Nothing, its winter here, temperatures in the 50s and sunset at 5.10pm

kimrachell said:

KatSkrizzle said:

Hey! My little sister went to Lincoln, but now she is in Sacramento and loving it. That's next summer's trip.

i lived in sacramento from 92-2005.

She looooves it! She works for Davis college or university? But she does a lot of consulting in the horticulture dept. Does a lot of work with vineyards mostly. Sweet job, little shit!

Eating stuff, some swimming, taking care of nephews, chasing around after my wife as she has an early mid-life crisis, walking around doing things like shopping or looking at stuff, making the bed, drinking tea, trying to drink less beer. That kinda thing. Summer's passed already though. It's rainy season.

Continuing my temporary federal position (which could turn permanent. If I have no solid offers elsewhere, I'm taking it)

Looking for a permanent engineering position (preferably federal)

Headed to Atlanta in the beginning of July to visit family and watch my grandmother and uncle run the Peachtree 10K (6k?) race

Possible trip to meet some orgers

Possibly going skydiving for my 25th bday in August

Studying for the FE exam

Interning at a music publishing company in NYC

Playing a lot guitar and whiffle ball

Spending most of my income on late night diner runs

2elijah said:

SCNDLS said:

Okay, the kids are almost outta school or maybe you're outta school or maybe you're gonna take off from work . . . whatevah! Tell us about your plans for Summer 2010?

Me, I got all kinds o' crap going on:

• Panama for 2 weeks to visit family and look at apartments
• LA for BET Awards :cool:
• New Orleans for Essence music festival and art buying
• Vegas for a weekend with the girls and some shopping
• Curacao for a jazz festival
• Bringing my niece and great-nephew to Texas for a visit
• Household crap like cleaning my A/C system, all the windows in the house,
  re-staining my front door, cleaning the garage
• Start hooking up my media room

What about you?

[Edited 6/2/10 8:40am]

So since you'll be there, you can give us a report of the show seeing how Prince is being honored with a Liftetime Achievement Award this year at the BET Awards show.

Chile, I JUST heard about it an hour ago! Oh, I expects to be all up in there preferably backstage.

uPtoWnNY said:

SCNDLS said:

What about you?

I was thinking of hitting Texas. I just need a place to crash.

Oh really now?

Shyra said:

uPtoWnNY said:

I was thinking of hitting Texas. I just need a place to crash.

Eerily quiet...Do you hear the crickets?

I was at a resort all week with NO interwebs and NO telephone unless you gave them your first born. So I'm finally back home and online. THEN both my dishnetwork box AND my tv died while i was gone so I had to go buy a new lcd today and get someone to hang it up. Shit never fails, it's always sumthin

SCNDLS said:

uPtoWnNY said:

I was thinking of hitting Texas. I just need a place to crash.

Oh really now?

All you gotta do is feed me. I'll bring plenty of loot!

uPtoWnNY said:

SCNDLS said:

Oh really now?

All you gotta do is feed me. I'll bring plenty of loot!

Now that's just lovely, cuz if it don't make dollas it don't make sense.

Here's how mine's going so far:

• Panama for 2 weeks to visit family and look at apartments
  Was off the chain! My apartment on the 47th floor overlooking the ocean and the Canal was gawjus and the resort was so fuckin' relaxing. My family is still crazy but loveable and Copa Mundial fever has taken ovah the whole country!
• LA for BET Awards
  Had a stellar time. Saw many lovely friends and mostly chilled but the show was awesome. Thank God there weren't many cringeworthy moments unlike last year, and the year before, and the year before that
• New Orleans for Essence music festival and art buying
  Back home for 2 days then it's off to Essence. I REALLY wanna see Janet, Gladys Knight and Mint Condition (for the 2nd time this month)

I need to figure out how to upload pics using my new camera.

So how's e'rybody's summer going so far?

SCNDLS said:

So how's e'rybody's summer going so far?

Too damn hot. The only good part about summer are the long days. I'll take spring or fall anyday.

Celebrating my daughter's 9th birthday (suggestions welcome).

Visiting my best friend in California

Whatever else comes up

Interesting Hollywood moment #113:

Running into Nicolette Sheridan and her Golden Retriever in Jimmy Choo. She actually struck up a conversation with me and was very sweet.

View from my apartment in Panama

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Sailing through the canal

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At the resort

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At the BET Awards

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Bad pic of TI thru the smoke

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My whole summer got preempted by my education. I didn't realize it would take so much of me when I jumped on board but I am glad I chose the path. I miss a grip of you and what was...

Taking a lovely drive up to Scotland Staying in a beautiful chalet style accommodation with my boys. Enjoying the wonderful scenery of Scotland.... mountains, trees, ocean, clear blue skies with no one else around.

Then later this month London Invasion.

Then a trip to Paris later this Summer.

New Orleans was the bomb, humid but fun as always. I really missed it. This was my first time going since the storm. But now the region is reeling from the oil spill. Regardless, them people know how to keep the party going no matter what.

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Some George Rodrigue art on the side of a highrise

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Rodrigue's gallery

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Performance artists on the street

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TI walking past me backstage at the Essence festival

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Tiny

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Doug E Fresh

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Jill Scott

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Kid

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[Edited 7/12/10 20:48pm]

Well.. The first one or two weeks of my vacation, I had glandular fever and inflammation of the throat, so yet I haven't really been doing much - except of Roskilde Festival, where I saw Prince! OMG!

And then I went shopping with one of my friends for some couple of days ago.

Today I'm probably going to be together with my friend, Monica, and tomorrow some other friends. Thursday I'm going to celebrate my sister's birthday, friday I'm going to a open-air swimming pool with some other friends. And then from saturday till the 24th july I'm in Germany. When I get home I'm going for some parties and then just being together with friends.. Oh, and I guess I'm going to celebrate my own birthday, lol!

Maybe prepare for the new school year..

Very relaxing summer

[Edited 7/13/10 1:27am]

Well, I'm looking for a job so I can save and have some money for NEXT summer.

KidaDynamite said:

Well, I'm looking for a job so I can save and have some money for NEXT summer.

Good luck, gurl.

I'm making an impromptu trip to Jamaica for the Reggae Sumfest this weekend. Looks like a pretty good lineup. Usher, Chris Brown, Shaggy, Beenie Man, and a whole bunch o' reggae/dancehall artists I ain't neva heard of.

Hoping Buju shows up tho.

[Edited 7/21/10 12:18pm]

Spent some days at the East Sea sailing with my boo. Mind you my only experience with boats have been the motorized, big bad mama jama kind. This boy had me out on the sea swinging masts around and sh** . It was exciting though, and he impressed me big time with his nautical skills

Today we made a run to the River Elbe. It was low tide and I was able to make my way to a large shipwreck left over from WW2 and hopped aboard that sucker. Very beautiful and creepy at the same time. BBQd some jerk chicken after while dude was composing Lord knows what, and shall now happily fall into bed untilwe plan the next spur of the moment adventure tomorrow,

Ottensen said:

Spent some days at the East Sea sailing with my boo. Mind you my only experience with boats have been the motorized, big bad mama jama kind. This boy had me out on the sea swinging masts around and sh** . It was exciting though, and he impressed me big time with his nautical skills

Today we made a run to the River Elbe. It was low tide and I was able to make my way to a large shipwreck left over from WW2 and hopped aboard that sucker. Very beautiful and creepy at the same time. BBQd some jerk chicken after while dude was composing Lord knows what, and shall now happily fall into bed untilwe plan the next spur of the moment adventure tomorrow,

Where's the East Sea???

Camping in Pennsylvania

Visiting a friend in Monterey, CA

Possibly going to a Bachelor party in Wisconsin

Figuring out where my ex is gonna live.

SCNDLS said:

Ottensen said:

Spent some days at the East Sea sailing with my boo. Mind you my only experience with boats have been the motorized, big bad mama jama kind. This boy had me out on the sea swinging masts around and sh** . It was exciting though, and he impressed me big time with his nautical skills

Today we made a run to the River Elbe. It was low tide and I was able to make my way to a large shipwreck left over from WW2 and hopped aboard that sucker. Very beautiful and creepy at the same time. BBQd some jerk chicken after while dude was composing Lord knows what, and shall now happily fall into bed untilwe plan the next spur of the moment adventure tomorrow,

Where's the East Sea???

Actually it's really the Baltic Sea, but because in Europe they call it the 'Ostesee', my unruly American ass wants to always translate the name literally . It's just a few hours away by car to the north and east. Sweden's on the other side of it. It's purty ...and good lawd, the fish from that water is good! I love to be around the water in summer. I can see you got great spot on the water in Panama, Gurl!!!

Ottensen said:

SCNDLS said:

Where's the East Sea???

Actually it's really the Baltic Sea, but because in Europe they call it the 'Ostesee', my unruly American ass wants to always translate the name literally . It's just a few hours away by car to the north and east. Sweden's on the other side of it. It's purty ...and good lawd, the fish from that water is good! I love to be around the water in summer. I can see you got great spot on the water in Panama, Gurl!!!

Just unruly Sounds loverly. I'm still trynna make it to the North Sea

Yeah, I'm excited about my new spot. I just gotta make a concerted effort to get there every few months. Speaking Spanish 24/7 was the best part of being there . . . oh and the shopping.

Love the pics SCNDLS!!!

Especially the Panama ones....

I gotta live vicariously thru u girl....I'm too broke 2 travel this summer....