Taking of the Pelham 123 Tuesdays

I'm on the train mobile blogging right now after seeing that fantastic movie! Kinda makes you afraid to take the train though. I won't give it too much of a review because I want you to see it and tell me what you think too. But, what I will say is that it suspended my reality for 2 hours. I really though this all was happening. There weren't many inconsistencies, like most movies based New York tend to have, with the train routes and the name of streets. They brought the movie completely current to what's goin on here. And it was just so damn realistic, like yes, that's precisely how that would go down on the train if it were hijacked. I still think they should've taken the FDR..hah, you'll see what I mean!

But before that deliciousness, I woke up kind of early at the summer house, fed the cats and wasted time online. I also tried calling Discover Card to settle some tomfoolery they've been creating. On my way home from that area, I heard a girl on the train talking about her incarceration:

Girl: Yoo, I told you about that time I got locked up? YoOo I was *so* mad!

We all switched trains at the same time so I had the pleasure (and by pleasure I mean, not pleasure) of hearing that they 'put the cuffs on her mad tight' and that she 'cursed that cop out and said they aint have nothin on her'. Listen, I wasn't trying to listen but I'm sure she thought she was impressing everyone on the train. Some people looked impressed though. I was on the Franklin Ave. Shuttle so what do you expect?

So then, I went home to change before movie and took the bus to the post office. There's a branch that stays open super late so all the people that like to wait until the last minute to mail things (**mmeee!**) go there to die. And by 'die' I mean wait in line for the rest of their lives. There were about 17 people in line and 2 windows. I ended up giving a lady a dollar for one stamp and peaced outta there.

If you follow me on twitter, I've been kinda mentioning these things all day. Now you have the unabridged version!

Yay?

Melodious Mondays

Monday was marginally uneventful. The thing about this Monday is that I was marking it as a sort of 'get off my ass' day. And I got off my ass, really I did, but I'm not sure exactly about what I accomplished, hmm.

Here's the thing: if I wake up and I don't eat, like, immediately, my energy level is -2004525pjhjei% . So I suppose I need to have breakfast? The other thing is that I am ridiculously into the reality/true crime shows that come on television. 'Snapped' on Oxygen will have me glued to the seat for hours on end. Damn you Oxygen and your 'Snapped'.

Then I went to make photocopies at the local pharmacy and stood in line waiting while this scary looking indian man with a grey and red (yeah, I said red) beard and horrifying gaps btwn his teeth (that partially showed his red gums...seriously this guy was straight out of a Stephen King book), photocopied his ENTIRE passport. I mean are you kidding me, scary man?!? Your whole passport?!

That was about it really. Went to the 'summer house' did some long overdue cleaning of the place and spent the night.

Xoxo!

The Weekend...

was fun! (Mobile blogging: activate!)

I went to my friend Mike's gallery opening at his store on Thurs w/my friend Josh. He just so happened to be having a bday celebration the next night. I always have a great time with Josh and co. so I got April to come out to Brooklyn and party with us! We hit this place up called Deity on Atlantic ave. Despite the outrageous prices for drinks (or maybe that's how much they cost everywhere?), it's a cool spot with a good crowd that I will definitely revisit.

I don't remember much about Saturday. I think I went to the library or something. Then, Sunday I had a church gig at my boy Darrell's church. It was a lovely day and we had lunch and discussed important things, like video games and other types of food we could go for if we weren't having pizza. Later on, I got to look at some awesome shops along Vanderbilt ave. *Tangent: I've been spelling 'Vanderbilt' wrong throughout my entire adult life.* Including a used book store, with a funny sign. Then there was Father's Day! We made all the delicious southern food my Daddy likes to eat. After that, I ended the night with a summer solstice service at the COL in Brooklyn.

Thanks for reading!!

This post is for Friday

I know today is Tuesday but for some reason, throughout my insane life, I didn't get a chance to sit down and blog.

So I wake up on Friday with a number of tasks. One of which was to get a cavity filled at the dentist. I canceled however because after the crappy job they did at giving me a cleaning and taking my X-ray, I'm horrified to think of what they will do with a needle and a drill. But before that ladies and gentleman, I get to my non-operational car to move it for alternate side, and I find this note. Looks like it says "L2 park, be more considerate next time" I thought they wanted to abbreviate learn because the word is too long..or something? Or they're illustrating how close I parked to the other car with that L. Oh I'm sorry out-of-towner, but it's called parallel parking and if you can't get out of a tight spot then either throw away your car or get the @*&^* out of nyc. The nerve of this person.

So in the interest of saving gas/my car not working/going green/being poor, I decided to walk just about everywhere I needed to go that day. I met people along the way but none whom were very blogworthy. Except maybe a guy with a folded shopping cart who told me to tie my shoelaces before we crossed Atlantic ave. He was just lookin' out for me. Sometimes it's nice to be nice in this town. We had an interesting convo about gentrification and the new stadium being built. He also told me he was taking free computer classes in September and that he had to move out his house of nine years because they raised his rent astronomically higher than it had ever been. Sheesh!

After all that exercise walking, I ate some of this. Oops. Haha it's all good, sometimes you gotta have some Tartufo!

xoxo

In other news...

I have tonsillitis.

I made the announcement on Twitter this afternoon and told a few friends, but there it is readers, my personal Hell. Apparently, I'm supposed to quarantine myself from my family. I have to drink outof the same cup and use the same forks etc. while sick and make sure they don't come in contact with them, for I am HIGHLY, HIGHLY contagious. The doctor also "ordered" me to avoid kissing for a week. She said to "tell all my significant others that I can't make out with them for a little while". Really Doc? All of them? I'm glad she thinks I'm a stud muffin!

Beside that, things are...normal? I don't have any exciting tales of tomfoolery or rants about various acts of buffoonery. I've been going back and forth between my house and my friend Kevin's house [which I affectionately dubbed 'the summer house'] to cat-sit . It would've been easier this week had my car not imploded or had I a metrocard in my possession. Eventually, when I get things together a little more, I'm going to have a party! And I'll spend a few nights over there.

Whoa this was a lame entry! Might have something to do with the Tonsillitis.

O_o

Tumultuous Thursdays

I did this thing on my twitter today where I brought everyone along with me for my day by listing missions. It was really the only way I'd be able to get through the day alive.

::Ahem::
1. Dentist Dilemma I finally made a dentist appointment for this Thursday at ten and although it got in the way of my cardio for the day, I said let's just go for it. I get there and fill out some papers and am seated in the little chair for X-Rays. not only was this the most uncomfortable x-ray experience, it was also the slowest and most frustrating. She kept pushing the x-ray teeth dividing device down on whatever the hell that is beneath your tongue. Ugh I was like what the hell is the cleaning gonna be like? The cleaning sucked, I feel like my teeth looked dirtier when I left. not to mention that I have a cavity and I need to get my wisdom tooth out. Good, good.

2. Car Catastrophe So then, I had to get my car situation straightened out before alternative side parking hit. I had one of the guys come with me to my car around the corner to show me how to reconnect the battery etc. He promptly told me that ladies now know how to change their own oil and that I need to get with the program. What kind of ladies to do you mean, sir? I don't even know how to open the hood. By the end of all the excitement, I found out my brake pads are non-existent and some other stuff that I don't remember and that the bill would be sky high and that I will have to just forget about having money. So I made the very "going green" decision of getting the brake lights fixed and not using my car until I can pay for the rest of the shiz.

In between these two things, I had to go get some protocols for my cat-sitting/house sitting gig for the next 2 weeks and I was going to learn some Guerrilla cardio with my Opera friend in the city. After calling the bank, discover card and Sallie Mae, I decided that I should stay in Brooklyn before my brain melts. So those things were postponed.

3. Bank Brawl Which was not really a brawl at all. This uber, uber cool banker chick was there and she totally remembered me from the fiasco yesterday or whenever the hell i went there previously. I sat down with her and told her about my career choice which she was totally into. She gave me all these ideas about how to find work and stuff, things that may or may not work but the thought was there and it was way more than I expected to get out of closing my bank account. I felt bad walking into the Chase bank directly across the street afterward.

4. Take myself home and tie up loose ends

I walked a crapload and even got to go to a Dream Interpretation class tonight which was just about the most amazing and rewarding thing I've done in a while. So today was completely out of control, but I got 'er done folks...I got 'er done!

Thanks for reading!! xoxoxo

WTF Wednesdays

Mobile blogging *activate*!!

Well, today wasn't really a WTF kinda day, but it kinda went with the whole onomatopoeia deal I've been doing. Ok so! Let me give you a run down of the sort of WTF things that are happening to me in general:

a) I overdrew my bank account..like crazy amounts

b) my car's brake lights are remaining on, meaning that I have to unplug the battery so that it doesn't drain overnight...which, if you ask me, is a better option than paying to get that @*/# fixed AND jumping the battery

b-sequel) my little bro and I trying to figure out how to 'unplug' the battery deserves it's own blog entry

c)... Ok so there is no c! But the funds issue: beyond serious.

The last few days have been kind of uneventful. I've been trying to save my ass at the bank while going about my daily business. I finally photocopied my score (which cost $10) and I've been practicing off and on. It's almost time for me to get my..self..in gear for the opera. Will keep you posted on that. I've also been going to the gym a bunch and reading a lot.

Today was amazing. I joined Chase Bank which has a crapload of branches around la citta, and I hung with one of my Binghamton buds, Julia. Love love love that girl!! For some reason hanging with her put me in such a good mood! Probably because her energy was extremely positive. Lately, or I guess as I've aged, I've noticed that terribly negative or self-loathing people bring me way down. So if I stop talking to you, you'll know why! LOL j/k friends, j/k. If you take the time out to read my blog, you can't possibly be all that bad ;)

Xoxox

Sultry Sundays

I left my phone home today!

I didn't realize it until I was about 5 minutes away from home in my car. Under normal circumstances, I would've turned my car around immediately to retrieve it...but I think the only reason to get it from home would be so I could twitter and potentially mobile blog? It was no use being late for that. I sang at Darrell's church up in Yonkers. I was super late so I floored it all the way there. Some Julliard kids rocked out the Prelude and the Postlude with some Bach fugues. I said Bravo/Brava to them and they seemed weirded out that I knew that word and it's appropriate usage...?

After church, we went to the diner and then we headed down to Chelsea to see Suor Angelica. I can't believe people don't like that opera! It was stupendous...especially if you are in love with Puccini as much as I am. I think I really like it because I'd like to sing the role some day. Hmm here's hopin'!

xoxo

Fun Fridays

Here's what I was going to do today: Go the a hot yoga class and completely sweat my hair out, then get my hair done, apply for some jobs and go to the opera.

What I actually did was go to the library and the opera. I have this habit of allowing things to change my daily plans. Sometimes it's cool, like yesterday. Sharde needed to look for a dress to sing and I honestly can't say no when people want to look for dresses, because, I mean...I love dresses and I just might find one for myself!

And today. Ash and I had breakfast/lunch, or brunch, as they say and caught up. Then, I finally, amazingly got my little bro Billy to go to the friggin library with me today!! I lured him by saying I'd buy him pizza or thai food from his favorite place. We ate first and then went to the library. To my astonishment, he agreed to take out Lemony Snicket's Horseradish and other bitter truths you can't avoid. He even read the first few pages aloud at the library! I know this may sound uninteresting to many of you but I've been trying to get the boy to read for years now.

Before heading out to the Opera to see my friend Allison perform Dido and Aeneas, my dad came home and said they were completely sold out of The Sims 3. I was a little bummed but I knew he tried and totally wasn't expecting him to go get it in the first place. Then my brother walks in the livingroom and is like:
"Dad, what's that in the best buy bag?" long pause...
"Oh, I thought you said they were sold out of the game" some barely audible shush sounds from my Dad...
"But Dad, that's The Sims in your bag right there, for Toya, I thought you said they were...oh".

Yep, he was trying to fool me so I'd be excited and surprised when I saw that he was kidding and my lil bro was ruining the surprise with his lil brother-ness. Way to go brother.

So here I am, home finally, almost at the crack of dawn, installing The Sims on my computer.

eeep!!! op ork ah-ah!

Another ticket?

Mobile blogging *activate*!!

Ok, this not a shocker folks...I always get some sort of ticket for my car. But THIS time, I was innocent. For reals!!!

In a nutshell, I was pulled over for "rolling through a stop sign" on March 6th, by two young and kinda hot looking police officers (totally beside the point). They were kinda laughing like it was a @*_;%& game that I was being pulled over. I didn't even know why it was happening. My rear view mirror had fallen off so I was like 'Damn, they really DO give u a ticket for that!' But when those bastards said I 'rolled thru a stop sign' I was actually confused. Like, I had to sit back and think about it for a second.

I decided that that was complete poppycock and pleaded not guilty to the charge and had to appear at the DMV Wednesday afternoon. Of course, when they give you a specific time, they give everyone else that time too. When I checked in with my drivers license, the check in man was all like 'heh, u look different'. I told him I was 16 in the damn picture u stupid idiot (left out the stupid idiot part bc he *was* sitting next to the judge). But seriously, why he having side chats w/me? The rest of the room was filled with mostly men who were crying about moving violations that they actually made. I couldn't even be embarrassed after I made a mistake and sat on the police bench and was told by a plain dressed officer to 'go sit over thereee!'
One arab man didn't speak english and had no idea what was happening to him. The judge ended by saying 'no mas' because Arab people speak spanish apparently. Another dude was saying he couldn't afford to pay the ticket and was wearing a knock-off Coogi vest. The judge asked him 'is that a Coogi sweater you're wearing?' We all were waiting for the guy to answer. He just said 'uh' a few times. The scariest guy got up and was super pissed about how a cop took his beer and vodka and put it on the top of the police car? And took his newspaper..? I dunno I was trying not to pay attention.

An hour later, I was called to the front. I had noticed there weren't any handsome police in there so none of them could be my guys. The judge said that "of course" my officers weren't there and that I'd have to come back in August. So stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of: The Chronicles of Lah-Lah Land: DMV Unloaded

Xoxo