Friday, October 24, 2008

Currently Playing Crazy Sexy Cool Diggin' On You By: TLC

Today is a nice Friday morning I seem to be on top of things. To all good things however, there is a downside, today's downside is bad, as bad as they can go. I learned this week that my uncle has passed away. Needless to say, that there have been issues as to what to do with his remains. Yeah, that all coming from his family his own flesh and blood. Go figure!

All is going well on that end as I have learned. He will be missed by all including me. Mother said we were very much alike in ways we spoke, handwriting manerisms and things like that.

You must be wondering why I'm not in tears, and I wondered that myself for the first few hours of the news. However, someone very wise told me, that the reason for this is, that I been grieving him for a while now. So I am starting the recovery period, as I learned of his fatal illness a few months back.

Yesterday, Ian's dad arrived for a few days visit. So Ian and I took him out to dinner, as his mother was busy with other things at work. We had Mexican Food at my favorite restaurant, and of course I loved it, we stopped by Fry's Electronics, and looked around for a while, got a game, and enjoyed our time. Ian complemented me on being so independent. I loved that.

On our way home however, there was an accident involving the car in from of us a BMW got cliped on the front driver's side, by an SUV, I so wanted to follow him, to his his plates, yeah it was a hit and run. The car that got hit kept going. Then it drove itself, to the median and scratched its passenger door as well as longs the hub caps. It was bad, I guess we were driving with an angel in the car since we did not get into a car pile up in the middle of the highway.

We got home save and I am greatful to God for that. Well for now its all, the day as just begun for me.

1:56 PM

Sunday, October 5, 2008

MySpace Annoyances Part 1

Today I will discuss those little things that annoy the hell out of me.

Today's annoyances deal with MySpace, yup its a really awesome place that has come a long way, but lets face it some of you out there have turned it into a circus, now bare with me, since I have not found the right word to call it. Yet

Now, here is one thing, I don't understand, and its the  first thing that annoys me and upsets me greatly; I read in a bulletin as it happens. *from a trusted no bullshit source* so save me the urban legend crap.

I read, that some people are offended by pages done in memory of those who died, whether it be drunk driver or illness among other causes, and feel as well that pages like Grim Realities have no place in MySpace because of their graphic nature.  Some pages, of this kind have actually been pulled from MySpace.

People are quick to report these pages and even go as far as to make it sure Tom knows they have no place in this community, and yet, pages of porn starts with scandalous clothes, sexually sugestive poses and pages glamorizing pornography, the use of alcohol and sometimes drugs and or even violence are a dime a dozen around here.  Yet no one cares, they shrug it off as cool or as Free Speech.

It's amazing how people are quick to accept pages, of that sort, and turn a bad eye to those pages that show you the reality of life, the cause an effect of certain actions. Evil persist, when good people do nothing remember that one next time your senses get offended.

Another thing that has become worse than a Trojan horse virus is the posting of chain bulletins that have the following content.  "If you really love Jesus re-post this''.  "If you don't re-post this your mother will die".  Or my personal favorite, "I wanna see how many of you really read my posts ".  Now there is also sneaky posts that sound official and sometimes even educational. NOT!

Now, I'm probably going to sound atheist, but trust me when I say, God  has far more important things to worry about.  Than if you re-posted a bulletin or not. 

The ones that threaten with you or someone you love dying if you don't re-post.  All I gotta say is WTF! Are we really that bored, are we really that stupid, is life really that insipid, that you have to amuse yourselves with seeing, who is dumb or fearful enough to repost it.

For those of you insecure few, who feel, that you need to find out who, reads your post. Therefore, you feel the need, to add the "Let's see who my true friends are" or lets see who really reads my posts" at the end, ff whatever low brainded recycled idea you post. I hope you are aware, that there is an enable comments, button, on bulletin posts. If there are no comments chances are they did not read it or had nothing to say.  Here is a original idea why not ask them directly in private, did yah ever think maybe people are more bound to respond to things written to them directly?

Seriously get yourself a new set of friends if by now you don't know who your true friends are, and who of all those so called "friends" are just useless placeholders on your page. I think its funny, how, some people go as far, as categorizing their friends, as human or none human.  Really! Are you kididng me!  If you have to go that far, in publicly humiliating the people you asked to add you in the first place, you need to re-evaluate, your reasons for adding those people in the first place.

Now for the most sneaky of bulletin posts.  The educational and or infomative sounding ones.  No shame in it, they do sound pretty darn convincing. Anyone with as little as a High School diploma, can catch the inconsistencies, in the content.  So if you post something like that without checking it first, how do you think that makes you look?

Here is something you can do, before propagating the ignorance and miss information. visit www.snopes.com this is such an epedemic now, that this site was built to dispell all urband legends and hoaxes.  Do us all a favor, and check there first, you can search by the subject or anything contained in the post.

Speaking of hoaxes, one that I find a bit cruel and even distasteful, is that of Missing people, who arent really missing.  While its not illegal *and it should be* its neither funny nor entertaining in any way shape or form. There are real families out there waiting to find they loves ones; and instead they have ot learn that the precious resources are being wasted chasing a ghost.  Here is one thing you can do to stop this.  Visit the website for Missing and Exploted Children do a name search if you can't find them there look it up on Snopes, chances are you been had.

Think twice before resposting and remember Ignorance is not always bliss.

1:56 AM

Monday, September 8, 2008

VMA's

First of all, I know, some of you watched the VMA's.  I agree this was perhaps a little better than last year, in fact way better.

First of all Spears, managed to wear more than her underwear this time.  Gotta give her props for getting her hair to look like it used to.  I don't know about the dress though, but still a major improvement.

Here is the thing, up until this second when I heard Britney Won 3 awards she was nominated for I did a double take I mean after all, her album has not even broken the million mark in almost a year since its release. 880,000.  To be exact.

I was trying to make sense of it all, could they really be that transparent?  Then I saw the nominees, I said obvious.

She had no real competition.  Now,  if that list had the likes of Rhianna, Ciara, Janet Jackson, to name a few, then I would really believe there was favoritism, personally I found Mariah's video much more entertaining to watch than Britney's "Piece of Me".  But hey, its a matter of personal taste.  I don't settle for a barely moving Britney to satisfy the quality of a video.

I guess its because I have seen her do worlds better.

Oh well, will see if she can pull it off again next year.  Because then she will have some serious competition.

6:33 AM

Friday, September 5, 2008

To San Jose

Current Mood: Cheerful

I have not typed in a while I know so much going on.  In my life right now.  I always seem  to be busy no?

Yeah, well what can I say. I went to San Jose yesterday with Ian, and I met his ex girlfriend, it was awesome she is actually pretty cool.  I was shocked how many things we have in common though.  Which is pretty cool hoping that I can be friends with her some day.  No kidding.

I got some advice for all of you out there regarding your ex relationships, meet the ones that were, but not in a ha ha I'm better than you thing.  But in common friendly ground.  You will learn a lot about yourselves and the person you are with.

For example her and I have a lot of things in common, and I also learned that my boyfriend has always been as wonderful as he is.  I knew that, but it was nice to know it was not a passing phase.

It was fun... hopefully we can go out again sometime :P

Oh on my visit to San Jose, I also visited the MLK Jr. Library.  Its an awesome place, I often have so much fun there.  Yum.

So anyways.  After I waited and waited, guess what.  I also went to dinner to the Mayflower Restaurant.  that was awesome.

Then some Starbucks.  Killer!

All in all it was a great day!  Hope the good news keeps coming my way.

8:39 AM