It’s a pity I had to find out the hard way via VH1 “Making a Springer Show” that it has been a fake all along. Laugh if you will but I always thought that the stuff on the show was real. And although in the past my friends had told me repeatedly that the whole show was staged, I didn’t believe them. I was in denial. Well then Jerry and the boys sure had me fooled so as a result, I don’t watch them anymore.

Preparing your resume in anticipation for a job isn’t an easy task. There are so many one month jobs that you are likely to forget to list and not to mention in chronological order. I’ve sent out a lot of resumes to various companies within the last month and I am appalled that no one responded. Clearly I’m employable but maybe I don’t possess the “it” factor that they are looking for. What pisses me off even more is that applicants should at least get the memo from these employers that the position is filled. Would that be so hard for them to do? With so many automated responses programs being sold, it would be nice to receive a letter that let’s us know that we should not get our hopes up too high because someone else go the job. Some courtesy would be nice Mr. Employer.

I met my husband online at a social website and things turned out pretty ok for us. But if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t advise anyone to date someone that they meet online. The Internet is an appropriate place for one to create a facade and stay behind that as long as they want to. They sugarcoat their words and tell you what you want to hear and by the time you meet them in person, you realize that you didn’t know them at all. There are a lot of things that I did not know about my husband that were revealed after we started dating and committing our lives to each other. Things that if I had known before, I would not have been with him today. But experience as they say is a good teacher. One just got to make careful choices when it comes to their dates and whom they want to spend the rest of their lives with. This can be achieved by asking a lot of questions and conducting background checks on the person. There are a lot of judicial court websites that would give you criminal or civil information on a person for free. Lastly, let intuition be your guide. Most of the times it is what saves most from getting deeper into trouble.

I can’t believe in this day and age I’m still rocking a computer that operates Windows ME. It sucks and I don’t think the computer has upgrading capacities. Then recently the CD burner drive has been displaying some crazy antics, like opening and closing on its own. Then other times it would make a loud noise so deafening that I’d have to shut it down and restart. I’ve worked around Macs all my life and have learnt to appreciate such stature in a computer. And if money were no object, I’d really like to get the sleek MacBook Intel notebook where I can load my beloved Photoshop, Quark Xpress and other publishing and design programs of that nature. This notebook is over $1,000, money that I cannot afford to spend on a computer right now.

Since losing my full-time job, money is extremely tight for me. I needed to get some legal help and decided to call one of the lawyers in my city that came highly recommended by one of my girls. We talked for a while on the phone, I told him about my financial situation in hopes that he would do the case pro bono. The lawyer invited me to his office and said that I should bring my necessary documents along. He took a look at those documents and I got a little more in-depth on the nature of my case. Would you believe the man had the nerve to tell me to get $4,000 so that he could assist me? I was like “but I told you I was broke from the jump off, why did you bring me here?” He then asked if I attend church to which I answered occasionally. Then he suggested that I go begging my church and its pastor for the money to pay so that I could pay him to take my case. This man not only wasted my time but my cab fare also. I was out his office so fast, and never to be heard from again.

I absolutely love McDonalds meals. Love them! Am I the only one wishing that they actually made home delivery? There’s something about their fries I can’t seem to get enough of. I’ve tried Berger King but I’m not too thrilled with their burgers. KFC although I absolutely love their spicy chicken, I don’t care for their potato wedges. It’s just too much to eat and by the time you get done, there isn’t any room left for the chicken. Am I right on that? How many of you have found yourself leaving a lot of skin on the chicken after having those wedges? McDonalds serves fries that are done right, even down to the saltiness of it. Ok now I’m hungry. Anyone else for McDonalds.

How many credit cards to you have in your wallet? With credit cards, you always have money, even though it is borrowed. And that’s a good thing, especially when an emergency debt comes up and you have to pay it way before your monthly salary kicks in. There are people who currently own like over 20 credit cards, most of them are maxed out and they eventually have a huge sum of money to remit the bank. Financial advisers say that 6 credit cards per person aren’t a bad number. Those credit cards should be monitored and paid on time each month. The report goes on to say that when you are selecting credit cards, make sure that you can get something back from it like cash rewards, bonus points and frequent flyer miles.

I heard that the cavemen from the Geico commercial are getting their own tv show in the fall of 2007. And as much as I enjoyed the first couple of ads (it started getting boring for me by the third ad installment with the caveman at the therapist), I have to say that this is a failure waiting to happen.

There is a reason why these cavemen were funny to us on these ads and it has to do with the length of the airtime that they got. It was short, sweet we laughed and we moved on. But I can’t fathom half hour with these guys, not when they just don’t seem funny anymore. It would be interesting though to see what kind of storyline the writers come up with. I’ll be sure to definitely stay tuned.