antm

ok so i can't stand Tyra Banks.... her over-the-top-ness has just taken it's toll... seriously. enough is enough. yet despite my disdain for all things tyra, i find myself, season after season (or cycle after cycle in antm talk) glued to the tv watching america's next top model. it's the show i love to hate... and tyra is the host i love to hate... it drives me crazy...
anyway, i do have a few favorites already. i think Fo is adorable... and I like aminet (from Jersey.. HOLLA) and that might be it. I started out liking Sandra, but the more she talked, the more i disliked her... I like London too even though i don't quite get her yet.. i think she is cute. and the puerto rican girl is pretty...
next year they are looking for people 5'7" and under... so I call my younger sis Claw and tell her punk arse to try out. she is 5'6" and she is actually pretty photogenic. she had a million excuses as to why she couldn't. i eventually hung up on her. i mean this is the same girl who at 2, a pageant scout was will to pay all her expenses to compete (my parents declined). She has done the round the way stuff like local fashion shows and some hair magazines (nothing that actually requires any talent) but she also was walking down the street in England (she did a semester abroad) and a random photographer actually paid her to take pics. she is a nerd... what is the harm in trying? the worse that can happen is they say no and you keep it moving. but why not at least try? weirder things have happened... anyway, i am attaching some photos. tell me what you think.

one of the pics she took in England... one of my faves


one of the hair magazine pics


this is my least favorite because whoever did her lashes needs to be fired. but this was for that same hair magazine...



I think she looks like a man a lil in that las tone BUT she has tons of cool pics and she is in decent shape... even after having a kid. i dunno... what's the worse that can happen? what a nerd.

Snow Day HOORAY!!

not a long post today...

I stayed home from work since there is like 10" of snow outside and it is still snowing. I am going to try to utilize this time wisely. I plan on organizing some stuff that needs organizing and maybe get rid of some clutter... old magazines and what not.

so the sneaker con was ok. met some dope people... saw some dope kicks.... and dinner was a lot of fun. food was pretty good and we hung out with nina... turned out to be fun. what sucked was driving home from NYC in the snow... torture.

anyway, I'll let Chris blog about the sneaker con... i'm sure he'll add some pics too.

later! i am gonna take a nap before i start my cleaning!

boooo

work sucks.

so when i first started this gig, we were winning prizes left and right for sales. in my first year in this dept, i won a laptops, 3 tv's, a dvd player, a wii, a blender, a surround sound system (that's still in the box), and i'm sure i am forgetting some stuff. but that was on top of payouts and a couple thousand $ in gift cards (macy's, foot locker, walmart, target, etc.).... so we went from that to now getting crap. and not only are we getting crap, but we have to sell like 3x's as much to get the crap... now this last year, i did win a cofee maker, a small flat screen LCD tv, and another laptop... but that was so few and far between... and i had to work my tush off to get it. but that is not my complaint. my complaint is now we win freakin glitter balls for selling 3 tv packages, and an internet and phone... like seriously... a freakin glitter ball. see example a below.



like are they serious?
I am grown.. a glitter ball? and the kicker is it was a raffle... so i busted my arse in sales and got 6 entries. what did i win? a *bleep*ing glitter ball.
uhg... not to mention there hasn't been any big prizes in a long time. i guess it's better than nothing. and i'll stop complaining since there are people who don't have any job right now. but a glitter ball is insulting.


oh and yes that is a Dexter bobble head in the background!

I'm gettin old... boooooooo

So today is Fat Tuesday and I have no plans... i mean no happy hour... no south street excursions. booooooo. i don't even have the desire to look for anything to do. that is how i know i am getting old. seriously, in my early 20's, there wasn't an alcohol-associated "holiday" that i didn't partake of. ha!
but lately, i could care less... i didn't even realize it was fat tuesday until someone on my team mentioned it. oh well

so everyday, we have a team chat that we are required to join. i could probably get fired for this BUT this is an excerpt from today's chat. it is in reference to the rant i had a few days ago about people coming to work looking like harlots. apparently, i am not the only one who notices... also i was going to change the names to protect the innocent but that was gonna take too long sooooo i just deleted the last names.

kirk: more news on the dress code
10:16:49 AM: Kirk: no sweats
10:16:53 AM: Mark: lol
10:16:57 AM: Edward: lol
10:16:59 AM: Kirk: and sneakers are at team leaders discretion
10:17:03 AM: Mark: no dirty clothes
10:17:04 AM: Kirk: so i think we are all good
10:17:08 AM: Kirk: cause liz i know u were gonna have a fit
10:17:18 AM: Elizabeth (me): lol
10:17:19 AM: Elizabeth: true
10:17:39 AM: Kirk: no flip flops
10:17:41 AM: Nordia (harlot dressing chick): when did we start the dress code?
10:17:46 AM: Mark: today
10:17:47 AM: Mark: lol
10:17:48 AM: Kirk: i'm hearing 3-1
10:17:48 AM: Edward: when kirk msgs it
10:17:55 AM: Kirk: nordia ur gonna be a habitual violator
10:17:58 AM: Kirk: no club apparel
10:18:19 AM: Kirk: just playing nordia u know u my dog
10:18:23 AM: Kirk: jean are cool
10:18:23 AM: Elizabeth: ha!
10:18:37 AM: Nordia: hahaha
10:18:46 AM: Nordia: this ain't club apperal honey
10:18:52 AM: Kirk: no?
10:18:59 AM: Nordia: nope
10:19:08 AM: Kirk: oh god i gotta see u at the club what do u wear?
10:19:11 AM: Nordia: what club u go to?
10:19:20 AM: Kirk: loin cloths and pasties?
10:19:38 AM: Nordia: funny
10:19:44 AM: Kirk: hahah i'm just teasing u
10:19:53 AM: Kirk: i dont go to clubs i'm on my house party grind
10:19:53 AM: Elizabeth: haaaaaaaaa
10:19:57 AM: Kirk: its a recession
10:20:06 AM: Nordia: what looks worst my apperal or the women who come in hear like they just rolled out of bed?


ok so yes i am an instigator for laughing in the chat... however, is this chick for real? she is obviously retarded... i mean i know my blog posts are riddled with punctuation and grammar errors... i know this... but i also know the difference between hear and here, worst and worse, and apparel... i don't know what the eff apperel is. maybe it's her too small clothes.. hmmmm

i laughed out loud for real at loin cloths and pasties. that is HILARIOUS!

word....

chris says i want to save the world. that could be true. i dunno... i mean if i see someone in despair, i try to think of how i can help that person. if i see someone panhandling, i'll spare some change. i pray for random people all the time, but save the world? not so much... i guess i am just a compassionate person for the most part. who knows?

anyway, i got some of my favors in for my comic book themed birthday party so I am starting to get excited. the only snag is that i can't seem to stop buying sneakers. it is a sickness... and it's cutting into my b-day party fund. i am probably over 90 pairs now... chris needs to count them again for me. there are so many i want though... uuuhhhg

this is turning out to be a more boring post than normal... sorry about that! LOL!

Chris and I are supposed to be going to meet my friend pink shoes girl for margaritas and salsa at On The Border tonight... I don't think he knows though. ha. i will probably NOT be going to see Madea goes to jail... i might but i am not really beat.. i mean, if you've seen one you've seen them all...

i think that is all for now folks!

*SMH*

so i have a lot of siblings... 6 younger and 1 older half sibling to be exact. my older half sis didn't live with us til i was a pre-teen and she was gone a few years later, so I pretty much have an eldest child mentality. with that being said, i am so thoroughly annoyed with one of my younger sibs.... correction... i am annoyed with all of my younger sibs but for different reasons.

lets start with claw... claw is my oldest younger sibling at the ripe old age of 25. I am extremely proud of her because she is currently purchasing her first home. However, i am *smh* at her because she is still in a waaaaaaaaaaack relationship... and she only has one semester left of school and still hasn't finished. i think she is like 12 credits shy of a degree.

sister #2... lets call her lexus. lexus is 22 will be 23 in may. Now she did finish school and is working in her field. making a way for herself. BUT, i am *smh* at her because she is obsessive over her bd. like stalks his cell phone, facebook, myspace. it is seriously unhealthy. i feel sorry for the dude... like can he live? can he breathe? it's bizarre.

sister #3... this one we'll call hood. now hood is exactly that. hood-riffic. It's so funny because i can't understand how we grew up in the same household. i mean, we did grow up in the hood, but we weren't raised to be hoodrats... anyway, hood is 21 will be 22 in oct. (yeah, my parents were getting their freak on). Hood is 21 and does not have a resume. how is that acceptable? i don't understand... no seriously... i don't understand. how can a sister of mine, of working age, with all her mental capabilities intact, who is literate, not have a resume. I mean, i can see having a resume that needs some work... but to not have one at all... are you serious? so i told her to get her arse on word and use resume wizard... takes all the thinking out of it. this chick had 85 million excuses as to why she couldn't or wouldn't. uhg.

my 1 brother is 18. he will also be 19 in may... actually on the same day as lexus. weird i know. but anyway, he is retarded. he is 19 and still in high school. I mean he is only a year behind but he is in danger of failing again. why? is he slow? is he retarded? dyslexic? perceptually impaired? cognitively challenged? no! none of the above! he is just lazy... lazy to the point that i want to kick him in his arse. the only thing he gets enthused about is food, cars, and video games. so cars have been his passion since he was a baby. literally, at 2, this lil nig could tell you the make and model of every car that went past. and now, he can identify any car by the engine... how do i know this? chris showed him pics of engines and he was likeoh that a such and such. wtf? you are obviously not retarded. so what is the problem? uhhg!

my other two younger siblings are 10 and 7 (i think) HA! they are angels. i'm not shaking my head at them at all... they are the only hope besides myself for my family! LOL!

anyway, i had to vent. they p-ss me off with their foolishness. especially since there is no excuse. we grew up in a two parent household with lots of love even if there wasn't lots of money. We were taught better. Was I the only one present for the lessons? I don't understand it. I try to talk to them. I really do. I just found out last year, that they apparently value my opinion. Lexus told me last that she was preggers because she thought i would be disappointed in her. hood, said she looks at me like a second mom. i am always there for them. but when i tell them they are being retarded jerk-faces, they don't listen. i gotta pray....

**nina i think this requires a wooosah for real! LOL!

SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT!

sooooooo we are having a blogger scrabble tournament! we have 5 people playing so far... let me know if you are down!!

weekend in a nutshell...

so chris and i met nina on friday night and she is adorable! she was in philly and that was too close for her to be and us not meet her. so it was cool. we spent about an hour or so talking and laughing. the time fleeeew by. didn't even seem like an hour but she is the cutest!

after that we went over my friends house and they held us hostage til about 2:30 a.m. me and s-dot played with makeup while chris and kev played playstation. we were drinking 3 olives cherry vodka and red bull... so we were wired... ended up playing guitar hero and scene it for the rest of the night! Chris and I won scene it twice because "WEEEEEEEEEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!" yes I am that obnoxious when i win! LOL!

so that was friday night. Saturday morning, Chris gave me this JUMBO card, while i was still in bed. lol.... i cracked open an eye and saw this giant sized card. it was so sweet. we went to the Rodin Museum in Philly... which was very cool. nerdy like us but cool. we went to dinner later that night at La Famiglia and it was wonderful! the restaurant is small and it was ridiculously packed in the little bar/waiting area. our reservations were for 9 and we didn't get seated til about 10. but the staff was exceptional and the food was fantastic. i am still thinking about my dinner! mmm mmmmmm! it was a really sweet, well-thought out day. and it was all a surprise. Chris researched and planned everything... I heart him!

so sunday we got up and i was supposed to pick up one of my god-daughters for church but there was a screw in my tire and the tire was flat. and apparently we were missing the tool to get the jack to work or something. i dunno... i'll have chris write about that later.

anyway HAPPY BELATED V-DAY everyone! i am at work and miserable. but i have the memories of the weekend to cheer me up!

25 randoms

so i'm sure everyone has seen this on facebook... but as i don't feel like doing a real post right now AND none of you (except chris and momma e) are my facebook friends anyway... here ya go...


1. I have about 4 or 5 different entrpreneurial ideas floating in my head. some more developed than others but 1 will eventually be successful.
2. I love the Lord with all my heart. word.
3. I can't stand judgemental people. it's ok to have an opinion.... not ok to judge!
4. I'm much smarter than most people think I am...
5. I am probably the most giving person you'll ever meet. it's hard for me to say no to helping someone. even when they THINK they are taking advantage of me. I usually know they are users but can't seem to say no if i have it to give. I feel blessed to be able to give it in the first place.
6. I have a secret desire to sing (kind of) but I have stage fright...
7. I am deathly afraid of spiders... I mean seriously afraid... afraid to the point of tears!
8. I met the love of my life through a freakin blog of all places... go figure
9. I am starting to feel very domesticated again after a long hiatus from all things domestic.
10. I can keep a secret better than most people. if it is really important that i don't tell, i won't.
11. I really only have a few friends who have genuinely been there for me during the lowest points in my life and they were none of the people who i always thought would be there. weird how people grow apart.
12. I love throwing parties... that is one of my ideas... if i could just figure out how to get started for real...
13. I totally believe in the power of prayer and i will often pray for a stranger on the street or for a famous person. I pray for lauryn hill all the time. she needs to make it back from her breakdown.
14. I have an overwhelming desire to help young girls become great women. I'm tired of seeing girls grow up to be women who don't respect or love themselves... which is why i started a mentoring program with the help of my friends and church.
14. I believe "big brother" exists and is watching us all!
15. I am allergic to pineapple... it is not that bad, just very inconvenient at times
16. I can break out in hives at the drop of a dime... i may have the most sensitive skin ever!
17. An attractive personality and disposition always wins over just an attractive face.
18. I worry about my siblings all the time. more than i talk about. I am always concerned about their well being.
19. I miss my puppies, Kai and Lily... I cried hysterically when Lily got hit by a car. she was my baby. Kai is with the ex and i miss her too. she is a great dog.
20. I've wanted to name my first daughter (whenever I have one) Sasha WAAAAAAAAY before Barack became president and I am annoyed that everyone will think that is where i got the name when really I stole it from Sheila! HA!
21. I love love and all things associated with love.
22. I can't wait to have the means to do all the things I desire to do.
23. I want to see the world. I am hard-pressed to think of somewhere i absolutely would not visit. maybe antarctica... but then again, I would love to see the northern lights... hmmmm
24. I taught myself how to ride a bike and how to swim... next on my list is roller skates!!
25. I love when I can see all the stars in the night sky. so beautiful... i am often awed by creation...

Birthday Madness!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS! I love you and I am so happy you are in my life. You mean the world to me and I will make sure I show you just how much I appreciate you and all that you do, today and everyday. You are a blessing to me and who would have thought I would meet someone on blogger of all places that is so perfect for me and everything i was looking for and more. you compliment me and you balance me and you complete me. Here's to you sweetie. May this birthday be your best ever and just the beginning of what's to come!

Happy Birthday Nina! You are wonderful and FIERCE girl! don't let anyone or any situation dim your light or strangle your voice! You are a force to be reckoned with and when you finally come into your own, the world better watch out! I am praying for you and may all the good things in life gravitate to you. out with the old and in with the new!!

ok I am off to bake cupcakes for Chris' b-day

my annual b-day party and other stuff

so those of you that have been reading this since the beginning pretty much know that i throw myself a birthday party every year with my friend dee. Or birthays are exactly one week apart with hers being march 12th and mine being march 19th. They have all been pretty successful. I think it started when i turned 23 and i threw a party at the M Lounge in Philly... and i just did the club party thing for a few years... then on my 26th birthday, i had an 80's party... the favors for that party where old school goodie bags filled with all types of crap.. now and laters, lemon heads, button candy, candy necklaces, garbage pail kid stickers, friendship bracelets... a bunch of 80's stuff... the place had graffiti pics up so it went well with the theme, and we had old toys on the tables... like slinky and little green army men and jacks and those . For my 27th birthday I had a chocolate themed party. the favors for the chocolate party were oversized martini glasses filled with miniature godiva and rocher chocolates and 5 of the glasses had a "golden ticket" in it. whoever got a golden ticket was able to get a free birthday drink from the bar... (the place where i had the party made a signature cocktail for the evening which was a spin on a chocolate martini called a chocolate covered cherry). we had chocolate covered strawberries (that i made myself) and pretzels on the table.... that was a big hit.
last year we did an asian themed party. we had it at this place called swanky bubbles which is a champagne lounge and restaurant. there is an upstairs to it which is very loungy and our favors were chines take out boxes filled with mini paper fans and green tea and ginseng and customized fortune cookies and fake asian money. we had a few trays of appetizers (potstickers and sesame chicken strip things and something else i can't remember). we also had a 2 hour premium open bar for our guests. as you can probably tell, i spend a lot of money on these parties. even though i technically throw them with my friend dee, i come up with all the ideas and themes and favors and i always end up spending way more money than she does. i don't particularly care because i can not have my name attached to anything tacky... so i'll spend a little extra for things to be how i like them. well this year, dee is turning the big 3-0 so she is doing her own thing and i am doing my own. I think this is the last one for me. i haven't been feeling it lately... i mean i am very good at party planning/throwing... but why am i spending all this money for other folks to have a good time and only like 5 people bring gifts or gift cards. so this year is the last party i throw myself. next year, when i turn 30, i am planning a trip to Negril, Jamaica for whoever wants to go and then that's it for me. I'll gladly plan other people's parties but i don't think i will do anymore for myself.
i wanted to go out with a bang but i decided to just do a skating party. roller skating like back int he day. i can rent the rink from 11 pm- 2 am and it includes the dj, food, and security. favors this year will be t-shirts i am having made... this is slightly obnoxious but i am going to TRY to photoshop a pic of myself so that it looks like a comic and put a talk bubble that says something referencing 1980 and put that on the t-shirts. i'm not sure what yet. i haven't thought this particular party all the way through yet but feel free to give some suggestions and I'll keep you posted ont he progress.

whyyyyyyyyyyy

is it taking me forever to get this dag gone blog post typed up? i've had this window open for 3 hours and can not seem to get anything down. i mean i am at work so i keep getting calls from these loser customers but sheesh. i can't even seem to get anything typed between calls. i am on lunch now which is the only reason i am able to get this much down...

***Deep Breath****

ok i am better now. so the auto show is coming to Philly this week 01-31 to 02-08. of course, the chris and i are going... i go every year. it's good fun... we are going to the melting pot first which is a fondue place... yum! that should be interesting.

in other news... i've come to realize that age really doesn't stop some people from being retarded. I don't feel like going into the whole story now but there are some older women i have to deal with for a committee/auxillary that i co-chair. and these chicks (some of them) are slow. like SLOW. like ride the short bus slow... that was a little mean but for one thing, they don't respect me because at 28, i am one of the younger members. actually only one person is younger than i am. so they like to disregard my opinions and suggestions. I wouldn't care if they had sense. but it is painfully obvious that these ladies are disorganized, and scatter-brained. uhg... it's annoying me to even type about it.

next

i have to complain about the hookers at my job again... sorry.
these hoochies really come up in here like it is a fashion show. now let me insert a disclaimer here: I am not talking about people who take time to put a nice outfit together and come to work looking fashionable... i am referring to the harlots who wear clothes that are totally and completely inappropriate for the office. especially an office where there is no dress code, and jeans and sneaks are permitted... something has got to be wrong with someone who needs to wear everything super tight and low cut on top and extra short on bottom. whyyyyyyyyy? there aren't even any real hot dudes up in here to try to impress. and the busted dudes that are here are looking at these chicks like they are hoes... they get no respect from anyone. the dudes treat them like a joke and the women look at them real cock-eyed. one of these birds just walked past. i mean, we all have days when we are feeling extra sexy and our wardrobe choice for that day may reflect that. but there is a way to be sexy without being offensive. you can be sexy and classy at the same time. and that is about more than what you are wearing. it's reflected in your speech and stature and gait. it is based on how you feel about you. if you know you are a star, everyone else around you will see your star quality even if you are in a northface extra long parka and a funny looking hat on. this isn't even what i initially set out to talk about but that just irked me to my core... could be because last night at bible study, this young chick in there was pushing up on this dude that just started coming to bible study... i mean pushing up HARD... basically just throwing it at him... highly inappropriate for the church house. and said chick was just trying to give it to a different dude in our church like last week. but that guy she had been trying to mess with for a year. i call her "the sausage" cuz all her clothes are too tight and she lookes like she will bust out of them at any moment. but yeah the sausage needs some help. did i mention the last dude she was sweatin, her sister had tried to talk to him first? yeah... and then she came at him. so he told her he wasn't really interested in having a girlfriend and she said the classic line, "we could just hang out. i don't have to be ya girl. so what's up?". dude now has a girlfriend that comes to church with him and the sausage had the nerve to be like "oh you can't speak since you with ya girl now"... that irked me. and now she is trying to push up on the new dude. there is nothing wrong with showing some interest in someone but come on...i know i am wrong for calling her the sausage... yall pray for me!

I went to see My Bloody Valentine 3-D on sunday... and it was just as cheesy as i thought it was gonna be... Chris and I went out to dinner with another couple i am friends with and after dinner we went to the movies. My Bloody valentine was the next thing showing so we just decided to see it... i did jump a few times but this movie was more funny than it was scary. it was pretty predictable. so predictable in fact, that i figured it out then convinced myself i must be wrong because it can't be that obvious. for the most part it is the exact cheesiness i was expecting. still more enjoyable than Notorious. sorry

Verizon still sucks but I am thankful to have a job. It could be worse. I just have to keep reminding myself of that.

I had all these things i wanted to talk about when i started this post but now i am not really feeling like it... I'll try though

so life with Chris is pretty cool. about what i expected... we enjoy each other's company and it feels like a real partnership. we are still learning each other and learning how to get around disagreements. I am learning how to not react so much and to just chill and shut up sometimes... which is hard for me! and i can see where Chris is trying to not jump to conclusions and what not. we are doing well. and he is my bestest friend. so here are some pics






me and my daddy...

sorry for the hiatus...

but life has been really hectic and crazy as of late. There have been a ton of changes in my life as i am sure you know from reading Chris' blog. today's post has nothing to do with that. what it does have to do with is why I hate going to see "black" movies at the theater...
chris, me, and roommate decided to go to the movies to see Notorious last night... we didn't have anything better to do and felt like going to the movies. shouldn't have been a big deal right? right...
so we are in the theater and the movie was literally just getting to the meat of the story when some young people down the row from us started being loud and obnoxious. it was obvious they were prob high and they had smuggled alcohol in the theater. so they were being completely ridiculous and some other young kids in the row behind us was said something about group 1 being corny. so what does group one do.. they get louder and one dude stands up and is basically tryin to fight the kids from group two. now, i feel the need to stop here and explain some details. group one was probably in the 19-22 range. group 2 was like in the 16-18 range. ok, back to the story. so someone from group one felt the need to stand up and ball up something he had in his hand and throw it at the little kids from group two ten started threatening them and getting completely extra... acting like he was gonna shoot the boy int he theater. so we left... got our money back... AND got some comps. I'll go see it at a matinee. or bootleg... i am not beat. the whole top half of the theater was out.
and as disturbing as all that was, that was not the worse thing i saw that night... what was worse, was the woman who had her 3 kids with her to see notorious. like seriously no. that is so not appropriate. and her kids were young. one was on her hip probably about 1 years old or so and the other two kids looked to be under 5
whyyyyyyyyyy would you bring them to a movie that is riddled with drugs and violence and cursing??

that's all for now... i am getting annoyed even thinking about it....