Meeting new and exciting people can give you such an adrenaline rush. It can be as riveting as riding a brand new roller coaster at an amusement park, or finding the purse you have been stalking for months on the sale rack. A new name, a new face, a new contact. A new person to text daily events too, share thoughts, ideas, recipes, television shows you name it. The same ole restaurants and lounges where you know all the bartenders and waiters seem brand new and exclusive.
The downside of meeting a new and exciting person is when they don't turn out to be what you expected. There can be lots of reasons for this. The timing could be off, there could be a huge conflict of interest, passing of unfavorable words, thoughts, ideas, or beliefs you name it. The disappointment is as significant as the previous excitement. Its the equivalent of getting on the dance floor when your favorite song is playing, and having the DJ turn off the music. Lots of times there are no hard feelings...but something..you know the something that can't be named just happened. The something that always makes things go from right to wrong and vice versa. We all know what that something is right? Its called THE SOMETHING :-)
The "Something" causes people to find fault in the very thing that once excited them. It usually happens with people we just met and we can never fully describe the change in feelings, so we say.."something just wasnt right....somethng happened....Something made me not wanna hang out" etc etc etc. I wish I could interview THE SOMETHING and find out who the hell he/she/it really is! Have like an E! True Hollywood Store: The Something...ha!
I guess the best explanation I can give for "The Something" would be instinct or intuition. But at times the "something" can be appear shallow so who really knows. The "something" can make you miss out on an awesome new female buddy or a great romantic prospect. It can make you mistrust an otherwise trustworthy person. Maybe the something is fear. Fear of a situation actually turning out to be flawless. Maybe its the fear that this new situation will make you miss out on "something else" (see there it is again!)
I can go on about this all night, but SOMETHING is telling me to go to bed right now. LOL. Find out what the "Something" that is haunting you is all about. Know when to pay attention to it, and when to ignore it. Don' let something ruin your fun!
See ya!
Paper Bag Lady
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
What having a Black President WILL NOT mean.
Hello fellow Democrats and Future 2008 Presidential election voters. I come to give you a Public Service Announcement. It will consist of things that you will NOT see if Barrack Obama is elected president. I feel like I have to give some folks a heads up. I want to make sure that we are all voting for the right candidate for the right reasons you know? So take this message, absorb it and let it trickle down to the hood lol (or the hood related!)
1. There will not be a Cabaret at the White House: Black people he is not going to let you pimp out his new house! There will be not a DJ set up with a cash bar in the back yard of the White House. There will not be hundreds of black folks doing the electric slide on the White House lawn on the 4th of July! No fish frys, No tonk tournaments and no Bid Whisk!
2. You will not be able to pay back the IRS late or not at all. I’m laughing so hard right now. The president might be a "brother" but he is not YOUR BROTHER. Get over yourself.
3. The State of the Union address will not air on BET, TVONE or BLACK STARZ.
4. You are not invited to the Inaugural Ball. You don’t have a ticket, you will not be getting a ticket, and you cannot get a hookup on a ticket!!!
5. You will not address him as Barrack. He is not your friend, cousin, or coworker. He is the president. So don’t call him Barry, or Rack, or "B". He is to be addressed as Mr. President or President Obama. Let me find out one of your cousins will e in the audience at the Inauguration talking about "WHAT UP O!" ...LOL.
6. President Obama does not accept nor will he respond to TEXT MESSAGES :-|
7. Single ladies. He's married. And he being the president is NOT an exception to the rule!!! Don't let Bill Clinton's scandal get you an ass whooping by Michelle Obama!
8. He will be the President of the United States of America...not of the NAACP, URBAN LEAGUE, or ACLU. His job is to address the issues of the country and tend to its well being. So the moment that he doesn’t legalize marijuana, please don’t call him an Uncle Tom :-) No seriously let's not be his biggest opponents because we expect too much okay?
9. To my Nation of Islam readers: We appreciate the gesture but the FRUIT OF ISLAM (FOI) Is not needed. I’m pretty sure the Secret Service "got this". *raises black fist*
10. Club Promoters: Barrack is not going to be at your party in VIP popping cheap champagne with wanna be fake video vixen girls hanging on him. Yall DC club people are not going to get him hemmed up like you did Marion Barry! And don’t name a drink after him that's rude. Don't put his likeness on your fliers, talking about "first 100 ladies in free with an I VOTED FOR OBAMA pin" on. You are going to have Homeland Security swoop down like the DROP SQUAD!
Take care, I hope you had a nice chuckle. Voting this year is probably more crucial than any other year most of us have experienced. No matter who you vote for make sure it’s because they are the candidate that represents your beliefs and not just your race!
Signed,
BagLady (C.Latney if ya nasty!)
1. There will not be a Cabaret at the White House: Black people he is not going to let you pimp out his new house! There will be not a DJ set up with a cash bar in the back yard of the White House. There will not be hundreds of black folks doing the electric slide on the White House lawn on the 4th of July! No fish frys, No tonk tournaments and no Bid Whisk!
2. You will not be able to pay back the IRS late or not at all. I’m laughing so hard right now. The president might be a "brother" but he is not YOUR BROTHER. Get over yourself.
3. The State of the Union address will not air on BET, TVONE or BLACK STARZ.
4. You are not invited to the Inaugural Ball. You don’t have a ticket, you will not be getting a ticket, and you cannot get a hookup on a ticket!!!
5. You will not address him as Barrack. He is not your friend, cousin, or coworker. He is the president. So don’t call him Barry, or Rack, or "B". He is to be addressed as Mr. President or President Obama. Let me find out one of your cousins will e in the audience at the Inauguration talking about "WHAT UP O!" ...LOL.
6. President Obama does not accept nor will he respond to TEXT MESSAGES :-|
7. Single ladies. He's married. And he being the president is NOT an exception to the rule!!! Don't let Bill Clinton's scandal get you an ass whooping by Michelle Obama!
8. He will be the President of the United States of America...not of the NAACP, URBAN LEAGUE, or ACLU. His job is to address the issues of the country and tend to its well being. So the moment that he doesn’t legalize marijuana, please don’t call him an Uncle Tom :-) No seriously let's not be his biggest opponents because we expect too much okay?
9. To my Nation of Islam readers: We appreciate the gesture but the FRUIT OF ISLAM (FOI) Is not needed. I’m pretty sure the Secret Service "got this". *raises black fist*
10. Club Promoters: Barrack is not going to be at your party in VIP popping cheap champagne with wanna be fake video vixen girls hanging on him. Yall DC club people are not going to get him hemmed up like you did Marion Barry! And don’t name a drink after him that's rude. Don't put his likeness on your fliers, talking about "first 100 ladies in free with an I VOTED FOR OBAMA pin" on. You are going to have Homeland Security swoop down like the DROP SQUAD!
Take care, I hope you had a nice chuckle. Voting this year is probably more crucial than any other year most of us have experienced. No matter who you vote for make sure it’s because they are the candidate that represents your beliefs and not just your race!
Signed,
BagLady (C.Latney if ya nasty!)
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Meatball
Some of you already know the many stories I've told about my not so well put together neighbor. For those of you who dont know, let me give you a brief bio. She is about 5ft tall and 5ft wide. She wears clothes that are completely unflattering; short shirts, tight pants and shorty shorts! In the summer time she leaves her nasty flip flops outside of her door, which where we live its pretty much common area (hallways). She is loud...extremely loud. She talks on her cell phone loud at any hour of the day in the hall and her voice carries so it sounds like she is sitting on the couch with you.
The most annoying thing she does is let her dog run loose without a leash. She has a small dog and it obeys her but the law is the law. When her dogs sees other dogs, it runs up to them. She was asked by another homeowner to use a leash after an incident and that lasted about a week. So what she does is let her dog run wild, she stands at the door BAREFOOT and let her dog use the front area like its her front yard. She stands there with her hands on the glass leaving finger prints yelling and cussing at the dog at the top of her lungs. For all intents and purposes, we will refer to her from this point on as Meatball. I hope that gives you a good MENTAL picture..now its time for the story.
Dallas is my beagle. Everyone loves Dallas, he is like the community dog. The neighbors know his name and not mind. MY friends let him out of his cage when they come over. He is hyper and loveable at the same time. Dallas loves all of the other dogs...EXCEPT Meatball's dog. Why? Well one he's probably jealous that the dog runs rampant. Second because the dog runs up to my door and sniffs and Dallas is subsequently inside sniffing back and losing his mind.
Friday night I came home at about 11pm. I wanted to let Dallas out before he went to bed. As I reached the door I could hear Meatball and her dog in the hallway. Dallas looked at me like "what the hold up mommy?" So I went ahead and opened the door. I could see the back of Meatball's flat lumpy butt as soon as I hit the hallwy. She let out a sigh and told her dog, "come here come back here..I do NOT want to take you around this corner"..Now I dont know if that was a reference to me disturbing her groove or not but I let it slide. I let Dallas out and she walked down, excuse me, waddled down the sidewalk...BAREFOOT to take her mutt around the corner. Meanwhile Dallas is howling and barking and losing his mind trying to get to the dog that has been mocking him for so many months.
Our walk is brief and we come back inside. I let Dallas run ahead of me because he usually runs to my house and jumps at the door. I always say "where is your house..go to your house" and he does. It's our routine. Well NOT TONIGHT. Tonight Dallas runs to Meatball's door. Okay no big deal right because every now and then he'll do that if he hears the dog or smells it. Well tonight was diffrent. I saw Dallas running to the door and I said "come back here that is not your house where is your house" and that's when I began to see less and less of the black leash that I had been holding earlier. I just stopped in my tracks. MEATBALL LEFT HER DOOR CRACKED OPEN AND DALLAS WENT INSIDE....I didnt know what else to do so I just ran (insert Forest Gump voice). I called for him. He didnt come back. I went to the door to grab the last inch of the leash and it slipped out of my reach.
The next 5 seconds seemed to last a lifetime. Before I knew it, I was inside the Meatball palace. I was met by carpet stains, piles of clothes and an apt devoid of furniture and what I would consider liveable conditions. I totally expected her house to look this way based on her disheveled appearance, including the 2 month old corn rows in her head. And it's hilarious because when I was telling this story to folks that are familiar with her, the first thing they asked was "What did the house look like" HA!
Anyway, I got the pup before he got too interested in that house and before something jumped in my pocket, and we got out of the house before Meatball could wobble back around the corner. I almost closed the door all the way before I realized that the dingbat left it cracked. I put it back how I thouht it should be and was back in my own home in record time.
I think Dallas planned that. When I said "omg Dallas are you nuts" he was jumping up and down on me as if to say "Yeah Mommy we did it!!!" I am stil so embarassed. I wonder what would have happened if Meatball saw me and Dallas coming out of her house *GASP*
The most annoying thing she does is let her dog run loose without a leash. She has a small dog and it obeys her but the law is the law. When her dogs sees other dogs, it runs up to them. She was asked by another homeowner to use a leash after an incident and that lasted about a week. So what she does is let her dog run wild, she stands at the door BAREFOOT and let her dog use the front area like its her front yard. She stands there with her hands on the glass leaving finger prints yelling and cussing at the dog at the top of her lungs. For all intents and purposes, we will refer to her from this point on as Meatball. I hope that gives you a good MENTAL picture..now its time for the story.
Dallas is my beagle. Everyone loves Dallas, he is like the community dog. The neighbors know his name and not mind. MY friends let him out of his cage when they come over. He is hyper and loveable at the same time. Dallas loves all of the other dogs...EXCEPT Meatball's dog. Why? Well one he's probably jealous that the dog runs rampant. Second because the dog runs up to my door and sniffs and Dallas is subsequently inside sniffing back and losing his mind.
Friday night I came home at about 11pm. I wanted to let Dallas out before he went to bed. As I reached the door I could hear Meatball and her dog in the hallway. Dallas looked at me like "what the hold up mommy?" So I went ahead and opened the door. I could see the back of Meatball's flat lumpy butt as soon as I hit the hallwy. She let out a sigh and told her dog, "come here come back here..I do NOT want to take you around this corner"..Now I dont know if that was a reference to me disturbing her groove or not but I let it slide. I let Dallas out and she walked down, excuse me, waddled down the sidewalk...BAREFOOT to take her mutt around the corner. Meanwhile Dallas is howling and barking and losing his mind trying to get to the dog that has been mocking him for so many months.
Our walk is brief and we come back inside. I let Dallas run ahead of me because he usually runs to my house and jumps at the door. I always say "where is your house..go to your house" and he does. It's our routine. Well NOT TONIGHT. Tonight Dallas runs to Meatball's door. Okay no big deal right because every now and then he'll do that if he hears the dog or smells it. Well tonight was diffrent. I saw Dallas running to the door and I said "come back here that is not your house where is your house" and that's when I began to see less and less of the black leash that I had been holding earlier. I just stopped in my tracks. MEATBALL LEFT HER DOOR CRACKED OPEN AND DALLAS WENT INSIDE....I didnt know what else to do so I just ran (insert Forest Gump voice). I called for him. He didnt come back. I went to the door to grab the last inch of the leash and it slipped out of my reach.
The next 5 seconds seemed to last a lifetime. Before I knew it, I was inside the Meatball palace. I was met by carpet stains, piles of clothes and an apt devoid of furniture and what I would consider liveable conditions. I totally expected her house to look this way based on her disheveled appearance, including the 2 month old corn rows in her head. And it's hilarious because when I was telling this story to folks that are familiar with her, the first thing they asked was "What did the house look like" HA!
Anyway, I got the pup before he got too interested in that house and before something jumped in my pocket, and we got out of the house before Meatball could wobble back around the corner. I almost closed the door all the way before I realized that the dingbat left it cracked. I put it back how I thouht it should be and was back in my own home in record time.
I think Dallas planned that. When I said "omg Dallas are you nuts" he was jumping up and down on me as if to say "Yeah Mommy we did it!!!" I am stil so embarassed. I wonder what would have happened if Meatball saw me and Dallas coming out of her house *GASP*
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Name 5 of your "must have" albums
And the reason why I only ask for five is:
1. Some of you people get really carried away. Nobody wants to read your list of 96 greatest albums.
2. Im sure albums that you dont post will get posted by other people
3. A lower # lets you explain why this album is a must have
*clear throat* Im not going to say the OBVIOUS im sure others will. But here are albums that make my world go round.
1. The Misseducation of Lauren Hill: I mean does 5 grammy's not say it all? And this album came out when I was 21 in the MIDST of everything she was speaking about. Everybody on CAU campus bumped that new Lauren Hill
2. Supernatural: Carlos Santana: :suprised2: Okay so my spanish professor was like "Mira hija, you need to get the new Santana, he is going to CLEAN UP at the Grammys. I was like "AY DIOS MIO piensas que?" and SURE ENOUGH. The best tracks are Africa Bamba, Do you like the way (with Lauren Hill and Cee-Lo GREENNNNNN!) and Corazon Espinado
3. A Donny Hathaway Collection: Ummm Let's see...I mean what else do I NEED to say Donny has one of the purest voices I've ever heard and his singing seems effortless. The duets with Robert Flack complimented the album even more making it a music catalog MUST HAVE!
4. Dre Dre presents: THE CHRONIC : Picture it...Richmond VA...1992 I think this was the first rap CD I ever purchased. They played a few tracks on XM today and I was about to throw my some cut off khakis and some house shoes!
5. Mary J Blige: MY LIFE : Im sure this is an obvious favorite. That album came out in 1994 and MOVED ME...probably because I was "in love" so to speak and was going through at BAD TIME...I felt everything that Mary was singing about...and Im like if she can sing about things like this and not take a bottle of sleeping pills I can make it too!
Some of you saw this post from the Message board we are all on, so just copy and paste your response :-) I'm interested to see if there are some albums that I have missed!
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." - Robert Fripp
1. Some of you people get really carried away. Nobody wants to read your list of 96 greatest albums.
2. Im sure albums that you dont post will get posted by other people
3. A lower # lets you explain why this album is a must have
*clear throat* Im not going to say the OBVIOUS im sure others will. But here are albums that make my world go round.
1. The Misseducation of Lauren Hill: I mean does 5 grammy's not say it all? And this album came out when I was 21 in the MIDST of everything she was speaking about. Everybody on CAU campus bumped that new Lauren Hill
2. Supernatural: Carlos Santana: :suprised2: Okay so my spanish professor was like "Mira hija, you need to get the new Santana, he is going to CLEAN UP at the Grammys. I was like "AY DIOS MIO piensas que?" and SURE ENOUGH. The best tracks are Africa Bamba, Do you like the way (with Lauren Hill and Cee-Lo GREENNNNNN!) and Corazon Espinado
3. A Donny Hathaway Collection: Ummm Let's see...I mean what else do I NEED to say Donny has one of the purest voices I've ever heard and his singing seems effortless. The duets with Robert Flack complimented the album even more making it a music catalog MUST HAVE!
4. Dre Dre presents: THE CHRONIC : Picture it...Richmond VA...1992 I think this was the first rap CD I ever purchased. They played a few tracks on XM today and I was about to throw my some cut off khakis and some house shoes!
5. Mary J Blige: MY LIFE : Im sure this is an obvious favorite. That album came out in 1994 and MOVED ME...probably because I was "in love" so to speak and was going through at BAD TIME...I felt everything that Mary was singing about...and Im like if she can sing about things like this and not take a bottle of sleeping pills I can make it too!
Some of you saw this post from the Message board we are all on, so just copy and paste your response :-) I'm interested to see if there are some albums that I have missed!
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." - Robert Fripp
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
What have you done for YOU lately?
When is the last time that you took time out of your day to do something for your self? Often times we spend our day meeting deadlines, making sure we are at the right place at the designated time and that we have completed all the work that is assigned to us. When we come home our routines are much the same; walk the dog, dinner, gym, wash clothes, feed the kids etc. Not often do we truly take a moment out for ourselves.
A moment to you can be as trivial as turning off the phone and TV and sitting in silence for 5 minutes. It can be taking a bubble bath (Note: Please do NOT drink and bubble bath, I’m telling you the outcome is not pretty!), or getting a pedicure. We work hard everyday to fulfill the requirements that society has placed on us, and we owe it to ourselves to recognize that we are in need of some selfish attention every now and then. I have to admit that I have gotten quite awful with “me” time. Even when watching Netflix movies, I bring the laptop over to the sofa and do work or check my accounts online. I bring documents to review with me while I’m getting a pedicure. I think about my next day at work while I’m on my way home from work.
Tomorrow marks the first day of Lent. For those of you that don’t celebrate, lent is the season that represents the 40 days and 40 nights that Jesus spent in the desert fasting. It is a common tradition for Catholics and other Christians to give up something during Lent. Typically people give up food they enjoy, or things they can do without doing like smoking, drinking, cursing, fornicating *snicker*. You can also add something into your life during Lent that is spiritually rewarding. This is a perfect time to add in your "Me" time! I’m not sure if 1 hour of online shopping would be a good idea, in fact its probably what you should be giving up for the next 40 days. Some good suggestions are to read more books and cut back on television; increase the gym time maybe? (umm I was speaking to me just now), take in dinner or a movie alone every now and then which is perfectly normal despite popular belief; or reading the bible/Koran/ before bed instead of watching Paranormal State, which will have you dreaming that your walls are harboring an evil 17th century demon with a name you can’t pronounce! Those are just a few of my suggestions, I would love to hear yours, and we have 3 hours to make the final decisions!
A moment to you can be as trivial as turning off the phone and TV and sitting in silence for 5 minutes. It can be taking a bubble bath (Note: Please do NOT drink and bubble bath, I’m telling you the outcome is not pretty!), or getting a pedicure. We work hard everyday to fulfill the requirements that society has placed on us, and we owe it to ourselves to recognize that we are in need of some selfish attention every now and then. I have to admit that I have gotten quite awful with “me” time. Even when watching Netflix movies, I bring the laptop over to the sofa and do work or check my accounts online. I bring documents to review with me while I’m getting a pedicure. I think about my next day at work while I’m on my way home from work.
Tomorrow marks the first day of Lent. For those of you that don’t celebrate, lent is the season that represents the 40 days and 40 nights that Jesus spent in the desert fasting. It is a common tradition for Catholics and other Christians to give up something during Lent. Typically people give up food they enjoy, or things they can do without doing like smoking, drinking, cursing, fornicating *snicker*. You can also add something into your life during Lent that is spiritually rewarding. This is a perfect time to add in your "Me" time! I’m not sure if 1 hour of online shopping would be a good idea, in fact its probably what you should be giving up for the next 40 days. Some good suggestions are to read more books and cut back on television; increase the gym time maybe? (umm I was speaking to me just now), take in dinner or a movie alone every now and then which is perfectly normal despite popular belief; or reading the bible/Koran/ before bed instead of watching Paranormal State, which will have you dreaming that your walls are harboring an evil 17th century demon with a name you can’t pronounce! Those are just a few of my suggestions, I would love to hear yours, and we have 3 hours to make the final decisions!
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