Interviews S.U.C.K.!!!!

So I just had a telephone interview for a job in California.....and it BLEW! So, I get it- you apply for a job out of state, of course you should be expecting a telephone interview.  But a telephone interview with 7 people?  WTF? If all yall have questions, then submit those questions to one person or wait until you are going to fly someone in for a second interview before you decide to bombard the person with no warning! THEN people kept being added to the conference call at random times.......can we say tacky, tacky?  If you're gonna be a late arrival and interrupt my sentence and flow, then you should come in quietly and announce yourself between questions.  On top of that, half of them were foreign with an accent.  Lots of times when speaking with someone who has an accent, you can figure out the what they're saying bcus u can read their lips.....not so much on the phone!

So about 2 months ago I had an interview for a job in the middle of nowhere (Wisconsin), and that interview had about 3 people on the phone, and I thought THAT was bad.  No comparison to today's madness.  In addition (sorry to continue my rant), each person would ask about 4 mini questions in one....so I would answer like 2 questions and have to ask them to repeat the others.  Just ask one damn question at a time.

I just really can't shock, awe and amaze people over the phone, let alone a whole basketball team.  Now in-person panel interviews are bad too, but I mean damn, I choose that over what transpired today anytime. The whole damn department needs an HR intervention on bettering their interview skills!

Sorry guys, my rant is done, maybe I'll have a happy post tomorrow, but that just left me kinda disappointed.  I won't be holding my breath for a call back on that interview.....or I'll be dead.

Bang Bang, Shoot em Up!!

So yesterday Brandy and I were heading to the mall when we saw signs for a place that sold pepper spray and other defense weapons....so we decided to check it out.  Ended up being a flea market, but Brandy bought us some keychain pepper spray, I'm so hype!! I want someone to say somethin crazy to me so they can get it.  Anyway, I'm tellin all this to D and he's basically says I'm gonna end up walking into the pepper spray haze if I spray someone and that I should just get a gun.  Bang Bang, I'm gettin a gun soon yall.  But I'm going all out wit it, I'm gettin one of them lil holster vests the dectecives wear and a holster for my ankle.  I'm super official.  But if I'm doing all that I'm gonna go ahead and get my concealed weapons permit........don't eff with C.

Blue Jean Jacket Mafia

Ok rewind to this past weekend.  My mom took all the pictures from Brandy's party, so i'll have to wait until she uploads them before I can post some.  So on the menu for the festivities was chicken, pasta, veggies, cheese, rolls and cake.  So we bought the chicken but me and my mom made the pasta.  That ish banged!  Everyone was complimenting us :)  So it started at 6pm but my mom and I got there early, at about 4:40pm to set up and reserve some tables.  My mom is so cute, she kept sayin, 'We gonna get sauced before everyone comes."  But after her first glass of wine she was pretty much thru....me, I had an entire bottle to myself.  I hope Brandy enjoyed herself though.

Sunday I went to church with mom and Brandy.  Way overdue.  I don't think I've been since Easter.  I never want to get up and go, but always feel so much better when I leave.  I need to make an effort to visit some churches in Columbus so I can find one I like an attend regularly.

This week I'm meeting my friend Tiffani so we can talk about the possiblity of starting a non-profit.  We've been talking about doing something like this for a while, so now we're going to meet to brainstorm some ideas and look at the paperwork for non-profit status.  We wanna have a cradle to grave organization but at the beginning we're gonna have to focus on funding one or two programs.  The process to get non-profit status is long and hard so it's gonna take a big committment from the both of us.  I'm excited but at the same time I have no idea where I'm gonna be 6 months from now, and I don't do anything half ass, I want to be able to give an 100% committment, so we'll see.

In closing did you see the game this weekend? Score was 20 to 72 or something?? Is this a damn basketball game? That's ridculous, but GO BUCKS!  P.S. I lost 3 pounds, now just gotta see if I can keep this going! Yay me :)

Blah

Sorry I haven't been blogging much, but my mind has been rather blank.  Since I live a boring life, I feel as though I shouldn't bore you with my uneventful tales.  But I will anyway :)  So my life generally consists of: going to work, applying for jobs while at work, going home, watching tv, repeat.  But I guess some things are coming up that aren't normally apart of my boring schedule.  Like the Miami trip, which I have already blogged about.  Finally yesterday I got  approval that my time off was granted for the trip, so all systems are a go!

Back to my diet.  So I returned the diet crap the day before yesterday.  I don't really feel like a failure because I typed out and saved all the information the diet plan provided.  When I called, the company asked why I was returning it, I said ummm because I'm hungry all the time.  He says oh that's good, it means it's working!! wtf?? I beg to differ dude.  Mess aint gone work if I'm constantly starving!  Anywho, I feel like I played the system, got all my diet info and just had to pay shipping back and forth.  I've made my own variations to the "diet" so we'll see how that goes....

Hopefully after tomorrow I'll have more exciting things to blog about since we are throwing Brandy a lil going away party at a winery.  I'll post pics.  Just so happens the weekend we are driving to Miami is the weekend one of my bestie's baby is due!  I hope she stays up in there till I get back!!



Baby Alexa :)

 So I'm signing off.  So excited my best friend D has dropped back in and made an appearance! He always comes back when I'm making an electronic purchase for some reason.  I guess the tech gods call out to him to tell him Seirra is making some awful purchase and needs your help, lol.

Again, don't forget to watch the killer buckeyes do some more slaughtering this weekend! GO BUCKS!!

And So It Begins: Losing a Middle School Aged Kid

I know it's been far too long since I've posted a blog!  But this weekend was all kinds of busy.  Friday I went home to Akron directly after work, and my weekend was pretty non-stop after that.  I'm trying to spend as much time as possible with my sister before she leaves for Miami.  So Saturdaywas my graduation dinner in Akron.  I really didn't expect the turn out I got!  There was probably about 23 peeople there.  I felt so loved and cared about.  Here is one of my favorite pics from the night with my Uncle and sister.

:) Cute.  Still in <3 with my hair too!



Man, people tell me all the time I look like my dad, but in this picture I finally see it, I look just like his twin!! And Brandy looks like us too in the cheek area, just a tad bit lighter :)

So Brandy is leaving in a couple weeks, so we started mapping out trip to Miami.  We are going to stop 12 hours into the trip in Savannah, Georgia.  We found a nice hotel that will take Adonis too.  Then from Savannah to Miami is another 8 hour drive, WTF?!  A 20 hour drive? This mess is gonna be insane!!

Moving right along....So about 3 weeks ago, I ordered this diet plans.  No really wouldn't call it a diet per se, it's more just eating healthier, smalled meals more frequently.  So today was the big the kick off.  I got on the scale and wanted to cry.  Hence the title of this blog....my goal is to lose the weight of a middle aged kid.  I will keep u updated on my journey.  It's almost time for my mid morning snack which consists of half a can of tuna and half a banana....sounds yummy right??  I'm tryna stick to my guns and see this thing through, so if you see me misbehavin, call me out on it!!  It really doesn't help that Paula Deen's restaurant is 15 minutes away from our hotel in Savannah.....SAD FACE.  Welp, until tomorrow guys....

Happy To Be Nappiversary

Happy Nappiversary to me!! So the summer of '09 I started thinking I wanted to go natural.  Natural because I thought it would make my hair alot healthier since over the years it really started to thin out, and I thought it was high time to get my hair un-addicted to creamy crack aka relaxer.  So though I was thinking it would be a splendid idea, I had some reservations...... number 1, I just wasn't completely sold on the idea and number 2, it was summer, and I definitely wasn't about to try a natural hair experiment in a heat wave.  Then a couple months later in September I saw the movie Good Hair, which ended up being the push I needed to make that change (plus the encouragement of my hairdresser).  It's been a year since I took the big plunge....

Though my hair is natural, you probably couldn't tell just by looking at me.  I still get my hair pressed, so it almost is always straight.  I haven't graduated to the no heat natural hair thing, but I know I'll get there.  Look at this pic of one of my besties and her awesome hair, I aspire to be like her one day!! (Check out her blog too!)


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So this is the first summer I had with natural hair, and it def kicked my ass! Living in an apartment with no air conditioning tends to make you sweat. And water and natural hair equals kinkiness.  But I have not regretted my decision, my hair is most certainly thickening up and is much healthier giving me the confidence to start trying new things with my hair, i.e. the new haircut I just got!

As I go home to Akron for the weekend, I'm really excited to see all my friends and family tomorrow for my graduation celebration.  The Post Grad Edition in the title of this blog is an ode to my life after graduate school.  I'll take lots of pics to post to the blog and will make sure I blog all about the festivities. 



Don't forget to tune in tomorrow to watch the killer buckeyes slaughter OU!! GO BUCKS!!

Newbie

Well since I now have one lone follower, I'm going to actually post a blog! So I decided to start this blog, one, because my good friend Tiff is and it sparked something in me because at this point in my life, I'm trying new things, hopefully accomplishing new feats, and chronically that is probably a good idea.  Speaking of new things, I cut my hair yesterday! Ever since my hair grew back, I had this Samson mentality of not wanting to cut it (reference www.holybible.com) lol. But you know, it was time for something new.  And you know what?? I like it! I refer to it as the messy bob, I'll try and post a pic.  Lately I have been feeling very optimistic about what my future has in store, even though it seems like every time I turn around I'm getting an email saying I'm not qualified for a job I applied for!  I'm concentrating on not letting that get me down and focusing on other things....like this new blog I started i.e. a distraction lol

On to other things.  So my sister is moving to Miami in a few weeks.  Guess that will be my new vacation spot.  I'm really excited for her, but a little sad at the same time.  Although we hated each other growing up, we have become extremely close, and I would say she's my best friend.  So about 2 months ago I sent her a link to an article I read about several dogs overheating and dying while flying on an airplane.  That was probably the wrong move....so now we, yes we, me her and Adonis (the 70 lb dog) will be driving her car and him to Miami soon.  Number one, that's gonna be a hell of a long drive. Number 2, I pray there are no storms because Adonis has anxiety attacks cus he needs to grow some gonads, Number 3, I hope we are still on speaking terms after this.....I'll keep you informed and will probably be blogging from the road.

Adonis

So to end this thing, this blogging stuff is all new to me.  So please, I am completely open to and encourage suggestions and comments.  I'm kinda random, so I apologize if I jump around alot. But please leave feedback, just say hi if you have nothing to say :) Being that I'm new, expect changes while I figure things out, thanks for reading :)