Hope

About a week after I moved here I was walking along Venice Beach with my roommates at that time. I don't know if any of you have ever been to Venice Beach but Venice Beach is crazy. You have all walks of life down there and a lot of street vendors and basically people just trying to make a quick dollar. It's a very artysy place as well. Well, we happened to be walking and there was this girl sitting there playing her guitar and singing and I was so taken back by the fact that she was so talented. I mean seriously she has the voice of an angel. She had CD's for sale but I didn't have any cash on me so I wasn't able to buy one. Anyhoo, throughout the next year I would see her performing on the 3rd Street Promenade, but again I never had any cash. Last week when I was finishing up Christmas shopping I ran into her again and this time I had cash and was able to purchase her album. First off, she's beyond talented and her album is pretty good. But there is this one song on her album called, "Who am I to say?" and it is absolutely breathtaking. It brings me to tears. I read up on Hope and I guess she was recently signed on by Atlantic Records and was even featured in Oprah's magazine. I don't think her album is in stores, but if you ever are in a store and you see an album by a black girl named Hope you have to get it. She is flipping amazing!!

The Day After

Well, I sincerely hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas! I spent the day on the beach with my dad and Ann. Later, we had dinner at a hotel down somewhat along the beach. It was a very nice weekend and I am extremely grateful that my dad and Ann were able to spend it again with me this year. Both my brothers were in Kentucky with my mom and as sad as I was to not be there, I was so very glad to have my dad and Ann with me. They made my Christmas what it was, special!! And now, it was or is the day after Christmas and people are using the money and the gift cards they got for christmas to buy stuff at Sportmart. Customers are jerks and everyone in retail is overworked. I look to forward to my pursuit in finding a new job. If I can only get through this last week so I can begin my search.

Christmas Cold

I've managed to get my traditional "Christmas Cold" again this year. I was feeling horrible yesterday and today I do feel somewhat better. At least I am the "getting over it" phase now. This happens to me every single year!! I hope everyone is staying warm and staying healthy for Christmas this year!! Happy Holidays!!

Blue Balls

Let me set this up for you....

Yesterday, it was busy because of the Christmas season and I was cashiering. A lady walks up with a bunch of racquet ball items and she has her like 4 year old daughter with me. She puts her items up on the counter and I notice she wants to buy a large container of racquet balls, which obviously means all the balls are blue. So, here's how it goes...

Blair: That's a lot of blue balls!!!....uh....uh

Customer: Yes it is!

I am not quite sure if she caught what i was saying but I couldn't stop laughing because I am that immature.

Confessions On A Dance Floor

I know I have spoken of Madonna's new album before but really it is glorious. I cannot explain to you how wonderful it is. "Ray of Light" was my favorite Madonna album and now I believe "Confessions on a Dance Floor" has surpassed it. It's the perfect album to workout to and just move to in general.
Speaking of dancing! In my 25 years of existance I have realized and observed many a things. My observation today is that the majority of sexy people cannot dance well and the majority of non-sexy people can dance very well. Now, this might be a bold statement but if you look at celebrities and even look at your friends just picture how they dance. I am not trying to be mean because I believe that if you are having a goodtime that you it doesn't matter what kind of dancer you are. Next time you go to a club check it out. Now, on the other hand, I have a lot of extremely sexy friends who can work the beat of a song like no other. So, when all is said and done I might just be talking out of my ass..haha

2 Things

I have two things in life that I really want to be. I want to be a wizard or I want to be famous. Now, I probably have no chance of being a wizard...hahaha, but being famous may not be that out of reach. I mean, come on I am destined to be famous in this world. People keep telling me to go on Saturday Night Live, but I really have no material when all is said and done. All I do is make fun of myself and bring other people down with me to make myself feel better. Hey, wait a minute, that's basically what a comedian does. Maybe I am funny...hahah!!

Laugh It Up

I went to a cocktail party last night! It wasn't anything special, but it was nice. I always have enjoyed cocktail parties. I realized all over again how much I enjoy making others laugh. It always makes me feel good and I have always said, "It's all about the comedy in life!" People I don't even know always seem to find my presence funny and I like that. I like that I feel comfortable enough with myself to be that goofy and just be exactly who I am.
I do tend to think a lot about my friends when I am at a get together. I miss them(all of you) and although I have established a group of friends out here it's still not the same. And I don't know if that is necessarily a bad thing. That's good that I have such fond memories and when I do eventually see my friends again it will be like I never left. We all have grown up and changed in our own ways, but we have also remained the same in ways that only each of us understand about the other.
I love the holidays. I love what it represents. As exhausted as I am from a twelve day stretch of work I just can't help but be all smiles. I enjoy life and as cheesy as it sounds it's just how I am. Life is fun and it seems like every year just brings me new and exciting stuff with a few speed bumps along the way.

Get Over It

Today I was thinking about how humans just get over shit eventually. It's like something can consume our thoughts for 3 months and one morning we wake up and it just disappears. And there's never an explanation for it except that we just needed to get over it. I use to think things would happen that would crush my heart and soul and I never understood how I was possibly going to move on and just accept what had happened. But I always do!! So, when you think things can't get any worse, well they probably can but at least you will eventually get over it...haha

Happy Holidays For Sure,

So, the holidays are a stressful time of year for everyone. We never have enough money, but we always have to get gifts for people. And that's why I love Christmas because there's something so amazing about seeing the reaction of the person you have just given a gift to. And so I want you all to remember that when you are stressing out because you don't have enough money and you have so many gifts to buy, just think how lucky you are that you actually have that many people to care about and hopefully who care for you in return.

So Thankful

My bro left today and I am fortunate enough that he will be back next week for a few days as well. I am so thankful he does his recruiting down here every year. We really lucked out in that whole aspect. As always, we had a blast and I always wish I lived closer to him. Sometimes I need my big brother around just to give me advice and do "big brother" things. December has started off great and I only hope it continues to go well. Retail is busy and I am exhausted, but I love the holidays and so that makes things much easier.