Boy oh boy did I have a good time last night. Yeah, I went out to the bars but those bars are so tired that they aren’t even worth the virtual ink. I don’t think I have mentioned this before but I am a big geek. I know it is hard for many of you to believe but it is true. I admit it. I am a sucker for gadgets, computers, science fiction, etc. I am also a big follower of astronomy and astrophysics. OK, I am sure most people reading this journal have just shut down their browser window but it is true. I love watching the stars. I even have some very powerful binoculars that work very well for viewing the night sky. Not bad for viewing someone else’s night bedroom. :- )

ANYWAY, I made it down to the Adler Planetarium last night to get a better view of the planetary gathering. The astronomers don’t seem to like alignment since it technically is not one. This planetary gathering is really cool because you can see (with the naked eye) Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury over the next few days. I encourage everyone to go outside just after the Sun sets and look toward the western sky, look up and you will see a very bright star. That’s not a star, it’s Jupiter! I think I like astronomy so much because I feel that I should be traveling amongst the stars and not spinning around them on this giant rock. I have said it before and I will say it again. I am a 23rd century person living in a 21st century world. I’m just waiting for ET to beam me up. Or is that Scotty!

“I’m in control, my worries are few…. I got a new attitude!” Sing it Patti! These are the words I’m trying to live by as I go forward with my job search. After being turned down by the company I was interviewing with I have decided to turn up the heat on the job search! More, more, more! I have created an outlined task list of the things I want to do. Creating this list (again) was very important because I wasn’t sure how to proceed going forward. Now I have a plan. Blitzkrieg!

I have also decided to start moving my ass some more! I don’t mean on the dance floor either. I was recently sitting on the bus and there was a guy standing with his back to me. He was wearing the same size Levis that I wear and I noticed how fat his ass looked in those jeans. I kept thinking to myself, “Does my ass look like that in jeans?!” It was freaky. So I have decided to start exercising again! It’s time to get some of the junk out of the trunk!

I’m not sure what to write about because everything that happened this weekend deserves a journal entry! Should I write about the volunteer work I did helping teens and pre-teens prepare for summer job interviews only to go through mock interviews with them and realize that Ebonics must be a second language? Should I write about a surprise party for my cousin’s 65th birthday in a community center gymnasium deep on the South side of Chicago where there was a floor full of middle aged women line dancing? Or should I write about the three straight women friends from out of town who I went bar hopping with and watched them get blitzed while they shook their tits and wanted to take off their blouses?

Decisions, decisions… I am going to write about how happy I am to see my dear friend Shawn. He is here from San Diego and doesn’t know what to do with his life. OK, what else is new? Here is quintessential Shawn. He and I are sitting at the bar in SideTrash or RoscHo’s and he is telling me one fucked up thing after another that he is going through. If he were looking for words of advice from me I had none at that point. I felt like a deer caught in the headlights. My eyes were big as saucers and my brain actually started to hurt a little. I love him to death but the boy is a drama magnet! I am just the opposite. That is why I love that new MJ song, No More Drama! Sing it, girl! I can't afford to be stressed out right now. That shit causes ultzers and high blood pressure and you know I'm already at risk being African-American. So here is my advice for Shawn. Shawn, you should do what I do. When the world is weighing you down just do what I do. Say "Fuck it" and keep on steppin'!