There's a new sheriff fin town..or not.

Most of you guys know that I'm one of bloglands most eligible bachelorettes. I've been "single" for quite some time now. Mostly because I've been super indifferent to the dating process and the likes, and some because there haven't been any suitable suitors worth changing my single disposition. Well, I "thought" there was the potential for me to stick my player card in the freezer and settle down and do the whole dating thing yada yada yada. Well, turns out, that's not the case at all!

So I met "the sheriff" one day while sitting and working at Barnes and Noble. Admittedly I wasn't interested in him or any other person who approached me that day because I was behind on work and had finally gotten into a flow of things and really didn't want to jinx it by stopping and making small talk with any of the passerby's in the place, and not eventhe tall handsome who was all in my personal space. I was actually probably a biotch to dude so to my surprise after he took my card he actually called me. *gasp* All this time I'd been doing things backwards apparently, being nice had gotten me NOTHING, being a total b...a potential match! Geaux figure.

Fast forward, "the sheriff" and I had text quite a bit, had gone out once, both our schedules were pretty hectic and he had been working nights and I had been doing a lot of travelling and had a full schedule so logistically we hadn't really had time to hang out although both of us made it clear that we enjoyed the conversation and wanted to hang out. The time that we did go out it was great. Great conversation, little flirting, he was a total gentleman, did I mention great conversation. It's hard to find someone that I can have really good conversation with without it being redundant or without me feeling like I'm having to dumb down, so to speak. He's a bit of nerd like myself so it was cool. Althought I must admit that I probably learned more about guns and holsters than I care too, but that's his thing so I listened, nodded and smiled. "The sheriff" finally had a weekend off and let me know this quite a few times throughout the week that he'd be available, so in my mind I was thinking, I guess I'll see him Fri. and/or Sat. night.

Most folks probably don't peg me for a traditionalist when it comes to dating but I am. I believe the guy should ask the lady out, the guy should open doors, pull the chair out, the whole nine. So after playing a bit of phone tag on Friday (because my phone sucks!!) we finally connect and im asking, so what are your plans for the night yada yada yada and he mentions he's going to go to the gym and work out and will hit me back, cool. I had a long day so I could use some down time. I wasn't expecting him to hit me back at like 10pm. Yea, I didn't answer the phone.

Sat. we txt a few times and again, I ask what his plans are, and he says, nothing except he wanted to watch the lakers game, I'm like cool. I ask,you plan to watch it there or go out, opening the door for him to say, lets go watch the game somewhere, yea, didn't happen and I REFUSED to ask him out. I did all the hard work for him, told him it would be nice to see him, said I'm forgetting what he looks like, talked about the lakers as if I liked them, all he had to do was say, you want to watch the game! like seriously.

So now, I'm here thinking, that he had potential to be a distraction and maybe more, but I think deep down I wasn't that into him in the first place and just maybe he wasn't that into me either but it just irks me that he couldn't man up and just ask me out! When it was so obvious (to me) that he wanted too. And people wonder why I'm so indifferent to dating. If this is how it is, then they can keep that.

Adios Mr. Sheriff.

Brown, out!

Funny Pic Friday and some other stuff too

This pic seemed appropriate for the type of week I've had. Like seriously, it's been a super packed week, meeting upon meeting upon meeting. And when I haven't been meeting, I've been doing forms for clients or *gasp* filing. Let the record show that I SUCK at making file folders/labels and all that good stuff. I'm not a file snob per se but I really just don't have the time to stop "real" work to make some lables, stick em on a folder, and put the folder in a file cabinet. Yea it seems easy enough and in reality, it is pretty simple, but I have sooooo much other stuff I could be doing than making files. I think you guys get the picture that I don't like to make files. Anybody watch The Hills? I was just reminded of Spencer's (who is a major douche' bag) sister, I think her name is Stephanie, and how she was in an interview and BOMBED it and had no clue what a label was or how to affix one to anything **scratching head** like for real???

Anyway, so my week has been a productive one. Picked up 2 new clients for my consulting gig, so that's kinda cool.
That's one of the reasons I've been so busy. I've been running the show kinda solo lately, which sucks, but hey, it is what it is for the time being. I finally got the website to a point where I'm actually telling people about it, peep it and pass it on to your friends and family members http://www.yourcatalyst.net/ I did however make a faux paux on my business cards, and now I have to order new ones, my bad huh.

Well, it's the weekend, not sure what I'm getting into, a little bit of this, a little bit of nothing. Actually I do know, work. I'm behind on some stuff for some clients so I'm going to bite the bullet and just spend a few hours one day and just smash it out. I may try and see what CL is doing and hook up with them, maybe. That reminds me that I have a post about CL, I should probably run it by CL first since I "think" they found my blog and may not want me to be putting their business on front street like that, even though they are anonymous to the world wide web. I also have a post about our social..President and all of these "leaks" of confidential information, but I'll save that for a weekday and not go into the weekend with anything "heavy".

I took Rocky to the dog park one day this week and forgot his leash, but I did remember he needed food, so no leash + trip to Petsmart = a ride in the buggy for Rockstar! He's never been in a buggy before and surprisingly did really well. He didn't really try and jump out the basket at all, thankfully, because I could see me now chasing behind him in Petsmart.

Alright blog land, I think I'm going to make my escape from the Plantation now and go soak up some of this beautiful weather! Have a great weekend!

Brown..out!

Catch me if you can..

Easter came and went and I didn't post a Jesus died on the cross for our (yours and mine) sins kinda blog. Actually, the blog would've been that Jesus ROSE from the dead after dying on the cross for our (yours and mine) sins. I think that's the more accurate depection of how that blog would've have at least started, who knows how it would have ended, or maybe I gave away the ending with the rising from the dead part, ha ha. Ok, enough circle talk, Easter did come and go and I was able to spend some time in TX with my family and my BFF who was in town visiting a sick friend of hers. The only downside to that trip was that I got sick on the day that I was supposed to hang out with T before she headed back to the Midwest :-( That pretty much sucked, along with the 4hr drive I had to make as well feeling like crap.

So back in the boot....

Had to see a doc about a shoulder issue, that is still a freakin issue, ugh!

I came across a pretty dumb debate on a message board that I frequent. The questioned was taken from this lil snippet of an article

Miss USA stirs controversy

The Internet was buzzing Monday about a Miss USA controversy.

First runner-up Carrie Prejean (Miss California) was asked about legalizing same-sex marriage from judge Perez Hilton, the Internet blogger behind perezhilton.com."I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there. But that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be," Prejean said during Sunday night's live telecast.Hilton was visibly upset, and there was a mixed reaction from the live audience. Prejean ultimately came up short, losing the title to Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton.On Monday, Keith Lewis, the executive director for Miss California USA/Teen USA, said he was saddened by Prejean's response.Prejean, who has been romantically linked to Olympian Michael Phelps, spoke on Monday, too: "I feel like I'm the winner. I really do," she said to pageant host Billy Bush on "The Billy Bush Show," noting that she had 1,000 new messages on Facebook and 2,000 friend requests.Prejean added that her answer "did cost me my crown," but said: "I wouldn't have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself, and that's all I can do."

The question posed was if you were in her shoes, would you have given the same response? Should her response have cost her the crown? My how the keys were flying on that one! I tried to stay out of it mainly because I was super busy at work and didn't have time to really "play" today, but of course I don't think her opinion and her views should have cost her the crown, she gave an honest answer about how she feels, which was her right to do so. Some of the diabtribe that was going on was pure d ridiculous to me, see, that's me giving my opinion that is probably against the grain, but when is my opinion along the grain.

I'll have to tell you all about the surprise party for my grandma at a later date, ya girl is tirred! (and yes I spelled that wrong on purpose)

Well blogland, it's time for me to call it a night, I have long days ahead of me.


Brown, out!

Rocky Report

I haven't talked much about blogland's most spoiled mutt,Rocky lately. He has made a few treks to the dog park this spring and here are a few pics from last week, or maybe it was this week, who knows. I do remember my hands freezing tho and minimal humping by the little humper!

I love that he's so social when he's out there. He will play with the biggest dog at the park or the smallest dog, he doesn't discriminate. The same goes for his humping at the park.

Happy Easter holiday folks!

Brown..out!

It's Holy Week..

As in Holy smokes Batman, I'm off Good Friday and the day after Easter!! I'll be making a trek to Houston to visit with the fam and some friends and my bestfriend Tonya will be in town from Missouri YAY!!!! She'll be there visiting a friend of hers who is sick right now and of course to see me too..I'm superduper excited to hang out with her. I haven't seen her since I guess sometime last year, I think it may have been 4th of July, but it's been too long. I had a good weekend, not too busy and not too boring, kinda the right mix of things. I guess the only thing really missing was CL. CL was kinda hemmed up this weekend, which kinda sucked for me but such is life.



At any rate, I don't have any real plans for when I'm in Texas, I'm hoping to catch up with a few buddies, spend time with the kiddos and just kinda chill. Last time I was in hibernation and didn't do much of anything, I guess I'll be a little more social and actually leave the nest of my parents house. I'm sure my mom will want to drag me shopping somewhere and my dad will want me to fix/figure something out on the computer. I swear they wait for me to come in town do do all kinda things. What I'm really hoping for is that they've taken down that darn Christmas tree..lol



I've been thinking about my alterego lately, mainly because she has been rearing her head in the form of this overly sensitive, expressive chick, that I can't seem to contain. It's like a jack-in-the box, she's been wound up, danced to the music and BOOM! out she came all out the box and now that she's out the box I can't get her to go back in.

I say this is my alter ego because I'm pretty level headed 98.7% of the time, I reserve the other 1.3% for that special time in the fall that is LSU gamedays when I've been known to act a complete fool. I morph into "that" fan, the one you tell your kids not to listen to and the one who is oh so close to being kicked out of the game. The one who I would call a douche bag if they're on the opposing team, but yes, I'm not here to talk about football. I've always managed to have "alterego" in check because I was focusing on my career and wasn't trying to let anyone get really close to me. So of course I was able to control the situations and keep my feelings and emotions under wraps, doing just enough to keep them at bay for my own purposes. That sounds so harsh but that was then and this is now and here I am now, looking for a way to put all the gooeyness that is alterego back in the box. Ya'll help me out, it's too early to be showing my cards. I'm gladly taking suggestions on how to get her back in the box, please and thank you!

Alright blogland,


Brown..is..out!

Battle of the Boot

Just as I sign on to write todays blog the LSU Fight song came on the rotation of my itunes, how fitting! considering the topic of todays discussion is brought to you by the letters, L-S-U!! It's no secret that I'm a psycho super LSU fan, with football being my most favorite sport to root on my Tigers. Well CL and I were having a conversation yesterday regarding the upcoming LSU Spring Football game and I of course have been hyping up this game for quite some time now. To me the quintesential LSU fan, the Spring game marks the dawn of a new era being unveiled in maybe 100 scripted plays inside of Tiger Stadium on a spring April day in front of maybe 30-40 thousand of my closest friends. It's a day for the families to come to campus and tailgate, take in the electric game day atmosphere that can barely be described in words because it is JUST.THAT.GREAT! I've been bringing my nephews to this game since they've been able to walk, it's intro to LSU football 101. You get the same game day atmosphere (give or take 70K people) but it's more family oriented, than "hey we're going to whoop your --- oriented"

Seriously, LSU game day is one experience that any true college football fan should want to experience. Just like I was geeked about going to Notre Dame circa 1998ish when LSU played them in South Bend. Who doesn't want to see hot guys in kilts playing the bagpipes Touchdown Jesus! To be inside of that stadium knowing that those are the same sidelines that Rudy roamed, that the great Joe Montana roamed, the same field that the Rocket Ishmael blazed. Some serious college football history inside that place. Just like I remember being in Bryant-Dehney Stadium, home of the loserrific Alabama Crimson Tide, and appreciating the experience of seeing where Bear Bryant was the king of the jungle. I haven't made my way to the Horseshoe of Ohio State University or to the "Big House" of Michigan, but they're on my list. Definitely not because I'm a fan of those schools or their conference, but because I'm a college football fan and can appreciate the history that lies within those facilities. The LSU spring game is a staple for us Tiger maniacs, it is something we look forward to each spring and this year even more so after LSU had such a sub par 8-5 season last year and this year we've signed the #1 recruiting class and have high hopes of making a run for the National Championship. I know, slow down little grasshopper, the season isn't even here, but for me in the "spring" and "fall", those times are defined by almost LSU football season and finally LSU football season, ha ha

I guess because I am such a fanatic about LSU football, I don't get the idea of why anyone would think of the game as being "dumb" or a "waste of time to see us hit each other" CL is a semi-LSU fan and I'm in the process of brainwashing convincing them to see the greatest that is LSU in a brighter limelight and so far we're not seeing eye to eye on this Spring game. I did however have a conversation with another LSU fan like myself that went a little something like this:

Me: Why don't non-LSU fans get the idea of a spring football game. It's the right of passage to see the newbies and the new team

Friend: Even Alabama gets it..lol (last year Bama had 90K at their "practice" game)

Me:yea they do, the one thing they do get!

Friend: I know what you mean though, most people think that we're total losers to be packing up the kids and spending the night in a hotel just for a "practice game"

Me: This is totally a situation where it's THEM and not ME (this time)

Friend: I was like OMG, this will be the first time Bailey hears the Golden Band from Tigerland!!! (live of course she's heard them on itunes and for home tailgates)

That's right, train up a child in the way that they should go ha ha She gets it! She gets the tradition of seeing the team for the first time after a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG offseason. She gets that it's a family outing. She gets that tailgating shall commence as if this was a SEC night in Death Valley. She gets that it doesn't matter that in the eyes of those losers, normal people who have not been fortunate enough to experience a Saturday night in Death Valley think we're idiots and think the game is merely between our own players. She gets that thousands will still make the trek to campus, tailgate, get some autographs and pics of team members and with Mike the Tiger.

Battle of the Boot may be a "practice" game to some, but to others it's the beginning of the Battle for the Championship.

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!

Brown....out!

Too cute for words(except the few that are there..lol)

This is Bailey and she is super duper cute!!! She is the youngest of one of my best friends and was enjoying her time with her family in Disney last week when this pic was taken. I just wanted to share the cuteness with the world. Look at those eyes!

Right on target

A few weeks I posted about a missed connection but today I was fumbling for a blog topic and my friend, let's call them "Computer Love"(CL) suggested that I talk about how everytime someone comes to their desk an IM from me pops up. I laughed and then thought, well that there is surely not a missed connection but a bullseye and I'm right on target. Is it purely a coincidence that that scenario happens at least fiftyleven times throughout the day. I think it says something that we're meant to talk at that moment and at that time. Or maybe it means that it's time to let the world know that we talk as much as we do throughout the day. Our friendship is kinda tricky because of the nature of how we met and who our mutual friends are.

I'll go on record and even say that CL told me flat out that they thought I was a "stuck up, snotty, bitch" in those exact words! I KNOW!! ME, stuck up, snotty and a bitch, that's like a trifecta or something. But now that we're on the other end of the judgement stick they see that I'm this "normal" person who has at least 31 different sides, most of which they haven't even scratched the surface of getting to. Ya'll remember that whole Wall of China reference, yea. CL is really funny and has caused more than a share of thought provoking moments for me. I don't know if they appreciate being blog fodder but hey, I have to write about something and they even suggest the topic so maybe they secretly want to see themselves exposed to the world wide web. I think this bullseye is even deeper than popping up on an IM at the exact moment that a co-worker comes into their office but that's not for this blog, but I will say, one day we're going to laugh while we look back on this blog when we've fully conquered my wall and their status quo and remember how I said on April fools of all days, that what we have going on is RIGHT ON TARGET.

Brown..out!