My beloved Blackberry had been acting up for the past few weeks. Programs had not been working, the screen was freezing up and messages mysteriously appeared and disappeared before I had a chance to check them. So yesterday I decided to use my lunch break to visit the Silver Spring T-Mobile store. There was no order in which customers were served so in Trina-esque style I "helped" them establish an ad hoc customer service system. The Customer Service Representative (CSR) that "assisted" me knew less than I did about Blackberries. She had a good ole time scrolling around on my screen which I guess in her world meant she was accomplishing something. To make a long story short, my visit was unproductive and I left pretty disappointed.

The only information I left with was that another CSR recently downloaded the beta version of 4.5 OS. When I asked how I could obtain this long lost desperately saught after OS she told me to "Google it". I wish I could say that CSR was being sarcastic but that wasn't the case. If it was that simple to just Google It wouldn't I have it already? She really had no clue what she was doing which leads me into another Blog topic, "Why do you do what you do when you know damn well you dont know what the fuck you're doing?" I was sure to give her my "BITCH PLEASE" look as I headed out the door to salvage the rest of my lunch hour on actually getting lunch.

When I got home I decided to check out a few Blackberry forums to get updates on when 4.5 would be released. I've been hearing/reading about rumors of the capabilities of 4.5 since around Thanksgiving '07. The only thing my searches turned up were dead links and explainations of Forum moderators having to delete any posts providing the beta version software links. I tried finding it through T-Mobile's website and for some reason that didn't help either so finally I went to BlackBerry's site. Low and behold, I found not only 4.5 but the new release of 4.6!

I was up most of the night configurating, deleting, and rebooting my way to 4.6. Finally around 4:30 a.m. I was successfull and yes it was worth it. Highlighted capabilities are recording videos, access to YouTube, the browser is MUCH more user friendly, and all those pesky little glitches I experienced are no longer.

So with all that said, here are my tips to successfull upgrading:

• Unplug your Blackberry from the USB cord connected to your computer.
• Delete your old Desktop Manager through Control Panel > Programs > Unistall a Program.
• Go to the Blackberry Web site using this link to download 4.6.
• Follow the download instructions.

For more explicit installation instructions check this tutorial out.

You are dismissed ...

If you are a relatively intelligent person, you are probably a pretty confident individual with high standards and expectations. The people that you allow in your "inner circle" are like-minded and you are very protective of who you let in. This would mean that there is very limited or no space for dumb bitches. Right?

I have always been particular of the people I allow to get close to me. Even some that have been around me for YEARS aren't as close as they think they are. But once I let you in, it takes a lot for me to shut you out. However, once I have shut you out you can be sure you won’t get the chance to get back in. In my soon to be 35 years of living, there haven't been many that I had to shut down. However lately, I’m finding it necessary to tighten up my inner circle.

What I’ve observed is that the issue with keeping a person around you without like minded goals is that these individuals have nothing better to do than talk shit, attempt to disrupt other folks lives with lies, rumors and drama, and complain about not having what you or others have. This type of pettiness is useless to a chick like me with much more to contribute on all levels. Therefore, there is no room for dumb bitches in my life.

Possibly my tolerance for dumb bitches has diminished. Who knows? What I do know is that my time is very precious so I’d prefer to use it accomplishing my goals than defending myself to people that want to entertain the inept. Therefore I refuse to waste time on trying to figure out why others insist on being stupid. I'm sure there is a much more eloquent way of saying all of this but hey, I'm not an English major like my mother nor is the point of this post to become some sort of literary heroine. I just simply wanted to post about the disposal of dumb bitches.

I aint scared of you muthafuckas!

"You DON'T understand ..."

It's not that I'm unintentionally being late with this entry. It just took me a minute to gather my thoughts. There was just too much going on with first hearing about Morgan then Bernie so I just waited. Last week I told my mom about Bernie being in the hospital and she said "yeah but he's getting better right?". I gave her a strange look and told her that the last I heard, his Ocean's Eleven buddies were sending flowers and well wishes. For some reason that didn't sit well with me. So although news of his passing didn't shock me, I was still taken back a bit.

The Bernie Mac Show became a staple of my insomniac nights. The show was cute, whitty but not quite as funny as his stand up routine. However I looked forward to his toe to toe battles with Nessa, gentle approach to BabyGirl and utter look of disgust for Jordan at times. Bernie also had many memorable big screen characters. Jangle Leg, Pastor Clever and Dollar Bill being on the top of my list. Bernie will be missed.

WARNING: This is NOT work friendly. If you work with me you wont be able to see shit anyways LMAO but just for the sake of not causing anyone to get fired, get back to work and stop reading my blog! However if you are having a bad day and need a quick smile by all means say FUCK THIS JOB and enjoy ...

KICK IT!!

Random Thoughts on the games ...

I have been consumed with the Olympics this weekend which is alright by me. The gracefulness, skills, determination and desire of each athlete is simply amazing. This blog has no real theme or

• These lil gymnasts scare the hell out of me. These chicks have to be the boxiest broads I've ever seen.
• Why in the hell did the powers that be decide that Brook Logan, who apparently almost didn't make the US Gymnast team, should perform first? She was unimpressive and seems to have set the tone for her mates which was not all good.
• If in another lifetime I had to choose an Olympic sport to excel in, I probably would have been a swimmer. I would have said a diver but hell I'm scared of heights *shrug*. I've based this decision on my body type (not current weight damnit! just the structure) and current (minimal) skills.
• I need these lil girls to stop screaming. It's distracting.
• The commentators talk too damn much too. Although at times I like the little unknown facts they throw out there.
• Get BUSH off mah tv dangit!
• Coach Béla Károlyi still looks the same. I watched this dude growing up and for some strange reason he intimidates the hell outta me. Much like Eric Braeden aka Victor Newman aka The Mustache.
• OK I am turning this mess off. Our team simply effed up tonight.

Check back I may add a few more observations. I wonder if Family Guy is on.

LMAO!!!

In stereo ...

As I sit here blogging, flipping back and forth from The Jeffersons and the Olympic Games, slurpin on this wonderful Slurpee, and Stumbling, I am also reflecting on what I was doing this very moment last week. Well I was headed home from Richmond and reflecting on how quick a trip Baghag and I made. We skipped on down to VAVAWhooo! last Friday to check out Jill.

When Baggy and I arrived to Richmond Friday afternoon it was still hot and we were both tired as hell. It was still too damn hot to actually go anywhere or do anything so we decided to take a little beauty nap, sip on wine, watch TV and just chill out. Although doors opened at 5 the show didnt start until 8 and you know damn well it didnt really pop off until around 10. Thank God we didn't rush to get there because the group we met up with (bless their hearts) got there around 5, sat in the heat and had to the opening acts which didn't receive the best of reviews.

When we arrived the weather was nice and mild, our crew saved us a pretty decent seating area and the crowd was pumped. Jilly finally came out as calm and regal as usual. I was ready for her to kick her shoes off and get down to business but that clearly wasn't part of her plan. Someone lit up a lil somethin as she began to sing songs from all three albums. Her back up singers, band et al were fucking great. My favorite part of the performance was her back ups covering a few oldies. I refuse to go into detail about how this part played out because you simply HAVE to see it for yourself. Jill damn sure made it a baby making night for the couples that came out. There were a few in their own little worlds looking like they needed to go home and hit that Crown Royal.

Of course there was the fake me out it's been real Richmond close out to the show. As everyone started packing up their things you heard the expected chants for the show to continue. And as expected Jill came on out and sang the songs that I knew she couldn't leave without singing. Finally 4 signature songs and 1 new song later the party shut down and everyone headed out. We headed to Applebees for a bite and home for bed. We were still giddy off the events of the day causing us to laugh at shit when there was nothing to laugh at.

That has to be the best Friday off work I've had in a while. I plan to do it again, maybe next week back to Richmond for Ledisi *wink*