tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75071362024-03-07T15:21:14.053-08:00Reet Reet's RantsThe random rantings of the one called Reet Reet...<br>
Come one, come all and hear about my life filled with...well...<br>
Dammit just read the blog!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-34742009424687049372010-04-25T10:33:00.000-07:002010-04-25T11:51:37.825-07:00Is It August Yet? 2010 NFL Post Draft ThoughtsI love football. Really I do. And I very much enjoy having the <a href="http://www.nfl.com/draft/">NFL Draft</a> in April, allowing fans to at least have some level of involvement to hold us over during this tortuously long drought from the sport that exists between the Super Bowl and the pre-season. But am I the only one that thinks this draft has gotten a little bit out of control lately? <div><br /></div><div>First of all, our desire to have the draft during prime time has made the wait these young men have to bear that much more difficult. Why did they only do the first round on Thursday night? This was especially mid-numbing for players like <a href="http://www.nfl.com/draft/2010/profiles/colt%20-mccoy?id=497123">Colt McCoy</a>, and <a href="http://www.nfl.com/draft/2010/profiles/jimmy-clausen?id=497108">Jimmy Clausen</a>, who were expected to go in the first round, but <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?id=5133126">fell to the second</a>. In a normal year, this wait to find out where you end up would've lasted a couple of hours longer at most. With this ridiculous new system to increase TV ratings, these guys had to wait over 24 hours longer to find out what team they would play for and what city they would now call home. </div><div><br /></div><div>To add insult to injury, ESPN cameras were at the homes of dozens of players, waiting to capture the elation of the players and their families as they discovered they had been drafted. On the surface, this sounds like a great idea. However, the shots of them sitting at home on the couch sending text messages were a bit much. These guys' futures are on the line and the last thing they need is a camera in their face while a commentator is in New York talking about why they haven't been drafted yet. It's especially bad towards the end of the draft while discussing the players who may or may not get drafted, as they play a live feed of LeGarrette Blount asleep on his couch. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is great though they highlighted some players that organizations were overlooking during the draft. The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpeCf2eKEcs&feature=related">coverage of Myron Rolle</a> was especially great not just for fans, but for young kids who look up to football players. The off-season is riddled with stories of the transgressions of athletes, so it's great to see a story about a young man doing positive things with his life. Many had Myron on their draft boards as a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6nT6grzkE">top 5 strong safety</a>, but team after team passed on him because they weren't sure he was dedicated to football. They guy took a year off to a be <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpeCf2eKEcs">Rhodes Scholar</a></b> for crying out loud. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that most people wouldn't give up. Now that he's back and focused on football it's good to see the <a href="http://www.titansonline.com/">Tenneesee Titans</a> take a chance on him. Many other teams will probably wish they had as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately the ridiculousness for next year has already begun. I shouldn't have been surprised to see an article on ESPN today already beginning to discuss the <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/insider/news/story?id=5120221">2011 draft</a>. Don't you think it's a bit early for that? Most people would, but of course Mel Kiper needs something to talk about. He's already wrapped up this draft and given out grades to all the franchises, so it's time for him to start postulating on next year's festivities. The only value of this type of debate is the ability to look on it a year from now to see how accurate Mel was a year ago. But since he's been covering the draft almost as long as I've been alive, I'm sure he's gotten pretty good at this. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I'm anxious to see how the season is going to shape up. Can't wait for <a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81740709&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true">August 8th, Bengals vs. Cowboys</a>. Are you ready for some football?!</div>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-47022387041415773252010-04-16T21:37:00.001-07:002010-04-16T21:41:07.665-07:00The RebirthSomething told me to check and see if my blog still existed...and it does. It's absolutely hilarious to go back and read some of the things I was writing about five years ago. I love that I was lamenting about being old just before my 25th birthday. As I approach 30 years old, that just seems silly.<div><br /></div><div>Reading things that I wrote about OJ needing to go sit down before he got arrested (told you so) and the prospects of whether America was ready for Obama to be president (Yes we did!) have an entertainment value that I just can't describe. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm back to blogging (hopefully). If I can keep this up for a little while, it will give me just enough good material to laugh at in another five years, allowing me to once again reminisce about the "good old days". Let the journey begin...again!</div>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-66130998554746150232007-01-10T13:29:00.000-08:002007-01-10T13:38:07.343-08:00FutureSex/LoveShowJustin Timberlake is officially one of the greatest entertainers of our generation. Yeah I said it. Last night I went to the FutureSex/LoveShow in Anaheim and all I have to say is DAMN THAT BOY GOOD! I was 5 rows from the top of the Honda Center and it was STILL one of the best concerts I have ever been to. He sang all his hits, played the piano & guitar along with his band and his choreographer has to be one of the greatest people to ever walk the earth. Justin is officially much more than a former Mouseketeer and member of *NSync. He's a grown @$$ man with more than his fare share of talent. All I gotta say is if you get a chance, GO SEE THIS CONCERT. I don't care how much it costs...it's worth the money!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RhMVFgcMAy8/RaVcmqMTnvI/AAAAAAAAAAU/6SRbOkMQgQQ/s1600-h/2006-11-01T195537Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_2_India-274576-1-pic0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018519179004976882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RhMVFgcMAy8/RaVcmqMTnvI/AAAAAAAAAAU/6SRbOkMQgQQ/s320/2006-11-01T195537Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_2_India-274576-1-pic0.jpg" border="0" /></a>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-7161385854682185982007-01-08T10:45:00.000-08:002007-01-08T11:02:50.713-08:00Maybe Outsourcing Ain't So BadOver the past few years, the outsourcing of jobs from the US to foreign countries has been a hot topic. Countless number of American jobs are being sent overseas so that foreign workers can do the same job for less pay and save US companies money, something that most Americans are NOT happy about. Anyone with an American Express account can tell you that when you call customer service, you're definitely not calling Miami...you're calling Bombay. One of my high school friends had her call center job outsourced to the Phillipines. Her final assignment: a two week trip to the Phillipines to help train the people that were taking her job. Yeah it sucked...<br /><br />But this is what I'm wondering. Why is it that we can train a bunch of people in another country to speak pretty good English in order to communicate with us, but we can't train people here in America to speak good enough English to communicate with us? Confused? Think back to the last time you went to the drive through of a fast food restaurant. How well did you understand the person taking your order? Why can I properly get my American Express account handled from Bombay but I can't order a quarter pounder with cheese here in LA?<br /><br />I'm bringing this up after a rather exhausting experience with a call center employee from FedEx. I would have to say that it sure never take 30 minutes just to call 1-800-Go-FedEx and tell them not to try and re-deliver my package and that I would come pick it up myself in the morning. Sounds like a simple task right...wrong! I not really sure if I was calling the US or Tijuana, but I do know that the guy could use a couple of English lessons before he answers the phone again. I mean is it too much to ask that employees know how to speak the language in which they are meant to communicate? If I went to go live in Tokyo right now, I could probably find a job, but I probably wouldn't go searching for a job based solely on me communicating with people on the phone all day in Japanese before I even learned how to speak Japanese!<br /><br />All I'm saying is that if I can get better service from the American Express guy in Bombay than the FedEx guy in Los Angeles then maybe outsourcing ain't so bad...Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-60090453621391203202007-01-04T12:21:00.000-08:002007-01-04T12:28:29.080-08:00New Year....New Me....New You....OK so I'm gonna start this post by saying...I hate new year's resolutions. We never keep them and then we make the same ones again the next year. So I'm not making new year's resolutions. I'm just setting some goals for myself in the New Year. These are things I've been putting off FOREVER or starting and stopping. The hope is that by putting them to paper (or blog) that I will be more likely to work towards accomplishing them. Or I could just abandon this blog and forget that it ever existed...<br /><br />NO only happy thoughts! So here I go:<br /><br />1. Lose 10 lbs a month. I made this exact same promise last year. Total weight loss since Jan 2006: 5 lbs. But looking back I have changes a lot of my habits from a year ago which will help me now get focused. I know you're thinking "well how many months does she need to reach her overall goal"? I'm not gonna tell you now, cuz then you can figure out how big I am! I'll tell you how much I lost, after I lose it! :o)<br /><br />2. Actually I think I'm gonna stop here for now...there are plenty of other things swirling in my head, but honestly I think 2007 is the year to focus on getting healthy. Those of you that know me know that my health can get really crazy at times, and most of my problems can be traced back to being overweight. So how about I just focus on this one until something else comes along that I need to address. Like I said I'm setting goals, not resolutions. You set resolutions once a year, but you change your goals anytime you want.Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-85616050830658038452006-12-20T11:13:00.000-08:002006-12-20T11:18:13.597-08:00Told You To Go Sit Down...So I have proof that OJ is an idiot. You can recall from my <a href="http://reetreetsrants.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-wont-you-just-go-sit-down-somewhere.html">previous post </a>about him, that he sought to publish a book about how he "might have" killed Ron Goldman & Nicole Brown. The book and TV interview were cancelled. No harm done right? Wrong.<br /><br />So <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oj20dec20,0,7036310.story?coll=la-home-headlines">OJ is now being sued </a>by Ron Goldman's father for the money that OJ made in an advance for the book. He's asking for $1M. OJ still hasn't paid the $30M from the civil suit where he was found liable for the murders.<br /><br />I'm not usually one to say I told you so, but...Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-61258589408060132432006-12-15T11:03:00.000-08:002006-12-15T11:22:22.242-08:00Why not Obama?So I was reading an article about <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks15dec15,0,1130579.column?coll=la-home-commentary">Barack Obama running for President in 2008</a> in the LA Times. I'll be honest I don't really keep up with politics much, but I think it was a damn good piece with a lot of accurate points. Apparently many people are criticizing Obama, stating that he doesn't have a lot of experience. And I have to say that maybe that fact is a good thing.<br /><br />Having experience would mean that he would be deeply entrenched in the way America has been doing things for the past 6-8 years. Honestly the country needs someone completely different, because I don't really think what we're doing now is working out so well.<br /><br />But I'm afraid for Barack. I'm just not sure if America is ready for a Black president. While there maybe millions of Americans across the country that support him, it only takes one crazy person to bring it to an end...ask John F Kennedy. I dunno, maybe I'm just being scary, but I wonder what would be better first: a female president or a black president. A black female president would definitely be doing too much right now. Maybe if there was a female president with a black vice president then we wouldn't have to worry as much. Nobody is going to assassinate the woman so that the black man gets into office.<br /><br />So maybe Hillary should run in 08 with Barack as her VP. Then after her terms in the White House, after the country is more comfortable with Barack, he could become president. We'll see how it goes, but I know one this is for sure...I can't wait for Dubya to be gone! Back to your ranch with ya!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-38042809019574991642006-11-15T15:55:00.000-08:002006-11-15T16:01:00.077-08:00Why Won't You Just Go SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE!!!!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3264/916/1600/26432514.jpg"></a><br /><div>Certain events serve as defining moments of a generation. Past generations all remember where they were when JFK and MLK were assasinated or where they were when the Berlin Wall fell.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It's interesting though to think of some of the moments that define our generation. Where you were on 9/11 when you heard the news? Many of us remember where we were when 2pac and Biggie died, but can't remember where we were when Rosa Parks died. Many of us, especially those in Los Angeles, know where they were when the riots broke out after the Rodney King verdict. But there is one event that most of us definitely remember. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center">Where were you when OJ was found not guilty? </div><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://photos-338.facebook.com/ip002/v47/107/66/3402841/a3402841_32331338_7195.jpg" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I was in high school, and believe it or not they broadcasted the verdict over the PA system at school. Oddly enough I even remember what class I was in. Spanish 2 with Mrs. Valdivia. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It was a shot heard round the world (or at least across the nation). It was also one of the most racially charged events imaginable. Black people celebrated and white people mourned, regardless of if we really believed he did it or not. Many black people were just overjoyed that a black man was free. We all were happy and sang out "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit". </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I know you're all thinking, "why in the hell is Syreeta bringing this up 10 years later." Well I was reading latimes.com when I came across this article. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-111506ojinterview,0,4959211.story?coll=la-home-headlines">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-111506ojinterview,0,4959211.story?coll=la-home-headlines</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In a nut shell, OJ Simpson has decided to write a book called "If I Did It" that discusses how he "hypothetically" could have committed the murders he was acquitted of. FOX will also air a two part interview about the book on Nov 27th & 29th. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?!?!</span></strong> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Why in the hell would any innocent black man go and do some shit like this? That's like cheating on your wife or husband, having them accuse you of it, you getting them to believe that you didn't cheat and then a year later saying, "Honey you know if I had cheated on you a year ago, this is how I would have done it". WTF!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I still don't know, or care, if OJ really did it. But I'm so sick of him trying to find new ways to get back into the media. <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">GO SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE!!!!</span></strong> If you didn't do it, don't put doubt in the minds of millions of people who had finally gotten over it by explaining how you might have done it. If you ARE guilty, why are you out telling all your business?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It's true that he can't be tried again for these murders. But guess what? If you tell everyone how you did it, and someone gets mad at you, they can come after you....STUPID. I'm sorry but I really needed to get this out because this man in CLEARLY AN IDIOT. Can't believe this man is a Trojan...</div>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1149881662861252762006-06-09T12:32:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.759-08:00Sanctity of Marraige?Again I'm being lazy posting things I saw somewhere else...but this one is good...<br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Ronald Reagan - divorced the mother of two of his children to marry Nancy Reagan, who bore him a daughter only 7 months after the marriage. That means he cheated and got someone else pregnant, kids!<br /><br />Bob Dole - divorced the mother of his child, who had nursed him through the long recovery from his war wounds.<br /><br />Newt Gingrich - divorced his wife who was dying of cancer.<br /><br />Dick Armey - House Majority Leader - divorced<br /><br />Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas - divorced<br /><br />Gov. John Engler of Michigan - divorced<br /><br />Gov. Pete Wilson of California - divorced<br /><br />George Will - divorced<br /><br />Sen. Lauch Faircloth - divorced<br /><br />Rush Limbaugh - Rush and his current wife Marta have six marriages and four divorces between them.<br /><br />Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia - Barr, not yet 50 years old, has been married three times. Barr had the audacity to author and push the "Defense of Marriage Act." The current joke making the rounds on Capitol Hill is "Bob Barr...WHICH marriage are you defending?!?<br /><br />Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York - divorced<br /><br />Sen. John Warner of Virginia - divorced (once married to Liz Taylor.)<br /><br />Gov. George Allen of Virginia - divorced<br /><br />Henry Kissinger - divorced<br /><br />Rep. Helen Chenoweth of Idaho - divorced<br /><br />Sen. John McCain of Arizonia - divorced<br /><br />Rep. John Kasich of Ohio - divorced<br /><br />Rep. Susan Molinari of New York - Republican National Convention Keynote Speaker - divorced<br /><br />So ... homosexuals are going to destroy the institution of marriage? Wait a minute, it seems the Christian Heterosexual Republicans are doing a fine job without anyone's help!If you agree, like we do, that hypocrisy and bigotry must end, repost this!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1149551109251014462006-06-05T16:43:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.640-08:0010 Things to Ponder...Got this in an email today and I had to share...<br /><br />Number 10 - Life is sexually transmitted.<br /><br />Number 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.<br /><br />Number 8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.<br /><br />Number 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.<br /><br />Number 6 - Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.<br /><br />Number 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.<br /><br />Number 4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.<br /><br />Number 3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?<br /><br />Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now theworld is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.<br /><br />AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1148417080063265872006-05-23T13:36:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.530-08:00In Steve We TrustAn article I just read today in the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nfl23may23,1,6498255.story?coll=la-headlines-sports">LA Times</a> just confirmed why Steve Sample is the greatest University President known to man. Anyone who has been following the stories of an NFL team returning to LA should know that many are planning to put the NFL team back into the Coliseum, leaving most Trojan fans thinking what about us? Well good 'ol President Sample sent a letter to the NFL yesterday letting them know that they will not leave USC out in the cold and that we will continue playing football in the Coliseum.<br /><br />I personally would rather just see the new NFL team move into some new stadium in Anaheim. Renovating the Coliseum involves pushing USC football out for at least two years, and when we return there will 12,000 less seats. Yeah and you know they're not going to cut 12,000 season tickets. So future students will have to fight each other to get into games because I'm sure that they will just sell fewer students seats.<br /><br />Who the hell needs an NFL team in LA...we've already got USC! :o)Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1147849421546614012006-05-16T23:56:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.431-08:00It's Starting Already!!!Football Season! I know what you're thinking... Reet it's only May and the NBA playoffs aren't even over. But I tell ya that football is starting and I'm going to enjoy every bit of it. OK so right now there's just ridiculously early rankings speculation and NFL pre-season camps. But dammit it's football! Fox Sports has already started their 119 teams in 119 days preview of everything D-1 football. Of course right now they're previewing teams like Idaho, Kent State, New Mexico State and Florida Atlantic. And sure they won't be talking about a team from the Pac-10 until June 26th (and do even Husky fans REALLY care about football?) And it's very true they will not discuss my beloved Trojans until August 30th. But hey it's something to read. And since as soon as I get really excited about the NBA, the teams that I want to win will lose, I'll stick to just checking the scores every couple of games. I'll watch the finals as long as it's not the Spurs vs. Pistons (because really, we've already seen that, it's not exciting to anyone outside of Detroit & San Antonio). So I'll stick to enjoying my obscure stories about the USC depth chart, which number Reggie will wear in New Orleans and how Matty, Lendale & Darnell are doing in mini-camp. This should hold me over for a while. It's almost time for football people...it's a celebration bitches!!!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1147721845621636962006-05-15T12:35:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.281-08:00Why Ya Bullshittin...OK so even though I'm really done with school, you know I'm tryna get all my grades back so that I know for sure that it's official. Why is everybody messin with me right now? One professor is saying that I'll get my grade next week and the other says that I won't be able to see my grade until May 30th and it won't officially post to the University until LATE JUNE!!!! Stop bullshittin right now, I need my degree to post. Whatever I'm done with these people, I just need them to stop prolonging the inevitable....I'S FREE! :O)Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1147594265642829032006-05-14T01:04:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.119-08:00You Will Be MissedToday USC freshman point guard Ryan Francis was shot and killed while visiting his mom in Baton Rouge. He will definitely be missed. I didn't know him personally, but I have heard nothing but great things about the guy and he was definitely handling his business on the basketball court. Along with his teammates he was bringing some life back to the USC men's basketball team. This year he was given the John Rudometkin Award, honoring the player who always gave 110% effort. From what I've heard of him he was a great player and person and the entire Trojan family sends our prayers to his family. Rest in Peace Ryan....<br /><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/1600/311684.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/200/311684.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2443805">http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2443805</a> </p>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1147290763290025852006-05-10T12:48:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:30.011-08:00One Down...Two to Go...<div align="center">Got one grade back.... <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>A-</strong></span></span><span style="color:#000000;">!!!</span> Brilliant! One A- down, two to go...<br /><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/1600/Smile.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/200/Smile.png" border="0" /></a>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1147161514337938902006-05-09T00:57:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.901-08:00I'M FREE CHEESY BREAD I'M FREE!!!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/1600/18249.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/200/18249.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>It's official...I'm so done with this madness. I'm over here bouncing off the walls. OK well it's not officially over until I get my grades back but dammit if I don't get the grades I need I'm gonna need to just have some discussions with my professors cuz I'm SO done with school. Of course I had to go through the world's longest final to get to the finish line. How about I wrote 20 pages in 2 hours. My hand still hurts and that was almost four hours ago. Now I don't have shit to do with myself but kick it...and I'm loving it. I accept all types of gifts except rubber checks. :o)<br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>IT'S A CELEBRATION BITCHES!!!!</strong></span></p>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1146866471776433562006-05-05T14:54:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.811-08:00One Step Closer...So I just murder death killed my first final and I am one exam away from complete freedom. It's going to take all of the strength within me to not just blow off the test and feel like I'm free, but if I do blow off the test and I screw it up, then I won't be free. But I'll worry about that in a little while. For now I'm just extra happy that I finished another exam and that I feel like I got damn near every question completely right. If I didn't get an A on this exam, then I don't know what an A is...oh happy day.<br /><br />Oh yeah btw.... Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!! :o)<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://www.fireworks.com/newsletter/images/cinco-de-mayo.jpg" /></div>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1146626882474677472006-05-02T20:02:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.704-08:00My New Favorite NFL TeamsSo I'm officially a New Orleans Saints fan. You knew that was coming...or at least you should have known by now.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/1600/draftreggie4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/320/draftreggie4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I will also be cheering for the Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans, when they're not playing the Saints of course.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/1600/matt,deuce.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/414/466/320/matt%2Cdeuce.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p>I may be a slight Titans hater for a while because of the idiot from Texas that they drafted first, but in the long run I'm willing to overlook that decision. LenDale is playing with a chip on his shoulder and we all know what goes down when he's mad. God help the opposing team's defensive coordinators. I also now have a much better reason to watch Raiders' games again. Darnell is a Raider...YAAAAAY! I love the NFL draft. But now I'm sad. I have nothing football related to talk about until July at the earliest. This sucks.<br /><br />Side note: I need the USC football team to get it together. Just because you lose a game doesn't mean you can lose your mind and go all to hell. I still see us going to a BCS Bowl. I prefer the Sugar Bowl or another trip to the Orange Bowl. At least this time I would have the money to go to the game. In Pete We Trust. </p>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1146211166844230772006-04-28T00:52:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.603-08:00Broke Phi Broke....I Still Won't Have ItOK so I went to exit loan counseling today. No not therapy, although I may need it when I start repaying my damn students loans!!! After sitting in this session for almost 2 hours I realized that it was time to come face to face with the last 8 years of my life and the debt that I've accumulated as a student. Ladies and gentlemen, the results were not pretty. After looking up the loans that I've borrowed from 4 different lenders, the grand total of my student loan debt equals.....drum roll please.....$77,500 (give or take a couple dollars).<br /><br />OK now that you've regained consciousness and picked your face up off the floor, you can understand my pain. Thank god for grace periods. Pray for me...Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1145830539084171412006-04-23T15:00:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.502-08:00T-Minus 19 Days & Counting....So I'm usually not one to countdown until something happens, but I just realized that I'm graduating in 19 days...like for real this time! Most of you know about the ridiculously long time that I've been at SC (8 years....stop laughing) but I'll FINALLY be done with my second degree in less than 3 weeks. For the first time since I was 3, I will not be attending school in the fall. No books, no registration, no syllabi, no new school clothes (Ok i haven't done this one in a while anyways), no financial aid packages....OH SHIT NO FINANCIAL AID....SCORE!<br /><br />I originally was going to do absolutely nothing but enjoy the fact that I was done with school. I had no intention in participating in any sort of graduation hoopla. I just didn't have the strength, didn't feel like going through all of this mess again. I've done it all already (gotta love undergrad and my almost graduation last year). So I figured I would just take my finals, go to everyone else's graduation parties and celebrate being done FOR REAL with out all of the stresses and formalities. My how plans have changed...<br /><br />So it started with the fact that I wanted to go to Black Grad. I didn't really want to walk, I just wanted to be in the building. Then I heard that there are a ridiculous amount of people walking this year and the chances of getting in without a ticket are slim to none. So I thought, well if I walk in black grad, then I'll have a seat. My parents agreed to pay for a cap and gown to rent (broke phi broke...I ain't got it) so I could do black grad. Simply enough right? Wrong<br /><br />I went to speak to the grad advisor to turn in some forms and make sure I was really getting my degree in May. I've known her for a while and it's obvious that they get excited when minorities are really graduating. By the end of the conversation, I had somehow become the flag bearer for the Viterbi School of Engineering for the Commencement ceremony. I hadn't even planned on BEING AT Commencement. Then she explained that my guests would get front VIP seating. Guests? What guests?<br /><br />My parents have seen me walk twice at USC and are just happy that I'm done. When I told them the situation, my dad automatically started making plans to drive down to LA. But my brother has a track meet the same day in the bay area. And my other brother has a bowling tournament in Reno. Now my parents decided that I need to pay black grad dues just in case they come. Another $95 dollars spent. At least I get a graduation stole now.<br /><br />Do you see how quickly this all got complicated? I went from just sitting in the crowd at Black Grad to a full blown graduation extravaganza in less than a week. Now my parents want to stay at my apartment, which would involve me cleaning my apartment for real, something that I had been putting off for a while now. I'm getting a headache....Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1145497089923748642006-04-19T18:32:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.404-08:00To Rent or to Buy....That is the QuestionSo I'm trying to figure out if I should move into another apartment or try to buy a condo. My dad wants to buy something (tax write-off) and I think it would be cool to own what I live in. So we could buy something together, but I don't think I'm "credit ready" just yet. So I could rent for another year and save up some money and pay off some bills. I don't know what I want to do. I just know I'm tryna get out of my apartment as soon as possible. I was just waiting to see where I would get a job so I would know where to move to.<br /><br />To top it all off I REALLY want to go somewhere on vacation (not in the US) before I start work on July 17th. Why did I decide to start work in the middle of the summer? Because I want some time to kick it, but I'm extra broke too and I need to start making some dinero. But I don't even know what part of the world I want to visit. And I need someone to go with too...any takers?Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1144959682440886212006-04-13T13:20:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.264-08:00Afternoon SillynessDon't even ask why this is so funny to me....it just is<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bsj0V5v0Uks" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1144890011680852542006-04-12T17:57:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:29.120-08:00Finally!!!I got a job offer today.....YAY! I will officially not have to move home and live with my mommy and work at Best Buy. Thank God for Raytheon! Now all I have to do is finish these last few assignments, get through a couple of finals and figure out which island I need to go to on vacation before I start working....BRILLIANT! Now I just gotta find somewhere else to live cuz I hate my apartment and now I can move and stuff....it's a celebration bitches!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1144311813286445502006-04-06T01:00:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:28.999-08:00Stop Fuckin Up the Ratio<span style="font-size:85%;">OK so last week I was having a conversation with some of the homies about why some black women hate seeing black men date outside of their race. This sounds like a really redundant topic but for some reason everytime I have this conversation, some completely new shit comes up in the convo. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Of course my male friends in this conversation decided that just to make the women mad they would rehash some of the stale, old ass arguments that some men like to make. You know the type: "Black women are too much work", "Black women don't appreciate us" blah blah blah blah blah. We came to the decision that these women do exist. However they are in the minority, their just the most vocal of us all. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ladies you know what I'm talking about. For every cliche that people have about black women, you have a homegirl that fits the description. And she's the most vocal, out there member of the group. She's the one out there rolling her neck, nagging her man about every little thing, treating him like he's nobody but crying her eyes out when he leaves her ass. And all she's doing is messing him up so that he thinks every black woman he dates after will be just like her. She's messin it up for the rest of us. Ladies we have to stop this....put your girl in check!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">If at this point in the blog you're officially offended, then you're probably one of the people I'm talking about. It's OK, because the first step to recovery is getting over your denial. So now that we've identified the problem we can go ahead and stop it. So if you've ever found yourself acting in the ways mentioned above....stop it! You're f&#*$ it up for the rest of us!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">So now that we've discovered why some black men may tire of dating black women, let's explore why black women may get upset that black men don't want to date us. Many of us grow up with the idea that we will one day find a strong black man who will love us and we will love each other, get married, have kids and create a loving black family....you know like on the Cosby show. However if you look at the statistics, things don't look so good for us. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I once read that for every black man with a college degree, there are two black women with a college degree. One of us is just @$$ed out now aren't we? So with the ratios already not looking so great, if you are a black man dating someone who is not black and a black woman looks at you crazy, she's not necessarily mad at you....you're just messing up the ratio! Think about this:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">For every black man who dates a woman who isn't black, that's one less black man in the pool. That black woman eyeballing you may not necessarily be mad cuz she wants you, but now another black woman who DID want you is taking her man away. At least in this situation, if you break up with the girl, the ratio is returned to it's current state. There's still hope.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">For every black man who dates another man, permanent damage to the ratio has been done. Not only are you messing up the ratio by removing yourself from the eligible pool, but there's a slim chance that you're coming back. Black women aren't really that mad at you for being "on the down low". We're just mad cuz you're lying and cuz you're once again fucking up the ratio.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">For every black man dating another black man, you've royally fucked up the numbers. You've now taken two men permanently out of the equation, thoroughly screwing up our chances. Again we're not really mad at you personally, just know that you're messin it up for everyone else.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:85%;">All this talk of ratios may not seem relevant in cities with large populations of black people like Atlanta or Washington DC. But for the rest of us, you understand where I'm coming from. So the the moral of the story is this....if you are dating someone because you truly find something in them that is attractive and you love being with that person, then do your thing. But please don't exclude entire races of people based on a few crazies you've encountered in your past. And please understand that if someone is looking at you crazy, it's not you....it's the ratio...</span></p>Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507136.post-1144126592954935062006-04-03T21:47:00.000-07:002006-11-15T15:31:28.867-08:00So Close...Yet Oh So Far...OK this is my final full month of school as a Master's student.....it's a celebration bitches!!! I feel so close to graduation, but it's almost too close. For once in life I need to not get A.D.D. and start slacking off and let my grades nosedive. I have to recommit to my classes and finish as strong as I started.<br /><br />So today I got up and go to campus by 11 for my 12:30 class. 30 minutes into class and I'm falling asleep. By the 1.5 hour mark in my 3 hour class we take a break. My professor asks me if I'm feeling OK, and when I respond in my extra raspy, barely there voice (thanks NSBE Convention for once again stealing my voice) she says that maybe I should go home and rest. I can watch the second half of class later online. I agree, pack my things and leave. Damn it's good having a woman professor that understands.<br /><br />But I can't go home because I have to type my paper that's due at 6:30. So I'll just take a quick nap in my car and then write my paper. Three hours later I wake up and can barely move my left knee....fucking arthritis. I can't go to class like this, I can barely walk. Thank god it's my left leg, so I use my right let to drive home. Now I gotta explain to my professor why my paper was late and I wasn't in class. I'm off to a great start aren't I?<br /><br />So if you call me and I don't call you back, or you wanna go kick it and I turn you down, don't take it personal....I still love you. But I honestly have no business doing anything except school and job search stuff until May 8th. After that....IT'S A CELEBRATION BITCHES!!!!Reetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035882774341196092noreply@blogger.com1