Leap Day

Just some odd things about February 29th....otherwise known as Leap Day:

1. Queen Margaret of Scotland was apparently five years old when she came up with the notorious February 29 proposal trap.

2. If a man did refuse the proposal, he would be fined a kiss, a silk dress or twelve pairs of gloves.

3. Women either have to wear breeches or a scarlet petticoat to pop the question, according to tradition.

4. One in five engaged couples in Greece will plan to avoid getting married in a leap year. They believe it is bad luck.

5. People born on February 29 are called "leaplings" or "leapers".

6. The poet Lord Byron was born on a Leap Day.

7. So was the rapper Ja Rule.

8. The plot of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance revolved around Frederic's discovery that, because he is a leapling, he must remain apprenticed to pirates and serve another 63 years before he can join Mabel, his one true love.

9. Anthony, Texas is the self-proclaimed "Leap Year Capital of the World". It holds a festival which includes a guided trip to Aztec Cave, "fun at the horse farm" and square dancing.

10. Parties are sometimes thrown to celebrate leap days. There is no special leap day food but if there was, it would probably be frog’s legs.

12. Matthew Goode, the British film star who acted in the film Leap Year, said he knew the movie would be remembered as the "worst film of 2011" but wanted to be "close to home and able to visit his girlfriend and newborn daughter."

13. February 29 also marks Rare Disease Day.

14. Today you are working for free if you're on a fixed annual wage.

15. Astrologers believe people born on February 29 have unusual talents, such as the ability to burp the alphabet or paint like Picasso.

16. Mitsukuni "honey" Haninozuka, the manga and anime character born on a leap day, likes sweets, cake and stuffed toys. It is joked that, although he's 17, he's really six years old.

17. Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club on February 29 1960.

18. The character Leap Day William who appeared in an episode of 30 Rock wears blue and yellow.

19. The French call leapfrog "saute-mouton", which translates literally as "leap sheep".

20. The frog is a symbol associated with February 29. The Australian rocket frog can leap over two metres.

We've Got Love...

In an effort to keep from dwelling on what I don't have (i.e. being grateful), I will dwell on what I do have.

I've Got Love...

No one in my life is perfect.

That's cool.  Neither am I.

But that's what Love sees, the perfect imperfections, and decides to stick around anyway.

I have parents and a brother, who I love to the moon and back, and they love me back.  I have a beautiful little boy who, because of his mama, my niece, I am Titi to.  And HIS Love? So Amazing to me.  (P.S. and his mama is my light and love.  Love you, Pook.) The Word calls this "storge" love.  It is family love.

I have friends, REAL friends, who despite my flaws and theirs, still manage to show a girl love, and it comes right back to them.  This is "philos" love - the love one has for brothers and sisters.

Right now, I don't have anyone who is romantically invested in me, YET. But, I do have hope that he's on his way.  This is "eros" love - the love between a man and a woman.

But the most amazing love story that I have in my life is this one:  when I had nothing, He gave me everything.  When I was lost, He found me.  When I was desperate and in despair, He gave me hope and joy.  And most importantly, when I thought I wasn't worthy, He said, "You are, because I AM." He loved me when no one else would or could have.

Best. Love. Story. EVER! That is "agape" love - the love that God has for all of us, and best of all, it is UNCONDITIONAL!

So, in the words of Babyface, "if we've got nothing else, We've Got Love."

Press "Play".

Back to Work...

Why is it that when you come BACK from vacation, the things that made you take the vacation, not only pile up, but they start to mutate and reproduce?

Sigh.... all I wanted was a day off, where no demands were put on me.

Instead, everything that nobody wanted to do for anyone...was left for guess who?

YAHTZEE!!!

Welp, back to untie all the knots they made in 9 hrs... in a matter of 1 hr.

No, I am NOT kidding

Yes, I am THAT good.

No, they REALLY don't know.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Stay in YOUR Lane!... a Rant (may be in 2 parts)

I have a co-worker who shall remain nameless (a few other things as well...)

To say this person is NOSY, is putting it MILDLY.

They will get up, from their seat in another OFFICE, just to see who came into the door.

They will stop anyone who is headed for the warehouse, as if to body-check them.

They will ask questions for answers they really DON'T need to know.

They will DIP in conversations that they have NO IDEA what's going on.

And then, when it is pointed out that they have not done their job, they make it a point to throw someone else under the bus...

Anybody else gotta coworker like dis?  Or is it just me?

There are DAYS, people, DAYS when I want to just haul off and....nawl, can't do that.  Might catch some charges, and I need my job.

But, if I had something to say to this person, it'd be this:

"If your name was not called specifically, do not come up to my desk/general work area/near vicinity to see what's goings on!  I don't need you to try and figure out what guest is here!  I don't need to you look over the person that asked to speak with one of the managers.  And the NEXT TIME you run ahead and tell one of the managers about something that I'm doing up/somebody at the front desk, you may come back missing some teef!  Stay in your place and lane, please!"

UGH!!!!

This is for every woman who has ever had one of "those" coworkers that tried to run your desk and theirs!!!

Monday Again...

Time for another round of WHY?

WHY can't American corporations (especially privately owned) go to 4 10-hr days, and give people a 3 day weekend?

WHY are the Republicans so afraid of President Obama, knowing the American people see their anger as fear?

WHY not let President Obama pick the next Supreme Court justice.  Lord knows, Clarence Thomas hasn't really done anything of report...

WHY is Kanye West's son Saint sooooo cute?

WHY do we wanna have a man crush Monday with John Legend and his baby bump-loving self?

WHY can't the gas prices stay lower than $1.60?

WHY is no one getting rid of Michigan governor Rick Snyder who tried to poison close to 200,000+ people in Flint, but Kwame Kilpatrick is sitting in jail (28 years) for misappropriating city funds?

WHY is White Privilege okay, but Formation warrants an apology?

WHY do I have to wait until MARCH to see Empire? (I miss Cookie'nem!)

Just some thoughts for today...IJS

One of THOSE Days...

This is the current situation that I find myself in today.

Through no fault of my own.

I am scrambled.  Brain fogged. Completely discombobulated.

And that's ok.

Lemme explain.

Everyone is allowed to have days like this.

No one should be ridiculed when they do.

The trick to getting through it is to remember: you are stronger than the scramble.  And deep down, these feeling, while overwhelming, do not have to ruin you or your life.

Breathe through this.  Break through this.

It does get better.

This is a shout out to everyone who was made to feel like they were silly or stupid to have days like this.  I do feel your pain and struggle.

If you can make it to the end of the day, then you won. Simple as that.

If you have to, go to the bathroom, have a good cry, and come back out fighting again.

It's going to be alright.

Trust me.

The Grammys

Should instead be called the Grimys...

So much shade...so much hate...so much dirt.

People done forgot... it's not (ALL) about fashion.

It's not about who's dating who, who broke up with who. (I couldn't care less...)

It's not even about who can or can't host (but I love LLCool J for making it swagga like that!)

IT.

IS.

ABOUT.

THE.

MUSIC.

And even that's gotten mediocre...

The Grammys are not about popularity, it's about looking at the body of work someone has taken the time to produce, write, set to music.  It (SHOULD) be about the life, sweat, blood, tears, and laughter of an artist.

But, have you tried to listen to a whole album of, say, Kanye, Taylor, One Direction, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, etc., et. al.?

Hit AND Miss. More misses than hits.

It's like Battleship, only more ships on the screen.

To the true artists, I sympathize with you, and pray we wake up....