Rantings of a Creole Princess

GoNappturale App!

GoNappturale!

What say you? Would YOU purchase this app? SIP: Tell TBS to NOT looking at the word traveling misspelled. Me: It won't help. You know it will drive her batty.

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Have you ever felt like you were tired of drinking water?

Anybody ever tried these?

What say YOU?

Interesting comment...

"I could care less, love is love. However, I have heard folks say that black men are now choosing Latinos because they get the white girl hair and the black girl curves all in one. The best of both worlds. That's just what I heard."

What say you?

Question...

Have you ever told someone that something simply wasn't your kinda thing and they took it personally?  What's that all about cuz I'm confused?

What...if anything...

...do you think can be done to jolt teenagers onto the right path once it becomes obvious they are comfortable acting an ass and their family doesn't have expectations for and of them? 

Are they just "lost" until something bad happens?

*sigh*

Brian White Married a Latina

Do YOU have a problem with this?

What say YOU?

Dear PoP: Anti-teen Noise-weapon Hits DC at Chinatown Metro

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

If a very rich group of people approached you and told you they will give you $1 million cash as a bonus if you will be the voice and face of their agenda (an agenda that you TRULY don't believe in and which basically focuses on the continued perpetuation of a form of hate) and then a salary of $2 million per year...would you?

Scenario...

Your child comes home from the first day of school very unhappy and tells you they don't want to go back there ever again.

There is nothing new about the school or environment that you can thing of as you've lived in the same area for a long time and your child has gone to school with pretty much all the same kids their entire life. 

Your child won't tell you what's going on other than to say they just don't want to.

How do you handle?

From My Inbox: Married Men and Facebook

Dear Monica:

I think the tribe should start a revolution about married men and Facebook because this has to stop.  I have a married man who is a realtor in my Facebook inbox right now who, under the initial guise of networking, is saying shit like he wants to get to know me better and hopes to see me real SOON.  I wish I could say this is a one time thing but it happens all the time in private messages and I'm about to make it a policy to not friend any married man unless he's family. 

******

Have any of you had married Facebook Pimpage in your inbox?  How did you handle? 

Tell the truth and shame the devil! - "Bittersweet"

Anybody got you caught up with bittersweet memories sometimes? Do you still think you did the right thing and made the right decision? "...see you have you to understand. Somebody is going to get hurt out of this situation and you just hope it isn't you..." Is it a good thing to go into a relationship with the mindset that somebody is going to eventually get hurt? Is that healthy?????

Problems with Verizon Fios

I can't believe this ish but yeah...we've started having problems with our Verizon Fios.  It's been over a year without a single problema but yeah...suddenly it's not working well.

It started about a week ago.  I tried to pull up regular sites and got error messages.

My Birthday Party!

I'm having a birthday party in the city on Friday.

If you wanna come and haven't received an invitation...holla atcha girl.

It's gonna be way casual and I suggest you wear flats cuz we are going to get out DANCE ON PLAYAS!!!!!!!!

Glenn Beck is a Mormon! NOT a Christian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yall know this right?  RIGHT?????  So when you hear some idiot talking about Beck's "good Christian values" please remind that fool that the Mormon Doctrine and Christian Doctrine are NOTHING alike!

“Who else thinks Beck is more of a tent revivalist than a political pitchman, and that his ultimate goal is to win souls for the L.D.S. Church?”

Tasha Smith Acting Workshop

Who knew old girl was working her brand????? 

Tasha Smith Acting Workshop

What say YOU?

Million Dollar Hair

Head & Shoulders Insures Troy Polamalu's Hair

"Takers" was No. 1 at the box office opening weekend!

Did YOU go see it?  What did you think?

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Do you ever read more than one book at a time?

Are YOU going to watch?

Oh really now?

NOT my friend mind ya. 

One of YALL friends.

Sent me a FB message just now.  ROFL!

Seriously?

I just watched a teenaged girl get off the school bus with shorts so short and tight they look like plaid boyshort underwear. DA HELL?????????????

Do schools have rules for length of shorts? It's only the first day and she already clowning!

Return...

Have you ever purchased something only to not wear it and then start wondering if you should return it?  What makes you decide to return it?

Can yall see the plum colored eyelashes?????

Sephora gave me a whole bunch of different mascaras to try so today I tried out the plum one. It's pretty bright inside the tube but I'll be darned if you can just barely make it out. Can yall see it? What say you? (SIP:  Oh...and I know yall looking for the white Chiclet.  NOT!)

 

Good Question from a FB Friend:

So if there is a shortage in the type of men that you are interested in.. Is it wise to select one with the most potential and "bring him up" to your standards??? Will/does that work???

Books

Whatchu reading? 

Anything you'd recommend?  One Flight Up: A Novel

(This is actually one of my FAVORITE-er-est posts to do so I try and do it about once a month.  I get some REALLY good ideas from you guys so thanky you soooooooo much!)

List

Did you have a list of "wants" before you met your S/O? 

Is your S/O missing anything you thought you needed to have from that list? 

Did having a list help or hurt?

Thoughts on the "list?"

Question...

Have you ever rocked a colored mascara?  Would you? 

BADgal Plum Mascara

Scenario from the news...

Dude is a billionaire.

He has a girlfriend.

His girlfriend has two children for him.

Dude gets girlfriend to sign an agreement saying he'll provide for their health care, education and pay her $9 million in cash over the course of their life for "child support."

They didn't have a child support agreement through the court.

They break up.

Chick does the math.

Realizes that if she'd gone through court...based on the child support "formula" she coulda got $400,000 more a month.

She sues for retroactive monies.

The kids are now 18 and 22.

Billionaire Donald Bren Left Children 'Very Angry and Very Hurt' After Trial, Ex Girlfriend Says

What say you?

Question...

Of all the award shows...which one would you like to attend?

Scenario...

You pack your lunch and take it in to work with you.

You put it in the fridge in the break room.

A co-worker comes into your workspace with your salad.

Apparently your containers matched and he was talking while getting it out and didn't realize he had your salad and not his.  He'd already had a forkful before he realized the error.

He hands you his salad that his wife prepared for him as an even exchange.

What do you do?

The Side Eye QUEEN!

This is a still from "Marco Polo."  Whenever possible I like to use real people I know who have major personality that I think would translate well on screen.  Well...onefromphilly has the meanest side eye this side of the Atlantic and I was hoping it would pop on screen.

Well?  What do YOU think?  Does she have the side eye down or what?

No.Words.

— Italy's health minister traveled to Sicily on Monday to apologize to a new mother for an operating room fistfight between two doctors that led to her botched delivery.

Laura Salpietro, 30, had to have her uterus removed and her son Antonio suffered heart problems and possible brain damage following his birth Thursday in Messina's public hospital, Italian news reports said.

Italy health minister apologizes for botched birth

What say YOU? CAN YOU BELIEVE??????????????????

"Katrina finished what she started today.  Granny died." ~ Weezy

Five years ago Weezy's grandmother was vibrant and sharp as a tack.  She knew her way around her kitchen blindfolded and she loved her life and her family more than anything.

Five years ago Katrina hit and she had to leave her beloved home in order to stay alive.  She evacuated with family and ended up for the next three years living in Houston, Atlanta and Dallas before being able to be returned to her beloved New Orleans.

She started showing signs of the wear and tear of missing her life and of how badly the tragedy rocked her.  Her health deteriorated at a rapid speed and...when she could return to New Orleans...it was to a nursing home that had been lovingly researched by her family as the best one able to give her the best quality care for her specific medical needs.

All she ever wanted, however, was to go back to her home even as her family knew she couldn't handle seeing the destruction of it and kept her away.

But she asked all the time.  "Why can't I go to my house?"

As the rest of the world was talking about the anniversary of Katrina as if it's something to do once a year...she, along with so many others, had been living with it every single day for 5 years.  It's not a sound bite.  Not a human interest piece.  Not an opportunity for someone to make money off what happened to our people.

BK...AK...Before Katrina and After Katrina...there is always still Katrina.

She left us yesterday on the anniversary of the storm that changed her life forever.  Her children were there and spent the night in the nursing home with her because the doctor had shared that it was just a matter of time.

And now she's gone.  On the anniversary of the day that started it all.

There are so many lives that will never be the same because of Katrina.  So many families still ripped apart.  So many people who would still do anything to return to their beloved New Orleans.

I hope yall are still praying for them.

"Katrina finished what she started today.  Granny died." ~ Weezy

I gotta give it to you natural hair divas.  I mean seriously.  I don't personally know of not nainh ainh natural hair diva who does not always look her flyest by the head.  Seriously.  Yall took the game to a new level and baaaaaby...I love whatchall working with.

And I gotta shout out yall patience.

The kid has about an inch and a half of new growth.  I've been rocking and rolling recently so I've simply been washing it every other day and letting it air dry with headbands.  Then...I moisturize and oil it up and put it up.  No fuss, no muss.

Well...this morning I got tired of that look so I decided to try and do it up a bit.  You know...get it prepped for a good flat ironing.

Um...*BLINK*

IT TOOK ME DAMN NEAR 45 MINUTES OF DETANGLING AND COMBING THAT ISH OUT WITHOUT BREAKAGE!  ESPECIALLY IN THE TOP OF MY DANG HEAD!

AND I WAS USING A DETANGLER AT EVERY SECTION WITH A DETANGLING COMB!

That said...I don't know how yall do it with a whole head of hair.  More power to you man.  Yall flipping ROCK!  The level of patience yall have could make you lifelong abstaining nuns.

Sheesh!

I was going to wait until I had two inches before I did a touch-up.  How much ya wanna bet I handle that this week?  I don't have the time, energy or patience to be doing all that super dooper kid glove treatment right now.

Some dang tips on detangling might help cuz I don't know HOW yall deal with combing out without breakage!

I'm just saying.

38

5'9"

Teddy bear build

Single

Never married

No kids

Seems to have a good job.

When you met him...he was wearing this:

While you guys are watching and reading the news regarding the rally held today in DC please don't forget the following:

With a deadpan, Beck insists that he is not political: "I could give a flying crap about the political process." Making money, on the other hand, is to be taken very seriously, and controversy is its own coinage. "We're an entertainment company," Beck says.

From this article in Forbes, April 2010:  Glenn Beck Inc

Things to be Grateful For

Photographed by Kayla

What's the last restaurant you visited that wasn't considered fast food?  Would you recommend? 

You're offered a job over the phone.

The job is in another state.

A start date is decided.

Do you start making plans to quit your current job and move without receiving an offer letter?

Did you stay in a dorm room in college?  For how long?  Any challenges?  Did you dislike any of your roommates / suite mates?

If you don't bring your own laBtop, use the guest computer provided.  Don't touch mine.  ROFL!

Anyone ever used this product?  Was is your HONEST-AIN'T-NOBODY-LOOKING opinion of it?

BK...AK...

"Katrina finished what she started today.  Granny died." ~ Weezy

Five years ago Weezy's grandmother was vibrant and sharp as a tack.  She knew her way around her kitchen blindfolded and she loved her life and her family more than anything.

Five years ago Katrina hit and she had to leave her beloved home in order to stay alive.  She evacuated with family and ended up for the next three years living in Houston, Atlanta and Dallas before being able to be returned to her beloved New Orleans.

She started showing signs of the wear and tear of missing her life and of how badly the tragedy rocked her.  Her health deteriorated at a rapid speed and...when she could return to New Orleans...it was to a nursing home that had been lovingly researched by her family as the best one able to give her the best quality care for her specific medical needs.

All she ever wanted, however, was to go back to her home even as her family knew she couldn't handle seeing the destruction of it and kept her away.

But she asked all the time.  "Why can't I go to my house?"

As the rest of the world was talking about the anniversary of Katrina as if it's something to do once a year...she, along with so many others, had been living with it every single day for 5 years.  It's not a sound bite.  Not a human interest piece.  Not an opportunity for someone to make money off what happened to our people.

BK...AK...Before Katrina and After Katrina...there is always still Katrina.

She left us yesterday on the anniversary of the storm that changed her life forever.  Her children were there and spent the night in the nursing home with her because the doctor had shared that it was just a matter of time.

And now she's gone.  On the anniversary of the day that started it all.

There are so many lives that will never be the same because of Katrina.  So many families still ripped apart.  So many people who would still do anything to return to their beloved New Orleans.

I hope yall are still praying for them.

"Katrina finished what she started today.  Granny died." ~ Weezy

Rutina Wesley's Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Emmanuelle Chriqui's Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Kyra Sedgwick's Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

January Jones' Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Heidi Klum's Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Giving the Natural Hair Divas their DUE!

I gotta give it to you natural hair divas.  I mean seriously.  I don't personally know of not nainh ainh natural hair diva who does not always look her flyest by the head.  Seriously.  Yall took the game to a new level and baaaaaby...I love whatchall working with.

And I gotta shout out yall patience.

The kid has about an inch and a half of new growth.  I've been rocking and rolling recently so I've simply been washing it every other day and letting it air dry with headbands.  Then...I moisturize and oil it up and put it up.  No fuss, no muss.

Well...this morning I got tired of that look so I decided to try and do it up a bit.  You know...get it prepped for a good flat ironing.

Um...*BLINK*

IT TOOK ME DAMN NEAR 45 MINUTES OF DETANGLING AND COMBING THAT ISH OUT WITHOUT BREAKAGE!  ESPECIALLY IN THE TOP OF MY DANG HEAD!

AND I WAS USING A DETANGLER AT EVERY SECTION WITH A DETANGLING COMB!

That said...I don't know how yall do it with a whole head of hair.  More power to you man.  Yall flipping ROCK!  The level of patience yall have could make you lifelong abstaining nuns.

Sheesh!

I was going to wait until I had two inches before I did a touch-up.  How much ya wanna bet I handle that this week?  I don't have the time, energy or patience to be doing all that super dooper kid glove treatment right now.

Some dang tips on detangling might help cuz I don't know HOW yall deal with combing out without breakage!

I'm just saying.

Would YOU date him?

38

5'9"

Teddy bear build

Single

Never married

No kids

Seems to have a good job.

When you met him...he was wearing this:

Dear Glenn Beck:

While you guys are watching and reading the news regarding the rally held today in DC please don't forget the following:

With a deadpan, Beck insists that he is not political: "I could give a flying crap about the political process." Making money, on the other hand, is to be taken very seriously, and controversy is its own coinage. "We're an entertainment company," Beck says.

From this article in Forbes, April 2010:  Glenn Beck Inc

Sniffle...

Things to be Grateful For

SIP out on the town...

Photographed by Kayla

Question...

What's the last restaurant you visited that wasn't considered fast food?  Would you recommend? 

Scenario...

You're offered a job over the phone.

The job is in another state.

A start date is decided.

Do you start making plans to quit your current job and move without receiving an offer letter?

Dorm Room

Did you stay in a dorm room in college?  For how long?  Any challenges?  Did you dislike any of your roommates / suite mates?

One last "rule!"

If you don't bring your own laBtop, use the guest computer provided.  Don't touch mine.  ROFL!

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Anyone ever used this product?  Was is your HONEST-AIN'T-NOBODY-LOOKING opinion of it?