Wow. Just really fucking wow is all I can say to the recent tragedies that have happened to Jennifer Hudson. The loss of a mother, brother and nephew are tragic in solitude and combined together is a recipe for extreme disaster. If she’s never heard from again its understandable but still tragic because despite it all people would love to see her succeed. Especially for her lost loved ones. There has been so much talk about how she should have known to get out the hood once she got a little fame and fortune but so many are shunned upon for doing just that. Why should money equal a move to the burbs? She should uproot her family because she got fame now. And fame doesn’t alwyas equal riches. I’m sure American Idol has some serious contracts with her earnings. Why should she bear the burden of financing housing for her mother, brother, sister and so. Her mother, yes that’s understandable and yeah you want to help everyone who’s been there for you out, but buying everyone a house in the burbs, or even having everyone live in your house is a bit much. If I ever make it semi big of course I’ll make sure my grandmother lives comfortably, but if that wish is to stay in her senior citizen apartment who am I to deny that? I can make sure her rent is paid every month on time and she doesn’t worry. We don’t know the situation there, and even then she shouldn’t have had to leave her home if that wasn’t her choice. However if this was truly a domestic disturbance, as most news agencies are reporting, then no matter how far they were from the “hood” it still would have happened. Violence is not condemned to the hood, that’s just where they report it from to perpetuate fear in the world. Other people have said her sister should have known not to be with a thug, especially with a young son. But like Brittany Spears showed us, you can take the person out the environment, you can’t take the hood/trashiness out of
But no specific blame went to the accused. Granted, this is America, innocent until proven guilty, and I’d really hate for the wrong person to go to jail for this heinous crime. Whoever is at fault, they need to realized that we, as humans, are not in the proper practice of deciding who’s lives to take. I don’t care what the sister brother or son did why kill them all-and a child especially. Killing an innocent child is instant death penalty to me (and I’m not sure I even support death penality.) It shouldn’t be a life for a life, however he should be penalized for his lack of respect for human life. THREE LIVES! Now this girl, and Jennifer Hudson, has to live her life without a son, a mother or a brother. I’m not even close to my mother and I am an only child and I feel her pain. Loss is an emotion we can all sympathize with. J Hudson is probably sick of people offering well wishes, especially people she doesn’t know, but I really hope she doesn’t fade into the background due to this. I really am hoping for her strength through these times. It’s not something you over come, but something that you learn to live with. Each day without the person will be hard, sometimes gruesomely hard, but as her recent stroke of luck has shown she’s a star-so please continue to shine girl!
This quote only has to do with this post in the sense that I write it with utter happiness. It’s not philosophical or anything like that. Just happy to update you guys! On with the show!
So, I posted these boots here. They are the Nine West Galen boot. I ordered them on Sunday and they arrived at my job on Tuesday. Super fast. So I anxiously awaited getting home to try them on, I was so excited. I opened them and showed them off because they were so FAB. After work however, I couldn’t go straight home and indulge. I met with a friend for dinner then went shopping for my Halloween costume (which is super cute and sexy). So after this long day of building anticipation I go home and my roommate is there. My roommate is a first hand witness of my shoe addiction. He’s watching his show, Fringe, and I’m all chipper and excited with my news. So finally I try them on. At first I was worried because they seemed a little narrow trying to get them on, since they have no zipper you have to maneuver your foot in there. I almost broke down, but after a few tugs they went on, OVER MY calves. The slouch boots were actually slouchy, in the right places. I was so excited. This is only after one boot. So I dig out the paper in the other boot and slide that one on with more more ease. So, there I am in my black work clothes with my pants jacked up, prancing in my new boots. I didn’t want to take them off. They weren’t tight in any place. I was literally in shoe heaven. Add that to my excitement about my Halloween costume and I had an adrenaline rush. Happiness! Or as a friend would say “Swagger!” LOL
I remember those commercials where it would ask you what would you do for a Klondike bar. They would have this crazy situations to see how far someone would go and at the end they’d get that wonderful ice cream with the chocolaty coating. It’s not quite an ice cream sandwich but there is no other real word for it, but a Klondike. Well, these brothers had their own version: What would you do for that Hot Pocket.
Well, apparently he’d stab his own brother for it. Ok, lets imagine this scenario. I go in the kitchen, I’m hungry and I see some hot pockets in the freezer. Chicken Fajita, because that’s my favorite, and I bust that baby in there for about two minutes. I take it out, I’m taking it out the new crisping sleeve and here comes big or little bro depending. And he’s like “Hey, gimme that pocket.” I’m like “pssh, please” and then we begin to wrestle for it. So, in the heat of the moment, this hot pocket is the only thing that can attack these hunger pains so I reach over and grab a steak knife and stab you brother. After we continue to wrestle for awhile I take the hot pocket and run because your crippled by the wound. wow. Just wow. But like, don’t hot pockets come two in a box? Where was the other one. Where was HP2?
I don’t have any siblings so I know nothing about sibling rivalry. It could have been that those were HIS hot pockets and bro just came along and rummaged them out. I’ve definitely had that happen to me. I think about it all day. I’ll be at work thinking,” I”m going to go home and eat that last square of lasagna.” I’ll come home, ready for dinner and open the fridge and its gone. someone got it. I see the empty bowl in the sink and I’m like ‘”OH NO! I’ma kill ‘em!” But never have I actually wanted to draw blood over food. NEVER! And I love food. When I was younger I was like Mikey so I know all about love for food. And I know about having people come and take your food. But drawing blood is just wrong. How do you tell your parents?
“Johnny, why’d you stab Tim?”
“MOoommm! he tried to eat my hot pocket.” How is that acceptable? Why is this ok? Is this ok? At the time of the article the police had yet to find the uninjured brother nor determine the fate of the Hot Pocket. Wait, maybe its for sale on ebay with baby Jesus’ face on it? He did show up on the grilled cheese! Remember that?
So, this weekend me and my friends hit the strip club. And we went to a strip club where girls strip because:
1. Drinks are cheap.
2. Things get really raunchy at the other kind (or so I’ve heard)
3. Drinks are cheap.
Now, if you are in strip club and your sitting there at the bar or around the “stage” you should tip. It’s only fair. For those that don’t go to strip clubs often I guess you don’t know how the work. Well, the ones I’ve been to usually work this way: Girl dances around or on the pole depending on her skill set. After she’s done there she makes her way around the bar/floor and gets her tips. It isn’t like on StripTease where Demi Moore got her own introduction and personal attention while the other girls fade to the background.
So this particular club, Club Risque, was decent. Drinks were cheap and it wasn’t crowded. Me and my girls take our seats at the bar, order a round of drinks and watch the girls work. So, I’m not really into the whole having to put the dollars on them, I kinda just like to hand them the dollar and keep it moving. I comment on their outfits or shoes and their pole skills with the girls. Well, this one girl was….
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PREGNANT!!
A pregnant skripper! I was taken aback. I started looking for knife and gunshot wounds. I have heard that its hard to quit, but damn. Sometimes you gotta give that up. So. I had it all made up in my mind that I wasn’t tipping this girl. I could not support working in a strip club while your pregnant. So I tried to keep my head down, focusing on my drink when she came over. But I made a mistake. I had my singles sitting near my glass. So she walks right over there and smiles and tries to chat, forcing me to tip her. I was guilted into tipping her. How dare she use her pregnant belly in that way! To make sure I wasn’t just being overzealous, I asked the bartender was she, and she didn’t know. But the head bartender girl came over and confirmed that yes she was. She was only staying until she’s showing. I’m like um, “HELLO!! I see her baby bump very evidently.” Ghetto ass! It reminded me of Ronnie & Trix from Player’s Club. How no one wanted Trix to dance for them because she was the proverbial ghetto stripper. I wonder why so many people glamorize stripping. I guess it’s fine if you want to dance around on stage, but the whole talking to people, having them put their hands on you is just gross to me. I would feel like a piece of meat, which I kinda am if that’s what I’m doing.
For those who don’t know Ronnie & Trix.. skip to around 4:15
Ok, so I’ve decided to start a Things that make you go hmm category for things like this. It’s neither a rant or a rave and not quite a GTFOH, lol. More stories will be moved to this category eventually or I may just do a from this date forward kinda thing. Either way, on with the story.
A Michigan man decided that he wanted a blow job from a vacuum the other day at the car wash. I guess regular human suction just wasn’t quite enough, he had to go for that industrial strength. How do you receive sexual favors from a vacuum? That’s how the police reported it. What do you charge him with? Public indecency? Sexual deviancy? How do you say you’re going to jail for fucking a vacuum?
This is amusing to me because me and my BFF were just talking this weekend about how men are fascinated with their penis touching anything. There were videos on some site, either Xtube or YouPorn with men humping balls.. Like big rubber balls you do crunches on. Blasphemy. Like what man wakes up one day and is like “Hmm.. I wonder how it would feel for my penis to rub against that doorknob?” So he tries it, and loves it. Now you have this man filming himself screwing door knobs or chairs or rubber balls, or the computer. What is the name of this? Its not frotteurism… How come vacuum man didn’t just use his Hoover hose at home? I think if you’re going to be sexually deviant in that way, you should stay at home. But in the grand scheme of things, what harm is he really causing? I’d much rather have a vacuum fucker living next door than a pedophile or something horrible like that.
I had to share my latest purchase. And I k now I don’t need brown boots because I need some new black boots, but these boots looked so much better in the brown, so I had to go with that. I was emailed a coupon for family & friends weekend with NineWest so I absolutely had to take advantage of it. And I could use some retail therapy. I actually felt some of my melancholy lift after i clicked the submit order button, ha ha. So, let’s introduce my new friend. These are the Nine West Galen, from their “Boutique 9″ collection. I can’t wait to rock these with a cute skirt or even some jeans. I love the wood heel and the buckle detail. They are pure heaven. I didn’t get the measurements on the calf circumference, but they are supposed to be slouchy, so that buys me some room. But I did look at other NineWest boots, like the ELEGY previously mentioned and they were measured to be bigger than my log calves. So we’ll see. They might be slouchy on everyone else but they’ll be tight on me. No one will really notice, or at least I hope not. I don’t own many pairs of NineWest shoes, but I do see some styles there that are nice. I used to go browse the outlet but never actually bought any. Or at least that I can remember. But I’m giving them a go. Unlike Bakers who’ve proved to not be a solid investment in footwear. I’m just extremely happy these were on discount, I paid around 150 online and got free shipping. yay!
There is hope for porn stars everywhere. Sasha Grey is an inspiration to all them hoes out there-she parlayed her fucking on screen to playing a high priced call girl in REAL MOVIE! She fucked her way to the top! Her role is realllly going to focus on her acting skills. I mean, I can see how that is so far fetched for her, instead of traditional oohs and ahhs that a porn actress has to deliver, she’s going to have to TALK! I wonder if she can form real words. I’m not really a fan of white girls in porn, I’m actually pretty particular about the porn I watch, so I’ve never seen any of her movies, which include Bitchcraft 4, Totally Fucked 2, Flower’s Squirt Shower 5, Grand Theft Anal 11, Whack Jobs 2, Meet the Fuckers, and Swallow my Children. Such wonderful films. I searched her on IMDB and she’s been in like 130 pornos since 2006. That’s a hell of a lot of fucking for camera. Steven Soderbergh has now selected her to be in his movie “The Girlfriend EXperience.” And I’m sure its not for her acting abilities.. Hollywood.. Famous Director.. Porn Star… you do the math.. Someone swallowed some children for that role or at least promised to pay upon delivery. I mean, come on look him.. Doesn’t he look like the kind of guy who wants a little porn start action? Or someone with a heavy porn addiction?
Shoes! Shoes! and More Shoes! Ok.. So I had heard about the DSquared fashion show where the models took off their shoes because the heels were ridiculously high and I laughed because I thought of how on America’s Next Top Model Tyra Banks is always talking about the walk and gives the girls the craziest walking contest. Sometimes in 5 inch heels with a 2 inch platform a size too small, so I guess Dan & Dan watched those episodes. Anyshoe, at that same fashion show the lightning bolt heel made its debut. And I love it!! Absolutely FAB! I would so rock these if they were more in my price range! The detailing is just how I like it. A little bit of Wow to surprise people.
So keeping up with these surprisingly different heel’s, I saw that Madonna wore these shoes to the premiere of “Filth & Wisdom” for which she is an executive producer. Now, I’m all for creative expression, but handguns for heels? Wow. Is she telling us she’s a member of NRA? I just don’t get this. They look too bulky for my taste and just wrong. the shoe itself isn’t really that flattering. And they are Chanel! CHANEL! Let me say it again like Biden, CHANEL! I don’t like the front, with the open toe or the platform. And I love peep toe, LOVE IT! But this is just all wrong. Sorry Madonna.
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. That there is only half of a house. One day, this could be you! I’ve had this story on my radar over the past several days and I’m just getting around to writing about it. This couple from Cambodia literally split their house in half after the dissemination of their 18 year marriage. The husband decided that he would saw off his half of the house and move it to another portion of the land. The land, which they divided into four equal parts, one for the wife, one for him, and two others for their children. Aw, how wonderful, don’t leave the kiddies out. Now right, I know that houses are built differently than they are in the US, but how the hell is the other half still standing? And who is gonna build a wall to make sure her shit ain’t out in the open, since obviously he’s not feeling her like that anymore? What if both bathrooms were on his half of the house? What is she gonna do? How do you just move half of the damn house! I mean, we see it sometimes, you’re on the highway and you see those wide load trailers with homes on them. But there aren’t any belongings in those homes, and they are getting transported to a new foundation, or at least I think so.
Anywho, one article I read said that there were issues over infidelity another just said it was over medical issues and her not taking care of him. Either way, they are not yet legally divorced in Cambodia and they were counseled not to take such drastic action, but I guess he really can’t stand that heiffer. So he called his boys, because you know thats how men roll, and they got their saws and chisels out and got to work. Interesting. This really takes the cake on what’s mine is mine, and well.. what’s yours is yours. I wonder how old the kids are. I’m still in awe over this situation. I wonder how long this living situation is going to work out. Things like this are how I know that marriage isn’t in my cards right now.. Wayyy too young.. and selish..
On my mornings new stroll came across this article about CNN giving DL Hughley his own show, some would compare to the Colbert Report or the Daily Show. As you all know, I am a CNN junkie. I watch all the debates on CNN, I catch their morning show, American Morning, I like Larry King even though he’s ancient. I love how he makes people slightly uncomfortable in his interviews, LOL. Anywho, Variety reports that the Show will air Saturdays at 10pm and then again on Sunday in the same news slot. Its predicted that they are gearing to appeal to a younger audience as the elections have bought news to a forefront among the new generation.
I think, sometimes, that DL boarders the lines between slightly corny and funny. He is pretty well informed and I don’t mind hearing his point of view, there are some celebrities where I think they should be seen and not heard, but DL has been pretty cool. I think I remember once hearing his story of how he was in a gang, the Bloods I wanna say, but then he realized what he got himself into after a series of tragic events and now look at him. He isn’t some new comer to the scene trying for his 15 minutes. Now, this isn’t to say that he is without fault, I mean he was in Soul Plane. SOUL PLANE!!! Horrible movie!!
Now, I’m not saying I’m going to watch his show every week, because I’d like to think I have a viable social life that keeps me occupied on Saturdays at 10.. but I’ll catch it, and I am sincerely happy for him. Do your thing DL… Darryl Lynn Hughley (wow, what a country name)
Ok, so I hijacked the questions from over at SheenV’s place.. He does Wednesday Weirdness, and I liked these questions… I might hijack a few more, he just doesn’t know it yet! IF you haven’t, check him out over there in the blogroll.. its cool stuff! And he loves shoes too!!! LOL
Once again, Thanks!!!
1.) Do you think you’re approachable? Absolutely! But people might disagree. If I don’t know people in a crowd I tend to stay to myself until the ice is broken. Some might take that as unapproachable, but to me its just normal behavior. Often times people say I’m just “acting light-skin” LOL
2.) Out of the two, would you rather be able to predict things before they happened or be able to read minds whenever you wanted to? Why? Much rather be able to predict things. If I could read minds I might start going off like Sookie in TrueBlood!
3.) Have you ever kissed, fooled around or slept with an ex significant other AFTER you were already broken up? Guilty.. Sometimes people are a sucker for punishment.. Sometimes its hard to remember that you are broken up for a reason and that its better that way…
4.) Do you believe dreams are your imagination running wild as you sleep, your subconscious showing you what’s really on your mind or something else entirely? Both. Sometimes dreams can be so far out there that you don’t have any idea what they mean. Sometimes they are so vivid with a certain aspect of your life, that you have a hard time deciphering what was the reality. Dreams can sometimes be portals into our futures if we look hard enough. I grew up in a house that had a dream book, I think that most dreams have meanings, we just have to seek them out.
5.) How often do you use cuss words? Does your use of cuss words vary on your moods or situations? Somedays I cuss a lot other days I say really cheeky words instead like gosh dangit! But I do know when to turn it on and turn if off, I’m not at work cursing up a storm because that’s just inappropriate. My grandmother cusses like a sailor! LOL
6.) Do you ever purposely lead people on so you can get what you want? Not knowingly, lol… and that’s that!
7.) When was the last time you did something you told yourself you wouldn’t do? What was it? Um.. sure.. I did swear off alcohol a few weeks ago, but yet I keep drinking. LOL. I swore off sweets, but we all know that I have a sweet tooth. Other things are a battle that I’m not giving up.. y
8.) If you could meet one musician who is no longer alive, who would it be? Gosh.. I just don’t know. I’d love to meet Ella Fitzgerald… I feel like in the past singers had personality that is lacking among so many “stars” today… She had soul, she had feeling.. Or Billie Holiday.. yeahhhh…
I picked up this book in the train station, Shoe Addicts Anonymous, because I was done reading my current book on the ride to the city. If I had one word to describe this book it would be… FLUFF! I’m an avid fiction reader, but sometimes fiction still makes you think and ponder the possibilities. There was none of that here for me. It was an easy read. I bought it on Monday evening, was done Saturday night and didn’t even read some every day. The gist of the story is that there are four people who have a club dedicated to swapping shoes. The idea started with Lorna, who is so deep in credit card debt that she needs to consolidate. She works as a waitress and lives in a condo that is $1200 a month and still has time to shop for shoes and pay her other bills? UNREALISTIC in the DC area! Anyway, after meeting her her “debt counselor” she places an ad on “gregslist.org” for a group to meet. Other characters include Helene Zajaris, wife of a politician, who is unhappy that she’s been cut off from funds until she gets preggers by her hubby so he can have the perfect political family to tote around even though he’s a philanderer. Next is Sandra. Sandra is overweight and agoraphobic. She makes her money being phone sex operator. Thought that would be juicy but no. She talks on the phone to a psychiatrist about her agoraphobia and she eventually goes to a hypnotist. To get herself out the house, she goes to these meetings. She does eventually come out of her shell, realizes people are the big bad wolves and all that juicy stuff. And Jocelyn. She doesn’t even wear the size that they are swapping. She goes to thrift stores and finds the high-end shoes in their size to swap so she has a reason to get out of the house that she stays in. She is a nanny and her boss is a mean bitch who demeans her and makes her do work not in her contract. Hence a reason NOT to be a live-in nanny.
Anyway.. the characters, while all very real parts of society, only touch on the surface of what these real life caricuatures could do. I feel like yes, this is a great concept for a book, but the author always fell short of really pulling me in. I could not lose myself in this book which is what i like to do when i read fiction books. and as you all know I am a lover of shoes and books alike, so to combine the two was supposed to be heaven. But instead they threw out name brands i coudn’t afford and stores I never heard of. What is Ormands anyway? Is that like the DC version of Saks? Sure, there were Guccis and Jimmy’s in there too, but not enough. She also tries to make light of other cultural phenomenons, like ebay and her fake Craigslist, gregslist.com. I enjoyed her concept but didn’t like the author’s, Beth Harbison, execution. And it all had such a fairy tale ending. I don’t believe in fairy tale endings. Not cool folks! Good Fluff reading.. would I recommend it to a friend,, probably not. This book doesn’t get a rave nor does it get a wtf. It’s kinda just there.
I don’t know about some people, but I was excited about Jennifer Hudson’s cd being finally released. I was not so excited about Jazmine Sullivan’s cd. Not because she can’t sing, because she has skills, but because her first single didn’t wow me and there was so much hype around her. Everyone was talking about it. I like to be the kind of person that strays from the norm. Now, JHud, is a great singer. Do I think she should have gotten an Oscar for singing in DreamGirls… NO.. but that’s not my point.So these two albums came out pretty close together in time, and rather than write seperate reviews, I’m going to compare them.
Personally, I think Jaz’s album blows Hudson’s out the box.. Not for vocal skills but because of how personal the material seems. Jhud’s seems so… generic. I don’t feel like I know her any better after listening to her album. Jazmine’s.. I feel like wow, she went through something like this. And it’s more youthful.
Let’s talk standout tracks… JHudson.. Of course her single Spotlight is pretty dope. But it is slightly generic. I like the track Pocketbook in a sense that its funny and cute. I like Giving myself, my heart, can’t stop the rain, and invisible. Cute, standard, formulaic tracks. She doesn’t do anything surprising on this album, which is a disappointment for me. She had so many people waiting for her to drop and it makes me wonder is that why she played it safe? they also included “and I’m telling you…” from Dreamgirls on the album. I think they should have included, “I love you I do” versus this song because, well it was cute and this one has been heard over and over and over again. Her songs are simply mid to low-tempo and the kind of blend together at some points. I guess thats why I like Pocketbook, its the riskiest song on the album. Overall, its an OK debut album but its a C level from someone with her talent. I do NOT feel her album was worth the wait. No sir I do NOT!
Jazmine Sullivan… where do we begin? This is a genuinely good cd to me. Good writing, good production. Not predictable. On this cd I only skip one song, Call Me Guilty, I don’t know why but it just isn’t one of my favorites. I love the track Dream big it has a different sound than the rest of the album and because it’s inspiring. It reminds me of #1 from the Instructions for Life.. Take risks.. Be in the moment. Wait, before I continue, I have to say that I may have listened to the songs in the wrong order because my burning program burned the alphabetically, weirdo! The first song I heard was After the Hurricane which was good to me. It wasn’t too mellow or mid tempo. Following that song was Bust ya Windows which now has a video, which even though it wasn’t in order it was a good followup song – in the sense that after you tore my life up like a hurricane I’ma bust your windows! Take that man! Take that!! Other songs that I like are Fear, which is utterly simple but yet so powerful. “you’re not human without fear” is so true. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. One night stand, This song took me more than one listen to like. Actually, her whole album did. The first time around I said, what is all the hype. But me being too lazy to take the cd out my car made me realize that hey, this is actually good. Lions, Tigers & Bears... this song hits my heart. So real, so heartfelt so personal for many people. Switch-the bonus track, love it! It’s so cute and fun and makes me laugh. This is why I like her album. it flows nice, it has a youthful feel to it. And i feel like I know her a little better after listening to it. I feel that she’s been through some of these situations and she understands me. I don’t know if someone else wrote them for her or not, but she makes me believe it.
Jennifer Hudson get a 3.5 outta 5.. Jazmine Sullivan is 4.5 teetering pretty darn close to 5, only because I skip that one song. Not that its a bad song, i just like everything else so much more. Now these are just my opinions, you are free to like Jennifer’s album more, but don’t get mad if i disagree. this is America, we can share! LOL..
You know it really ticks me off when people come into my job and they want a specific person and only that person. We tell them this person is unavailable at the current moment and give them alternatives-do you want to see someone else or wait or even come back later. Now if you choose to wait, I will tell you I can’t guarantee how long you will be waiting for. Do NOT agree to wait and then pester the first person who walks past to with your problems. It will not make the situation better by bad mouthing other employees. You choose, repeat-choose to wait an undetermined amount of time. Shit happens, get over yourself.
How do things get lost you ask? Let me give you several hundred documents in one day and see if you don’t lose any of them. Why are some people short with you? Let me call you 30 times and then email you when you don’t answer and see how your customer service skills are. Better yet, let me berate you since you are serving me you must be my servant so I can talk to you like you are less than a person and see if your attitude doesn’t change. Yes, when you treat me like less of a person I check out on you, you no longer have my full attention as I do not have your full respect. You give what you get and if your a bitch to me, I will make you wait longer-as I need a cool down period so I’m not a bitch to my next customer, who may be a sweetie. Don’t be rude, just like you need to be courteous with your waiter so they don’t give you the special sauce, you should be courteous to any customer service rep, because you never know. Word travels. And no one, NO ONE likes to deal with a bitch. Male or female.
It just really irks my nerves the lack of patience that people have these days. Everyone wants to get what they want when they want it. No regard for how they are late doing what they need to do. I’m sorry, but my sympathy is limited and I have none for you if you aren’t doing what needs to be done. And this includes myself. Hell, it bothers me when people who I work with don’t keep up. I know we are busy, but dammit, people are coming in yelling at ME because YOU are behind. Ok, I’m not mad, just exasperated because it does get busy. But when people try to make their own policies inside of policies, its frustrating. Consistency is key for some things… OK.. I’m done ranting..
W hen bad things happen to shoes its never a pretty sight.
Here I was this morning thinking of how I have a nice amount of winter shoes. But boy was I wrong. I’m at work when my cheap ass Bakers boots broke (AGAIN!). So, since I was now down one good pair of shoes I decided to do some shoe shopping online. Black boots are essential to a winter wardrobe, so I had to replace mine with the quickness. On my search I found this disaster. OMG. I almost cried because this is just shoe torture! Brand = J.Shoes, Motto: Do the Jay Walk. LOL. Model: TARA. Do the Jay Walk is a cute slogan/motto, but these shoes are just an abomination. And they have the nerve to be discounted at $126! So, I did a search for their shoes, and they are all FUGLY! Just straight up WRONG! Some things should never be done to shoes. Damn.. I’m just sad now!
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I had to share my latest purchase. And I k now I don’t need brown boots because I need some new black boots, but these boots looked so much better in the brown, so I had to go with that. I was emailed a coupon for family & friends weekend with NineWest so I absolutely had to take advantage of it. And I could use some retail therapy. I actually felt some of my melancholy lift after i clicked the submit order button, ha ha. So, let’s introduce my new friend. These are the Nine West Galen, from their “Boutique 9″ collection. I can’t wait to rock these with a cute skirt or even some jeans. I love the wood heel and the buckle detail. They are pure heaven. I didn’t get the measurements on the calf circumference, but they are supposed to be slouchy, so that buys me some room. But I did look at other NineWest boots, like the ELEGY previously mentioned and they were measured to be bigger than my log calves. So we’ll see. They might be slouchy on everyone else but they’ll be tight on me. No one will really notice, or at least I hope not. I don’t own many pairs of NineWest shoes, but I do see some styles there that are nice. I used to go browse the outlet but never actually bought any. Or at least that I can remember. But I’m giving them a go. Unlike Bakers who’ve proved to not be a solid investment in footwear. I’m just extremely happy these were on discount, I paid around 150 online and got free shipping. yay!
I picked up this book in the train station, Shoe Addicts Anonymous, because I was done reading my current book on the ride to the city. If I had one word to describe this book it would be… FLUFF! I’m an avid fiction reader, but sometimes fiction still makes you think and ponder the possibilities. There was none of that here for me. It was an easy read. I bought it on Monday evening, was done Saturday night and didn’t even read some every day. The gist of the story is that there are four people who have a club dedicated to swapping shoes. The idea started with Lorna, who is so deep in credit card debt that she needs to consolidate. She works as a waitress and lives in a condo that is $1200 a month and still has time to shop for shoes and pay her other bills? UNREALISTIC in the DC area! Anyway, after meeting her her “debt counselor” she places an ad on “gregslist.org” for a group to meet. Other characters include Helene Zajaris, wife of a politician, who is unhappy that she’s been cut off from funds until she gets preggers by her hubby so he can have the perfect political family to tote around even though he’s a philanderer. Next is Sandra. Sandra is overweight and agoraphobic. She makes her money being phone sex operator. Thought that would be juicy but no. She talks on the phone to a psychiatrist about her agoraphobia and she eventually goes to a hypnotist. To get herself out the house, she goes to these meetings. She does eventually come out of her shell, realizes people are the big bad wolves and all that juicy stuff. And Jocelyn. She doesn’t even wear the size that they are swapping. She goes to thrift stores and finds the high-end shoes in their size to swap so she has a reason to get out of the house that she stays in. She is a nanny and her boss is a mean bitch who demeans her and makes her do work not in her contract. Hence a reason NOT to be a live-in nanny.
You know it really ticks me off when people come into my job and they want a specific person and only that person. We tell them this person is unavailable at the current moment and give them alternatives-do you want to see someone else or wait or even come back later. Now if you choose to wait, I will tell you I can’t guarantee how long you will be waiting for. Do NOT agree to wait and then pester the first person who walks past to with your problems. It will not make the situation better by bad mouthing other employees. You choose, repeat-choose to wait an undetermined amount of time. Shit happens, get over yourself.
W hen bad things happen to shoes its never a pretty sight.