Monday, May 24, 2010

Monday is not at all a Funday

Why does it seem like Friday night mysteriously melds into Sunday evening. No matter how great your weekend was, a general feeling of malaise occurs sometime on Sunday when you realize it’s almost that time to go back to work. All of a sudden you feel as if Saturday never occurred. You have no memory of it; the only thing you can think of is the fact that the work week is impending.
I just read an article about Mondays, and what we can do in order to feel better about them. Is there anything that we can really do to make them better? I mean I realize the work week has to start somewhere, but herein lays the problem. No one really wants to work week to start.
If the weekend was 3 days long and we started back up on Tuesdays, our anger would just gravitate to that day. People who seem down and out would be accused of having “a case of the Tuesdays”… And by the way- who in the hell says stuff like that, those people deserve to be punched in the mouth.
Mornings are not good for most people, and it doesn’t help to have some ridiculously happy/energetic person walk up to you and say something snarky about your mood. I don’t need you to suggest that I go drink some coffee, what if I suggested that you get your mouth stapled shut? Yeah that’s what I thought...
I sometimes wonder if I am the only person who rides to work thinking the whole time: should turn around and drive back home? This thought stays with me even as I am pulling into the garage- “no one has seen me yet, I can still turn around”. Then there are the days when I wake up and just sit in the bed with this feeling of dread.
I actually like the place I work and the work I do, also I really like the people I work with (well some of them). But the whole idea of getting up that early, putting on decent clothes and having to sit and stare at a computer for that long makes me want to jump into traffic. When I had a longer commute, I sometimes imagined myself opening the car door and rolling onto the turnpike, but then I thought about how much I like myself…
But what can really be done? Its work right? No one is gonna want to pay me to sit around and watch judge shows and drink champagne- which is what I would obviously rather be doing. I often entertain the idea of playing the lottery, but then I’m too lazy and forgetful to actual cop the tickets. So until I figure out how to get paid for lounging, or win the Powerball I will be here with the rest of you- hoping, wishing and praying for Monday to become Friday and then falling into major depression when Friday becomes Sunday.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Why?- Ode to Men from Dallas

Why do you like to wear bedazzled shirts?
Why are they so lame?
Why are they under the impression that they are the sht?
Why are their shoes so pointy and long?
Why should i be impressed by you?
Why do you do feminine dances at the club?
Why could i take you down in hand to hand combat?
Why, lawd why?

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Mind Control, brought to you by vh1

I’m not sure if it’s a sign that society is becoming stupider, or if they have found a way to control our minds through the televisions… I personally think it is the latter, as I consider myself to be an intelligent person. But I am worried by the fact that I seem to have an addiction to almost every show that vh1 offers me. There are some I can’t get with, but the others, no matter how completely moronic, I am ALL ABOUT. I will sit up and count down until new episodes come on, I discuss them with my friends, then I get angry at myself for watching and end up repeating this cycle next week…

I absolutely HATE Ray J. I think he is ridiculous, petty, simple, and completely indulgent. But I make sure to catch each new episode of his show. I truly dislike the caricatures of women portrayed on his show, yet I find myself dissecting them and everything they say and do with other ppl who share my addiction. I was the same way with Flavor of Love, I mean what woman really wants to be with that crispy dude, I love NY, bka- Lamb Chop of love…. Again you cannot convince me that any of those men really wanted to be a part of her life, especially after seeing that man/mom of hers Mrs. Patterson. Then we have Rock of Love, now although I’m not a BM fan, I can actually belive that some of those women want to be with him. He is not horrible looking and still kinda has a career. But the trailer trash/porn star cocktail of people that they give him is just crazy! The inappropriate mix of lace/weave/tattoos/spandex/and thongs is just a disaster in the making. I do of course end up watching the madness that ensues when all of these crazy people are put in a room with huge amounts of liquor…

So then we have the hot mess that is Making the Band on MTV. That dude Diddy knows how to make a hit, I aint even gonna front. Since he took over this show its been silliness, pettiness, and ghetto fabulousness all wrapped up in a delightful NY backdrop. From “The Band”, who I don’t even wanna get started talking about, to Danity Kane, who recently imploded from within due to the whorish actions of some members, to the bitchassness that is Day 26. I like the music of Day 26, but cannot respect these dudes as men for anything. I have never seen so many grown men bust into tears, have petty fights, get they mamas called on them, etc, than these dudes… But you know what, as much as I wanna slap each member, except for Mike, I stay watching.

Another channel that serves up foolishness on the regular is BET. I absolutely hate the cast of Harlem Heights. I had dreams that they would portray normal, working, intelligent, fun black adults who are doing big things in life. In reality they are petty, annoying, bottle poppin, caricatures. They talk about each other like dogs, and then smile in each others faces the next time they are out. The other show is College Hill. No words for that one… just yeah…

So many other trashy shows, little kid pageants, matchmakers, chef shows, its sad really.
I don’t want to think I have a problem but its becoming quite clear that I do. If there is a rehab I don’t want it. I prefer to watch the foolishness.

Thanks and good day.

Back on that work sht…

I know I always talk about work, but I have some crazy people that I work with.
There have been many incidents recently where people have completely shown their asses and acted a complete fool at work. Maybe its just me, maybe these issues are not a big deal, idk…

Boundaries
Some people at work do not understand what this word means. There are people who do not use them in regards to personal business. And there are people who do not apply them to their work life. I have a lady here who tells anyone who will listen about her home life, in addition to her questionable sex life. And DON’T LET HER GET DRUNK. Oh lawd! We have heard about 3-ways, bed jumping and all kinds of other explicit activities that I never wanted/needed to know about her. I mean she has gone so far as to solicit for her 3-ways with ppl in the office, WTF!
Then we have the woman whose side hustle is selling sex toys, she decided that it was a good idea to bring her box of “goodies” to work and set up a display at her desk. Then she went so far as to invite others to her desk in order to get clients. How in the world is this ok, and with this whole “economy issue” why would someone jeopardize their job in that manner…. I am pretty sure you are not supposed to be selling anything at work, and I am very certain that those kinds of items are a “no, no”.

Who down with ITB
Apparently several ladies in one dept are down with the ITB and what he is offering. One lady had been talking to him for a minute, and found out that her friend was also. It was bad news bears after that. A fuss match started, then it turned into a ridiculous he say/she say incident. He claims he never entertained her like that, which I find to be odd, what woman tries to throw down over some dude who aint entertaining her like that. I mean some psycho would I suppose, but I dnt think this is a Fatal Attraction incident. I think he got found out for talking to several of them chics at once and is now trying to save face. The whole situation is ridiculous. If you are talking to someone at your work place, make sure to keep that between yourself and that person, it really just makes you look crazy when sht like this happens. Oh, and if you are talking to someone at your job, how about you don’t holla at everyone else… just a thought…

Just plain nasty….
WHY is it so hard for some people to be sanitary? They make all this antibacterial stuff for a reason, because your nasty ass is living amongst us. When you cough, cover your mouth. When you sneeze cover your mouth, and in both cases you will need to bust out some antibacterial and or wash your dam hands after said attack is finished. When you use the rest room, please take a moment to wash your hands with soap and water, por favor. There are plenty of signs in there about what you shouldn’t flush down the toilet but no signs that say, “Wash your dam hands, nasty bastards”. One day I saw a lady walk out of a stall and run her hands under the water then walk out. Which I suppose she made an attempt, but really not so much… If you have been coughing/sneezing/snotting for more than a week, I suggest you take yourself in to see a doctor. I know it costs money, but I don’t appreciate you infecting me and everyone else in the building because you refuse to pay your co-pay.

Pray for me yall, these people are a funky mess….

Monday, January 26, 2009

Trip Home

So I took a trip home to New Orleans, and what’s sad is that although I was there for a friend’s birthday, I spent 90% of my time eating, or planning what I would eat.
So the highlights of my eating adventure are as such:

Thursday, I arrive and get scooped up by my aunt and cousin who ask if I’m hungry, which is clearly a given… So we make our way to a place in Kenner called The Swamp Room, which is known for their burgers and steaks. The burger was what I had, and is served up however you like it cooked. When I tell you the thing was large, man, I mean this burger was the size of a salad plate! It was fantastic, I could only eat half, which hurt me a lil to leave that much food behind, but it was really just doing too dam much to force it down… After the burger I told my cousin to surprise me with whatever drink he chose, and he came back with Patron with pineapple which is actually good. I had never heard of this, but you learn something everyday….

Friday I wake up wondering what I will be eating next, and we end up at this ‘hood BBQ place called Podnas. I got the ribs, and again it was hard not to eat everything in my plate, but could not due to not wanting to vomit all of that great food back up…The meat was so tender, and the sauce was banging….So then for dinner we went to Jacques-imos, my best friend and I split 3 appetizers, and all I gotta say is that I am going back, everything I had was amazing and not only because we had downed a bottle of champagne with our dinner.
After dinner we went down to Frenchmen and went to the Hookah Bar, we stayed for a while, got the bday girl drunk, then moved down the street to some Mediterranean place once it got crowded in Hookah. I guess my cousin told the ppl that it was my homegirl’s bday, and they sent out these Shrimp that were so dam good, it didn’t make any sense…. I cant even tell you what kind of seasoning they had, just yummy! After drinking some more we ended up stopping by CafĂ© Du Monde and getting a sack of beignets, that were wasted as we were too drunk and full to eat more than one each…

Saturday, I got to have crawfish… I was thrilled when I was told they were in season, and since here in Dallas I cant just pick up boiled seafood, I had to get me some. If we had not planned to go out, I would have dug in and ate them things all day, so dam good….The bday girl wanted to go down to the Quarters for karaoke, so before that we met up at her girl’s house. There I had some Manchu’s chicken, which is some dam good greasy spicy fried chicken that only has locations in places that you may get you shot up just for being in the area…I made some meatballs, and the chic had made some bomb ass crawfish pasta, and then to top it off we had this amazing chocolate cake that had cream cheese icing…It was cold as all get out, but we took our dum selves downtown anyway. After many drinks bday girl talked us into doing a group performance, which turned out horribly, the fools who thought of it punked out once on stage….just a mess….Due to the whack ass performance bday girl was ready to go and ended up pissing her man off who was pumped up about his own performance that he was waiting to do…Alas, we went home.

Sunday was my last but perhaps best day. We went to brunch at the Court of Two Sisters. I had always heard about the brunch there but had never been. Mostly due to the fact that I was poor and it was known as being expensive. So we go down there, and can I tell you that this was perhaps the best dam buffet I had ever seen in life! Anything you could think of was out there… Meats, sides, items such as grits and grillades, a roast, with gravy, boiled seafood, fruits, sausages, bananas foster, ettouffes, etc… The best dam turtle soup I have ever tasted… oh but then we found the egg area… There is a dude who will cook you eggs any kind of way, including omelets with the choice of having shrimp creole in there, eggs benedict with this crab and shrimp mixture instead of Canadian bacon, etc… I wanted to live there… The server was great and brought out a slice of this orgasmic chocolate doberge cake for the bday girl… I ate so dam much, it was ridiculous… Then we left and I copped a daiquiri after having a whole bottle of champagne with brunch…..

Then it was back to the airport for me, to return to regular old life, and TX……And to the gym to deal with all this food i ate in a matter of 3 days!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Why I Love/Hate Ray…

So before the storm, I could really care less about C. Ray Nagin. He didn’t mean anything to me other than him being the mayor. Why do I care about who the mayor is, it’s always some dude bought by the city who doesn’t do anything for ppl like me, so alas….
So he is elected, he tries to prove to us that he is not purchased by the city by having this whole taxi scam thing blown up and everyone is arrested including his cousin… Again, I say, ok. Fine.
So then there was Katrina. And Ray went straight thug on everyone! I loved it, I knew that there was a reason he was our mayor… He put all the media in their place, he fussed when we needed someone to fuss, of course he made crazy comments (ex. Chocolate City) but he was emotional and you cant always control what comes out when you are in the midst of a passionate speech… right? Right.
So here we are, got this mayor who is hard down for our city like we are, the dude is on tv talking about how he is strapped, don’t play with Ray!
Then the rebuilding starts. Or does it?
Nothing in my neighborhood has been rebuilt; nothing in the East is rebuilt. If you drive to the East at night, you better attach a flashlight to the hood of your car cuz they aint got no lights out there….
Yeah if you drive up St. Charles to the Garden District, and into the Quarters you would think that life is just peachy in the city of New Orleans.
What about us Ray? Why are they trying to get rid of our neighborhoods and build new shopping marts and walking trails and crap ppl dnt need. Why are we destroying a city landmark like Charity hospital in order to build a brand spanking new VA building?
Where is the mayor we thought had our back? Why is NO looking more like 2% milk city? Why cant the black families afford to move back into their neighborhoods? Why were so many ppl fcked out of their homes?
Oh Ray….What is we gonna do?

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I HATE Mornings.

Why does the morning suck so much, what is it about this time of day that makes me want to slap the SHT out of someone for the tiny offense of speaking to me, and don’t let it be one of those crazy scary happy mofos…. Lawd….You know those ppl who seem to not realize that it should be against the law to be that dam perky at 7am. The ones who I suspect take heavy doses of meds and or sleep with a caffeine IV hooked up to them. Its not normal for anyone to be that lively and annoying so early. If you cant think of someone like this then there is a good chance you are the a-hole I am talking about… Stop being so freaking scary, we hate you.

I go to bed as early as I can in an effort to be able to handle this time of day, yet every morning I wake up needing at least 3 more hours of sleep… Do I need to see a doctor; am I a vampire, what is wrong with me?? I tried taking vitamins, getting Starbux (cuz you know that stuff is like crack), going to bed while the sun was out, and nothing…Maybe I need to make my doctor do a complete work up on me, perhaps I have a tumor…idk…

I truly hate the hours before noon, if I could sleep until 11 or so each day I would be willing to go to work from 12pm until like 6… I mean I would actually do work for those 6 hours too, not BS like I generally do for most of the day… But apparently no one is trying to go for that…It would be more productive and really they would get the same amount of work out of me, perhaps more even…think about it…

I think I will start to do away with this early bedtime, especially since it is not really helping me at all….the only problem with that is that I get bored in the evenings, if there is nothing good on TV then what the heck am I supposed to do with my time? Knit?
I need a hobby… But then wouldn’t that be a big effort, and like an investment. If I chose to start rehabbing old cars, or like creating personalized pet portraits wouldn’t I need capitol to start up…So much pressure, and besides I’m far too lazy to think about all of this right now… I need a nap…..