VIDA GUERRA DOES PLAYBOY!!!
There is a GOD.
While known for her "Puts J.Lo to SHAME" Booty, rumor has it her pics were tasteful at best and she barely showed the cooch...bummer. Still, it's worth a peek!
"I know I'm late with this, but hey, I've been in Miami for 3 weeks..."
VIDA GUERRA DOES PLAYBOY!!!
There is a GOD.
While known for her "Puts J.Lo to SHAME" Booty, rumor has it her pics were tasteful at best and she barely showed the cooch...bummer. Still, it's worth a peek!
"Planes, Pains, and Coinencidences"
Boy.
Life throws curveballs at you.
The trip home was something out of a John Hughes film.
After fine weather 95% of the time we were down here...NOW, NOW it starts to storm.
We left the city limits around 12:45pm and once we hit the highway...it just started raining, HARD, out of thin air! Buckets, crazy buckets, with lightning too!
NOT the best weather to be flying in!
We get to the airport and it's obvious the two girls got a little crazy souvineir shopping and their carry-on's were more than they could bear. So after helping them carry some stuff (Along with MY stuff), we checked in, went throught the secruity checks and waited at the gate.
Our flight was scheduled for 2:20pm, but naturally due to the weather, we had to wait, and wait, and wait...
Around 3:30 they finally started boarding, we thought the worst was over...WRONG!
The 3 of us were sat together this flight (Coming to Miami, I was rows away from the girls and was lucky enough to have the 3-seat row all to myself...) and naturally I was a bit scrunching up on the end to give the girls room next to me. We were then told there would be some more waiting as the storm was making it's distance from the airport (Apparently lighting has to strike more than 5 miles away before a plane can take off...). While waiting a flight attendant notices my situation and tries to help. There was an empty row two ahead of us so I moved up and sat there. Just like last time, I had some "Elbow Room" as we waited, and waited somemore.
Things went from bad to worst when more passengers boarded the plane very late, and sure enough, those seats were NOT vacant. How embrassing, to be in someone else's seat, and to make things worst, some one took my original seat next to the girls! SO we're doing the ol' shell game to get back in order, I make my "I'm sorry's" and explain how the flight attendent made me take the seats when someone recognizes my voice and calls me by my name...
I look up and WHO should it be, but the LOVE OF MY LIFE, IRENE, Miss. "Ft. Lauderdale"!!!! WHAT A SMALL WORLD! I remember her mentioning she was going back home on a tuesday, what are the odds our team got booked on her flight! I totally freak out, we talk for a bit, she had her crew of friends too she spent time with. The delay drags on for a long time so we catch up a bit, I take this time to give her the MOJITOS's glass as a belated-birthday present, she loves it and my heart starts doing Cuba-Gooding, Jr.-Backflips. I felt so embrassed and off-guard seeing her in front of my co-workers, but it was also the best thing to happen to me. I almost felt if the plane went down, it would be an honor to die with her on the same plane...THAT's how much she means to me.
YOU WOULDN'T believe it, but our 2:20pm flight to New York took off at 8PM, yes, a 5 and a half hour delay. To an expirenced flyer that might not sound bad, but for us...it was HELL, pure hell!
Well, to put a long story short, the flight landed at around 10:30pm where we all agreed to call in tomorrow (or today in this case) from work. Rather than deal with a cab and tolls, I called for a SuperShuttle to take me home. The wait took till midnight, and at 1am, I returned home and had a half-hearted welcome by my beloved cat, Indy and MOM's Sumo Cat, Peanut. I imagined Indy would jump right into my arms, but it felt like he said "Oh, it's you...glad to have ya back, sort of."
Today, I unpacked and went out to get a new bed. It was great to be back home, even though mom went nuts and had the bathroom and her bedroom painted...the whole house smells like paint and everything's in the living room.
The most depressing thing was clearing out my Cell Phone numbers of the important numbers down in Miami, while I was at it, I erased JOE's numbers, too, just kept his cell phone.
It really hurt erasing his Job Number and his old house number...it's the end...I'm never gonna hear from him again,
I...
AM,
alone...all alone...and now it's time to get back to work.
Life throws curveballs at you.
The trip home was something out of a John Hughes film.
After fine weather 95% of the time we were down here...NOW, NOW it starts to storm.
We left the city limits around 12:45pm and once we hit the highway...it just started raining, HARD, out of thin air! Buckets, crazy buckets, with lightning too!
NOT the best weather to be flying in!
We get to the airport and it's obvious the two girls got a little crazy souvineir shopping and their carry-on's were more than they could bear. So after helping them carry some stuff (Along with MY stuff), we checked in, went throught the secruity checks and waited at the gate.
Our flight was scheduled for 2:20pm, but naturally due to the weather, we had to wait, and wait, and wait...
Around 3:30 they finally started boarding, we thought the worst was over...WRONG!
The 3 of us were sat together this flight (Coming to Miami, I was rows away from the girls and was lucky enough to have the 3-seat row all to myself...) and naturally I was a bit scrunching up on the end to give the girls room next to me. We were then told there would be some more waiting as the storm was making it's distance from the airport (Apparently lighting has to strike more than 5 miles away before a plane can take off...). While waiting a flight attendant notices my situation and tries to help. There was an empty row two ahead of us so I moved up and sat there. Just like last time, I had some "Elbow Room" as we waited, and waited somemore.
Things went from bad to worst when more passengers boarded the plane very late, and sure enough, those seats were NOT vacant. How embrassing, to be in someone else's seat, and to make things worst, some one took my original seat next to the girls! SO we're doing the ol' shell game to get back in order, I make my "I'm sorry's" and explain how the flight attendent made me take the seats when someone recognizes my voice and calls me by my name...
I look up and WHO should it be, but the LOVE OF MY LIFE, IRENE, Miss. "Ft. Lauderdale"!!!! WHAT A SMALL WORLD! I remember her mentioning she was going back home on a tuesday, what are the odds our team got booked on her flight! I totally freak out, we talk for a bit, she had her crew of friends too she spent time with. The delay drags on for a long time so we catch up a bit, I take this time to give her the MOJITOS's glass as a belated-birthday present, she loves it and my heart starts doing Cuba-Gooding, Jr.-Backflips. I felt so embrassed and off-guard seeing her in front of my co-workers, but it was also the best thing to happen to me. I almost felt if the plane went down, it would be an honor to die with her on the same plane...THAT's how much she means to me.
YOU WOULDN'T believe it, but our 2:20pm flight to New York took off at 8PM, yes, a 5 and a half hour delay. To an expirenced flyer that might not sound bad, but for us...it was HELL, pure hell!
Well, to put a long story short, the flight landed at around 10:30pm where we all agreed to call in tomorrow (or today in this case) from work. Rather than deal with a cab and tolls, I called for a SuperShuttle to take me home. The wait took till midnight, and at 1am, I returned home and had a half-hearted welcome by my beloved cat, Indy and MOM's Sumo Cat, Peanut. I imagined Indy would jump right into my arms, but it felt like he said "Oh, it's you...glad to have ya back, sort of."
Today, I unpacked and went out to get a new bed. It was great to be back home, even though mom went nuts and had the bathroom and her bedroom painted...the whole house smells like paint and everything's in the living room.
The most depressing thing was clearing out my Cell Phone numbers of the important numbers down in Miami, while I was at it, I erased JOE's numbers, too, just kept his cell phone.
It really hurt erasing his Job Number and his old house number...it's the end...I'm never gonna hear from him again,
I...
AM,
alone...all alone...and now it's time to get back to work.
"Take me home, Country Roads..."
Well, it's been fun, but nothing beat the Big Apple!
Maybe when my TV show's a big hit and I'm making serious cash, I'll get a nice suite like this one in a housing community...
Till then,
I now leave you with "What I've learned about Miami" down here...
10) It's a combination of Jersey and New York...a decient Public Transportation system, but you still need a car to go anywhere.
9) The Cabbies have an IQ of a Qumquat.
8) You are are invisable to the residents if you're from out of town.
7) The mayor is Hispanic, something New York has failed to do yet.
6) There are more public spanish and home shopping channels on the first 13 numbers than regular network television channels. (And their PBS is Channel 2! Weird!)
5) This place is a shopper's paradise.
4) A Haircut costs 30 dollars!
3) The Beach has no Broadwalk.
2) There are no Single women, or men (According to Motormouth) for that matter...just couples down here.
1) They are OBSESSED with soccer down here!
Rumors have it they we might come back next year...I wouldn't mind, I just hope I have a more supportive team with me.
I'll be back in New York by 5:30pm...Just in time for RUSH HOUR!
C-ya!
Maybe when my TV show's a big hit and I'm making serious cash, I'll get a nice suite like this one in a housing community...
Till then,
I now leave you with "What I've learned about Miami" down here...
10) It's a combination of Jersey and New York...a decient Public Transportation system, but you still need a car to go anywhere.
9) The Cabbies have an IQ of a Qumquat.
8) You are are invisable to the residents if you're from out of town.
7) The mayor is Hispanic, something New York has failed to do yet.
6) There are more public spanish and home shopping channels on the first 13 numbers than regular network television channels. (And their PBS is Channel 2! Weird!)
5) This place is a shopper's paradise.
4) A Haircut costs 30 dollars!
3) The Beach has no Broadwalk.
2) There are no Single women, or men (According to Motormouth) for that matter...just couples down here.
1) They are OBSESSED with soccer down here!
Rumors have it they we might come back next year...I wouldn't mind, I just hope I have a more supportive team with me.
I'll be back in New York by 5:30pm...Just in time for RUSH HOUR!
C-ya!
"Rolling with the BIG DOGS, sippin MOJITOS and hitting STRIKES in MIAMI"
It's 1:30 in the morning...
I'm wearing a paper neon wristband and I have an "S" scribbled on the back of my hand.
That's they only thing I have on because I'm sitting in my room naked as I type this. (Sorry for the mental picture...)
The girls and I went off to Dolphin Mall today at around 3pm...
We've been to Dadeland, and Bayside and scoured around a few downtown miami store avenues, but have been less than impressed with what they call a MALL down here...
Dolphin was supposed to be the ultimate expirence.
Considering how much it was to get there by cab...DAMN! The girls had been used to splitting 35 to 40 dollar cab rides between them, going to exotic nightclubs when they could, I was not. 40 doesn't divide well into 3 for starters, but I'm no penny pincher, I just wanted to explore!
This place was nice....for one thing, it had TWO floors. A mall is not a mall if it's on one level, I don't care HOW many stores are stretched from A to B.
I started at FYE, I've been tagging along with the girls as they shop store to store and it was driving me crazy! So this time we agreed to keep our cell phones on and call once in awhile to see where we at...
I really wasn't in a music mood (I downloaded Nelly Furtado's album last week and it was a real game of Hit and Miss), but I was hutting for Season 1 of "The Boondocks" on DVD. Rumor had it dropping around this time...
My efforts was dashed as apprently it was pushed back a few weeks to be released on July 25th (I bet my Spanish Spot on St. Nicholas has it out already...)
After looking through the DVD's I checked out what MP3 players they had. I love my ol' RIO CALI that I got from X-mas 2003 but it's capabilities are limited. She can't handle the new SD Memory Cards that are coming out to hold more music. I needed something that could hold cards 1gb and higher.
Nowadays it hard to FIND a player with a expansion slot! Everything's gone Internal Memory! It's because of that damn iPod crap...I've sworn never to give one more dime to Apple after years of wasting money and admiration "Playing" with primitive, Pre-PC Buckets of Bolts home computers like the Apple 2e!!! I refuse to subscribe to iTunes and be a pawn of the recording industry...Free Expression, Free Music, Freedom! Forever!!!! Okay, I'm getting a little off base here with my "V for Vendetta" flow here, calm down...."Remember, remember, the 5th of November..."
ANYway...a few sorry looking mp3 players and I was gone....
After roaming around being very impressed by this mall, I found a store that spoke to me...it was called BIG DOGS and it catered to non-averaged gentlemen such as myself. Upon a few minutes looking in, my cell phone screamed to life with a call...
The ladies were already hungary and wanted to eat.
The PR Motormouth wanted to go to this famous Cuban Cuisine place called MOJITOS, I was lucky enough to eat some french fries without a problem. After lunch we split up again, I went back to BIG DOGS and brought a few shirts and a mock Football Jersey. I found out there was a borders nearby (Finally! a Mall with a damn Book store!!!), but it was at the edge of the mall near the parking lot and soundstage. I headed my way and noticed that a storm had started. Thunder, lightning, the works.
Well, best thing to do in a storm is to wait it out. Made my way to borders without getting wet and checked out the books. After a lot of walking around, we met back at MOJITOS at 8pm. We sat in the outer patio area of the place. Motormouth wanted to get twisted before bowling...
We sat and watch her drink four MOJITOS that came in a special glass with the place's name on it. I'd figure the glass would be a nice souvinir so she let me have one.
at 10pm we went upstairs where they had a bowling alley and a movie theater. A movie down here costs 9.00 still which was a bit of a shock. The Line was long as hell, I was so glad we weren't thinking to see "Click" or "Waist Deep"...
After 9pm, STRIKES MIAMI becomes a club/lounge so there was actually a cover just to get in. Then we had to wait to get a lane. They used the ol' Lighting Disc waiting system a'la Red Lobster. While waiting we had some pizza and the motormouth got flirty with some of the waiters. The place was nice, flat screens everywhere tuned to sports channels, TBS and the Cartoon Network, it was of the hook!
I paid for 2 hours and we started playing around a little after 11pm...
It was the first time the Team Leader from Senegal ever played, and she was pretty good...we played 4 games, NONE of us even broke 100 but we had fun. I wish I could get back in a Bowling Meetup, those snobs for the New York one always wanting to play at Chelsea Piers kicked me off after missing two meetings.
By the time we came out the storm had passed and we got another cab back to city.
This was probably our last adventure together...sundays the girls sleep in, and I wanted to hit the beach one last time. Come monday, we'll finish up and prepare to go back home on tuesday.
I'm wearing a paper neon wristband and I have an "S" scribbled on the back of my hand.
That's they only thing I have on because I'm sitting in my room naked as I type this. (Sorry for the mental picture...)
The girls and I went off to Dolphin Mall today at around 3pm...
We've been to Dadeland, and Bayside and scoured around a few downtown miami store avenues, but have been less than impressed with what they call a MALL down here...
Dolphin was supposed to be the ultimate expirence.
Considering how much it was to get there by cab...DAMN! The girls had been used to splitting 35 to 40 dollar cab rides between them, going to exotic nightclubs when they could, I was not. 40 doesn't divide well into 3 for starters, but I'm no penny pincher, I just wanted to explore!
This place was nice....for one thing, it had TWO floors. A mall is not a mall if it's on one level, I don't care HOW many stores are stretched from A to B.
I started at FYE, I've been tagging along with the girls as they shop store to store and it was driving me crazy! So this time we agreed to keep our cell phones on and call once in awhile to see where we at...
I really wasn't in a music mood (I downloaded Nelly Furtado's album last week and it was a real game of Hit and Miss), but I was hutting for Season 1 of "The Boondocks" on DVD. Rumor had it dropping around this time...
My efforts was dashed as apprently it was pushed back a few weeks to be released on July 25th (I bet my Spanish Spot on St. Nicholas has it out already...)
After looking through the DVD's I checked out what MP3 players they had. I love my ol' RIO CALI that I got from X-mas 2003 but it's capabilities are limited. She can't handle the new SD Memory Cards that are coming out to hold more music. I needed something that could hold cards 1gb and higher.
Nowadays it hard to FIND a player with a expansion slot! Everything's gone Internal Memory! It's because of that damn iPod crap...I've sworn never to give one more dime to Apple after years of wasting money and admiration "Playing" with primitive, Pre-PC Buckets of Bolts home computers like the Apple 2e!!! I refuse to subscribe to iTunes and be a pawn of the recording industry...Free Expression, Free Music, Freedom! Forever!!!! Okay, I'm getting a little off base here with my "V for Vendetta" flow here, calm down...."Remember, remember, the 5th of November..."
ANYway...a few sorry looking mp3 players and I was gone....
After roaming around being very impressed by this mall, I found a store that spoke to me...it was called BIG DOGS and it catered to non-averaged gentlemen such as myself. Upon a few minutes looking in, my cell phone screamed to life with a call...
The ladies were already hungary and wanted to eat.
The PR Motormouth wanted to go to this famous Cuban Cuisine place called MOJITOS, I was lucky enough to eat some french fries without a problem. After lunch we split up again, I went back to BIG DOGS and brought a few shirts and a mock Football Jersey. I found out there was a borders nearby (Finally! a Mall with a damn Book store!!!), but it was at the edge of the mall near the parking lot and soundstage. I headed my way and noticed that a storm had started. Thunder, lightning, the works.
Well, best thing to do in a storm is to wait it out. Made my way to borders without getting wet and checked out the books. After a lot of walking around, we met back at MOJITOS at 8pm. We sat in the outer patio area of the place. Motormouth wanted to get twisted before bowling...
We sat and watch her drink four MOJITOS that came in a special glass with the place's name on it. I'd figure the glass would be a nice souvinir so she let me have one.
at 10pm we went upstairs where they had a bowling alley and a movie theater. A movie down here costs 9.00 still which was a bit of a shock. The Line was long as hell, I was so glad we weren't thinking to see "Click" or "Waist Deep"...
After 9pm, STRIKES MIAMI becomes a club/lounge so there was actually a cover just to get in. Then we had to wait to get a lane. They used the ol' Lighting Disc waiting system a'la Red Lobster. While waiting we had some pizza and the motormouth got flirty with some of the waiters. The place was nice, flat screens everywhere tuned to sports channels, TBS and the Cartoon Network, it was of the hook!
I paid for 2 hours and we started playing around a little after 11pm...
It was the first time the Team Leader from Senegal ever played, and she was pretty good...we played 4 games, NONE of us even broke 100 but we had fun. I wish I could get back in a Bowling Meetup, those snobs for the New York one always wanting to play at Chelsea Piers kicked me off after missing two meetings.
By the time we came out the storm had passed and we got another cab back to city.
This was probably our last adventure together...sundays the girls sleep in, and I wanted to hit the beach one last time. Come monday, we'll finish up and prepare to go back home on tuesday.
"See ya!, Wouldn't wanna Be ya!"
Well, what's done is done.
Mother Hen got on a plane this afternoon and will see her son graduate next week and I have the suite ALL TO MYSELF!!!!
I am SO chillin!
But I have so little time to enjoy it becuase in the words of Jar Jar Binks...
"Wessa GOIN HOOOOOOOOME!!!!"
Tuesday the rest of the team will head back to New York and continue the assignment where we left off.
In other news, Today Miami had their Victory Parade for Their NBA Champions, The Miami HEAT. Our office was along side the route so I snagged a few pics of the event...it was a nice turnout (Nothing like a Yankee Parade, thou...).
But now, I'm sitting here alone, hornier than Hugh Hefner, with the perfect set up here.
Thought's of Craigslist instantly come to mind...
There was hopes of catching my dear Cyber Sex Kitten while she was down here, but guess what?
She's here, but she's not here...
With out giving out specifics (Cuz I respect her privicy), she made it down to one of the neighboring towns not too far from me.
Still, it's like saying you going to be in New York and you end up staying in Long Island...You're close, but you're still far off base!!!
*sigh*
Such is the story of our relationship...she is my Moneypenny to me being 007.
SO WHAT should I do cats and kittens?
Let this situation go to waste and get ready to go back to NY? Or do what I can get get some within the next 72 hours?
Mother Hen got on a plane this afternoon and will see her son graduate next week and I have the suite ALL TO MYSELF!!!!
I am SO chillin!
But I have so little time to enjoy it becuase in the words of Jar Jar Binks...
"Wessa GOIN HOOOOOOOOME!!!!"
Tuesday the rest of the team will head back to New York and continue the assignment where we left off.
In other news, Today Miami had their Victory Parade for Their NBA Champions, The Miami HEAT. Our office was along side the route so I snagged a few pics of the event...it was a nice turnout (Nothing like a Yankee Parade, thou...).
But now, I'm sitting here alone, hornier than Hugh Hefner, with the perfect set up here.
Thought's of Craigslist instantly come to mind...
There was hopes of catching my dear Cyber Sex Kitten while she was down here, but guess what?
She's here, but she's not here...
With out giving out specifics (Cuz I respect her privicy), she made it down to one of the neighboring towns not too far from me.
Still, it's like saying you going to be in New York and you end up staying in Long Island...You're close, but you're still far off base!!!
*sigh*
Such is the story of our relationship...she is my Moneypenny to me being 007.
SO WHAT should I do cats and kittens?
Let this situation go to waste and get ready to go back to NY? Or do what I can get get some within the next 72 hours?
"Sittin on Top of the World..."
Dude...
Miami is having a celebratation!
Right now, if you go out to the street, see a woman walking towards you, just step up and say...
"The HEAT won the Championship!, Let's have Sex!"
BOOM!, you in there.
Nah, i'm just messing with ya'll this ain't Brazil during the World Cup...
But it's close.
Yesterday after work, I cooled off a bit by exploring Bayside alone.
The ladies had went the first friday we got here and took a "Fiesta" Cruise around the bay.
Bayside is just like South Street Seaport, but with more stores...I finally got around to finding souvineirs for MOM, Psycho-Sis, and Baby Girl. I may get some more stuff for me, but I just wanted some alone time.
The whole "Slow" thing was still pissing me off and I had it up to here with the Powerpuff Girls...
*sigh*
I wish people were friendly down here...
Almost feels like france how everyone is so full of themselves around here, at least in New York, we ACKNOWLEDGE you before we put you down...I might as well be invisible cuz a smile, a wink, a glance, not even "The People's Eyebrow" does anything to these people.
I wish JOE was closer...He finally brought his family down here and is settling in a condo community near Jacksonville, he started working in his new position at St. Augustine this week. We had a sorta "Hello/Farewell" conversatation Sunday...it'll be the last time I ever speak to him.
Damn, it's gonna be lonely when I get back to New York...sorta like how lonely it is here.
After bayside and seeing the Heat win last night, I stayed in today...
There's talk about another mall nearby with a bowling alley AND Movie Theater called Dolphin Mall (Gee, I wonder where they got the name...DID I mention Don Shula has his OWN highway named after him around here!!!???). Two of the girls want to check it out if we're still here this weekend (Which looks like we will!!!), I plan to check it out myself thursday.
Someone special's coming down friday to celebrate Turning 24 (For the 6th Time!) I hope to hook up SOMEhow and assure her that the Big 3-0 is nothing to worry about!!!
Wish me luck...I'm gonna need it!
PeACE!!!
Miami is having a celebratation!
Right now, if you go out to the street, see a woman walking towards you, just step up and say...
"The HEAT won the Championship!, Let's have Sex!"
BOOM!, you in there.
Nah, i'm just messing with ya'll this ain't Brazil during the World Cup...
But it's close.
Yesterday after work, I cooled off a bit by exploring Bayside alone.
The ladies had went the first friday we got here and took a "Fiesta" Cruise around the bay.
Bayside is just like South Street Seaport, but with more stores...I finally got around to finding souvineirs for MOM, Psycho-Sis, and Baby Girl. I may get some more stuff for me, but I just wanted some alone time.
The whole "Slow" thing was still pissing me off and I had it up to here with the Powerpuff Girls...
*sigh*
I wish people were friendly down here...
Almost feels like france how everyone is so full of themselves around here, at least in New York, we ACKNOWLEDGE you before we put you down...I might as well be invisible cuz a smile, a wink, a glance, not even "The People's Eyebrow" does anything to these people.
I wish JOE was closer...He finally brought his family down here and is settling in a condo community near Jacksonville, he started working in his new position at St. Augustine this week. We had a sorta "Hello/Farewell" conversatation Sunday...it'll be the last time I ever speak to him.
Damn, it's gonna be lonely when I get back to New York...sorta like how lonely it is here.
After bayside and seeing the Heat win last night, I stayed in today...
There's talk about another mall nearby with a bowling alley AND Movie Theater called Dolphin Mall (Gee, I wonder where they got the name...DID I mention Don Shula has his OWN highway named after him around here!!!???). Two of the girls want to check it out if we're still here this weekend (Which looks like we will!!!), I plan to check it out myself thursday.
Someone special's coming down friday to celebrate Turning 24 (For the 6th Time!) I hope to hook up SOMEhow and assure her that the Big 3-0 is nothing to worry about!!!
Wish me luck...I'm gonna need it!
PeACE!!!
"Now, It's personal...Keep it Professional!!!"
See, this is where things go bad...
If you go on a assignment and you have personal commitments, you should ask yourself, "Can you deal with delays and the possibility of breaking your previoous personal commitments?"...IF you can't DO NOT put yourself on the line for the job!
We were told we'd be here for 3 weeks, but things got off on a slow start so we're here a lil longer than we should be.
The 3 ladies I'm working with all had other things to directly after this assignment...One was going back home to Africa in August...the motormouth was going BACK down to florida to Orlando on the 4th of July weekend...AND the Mother Hen had to be back in New Jersey for her son's graduation on the 26th.
After resting all day sunday, we start the 3rd week...I would say 2/3rds through this project...we still got a few more file cabinet drawers FULL of files to do.
It's starts to sink in to the Mother Hen that we won't make it in time...SO, she starts BITCHIN!!!
She's making calls to Secacus all shook and everything and starts looking into going back herself on friday. Aparently, the powers that be took things into consideration and gave their word that she'd be back in time.
BUT, this is the JOB here...they're not gonna throw away money on a special trip for her...they want to send us ALL back AT THE SAME TIME!
SO, now the bitchin' REALLY starts...
Mother Hen politely asks me to work a couple of hours OT today to step things up a bit.
I understand where she was comin' from so I agree.
THEN we all go to lunch...
Mother Hen talks to The Team Leader from Senegal about how we doing...and everything sounds cool till Mother Hen says...
"The only thing holding us back is Scanning."
THAT's when things got personal...
If there's one thing YOU DON'T DO is call me SLOW...
Now, Mother Hen is new to our team...I've done other assignments with Miss Senegal and the PR Motormouth, so they know me and how I take things to heart...The tense look on their faces as I slowly put my attention to Mother Hen said it all...
"MAYBE they should have sent TWO scanning machines..." I snarled "...If things are not up to YOUR speed."
Then she went on the defensive, talking about "It's not Like That" and "Why you taking it like that" and "Everything I say is taken wrong..." so it ended quietly with the both of us not talking...
Now, this chick is my damn ROOM-MATE, so how awrkward is THAT?!?!
Where does she get off...
Look, I might sound cold and heartless be We're on a JOB here...we're representing our company, we're were sent down here to do something and we have to see it through!
If her son's graduation so damn important, she should have NEVER came down with us in the first place!
WHO the fuck is she to put her personal Bullshit ahead of the job!?!?!
I was so pissed.
I did the overtime silently, but don't plan to do it for the rest of the week.
and back at the hotel, it's "David & Maddy" (TV's Moonlighting)...seperate rooms, nobody talking!
I hope she does go back friday...I'll have the place to myself!
Hell, they don't send back to New Jersey, I'll pay for damn ticket myself!
Just to get the bi*ch out of my hair!
Ya'll may think I'm wrong, but I'ma soldier, I'll do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get the job done!
If you go on a assignment and you have personal commitments, you should ask yourself, "Can you deal with delays and the possibility of breaking your previoous personal commitments?"...IF you can't DO NOT put yourself on the line for the job!
We were told we'd be here for 3 weeks, but things got off on a slow start so we're here a lil longer than we should be.
The 3 ladies I'm working with all had other things to directly after this assignment...One was going back home to Africa in August...the motormouth was going BACK down to florida to Orlando on the 4th of July weekend...AND the Mother Hen had to be back in New Jersey for her son's graduation on the 26th.
After resting all day sunday, we start the 3rd week...I would say 2/3rds through this project...we still got a few more file cabinet drawers FULL of files to do.
It's starts to sink in to the Mother Hen that we won't make it in time...SO, she starts BITCHIN!!!
She's making calls to Secacus all shook and everything and starts looking into going back herself on friday. Aparently, the powers that be took things into consideration and gave their word that she'd be back in time.
BUT, this is the JOB here...they're not gonna throw away money on a special trip for her...they want to send us ALL back AT THE SAME TIME!
SO, now the bitchin' REALLY starts...
Mother Hen politely asks me to work a couple of hours OT today to step things up a bit.
I understand where she was comin' from so I agree.
THEN we all go to lunch...
Mother Hen talks to The Team Leader from Senegal about how we doing...and everything sounds cool till Mother Hen says...
"The only thing holding us back is Scanning."
THAT's when things got personal...
If there's one thing YOU DON'T DO is call me SLOW...
Now, Mother Hen is new to our team...I've done other assignments with Miss Senegal and the PR Motormouth, so they know me and how I take things to heart...The tense look on their faces as I slowly put my attention to Mother Hen said it all...
"MAYBE they should have sent TWO scanning machines..." I snarled "...If things are not up to YOUR speed."
Then she went on the defensive, talking about "It's not Like That" and "Why you taking it like that" and "Everything I say is taken wrong..." so it ended quietly with the both of us not talking...
Now, this chick is my damn ROOM-MATE, so how awrkward is THAT?!?!
Where does she get off...
Look, I might sound cold and heartless be We're on a JOB here...we're representing our company, we're were sent down here to do something and we have to see it through!
If her son's graduation so damn important, she should have NEVER came down with us in the first place!
WHO the fuck is she to put her personal Bullshit ahead of the job!?!?!
I was so pissed.
I did the overtime silently, but don't plan to do it for the rest of the week.
and back at the hotel, it's "David & Maddy" (TV's Moonlighting)...seperate rooms, nobody talking!
I hope she does go back friday...I'll have the place to myself!
Hell, they don't send back to New Jersey, I'll pay for damn ticket myself!
Just to get the bi*ch out of my hair!
Ya'll may think I'm wrong, but I'ma soldier, I'll do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get the job done!
"A day on the Job"
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This is what I do every day, for 8 hours...5 times a week.
Jus figured I'd show ya...
Miami Vice is almost a wrap, soon I'll be NYPD Blue again...
can't wait to get back....
P.S. More pics at my Flickr site
PEace!!!
"Miami Irked"
Today we hit Miami Beach...
None of us actually wanted to go ON the beach, but we wanted to see it and walk along side of it...yoi know, like on the Broadwalk.
The Motormouth also wanted to find the "Miami Ink" Tattoo Parlor.
This was the first time riding the Bus here in Miami, but it felt almost like home in New York. The riff-raff were wilding out a bit, and it pisses me seeing punks embrass themselves in public.
We got off at a nice shopping center and browsed around a bit...then we came upon the beach, but discovered...There IS no broadwalk...
So then we walked back to Washington Avenue and worked our way south to find the Reality Series' Tattoo place...
Did some more browsing (I swear, 3 women can make a brother wait SO long!!!), and after a lot of walking, we found it.
Lil' Miss Motormouth was disappointed due to the crowd assembled and the fact that one of the main stars was not around when we got there...
"Well," I said, "You don't see Jerry, George and Kramer everytime you go to the Seinfeld Diner in New York..." TV plays you with their "Reality" sometimes.
Well, after walking around, talking pictures we went back "Home".
We probably have one more weekend of Miami before going back to New York...
None of us actually wanted to go ON the beach, but we wanted to see it and walk along side of it...yoi know, like on the Broadwalk.
The Motormouth also wanted to find the "Miami Ink" Tattoo Parlor.
This was the first time riding the Bus here in Miami, but it felt almost like home in New York. The riff-raff were wilding out a bit, and it pisses me seeing punks embrass themselves in public.
We got off at a nice shopping center and browsed around a bit...then we came upon the beach, but discovered...There IS no broadwalk...
So then we walked back to Washington Avenue and worked our way south to find the Reality Series' Tattoo place...
Did some more browsing (I swear, 3 women can make a brother wait SO long!!!), and after a lot of walking, we found it.
Lil' Miss Motormouth was disappointed due to the crowd assembled and the fact that one of the main stars was not around when we got there...
"Well," I said, "You don't see Jerry, George and Kramer everytime you go to the Seinfeld Diner in New York..." TV plays you with their "Reality" sometimes.
Well, after walking around, talking pictures we went back "Home".
We probably have one more weekend of Miami before going back to New York...
"You can catch me at the Mall..."
Well, in an attempt to cool things off we decided to go to the Dadeland Mall for some shopping. I brought some shirts and a new pair of sneakers from JC Penny. I also grabbed cd's by The 5 Browns and Ghostface Killah. We went through all of the stores and moved to the Target/Best Buy/other stores etc. shopping center that I found sunday. The girls are enjoying the club scene a little bit more, but I find myself looking for stuff to do down here...
Everything is a bit out of reach...
Saturday we're going to South Beach, Sunday I plan to explore Bayside Park. More pics coming soon!
Everything is a bit out of reach...
Saturday we're going to South Beach, Sunday I plan to explore Bayside Park. More pics coming soon!
"Steppin on Toes..."
Been a week out here, and already my co-workers are pissing me off.
"He don't eat meat", "He eat too much junk food", "He takes his clothes to the cleaners rather than using the washing machine", They pick on me about every lil' thing I do...
We went to a club called "Bongos" saturday and it didn't go well...the scene wasn't for us. Too much Salsa, chicks dancing on speakers like they on SOUL TRAIN, it just wasn't our scene.
Sunday I wanted to check out the Library. Unfortunately it was closed for the summer on sundays! It was at this point we got any early taste of that Tropical Storm that was heading our way...It rained HARD and fast during the afternoon. Having an umbrella didn't help!
Still, I was out there, walking around dying to explore.
When I found out the library was closed I decided to try and ride the "MetroRail" train. This was simular to trains in New York, it costs 1.50 to ride and it's elevated like the LOOPS. Looking on the map, I found a mall south of us called Dadeland Mall, I decided to check it out.
I took the MetroRail 6 stops to Dadeland North where I found a 6 Store Shopping center just shy before the mall...There was a Target, Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Best Buy, Michael's, and a Thomasville...the last two seem to be locals, but it was enough to get me off the train and look around.
After browsing around Target, I headed back and saw more store outlets on the train ride back...This path was simular to "Fordham Road" in the Bronx with various places to shop.
I told the girls about what I found and we went back yesterday to see the Mall for itself. It was nice, kind of ordinary by our standards, but still nice.
We'd agreed to come out one more time to really shop when we get paid on friday.
As for now, like I said, a week in, we're starting to get on each other's nerves.
Which makes me wonder about the rumors I'm hearing out our possible NEXT assignment!!!
There's talk about a 4 or 5 MONTH stint in....OHIO!!!! of all places.
Wow, talk about beans to buckeyes...If I get shipped out there next, we'll definately need some sort of car service!...OHIO....brrrrrr, scary!
As for everything else...taking it day by day...I miss everyone, 'specially INDY, been trying to get my ITCH scratched down here, but it's slim pickings...
Miami is home to Stepford Wives central...blond, skinny, and plain...nothing exotic with any meat on their bones!
More to come, soon...PEACE!!
"He don't eat meat", "He eat too much junk food", "He takes his clothes to the cleaners rather than using the washing machine", They pick on me about every lil' thing I do...
We went to a club called "Bongos" saturday and it didn't go well...the scene wasn't for us. Too much Salsa, chicks dancing on speakers like they on SOUL TRAIN, it just wasn't our scene.
Sunday I wanted to check out the Library. Unfortunately it was closed for the summer on sundays! It was at this point we got any early taste of that Tropical Storm that was heading our way...It rained HARD and fast during the afternoon. Having an umbrella didn't help!
Still, I was out there, walking around dying to explore.
When I found out the library was closed I decided to try and ride the "MetroRail" train. This was simular to trains in New York, it costs 1.50 to ride and it's elevated like the LOOPS. Looking on the map, I found a mall south of us called Dadeland Mall, I decided to check it out.
I took the MetroRail 6 stops to Dadeland North where I found a 6 Store Shopping center just shy before the mall...There was a Target, Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Best Buy, Michael's, and a Thomasville...the last two seem to be locals, but it was enough to get me off the train and look around.
After browsing around Target, I headed back and saw more store outlets on the train ride back...This path was simular to "Fordham Road" in the Bronx with various places to shop.
I told the girls about what I found and we went back yesterday to see the Mall for itself. It was nice, kind of ordinary by our standards, but still nice.
We'd agreed to come out one more time to really shop when we get paid on friday.
As for now, like I said, a week in, we're starting to get on each other's nerves.
Which makes me wonder about the rumors I'm hearing out our possible NEXT assignment!!!
There's talk about a 4 or 5 MONTH stint in....OHIO!!!! of all places.
Wow, talk about beans to buckeyes...If I get shipped out there next, we'll definately need some sort of car service!...OHIO....brrrrrr, scary!
As for everything else...taking it day by day...I miss everyone, 'specially INDY, been trying to get my ITCH scratched down here, but it's slim pickings...
Miami is home to Stepford Wives central...blond, skinny, and plain...nothing exotic with any meat on their bones!
More to come, soon...PEACE!!
New Pics at Flickr...
"At last...a normal entry!"
After 3 exhausting days, 2 trips to the fedex-kinko's a quarter mile down from us, I have broadband access on my laptop...YIPEEEEE!!!
*WHEW*! it has been an adventure so far...
but first....the accomidations are OFF THE HOOK!!!
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full kitchen, 3 TV's (4 if u count the lil baby one in the kitchen!), Washer & Dryer, Dishwasher, garbage disposal, DVD player, Basic Cable (NO HBO, thou...), CENTRAL AIR, a terrace...man, i'd died and gone to heaven!!!
It is just so great down here, and where we're working is so nice, too.
They call their "Seaport" Bayside and there's boats for dance cruises, everything...
Friday night we took a nice dance cruise, Tonight we went to a hot cuban place called "Bongos" near the American Airlines Arena where the Miami Heat play (Too bad they lost game one of the NBA finals...).
The outings have been "Hit & Miss" so far, our team has different opinions on what qualifies a "Good Time".
The crew I'm working is almost the same...we left the "Airhead" one back in the city because she wanted to stay with her fiance. My Team Leader from Senegal is back, along with the "Motormouth" that belittle's me all the time. The new addition is a Team Supervisor (Don't ask me who's in charge between a Team Leader and a Team Supervisor...) from Seacacus. She's a regular "Mother Hen" so between the two of us, we're playing "Mom & Pop" to the other two "Kids" of the group.
Now that we're online we got to find out how to get around using the buses and trains. We also have to make due with eating and living together...with my unique eating habits, I'm just asking for more psycho-anlyazing and personal life "Digging" by everyone else...
I plan to check out their Library sunday afternoon and next weekend we're going to South Beach.
I'll post some pics up on my Flickr site soon of my Miami Adventure...peace!!!
*WHEW*! it has been an adventure so far...
but first....the accomidations are OFF THE HOOK!!!
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full kitchen, 3 TV's (4 if u count the lil baby one in the kitchen!), Washer & Dryer, Dishwasher, garbage disposal, DVD player, Basic Cable (NO HBO, thou...), CENTRAL AIR, a terrace...man, i'd died and gone to heaven!!!
It is just so great down here, and where we're working is so nice, too.
They call their "Seaport" Bayside and there's boats for dance cruises, everything...
Friday night we took a nice dance cruise, Tonight we went to a hot cuban place called "Bongos" near the American Airlines Arena where the Miami Heat play (Too bad they lost game one of the NBA finals...).
The outings have been "Hit & Miss" so far, our team has different opinions on what qualifies a "Good Time".
The crew I'm working is almost the same...we left the "Airhead" one back in the city because she wanted to stay with her fiance. My Team Leader from Senegal is back, along with the "Motormouth" that belittle's me all the time. The new addition is a Team Supervisor (Don't ask me who's in charge between a Team Leader and a Team Supervisor...) from Seacacus. She's a regular "Mother Hen" so between the two of us, we're playing "Mom & Pop" to the other two "Kids" of the group.
Now that we're online we got to find out how to get around using the buses and trains. We also have to make due with eating and living together...with my unique eating habits, I'm just asking for more psycho-anlyazing and personal life "Digging" by everyone else...
I plan to check out their Library sunday afternoon and next weekend we're going to South Beach.
I'll post some pics up on my Flickr site soon of my Miami Adventure...peace!!!
Miami Vice
Heard it's been raining in NY since I left...Nuthin but sun here...Work's been OK...things R slow goin' but it`s cool...Gettin around town using public tranportation...free monorails called LOOPs...will B online soon...peace.
I Made It.
Made it 2 Miami...Only able 2 go online thru PSP...it`s great...more L8r... PeAcE!
"Police Academy 5:Assignment Miami Beach"
(Whistles "Police Academy" Theme)
Well, it's offical folks, I'm going to Miami tomorrow.
Miami....god, can you just DIE!
Everything got turned topsy turvy and still landed okay.
Check this out.
My manditory appointment with Unenployment was TODAY, not TOMORRROW like I thought! So I called in (Much to the dismay of the team) and spent the morning chilling. I went to the orientation at 1:30pm and was done by 3. I won't get bothered by them for 8 weeks now. On the bus ride home, I got the call...
"You still wanna go to Miami?"
"Hell yeah!" I replied.
"Okay, we're going tomorrow...will call later with the details."
"Cool" I said, then hung up.
They called back at 4:30...
We're leaving at 9:30 tomorrow morning and will get down there around 12:35pm...
The housing arraingments are still fuzzy, I will have to "bunk" with someone (But with separate bedrooms thank god...) and everything else we'll find out when we get there.
I spent all night packing...
everyone's gonna freak when they see my bald head, but I'm not sweating it...my hair grows back fast.
I'm so excited, I gonna miss indy so much, I know mom's going to mistreat him while I'm gone. And god only knows what Psycho-sis and Baby Girl will do in my half empty room while I'm gone...
I'm taking my laptop with me in hopes a internet connection will be available, if not, there's always the job.
Three weeks of sun, uninhibited women, surf and parties...
Call me Johnny Beachcomber!
PS, you can bet the house I'll be taking pics...
Till next time...
PEACE!!!!
Well, it's offical folks, I'm going to Miami tomorrow.
Miami....god, can you just DIE!
Everything got turned topsy turvy and still landed okay.
Check this out.
My manditory appointment with Unenployment was TODAY, not TOMORRROW like I thought! So I called in (Much to the dismay of the team) and spent the morning chilling. I went to the orientation at 1:30pm and was done by 3. I won't get bothered by them for 8 weeks now. On the bus ride home, I got the call...
"You still wanna go to Miami?"
"Hell yeah!" I replied.
"Okay, we're going tomorrow...will call later with the details."
"Cool" I said, then hung up.
They called back at 4:30...
We're leaving at 9:30 tomorrow morning and will get down there around 12:35pm...
The housing arraingments are still fuzzy, I will have to "bunk" with someone (But with separate bedrooms thank god...) and everything else we'll find out when we get there.
I spent all night packing...
everyone's gonna freak when they see my bald head, but I'm not sweating it...my hair grows back fast.
I'm so excited, I gonna miss indy so much, I know mom's going to mistreat him while I'm gone. And god only knows what Psycho-sis and Baby Girl will do in my half empty room while I'm gone...
I'm taking my laptop with me in hopes a internet connection will be available, if not, there's always the job.
Three weeks of sun, uninhibited women, surf and parties...
Call me Johnny Beachcomber!
PS, you can bet the house I'll be taking pics...
Till next time...
PEACE!!!!
See, I ain't the only one!!!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
YOU WOULD NEVER believe what has happened to me this weekend!!!!
I wake up saturday morning I feel a lil tickle on my leg. I think it's indy's tail brushing up on me or something...I stir up and see a big red dot with legs WALKING away from me! I squash it immedately and it explodes in a pool of red blood. I can't imagine what the hell that was untill...
I jump out of bed head towards the kitchen, grab a flashlight and come back to my room. I get all "CSI" on my bed checking the corners, underneath, I then flipped the half of bed open as if it was going back into a sofa and in the hollow bottom compartment I saw them...
BEDBUGS!
MUTHAFUCKIN' BED BUGS!!!!
Within seconds I went into "Outbreak" mode. I put the couch pillows in garbage bags then took them out to the hallway garbage chute. I took off the coverings and tied them into a another garbage bag and threw it in. I chopped up the stuffing foam and bagged that tightly and also put it in the chute. I came back in the house grabbed two scarfs, put on my head and one around my mouth, I looked like a crypt (To those at home, that's a gang member...).
MOM wakes up and looks at me as if I'm some madman as I go digging in the closets for old shower curtains...
"What the hell are you doing?"
"I gotta throw away the couch...it's got bugs."
"EW, Wha, like termites?"
I give her this crazy look then fish out an old green shower curtain from 3 summers ago...
"Wait!, what are you doing!...you can't do this now..." she yells.
"Why!!!?"
"Because it's 9am in the morning, you know how many people are in the elevators now?...you're gonna have to wait till tonight to take that thing down..."
"SHIT!" I thought...she was right.
I went back to my room and separated my bed from everything else and then detached the 3 pieces and lined them up on the wall.
I had this damn couch bed for over 5 years, I brought it from a rare italian furnature place that is now out of business, no one possibly make beds like this anymore.
HOW THE FUCK DID BEDBUGS get in my house!?!?!?
I just heard a story how they were making a comeback everywhere in New York...people getting bitten while they're sleeping....UGGGGHHH!! I tried to settle down, but thinking of those bastards crawling around on my bed in my room unsettled the shit out of me.
I went online and found a pest control store near me, I took off my scarfs and put on my shoes and went out. The dude sold me a 25.00 spray that kills them, but I needed more...
"I'm gonna need a BOMB." I said.
He hooked me up with a 7.00 "hiroshima" room evacuator.
I wasn't fuckin playing!
I came back home, put on my scarfs and worked those damn bloodsuckers with the spray.
I waited patently the rest of the day...watch the rain pour down off and on...MOM went to pick up baby girl and take her out to Burger King for dinner. At 7pm, I started with the most "infected" part, the base. I wrapped it with 2 shower curtains tied garbage bags over each end and handled the whole thing with gloves. The trip down I didn't run into anybody as I left it at the designated site next to the incinerator. I waited a half hour or so after that because I knew I was lucky...
MOM came back with my Niece and some fries for me. "Star Wars Episode 3:Revenge of the Sith" was premering on HBO tonight...any other day this would have been a cool day, even with the rain, but all I could think about was those bugs...
At 8:45, I started on the first piece of the "Matress/Couch". I was out of shower curtains so I used more garbage bags tied with twine. My niece wanted to help as much as I kept her away from me so she held the doors open for me as I made my way to the elevator.
This time, I had to let two cars go by as they were full (Where the HELL all these people goin in the rain!!!), then a third one came empty. There were some people in the lobby that gave me a couple of glances, but I just ignored them and went on my business.
I then came back and did the last piece...there was a graduatiton party going on down the hall some smart ass came across and asked me...
"Yo, what's that?"
I told him, "A body! and there's more room where's he's going! You wanna join 'em!?"
Their faces went white and they went pass me and took the stairs, guess in my neighborhood it could be true...
The whole thing was done by 9:30am, I put indy in his carrier (Cuz he doesn't like the mop or the broom) and went through the room getting rid of any eggs or dead ones that could be around. I was almost convinced I was safe, but there was one last thing to do...
We waited till the rain stopped for a bit and went out on the terrace, it was the only place I trusted. I put a beach towel under a chair as mom fished out the equipment.
"You sure you wanna do this?" she asked.
"It's the only way to be sure, just do it and get it over with..."
"Okay." she said, I could tell she was holding back a giggle.
Back in the day, mom tried to save money but cutting my own hair. She was never good at it, but there's always one good cut everyone is good at...
She shaved my whole head...bald...cue ball central.
Afterwards we collected the hair and burned it in a trash can...taking no chances.
GOD, this has got to be the worst day in quite a while...
I dug out mom's guest air mattress and plugged it in to inflate. I plan to bomb the whole room before buying a new bed.
Till then, I can put off going anywhere but work and trying to be social for a few weeks till my hair grows back.
BED BUGS, what could be worst!?!?!?!
I wake up saturday morning I feel a lil tickle on my leg. I think it's indy's tail brushing up on me or something...I stir up and see a big red dot with legs WALKING away from me! I squash it immedately and it explodes in a pool of red blood. I can't imagine what the hell that was untill...
I jump out of bed head towards the kitchen, grab a flashlight and come back to my room. I get all "CSI" on my bed checking the corners, underneath, I then flipped the half of bed open as if it was going back into a sofa and in the hollow bottom compartment I saw them...
BEDBUGS!
MUTHAFUCKIN' BED BUGS!!!!
Within seconds I went into "Outbreak" mode. I put the couch pillows in garbage bags then took them out to the hallway garbage chute. I took off the coverings and tied them into a another garbage bag and threw it in. I chopped up the stuffing foam and bagged that tightly and also put it in the chute. I came back in the house grabbed two scarfs, put on my head and one around my mouth, I looked like a crypt (To those at home, that's a gang member...).
MOM wakes up and looks at me as if I'm some madman as I go digging in the closets for old shower curtains...
"What the hell are you doing?"
"I gotta throw away the couch...it's got bugs."
"EW, Wha, like termites?"
I give her this crazy look then fish out an old green shower curtain from 3 summers ago...
"Wait!, what are you doing!...you can't do this now..." she yells.
"Why!!!?"
"Because it's 9am in the morning, you know how many people are in the elevators now?...you're gonna have to wait till tonight to take that thing down..."
"SHIT!" I thought...she was right.
I went back to my room and separated my bed from everything else and then detached the 3 pieces and lined them up on the wall.
I had this damn couch bed for over 5 years, I brought it from a rare italian furnature place that is now out of business, no one possibly make beds like this anymore.
HOW THE FUCK DID BEDBUGS get in my house!?!?!?
I just heard a story how they were making a comeback everywhere in New York...people getting bitten while they're sleeping....UGGGGHHH!! I tried to settle down, but thinking of those bastards crawling around on my bed in my room unsettled the shit out of me.
I went online and found a pest control store near me, I took off my scarfs and put on my shoes and went out. The dude sold me a 25.00 spray that kills them, but I needed more...
"I'm gonna need a BOMB." I said.
He hooked me up with a 7.00 "hiroshima" room evacuator.
I wasn't fuckin playing!
I came back home, put on my scarfs and worked those damn bloodsuckers with the spray.
I waited patently the rest of the day...watch the rain pour down off and on...MOM went to pick up baby girl and take her out to Burger King for dinner. At 7pm, I started with the most "infected" part, the base. I wrapped it with 2 shower curtains tied garbage bags over each end and handled the whole thing with gloves. The trip down I didn't run into anybody as I left it at the designated site next to the incinerator. I waited a half hour or so after that because I knew I was lucky...
MOM came back with my Niece and some fries for me. "Star Wars Episode 3:Revenge of the Sith" was premering on HBO tonight...any other day this would have been a cool day, even with the rain, but all I could think about was those bugs...
At 8:45, I started on the first piece of the "Matress/Couch". I was out of shower curtains so I used more garbage bags tied with twine. My niece wanted to help as much as I kept her away from me so she held the doors open for me as I made my way to the elevator.
This time, I had to let two cars go by as they were full (Where the HELL all these people goin in the rain!!!), then a third one came empty. There were some people in the lobby that gave me a couple of glances, but I just ignored them and went on my business.
I then came back and did the last piece...there was a graduatiton party going on down the hall some smart ass came across and asked me...
"Yo, what's that?"
I told him, "A body! and there's more room where's he's going! You wanna join 'em!?"
Their faces went white and they went pass me and took the stairs, guess in my neighborhood it could be true...
The whole thing was done by 9:30am, I put indy in his carrier (Cuz he doesn't like the mop or the broom) and went through the room getting rid of any eggs or dead ones that could be around. I was almost convinced I was safe, but there was one last thing to do...
We waited till the rain stopped for a bit and went out on the terrace, it was the only place I trusted. I put a beach towel under a chair as mom fished out the equipment.
"You sure you wanna do this?" she asked.
"It's the only way to be sure, just do it and get it over with..."
"Okay." she said, I could tell she was holding back a giggle.
Back in the day, mom tried to save money but cutting my own hair. She was never good at it, but there's always one good cut everyone is good at...
She shaved my whole head...bald...cue ball central.
Afterwards we collected the hair and burned it in a trash can...taking no chances.
GOD, this has got to be the worst day in quite a while...
I dug out mom's guest air mattress and plugged it in to inflate. I plan to bomb the whole room before buying a new bed.
Till then, I can put off going anywhere but work and trying to be social for a few weeks till my hair grows back.
BED BUGS, what could be worst!?!?!?!
New Music and New Avatar
Did some spritzing up on the ol' Template by adding a flashy new Avatar (I've been straying away from the whole THEME of my blog's Title Name...Cowboy Bebop and JET BLACK!!!) also added some new tunes I'm listening to courtesy of the Roots Concert among other things. Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous Girl" is growing on me due the new Verizon Phone commercials, I wanna get that song from Mariah Carey's Pepsi Commerical "Time of Your Life"...I also got some new J*Davey songs (I NEED MORE, somebody see if she's on iTunes!!!), lot of songs from movies (Robocop 2, Austin Powers, Crash, and Rent), a few more songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees because I'm feeling Goth Rock-ish recently...
I know I should have more, I'm still behind in listening to all the stuff I download, Busta Rhymes' "The Big Bang" comes out in two weeks, and early listens don't have me feeling it...and I still have to pick up the new "5 Browns" CD...
I know I should have more, I'm still behind in listening to all the stuff I download, Busta Rhymes' "The Big Bang" comes out in two weeks, and early listens don't have me feeling it...and I still have to pick up the new "5 Browns" CD...
"Catch and Release"
Work's been INSANE.
The client has been giving us database issues, they're being how picky on how the papers should be handled (We unstaple and remove paper clips from everything only to put them back on in the exact way they were...), the workflow has be reduced to a slow crawl... We've barely have enough to keep us busy a full 8 hours, we've been going home early almost every day this week. We need these hours, this ain't funny, it's a waste of bloody time!
Then there's MIAMI...
IT's been said that since the majority of the work has been completed up here in New York, the team should be sent down to concentrate on the miami files and then come back and finish in New York. SO! We MAY or MAY NOT be going...first thing MONDAY, talk about getting your bags packed!
We'll be expected to stay down there for 3 weeks, we don't know nothing about housing arraingments, but it's implied that we'll all have seprate rooms (I mean, they seriously can't stick four women in the same room with 1 guy, it would be suicide!), and even the idea of rooming with someone is out of the question...I snore, I get up to pee 3 times a night, I can't deal with anybody.
As much as I want to get down there, it CAN'T be next week. Tuesday I have a manditory appearence at some Job Center to continue my unemployment. Just a quick visit to show I'm "Looking" for work and to recieve some "ideas" how to do so. If I don't attend, they MAY cut off my unemployment.
The freak weather has done nothing for my mood. I've been trying to talk to JOE but he's still busy preparing for the big move. How ironic would it be I'd head down to Florida before him without saying goodbye? That'll be real fucked up...
The boss has been calling each day from Seacacus telling us that we're going, THEN telling us "It's not Finalized", everything's so up in the air...the final decision will be made tomorrow and we'll find out if we're going monday or not.
HMMPH....Miami...
I wonder if I'm ready...I wonder if THEY'RE ready...
This'll be one hell of a trip.
The client has been giving us database issues, they're being how picky on how the papers should be handled (We unstaple and remove paper clips from everything only to put them back on in the exact way they were...), the workflow has be reduced to a slow crawl... We've barely have enough to keep us busy a full 8 hours, we've been going home early almost every day this week. We need these hours, this ain't funny, it's a waste of bloody time!
Then there's MIAMI...
IT's been said that since the majority of the work has been completed up here in New York, the team should be sent down to concentrate on the miami files and then come back and finish in New York. SO! We MAY or MAY NOT be going...first thing MONDAY, talk about getting your bags packed!
We'll be expected to stay down there for 3 weeks, we don't know nothing about housing arraingments, but it's implied that we'll all have seprate rooms (I mean, they seriously can't stick four women in the same room with 1 guy, it would be suicide!), and even the idea of rooming with someone is out of the question...I snore, I get up to pee 3 times a night, I can't deal with anybody.
As much as I want to get down there, it CAN'T be next week. Tuesday I have a manditory appearence at some Job Center to continue my unemployment. Just a quick visit to show I'm "Looking" for work and to recieve some "ideas" how to do so. If I don't attend, they MAY cut off my unemployment.
The freak weather has done nothing for my mood. I've been trying to talk to JOE but he's still busy preparing for the big move. How ironic would it be I'd head down to Florida before him without saying goodbye? That'll be real fucked up...
The boss has been calling each day from Seacacus telling us that we're going, THEN telling us "It's not Finalized", everything's so up in the air...the final decision will be made tomorrow and we'll find out if we're going monday or not.
HMMPH....Miami...
I wonder if I'm ready...I wonder if THEY'RE ready...
This'll be one hell of a trip.
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