Well I’m still overwhelmed but I am no longer in shock so I can actually write about some things (show-related):

1. I have to shout out the office of Dr. Kenneth B. Louis DDS and his staff. They were office of the week and they rocked! If you’re in the East Bay and need dental work I suggest you check them out. They are the friendliest office I have ever been to.

2. I can’t believe how many New Kids on the Block fans there are still out there. I’m sorry I wasn’t real big on “NKOTB” but I am enjoying your enthusiasm. It’s nice to see something turn grown women into teenagers again. Savor the feeling ladies, it doesn’t happen often!

3. This city girl is going country this weekend at AT&T Park. It’s not that I’m the biggest Kenny Chesney fan that ever lived but I have heard great reviews of his shows and since it’s right down the street I figure I’ll go check it out.

As far as my personal turmoil I did try to be still, I was so still I went to sleep and no I did not dream an answer. However solutions have been popping up all over the place in the form of friends and relatives with great ideas. All I’ll have to do is help with the execution.

Phew, gray skies clearing up..here comes my happy face!

P.S or (4.): weather is supposed to be great this weekend….get out there! 

Right now I am in a state of “too much” and I don’t know what to do. I can’t seem to get my life balanced.  Too much solitude and too much to do and too many decisions to make, life altering decisions.  The kinds of decisions that you want to make right. The kind that you can’t take back later if you decide you made a mistake.  I don’t know who said this but it seems I read or someone once said to me “when you don’t know what to do, do nothing. Be still and the answer will come.”  Sounds easy but when your mind is racing it’s hard to slow down let alone cut off.  I’m going to do my best to take this advice today and over the next few days . I’ll let you know how it all comes out.

I apologize, not for tellling the truth but for my inability to focus enough to write an entertaining and informative blog today.  At this moment I am without a soapbox and my sense of wit and wonder are failling me. Please bear with me, all will be well soon. Peace.

I never thought I would live to see the day that an African-American man would be a major party candidate for President of the United States.  We’ve come a long way Baby! Not only is an African-American running for president but he campaigned against a woman! When Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton announced their respective plans I watched in awe. Even though I liked both candidates, in my heart of hearts I didn’t think they would ever make it to serious candidate status. As the months dragged on I realized they were both serious candidates and when the smoke cleared, whoever was nominated would become a new page in the U-S history books. Althought Obama will be the one to lead the charge to the White House for the Democrats, he and Hillary have given hope to the masses and to children in classrooms all over America who now know that they too could have the opportunity to run for president someday.

However, I am not without fear for the future. I think these next months leading up to the election are going to be brutal. As much as we say we want change it is often in our nature to resist it and that resistance has the potential to get ugly in ways many of us have not seen in our lifetime. I pray and hope and try to have faith that some of the deep-seated hate and fear long hidden behind closed doors will be replaced by knowledge and courage and not acted upon with rage and violence. We must replace ignorance with tolerance, only then can we as a people truly be free.

That’s the question we asked on the show this morning. I say yes. Baltazar says no.  Those that called in to answer sided with each of us for a myriad of different reasons based on personal experience.

Here’s my take: Men and women can be platonic friends for life as long as they are not sexually attracted to one another. I have literally tons of guy friends that I have not dated and have no plans to date and I am sure they would say the same about me. We’re all great people with something special to offer in a relationship, just not to one another.  There may be  times in the relationship that when things are going south in your romantic life that you may look at the other person and wonder but as long as you respect the friendship and don’t act on impulse things will be fine. Hey, that’s my take anyway. I will agree there is no always right or always wrong answer for this one, just live and learn. Peace.

That’s the way things are for me right now.  It’s Monday and I’ve got nothing planned for the week. Sorry I’m a planner and try as I have to get over this in the past, wide open spaces (especially on my calendar) make me nervous.  I spent most of the weekend in solitary confinment watching back episodes of Grey’s Anatomy.  Watching all those whiny doctors drove me from home to a number of different shopping spots (food, clothes, gadgets) and caused me to spend more money than I planned. I am proud of finding an old school Margarita machine. Hopefully it works as well as the box promises and then it really will be a bargain.

Sorry to disappoint but I just couldn’t get it together for the Union St. Festival. Chunk made it though. Check his blog because I am sure there are interesting pictures. I did leave the house for one activity: Golden Gate Fields. It was dollar day Sunday and I had never been before so I figured I’d give it a shot.  For 23-bucks I crossed the Bay Bridge, parked at the place, got a program and admission, ate two hot dogs and some cracker jacks and washed it all down with a soda. Not to mention I lost some of that betting on the races. Try and do all that at At&T Park for that price. I’d reccomend this activity, especially for folks on a budget. I saw quite a few families there. The kids watched the horses and ran around while the parents bet a couple bucks and everybody got to eat, not a bad day I say.  On the way back I got lost and found a new spot to try some fishing. If this sounds strange it’s because I have a secret outdoorsy side. I won’t go as far as camping overnight but I don’t mind a commune with nature now and then. That’s it. I spent all my fabulous on Friday at our Sex and the City Party (Thanks again E.J. and staff at the O-Lounge!) so my blog is blah today but stay tuned, this week is going to pick up exponentially! Peace.

Sex and the City breaks out today and I’m going with it.  I’ve got to run to one more place to try and tweak my outfit. Like I said yesterday, I’ve got the shoes and handbag. I even have some great accessories but I’m not happy with my top. I’m going “Urban Chic” (my interpretation: street clothes with a designer edge).  Whether you won tickets to our event (I’m sure looking forward to meeting y’all!) or you’re getting together with friends for a SATC party or dinner and seeing the movie I wish you the best time ever. If you haven’t bonded with your grilfriends in awhile, savor the fun and make plans to do it again soon and STICK TO THEM. This time is important too! I know when I spend time with “the girls” it helps recharge me so I can be better in my other realtionships. It doesn’t always have to be a big night out. It can be as simple as a standing coffee date every couple of weeks or a potluck dinner at different friends houses once a month. I will talk more about this at a future date so enough of my soapbox. Oh, and as far as the movie goes I hope this is the best “Sex” ever!

Have a great weekend! I’ll be out with friends at the Union St. Fair tomorrow so I hope to see you there. Peace.

Okay this has nothing to do with the price of rice or anything else that is on top of anyone’s mind today (except mine) but either I am the queen of “operator error” or computers suck! I have been trying to send three important e-mails( one to a client, one to a listener and one about my weekend plans)  for the past 30 minutes only to keep being told my server has exceeded it’s storage limit. Fine. I’ve deleted things back to the day I started working here (okay, I know) anyway after all this purging I still could not send my e-mails. I am P-O’d! Okay that’s not what you come here to read but I had to get that off my chest.

Allright, it’s getting down to the nitty-gritty for Sex and the City. Tomorrow is our special showing and pre and post extravaganza. As I said this morning the excitement is building to a fever pitch (at least mine is) and I can’t wait. If you already won tickets I look forward to meeting you tomorrow and if you’re still trying I wish you the best of luck!

Allright,I’m headed to Redwood City to have lunch with our Office of the Week. Lookout for a Ladies Room tomorrow and have a great day!

and the City:The Movie! I am so excited! I went online today to look at the New York premiere pictures. I know the metallic thing is in but I’m still not sure how I feel about it. (Hopefully Chunk put the group picture from the premiere up otherwise that last sentence made no sense!) Despite my feelings about the dresses I think the girls look wonderful! Baltazar keeps asking what I’m going to wear Friday and honestly I don’t know. I tend to get dressed backwards. By that I mean I decide what shoes I want to wear and the purse that goes with them. Then I figure out the clothes. I’ve narrowed it down to two shoe and purse combinations but I still need clothes!

Tomorrow’s show is going to be supernova if I do say so myself. We’ll interview Cynthia Nixon (alias Miranda Hobbs from SATC) and American Idol David Cook. It’s Thursday so there will be a brand new Love trap and of course Perez Hilton.  We’ll also be going to visit one lucky office in person with a nice hot lunch.

Well the search for the fabulous continues! I’ll update you tomorrow. Smooches!

I like to go away but I love to come home.  Memorial Day Weekend was a blast! Like the rest of  you I ate too much, drank too much and generally misbehaved (in the good-fun way, not the- had to get bailed out of jail- kind of way).  Also like the rest of you, I’m tired today. (Not a good place to be when your job is to wake people and keep them that way until they make it through their commute.) However, looking forward it’s only four days to the Sex and the City Pre-party, Premiere and Post-party. I can’t wait! I’m thinking I’m going to get really festive and shop for something creative.

I hear there was rain in the city this weekend which is hard for me to believe. I missed it because I was out of town but I would have liked to been here just to see it. Hopefully it got wet enough around the Bay Area to keep anymore wildfires from happening.

I feel like it’s the Writer’s Strike part two. All the shows I watch regularly have had their season ending (or in some cases series ending) finales. I still have some stuff on DVR that I haven’t got to yet, so I’ll watch that stuff. If I stay active it should hold me for a couple/three weeks until some summer replacement shows I like kick in. The strike put a delay on some of that stuff though so I don’t know. The only thing on my plate tonight is Hell’s Kitchen. Hmm! Sounds like it’s time for a trip to the bookstore. BTW: I’m reading “Do You :12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success” by Russell Simmons. I’m a self-help book junkie (they bring me back to the basics when things get crazy) and I’m enjoying this. It doesn’t really break any new ground but the presentation, his voice is refreshing. It gives me insight to why his marriage possibly broke up but that’s speculation on my part.  Anyway, I like to alternate my summer reads between fiction and non-fiction so I’m due for a good,trashy novel. I can’t wait. I’m open to suggestions to if you would be so kind as to e-mail them.

Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Hopefully I can take a nap this afternoon. I need one but when it’s pretty like this I usually end up staying up the whole day. I wish it was raining today. Rain is perfect for naps, you don’t have to feel guilty like you should be outside doing something because it’s so nice. Guilty or not, today I have a date with the Sandman and I hope he keeps it. Ciao!

 If I may quote a popular commercial  “We need more Fridays!” .  The kickoff to the weekend always rocks around here. I like to say it’s the most fun you can have without controlled substances. Okay seriously, it was great getting a chance to sit down and talk with Charlie Murphy. I’ve seen him on Chappelle’s show and in various movies and I caught his standup a couple of years ago but he is much mellower out of the the spotlight.  I would hope he doesn’t take offense but I find him  to have a sweet, soulful quality.  I have been fascinated by tattoos ever since I was a little girl and that has not changed. I took a chance and asked Charlie about his and he confessed that he has 11 and gave me a personal tour. (They are all above the equator!)  It was cool and kinda sexy.  It’s personal moments like this with people that really put this  job over the top for me!

I like the rest of you live for weekends and when it’s a holiday weekend…Bonus! (or lagniappe for those of you with roots in the Crescent City). The only thing is that you try to do so much that you end up in a daze by Monday night: bruised up, bone tired, hungover, etc sitting on the couch or in a chair wishing you didn’t have to go to work on Tuesday so you can recover from the weekend.  I’m usually happy to get back to work for the rest and regimentation. Free time gets me into trouble. When your’re a kid your parents regulate your activity and keep you away from “too much”.  As adults we don’t know the meaning of “too much”. We’re always having just one more…one more drink, one more rib, one more slice of pie, one more mile, one more game. That’s why I call it “holi-daze”.  I’m not knocking it though because taking it easy is called a work day.  So have fun, be safe and if you come back to work in the holi-daze, you better have a GREAT story about how you got that way!  Peace.