My Trip to Barnes & Noble

Today I had to make a run to the bookstore. Before I left, I thought to myself "You know what? Supposedly book stores are great places to meet people." With that in mind I went, looking cute but casual. Now, I wouldn't exactly say I was on the prowl, but if something happens it happens.

Low and behold, as I'm browsing the summer read paperbacks, this guy asks me how I'm doing. I look up and just say okay because it very well could have just been innocent small talk. Besides, this dude is at least a foot shorter and 10 or 15 years older than me (not to mention that he couldn't be further from the typical guys that I talk to). But then he asks me my name. Then he says "My name is Randy". And I wanted to say "I know. I can see that on your shirt", but I didn't.

Then I told him how old I was because he asked. His response was "Wow, you look like you're about 17 or 18. You're smokin'!" (Which didn't surprise me, because I know I don't look my age.) At that point I wished him a good weekend and went on about my business. And then I started to think... His old a** was trying to holla at me when he thought I was 18! Okay sicko. I really think he was just in Barnes & Noble because he was on the prowl. So, my trip to the bookstore didn't go exactly how I would have liked, but I did get the books I wanted.

Welcome to Val's Music Lounge!

I've recently had a relapse of blogitis. I wasn't sure if it was one of those one time things like chicken pox or if it could be a recurring ailment. Now I know. LoL

I had been contemplating my blogging and it occurred to me that I don't even have a blog on my all-time favorite topic, music. Thus Val's Music Lounge was create. I hope you enjoy it!

Hot Mess Award for the Past Month

I must once again apologize for not have my award in about a month. Things have just been crazy busy! So to makeup, I present to you the hot mess award for the last month.

Nominees:
1. Somethin’ from VH1’s Flavor of Love 2 – Y'all, I am not lying when I say this chick crapped on Flava Flav's marble staircase! Eeewww! There's no shame if you need to wear Depends. It's better than having an accident on national television. And then she was talking about how she was kind of glad it happened because that'll make her stand out from the other 20 contestants.

2. Haley Joel Osment - Yes, the teen actor who starred in The Sixth Sense was charged with a DUI & marijuana possession

3. People who are wack on purpose – I’m not going to name any names, but I’ve recently realized that there are 2 kinds of wack people. Those who are wack because that’s just the way they are and those who consciously choose to be wack.

4. My friend's apartment - Check out the Bush Banter blog entry about this one here.

And the winner is….. Kevin Federline. Apparently he’s supposed to be performing at this year’s Teen Choice Awards. I will not be watching Fox on August 20th.

Blog Awards

Believe it or not, I have recently found out that there is a blog award. The following link will take you to a site where you can nominate blogs for an award. (2006 Black Weblog Awards) The nomination phase runs from August 1 – 15, then from August 16 - 31, voting is open for the three top nominees in each category. The winners will be announced September 3. I can be nominated for the following categories:

Best Personal Blog
Best New Blog
Best Humor Blog
Best Original Content
Blog to Watch
Blog of the Year

I also highly encourage you to vote www.ai2006.blogdrive.com for Best Pop Culture Blog. During this past season of American Idol, I didn't even have to watch the show. All I had to do was read this blog!

Update on the Europe Trip

I just wanted to point out that are a few updates for y'all to check out about my trip to Europe last month. For those of you who haven't read it yet, check out my 3 posts from July 13th. for those of you who have already read it, I've gone back and added a few pictures so you might want to check it out anyway.

Also, click here to read another hilarious account of European adventures from one of my travel companions. He also has a link to all 5 bazillion pictures that all of us took. It's a lot, but it's worth it to look through because several of them have captions. You're definitely guranteed to have a laugh!

*On another note, I must apologize for not doing a hot mess of the week award last week (and I'm not sure if there is going to be one this week) but I've been hella busy. So, I'm just going to declare one winner by default.....

Anyone who was surprised when Lance Bass from 'N Sync announced he was gay last week.