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The random question for today has two parts:


New Year’s Resolutions: Part A

Have you ever kept one that you made?

New Year’s Resolutions: Part B

Have you many in resolutions this upcoming year? If so, what are they?

1. Lose weight
   
2. Stop smoking
   
3. Stick to a budget
   
4. Save or earn more money
   
5. Find a better job
   
6. Become more organized
   
7. Exercise more
   
8. Be more patient at work/with others
   
9. Eat better
   
10. Become a better person

Nic's Take On It:

People say New Year's resolutions are a waste of time as they are nothing more than a long list of "shoulds" that we don't take to heart. For some, I think that people realize that the resolution(s) they set are things that need to be done, they just have not acted on what they’ve been contemplating. There comes a point when you must set a starting point and for many, this starting point is January 1st.

To answer the questions, yes I have kept resolutions in the past. I’ve resolved to exercise more, eat healthier, and become more organized, all of which I’ve kept. As a matter of fact I did really well particularly with the exercise this past year, doing at least 3-4 days of exercise a week. That all went to hell the week of Thanksgiving and lately it has been nonexistent! I have set a few resolutions for the New Year. I know some may say, why set a resolution right?

Well, the reason I do it is because these are things that I NEED to do, things that I MUST do!

My resolutions are not things that I say “Oh in January, Imma do such-n-such”. Its not like that. These are things that I have been working towards already and its more like “2006” is THE YEAR that I will achieve these GOALS. PERIOD!!!

Of course the resolutions that I've made are among the top ten except for the main one. Please keep in mind when I make the resolution, I do not stipulate how long I have to do these things (just kidding).

My resolutions for 2006 in order of importance are to:

1. Complete my dissertation
2. Graduate w/my PhD
3. Lose weight
4. Exercise more
5. Eat better
6. Relax more and stop stressing SO MUCH!!!

And I'm not just doing these things because its the New Year. I'm doing them because they are things that I feel will make me a happier, healthier person overall. That's what's important here. You gotta start some time ;-)

Tell me about yours!

This is Superstar Nic

Wishing You Very Happy Holidays
&
I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

Its being being spent doing stuff like this:

But at least I still have this:

I’m at home trying to get my dissertation proposal ready for defense in a couple of weeks.

~~Sigh~~

I swear I am so sick of school and working on this dissertation that I do not know what to do. Sometimes I feel like I could literally just drop out right now and never finish what I started. I see now why so many people never finish their PhDs. Even though I'm done with my "classes" there is still so much bullshyt to go through writing this damn research proposal!

I hate this and I could just scream!!! Grrrrrrr.....

I’ve not been really doing much with it lately which is why I had so much time to dedicate to the blog. But , my time now is starting to become very limited though. Between trying to get back into the swing of things with school and dedicating time and energy to learning my new job (which is program evaluation and evaluation research ), my internet time is becoming less and less ;-(

So, today I will be working on my power point presentation for my dissertation proposal defense (how boring). Once you get to the disseration phase, Christmas break really means nothing. The dissertation is year round work I will not be able to rest until I get this done. Its like a dark cloud hanging over my head. I figure if I go ahead and get it out of the way, then I can relax and enjoy the rest of my week.

********Update Added @ 7:20pm *********

WHY can't I get my act together???

It is after 7pm and I have surfed the net, washed clothes, talked on the phone, and cooked dinner, but I have not added one slide to the power point presentation I'm supposed to be working on. I can do everything in the damn world except what I'm supposed to be doing!!

Arrrrrgggggghhhhhh!

I am such a LOSER!!!!

Some of you may have already seen this one, but it was just too cute for me not to share it!!!

Click here to watch Freshmen 15

This is Superstar Nic

Wishing You Very Happy Holidays

&

I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

Mine was wonderful. I just love Christmas and I'm not hard to please, so it does not take much to make me happy. For me Christmas is about being with family and that is what I did. I spent time with family (Shout out to my sister Accomplice letting it all hang out!) and very close friends. Unfortunately, all of us (my sisters, other family, etc.) could not be together this year, so that was different and sorta sad, but other than that, Christmas was great!

Christmas night I went over to the party house of ATL (Shout out to my cousin Chris)! Everybody over there was playing Jenga for shots of Patron. For those of you who have played the game, do you know how damn funny that was watching drunk muthafuggers try to play Jenga? LMAO...It was hilarious trust me!

Click here to play Jenga online

We came home yesterday and the traffic on I-75 was a fugging nightmare! OMG and I had a bad headache most of the way. I think I had a damn migraine or something cause I had to take medicine 3 damn times for my head to stop hurting! A trip that we usually could make in 3.5 to 4 hours, took us 6 hours and it was not fun ;-(

I was so sleepy when I got home but some how I got this burst of energy once I got my ass on this internet (smile).

This is Superstar Nic

Wishing You Very Happy Holidays!!!

&

I'm out!

These beautiful babies were discovered at a church in Chicago by one of its custodial workers. In the church's entranceway, the worker saw a car seat with a newborn baby stirring inside sitting next to an electric heater on the wall. When he moved blankets to get a closer look, he got his second shock of the morning. Sleeping next to the baby was a twin.

The police say newborn fraternal twins found abandoned were just hours old.The babies' umbilical cords were even still attached when they were hospitalized in good condition. The hospital’s ER staff the gave them names to fit the Christmas season --Mary and Joseph.

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the discovery as a neglect case because the Illinois' Abandoned Newborn Protection Act allows mothers to legally leave an infant at a staffed police station, firehouse, hospital or emergency medical facility. Churches do not qualify under the state's safe haven law so police are seeking the mother. They said that she may be charged with some sort of abandonment/neglect crime.

My Take On It …..

I know that some may not agree with me, but I just don’t think that this is right. This mother is probably young and poor. I’m sure she did not know that you could not leave your baby at a church under the Safe Haven Law, hell neither did I.

It’s not like she meant to cause these children any harm. In my heart I know that she was trying to do the right thing. Think of all of the mothers that have dumped their babies in garbage cans, rivers, and in the woods. She took those babies somewhere safe. Somewhere that she knew that would be found and that they could be care for.

Some lucky person(s) will be so happy and thankful to adopt these babies. I almost want them myself. I think that the authorities need to spend more time trying make sure that these babies are placed with a good family and go out a try to solve other unresolved crimes in the area. In a city as large as Chicago, I know that there is a lot more that they can be doing than wasting resources on a mom that made the RIGHT decision for her, which was not to keep her babies, but just went about it the WRONG way.

What do you think?

This is Superstar Nic

"N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

This is Superstar Nic

Still "N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

We'll have another follow-up question soon!

This is Superstar Nic

"N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

• Being on time
  
• Limited personal phone calls
  
• Staying off the internet
  
• No blogging at work

All I can say is "WTF"?

Who all thinks that this is a cute pose? Anyone, anyone?

H.A.M. Hall of Famer!!!

This pose and these H.A.M.s speak for themselves!

Who told Paris that it was all-to-the-good for her to be holding her dress up clearly to her twat for the camera? But what can we expect from a hot in the AZZ tramp?

For this, she definitely deserves to be added to the H.A.M. Hall of Fame!

She is just a wanna be sexy HOT AZZ MESS, its as simple as that!

I guess 'butt-cracks' are in!

I am getting too OLD, LOL...

Yall need to get your playboy uncles and take 'em on back to the house.

These old H.A.M.s are to funny!

Now look at this 'mini me' Popeye wanna be on steroids, LOL.

My boy got his shorts hiked up so you can see those thighs and everything.

Buffed up, juicy H.A.M.!!!

Do yall see these fools with this boat motor in the hot tub?

Its a boat motor!! They are H.A.M.s to.

Now WTF is going here? Somebody really should have told her that this shyt is not cute, okay!

Apparently, this H.A.M. doesn't even know what a damn razor is!

Okay, this H.A.M. is into whips and chains I see. WTF??

Why do people let pictures like this get out into the public's eye for me to make fun of them?

Why people, why?

What is this sexy H.A.M. doing?

He is up on a fricking pool table, NAKED!

To tell you the truth, he looks familiar.

Once again, here we have another wanna be HOT AZZ MESS! He got his good deep wave curly weave and he is chilling on the beach honey having him a grand ole time, LOL!

Tender, Sexy H.A.M. divas here!

What in the hell does this H.A.M. have on?

I'm serious, WTF is it?

I'm just speechless at this point. I mean WTF?

This is DEFINITELY another H.A.M. Hall of Famer!!!

This is Superstar Nic

Still "N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

What is your sexual appeal?
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I got this one from Kool Breeze !

As you can see I am "The Startlet". Who are you? Click on the link above to take the 'sex appeal' quiz!

Sex Appeal Possibilities:

The Ingenue’s Sex Appeal is Naivety
The Starlet’s Sex Appeal is Unattainability
The Siren’s Sex Appeal is Sexy in Every Way
The Girl Next Door’s Sex Appeal is Purity
The Sophisticate’s Sex Appeal is Sophistication
The Erotique’s Sex Appeal is Uniqueness
The Enigma’s Sex Appeal is Mystery
The Whore’s Sex Appeal is You’re Easy
The Artiste’s Sex Appeal is Creativity
The Independent’s Sex Appeal is Independence

1. I have a great since of humor and can get down right silly. People tend to love that about me and I love that about myself.
2. I get along with pretty much anyone! My family always tells me that if someone does not like me, they already know that it must be something going on with them, because people always like me.
3. I just love to laugh, make others laugh, and to have FUN!
4. I consider myself to be fairly intelligent but I do not let my level education go to my head. Being ‘all but dissertation’ in the pursuit of my PhD has not changed me a bit. I still ride to work everyday with my 10” subwoofers rattling my trunk to the Ying Yang Twins and David Banner (and anything else with that boom) and will continue to do so. I’ve been told that I’m the perfect combination of “Educated and Hood” all rolled into one, LOL.
5. My babe always tells me that my greatest assets are that I'm beautiful, smart, and that I have a big ole booty, LOL. The booty can be an asset to, cause most of the men that I know love the Big Rump Shaker!!! Hince the song by the Black Eye Peas is appropriate because 'My Hump" is a GREAT asset!
6. I'm also very creative. I can draw, make floral arrangements, and croshet to name a few things. I wear many, many hats, LOL
7. Single and successful ... also great assest to have!

These are some of my greatest assests. There may be something else that I'm forgeting because this is not the type of thing that you just sit around thinking about, ya know what I mean?

So tell me, what are some of your greatest assets?

This is Nicoletta

Still “N” Search of Ecstasy and I’m out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

Happy Friday!!!

Welcome to the first edition of the "Question of the Day" forum! Several days a week, a new question or scenario will be posted welcoming all of the reader's feedback. I hope that you will find this segment both entertaining as well as enlightening!

For today our question is:

'Other than cheating, what else would cause a relationship breakup for you?'


You'd think that I would know this right off the bat, but I honestly had to take a moment to think about this one. Cheating to me is that ultimate 'no-no' and I guess I never really put a lot of thought into it beyond that. But, let's see!

Theses are the things that would cause us to break up (in no particular order of importance):

1. If he told me he is GAY!

2. Him deciding that he is no longer going to work so that I can take care of him.

3. If he told me that he does not want to have children with me EVER! I don't have any now, but I would like to one day and if he does not want them as well, I know deep down that there is not a future for us.

4. If he developed some type of addiction (i.e. gambling, drugs) and not being willing to seek and follow through with treatment.

5. Being a compulsive liar....I can't STAND someone lying to me, especially my man. That just pisses me off sooooooooooo bad! I'm not saying if he lies once or twice; I'm talking about being a pathological liar.

6. If he started being violent towards me. I am not wit dat domestic violence shyt. Me and my 5 sisters would get together and WHOOP HIS AZZ, and then I'b be done with him!

7. If he started engaging in criminal activities. Look, I ain't gonna go to jail for my own mama, so I damn shole ain't gonna go for some foolish my man is involved with. No ma'am.....HE GOTZ 2 GO!!!!!

8. If he does not 'go down' and perform what I call 'lip service'. Call me shallow, but if he does not do that, I don't think we'll make it, LOL.

If I think of anything else, I post it in the comments!

This is Nicoletta

Still "N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"