I worked some overtime Thursday morning, about 1 hour and 50 minutes. Big whoop. They were tickled because I returned their phone call while I was still kind of sleepy. LOL I earned an additional half-hour of overtime that same evening during my quality assurance review for January. My overall average is a 99.42. Not too bad for someone just starting out.
My co-workers are planning an upcoming barbecue next month, and everyone has to bring a dish. I told them some things that I am good at making, so all they need to do is tell me what they want me to bring. I am also good at donating money. LOL
What I like most about my new job is that I get to watch all of the Law and Order shows, the old ones on TNT and the new ones on NBC! The doozy is having to stay on the line with the psych patients.......and using translators during 911 emergency calls. Other than that, so far, so good.
I have a hair appointment on Tuesday! My locks really needs some help! LOL
I still haven't had the chance to replace our wedding rings yet.....well, sort of. I bought a 14 kt white gold and diamond set on e-bay for $100. It's small and dainty, just like the bridal set Pops bought me all those years ago, except that his was yellow gold. I am going to buy an anniversary band to go with it, so those will be my "work" rings. I am still going to buy a matching set for us, for special occasions (vacations and get-togethers with the family members). It's insane the kind of deals that can be had on e-bay for wedding rings! Either folks are really hurting for cash, divorced or divorcing, or just wasteful. There was a lady who was trying to sell a 3/4 kt princess-cut diamond 14 kt gold ring with a baguette and round diamond wrap, purchased in 2000 for $2500, recently appraised for $665, for $300! That ring is BEAUTIFUL, and something that I would probably never be able to afford otherwise. I'm sorry, but unless I was involved in a really bad breakup or something, there's just some things I wouldn't sell. I tried to get in on the action while other yahoos were asking her all kinds of (what I thought were) silly questions, but someone outbid me on it. I hope whoever it is gets it, but if she winds up re-listing it, they might not be so lucky next time.
That's like the laptop Pops just bought for himself from a pawn shop. Gently used, it has more disk space on it than mine had new! There's nothing wrong with the laptop. I just don't understand why someone would have wanted to pawn it.
I still haven't filed my taxes yet. Louisiana claims that I owe them about $170 dollars in back taxes from 2004. Once I pay them, then I will file.
Angela had gotten in trouble at school, and I had to meet with her principal yesterday morning. While I was waiting in the office, a teacher brought in this little boy who was covered in bruises from the neck down. He had no bruises on his arms, face, or legs, so unless you were really paying attention (the teacher must have noticed them while she was helping him or something), you wouldn't have seen them. I was curious as how they were going to go about handling that. I would be afraid to call his parents! One of my co-workers who used to work in the school system told me that the school is going to call Child Protection Services and have them get involved. Poor kid.
Angela, however, is fine. She drew a picture of a fully-clothed little girl in class. One of her 'friends' had taken the picture and drew some naked body parts on the girl. Angela was upset, and -without telling her teacher what happened-tried to throw the nasty picture away. Well, to make a long story short, Angela had gotten caught with the picture, both girls were in trouble, and they felt it necessary to call the parents in. Angela had the right motive, but she shouldn't have tried to take matters into her own hands. Besides, she shouldn't have been drawing in class!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
BOY, 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE' MUST BE A REALLY GOOD MOVIE......
I watched the Oscars last night at work (on the big screen, closed-captioned of course). Looks like it was a pretty good program. It appeared that the musical numbers were awesome, based on all of the visual fanfare, but my mom says that the musical numbers weren't all that great. I am online now trying to find out if anyone was able to upload them.
'Slumdog Millionaire' won many awards last night. My co-workers that have seen the movie said that it was pretty good. I'd like to check it out, but I barely have time to watch the movies that I already have! ('Fireproof' is still in the plastic, so is 'Crash' and 'Monster!' LOL).
I remember two instances, one where I listened to someone else's opinion about a movie, and another where I was swept away with cinematic history being made, and wound up watching two movies that greatly disturbed me.
The first movie was "Pulp Fiction." One of the ladies I worked with in New Orleans told me that the movie was really, really good. All of the reviewers were pretty hyped about it, so I rented it and watched it. First off, I don't know how any of these film critics were able to get past all of the violence long enough to grasp the concept of Quentin Tarantino's project. Then there was a scene in there with Ving Rhames and a cop that shocked and upset me, to say the least. Of course, NO ONE bothered to tell me anything about this! I promptly took that movie back to Blockbuster (or whatever place I rented it from) and asked for another movie to see. I hadn't watched that movie since.
The other one was 'Monster's Ball.' Now, don't get me wrong, I am still a fan of Halle's. But I believe that accepting that role showed just how much Halle is out of touch with African-American history, and the culture as a whole. She can make all of the arguments she wants to support her choice. Yes, she is probably seen as fearless, and a great actress, for not being afraid to show her "dark" side. But at what cost, Halle? There's not a day that goes by that I don't actually overhear or read some comment on the web that some filthy, greasy piece of a man who's not worth any one's salt makes about her concerning what he would do to her if he had the chance, or how delicious her tits look, or how he would 'tear that up.' And I am tired of having to hide the fact that this woman, who was in 'X-Men' and 'Catwoman', two movies that my girls love, by the way, would choose such a demeaning role to play. And when I say 'demeaning' I feel the need to explain what I mean. I am all for 'sex for sex's sake' in such a situation. I get that, okay? What I don't get is.....why, with this man, at that time? A woman who has lived in a small town all her life knows who she can and can't trust. For us, sometimes, that knowledge can become a matter of life or death! So the sex scene didn't make any sense at all to me. I find it hard to believe that a scenario like that would have happened, in LOUISIANA, in real life. Sorry, folks. And if it would have, trust me, it wouldn't have been consensual unless there was some money involved in the deal. I don't care HOW desperately these souls needed to be comforted. Trust me, this kind of stuff JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. This.........this is the legacy that she claims she is 'working so hard' to leave for all of the aspiring African-American actresses that are coming behind her? This was a bad decision, in my opinion. I believe that she didn't think this over long enough. Great, she won the statue. But sometimes, winning isn't everything.
Soooooooo........anyone out here seen 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Is it a good movie? Is it 'safe?' LOL Let me know!
Adrian
'Slumdog Millionaire' won many awards last night. My co-workers that have seen the movie said that it was pretty good. I'd like to check it out, but I barely have time to watch the movies that I already have! ('Fireproof' is still in the plastic, so is 'Crash' and 'Monster!' LOL).
I remember two instances, one where I listened to someone else's opinion about a movie, and another where I was swept away with cinematic history being made, and wound up watching two movies that greatly disturbed me.
The first movie was "Pulp Fiction." One of the ladies I worked with in New Orleans told me that the movie was really, really good. All of the reviewers were pretty hyped about it, so I rented it and watched it. First off, I don't know how any of these film critics were able to get past all of the violence long enough to grasp the concept of Quentin Tarantino's project. Then there was a scene in there with Ving Rhames and a cop that shocked and upset me, to say the least. Of course, NO ONE bothered to tell me anything about this! I promptly took that movie back to Blockbuster (or whatever place I rented it from) and asked for another movie to see. I hadn't watched that movie since.
The other one was 'Monster's Ball.' Now, don't get me wrong, I am still a fan of Halle's. But I believe that accepting that role showed just how much Halle is out of touch with African-American history, and the culture as a whole. She can make all of the arguments she wants to support her choice. Yes, she is probably seen as fearless, and a great actress, for not being afraid to show her "dark" side. But at what cost, Halle? There's not a day that goes by that I don't actually overhear or read some comment on the web that some filthy, greasy piece of a man who's not worth any one's salt makes about her concerning what he would do to her if he had the chance, or how delicious her tits look, or how he would 'tear that up.' And I am tired of having to hide the fact that this woman, who was in 'X-Men' and 'Catwoman', two movies that my girls love, by the way, would choose such a demeaning role to play. And when I say 'demeaning' I feel the need to explain what I mean. I am all for 'sex for sex's sake' in such a situation. I get that, okay? What I don't get is.....why, with this man, at that time? A woman who has lived in a small town all her life knows who she can and can't trust. For us, sometimes, that knowledge can become a matter of life or death! So the sex scene didn't make any sense at all to me. I find it hard to believe that a scenario like that would have happened, in LOUISIANA, in real life. Sorry, folks. And if it would have, trust me, it wouldn't have been consensual unless there was some money involved in the deal. I don't care HOW desperately these souls needed to be comforted. Trust me, this kind of stuff JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. This.........this is the legacy that she claims she is 'working so hard' to leave for all of the aspiring African-American actresses that are coming behind her? This was a bad decision, in my opinion. I believe that she didn't think this over long enough. Great, she won the statue. But sometimes, winning isn't everything.
Soooooooo........anyone out here seen 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Is it a good movie? Is it 'safe?' LOL Let me know!
Adrian
Friday, February 13, 2009
I'S ON MY OWN, NAH!!!!! LOL
I am FINALLY out of training. I start second shift today, but I am still off this weekend. I will have to work a 7-DAY stretch next week, and then my off days will be Mondays and Tuesdays. I am a floater, too, so I am sure that this schedule will change. For now, I am standing in for a lady who is on maternity leave.
So far, so good on my first day. I only made one mistake, but it wasn't a major one. It was fixable. One of my classmates just called me this morning telling me how horrible second shift was. I think that it was a matter of her being anxious and frustrated about being on her own than the actual workload itself. I like staying busy. It makes the time go by faster. I tried to reassure her by telling her that her first days are going to be trying, but that she will get better with time. She wants to sit next to me today. Go figure.
I paid all of my bills, but hardly have any money left over for "Valentine's Day." I didn't even have a chance to buy Valentines for the girls to trade in class today. I came home from work yesterday and went straight to bed! I was so TIRED! And, of course no one bothered to wake me, so oh, well........no Valentines!
Our anniversary is coming up, and I am in the process of trying to replace our wedding rings. We lost them in Katrina, and hadn't had a chance to replace them until now. We had one of those 3 pc. bridal sets. I was thinking about buying a more substantial set, but I remember the look on Pop's face when he gave me that tiny engagement ring years ago and asked me to marry him. And how torn he was one time when he threatened to break off the engagement, and I politely handed him his ring back and shut my door on him. He tried for an entire week to win me over and have me take him back! LOL And he never tried that again since!
Pops and I have been through a lot together. And neither of us are perfect. But for as long as I have known him, that man has ALWAYS loved me. And that has never changed. I am buying a smaller wedding ring set for the sentimental value more than anything else. He didn't have any money when he asked me to marry him. But he gave me all that he had that day, and the best that he was able to give. In my book, that is worth more than any amount of money, or any big diamond. I received the most valuable gift that any man could give a woman, and that is his heart. What a wonderful way to commemorate our 18 years together by remembering that it's not the size of the diamond on the engagement ring that matters most, but the significance of the promise to love behind it.
Adrian
So far, so good on my first day. I only made one mistake, but it wasn't a major one. It was fixable. One of my classmates just called me this morning telling me how horrible second shift was. I think that it was a matter of her being anxious and frustrated about being on her own than the actual workload itself. I like staying busy. It makes the time go by faster. I tried to reassure her by telling her that her first days are going to be trying, but that she will get better with time. She wants to sit next to me today. Go figure.
I paid all of my bills, but hardly have any money left over for "Valentine's Day." I didn't even have a chance to buy Valentines for the girls to trade in class today. I came home from work yesterday and went straight to bed! I was so TIRED! And, of course no one bothered to wake me, so oh, well........no Valentines!
Our anniversary is coming up, and I am in the process of trying to replace our wedding rings. We lost them in Katrina, and hadn't had a chance to replace them until now. We had one of those 3 pc. bridal sets. I was thinking about buying a more substantial set, but I remember the look on Pop's face when he gave me that tiny engagement ring years ago and asked me to marry him. And how torn he was one time when he threatened to break off the engagement, and I politely handed him his ring back and shut my door on him. He tried for an entire week to win me over and have me take him back! LOL And he never tried that again since!
Pops and I have been through a lot together. And neither of us are perfect. But for as long as I have known him, that man has ALWAYS loved me. And that has never changed. I am buying a smaller wedding ring set for the sentimental value more than anything else. He didn't have any money when he asked me to marry him. But he gave me all that he had that day, and the best that he was able to give. In my book, that is worth more than any amount of money, or any big diamond. I received the most valuable gift that any man could give a woman, and that is his heart. What a wonderful way to commemorate our 18 years together by remembering that it's not the size of the diamond on the engagement ring that matters most, but the significance of the promise to love behind it.
Adrian
Monday, February 9, 2009
MY THOUGHTS ON NADYA SULEMAN AND THE OCTUPLETS FIASCO:
Clearly, this is a troubled, dysfunctional family. Nadya Suleman chose to add eight more newborns to her already large family with a man who she refuses to marry, despite all his desperate attempts to make an honest woman of her.
Then there is the grandma, Nadya's mother, who blasts her own daughter all over the world, claiming that she "isn't capable" as a mother, and who calls her actions "unconscionable." SHE brings the media into their tiny, unkempt home. Yet everyone is claiming that it's NADYA who wants attention?!?
I don't know who's worse, the media, the mother, or Nadya. But what I am concerned about most is the children. ALL of them. None of these incessant tongue-waggers are thinking about how all of this negative publicity is going to affect these kids. Are the six older children school age? Has anyone stopped to think about how their lives are going to change at school? Everyone in the city that they live in knows who they are, and now, the whole world knows. These children are being set up for a future full of constant teasing, taunts, and harassment from their peers, neighbors, namely anyone they will come in contact with in the future!
Does anyone even care, though? I don't know about anyone else, but I have had my fill of pompous, idiotic, arrogant, brainless, vain, heartless, callous, loud-mouthed media blowhards who are selfish and full of themselves! These egomaniacs are willing to crucify an entire brood of innocent children for the sake of ratings, for the right to play God, judge and jury for America, even though the citizens of this country never, to my knowledge, appointed that position to them.
I think that this entire situation should be handled much better than it is. Yes, this family is dysfunctional, but clearly they need HELP right now, not criticism and condemnation. The poor children involved in all of this need to be handled with great care and concern. For heaven's sake, they are not going to remain children forever! This country does have, and can offer the resources needed to help this family on ALL accounts. And we definitely don't need to do it for the mom or the grandmother, but for the sake of these unfortunate little children.
Adrian
Then there is the grandma, Nadya's mother, who blasts her own daughter all over the world, claiming that she "isn't capable" as a mother, and who calls her actions "unconscionable." SHE brings the media into their tiny, unkempt home. Yet everyone is claiming that it's NADYA who wants attention?!?
I don't know who's worse, the media, the mother, or Nadya. But what I am concerned about most is the children. ALL of them. None of these incessant tongue-waggers are thinking about how all of this negative publicity is going to affect these kids. Are the six older children school age? Has anyone stopped to think about how their lives are going to change at school? Everyone in the city that they live in knows who they are, and now, the whole world knows. These children are being set up for a future full of constant teasing, taunts, and harassment from their peers, neighbors, namely anyone they will come in contact with in the future!
Does anyone even care, though? I don't know about anyone else, but I have had my fill of pompous, idiotic, arrogant, brainless, vain, heartless, callous, loud-mouthed media blowhards who are selfish and full of themselves! These egomaniacs are willing to crucify an entire brood of innocent children for the sake of ratings, for the right to play God, judge and jury for America, even though the citizens of this country never, to my knowledge, appointed that position to them.
I think that this entire situation should be handled much better than it is. Yes, this family is dysfunctional, but clearly they need HELP right now, not criticism and condemnation. The poor children involved in all of this need to be handled with great care and concern. For heaven's sake, they are not going to remain children forever! This country does have, and can offer the resources needed to help this family on ALL accounts. And we definitely don't need to do it for the mom or the grandmother, but for the sake of these unfortunate little children.
Adrian
Friday, February 6, 2009
I was sick for about 2 days. A combination of stress, my cycle starting, and lack of rest did me in. But Matthew helped nurse me back to health, and I am feeling much better today.
My last day of training is supposed to be Tuesday. We will see, though. I think my supervisors feel that I need more work on the freeways. I am sitting with another lady while my trainer is out of town, and she is really helping me maneuver the maps that they gave me. I am not going to waste any of her efforts by forgetting what she showed me; I plan on studying more this weekend.
My husband finally finished building his computer. It has 320 G of space on the hard drive, and 2 g of memory. He also installed 4 fans inside of the console to keep the system cool. I am using it now; it runs pretty fast! He is in the process of building 2 more systems, one for the girls, and one for his friend. Several of his co-workers are hooking him up with software (Pops installed XP Pro on his computer; my laptop came with Windows Vista), motherboards, and operating systems to work with. We also have all of the monitors we need, thanks to his replacing the monitor we were using with a 17" flat screen, and my mom ditching hers for a flat screen also.
I have to do my taxes. I have been so busy that I haven't had any time to round up all of my documents. I will definitely have them done before April 15th, though.
Adrian
My last day of training is supposed to be Tuesday. We will see, though. I think my supervisors feel that I need more work on the freeways. I am sitting with another lady while my trainer is out of town, and she is really helping me maneuver the maps that they gave me. I am not going to waste any of her efforts by forgetting what she showed me; I plan on studying more this weekend.
My husband finally finished building his computer. It has 320 G of space on the hard drive, and 2 g of memory. He also installed 4 fans inside of the console to keep the system cool. I am using it now; it runs pretty fast! He is in the process of building 2 more systems, one for the girls, and one for his friend. Several of his co-workers are hooking him up with software (Pops installed XP Pro on his computer; my laptop came with Windows Vista), motherboards, and operating systems to work with. We also have all of the monitors we need, thanks to his replacing the monitor we were using with a 17" flat screen, and my mom ditching hers for a flat screen also.
I have to do my taxes. I have been so busy that I haven't had any time to round up all of my documents. I will definitely have them done before April 15th, though.
Adrian
Monday, February 2, 2009
HERE IT IS.........
Look at how thin it is!
Side view.....
A view of it opened up.........I wish I could show you how big it really is. I wanted one of those teeny netbooks that can fit in a purse, but he bought me this one instead, and I am SO glad he did! 
15.4" screen! The girls and I watched a Muppet Movie on here yesterday in widescreen format, and it was AWESOME..........
This is actually the rear of the computer, where the hookups are.I am just too outdone! LOL And it works GREAT, too! What a blessing!
Adrian
Sunday, February 1, 2009
MY BELATED CHRISTMAS GIFT...........
Is, in fact, what I am using right now! My wonderful husband bought me a LAPTOP COMPUTER!!!!!
I wanted one of those little tiny netbooks that can fit in your purse, but he wound up buying me a full-on notebook, with THE WORKS, and I LOVE it!!!!!
Now, I can start looking into what I want to earn my little "piece of paper" (my degree) in!
I will post pictures of my present soon (we're getting ready to go to church). This is, by far, one of the best Christmas gifts, no.......one of the best GIFTS I have ever received, because this is something that I really, really wanted. My husband knew that, and thought enough of me to buy it for me!
I know I say this a lot, but I'll say it again........I am a truly blessed woman!
Adrian
I wanted one of those little tiny netbooks that can fit in your purse, but he wound up buying me a full-on notebook, with THE WORKS, and I LOVE it!!!!!
Now, I can start looking into what I want to earn my little "piece of paper" (my degree) in!
I will post pictures of my present soon (we're getting ready to go to church). This is, by far, one of the best Christmas gifts, no.......one of the best GIFTS I have ever received, because this is something that I really, really wanted. My husband knew that, and thought enough of me to buy it for me!
I know I say this a lot, but I'll say it again........I am a truly blessed woman!
Adrian
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