It's Ruby, Baby...!

2011-10-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

2011-10-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

Adventist leaders say 'Religious freedom divide' is troubling, not surprising - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/rXht-FHxJhU/adventist-leaders-sa.html Shared from Advent News, an Android app.

Don't Grow Old - A MountainWings Moment

2011-10-12T09:00:00.000-07:00

Don't Grow Old - A MountainWings Moment

University of Phoenix on an Android Phone

2011-10-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

The first thing I tried to do when I got my new EVO was find out if there was an android app for University of Phoenix. I had seen something about a mobile app on the ecampus home page many times but hadn't clicked the link since I'd been working with a Samsung Messenger and of course there wasn't an app for that. Unfortunately, UoP only has an app for the iPhone. Not only that, when I accessed the ecampus from my phone's browser, I couldn't post anything! Well, tonight, I finally did some research I did come across an article that explains how to post assignments from an android phone: "Buried in the debug settings is the ability to change your built-in Android browser to report as an iPhone, triggering the iPhone forums functionality on your Android phone. Open your browser. In the address bar, type about:debug, and hit the Enter button (not the suggested shortcut). If nothing happens, it worked. Select Menu, Settings, and at the bottom, UAString. From the three easy options, select iPhone, and go back to your UP link or bookmark. When you click the link for the individual class forum, you’ll find yourself at the iPhone interface. Enjoy!" (originally posted at http://labrant.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/university-of-phoenix-on-an-android-phone/)

Friday Facts: The Buffett Rule

2011-09-23T18:39:00.001-07:00

Antioch Area Happenings

2011-08-25T15:24:00.000-07:00

I finally made a calendar that shows things going on in and around Antioch. I included parties, fundraising events, festivals, performances, kids events, organizations that can help our community... There are things for the whole family! I always hear people saying that there's nothing to do out here. Well, that's because they apparently never looked, lol. I know I hadn't. I was pretty surprised that there is so much going on, but I'll definitely be attending some of these things.
Another thing I noticed is that there are a LOT of things happening on my birthday (August 28th): The Brentwood Art, Wine & Jazz Festival, The Bay Area Wedding Fair, the Wine Dinner with Hannah Nicole Vineyards, a Comedy and Magic Show for a Good Cause and a performance of "Fame", just to name a few.
I included a few things happening in Concord that seem really fun, but for the most part, the calendar has things occurring in Antioch (of course), Brentwood, Pittsburg, and Oakley. The calendar is at the bottom of this blog and can also be found by clicking here.

Time For a Change... Again, lol

2011-06-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

I've been debating about what to do with this blog for a while, since I decided that Ruby Red Daydreams would be where I post my personal entries (I've been slacking on my blogging there, too, but that'll change soon) and I think I finally figured it out: I'm gonna start blogging about my community, the city I live in (Antioch) and things that are going on out here. I'm gonna start going to more events and stuff anyway :-) So let's see if I can stay on track this time. Wish me luck!

2011-02-17T00:38:00.001-08:00

"Ooh, my Frankie J cd is almost done downloading"
"Frankie J is gay"
"No, he ain't"
"Yes, he is"
"Nuh-uh"
"He is! Frankie J is gay"
"(pause) ... For real?"
"Naw, I'm just fuckn with you"
... Me and my sister's boyfriend earlier.

posted from Bloggeroid

Why Do I Keep Attracting Inmates on Dating Sites??

2011-02-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

This might sound weird, but it's a problem for me, lol. There have been several occasions where I was chatting with a guy on a dating site and gave him my number, chopped it up with him for a while, and then he says something like "well, Imma keep it real with you, I'm locked up right now". WTF? The first time it happened, I was like, "You're kidding, right?" He wasn't. He was in for attempted murder and had been in their for 14 years with 18 months left. NEXT.
The second one happened to be the same day. I was texting the guy, and I was in such a state of shock that I sent him a message like "Can you believe this other guy I was talking to is in prison for attempted murder?" etc and he asked me why I had such a problem with it, maybe the guy was trying to turn his life around, blah blah blah. Then he told me he was in prison, too. For the same thing. He had 3 years left. I told him it was nice talking to him.
Time number three, I was getting pretty good at checking out the backgrounds of their pics, so when this guy sent me a pic message, I studied it, and straight up asked him "Are you locked up?" and he said yes. *Sigh* Delete.
So, um... Yeah, I'm not even sure where I'm going with this, lol. Just kind of venting. Plus my ex from high school recently hit me up (on Facebook, though, not on a dating site) and he's locked up, and has three years left. So it got me thinking about my experiences in December and last month. This shit is crazy.

I'm Still in a State of Disbelief

2010-12-16T10:09:00.001-08:00

Any of you who follow me on twitter know what happened yesterday, but for those of you who don't know, my physically and mentally disabled uncle was convicted of attempted murder and he is completely innocent.
Here's the run down of what happened: Last October, my Uncle Lonnie was picked up by Antioch PD late afternoon on a Thursday. My cousins, Erick and Kaivon, were walking to the store on the other side of the shopping center when we saw Uncle Lonnie in the back of the police car. He yelled for me to call my mom, which I did. She was like whatever, cusz we assumed that they were just removing him from the property for panhandling or public drunkeness.
So my cousins and I continue to the store and then go back to the apartments. I don't remember if the police were there when we got there or if they came afterward. But I remember the officer saying that they were arresting my uncle for the attempted murder of some white woman the night before. That she had been grabbed and the perpetrator had slit her throat. Oh, and here's the kicker. Supposedly her husband was there, and did nothing.
Let me tell you what's wrong here:
Uncle Lonnie was at home the night before. In the living room, getting on my and everyone else's nerves. We were watching One Life to Live on SoapNet and it was the episode where Shawn woke up from his coma. And Uncle Lonnie was drunk and Would Not Shut Up! But he didn't leave the house that night.
Another thing: my uncle has a messed up arm. His arm is messed up cusz over a decade ago the police beat him up. Not for resisting arrest or anything like that. But just for being drunk, slow Uncle Lonnie and cusz it was Fun for them. He can't use that arm at all. So how the hell could he grab and slit this woman's throat? Especially with her husband there? It would be incredibly easy to overpower him, hell I can overpower him and I'm about half a foot shorter than him.
My mom and aunts have theorized from the very beginning that it was the husband who slit his wife's throat (in a domestic dispute). From what I understand, the cop who they reported it to is his brother or cousin or something. And a battered wife who has a cop as an in-law is going to go along with whatever they tell her to say. It would also explain how the husband was able to make an ID the NEXT DAY, not even 24 hours after. They went and sat in the shopping center until they found what they thought was a homeless Black man who nobody cared about, to place the blame on.
What I don't understand is how the jury could convict him. There was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. There were several witnesses who verified his alibi. There was even a Dr who testified about how he has no use of his left arm. The only explanation I can come up with is that the jurors had made up their minds before they heard the testimony. And they felt "safer" with one less Black man on the streets, regardless of guilt or innocence. I wonder how they (the jurors and D.A.) would feel if they KNEW for sure that they convicted an innocent man... My heart tells me they wouldn't give a rat's ass, though.

New Post on Ruby Red Daydreams

2010-11-09T23:02:00.001-08:00

Not This Again

Election Day

2010-11-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about tomorrow. I actually am registered as an absentee voter but I sent in my absentee form so late that I didn't get my ballot until like Thursday, so I'm just going to go to my polling location. But anyone who knows me knows the ballot measure I am most excited about is Prop 19, the measure to legalize marijuana.
If you don't already know about Prop 19, you can read more about it at http://yeson19.com
If you DO know about Prop 19, and are in favor of legalization, I have this to say to you:

If Proposition 19 loses
because you were too
lazy to vote, you deserve
to get busted w/ pot.
Click here to find
your polling place.

Okay, I'm not trying to sound like an ad, lol. But I'm pretty passionate about Prop 19.

And I'm a democrat, so, yes, I'm voting for Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer, and Kamala Harris ^_^

Honestly, I don't see how anyone can vote for Carly Fiorina knowing about her history at HP

And with everything we know about Meg Whitman's sons, as horrible as they are, with their snotty, rich kid, entitled attitudes, they had to learn it from somewhere... I'm just saying. Not to mention the maid fiasco and her contradicting herself, first by calling Jerry Brown a failure, then by talking about what a great place California was when she moved here 30 years ago... Uh-oh, you mean when Jerry Brown was governor before?

Anyway, I know who I'm voting for... No matter who you vote for, don't forget to vote Yes on Prop 19!

Visit California Commercial

2010-10-30T00:56:00.000-07:00

I just saw this commercial, and I really like it:

On another note... I have some online friends on the east coast and it never fails to amaze me how surprised they are that L.A. is almost 8 hours away. They always say, but it's the same state! Nevermind that our state takes up almost an entire coast, lol. Which is what I usually explain.
Anyway I was curious to see how much time it'd actually take to go from top to bottom (I always just guess-stimated) and here are my results (from Google Maps):

From: Yreka, CA

To: San Diego, CA

Directions to San Diego, CA
761 mi - about 12 hours 14 mins (up to 14 hours 7 mins in traffic)

Time For a Change...

2010-10-29T14:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I decided to change the subject of this blog from being about my personal life and feelings,to being about current events and things that I am interested in. I'll blog about myself on my new blog at http://RubyRedDaydreams.tumblr.com. I figure my blog will be much less confusing this way.

None of my dread pics are that clear...

2010-10-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

From It's Ruby, Baby...! Album

They were hella curly in this pic, I had had them twisted down for a while

From It's Ruby, Baby...! Album

They still haven't straightened out all the way yet

From It's Ruby, Baby...! Album

I just like this pic... Even though you can't really see my hair

Ok, I'm Serious This Time...

2010-10-28T17:25:00.000-07:00

Ok, Ok, I know that earlier this year I said I was going to start blogging on a more regular basis. And I had every intention of doing that. But I ended up buying a lil janky-ass netbook that wouldn't stay connected to the internet. And after I finally sold it and just bought a new adapter for my old laptop, my internet service got shut off. So I did get my internet service back over a month ago, but I've just been being lazy, I guess.
Anyway, here's a run down of what's happened in the last six months:
-I met a guy, we dated for about 5 months, everything was great, and then his crazy, jealous, possessive side came out, and you know I am not about to ever go through that again, so I broke up with him.
-My girls and I moved out of my mom's house into my own apartment.
-After 3 months, my sister and her boyfriend moved in with us.
-I went natural in July and my dreads are just about locked (pics coming soon!)
Ok, so, now that my blog has been updated, I'm going to finish surfing the web(but am I ever really done? Lol) and fill out my absentee ballot so I can mail it tomorrow. Vote Yes on Prop 19!

2010-05-31T12:18:00.001-07:00

Why is it that the men who talk shit about/overlook flat-chested women are the same men who have problems with/talk shit about breast implants? I don't get it.

I Had To Add The Lyrics...

2010-03-25T00:32:00.001-07:00

The Climb

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Dani on OLTL...

2010-03-24T20:15:00.000-07:00

I hate the character but I loved her rendition of this song... She sounded better than Miley!

2010-03-22T02:03:00.001-07:00

I don't know why, but I have a weakness for dreadheads. If a guy has dreads, he can get away with being short or fat. There's just something so sexy about them

2010-02-17T00:23:00.001-08:00

"Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes"
-Oscar Wilde

Damn, I've Been Slacking....

2010-02-16T15:50:00.000-08:00

Here it is, mid February, and I'm just now posting my first blog of the year. Mainly because I haven't really had any internet access; even my BlackBerry got shut off. So I finally am back online, and I have a loooot to say, but I'm going to break it into a few different posts. First things first: I'm gonna be an aunt! I mean, I have nieces and nephews courtesy of my brother (he has like 7 or 8 kids... maybe more, I've lost count, lol) but it's not the same. Now my sister (my 17-year-old sister, not my 21-year-old sister) is pregnant-- by her 23-year-old Cambodian boyfriend. Yeah, I know, that's quite an age difference, but he's cool peeps, and he gets along well with the fam. Oh, and get this-- the baby is due September 5th... So you know I'm gonna have to try to make her go into labor on my birthday (August 28th).
Uh-oh, I gotta go, my kids are running up and down the stairs....

A Month Late, But I Finally Posted It!

2009-11-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

Body Image

2009-11-08T16:48:00.000-08:00

I don't know why but it bothers me when I hear people call themselves fat. Even when they are. I think its from knowing about eating disorders and insecurity and how it can tear you apart, inside and out.
I have struggled with my weight and body image for years. I remember when I was a size 5 (I looked horrible y'all; my bone structure is all wrong for that small a size) looking in the mirror and still seeing fat. Looking down and thinking my belly looked pudgy. Still trying to lose more weight.
At my worst point I was smoking crystal meth to ensure that I stayed thin.
What was WRONG with me?!
Like seriously, I look back at how I felt about my body from ages 14-20 and its ridiculous. For the most part I was fine (except for 2002 when I was on Depo Provera... I did get kinda big, lol). I had a great shape (I'm actually only about one size smaller now), I was young, beautiful and hot. Why didn't I know that?
I'm a little afraid that I've been slipping back into my old habits lately. Telling myself I need to lose ten more lbs. Looking up natural breast enhancement.
I thought I'd accepted myself as I am a long time ago.
Some people who know me know why I stress about it now. The whole perfect-in-every-other-way-because-I-have-x-against-me thing. And the more I fail at being perfect the worse I feel... And the less I try. Which leads to me feeling worse.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Someone to Love You

2009-10-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

***Ruff Endz*** I love this song

I betcha that I could read your mind
And tell you everything you're going through
Baby, I try to find a thousand reasons why
You're alone and acting so cold

Tell me how long you've been this way
Maybe I can open up your heart
See, I've been waiting all my life for someone just
like you
And I know you've been waiting too
For someone to love you

All you need is someone who cares (For someone to love
you)
Someone who will always be there
All you need is to say is that you want me to be with
you
Girl, I know you waited so long
For someone to love you

Baby, I wish I could be there
For every time you ever shed a tear
Baby, I hate to see a pretty girl like you
Goin' through the things that you do, yeah

Girl, I think you've gone for far too long
Without a good man to make you smile
Now how can I appeal to you and make you understand
That I'm here, what are you waiting for
Someone to love you

All you need is someone who cares
Someone who will always be there
All you need is to say is that you want me to be with
you
Girl, I know you waited so long
For someone to love you

Maybe you've been waiting for a man from all your
fairy tales
Or maybe just a man from all your dreams
Try and think reality, enjoy the possibilities
Cause girl, I now you've waited so long
For someone to love you, you, you, you, you
{Someone to love you}
You waited, oh, so long

All you need is someone to care (Someone to love you,
who really cares)
Someone who will always be there (A man, a man like
me)
All you need is someone (Someone, someone, someone
like me) {How was your day, baby}
All you need is someone who will be there {Open up
your heart, please, babe}
All you need is someone {Woo, I care for you, take my
hand}
All you need is someone {I wanna be there} (Someone,
someone, someone, someone)
All you need is someone