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Men, Women and keeping it real..

// April 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Books, Life

Saw an really good piece on Good Morning America this morning since I was already late for work. It was comedian Steve Harvey talking about his book called Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man which has become a bestseller and features straight talk to women about men.

He was pretty spot on from my point of view about everything. Of particular interest was how he laid out the differences on how men and women show each other how much they love one another. He surmised that women have a multitude of ways to do this while men basically have three. If you have a chance, take 10 minutes to watch the clip (at least to the 3 P’s). It may hit home or peak your interest as to what else he has to say..

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Memorable Monday

// April 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // Just Blogging, Life, Random Thoughts

Monday will be a memorable day not only for all the well wishes on facebook but also for a minor (at the time major) scare we had with my mom. My mom came up to celebrate my BD at a birthday breakfast with my sister. During her preperation she inadvertantly took a knock on the back of her head before she left home. It was evident that something wasn’t quite right (slow speech, etc) and she suffered through a headache throughout the morning as well as being groggy. We’d hoped that it would have cleared up later in the day, but as the day went on she didn’t seem to be any better. Around 9:30 pm we convinced her that she should be checked out by a doctor. For one I was worried that she could have something more serious going on up to the possibility of going to sleep and not waking up. My sister and I met her at the hospital where she was given a catscan and it was determined that there was no internal bleeding and probably a mild concussion. She was told to stay home for the next 24-48 hours and be monitored throughout the day. I was just happy that it wasn’t anything major and that she was alright. So, definitely a memorable Monday in a few ways. Again, thank you for the well wishes throughout..

Mine all Mine (Tomorrow)

// March 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Just Blogging, Life

Tomorrow will be the first time I’ve ever really owned a car without having to make payments on it to a financial institution. I’m not sure what i’ll do with myself but I will most certainly not be planning to go out and pay for another car anytime soon. I really love this car, much more that ones i’ve leased in the past (BMW, Acura) so that makes it even better. Now I can pay off some bills with what used to be my car payment.

Mini-Update

// March 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Just Blogging

So, finally got the new theme up I wanted to test out. I think it looks nice except for one problem which is that the additional pages I have up lead to nowhere. Ie, if you click on the reviews page or my xbox page they don’t go anywhere. So i’ll work to get that fixed or maybe ditch the theme, whichever comes first/easiest. Other than that its really, cold and rainy here in austin. Just in time for SXSW!

My Kindle: Part Deux

// February 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Kindle, Life

I broke my Kindle.

It was sitting on a ledge where I also keep my wireless headphones with tiled floors all through the house. Not a good combo. I almost dropped it a few times before due to wires getting crossed up etc. The thing that did it was me forgetting it was plugged in and grabbing it from the opposite side I usually get it from. It smashed on the floor screwing up the e-ink to where it was pretty much unreadable. This all happened awhile ago, but I called it in on Monday. 189 dollars later and my brand new Kindle arrived on Tuesday. Setting it up and pulling down my books, magazines and newspapers again was a breeze. Still it was an expensive lesson to learn. Moral of the story is keep your Kindles in a better spot than I did!

Leggo My Elbow..

// February 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Life

My elbow has been giving me problems for a month or so after I strained it in the gym. I didn’t think much of it until Monday night when I went to bed at 10 pm with the plan to wake up at 5 to go workout. That never happened because I didn’t get very much sleep due to the throbbing pain all night from my elbow. I went into the office late on Tuesday feeling like crap. I had looked at my arms in the mirror and saw a bulge in my right arm but didn’t think much of it. After showing it to a few people in the office and seeing their reaction (not good) I decided to go get it checked out. So after getting some anti-inflammatory drugs and promising to stay away from the gym a few days along with checking back in if there were still problems I went home and passed out.

Thinking back I should have gotten it checked out when I first starting having problems. But guys are stubborn that way I suppose. Now I may have to go have the elbow drained if the meds don’t help much. In any event I got a decent nights sleep.

Facebooked

// February 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Random Thoughts

I joined Facebook. I dunno why, my sister kept telling me how great it was plus there were a lot of people I probably knew that had already joined. So I decided to check it out. I’m not sure what the fasination is just yet but it does seem to have flurries of activity all the time. We’ll see how it goes..

I can’t stop watching Notting Hill

// December 25th, 2008 // No Comments » // Entertainment, Movies

Every time its on TV I have to watch. I don’t know what it is about the movie but its really well acted and the characters are so rich and believable that I get caught up in it every time. The whole “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me” thing gets me everytime. If its in blu-ray I may just make the move because of this movie.

What can I say, I love romantic comedies!

Not in my lifetime

// November 5th, 2008 // No Comments » // Just Blogging, Life

Wow.

The first call I made was to my mom. A mixture of excitement and some tears came through the phone from her after the speech Obama gave was over. “Did you ever think this could happen?” I asked. “Not in my lifetime” she replied.

Not in my lifetime. I haven’t lived the life she or my father has but I had heard some stories about my dad going to a segregated school and my mom going to a non-segregated school a few years later in the town where I grew up. I can only imagine how tough life was during those times, how options were limited and how something like last nights election could move people like my mother to tears. I can only imagine the emotions my grandmother experienced watching the election and I wished that I could have been there in the moment with them both.

I look forward to talking to my parents and my grandmother over the next few days to take in the magnitude of the election from their point of view. They’ve lived through some of the ugliness in our nations history and I’m overjoyed that they’ve had the opportunity to see this in their lifetime.

Lemons

// August 4th, 2008 // No Comments » // Just Blogging, Life, Random Thoughts

I’m kinda lost at the moment trying to figure out what’s next. For now I’ve got a big bag of lemons and I don’t know if I’m up for lemonade. I mean, you have to go find sugar and some water. You can’t really have lemonade without ice and you really need a nice big glass cup to really enjoy it. Still, there’s nothing like a nice cool glass of lemonade to hit the spot sometimes huh?

So what’s next? First, let’s see what tommorow holds…