any song title would have just been corny.....

I thought I was done with blogging forever but Victoria's secret has a new bra and they managed to top the "perfect" bra. Its called "the incredible" and it has self adjusting straps. I am curious about self adjusting straps, how can that work? I have no clue what they will call the next one. Where do you go from incredible?

The problem with trying to give good customer service is people confuse doing your job with truly caring. Today this guy tried to educate me on chess and convert me to Christianity. Don't get me wrong, I want your banking experience to be awesome but that's really it. Oh, and I had to call 911 for a guy who thought he was having a stroke in my lobby. He wasn't.

just when I thought VH1 had given all they had to give the awesome writers come up with Money Hungry. Its like biggest loser but the dirty trashy vh1 version. Each team of 2 puts up $10,000 of their own money and the team that loses the most weight wins $100,000. No real focus on the workouts, just on the drama and the drinking.

Huge news, I am getting married. Kinda of a big deal, guess I shouldn't have said non-husband on the blog. I flirted with non baby daddy yesterday and I think I saw tiny tears of fear roll down his face. So husband will have to do.

Speaking of babies, Bonnie is about to give birth anysecond. I can't wait for Dean to get here! Oh and this blog is awesome.

I am so excited about being married but I am very much over being engaged. We are getting married in November and people keep asking why so soon? If this is soon I would hate to experience not soon. I guess it would be nice to have more planning time, but I am feeling good about how things are going. I am ready for the day to come and go and my mother to go back to her old self.

Now that Abraham has a son in law in his radar his lectures have gone from "when will you get married" to "when you get married...." He is trying to give me wifey lessons. These conversations are so painful i actually miss the when are you getting married talks.

Everyone says that you lose lots of weight before your wedding. Mine is less that 90 days away and so far no weight loss. This is my current weight loss plan, does anyone know when it is going kick in?

Lauri is doing all of my stationery for the wedding and she is awesome. If you have any design projects please talk to Lauri!

I went to Chick fil a last Friday and the drive thru line was wrapped around the building. I mean is the chicken really that good? Really? People need to find a new place to eat. that being said I waited, but just because i was picking up food for other people. If it was just me I would have left. I think. I hope. Well probably.

Half the time I forgot what I am writing as I am writing this. Maybe I am getting old.

Not-yet-husband pointed out that a lot of my blog posts end with me going to find food. Just so all of you know, that is not what I am going to do right now.

Layla, you've got me on my knees, Layla....

Happy April Friends!!

The best thing about my job is i get to talk to alot of different people everyday. The worst thing about my job is that i get to talk to a lot of people everyday. Working with the wonderful people of Benbrook is quite the adventure. In the last week I have been cussed out, I have had a customer tell me she loves me, but the best conversation of late was with a guy who is convinced that he is going to win the lottery. He wanted to sit down with me and make sure that all of his winnings would be safe in the bank and covered by FDIC insurance. REALLY! People make me laugh, but i am going to cross my fingers for him cause maybe he will hook a sister up with some cash.

The babies are multiplying and its so much fun to keep up with everyone and where they are at in their pregnancies. I got to meet Miss Channing a couple of weeks ago. She is precious and I kinda want to be BFFs with her. I have never met Remi Roo, but he is precious and I love him from a distance. Now when I am out and see children Its different. Its kind of mind blowing that my friends, people my age have the lives of little people in their hands. I have made it my mission to give the best gifts ever. I am probably going to waste money on stuff that only fits for like a week, but their mama's will love me for that week. I got Channing some really cute baby heels and one of my tellers told me i was helping create a prostitot. Yep you read that right, Prostitot. Baby Prostitute. She is a bit dramatic, but i guess showing her this picture was not helping.

I was trying to come up with a new nickname for my dude on here. One of the girls at work suggested non husband but i am hesitant to go with that so soon. Non-boyfriend, became boyfriend, Non-Husband becomes....well you see where I am going with this. Heavy stuff. For now Dude will do. Pearl Joy calls us Bife, which I think is pretty cool!

The strange thing about where I live in Ft. Worth is that to one side of my apartment complex is a really nice neighborhood with huge beautiful houses and on the other side is a slightly rougher area called Como. A couple of years ago I needed to get my hair did and I couldn't get in to see my regular person so i went to this very nice woman in Como. While i was in there a camera crew came in to film a documentary called 1sqMile. I thought nothing of it till today when I saw that they actually made the documentary and they will be showing at film festivals around the country. I think its pretty cool. Side note, the Como lady chemically burned the mess out of head and I never went back.

Last weekend we went to a wedding. It was very pretty and I am super happy for the newlyweds. The weekend reminded me that Nigerians are difficult to deal with. All of the weddings I have been in have been non Nigerian. And seeing the inner workings of a Nigerian wedding was enlightening. Nigerian weddings sometimes have an added element called the traditional wedding or traditional engagement. The point of the whole thing is really awesome because if focuses on the fact that when people get married their families get married and its really about the joining of the two families. BUT, Nigerians sure do know how to draw things out. Four hours later i was really not feeling the love.

While I love my girlfriends I think its really hard to deal with new women. Guys are just easier to be around. I feel girl on girl crimes are more prevalent than black on black murders. We just don't seem to be comfortable with each other. I think my next hire is going to be a man. I need some testosterone in my work place. All these women are stressing me out. I can't handle all these hurt feelings. I tell you messed up on a transaction and then you start crying. Jigga what?

I love watching Real Time with Bill Maher. He is so brutally honest. Sometimes he hits way below the belt, but for the most part he is right. One of my readers told me not to be political on here, so i am going to try and avoid my political opinions but i read this yesterday and I just wanted to share it. Interesting read.

I am tired now. Today's song is just because its a bad ass song. Yay Eric Clapton.

Dear People that read my blog, I am very sorry for the randomness that you are about to experience.

This is like 2 months of blog, It should be really long but I haven't had anything to say for 2 months so it will probably pretty short.

On Friday night I did the beverage equivalent to uppers and downers. Red Bull to stay awake and red wine to go to sleep. I was going to finish this on Friday after the wine, but the downers kicked in too fast.

I went to see the Percy Jackson movie. It was actually pretty good. But I will warn you if you have seen the first Harry Potter movie then you have pretty much seen this one. If i was J.K. Rowling i would be very upset with Rick Riordian (Author of Percy Jackson books). Talk about swagger jacking. But since J.K. Rowling is refusing to write any more Harry Potter books I have decided to get in to Percy Jackson.

I am racist towards Aggies. Why must they BTHO all the time? Why can't they be happy to win the game? Very silly Aggies. And why do they care so much about UT? UT doesn't care about them. I think they put crazy in the College Station water. Don't drink it. BTHO TU, doesn't even make grammatical sense. And Whoop? What is whoop!

Went to the Jay-Z concert last week. He put on a great show. Probably the best concert I have been to. The most amazing part was when he thanked the audience. Every artist does it, but when he thanked everyone at the AAC for coming out, I believed him. And y'all know I don't believe much. He seemed so honest and genuine in his appreciation of the fans who make his life possible.

The friends with babies is at a whole new level. While at Babies's R Us yesterday I joined the the rewards program. I am pretty pumped about the fact that I am going to spend a lot of money there in the near future and Yay for rewards for it! Last night was Kelsey's shower, I got Miss Channing her first pair of high heels! They are soo cute!

I was a little reluctant to return to work after Christmas and New Years Eve so i looked in to taking my work pension. Unfortunately if i retired today i would get $20 a month for the next 17 years. I guess I am going to keep working. Even if Abraham took me back I couldn't survive on that.

I saw movie The Book of Eli a while back. Awesome movie. They managed to talk about God and Christianity without being Cheesy. I had no clue what the movie was about before seeing it and I really think that's the way to go in to it.

The state of Utah passed legislation that can, but hopefully won't, end up prosecuting women for miscarrying. What is wrong with this county? Like there is not enough pain in that situation? Really?

I got a new weave. Blah.

I am starting to understand people who don't watch the news. I used to think they were ignorant and just burying their heads in the sad. But lately I have come to conclusion that politics is crap. I hate to be such a huge cynic but the last year has shown me that neither party is going to do anything to change our lives. The democrats had a huge majority in the House and Senate and really should have been able to get anything they wanted done. And they didn't do anything. As much as they cry about Republicans being the party of No, they had/have the power to shut them up and they can't get all their own people in line. Boo.

I am going to DC next week and I am seriously considering protesting outside the Supreme Court. Ademide is taking to to the Senate and the House and I am going to find something hard and round to throw at our "representatives" Maybe i can knock some sense in to them. Very silly men and women. What should I put on my sign? Thanks for making it worse!

Well that's all for Feburary! Hope y'all had a great month! Talk to you in March!

Who knows what could happen. Do what you do, just keep on laughing, One thing's true, there's always a brand new day...

Happy New Year! Yay for 2010! I hope everyone is off to a good start this year. I went to my first church service of the new year and stayed awake through the whole sermon. I am very proud of myself. I am not going to make out loud resolutions, but i have some life changes i want to implement.

I had a chill stay in night a few weeks ago. I couldn't find anything to watch so like an idiot i turn on the hills. What is wrong with these people?? Less than 10 minutes in to these and I was shocked by the things I saw. Please let this not be reality. Please let these people be acting cause this is crazy. Spencer saw a doctor about a vasectomy so Heidi is going to surprise him with a pregnancy. Are you kidding me??? In your rush to get married didn't ask him if he wanted to have kids? REALLY??? What is wrong with these people???? What about the poor kid you are going to bring in to the world to a father who doesn't want him? But REALLY????

Actually broke down and purchased the Victoria Secret Perfect bra. Its not perfect. It is actually pretty badly made and I already returned it. I think that it could be described as an epic fail. But the customer service I got at the Victoria Secret at the Domain in Austin was amazing. Speaking of epic fails, While at the Domain i saw this store called ruehl. Some brain trust at Abercombie and Fitch thought, "why don't we design a store that looks like a house, that is very badly lit, and has A&F clothes, BUT everything is 30% more expensive." Cause those sweatshirts were not expensive enough, lets mark them up even more. Apparently I am not the only one who feels that way, they are currently closing down all the Ruehl stores. Boo on A&F.

I think I know what I want to do, now i just need a government hook up to get me the job cause i am not actually qualified. I want to work for the FDIC. The FDIC are like banking Ninjas. It is the most gangsta job in banking. They go in to a bank on a Friday evening and are like, "This is a bank takeover," and they shut the bank down. Sometimes they have already sold the bank to another bank before they even go in. Can banking get more thug life? So if anyone knows anyone, who knows someone, who is related to someone, who works for FDIC, they need to know me.

I spent Christmas at my parents house. As much as i love being with them, each visit makes it more apparent that my apartment is my home. Being there is fun but the smoke alarms beeps constantly, they give me crap when i fall asleep on the couch and it is never warm enough there. Ademide came home for Christmas too. We had a conversation about our parent's favorite child. I think Ademide is the favorite. She thinks they like me better but agrees that they spend more money on her. If being the least favorite gets you more stuff, I want to be the daughter they don't like.

After Christmas I came back to Ft. Worth for a day then headed to Austin for New Years Eve. Austin was a lot of fun, I got to spend time with My Tina and My Val and they both got to meet BariBooBoo. Tina's first words to him were "you do exist?" Thanks Tuna. I love Tina and Jose's house. Being there makes me want to look in to my home owner plans again. Tina took me on a run that is still hurting me. My favorite moment of the run/walk was where I offered to run at a Tina pace and she informed me that she runs an eight minute mile. Well excuse me. I bet she can't keep up with the Kenyans though. :)

Val and I spent way too much time at VIP Nails and Spa. I have never felt less like a VIP than I did the almost 3 hours that Val, Ali V and I spent soaking our feet in cold water at VIP. When we were done the lady offered us coupons to come back. right... Sadly my toes don't look that good. But I got to see Val's amazing legs. They look awesome. You can tell that Holland is her happy place.

I usually only crave sweet things but right now I want salt and vinegar pop chips. More than Peach Os. Who am I? In peach o news, On my way back to Ft. Worth i discovered the most amazing gas station EVER. Its called BucCees. The one i went to was off 45 in Madisonville, but apparently they are a chain. For a moment it felt like I had died and gone to candy junkie heaven. They had a fudge bar, melon Os, the longest candy isle i have ever seen. I actually had to remind myself to keep breathing. It was AMAZING.

I am done now. Might go to the store and get some pop chips. But I am thinking no. Its kinda cold outside.

it was a creed written in to founding documents, that declared the destiny of a nation

I recently watched "We the People," it is a HBO documentary about the campaign of Barack Obama. I felt all emotional and weepy again. Made me want to start yelling yes we can! Yes We Can!, then i remembered we did and I am not seeing any change. I know it hasn't even been a year, but still, give me something. Come on Hopey McChange!


I celebrated the 5 anniversary of my 21st birthday last month. I have always heard that the older you get the more your metabolism slows down and you gain weight. I think I am experiencing that. It doesn't help that I am dating "six pack" who eats anything and still has a washboard stomach. Blah. Anyways I weighed myself every day and it seemed to just keep going up and up, even when I worked out. Finally this week I couldn't take it anymore, so I smashed the scale. Not going to lie, taking a hammer to the scale felt amazing. I think it was defective, there is no way I weighed that much. I bet that is what the women who burned bras felt. Liberated. Except they couldn't jump and dance in celebration, like I did, because they had no supportive under wire.

The conviction of Amanda Knox disturbs me more than I know how to explain. I have been trying to get over it, but I can't. I think travel and things like study abroad is one of the most enriching things a person can do. The chance to see how others live and live amongst them. How amazing. So the fact that for this girl it went from the highest of highs to spending 55 years in prison just kills me. I really don't think she did it. I think her conviction had something to do with the way Americans are viewed by the the rest of world. But how unfair, that she will never graduate college, get married, have babies, that she will live the most important years of her life in an Italian prison.

I took a practice GMAT last week. The lowest score you can get on the GMAT is 200, I didn't get a 200 don't worry. Don't think I did well enough to get in to Harvard. But I have been told that my score was a good starting place. I actually want to study now because I feel like I can do well on the test. I am going to try taking it for real in February. Wish me luck!

On this weeks episode of 30 Rock Jack Donaghy said "gift giving is the purest expression of friendship. I’m going to think about what I know and like about you and that will lead me to the perfect gift. And you do the same." As sweet and true as that is gift giving like that is hard. In my family you just say what you want and most of the time you get that. It works and everyone is happy. BF is of the Jack Donaghy school of gifting. For his birthday I racked my brain and debated and got opinions but at the end of the day i am still worried he won't like what I got. That is the problem with the touchy feely way of gift giving. It might go wrong.

Ok, i am done. Happy weekend friends!

can I get a what, what........

I went to Houston this weekend to see Abraham and Bukola, it gave me 8 hours of alone time so I have so new blog thoughts for y'all.

I have been cooking more lately. Not to brag but the words that come to mind are along the lines of, culinary genius, domestic goddess, pretty much a cooking bad ass. I think you get the picture. It is super fun and to be honest, I like my food better than restaurant food. If anyone wants to come over, I will cook for you.... It will be good i promise!

Every time i get in my car 'Party in the U.S.A.' by Miley Cyrus is on. I liked it at first but she is getting old. Fast. In the song she says "The taxi man turned on the radio, And the Jay-Z song was on, So I put my hands up, they’re playin’ my song" I just can't believe that Miley Cyrus has a Jayz song she likes. Can we really see Miley Cyrus doing the Roc Nation Sign?? Umm NO!!!!

John's birthday party had a James Bond theme. You can't tell but I was going for Bond girl. Isn't John's bow tie cute?

Anyway It made think about guns and the fact that I have never shot a gun. I kinda want to. All this time in Texas and I don't think I have ever touched a real gun. Who has a gun for me? I promise i will be careful. And I bet I would look hot. Imagine that picture with a gun in my hand.

Nene on Real Housewives used to be my favorite Atlanta housewife.. This season she is terrible, Last week she has the crying scene that was not reality and not acting. It was just bad. And she says "I have been knowning you," instead of "I have known you." Why take the time to use those extra words. Apparently Nene and Kim got in a major fight. I bet the producers were pissed that there were no cameras around. Real drama and no footage for tv someone is getting fired.

Facebook has this new feature where they suggest people for you reconnect with. I would like to thank facebook for suggesting people for me to delete. Most times it shows me people I forgot I was friends with, or people I only met once. Y'all might want to go check if we are still facebook friends.

I am done now. Going to eat, sadly its not food I cooked.

blah

Blah is the word of the day.

Blah is how i feel about my hair.

Blah is how i feel about the pimple growing on my right cheek.

Blah is how i feel about the almost 2 hour conference call i just got done with.

Blah is how i feel about my checking account goal for tomorrow. who in the world doesn't have a checking account and where can i find them?

Blah is how i feel about the fact that I have been at this branch for all of 2009.

Blah is how I feel about all the music in my car. If i have to hear "Party in the USA" one more time Miley Cyrus is getting cut.

Blah is how i feel about blogging. Blah, nothing to say.

Meh is how i feel about my outfit for John's Birthday party.

Blah/Meh is how i feel about my own birthday. Lets just not celebrate, Mmkay?

Blah is how i feel about the last 36 minutes of work today.