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You might wanna grab a bit to eat and something to drink, this could be long. Let�s start with the bad news�. First off, don�t ask me how it happened, but I have damn near gained back the 10 pounds that I lost this year and have been able to keep off..for the most part. Somehow over the last 4 weeks (ever since Turkey day) the weight has been steadily increasing. The bad part is, I have not been very bad. Last week was �Sweets Week� at work. Co-workers brought in all kinds of baked goodies that ranged from home made fudge, brownies, lots of fancy cookies and even 3 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts. But I didn�t have not one bite. Ok, so I had one bite of a very small piece of fudge and I bite of a Krispy Kreme but that was it, honestly. For the most part, I have been avoiding the break room. I thought the weight gain was my imagination. I tried to trick myself into believing that maybe my scale was broke or just not centered correctly. After a few days and making sure that the little red needle was pointed directly on 0, nothing changed except that now I was one pound heavier than I was two days prior. Then I tried to tell myself that you gain a few pounds right before your period (which was last week). And I tried to deny that the bulge in my stomach was getting bigger. Last week I was leaning back in my chair and I looked down at my tummy. I saw this unusual bulge and thought it was just created by my pants, so I tried to push the bulge down, when it didn�t move, I realized it was my stomach. (please don�t laugh, I�m very sensitive) I�ve tried all the mind tricks, now it�s time to get serious and quickly. I have not had time for the gym with the two jobs and all. But desperate times call for very desperate measures. So once again I�m on a quick fix, crash diet. The Cabbage soup thing worked for me before, so I�m going to try it again. Wish me luck, cause I�m going to need it. (side note: there will be diet vacation day on Christmas. I refuse to eat cabbage and miss out on a Honey baked ham, Roast Beef, Chicken, my Momma�s dressing, green bean casserole, greens, candied yams, macaroni and cheese, and cheesecake�damn I can�t wait) Okay ready for some good news (not that you care since it�s not good news for you) I spent damn near the whole weekend shopping for Christmas presents. I�m all done. The only person left is my Mom (who is difficult as hell to shop for). Oh yea, there is my Dad and the new wifey too. But I have not decided if he is worthy of a gift form me. I�m still bitter about the lil bro graduation thing. More good news. I got plans for New Years. There is a party in SF that start at 8 pm and does not end until 8 am. And it�s only $50. So me and the girls are going to try to hit that up. This weekend while Christmas shopping, I also went �party� shopping. I had planned on searching for a pretty plum colored dress. I was inspired by that new Remy Red grape berry infusion advertisement that they have in all the black magazines like Essence and Ebony (have you seen it??) The purple in the ad is absolutely gorgeous. I tore the ad out and went to Macys hoping to stumble upon the perfect dress. And I did just that. I was hoping to be perty (note: that is not a typo) in purple. But after finding the PERFECT dress, things have changed. Now I�m gonna be RED HOT. Naw let me correct that, I�m gonna be RED FUCKING HOT. Red is my favorite color and I look sooooo good in it, but I was trying to switch thangs up a bit. But hell, I�m gonna stick with what works and I will be definitely be working it in my red dress. I got the purse (which is also adorable) now I�m on the hunt for the perfect red/wine sandals. I was contemplating these but them bitches cost $185.00�.that�s more than my dress ($118 on sale) and my purse ($25.00 waiting for it to go on sale so I can get some $$ back). As I continued to browse, I found these . Yes, them bitches will be in my closet by the end of the week. All that�s left for my New Years night is jewelry and makeup. I think I�m going to go out on the limb and find a wine colored lipstick. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the hair. I�m bout to call my beautician and schedule an appointment. I�m thinking of s simple up-do that�s kind of wispy. My dress has a nice v- neckline and my hair will look good up and make my face look thinner. Okay, I know I talked this dress up so you have got to be curious by now what it looks like, right? (just say right and make me happy). I searched and searched for a pic of my dress. It�s funny how you can find every gawd damn thing on the web except what you really need. I had no luck finding a pic of my dress on the web. If I was thinking with my right brain, I would have brought my digi cam to work to take a picture of the dress. Yes, I brought my dress to work. Why you ask?? Well, one of my co-workers is my white counter part. We discuss fashion and clothes everyday. She has great taste in clothes. On Mondays we come to work and brag about all the good buys that happened over the weekend. So naturally I had to tell her about the dress. After describing it to her, she insisted on seeing it in person, so I brought it to work. I knew there was a reason why I loved my cell phone. I completely forgot that I have a camera on it until now. Ok, I have just spent the last 2 hours trying to convert my camera phone pics form BMP. Format to JPG so that I can upload them. I got a new work computer a few months ago and all the photo editing software I downloaded is on my old computer. So until I can figure out how the hell to convert the pics to the appropriate format, your just gonna have to take my word on how fly the dress is. Ready for more good news (like you give a damn)� Back in da day I was part of a Black Ski club. I all ready know what your thinking �Black folks ski???� Yes, we ski (at least some of us). I have been skiing since I was about 8 years old, so I�m pretty good. We joined the Black Ski club of Northern California when I was in high school and we went on the annual ski trip up to Tahoe during MLK Jr. weekend. This particular ski event was huge. All the black ski club in Cali, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nevada�basically the whole West and North west would come. We used to have a blast. Picture a white mountain sprinkled with black folks everywhere. It was beautiful. I loved going to Chocolate Mountain each year. That was the one time that I didn�t ski. I was usually to busy chillin up in the lounge playing cards and sipping on hot chocolate (keep in mind I was underage and I usually went with my Mom, Aunts and little cousins so hot chocolate and just chillin was all I was able to do). There was plenty of potential to act up, but I was young back then. And Raven had not been born yet. The last time I went to the Black Ski event it was the biggest one they have ever had. Negroes from all over came to Chocolate Mountain. Folks that didn�t even like the snow traveled up to Tahoe just for the entertainment. Unfortunately, Jumbug and Aquaneshia brought Ki Ki and LaMar. And LaMar�s trifling ass brought his no-good-baby-mama Bebe and all her gawd damn kids. As the good ol saying goes, �you can take the negores out the hood, but you can�t take the hood out of the negroes�. If I said yo people (meaning black folks) acted up, it would be a severe understatement. These niggas (and I hate to use that term, but that�s how they acted) showed their asses that weekend. They started fighting at one of the casinos, stealing poker chips and money, some fool threw a chair thru the front window of one of the casinos and shattered the entire front window and just overall, folks acted nigerish. It was so embarrassing, especially for us black folks that know how to act once we leave the hood. Of course white folks was like �oh hell naw, these niggas aint coming back up to our neighborhoods fuckin shit up�. So after that year (I think it was 97) the ski events have been dramatically scaled down and not widely publicized. Since I been in school the last 5 years I have not been able to attend but I have heard that they are not the same. Well I guess the white folks decided to lift the ban from the black ski clubs, because this year they are having their annual event in Tahoe again. I looked the information up on the website and it�s going to be BIG again. I�m not one to miss out on a big event. So you know I�m hittin Chocolate Mountain up again. I contacted a few friends and everybody is trying to go. When I say everybody, I�m talking bout 15 folks. I became the official party organizer since it was my idea. No problem. I can handle it. I was stressing for a while there because despite my every attempt, I could not find any lodging that could accommodate all 15 folks and still keep under a decent budget. Sure I found plenty of Tahoe cabins that averaged $500 a night but when you factor in the 3 nights that we would be up there that was just way too much money. My aunt has a timeshare so we looked into that. Of course all the condos were booked for the MLK weekend. We added our name to a waiting list. But the likely hood of us getting a condo was slim. I was just about to call off the whole trip because I could not even find any hotels in the area that had vacancy. But the good news came last week. My aunt called to tell me that a 3-bedroom condo was available and that we had it for all 3 nights. I was so excited that I jumped up and down and screamed for like five minutes when I heard her message on my answering machine. The best part, for the whole weekend our lodging will only cost $55 dollars. No, that�s not per night. That�s for the WHOLE entire weekend. Split that amongst 15 folks and you know we doin big thangs now. I can�t wait. The weekend will be full of drinkin, smoking (for some, but not me), skiing, playing cards and dominoes and just having an overall good time. Most of us are smart enough not to take sand to the beach, obviously I missed out on that valuable lesson. My dumb ass invited D, even though there will be plenty of Chocolate up on the mountain. Oh well, if I get my pimp game up to par, maybe I will get my flirt on behind D�s back. I know, that�s just wrong but I�m single and I�m trying to have fun. Wew�I told you this was gonna be long. I have plenty more, but I suppose it can wait. Since I don�t have DSL at home, I probably won�t be updating a whole lot over the next couple of weeks (I'm taking some much needed time off). I�m spoiled by my work computer and how fast everything is that I just can�t sit at home waiting 5 minutes for one damn page to load. Just in case I don�t make it back on here, Happy Holidays to all. |
1:10 p.m. || December 23, 2003 |
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