Miss Patti

Norm and Nina took me to Casino Rama tonight for my belated birthday present...I got to see a true legend perform live. Miss Patti LaBelle...she was freakin' fantastic. She had several new band members who were on stage with her for the first time so she didn't let 'er rip as she normally would (according to the experts I went with) She had a great stage presence and interacted with the audience. She even brought 4 guys up on stage to sing freestyle with her. One of the guys got a little carried away and sang for her to turn around boy did she handle him. "Do I look like lil Kim to you" What if some guy said that to your mother" She did a tribute to Luther Vandross. She kicked off her shoes, then went to put them back on and hobbled around the stage on one shoe. At one point she was lying on the stage singing!! AMAZING NIGHT!!! I can't wait until I see her again.

International Day 2006 Viva Portugal

The 2nd annual Venture International Day at work has come and gone...This year our team was Portugal. Being the only Portuguese person on the team I was the hunter of all portugese stuff. The stakes were huge...besides bragging rights for the next year the winning team got a paid day off and tickets to Wonderland. The competion this year was tough but I guess that's what happens when you have 50 type A personalities competing for a really good prize. In the picture above Ken (my team Leader) and Alexandra (my Assistant Team Leader) are dressed up in traditional folk dancing costumes.
While we didn't win the rumor has it we came in second and I was voted MVP on my team along with Alexandra and we each get 2 tickets to Wonderland. I think Ken said it best when he said it was like a wedding so much time goes into it for just a few hours of entertainment. I can honestly say I was glad when it was over. Only 1 year to go until the next international day but fear not Halloween is only months away and it's just as crazy and competative!!

Happy Birthday Catia

This Picture was from last year...I have not seen Bonita for her birthday yet

So Much Stuff

So much has been happening or not happening lately that I feel a little over/underwhelmed. I did not end up moving in with my frind Nina like I was supposed to. We started having all of these silly little arguments but I was afraid that if I moved in they would escalate and cause drama and one less friend. I applied for but did not get the promotion at work...but that's ok my manager is working with me to get me where I want to be. My computer broke on the weekend so I sit here typing on my new HP Pavillion pc...I think I like it but it will take me a while to get back everything I had on my other computer.