Actually, its more like a quote for LIFE.

“‘Whatever you give a woman, she’s going to multiply.

If you give her a house, she’ll give you a home.

If you give her groceries, she’ll give you a meal.

If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart.

She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.’

So……if you give her crap, you will receive more shit than any one human being can handle.”

HA! I’ll say.

I get these every so often from (guy) friends of friends, who aren’t really my friends - meaning, I don’t know enough about them and their everyday life that I’d want their friends to be my friends - but, we do know each other, so we’re friends on Facebook.

 
Usually, I just ignore the friend request. Especially, if they don’t at least send a message stating their business - like, why they’re sending a stranger this friend request.

Now, if they’re really attractive or interesting on paper screen, then I might send them a message to find out if perhaps we met and I’d forgotten, or to find out a little more about them in general. That’s happened all of……eh, NEVER, give or take a few.

 
But this friend request is one I feel like I should almost follow-up on. Dude reads really great on his page, but then again, how hard is that to do?

 
So I moved on to his photos. Dude is aight, BUT……(there’s always a but)…

1. He looks to be on the shorter side of tall, and……
    

2. ……HE HAS A CURL. (Lord, help me)

    
   Now……dude seems to have a multi-cultural background (speaks spanish, something about going to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic), so maybe its a natural curl.

   But ummm……it still looks wrong. Ok, I just read a comment that says he’s no longer rockin the curl, as he’s ended that “VAIN” stage in his life. Thank God.

 
Ok, so if you’re still reading at this point, you probably realize that its possible I’m reading too deep into a simple friend request.

The guy is probably just looking to network with folks in NY. I’m sure he’s not tryna be my boo (yet).

 
But the thing that prompted me to even post about it, was the fact that my stomach turned at the thought of beginning the process of getting boo’d up with someone.

 
Mentally, I turned and ran the other direction from e-sponding to this guy, due to the chance that he might wanna “get to knooow me”.

How silly and narcissistic is that??

 
So now that I’ve admitted my silliness to the world and gotten over myself, I’ll just send him a message to see what he wants.

So, while things have been dull lately, I’ll tell you what is goin on around these parts.

 
Work, of course. Already talked about that. But now I see how one can/will throw themselves into work when the social life isn’t so hot.

 
Work-ing out. Yeah, I’ve been on the treadmill faithfully. Might as well. Not like I’m doing anything else. For the record……it sucks. I hate sweating, and it messes up my hair. But I’m dealing with it.

So now that I’ve started running……I’ve found that there’s this whole underground running community. It began with me experiencing some changes with my body that would only occur as I was running, so I did my internet research and found out I was suffering from Runner’s Trots. I’ll let yall look it up for yourselves, but it was comforting to know that nothing was wrong with me……its just a symptom of running. (Cool!)……(Kinda) I’ve officially become a “runner”.

 
Also, in the course of my internet research, I came across some information about these Acai Berry’s that are all the rage, and this Total Cleanse system to help you clean out your colon, without getting the hose shoved up your a$$. They have a couple “free” trials (not including s&h), so I ordered them and they should be here in 7-10 days. We’ll see if that helps me move this weight loss thing along.

 
The pseudo BF is no more (who didn’t see that coming?). It was rough at first, but he’s taking it better than expected (Thank God).

Why does one assume that a person moves on because they’ve found somebody else? It can’t be that you’ve turned them off on your own accord and now they’re just not into you anymore?

 
I went ahead and joined Twitter. Not much going on yet, but I’s gettin to it. If you’re already acclimated to the program, please help a sista out……Find me so I can follow you!

 
Scrimping and surviving is paying off. I’ve managed to increase my savings, so next month should be more comfortable. And the month after that should be even better, and so on.

 
A couple of events are on the horizon. RECE, I’ll email you one in particular that you should come to. Hopefully you’re not working.

 
I’m hoping I’ll go outside more in the month of November, before it gets stupid cold.

 
My friend has a new puppy who is the CUTEST! They came by to visit, and he instantly fell in love with me. Ok, he took a moment to warm up (literally, cuz its cold in my apt), but once he did, we were playing around like old friends. And he gave me kisses and sat in my lap.

To quote Rachel Zoe: I DIE.

Oh, AND!!! he was potty trained. Pee’d on the lil paper all on his own and everything. LOVED IT!

It’s amazing how easily one can fill an evening just playing with a puppy and watching it sleep in your lap.

I’m SO gettin one.

 
Life has been pretty dull since she left. I’ve been pretty dull since she left. This blog has been pretty dull since she left.

 
No one to shop with, eat with, drink with, party with, chillax with, talk mess with……

 
……NY isn’t as fun without her.

 
*sigh*

 
Just finished my annual performance review with my manager.

 
Lately I’ve been frustrated with my job, but nonetheless, I worked my ass off and got rave reviews. I’ll have to wait until December to find out what the pay-off will be for my efforts. It better be good (no pun intended).

 
The talk actually helped me feel better about going forward in this position and under the tutelage of my manager. We’re actually very much alike - young, smart, talented, driven women - and the area we struggled with the most is communication. But hey, we’re techies! We don’t DO communication, and I have my own personal issue with communication, so I gotta do better with that in the future. I’m only hurting myself if I don’t (hence the built up frustration).

 
I’m light-weight excited about the projects coming up for the next year. But one thing I refuse to do again, is event planning. Somehow……(because I’m so damn competent!)……I got suckered into planning our Annual Sales Kick-Off Meeting. Dammit!! I’ll be glad when Thursday afternoon (3pm to be exact) finally comes around. I think I’ll celebrate that night, and stay home on Friday. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

 
But at least the higher ups will know my name. Could be a good or bad thing, depending on how this event turns out.

 
And in the time of economic struggle (both nation and world wide), my company is actually doing fairly well. Praise.Him!! While the threat is still out there, I can say that I’m comfortable with the likelihood that my company will not only keep me around, but also increase my earning potential.

 
So yeah, all in all, things are definitely pos-i-tive.

P.S. Watch this clip on Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama.