Thanksgiving Leftovers
So here are the leftovers from my recent happs. You'll get a little bit of everything here.
December is here and it brings new opportunity. Seems like everybody around me is already in shut down mode for 2008 but taking the month away from my search just is not a possibility and does not pay the January mortgage. I am day to day in waiting on an update for a very real opportunity so once again there is something dangling before me. Additionally there are three postings that I should contend for with another company - plenty of other opportunities that are being worked in parallel also.
Additionally I am contending with some very real choices that are difficult and probably represent some of the tough decisions that I might have ahead of me. The most immediate choice is my health care coverage. Given the choice of continue my COBRA coverage or pay the mortgage, I don't have much of a choice. I can't continue to pay for overpriced coverage when my housing situation is pressing me along with the rest of my monthly expenses. Clearly there is a risk here and I am gonna take it because it is just me in the balance. The most immediate effect this will have and the most obvious one will be that I am stepping away from skydiving for a while until I get coverage again. After all, it is winter and jumping is not as frequent even with the forgiving Texas weather and also, the sky will be there. It will still be blue. All of this sucks but right now my life is all about survival.
I was very fortunate to get away for Thanksgiving last week. One of my best friends, Wendell, bought a ticket for me at the very last minute and asked me to go to Chapel Hill NC to be with his family for a low key Thanksgiving. It was really good to get away and relax for a minute with them for a few days. I was going to be content here in town laying low by myself but it was good to be with others that are like family. His boys are growing so quickly and getting smarter by the day.
So the idea for my Thanksgiving dinner ended up being put on hold until I got back. I have been wanting to experiment with a stock reduction using roasted lamb bones from chops. Tenderloin rocks no matter what you get it from but the problem with lamb and chops is that they are really really small. I was proud of this idea removing three loin sides and combining them with the help of a little kitchen twine. Turned out awesome.
He Said, She Said: Wrong color, try again
I am not one to bitch about being single, but this story from last night has got to be told. The set up:
So I was gifted a ticket to see the Eagles concert last night and I am out at a bar with friends after it is all over. A group of 6 of us are playing pool and my dear friend Trina who is white approaches the young woman bringing our drink order to the pool table. Trina looks out for me in every way with the kindest heart ever so when she sees a really attractive young black woman bringing our drinks, she goes into motion and it kinda goes like this from what I over hear.
T: Hi, thanks for the drinks. Aren't you so cute. You need to meet my friend George. There's George, have you met him?
Waitress: (I actually did not hear this part)
Trina looks over at me and says, "I can't believe that. Did you hear her? George you know I am not like that. The waitress told me , 'You would introduce me to the black one.....' Can you believe that" Um, nope. Can't believe that. We are all entitled to be attracted to whoever we chose and I have dated all races without bias. But to hear that from somebody that looks like me is something that I have never heard before. You have to wonder who did what to her and what caused such a negative perspective for her on black men. There is no way you can not like something that you are a part of without not liking the person in the mirror.
My how we judge from what we see with our eyes, not with what we feel.
December is here and it brings new opportunity. Seems like everybody around me is already in shut down mode for 2008 but taking the month away from my search just is not a possibility and does not pay the January mortgage. I am day to day in waiting on an update for a very real opportunity so once again there is something dangling before me. Additionally there are three postings that I should contend for with another company - plenty of other opportunities that are being worked in parallel also.
Additionally I am contending with some very real choices that are difficult and probably represent some of the tough decisions that I might have ahead of me. The most immediate choice is my health care coverage. Given the choice of continue my COBRA coverage or pay the mortgage, I don't have much of a choice. I can't continue to pay for overpriced coverage when my housing situation is pressing me along with the rest of my monthly expenses. Clearly there is a risk here and I am gonna take it because it is just me in the balance. The most immediate effect this will have and the most obvious one will be that I am stepping away from skydiving for a while until I get coverage again. After all, it is winter and jumping is not as frequent even with the forgiving Texas weather and also, the sky will be there. It will still be blue. All of this sucks but right now my life is all about survival.
I was very fortunate to get away for Thanksgiving last week. One of my best friends, Wendell, bought a ticket for me at the very last minute and asked me to go to Chapel Hill NC to be with his family for a low key Thanksgiving. It was really good to get away and relax for a minute with them for a few days. I was going to be content here in town laying low by myself but it was good to be with others that are like family. His boys are growing so quickly and getting smarter by the day.
So the idea for my Thanksgiving dinner ended up being put on hold until I got back. I have been wanting to experiment with a stock reduction using roasted lamb bones from chops. Tenderloin rocks no matter what you get it from but the problem with lamb and chops is that they are really really small. I was proud of this idea removing three loin sides and combining them with the help of a little kitchen twine. Turned out awesome.
He Said, She Said: Wrong color, try again
I am not one to bitch about being single, but this story from last night has got to be told. The set up:
So I was gifted a ticket to see the Eagles concert last night and I am out at a bar with friends after it is all over. A group of 6 of us are playing pool and my dear friend Trina who is white approaches the young woman bringing our drink order to the pool table. Trina looks out for me in every way with the kindest heart ever so when she sees a really attractive young black woman bringing our drinks, she goes into motion and it kinda goes like this from what I over hear.
T: Hi, thanks for the drinks. Aren't you so cute. You need to meet my friend George. There's George, have you met him?
Waitress: (I actually did not hear this part)
Trina looks over at me and says, "I can't believe that. Did you hear her? George you know I am not like that. The waitress told me , 'You would introduce me to the black one.....' Can you believe that" Um, nope. Can't believe that. We are all entitled to be attracted to whoever we chose and I have dated all races without bias. But to hear that from somebody that looks like me is something that I have never heard before. You have to wonder who did what to her and what caused such a negative perspective for her on black men. There is no way you can not like something that you are a part of without not liking the person in the mirror.
My how we judge from what we see with our eyes, not with what we feel.
posted by Booster MPS at
11:27 PM
4 Comments:
Perhaps it was more of a comment to your friend. As in, "Of course, I'm black, so why wouldn't you assume that I would want to meet your black friend."
Which works out great. Nothing to do with you at all! :)
Look into major medical coverage (it is good to have a net or a parachute in the event a bad bad thing happens).
She may have been gay or in a relationship or just out of a bad relationship. There are lots of options. May be she like hair. :)
Your post today took me all over the place. I felt compelled to encourage, commiserate, cheer, and scratch my head. Holidays are always so wierd, aren't they? Big hugs, my friend!
when you talked about getting rid of the cobra my first thought was..."no more skydiving!" and then you said it so i'm thankful you're at least thinking clearly. lol.
i hope those prospects pay off..and soon.
as far as the girl goes-who the hell knows. ya know? women are weird. we all know this.
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