Thoughtfully...Thought-Out....Thursday...Thoughts #60

1. It's been a longtime since I did one of these TT.

2. I really dislike smokers! Everywhere I am lately I'm walking through a cloud of smoke. I'm really disturbed when smoke gets in my hair and on my clothes.

3. Trayvon Martin's death haunts my thoughts. I pray that justice happens on his behalf.

4. I feel myself closing up. I don't like sharing my business with people because people judge you. I want to be mysterious like Batman. In years past I had started opening up some and now I really don't want to be open anymore. I don't like being vulnerable. *sigh* sorry if that was cryptic.

 5. I am in a pool for the Mega Millions!! This is my first time playing with a group. We have eleven chances to win. Oh how my life would change Friday, March 30, 2012. COULDN'T TELL ME ISHT!

6. I thought y'all wanted to watch the Oscar nominated movies with me? MOVIE CLUB IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. Watch the movies and chime in. Please and Thank you!

7. A couple weeks back Blogger was trippin and people couldn't post comments on my blog. Now Wordpress is trippin and I can't post comments on some blogs. * deep loooooong sigh*

8. I met a woman on Wednesday who felt the need to tell me her entire life story in a 7 hour period. Why????? While she was talking I started sneezing. She said she hoped she wasn't making me sneeze. In my mind I said, "bish you might be" I know I need help.

9. I was shopping last week on College Ave. in Oakland/Berkeley which is long stretch of  street known for racism because of the behavior of the white people who work and shop there. Because of this I don't shop there often. I was in a store and some old white lady got mad because I wanted her to stop touching the clothes I was going to try on. She gave me some crazy hand gesture (not the finger) and walked out the store. It took everything in me not to walk behind her and push her head or smush her face. I really wanted to do this. Really!

10. I want to talk about my sister. Like talk about her! Grrr!

11. Can I express the straight trauma that is my life now that I have to commute using public transportation!!  It is more practical at this time in my life to use Bay Area transit but I am about to lose it!! I really don't like people enough for this and people are gross! #yeahIsaidit

12. I'm still working out!! I hope you are too! GET IT RIGHT! GET IT TIGHT!! SUMMER IS COMING! Walking, running (a bit), lifting weights, stair climbing, lunges, crunches, Jillian Michael's, total gym, booty lifts, planks. Just DO IT! Do something! It adds up.

13. Who saw the Hunger Games? Did you like it? Wait..did you hear about the racist remarks about Rue and Thresh's character being black? I. JUST. CANT. Those are REAL comments from Twitter. Umm... white people have gone crazy!!! My tumblr is DOPE tho!

Movie Club Meetup: MONEYBALL

Hey Movie Clubbers,

We kicked off movie club 2012 (original post here )with a homage to the Academy Awards. It's time to review Moneyball. Let's get to it.

Moneyball Trailer

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I really enjoyed Billy Beane's relationship with his daughter. When she sang to him was the best part of the movie to me. I like that song it's catchy!

It’s super sad that I live in the bay area and because of my lack of interest in baseball this movie was NOT familiar. I vaguely remember the news doing the count or something but yeah not one game did I attend during the winning streak.They showed different years of footage but I'm assuming this happened in 2002 right?

Stephen Bishop as Dave Justice was pretty good.  I enjoyed the scene when Billy Beane told him to step it up for the younger guys and be an example. It was interesting to learn that while he played for the A’s, part of Dave Justice's salary was still being paid by the NY Yankees for him to play against them. What a blow to an ego man! Umm..but Stephen Bishop was FAHN!

It never even occurred to me that there are rich teams and poor teams. As much money is generated in the bay area, for the A’s to be a considered a poor team is just… SMH!

The scenes during the winning streak were nice. I liked how they mixed old footage with real scenes. The 20th game drama was EPIC! and dude who was scared of the baseball knocking it out, getting a homer and winning the game? YES!

Overall, the movie was a bit slow and a bit boring, but it had its certain scenes. I watched, but was not interested and I did not see why it was nominated for an Oscar.

OKAY PEOPLE CHIME IN!! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS??

Movie Club Questions

What part of the movie stood out to you?

Could you identify with any characters or did any particular character stand out?

Were you shocked or moved by a particular scene?

Summarize your opinion of the movie, and can you see why the movie was nominated?

Our next movie for April is HUGO and to move this along the Tree of Life both available on Netflix. Let's see what all the hoopla is about.

A True Blood........... Thursday..............gotcha!

Okay so now that The Walking Dead is over for the season, what are we going to watch and discuss? I really enjoy talking out a show with you guys! :)

True Blood is too far off... so what will fill the void between now and June? AMC is a beast with shows such as  Mad Men, The Killing and of course  The Walking Dead. I'm just not sure I want to discuss the other two. *sigh* HBO has a few beasts too but again I'm not sure I want to discuss them. What to do, what to do?

In the meantime here are some True Blood Season 5 teasers:

Season 5 will be 12 episodes.

Is the original KANG <--click coming up out the parking lot? lol

For you SVU fans Detective Stabler (actor Christopher Meloni) is rumored to be joining the cast. I'm not sure if he is a vamp, a witch, werewolf or werepanther but seeing him as a ruthless villain on OZ and a detective who was one step from criminal on SVU, I'm sure he will bring some bad azzness to his character.

The Sookie Stackhouse book series introduced zombies to Bon Temps in book 5, but the writers of TB are supposedly not going there. I think its because of The Walking Dead craze. We'll just have to wait and see.

There are about 5 new characters being introduced. Two are possibly black. Everybody from last season will return.  Yay!! My favorite character Lafayette will still be shutting hoes down hon-tey.

 

Anywhooooo, I was thinking about a day change for the TB post. Maybe True Blood Monday instead of Tuesday. What do y'all think? I originally decided to wait until Tuesday to post in case some of you didn't catch it on Sunday the day it comes on or the replay on Monday or in OnDemand. Thoughts?

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Can We Discuss The Walking DEAD FINALE???!!!

I KNOW Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!

THOUGHTS?

OPINIONS?

THEORIES?

THE HOODED FIGURE THAT SAVED ANDREA WITH THE TWO WALKERS ON CHAINS THO?????

DOOOOOOOOOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY... and We Like To Party!!!!!!!!!!

TO ME!!!

Aye Aye Aye Aye!

Count Down to... my Birthday 2012

It's almost my birthday annnnnnnnnnnnnnd it's storming! I was planning a statecation/staycation BUT it's storming. I don't like to go out in the rain and I've been out in the cold, pelting. flooding rain at least 3 days. The state is wet.  *sigh*  So I'm postponing my celebration until next weekend.

I want to get fly like a BOSS ;) and be out and about sans umbrella, coat and rainboots. I'll make it my Hunger Games B-day weekend! :)

I did manage to go out to dinner to a favorite restaurant of mine on Thursday evening with friends. Each year I decide how long I plan to celebrate and this year I decided 5 days would do.

Skates on the Bay is a lovely place literally on the bay.. built on stilts on the bay. On a sunny day it has one of the loveliest  bay views around.

Image Via (click to read good article about Skates)

buttermilk fried calamari which I normally don't care for

seafood fettuccine with scallops and prawns mushed back together for the pic after I started eating :)


Mini Want  gift list:
1. Tiffany Rose Gold necklace

2. Michael Kors Rose Gold watch

3. New Burberry Body the ad is totally enticing (click scent notes)

4. Jessica Simpson dress 

5. Baskin Robbins Pralines and Cream Ice Cream Bites

Stay tuned for Birthday Roundup 2012 coming soon... Oh and Happy St. Patrick's Day

I love LOVE even in a box!

Hey Y'all 

I had the pleasure of receiving a Love VoxBox from Influenster. My blog buddy Mommy+Me did a post about joining the site awhile back and I was instantly interested, because I LOVE freeeeeeeee! We both  recently received a LoveVoxBox for review. 

I’m so glad that I was picked as a participant, apparently I can influence people. Yay! and I'm sure you can too! Click the link above and check out Influenster's site and find out more about them.

Disclaimer: I received these products complimentary through the VoxBox program. These products were sent for me to test out and rate and I will give my honest opinion! 

As you can see inside the box there was a Venus Oil of Olay razor, Ghiradelli 32% Cacao Chocolate bar, Truvia, Kiss nail fashion strips, and Stash Herbal tea sampler.

The Venus razor was nice. It offered a smooth shave, however the big soapy strip caused me to have to go over my legs a few times to get the smoothest shave. I did enjoy how moisturizing my legs felt after my shave but my legs normally stay smoother longer with my other shaver. I give it 4 out 5 stars

The Ghiradelli bar had the richness of a dark chocolate bar with the creaminess of a milk chocolate bar. It was a really nice size, big enough to break off a square each night and satisfy a chocolate craving. It was a little to bitter to me and the after taste was blech! I eat dark chocolate because it is healthy and I eat milk chocolate because I love it. I really didn't like the combo. 3 out of 5 stars

I'm not a herbal tea drinker so I can't give a real review of Stacks Herbal Tea. I assure you all of my reviews would be Eww!

I don't do artificial substances so I can't do a real review of Truvia.

The Kiss Nail Fashion is cute. I like the leopard pattern. If I liked patterns on my nails I would love this! 3 out of 5 stars

So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed this review and I look forward to my next Vox Box from Influenster!

Can We Discuss The Walking DEAD?????????!!!!!!!!!!

This season started off sloooooooooow, but really picked up!

I AM IN COMPLETE SHOCK!!!  WHO WATCHED?

DID YOU SEE IT??

THOUGHTS?

OPINIONS?

THEORIES?

Movie Club View: Moneyball

Hey Movie Clubbers,
Okay so we watched and reviewed The Help and now we're continuing Movie Club 2012 (original post here )with an homage to the Academy Awards. Like last year we are viewing then reviewing the movies nominated. Next up is Moneyball with Brad Pitt for the March movie.

Via IMBd

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Let's look at Mr. Pretty and get him out of the way lol! I enjoy a good Pitt flick, and to be honest I would like to see what all the hype was about, because this film didn't get any love at the award show.

Well aside from Angie's leg which has it's own Twitter account and is tumbling around Tumblr.

original picture and meme Via

People are so crazy!

FREESTYLE FRIDAYS: FITNESS

Well... blog buddies..we're in a new month and fitness must go on! This month I'm giving up being Lazy for Lent and I'm doing some sort of cardio everyday. I was impaired cramps totm at the beginning of Lent and only did the bare minimum but now I'm raring to go full throttle.

*screams* SUMMER IS COMING!!!

And it looks like I may be having my first blogger meet up in Miami!!! Miami y'all!!! So I definitely gotta be right and tight for the beach.

That said, tumblr-ing through the internets is another Ab Challenge for the month of March. Feel free to join me and chime in on you progress.  Click the link to see how to do the exercises. I love finding new fitness blogs, shoot new blogs period! :)



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