9.02.2005
help links
I'm just so numb right now over what is going on in New Orleans, that I told myself I need to calm down before I write... anything that would come out would have lots of emotion behind it.
For now, here are many ways you can give to help out.
~C
The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists these organizations for those seeking to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina:
Charity Navigator: charitynavigator.org
Information on various charities and ways to donate to the relief effort.
Donate cashRed Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW or www.redcross.org
AmeriCares: americares.org
Episcopal Relief & Development: 1-800-334-7626 or www.er-d.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 1-800-554-8583 or gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or www.salvationarmyusa.org
Catholic Charities: 1-800-919-9338 or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
FEMA Charity tips: www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: www.nvoad.org
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: www.la-spca.org
Operation Blessing: 1-800-436-6348 or www.ob.org
America's Second Harvest: 1-800-344-8070 or www.secondharvest.org
Adventist Community Services: 1-800-381-7171 or www.adventist.communityservices.org
Christian Disaster Response: 1-941-956-5183 or 1-941-551-9554 or www.cdresponse.org/cdrhome.html
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: 1-800-848-5818 or www.crwrc.org
Church World Service: 1-800-297-1516 or www.churchworldservice.org
Convoy of Hope: 1-417-823-8998 or www.convoyofhope.org
Lutheran Disaster Response: 1-800-638-3522 or www.elca.org/disaster
Mennonite Disaster Service: 1-717-859-2210 or www.mds.mennonite.net
Nazarene Disaster Response: 1-888-256-5886 or www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: 1-800-872-3283 or www.pcusa.org/pda
Southern Baptist Convention - Disaster Relief: 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440 or www.namb.net
American Red Cross (800) HELP NOW (435-7669) English; (800) 257-7575 Spanish
Operation Blessing (800) 436-6348
America's Second Harvest (800) 344-8070
To donate cash or volunteerAdventist Community Services (800) 381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA (703) 549-1390
Christian Disaster Response (941) 956-5183 or (941) 551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (800) 848-5818
Church World Service (800) 297-1516
Convoy of Hope (417) 823-8998
Lutheran Disaster Response (800) 638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service (717) 859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response (888) 256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (800) 872-3283
Salvation Army (800) SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6133
United Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 554-8583
Other Information:
Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-FEMA; www.fema.gov
Louisiana Homeland Security: www.ohsep.louisiana.gov
City of New Orleans: www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx
Louisiana Governor's Office: www.gov.state.la.us/
Mississippi Emergency Management: www.msema.org
National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov
National Weather Service: iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding): www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/index.html
8.30.2005
The media...
I don't usually blame shit on the media, but I had to take a step back and think about this one... and we wonder why this bling bling culture continues to thrive amongst our youth...
So, Terrell Owens lifts weights on his front lawn in the middle of a contract dispute.
Who shows up: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports.
Rodney Peete renews his vows to his beautiful, talented, wife, takes care of his beautiful family, and provides a role model for young men of all colors for how to carry themselves with dignity on and off the field:
Who shows up: Ebony Magazine.
I rest my case.
~C
CD of the moment: Rewind! Volume 4
So, Terrell Owens lifts weights on his front lawn in the middle of a contract dispute.
Who shows up: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports.
Rodney Peete renews his vows to his beautiful, talented, wife, takes care of his beautiful family, and provides a role model for young men of all colors for how to carry themselves with dignity on and off the field:
Who shows up: Ebony Magazine.
I rest my case.
~C
CD of the moment: Rewind! Volume 4
8.29.2005
My Cable 'Hook-Up'
There is an urban legend about a woman named Keisha who was the first African-American to be employed by a Kentucky Fried Chicken. She worked dilligently and moved her way up from cleaning tables and floors, to cooking chicken, to actually working the drive-thru window. Well one day Keisha's boss was giving her hell, which she expected from whitey, but he was really laying it on her thick that day.
Just at the moment when she was about to snap, some friends of hers pulled up through the drive thru to order some food. Rather than yell at boss man and risk losing her job, Keisha found another way to release her anger on the boss and on that day, Keisha invented "the hook up". Keisha's friends had enough chicken to feed the neighborhood all for the price of a 2-piece meal.
So I decided to step it up a notch and get digital cable... mainly because local news is less than stellar... not that Foxnews, CNN, or MSNBC are tons better, but at least I can go and get some news when I want it and not have to wait until 11:00pm..
So I called Comcast and received a flirtacious lady on the other end who I am assuming because of her speech was of the darker persuasion. Sensing this, I dumbed down my speak a bit to let her know that I was as well... am I ashamed of this? kinda. The bad part about it is that I could tell that she was forcing herself to speak proper English and it just wasn't natural for her so she'd slip up here and there and throw in something like, "...so here is what I'm finna try and do...." to which I replied, "... work that shit out playa....." she giggles......
Now one could assume that the specials actually DID exist already, but my girl worked it out and I could hear her working the calculator trying to find me the best deal she could. Layering promotion on top of promotion.
I previously had high-speed internet ($42) and the most basic of cable services ($15) for the sum of $60.70 per month. By the time my girl was done with me I had the following:
High speed internet at $19.95 for 6 months
Digital Cable Plus at $34.95 for 6 months (about 180 channels)
40+ music channels (you know I wanted the music joints)
Reduced cable box / remote rental fees
Free HBO
Free showtime for 3 months
Free Starz! for 3 months
.... all for the price of $61.93 and her direct line so I can call her back and hook it up again after my 6 months is up.
Thanks Keisha for inventing the hook-up, your actions from back in the day saved my over $40 a month on my cable bill and for this I tip my hat to you. Here is to you and cable guys / girls around the world that go out of the way to keep the cable bills of brothers and sisters as low as possible.
~C
CD of the moment: Platinum Pied Pipers - "Triple P"
Just at the moment when she was about to snap, some friends of hers pulled up through the drive thru to order some food. Rather than yell at boss man and risk losing her job, Keisha found another way to release her anger on the boss and on that day, Keisha invented "the hook up". Keisha's friends had enough chicken to feed the neighborhood all for the price of a 2-piece meal.
So I decided to step it up a notch and get digital cable... mainly because local news is less than stellar... not that Foxnews, CNN, or MSNBC are tons better, but at least I can go and get some news when I want it and not have to wait until 11:00pm..
So I called Comcast and received a flirtacious lady on the other end who I am assuming because of her speech was of the darker persuasion. Sensing this, I dumbed down my speak a bit to let her know that I was as well... am I ashamed of this? kinda. The bad part about it is that I could tell that she was forcing herself to speak proper English and it just wasn't natural for her so she'd slip up here and there and throw in something like, "...so here is what I'm finna try and do...." to which I replied, "... work that shit out playa....." she giggles......
Now one could assume that the specials actually DID exist already, but my girl worked it out and I could hear her working the calculator trying to find me the best deal she could. Layering promotion on top of promotion.
I previously had high-speed internet ($42) and the most basic of cable services ($15) for the sum of $60.70 per month. By the time my girl was done with me I had the following:
High speed internet at $19.95 for 6 months
Digital Cable Plus at $34.95 for 6 months (about 180 channels)
40+ music channels (you know I wanted the music joints)
Reduced cable box / remote rental fees
Free HBO
Free showtime for 3 months
Free Starz! for 3 months
.... all for the price of $61.93 and her direct line so I can call her back and hook it up again after my 6 months is up.
Thanks Keisha for inventing the hook-up, your actions from back in the day saved my over $40 a month on my cable bill and for this I tip my hat to you. Here is to you and cable guys / girls around the world that go out of the way to keep the cable bills of brothers and sisters as low as possible.
~C
CD of the moment: Platinum Pied Pipers - "Triple P"
8.28.2005
if you're in new orleans...
GET THEE HELL OUT... NOW!!!
THIS is a scary ass read... from the national weather service......
~c
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WWUS74 KLIX 281550NPWLIXURGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
HURRICANE KATRINAA MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. ATLEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATEADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING... BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEWCROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEARHURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE
THIS is a scary ass read... from the national weather service......
~c
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WWUS74 KLIX 281550NPWLIXURGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
HURRICANE KATRINAA MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. ATLEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATEADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING... BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEWCROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEARHURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE
8.24.2005
so let me get this straight...
If I have you in my gmail contacts, then all I have to do is click on a button and then we can actually talk to each other through our speakers as long as we both have a gmail account???
Word.....
still need a gmail address??? .... get at me..
~C
CD of the moment: Jazztronik - "Inner Flight" (import)
I received an e-mail saying - "What in the hell do you listen to?? I've never heard of any of these groups!!?? How am I supposed to buy a recommendation of yours if I have absolutely no freakin clue what kinda music it is??"
ssssssooooooooo, I'll try to give a little description of the album to help you get the idea of what its all about...
This jazztronik album is their release from 2001... Fantastic UK collection from this Japanese group furthering the smooth house/nu-jazz/latin sound. All of the tracks collected here are lifted from many of their Japanese only 12 inch pressing which are long deleted. Higly recommended..
Word.....
still need a gmail address??? .... get at me..
~C
CD of the moment: Jazztronik - "Inner Flight" (import)
I received an e-mail saying - "What in the hell do you listen to?? I've never heard of any of these groups!!?? How am I supposed to buy a recommendation of yours if I have absolutely no freakin clue what kinda music it is??"
ssssssooooooooo, I'll try to give a little description of the album to help you get the idea of what its all about...
This jazztronik album is their release from 2001... Fantastic UK collection from this Japanese group furthering the smooth house/nu-jazz/latin sound. All of the tracks collected here are lifted from many of their Japanese only 12 inch pressing which are long deleted. Higly recommended..
8.22.2005
the bitch in me...
Back in November when I was in northern Switzerland, I was forced to buy some lotion since I left mine behind in either Salzburg or at my girl Karin's house in Munich. So I picked up this lotion with chamomille and just fell in love with it...
Yeah, I fell in love with this lotion... then once I returned to the states, in order to make it last longer, I delegated this lotion as 'face lotion' but too precious to be used over the rest of my body.. Then I started using it every 3rd day on my face, then only when I would be going out... you get the picture.
I finally was coming down to the end, when I decided that I had to have it and needed to know how much it would cost to have it shipped overseas...... Well the internet is a beautiful thing and I found a company that is based in Chicago of all places that actually carries my shit. Even though I had to pay twice as much for it, I bought three.
I wouldn't share these types of secrets with just anybody you know, so because you read the blog, I'm giving up the secret for my silky soft baby's booty skin...
You owe me for this one...
Intensive Schutzcreme available at smallflower.com (Larger size also available)
~C
(SHIT!!!!! update....)
So I'm thinking to myself, so now that I got mine, I can let others know so they can get theirs... well they just called and don't have my shit in stock and said it will take two months to get it......... sonuvabitch... so now I'm still without my face creme.... man, fu*k those hoes over at smallflower...
(A-HA!!!! UPDATE #2)
I just obsessed over finding this creme and finally found it (in texas of all places?) to order from, but had to pay EVEN MORE for this shit!!! dammit.... not I'm really starting to act like a little bitch about some gotdamn lotion... but i gotta have it man!!! i gotta have it!!! So now on second thought, I ain't sharing that info with you no more... you know what the product is, but you'll have to find a place to get it on your own...... Originally it was 4.40 Swiss francs ($3.50 US) when I bought it over there... I had to pay $6.50 + shipping over at sunflower.com and NOW... NOW.... Freakin $8.95 + shipping.............
gotdamn shame... over some lotion.... these obsessive / compulsive fits have got to stop..
Yeah, I fell in love with this lotion... then once I returned to the states, in order to make it last longer, I delegated this lotion as 'face lotion' but too precious to be used over the rest of my body.. Then I started using it every 3rd day on my face, then only when I would be going out... you get the picture.
I finally was coming down to the end, when I decided that I had to have it and needed to know how much it would cost to have it shipped overseas...... Well the internet is a beautiful thing and I found a company that is based in Chicago of all places that actually carries my shit. Even though I had to pay twice as much for it, I bought three.
I wouldn't share these types of secrets with just anybody you know, so because you read the blog, I'm giving up the secret for my silky soft baby's booty skin...
You owe me for this one...
Intensive Schutzcreme available at smallflower.com (Larger size also available)
~C
(SHIT!!!!! update....)
So I'm thinking to myself, so now that I got mine, I can let others know so they can get theirs... well they just called and don't have my shit in stock and said it will take two months to get it......... sonuvabitch... so now I'm still without my face creme.... man, fu*k those hoes over at smallflower...
(A-HA!!!! UPDATE #2)
I just obsessed over finding this creme and finally found it (in texas of all places?) to order from, but had to pay EVEN MORE for this shit!!! dammit.... not I'm really starting to act like a little bitch about some gotdamn lotion... but i gotta have it man!!! i gotta have it!!! So now on second thought, I ain't sharing that info with you no more... you know what the product is, but you'll have to find a place to get it on your own...... Originally it was 4.40 Swiss francs ($3.50 US) when I bought it over there... I had to pay $6.50 + shipping over at sunflower.com and NOW... NOW.... Freakin $8.95 + shipping.............
gotdamn shame... over some lotion.... these obsessive / compulsive fits have got to stop..
work
Have you ever had so much work to do that you just quit trying to get it all done?
I almost reached that point last week. It just seemed like there was absolutely no way everything would get done so I just kinda shut down and hit the internet for a couple of hours. I am completely fascinated by the internet and always seem to find another site to explore. I have over 200 bookmarks and anytime I find an interesting site, I hit up the links page and find 2-3 more.
Here are a few I've been visiting lately: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
So in the midst of all of this craziness all around me, I find calm in my moments of nothingness, watching strangers on message boards bicker at one another, watching people take themselves way too serious and get offended way to easily. I find the people that go around and offend people online just as interesting because they recognize that it doesn't take much to get a group of people's panties all in a bunch, and actually enjoy starting shit. All they have to do is make some general statement like, "Tupac was wack, deal with it." and watch as the hilarity ensues. People will come out of nowhere to espouse the virtues of West Coast rap and retort with a commentary on Biggie...
I'm still working on developing a new site, but I can't decide on a name... Should it be funky? should it be professional? should it be ........
I actually have 2 website ideas currently, one for me personally where I can put my portfolio, DJ mixes and stuff. The other where me and all my architecture buddies can talk shit about the profession and do a little self promotion in the process...
School starts next week and I'm teaching a class I've never taught before so preparation has been pretty intense with lots and lots of reading going on.... I've spent more money on books than clothes and music combined this summer which is a new development in my spending habits.... but I end up with stacks of books to read which although ambitious, rarely would be more fun than a new pair of shoes...
~C
CD of the moment: Danny Krivit - "In The House"
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