Please Please Please

Can anyone explain to me how to fix the formatting of my page...the profile links to recent posts and archives are all the way at the bottom..please help its driving me crazy almost as Crazy as I was trying to find out who Gnarlz Barkley was...if you now know about them b/c of the video you didn't even know there was a mystery to solve. For months the music industry artists refused to disclose who, how many ppl GN was despite working with the group in a production arena. Oh its Cee-lo and Danger Mouse who is notorious for producing the Grey album which was a mosh of Jay-Z Black album and the Beatles' White album in the style when Jay-Z and Linkin Park combined lyrics and music respectively.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh only I probably know this....so you get why he called it the Grey Album right?
Help me with the formatting please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So annoying

So MIA is one of my favorite new artists...she is English by way of Sri Lanka via her parents she was born in the UK. They went back to Sri Lanka and lived there fore a few yrs 14 thereabouts then the family minus dad had to flee when it became too unstable because of political unrest caused by the war between the government and the Tamil Tigers (an ethnic separatist group). Her dad was actually highly ranked with in the Tamil Tigers organization. Her title of her debut album, Arular, is rumored to be her Dad's code name. I would say her music is a mish-mosh of Int'l politics (her songs are highly themed even though it doesn't seem so), dancehall/hip-hop hybrid beats and pop. Its a lot of fun actually esp the beats. I think I'd go crazy if a DJ ever played her in a club.
Well this is what happened according to MSN.com
American authorities have told British rapper MIA to get lost. The popular rapper was reportedly refused a visa by American immigration officials due to the political content of her lyrics. MIA's lyrics are said to support the Sri Lankan political group Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan armed forces. Born Maya Arulpragasa, she was planning to visit the United States to work on her new album with various Hip-Hop producers. Shortly after the incident, the London-born Sri Lankan rapper posted a blog on her Web site telling fans, "Roger, roger, do you hear me, over? The U.S. immigration won't let me in, I'm locked out. They won't let me in. Now I'm making my album outside the borders." Last year, MTV banned MIA's single "Sunflowers" because it was a song about a suicide bomber.

Here is one of her videos: Sunshowers

Interesting how they omitted her lyric "like PLO I don't surrendo" I guess taking out the fuck was necessary. Perhaps the only good thing that come out of this is that she doesn't get to work with Kanye. I mean he's really good a producing quality music but damn he annoys me too much I don't think I would be able to stand them in a video together. I believe she still gets to work with Timbaland.

Here is another Bucky Done Gun JSYK Bucky is Britsh ghetto slang for a gun.

I couldn't resist here is her first single Galang. Dunno if you noticed but but it was used for a car commercial ad here in the US.

I am not pro ethnic cleansing but this war has been going on for 20/25 + years initially the Tamils just wanted equality then that changed into wanting their land back and their own separate nation state because as is...b/c of years of war brutality and resentment it's impossible to believe that these two factions can live together peacefully without segregation.

And America is concerned about race yeah there is driving while black, not getting jobs you want but is there currently a civil war raging because of inequality between whites and any other race???? NO

It is ridiculous...so then is blatant racism/ethnic cleansing preferential to institutionalized racism? Hmmm at least you would still be alive fighting the system....or at least you would know when someone couldn't stand your ass. Well I provided 2 hyperlinks above so if you are interest read up on it, but it's not the only country this is happening in...Remember Rwanda...

Black and white

Ok so my friend has a forum and in the forum there is a section where members can post pics of themself.
Sooooooooooo she started this new thing you can post old pics or pics or u and ur crew back in the day.

She had me rolling with this pic.
Till now I can't find me...
Well this is the ballet group I belonged to and when we had RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) qualification exams an examiner from England would get sent down and when results came out you would be in the big company pic and it was posted in the newspaper.
Wonderful right? Except for the people that didn't pass.

Funny I recognize so many ppl in the pic except myself.
Here is the pic.
I MSN messaged her and its been 30 mins. I have about a top 3 ppl who I think I am...still not sure.



Hmmmmm another thing to remember when I'm home, scan that pic of me in a fashion spread in Harper's Bazaar Magazine....yeah I know models usually sleep with editors and photographers to get chosen for a fashion spread.....LOL LOL LOL LOL

It was easy their photographers came to my primary school in the 80s walked thru the classrooms and selected students.
I lied and said I could stay after school actually mom came to pick me up and I begged her to stay.
I was so bad during the shoot all they had was white cotton, eyelet etc nothing that I identified as being hip, cool or NY style (lambada tights, neon green stripes, shoe bags, LA gear etc).

Eventually they said just pick out what you want to wear.
So I picked a white peasant skirt and shirt which I tied exposing my belly buttom, then I selected some kinda natural material umbrella.

My pose was sitting on a chair, mind you its the little ones because I'm only 6 or 7, a yellow chair with some of the paint peeling, umbrella open above my head, (even though we were inside) face cast downward, but eyes cotequettishly looking up.....
basically kiddie porn I can't imagine how they liked the shot and used it in the story. LOL

I promise next time I go home I'll put it up here. btw it wasn't me alone there where about 11 pics 3 of them group pics.

She's your Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennn

Yeah I am watching Coming to America for the umpteenth time.

and its STILLL funny as hell!

Lord its great...yu know when you are old when you know all the parts they left out for TV ...

like when his female bathgirl comes up from underwater and tells him "Prince your royal penis is washed."

Of course I was about 9yrs old watching with adults so I couldn't dissolve into giggles and laughter.
Ahhh the days.

Which type am I?

Ok so MSN has this story about the 5 types of girls each guy has to date...
Which type am I?
If I am a type then who the hell does a guy eventually settle down with to marry? :(


5 women every guy's gotta date
By Jonathan Small


Before settling down, these are the gals every man should date. Why? For the connection you two feel, of course, but also for the relationship lessons each one will teach you.

With so many amazing women out there, how do you know which one is right for you? The honest truth is, you don’t really—that is, unless you get out there and date. “Men should experience dating many different types of women before they settle down,” says Gilda Carle, Ph.D., a New York-based relationship expert. “The more relationship skills you learn and the more experiences you have, the more prepared you’ll be when true love finally comes.” So, allow us to present five women you really should date before you say, “I do.” Of course, no one is saying you should go through life with a little checklist titled “Women to Date,” but spending time getting to know and appreciate these women can be a wonderful thing. Here, a look at who they are and why you should go out with them.

Type #1: The Older Woman
If you haven’t tried dating up the age chain, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. Mature women have been places, seen things, and have a sophistication and wisdom that you, my young friend, can—and should—soak up like a sponge. “Older women know who they are and what they want,” explains Dr. Gilda. Spend time with one and you’ll gain a terrific perspective on life, and realize that being a desirable woman doesn’t mean being a woman younger than you are. Says Patrick Hayden of Seattle, WA, “I definitely recommend dating an older woman. I dated one when I was 19 and she was 30, and what she taught me carries over to this day.” While a knowledge of wine, travel and the human condition are usually par for the course, so is something else: a tutorial on how to please a woman in bed. “The older woman I dated was like a sex mentor to me. She taught me absolutely everything I know,” recalls Patrick.

Type #2: The Guy’s Girl
Every guy needs to experience that rare breed of gal who looks and talks like a woman, but loves sports, beer, and action flicks—in short, who acts like a guy. Evan Silver is dating this type right now and couldn’t be happier about it: “She’s a hot woman who plays rugby and encourages me to hang out with my guy friends,” he says. The guy’s girl is often so similar to you that you forget to censor yourself around her—a good thing, according to Dr. Gilda, because it causes you to be more comfortable around women in general. “You’ll let your guard down more, just as you would around your guy friends,” she says. “You’ll learn that women can offer you friendship that you don’t have to reserve for your own gender.” We’re not saying you’ll be staging belching contests with all your future loves, but you will realize that there’s no reason to walk on eggshells around the person you’re dating. You can just be yourself—which is all women want anyway.

Type #3: The Free Spirit
This girl always stops to smell the roses. Think Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn, Claire from Six Feet Under. She’s totally creative, spiritual, spontaneous—maybe a tad ditzy—and she relies more on instinct and inspiration than reason and good planning. Why is this good for you? Because let’s face it: Guys are goal-oriented. We like game plans and spreadsheets; road maps and instruction manuals. That’s why sometimes we need a free spirit to fly into our lives and shake us free of our rigid ways. “A woman like this can tap a man’s creativity in ways no one else has,” says Dr. Gilda. “She shows him that not everything has to be perfect or planned.” Michael Pagliughi of Ocean City, NJ, concurs. He considers himself a tad uptight—and says that his art-student girlfriend taught him to chill. “She took me to some underground art galleries, had me stay up to the wee hours even when I had to work the next day,” he recalls. The spontaneity she taught him has carried over into other relationships. “She really helped me discover a more romantic, creative side of myself,” he says. “Now I’m much more likely to meet a date somewhere unexpected or surprise her with flowers."

Type #4: The Brainy Chick
In the dating game, looks often trump intelligence—guys go for hotties rather than girls who can stand their ground in a heated debate. This is really a shame, since not only can the sharp ones keep your mind from turning to putty, they can help you appreciate all facets of a woman and even handle those times in your life when you don’t know it all. “Men are so often intimidated by smart women—they have vulnerable egos and never want to feel as if any woman is showing them up,” says Dr. Gilda. Sure, dating a woman who can beat you at chess or argue circles around you about Middle East politics might be a bit of a blow to your ego at first, but ultimately, you’ll grow from it. Michael of Austin, TX, recalls his brainy ex-girlfriend this way: “She taught me how to debate with the best of them. I had to bring something to the table or she’d get bored. She challenged me in a way I wasn’t used to and that felt great.”

Type #5: The Seductress
Every man fantasizes about dating a girl who has an, um, healthy libido and is extremely creative in bed. The good news: These girls actually exist—and if you date one, you’ll be a much better man for it. But it’s not for the reason you might think. Says Dr. Gilda, “Every guy needs to get this type of girl out of his system. Because he’ll quickly realize that sex alone cannot sustain a relationship.” Evan can relate; he dated a girl who lived and breathed sex. “It was cool at first,” he recalls. But soon he began to want something more. “There was nothing else there, no romance and not much conversation,” he says. “I realized the only connection we had was sexual.” Evan has since moved on from the seductress, but he learned a ton. Sure, hot sex still ranks high on his wish list, but now he also wants a girl he can also really relate to and bond with. And that’s a very valuable lesson.

ahaha

I did something really silly today.
I was in Bath and Body Works today and I saw their Lip Plumper
and I couldn't resist I had to try it.

hahahah Two mins in I felt like a pin was pricking me on my lips...the feeling passed and I kept on looking in mirrors while I walked around the mall.
I don't think they looked much different but 5 hours later they FEEL fuller, succulent, full but they don't look different, I might as well just eat a bunch of popcorn.
Thats half the reason why I like eating popcorn I luvvvvvvvvv how my lips feel afterwards.

**** And this blonde moment was brought to you by nohavingfooditis ;)

I learned something today

DINK!

Dual
Income
No
Kids

That means you have a whole helluva lot more $$$ for a house, car, vacation, rent, travel, leisure activites...in general stuff to enhance your quality of life.

Now I know why I want a boyfriend/significant other.

Idle

I am sooo excited about the Da Vinci Code much like I am when there is either a new Harry Potter Book or Movie.

I am currently debating whether I can finish rereading the book by opening day Friday.

I think it's worth a try... way more productive than loafing around online all day.

Did I mention that I feel for some sinfully good cake? I never really eat a lot of junk ie. I never buy ice-cream if/when I go to the supermarket, the most I indulge in are donuts and honeybuns, yep thats about it, and when I'm not at home and in a crunch for something to eat Snickers always gets my energy up, but it has to be the peanut one.

Hey did anyone notice MSNs makeover? It's just enough and not too over the top.

Has anyone else noticed I'm trying to tone down on my use of elipses (sp) these ... I really am trying ;)

I had forgotten how pretty she is...

I guess the fact that she doesn't try to be in the tabloids distracts you from the fact she has sold in excess of 30 million albums worldwide and if she were to release an album tomorrow it would sell like hotcakes.
Geez why does she wait on avg 5 yrs between albums...the last one was made after an eight year break.




Because she has always been in charge of her image instead of a record label controlling her I was really surprised to find this pic of her. Sade knows how to be sexy...I'm shocked. lol





Honestly can Beyonce even say that she has been on the cover of Time magazine?
I think not!

Health

It's weird that now I actually eat less healthy than I ever did before...including before I came to college, yet it is now that my nails have decided to grow.
I never bit my nails they just sort of split at the side and before you knew it I had hangnail whatever that is and a layer of my nail came off leaving a thinner weakened cuticle bed(?) and then it was pointless I would file it down.
Now I have nails galore.
I drink the same amt of milk...stop shaking your head I know milk isn't the only source of calcium and they keep fueling that myth to consumers so their business won't go down the drain.

I have no clue what it is.
Well for he new year I resolved to treat my hair better and I am and I think it looks pretty healthy.
From cornrows, to twists, to krinkly twistouts to an afro most people that see me seem to think so too.
However, I have a conundrum and I think it's because of vanity...should I continue to treat my hair well and keep growing it or should I just go ahead and get dreads something I have been toying with for the longest.

Much like the debate of getting a tattoo I dislike permanence...dreads are not permanent but still a pretty big decision since the only way to get rid of them is to cut them off possibly leaving only about 1 inch if so much of growth on your head.
I'm really torn, but eager for a change since I've never really done anything drastic to my hair. The most drastic thing would probably be colour which I only tried in the past year.

When I was younger I pressed my hair a lot in fact at 11 it got pressed so straight I was able to cut the front into a straight bang at eyebrow level and I looked like a lil black Asian doll it was so cute and I loved it....Of course a month later I regretted cutting my hair for the bangs...
Til this day I have no clue how come my mother allowed me to do it. I guess I was really adamant about it.

Hmmm not like you would be able to answer this question since you don't know me, but I find it funny when ppl ask me what I'm mixed with.
I usually answer by saying black...black and black more specifically.

I got it a lot when I was younger...why are your eyes like that, you have cat eyes...oriental eyes etc.
Hmmm and true when I looked around no one in my fam, on both sides, really has eyes like me.
My brother always comments how much like my younger sister I look but maybe it's a girl thing...I don't think we look as alike as he makes it seem....But maybe this is just also my bitchiness and preference to have an older brother rather than a sis...so I prefer to resemble him rather than her. Hmmmm if so that is fucked up and really not nice of me.

Anyway back to health. I want to increase my life expectancy but as of now 2:58PM I have not really had a meal for the day or drank any water fluids etc. I don't treat my body right and I think I take it lightly because it doesn't look like its suffering.
Every woman wants to lose 5 pounds but I don't stress out about it. After losing my freshman 15 I have been able to maintain a certain weight that seems to be my set point that it would be really difficult to move from...so I concede I don't bother to try...but I'm happy with my weight.
However, I have decided to do some calisthenics (sp) every morning, yes those little things do make a difference. I look fit but I know I'll run out of gas half way down a Manhattan block (those bitches are long damn!) so I'm starting my calisthenics from now and I hope through the stretches I can feel healthier and get a lil more flexibility.

Whew it's a miracle I got back on topic Lol.

Dat jus my Baby Daddy (with bad American accent) Why do so many things originate in Jamaica???

Where Do "Baby-Daddies" Come From?
The origins of the phrase.
By Julia Turner
Posted Sunday, May 7, 2006, at 4:47 PM ET

Celebrity gossips are not known for their contributions to English letters. In tabloids, the copy is breathless, the headlines are stunningly literal, and the "hand-written" photo captions seem to toggle between "Awww!" and "Ew!" But as they zero in on celebrity mating and breeding rituals, the magpies keep breaking new linguistic ground. First they imported the British term bump, a noun used to refer to the protruding abdomen of a pregnant starlet. Then they awarded celebrity couples mash-up nicknames like "Bennifer," "Brangelina," and "TomKat." Now they've seized upon baby-daddy and baby-mama, two useful terms that have long appeared in hip-hop and R&B lyrics, and are slowly stripping them of their emotional fangs.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines baby-daddy as "the father of a woman's child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner." The baby-mama entry follows the same template with the genders reversed. But some gossip writers have been adopting the first part of the definition and ignoring the second. Salon recently called Tom Cruise "Katie Holmes' baby-daddy," even though the couple is engaged. And Gawker refers to Keven Federline as "Britney Spears' baby-daddy," even though the couple has been married for more than a year.

Such usages would be unlikely in Jamaica, where baby-daddy has its roots. The OED lists baby-daddy and baby-mama as "colloquial, chiefly African-American" variants of the Jamaican terms baby-father and baby-mother; its first citation for baby-mother hails from the Kingston Daily Gleaner in 1966. The terms probably arose in Jamaican Creole—where they would have been pronounced "biebifaada" and "biebimada"—before taking hold in standard Jamaican English.

On the island, your baby-mother or baby-father is typically someone with whom you are no longer romantically involved. If you called your husband your "baby-father," he might be insulted—the term suggests biological fatherhood in the absence of any real parenting. The linguistics professor Peter L. Patrick, who studies Jamaican Creole, said the terms "definitely imply there is not a marriage—not even a common-law marriage—but rather that the child is an 'outside' child."

The terms soon landed in the lyrics of reggae and dancehall songs, which may be how they made their way to the United States. In 1981, a Jamaican musician named Linval Thompson wrote and recorded a song called "Baby Mother" that entreats men not to be rough with pregnant women—"Mind how you're pushing/ when you push on your baby mother"—because an unborn child might be a "king or queen … maybe a movie star." Thompson followed up with "Baby Father," a major hit that advised men to take responsibility for their kids. The opening line: "Baby father, don't run. Don't hide."

By the mid to late '90s, the terms baby-daddy and baby-mama were appearing regularly in American hip-hop and R&B songs, and the words were consistently used to refer to an ex. In a 1997 song by Nut N' 2 Nice, a girl placates her jealous boyfriend: "That ain't nobody/ that's just my baby-daddy." In a song by Bass Patrol, a beleaguered boyfriend chants, "I don't know/ and I can't see/ why your baby daddy got beef with me." But it was the rapper Queen Pen who most succinctly captured the difficulties inherent in the relationship, in a song called "Baby Daddy": "I shouldn't a f-cked him."

Baby-mama hit the big time in 2000, in the OutKast chart-topper "Ms. Jackson." The song—which, as Andre 3000 put it, went out to all the "baby mamas' mamas"—details the singer's efforts to convince his ex-girlfriend's mom that he's serious about being a good dad, and it soon had Americans black and white singing along with the catchy chorus: "I'm sorry Ms. Jackson/ but I am for real!" OutKast even secured the term's place in the New York Times: It appeared outside of quotation marks for the first time in a 2003 profile of the band that calls "Ms. Jackson" a "conflicted ode to baby-mamas." (The line is cited in the current edition of the OED.)

These days, the terms no longer seem "chiefly African-American"—they're everywhere, the latest bits of hip-hop lingo to gain widespread use. Baby-daddy is the new bling. Online, you can buy "Jesus is my baby-daddy" magnets, tote bags, and beer steins. There is a drink called the "babymama." Scott Hoffman, the bassist for the glam rock band the Scissors Sisters, goes by the stage name "Babydaddy." Some of this cultural paraphernalia retains the old, loaded sense of the term: You can, for example, download a "Salty Baby Mama" ringtone so that when people call, your phone will jangle and thrum while a woman's voice says, "Baby, I know you hear this damn phone ringing. I'm going to beat your ass, as soon as I see you." But just as often, the connotations are strictly biological. Baby-mama has even made inroads in Japan, where it's being used on a Web site that appears to sell strollers.

Who knows why these terms became catchphrases? Perhaps it's just that they're metrically pleasing: Baby-mama and baby-daddy are undeniably fun to say. But it's the novelty factor that explains how the words lost their negative connotations. Sure, there are many gossip writers who still use the terms in their original senses (calling dancer Carlos Leon "Madonna's baby-daddy," for example) because they're useful, reducing a complex chain of possessives—Madonna's daughter's father—to a nice, comprehensible noun. But it seems there are also plenty of writers who just like the way the words sound and don't care much about the stigma once attached to babydaddyhood. When news came last week that Anna Nicole Smith may be pregnant, it was no surprise that bloggers immediately began speculating about the identity of the "baby daddy." It may be a long time before you hear a quaint, old-fashioned "Who's the dad?"

***You may need to click the title to go to the original article if you need to hear the song clips to jog your memory of some of their references

Wasn't the spelling of Jamaican patois hilarious though it was to emphasis how it is pronounced there?

Isn't it annoying that the blogger preview doesn't really give you a good idea of what the stuff looks like on your page...esp the colour. I changed the font colour like 5 times before I settled on blue which is not my favourite colour. I was trying for a variation of mint green but it ended up looking so washed out and depressing. Blogger yall need to do better. And I find that the colour tends to only look richer when the text is bolded.

Sigh I'm probably the only person this bothers.
Carry on.

And ppl thought you were paranoid when you complained about your older bro getting more attention...

Does Birth Order Determine Success?

All men may be created equal; but a look at their pay stubs will tell you that their incomes are not. Blame it on social class, education -- even luck, but according to Dalton Conley, New York University professor of sociology and public policy, inequality begins at home.

In his book "The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why," Conley says that 75 percent of the income inequality between individuals in the United States occurs between siblings in the same families. He points to the diverse fortunes of Bill and Roger Clinton, and Jimmy and Billy Carter as examples.

Research shows that first borns (and onlys) lead the pack in terms of educational attainment, occupational prestige, income and net worth. Conversely middle children in large families tend to fare the worst. (Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!) "***

A child's position in the family impacts his personality, his behavior, his learning and ultimately his earning power," states Michael Grose, author of "Why First Born Rule the World and Last-borns Want to Change It." "Most people have an intuitive knowledge that birth order somehow has an impact on development, but they underestimate how far-reaching and just how significant that impact really is."

Conley concedes that birth order is significant in shaping individual success, but only for children of large families -- four or more siblings -- and in families where finances and parental time are constrained. (In wealthy families, like the Bushes and Kennedys, it has less effect.)

Here's a look at what impact your birth-order may have on you:

First Borns:
More conscientious, ambitious and aggressive than their younger siblings, first borns are over-represented at Harvard and Yale as well as disciplines requiring higher education such as medicine, engineering or law. Every astronaut to go into space has been either the oldest child in his or her family or the eldest boy. And throughout history -- even when large families were the norm -- more than half of all Nobel Prize winners and U.S. presidents have been birst born. Famous eldest children include: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, J.K. Rowling and Winston Churchill. And macho movie stars are First Born, too, including Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and all the actors who have played James Bond.

Middles:
Middle children are more easy going and peer-oriented. Since they can get lost in the shuffle of their own families, they learn to build bridges to other sources of support and therefore tend to have excellent people skills. Middle children often take on the role of mediator and peacemaker. Famous middle children include: Bill Gates, J.F.K., Madonna and Princess Diana.

Youngest:
The youngest child tends to be the most creative and can be very charming -- even manipulative. Because they often identify with the underdog, they tend to champion egalitarian causes. (Youngest siblings were the earliest backers of the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment.) Successful in journalism, advertising, sales and the arts, famous youngest children include Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Drew Carey, Rosie O'Donnell, Eddie Murphy and Billy Crystal.

Only Children: (This is supposed to be me)
Only children have similar characteristics to first borns and are frequently burdened with high parental expectations. Research shows they are more confident, articulate and likely to use their imagination than other children. They also expect a lot from others, hate criticism, can be inflexible and are likely to be perfectionists. Well-known only children include Rudy Guiliani, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alan Greenspan, Tiger Woods, tennis' teen queen Maria Sharapova and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Twins:
Because they hold equal status and are treated so similarly, twins turn out similarly in most cases. Consider advice columnists "Dear Abby" and "Ann Landers" (Abigail and Esther Friedman), and Harold and Bernard Shapiro, who became presidents of Princeton University and Canada's McGill University respectively.

Dr. Frank Sulloway, a behavioral scientist and visiting professor at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at University of California, Berkeley and author of the book, "Born To Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives," says first borns are more similar in personality to first borns in other families than they are to their own younger siblings and that youngest children are often more similar to the youngest child in another family than his or her own elder siblings. He says this is because the family is not as much a "shared environment" as a set of niches that provide siblings with different outlooks.

Conley agrees, but stresses that these are just general trends -- and that the whole birth-order theory can be turned on its head depending on the child's personality, the age gap between siblings and the family circumstances each child experiences during his or her formative years.

Kate Lorenz is the article and advice editor for CareerBuilder.com. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.



***In case you didn't get the reference Marsha Marsha Marsha!!!! Everything was about that sister on The Brady Bunch and her lil sis got damn fed up of it. lol

I'm happy

Well I gave a half smile. I'm not boasting it's just that I have no one to tell.

I got a 100% in my biostatistics final exam

....do you know how difficult that is: Regression, correlation, Chi-square, Model I regression with and without replication, phi coefficient, coefficient of non-determination...and all these things have equations and rules when to use them.

Anyway I got an A in the entire class whew.
I guess I should email my other profs.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy {insert shy smile}

HR

Gosh I finally looked at Hotel Rwanda today.
Man there are no words....I cried a lot at different parts.
I realized that I am not doing nearly enough with my life.

Stuff works out sometimes

Maybe it was good that I was so knocked out from school that I missed my friend's call to go hang out for Cinco de Mayo

1. Got an email today for her requesting my cell number b/c she lost her phone
2. So I apologize for not calling back; school etc
3. She emails back that she got pissy drunk, her other friend had to drive her home and an acquaintance that was out with them not only FAILED the breathalizer but also got ARRESTED AND HAD A FIREARM ON HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMFH

JSYK - Just So You Know

I realized lately that my posts have been like forwards that you get from friends: a lil spastic, indicating that they are alive but containing no real information. So let me fill you in JSYK.
I wish I had a dictaphone cuz I get so in detail with telling what happened and giving background info I am discouraged to start raconteering (wc) before I even make a keystroke.

Ok so let's talk about my Friday that actually began on a Thursday.
But I've been sleep deprived from the Monday cuz I had a big project to hand in, so I was working on it the entire weekend. Did I mention that I almost busted my ass in Rock Creek Park collecting data from a river for this project?

I almost went home soaked when I tried to lever down the embankment to the river by manoevering from a tree branch. A hard smack when I landed on my ass then it was full speed down the lil hill straight to wards the river. I stuck my arm out and CLAWED the earth for dear life...it looked like a scene out of Cliffhanger. Afterwards my shoulder felt like it was almost yanked out of its socket. My ass was sore after, so were my shoulder muscles and my fingernails were packed with earth.
SMH I was lucky I escaped it was like the water was coming up to meet me.
Whew.

Ok have I mentioned that I am an insomniac and a procrastinator.....so I start my big project at 9PM Thurday night when it is due Friday at 9AM. Not only is it a written project but I have to do a Power Point Presentation as well. This is separate from what was due on Monday. Of course I procrastinated and this class isn't even in my field I mean yeah it has bio in its title but it was way more informatics than Bio....BIO informatics.
So being that it was not in my field I should have started earlier since I am iffy with algorithms, theories of Parsimony, and the short string theory and the list goes on. This may seem elementary to someone involved in programming and C++ and java and all that bullshit I don't care about ,,,,but it isn't simple to me.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

So basically Sun into Mon I din sleep, Wed night I din sleep (well about 4 hrs) cuz I was horny, then no sleep Thurs info Fri.
I took a break at 7AM to shower get ready...left home at 8:15AM went to the ilab printed the written portion and tweaked my slide presentation.
Presentation at 9:30AM and got great feedback from my professor and TA... speaking about that they wanted me to email the PPS file cuz I guess it was that good.
Toot toot....(that's me beeping my own horn LoL)

So I finish that go return the texts from that class that I kept all semester.
I go to the library expecting a fine cuz I think they were due back in like March......NO CHARGE.
I was like OKAY!!!.
Then I go check my professor to see how I did in my Biostatistics final.
Then I go home and drop off my fucking laptop because it is brick heavy.
I take the mail inside and see the gass bill is $700 thereabouts.
WTF
I jump on the net and check the payments and what they charged for.....
The actual gas usage is $77
but there is a $600+ addition.
So I run back up to campus print all the zero balances to make my point and fly down to their offices to have it out with somebody... anybody cuz I 'aint payin this shit.
They say its billing from Feb - Jun 2005 before we even moved in.
I ask why is it being billed now...no answer
Ok not my prob I need to call the land lord who is this dizzy chick an African woman that gives credence to the theory of the weak ditzy female...or maybe she's just pretending to be dumb like the President on 24.
Either way I don't trust her.

So I decide I will go to the movies with a friend of mine to go see the movie Stick it. I appreciate movies forwhat they are. I anticipate its gonna be a campy white america pic like Bring it On or Mean Girls and I'm all for the silliness.
Steups too often the time posted online is wrong so the movie is actually 2 hours from the arrival time. Fine we go see Lucky Number Sle7in....a good revenge movie if I ever saw one....Hmmmmmm I'm usually good at associations...the only thing I can compare is the last scene in Godfather I and III wherhe he kills his brother in law that abuses his sis, the guy from the rival fam that set him up and the ppl that put a hit out on his bro, all in one swoop etc, or the movie CONfidence,,,, or this other scam movie; I forgot the name but it had the burly guy from Gangs of New York in it.
I like it - nice interracial love scene and didn't Josh Hartnett look ridiculous walkin around in that flowered too small towel.
I like the old flick Kingpin (from Spiderman) gangster feel the movie had. All around really smart dialogue... I appreciated that and I love Bruce Willis even though this is the 2nd time he had a foppish (wc) gayish hairstyle. (I think the other time was him as an assassin in the movie The Jackal with Richard Gere which was a remake of the original The day of the Jackal)

Of course I went to see Stick it after Lucky #... I paid my damn money. It wasn't as silly as I expected and that was it's downfall.
It attempted to be pseudo-deep and that was a waste of time. Punch in a lot of gymnastics routines, girl power high-fives, rival teams, snide remarks, teenage lust, misplaced angst and it would have been 10X better. But hey I din expect much so I wasn't super disappointed.

So I get out of the movies about 5PM and have a message from BOA to call their Debit card Dept...something about an unauthorized purchase that they need me to verify....and I am thankful I have less $$ in my account now than I did last yr or else...the amount wouldn't seem that crucial for them to call me.

So I call and the menu sounds like BOA but mistrusting me grills the associate to ensure its really BOA and not some spam message tricking me into verifying my info so they can then REally steal my $$$.
Thank god these ppl are trained to be patient lol
Me: ...."but how can I be SURE this is a rep from BOA and not a scammer? Let's try this again....when you look on the screen what does it day my DOB is? Hmmmmm so where did I open my account????"
LOL I am too much.
So eventually we get down to business and I get the facts:
Amt: $141
Location: Mississipi
Time: 1:10PM
Method: It was SWIPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that means they have a fake card with my number.
Action: Hold on my account and I am unable to use my current card. One will be delivered in 5 days.

This is funny this is the one day I haven't used my card all day and as usual I have no cash cuz I always use my card.
Ooops no party money
Oooops no water, electricity or gas money.
Yes I wait till a week before the due date...you have to ration your funds instead of payin all your bills at a certain time or else you will be broke all the time. (Don't judge it works for me)

They then reassure me that I can go get a temporary card if I go to a BOA.
So I get there before they close and the day is saved.


I go back to school chat with my professor we (4ppl) are supposed to go to a Mycology excursion at Penn State over the weekend. He says we will have to sleep over at his house.
It is 6PM he wants to leave campus for home at 6:30PM. I am tired I haven't slept since 9AM Thursday morn, had my bank account hijacked and watched 2 movies back to back....my head hurts an I wanna crash...I don't feel like being social, polite and effervescent and I don't wanna end up seeming rude so I make up an excuse and decline.
It would have really been nice but hopefully God will smile on me again.

So I get home about 7PM on Friday and crash until 9AM Saturday morning.
I missed umpteen calls to go get drunk for Cinco de Mayo. Damn Damn Damn.

and that's JSYK Part I ; )

FINE

He is tooooooooooooooo fucking fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was browsing one of my daily sites www.concreteloop.com and I saw this vision.

Out loud I exclaimed "Oh Fuck" cuz he was so fine and he just jumped out at me.

Can you say love at first sight?????

How could I have no clue who he was.....I am so glad they gave his name.

Damn it now it means Imma have to watch NFL now. Damn. Damn Damn.

Mighty Mos Def your #1 spot is in jepoardy.

Presenting Darren Sharper





And here he is again at the Kentucky Derby......................I'm noticing a trend here. Gabby imma have ta cut you...Stay away from my man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






Lord the dimples..... on both sides. I am officially weak.

box

I am so fed up of evey boxing announcer using the phrase "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" and tailoring it to suit whoever is fighting when there is a knockdown.
I wish there were something we could just retire. Damn!

SUPERWOMAN...THAT'S ME

I used to be so in love with this song when it came out and I had a big crush on Fa-Bo-Lo-Us aaahahahah. Yea still think he's cute and of course Lil Mo was rippin it...she always had a pretty voice but a ghetto image and not a whole lot of great songs...but she sang the hell out of them.
Wadeva I still luv this song

Robyn Rihanna Fenty a Combermere (Cawmere) alum...

Her New Video For her New single Unfaithful off her NEW Album "A Girl Like Me"

Chains

A friend of mine that makes jewlry usually tells me he likes my jewlry in particular this chain with a cross pendent that I wear. He tells me this more than once even though I wear it a lot...maybe he just forgets or likes it more each time he sees it. Any way another piece of jewelry of mine got broken. When I got up my chain was busted...another one that I got just for Christmas. So I'm really thinking now that I need to make a trip to the jeweler to mend these 2 chains and one charm bracelet that has a gorgeous cupid theme (all sorts of cupids).

So now I have no silver chain really and I realize that I miss wearing my cross and moreso realize that I've never been without it for this long. I also realize that I never even bothered to take it off while I was having sex - yes non-marital sex! ...Isn't that blasphemous...

I think I probably just don't care enough, but should I?

TV Peong (fanatic)

Ok well I am a fan of all things TV; new shows dramas etc. However, when I was a kid there was one thing that would always puzzle me......................................commercials
esp family commercials. (ie. one's for cereal etc)

I mean I knew enough to know that the people weren't actually in the TV after all I've seen events being taped but I am so literal I actually thought it was a real family then I extrapolate all manner of logical questions like:
How come they all managed to be home at the same time?
How did the camera crew know that time was good for everyone?
With having to do it more than once (takes) wouldn't someone be late for school work?
Did their parents call ahead letting school know the kids would be late or did they just call on the day according to how the shoot went?
Was it annoying for the kids to pretend that they got along with their siblings?
How did they manage to make it look so natural?

hahahaha so now as an adult I am puzz..leddddd b...yyyyy WTR Omigosh I just forgot what I had been obsessing about "how they do that". I just can't remember...This is what the post is about.....

10mins later
it is just too elusive yall it's not coming back at all. Maybe it was about body bronzer. How is it supposed to work?
Wouldn't it be harmful for your skin if it's supposed to highly pigmented and stay that way for days even though you bathe?
Eventually it is going to get sloughed off but does this bronzer, brightener, tanner incorporate itself into the skin in a way that women shouldn't rush pell-mell to embrace?

Well I think I made a good save that wasn't the burning question I needed clarificaiton for either....Maybe I will dream about it.
I hope I do.