Without question TGIF!

It's been one really rough week. I'm hoping next week is better. I know it'll definitely be shorter and that alone makes it better already. :D

I'm trying to figure out the insanity that is my Pepco bill and get it straightened out.

I wanted to go see Inception this weekend, but sadly, it looks like that won't happen this week either.

I've got a package from the Laurell K. Hamilton fan club to go pick up. }:D Saw her blogging about writing the next Anita Blake...I'm anxious to see and afraid to see what Anita's in store for this time.

I also have books to pick up at the library (when do I not). I'm wrapping up Eat, Pray, Love and Steve Turner's Trouble Man. I'm returning Trouble Man late, mostly because I've been exhausted all week. I want that Ali exhibition fight if it's available on DVD and I definitely want The Ballad of Andy Crocker too. I've got to convert my cassettes...That is also so far down my list right now it isn't funny.

The chiropractor has been helping a lot with my stomach, back and ankle pain. He said the stomach pain might be due to too much roughage...Not to sound like a complete idiot, but I didn't realize there was any such thing with the stress on a healthy diet nowadays. You're also supposed to get more servings of fruits and vegetables than anything else if I'm not mistaken.

I got some Yoga Nidra tips from a friend, so that should help with the insomnia.

I need to go to the grocery store, but heaven knows when I'll make the time...I can't stand going when it's crowded and I know that much.

This guy playfully grabbed my ankle and almost got decked...We've only known each other for a few months...I'm not used to being touched a whole lot and there was a split second when I almost wigged. He wouldn't have understood it, if I'd have went off. Yeah, I could explain, but even that's a coin toss. Some dudes get it, some don't and think you're being a drama queen or a tease or whatever.

Am going to see my dad this evening. Hope everything's alright with him, because I don't think I can handle any more on my plate just now. But then, God never gives you any more than you can handle or so the saying goes, right?

Last night's True Blood I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (contains Spoilers)

Lorena...As twisted as she is, she really was hurting last night...

Bill and Sookie...I understand it, but it still doesn't make me any less sad.

Lafayette and ?...It was going so well...I didn't see that coming...I wonder if they'll be able to patch things up, I hope so.

Arlene..."This is why people hate y'all."????!!!! That woman is a trip...There's more out there like her though so...[shrug]

Eric...I know what's coming, so I'm just waiting for it. :D I also want him to hurry up and rescue Pam.

Tara ...I wanted to cheer...Can't believe she bit into Franklin like that...[However, during the bludgeoning scene...I wanted to scream Where's your stake? Is there a long handled axe? Behead him and drag him out into the sunlight!!! Hurry up! *note: This is the G-rated version...I actually used way more expletives...If you saw the previews for next week, you know she didn't get him...

Crystal and Jason...I don't need to tell you that spells trouble, but again I've read the books, so I know how it's going to go...unless they diverge a bit, like with Lafayette.
I also want to know how it's possible for a badge to go to someone's head when he doesn't even have a badge yet? Sheesh! He's just downright scary.

Queen Sophie-Anne is a mess.

Jessica ...I love her, but it doesn't take a genius to see either she's going to get caught and punished for bespelling people at the drop of a hat or it's going to backfire/ go haywire in some other way.

Sam...I hope he gets to his little brother in time and that it doesn' bite him on the can...He's too good. :)


Alcide...Ooh, Ooh, Ooh....Showed up on time and looking awesome, can't beat that. }:D

Nivea Touch of Water Lily

I thought about doing a little deal every week, maybe at the end of each post where I do a blurb on my favorite beauty item of the week. The idea came to me as I was using Nivea's Touch of Water Lily hydrating shower gel with sunflower oil pearls. I usually grade on things like scent [first and foremost], how it mixes with my lotion and deodorant [I rarely wear perfume.], and whether or not over a period of time it starts to dry my skin out. Anyhow, this shower gel meets all my criteria and I think Nivea is a brand that tends to get overlooked. I'm also not sure how many people blog about beauty products for women of color...I'll have to research that...It's difficult to come up with something new or put a new twist on something with so many people in cyberspace though. New and interesting challenges are part of what make life worth living though.

Racialicious.com commentary on True Blood

A lot of interesting stuff is being said...Some of it I already commented on here...Lorena and Bill, and the violence against women in general (as bad as it was last season, it's really terrible this season.) Other things, I missed entirely, like Eric calling Lafayette RuPaul.

Tara this season...I definitely don't like how it almost seems like a rehash of last season...I don't find a character like her unrealistic though...I'm isolated like that...Very few family members (dysfunctional and scattered across states.) I can count on and very few close friends (Black, Hispanic, and White). I don't get why Black people feel the need to be all one thing across the board...I don't think that's realistic, particularly in this day and age. I also wondered at people fussing about Tara and Kenya being angry and oversensitive...I'm like that and I'm real, but that's just one facet of me. Hopefully, Ball and Harris will explore other aspects of Kenya's and Tara's personalities so that these issues can be addressed. Doing that and keeping the story tight is probably extremely difficult, but I know it's not impossible.

I love that Lafayette might have the chance at something nice.

Anyway, check out the article and comments here:

http://www.racialicious.com/2010/07/15/tough-black-women-women-in-refrigerators-the-roundtable-for-true-blood-s03e04/#comments

Vonetta McGee...

I didn't know this, but Vonetta McGee passed away last week...I mainly remember her from Blacula, but she was in Shaft in Africa and a bunch of other films as well. I was trying to find some images of her from the movie I could upload, but I can't seem to access any right now. I have some old lobby cards from Blacula, but sadly, she's not featured on any of the ones I have. I was thinking maybe I could scan some of those, but no such luck. :(

Breaking Dawn 3D

I have friends that like these movies, so I'll be gentle...5,4,3,2,1....What are these people thinking?!!!??? Breaking Dawn in 3D? At first I thought it was a bad joke. I don't want to spoil my friends that haven't read the books. I've read the books, the idea of Breaking Dawn in 3D, just makes me go...ick. :( Maybe it's because I don't have a maternal bone in my body...I have no clue...Maybe it's because I see 3D as being an asset to a more "traditional" horror or sci-fi film...Not sure about action...I guess it would depend on the storyline, director, quality of cinematography, etc. I really, really, hope they don't do this, but to each his own.

Playmates Michael Jackson dolls to be shown @ 2010 ComicCon in San Diego

I've put the kibosh on spending on frivolous things for months, but I'll tell you. I really want these. Particularly the Billie Jean one. I have a little Billie Jean cosbaby, but nothing close to this size. I love the expression on the face of the Billie Jean one too. Again I say, Awesome!

Hope they're not too pricey.