At Grounded

I've got the phone. I'm glad I have it, but I'm on hold with customer service. I'm trying to do email set up and it's not letting me. I've been on hold for about ten minutes. Grounded closes in twenty minutes! Oh boi.

That's my Friday evening. Actually, I may see Hairspray with a few friends we will see.

Heading to Sprint

Okay, I've made the decision to upgrade to the 8830. I'm leaving work in thirty-minutes and headed to the Sprint Store. There better not be a problem.

Blackberry Chronicles

Okay, so no iPhone in my future and I've come to terms with that. Recently, I got an Blackberry 7130e from Sprint. I've gotten used to the keyboard and the "Sure Type" function. What I've wanted from a phone is a full Qwerty keyboard for texting and emailing. Here comes the Blackberry 8830. This is a Sprint first because it has a SIM card that you can use overseas.

So during lunch today I decided to head to to the Sprint Flatiron Store to test out the phone. It's boxy and larger than the 7130e. I wasn't as wowed as I thought I would be. I have serious reservations about the keyboard and the width.

I also have make a decision tomorrow. Can I live with the form factor, in order to have the latest and greatest?

The top phone is the 8830 and the bottom one is the phone I have now.

110 in the shade

I have to tell you about 110 in the Shade.

First off, I waited too long to see it and now it's closing on Sunday. I listened to reviews saying it's dated and the only good thing was Audra McDonald. I beg to differ. This show resonated in me and I loved the relationships. John Cullum, who played Audra's father, gave a thoughtful and commanding performance of a father protecting his daughter. Steve Kazee and Carla Duren are some of the brightest lights on Broadway and really lifted the show when it needed. It's very refreshing to see committed acting. Not actors phoning in their performances.

Audra, what can I say, I saw her in Raisin in the Sun and now this. I don't know why she didn't win the Tony for this role, she should have. BTW, she's won four Tony's already; deservedly so I might add. The depths and heights she takes you to rips your heart out at one moment and then makes you burst out laughing at another.

The show is about Lizzie (Audra) who is this plain (ugly) woman who lives with her two brothers and father. Her father and brothers want to see her married, but she can't see the beauty in herself because how she perceives herself. A stranger comes to down to make it rain (metaphor). Once Lizzie finally breaks down her walls and opens up, the sky does too and it rains literally in stage. It was perfect.

Perception. How do you see yourself? It took Starbuck (the stranger) to show Lizzie that she's desired and loved. As co dependent as it seems, sometimes it takes someone once noticing your beauty in a romantic way in order for you to believe that you are desirable.

The Crystal Ball says....

Capricorn Horoscope for week of July 26, 2007 This would be a perfect moment to send 100 roses to someone you love. Oddly enough, it'll also be an excellent time to send 100 roses to someone you love to hate. In other words, the karmic ledger needs to be kept in balance. You've got to make sure that all the opposites in your life are given their proper due. Each side of every paradox deserves your equal attention. What's the payoff? An exotic and lyrical brand of harmony will be yours if you expand your mind to encompass the yin of every yang, and vice versa.

30 Boxes

30 Boxes is a website calendar program that I have found to be very useful. Check it out.

I needed a way to add things to my calendar. I just save the event to the website, subscribe to that calendar via iCal, sync to my blackberry and presto....it's everywhere I need it. If you know a better way, let me know.

Dreaming a better Dream

I love Oprah Winfrey. She's like an earth mother. Her show is about living your best life and you can't do that without dreaming a bigger dream for yourself. These are some things I want to put out in the universe.

• Move to London/Europe/Austrailia (someplace that is totally foreign)
• Back to School
• Tour

Even to write this freaks me out a bit. It's the Capricorn in me. If you don't know anything about signs, here's a lil bit about me.

Seriously, life begins with movement. Judy can tell you that. I need to take that first step and goodness will flow.

Peace

I now pronounce you...brainless

Chuck and Larry is way before it's time. Before you can make fun of a situation, you've got to have some closure with the issue at hand. Are there any comedies about the middle passage? Nope, and there never will be.

Gay marriage is a okay to laugh at because it's with those people who dance in the street in June with no clothes on. They don't care, they're always ready for a good laugh.

I'd like to know who green lights this stuff? Does the writer's pitch consist of, "What do you get when you put gay marriage and firefighters from Brooklyn together?" I would think a porno, but looks like the writer(s) had other plans. The fact that it rose to #1 at the box office says more about our country than any poll could.

I found this article from a blogger on Huffington Post. My hats off to Joan Garry, very well said.

The Few the Proud...the denied

Does this make sense?

You fight for your country and your country denies you the help you need to recover. Looks like our soldiers are learning that only way to fight the US Government is through litigation and media attention. I hope they get ever cent their asking for.

Venus in Pisces

I got my chart done a while ago and found out my Venus (love planet) is in Pisces. Not the best place, but what can I do. This can give you some insight... read on.

Venus in Pisces

Venus in Pisces people project themselves as dreamy, soft-hearted partners. Everything about the way they flirt promises a lovely time. Theirs is an elusive charm -- they are sweetly playful, a little moody, and perhaps a little irregular. They appreciate romance and poetry, and they prefer to "feel out" both you and the relationship you share, so don't expect too much planning ahead. Their sensitivity can be a little misleading at times. Yes, they are sensitive folk, but lovers may find it maddening that this sensitivity is not only directed at them, but towards all of mankind.

Venus in Pisces men and women want you to know that their love is unconditional. They are unimpressed by your status, and love and accept you for all that you are inside. They love the underdog and are attracted to wayward folks, or those in need of a little help. With their romantic view of the world, they can be unreasonably attracted to states of suffering and martyrdom, so they easily get into the role of saving someone, or being saved. Unlike Venus in Libra, which thrives on equality, Venus in Pisces is actually turned on by inequality! They can be rather confusing and hard to pin down as they feel their way through their relationships. As much as they may want to, they find it hard to commit. Many do end up committing, however, at least on the surface.

Pleasing Venus in Pisces involves enjoying tender moments and romantic times with them. You won't always be able to count on them. In fact, you can be sure they will stretch the truth every once in a while. But remember they do this because they fear they might hurt you, and they can't bear to cause you any heartache. Try to understand them, although that's never an easy task considering the fact that they don't always know themselves. And, truth is, some Venus in Pisces privately have a love affair going with the idea of being misunderstood. Try to put up with their apparent lack of direction in the relationship -- they are so receptive and open to all possibilities that it is hard for them to commit to any one thing, idea, or even person. These intriguing partners will reward you with a love that is accepting and comes as close to unconditional as humans can get.

My Personal Ad Bio: "I will love you for you. I will accept you. Even if the rest of the world thinks you are unlovable, I will see you for what you really are."

Danielle and Nick

Big Brother is such a mind fuck.

Strangers (mostly) are thrown into a house and confined to a small space. When you're thrown into confined spaces, things become magnified. For example, Danielle and Nick. Two attractive people who have developed feelings for each other. In the real world that wouldn't matter too much, you'd just go and act on it. In this situation, Dani has a boyfriend back home in the real world.

My advice to Danielle and Nick, do what you need to do to play the game and remember that your life outside the BB house return once you leave. To Danielle's boyfriend, she's playing a game, get over it, this isn't real.

Claudio

I love Shakespeare. I call him the great dramatist with a tremendous use of language. Tonight I'm participating in a reading of Measure for Measure. It's technically a comedy, but it's a dark piece.

Claudio has gotten a woman pregnant and is sentenced to death. He knew all along that you had to be married (he was only engaged) in order to have children, but decided to have sex anyway. With someone new in office who's interested in upholding the laws, Claudio has been selected to be made an example of. So this proud man is put in restraints, taken around the city, thrown in jail and will be beheaded in three days.

At first Claudio seems to have come to peace with his death sentence, but when he learns that there maybe a chance to save his life, he revels his true feelings of fright and horror of being beheaded. He goes so low as to ask his sister to sleep with the man that has sentenced him.

Shakespeare is brilliant with how he writes his characters and their faults. How much does it take in order for your true self to be revealed? Who do you reveal that too?