Rantings of a Creole Princess

Question...

Have you ever had one of those lil painful bump thingys in your ear?  Where in the hell does that come from?  Sheesh!

Break Yourself Off Fool!

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

How do you feel about your choice?

"Red Tails"

Did you see it?

What did you think?

Submerging

Randoms of a Creole Princess

I woke up yesterday with a scratchy throat and hot breath coming out of my nose.

I took Theraflu last night because I don't have time to be sick.

Am I the only person who gets WIPED OUT behind some cold and flu drogas? 

Sheesh!

I feel like I am straight dragging.

And my throat is still scratchy.

My breath is coming out hot.

I'm tired.

And my normal snack sized Ziploc bags under my eyes are straight up GALLON SIZE.

I feel asleep without putting on a head scarf and I NEVER do that!

I wanted the Ravens to go to the Super Bowl sooooooooooooooooooo badly.

*sigh*

I'm hurt.

It's supposed to be 60 degrees tomorrow.

Guess the snow will melt away.

o_0

I'm not very fly when it's cold outside. 

I dress for warmth FIRST.

Nothing is worse to me then when my feet are cold.

I'm fighting this cold man.

When I need to write something really, really deep...I imagine being told that the cancer is back and that I'm absolutely going to die.

It's not the part about dying that gets me though. 

It's thinking about leaving Robby alone.

He would be so lonely and sad.

Morbid I know.

Even more morbid that I could never, ever, EVER imagine him being the one who goes away cuz seriously...that's not an option.

I saw a really good movie this weekend.  "A Better Life." 

It was SO good!

Sorry about the super late start.

When ya girl doesn't feel well...it takes a toll.

What's going on random with you?

 

The Rico Report

Hi,

For you early risers,looks like a little ice will be an issue a least during the first half of the morning rush hour. The NWS has already put up a freezing rain advisory for tonight and early tomorrow morning.  This afternoon's model run came in colder for surface temperatures.    Given the fact the cold air has held on tough these last 2 days and the system to affect us is a ways away, it will take longer to get rid of the cold air at the surface.   Hence the batch of light precip that's expected overnight and during the predawn hours should be freezing rain.   Temperatures will rise tomorrow in time for the next and more substantial  batch of precip to fall as plain rain.

Stay safe and drive carefully tomorrow morning.

 -Rico

"Slavery By Another Name"

This is premiering on February 13, 2012 on PBS.

Question...

The most hurtful thing you can think of that someone said to you...who said it?  Family, friend, S/O or stranger?

"Red Tails"

The Usual Suspects are going to see "Red Tails" tomorrow. 

This film had a budget of $90 million so I'm kinda worried about what it's going to do at the box office.  I mean...mathematically...the odds are already against it when you take into consideration that, for the most part, only Black people go see movies about Black people and...well...I just don't know if $90 million plus dollars worth are going to go see it.

Which could seriously rock the boat for Black filmmaking and filmmakers.

I boat that I'm on and I'm not wearing a life vest cuz there ISN'T one.

Are YOU going to see it?  What do YOU think about the odds of a $90 million dollar movie about Black people being a box office success?  What do you think it's going to do to the efforts of filmmakers who are trying to get more movies with a Black cast made if this one is one HUGE flop? 

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Did you ever own a Swatch watch?

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Did you ever own one of these?

Xanax

 

I have a friend who jokes that they have to take Xanax whenever they go to visit their family.

Recently I found out they were NOT joking. They shared that it helps them not be on edge so much when it comes to dealing with their people because their family is a special bunch.

Made me go hmmmmmmmmm...cuz seriously...I might need to get me some of that. ROFL!

Have YOU ever used it? Do you know anyone who does?What do YOU think about it?

Clorox Splashless Bleach is NOT a disinfectant!

 

I'm not a fan.

 

And I'm feeling some kinda way.

So...every Friday I disinfect my bathtub with a cup of bleach because I use my tub darn near 6 times a week and I don't trust the jet thingys to get really clean with the daily clean that I do to it after I get out.

So I fill the tub up past the jets, add a cup of bleach and run the jets for 20 minutes.

I have issues...yall know this.

So I was at Walmart around the holidays and there wasn't any regular bleach.  There was splashless bleach so I got that cuz it's bleach right?

You would think.

So I used it and my tub filled up with suds which freaked me out so I stopped the jets.  I was weirded out so I got out the bleach to sniff it and yall...it didn't smell like BLEACH.

At this point I'm thinking I got a bad batch of bleach so I went out to Target and bought some more bleach.  The REGULAR kind.

No problem with it at all.

So I was perplexed.

THEN I LOOK IT UP ONLINE AND I FIND OUT THAT SPLASHLESS BLEACH ISN'T A REGISTERED DISINFECTANT!!!!!!

CLUTCH THE PEARLS!  NOW I FEEL LIKE MY WHITES AREN'T PROPERLY CLEANED!  OHMYGOODNESS!  I'M ITCHING  NOW!  DID YALL KNOW THIS?  DID YOU KNOW THE SPLASHLESS BLEACH DOESN'T DISINFECT LIKE THE SUPER DOOPER AWESOME REGULAR BLEACH??????????

Tattling

When I was a kid we used to get in trouble for tattling on each other.

Even if what the other sibling did was wrong and something my parents didn't want them to do.

So you'd dime out your sibling and then get pretty much the same punishment for tattling.

I remember that being very confusing to me but I hadn't thunk about it as an adult until recently when I was discussing this with a friend.

What was your parents' stance on tattling?

What is YOUR stance?

Most Challenging...

As a parent...what do YOU think is the most challenging aspect of parenting?

Dinner Party Menu

When you bourgie broads give a dinner party...what is your favorite menu to prepare?

Question...

Do you mother your children like your mother mothered YOU?

Will you?

Scenario...

Your best friend is gaining weight.

Nothing you can do about it.

You're still hanging...no biggie.

Then...she changed and started being really cool towards you.

You ask her why.

She says she's jealous of your size.

Yall break friendship.

She loses the weight.

Contacts you.

Yall start being friends again.

She gains the weight back.

Starts acting weird again.

Yall break friendship again.

Same reason.

You run into each other years later.

Both of you are about the same size after babies and life, etc.

You're both overweight now.

Would you take her back as a friend since you are now on common ground?

 

"...he was getting tools from the trunk when the lid closed on him."

Man arrested after hiding in estranged wife's trunk

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONEBLACKMAN!!!!!!!!!

I'm putting together a care package for you!  Happy birthday to one of my bestestest!  Love you dude!

What say YOU?

From SIP:

Wet Crackers

Someone is trying to feed me a wet cracker. 

SIP: No thank you.

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Convo at 13700: Salty Snacks

A friend asked me do I ever crave salty snacks around Midol Week.

Me:  Absolutely.

Friend:  Do you buy potato chips?

Me:  Not really. I'll buy veggie and flax chips every now and then but certainly not monthly.  I just had some this Sunday with guacamole.

Her:  How do you deal with the salt craving?

Me:  Olives.  Hummus and carrots or celery.  A couple of slices of turkey breast.  Stuff like that.

Her:  Oh...I buy chips.

Me:  If you're not eating them every day...it shouldn't really be a biggie.

Her:  You make me feel bad about what I eat.

Me:  Stop talking to me.  Bye.

What do YOU eat when you're craving salt as many of us do during Midol Week?

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Theora Cutout Bootie

Jaru Pillow

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Question...

Are YOUR kids protective of each other?

Natural Hair Salon Visits

Does it cost the same or more to get your hair done in a salon when your hair is natural?

A friend was on Facebook saying how much longer it takes to do a head of natural hair as opposed to how long it takes to do relaxed hair and saying this is why it costs more in her salong.

What do YOU think about that?

Side Eye of DEATH!

I always o_0 people with those fake SUPPOSED to be deep middle names on Facebook and said something about it last night on Facebook.

Then...I feel asleep shortly after "Revenge" as I was having fun with some of my friends making up middle names for ourselves.  I just read the thread on Facebook and I am HOWLING!  My friends are FOOLISH!  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Erica said her name was going to be:  Don't hate because I'm "Erica I'mSoFlyYouCan'tStandItAndI'mHighlyBlessed Bunker"

Queeny's new middle name is going to be:   IjustSavedaBunchofMoneybyswitchingToGeico

I said: Monica MyDogIsLazierThanYourN Mingo

And it kept going and going and going.  ROFL! 

Whatchu got this morning?  If you wanted to play too...what would you change YOUR middle name to on Facebook?  ROFL!

Do YOU side eye this too?

Question...

Have you ever been called bourgie?  How did it make you feel?

Question...

What's the ideal height you'd like an S/O to be?

Taye Diggs: "Chocolate Me"

Check out this book by Taye Diggs:  Chocolate Me!

And then check out this article.  What say you?   Taye Diggs Says Tyson Beckford Helped Him Love the Skin He’s In

 

Question...

If you met someone on ChristianSingles.com...would you assume they wouldn't expect pre-marital sans ropas?

Y'all proud of me?

I have a plant I haven't killed yet! LOL! GO ME!

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Hmmmmm...Good Question...

Would you rather live nearer to your FAMILY or your FRAMILY?

I don't trust people who don't eat cheese...

Who Moved My (Macaroni &) Cheese? - A Foodie’s Slight Paradigm Shift

From Jamie:

Is That You Beyoncé? New Album Cover Pales In Comparison To Reality

What say YOU?

"The Game" Rundown - Week 2

Well?  What did you think about the story lines?

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Have you ever gone out with a person who had stinky breath?  Did you ever kiss them?

Home Bar 101

Home Bar 101: Build It & They Will Come:  The Broke Socialite’s Gradual Approach to Setting Up a Home Bar

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM): Cruises

Have you ever been on one?

Did you enjoy it?

Would you ever go on one?

If not...why not?

It's not funny cuz it could be true...*sigh*

Would YOU date him?

5'8"

A little extra around the middle.

Never married.

No children.

Gainfully employed.

Is really involved in church and active within several ministries.

Rents an apartment in a not-so-safe neighborhood so he can save money to buy a house.

Passenger side door doesn't open on his car so you'd have to slide in and out of it from his side.

 

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM): Fitbit Wireless Activity / Sleep Tracker

Fitbit Wireless Activity/Sleep Tracker

Scenario...

Your 7 year old daughter is looking at herself in the mirror without any clothes on.

She's poking at her belly and frowning.

You ask her, "What's up?"

She tells you, "I'm fat."

And then she tells you how some of her friends at school have called her "kinda fat."

What do you do?

 

ROFL!

The gift that keeps on giving.

So...it seems to me that she only came forward cuz she is going to be the spokesperson for some Diabetes stuff.  ROFL!  You gotta give it to her man...that's hustling smart.  That's making money by any means necessary.  Just...wow.

Paula Deen: I Have Type 2 Diabetes

What say YOU?  Does this change your opinion about her in any way?

Bookin' It!

Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)

What are you reading these days?

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Are you drinking enough water?

(TIP:  If you used the bathroom and your urine is closer to the color of apple juice than to lemonaid you soooooooo aren't.)

Stay-At-Home Mother Dream

If a woman really wants to be a stay-at-home mother...do you think this is something she should discuss with men she's dating?  Or do you think this is something which would push men away in 2012?

Scenario...

You have a friend going through a really hard time.

It's been going on for months.

They are simply not themselves and are doing things which are far outside the norm for them.

Would you ever contact someone in their life to see if they see it too and if there is anything yall can do to help them or do you think that's crossing a line?