Our elders were on to something...

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I was just thinking about some of the vocabulary we used and were taught by our elders.  Little did we know we were sometimes speaking the Queen's English and using words from other countries.  You don't believe me?  Raise your hand if you ever sat on a Divan this has a turkish/european origin.  Did I get your attention?  Raise your hand if you ever put your clothes in the highboy , this is 17th to 18th century fancy furniture that some of use grew up with and didn't even know what we had.  Isn't it neat how the words were passed down?  How 'bout when you are sitting on the commode?  Here's the twist to this word.  Commode originates from France to describe a piece of furniture but the good ole US of A (ex-colonists) decided to use it to describe the toilet.  But not too many folks use it anymore.  I find myself using the word from time to time but not much.  One word that i couldn't find that I remember my step-grt-grandmother (Elnora Turknett) use it the garrey, also known as the porch.  I'm not quite sure if it's "garrett" or "garrey" but I knew what she meant.  I'm unsure of it's origin.  Oh yes and one more the "ice box" and the "fridgidaire" were terms we used as kids for the "refrigerator".  Ice Box ( i do know) because at one point people used to literally get blocks of ice and put it in to keep food from spoiling due to having no electricity.  And the term "fridgidaire" was actually a name brand of a refrigerator, apparently very popular to the point that people used that term to describe the piece of equipment.  Kind of like how we'll say "kleenex" versus tissue paper no matter what brand it is.  Simply because people will know what you're asking for.

There are lot of languages that I wish were passed down that we'd be the better for at this present-day for knowing.  Like patoi and creole.  A lot of us Texans have roots in Louisiana as well as whatever tribal blood got mixed in there and there are so many cultural habits and terms that got lost because people felt it was something to be ashamed of.  There is a part of me that almost feels lost because I don't know anything about parts of my background.

Well anyway, even though big mama, granny, papa, big daddy sometimes didn't have the GREAT education that some people have today, they were alot smarter in some cases and no matter what you say, they were on to something.  It's too bad we're losing it.  I think we have literally gotten too big for our britches...obviously since our young men, kings of the kingdom now choose to wear them tight and below their butts.

*peace and blessings*

Well let's see...

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Wow! This past weekend seems to be a blur and I think it had to do with my dental appointment.  Ok so I have close to $3k of dental work to be done (yaaay me) which includes multiple root canals, thus the high price tag.  Well I had my first appointment this past Friday, it was a major cleaning (i wanted to kill the hygienist) AND the root canal (i didn't care).  So the cleaning was the harsh one, the deep one...i didn't realize how tensed up i was until she said "ok i'm done".  I swear i wanted to choke her!  She felt me flinching and shit..she knew that mess hurt. More novacaine next time ma'am! *ugh!* 

So then it was time for the root canal.  Yeah so I wasn't aware of the double appointment before I got there, I thought I was just gettin' the cleaning so I made for sure they had my nitrous oxide set up.  So i got over there in the dentist's chair and they hooked me up..but the dental assistant was smart, she hooked me up to pure oxygen so i could sign the "paperwork" this was also getting my system ripe for the nitrous on the way.  So she turned it on and baaaa aaaaayaaaayaaay by!!!  WOOOO!! I was higher than i've ever been in life and it was legal and paid for by my medical benefits!  And i think i actually tweeted that in the chair. LOL!!  OH yeah AND i had my iPod in my ears so i was jammin'.  So all of this drilling and shit was happening and i'm sitting there jammin' to r. kelly's "i'm loving you tonight" and feeling good...imagining myself dancing for my boyfriend. (those that know me know i don't have one so it was the nitrous) LOL!!

So anyway afterwards, i was up and at 'em, then went home and slept it off and woke up Saturday a.m. and went to class and went back home and took a nap and woke up and did homework and then helped an Aries celebrate and ended up party hopping with some friends and then spent Sunday doing homework!!!

So...well let's see....i had a good time!

I thank God for letting me wake up another day to be annoyed by other human errors....

*peace and blessings*

Communication is the key!

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I'll start this off with a definition. 

According to merriam-webster - Communication: 1: an act or instance of transmitting 2a : information transmitted or conveyed b : a verbal or written message 3a : a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior <the function of pheromones in insect communication>; also : exchange of information b : personal rapport <a lack of communication between old and young persons>
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This is a short one today and I know it's been awhile since I've elated your eyes with wonderful craziness!  I am an admin assistant by day and Film/Video aka aspiring sound engineer student during the night and some weekends depending on the semester. *GO GSU*  So the other day at my day job, I was away from my desk and an executive/managerial type person left an empty Pentel box on my desk with a written message stating "order me a couple of boxes of these".  (for those that do not know, Pentel is a pen manufacturer)  Now on the box is Pentel in big red letters, nothing else.  So i look up the bar code on the bottom it brought up a Pentel Rolling Writer (black), there was also another barcode on stickers all over the box and that number brought up a Pentel Rolling Writer (red).  Mystery solved, right? WRONG!!  Ok, when it comes to office supplies, if someone needs a specific item right away, they will sometimes lookup the item number or barcode and shoot me an email and say I need THIS one right away.  So him leaving the box with the barcodes and message was no problem, the problem is that he didn't want the Pentel Rolling Writer. 

*Travel with me down crazy lane....*

I've been doing admin support type work for about 20 years now and what I find is that some people simply do not know how to communicate anything clearly to the next person.  Instead they are using information in their head, meaning only info that they know, not realizing that it's never been verbalized to anyone else.  So they approach and begin a conversation as if everyone has been included in this one person conversation and decision that's probably been going on for quite some time in their head.  (you ever had that happen to you?)

Ok, so immediately I send him an email and say "hey, these barcodes are pulling up Pentel Rolling Writer red and black and your message said to get you a couple of boxes, so I want to verify that you want two boxes of each.  Is that correct?"  His reply "well no actually I wanted the Pentel Sign Pens." (another type of pen)  My reply "Ok.  So you want two boxes of red and black Pentel sign pens?"  His reply "no actually I want assorted colors." me looking at the email: O_o

I felt like I'd just left the dentist's chair!!  Jesus!! How hard is it to send an email requesting 2 boxes of assorted colored Pentel Sign pens?????????  *wooooo sah!!!*

yeah so....uuuh.  this person is getting paid a six-figure salary to do some, i'm sure, major multi-million/billion dollar work for this firm which means LOTS of communication to others that will report to him and let's not forget prospective clients, yet he could not communicate to me clearly on ordering some pens.  I've seen this scenario hundreds of times and it used to bother me to the hilt. But now I just have a 2-second moment (sometimes 3 seconds),  pray for them and their loved ones and move on because if they communicate that poorly with me at the job, I can imagine what type of family life they have.  Sad to say.

So the moral of this story is COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY!!!!

*peace and blessings*

Reality Traveling - Hitting the road to see the sights..

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I've noticed several restaurants and salons in different cities that I'd love to travel and visit.  And this morning, while getting dressed and watching Dr Phil, the commercial for "Sweetie Pie's" came on and it was then that I confirmed that this summer, I will be doing what I call "Reality Traveling - Hitting the Road to see the sights".  I already have a tentative trip to NY in June scheduled so I will be hitting the Johnny Rockets Sports Bar there (saw it on Under Cover Boss) and the Miss Jessies original salon is there so I'll be making an appt to get my "hur did" at the salon and I'm sure I'll find a few other things to do in that city.  Next up on the list is Sweetie Pie's...I'm going to have to hit St Louis and taste Ms. Robbie's vittles for myself and find some other stuff to do.

In the words of Mary Mary "i'm walking, i'm walking, i'm walking".

2012...Forward Movement...Let's Get it!!!