Rantings of a Creole Princess

From a Friend on FB

A friend asked, "If good guys finish last...what happens to good girls?"
Thoughts?
~ MMingo

What say YOU?

 

Reporter doing a segment.

Random chick rolls up and videobombs her.

Reporter pops a snap.

Should she have?

REVIEW

"Zero Dark Thirty"

From My Filmmaking Friend Chaka!

     

"Whats up Monica!! - need a favor! Today at 12pm NOON we are going to be doing a Social Media Blast of our Trailer for our Comedy Series "Dr. J. Peddy" this our first entry that will be entering the pilot contest for Comedy Central in March! - We are going to push the trailer to create a buzz- If you have the time at noon or after to share the link for the trailer I will be forever grateful - #The Power of Networking"

Scenario from real life...

You and your S/O are having problems which are based on trust related issues.

You've found some inappropriate text messages and now yall are beefing BIG.TIME.

Your S/O doesn't come home the night you find out about the text messages and doesn't answer the phone when you call.

They come home the next morning to get ready for work.

They do NOT speak to you or even look at you.

They leave for work.

The lease is in BOTH your names.

You have 6 months left on it.

How would YOU handle?

New Music

How do you find new music?

Got any we should know about?

What say YOU?

Do you support making it illegal to smoke in cars with children less than age 15?
~ MMingo

Students in KKK costumes spark controversy at Las Vegas Academy - Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 | 5:37 p.m. - Las Vegas Sun

How would you react if this happened in YOUR kid's class? 

http://m.lvsun.com/news/2013/jan/24/kkk-costumes-las-vegas-academy-spurs-discussion-sc/

~ MMingo

Can we talk about this?

How is it that kids are thinking this is love?

Body Conscious

I've been having a few discussions about weight and body type recently which make me go hmmmmmmmmm...

One of them made me curious about what YOU'D think.

We all have different body sizes and types we think are optimal and this is based on your environment and what your family looked like when you were growing up.

That said...what size and body type do YOU think is "perfect?"  

Dear Black People:

Have you been accused of not being BLACK enough in the past couple of years?  Now...I'm not talking about back in the 70's or 80's or 90's mind you...I'm talking 2010 - present.

Scenario from real life...

You find inappropriate text messages in a VERY innocent way on your S/O's phone.

You are SO.PISSED!

You call your S/O and they are trying to explain and say they will explain when they get home.

YOU ARE SO PISSED!

You call the number of the person your S/O was texting with to tell them that you know and that they'd better back the fug up.

The person is NOT.PLEASED that you called them and go clean the fug off talking some, "If you'd been handling your business at home, blah, blah, blah..."

You look the person up on Facebook to see what the fug they look like and find that the person is married.

You click on the spouse's profile and send them screen grabs of the inappropriate texts between your S/O and their spouse.

Their spouse calls them, the texter calls your S/O and now your S/O is mad at you for bringing that person's spouse into it.

Did you do anything wrong?

Even if you did...it's done now...so how do you handle from this point forward?

 

Pics from San Diego!

Scenario from the movies...

Your sister is visiting you.

You leave to run an errand right quick.

You return home and your boyfriend has left your home.

You speak to him later and he tells you he left because your sister walked into the room he was in naked asking for a towel.

He told her where she could find one and he left.

You good?

Finishers!

JCPenny...Doing it right!

We're currently in San Diego visiting VeggieBee for the Carlsbad Marathon.  She had been looking for curtains to finish off her living room and I pulled up the JCPenny website to show her where I buy curtains cuz really...JCPenny has AWESOME.SAUCE curtains.

We went to the store and we were walking through to get to the escalators when I started noticing that JCPenny had some really cute stuff out.  Then I stopped when I saw this jacket, took my jacket off and slipped it on:

Worthington Tuxedo Jacket

Um...it fit NOICE.

I started looking around mo' betta and I found 5 pieces that I decided I HAD.TO.HAVE.

My favorite piece?

MNG by Mango Peplum Skirt

The MNG by Mango line is super cute.  Whenever I'm in Miami I go to Mango in South Beach so I was excited when I saw their brand there.

Have YOU looked around at JCPenny's lately?  And the prices??????  SWOON.

Food-tude

The Robinator and I were talking about food yesterday and how we consume food differently.  He pointed out some things he's noticed over the years about the way I eat that he says he's attempted to adopt as well.

The main thing has to do with large portions of food.  See...I don't feel the need to clean my plate no matter what is on it once I've had enough.  I hate that "full" feeling so I never do that.  It's uncomfortable for me and well, honestly, it upsets my tummy if I'm too full and that's no fun for me.  

Well, there is a bit of a setback from this in that it means I don't have a lot "stored" so when I'm hungry...it's pretty much an unbearable feeling for me.  Like...I HATE IT!  Robby can get hungry and get over the "hungry hump" and be okay.  Not me.  If I'm hungry...I have to eat NOW.  It's an all consuming feeling I have from my head on down.  I MUST EAT, I MUST EAT, I MUST EAT.  I get stupid cranky and downright evil.  Once I eat, however, I'm fine...but yeah...when I'm hungry?  Shut up.

When Robby and I were dating and he still lived down South, I visited him.  He was so excited to show me around he'd planned all kinds of stuff for us to do.  He'd planned on taking us out to lunch but we got off track and I got FOR REAL HUNGRY.  We were in one area and he wanted to take me to lunch specifically in another area.  

I told him I was hungry.

Him:  Okay.  We're going to lunch at blah, blah, blah.

Now see...me getting hit with the hungry happens pretty much immediately.  It doesn't gradually creep up on me.  I'm like...doody doody do...HUNGRY.

So he keeps driving to this next place he wanted to show me and then we get out of the car.  I thought we were getting out of the car to go eat. 

No.

We were sightseeing some more of the things he wanted to show me in that area.

When I realized there wasn't any food I tried to be charming and all but yeah...that didn't work out cuz I was HUNGRY.  After about 20 minutes or so I snapped:

Me:  Look, if you're not going to take me somewhere to get something to eat right now you need to take me back to your apartment so I can get my stuff and take my butt back to my house hell.

Him:  *BLINK*  Um...okay.

And we drove to the restaurant in silence.  After I ate a hunk of bread (back then I didn't know I was allergic) I explained my food thingy to him.

Him:  Duly noted.  Won't happen again.

And it hasn't on his watch since then.  It's to the point when I'm traveling solo that he'll call me and remind me to eat so I don't go hungry crazy wherever I am.

Another thing I do is eat a LOT of fruit.  If my choices are any type of packaged snack versus fruit...I always choose fruit.  I buy fruit several times a week because I eat a lot of it.  

I'm not a late night snacker nor do I do dessert.  After dinner...I'm good.  I very RARELY eat something after dinner.  I always feel like it will just sit there while I'm sleeping and well...no.  I don't like the thought of that.

I never eat something just because it's there.  I eat because I'm hungry.  Not just to have something to do.

I guess the MAIN thing about my eating is that I won't eat just anything.  If I'm somewhere and my choices are fast food restaurants ONLY...I will make do with the bars in my bag and water.  In fact...when traveling, I'm quick to buy a bag of apples and a pack of water for my room just in case cuz yeah...you never know.

The Robinator has lost about 30 pounds this past year by doing a lot of the stuff I do as well as upping his workouts.  I don't know how it finally clicked in him but I guess all these years of watching me just finally rubbed off on him.  Yesterday we were in an airport we didn't plan on being in (missed a flight and had to be re-routed through goodness knows where) and I went to find food.  When I returned with water only, Robby pulled out our bag of snacks and we each had a pear, some grapes and munched on some mixed nuts.

I was proud of him.

He's figured out it's better to wait for some real body fuel instead of filling up on junk.

My dude.

Have YOUR eating habits changed since you've gotten older?  What do you do that you believe is beneficial?

NOBODY puts Hillary in the corner...

Question...

If you could have dinner with a public figure...who would it be?

Question...

Could you be friends with someone who didn't like your spouse?

Mixed Weight Couples

Put a Stop to 'Do I Look Fat?' - When One Partner Is Overweight, Resolving Conflict in the Relationship Takes Two

What say you?  Are you in a mixed weight couple?  Do you agree with the article?

Scenario from real life...

Your child is staying in the dorms at college.

You pay for this experience.

Your child's roommate has a 4 year old child.

According to the rules, the child can stay overnight in the room up to 6 nights a month.

You good?

If you're NOT good...what do you think should happen so that the single mother can attend school and take care of her child?  Do you think there should be special dorms for parents and they can stay in those only?

Shasten Snellgroves, NYU Junior, 'Shocked' That She Must Share Suite With Toddler (UPDATE)

 

Traditional Question for Married People

Did you see your spouse the day of the wedding BEFORE the wedding?

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Do YOU know an Edith?

Someone who is just desperate to have a man?  Any man?  And attaches their own personal stigma to NOT having a man?  Have you ever said anything to them regarding?

Is _____ Obama throwing shade at such-and such?

What do you think she's thinking as Beyonce kisses the President?

Did she roll her eyes at Boehner?

Is he mad cuz Clinton is trying to get more camera time?

What was Jay Z thinking as Beyonce kissed the President?

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!

It's getting kind of annoying to see people trying to put words into the Obama family's mouths.  I mean...how do folks think they can claim to know what someone is thinking based off a picture or clip from a bad angle?  Everybody is trying to get a caption this or a caption that looking for something negative from yesterday.  I swear...it's annoying.

Why does EVERYTHING have to have a negative angle too?

And you're crazy if you don't think they are well aware that the camera is on them 24/7 when they are in public.  I'm sure they are well versed in how to fix their face.  Stop trying to make ish outta nothing!

UGH!

 

Scenario from real life...

You're dating a guy you really like but you're not ready to tell your family about him yet.

Mainly because your family is overbearing as fug about your dating.

Your busybody sister comes to visit and she meets him on accident.

You were at a happy hour and he texted you.  

You told him where you were and he was like...wow...I'm next door, I'll pop over right quick.

You IMMEDIATELY text him to dissuade him by telling him you're just having a drink and then you're leaving immediately after...but too late...he's walking in.

He walks over and says, "Hey pretty girl." and kisses you.  

You introduce him to your sister and she's all...WHO IS THIS?

As you're standing there, he looks down at his phone and sees the text message you sent him telling him that you're about to leave.

The hostess then calls your last name for your table.

He's looking like...what the fug?????????????????

What do you do?

Cut A Rug!

Can your guy dance?

When you guys go somewhere and there is dancing...does he dance?

When's the last time you danced with your guy?

Our President

Ravens.

What say YOU?

Scenario...

You're on your honeymoon.

You're happy.

Your new spouse slips up and says something weird and...after you ask a few questions you find out that,the morning of your wedding, they met their ex for coffee.

Apparently the ex wanted to make sure they weren't making a mistake.

You good?

 

Quiz Time

Quiz: Are You Bourgie?

$350 Million ANTI-CHEATING CLAUSE?

REPORT: Tiger Woods Asked Ex-Wife Elin Nordegren To Re-Marry Him

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/tiger-woods-asked-his-ex-wife-elin-nordegren-to-re-marry-him--enquirer-2013-1#ixzz2ILLPPq4Q

 

Whatchall think about her alleged clause?  

SIP:  Elin is apparently no dummy.

Apparently Black Men Don't Like "Scandal"

I've been kind of oblivious to this and spent some time yesterday reading the different articles about it.  Seems as though a Black woman having a thing for a married White man is a major no-no to Black-men-representatives and other Black women watching the show and empathizing with Olivia are all kindsa "White man's whores."

*YAWN*

It's television.

Television is make believe.

I figure the same ones going in on it were of the same caliber of people who criticized "The Cosby Show" because it was a "fairy tale" in their opinion.

*YAWN*

Okay...let's move on.

I'll tell you my problem with "Scandal" cuz yeah...I have problems with it.  Not with the show being on...but with what Olivia is doing cuz you know...I know her in my head.  LOL!  I am disappointed in her personal life same as if I'd be if I knew her in real life and knew she was boinking a married man.  I'd be all like...GIRL!  YOU'D BETTER FOCUS ON THAT FINE AZZ SINGLE SENATOR WHO WANTS YOUR COCKEYED AZZ HELL!

I didn't watch it last night because The Robinator is sick and we were watching "Downton Abbey" and he was all comfortable and whatnot and I didn't want to rock his boat cuz seriously...dude is cranky when he's sick.  I'm finished watching it now and last night's episode just left me with a big old UGH in me.  I mean...Olivia ain't shit you know?  Seriously...she ain't shit.

But  it's television.

Television is make believe.

I know this.

I respect this.

The level of drama I've seen makes me anticipate the show all week until I just can't take it anymore.  I mean..we all know Olivia's comeuppance is coming right?  And we all want to be there when it happens.

I was listening to a segment on NPR recently and Jimmie Walker basically stated that stuff with Black people in them don't get made cuz really...nobody feels like dealing with all the bullshit complaining folks do about the damn shows.  I've been thinking a lot about that.  

MARTIN: Did people ever confront you when you were out and about, you know, at the time, to say, we don't like your portrayal? Did that ever happen?

WALKER: I think now that the Internet is out, there's always going to be people who don't like you. And I think what happens is it also is reflective in black TV shows and movies that you're not going to get any more of those because of the constant complaining and moaning and groaning, as you know, in the commercial television and radio industry. The point is to make money, and therefore, the networks themselves have stopped doing any ethnic shows because they don't want the aggravation.

MARTIN: Interesting.

WALKER: So I don't think...

MARTIN: So you think, in a perverse way, it actually inhibits more diverse content because people don't want the headache?

WALKER: Without a doubt. You'll see - because what'll happen is any minority character you see on a show now is always the police commissioner, the head of the hospital, the school superintendent. Those kind of people, they don't invoke followings. The people that are going to get attention are the wacky guys, the Cramers, the Charlie Sheens of the world. Those are the people that are going to get that sort of attention and eventually become stars. You'll never see a black Will Ferrell. You'll never see a black Adam Sandler, because black people aren't allowed to play those kind of roles.

I always say you have to be the person who takes the pie. If you're not willing to take the pie, you're not going to be noticed.

From:  Dyn-O-Mite! Comedian Jimmie Walker Talks Showbiz

I wonder what these Black men who hate the show would think about "Downton Abbey" cuz BAAAAAAAAAAABY...now that's some scandalous mess right there!  Oh...and I LURVE IT!  

What say YOU?  

 

Rico's Update

Hi all,

Precip is struggling to advance northward.  Rain continues to fall from southern AA and PG counties thru Charles Co and Prince William Co Va westward to the mountains.   There is precip falling above the DC metro but it's not reaching the ground because of the dryer air which infiltrated the area at the lower levels.
Precip is still expected late this afternoon and evening  to reach the immediate metro area but it will not be much. For the southern burbs the rain will continue and slowly change to snow after sunset and end later tonight.   Since it's still raining, snow accumulations will have to be cut again. So here goes:  

  NADA  for Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore Counties
    0-1" for   Mont., Fairfax, DC, PG , AA, Arlington, and Loudoun Co Va ( I'm praying for ground coverage at least)
    1-2" for  Charles,Calvert in Md, PRince William in Va 
    2-4" for St Marys in Md, Stafford and  Fredericksburg Va. areas


Any precip that falls should make streets  just be wet during the rush hour but, in this area, there are traffic troubles with sunshine and, with snow/rain falling, expect a longer commute home.

BTW, got a report of sleet falling in Fairfax Co.   The lower atmosphere is finally moistening up

Have a good evening and a safe drive home

 -Rico

Fruit and Vegetable Container from "Modern Family"

I saw this on an episode of "Modern Family" and decided I want one:  Progressive International Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Keeper

I always have too much fruit and veggies to fit in the fridge bins so this would be nice I think.  What do yall think?

My Fake Boyfriend...Timothy. (I wonder what he's doing now?)

When I was in high school, everybody had a boyfriend.

Except me.

My father didn't play that.

I never got to go to any parties, dances, etc. unless they were FAMILY events.

And only certain family members counted as family.  LOL!

I got tired of being teased and ish so I made up a boyfriend from my old middle school, Timothy.

He played basketball, was an honors student and we talked on the phone every.single.night.

I was all blah-zey-blah when I spoke about him.

I don't remember why or when...but I remember we "broke up."

I was fake heartbroken for about three days.

I "broke up" with him cuz this one chick kept asking me questions about him and seriously...I hadn't thunk it all out when I first mentioned his existence.

Yeah...good old Timothy.

I've resurrected him lots of times since high school.  Dude being too persistent when I wasn't interested?  Timothy.  Weird work guy shooting me googly eyes?  Timothy.  Policeman who just gave me a ticket and wants to know if I'm single?  Timothy.

Good old Timothy.

LOL!

Whatchall got?

Question From My Inbox:

What's the difference between depression and feeling like you need a change in your life for an extended time?

Would YOU date him?

Would you go out with a preacher from your church?

If you did...and he tried some sans ropas moves with you after the first date...would that change your opinion of him preaching the word?

o_0 Scenario...

So...two friends are beefing.

Things have gotten OUTTA CONTROL.

The things they are doing to and saying about each other are extremely um...UNUSUAL and somebody might get hurt behind this.

As I was listening to this I asked how they met.

Turns out they met over a mutual dislike for someone they both knew and became friends.

*BLINK*

I stopped listening after that cuz seriously...GIRL.BYE.

What do YOU think?  

Kitchen Gifts

http://cherrymenlove.com/how-to-make-chicken-stock/

Some of my FAVORITE gifts are from the kitchen.  Specifically my mother-in-law's kitchen.  She cans veggies and fruit, makes preserves, roasts pecans, makes spiced pecans, etc.  

And she sends me goodie boxes all the time.

That picture up there is of chicken stock.  Homemade and ready to use.  If someone I ate from gifted me some of that I would STRETCH.CLEAN.OUT in appreciation especially since Robby is sick and I want to make him some soup but I have to wait until the large pot of chicken broth I'm currently cooking...has about 3 hours left to go before it's done.

What about you?  Do YOU appreciate gifts from the kitchen?  What are your favorites?  Do you give them?  What are your favorites to give?

 

Support

Do you wear support garments often during the work week?

Crockpot Cooking

How often do you use your crockpot?

What do you cook in it that you'd recommend to others?

(I've been seeing crockpot recipes on Pinterest which are an absolute NO in my opinion.)

BLINK.BLINK.BLINK (Changing title to see if this fixes the comment problem.)

So yeah...what say you?

Fake Girlfriend

So...whatchall thinking? I bet a whole lot of online dating responses went silent last night.
~ MMingo

Quentin Tarantino and Nichole Galicia - W Magazine

What say YOU about this picture from "W Magazine?" http://cocknbull.tumblr.com/post/40633225860/misscontraption-deliciouskaek

Check out @KenyaMJmusic!

 

I'm always looking for good music and I know you guys are too.  Check out Kenya.  

On top of having this voice...she has the personality of an angel!

GO KENYA!  

Rico's Update

Hi Folks,

   Well this forecast has high bust potential.   This mornings models still have us getting our first significant snow.  However the precip gradient is tight.  The Pa border gets almost nothing whereas St Marys and Stafford counties get close to an inch of liquid precip. With DC at the half inch mark. So any change in track will drastically change precip amounts.  Models have also not been real good at forecasting the current rain.  This afternoon was forecasted to be dry.    So here goes.   Precip will re-energize tomorrow and end tomorrow evening.   Forecast temperature profiles do indicate precip starting as a rain/snow mix which changes to all snow by late afternoon. However, the surface temperatures are forecasted to be in the 32-34 range for most of the event so it will be a wet snow.  Hence accumulations will be hard to come by during the day on the streets and will mostly be on car tops and grassy surfaces with snow not accumulating on the streets until sunset.  Snow tomorrow evening tapering to flurries tomorrow night.

Here's my revised accumulation guesses:

    0-3" for Frederick, Carroll, Howard, north Montgomery & Baltimore Counties, Loudoun Co Va
    3-6" for  south Mont., Fairfax, DC, PG , AA, Arlington, Charles, Calvert Co
     4-8" for the areas south of Fairfax Co va and Charles Co Md ( including Fredericksburg Va.)

Again this will probably change.  Pass the Pepto.

Be prepared for a long drive home tomorrow night.   Temperatures are forecasted to go below freezing tomorrow night so any untreated roads will have icy patches.  

-Rico