Slow Metamorphosis

...for the weekend. Last weekend I did nothing but sleep...like some serious downhome sleeping. I felt so good, because it was raining and I just wanted to be snuggled up under some sheets. This weekend I have a 4 day weekend and I can't even tell you I am so READY! I want to go to the Internationa.l Afri.can Ar.ts Fest.ival in Brook.lyn and Com.modore Barry Park, and a friend of mine is supposed to be here this weekend so that should be fun and just a whole lot of hanging out and having fun. Work is work - I have a deadline....as usual so I cant be worried about that right now. Im just trying to not stress about that too much.

So as for the myspace...msnhim I couldnt get to your page it kept giving me some funky error message. Can you email it to me please? Thanks! I'm too excited about it though cuz I found so many people that I havent seen in ages and it's cool to reconnect and see how they are doing. I just have to turn down my speakers because everyone has a song blasting and GC you are so right about the flashing lights the bells and whistles... that is a bit annoying.

What are your plans for the long holiday? Anyone getting into any trouble?

I have officially been introduced to myspace. WHY OH WHY?? My friend Yve is like Girl errbody from UB (college) is on there...and you have to join. So I do, and now I'm like damn how does this thing work. Any tips? Anyone have myspace and wanna be my friend :-P

Yeah so I had to put the pictures up here. I wanted to share my hairstory aside from on my hair journal. The first pic was in September of last year - it was the last time I cut my hair and the second pic is from this weekend. Yeah my naps are growing.

It’s been awhile since I posted last and so much as been going on --- I wont rattle on and on but last week was good to me – ok maybe I will rattle on. I went for a nice facial with my coworker. It was at a spa where you gotta strip down and lay in a darkened room with harps or some stuff playing overhead. It was very relaxing and well worth it. Then Friday I organized a bowling happy hour to depart from the traditional drink till you fall over happy hours we are accustomed to. It was nice and I had so much fun. We took pics but it appears most pics were of people’s rear ends….lol go figure.




Yeah thats my butt by the way.....



Saturday I went to the baby shower/bbq/backyard gathering and it was nice, I ate, I laughed I had an all around good time. I was supposed to go to the Raheem Devaughnn concert this week but I waited too long and then the tickets were sold out – ain’t that a blip. I was also supposed to go to MD/DC this weekend but unfortunately I won’t be able to go because my travel partner has cancelled, so alas no trip this weekend.

On a sad note Sunday I went to the hospital. My friend Reenie is in the hospital and that makes me so sad, she is doing better now, I am hoping they will release her soon. I am going to visit her again today but when I went on Sunday she was really weak and could barely stay awake. I am glad she is doing better but I just want her out of there.

I forgot to write this yesterday but my roomie from college and her boyfriend – lets call them Jules and FS got engaged on Saturday!!!. I was so excited for her. Saturday made her 6 year anniversary and she has been waiting for this for the longest. On that note – why is it that whenever you go to your friends house their parents always feel the need to ask you – “so when are you getting married?” Um I don’t know. Jeez – the pressure. Is it really necessary? My aunts and family members do the same thing too… its like yeah ask the person who will be doing the asking.

On another note, have you been watching the news lately and the reports of all the fraud committed by people filing claims for Katrina funds? They say that the money dispersed has been anywhere from 600million to 1.4 billion! I was floored. They claim that a guy in Texas used the money to get a sex change operation! People used the debit cards for Caribbean vacations, diamonds, jewelry, and porn among other things. I am sorry but this boils my blood for real. Like WTF is anybody paying attention? And why is it that now after the money is spent and the people who really NEED the money are still struggling because they barely got enough money to sustain them. It’s always after the fact that an investigation gets done. God forbid you actually check these things out before hand!

This weekend was a good weekend. Friday started my summer hours so I was out of her at 12 on the dot. My coworker and I went to the gym and took an ab class --- can we say pain. Lol. Saturday I went to church, then went to my friend A’s baby shower. I had so much fun – it’s hard to believe that I have known her for 10 years and that she is having her 3rd child. It’s like whoa – where did the time go! L came and got me from the shower and we went to Jersey to meet his friends. They invited us to go to a Turkish restaurant and since I was planning on taking him out for his birthday anyway – it all worked out. The food was excellent – I mean lamb that literally melts in your mouth and they had a belly dancer too which was cool. She came over to our table and tried to get L to dance but he wouldn’t go even though I encouraged him to. He claims he isn’t trying to get in trouble…yeah ok!. Afterwards we went back to my house and fell into deep sleep…I never slept so well. Sunday- I did ABSOLUTELY nothing. Except wash a few dishes and I washed and styled my hair—that was it. Monday back at the grind – my boss is back from her vacation so everything just fell right back into place.

So today we were to have a huge meeting with one of our biggest clients to get them to use our services for their catalog. I got all dressed in my powersuit – did the fro up nicely wore heels and makeup – the whole nine. And they cancelled! I really hope it’s not cuz of the rain but at least I can get some work done today instead of being in a meeting half the morning.

Today my coworker and I are going to do the power workout! We are doing a total body class and then right after we are taking a hip hop funk class YEA MAN! I can’t wait.

The next few weeks are going to fun – this weekend my friend is having a baby shower, she is having her third little munchkin and her best friend is throwing her a “surprise” shower – yeah it’s not really that much of a surprise because she knows about it. Lol. Sunday is L’s 30th birthday so I have something planned for him. Next week I scheduled a deep pore facial with 2 of my coworkers and then I am hosting a bowling happy hour for our book being sent to print and another coworker’s birthday. Then there is father’s day to consider. Rah.eem Devau.ghn whose album I just got is going to be performing at SOB’s on the 20th and I am seriously contemplating going. The 23rd I am going to MD to visit my friend who came here memorial weekend. I just finalized those plans with my friend this morning so it’s all a go. Then my trip for Jamaica is in august and I have to finish paying the hotel fee – which has to be done by the end of this month….and what’s good is that my friend Reenie is coming with me on my family reunion, so at least I will have a friend there to bug out with. We were going to go to Chicago for the 4th of July again this year but decided against it, since we are going to Jamaica in august, but its all good.

Right now at this moment, I am in a good place….things are busy but work is not really overwhelming right now. And all the other little issues are working themselves out.

Oh by the way… so yesterday after I posted the article about Jaleel White, I heard on the radio that it is a hoax. That really SUX!!!! Why would anyone make up a story about that?? That is SO not funny.

Did anyone else here this?

LOS ANGELES, California (AP)

--Jaleel White, who played 'nerdy'neighbor Steve Urkel on "FamilyMatters" found dead Monday.
He was 29 years old.

White was pronounced dead on arrival after admission to an LA hospitalearly Monday morning. The death is being investigated as a suicide.

Born Jaleel Ahmad White, he began his career at the age of three acting in television commercials, before landing guest spots on shows such as"The Jeffersons" and "Mr. Belvedere." It was in 1989 that White landed the role that would make him famous, playing wacky neighbor 'SteveUrkel' on the ABC program "Family Matters."

Following the cancellation of "Family Matters" in 1997, friends claim White became obsessed with the character, and grew despondent, despite further successes as star and producer of the UPN sitcom "Grownups", and as a writer for NBA.com Neighbor and friend, Bradley Spencer alerted police after hearing what he described as "a loud bang" coming from White's Los Angeles apartment.Authorities state that upon entering the home they discovereda young African-American male with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Also found was a note, which read simply "Did I do that?", a popular catch phrase from the show."

Jaleel was an uncommonly good man, an exceptional role model and agreat comedic actor," said William Bickley, who created the series, and Thomas L. Miller, one of the executive producers, in a joint statement."We feel privileged to have known him and worked with him. He'll be missed and remembered every day by his many, many friends," they said.

Actress Kellie Williams -- Laura Winslow on the series -- described White as a consummate professional actor. "Everyone adored him," she said.

"We have all lost a dear, dear brother," said Reginald VelJohnson, who played Carl Winslow.White, an only child, is survived by "cousins, aunts, uncles, and wonderful friends," Bickley said.

So much has been going on the past few weeks…

Last week for the 3 day weekend – my friend came down from MD and all of the old crew hung out together. It was 4 of us all went to high school together and were a part of what we called “the breakfast club”. And as it all turns out we are all afro rocking natural beauties now…go figure. I didn’t even know she was growing out her hair until she got here. We went to the BAM Dance Africa Festival in BK, which was awesome. They had African dance shows in the street along with the drumming and the vendors out selling their wares, not to mention a whole bunch of nappy black folk which put me in heaven. We talked so much that I barely had a voice left on Tuesday, and then hanging out all hours of the night had me coming down with something and I was all jacked up on Tuesday so I had to call out sick. The work week went as normal – stress stress and some more stress.

This weekend I did a whole lot of cleaning and finally managed to do my own hair for a change. I have to post some pics to the hair section of this blog. Gotta update it’s been so long. This week my boss is out – she is lamping in Puerto Rico, which I am totally hating on. One of our biggest accounts is coming in this week so I have to get together some sort of presentation to get this new business. Last week was L and I’s 3 year anniversary…scary aint it. This week my summer hours begin – M-T 8:30-5:30 and Friday 8:30-12. I love it! Anyway its been so I have to make my rounds and catch up with all the bloggies I haven’t had a chance to read.