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September 29, 2004
Trying Times
I'm trying to get back into the habit of blogging. This is one of my only sources of "release" so I'd like to do it more often. It's hard to right a cohesive post when your thought patterns and feelings are all jumbled and stuff. Things have been pretty rough on the home front for the past 4 days or so. I've had to deal with 3 deaths in a matter of 3 days, so times have been very stretching for me.
On Sunday, my mother's bestfriend died. That was a super-shocker. I was assigned the task of telling everyone and that was so hard.
On Monday, one of my cousins died. This was like a freak accident or something. He died at his job. He was swollered between two giant rollers. It was really weird. I was like, "How the heck did that happen?" That's like one of those, "Are you serious?" type moments. I couldn't believe it.
Monday evening, my grandmother (on my father's side) went into a coma. I also learned that my little seven year old cousin was shot while playing outside in her aunt's neighborhood. The bullet hit her in the leg. She's ok now. There is no extensive damage or anything. She's running around like a happy child again.
Yesterday, Tuesday 9/28/04, my brother called me at work to tell me that my grandmother died. I knew it was coming, but I expected her to live a little longer. At least long enough so that I could see her one more time. When she went into the coma on Monday, the doctor said that she would come out of it. She never did. When I learned of her death that REALLY broke my heart.
I didn't know my paternal grandmother THAT well. Growing up, my father never took us to Bowie, Maryland to see her that often. The only contact I had with her, growing up, was via the phone and letters. She came to visit & stay with us for a couple of weeks when I was in high school, but that was really it. I loved talking to her on the on the phone though. I'd say within the past year, I really began looking for forward to her calls.
Each time I'd talk to her, she'd say, "When are you gonna drive down and see grandmom baby?" I'd always have an excuse for not going. To be honest, I never wanted to go. Pride kept me from visiting my father's side of the family. They lived in the "country". They didn't have normal septic systems, and they were just so country. The bourgie city girl in me didn't want any parts of that. I was never bold enough to tell my grandmother the true reason for not wanting to visit.
I visited Bowie back in February to see my grandmother. One of my father's sisters died, and I went down to show my love and support. The only people who knew me were my grandmother, my aunt Trish & my father's youngest brother. Everyone else looked at me as if I were a stranger (and I did the same to them). Nobody seemed to believe that my father had children because he never brought us to visit his family. I truly believe that my father was ashamed of the way he had grown up. He became totally attached to my mother's side of the family (the side of closest to).
That February visit was the last time I saw my grandmother. I feel extremely horrible. I feel like a terrible grandchild because I COULD HAVE visited. I always put my job & my pride before everything. I should've visited her when she asked me to. Telling her that I loved her over the phone wasn't enough. Sending her money & gifts via the mail wasn't enough. I should've treated her like I treat my mom mom (my mother's mother). She deserved that. She didn't deserve my uppity attitude (even though she never knew it existed).
The last time, she asked me to visit was back in June. She wanted me to come down, and stay with her. I told her that I had to work, but I'd take a few vacation days soon and visit. I told her that I was going to stay with a friend when I visited & she seemed to be upset over that idea. So I compromised and said that I'd stay with my aunt Trish in Montgomery County. I never did that. The last time I spoke with my grandmother was last week. She told me that she was in the hospital & she wasn't doing too well. I promised that I'd visit this weekend. I had actually made plans to travel to Bowie, MD this weekend. She died before I could come.
When my brother called me at work to tell me the news, I just cried. It wasn't a cry of sadness, but one of guilt & regret. I let my grandmother down because of my own selfish pride. So now I'm making that trip to Bowie, MD...but it's not to visit my grandmother, it's to bury her. I'm hurting so much, but I'm trying to hold it together for the sake of my family.
I'm leaving for Bowie on Friday after my mother's friend's funeral. Hopefully, I can salvage a relationship with my many cousins, aunts & uncles who live in Bowie. It's way past due.
Posted by Timi at 6:59 PM
September 25, 2004
Internet Pedophiles
A recent study found that one in five children online is approached by a sexual predator, a predator who may try to set up a face-to-face meeting. -Katie Couric host of "Today"
I am disturbed by something I saw on television last night. I watched NBC Dateline's segment on Internet Predators. Internet Predators are grown men (or women) that target children (17 & under) online. I was thoroughly sickened by what I saw.
Dateline NBC set up a hidden camera in a house to catch grown men attempting to meet & have sex with whom they thought was a 14 year old girl that they have met online.
To follow the trail of an Internet predator prowling for children, from seduction in a chat room to a face-to-face meeting, Dateline rented a house, wired it with hidden cameras, and enlisted the help of an online vigilante group called "Perverted Justice." Volunteers from the group posed as teens in chat rooms, saying they were home alone and interested in sex. Within hours there were men literally lining up at our door.
I was thoroughly disgusted by what I saw from these men. Some of these men were married. The decoy that NBC used was a grown woman pretending to be the 14 year old. In each instant messaging conversation that she had with these men, she made it very clear that she was 14 years old. These bastards still pursued. That is outrageous. How desperate can you be to seek sexual gratification from a child?
Dateline was bold with this investigation as well. They showed the online names of all of the men guilty of showing up to the empty house to commit statutory rape. These are men who chat on yahoo & AOL. The two names that I remember were thirty4goingon17 & sk80py.
Dateline enlisted the help of an online watch group called Perverted Justice. This site is very bold as well. They constantly set up decoys to trap online predators. They also paste the personal information of all of the men who've been trapped in these "stings". I visited the site last night. Once again, I was very disturbed by some of the profiles that I found. Two profiles stuck out in particular to me. One was of a man who called himself fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe. This man's real name is Paul Short. Paul is listed on the site as being the #1 "Most Slimy" predator. Perverted Justice has a log of the conversations that this man had with a decoy that he percieved to be a 13 year old girl.
For a few days this man pushed himself onto "this child" and forced her to set up a meeting with him. He wanted to make her, a friggin 13 year old child, his submissive. A submissive is someone who is willing to be taken advantage of by a dominant sexual partner. This man wanted to have anal sex with this "child", he wanted to tie her up & put dice in her vagina and he wanted to "gag her with his cock". The "child" constantly reminded him that she was only 13 and this man knew it
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:37:04 PM): Where are you from?
sadlilgrrl (1:37:09 PM): north carolina
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:37:18 PM): There must be a reason for it.
sadlilgrrl (1:37:35 PM): maybe. but she really doesnt like him.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:37:44 PM): Well, did he abuse you? (Up until this question, I thought that this man might mean well. As you'll see, he doesn't.)
sadlilgrrl (1:38:10 PM): not exactly.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:38:18 PM): What do you mean?
sadlilgrrl (1:38:47 PM): i mean if i got in trouble then i got punished but only then. and they both did it, but he was the one who punished me.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:39:00 PM): I see... Too bad you are 13... (He definitely knows her age.)
There is no question of whether or not this man knew this child's age. On a number of occassions, he wanted assurance from the child that it was okay for him to dominate her. He knew this isht was illegal.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:43:57 PM): Well, let me ask you this, if I were to offer you something, would you take it?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:44:12 PM): I am looking for a younger submissive female to train... (There it is, folks. This chatlog only goes downhill from here.)
sadlilgrrl (1:44:23 PM): what does that mean?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:44:37 PM): Well, she is a girl that allows another man to take control of her.
sadlilgrrl (1:45:01 PM): like telling her what to do?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:45:16 PM): In a way.
sadlilgrrl (1:45:35 PM): i just want to feel safe.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:45:37 PM): Would you want that?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:45:40 PM): You would.
sadlilgrrl (1:46:15 PM): would you love me?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:46:23 PM): If you were a good girl. (This girl is seeking desperately for someone to love her. This man has no compunctions about taking steps that would utterly destroy her life.)
sadlilgrrl (1:46:37 PM): that'd be nice. i would be good.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:46:45 PM): How good?
sadlilgrrl (1:46:54 PM): as good as I could be.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:47:05 PM): Oh? Do you want to be what I am offering?
sadlilgrrl (1:47:27 PM): would you want me to be? i mean if you wanted me to be i would.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:47:42 PM): Well, I am looking for a younger girl to train to be a slave.
sadlilgrrl (1:47:56 PM): what would i do?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:48:14 PM): Well, if I did this, considering how illegal it is... I may not. (He knows it's illegal.)
sadlilgrrl (1:48:28 PM): you may not what?
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:48:30 PM): First you would come to the place I keep for writing...
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:48:57 PM): Is this something you want?
sadlilgrrl (1:49:01 PM): youre a writer?
sadlilgrrl (1:49:05 PM): thats really cool
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:49:17 PM): Yes, I am. I tend to write longhand.
sadlilgrrl (1:49:32 PM): thats pretty. im not very good at it because i mostly print.
sadlilgrrl (1:50:07 PM): but i would come to where you write.
fleet_captain_jaime_wolfe (1:50:12 PM): Oh? NP... But, if I did this, it would have to be done in secret & you would have to be totally submissive.
I will not post anymore of this conversation because it really does get worse as the conversation progresses. This was a 34 year old man soliciting a child for sex. I cried the conversation beyond the point above. I can't believe that people can be so evil and inhumane.
NOTE TO MY BLACK READERS...please don't make the mistake that I did in believing that only white men do this kind of sick stuff. I found a couple of brothas on this site who were guilty of the same coniving bull! One guy in particular pissed me off to the point where I added him to my yahoo buddy list and I was going to curse his black behind out when I saw him online. I later removed him after I regained my common sense.
His name is Jamaal. His chat name is Blkmaal. Jamaal is supposedly working on a second degree in Broadcasting & Communication. Jamaal tried to soliticit a "14 year old". I use quotes because once again this 14 year old was an adult decoy. During the beginnings of this conversation, Jamaal had all the opportunities in the world to dismiss this child and find someone his own damn age. Jamaal was dumb as hell. Not only did he ignore the signs to step off, but this dumb nigga bit the bait and got hooked. *SIDE NOTE* Jamaal will be referred to as THIS NIGGA in portions of this post because that's how I percieve him AND he did some ignorant crap...so if that offends you, please stop reading at this moment.
Once again, "the child" made it VERY clear that she was a minor. She told Jamaal that she was only 14 years old.
blkmaal (3:48:15 AM): how old are you?
julie_2003_jewels (3:48:28 AM): wow 2nd degree? thas kewl
julie_2003_jewels (3:48:32 AM): im 14 and u?
blkmaal (3:48:54 AM): 23
julie_2003_jewels (3:48:59 AM): kewl
Jamaal COULD HAVE done a number of things at this point. He could've said, "You are too young for me." He could've logged off. He could have (AND SHOULD HAVE) ignored the child considering the age difference. Did you notice the time in which he was chatting with this girl? It's almost 4am. Jamaal SHOULD HAVE asked her why in hell was she up that late. But no...not this nigga...
blkmaal (3:49:02 AM): I guess I'm to old for you (Yes.)
blkmaal (3:49:04 AM): huh
julie_2003_jewels (3:49:14 AM): i dont think so do u ?
julie_2003_jewels (3:49:49 AM): maybee if u like older girls yea
blkmaal (3:50:23 AM): I like mature girls
ONCE AGAIN!!! This nigga could've cut this "child" off. He could've walked away WITHOUT incriminating himself. But no...not this nigga. He pursues the conversation with her.
This conversation isn't as bad as the previous situation, but it's still a bit disturbing nonetheless. Jamaal pretty much sinks himself from this point & beyond in the conversation. Jamaal begins to ask this "14 year old" sexually explicit questions. At this point, I have no respect for this nigga AT ALL.
julie_2003_jewels (4:06:57 AM): im gonna sleep all day lol an then hopfully get some beer if i can get some1 to buy it
julie_2003_jewels (4:07:00 AM): ok
blkmaal (4:09:08 AM): lol you bad girl
blkmaal (4:09:17 AM): so you're a beer drinker huh
julie_2003_jewels (4:09:41 AM): lol yea i like it
julie_2003_jewels (4:09:45 AM): do u?
blkmaal (4:10:09 AM): fo sho
julie_2003_jewels (4:10:19 AM): kewl kewl
blkmaal (4:11:17 AM): so what else do you do, that your not suppose to
This jackass just keeps getting reeled in. He will later offer to meet up with this girl and bring her alcohol. While reading this, I just couldn't believe how stupid this guy was. Unlike Paul Short, it NEVER dawned on this man that this "child" might be a cop or a vigilante. He wasn't thinking...or maybe he was thinking with his lower head!
"Julie" responds to his question...
julie_2003_jewels (4:11:41 AM):
julie_2003_jewels (4:11:55 AM): depends
blkmaal (4:12:27 AM): lol you're a bad girl, I can already tell
julie_2003_jewels (4:12:33 AM): lol
julie_2003_jewels (4:12:39 AM): not that bad
blkmaal (4:12:48 AM): lol I bet
julie_2003_jewels (4:12:53 AM): lol
julie_2003_jewels (4:13:04 AM): i messed around b4
blkmaal (4:13:14 AM): explain
julie_2003_jewels (4:13:28 AM): explain messin around?
blkmaal (4:13:59 AM): yeah
julie_2003_jewels (4:14:32 AM): well me an my ex bf jus like messed around alot lol he was so crazy
blkmaal (4:14:48 AM): oh
blkmaal (4:14:56 AM): like kissing and stuff like that
julie_2003_jewels (4:15:09 AM): yea and more
blkmaal (4:16:26 AM): are you gonna tell me, or do you want me to ask
julie_2003_jewels (4:16:56 AM): lol well we did like everything cept sex
blkmaal (4:17:31 AM): I hear ya
blkmaal (4:19:06 AM): so what do you think about your lil sexual experiences
This nigga has doo doo for brains. McGuyver couldn't even get himself out of a trap like this. He's been "got". He is a lost cause. It just gets worse with each exchange. This is a young black man who appears to have something going for himself. He's working on a second degree (which I assumed to be a Master's) and one would think that a man his age (23 or 25) would be smart enough to stay away from situations like this. I don't understand men sometimes.
Here or are some of the inappropriate questions that Jamaal asked this "child".
blkmaal (4:30:45 AM): so did you let your ex rub on your tits?
This is just inexcusable! I can't believe that he asked her that question. It get's more absurd...
blkmaal (4:39:01 AM): did you ex suck on your tits
This nigga...
blkmaal (4:48:09 AM): so what things do you like a guy to do to ya
julie_2003_jewels (4:48:32 AM): umm like tuchin an talkin to me
blkmaal (4:48:51 AM): tellin you sexy things or what?
julie_2003_jewels (4:48:56 AM): yea
blkmaal (4:49:19 AM): any specific place you like to be touched
julie_2003_jewels (4:49:37 AM): yea like in my panties an my boobys
For the love of God Jamaal! The child used the term "Boobys". Yea...that's really mature!
blkmaal (4:52:41 AM): so did your ex play with your lil kitty
julie_2003_jewels (4:53:13 AM): yea he did but he was a rushed guy
blkmaal (4:53:25 AM): you didn't like it
julie_2003_jewels (4:53:43 AM): he was three years older than me he was 17 an he jus wanted to hurry
julie_2003_jewels (4:53:54 AM): yea i did sometimes
blkmaal (4:54:40 AM): a man should neverr hurry when he pleasures a women
......
blkmaal (4:55:23 AM): have you ever played with that lil kitty
I will not post anymore of this converstion because at this point, I'm sure you can imagine the type of crap this grown man asked this "child". You can read the full transcript over in the Perverted Justice archives. Just know that Jamaal continues to pursue the conversation inquiring about breast size, parental guidance & orgasms. He also sets up a meeting with child, and HE ACTUALLY SHOWS UP!
As I've learned, these kind of men are not limited to one race. They come in all colors, shapes & sizes. They are all sick. It is beyond me that an adult, despite knowing a childs full age, would continually pursue sexual relations with the minor. Words can't even describe how evil this is. Are these men so screwed up in the head, that they would choose to ruin the innocent life of a child?
Granted, these weren't real children, but one can't neglect the facts. One in five children online is approached by a sexual predator. This is serious. Had these decoys been real children, God only knows what kind of things could've happened. Had "Kristen" been a real 13 year old, Paul Short would've kidnapped her & raped her repeatedly as sexual punishment. If you read the entired dialogue between Paul & "Kristen", then you know that Paul was intending to inflict serious harm on this child. There was nothing good about this situation.
Had "Julie" been real, Jamaal would've given her alcohol and quite possibly taken advantage of her. This makes me want to cry. These men know what they are doing. I wish there were more vigilante groups exposing these cowards. I tip my hat to the brave folks over at Perverted Justice.
Keep on doing your thing. You are appreciated.
Posted by Timi at 11:02 PM | Comments (7)
September 20, 2004
What A Fitting End...
Many of my readers keep saying, "You're on vacation...not hiatus." To that I say, WHO SPENDS THEIR VACATION BLOGGING? Thats so lame. I know that I have been neglecting my site. I'm on vacation, I'm supposed to neglect stuff.
Vacations are dumb. Especially when you don't have an agenda to live by. With that being said, I like to share with you the dream I had last night that pretty much sums up my vacation.
Last night, I dreamed that I was traveling the country with my little cousins. My cousin Darrick was playing in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and his little sister & I traveled to every city he played in. I couldn't even tell you how many cities we went to, but I know that we ended up in Nashville & that's where the dream got REALLY weird.
While in Nashville, I ran into some of my sorors. What sorority? I have no clue, but it was a bunch of them. I fit in & I was making hand signals and everything. In my dream BeBe & CeCe Winans were husband and wife instead of brother and sister. BeBe was very abusive to his wife. He struck her in front of the sisters. I called him out. I said, "Why are you disrespecting your wife like this?" CeCe told me to stay out of it. BeBe told me to mind my business. When some of the other sisters interfered, he blocked us all from entering this building. Somehow, I made it inside of the building.
While in Nashville, I bought a new car. This car was custom colored deep blue Nissan. I think it was an Altima. But anway, I got inside of the building and I looking for CeCe. I realize that people are staring at my butt. I look down at my butt, and I see that my car is on my butt. I think that was my sub-conscious mind telling me that I have a big booty...as if I don't already know! But anyways...back to the dream.
The dream took another weird turn. This time, I'm still in Nashville with my cousins, but I'm babysitting two little white girls. One is a toddler and the other is about 4 years old. I was given explicit instructions to not give the toddler water or chocolate because she was deathly allergic to both. Time had passed. It was snacktime for the little girls. There were chocolate Little Debbie snack cakes in the kitchen. The oldest girl asked for a snack cake and juice.
The baby wanted the same, but I had to say no. I don't remember what I gave the baby, but she didn't cry or anything. I happened to doze off after tha kids had their snack. I awakened to my cousin Nikki and the oldest baby girl screaming, "She ate the cake and she's not breathing." I jumped up. The baby had somehow managed to get a snack cake and drink some water. Now she was unconscious & I couldn't resuscitate her. I abruptly awakened from my dream. I forced myself to stay away because I didn't want to face the reality that the child was going to die under my watch.
And that my friends, is a fitting end to my crappy vacation. I didn't do diddly squat! My vacation was DEAD. My vacation was so boring that I went to work today. YES! I WENT TO WORK EARLY. The people in the office were looking at me like, "Are you crazy? What are you doing here?" I tried to plead my case, but my boss sent me home. He told me that I was ruining his day because he wanted to go home but he couldn't. LOL. Not only did he send me home, He told me not to return until Thursday. DANG!! 3 more days of sleeping. I TIRED OF SLEEPING!! Somebody save me!
Posted by Timi at 3:53 PM
September 14, 2004
Oh Yea!
My vacation has officially begun. I'm chillin. I've already planned to go buy a chair from this store in DC. I think the store is on 15th St somewhere in the Northwest. I recall driving past it a few times, when I lived in DC last year. I also passed it a few times while working in our DC office. The chairs are hand carved & beautiful. I bet they cost a grip too, but I'm still anxious to visit the store.
I don't really have any of other plans. Ty & I are doing lunch at the Blue Parrot Bar & Grill on Friday. We went last friday. The food was the bomb. We got an appetizer called Mississippi Delta Nachos. They were great. They had these peppers in then though. I think they were Habanaro peppers. I don't know what kind of pepper it was, but that joker was HOT! I Ty totally got punked while eating one. She was crying and stuff. It was funny. She couldn't even take a pepper. What a wimp! Hahaha!
My Weekend
I went to the movies on Saturday with my friend Jay. He let me drive his car. That's pretty normal. He has a really cool car. He has a pimped out Maxima that has every add-on you can name to it. Anyway, so I'm driving the car. We get to the movie theater. And I'm circling the parking lot looking for a space. I'm coming up one isle & this big escalade makes a wide right turn while trying to come down the same isle. He was looking at me as if to say "Move." I sat there looking at him. I gave him a look as if to say, "I was here first. YOU MOVE!"
He begins to push forward with this mean look on his face. Jay was like, "T you better not move." The guy kept pushing and I'll admit it...I PUNKED OUT. I backed up & went around him. Jay kept saying, "I can't believe you let that gas guzzler punk you!" So I rode around to another isle of the parking lot. I saw an empty parking spot about 3 spots away from the Entrance. I saw that Mr. Escalade was eyeing the same spot. SO WHAT DID I DO? I raced him to it. I knew that he needed to make up more ground than I did. And in order for him to beat me to the spot, he had to make a pretty wide turn...risky hitting some patrons.
Did that stop him? NO! He wanted a battle. I wasn't getting punked again. So I he made the left turn, and he tried to get into the parking spot. BUT...I cut him off & jumped into it. It was MY SPOT! I saw it first! When I tried to straighten the car out into the spot, he wouldn't move to allow me to do so. He finally backed up. The guy in the spot next to me pulled out & Mr. Escalade pulled in. He gave me the dirtiest look that I have ever recieved in life. LOL. Jay gave him the look back, but I'll admit. I thought dude was going to snap. He had that Mike Tyson look. The guy didn't bother us though.
When I finally saw what he looked like I actually laughed about being afraid for a second. Here was a little man dealing with a Napoleon Complex. He couldn't have been taller than 5'4 (I'm 5'6). He was fat & he walked with a limp. He wasn't gonna beat me, nor was he gonna catch me if I decided to run. Picture me being afraid of a man who's shorter than me. HA!
Jay & I saw Anacondas: The Search for the Blood Orchid (or whatever the heck it's called). The movie was his choice. I couldn't object because we went to the movies a few weeks ago with some friends and I chose to see "Collateral". The movie was funny. I don't think that was the intentions of the film makers, but all I could do was laugh my butt off. Whenever a snake ate someone, I almost died of laughter. Why you say? Because they attacks were preventable. They were stupid deaths. I mean...yea...there were a few "HOLY CRAP" moments, but after you dropped the initial "Holy Crap"...you laughed afterwards. LOL. It was dumb. But it made me feel better because I got a laugh at someone else's expense.
Posted by Timi at 6:53 PM
September 9, 2004
Fragile Heart
Today has been a bit of a somber day for me. My cousin Aaron's burial was this morning. His funeral was last night, but I chose not to attend. I don't think that I would've been able to handle it. I did, however, attend the burial and it was really painful for me. I really didn't want to be there, but I promised my aunt that I'd make an appearance.
Just looking at the casket made my head spin. The moment was made worse when the American flag was draped over his casket and my cousin Ketia laid her head on my shoulder and began to sob uncontrollably. I did my best to keep my composure. I just pressed my head against the crown of her head & closed my eyes. I'm glad that I didn't attend the funeral.
I was more angry than sad. I was angry because my cousin shouldn't have died in the manner that he did. I was angry because the murderer is still on the loose. I was angry that I was sitting in a graveyard awaiting my cousin't body to be lowered 6 feet deep. I was angry that Aaron is no longer around to make me smile. But...as my mother would say. You can cry and be angry, but you have to move on. So, now the task for me is to move on because I know that I'll see him again someday.
I've had "Fragile Heart" by Yolanda Adams on my mind all day. That could be because I had it on repeat for a couple of hours. LOL. I'm not a huge Yolanda Adams fan, but man I love this song. This song & Breath Into Me by Fred Hammond have truly gotten me through some hard times.
I've added a link to Yolanda Adam's song. Please do not direct link to my mp3. Right click on the file and save it to your own computer. I will remove the file if anyone jacks the link. I appreciate it & my bandwidth appreciates you. Thank you very much.
On A Side Note...
I'm watching the NFL Kick-Off and Mary J. Blige sang the Star Spangled Banner. I thought she'd sound a complete mess. I also thought she'd go into one of her dramatic fits while singing (as she is well known to do). But Mrs. Mary fooled me. I was thoroughly impressed with her performance. That's all I have to say about that.
Posted by Timi at 8:10 PM
September 7, 2004
I'm Still Here
I'll be back up & running in another day. The replacement layout is taking a little longer than expected. It's finished, but it just needs some tweeking that I just don't feel like being bothered with right now. So, if it looks a bit off, then that's just too bad. I'll deal with it later. Special thanks to Mrs. Art4Soul for letting me damage her html code. LOL. You are so appreciated.
GOOD NEWS FOR ME
I officially go on vacation Sunday, September 12, 2004. I am SO excited. I'll be on vacation from September 12 until September 21. I am going to enjoy every moment of it.
Posted by Timi at 12:43 AM
September 1, 2004
Upgrade
I just upgraded from MT 2.661 to MT 3.1. I'm having a few issues with the installation, so if there are any errors on this page, then you have to bear with me. The site should be running smoothly by morning. I have added "comment authentication" to this site because MT-Blacklist is not compatible with MT 3.1 yet. So, you're comment will not appear on my site until I approve it. This is to eliminate the spam bastards.
[edit] In the process of upgrading, I totally destroyed my template. So in the meantime, I'm rocking the present layout until I finish up the new one. [/edit]
Posted by Timi at 5:16 PM