Today is the SuperBowl. Two teams are playing. One of them has a guy who went to USC and dates Kim Kardashian and the other has the guy who married Kendra "Girls Next Door" Wilkinson.
That's about the extent of my knowledge.
I will not eat my body weight in chips and salsa. (6 days and no sugar thank you very much)
Just in case I get bored, I'm bringing a book.
Whoo hoo! Go...whomever is playing!
I hope the commercials don't suck.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
It's been 3 days...
and I miss you terribly.
This separation isn't permanent, it's just what I need right now.
Please know that it is not you, and most definitely me.
Hopefully the next time you see me, I'll look like this:
Then we can be together once again.
Au revoir mon cherie
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tameka: A Love Story
Since the beginning of this year, I have tripled the amount of followers to this blog. While this excites me more than you could possibly imagine, I figured that now would be as good a time as any to let you all know a little about me, you know just for kicks.
So anyway, hi! I'm Tameka and this is my blog. Thanks for visiting! This is my excited face:
I am a born and bred 100% California girl. I could never imagine living anywhere else, mainly because I'm so used to not having weather that the thought of being stuck in a snowstorm is terrifying to me. I hate being cold. With a passion. Earthquakes, however are not a problem.
Once upon a time, I believed in fairy tales. I believed in happily ever after and that someday my prince would come. Well some guy came masquerading as a prince, but turns out he was just a guy. A very flawed guy who hurt me pretty badly, but isn't the devil incarnate I always make him out to be. In fact, as roller coaster as our relationship always is, I'll always be grateful to him because he gave me this:
Isn't she gorgeous? 53 pounds of pure unadulterated unconditional love. My princess. She is so much like me it's scary. She is so much like him it's even scarier! She's smart, funny, incredibly outspoken, and without a doubt the best thing to ever happen to me. We don't live a dream life filled with the things a lot of her friends have, but we do the best with what we've got, and despite the occasional temper tantrum, she understands that the most important thing is that she is surrounded by love.
I am deathly afraid of clowns. Clowns, heights, and Christopher Walken. In fact if I was in a hot air balloon with Christopher Walken while he was wearing clown makeup, I would most definitely die of a heart attack. There will be no photo of anything clown related on this blog.
I love books. Hardcore book nerd who would rather read books then do anything. I have had to force myself to go out in social situations because I would much rather be at home reading.
I have mentioned it um, several times before but I have a thing for John Mayer. A hardcore, lusty, sinful thought kind of thing that was only exacerbated by him responding to me via tweet and telling me I was beautiful last year. I truly feel as though all those songs he's written...totally for me. I have mentally planned what our InStyle Wedding layout will look like.
I am a wealth of random pop culture trivia knowledge. I always know who played who in a movie. It's a blessing, and a curse.
I'm kind of a narcissist. I never tire of talking about myself. 'Tis true. But I'm kind, loyal, generous, hardworking, funny, and smart too. I'm a firm believer that sometimes you have to toot your own horn. [insert beep beep here]
I try to live my life in an upbeat and positive way because there are really so many things in my life that I could be depressed about. Despite how pink and positive I try to be, sometimes the emo creeps in and become sullen and withdrawn. It's not a good look, I hate it when it happens, and lately I've been trying harder to push it back because in the last couple years or so I've really discovered how truly awesome I am, and that no matter what as long as I remember that, the rest of it doesn't matter.
Don't you hate it when people seem perfect? That they have their entire lives in order and are full of information as to how you can get a life like theirs? This bugs me to no end because 9 times out 10 they're brushing their teeth with Jagermister or something just to make their lives feel perfect. So that's where I got my blog title. Perfection is boring. It's much more interesting to be a hot mess...especially when you own it. (As I do.)
Once upon a time, I believed in fairy tales. I believed in happily ever after and that someday my prince would come. Well some guy came masquerading as a prince, but turns out he was just a guy. A very flawed guy who hurt me pretty badly, but isn't the devil incarnate I always make him out to be. In fact, as roller coaster as our relationship always is, I'll always be grateful to him because he gave me this:
I am deathly afraid of clowns. Clowns, heights, and Christopher Walken. In fact if I was in a hot air balloon with Christopher Walken while he was wearing clown makeup, I would most definitely die of a heart attack. There will be no photo of anything clown related on this blog.
I love books. Hardcore book nerd who would rather read books then do anything. I have had to force myself to go out in social situations because I would much rather be at home reading.
I have mentioned it um, several times before but I have a thing for John Mayer. A hardcore, lusty, sinful thought kind of thing that was only exacerbated by him responding to me via tweet and telling me I was beautiful last year. I truly feel as though all those songs he's written...totally for me. I have mentally planned what our InStyle Wedding layout will look like.
I am a wealth of random pop culture trivia knowledge. I always know who played who in a movie. It's a blessing, and a curse.
I'm kind of a narcissist. I never tire of talking about myself. 'Tis true. But I'm kind, loyal, generous, hardworking, funny, and smart too. I'm a firm believer that sometimes you have to toot your own horn. [insert beep beep here]
I try to live my life in an upbeat and positive way because there are really so many things in my life that I could be depressed about. Despite how pink and positive I try to be, sometimes the emo creeps in and become sullen and withdrawn. It's not a good look, I hate it when it happens, and lately I've been trying harder to push it back because in the last couple years or so I've really discovered how truly awesome I am, and that no matter what as long as I remember that, the rest of it doesn't matter.
Don't you hate it when people seem perfect? That they have their entire lives in order and are full of information as to how you can get a life like theirs? This bugs me to no end because 9 times out 10 they're brushing their teeth with Jagermister or something just to make their lives feel perfect. So that's where I got my blog title. Perfection is boring. It's much more interesting to be a hot mess...especially when you own it. (As I do.)
I love shoes. I will be so happy when I'm finally in a financial place where I can buy shoes whenever I want. They don't have to be high end designer shoes for me to love them either. As long as they look good, I love them. I also hate Uggs. Blech.
PS - I know these are Manolos but really...it's like the shoe lover's Holy Grail!
I cannot stand cats. I refuse to work for the affection of something I house and feed. Yes I said it. Total dog person.
I'm a girl's girl. I have no male friends to speak of that aren't married or related to my girlfriends. Such is life I guess. I love having my own personal Sex and the City Tribunal to talk things over with and help me get a good perspective on things. Often times it's just fine to let loose and be silly, I look forward to those moments where I'm not expected to be anything other than myself. Having such good friends makes those times so much sweeter.
I'm a vegetarian. Not because I'm a huge animal rights advocate (see previous mention of cat hatred) or anything, but because I wanted to have healthier eating habits and always eat enough vegetables. I'm not a vegan because vegan = no cheese. I know there's vegan cheese or cheese substitutes but really, I don't want to live in a world without cheese. Hence, lacto-ovo vegetarian. The ovo is because I don't want to live without baked goods either. I have an intense love of cupcakes. Intense. It's like, the Princess, John Mayer, and cupcakes. Cupcakes were bumped into 3rd place after the Aniston debacle. (I hate when he tries to make me jealous.)
See? Hot mess. But totally interesting right?
Now that you know me, and I'm sure have fallen a little in love because I'm awesome, stick around. I become more fascinating over time. Seriously.
Does anyone else have a huge craving for cupcakes? Yeah, me neither.
I cannot stand cats. I refuse to work for the affection of something I house and feed. Yes I said it. Total dog person.
I'm a girl's girl. I have no male friends to speak of that aren't married or related to my girlfriends. Such is life I guess. I love having my own personal Sex and the City Tribunal to talk things over with and help me get a good perspective on things. Often times it's just fine to let loose and be silly, I look forward to those moments where I'm not expected to be anything other than myself. Having such good friends makes those times so much sweeter.
I'm a vegetarian. Not because I'm a huge animal rights advocate (see previous mention of cat hatred) or anything, but because I wanted to have healthier eating habits and always eat enough vegetables. I'm not a vegan because vegan = no cheese. I know there's vegan cheese or cheese substitutes but really, I don't want to live in a world without cheese. Hence, lacto-ovo vegetarian. The ovo is because I don't want to live without baked goods either. I have an intense love of cupcakes. Intense. It's like, the Princess, John Mayer, and cupcakes. Cupcakes were bumped into 3rd place after the Aniston debacle. (I hate when he tries to make me jealous.)
See? Hot mess. But totally interesting right?
Now that you know me, and I'm sure have fallen a little in love because I'm awesome, stick around. I become more fascinating over time. Seriously.
Does anyone else have a huge craving for cupcakes? Yeah, me neither.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The First Ten...
The first ten items on my 101 list are all about health and fitness. You'll notice, none of them have been completed or even really talked about.
I have mentioned in the past my tendency towards heifer-ness, and how I was going to start working out to combat it and so on. Well, none of that really happened because I am a lazy procrastinator. Case in point, I just put away my Christmas decorations, and yes, I know it's almost February.
In my role as Mistress of my Destiny, I tend to think about the big picture like what we're going to eat for dinner, how I'm going to manage electricity, karate lessons, and new shoes in one month, and general things of that nature. I'm not complaining mind you, I get that this is the way the ball bounces and if I don't do it, no one else will.
The downside of all of this is that I tend to get lost in shuffle sometimes. I'm often too exhausted to think about exercising, and after the Princess eats dinner, is bathed, and in bed I usually eat a PB&J over the sink while doing school work, paying bills, or trying to unwind by surfing the Internet or watching mindless junk on TV.
Well it'll be a new month soon. The shortest month of the year in fact. 28 days in which to get myself into the habit of putting myself first. This means that working out has become priority #1 and also eating better. I tend to eat one big meal a day and graze throughout the rest of the day so it's no wonder I have no energy. I joined Sparkpeople so I can track all of my eating and exercising and also get a good gauge of my progress.
I've been waffling back and forth on rejoining my gym and I just decided that the price is right, they have child care, and even though there are chicks there in matching ensembles and makeup while I'm there in my grubby sweats, I'm just going to do it.
Welcome to my February Mission: De-Heiferization. Working out 4 days a week, no sugar or HFC for 14 days, and no takeout or fast food. It's going to be hard, but I believe it'll be worth it in the end.
I have mentioned in the past my tendency towards heifer-ness, and how I was going to start working out to combat it and so on. Well, none of that really happened because I am a lazy procrastinator. Case in point, I just put away my Christmas decorations, and yes, I know it's almost February.
In my role as Mistress of my Destiny, I tend to think about the big picture like what we're going to eat for dinner, how I'm going to manage electricity, karate lessons, and new shoes in one month, and general things of that nature. I'm not complaining mind you, I get that this is the way the ball bounces and if I don't do it, no one else will.
The downside of all of this is that I tend to get lost in shuffle sometimes. I'm often too exhausted to think about exercising, and after the Princess eats dinner, is bathed, and in bed I usually eat a PB&J over the sink while doing school work, paying bills, or trying to unwind by surfing the Internet or watching mindless junk on TV.
Well it'll be a new month soon. The shortest month of the year in fact. 28 days in which to get myself into the habit of putting myself first. This means that working out has become priority #1 and also eating better. I tend to eat one big meal a day and graze throughout the rest of the day so it's no wonder I have no energy. I joined Sparkpeople so I can track all of my eating and exercising and also get a good gauge of my progress.
I've been waffling back and forth on rejoining my gym and I just decided that the price is right, they have child care, and even though there are chicks there in matching ensembles and makeup while I'm there in my grubby sweats, I'm just going to do it.
Welcome to my February Mission: De-Heiferization. Working out 4 days a week, no sugar or HFC for 14 days, and no takeout or fast food. It's going to be hard, but I believe it'll be worth it in the end.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I'm sick....I deserve something special
I caught a bad stomach virus over the weekend. In a word, it sucks. Since I am not a fan of TMI, I won't get into too much detail, but suffice it to say, it sucks is a fairly accurate description. I finally feel somewhat human after a 5 hour nap.
Since I'm ill and I'm sure you feel incredibly sorry for me, I thought I'd take the opportunity to mention that I have entered into two book giveaways! Now I entered into one earlier this month on my favorite book blog, Reading is Sexy for a book that I really want to read but unfortunately, I didn't win. Bitter party of one.
Now two more of my frequently read book blogs are holding contests. The first one is for an awesome blog called See Heather Write. The giveaway is for a signed copy of The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, the author of Mystic River and Shutter Island. Heather's blog is an awesome resource for up and coming writers and she's just an awesome chick in general seeing as how we are online community besties. If you start following her blog, please tell her I sent you, it increases my odds! Oh and there's the added bonus that I'll be her favorite person ever and then I'll feel extremely special which is always my goal.
The second contest is for another book blog I really like despite not knowing the author on a personal basis. This giveaway is actually pretty amazing, it's for up to 3 ARCs (Advance Reader's Copy) of 6 soon to be released books. I'm book nerding out over this because one of the books is Will Grayson Will Grayson by David Leviathan. I missed out on the opportunity to be involved in the tour of this ARC from my online book club which I'm only slightly bitter about. Two people whom I know and heart have read it and said it was hysterical so I'm eaten alive with jealousy that I wasn't in on all the ARC fun and have to wait until it's released like the rest of the mortals. So winning Steph Su Reads Blogoversary Giveaway would be awesome! Plus you should just follow Steph's blog anyway, she reviews some really great books!
Since I'm ill and I'm sure you feel incredibly sorry for me, I thought I'd take the opportunity to mention that I have entered into two book giveaways! Now I entered into one earlier this month on my favorite book blog, Reading is Sexy for a book that I really want to read but unfortunately, I didn't win. Bitter party of one.
Now two more of my frequently read book blogs are holding contests. The first one is for an awesome blog called See Heather Write. The giveaway is for a signed copy of The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, the author of Mystic River and Shutter Island. Heather's blog is an awesome resource for up and coming writers and she's just an awesome chick in general seeing as how we are online community besties. If you start following her blog, please tell her I sent you, it increases my odds! Oh and there's the added bonus that I'll be her favorite person ever and then I'll feel extremely special which is always my goal.
The second contest is for another book blog I really like despite not knowing the author on a personal basis. This giveaway is actually pretty amazing, it's for up to 3 ARCs (Advance Reader's Copy) of 6 soon to be released books. I'm book nerding out over this because one of the books is Will Grayson Will Grayson by David Leviathan. I missed out on the opportunity to be involved in the tour of this ARC from my online book club which I'm only slightly bitter about. Two people whom I know and heart have read it and said it was hysterical so I'm eaten alive with jealousy that I wasn't in on all the ARC fun and have to wait until it's released like the rest of the mortals. So winning Steph Su Reads Blogoversary Giveaway would be awesome! Plus you should just follow Steph's blog anyway, she reviews some really great books!
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