehe

But it's a TWO parter (that's not a word I know)

PART 1: So tell me do you think this graph is accurate??

For those of you who are having a little trouble...lol the High Mental Attractiveness/Low Physical Attractiveness = Friend Zone.....Low Mental Attractiveness/High Physical Attractiveness = F Buddy Zone....then the rest in between you get it right? lol

PART 2: Yesterday on my way to work I was listening to the radio. They talked about saving numbers in cell phones...how people tend to do that JUST IN CASE....etc...granted everyone has their reasons for saving numbers whether it be to call just in case or to mark as DO NOT ANSWER lol.....then THIS question came up and I will pose it to you...

In your phone contacts RIGHT NOW...how many people have you made out with?
(don't want to use hook up as that seems to have different definitions to everyone)

For some of you this may take some time...but in the words of

Katt Williams: "It's okay..I can wait..." LOL

Legitimate make out LOL...none of this, "Well one time when I was walking by he turned this way and I turned that way at the same time and we kind of kissed" stuff...lol

My answer: 9

Thought of the Week: 6/22/09

2009-06-22T09:18:00.003-05:00

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
- John W. Gardner

This weeks TOTW is clearly inspired by what transpired last night. (I say that like an altercation occurred, it didn't.) No long drawn out explanation this week.

This week I encourage all of you to embrace your life. All of it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the I wish that never happened, the I hate yous, the devastating, the great...all of it. In the depths of our lows, in those moments, we always tend to feel like "ugh I just wish I could erase that portion of my life". However, that's the gift and the curse I suppose of life. Your life is your work of art, flaws and all. Sometimes, that one flaw or one "i wish it never happened" moment, is the catalyst to something beautiful....something phenomenal....something....GREAT.

=Know Your Greatness=

I Release You....I Release Myself....insert expletive

2009-06-21T23:30:00.005-05:00

First off I want to just scream all kinds of four letter words right now..

Remember my mention of Nosey-itis and why I don't have MySpace...

Let's just say I gave into temptation...and it hurt like suspected...expected.

I talk about BasketballGuy sparingly but never really anything negative.

Never really much detail either...however...this is it. Seriously.

He has dipped in & out of my life for the last time.

I swear...he has to find some twisted satisfaction in fucking with me.

I release you from my heart and soul

I release you from ever having control

I release you from my unconditional love

I release you from ever being in touch

I release you completely from my mind

I release you from ever consuming anymore of my time

I release myself from feeling concerned

I release myself from ever again being burned

I release myself from giving to you

I release myself from defending what isn't true

I release myself from the pain I let continue

I release myself from all that is you.

As I release..I exhale you out...you exist no more

I inhale a better me as this one tear hits the floor.

I release myself from you.

Fuckin MySpace! Ugh you are so fuckin stupid!!!!

I...AM..NUMBER 1...LMAO

2009-06-21T17:10:00.007-05:00

Hilarious....look it's me....LMAO

Google "Drunk Chronicles"

ROFLMAO

***Taking over the world...one drunk blog post at a time!!!***

20 items or less BIIIAAAATTCHHHH!!!

2009-06-20T20:23:00.008-05:00

So I am a big SELF CHECK-OUT fan at grocery stores and other places that offer such...I mean of course I feel like who better to check myself out THEN ME!...plus who DOESN'T love scanning their items lol...you know when you were a kid you just thought that scanner was the COOLEST thing...

(sidenote: I found this pic online...LOL..why is that guy in the orange shirt totally mean muggin?...bwahahaha...)

But ANYWAY (favorite word ha!)...if you haven't noticed (you will now) that now most of the self check-outs are accompanied with a sign of 20 Items or Less...I'm sure there are SEVERAL reasons for this...the primary one being....MOST people don't know how to quickly scan their items pay for them and move the f on. (Personally, I am a self check-out MASTER. In fact many times I find myself offering my expertise to those who experience technical difficulties.) In any case, I am completely fine with this new stipulation to utilize the machine. Most times I don't have more than 20 items...and let's be realistic, when you've got a whole damn cart full of shhhh it's just easier to pile it on the little conveyer belt and let the fine 16yr old scan your groceries at a much more rapid pace.

So on my way home from work I stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few random items:

- Tuna Steak

- Salmon Filet

- WW Ice Cream Sandwiches

- Laundry Detergent

- Tampons

Clearly I am a QUALIFIED candidate for the Self Check-Out line. Each area usually has 4 machines. So as I head that way, hand full obviously, I get there and all the stations are occupied. First machine on the left, it's a slow ass old lady. First machine to the right, a young guy moving pretty quick, has a bout 20 items. Second machine to the right, old ass guy, 10 items, moving a little slow but faster than the slow ass old lady. THEEEEN second machine to the left, I see this damn middle-aged lady with a cart like this:

SUNNUVA BUBBA MUTHA-SHUT YOUR MOUTH SPARXXX!!! (okay it wasn't like THAT full but it was clearly 50 items....nowhere NEAR 20 items or less requirement) Now by the time I survey all this a 3 people have accumulated in the area as well.

**SIDE COMMENT: There is such a thing as LINE ETIQUETTE. In situations like this there are 2 formations...the ONE line in the middle. First available on either side goes to first person in line. Then there is the 2 lines...one on the left one on the right. Self-explanatory, if you are on the right you go to the machines on the right...on the left you go to the machines on the left. Well, when I walked up a guy had too and he clearly started himself at the LEFT, not the center. So I stood to the right. If you start the 2 line formation, YOU STICK TO IT. NO CROSSOVER. This knucklehead tried to pull this on me, because well he was on the left side (slow ass old lady and 50+ item having in the 20 item or less self check-out middle-age lady). HEY TUFF BREAK! You chose wrong! I don't care if you got here first...should have stood in the middle fool!**

Anyway...THIS DAMN lady was just scanning along like this is OK! Standing under the bright flashing sign that says 20 Items or Less. So here is my problem. First in general..common sense tells you, come the f on!!! ONE, you KNOW you shouldn't be in this lane as your cart is filled, I KNOW you KNOW that WE all KNOW that you CLEARLY have more than 20 items. TWO, the damn grocery store workers don't SAY SHIT! I'm sure managing all 4 machines from your little station at one time can be a little overwhelming, but REALLY, when this lady pulled up with her cart, he should have said "Ma'am, you need to have 20 items or less to use this." And sent her disgruntled ass on so the REST of us who just want to scan our 5 items can get the hell on!!

This is what I think should happen the machines should have an item lock limit. So once you scan 20 items it automatically proceeds to check out! Take the people interaction out of it I mean hell, since you don't have the balls enough on your own to tell someone to go to a different line. Now if you want to be a dick about it and pay for 20 items at a time and still stay there, well you are just an ass anyway so do you.

In closing...if you are a 20 item or less VIOLATOR shame on you!! I'm lenient, you know 21..maybe even 25, I don't particularly mind, but you selfish lazy impatient don't want to stand in line so I'm just going to the express lane because they won't tell me no, YOU NEED TO STOP! Because you KNOW as soon as you go to that line, 5 people with 3 items each show up behind you and they are all judging you and cursing you the hell out in their heads. (I'm one of them.)

I am no longer going to hold my tongue whenever I see this in public anymore. I will now be officially making comments to these individuals.

That is all....good night.

Contest Alerts and Other Random Things....

2009-06-19T09:58:00.004-05:00

#1:Okay first order of business....Stephie J (another fabulous lady up NORTH lol..)..is having her first contest...it's a very cute giveway of a few things...definitely go check her out.....NOW I would typically insert my usual SABATAOGING statement here to you know check her out follow but don't participate in the contest because you'll decrease my chances of winning...............but that hasn't worked thus far........SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....I'll shall simply say.....it's better to give than to receive..........................................LMAO

Check out Contest HERE.................or HERE........or even HERE

#2: I put up a new widget....hehehehee...what a great word....>WIDGET<....say it fast 5 times...widget widget widget widget widget.......ROFLMAO....***I DIGRESS***

Anyway...I put up a Drunk Chronicles widget (to the right....below the Open Toe Shoe Pledge...which ladies if you haven't signed YOU NEED TO!!!!...)...so feel free to see the many random things I report about while intoxicated...if I'm not too intoxicated to report...LOL

Drunk Chronicles: "I'm not a lush I just blog about it"

#3: One more day left to get in on my special THANK YOU proposal that I posted on June 12th. Check it out HERE

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

What Do You Want To Know: 6/17/09

2009-06-17T10:04:00.003-05:00

Bon Don (i would link you to her blog but she's private!!..) asked

"What made you leave home right after graduation?"

The surface answer to this question was that simply I was ready to go. I had been ready to leave the island. It just was not for me, and I always felt I just belonged in a different environment. Please do not take this as I didn't love, accept, or embrace my culture. I love where I come from and the rich history, but there are some aspects of what as a culture is deemed "what you should do" that I just never agreed with and never felt comfortable with.

I mentioned in my "Getting To Know Me" blog that my parents divorced when I was 2yrs old. My mother moved to the island of Oahu for a while then eventually back to Guam. I remained with my father on the island of Hawaii until I was about 10. So for a good 8yrs I really racked up some frequent flyer miles. Now obviously this was waaaay back when security wasn't so crazy at the airport and you could wait at gate for someone etc. I was an unaccompanied minor, so I always remembered getting special treatment from the stewardesses. Extra cookies were my favorite! Travelling between parents was "normal" to me. I would see my mother at LEAST once a year sometimes twice, January and summer time. Now remember I was their only child. Growing up with my father was well, pretty lonely, but I didn't really mind or notice really. By the time I was 5, I was already dressing myself for school and making my lunches. During this time, it obviously taught me independence, but it also made me somewhat detached, or someone who can easily detached. You see, all my cousins, grew up with each other, went to schools together etc. I was the cousin you saw during holidays or special occassions. So this bond and sense of family connection that you build at that age, was never created for me. I always felt different...my mind was always on the possibilities and not just settling for what was considered the cultural norm or cycle.

When I moved to Guam to live with my mom at age 11, it was a bit of a culture shock. I was living in a 2 parent home and was consistently around more family than I knew what to do with. However, even then, I went to a private school. I wasn't really into the same things as they were, and oh the thought of moving away from the island was just mind boggling. That lifestyle however, I've always known just was not for me. So when graduation came I was already set on leaving. There was a guy at the time, we'll call him NavyGuy, that I was seriously dating. His ship was getting stationed out in Japan for a while, so even more of a reason to leave sooner. Granted I probably would have stayed if he asked me to, but glad he didn't. (Complete sidenote: I still keep in contact with NavyGuy today.) Graduated in May, and I was on a plane to Phoenix, AZ in June.

I needed find a place that was more "my speed" that didn't feel so limiting. In a sense, I suppose I always felt like an outsider. So I needed find a place that I could make my own, and perhaps find others who didn't see my decision or train of thought as mind boggling.

I decided to leave to well...find "me".

Hope that answered your question Bon Don!!

Feel free to leave any questions here (original post) or in any of these posts!

....Tell you more about me next Wednesday!...

To My Broken-Hearted Girls

2009-06-16T21:32:00.004-05:00

"And though there are times that I hate you 'cause I can't erase
The times that you hurt me and put tears on my face
And even now while I hate you it pains me to stay
I know I'll be there at the end of the day..."
- Beyonce - "Broken-Hearted Girl"

* Hold your heart with a gentle strong embrace.

* Realize that what you hold in those hands is sacred and one of the greatest gifts you can give any individual.

* Do not become hard to love...and do not be afraid to love hard

* Remember that people can only hurt you as much as you let them

* The only person that can fix you is you

* Even though your head keeps you focused, your heart keeps you in touch

* Sometimes you have to remind your heart that just because it feels good, doesn't mean it is good for you

* Do not underestimate yourself...you are more resilient than you think

* Let the scars on your heart that others have left behind remind you of how strong you really are

* Never lose the love you have inside because of someone elses mistakes

* Put your love and energy into that which you can control and nothing else

* Know that it's okay to lose yourself in love, just don't lose your self

* Remember that barriers keep people out, while boundaries just remind people what is acceptable/unacceptable

***ALWAYS REMEMBER...TO LOVE YOU FIRST...***

I've had my fair share of broken-heart moments. It is never pleasant and there are always tears. However, as they say what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, and that is completely true, if you want it to be. My heart may be a little damaged..a little chipped here and there, but has it ever truly been broken? I don't think so...because I'm still here...and I still love just as hard, if not harder now.

So to all my ladies who feel or have felt like a broken-hearted girl...you're heart isn't broken honey. There may be a little scratch....or a cut....but it's not broken. You are not broken.

TUESDAY TOON: Self-Esteem Killer

2009-06-16T14:36:00.007-05:00

Today...I am so not feeling well...I think whatever I ate at dinner last night just DID NOT agree with my stomach....I was up all night...and all morning I feel like I have a bunch of little people doing Billy Bo Tae Bo in my stomach........

HOWEVER....one can't forget the TUESDAY TOON...

(click to enlarge)

Don't lie....ya'll know ya'll have had a moment like this before LOL

This is what J would call a "Tuff Break".........LMAO

Soooo...ever had a moment like this??

Captions Always Welcome As Well...

Weekend Recollection....(only 1 pic)

2009-06-15T21:27:00.004-05:00

LOL...weeeeeeelll there was no Drunk Chronicle post this weekend....uumm because well Jillian was I think too drunk to chronicle....

In any case....Friday was low key...was asked to go out...and just was not feeling it...ladies you ever have those nights? You try on everything in your closet and nothing feels right looks right you just are not feeling sexy or cute AT ALL...so I just ended up going to see The Hangover with C....aaaaaaaaand YES like everyone says...IT IS HI-LAR-I-OUS!!?!?!?!...a MUST SEE!!!

Fast forward it's Saturday....I do my usual gym work...get off around 4ish...go home to relax...now I know that Patrick (my friend who got a subpoena too..read story here) is coming to town...but I'm still planning on just staying in...well I get a phone call from hmmmm we will call him Mr.Yeah Right...(lots of stories there)...he had called me Friday night to come out but I didn't...he calls me when I'm on my way home from work talking about coming out...I give the I'm really not feeling like it when I pretty much get the "Shut your ass up...we got you covered all night...just get your ass ready tonight and come out"...it wasn't that blunt but that's the straight translation....Patrick calls when he gets in and I tell him that I'm thinking of just chilling at home...to which I get the "Oh this is not an option...I don't know what you think this is...you're coming out."...so I call C and tell her she has to come too LOL and she's down..(I LOVE HER)....after getting a nap in...I head out to find something to wear....so after shopping around for like 2hrs...I find something to put together....now this is the ONLY pic I have of the night lol..because one was having too much fun to remember to take pictures....boooooo!...and I know I know I'm half covering my face and the flower in my hair...blah...

Oooh and I wore these shoes...

Soo the business huh?...I LOVE those shoes...but in any case...my SATURDAY NIGHT was just A-MA-ZING....talk about everything just on point lol...free parking....free drinks...just everything going right...lol....ONE minor snag...but I had a GREEEEEAT time...I really did...lol Patrick drove me and C home...lol....

I did wake up the next morning however HATING life....AND I still went to work!!!...only up side was I didn't have to do league so I got to come home earlier than later and remind myself why I shouldn't drink so much....LOL....

Nonetheless....OVERALL...good weekend!!! :)

Thought of the Week: 6/15/09

2009-06-15T10:04:00.004-05:00

"Good judgement comes from experience,
and experience comes from bad judgment."
- Fred Brooks

This weeks TOTW is actually the quote I put on my monthly report out books to my managers, but it rings true with my experience this weekend, particularly Saturday. Let me tell you, for whatever reason, I was just having an ON night when I went out. LOL You ever just have one of those nights, where you feel good, you look good, and everything is just going your way. You are turning heads, thing are being offered to you, and it's just an all around damn good night. You aren't doing anything different from any other night, something is just in the air. That was definitely my Saturday night. Of course though however, there always has to be that ONE thing that makes you stop and pump the brakes like "seriously". It was definitely in this moment, that DESPITE the alcohol, my "experience" held me down and I handled the situation extremely well.

It did not hit me until the next day when I reflected on the situation and how it all went down. I just told myself had this been a year and a half ago, I would have totally made an ass out of myself. Granted, the situation still sucked and hurt JUST a little, but I haven't lost sleep over it. In an awkward way, it has kind of made me appreciate my previous "bad judgment".

So this week I encourage all of you to reflect on the changes you've made or have noticed because of your experience. Take a look at how the choices you have made and perhaps realize how had you not gone through drama X, Y, and Z you perhaps would not have exercised the good judgment you do now. That is the beautiful thing about life, choices are infinite. So don't be too afraid about gaining experience in this game of life.

= Know Your Greatness =

Muck Friggin Fon-day!

2009-06-15T08:53:00.002-05:00

**HOPPED UP OUT THE BEEEEEEEEEED........**

left work forgot my PHOOOOONE....

I'm phone-less for the day.....

......realized when I got to work that I forgot to send out report on Friday...

Did I mention I forgot my phone??

*just thought of something....i'll feel lame to go home and not have any messages...LMAO...don't go sending me a message either J hahahaha just so I'll have a message...or you either JaG!!*

HAPPY MUCK FONDAY TO YOU ALL!!

Scene Setting - Part 3 of 4

2009-06-12T20:45:00.003-05:00

Part 1 of 4

Part 2 of 4

...the door came open and there she stood..

"That was fast" were my first words to him...smirk on my face..

Shirt still unbuttoned...I really didn't care...

I chuckled to myself because I know what he and his friends call me

The rising temperature due to lack of cool air begins to take it's toll

I step aside and let him in...not much conversation...think I make him nervous

His clothing still looks neatly pressed...must've been a slow day...probably sleeping

Yet he smells good...he always smells good..

As he makes his way to the back I sit back down on the couch

Lean back...close my eyes.....and wait...

The sound of the fan blades making revolutions begins to lull me back to sleep...

CRASH!

I stand up...."what the hell...."

(to be continued...JaG)

Subpoena UPDATE...and somethin to make you L-O-L

2009-06-12T14:26:00.004-05:00

I called today and talked to the "Witness Coordinator"....hehehehe...about this here Subpoena I received...

GOOD news is that I may not need to show up at all....she said on June 22 she will find out if they need me or not...she will call me by 12pm if needed. If not I am to call her around 4pm that day to find out case status etc....So that's a little relief...

Well as I finish up this call...I start to really LOOK at the Subpoena...when I got it I had selective reading....LOL..just saw Subpoena...Witness....Date....Call.....etc....weelll.....

-still laughing-

So the offense is Driving While Intoxicated......the girls name....aka Drunk Bitch Car...

MARGARITA

*ROFLMAO* .....oh man..I crack myself up...

HAPPY FRIDAY YA'LL!!!

THANK YOU...and WELCOME....(not you're welcome lol)..and something Special...

2009-06-12T11:20:00.005-05:00

Ok so I like the picture because of the arrow..and it's kinda like if you tilt your head it could be pointing at the side where my Followers are listed hahahaha

*i digress...sorry saw something shiny!*

Anyway...as you can already see this is a HUGE THANK YOU...

no wait...THIS is a: (you say huge)

THANK YOU!!!

I wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you who have followed me for quite some time....can't believe over 100...hehehe..

and especially to those of you who comment faithfully...

I always look forward to your words of wisdom, humor, sarcasm, and encouragement...

You all contribute to my sanity....

Also WELCOME to you newbies!!!....I have connected with a lot of new bloggers and I LOVE IT!!!!

I have a special "proposal" of sorts...and it's completely up to you if you'd like to participate :)...

For my current 114 Followers....email me your mailing address by June 20 for something special :)....(i can tell you it won't be money hahahaha)

Be sure to include your blog name and First Name/Last Initial

(you don't need to give me your whole government if you don't want to lol)

email: hawaiianshorty@gmail.com

I hope that in a little way I have been able to bring some positive energy to your lives/blog lives in the same way many of you have to me!!!

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

- Abraham Lincoln

I GOT SERVED!!!!....(no really)

2009-06-10T23:37:00.006-05:00

...yeah so I checked my mail....and BLAM...SUBPOENA....to show up in court June 22-24...ain't that about a bunch of bulldonkey bologne!?!?....for what you may ask...*sigh*

For witnessing the following incident in August 2008....

(I couldn't find my mouse so touch pad paint drawing HARD!!!)

...Alright...P, Chuck, and I were downtown partying...

We were quite intoxicated with the exception of Chuck...who was driving..

Chuck had like a 2 door BMW at the time....so I'm in the back seat with my legs on the seat..so I'm sitting with my back against the drivers side...directly behind Chuck (if you can visualize lol)

ANYWAY...as we are leaving I get the bright idea that I want some Jack in a Crack...

So as we are at Jack in a Crack sitting in the drive thru we are about to pull off and the guy in the window stops us, we forgot something, and just as Chuck hits the brake...

All of A SUDDEN we just hear this crashing loud scraping sound, look up, and see this car just come blazing across the drive-thru (so she is on the sidewalk)...and scrapes between the utility pole and this metal container and ends up in the lot to the right of us..

Now you can only imagine we are all like WTF!?!?

For one, if we didn't forget something...that heffer would have CRASHED right into us...direct hit on Chuck and me as I was sitting on that side...

And two...we were still drunk and were just dazed...but we immediately get out the car to go check on this girl...she is wandering around completely out of it...she has 1 flip flop on...now P and I are telling her she needs to wake up/sober up because the ambulance and cops were on the way...(my immediate reaction was to call 911..didn't know if someone was hurt)..

P runs to the drive-thru window to try to get her some coffee...by the time he gets it comes back BAM Cops arrive...let me tell you how out of it this chick was...

The lady cop was asking her what happened and about her car and she straight up said:

"What? That's not my car. I don't know what you are talking about."

-LMAO-

Soooooooooooo...like the nice dumbasses P and I are..we provided our information at time of the accident...WHICH is now coming back to SUBPOENA us....

BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Like what is she going to dispute or fight? LOL...girl you drove your car up on a sidewalk between two objects and jacked your shit up lol...

Anyway...I HOPE that I don't have to stay there all day for those 3 days...I have no idea what they need me for...and good GOD if that wasn't oh IDK damn near a year ago lol...

*sigh*

God Bless the Justice system...I guess...

What Do You Want To Know: 6/10/09

2009-06-10T10:55:00.004-05:00

...Wednesday is here...and it's time for the first "What Do You Want To Know" Wednesday post...I'm excited!....I have been contemplating answering several questions or just answering one. My intention for this weekly post is to provide you with a little more insight to who I am. I want my responses to be as thorough and well thought out as possible. So what I think I will do right now is answer 1 question a week....2 if I feel that I can without making the post too long but still giving a complete answer to each. In any case...here we go.....

Gabby asked: Why did you start your blog?

Now I could give the answer of "I just wanted to have a creative outlet" etc....but that would just be BS. This is honesty at it's finest...I started my blog because of a guy. Yes, I said it...a guy. This guy is the inspiration for most of my Poetic Thoughts and if you dig deep enough I've actually mentioned him by name before. In any case, he wasn't the COMPLETE reason, but he was definitely the catalyst. Let me give you some background on that as it fits into why I started this blog...

Before I moved to Austin, I was dating this individual (we'll just call him what I refer to him as to my inner circle BasketballGuy) off and on for most of 2007. Not even sure you would call it dating...but we were doing that. In any case for whatever cosmic karmetic reasons, I found myself in love with BasketballGuy. I believe it was my "Captain Save a Man" gene kicking into MAD overdrive. (Oh the things I did for this guy....*sigh*...what a loss for him)*I digressed my bad* BaskeballGuy is not a bad person at all, just a person who has been through a lot of bad sh*t. In any case after several events that happened mid-2007 I was contemplating leaving Arizona. The ONLY reason I would have stayed longer was BasketballGuy. I told him this straight up, and he didn't step up, so I "stepped out" (Star). The first few months in TX he was on some let's make it work. I wanted him to move out here. I always felt that if we could get away from the history/pasts we both had in Arizona, we could really make things work. Needless to say he disappointed me as expected. The kicker came when I went back in July to visit a friend for her baby shower. He and I ended up spending time together and he REALLY stepped it up. He was more attentive than ever, was on some let's be together you're my girl, blah blah. It felt really nice...he had never been this on top of things when I lived there. After I returned to Texas, things weren't perfect but it was a work in progress. About 2 weeks later he succumbed to some straight rumor BS and pushed me over the edge.

...Now up to this point, my only online interaction and activity was via MySpace. I had a MySpace page for years. I'm talking before it was even anything. You know when you look at someones friends and it lists them in order of who has been a member the longest, I'd usually always be in the top 20 hahahaha. In any case, of COURSE he had one too. When I initially moved and he and I had a ridiculous confrontation I up and changed my phone number...and blocked him from my MySpace because he would start to send me messages....BUT really, I don't know what it is that takes over an individual it's like Nosey-itis to the max, I still had access to his page and would just snoop and snoop. It just like TAKES over you that "NEED TO KNOW" and all the extra thoughts and assumptions......it was in one of THOSE moments, that i was like "F this!" and I deleted my MySpace. I hated that feeling...It still happens to me every now and again when a friend sends me a link to their MySpace pictures...I'll start clicking..get the urge to see BasketballGuy's page, then reality smacks me upside my head and I quickly hit the X! I figured those who really needed to know me know how to find me and can reach me. A few weeks later, I was watching something on the news about a girl who was homeless and had a blog...

I started poking around and figured this would be a great means to feed my online activity need, but at the same time, a great way to get to KNOW people...I mean really KNOW people...Not click on a picture and then keep it moving. I've also always enjoyed writing...and well interacting with people, sharing ideas, and perhaps even advice. I didn't really start blogging blogging until really the end of 2008 and the start of this year. I have fallen IN LOVE with my blog and the FANTASTIC people I continue to "meet". Hmmmm...so maybe after reading all that I didn't start my blog..rather my blog started ME...hehehehehe....

Hope that answered your question Gizona!!...hahaha

Please everyone feel free to leave any questions HERE (the original post) or in any of these posts...

....Tell you more about me next Wednesday!...

Update on Weekend Issues

2009-06-09T14:49:00.004-05:00

First and foremost...again THANK YOU to those of you who left me your comments and feedback on my LONG ASS post about my work weekend issues....

The positive energy was really nice....I just needed to vent.

I got an opportunity to speak with my General Manager last night at the gym.

He thanked me for providing a detailed email of the incident over the weekend so that nobody was caught off guard by the situation come Monday. He also said not to worry about anything. He understands where the father is coming from, but basically that I didn't do anything wrong and to just let him take care of it. So I felt very relieved.

The league, well I pretty much put the ball in the the Director's court (no pun intended). I emailed him and copied the refs and my department head that said as the League Director he should inform the teams what will happen with the remainder of the schedule and tournament since this past Sunday games had to be cancelled.

I listed all the email addresses and put a nice request to contact them by Wednesdsay. I've busted my butt to keep this league afloat and carried the extra work for a while now, and I'm not taking the wrap or busting my butt for this one. I don't feel bad for it because all parties involved see how hard I've worked. He is the reason this happened, it's "his" league he can be a BIG BOY and do his duty, or not and take the hit on his own.

So back to the regularly schedule "normal" chaos...lol

TUESDAY TOON: "Blame it on the A-A-A-A-A-A-APPLE.."

2009-06-09T08:29:00.003-05:00

LMAO...I'm going to hell for this one...

But I'm sorry it's hilarious to me...

...that damn snake and that forbidden fruit...

LMAO...sooooo...2 part request here..

1. Give me your best caption

2. Pro-blow? or No-blow?

(ugh that was so wrong LOL but I had to ask...answer only if you like)

I hope I haven't offended anyone by this...that is not my intention...

Just Jokes!!! :)

HAPPY TUESDAY!!

A few weekend pics...

2009-06-08T22:38:00.004-05:00

Ok...soo just a few pics from the weekend..nothing major...lol this is what I managed to scrounge up!?!?

Saturday....:

Hey it's me...

Me and Christie

Hawaiian Colada..

kinda looked and tasted like a mojito...either way it was GOOD :)

One of my only wedges...I love them..

Matched my dress perfectly!!!

Butterscotch and Pomegranade Shots

Umm random picture Jillian sitting on steps outside lounge lol

(near the spot of my probably best unchronicled drunk chronicle)

Sunday...:

Okay...now as planned I went to Karaoke....LOL

Man oh man....it was my first time there....it was fun....

THEN...THIS HAPPENED:

Yep...he was damn near naked...that is a g-string...

Sorry not much..I am typically paperazzi lol but I was occupied with drank! hahahaha

Nighty Night bloggers....

Thought of the Week: 6/8/09

2009-06-08T04:53:00.007-05:00

"Failure is an event, never a person."

- William D. Brown

The TOTW this week is inspired by well, my weekend "drama". It's a little extensive, so you can read it here if you would like to. (It's a bit of a long read.)

Atychiphobia is the technical term for the fear of failure. I think any "normal" (whatever that means to you) human being possesses this thought or fear or has experienced this type of feeling at some point and time in their life. No matter how brief, the magnitude, failing in something specific or just in general, I think it's safe to say that everyone can relate to this. After my "moment" this weekend, I can say that one of the feelings and thoughts that ran through my mind was one of failure. So coming across this quote last night helped me put things into perspective. I say that a lot but it's true. A shift in perspective can shift everything!

So this week I am encouraging all of you to shift your perspective when it comes to the term failure. Realize that failures are moments as the quote says events, they are not a personality trait. What you tried or did may have failed, but you are not a failure (I don't care what webster or dictionary.com says). So never equate yourself to failures. You equate those failures to you being one step closer to success! How else would you know what NOT to do the next time?

= Know Your Greatness =

"I work hard for my money.." so why are you fuckin' with me?!!?!?

2009-06-07T21:34:00.005-05:00

(This is a long one...read at your own risk...)

It's amazing how you can have a fun/shitty weekend all at the same time!...Work wise this weekend has just been frustrating and shitty. As you know I have a 2nd job at the gym. My main responsibilities are the coordinating of the Birthday Parties (yes we host many parties lol), Special Events, and the Basketball League. It all keeps me very busy, but I love organizing events, creating moments, etc...So though tiring I love it. I think I just like being in charge too hahahaha. I digress. In any case, besides that, in general I am a hard worker. I take pride in anything that I do, and I do it to the best of my ability and beyond. I don't like to half-ass anything attached to me.

Saturday...3 birthday parties...since it's summer the majority of our parties will be at the outdoor pool. Now pool...kids...always very important to be very safety conscious. In any case, I have 2 parties at the pool, so while I tend to one (party A) with one of my staff members, I have 2 people working the other (party B). Now party A scheduled to end at 3, and party B scheduled to end at 2pm. So party B is wrapping up, there is an extra payment needed the father asks for a receipt so I run it and hand it to him as he is heading out to load up the car. He seems to be in a good mood. I head back out to party A. About 30-45min later, one of the frontdesk attendants comes out to the pool and says that there is a father on the phone that is adamant about speaking with me. I am confused, wondering who is calling about a party. I get to the phone and this father is angry and says "Your lifeguard 'disavowed' my wife and you were right there!" I must admit I was like "huh", I thought he said disrobed or something to that effect. In any case he proceeds to lay into me that he wants my full name the lifeguards name, tells me he's going to contact his credit card company to cancel all charges, his wife/son are cancelling their memberships, he is going to contact my general manager. He doesn't let me get a word in edgewise, I give him all the information and offer my department head's info as well, he doesn't want it. He asks to speak to the manager on duty and I oblige. He ends by saying "Thank you very much, you've been helpful" mind you he was just laying into me on reporting me etc...

So you are saying "What the hell happened?"....

Now as party B was wrapping up and I was walking inside (don't know what for), one of the lifeguard catches me and he has a kid with him. He says this kid is with the birthday party and he has been unsupervised for quite some time. I don't recognize him from my party so I tell him no he's not. He tells me he's got a wristband, so I ask him what color. It is the color of party B, so I tell him it's with this party, and I point to the staffer that's there. As we start to walk towards the staff member one of the mothers with the party says that is the birthday boy. I say ok and I get the attention of the mother. So she comes to him and is standing by the staffer and the lifeguard. As the lifeguard walks away, and I start to walk away he says "Make sure you watch the kid." Apparently this is what set everything off. Now at the time I didn't think anything of it, he just said it in general, the staff member was there, it was just a safety precautionary. When the father was speaking with the manager on duty he said the lifeguard called his wife a bad parent. Mind you father wasn't there.

So I contacted my department head that day and let her know what will come up when she's in on Monday...I didn't do anything...but I don't know what's going to happen when the GM reviews this...and being in the "customer" oriented environment it's frustrating because you can't just say "You weren't there...you don't know what happened...and that's not what happened. Oh by the way, yeah your wife should have been watching your kid!"

*take another deep breath* (told you this was a long one)

Sunday (today)....I facilitate the Basketball League that takes place every Sunday night from 5pm-10pm. I get the court/clock set up. I keep all the records, maintain the schedule, take score, keep stats, and keep the teams informed etc. I do all the leg work. The Director of the league is never really there which is fine. I can do all the little shit, but I'm not responsible for making sure refs get paid and refs are scheduled, that's the Director's job. Now there have been continuous frustrations with little things and assistance the main issue is getting the refs paid. At my club, we have 2 refs on the books. When one is out, the Director's job is to have a back up plan. I get an email at 12am from the head ref that the Director works with that says "Boycott *my gym*". This email proceeds to tell all refs on the roster including the 2 on the books that if they are asked about working on Sunday (today) to say they cannot, because apparently the Director didn't pay the backup refs from last week. This head ref paid them out of his pocket and the Director has yet to pay him back. THIS IS JUST DAMN GREAT! So I contact my main ref and pretty much tell him straight up. I knew that he wasn't going to see his email until Monday, but didn't feel it to be right to not say anything because I wasn't going to have a 2nd ref. You just have to have 2. Mind you I have been calling/emailing/texting the Director since Monday...no contact no callback. He texts me to call him at 2pm today (games start at 5pm) that he doesn't have anyone (no shit) and the 1 ref will be solo. I run into the ref and he doesn't want to work it solo. So now it's 3pm and I have to try to get in touch with each team to tell them games are cancelled. I don't want them showing up for nothing if possible as the league is starting in 2hrs. Oh btw, this was the last set of games to finalize the standings for the tournament taking place NEXT Sunday...ooh 4 teams have the same record in contention for the final 2 slots. GREAT!?

(Now mind you I am dealing with this league issue while facilitating a 100 person party.)

I get in touch with at least one person from each team with the exception of the draft team (individuals who signed up with no team). I run into one guy as he's walking in and he's agitated as he planned his vacation to get back for the game. So I feel like I look like the bad guy...again.

*exhale*

Ok please don't look at this as me complaining or trying to place blame in any manner. It just frustrates me, because like I said, I work very hard. If I come up short or didn't do what I was suppose to do, I have no problem admitting it. I just hate being associated with bad work or that I can't/don't do my job....so we'll see what happens...I don't know what is going to come of either situation...I don't know how my GM is going to respond...I don't know how we are going to proceed with missed games/tournament/etc....

......and that is how my weekend comes to an end......

Drunk Chronicles: 6/6/09

2009-06-06T03:41:00.003-05:00

Friendly and loud..not so much clumsy...i'm probably more clumsy sober than when inebriated......

Before I gegt any further....drink listing:

- Hawaiian Colada

- Butterscotch Shot

- 2 Malibu Pineapples

- 2 Four Horsemen Shots

- 1 double mystery shot

*sigh*...i see right at this moment that i spelled get wrong..but ooh well....

Tonight was a good night....we had a GREAT dinner at Roys....I had the Sirloin..Christie had the Seafood Trio..and we shared a chocolate Soufle or however ytou spell it!!

In any case...while out...I like to observe men...

The instant head turn to the plethra of half nekked women that pass by...

always intriguing...

OOOOOOOOH and the san antonio girls...i got them messed up hehehehe

at the end of the night (J you'll love this) they were sayin...

"I'm so messed up...Jillian is the Boss!"

LMAO

Drunk tongue speak sober truth!

Did you know that a cow will walk up the stairs but not down?

crazy huh?

Dammit...it's almost 4am....i have to be at work in 5hrs...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

oooh and drunk + touch screen = illegible twext messages!

i'm going to bed now...we did take some pics last night...upload tomorrow.......

LATER peoples!O?!?!?!?!?!?!!

I Love Snack Packs!!

2009-06-05T15:57:00.003-05:00

Alright..I've been wanting to post this for a while now..it's so lame LOL..but FUNNY...and well..hell..

it's my blog and i blog what i want to!! *LMAO*

I love snack packs...such a great instant satisfaction supplier it is...not too little not too much....

I keep a box of these at my desk...Ritz Snack Mix Snack Pack...

Yeah yeah..the same person that forgets lunch...keeps snacks at her desk lol...irony whatever!!

Now it never really bothered me how I eat my snack pack until well...someone pointed it out....I wouldn't say I'm the NEATEST person ever....I have my messy moments...but when I do clean I have some rather....OCD tendencies..and sometimes these tendencies show up in the weirdest places....

THIS IS HOW I EAT MY RITZ SNACK PACKS (all the time):

Now first off..I don't always lay it out like this...

I do however eat it in the following order:

Pretzels // Cheeze Nips // Chex // Crackers

So if I can't lay them all out, I do go through the bag in the same order lol...I will make sure all the pretzels are gone before I move on to the next.....

So uumm how do you eat your Snack Pack/Mix?

LOL
(judge me all you want..you still love me!!! hahahaa)

*signed: Princess Hot Mess*

"It's Friday night and the weekend is here...I need to unwind with the party..Mr DJ...DJ..."

2009-06-05T13:13:00.005-05:00

Always seem to find a way to look forward to the weekend hahaha...

First and foremost, yes, as usual my weekend is work intensive..

so my week never really ENDS lol...

The weekend work schedule is:

Today: 2 parties

Tomorrow: 3 parties

Sunday: 1 party/1 special event/Basketball League

So yes busy as usual....buuuuuuuuuuut...

The weekend FUN schedule is:

Tonight: Nice dinner at Roys w/ Christie

Then of COURSE we will be out n about

BONUS: friends from San Antonio coming up...so you already know!!!

Tomorrow: KARAOKE BABY!!! *lol*

I hope you all have a SUPER FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!!

**likelihood of Drunk Chronicles: 90%**

BTW...what happened to Zhane?..I loved them...I still have their album...remember Groove Thing?...lol...damn..

"What Do You Want To Know?" Wednesdays

2009-06-04T11:18:00.003-05:00

Inspired by a post by Michy Mich...I want to try out a new "feature" I suppose.

As you can see I want to call it:

What Do You Want To Know-Wednesdays!

Sooo...what does that mean? You are asking....hahahaha well simply this...

I'd like you all to submit questions...any questions...these can be questions about me....questions about news....questions about my opinion on something....or just a generic question about something completely random!

On Wednesday...I will answer a question or find the answer to a question...hahaha

I think this could be a fun way to get to share more about myself and also open up some discussions and for me to learn more about YOU out there!!.......

So let's give it a go and see how this turns out...........Questions please...........?

Getting To Know Me...

2009-06-03T11:00:00.006-05:00

The great thing about a blog is you can put as much or as little information out there...you can share all parts of your life or just some parts...Everyone has their own reasons for what they share and do not share....For example, I really don't disclose information about my love/dating life...

You get to learn about people indirectly...you can kind of gather a personality profile of people based on what they write about, how they write, what they share, how they approach problems, etc...Now one likes to assume that people are multi-faceted..and that even though your blog topics may be somber or overly-sexual, that there is more to you than just down in the dumps or that you are just a nympho hahahaha....(and if you are just those things NO OFFENSE meant by my statement)

This had me looking at my blog and my "personality profile"...and I wanted to share some direct information with you....about me....and perhaps we can discover another layer in which we can relate to each other.... :)

My name is Jillian (you knew that). Story behind my name, mother loved actress Ann Jillian. I was born on March 12, 1982, in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was born with a heart murmur that required surgery when I was 2. I spent a lot of time in the hospital. I have very vivid memories of it all, but it's nothing that has given me a hospital phobia. Shortly after that my parents divorced and my mother re-married. So I am very accustomed to flying and traveling. (There are more stories there...perhaps for another time..) I lived with my father until I was 10-11. I moved to Guam where I lived until I was 18. During my time there my father also ended up re-marrying. I am technically an only child. Through my mother's remarriage I acquired 3 sisters and 1 brother. Through my father's remarriage I acquired 1 sister. Out of all of them though, I am the youngest hahaha. So double spoiled!!! (Not really)

As soon as I graduated high school (and I mean AS SOON, graduated in May, hopped a plane in June), I moved to Phoenix, AZ. (Why Phoenix? That's another story lol perhaps for antoher time...) I really enjoyed living in Phoenix. I really "did it on my own" out there and grew up. Now, I reside in Austin, TX, where I have lived for a little over a year now. I live a pretty "normal" life I'd say. I have 2 jobs, 1 for a medical device company, and the other as you all know at the gym. The times I'm NOT working....I like to have fun (could you tell?)...but I enjoy doing new things, I love to dance, music, movies, video games, reading, writing, cooking, baking, plays, concerts, sporting events, playing sports, so on and so forth.

Now you know a little bit more about me...I will say that I have experienced many many things in my life....some very tough, and some very fufilling...none of which I shy away from or regret. The past is simply a small part of me...just a part, not the whole. There are lots of stories there as well...perhaps for another time... :)

Oh and please...feel free to ask me anything....I am pretty open about sharing my experiences...J aka Nightfall knows I don't shy away from answering much lol!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Wednesday!

Contest Alert: Whimsical Rose....

2009-06-03T00:08:00.002-05:00

It's a contest epidemic heheheheehe..LOVE IT....

Great NARS Cosmetic Giveaway HERE

Please check out Whimsical Rose aka Chrystina Grace....ooh and feel free to follow...buuut like before.....don't enter the contest because I WANT TO WIN!...thanks! lol

(I'm just kidding....not really...but really..)

TUESDAY TOON: Take That Take That..Bad Boy Baby!

2009-06-02T16:14:00.004-05:00

I didn't FORGET......lol....

Ok maybe a little bit...but HEY...hahahaha...

No question or caption request this Tuesday...

Just enjoy The Power of Love!!!

CONTEST WINNER

2009-06-02T00:18:00.008-05:00

...took forever to load...lol

don't mind the quality LOL...little cheapy cam ;)

G'NITE!!! :)

What time is it??!!?

2009-06-01T14:00:00.003-05:00

I'm typing away at my computer..working away...

(I got in at 8:30 this morning...)

I start thinking...damn I'm kind of hungry...

hmmmm what time is it..

it's friggin after 2pm?!?!!?

SUNNUVA-BRITNEY-M*FKN-SPEARS!!!

So I didn't forget my lunch...

I FORGOT LUNCH...

....while writing this post I have ordered a Tuna Sandwich from

the sandwich place next door...

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!

**Update**..not but 3min after I hit "publish post"...BAM!

GOD BLESS JIMMY JOHN'S!!!!

CONTEST UPDATE*...like your chances?

2009-06-01T13:30:00.002-05:00

Here is the LIST!...lol...
I could have put names in a randomizer...but WHAT's the FUN
in that?!?!?...I love the suspense of it all!!
When I say hand pick...I MEAN hand pick!

I can't commit to an EXACT time...because well those of you who
have followed me for some time, know that I work like I
owe back taxes or something lol (knock on wood)...

I'M EXCITED?!?!!??!

Thought of The Week: 6/1/09

2009-06-01T00:20:00.003-05:00

"Arguing with a fool proves there are two."

- Doris M. Smith

My TOTW this week is inspired by the ridiculousness (that's not a word...I know) that I witness in the basketball league that I facilitate on Sunday evenings at the gym. I do not know what has been in the air lately, but this league has seen more techincals and people getting kicked out than I can remember from the previous league. Maybe it's the summer heat creeping up that has everyone extra HOT tempered.

This evening I literally had to get up in the middle of these guys and hold and push people back. The ref (not my regular one) got so offended by something one of the guys mouthing off that all of a sudden I notice the ref trying to take his striped shirt off sayin, "Oh don't let the shirt fool you, I can take this off, I'm not going to be disrespected." Then I was up in the midst of it looking like a damn ping pong ball up in there. Grown ass men acting like fools over a recreational league. I let them know, "Nobody up in here is signing any NBA contracts or is going to be on Sportscenter Top 10, so relax." In any case, the situation was finally diffused somewhat, and apologies came shortly thereafter. Anyway, all this to say that one should really think before they speak and pick and choose your battles.

Have you ever found yourself in an argument or heated discussion and thought "why the hell am I even discussing this" or you just felt the other individuals thought process was so warped that it pushed you beyond irritation? Ever heard the phrase, you can't rationalize with an irrational person? Sometimes in life you just have to agree to disagree. You aren't going to "win" every argument (even if you just KNOW you are right)...sometimes the answer you want isn't the answer you need or even like!

So this week I encourage you to be a little more cogniscent of your actions and reactions. If someone or something triggers you, TRY (emphasis on try) to think first react second. Don't let anyone plug into you so easily. In this case...two fools are NOT better than ONE! :)

=Know Your Greatness=

CONTEST CLOSED

2009-06-01T00:00:00.004-05:00

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ENTERED...

I WILL POST WINNER TOMORROW!!!

Blog Award: Splash Award

2009-05-31T00:46:00.005-05:00

Didn't take TOO long this time to post this one!! Hahaha....

Keith bestowed this award upon me...

I have become a very avid follower of his blog for what feels like a long time...

His blog is thought provoking, witty, fun, and so genuine....plus he gave me a nickname hahaha...

Thank you Keithmeister!!!

The Rules:

1. Put the award on your blog post.

2. Nominate up to 9 bloggers (blogs) which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress, or inspire you.

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have been splashed by commenting on their blog.

5. Remember to link to the person from whom your received your Splash award.

So I bestow this award upon:

Far // Gabby // Mich // Makensy // TheHoustonGirl //

Chele76 // evierobbie. // mrsmarymack // Mista Jaycee

Happy Splashing! lol

CONTEST CLOSING: LAST CHANCE C'MON!!!

2009-05-30T22:01:00.003-05:00

MY SUPER EASY CONTEST/DRAWING ENDS TOMORROW...

SO MAKE SURE YOU ENTER HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY...

IT'S SUPER EASY!!!!...$40 of FREE STUFF OF YOUR CHOICE

UP FOR GRABS!!!

SO ENTER IF YOU HAVEN'T..

IF YOU'VE ALREADY ENTERED, BUT HAVEN'T POSTED...POST IT!!! 2 MORE ENTRIES!!

I WILL DRAW THE WINNER THE EVENING OF JUNE 1!!!

CONTEST CLOSES AT 11:59pm CST MAY 31...(tomorrow)

Memorial Day Adventure: Six Flags Fiesta Texas!!!

2009-05-30T21:37:00.010-05:00

Alright...I'm a procrastinator when it comes to uploading pictures LOL

On Memorial Day Monday...a few friends and I went to Six Flags Fiesta Texas..

We had a GREAT TIME...hell...on the first roller coaster we were waiting to ride...2 girls passed out from dehydration....but nonetheless we rode damn near EVERYTHING...

We got there around 12-1pm and didn't leave until the park closed at 8pm...

Good people...rides...junk food...made for great FUN!!!...some pics..

Me and Frenchie in the back seat on the way...she's recovering LOL

(Drunk Chronicles)

Yaaaay we're HERE!!!!!!

Yes..I'm going to ride ALL OF THOSE RIDES!!

My friend JaeG likes to take rearview pics...

I see you Char..... :)

YES we are in!!!!!.....the parking lot lol

My brother decided to call right when I was trying to take a pic of myself infront of the park...

Here we are in line for our first coaster...The Boomerang!

I'm a BEAST at the Air Hockey...that's the picture of an ASS WHOOPIN!!!

Who want some?

It was SO DAMN HOT...we were waiting to get on this ride..through the waterfalls LOL

AAAAHHH MUCH BETTER NOW...look at P lol

If you want to take a picture with me let's do it the right way LOL

Roasted Corn and Turkey Legs...YUM!!!...what did I get?

Roasted Corn DUH!!?! So good!!

(eh sorry for excessive boobage..lol)

Showing off the guns with The Riddler!

Yeah...at the end of the night on the way home...

I was worn the hell out....

So there you have it...the Memorial Monday wrap up hahahaha...oooh by the way...we saw a Hummingbird while walking to one of the rides....snapped these pics...

Far's Contest....holla!!!

2009-05-28T10:09:00.003-05:00

Ok so the beautiful F to the A-R is having a little "Thank You" Contest....

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Thought of the Week: 5/25/09

2009-05-27T10:32:00.002-05:00

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."
- John N. Mitchell

First off, I usually post my TOTW on my other blog, but seeing as I keep up with this one more I will start to post them here as well.

So this week's TOTW is simply just inspired by my general attitude and need to remind myself that you get out of life what you make it. I'm not perfect by any means, and I set goals and have both success and failures. Sometimes I finish things ahead of schedule, on time, and well not at all...have several things still pending. Now while it's great to know what you are suppose to do, one still should strive to finish.

In any case, one of the things I always share with people and in a lot of what I write is always around you get out of life what you put into it. Think of a situation in your life where you COULD have been upset about something or you COULD have let someone at your job get to you, but you stopped, had a little chuckle and just didn't let anything ruin your mood or your day. Think about a time where you just woke up in a GREAT mood and carried that through the day....did everything just seem to "go your way" a little? :)

Everyone has their moments...and you have good days and bad days...but this week I encourage you to strive for more good days than bad days...even if you have to fake it a little until you make it one LOL...if you want life to bless you, be a blessing to life and the lives of others...no matter how small you may feel it is... :)

=Know Your Greatness=

TUESDAY TOON: You're on top now what?

2009-05-26T11:31:00.002-05:00

It's an oldie but goodie LOL

Still cute cartoon that makes me giggle..

So...simple question this Tuesday...

Your First Time...

Good?...Bad?...Indifferent?

Elaborate only if you feel like it....

Sometimes I Feel Like A Blog....

TUESDAY TOON: Cry Me A River..Build a Bridge..GET OVER IT..

Thought of the Week: 10/19/09

Tuesday Toon: Every Village Has an Idiot...or Idiots....

Thought of the Week: 9/28/09

Vacation what?

Right Song...Right Time..DAMMIT!

Drunk Chronicles: 9/16/09

Thought of the Week: 9/14/09

Thought of the Week: 9/8/09

Clutter Be Gone!!!

Oh No She Didn't...

Tuesday Toon:...Oh I'll do it later...

Thought of the Week: 8/31/09

Truth in Lies..or Lies in Truth?

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

Music Lyrics...Favorites

GET YOUR JWORK! GIVEAWAY ALERT

Adventures of my Blackberry Camera....

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

Tuesday Toon: .."Take a look...it's in a BOOK..."

Thought of the Week: 8/24/09

Thought of the Week: 8/17/09

Tuesday Toon: Not Married Yet?

Thought of the Week: 8/10/09

BLAMEstorming Session 2

Contest/Giveaway Alert: SCAVENGER HUNT!

Heeeeyy Yoooouuu Guuuuuys!!!

TUESDAY TOON: Honesty Is The Best Policy...Right?

Thought of the Week: 7/27/09

Contacts Come Back!!

TUESDAY TOON: Be careful what you wish for....

Thought of the Week: 7/20/09

TUESDAY TOON:...It's not WHAT you do...but HOW you do it...

Thought of the Week: 7/13/09

Welcome to Texas Tina!!

BLAMEstorming Session 1

Dear Dentist...

"This is how one song can change your life...."

What Do You Want To Know: 7/8/09

Today can suck a donkey!..(that's the pain talking)

TUESDAY TOON: Yeah we're friends...but uummm...

Wednesday Questions....?

Thought of the Week: 7/6/09

Drunk Chronicles: 7/5/09

Hair Purgatory

What Do You Want To Know: 7/1/09

I said I wasn't going to do it...

You made me do this...(another long read..WORTH IT though)

TUESDAY TOON: I should hang up on your ass...

My Weekend...Good..Bad...Worse...(long read)

Thought of the Week: 6/29/09

Drunk Chronicles: 6/27/09

Poetic Thoughts: To My Girlfriends

What Do You Want To Know: 6/24/09

Shut your SUBPOENA UP-date!

Peep Show to the left! (dammit)

TUESDAY TOON: Get in the ZONE!...Kiss me thru the Phone??

Thought of the Week: 6/22/09

I Release You....I Release Myself....*insert expletive*

I...AM..NUMBER 1...LMAO

20 items or less BIIIAAAATTCHHHH!!!

Contest Alerts and Other Random Things....

What Do You Want To Know: 6/17/09

To My Broken-Hearted Girls

TUESDAY TOON: Self-Esteem Killer

Weekend Recollection....(only 1 pic)

Thought of the Week: 6/15/09

Muck Friggin Fon-day!

Scene Setting - Part 3 of 4

Subpoena UPDATE...and somethin to make you L-O-L

THANK YOU...and WELCOME....(not you're welcome lol)..and something Special...

I GOT SERVED!!!!....(no really)

What Do You Want To Know: 6/10/09

Update on Weekend Issues

TUESDAY TOON: "Blame it on the A-A-A-A-A-A-APPLE.."

A few weekend pics...

Thought of the Week: 6/8/09

"I work hard for my money.." so why are you fuckin' with me?!!?!?

Drunk Chronicles: 6/6/09

I Release You....I Release Myself....insert expletive

CONTEST WINNER

CONTEST UPDATE*...like your chances?

CONTEST CLOSED

CONTEST CLOSING: LAST CHANCE C'MON!!!