Birthday Fun

Your Birthdate: July 2

You're so intuitive, it's like you have a sixth, seventh, and eighth sense. You connect with others freely and easily - and you tend to have many best friends. Warm and caring, it's hard for you to close your heart to anyone. Affection is like air for you - you need to give and receive it to survive. Your strength: Your universal compassion Your weakness: Your unpredictable mood swings Your power color: Mauve Your power symbol: Butterfly Your power month: February

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Funny & Strange things at work

I've been working for the public library going on two years now (hurray! longest post-grad job to date! :D ), and there are daily things that cracks me up about my job, and they are subject to happen at least once per shift:

Patron(via phone): Are you open today? [I'm thinking: No, I broke into the library so I could pick up YOUR CALL!]

Patron (in person): I would like to rent these items. [I hope that you mean borrow. Otherwise, that'll be 5 bucks.]

And then there are the strange things I can't seem to respond to:
[7 yr. old girl, mixed race]: Are you from Africa?
Me [after a bug-eyed pause]: Sweetie, I'm from Cincinnati
[and a slight answer from her grandmother I assume, who was white]: She's from Cincinnati, just like you (are).

It took me a minute to gather myself after that question, I was seriously blindsided needless to say.

Me (via phone): Library renewals, may I have your card number?
Patron: [rumbles in the background]: hold on, let me find my card. I didn't know you were going to answer so fast.
Uh, we expect you to be ready when you dial the number. Besides, there are more than one of us answering the line, and you're not the only one calling. Quit holding us up!

I could go on and on with things like this, but its every shift that I work that you get at least one person who's pretty 'unique'; that comes with the territory with public/customer service jobs. You just have to have a pretty thick skin, patience, and a co-worker close by to vent to...immediately!

Happy New Year!

It's official 2007 is (finally) here! I just about had it with 2006 anyways with all the drama and stress. This year I don't want to have resolutions that I will give up after a week, but have goals that I can manage. 2007 is going to be about enjoying the simple things and getting away from the ideal of "the bigger, the better"; becoming a more aware and mature person continously growing and learning more about my surroundings and the world; making better career choices on both the "regular" and entrepreneurial sides; being more social and keeping in better contact with friends; contnuing my quest to stay away from the "keeping up with the joneses" theory; and of course the good-ol stand by, have better eating habits and exercise a little bit.

It's crazy how your will power and patience can be tested. I love my friends like they were my family, in some cases I love them more than my own family, but like with any person you regularly interact with, there's gonna be those times where you get sick of them. I had an episode on Friday when I ran into a friend that was home from college and we were having a catch up talk, and afterwards I realized how it seems like everybody in this one circle of friends, seemed to dislike one another and how I'm caught in the middle of all the drama.

I'm tired of drama!

It's one thing where someone dislikes somebody or have a time where they're upset at a friend, but when you have someone you're cool with say to keep away from a person, then the situation is getting way out of hand! I'm not perfect, I had times where I added to the drama, and I regret it, but what's done is done. In a perfect world, everyone would get along. And what makes it so bad with this particular circle of friends, everyone was cool with each other at different points and were working together making music. So this leads to another goal for '07: work with (musical) friends when they are actually ready (have some single-worthy songs), and work with people who are already making moves (i.e. performing & pushing cd's). As much as I want to help my friends with their musical efforts, I've just about had it for now. It's time to expand my horizons and move on to network with others who are really looking for help with marketing their songs.

So 2007, like with all the new years of the past , is a time to start again with a clean slate. Time to get it crackin! Happy 2007!

Merry Christmas!

I've been placed in a (movie) quote!

First rule of Shamekko Club is - you do not talk about Shamekko Club.

Umm, what the hell? I guess the best the generator could do was to use my name instead of fight. Booooo!

Silly Pet Trick!

This pug has a few issues imitating a blender, but its a good laugh, check it out:

Horoscope of the day

I read my horoscope for fun (I'm a cancer), at times they can be way off, but this one is so on its frightening:

Your pleasure can be tied to a love interest today -- either a new one or one that already is in your life. Either way, you could push up against boundaries that are your own or someone else's as you seek to create the intimacy that you crave. You have little to lose by expressing yourself, as long as you don't stray from your personal truth.
Friday, October 27, 2006

Chad Lets it Rip

Senor Ocho Cinco is in the building!!!

Dedication (1948-2001)

I usually don't mention this to many but I feel like this is a time to be open and share a little bit. Today is the 5th anniversary of my father's death. Five years ago today, my Dad passed away due to complications from his kidney transplant that he had just a day-and-a-half prior. Until he was called in for surgery, he had been on dialysis for almost four years after being diagnosed with kidney failure.

Above is my favorite pic of us, way back from 1983 (if you couldn't tell it was the 80's already with my pop's jheri curl, heh) - some of you may have seen it before. The pic is my constant reminder that I should always reach higher in life.

I had just began my sophomore year when he passed. It was a tough quarter after that, let alone getting through the rest of college. One half of the union that created me was gone. I'll admit, I'm a daddy's girl, and always will be until it's my time to go.

Usually, I'm not the type to want to give away my life story but this I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to express how I feel. I don't bring up the loss in everyday conversation to receive pity points from people, that's not my motive. I just try to live life to the fullest like my Dad would want me. My Mom and I have our moments where we miss just seeing him everyday, I know deep down he wouldn't want us to dwell on him not being around but to celebrate the good times we shared from playing putt putt, going to dinner, or me being embarrassed at him dancing to a song that I liked while at a red light - with a lot of other cars around. :)

These past five years I've noticed how many characteristics that I do have of his, from his walk (forget walking straight lines, I walk in serpentine lines...), to how the volume of my voice goes up when I'm really excited about something. Little things like that makes me feel connected to him.

My point is to never take anybody close to you for granted. Always tell them that you love them. Its strange, I remember when I left my Dad's hospital room the last night before I coming back just a few hours later that I told him "Good night, I'll see you tomorrow." That tomorrow will come.

Stick Figures get Gangsta

Well, not quite, but this Paint version of "Chain Hang Low" by Jibbs. Honestly I can't stand the song, its a bad for hip hop when ppl take nursery rhymes and use them as hooks for songs! Case in point: Yung Joc's "I Know You See It." A hot beat with a horrible hook. The video is pretty funny, it makes the song easier to tolerate in my opinion. Take a peek:

Learning new things everyday

Random things that I'm noticing these days:

1. My initial looks hot in old english font:


2. That there's definately a difference between a beatmaker and a producer. I'm slowly learning to listen to the difference as well. Being around musically inclined people will do that to you.

3. There are other people that are in the same boat as I am career wise. Through all the drama and hardships, you can lose focus that you're not the only one. Shotout to Kalos for checking out my page and leaving an encouraging comment. Best wishes to you too!

4. It takes patience and drive to get the things you want out of life (career wise). I'm slowly getting to that point. I got a better idea of what I want to do, and what I can tolerate 40+ hours a week.

5. That shameless self-promotion works: Dark Planet Radio launching December 1st! in January, 2007!

Yet another site I've joined...this stuff is getting addictive

Now I'm on flickr too...

www.flickr.com More of shamekko.'s photos

More photos...

Fun at tall stacks! Again on yet another street team promo i'm at tall stacks enjoying the scenery for a few shifts. Here are a few pics from wednesday.