My thoughts and prayers...

...are with those affected by the earthquakes that hit Haiti today as well as those headed to the area to provide assistance. Appeals for aid are underway. I tried to find a couple of links to post here and was unable. I will update this post once I find them. See the CNN video below of Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the United States and Wyclef Jean's uncle discussing the quake.

Today was not about controversy....

said ABC Nightline anchor Cynthia McFadden, as I got in tonight from class. And that was my sentiment as I watched or should I say listen to Michael Jackson's funeral earlier today. I think his daughter really put a human touch to the service. Talk about emotional. See it here in case you haven't.


I now know my coworkers and I weren't the only ones BALLING our eyes out

Jennifer Hudson was on point.
This is by far my favorite song by him and come to think of it most of my favorite songs by MJ are the inspirational ones. She killed it. The little dance they did around her was nice too. I had the volume on most of the time and was able to go back and forth.

I also want to say to CNN and Facebook that was one of the best uses of technology I have seen - that may not be saying much but I loved the opportunity to be logged in to Facebook AND watch (actually listen) to the service. See CNN discuss the partnership here.

Where have YOU been?

I know I know- its been a minute. All I can say is life has been happening. I have been working alot to clear up bills that seem to be popping up out of no-where.....It seems like when you pay one off here comes some other company saying oh  yea you owe us too! It seems never ending and with my desire to have at least 75% of my debt paid off - I am watching this stuff like a hawk. I used to write about my desire to be debt and clutter free on my 43 things page but that too has gone by the wayside.  I met with one of my favorite professors and he suggested I start  journaling again to help me get back to blogging. I have followed his advice so that has been in the works for a couple of weeks now.  I have also been picking up weight.  I have tried to overlook this and hope it would go away on its own but to no avail. I will have to put a plan in place for that as well. One of my girlfriends in San Antonio wants we to go on a 25 by 25 (pound by December 25th that is!). I am seriously thinking of taking her up on it. Though for work reasons, I can't really focus on this right now,  I did the math and it works out to be less than a pound a week. I think that's doable - but it is definitely a challenge. I am not going to put any undue pressure on myself but it has been nice to put thoughts to paper. I would say I'd keep you posted but...

Anyway onto the news. The swine flu has gotten a lot attention lately and with due reason people are dying and it seems like this came out of no where. I was watching Dr. Oz on television yesterday morning and he said we will know within a week whether or not this flu is cause for panic. While many of us are in cities where there are no known cases, we should still be aware and utilize the preventative measures that have been mentioned - washing your hands frequently and use of sanitizer. Also for reasons I can quite pinpoint, I am bothered my the name swine flu and apparently so are others. Because of Muslim and Jewish beliefs regarding pigs, a Jewish official felt the name of the flu be changed to the Mexican flu. Read the article here. While I don't think that solves the problem either, I can definitely understand where they are coming from. Needless to say Mexico wasn't too thrilled about the proposed suggestion. 

Also, today is President Obama 99th day in office and the stories regarding tomorrow began weeks in advance. We have been hearing about this benchmark day for what seems like forever and all the major networks are planning on giving us all day coverage marking the day. CNN plans to review the day with coverage similar to that of election night. To top it all off coverage starts at 7 p.m. tonight. ...yea, I said tonight. I wont be taking any of that in tonight but I can't wait to get home tomorrow so I can plop in front of the TV and take it all in. I want to hear the good and the bad, the pretty and the ugly. On a side note- can you believe he went to Trinidad and I didn't blog about. I am still mad at myself for that one. CNN has a short clip of the First Lady's 100 days.  




Just fabulous! 

We are a bit distracted here in Houston with surrounding areas flooded.  It rained all night and under passes and certain side streets around the area are impassable.  And to make matters worse they are expecting more rain. Keep us in your prayers. 

Well that's all I have for now

She’s Coming Clean

Play on words…I know I know I am really wrong for that( I really am quite empathetic to this situation) BUT according to Fox Sports online, it seems Marion Jones is in court today to fess up about her steroid use and the fact that she lied to an investigative committee. The story was first reported by one of my favorite newspapers, the Washington Post. Jones will reportedly admit that she used a type of steroid called ‘clear’ for two years starting in 1999. She says she thought what she was taking was flaxseed oil and didn’t realize it was dope UNTIL she stopped training with Trevor Graham. The kicker part was that she attempted to sue the distributor of the drug…go figure ……..Anyway she has been under speculation for quite some time and as part of this plea could lose all, yes ALL of her medals from the 2000 Olympics and other world championships. Several months back MSNBC reported that she was broke.
Call me an optimist, (I like her) but I believe that she didn’t intentionally take the drugs and then panicked....Not everyone would've responded to the situation in that manner but she did. People cannot say what they would or wouldnt do in a similar situation because most of us wouldnt make it to that level in any sport field to have to find out. Now I wonder what she will end up doing. Is she going to be able to rebuild her life? Earlier this year she married Barbadian sprinter Obadele Thompson. Hopefully he will help her through this. While she may have deceived all her fans, the only person she really hurt is herself. Everyone deserves a second chance.