blog withdrawal

i got it bad....so bad i almost drove 15 min to kinkos just to pay 20 cents a minute to use a computer so i could write in this blog...plus i havent been able to find time to read any new entries from my fav bloggers...ive actually been missing ddot's blog....

good news is ive been in cali a week and im loving it, the new job is going to be great..i can feel it...i hung out with a couple coworkers already...took me to the newspaper after hours drinking hole...and i went to a festival/fair and had funnel cake and fried zucchini..

my boss says i am now an official member of the "extraordinary league of black women" within the newsroom....that what the group of women i was with last week called themselves...they took me out to dinner and drinks and then handed the boss the bill....HA!....

i have found the wal-mart, the target, the mall and the starbucks...so i guess that means im all set...

i was kinda crunk (see there goes my atlanta mojo creepin up on me) cause when i stopped off at the mall food court they had a sushi place...and it was good, i was shocked...

ive been on an air mattress for a good week, just took the rental car back this morning...my furniture and car should be here in the morning...it better be...

since i havent been blogging ive been reading a lot, i have read about 5 books in the past week...and i did manage to write a thesis statement on why i am no longer calling myself a writer...ill post it when i get a chance...

i wont have internet up as soon as i thought i would, simply because i havent called the company to make an appointment...my body just hasnt adjusted to west coast time and working nights is not helping...and any other excuse that could fit here...

anyway, how is everyone? not that i really expect many responses to that question but humor me...

demo..i owe you a phone call...
juice..now you dont have to read about the latin man imma find...
my..im calling you soon too...
sevens..ill be waiting on my pamper party "goody" bag....you got a dildo/vibrator...sumthin... in there for me?

gimme my chopsticks!

ever since my interview in california last month i have been on a sushi binge...once i got back to indy i hit up two japanese restuarnts for sushi at least twice a week...i have found that sushi is not an inexpensive experience...shelling out a minimum of $10 for sushi that i just carried home to eat is not like me...i can be frugal, not as frugal as my best friend 'drea who can make a can of tuna last 3 meals, but i still am not a big spender when it comes to food unless i am having a night out with the girls...then all bets are off...but those meals usually end with a doggy bag...

but this sushi kick is wearing me out...the good japanese resturants are across town, but i make that drive...and i always order two of the following: california rolls, shrimp tempora rolls, salmon rolls, or alaskan rolls with low sodium soy sauce and plenty of ginger...

i went to atlanta a few weeks ago to visit my old stomping grounds ((im still pissed that they turned my beloved Shark Bar into some condos, i have STORIES about the Shark Bar))...but i digress ((i just love saying that)) i didnt even hit up my Glady's Knights Chicken and Waffles ((one again STORIES about that place))...instead i ended up at this great japanese resturant, 2 hours south of atlanta, getting full off of raw fish wrapped in white rice and seaweed...

since i got the job and cali...and will be there TOMORROW i know i will be indulging in plenty more sushi..in fact as soon as i land, grab my rental car, pay my new apartment the first month worth of rent and buy an air mattress to hang out on until my until my furniture arrives (in 5 to 11 days), im going to try and find that place i went to last month and grab some more sushi...this should not be the hightlight of my new life as a resident of sunny southern california...oh i plan to work out too (maybe)

yall pray that my plane doesnt get delayed, or hijacked...its time for sushi...oh and a new adventure and a new job and some great sun and some more money in my pocket...



im sitting pretty in michigan right now hollering at the fam until its time to get on that plane tomorrow...and until i get my cable service connected i guess ill be taking a little hiatus...hopefully it wont be longer than a week...i need my internet...take care...

WOW.....

First-Grader Suspended For Sexual Harassment
Tue Feb 7, 6:58 PM ET
A Brockton, Mass. first-grader was suspended from school for three days last month after school officials said that he sexually harassed a girl in his class.

NewsCenter 5's Jim Boyd reported that Tuesday that officials at the Downey Elementary School called the boy's mother, Berthena Dorinvil, on Jan. 30, and asked her to pick up her child from the school. Dorinvil said that officials told her that her son was being suspended for sexually harassing a 6-year-old female classmate.

"My son told me that the girl touched him first, so he touched her back," Dorinvil said. "I was shocked. I was crying. I was out of control," Dorinvil said.

School officials would not speak on camera, and police officers were posted at the school Tuesday afternoon. The school superintendent released a statement that said, "The safety and well-being of Brockton public school students and staff is of the utmost important to us, and we take all allegations of sexual harassment seriously."

Dorinvil has asked school officials to transfer the boy to another school, but officials have not agreed to her request.

"When he comes home, he says, 'Mommy, are police going to arrest me?' I can't even make a phone call without him (asking) who I am speaking to. He is very frustrated because he is a very emotional kid. It bothers me so much to see my son go through this," Dorinvil said.


*SMH*...a friend from my message board brought this to my attention this morning when he posted the story...thanks Med...

is it that deep?

i consider myself to be a pretty aware person...and maybe im missing something but....whats the big deal...the movie "something new" has been getting A LOT of talk because sanaa's character gets with a white man...now i havent seen the movie yet, hopefully within the next few days ill get out to the theater...but from what i have read and about the movie and the mtv interview with sanaa..its seems to me to be a movie concerning a professional black woman dealing with HER issues concerning interatial dating and blue collar/white collar issues...so i guess my question is why are some black men making it about them? to me, the movie aint about them, its about her....but when i go see it and if it comes out differently for me...ill say so...
ive seen questions pop up over the internet like is the good black man scarce, why are black women going to white men...blah, blah, blah....i ieven had someeone tell that damn right there is a double standard meaning its okay for black men to step over but they could not fathom a black woman doing it and therefore they will boy cott the movie...so i told him...but it aint about you....
now i love my black men, always have, always will...but at the same time whereever someone finds happiness is cool with me...if i get to cali and find me a nice latin man, deal with it...
you always hear the phrases "do you" or "keep it real" so if someone is doing exactly those two things than what is the issue?

I'm not lonely...

i had a blog on an old message board and i just found it again...i was ranting about something or other and someone posted this poem in my comments....so i decided to post it...i love nikki giovanni...

I'm not Lonely
by Nikki Giovanni

i'm not lonely
sleeping all alone

you think i'm scared
but i'm a big girl
i don't cry
or anything

i have a great big bed
to roll around
in and lots of space
and i don't dream
bad dreams
like i used
to have that you
were leaving me
anymore

now that you're gone
i don't dream
and no matter
what you think
i'm not lonely
sleeping
all alone