Summer Breeze

To the Black Cat...

... who crossed my path on the way home from the gym:

"HA! Too late."

Breakfast Disappointment

I just came back from Corner Bakery with my To Go breakfast order. I got the Anaheim Scrambler.

Here is how they describe it:

Anaheim Scrambler -

Eggs scrambled with crisp applewood smoked bacon, tomatoes, green onions, and cheddar cheese, topped with avocado.  Served with oven-roasted breakfast potatoes and harvest toast.

 

What they don't tell you is that it comes with a nifty little game -- Find the Bacon. Unfortunately, I wasn't very good at it, for I only found about three tiny bacon pieces. womp womp

 

What a disappointment. It could've been so good.

Dream - "Catch Him If You Can"

I dreamt that a mutual college friend of mine, Billy, and Quel's was getting married in Dallas. (Actually this friend did get married recently, but in St. Vincent.) I heard that one of my beaus from college would be there. I was very excited to get to talk to him, for he is quite elusive. (Elusive is not even the word in real life -- downright shady.) He would be coming with Billy to some place -- not sure if it was someone's house or what -- to chill out between the wedding and the reception. (Hmm, apparently I wasn't invited to the festivities.) I didn't tell him I'd be there, 'cause he was liable not to show up. (He's got 'avoiding' tendencies.)

So he comes through the door, and I was like, "Hey, boy!" He hesitated for a minute like he was gonna run, but thought better of it, and came on in the house. We sat and started talking and soon it felt just like old times.

In the course of the conversation, he told me was engaged, and then he made a gagging face. He said that he'd been engaged for a few years and that this May was THE date. He confessed that he just wasn't sure about it, but his family and everyone told him it was right. She was from his area; she would fit in with his life. I tried to subtly hint that he should follow his heart, and using the example of Quel and Billy, I talked about how it could work out just fine between and islander and an American.  

My sister was there (all of a sudden) and he took a picture with his Polaroid Instamatic (random, right?) of her and me, and then one of me. As he shook the pics,  I went to take a myspace picture of him and me (you know the kind where you hold the camera and photograph yourself) but my camera blinked that I was out of battery. (Even his image won't be captured!)

I excused myself for a moment and went to the other room to tell Quel how it was going. I was so excited because the guy and I were connecting like old times. She told me that each person could take a guest to the reception, and I should ask who he was taking. As soon as I returned to him, and mentioned the reception, he started getting nervous and gathering his things. And just like that, he was gone.

Sounds about right....

Live Blogging: Baldwin Hills -- "The Mentors"

Okay, rannndom. This episode opens with Gerren talking to Stacy and Seiko about wanting to open up a day camp for young girls to teach them about living for something and being successful.

*Record scratch* Is this the same Gerren who just last week flicked some chick's hat and said to her mom regarding picking the fight that ends her life, "When it's my time to go, it's my time"? It is. Okay, just checking.

Aysia and Aunjel briefly discuss Aunjel's moving to the dorms. But since the producers know that no one cares, they quickly move on to discussing Justin and Aysia.

Aunjel: "So you really like him?"

Aysia: "He kissed me." giggle, giggle

Okay. Not really an answer, but whatever, if Justin kissed me, I'd blurt it out, too.

Cut to Gerren and the crew, who already have a meeting setup to mentor some young girls. Wow, okay that was quick.

Aysia voiceover: "My auntie just got released from jail.... Now she's back and the first thing she wants to know is what's up with Justin."

RuPaul's Drag Race - Are You Watching This?

I am loving "Lip Sync for ya Liiife" "RuPaul's Drag Race." At first it seemed a bit much. Just real over the top. But as a former (okay *hanging head* current) ANTM watcher, can I truly call anything in this post-Tyra world "over the top?" If we're being honest here, and we are, once I got past my deep-seated reservations stemming from my ultra-conservative Christian upbringing and just watched the damn show, I got over myself and enjoyed it immensely.

Although these are men in drag, I would have to say that it's just like ANTM except better and less campy. RuPaul obviously has copied much of the staging of ANTM and set up of ANTM, but he does it so much better.

As for the last episode, the Mac/VivaGlam Spokeperson challenge, I'll say but a few things:

• Chanel shoulda won the challenge on doing the makeup for the other teammate. He was robbed, for sure.
• Speaking of Chanel, did you see his outfit during the runway competition? OMG. And why did he completely pull it off?
• BeBe is growing on me. She's not so easy on the eyes, but she's one of the only ones who makes me think of her with a female pronoun. She brings it everytime.
• Wow, didn't Rebecca look real stupid for bringing all that drama to the challenge about her (she's the other female pronoun invoker) friend with H.I.V. when Ungina did this spirited campaign about Celebrating Life, and then revealed that he himself actually is H.I.V. positive!!
• Okay, why I cry when he said that and everybody started crying?
• But isn't Rebecca so pretty?
• How fantastic is it when they have to lip sync at the end? Can not every show decide things this way? Including Divorce Court, People's Court, Survivor, all of them. This is one of the best ideas ever. But they all would have to have someone introduce the segment just like RuPaul, Lip Sync for Yalllifuh!