Just Bloggin...

Three-Peat...

As you may have read the title "Three-Peat", I have won the NCAA Pool for the third straight year. It was do or die for me with the UCLA/Memphis. With UCLA winning, I clinched the pool. If UCLA would have lost, I would have been eliminated. Pressure bust pipes bitches!!! Congratulations to UCLA, LSU, Florida, and especially George Mason, who people said that they should not have been invited to the Big Dance. Who dancin' now???

Online Drought...

March has been a slow month for a few of my online businesses. It's nothing to worry about. I just have to work extra hard to pick them up in which I am willing to do. I have also found some new ways through my research to get some advertising and marketing done. This should be a challenge, what isn't these days.

There has been some upside to this mini-drought. I have been able to find some new ways to investing which I think will benefit me. With reading "Think and Grow Rich" I am already rich in my mind. I have a million dollars in my mind, now I just have to get it. With my researching on real estate and investing, I feel that I am a step ahead of where I should be in my plan. So droughts can be a positive thing, if you allow it to be.

Random Thoughts...

I have a friend that I speak with occasionally. She always wants to know what's up with the ladies. I give the same answer all the time. "Ain't nuthin up wit da ladeez!" I don't understand why she is so concerned with me not being with anyone. Some people would say that she may want to be with you. I don't think that is the case. She has no intentions of trying to be with me. How do I know? I just know. She also would bring up the crushes. I tell her that I still have the crush on the two bloggers but my focus on my plan has really push that to the side.

Me? Hate?...

If you have kept up with my blog, you will know in 2005 about the girl that I really liked. The woman whom I wrote about regularly until the relationship took the turn for the worse. Some may have remembered my post of "Spiked Heart" and how I felt. Well......The sista that I am referring to has moved back to Chicago. I have talked to her on Yahoo messenger a few times. I just talked to her recently. It was a mild conversation. Although my feelings for her are now different, I still believe that we are friends. I brought up the idea that we should go out to dinner one night. She thought it was very awkward for me to suggest such a thing. When I asked why, she replied that she thought that I hated her. Why??? That experience has really changed me, but not for one time at all that I felt hatred towards her. I told her that is not the case. I accepted what happened and moved forward. I get along with everybody, well excpet for one person which I will not reveal at this time.

Working it Out...

I am back to the workout. It didn't take much for me to get back to it. My job has a workout facility on a higher floor. I workout with a co-worker on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with some light work on Saturdays and Sundays. I have converted back to the smoothies and the protein drinks. I have gotten quite fond of the grilled chicken salad. I have done some other transitions as well. I have been feeling good. I just want to shape up, tone up a bit, lose the gut, and maintain my energy levels. Not too much I'm askin' for is it???

Drink of the Day...

Strawberry Ice....

1 1/2 oz. Strawberry Vodka
1 1/2 oz. Strawberry Schnapps
1 1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice

Shake all ingredients into a shaker with ice...
Pour into a chilled cocktail glass...

Serve with....................you guess it!!! A Strawberry!!!


-Da Original 1-

Steadily Improving...

Back on the Prowl...

I am starting back my workout as of tomorrow. My job has a workout facility on the 23rd floor. A co-worker took me up there to check it out. It's a nice, small room with some good equipment. It kinda reminds me of the gym at the YMCA on 63rd and Stony but smaller. I am striving for three days out the week. I am not sure if the workout room is available on Saturdays but I will find out. I will change the way I eat as well. I won't do a whole 360 but will just do some substitutions. I have been eating bagels in the morning with a smoothie, my lunches have been okay but I can do better. I also have been making more stir-frys for dinner. I got my wok and have been working wonders for it. I think that this time I will take my workout more seriously.


Decisions...

One decision that I have to make is with my car. I think my car is coming to an end. I am waiting for it to be prepared from the accident damage, but the money that has been put into that car, I just need to get another one...

I also need to decide when I will look for an apartment. I said within the next two months that I need to start my search. I would prefer a two bedroom, one as my bedroom and the other room as an office/workout room. Probably around the summer time I may start to look.

I also need to decide what businesses I want to advertise online. I have many that I could do, but I need to decide which ones will benefit me the most and stick to them. It is a great opportunity for me if I put the necessary work into it.


Da Sacrifice...

I have not been going out that much lately. I have been on the computer a whole lot. I have also been doing a lot of reading as well. I am currently reading Kiyosaki's Guide to Investing. It's a real good book, opens your mind to the world of investing and the best ways to start investing. I have a tax lien book that I have to start on as well. There is no limit to what I can do.


Da Sports Column...

It's back!!!!!

March Madness is here. That means the pool is back. As you all know I won the pool last year with North Carolina's help. It will be harder to three-peat but I will put up a fight. This year it is wide open. Last year was obvious, UNC or the Illini. I haven't watched that much college basketball this season like I normally do, which may hurt me in my selections, but I am still on the throne until I am dethroned...


Da Drink of the Day...

Just take some shots of tequila...
Lime, salt, whatever is necessary...


-Da Original 1-