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12:19 pm: Taste of Chicago
I'm in Chicago for the weekend, acutally I got here wednesday night. I love this city. Visiting my chicago booty is kinda cool, i get to see a lot of the city and maybe do a little shopping. We're getting ready to go to the Taste of Chicago which for those of you who don't know is a huge festival in Grant park featuring music and food from all over chicago. It's my first time going and it's gonna be a blast. My birthday is next saturday. 27 years old, WOW, i am getting old :). I'm leaving sunday night and thank goodness i don't have to go to work that sunday night (12am). Love chicago weather. Usually when i visit, it's in the winter and 50 below. Hate the freezing cold. In memphis right now, it's high 80s and humid as hell. Thank goodness for chicago's low humidity. getting ready to go now.
Oh....got these gorgeous shoes at DSW before I left memphis. They are just devine and so comfortable. Here they are:

09:12 am: not much going on my way...well there are things going on but not many interesting ones. since the VA banned live journal (fucking pansies) I don't post and get my voyeur/comment on very much. I'm getting a new laptop from dell in a few weeks. The government is good for something. They do have "partnerships" with companies like dell, apple, sprint etc. and we can get things at discounted prices, not like 50% but hey when your buying a laptop, 30% can be pretty damn good. When i was in school a year ago, i remember my professor saying that there are a few things a manager should never do to disgruntle an otherwise very productive employee. i forget what the things were but the main one was DON'T FUCK WITH MY MONEY!! not in those words but you know. Well the VA is effin with my mooolaaa. My year probation was up on June 11 and i was supposed to get like a $5000-7000 raise and..you've guessed it I only got like $1000. The hell you say!! Some of these mofo pathologists better come up with the rest of my cheddar or somebody gonna be performing their autopsies. WTF is my supervisor for if she can't stay on the ball with things like that. Hopefully everything will be squared away by next payday plus they'll owe me retro pay for the few weeks they screwed up. This ish is effed up because when I first started working there-my first check was only for 1 week instead of 2. If you have or know someone who is a recent grad then you know that right after graduation, most people are broke mofos and i damn sure was. You would think they would've cut a check since it was there effup but no Bush must've said no cause they didn't do shit..just put that week on the next check. Oh well
FOURTH OF JULY: I'm predicting a pretty boring 4th. Of course I work 12-8am so I can't participate in a lot of festivities since I gotta try to get sleep from getting off tues am and going back tues night for wed am. On top of that i'm going to Chicago on wednesday for the Taste of Chicago and to hang out with my Chicago booty. Gonna be there 5 days. YEAH vacation-well semi-vacation anyway. My chicago booty has a laptop so I'll be able to post/comment more in a few days. Gonna go fire up the grill now i guess. I tell you, I am a effin grill master. Food Network be hooking it uuuuupppp. Grilling at 10am a few days before the 4th. Hey it's cool, shit I was grilling in the rain with my girl from knoxville on father's day. We were a little "fired up" if you know what I mean.
Gotta go get my charcoal going and then go to the farmers market to get sunflowers. Isn't it cool how having fresh flowers especially sunflowers can brighten your mood even if you're stuck inside all day. The girl in the poncho is my friend, Simirria.

lata gatas

08:41 am: Hello to all of my lj buddies. I've been MIA for about a week or so. So much to tell, so much crap has happened. First off, the VA (slave plantation) has blocked access to live journal. Myspace was already blocked but damn-block LJ wtf.( Read more... )<lj-cut text="In Other News>My friend Simirria and her kids ended up staying a while longer than expected and while she was home she met this African guy at a uniform store. I honestly think that after a week and a half she is in love. She came home because the guy she was seeing turned out to be crazy as hell but of course by the time she found out she had already moved him in, albeit this is after only a few months. Why must people move so fast. She claimed that he was so deep and was helping her get more in touch with her spiritual side. She talked nonstop about how she and the guy (crazy) talked and talked. That's all and good but why did you sleep with him the first night (few days after meeting) he came to visit. So she and the new african guy have been kicking it at a park near the river everyday from about 10pm to 4 or 5 in the morning. SHIIIIIIT ain't that much talking in the world, hell the damn giant mosquitos will eat you alive and let's not get into West Nile virus. She talks about how he treats her like a queen and how he isn't corrupt like brothers here being that he is from africa and all and hasn't been in the states very long like 3 yrs I think. I told her that I was glad she met somebody but to not be blind to the signs she was obviously blind to with the crazy guy and that I've talked to people who have dated or have friends who've dated native african men and they felt that although the cultural difference and the way they treat women like queens without women having to work and all is good, sometimes they can be controlling and not very receptive to you speaking your mind. An african guy in my class last year didn't really like the fact that i was so opinionated and straightforward. I don't in any way want to make it seem like all african men are controlling. I know they are not but i just had to put that bug in her ear. <lj-cut> I guess that's all for now I've gotta get caught up with everybody since I've been gone. Miss ya'll! lata gatas

02:36 am: Nothing much going on in my world. My friend who moved from memphis to knoxville,tn (6hrs away) is home visiting. She has 4 kids. Honestly I don't know how she does it having to take care of 4 kids alone and the oldest (8yrs old) is deaf, which makes it even tougher considering she has a 6yr,2yr and 10 month old to look after too. I know she gets stressed out. God Bless her. We'll hang out this weekend if she can get a sitter.

I'm off this weekend, so I'll probably get into something. Maybe go hear some live music on saturday. It's hot as hell here (high 90s) and the humidity is a biatch so I don't know how much time I'll be spending in the great outdoors. Getting my hair done today WOOOHOOO thank you Jesus, these cornflakes in my scalp are getting on my nerves. Anyone have the solution for dandruff PLEASE help a sista out cause i'm sick of hearing "OH it's just growing dandruff." What the fuque is "growing dandruff" Been hearing that shit for damn near 15-20 years now. I even had a hair dresser say it. WTF

Anywhoo, may get with my new booty sometime this weekend but can't mess up the do' ya'll so that'll prolly mean a little doggystyle and creativity on our part to keep the hair tight. Sad I know but hey I'm sure he won't mind.

My 43 year old aunt had a stroke last week. DAMMIT! She just had a heart attack less than 2yrs ago. That was the warning sign. HELLO??? Why is it so hard for us black people to understand and heed the warning signs of illnesses we know plague our race on the daily and has for years. Why do we put off going to the dr. when we know shit ain't right. She called in to work 1 day then went in the next day, both days having a swollen face and some right sided twitching. Couldn't be any more clearer that she was possibly pending having a stroke considering the fact that she knows she has high blood pressure and diabetes. How the hell you gonna call my mom (her sis and a rn) and ask her the symptoms of a stroke? WTF? You knew then what was going on. Anyway it was a very mild one so she's ok. Maybe she'll heed the dr. orders now and follow the diet she should.
The title of this post has nothing to do with what i wrote. I just loooovveee me some Kelis and that song "Bossy" is the shiznit!
Long post I know but oh well.

03:59 am: great sex=good mood!!!!
that's all i have to say. lata gata

03:39 pm: HOME???HOME??
wow am i ready to go home. worked a double today. for all of you unemployed mofos thats 16 hours. "gotta make that money honey, can't be living on the street" that's a line in a song but for some reason that's all i remember. no name/artist. oh well. ready to go home. not too tired. aunt flow's funky ass is kickin' MY ass. funny thing happened earlier today at work. my supervisor ask me if i was currently dating anyone. UHHH no!! WHY? she replies that there is someone that works downstairs in bio-med that is a nice guy yadda yadda yadda. he drives this and that, has a nice house, cute UHHH HELLO....why is he still single. Then i think hell, i'm all that and still single. SO she is supposed to tell him to come up here to the lab so i can see him without him knowing he's gonna be scouted of course. we'll see how it goes. i'll keep ya updated. bye for now got 10 damn minutes til quitin time bitches!!

01:48 am: today sucks......
First off i DID NOT want to come to work tonight. should've called in. It's my friday, well actually it's wednesday but i'm off until sunday night. YEAH!!! hope tonight goes by fast. i'm supposed to talk to the pathologist over blood bank today about an incident where i didn't follow policy in issuing blood to a patient. i don't think it will be that bad. i have a good reason and the blood didn't kill him but he did die later that day. not due to a transfusion reaction though. i hope i can avoid him today. maybe i'll be gone home (8am) by the time he gets here and i won't have to deal with it until monday. my best friend and her boyfriend are coming to visit today and i'm thinking about inviting this guy i've been hanging out with to come to the house and chill with us but i don't want him to get the wrong idea about our relationship. there isn't one. FRIENDS ONLY!! there will definitely be lots of drinking and probably a little smoking (yeah i know) hopefully all in all lots of fun. maybe i should grill some stuff, we'll all have the munchies anyway. yeah it's gonna be a great weekend.

04:37 am:

Your Stress Level is: 20%

You are not prone to stress or worry. While everyone encounters stress in life, you've learned to deal with it well. You know how to keep productive and creative, even when times are tough.

02:07 am: friends w/ benefits
why is it the best sex seems to be with people we know we shouldn't be having sex with? i want good sex+friends only. he wants good sex+relationship. nope can't do it but am i obligated to give up the sex? why can't he agree to friends with benefits. he says he can handle it but i know he can't he's wanted a relationship since we met 5 months ago. dammit usually it's the chick who catches feelings.

06:34 am: ready to go home. tired of work. want to partake in of the forbidden doobie. maybe i will when i get home. call over a little company. get a few rocks off. maybe if i put it out into the atmosphere it'll happen. well i have no problem with it happening but it needs to be worth the time you know. i have someone in mind. not a boyfriend. don't have one of those elusive creatures, but someone to fill in the gap. literally!!!! eeewww.. wish me luck

05:13 am: PARTY TIME...OH IT'S PARTY TIME!!
finally. i get off at 7am today and i'm off for the next 4 days. let the debauchery begin. well maybe not too much but there might be a few freaky episodes. very much needed episodes. it's storming and is expected to continue throughout the day. need to get my hair done. humidity is not my friend so gotta get a style that can withstand. engine light on in the truck. DAMN!! luckily went to advance auto parts, loooovvee that thingy that they check your car with to find out the diagnostic code. how relieved was i to find out that it was just my gas cap. *smiling profusely* got and air filter so hopefully my gas mileage improves cause gas prices are a mutha and libby (my jeep liberty) loves to drink. 60,000 miles and 1st time i change the air filter. i should be shot i know but who knew it was so easy to do. only spend 10 bucks!!! yeah so maybe i can go to the casino and win a little playing craps with the money i was thinking i would have to shell out for costly car repairs.

01:33 am: DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!
somehow, i thought tonight at work would go smoothly but after walking into a lab with the temperature reading at 81 degrees i knew tonight would be different. half of the lab has power the other half well let's just say the heat is on!! you would think working at a government facility would be different, you'd think they would be able to get things fixed a little quicker. we ARE taking care of veterans here. my impending heatstroke aside, none of the instruments in here like being overheated DUH! so when the power does come back on they probably won't work. Just my luck! Why me lord, why me??? if i could just make it thru the morning and then again tonight (wed am) then i'm off until monday. woooohoooo a 4 day weekend. thank you jesus!!

02:11 am: FIRST POST
I'm new to the journaling aspect of live journal but have been sneaking peeks at the lj of others. I found it amazing the things people share here. Some use lj as therapy. Hey might as well let strangers comment on the bullsh#t in your life than pay a shrink $100 an hour to sit on a dust mite infested couch and pour you heart out while he/she wonders what the hell went on in your childhood to make you this jacked up in the head. Anyway this is it my 1st post. I am posting from work. Bored as usual. At least the 1st 4 hours are. I work at a hospital in a laboratory. Love what I do. Hate the hours (12a-8a). Nothing much to say right now. More ljing later.