Deep In The Forrest

Yesterday the temperatures were somewhere in maybe the 50s, and the days have been a little warm. We've had mainly rainy, dreary days this last week. However nobody really thought that today we would be looking into the eye of old man winter. Yes that's right, the afternoon brought snow and sleet to the mid-south. We don't get much of that here as you have heard me say before. But the last couple years or so, it seems to come closer to springtime. Quite odd, but just another change in this day and age I guess. Depends on how you look at it. So I'm coming to you tonight direct from my Blackberry. I have only done one other post from the BB, and it was a test one. I'm getting better at typing on it. Still it's not the easiest method. Today Mr. J and I ate at a little Mexican spot around the corner and watched the snow fall down. It was a nice little time together. Then he went to visit jimmy and I came to be with Mom. She has a sore throat that she must've pic...

Dunn-na-na-na-na-na... It's my birthday too yeah! No, not really, but it is my big sister's birthday today... February 27th. She shared a birthday with Daddy's Mom. Some say if we were all together, my grandmother, Daddy, Vickie and Me we're all like peas in a pod. Well maybe not that much but you would know we were all kin. Vickie with "Boots", their old German Shepherd Vickie and Daddy Mom Curtis with one of her grandchildren, Pat. Anyways, I just wanna say, Happy Birthday Vickie Jean (and Mom Curtis too... and Hi Daddy!!).

Foolish Love has certainly sent its fair share of ill-gotten booty (or ill-booten gotty) my way in this lifetime. Still, no matter how much love doesn't seem to love us, we still are drawn to it as human beings. I've been through hard times with love, and I've experienced the highest highs love has to offer... It's fabulous in its pain, and ecstatic in its pleasure. I would not trade one experience in love for anything... It's priceless. So lucky I am just to really know how it feels, to both love and be loved, and I guess on how it feels to be brokenhearted too, after all how would we know how good it feels if we've never been crushed by it's blow. All of this over-emotional gibber jabber just to introduce to you one of my favorite "Cock-rock" songs, "Foolish Love" by Lord Tracy. Rock On and Love On, and On, and On... Watch more Dailymotion videos on AOL Video

I'm so tired today. Some hours just for me, time to myself, for myself... that's what I need. Everything is always for everybody else, I'm always running and doing and going, for everyone else; rarely me. It gets old. I won't go into it all, I'm just tired and need a break... and need some good fortune. It hasn't been optimal weather this week, nor has there been much time for motorcycle riding. I truly have been jonesing to ride. Over the past weekend, of course I spent both nights at Mom's, and of course didn't get a thing done at home that I needed to (maybe I never will get to again). But we rode our bikes down, even though it was freezing and foggy Saturday night. Even my good gloves don't keep me THAT warm in such temperatures. It was a nightmare, but at the same time it was kind of fun. Recently, Richie and I were contemplating how we just didn't do "spontaneous" stuff anymore. It's so easy to get caught up in the daily grin...

Yeah another make-up post. I'm tired and I can't help it. :) All you have to do is: Watch This Video

In all honesty, I have not had any time the last few days to be creative and go capture any new images. So I am forced to revisit through my collection to bring new light to a few older photographs. I don't think that will be so bad. I really wish I had new ones, but I will have to do with what I have to work with. This week's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) (as always brought to us by the ever-expressive Tink) words are "2" and "Expressive Faces". This would've been totally fun to dig into and go shoot new photos for but I must enjoy the old I suppose, as will you. Here we go... AJ Slideshow Time!

It's been a strange week so far, and it's only Monday. We're in our new office, and settling in o.k., It's actually not as bad as we were all thinking. I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm almost liking it. Changes, everywhere. Guess it's just all part of the new chapters. Funny to me how things just go round' and round' in circles. I got a message recently from an x-bf's (then gf) now-x-wife. At first, I was scared to open it. I thought maybe I was getting some sort of cuss out, again. But there was no reason why. I suppose I was just shocked to hear from her. Turns out that things in their lives have changed equally as much as they have in mine. A lot of eye opening stuff, things that are just hard to realize I guess. But in a way, it makes me smile that the two of us can chat amicable after our so-sour early beginnings. But we were all so young back then. Anyway, just puts me in a deep thought region for the week... guess I am in for more ...

I had a word earlier that, when you sit and think of it in your head over and over, it begins to sound really stupid. You know what I mean? There are many words that do this, however, such as simply, "Mayonnaise". Try it, just think of some normal everyday word, repeat it over and over to yourself until you say, "What the hell?? This word makes no sense and sounds like jibberish." It's really weird. Still, I am very mad that I took a hot bath and in becoming so relaxed, I totally lost the word I was going to use for this post. Nevertheless, I have found something way more disturbing and disgusting. I was thinking about the movie "Wayne's World", well actually the SNL sketch it stemmed from, where Wayne used the word "Mung" . I thought Mung was supposed to just describe something utterly disgusting, some gross unknown substance. Well, it sort of does, but then if you check the Urban Dictionary Descriptions , it goes way deeper and sicker t...

Yes, I was busy and unable to make a post on time for Saturday, and I thought what better way to do a make-up post than to talk about make-up trends and reveal a little something terribly embarrassing about myself... everyone enjoys finding out new things to use against me anyway, so here we go! When I was very young, once, I went to the library and found a book about how to master the Make-up techniques of Boy George . (I know, right? Yikes) Well, what don't we dabble around with when we're growing up?? I was totally enthused with the way that his eyeshadow was so perfect, and I so wanted perfect eyebrows and flawless skin. So I checked the book out, and took it home, then excitedly I retired myself to the mirror for the remainder of the day with my shadows, brushes, applicators and eyeliner. The book told of a special technique where you draw eyeliner across the crease of your eye, then smear it with the darker shadow, hence the ability to keep your make-up on all day long. ...

I've been so busy I almost forgot to mention this too, the man, the genius, Hunter S. Thompson... Today is the Fourth (4th) Anniversary of his Suicide... and as Jayman said, have a drink (or whatever your poison) in honor of him tonight... R.I.P. Hunter... still missed, and always excellent... your legacy will live on and on.

We're in our final hours downtown. From now on out it will be a double drive and half the space for me... Things change, change is constant. But there is still a lot to do, and I may not have a chance to post again today so I thought I would wish you all a great weekend. Right now, I have to go and clean up a lot more $#!t... mmm'kay? Laterz... AJ

They shouldn'ta... All I have to say is "Come on Friday!!" lol... These poor people. Don't You Wish Your Girlfriend Could Sing Like This?

Sometimes I find things when I'm digging around looking for other things. Recently, I found a copy of a letter that I wrote to "Z", shortly after we ended things. I thought it might be fun to post this, you "romantics" will probably enjoy the letter and the lovely thoughts, and anyone else who has ever been in that situation might appreciate the words. Memories are all so precious, those from then and the ones that we make every day that drive us forward. Please enjoy one of my fondest memories with me for a moment. Above all, No regrets. July 3, 1997 Dearest Z, I have thought, and thought about what to write to you at this moment for months. I guess I've never really settled on it, but what you're about to read is the best I can possibly do now. On that note, I guess I'll say that this is a Thank You, Hello, Goodbye, Thinking of You, Miss You... I guess many cards all in one letter. I was always taught to give thanks first, and I thank God every ...

Tuesdays rather slip up on me, especially with a 'bank holiday' stuck in there. I am late, but here I am. This week's WWC (Weekly Words Challenge) is brought to us as always by the lovely and talented Tink of Pickled Beef . Her words for this week were "Z" and "Abandoned" . This triggers bad things for me, and I tried to fight it but couldn't resist an "anonymous" photograph of "Z" himself. Anyways, less on words and straight to the point this week. Frutista Free z e Z innie's Abandoned Humanity Veri z on Z (who abandoned me)

Just a note to say that this month of trying to blog daily for my NaBloPoMo group has been a chore. Majority of the days in this month I have either felt short-worded, or just didn't feel like posting at all... But I am trying. Haven't felt that great today, just kind of 'pmsy' and blah, I ended up bumming around and watching t.v. most of today. Nothing else was going on, so I just went with the nothing vibe. I am starving... I WANT

It won't be long until Midnight, so if I had ideas on posting honestly today (the 15th) I was definitely cutting it close. Nothing in particular is bearing on my mind tonight, just a bunch of stuff at once kind of like I always do. Still have a very hard time "quieting" my mind down so that I can clear it out and just relax and meditate. It seems like it's always going a million miles per hour and I've always got so much "noise" in my head. Anyone else feel this way? I'm missing my Dad a lot this weekend. Just wish I could walk into the house, go over to his chair and kneel down on the arm like I would do a lot of the time, and just talk to him. Would always just talk about different stuff, even down to the fact that I wasn't ready for him to "go", and wanted him to live forever. He would always promise in that "fatherly" comforting way that he was going to be around a long time, and not to worry. Sometimes I'd ask him, ...

Hope yours was survivable. This Video ( ' Book of Love cover') is a repeat, but I like it. It's your present. Be grateful, listen, judge not, enjoy. For today, my Want is silence. Good night.

Today finds me way over my limit of sleepiness. I think it has to do with the fact that #1, I didn't do my morning workout, and #2, I've been kicking the diet drinks once again in favor of nothing but water. Therefore, I haven't had any caffeine in a while either, which is probably great for my system, but has left me with a nagging headache... I just want to take a big fat nap. Water is an essential key in weight loss, along with a healthy lifestyle (watching your food intake, and regular exercise). I'm sorry but there is just no shortcut. You can take supplements and pills, get surgery, or whatever else that assists you with your weight loss, but if you don't keep up a proper lifestyle, then you're not going to be fit, you'll be fat. I'm still way away from my goals, but I am trying. A nap would probably not help any at all. lol! Since we are discussing sleep, and water, I guess it's good to be reminded to go ahead and drink more of your water int...

I'm not really sure how this post is going to go, it's just one of those things I feel frustrated about and am going to try to let it flow. So bear with me and forgive me, as I'm sure I'll be ripped a new one for my Hypocrisy. I know I am horrible for feeling this way. All of my life, I have pretty much loathed Valentine's Day. It's sickening flowers and hearts over commercialized and people going overboard, spending and gifting due to feeling either 'guilted into it', obligated or expected that they have to do this stuff. It's ridiculous. Why buy into this idea? Why can't we just be happy each day of the year, do special little things to for one another no matter if it is a special occasion or not? It seems to me that it would mean more if a significant other were to surprise you for no reason at all, unexpectedly, on a day in say April when nothing else is going on. They wouldn't do it to make up for something they'd done wrong, or beca...

I'm not feeling very wordy today, so my blog post will be composed of videos. Have been digging through old photos and of course I am torturing people with those, but it got me feeling like old 1980s videos, commercials and so forth. Here are a few that might take you back in th' day. Enjoy. The "Mikey" Life Cereal Commercial The Wendy's "Where's The Beef" Commercial I remember "Mr. Roboto" being a big deal... so here is: Styx - "Mr. Roboto" And finally, today I have for you... 80s One Hit Wonders Grab the popcorn and watch all those and I'll be back tomorrow. Happy Hump Day Y'all!

It is that time again, the Weekly Words Challenge (courtesy, Tink!) . I ducked out of the running last week when our words were "M" and "Jump". I said I'd make it up this week, and I am. I don't have any "Jump" pics, but I threw in a couple M's... or three. This week's words, however, are "G" and "On This Day". Once again, I've made up a convenient delicious Slideshow , so feel free to click if you have problems with the one I have embedded... Here goes. Have a productive and magical Tuesday. I'll be around to everyone shortly, but don't let that stop you from commenting NOW :) I will pay back I promise. xoxo

Let's start today's post off with a little "funny". My friend Kim e-mailed this to me earlier today, and I got a kick out of it. They joke about children's spelling, but who knows... these days the kid could've been really serious and meant what he said. ;) Make sure to proofread your children's homework! (click to enlarge if needed) I began thinking today about how we as a society have all relaxed so much as far as taking care of ourselves, and dressing appropriately and gracefully... most of us rarely, if ever, make ourselves truly "presentable" when we go out. When my Mother was growing up... things were just different. Jeans were what you wore when you went to chop cotton, and for the field only. This is the school she still subscribes to even now. After all she has been through, and how old she is, my Mother will never leave the house unless she is fully dressed with make-up on, looking picture perfect (in my book). It's sad nowadays to ...

Oh I seriously do not want to make a post today. I really don't. There's nothing that I feel very moved to talk about, except for feeling "burned out" on everything right now. I need to get away and have a weekend trip sometime soon, I just need to recharge my batteries... I want to. :) I'll just give you a quick run-down of the Cheech and Chong "show". When we were invited to go to this, I felt like we were made to believe that we were going to see the show, as in "free tickets" and going to actually be there. This was not the case. My husband's Mom is a member of the "diamond club" because she does a certain amount of gambling there... so she and Uncle Jorge's wife were supposed to be able to take in 2 guests a piece. First of all they had trouble with this, as the casino hosts said this wasn't the case. They got that straight, but we found out that we weren't going to be "AT" the show, but rather listening...

We just got home from Mom's and are in preparation for tonight's Cheech and Chong festivities. I had to put in a little blurb about last night. We rode our motorcycles down to Mom's, and on the way down Richie had a couple of funny episodes. First we were driving away from a stop sign, and he ran his back wheel over his foot somehow. He wasn't hurt, but that's something one should definitely avoid when riding. Guess it could've been quite the episode. lol As well, he was cruising down the highway (btw this is night time) and from out of nowhere a Bat came flying out and went straight for Richie. Evidently it must've been confused because it had gotten out and was swerving around in the air in front of him, and just hit his windshield. If he didn't have a windshield, then it would've hit him face-on. The following clip is from "Wild Hogs". In this scene, John Travolta is laughing at his fellow Wild Hogs because they are getting bugs all over...

“I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.” ~Charles M. Schulz quotes ( American cartoonist, 1922 - 2000 ) Lord knows I myself am no longer what you might call "A Spring Chicken". So when I go on rants about people's ages, and appropriate dress in certain settings, please, please nobody take it to heart. I am also no "Skinny Chicken", so take the weight-related comments with a grain of salt as well! Although everyone should be themselves, and enjoy life, and live the way they see fit, I still feel that there are some "common sense" rules about how to carry oneself publicly. It's about knowing what people should have to look at, and about looking like a fool. You probably wonder why I even pay attention to people, but it's just me. I'm a people watcher, I like to observe others' behaviors, odd and annoying habits. Gives me something to do while I am listening intently to my eclectic music playlist. "Aging Tennis Diva...

Today finds me feeling quite antsy. I'm not sure why. Just feel the need to escape for some R&R, just some solitude. That would do nicely. Trying to look forward to weekends, as they normally offer some bit of a breather between work weeks, but it's been hard lately. Last weekend, I didn't get much rest between all my different roles, and this weekend I am sure will be the same. The weather is supposed to be nice, warm, and mostly sunny so I think I will definitely be doing some motorcycle riding. "Rev it up Jimi!" Saturday, we have plans to go and see Cheech and Chong at a Casino, so I am looking forward to that, I think. Should be a good show, and at least I can say that I got to see Cheech and Chong together in this lifetime. Of course I will have to go to Mom's and visit over the weekend, so I don't know how to swing that with Saturday night being booked... Friday night I guess? I'm just so tired by the end of the day on Friday... We'll se...

First of all, I forgot my deodorant this morning... I just realized it when I raised my arms to stretch. So much for smelling sexy today. I've just had so many things on the brain lately, stress type stuff about Mom, worrying about her emotional state after all she's been through with Dad, and band-related stuff to boot. For one, you know how easy it is to get the wrong idea, or misunderstandings in e-mails? Well, I guess it was Friday and we had a sort of 3 way e-mail going on between my husband, my drummer and myself. The discussion was about how crappy Memphis was, and just how we had entertained thoughts of how cool it would be to live elsewhere (like NYC or something) one day. It wasn't anything definite, and it wasn't meant as a "Hey man, we're going to pack our belongings and take the first train outta here". Just general discussion. Well for some reason, he evidently took it to heart way more than we meant it, and freaked out a little. I won't ...

Today is Weekly Words Challenge Day! That would be really great if I had entries. The fact is that I do have some, but they're still sitting, safe and warm on my camera. I had no time to prepare them today. It's kinda o.k. though because they weren't that great in my opinion, and I also wasn't able to get anything together for the word "Jump". Just stumped me... I don't know why. Therefore, I am officially pulling out of this week's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC), always brought to us by the Sporkalicious Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's words were "M" and "Jump" (as you might know). I might try to do both themes next week if I can, since I hate to waste what's on my camera. We'll see. Next week's words are "G" and "On This Day" . And per Tink, "If you haven't joined the fun yet, go here for details. We also have a Flickr group for easy shareability. Not only do you get to add ...

I said something funny to a friend of mine earlier today, when discussing the weekend's events. I said, "I wear many hats, Friday night I had to be a fag hag, Saturday night I had to be a gospel singer, and last night I was a Steeler's Fan". All of it is true, I had a busy weekend. Friday night I had my friend Brian's going away dinner, to say goodbye (end of an era). He moved to Atlanta with his boyfriend. Then Saturday night was the Gospel singing we agreed to sing for Mom. And of course Sunday, I was the ultimate Steelers fan!! They rocked it. Albeit that it was a close game, but they kepts us guessing, and ultimately came through and made it fantastic! Ok, a note about the singing; As I had told you, my niece Ginger and I were ambushed by my Mom kind of "last minute" to perform at her church singing Saturday night. We were both dreading it and didn't know what to sing on such short notice, but we ended up having fun (basically just because we br...