Some Monday night bloggin

What up folks..cranking my new fav dance artist Kaskade, burning an insence, giving myself a green clay facial!

Before I got any further I must give praise to Blackberries, I admit I was a windows mobile whore for years until I began to hear people sice the push email functionality only found on blackberries so I kept saying.. Imma switch Imma switch ... after years of
short battery life and then my quick stint with the Verizon EN-V I was like no more no more! Cop a used from Ebay ($130) because VWZ wanted about 300$ for the blackberry curve and I wasn't giving them all that money until I was sure I was ready to really be in the BB family. 6 weeks later Im kicking myself for not converting earlier in life, like this thing rocks! It holds masses of txt, the email is great, no laggy apps, great battery life, google apps intergration. It already saved my life. I recently went to NYC with a friend who does not like to plan and of course I didn't know how to get around so I said let me open this google maps maybe it can help us out. Call me a bamma but I had no idea I had GPS in my pocket, siced me. Put in the address of the restaurant we wanted to go and the joint mapped it out w/ highlights the lil dot followed me as I walked, even had the metro station listed cuz we sho' nuff took the train back to Port Authority 20blk walk ain't fun. Only thing about this oldskool berry is I miss my camera phone- what yall know about camera phone shopping with your girls (whole nother post lol). I will probably upgrade to a Curve or whatever the hot (non touchscreen) model is at the end of the year when my little Verizon upgrade discount kicks in.

Back to NYC- now I'm not the biggest NYC fan but I'm trying to get over my stereotypes and enjoy the "big city". I actually stayed in a small town in NJ right over the bridge talk about a bomb view of Manhattan. All the homes in this area cost big bread but the view was amazing esp at night and only about 10 mins into city Holland Tunnel exit right at your back door. I would put in a transfer asap but nah I'd miss DC too much plus I don't have the NYC attitude (too country lol).





Late Review went to this Poetry joint July 3rd- 1st Thursday's at The @ttic (aka old Cada Vez) The Lounge at Station 9. 1438 U Street, NW
For a free event it was Great!! The feature was a guy named Asia from Florida who has performed on Def Poetry Jam The ambiance was chill, comfy sofas low lights you know the whole mother soul modern vibe. We sat with the meetup.com folks because that's how my girl found this event. I checked out meetup's site later its actually pretty good for finding new things to do in the area that you are interested in without it having the preconcieved notion of 'hooking' up with folks. Hit the front page they have events ranging from "Celebrity hair weaving techniques" to "Bowie MD Soccor". I joined the DC Fashion and DC Electronic Music groups and I plan to hit their events to see what's good.

Before I roll got 7am staff meeting tomorrow the funniest thing about Station 9 was the food menu. On there was the GHETTIOST thing I ever seen in my life- EVER!
Yes young! Ooodle n Noodles on a menu- LMAO! Like they should called it something else like anything else to mask the ghetto'ness I never laughed so hard in my life.

Happy Birthday Tai-Shan

YAY the DC panda turned 3 today!!




Lets count how many times the words "errors" and "delays were used in this article:
Tanker Bidding To Be Reopened
Key Quote-"The deal to replace the Air Force's entire fleet could be worth up to $100 billion over the next two decades."
The fountain won't stop flowing!

NBA Off-Season

Its NBA off season (most boring time of the year- nothings on TV for me to watch). Anyway our free agents Gil and Jamison have been resigned and the wiz have committed to over off the top of my head at least 118 million in salary for the next 4years+. I'm going to be frank I think they paid too much ( 4 years/ 50 mil) for Jamison he's 32. This is another reason why the NBA has gotten soft everyone gets big contracts just because. For example Ben Gordon, Loul Deng, Iggy, Omeka you guys are not max contract players- all of them turned down extensions looking for big cake; only Iggy went to play-offs. Now I'm not denying Jamison's talent (double double guy) but he should not be getting 10 mill per year at his age maybe 6-7 but I know he's key to the wiz locker room/leadership but hellooo the Wiz are going to be capped out and honestly I don't know if we are structured to get to the top of the eastern conference. Our draft picks have been a little weak and our MLE signing besides DeShawn and Daniels slum Haywood finally holding down the middle but we need a banger in the paint to give this team some toughness because we got the offense down pact but thats only ½ of the game. Its really going to come down to Abe going over the lux tax in the future because basically 'we ain't got much money now'. Its going to be challenging because most teams are working hard to get under the cap for 2010 when Bron James on the 03 crew become unrestricted free agents so players are going to gravitate to the team who got the money to pay them out of control contracts.
Strong leadership has to come from Gil, who I am a big fan of and he's great icon for Wiz basketball but he has to chill with the wild predictions step up more, play some defense and do all the things the highest paid player on the team should. Most people don't realize Gil is not a captain on the team (not decided for the upcoming season) but it has always been Caron and Antwan. I am hella leery of his big contract due to that knee but I knew he had to be retained I just hope we don't have Allan Houston situation or worse. Max Contracts are a luxury not an automatic privilege.
Let me analyze who making the big dollars in the NBA (07-08) and are they worthy of the cake!

1. Kevin Garnett Boston - Won a championship so I won't fry him
$24,750,000

2. Stephon Marbury New York- LMAO!
$21,937,500
-. Allen Iverson Denver- Won't be winning a ring.
$21,937,500

4. Jason Kidd Dallas- Worth it sad never won a ring (yet), still hope.
$21,372,000

5. Jermaine O'Neal Indiana- Maybe will ressurect career in Tornoto (traded) went downhill after the Palace Brawl
$21,352,500

6. Kobe Bryant LA Lakers- LA Fan here wants ring 09 but worth the salary.
$21,262,500

7. Tracy McGrady Houston- Bamma who can't get out the 1st round can fry on the court not worth the money!!
$21,126,874

8. Tim Duncan San Antonio - Not a spurs fan but he's worth it.
$20,598,703

9. Shaquille O'Neal Phoenix- Payment for getting MI a ring can't aruge with 4x champion.
$20,000,000

10. Steve Francis Portland / Houston -LMAO! WTF is he still in the leaque?
$19,814,480

11. Dirk Nowitzki Dallas- Soft bamma!!
$18,077,904
-. Paul Pierce Boston- was never a PP fan respect for dealing with the loosing in Boston and getting his ring this year.
$18,077,904
-. Shawn Marion Phoenix- Complains too much can ball.
$17,180,000

14. Ray Allen Boston- Getting old gets a pass for getting ring this year
$17,388,430

15. Rashard Lewis Orlando- In the future will be at the top of this list, hence the most overpaid bamma as of late.
$17,238,000

16. Michael Redd Milwaukee- One dimensional.
$15,780,000

17. Mike Bibby Atlanta- Fell off hard, hopefully he can get it together.
$15,225,000

18. Andrei Kirilenko Utah- Not bad but Deron's the star now his next contract should not be a max joint.
$15,080,312
-. Pau Gasol LA Lakers- Soft bamma hopefully Phil can help him.
$15,080,312

20. Yao Ming Houston- Bomb center when not hurt (when's that?)
$15,070,550
-. Amare Stoudemire Phoenix- Gets pts/rbd not sold on his attitude yet.
$15,070,550

22. Zach Randolph New York- Get his 20/10.
$14,666,666

23. Lamar Odom LA Lakers- Better enjoy the last year of the big money Lamar better step up so LA can be champions 09.
$14,559,000

24. Ben Wallace Cleveland- Chicago dumb mistake.
$14,500,000

25. Chris Bosh Toronto- Forgetten star out TO.
$14,410,581
-. Dwyane Wade Miami- Better bring it this year but has ring (respect)
$14,410,581
-. Carmelo Anthony Denver- Needs to figure out a way to get out the first round before he becomes TMAC pt 2.
$14,410,581
-. LeBron James Cleveland- Should be at the top of this list!

plotting my return...

For the few readers that are still rolling with a sistah and her attempts of keeping this blog alive I thank thee for coming through randomly to see if I've updated the page, sending IMs asking WTF is up and other nagging communication. Also I met a blog star who's page has inspired me to keep pushing and moving forward with this bloggin thang.

Seriously I've been working a lot and in DoD Contractor hell which means wondering if you will have a job as the contract end dates approaches. So I went through that, in addition to being on this project that is very unorganized yet challenging, interesting and should advance my career with the skills I will gain trying to meet the mission goals. The good news as of (last Tuesday) was day 1 of the new 5 year contract and I'm now working for the prime instead of the sub, which in a nutshell means nothing changes about my day to day except who pays me. I now work for a Top 10 IT Firm in the DC Area and for blog purposes lets call them SCS. Unfortunately my former employer small minority owned joint lost the work but the gov't wanted me to stay on the project so viola.. contracting in the DC Area is a dirty world but I'm just happy to be employed and hope I can work at SCS for min 3-4 years and not continue to be a contractor whore jumping from company to company. Working for SCS means I have no excuses for grad school now they will reimburse up to a whopping 15k a year like young that's just another blessing because I might need to soak up that entire cap trying to get the GWU grad degree I desire messing with their high tuition rates.

Let me roll through the rest of my life updates:

The CISSP exam I studied for as referenced in this post (http://caplady1225.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-this-seattle-or-maryland.html) failed the test by 6 points. Man that was such an emotional defeat. My girl got hers much props another one of my coworkers failed twice so I'm finally ready to dive back in and start studying again because its essential to validate my skills and provide maximum career growth. I'm all about working hard and getting to the top of the pyramid in this here chart below aka the Caking Pyramid!

My hair- Yes the locs are forming and growing I'm very happy with my progress and the baby ponytail action I got as I approach my 1 year anniversary in Aug.



I had to say RIP to my AC Legend, and let me tell you they don't make cars like that no more!!! I got in a lil accident and of course Geico declared my boo totaled so I got a lil check to use towards a new (used) car. For now ya girl is riding until I get a lil something and I flat out refuse to get a car note/loan- the motto is no new debt until I can get my house in 09 yall!!!! Its been about a month I've been on foot not bad at all due to where I live <5 mins from the train station and my wonderful friends scootin me around.

I'm still doing my vegetarian thing ( 1 year in March) which brings me to my next topic a review of this DC restaurant Vegatate. Me and my girls who were willing to step out and try something new rolled down there last Thursday. Its on 9th street a few blocks down from Mt. Vernon Square metro and its a renovated rowhouse turned restaurant.
Its definitely a small but trendy spot, they have a bar area on the 2nd floor and about 4 tables set up on the main level for dining which a RSVP is required. The food was bomb, I got the Crispy Risotto Croquettes with sun dried tomato tapenade, Simple Greens Salad with lemon thyme vinaigrette, and a Veggie Burger. The funniest thing was my drink Green Tea Cool Out (Charbay green tea vodka, lemon juice and agave nectar) green tea and liquor combined lol heaven in a cup, naw I'm not a drinker forreal but that was interesting mix and tasted pretty good too. All in all I would recommend Vegatate its a chill dining experience that won't kill your pockets and has a variety of stuff you probably never ate before.

Quick F-U to Boston for beating my Lakers! We'll be back next year! Kudos for KG, PP finally getting ringz though.

Since I've been taking metro all the time I've noticed that something that irritates me to no end. Ladies who carry store bags as totes and what I mean by that is someone carrying a Neiman Marcus bag that's holding their lunch. WTF I mean if you are trying to show off/prove you can shop at a 'exclusive' store why carry around the bag how about buying a real effin tote from Neimans or LV, Chanel (I've seen them all). Its so tacky and it must stop.

Anyway..I won't make any promises yet on how many blogs I can get in weekly but just know that I'm trying my best to connect with you folks more trust I have plenty to talk about!