Motivation

Today I was feeling the sting of my boss telling me she wants to shut down in TWO weeks! Some of you may know how my Boss is, LOVELY lady! She's VERY inspirational and I love her to death. She has two younger children so her Mommy time w/ them will be great. We'll still be around but not like before, even though its been not like before for a minute now, LOL...

So yea, I have options I can reach out to but I'm HORRIBLE at asking for a "helping" hand, even though no one is doing anything for me really beyond saying yes or no - but still! So as I was saying - I had a moment and was on my Facebook page lookin at comments from Ainz and a quote I have on there stood out! It's from one of my favorite men in life, yea, Aaron Arnold! YES! HIM AGAIN, LOL!

"Only way to do something ground breaking is to create your own platform" - Aaron Arnold, www.MusicIsMyBusiness.net.

Instead of me feeling sorry for myself and what has been handed to me, I'm going to do something about it and excel to my highest ability.

Hope this motivates you as it has me today! Thanx Double A! And thanks for CARING!
watch video @ 1:08 mark for quote =)

Terrence Howard Shows

As I said before (Previous TH blog) Terrence Howard is doing the music thing now. He is coming to a City near you, so check him out =) Terrence's MySpace Pg

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS

8/20 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head - Buy Tickets Here

8/21 - New York, NY - J&R Music World - No Ticket Purchase Necessary

8/23 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts - Buy Tickets Here

8/25 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere Music Hall - Buy Tickets Here

9/4 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub - Buy Tickets Here

Who's Going To Save My Soul?

Rather deep and interesting video! http://www.gnarlsbarkley.com/ from their, Odd Couple album

Say Huh, Say What??

Is this what MySpace has come to? LOL

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Ethan
Date: Jul 30, 2008 11:46 PM


sexy lovely pic i would love to get to know you better connect with you intellectually as well as romantically one day and be your first white italian boyfriend. Im single live alone no kids im spontaneous and fun loving i will def keep you on your toes : ) lets talk offline as friends add me to your yahoo messenger as houstonquest06
whats your yahoo id?
do you have tmobile if so that gives us free mobile to mobile?

GQ Nominee

I'm starting to think I'm obsessed w/ this man! Ha! I kid, I joke! He is a good friend and I support great friends! Not to mention my growing friendship with him allowed me to network w/ friends of his and join 21stcenturyhustle.com, which allowed me to meet such amazing friends as Ainz Neal and Andrew Clifton Thomas and a host of other talented people!

Okay, back to Mr. Aaron Arnold! lol. Aaron is currently is nominated by GQ magazine (http://thegentlemensfund.com/view_nominations.asp?msg=1&page=9) for his work with the environment.

I would like to nominate Aaron Arnold, CEO of Music Is My Business (www.musicismybusiness.net). Music Is My Business works with the UN's World Food Program to create a worldwide awareness campaign about global warming and end world hunger.

Mr. Arnold recently appeared on CNN for a live interview as they recognized him for being a “Young Person Who Rocks” which honors people under 30 who are impacting and inspiring the world.

Mr. Arnold is a former assistant to Sean "Diddy" Combs' executive. Prior to working at Bad Boy Records, Aaron was an Executive at Hill & Knowlton in New York. Upon a decision to pursue his passion for music, Aaron left the corporate world for a six- month internship at Bad Boy Records. Within six months, Aaron became a member of Sean "Diddy" Combs'. After a year’s time, Aaron moved forward to launch his own music company with the goal to change the way business is done in the music industry.

As the world's climate changes at an alarming rate the world's poor and hungry are most at risk. The World Food Program is already reaching some 90 million hungry people in 80 countries every year and is helping countries to deal with the effects of climate change. In order to raise awareness about the enormous challenge, they brought together a creative team to help spread the message about global hunger.

In July 2007, Grammy Award Winning producer, Bryan Cox, Music Is My Business (MIMB) CEO, Aaron Arnold and NFL Star Dhani Jones teamed up to help the World Food Program (WFP) to produce a powerful PSA. We are very grateful for the collaboration with Dhani Jones, Bryan Cox and Music Is My Business on this project. It is an example of the kind of broad alliances that are necessary to help those most in need - the millions of hungry people on the front line of climate change who are already suffering from the effects of drought, floods and natural disasters." said WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher. "Athletes, artists, and aid workers are joining forces so the world realizes everyone has to do much more."

"Music taps into the fabric of humanity, professionally, socially, politically...so it was important that the right music element and talent (Bryan Cox) be integrated into this initiative," said Aaron Arnold CEO, Music Is My Business. "It's a good feeling when we can use music to educate and raise awareness about global issues to which we are all sometimes ignorant."

This year, Music Is My Business will produce and provide the musical score for the animated campaign. The PSA will be translated into 80 languages.

Music Is My Business works with UN's World Food Program to create awareness about global warming and end world hunger.

I see you Double A! =)

I Love Gmail!! =)

Ok, here is where the inner geek in me shows..LOL...My friend was on the phone w/ me attempting to email me. My MAIN email address is CathrynMarie@Gmail.com and my yahoo is Cathryn.Marie@Yahoo.com. For some reason he always wants to email my yahoo and I was fussing not to. He put in Cathryn.Marie@Gmail.com and guess what - I GOT THE FREAKIN EMAIL STILL..LOL

When I opened it, it said "to cathryn.marie@gmail.com (Yes, this is you.) Learn more" I was TOO excited. Simple yet it something good to know! Heck what if someone does mess up my name and I don't get it - well anyway, here is what the link said =).

Receiving someone else's mail
There are three common reasons why Gmail users think they're receiving someone else's mail. Please select the description that matches your situation below.

Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.) or different capitalization.

Sometimes you may receive a message intended for someone whose address resembles yours but has a different number or placement of dots. For example, your address might be homerjsimpson@gmail.com, but the message was sent to a Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com. What's going on?

Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you sign up for a particular username, any dot or capitalization variations are made permanently unavailable for new registration. If you created yourusername@gmail.com, no one can ever register your.username@gmail.com, or Your.user.name@gmail.com. Furthermore, because Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, adding or removing dots from a Gmail address won't change the actual destination address. Messages sent to yourusername@gmail.com, your.username@gmail.com, and y.o.u.r.u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com are all delivered to your inbox, and only yours.

If you're homerjsimpson@gmail.com, no one owns Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com, except for you. Sending mail to Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com is the same as sending mail to homerjsimpson@gmail.com, or even HOMERJSIMPSON@GMAIL.COM. If you're getting mail addressed to Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com, most likely someone was trying to send a message to Homer.J.Sampson@gmail.com, or Homer.J.Simpson1@gmail.com, and made a mistake. You might even get messages from mailing lists or website registrations because the intended recipient accidentally provided the wrong email address. In these cases, we suggest contacting the original sender or website when possible to alert them to the mistake.

For security reasons, when you log in to Gmail, you must enter any dots that were originally defined as part of your username.

Note: Google Apps recognizes dots. If you'd like to receive mail with a dot in your username, please ask your domain administrator to add the desired username as a nickname.

Banned Mr T Commercial

Yoooooooooo - this ish is funny! So Gay Rights had an issue w/ it but I don't see the big deal. They are pretty much labeling dude as a Gay man, Mr T just said speed walking was a disgrace to me. So all men that speed walk are gay? hmmmm - what morons!

Was I pranked or was it real?

Ok, so this morning on my way to the doctor - his office is literally 2 blocks from my crib - I'm walking and I notice this man laying passed out behind a moving van truck. My heart started racing REALLY fast and I snatched my phone out to call 911. I was too scared to walk over there because he looked dead but then again he looked sleep. I look at the whole scene a little more and I notice someone in the driver seat, so I'm like ok, dude must just be laying out because its hot and he is in the shade behind the truck. Keep in mind that the hazard lights were on and and the front hood is up, so I'm just thinking they were awaiting someone to assist them. But as I'm putting my phone away and walk past the front of the truck, I notice the driver is damn near sleep or passed out as well. OH and both doors were wide the fuck open. I'm in panic mode again but then some guy walks past me and he said "Man, I thought he was dead!", speaking of the guy laid out. I replied, "ME TOO!!, I was about to call 911". Then he waved his arms and said, naw, he is sleeping. Just let him nap." Who in the hell naps at 9:30 in the morning, with his legs hanging off the sidewalk and looking passed out, tho? I know it had to freak drivers out who were hitting that corner, its like the 1st thing you see when you turn onto that block.

I didn't call 911 and apart of me wishes I had. But then I kinda thought well maybe I'm on a hidden camera show and they are testing to see what people would do in certain situations. After watching that old man get hit in CT a few months ago and no one helped him (Video) I kinda felt News Stations would be out doing Samaritan type hidden camera things. LOL. Man, the ish looked TOO fake, yet it looked so real. So now I'm wondering if I'll see on the News of 2 dead Mexicans on the SW side or will I see myself on the News being someone who walked by and didn't help :/ *le sigh*

Was I a bad Samaritan and left my fellow Brother in need?

Kingwood Summer Jam in Houston

I must say it is GOOD to see the local rappers doing so much for the Community. They took care of em when school ended and now they are starting em off right! BUT uhhh, I'm going to need Chamillionaire on this roster, LOL (if you haven't heard Cham's recent freestyles - you're SLIPPINNNN)

Houston heavyweights Mike Jones, Slim Thug and Lil’ Flip are among the artists slated to grace the stage at the first ever Kingwood Summer Jam in Texas, in an effort to help raise money for local high schools in the area .

The lone star state rappers, who will also be joined by Trae The Truth, Big Tuck, Big Pokey, Lil’ Will, Kioitti of PARTY 93.3, Fat Pimp aka Mr Rack Daddy himself =) and OG Ron C, will hit the stage in hopes to establish a scholarship for Kingwood and Kingwood Park High Schools. Money generated from the concert will also be donated in the memory of two neighborhood students fatally injured in a car accident.

Pirate’s Cove Car Wash is sponsoring the event which will be held at Town Center from 12-7 p.m on August 16th.

Tickets to the Kingwood Summer Jam can now be purchased online for $20 at ShowClix.com, Keyword: Kingwood or at Pirate’s Cove Car Wash on Northpark Drive. Fans can also pay $25 for entry on the day of the event. SOHH.com