So it doesn't look like the brother is getting out this week.
Wendy (his baby mama) came by, said he told us hi.
as if I cared.  They talked for a while. Then Wendy left.
Perfect timing, my brother called from the pokey. Mom
asked if I wanted to speak to him. I said no. We didn't have
conversations when he was here, so why would I have them now.
I left the room ,letting mom and my brother chat about whatever
he needed to talk to her about.
Man, I can't wait for vacation next week. It will be a long week
of fuzzy bear slippers and pjs.
Although thanks to work, I have no interest in turkey what so
ever. The cafeteria served turkey , dressing ,mashed potatoes two days in a row. Plus we had a thanksgiving luncheon with a slew
of thanksgiving food goodies: Turkey,potato salad,deviled eggs,cornbread dressing,rice dressing,yams,chicken,sausage,ribs,brisket,rolls,cake and cobbler. So as you can see, we have a bountiful feast. Now next week, I will probably stick to ham and more desserts. I kind of have a sweet tooth.
Fandom stuff, I watched Yamapi and Jin on MS's mini suite. They were very cute. I still haven't listened to Loveless, I am not sure what I am waiting on. I also somehow missed two episodes of Tokyo Dogs. Shame on me. I am sure I will be better able to catch up next week. Mmmm I can't wait to loaf around.
10 more days and I will have actually blogged for a whole month. I wonder if I will keep up with it after the month is up...probably not. I mean I will try ,then fail..lol

Well,i have made it about three weeks.Three weeks of posting everyday,that is probably a record for me.
The case for my phone came in. I am currently trying to decorate it. I am using some of
the UV stickers I got at Fit. I spent some much money that I got to turn this little
wheel. I am sure you guys know it if you have watch any anime where they do drawings.
I also have some rhinestones stickers I order from a long time ago when I wanted
to go all sweet loli on my itouch.
There is no sign of my brother yet..so I'm hoping that is a good thing.Maybe they made
him do rehab,it would be best thing for him. I guess I find out soon enough. He'll
show up at the house. >.>
It's almost turkey day. We are doing a turkey luncheon thing at work tomorrow. I am
not so much looking forward to the turkey as I am to the fact I can finally wear jeans
to work. Yay, no skirts,dresses,or pantyhose. I do have to wear a nice shirt or shoes.
But still I get to wear jeans.
Okay, i'm making this post short. Hope everyone is well.

Tonight feels very mellow.
I guess since I went down to the post office to deal with packages and peach slips, my temper has settled.  I actually got my package,but that was after waiting in line for 30 mins. I expect nothing less from my failed local post office.
Apparently in addition to going to the post office, my brother
wanted to cash his check. Like I give a crap what he wants. I'll
do what I damn well want , and favors for him are very much
not on that list. I think he has court tomorrow, I am really hoping
they make him stay awhile. He is trying to make it seem dire here
at the house without him. He went on about how mom is blind,and practically an invalid. He also told them that he DIDN'T have any
sisters or brothers. That's right I don't exist. Screw you ass.
It's not like you ever were a good brother. I don't even have any
memories where I liked you.
Onto happier things, I am looking forward to checking out the new
exhibit at Lawndale. They look like they have some interesting stuff going on. It is always like entering a new world going through the doors, cutting on the lights and experiencing the new show all to myself, without having to wade through crowds of people.
Okay, it's shower time. Later

I hate you !
I hate you!
I fuckin' hate you!
You stupid delivery man who didn't leave my package after I noted on that stupid peach slip that I wanted you to leave my package on my fuckin' porch. Here's a thought, if I dont have that option please don't leave it blank so I can be under the mis'fuckin' conception that I have it. I can't have the option of letting mom
sign for it because she has dialysis and suppose which you probably fuckin' would come on that day. I still wouldn't get the
package. She's gone for like the majority of the day then when she gets back,she is dead tired.
By the time I get off fuckin work, the post office is almost closed,plus the fuckin lines are damn ridiculous. I hate you post
office you worthless bastard. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Rant is over.. there goes my freakin' post for the day, because i will
be too steamin' piss to do another.

okay, i got the vanilla lavender candle going and I am bundled
up because the temperature dropped down today.
This morning sucked though,like a minute after I got
ready to leave it started to pour outside. So I got nice and
wet before work. By the time lunch came around it was sunny
but windy. I really am getting antsy for the Thanksgiving holiday.
I need to over do it on the food,doesn't help that the food network
has got thanksgiving shows going on like 24 hrs a day.
I snagged myself a new wallet on Ebay yesterday. It is one of the
wallets with the chain. Seeing Wil and Jen's wallets made me want one. I got with the Soul Eater skull on it. I love Soul Eater, I should re watch that sometime. I also got a case for  my phone. I have dropped it enough that you can see the signs of klutz abuse.
I got a clear case so I could decorate it. Darn, I wish I would have
gotten those tiny food erasers Wil showed me at Fit.
So who is gearing up for Black Friday?
I know a couple of ppl at work are, I just dont know if I really
want to get up ridiculously early and wrestle with ppl for goods.
I mean that is what I have the internet for right? So i can show from  home.

I really wish I could have a lazy sunday. I think have
tried for the past two weekends and failed. I had laundry
and grocery shopping to do.Plus I needed to show mom the
way to the clinic she has to go to tomorrow, since my brother
isn't here to take her.
Speaking of my brother for just one second, there is a possibility
he may get out this week. I am not really all that excited about that.
It was very enjoyable not having him here.
Now back to my sunday, in addition to the chores I needed to get done,
I have had a headache off and on all day. I'm planning on downing some
aspirin PM as soon as this is post is done.
I had leftovers from me and dad's dinner, but decided to do
some cooking so that I wouldnt have to worry with dinner tomorrow.
Hey, you gotta think ahead right?
I don't know, it seems like time always gets away from me on the weekend.
At least it will be Thanksgiving holiday soon,then I will have some time off,even if
it is just a couple of days. I am planning on seeing Ninja Assassin while on turkey vacation.
Oh and a LOL moment before I go,the stray kitty that I leave food for on the porch,chased off a dog that seemed to be approaching me the other day. I found it curious seeing as the dog
was pretty big. I was like how could this big dog be scared of a kitty.

Okay, so hopefully tonight's post won't disappear like last night's post.
So today ends feed Brandi week. I had my last two bday meals. I met
Michael and his wife at Fit. Yay more Fit time. Also while in there, they
started playing Arashi. I immediately started squeeing and jumping u & down.
Wil practically ad to smack me to get me to calm down. Mike & wife showed up
with their two little boys,Luke & Logan. And yes, Michael is a comic book nerd.
Apparently, Heidi( Mike's wife) recently found out about fit & became quickly in
love with it. She wants to fix the boys bentos for lunch. I should pass along some
bento lunch sites I collected to her. She could probably put them to good use.
I had brought Wil along so he could help me get to Fit without possibility of
getting lost. After spending much money at Fit, we tried to decided for food.
Luke & Logan were a bit wild, that didn't change much when we went for sushi.
It was a place in the same shopping district. The boys weren't going to be
constricted my society's rules of proper behavior in a restaurant. I felt
bad for Heidi, she didnt really get to eat. And honestly, though the boys were
loud and climbing like monkeys over everything. I found myself thinking it was cute
seeing them wrestle with each other. I am going to blame my ovaries on that. Damn
biological clock..*points at it* you keep quiet!
Heidi made a break for it after seeing the boys weren't going to be giving her break.
Mike soon followed. He gave a quick hug then gave his retreat too. It was nice seeing
him again. He is growing a bread. What is it about a beard that make men look so manly.
I saw you grow a beard and it's like..damn you been out chopping down trees and wrestling
bears?
Then dad came over later, he picked me up for dinner, We went to some place in Humble
called Italiano's. It was packed, but the food was good. He gave me a little money, so
that will make up for my trip to Fit earlier. Overall it was a good week for feeding Brandi.

I feel like blowing up my posting because I got screwed out of a good post.
I talked about tomorrow's plans...I have lunch with Michael,plus another trip to
Fit.
I also have dinner with my dad tomorrow. It will be like the fourth bday related meal I am having this week.
I have been listening to N'sync today because one I really like their No Strings Attached album.It's the only one I have. It was a gift. They are like the second boy band for me to have fallen in like with in my life time. First was NKOTB, third is Arashi.
Speaking of Arashi, I got My Girl single in today. woo*tries not to have a sarcastic tone*
That really irks me that my post got lost. FUCKIN' GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
damn you friday the 13th!!!!!
Oh and I almost slipped in the shower and broke myself.
Okay, I'm going to be bed before I get more pissed.

What the hell? Thank you Virginia for leaving me that comment otherwise I wouldnt have know that lj posted my same post for last night. I had another post I had done..what happened to it???
Luckily I double post.Meaning I do my entry here..then post to the NaBloPoMo site. So I will do the opposite tonight. just before midnight. I am good with timing,no?
dammit, just checked the site, it has the old post too. dammit.
well here is a post about missing a post.

Man i have been very restless today especially the last hour or two.
I remember having one these manic moments when i was little.
I end up shearing off a lot of hair that day. Mom was not happy when me.
 I had barely noticed tomorrow is Friday the 13th. although I think I
had my bad luck moment earlier when I had accidently set my computer on fire at work.
yes, you read that right...I accidently set my computer on fire.
See what had happen was, I went to break,then when I came
back, my computer was in sleep mode.  I touched the mouse
to wake it up, then I heard this loud BOOM sound.  It's kind of like
when a light bulb goes out while you trying to cut on the lights.
So I am like what the..
I tell my cubby hole partner,she says have you tried cutting it on.
I say no,because of the sound. she suggests trying the power button. so against better judgment ,I push the button. Then I heard
*crackle whoosh* sparks then flames.  Yeah that made for an exciting day. One of the tech guys came from upstairs and retrieved the computer. All day I kept getting picked up. They say I killed it.
I say it went into self destruct mode. It must have been as ready for the weekend as I am.
It looks like a group of office workers want to do chili's tomorrow after work, I am not feeling that so much. I have been bribed with promises of liquor. Honestly, that isn't much of a promise. I can get that on my own..and much cheaper. Plus the two guys that are trying to rangle this together, I call heckle and jackel after the old cartoon magpie birds that were always up to something. It irks me severely..but that could also be PMS, who knows...
Also Michael wants to meet up this weekend. His wife wants to go to Fit, that japanese dollar store I mentioned the other day. I havent seen him in over a month,so that is going to happen. I mean..how could i miss another opportunity to go to that place. I love it...LOVE IT!
There maybe lunch involved. Trying to navigate through  asiantown is going to be interesting. I am directionally challenged at times.
Alright, I think that is all i am going to post tonight. Goodnight everybody.

Okay, tonight's post might be a bit lite.
I am feeling like someone stuck a straw in
me and zapped all my energy. Of course I had woken
up earlier than I had wanted this morning, so that
might be catching up with me also. dad did call to
give birthday greetings. It was only after mom had
called to give him a hint about what he forgot.
I wasn't really surprised, dad hasn't remembered my
exact day of birth since like elmentary school. I am
kind of hoping he will do as usual and throw some
cash my way.I am looking forward to the weekend, I have no
lawndale because they are installing for the next exhibit.
It will be nice to have the Saturday off. Thanks to tapioca
teahouse and their bopping happy uber hyper soundtrack, I
know have a a very crazy song in my possession.
It's shower time I think, maybe there will be a better post
tomorrow. goodnight people.

So as I listen to Daft Punk's Around the World playing
on my old sony mp3 player. I pull it out every once in
a while to make sure it is still working. I remember listening
to it everyday on the radio back in 12th. That shows radio hasn't changed
much, they do like to repeat,so thank goodness for mp3 players that
have a shuffle function.
Once again I want to thank you guys who gave me birthday wishes. Awww,
it was sweet. I <3 you guys.
I braved the 5:30-6 o clock traffic to get to Wil and Jen's because
they wanted to treat me to dinner and a trip to FIT. Once of the best
asian stores in town. We went to House of Bowls which had some
tasty noodle dishes and kick ass wings. Good enough to make you want
to go back to the kitchen,shoot the chef so he can't make the deiciousness
for others. * I gotta stop watching Once Upon A Time in Mexico*
Then after dinner, we went to FIT. I got some cute stationary and decadent
pocky...woowhoo.
Then there was a trip for Tapioca drinks, I had Mocha Coffee with tapioca balls.
Then went back to their place for a bit, to veg to tv and some youtube. Now, I'm home
and it's almost midnight, which means the bday is over. So goodnight,and thanks. And see
you here tomorrow.
OH OH ,in fandom news, what other better gift than hearing that Arashi will be in
a drama special together. Today was a good day.

Okay, I gotta get this post out before my buzz turns me into
sleepy Brandi. Usually if I drink enough to get serious buzzed, then
I will just ultimately want to go to sleep.
And why am I buzzed you asked...my buddy Wendy decided to take me out
for margaritas. $2 dollar margarita deals are hard to pass up. I guess
she figured I might be busy with other stuff tomorrow, which I really
won't be. I do think my cubby hole buddy is planning something now that
she knows tomorrow is my birthday. Her and another co worker were talking
about age,and I said I will be a year older tomorrow. They seemed shocked
I wasn't more excited.SO she was asking about cake flavors I like..so I'm suspicious.
So I had about 2 and 3/4 margaritas. so I am in a cuzzy buzzed place. Wendy
and I did as usual, discussed old times.
I was trying to think of my early bday memories today. I can remember flashes of
those big sheet cakes with the white icing with little pink flowers on them.
I remember having little parties at the local skating ring.
I remember my birthday in 12th grade because that guy who gave me my first real
kiss, had called to give birthday greetings, I even got him to sing a boys II men
song for me. I remember the kick ass bday meal Virginia and Jen put together. I can't remember every birthday I ever had, but the ones I do remember
are special memories.
Okay, I gotta go, I need to get a shower in before the sleepiness takes over. Goodnight people.

I swear I spent most of today watching tv, mostly the food network.
I only ventured out to do a did of grocery shopping. Then came back home to watch one of the best southern cookers on the planet, Paula Dean. I could watch all day.  I wish she would adopt people randomly just to fed them. I'd want to be on that wait list.
The diners,drive-ins and dives came which served as my inspiration to make pulled pork sandwiches today. I broke out the slow cooker,threw in some nice pork,and seasoned away. And after about 5 hours, the meat was falling apart on the fork. I was pleased.
I love cooking. I love it even more when it comes out right.
When I wasn't glued to the food network, I caught up on my fandom shows i.e Arashi and Inuyasha Final Act anime. Watching Inuyasha has renewed my crush on Kouga. My friend Tanya mentioned that Kouga is hard headed. I said but that is what makes Kouga..Kouga. It reminds of an argument that I had to learn in ethics class. I also mentioned to her that I thought Sesshoumaru reminds me of  Gackt because they are both very aristocratically egotistical,but like Kouga's  hardheadedness ,their arrogance appeals to me.
Oh speaking of interesting anime, I watch a pretty cool animated short film called Cencoroll. I suggest checking it out.
Okay, I am going to get back to the food network, it is almost time for Iron Chef.

Man I am wiped. Today was a crazy at Lawndale. It was
the last day for the Day of the dead exhibit.There were so many
people there. Since there were some local high school art students
that participated, there was a huge amount of teenagers there.
A few of the girls passed by and I couldn't help thinking" when the hell did high schoolers start dressing like whores?"  My buddy Tanya said when parents stop caring,which makes sense.
There were also some pretty cool looking teens there too. This one girl had this huge arm piece made of those pony beads in the design of a Mario Bros. star. It was too awesome to ignore.
Anyways, there was sugar skull making and decorating,dancers,and all kinds of entertainment for the family fiesta day. I think it was a big hit. I manned the greeting table,so I was in charge of the phones,FAQ's,poster and t-shirt sells. We sold out of posters and had like three t-shirts left. I am pretty sure if they had not been XL,that they would have sold too. It was alot of clean up afterwards  and I am pooped. I didnt even get to read my manga I got yesterday.
As for my shipment yesterday, I got XXXholic vol.14, Happy Boys vol.1,Anita Blake  LC Exectuioner comic #1 and two magazines, Megami and Newtype. The Newtype came with a little figure. It is the new character that they brought in for the new Eva 2.0 movies. I can wait to see You Can Not Advance.
Although Eva is all kinds of moody and dark. I still really like it.
Alright, I am going to finish listening to my friend's jpop radio cast ,then probably pass out. zzZZZ

I dont think tonight is going to be anymore exciting than
yesterday's. Today it was like practically half of the staff called out.There was some scrambling because one of the lady's didn't
get her portion of the project done yesterday. So it was a group effort to get it done. She was out yesterday because it was one of her dialysis days which I totally understand. You can't do a half a day when you have to take dialysis. At least there was Shipley's,which have some the tasty doughnuts in Texas,to help my the day brighter.
When I got home from work, I had my monthly shipment from Worldcomics from UPS on my doorstep. I have been ordering from them for probably over 10 years. I used to collect comics more back in the day. When I had an allowance, I would buy magazines most of the time like Seventeen,Bop,Word Up,Teen Beat. Then while mom was shopping, I stopped at the magazine stand, I decided to pick up Wizard magazine. Wizard is a good comic magazine. They used to..(well still might, I don't buy it anymore) have offers where if you buy a special issue of certain comics books that weren't offered any place else. I bought many comics that way. I bought Lady Death,Dawn,Darkchylde,Fathom,Witchblade. Also in Wizard they had an ad for Worldcomics. I ordered a catalogue. At this time I had just started to squee over Sailor Moon. Worldcomics sold the Smile magazines that chapters of Sailor Moon used to come in. I remember how I used to actually call in my order,this was before they had a site online. Worldcomics was my hook up for all my Sailor Moon stuff..wallscrolls,puzzles,manga,books. After I had  all Sailor Moon manga, I moved on to Clamp titles because well Clamp rocks..PERIOD.
Okay before I get too sleepy I am going go through my shipment and read through the goodies I got.
Also it is a busy week for birthdays, a nephew,a niece,my brother and my mine will be next tues. Alot of November babies around here.

I don't think tonight entry is going to be as cute
as the others. I'm sorry but work was hectic. There
was a major project that needed to be done by
the end of the day. Stuff has to go out in tomorrow
mornings mail. I had a small flash of pissy
at work, but passed after a trip to Wendy's for a chicken
club meal and a frosty..yay chocolate ^_^
Chocolate is a great healer.
Although I starting getting a headache on the way home.
I had hoped a hot shower and washing my hair would
help. It did and it didn't. I felt refreshed but still had the headache.
After pouting in my chair for a few minutes,I decided to make
myself a little dinner,grilled cheese and organic vanilla milk.It seemed to solve my head problem. The rest of the evening was
scroll of stuff to load up on my ipod. It helps to having something
other than apps to distract me at work.
Sleepiness is kicking at my door, so I can't be too giddy tonight.
It does feel a little weird not pulling out a random memory for you guys,maybe tomorrow.
G'night and take care

Okay, it is that time again where I need to do my post for the day.
I am a bit off because I just got finished cam to cam chatting with
my friend Marie in Canada. We have "known" each other for like five
years. We have only seen each other in pictures. So it was a bit weird
to see each other and talk. She was one of the friends I mentioned in
yesterday's post,we met in a Laurell K. yahoo group. We use to chat on
aim all the time. Man, nostalgia that is when aol was popular. I used to
love seeing that little yellow man tell me I got mail.
Ha..another memory hits. I used to talk to this pilot. He had the very
hard southern accent which sounds weird coming from a girl from Texas.
Trust me, not all of us have a southern cowboy chap wearing horse riding accent.
Lol, it's too funny that amount of chatting I used to do back in the day.

This post wasn't supposed to be about memories,but maybe I should run with it.
I am always being told by Wendy that I remember more about her life than she does.
I just think certain things stand out than others or on a good day my brain will
explode with a random memory out of nowhere. It makes me wonder about what is buried
really deep inside.
I can distinctly remember my first kiss. It was in kindergarten. I was sharing my blanket
with two boys in my class (i know I was such a hussy..lol). I guess both were cute at the time
or maybe I just didn't feel like taking a nap. They were both sleep,one on each side of
me. I roll over to one, gave him a quick kiss, then I rolled over to the other and gave him
a quick kiss too. Both were very chaste kisses on the lips because well..i had no idea what
french kissing was back then. And yes I do remember both there names.
And I do remember my real first kiss. I remember laying in the bed the night before,nervous
and freaking out. How was I going to be able to go through it? What if I suck? You can
only practice on your hand so much..haha. Man, I am full of sharing tonight.
He had experince..I did not,so you know where this is coming from.
I was in drama arts class waiting for my guy to come get me,it was taught by a very nice man, Mr. Carroll. I use the
term taught loosely because it was more like a free period. He rarely made us do anything.
He was a sweet man though.
Back to the kiss,I waited for him to come get me out of class. I was freaking out the entire time. I saw him through the little door window. I watched him over to Mr. Carroll with some
false slip of paper saying I need to report to the office for something. I had been chewing on
a piece of Big Red gum, I never thought to take it out. I went into this deserted hallway. I backed myself against the wall. The rest seemed to happen in slow motion. He leaned into me thus proceeded to kiss me. The moment he kissed me, my mind went blank. It lasted like a minute,two at the most. When he backed away, I still had my gum.It was okay for a first kiss.
There were no embarrassing mishaps,so it was good day. I think I was in shock for the rest of the day like everything felt very surreal.

Okay that ends tonight's shared memory. Join me tomorrow for another delightful post ^^

So you guys help me out, anything you would like me to post about? Any memories you would like to spill my guts over? I'm open. So help a sista out.

So today's post is brought to you by the letter V.
So I was going to do a whole post about vamps because my ipod played Orenji no Taiyou sung by Gackt & Hyde for the movie they starred Moonchild together. As if Gackt  & Hyde are not hot enough,making them into vamps triples the hottnes. If you don't know who Gackt or Hyde are, they are famous J-rock musicians.
On that same day while going through my twitter following list, one of my favorite gothic romance/fantasy writers, Laurell K Hamiltion twittered about she noticed vampires are mainstream now, and how odd it seemed.  I kind of got her point. These are supposed to be vicious blood sucking parasite that feed off you until you die,but now they are very romanticized. They are more like the mysterious sexy beasts that seduce you into happy gooey squealing puddles.
I feel a bit shamed that I have never read Dracula, maybe one day.
My first vampire book author was Anne Rice. Oh how I loved that woman in high school. I think I started reading her after I saw the Interview with a Vampire movie with Tom Cruise. I even remember watch the Oprah special where she questioned Anne Rice about how she didn't want Tom Cruise to play Lestat because she thought he was too american  apple pie to play the aristocratic egotistical vampire Lestat.
The movie basically made it a must for me to read the series. And I have read every vampire chronicle that woman ever wrote.
I was sad when she stopped writing ..the vampire chronicles. I still have yet to read her jesus book. I heard it wasn't bad..I'm still not feeling it.
My second major vampire author was Laurell K Hamilton. I remember how I learned about her. I was in Japanese class and we (by we I mean my friend James,Virginia & I) noticed another classmate,Baxter-san reading the Obsidian Butterfly. I think James inquired what it was about and David replies with the jist of the characters and finishing up with "it's like a slutty version of buffy the vampire slayer."
Being a buffy fan, I got the first book, Guilty Pleasures and became hooked. I grabbed whatever books Waldenbooks had by Hamilton,read them within a matter of days,sometimes hours if I didn't sleep. I even got a few new friends out of reading these books and being a fan of the author. I still continue to be a fan of the Anita Blake series.
And since Twilight is very popular these days..not that it didnt have a fanbase before the movies,but it is at a serious high right now. Now I havent even heard of the books before like a year ..maybe a year and a half ago. It was Virginia who insisted that I read the book first book. Apparently, someone else had forced her to read the books as well, so she wanted to drag me along for the ride.  It took me a cou0ple of tries to pick of the book and try to read it.
After I finally did, I  loved..and I use love in the first love/crush you have in high school sense. It was like experiencing your first love to me when reading the books. Now don't get me wrong ,the book was bad in a freshman attempt way. She had to keep referring to other classic literature in some attempt to valid her writing or something. I pretty sure without referring me to the authors you want to be, I would have figured out that Bella and Edward are like this  certain literary couple. I was still basking in the Twilight glow when I moved on to the other books.
I slowly fell out of that love. It got worse with each book.
I was like having a crush on a guy then finding out what a douche he is under the surface. Like for every time he opens his mouth, he says something stupid and insulting to your intelligence.
Now to the friends I have that like the Twilight fandom,that is fine. We aren't always going to like the same things..this is one of those things.
Vampires are some of my favorite supernatural beings. It's hard not to be attracted to that darkness.
Okay I think I am done with this post. Now to figure out tomorrow's theme.. if there is to be one.