Oh man. The bulls game last night was super intense. And Derek Rose fell over his fucking feet FACT.
Ridic.
So I haven't really had anything to say lately. I could work on that Twilight post that is legit coming or black hair or about being single, but I don't know. I'm not feeling super creative lately and there are things standing in my way.
Like swine flu. Just kidding. But I am tired of the hype over it. I'm not saying that it's not a legitimate concern, but I am saying that people do die from the regular flu all the time (or at least the strain we are used to). For advice: wash your hands VIGILANTLY and make sure you cover your nose and mouth. If you're feeling sick, don't go to work but also, go to a doctor to make sure you don't have any of the symptoms.
And yes, I do work in a health center. Can you tell?
But I think I'm going to plug my new favorite obsession: Texts from Last Night
Look at it. Read it. Laugh.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Why do you let me stay here
Today, I kind of ditched work. Kind of. We were supposed to work on grant proposals all day, but I instead did mine last night and this morning and just hung out in the nice weather. I'm ok with this fact, because I have to work tomorrow! 9:15-5ish. 6 days straight! I'm so excited that I can't hide it.
Anyway, I was on public transportation a lot today. And also sitting alone a lot, waiting for Molly, Valerie and Ashlee. I observed a lot of different people, which is why I love taking public transport. I am so naturally nosy that people watching is one of my top ten things to do. A quick run down of the what was super interesting today:
1.) I took the 11:15 train into the city. And let me tell you, that train was crowded. With a d-bag ticket collecter guy (what is the correct name for that). Anyway, he totally made all of these people with kids under age 12 pay when I know for a fact that they don't have to. I even saw a sign on the way home in a metra station detailing this same fact. I'm trying to find where it says on the website, but can't find it. In any case, guy was a douche.
2.) There was a group of four high school girls who were discussing people who were protesting Obama. They also discussed religion. And one of them said Catholicism wrong. Like saying "Catholic" and "ism" together. They also said to someone on the phone "I think we're near UIC" (Note: Metra Electric line is NOWHERE NEAR UIC) All in all. Humorous.
3.) A guy on the blue line blatently staring at me. I don't know why people think that's ok. Like, If I look at you while you're staring at me, you should probably look away. Maybe that was his strange way of hitting on me. I don't know.
4.) A girl got into a fight with her boyfriend on the phone. I guess he was supposed to come and meet her and he didn't and she flipped out and was like "Well. I'll just go home by myself instead of waiting twenty minutes for you." And was yelling. Then she waited twenty minutes, read a book, smoked two cigarettes and left. Never saw the boyfriend.
That was just what was noticeable. Then I went to Millenium park and ate lunch and fell asleep. Then I got on the ever crowded 4:08 train and came home. Now I am here. Waiting to figure out when the right time is to go to sleep.
Anyway, I was on public transportation a lot today. And also sitting alone a lot, waiting for Molly, Valerie and Ashlee. I observed a lot of different people, which is why I love taking public transport. I am so naturally nosy that people watching is one of my top ten things to do. A quick run down of the what was super interesting today:
1.) I took the 11:15 train into the city. And let me tell you, that train was crowded. With a d-bag ticket collecter guy (what is the correct name for that). Anyway, he totally made all of these people with kids under age 12 pay when I know for a fact that they don't have to. I even saw a sign on the way home in a metra station detailing this same fact. I'm trying to find where it says on the website, but can't find it. In any case, guy was a douche.
2.) There was a group of four high school girls who were discussing people who were protesting Obama. They also discussed religion. And one of them said Catholicism wrong. Like saying "Catholic" and "ism" together. They also said to someone on the phone "I think we're near UIC" (Note: Metra Electric line is NOWHERE NEAR UIC) All in all. Humorous.
3.) A guy on the blue line blatently staring at me. I don't know why people think that's ok. Like, If I look at you while you're staring at me, you should probably look away. Maybe that was his strange way of hitting on me. I don't know.
4.) A girl got into a fight with her boyfriend on the phone. I guess he was supposed to come and meet her and he didn't and she flipped out and was like "Well. I'll just go home by myself instead of waiting twenty minutes for you." And was yelling. Then she waited twenty minutes, read a book, smoked two cigarettes and left. Never saw the boyfriend.
That was just what was noticeable. Then I went to Millenium park and ate lunch and fell asleep. Then I got on the ever crowded 4:08 train and came home. Now I am here. Waiting to figure out when the right time is to go to sleep.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Modern Man (Girl) Must Hustle
i was going to write about black women's hair and now.
i'm over it.
i got nothing
i'm over it.
i got nothing
Monday, April 6, 2009
Flashing....Lights
I took off work today so that I could watch the opening day game of The Chicago White Sox. However, because it snowed, the game was postponed. Sadface, for sure. However, there was a Hills marathon on and I cleaned my room, so really. I guess it worked out.
So, I got netflix back because I have no friends/no life and the first two discs I received were How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Disc 1 and "Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys." While I was super excited for How I met Your mother (really, it is quite hilarious), I was iffy on The Family that Preys. I got it becuase it looked different than other Tyler Perry films (aka NO Madea) and I really like Sanaa Latham because she's really pretty. I also did not know Taraji P. Henson was in it, and I love her as well.
However, watching this film, which was not even more tahn two hours, was really rough. It started off slow, and there was lots of business speak. The movie was about a white family and a black family, which I resented from the very beginning because (shocker) the white family was SUPER rich and the black family was poor. Wow. Way to write outside the box Tyler Perry. There were also a lot of sterotypes that I thought for some reason Tyler Perry would ignore. I was wrong. Sanaa Latham was the angry bitchy black woman and her sister, Taraji P. Henson, was sassy and had a soft spoken husband, who was Mr. Perry himself. Also, Sanaa Latham was having an affair with the head executive of her company, the son of the rich white family. And on, and on, and on. Something about Perry's movies rub me the wrong way, and I think part of it is becuase it's so sterotypical. However, while watching it last night, I decided that Tyler Perry writes his scripts (or at least this one) as if they are morality plays: telling all of the people of the world how to act. And while not as complex as originally morality plays were, it still had the basic understanding of if you are good and virtuous you will thrive and if you are not, you will eventually fall. And while this is a nice message, I don't think it is necessairly the truth in any sense, especially not in the world today.
But, if you were thinking about starting How I Met Your Mother. I think you should.
So, I got netflix back because I have no friends/no life and the first two discs I received were How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Disc 1 and "Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys." While I was super excited for How I met Your mother (really, it is quite hilarious), I was iffy on The Family that Preys. I got it becuase it looked different than other Tyler Perry films (aka NO Madea) and I really like Sanaa Latham because she's really pretty. I also did not know Taraji P. Henson was in it, and I love her as well.
However, watching this film, which was not even more tahn two hours, was really rough. It started off slow, and there was lots of business speak. The movie was about a white family and a black family, which I resented from the very beginning because (shocker) the white family was SUPER rich and the black family was poor. Wow. Way to write outside the box Tyler Perry. There were also a lot of sterotypes that I thought for some reason Tyler Perry would ignore. I was wrong. Sanaa Latham was the angry bitchy black woman and her sister, Taraji P. Henson, was sassy and had a soft spoken husband, who was Mr. Perry himself. Also, Sanaa Latham was having an affair with the head executive of her company, the son of the rich white family. And on, and on, and on. Something about Perry's movies rub me the wrong way, and I think part of it is becuase it's so sterotypical. However, while watching it last night, I decided that Tyler Perry writes his scripts (or at least this one) as if they are morality plays: telling all of the people of the world how to act. And while not as complex as originally morality plays were, it still had the basic understanding of if you are good and virtuous you will thrive and if you are not, you will eventually fall. And while this is a nice message, I don't think it is necessairly the truth in any sense, especially not in the world today.
But, if you were thinking about starting How I Met Your Mother. I think you should.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
I bet I can make you believe in love and sex and magic OH
Oh sunday. I had a wonderful weekend in which I saw I Love You, Man AGAIN and went and got cupcakes at Molly's Cupcakes with Conor and Molly. Heh heh. Molly doesn't own Molly's Cupcakes, but I wish she did becuase it was delicious. Then last night Molly and I went bro hunting with surprising results. She met guys that weren't bros, some dude from Lithuinia told me "I live far away from Africa. I dream about African girls, but I will never get one" and we met up with Paul, Kenny and Krisinda. It was pretty crazy and a lot of cab fare, but it was probably worth it.
However, here's something about going out: I feel like guys have started to hit on women in general less and less and kind of just stare at you from across the bar. It happened to me multiple times yesterday. Dude from Lithuina straight stared at me for about twenty-five minutes before he got drunk enough to come and talk to me, and some other guys yesterday just danced on me while I was trying to walk to get my attention. Uhm, no. If you really want me to come and speak to you, the proper thing for you to do is to come and talk to me. And maybe I'll talk back. I don't think I'm that intimidating and I know I didn't have my bar face on yesterday and was SMILING so who can say.
Also, lately I've been feeling like people are mad at me. Maybe I'm really the one who is mad or maybe I just don't care in general.
But. The new Ciara and Justin Timberlake song/video is so freaking HOT. Seriously. Hottest thing I've ever seen.
However, here's something about going out: I feel like guys have started to hit on women in general less and less and kind of just stare at you from across the bar. It happened to me multiple times yesterday. Dude from Lithuina straight stared at me for about twenty-five minutes before he got drunk enough to come and talk to me, and some other guys yesterday just danced on me while I was trying to walk to get my attention. Uhm, no. If you really want me to come and speak to you, the proper thing for you to do is to come and talk to me. And maybe I'll talk back. I don't think I'm that intimidating and I know I didn't have my bar face on yesterday and was SMILING so who can say.
Also, lately I've been feeling like people are mad at me. Maybe I'm really the one who is mad or maybe I just don't care in general.
But. The new Ciara and Justin Timberlake song/video is so freaking HOT. Seriously. Hottest thing I've ever seen.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh eh
Today I was working a Report Card Pick Up Day for a High School. We give out information about the clinic and freebies such as toohthbrushes, floss and candy. For one thing, I don't GET report card pick up day. Like, it doesn't make any sense to me at all. In high school, they just sent us our report cards. What does making the parents come to pick it up change? I guess it takes out the possibility that the kid will run home and hide the report card from their parents, but seriously. It's actually a wasted day of school.
Since I sound like an old lady already, I'm going to go into my day's rant. At this high school, one of the extracurricular activities is belly dancing. And they wear the belly dancing outfits-like this- in the school. On report card pick up day. And perform in every area.
Uh WHAT?
Now, I guess I don't really have a problem with belly dancing. In fact, I don't. It's a form of dancing, and I personally think everyone should try every form of dancing ever because it's good for you and it's fun and it's a way to express yourself. However, I'm not entirely positive that belly dancing is a good fit for high school. For one thing, apparently it's "optional" on if you wear a sheer leotard underneath your costume, so there were girls running around with their stomachs bare. And it's not like I'm a prude, I've worn some pretty outrageous stuff (see Pimps and Hos 2005) I just think there is a time and a place for these things. And I'm not positive that a high school is the correct venue for belly dancing. For one thing, I'm not sure if it's ok to sexualize teenagers that early. I know they are sexualized, but pretty much while they were performing, parents (DADS) stopped to watch and so did male teachers. Not only does this feel like they are playing with fire, but they are also presenting these girls as something older and more mature than what they should be. Also, it's school. For one thing, with our dress codes in high school, we couldn't have even had those costumes and run around in them. Period, we would have gotten sent home or not been allowed to perform. They didn't even let the cheerleaders wear their skirts during school after my freshman year.
There were also teenage boys STARING at these girls like pieces of meat. If that didn't get them to go home and masturbate for hours, I'm not sure what would.
But, where are these children's parents? I know for a fact that my mom nor my dad would let me do belly dancing in high school, and if I whined about it enough, they'd speak to the coach/instructor and make them change the outfits because it wouldn't be deemed appropriate. I think I'm more shocked that there aren't parents in uproar about this but hey-I don't know the full story, I was just a visitor for a day.
Then, when they finished performing, I had to clap because it's rude not to. FML.
I don't know. This enraged me for some reason. Since I just did a rant, the Twilight one will have to be put on hold, but boy...it's gonna be a big one.
Since I sound like an old lady already, I'm going to go into my day's rant. At this high school, one of the extracurricular activities is belly dancing. And they wear the belly dancing outfits-like this- in the school. On report card pick up day. And perform in every area.
Uh WHAT?
Now, I guess I don't really have a problem with belly dancing. In fact, I don't. It's a form of dancing, and I personally think everyone should try every form of dancing ever because it's good for you and it's fun and it's a way to express yourself. However, I'm not entirely positive that belly dancing is a good fit for high school. For one thing, apparently it's "optional" on if you wear a sheer leotard underneath your costume, so there were girls running around with their stomachs bare. And it's not like I'm a prude, I've worn some pretty outrageous stuff (see Pimps and Hos 2005) I just think there is a time and a place for these things. And I'm not positive that a high school is the correct venue for belly dancing. For one thing, I'm not sure if it's ok to sexualize teenagers that early. I know they are sexualized, but pretty much while they were performing, parents (DADS) stopped to watch and so did male teachers. Not only does this feel like they are playing with fire, but they are also presenting these girls as something older and more mature than what they should be. Also, it's school. For one thing, with our dress codes in high school, we couldn't have even had those costumes and run around in them. Period, we would have gotten sent home or not been allowed to perform. They didn't even let the cheerleaders wear their skirts during school after my freshman year.
There were also teenage boys STARING at these girls like pieces of meat. If that didn't get them to go home and masturbate for hours, I'm not sure what would.
But, where are these children's parents? I know for a fact that my mom nor my dad would let me do belly dancing in high school, and if I whined about it enough, they'd speak to the coach/instructor and make them change the outfits because it wouldn't be deemed appropriate. I think I'm more shocked that there aren't parents in uproar about this but hey-I don't know the full story, I was just a visitor for a day.
Then, when they finished performing, I had to clap because it's rude not to. FML.
I don't know. This enraged me for some reason. Since I just did a rant, the Twilight one will have to be put on hold, but boy...it's gonna be a big one.
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