Potluck Day # 2

Found out the Double Down can come in Fried or Grilled form (like the Grilled option will somehow make the calories less. lol I'm still trying one. )

I have a cousin who wants to check out my blog. I warned her she'd probably find it boring. It's funny, in my family, I'm either not daring enough or I get told that I need to slow down (and what? Stop stand still and let life pass me by? No, because as far as I can tell, you only get one. I don't want to have any more regrets than I already do. ). I wish I could find that happy medium. A lot of people have told me to just pay no attention to what other people think, but because of the type of person I am, it's really not all that easy for me to do...

They were running The Princess and the Frog downstairs. I actually got caught up in watching it. Then this guy made a comment about me buying it. (I'd never seen him around before...not sure whether or not he was some type of manager or what.) I told him it wasn't payday and I smiled. I also informed him that I couldn't justify buying it, because I have no kids. I don't want to be that "crazy lady" or that "slow, shy lady". Making myself a target on top of my other problems, I can do without.

Over on MJFC, when people mention they are dots in Michael Jackson's portrait, I notice that they put the location of their dots as well. My curiosity got the best of me and I went to try and find my dot this morning. I found it, but I've got mixed emotions about where it is. It's the detail on or around his nose. The drawing appears to be of a younger Michael so far, so this is good in a way (I'm glad to be a part of it at all), but bad in a way. (I don't want to be a part of his nose that winds up not there later. I'd rather be among the people around his heart. But then, people in Hell want ice water too. ).

Bought a new walking stick today. This one matches most of my outfits and it folds up, so I'm jazzed. :D

This weekend, I've got a lot of reading to catch up on, but there are also movies coming out that I'd like to see ( Kick Ass and Death at a Funeral). I wish I could see both, I'm not sure I'll have money to do that though. Maybe if I skip the concession stand...

That episode of Lost this week is definitely in my top ten. I was a bit surprised(and then not, it is Lost after all) and disappointed by the character death.

I've also got to remember to make the time to draw this weekend, even if it's just a sketch.

What a week I'm having!

The pollen is totally kicking my can this morning. I didn't even have to leave the apartment before my eyes started itching.

Metro was a mess yesterday evening. I love tourists. What would DC do without them? At times, I've been a tourist myself...(I've hit NYC, Chicago, Anaheim, CA, Toronto, and Daytona Beach), so I try to put myself in their shoes. Yesterday's evening train was packed with people who came I guess to enjoy the cherry blossoms. This happens every year (It's just depending on where I live and what line I use, how it affects my personal commute varies.). So my question to Metro is this: If it is a given that tourists are going to crowd the system for certain events, why don' t they add more cars to the trains they've already got running? Yesterday, people (tourists and locals) were packing themselves onto already crowded trains. I'm guessing because some of them probably, like me had a bus connection they didn't want to miss, but still, that doesn't make it right. At what point does common sense kick in?

I have a bill collection agency that won't leave me alone, because someone stole my soc. number and paid their utility bill with it. How I don't know. The utility company wants money. I'm not paying anybody, because I didn't run the bill up. I was tempted to pay the collection agency just to get them to stop harrassing me, but when they said they wouldn't give me a refund once I proved to them what I said was true, I lost that temptation really quickly. The police taking forever to send my case report hasn't helped matters either. My guess is my request is one in a pile of many sitting on someone's desk. I'll try and light a fire under somebody's can next week.


Was messing around on facebook and stumbled across Noel Cruz. I didn't make the connection that he was the same artist I'd read about in one of my doll mags a while back (Doll collecting mags are kind of expensive, so I only buy them when I can afford to splurge. I'm also bad with names and faces unless it's one I see quite a bit.). Both his artwork and his dolls blow me away.

Take a peek: http://www.ncruz.com/

Here, there, and everywhere...

Haven't been blogging or journalling much lately.

Not much to say...

Still looking for at least one more plant for the balcony...

I'm debating on whether or not to renew my apartment lease , go someplace else, or a rather scary third alternative... I 'll cross the third alternative when I come to it.

Cosi's Santa Fe Breakfast Wrap is awesome, it's so good I wish they were one of those places that served breakfast all day.

Just when I think I've got my insomnia licked it starts up all over again...No wonder so many people either od or develop other problems stemming from it. It really is an extremely tough thing to battle. I never dreamed I'd be facing it firsthand and for so long...

I keep getting comments to my posts, but have only received one in English and the other non-English ones, I can't read. I'm having a difficult time finding a translator...

Have gotten a little better with keeping on top of my fb and Twitter accounts. Got a flickr account, but don't know when I'll get the chance to upload anything to it or my long dormant photobucket account.

Got some drawing books in the mail, that I'm anxious to work with...

I bought a puzzle book for Metro delays...I'm looking for a book of Sudoku with letters/alphabets but I'm having a tough time finding one. Guess I'll have to cast a wider net.

Stephenie Meyer has a new vampire novella coming out, but I think I'll pass...(Why waste a novella on a dead undead character?)

Books I'm Reading Now: Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor *


Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aprhodite Jones


I just finished Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick. Awesome, awesome book. I think it's probably the best book with a historic artist for the subject matter that I ever read. As I finished it up this morning on the train, I didn't even realize I was crying until I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks.


Speaking of painting, I seriously need to pick up some Turpenoid (brush/paint cleaner for those that don't know.).

Looked at some sofabeds for my apartment, but so far of the ones I've seen online, I strongly dislike all of them. (Either the style is wrong, or they're not available in the color I want.)

Will have to catch what I missed of Lost last night this evening (Thank heaven for DVRs).

Wish this weather would hurry up and stabilize, was totally unprepared for this wind today. It's wonderful to see the sun out though.

I've been dreaming about my mother a lot lately. I miss her so much it's ridiculous.


Well, that's all for now

* - Pam Grier has a book coming out, it'll be interesting/good to read her side of the story.