His name is Jack. Jack Bauer.

The most amazing character brought to me through rumors, news casts, magazines, and actually blogs. It is a shame, that after so many years - I started watching 24- Jack Bauer the most amazing government agent on the face of tv shows in 2011. I first heard of the show during my daily readings of Redacted. He was one of my fave bloggers for years and every now and then he would talk about the incomparable Jack Bauer. He would usually mention things like "he's a bad ass" "he is amazing" "an american here". A really funny post from 2007 titled: Bigger American Hero: Jack Bauer or Martin Luther King Jr.

Anyways, it is March of 2012 - and I am on season 6. I just finished season 5 - and found myself compelled to write about this awesome fictional character - he really is a bad ass - a true patriot lol. I really cried during season five - not because its sentimental - but because I am a female and I am currently umm... emotional... but the beyondddddddddddd dramatic actions that occur (no spoliers here!) are rather beyoooooooond ridiculous. I say beyooooooooooooond because everything that you could possibly imagine happening happens but twice what you thought would happen. I can imagine the writers and directors of the show saying to each other " this has to be a bit much. That's the whole point the viewers are not going to believe we would take it there!" I know I was like, what the fuck are you serioussssssssssss!!!

You need to watch it- i just finished episode 1 of season 6... ridiculousnesssssssss.

Wow..

Soooooo, I can't believe that I just did what I did?!!

I was sitting here in my house, like at 2AM when I went to Google documents and just started writing!! I cant believe this, I am actually trying to write a book!!

Of all things, a really funny book about how I got turned into a vampire. Its really funny so far - I have read it over and over like 15 times. I don't even know what happened, but like 30 minutes later I had all these notes/pages of all these ideas and words and stories about how in a fucked up way my character turned into a vampire. I still don't want to mess with all the details on here, cause duhhh someone will steal my hilarious idea, but I'm wondering where my character will go and how I will make it a full blown novel.

Ok, I have had this thing forever that I've always wanted to write a book. I never knew if to like make it biographical or a memoir, then again who wants to always read about teenage angst right? I know there's people like me that love to delve into the meanings of every aspect of my teenage years, so I twisted it with vampire shit and my character is in her thirties. I'm using real names so far, but I should change them...

Then again, I'm going to make her from here, Miami and I hope to entice people with it since there's going to be real fucking locations and hot spots and old clubs and places I used to do crazy shit it hahaaha. I would love to get it published and printed and see what other people think.

I am really getting ahead of myself here, but maybe one day I will have a web-site with a real fan base following my every thought like Stephanie Meyer does. Who knows, maybe someone is crazy enough to make it into a movie, Its really quite funny!! Omg who would I want to play me? She has to be short like me, sassy like me, possibly latina....yeah, or atleast latina looking because - I wouldn't want a white girl playing me.....hmmm I am getting ahead of myself. Maybe I stop writing this when I get a job...

By the way, I still havent been able to get hired. I say hired because I have been applying to every paralegal / legal / assistant/receptionist / law firms/.

I went to my library and got PAralegal Careers for dummies....and I am going over it now too. I dont know how much longer my husband is going to support this dream but we will see soon because I really need some chedddaaaa. Anyways, it's really late ... but I wanted to share my news..

50 Things You Don't Know About Me

1. Were you named after anyone?
I've been told that my name was a random name given to me by my father. Originally my mom wanted to call me Johana del Carmen, when my dad went to fill out the forms he came back, with my name now. Suffice to say that its completely different frm what she picked! She was pissed, and to this day proclaims that the name he gave me is from either an ex gf he fucked or a maid he used to bang lol Crazy jealous lady!!

2. When is the last time you cried, really cried?
Oh shit, this was on my husbands birthday in April. We got into a huge argument, he broke something, and I went crazy. I went to one of the rooms in my house and cried my big eye balls out. We worked it out, we always do, but that mutha fucka knows now not to be getting crazy. Its been a month and i still find glass in some places.

3.Do you like your handwriting?
Ohh.. I love my handwriting it can really pretty and creative. When I'm concentrating it gets really elegant, when I'm rushing its some kind of secret language, and when I write a check its fancy!

4.What is your favorite lunchmeat?
No doubt turkey thin sliced and pepperoni..

5. Do you have kids?
Not yet, but I am going crazy with all these baby thoughts...I am soooo ready.

6. If you were another person would you be friends with yourself?
Uhhh yeaaa. Right now, I know I would like me, Back in the day, before my husband, I was superficial and a total bitch. lol Then again, I was a total youngin'.

7. Do you use sarcasm?
Fo' sho!

8. Do you still have your tonsils?
Yeap

9. Would you bungee jump?
I have thought about it. I think the only way I would do it, is if somebody volunteered to push me when I wasn't looking!

10. What is your favorite ice cream?
Man...this is hard but I do love Pulbix Neopolitan ice cream. And a snicker chocolate ice cream from Dairyqueen.

11. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Eyes, teeth, weight, attitude (i didn't say all my superficial shit went away!)

12. Red or Pink?
lately? Pink

13. What is your favorite thing about your self?
It used to be my fearlessness. Now? My reasoning and thoughtfulness.

14. What is the one thing you miss the most?

My fearlessness. I am such a worry wart now.

15. What is one thing you regret?
I have too many,,,,, at the top of my head... not finishing high school like everyone else and see my "natural" potentials, doing drugs, falling into the wrong crowds so young, having sex with certain partners, not going to college away from home or out of state, not taking enough risks during college, picking the wrong degree for my bachelors, being so closed minded in high school.

16. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
seven jeans-blue -dark wash, barefoot

17. What are you listening to right now?
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop

18. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Green or Yellow

19.What is your favorite smell?
My mans scent. HE always smells so good.

20. Who is the last person you spoke to?
My brothers gf in Nicaragua - I was making her resume for her.

21. What is your favorite sport?
Tennis and basketball

22. Do you wear contacts?
yes, i am as blind as a bat

23. What is your favorite food?
Nicaraguan of course. My country makes amazing food!

24. Do you prefer scary movies or happy endings?
ahhhh I love both . But I will love a film just as much of it doesn't have the happy ending. Because its closer to reality. Life doesn't always have happy endings.

25. What color shirt do you have on?
a white under shirt that is my hubby's. Its soft and smells like him. It makes a great pj!

26. Daytime or nighttime?
hmmmm in betweennnn

27. Hugs or Kisses?
Both

28. What is your favorite dessert?
cheese cake

29. One word to describe the person who sent you this questionnaire.
well, i copied it, no one sent it to me

30. What book are you reading now?
Omg i'm totally between books, my weight loss book- Dukan diet, and Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence.

31. What type of mouse pad do you have?
hmm I don't its a lap top.

32. What did you watch on TV last night?
My thursday shows, greys anatomy, mentalist, results of the american idol...

33. What is your favorite sound?
my dog and husband snoring at the same time.

34. Jay Z or NAS?
back in the day both - now adays neither

35. Where is the farthest you’ve traveled away from home?
Nicaragua!


36. Do you have any special talents? What are they?
I possess non at all!

37. What did you want to be when you grew up as a child?
engineer

38. Who is the one person that knows you best?
My husband

39. What is your hobby?
I guess reading,,,,,

40. Dominoes or spades?
Dominoes

41. Kool Aid or Red juice drink?
neither too sweet

42. Light or Dark liquor?
light

43. Is the cup half empty or half full?
Half empty most of the time - i'm a pessimist

44. What do you wear when you sleep?
pjs, mine or my hubbys shirts lately naked :)

45. What is the weirdest thing you do?
Oh God, cleaning my bathroom floors on all fours by hand. Its really anal but I hate to see my grout get dirty! I can't bring myself to mop in there.

46. What would your ex boyfriend/girlfriend have to say about you?
Hmm they all told me at one point or another that they regret me not staying with them. I was always the best !

47. What is your greatest fear?
Not becoming accomplished with my career.

48. What is your greatest success (so far)?
my bachelors degree

49. What is your best childhood memory?
twirling in my ballet dress while my mom took pictures of me and talking with my grandfathers when I was little.

50. What's your favorite cereal?

Honey Nut Cherrios

When to Know You're Not as Young as You Thought You Were...

So, you are probably asking yourself.... "What does a picture of a Torn Meniscus and a picture of the best booty dancing group Two Live Crew have to do with each other?"

Well, I can tell you that when you booty dance at 27 like if you were 18 this is the injury you get directly from it. That's right folks. I got a torn meniscus because I was booty dancing my ass off. Embarrassing? Hell yeah! Try telling the doctor why your knee is in such pain...then tell the lab tech doing the MRI how you received your injury. (I totally lied to her - cause the doctor was bad enough) Then, try telling your parents why your knee is jacked up, then try telling your mother in law while she's looking at you with judging laser eyes.

It's just one of my good luck charms I have received in the last three months. Ever since I left my job I haven't finished any of the projects I set for myself, well, except for the studying the LSAT. Let's see.....not working, (a good and bad - depends how you look at it) not making my own money - which means noooo shopppiinnggg!!!, gained weight from quitting smoking...(its like 4 lbs but its there!), Air Conditioner broke upstairs and we were sleeping with these little fans my mother in law lent us...., AC repair man came - charged $540.00, had to borrow that money cause I'm not working...., my knee got jacked up after I broke it down at a toga party, I most likely need surgery on my knee from this damn tear, and currently I am being used as my brothers babysitter for his son slash taxi driver.

This sucks. I am supposed to start looking for work now. I am currently looking at different positions online. I am basically applying to anything. I need some money and some benefits. Hmmm... lets see how that goes this week. Consider this Tuesday as Week 1 in the job application process. And I will do updates at the end of the week.

I really missed the blog world. Hope you missed me too. I have noticed that all the people I used to read have either stopped completely or atleast left a goodbye note that they will be discontinuing their blogs. I know I've been on and off, but atleast I have stuck it out a bit.

A nice response to a movie I love....and my goals are written...

Eat Pray Love is a phenomenal film - not because of the actors or the scenes, but because of what it represents.

A human being goes through so many different emotions and difficulties through their life time. How are we built to carry all these burdens? The mind can only be so strong. Some people carry these burdens and place them to the side because the thought of confronting them is too much to bear...I for one am used to setting it aside, and I pay for it. Because when the weight is too heavy I end up falling apart.

I am at a point in my life where I am at a crossroads. Not with my personal life, but just my career - what will I do with my degree? What is it really worth now? Why did I waste my time working at that shitty bank job that got me NOWHERE? Why am I still fearing the possibilities? Do I want to be in corporate america? Do I really want that?

Where will I go from here? Not working is being a burden.... I quit In February of this year. It's going to be 3 months now. I haven't accomplished any of my goals I had set out. Then again, I didn't write them down. A goal that isn't written down isn't real.

So here, I am, writing it down, I am going to make them a reality and stop letting my fear guide me anymore.

1 - Study diligently for the LSAT that is coming in October. (lack of funds denied my June exam)

2 - Study the GKT to become a substitute teacher to bring in some flo. Update: 5/17/11 any job will do!

3 - Guide myself to a goal that will be in the pursuit of law? Work at a lawers office?

Study to become a paralegal?

4 - Volunteer at Baptist hospital (i've always wanted to do that)

5 - Start running - jogging, exercising - taking care of my body.

6 - Finish paying my credit cards!!

7 - Enjoy the new beginnings.

Read this link - its a fellow blogger:

http://www.thewarriorinme.com/man/eat-pray-love-a-guys-take/

SIX FEET UNDER BUT DEFINITELY NOT GONE

I cannot believe that I was not able to discover this unbelieveable series earlier...
It ended in 2005 and it ran for 5 years. It was created by Alan Ball and he is none other than the creator (on HBO) and master of bringing True Blood to life from the AMAZING Sookie Stackhouse book series.

Wow, I just finished watching the finale to Six Feet Under today and was never ever more pleased and satisfied and emotionally distraught with a shows' finale. It was incredible.
I recommend this show to anyone who wants a real dramedy and almost a reality of lives in some place in some world of a not so perfect family.

HBO never seems to fail when it comes to their amazing shows. They have a qaulity that no other tv circuit can ever mach.

Work Making You Unhappy? Join the Club.

I know, I know, I haven't been writing for some time now. But really, I haven't been up to it, until today.

I have been pretty bummed about where my career is going in this "hard economic times".
I started noticing the economy was going to shit a few years back when I realized Bush's extension on the war was only creating a greater debt in the coutry's economy.
Then, I graduated college. Received a Bachelors degree for Business Administration in Management, went on into the "real world" with my joyous sparkling enthusiasm, only to find myself getting rejected in the job market. Miami was going on downturn in jobs and I was in the middle of it. It has been two years since I received my degree. I wasn't hired at any of the company's that I really wanted and ended up at a bank job. Keeping my enthusiasm high, I figured, "This is okay, I will make the best of this and make a career out of it" " I will climb this career ladder and be very succesful"

Guess what? 6 Months later, the economy took a turn for the worse and the banking industry went to shit. Just my luck of the draw. Here I am now, two years later after becoming a teller. I am still a teller, making $10.30/hour trying to make something good out of a bad thing. But there are no job opportunities in banking.

So this brings me to job satisfaction. I do not have any. Then I ran into this article on yahoo! AMERICANS' JOB SATISFACTION FALLS TO RECORD LOW.

Yeah,,,, I am going to Jerry Maguire myself out of my job pretty soon. Just not yet.