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I was reading this article about bullying in schools and honestly, I about hit my head on the desk when I finished.

Bullied kids are social pariah?

No…how about other kids are just mean. Kids are mean. They point out the glaringly obvious. I’ve been with a kid who’s pointed out the fattest person in the room quite loudly. They don’t mean anything about it but they do it.

Now bullies, how about them being social pariah? How are they not the messed up people?

I was bullied as a kid and honestly, it took a while to get over it. I had to teach myself that it wasn’t my fault, it was theirs. This article basically says, “You’re weird.” It’s basically saying, “The bully is bulling because they are right.You are fat. You are stupid. You are a weirdo.”

Wrong. You may be that but that doesn’t give anyone a right to be mean and kids, again are mean. Perhaps if we stop worrying about the kids who are being bullied and protect them, maybe they wouldn’t feel the need to be shy, be upset or even worse, kill themselves.

Now, a few friends of mine have told me that I’m wrong and Imbolc is Feb 1st. My calendar says Feb 2nd and that’s what I’m going with.

Imbolc, according to Wikipedia, is “one of the four principal festivals of the Celtic calendar and one of the eight sabbats of the Wheel of the Year.” Yes, it’s wiccan in nature.

Ironically enough, also according to Wikipedia, “Imbolc is traditionally a time of weather prognostication, and the old tradition of watching to see if serpents or badgers came from their winter dens.” Ah! What does that sound like?

Groundhog Day!!!

Now, I’m going to watch Groundhog Day and pray that Punxsutawney Phil is wrong.

I am a makeup fiend. FIEND! I seriously love makeup. Now, I’m not a guru by any means like many of the lovely people I watch on youtube, of which, the list is very very long and would do them no service to list them.

So part of my love of makeup comes the love of doing something with my face other than just put lotion on it. This is of course coming from the girl who wore NO makeup in college. It was the 90’s. What can I say.

I will post the colors I have but a short list of them are

China Glaze Dorothy Who?

China Glaze Limbo Bimbo (I just got a second bottle of this. I had one earlier. Love the neon pink)

China Glaze Strawberry Fields

OPI Thanks So Muchness!, Absolutely Alice and Mad as a Hatter! of the Alice in Wonderland collection. I would have got Off With Her Red! but it was a little too orange for me. I got the large bottles, not the small collection. So far, love the colors. My only issue, and this is an issue with OPI, not the color per say is I hate the new OPI brush in the bottles. I have pretty wide finger nails and I end up having to swath a ton of color on my nails to get good coverage.

The biggest question is what’s the difference between Absolutely Alice and Dorothy Who?. They are both blue glitter colors, right? Well, they both take three coats of color to really look good but Alice is slightly paler blue than Dorothy. The gllitter is darker in Dorothy as well. I like them both, color wise. Wear wise, they take forever to get off but will chip off in large chunks. That’s my only complaint.

I’ll put some color pictures up later

The diet not going so well. Well, I’m eating well but just in case you were curious, Chick-Fil-A and Kentucky Fried Chicken are not really all that healthy.

Sorry. I know.

I’m doing better today.

Sunday’s random bloggy goodness theme is February.  According to Wikipedia (take that source for what it’s worth) “February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.” So perhaps we should do our resolutions in February instead of January.

For February, NaBloPoMo’s theme is Ties and I will be participating. Of course, I could blog about neckwear all February but I think I’m going to take the suggestion to blog this month about ties of things to you. That means a blog a day. I know. Can I do this? Well, my hand’s back in action and I think it’s possible.

February is also my daddy’s birthday month.  Happy Birthday Daddy. He will get the 20th, by the way.

February is also the dreaded month of Looooooove. I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day but I do believe it has it purpose. I am not one of those people that just thinks it’s all just a Hallmark holiday. People need love and showing that at least one day a year is always a good thing. I think this Valentine’s day, you should show people you care.

It’s also National Black History Month so I may blog about that as well. Since I’m not black, I may not have a whole lot of insight but at least I’ll give it a shot.

The other thing I know I’m going to blog about is Imbolic. I am not wiccan nor a witch but I do subscribe to natural relgious symbolism and try to understand it. I actually don’t subscribe to an actual ‘church’ even though I guess if you truly asked me I’m a Roman Catholic. But I would say I sort of follow my own path. I believe in God and Jesus and all that but I also follow mother nature and try to listen to nature and understand it. I know there’s plenty of people who would say I’m wrong or whatever. I’m pretty content to believe that God doesn’t really care what path you follow to get to him, just as long as you get there. Am I wrong? Who knows. I guess we’ll all find out when we get to wherever it is we’re going after this life.

Anyways, I am resolving myself to post every day of February. They say it takes 22 days to start a habit. February has 28. Just six extra days. We can do it.

I’m also resolving myself to work out at least every morning and track my food via Weight Watchers.

I think I may also try a few recipies from the ole Weight watchers cookbook and see how they are. I’ll post the book, where you can find it and how everything tasted along with the calories and so forth.

So that’s the plan for February.

I know it sounds completly corny to say I came to this decision while watching Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew but in all honesty, that’s when I did make the decision.

I have a problem. I need to lose weight.

I’m not talking like 30 pounds of baby fat or 50 pounds. More than 100 pounds to be exact.

I have a problem.

Food is my problem. It has taken over my life and become the all encombasing thing that keeps me going. It’s the replacement for my future husband. It has become the replacement for my future children. It tells me “Why go out on a Friday night where people are just going to look at you and your huge belly. Stay home with me and I’ll keep you happy.”

I’m ashamed. I am not afraid to say that. But like the people on Celebrity Rehab, I just couldn’t stop. I am lucky though. I haven’t gone so far that there’s not a road back. There’s always a road back. It’s there for everyone. You just have to take a step and change the path. Admit that you are weak and human. You make mistakes and for whatever reason, you are here. You don’t like here and you want to leave.

I am here. This is the end of this long journey. I’ve learned all I can learn on this path and it’s time to take a new one.

Well, I’m at home today and i can explain the reason for my lack of posting.

That’s the reason on the left. You can’t really see the bruising very well but honestly, it’s very hard to type when you can’t feel the keys. I’ve had severe carpel tunnel. I had carpel tunnel surgery a few days ago and now, i’m going to have some more meds.

more posts to come soon once i’m all healed.

We had a little hiccup in the server and the website got expired. Sucks when you’re low on cash.

Plus, added problems of the fact that my computer is dying.

But let me recommend a service to you. Carbonite!

The minute I knew it was possible my computer was going to totally crash on me, I thought of those commercials of people losing all their files and so forth. I signed up for a free trial of Carbonite at Carbonite.com and let me tell you, it has saved my life. I bought it after the first day. It took a while to save all the files in my documents folder but I feel so much better knowing my files are backed up when I take my tower in to get fixed. I won’t lose my music, my documents, my pictures. And for $55.00 a year, you honestly can’t beat that kind of security.

On the 15th, the Golden Globes were announced and most, if not all were not much of a shock. You’ll have to wait till the 17th of January to find out who wins but the nominees are listed at their website, GoldenGlobes.com

Of course, I’m excited about Martin Scorsese winning the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Not excited about Avatar being nominated as it just came out. It almost doesn’t seem fair. Despite the fact that it’s a great movie for special effects but the story line is….eh. (Ok, if you like Anti-American, anti-corporation against the nature loving peaceful people, you’ll love it.)

I guess the biggest surprise for me is the fact that again, the talent of Quentin Tarantino was snubbed. I know he’s nominated for best director and screenplay but Brad Pitt wasn’t nominated for his role in Inglorious Bastards? Seriously? Winking Nazi’s too much for the HFPA?

A movie I am shocked is actually nominated is Julia & Julie. I can understand it for Meryl Streep. Amy Adams was whiny and Nora Ephron ruined (RUINED) the movie by getting needlessly political. Why that wasn’t nominated for anything but a great performance by Meryl is beyond me.

We’ll have more details about the Golden Globes and much more of the nominations coming down soon this weekend.

I’m so sorry for the lack of postings lately. I, Radiovixen, have severe carpel tunnel. To the point that I may have surgery. I’m actually going to find out on Thursday.

But lucky for you, my very talented brother, DJ Chris has been providing the latest music news for you.

I promise I’ll post something major tonight.

Promise.

Cross my heart and hope to die. And it will probably be about the Golden Globes

Though it wont be available for Christmas, Sony Music is hoping for some very merry returns on Sade’s new album, “Soldier Of Love.” Sade hasn’t released an album since 2000’s “Lover’s Rock”, but on February 8th that will all change. Working with her longtime band and writing collaborators, Sade’s quiet storm sound is sure to be in full swing. Since her first album in 1985, she has sold over 17 million albums.

Since Alicia Keys new album “The Element Of Freedom” has had it’s release date pushed back to December 15th, the songstress is adding a couple more tracks to the set, including a duet with Beyonce called “Put It In A Love Song”. Keys is set to appear that week to support her album release on Oprah, The View and The Late Show with David Letterman.

After the final show of her “I Am…” tour in Nottingham, England, Beyonce announced she will indeed have a new album out before the end of 2010. “This is my last show for this tour in the UK, so hopefully, I’ll see you all in a year with a new album,” a raspy-voiced Beyonce told the crowd at the end of the set, before thanking them “from the bottom of my heart” for coming to the show. Producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins also confirmed the news on Twitter, recently posting he is working on some tracks for Beyonce’s upcoming album.

The release date for Usher’s new album, “Raymond v. Raymond,” is being moved, according to a spokesperson at Jive Label Group. Recently announced as December 21st, a new release date is still being determined. According to the spokesperson, the date change is to give the new album the proper set-up time that it deserves. “This is a solid album that we believe in. We want to give it a proper launch.” The album’s lead single, “Papers,” holds the No. 2 post this week on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs