Some random thoughts for you

Hi! Back from Alabama (I'll dish on that in a separate post), and basically trying to coax my inner academic to come out of hiding. Dont ask me why she's playin herself like that- lol.

But anyway, just a few random thoughts:

SO I THINK LIKE FIFTY PERCENT (maybe a slight overexageration) of my facebook friends list updated their profiles on the 15th. Now, it was random as hell that I was even on the facebook, let alone I sorted my friends' list so that I could see only those who recently updated. I couldnt believe I had to scroll! And normally, its within a few day period...most of these were done yesterday! Makes me feel like I should have updated my profile! I could I guess...but I could not. Something about updating your profile all the time...maybe it just means youre flexible. Well, I guess it depends on what kinds of updates. If youre adding quotes then its cool, keeps it fresh. But if your relationship status (or one better- your pic) keeps changing, Imma need you to have something else a little more constructive to do.

Yes, this is coming from the girl who at 2 something in the morning is writing in her blog. LOL.

Moving on.

SO HOW MANY OF YOU have been sleeping on Showtime? Yeah, I know they have some hits here and there (a la SoulFood) but when is the last time you really stopped to look at Showtime. Wait, lemme back up. When is the last time I looked at anything cable-tv related? Its been like a month...perhaps a little more than a month. The cable guy (lol) came today to get me all hooked up. I know, I know. I hate Charter. I hate giving them my money every month because I know they have a monopoly on Athens. I even tried to circumvent them by getting satellite. Evidently, not only does my lovely half of a duplex sound like its in the woods (complete with cricket sounds and all), it really kinda is...I want you to know that I dont get anything remotely associated with wireless in my apt. Except for surprisingly consistent cell phone reception.

I digress. Back to Showtime.

So, because of William (and thanks to On Demand - the BEST part about having digital cable..I will admit that) I tuned into one of their newest shows: Weeds. Now I knew it was a suburban something or another, and I took the bait from the commercials, but I wasnt ready for how funny it was! It was like a mix of suburban stereotypes based in truths, and pure comedy all mixed up into an episode. For the first time in my life, I am so glad to be a Showtime subscriber.

And not only do they have that show, but they have the Barbershop series, and the Fat Actress series Ive been dying to get a glimpse of. If you had told me 2 weeks ago I would be this excited about ANYTHING on Showtime, I would have called you a liar.

I am absolutely thrilled.

LAST WEEK, WILLIAM AND I WENT TO SEE JOHN LEGEND. Well, Common and DeLaSoul were there too, but anyone who knows me knows that I learned something about those other two groups and was primarly there to see John. And was he fabulous! I wasnt ready for him live. Yes, the words were the same, but the passion, and the soul, and the energy was just amazing! I wasnt ready. But I hoped that I would get my money's worth (not that I doubted I would). And it was even more remarkable and memorable being able to see it with William. We kinda discovered JL together, so it was fitting that we experienced him live together as well.

In typical (or what seems to be becomming typical) Patti-William fashion, we were so fighting that day, but we did a little New Orleans sight seeing, he let me take a few pics (always makes me super happy...gotta have the memories) and then we went to the concert. I didnt know prior to the day of that it was standing room only. Can you imagine? WE stood at the House of Blues for practically 4 hours. It wasnt until we got back to the car, and were driving back to Mobile that we realized just how tired we were. You know how it is...you gotta wave your arm when they say wave your arm, jump when they say jump, and then there are those times that the music gets the better of you and you find yourself grinding on your boyfriend, or swaying with the crowd, shouting out your favorite line in the song, and basically Getting your money's worth.

But like I said: AMAZING.

SO, I FIND MYSELF IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS that make me think of my boyfriend. Probably a little caught off guard, huh. Trying to figure out where Im going with this one, right? Well stop it. Just keep reading silly! Like I said, I find myself in situations that remind me of my sweetie. And I know its partially my fault. Or maybe this is how most normal relationships work. He'll suggest a show, a movie, a CD, and I'll watch, rent, or purchase (download) snippets of it per his suggestion. And not only does he know me pretty well, and can usually acurately predict what I'm bound to like or tolerate, these things make me think of him. Its like having pieces of him here with me, when he isnt. Strange I know. But its how I feel. And on the flip side, if its something we both wanna do/see/hear, we try and wait and do it together. Then we can chat about it. Like he suggested Weeds, and some other movie im supposed to watch on Starz on Demand (maybe tomorrow morning), and Im going to give them a chance- because he suggested it.

I love him so much.

I miss him terribly.

And Im open to him. You have to be to love him. He has to be to love me. Cause there are some thinks implicit to who we are that are indellible. Theyre not up for negotiation.

I WAS WATCHING GIRLFRIENDS this evening and it was the episode where William (hahah) and Yvonne were supposed to get married. For those of you who havent seen it, she ended up calling off the wedding becasue she said she didnt like who she was with him. It wasnt that the relationship was bad (or it was anything he did) but rather, the problem was with her and what she allowed to transpire (her quitting the force, her never correcting him for mis-pronouncing her name, etc), and that totally hit home with me today. I used to apologize for my quirks. Cause Im quite a character...to know me is to love me (or at least tolerate me) and I know now that I cant apologize for me. Somethings I do/thinkabout/say are just because theyre on my mind. I ask a question, I want an answer, and not becasue I havent thought about it, but because I needed an answer (I know, tangent). But anyway, I like who I am with William, because I feel like I can be me, and at the end of the day (I've tested the theory...we've had some rough days) I know he may be annoyed, but he essentially loves me no less.

If you dont know what that feels like. What a relief it is. You should add that to the list of things to experience.

MY FRIEND MERCY (and I think this month I am using that term loosely in regards to her) is not returning my phone calls. I cant think of anything I did to her this time- and Im usually good at teasing apart what I did that was shiesty to warrant non-returned calls. Ever since before the move, I remember asking her to sit in my apartment in the evnet the furniture came, and she was telling me she planned to read Harry Potter the whole time. And I got peeved. I was like "damn, you cant do me one favor...bring the damn book with you." I know, right? Coming from me. The resident Harry Potter fanatic. I was just banking on she said she would help (even had the nerve to say I'll help you with whatever) and she hasnt returned a call since. I think I talked to her on the 14th of July. Its now the 14th of August. I went by her job once, and she wasnt there (plus, they didnt have anything I wanted) and I was two seconds away from calling her house and speaking with her parents, but I decided no. If she wanted to talk to me, she would have called by now, fussing at me for not seeing her and us not hanging out. William thought she didnt come around during the move cause he was here...but he has been not in Athens since the move. I decided yesterday to stop calling because it just makes me feel sad. When she wants to chat, she can contact me. I hope that she is okay though. I would hate for something to be dreadully wrong, and here I am thinking malice. Wait, no malice. Just a little sad. And soon to be a little preoccupied to dwell on it.

You know, with School and Psi Chi, and research, and Girl Scouts, and (of course) William. :)

AND FINALLY, I love Glamour. I really do. Not like I love Real Simple, but close. For different reasons. Everyone knows Im taking about magazines, right? I just renewed my RS subscription through like the next 2 years and I need to get a glamour subscription..Im just throwing my money away everymonth, when it could be ocming to me early.

Okay, Ive bent your ear enough for now. This was fun, we'll have to do this again really soon.

xoxox