January 26, 2011
The other day I made my first reference to my next big birthday, 30! OMG I can’t believe I’m already thinking of 30! WTF! I remember being 16 and saying the perfect age was 22. And I just celebrated my 25th. Sheesh. WOW.
Here’s how the scenario went. I was in the shower, just doing some idle shower thinking (I tend to come up with some novel ideas and premises while showering). And I thought of getting Lasik, and I said “I’ll get Lasik for my 30th birthday gift to myself” Like, it wasn’t even a second thought. I’m miffed. It’s official. I’m old. When did this happen?
I didn’t even get nostalgic when I referenced it. It didn’t hit me until 3 days later when I mentioned it to a friend. I was like woah, did I just say When I turn 30??? I have several friends who are closer to 3o (or past 30) and I totally adore them. I mean, I still have some years to go and I hope to pack them full of interesting and life fulfilling events. I am looking forward to the next few years. I expect BIG things for myself!
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September 22, 2010
This is something I typed on my BlackBerry and emailed to myself. I do write, it just sometimes gets lost in the sauce of things in my email. I’m trying to set it up where I can just email in a post, because the WordPress for Blackberry app wasn’t doing it for me … anywho ..
There are people in the world who like to try to tap holes into your wall of security so that they may prey on those newly formed insecurity pockets… I kid you not. Now, this can be in work, relationships or even friendships. For example… I’m pretty happy in general with my life, its not perfect nor is it problem free, but I happen to love it, flaws and all.
Enter old-flame. (If you want to even call it that)
And you share with this old flame that you’ve moved on. Are happy with your current situation. They begin to say, ‘how do you know you can trust him?’ ‘How long have we known each other?’ All these things to try and make you second guess your decisions. Or you have the co-worker from a different department who likes to talk smack about your department and your boss. To make you question who you should be reporting to (or making allegiences with).
People enjoy creating messes in others lives no matter how unintentionally. And sometimes we fall victim to it. I refuse. Call me naïve, call me dense, call me stupid. I’m perfectly happy living my life without the B.S.
Does this mean I’m ignorant to what’s out there? No.. I know that bad things and people lurk behind every corner, some devils come in sheep skin. Its just easier to awknowledge it and move on vs dwelling on it.
Someone had on their facebook status about how to tell if someone is really a friend. It said to share good news with them and watch their immediate reaction. True story, a real friend is gonna be happy for you no matter what their situation. Trust me. And the vultures will seek their opportunity to make you feel bad or guilty. Family included.
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August 17, 2010
It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t’ve left you. . . yep shouldn’t’ve. I’ve always been a fan of pointing out obvious errors and idiotic moments that most people miss.
So imagine how I felt the first time I heard about the prepaid Visa card, or as it is better known by my constituents as, “The Rush Card.”
For those of you who don’t know what a Rush Card is, it is a Prepaid Visa card endorsed by Russell “Def Jam” Simmons. What exactly does it do? Well, I’m glad you asked.
The Rush Card allows you to put your money on a card so you can have access to it whenever you need it and it’s better than a bank account because you can only spend what you have on the card. Also, it allows you to avoid those pesky check cashing fees if you go to a check cashing place. You can even get your check direct deposited onto the card! It’s better than a credit card there are no nasty interest rates!
But wait, this sounds too good to be true. What’s the catch? Ohhh, the fees.
Ok, here’s a rundown of their monthly access plan:
Activation Fee: $3.00; Monthly Fee: $9.95; Transaction Fee: $1.00 for each time you enter your pin, $0 for credit transactions; ATM withdrawal fee: Two (2) FREE each calendar month. $2.50 for each ATM withdrawal after first two (2).
Umm, what’s the difference between this card and a bank account? No credit check. That’s the main selling point. But when was the last time you or anyone you know got denied for a checking account for bad credit? The only way this happens is if you have had accounts at every bank in town and overdrawn them, then decided not to pay them back. If that’s the case, I understand why you can’t get a checking account. You really don’t deserve to be trusted with anything at that point.
But most major banks have FREE CHECKING ACCOUNTS! These accounts have nominal fees if any at all. I mean. . . I got a bank account and I didn’t pay an activation fee nor do I pay a monthly fee. If I go to my bank, I pay no withdrawal fees. And I don’t pay a fee for using my debit card as a debit card.
So here are my real issues with this P.o.S. I saw the commercial for this card on BET. I’ve heard the commercial for this on every urban station in my listening range (Hot 97, Power 105, Power 99, etc.). I have yet to hear it on Z100 or Wired 96.5. I’ve never seen this commercial on MTV or VH1 EVER. This fact leads me to the conclusion that this “product” is aimed at a certain demographic: young urban youth, a majority of which are of African or Hispanic descent.
Oh Russell, you’re an asshole for this one. You are now bankrupting the community you claim to love. Just taking our money with no remorse. But then again, can I blame you? You might just be a puppet, a figurehead to appeal to the demographic that will use this product. Like Chris Tucker said in Rush Hour 2, “Behind every big crime there’s a rich white man waiting for his cut.” This is a crime of epic proportions, in my humble opinion.
Not everyone can be financially literate, but I still wish for that day. In the mean time, we should all have common sense, Like Water for Chocolate. Russell, if you were that hard up for cash, you should have compiled a “Def Jam’s Greatest Hits” album, hell, even an series of albums like the “Body & Soul” collection. I would order that from an infomercial. What happened with Phat Farm? I loved that line. And I know you still get a cut from anything Kimora does. You were her launching pad, and someone as business savvy as you wouldn’t let her divorce you without getting a chunk of that Baby Phat machine.
People, since corporations will continue to try to rape folks who don’t know any better for their little bit of cheddar, please sit them down and teach them before they give these legal con-artists another dime.
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April 20, 2010
When I work out at the gym, I like to get a treadmill between 2 TVs. I like one screen to have CNN American Morning on and the other to have Good Morning America? Why? I feel like I’m getting both my national and local news all in one shot. Being that there is no sound, I don’t feel like one is interrupting the other. I can get the headlines I want to go look into further at work. So, the point of this was there was a CNN story this morning was about texting addictions and teens. 3/4 of 12 to 17 year olds have cellphones, up from 45 percent in 2004. That is RIDIC in my opinion. WOW!!
The average teen is sending 50 texts a day. Girls, obviously, texting more than boys. This was like ehh, whatever to me. But it made me think of the good old art of passing notes in class. Why was this the correlation? Because these 12-17 year olds are in school all day and thats what we did in school when it was my day. Sure, you u can be more stealthy sending a quick text in class, and its great, hopefully noiseless. But can you refer back to those texts 10 years later ?? Being the pack rat that I am, I still have some old school notes in a shoe box somewhere. Whenever I’m packing up to move I come across this box (which is sooo hard to part with) and I get nostalgic reading those letters. I laugh at the sheer trivial-ness and blasphemy of it all. You cannot do that with texts. These kids/teens are missing out. SERIOUSLY!!!
Flicking a match on my old yellowing papers will rid me of them quickly. Some of my friends don’t even know I have these letters. One day we’ll have a drunken ladies night, reminiscing over bad high school crushes and horrible ideas.
What phone/server is storing messages for years? What if you lose your phone. Also noted, texts are NEVER truly destroyed. If the cops/feds/super hackers reeaaalllyy wanted they could get incriminating texts. Someone may have saved the convo to email (*ahem Tiger’s hoes*) and they can come back to haunt you, but that’s not the same as these nostalgic letters.
The sad thing about this is that these frequent texters aren’t going to get any better as they get older. Don’t get me wrong, my blackberry is *almost* always in my hand and BBM is a way of life, but I still can socialize. I still know how to say ‘hello can I speak to —–” if I call somewhere vs “hey” from always calling cells. We’ve alll heard my gripes about people who communicate only via text. if you have my #. Use it
CNN article
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February 15, 2010
So.. Valentine’s day is OVER!! Raise your hand if your single and survived it without suicidal thoughts! !*fist bump*
Hopefully all you lovers out there didn’t receive one of these gifts off yahoo’s Worst Valentine’s Gifts 2010 edition. I can’t give the whole list, but some of the funnier ones
1. A coupon for any kind of love?? As they said in the article “why withold the love??”
2. Self-Help Books – Nothing says I love you like “how to get overcome your past mistaks”
3. Romantic Facebook Gifts: It’s real love when he sends an E-ballon and flowers for all your friends to see… LOL
4. Cashmere toilet paper: uummm… who the hell really gave this gift? Where did you find it? Please avoid all bathroom gifts!
5. Office supplies– “my BF went to London and all i got was this stupid pen” yeah.. that would suck for Valentine’s day ..
Full List
I guess it is better to be single than have to deal with crappy gifts and half hearted Hallmark created holidays. It’s only really fun and good when the person is good to you all year and they take the time to go the EXTRA mile. Than can be a woman doing it for her man or vice versa. I’d rather just wait patiently.
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January 13, 2010
This is on some super Lars and the Real Girl ish!
Meet Roxxxy, she’s more than just a blow up doll, she is a “robot girlfriend” *side eye*
Have you seen Lars & the Real Girl, starring Ryan Gosling? I suggest you go watch that movie, then come back and read about Roxxxy- a sex robot that will carry on simple conversations with you. And you can choice from different personalities like Frigid & Wild Wendy. WOW! I”m sorry, please just kill me if I get that desperate.
OH, and you will definitely pay for this experience: $7,000-9,000 <<WWAHHHAATTTT!!
Why? Just why??
Source & Image via LAWitchesbrew
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December 30, 2009
Life without the internet is torture. Yes, I said it! I can live without cable, and I can live without phone, but the internet? Never! Maybe its because everything on TV can be found online, and probably first too! Or maybe its the whole, “I’m living in a time of instant gratification” idealogy that we’ve grown so accustomed to? Either way, the truth of the matter is that this. I, Cleo Sunshine, have a firm addiction to the internet. It’s usefulness is beyond measure. My sanity is dependent upon my connection to the world wide web. Oh, and make no mistake, not just any internet will do. I have spent the last few days vying for signal on an open network somewhere in my development, its unreliable-ness is just as bad as having NO internet. Imagine. Your biting into that delicious piece of cheesecake, and right before your teeth close around the bite, it magically disappears. How disappointed would you be? Tragic I tell you. Tragic. I think this is only slightly worse than dial-up. At least dial-up was reliable. It just took 30 years to load up one page. You could go make a 5 course dinner and come back to a page loaded only 75% with no images. Unreliable internet is like cooking on an uneven stove in your neighbors house. Half of your chicken is well done, and the other half still rare. Unedible I tell you.
I did finish the book I was reading and grow up two Sim children in this downtime. It also took me 3 days to watch Will Ferrel’s Step Brothers. The excitement and humor died after the 2nd day of buffering. The next time I’m without internet, I’m packing my bags and making a cot on the Panera floor. Or anywhere else they supply free wireless. Yup. Problem Solved.
**Edit**
It took me 6 tries to post this. FML!!!
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October 19, 2009
Newest Scam for college kids: being target for “illegal downloads. ” An apparently bogus collections agency that sent out letters to Bucknell students demanding $500 to settle the students’ alleged illegal downloads. Seriously! That’s crazy. Imagine that 10 people actually paid that $500. That’s an easy 5k for some scammer. TAX FREE!!! And who is really going to contest that email they get about illegally downloading something?
Scam!! It’s a scary word and a scary practice. Scammers are ruthless, they don’t care how they get you, as long as they get you. And as time goes on, those scams just get more elaborate.
Other scams for college Student’s are pretty common: Fake scholarship promises, crazy student loans, diploma mills, and other websites that sell you cheating supplies (which is just stupid!) Why would you spend THOUSANDS of dollars on education, just to spend more money faking it through? This is why the value of a college education is dropping, and most jobs require Masters Degrees now. Value your education people.
For more reads on the 6 scams that target most college students check it out!
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June 11, 2009
HOLY COW!!!
I woke up to this news story:
An Italian woman who arrived to the airport late for the fatal Air France flight 447 has died in a car accident, according to ANSA news agency.
Johanna Ganthaler, a pensioner from the Bolzano-Bozen Province (South Tyrol, Italy) and her husband, Kirk, were on vacation in Brazil and missed flight 447 after arriving to the airport late. They were able to board a later flight and avoided being victims of the horrible crash.
The couple rented a car in Munich, Germany and decided to drive home to Italy. On their way home, while driving through Kufstein, Austria, their car ended up in the opposite lane and they had a head on collision with a truck.
The woman died at the hospital that she was taken to. Her husband is still in critical condition.
That is such a sad story. You escape death in one tragic accident only to die in another a few days later.
That is crazy! We all say that you can’t escape death, but I never thought it was this serious. And no, I can’t believe this is happenstance. This is freaky! I haven’t reported on the sad crash, because I don’t like being sad, and also its been all over the internet and news that I didn’t really feel I could add much to the dialogue, but this is different. This is one of those cray rarities that we don’t hear of often. What do you think? Bizarre right?
Source
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June 8, 2009
UGH. Why must people ruin a good thing? I love a pair of leggings on a relaxing day. Rock them with a tunic and some flip flops and its all good. Or on a day when its raining so you can just throw on the rain boots and keep it moving. LOVE THEM!And even sometimes on my super skinny girlfriends they have rocked them out @ the club or some other even and looked adorable. But let’s be honest, leggings + club = FAIL! You just don’t do it, or if you do it do it right…
Exhibit A: HATED IT!!!
Homegirl has on like 3 different tones & materials. What’s with the random brown band in the midriff area? Sequins & Satin? Seriously? I do know those are Steve Madden shoes spotted @ a Macy’s near you!
Exhibit B: HATED IT!
Trick, don’t you know you look like the Hamburglar??
While trying to find an outfit that flatters your ass, you could have at least avoided looking like a prison runaway. Sheesh!!! And then you have a clutch splattered w/ the Gucci logo??? They should sue you!!! My granny would smack me if I tried to wear that out the house…
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May 29, 2009
Men, foot care is not just a female worry, so even if you don’t go and let a professional do it please take the time do it yourself. I know there are some stigmas and stereotypes that surround men who go out and get pedicures, but I say damn all that. Some straight guys say its a “homo” thing to do.. but how do they figure. Pedicures come with a foot and lower leg massage, full nail care, callus treatment, and moisturizing so unless your getting some nail polish I don’t see how that makes it in any way gay. I mean, most men enjoy a nice massage, sooo… what’s the problem..
Here is where this thought began to ruminate, just so you don’t think I’m coming out of left field. When I was on vacation it happened to rain a lot. So one day, I’m sitting on a step, avoiding the rain waiting for my ride, and this group of 4 guys walks over to the area also trying to avoid the rain. Being that I was sitting down, I had a good view of their footwear/feet. When I turned my head I saw the ugliest pair of man feet EVER!! So, being the person that I am, I had to sneak a picture. I managed to finagle around him to get a picture of his feet. HE caught me, but not before I snapped a pic for you guys.. check it:
So after he catches us he begins to ask me and my friend do we think his friend is cute. “No, but we think you’re feet are sexy!!!” And we died laughing. The sad thing is, he wasn’t a bad looking guy at all, but his feet looked like they belonged to a 65 year old man. There is nothing sexy about Chewbacca feet. Get it together guys.
Why should you care about a foot care regimen? Um, well it will prevent the funky odor and women appreciate that. If you want a foot massage you better not have nasty ass gnarly toes poking out! And if you take care of your feet you can avoid calluses. I’m just saying guys! If not for yourself do it for others! If I can keep myself groomed so can you. If you don’t get pedicures, please own a toe nail clipper. Thanks!
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May 14, 2009
Everyone is always trying to be a star or some sort of “celebrity” to gain fame. What is America’s obsession with instant fame? And why do us non-famous people feed into the madness? I have been ruminating on the idea of everyone wanting to be a celebrity for about a week now and then it re-emerged today while listening to the radio, so when that happens I have to share my thoughts, I mean it would be WRONG not to, right??
If you don’t believe that everyone wants to be a pseudo-celebrity all you have to do is look on Myspace and see everyone with hundreds of pics (half of them in their bathroom mirror) with captions like “please stop hating” or “you know you want it” and further proof can be found in the countless girls consistently going to clubs just to pose for pics on allniteparties.com or 7days7nights.com or whatever Club Photographer is there that night. This is just getting out of hand. I blame people like Paris Hilton & Kim Kardashian who are famous for being rich and don’t do anything but pose for pics. These girls (I’m sorry I can’t call all of them women) are trying to emulate that! And then I blame people like Tila Tequila who’s claim to fame is having the most Myspace friends and then getting a reality show. Then you havepeople like New York from Flavor of Love. IF people stop watching and supporting this crap it would go away. So now everyone is trying to claim reality show fame or internet glory. Newsflash: you’re not a celebrity. Celebs don’t take their own pictures, others do! You’re just being an attention whore!
Next up, groupie book writers. I thought this was to be a craft stuck to by video slores who screw for screen time and scorned baby mothers, but apparently everyone thinks they deserve a tell-all. Why do we care what position she screwed Little Wayne in? Why do you care if he licked her back with a tongue ring?? Seriously? And they aren’t really writing it. They are describing these situations with as much detail as they can muster up and someone else is penning it. I wish this blasphemy would stop. The last straw for me was this morning, I was listening to the radio and apparently some guy got beat up on the stage with Snoop Dogg and his crew…So now he wrote a book. WTF? So you want to write a tell all about getting your ass kicked? Seriously? Rick Ross’s baby mother has a book. Who cares??? So what you screwed the fat man and got knocked up?? I’m sorry. I will not spend my time or my hard earned money on this crap! This is a disgrace to REAL literature everyone. And this is why no one wants to read non-fiction anymore, its convoluted with all this mockery of real stories. Bitches wanna get rich for being a slut. Newsflash: now your a prostitute!!! Sex in exhange for money. Tsk Tsk
Sorry, I went off on a tangent.
Please help to stop the madness! I’m not going to pretend that I don’t want to “make-it” as a writer, blogger or whatever I decide to be a killer rock-star in. But I’m going to work damn hard at it, and I’m going to value my privacy. I like being the person invited to things and having people wonder, “Hey, who’s she. Why is she here, what does she do?” Mystery is great!
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May 5, 2009
What in the Sam Hell kind of Tom Foolery is this? This picture is creepy! I had to share this because I’m kind of just sick of talking about the swine flu (or Chittlin’ Flu as Kitty called it)! LOL. I’m so over it..
**now watch me end up getting sick**
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April 24, 2009
GM is said to be cutting the Pontiac Line. I can’t believe this. I officially think the people over at GM are idiots! How can you cancel the Pontiac line, but keep them big ass gas guzzling SUVs? Grand Ams are some HOOTTT cars & the Grand Prix isn’t too shabby itself. I mean, come on, look at the body on that car. I wanted one of these so bad when they first released. *sigh* This guy I had a crush on in high school, he used to have one of these. He used to look so sexy driving it, and all the young girls (myself included) would idly lust after him in the way that only teenage girls can. I wonder what ever happened to him….
Now, this comes AFTER GM will received an additional 2 billion in funds on April 22. Who is running GM? They need to be removed from this sinking ship & replaced by someone who knows what the hell they are doing!! They made no attempts to make Pontiac cars more fuel efficient, which is something they must do with the federal funds. I mean, I know it cost money to experient with that, and the Pontiac branded from them being muscle cars. But I do believe the technology is out there to make an energy effecient powerful car. And since you are using my tax dollars (along with real Pontiac owners) I think they owe us at least a shot.
Can someone please someone tell me how Fuel efficient a Yukon is?
Thoughts?
Source
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February 24, 2009
OH NO! I heard this weekend that Sims 3 wasn’t being released until June. I knew this was a lie, because all the information I had said Febuary. So imagine my shock when I found out it indeed was pushed back. I am fuming angry! I was ready for some new Sim-adventures!!!BLOODY HELL!!
I found this info on another blog, simworldnews, that they are pushing it back for better marketing. BLASPHEMY I tell you! This is wretched (this is my new favorite word). I probably wasn’t going to actually buy the Sims for a few months because of budget reasons, but I wanted to read about it, talk to others who played it, and pretty much oogle it and give them time to work out any kinks. I’m extremely sad. Well… at least I can put the wish out there for a birthday gift now 
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