I love these things... I got this one from her..
001. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
Work with kids @ a pre school.
002. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I messed up on 2004's resoloutions... i'm making aim for 2005
003. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. My gyrl Tara had a baby girl.
004. Did anyone close to you die?
My cousin's wife.
005. What countries did you visit?
Does vegas count
006. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Greater comprehension and retention of information, focus, drive, courage.
007. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None from 2004, but i've got dates etched from 1999 & 2000 that I dont wanna talk about
008. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I made 2 a's and 1 b in my fall semester of grad school
009. What was your biggest failure?
Gaining about 10 pounds over the holidays, damn my jeans are tight.
010. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A series of panic attacks and bad health in march/april
011. What was the best thing you bought?
my dell dj, mp3 player
012. Whose behavior merited celebration?
mine.. cuz i damn near crossed the line between insanity/sanity and held on.
013. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed disgusted?
The not-to-be-named straw that broke this camel's back & sent me into panic attacks, hospitalization, medication, therapy, and recovery.
014. Where did most of your money go?
bills bills bills.
015. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
i worked for an event management company that did concerts all summer
016. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Usher's Confessions.
017. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier.
b) thinner or fatter? fatter.
c) richer or poorer? the same - broke ass college student.
018. What do you wish you’d done more of?
exercise
019. What do you wish you’d done less of?
(eating) duhhhhhhhhh
020. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
at church counting down the new yr
021. Did you fall in love in 2004?
(smiles) nawww but i'm dating and in madd-like-with-him
022. How many one-night stands?
still riding that celebacy train for all its worth.
023. What was your favorite TV program?
ANTM - GO EVA.
024. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Hate gets you nowhere.. turn it over to God.
025. What was the best book you read?
Edward P Jones' - The known world
026. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Fertile.Ground
027. What did you want and get?
a mp3 player & new printer
028. What did you want and not get?
financial freedom.
029. What was your favorite film of this year?
The.grudge was pretty damn good..
030. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My gyrl J took me to my fav restaurant, i turned 29
031.What one thing would have made your year measurably more satisfying?
it took too much pain to discover my self-worth
032. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Diva on a budget
033. What kept you sane?
Nothing but the blood of jesus
034. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
My gyrl Be.y.once
035. What political issue stirred you the most?
that sham of an election and the issues that divided the voters
036. Who did you miss?
I lost touch with alot of homies this yr, working hard on school stuff and self-imposed-isolation.. I'm just now gettin back up with my peeps
037. Who was the best new person you met?
I met a bunch of new cousins this yr.
038. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
no person, job, relationship or thing is worth making you loose the part of yourself that is centered, calm, loving, sane, and peaceful
039. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
So i'll cry till you tell me
let it go let it be
ohhhhhh Lord your will
is what's best for me
12/22 was my big brutha Max's birthday... He kicked it to dinner with me and another homie of his, and I had to snap a photo of the birthday-guy with his celebration sundae..
I was major relaxed for the holiday weekend.. I was full of joy and decided to share my holiday goodness with everyone I encountered (even the dog) Photo evidence below..
I decided to mess with my dog as she napped in her bed.
She was looking mighty grumpy as I snapped photos and woke her up
Little Taylor dragged herself out of her warm bed for my amusement.
Look.. is that Rudolph... no its Taylor in antlers, and she does not look amused.
Can't ya feel the holiday excitement
Bet she's plotting on biting me in the ass
I just got my grades in from the stressful Fall 2004 semester which came to an end mercifully last week.. I worked some serious overtime and burned the midnight oil many-a-night trying to make it thru these courses.
Horray and Thank-You-Jesus.. this is the best christmas gift to myself ever...
Intergrated Marketing Communications = A
Marketing Research = A
Executive Management = B
While editing and trying to kill off some unwanted spam that hitt the site, I deleted my birthday post by accident..
All my warm well-wishes from 12/17 have gone bye-bye..
I'm such a klutz...
Peep the links for updates... I've got some new blogs to stalk..
Some of the damnest thangs have been happening to me lately. Yesterday I looked all over the house for my dog, and found her trapped behind the entertainment center. Apparently she crawled back there and fell asleep, then got her lil paws tangled up in the TV wires.. After a great deal of yelling by me, I had to move the center, grab her lil bad ass, and snatch her out.. Yes a spanking followed the episode.
Friday morning at work (yes on my birthday) one of the kids in my class had a lil accident and shit his pants.. About a pound of semi-runny shit was all over this kid's underwear, jeans, and ass.. I took the high road and prayed to the lord for strength as I entered the bathroom armed with plastic gloves, baby wipes, plastic bags, a change of his clothing, and a whole lot of courage.. Now I shoulda called his teacher or an aide to handle the shitty-mess because it's not a part of my job to do that kinda work, but the kid was crying, scared, and shitty, I just sucked it up and handled the mess to keep him calm.. I had to bend over and demonstrate to shorty how to wipe his ass and legs free of the runny sticky mess.. Words can't describe the horror of that smell and shitty-mess.. (shudders in flashback) Lawd I swear these kids are driving me batty.
I'm pratically about to "nutt-up" in my chair just thinking about the sexxy-deliciousness that I dined on for my birthday dinner.. My main homie *J* took me to one of my favorite restaurants downtown and we got our eat on, grown-n-sexxy style.. I had crispy caramel thai chicken with rice for dinner and for dessert I had bananna topped bread pudding with caramel swirls all over it.. Ohhhhh yes we had a wonderful time in a beautiful restaurant.. Two beautiful, well dressed, educated sistas doing their thang on a Friday night.
It was so damn cold downtown that I wrapped up tightly in my fur coat, and rushed back to the car, to heck with doing any "after-activities" in the area. Just wanted to get back to the crib and relax..
and that's all she wrote... we kept it stylish, expensive, yet simple.. What a way to ring in the year 29 for me..
Special thanks to everyone who wished me well and dropped a message for my birthday.. Yall really mean alot.. *cries*
Tonight I sipp my first taste of freedom.. For the past few weeks i've been dropping in breifly to cry about the stresses of school work and projects, but its finally oficially over now.. I turned in my last final exam today, and breathed a deep sigh of relief. To celebrate the end of it all I went and did a little shopping and caught some good sales..
I'm 95% sure I got one A, and two B's for my final grades.. I put in some serious effort and kicked ass the past few weeks or so.. Learned more in 3 weeks than I did all semester. A sista cranked out one 20 page paper, 2 take home finals, approximately four 7 page papers, and a 15 minute presentation with slides all since 12/1/04.. I've got one more semester left taking 3 classes and this MBA is officially a wrap.. and Boogie the next time you feel like you are missing the world of academics, feel free to chip in and help me with some homework, project, paper or sumthin.. aight.. lol.. I promise I won't tripp.
In other news, I damn near cried tonight watching ANTM, and seeing my gyrl Eva with her ultra sexy, confident, diva azz win the contest.. That girl has been taking some of the most beautiful photos week after week.. Gone with your bad self lil-mamma. You deserved to win.
** Tapps Microphone**
Is this thing on.....
If I may have your attention for a moment....
My birthday is Friday 12/17.... Prepare your words of good wishes, kindness, adoration, joy, and love now so you'll get them perfect on friday..
That is all.....
*smooches*
The 20 page nightmare paper is over and it's pretty much smoothe sailing from here on out... Got 3 more mini papers to knock out between now and monday night.. sighs.. and a final exam to turn in on Thursday night.
I'll be happy to get my life back, and be free of this wretched semester..
Cuz I got people to do, and things to see... Oopppz I flipped that sentence huh.
A sista is seriously tired...
I need a hugg (actually a few)
Really I do...
Today didn't pan out like I planned... Last night I found out that the 15 page paper that I thought was due on Monday can be alternately handed in on the 13th of this month.. I'm going to take full advantage of the extra week to not get stressed out, and turn it in at the last date possible..
Tomorrow thru Monday morning/afternoon i've got a large ammount of data analysis to do, and a final exam to complete, for handing in on Monday night.. There's also a 10 minute presentation/powerpoint that i've gotta do Monday.. Oddly i'm not stressed out. I'm just happy as hellz that I didn't have to throw that paper together over the weekend.. God does truely answer prayer.
Tonight I got to serious work and typed up 2 short papers and emailed them to the professor to get em out of the way.. Hopefully he won't ask me to re-do them or do any damn edits, cuz dude is notoriously hard to please and i've done more re-do's than a lil bit for his ass this semester.. Whats the point of having to do 5 short papers, if you've got to do each one about 3 damn times before it's accepted.
Early today I went and hitt up Target for a bunch of new bathroom acessories (since we got a new tile floor put down) Bath mat, toilet rug, toilet seat cover, accent rug, fabric shower curtain with clear liner, designer shower hooks with jeweled accents,
In other shopping joys I picked up a pair of long johns, a christmas gift for the dog (doggie biscuits in a candy cane shaped container), cute furry earmuffs for me, a gift for my homie who loves Tig.ger (table-top dancing and singing tiger doll)
Then, I went to the phone shop and got my momma her own celly phone on my line (i'll be sharing minutes with her on my package, and the cute lil flip phone was free after rebate). I'm trying not to be a hater, cuz her phone is hella cute, and alot better than the one i've got. She will barely know how to use this high-tech joint and those extra cute functions will be wasted on her.. (yes i'm a hater but I loved the look of joy on her face when she saw a phone just for her)
To top of this long yet rewarding day.. I went to Har.old's and enjoyed a 5-pc wings with mild sauce, with my homie *J*.. I swear that Har.olds will perk up the worst of days, so you know I was overjoyed to get it on a happy day.
Peeks out for a bit of a breather.. sighs
A sista is trying to krack out a 15 page paper, 20 minute presentation, and analization of 55 surveys, by Monday evening...
I already know how my weeekend is going to play out.. me with my face in a book, pen in my hand, and a can of soda at my lips.
holla back Monday nite..
