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Thanks Go Erie.com!!!
Apr 30th
So I got tons of hits today (well, it was a lot for me) on my MIYC: Erie blog so I Googled “Erin Jackson Erie, PA” and realized that GoErie.com had picked up my video and linked from yesterday’s blog to to the homepage of their site! YAAAAAY!!!
Haha… I love the screenshot they chose. These damn eyes do me in every time.
PHI 27, WAS 17
Oct 30th
Thanks of course to BFF Angi who worked for the NFL until last winter, I was able to score great tickets to Monday’s game in DC. I had seats on the 100-level. 4th row on the 30-yard line. FAN-tastic!!!
Brought my sports and home repairs boyfriend Kenny with me. This is beginning to become a regular yearly date for us. I think this is year 3. The game started with another amazing TD off a return from #10 — that boy is going to be a BEAST. But Brian Westbrook also went down with a really serious concussion in the 1st quarter. It was so scary. He wasn’t moving. Players from both teams were on their knees praying… I was glad to see him be able to walk off the field. But I hope he doesn’t try and rush back before he’s healed. #29 can take up that slack. GET BETTER B-WEST!!! More >
5 reasons my trip to Shreveport was awesome — in no particular order (okay, I just realized there were 6… ;)
Oct 5th
I just got home from a great weekend at the Funnybone Comedy Club in Shreveport, LA! I got to see my friend Courtney who I haven’t seen in years because she moved to Louisiana just last week! Plus Shreveport-Bossier City has so much nightlife. Who knew. It’s like a miniVegas over there. My only complaints — the weather. I dunno if my Northeast body just couldn’t take it or if it was just especially bad, but my allergies were on flare. I took an uncharacteristically small number of photos, but I did want to share some of the the things that made this trip so awesome!
- The lady who told me she and her husband had so much fun last night that he was gonna “get some” when they got home. Glad my act is helping someone get lucky.
- Me and my friend Courtney drinking Jack Daniel’s and doing the Cupid Shuffle in a cowboy bar called Rockin Rodeo complete with caballeros in 10 gallon hats and vests, and waitresses wearing bikinis and chaps. Yes, really.
- The female audience member who proposed to her boyfriend and gave him a ring during my Saturday early show. So glad he said yes. I wouldn’t have known how to follow a “no.”
- Learning that in Louisiana — or at least in the Shreveport area — laundromats are called “washaterias.” I know, right?…
- The emcee’s joke about trying to potty train his one-year old granddaughter. “If I live ’til this December I will be 51 years old. And I have had shit underneath these fingernails for the last time… [When she poops her diaper she comes in the room sniffing to let them know she needs to be changed] I say, that’s right. Stinks, don’t it? In about an hour it’s gonna start to itch…” There’s more and I can assure you it was hilarious but I don’t want to do him a disservice by misquoting it.
- My $.02 (yes two cent) cash out coupon from El Dorado Casino that I will keep as a reminder that I suck at gambling. Bright side: Instead of losing $200, I only lost $199.98.
PHI 34, KC 14
Oct 5th
Didn’t realize I didn’t post this last week…
Should I eat Kevin Kolb Krow? Probably. So here goes: I was completely surprised by his play today. Great to see what getting the reps in practice can do for a guys game and confidence. He did great.
There, I said it.
As you know I have no NFL DirecTV package so I didn’t see the whole game because we were beating KC so badly, they stopped covering the game and moved over to Jets coverage somewhere near the beginning of the 3rd quarter. It was clear they weren’t gonna come back on us, so I was OK with that. Plus that Sanchez is exciting to watch. He’s gonna be a beast. I hope.
Next week – BYE. So get healthy fellas and let’s get busy.
Record: 2-1
And the beat goes on…
Nov 17th
As far as I’m concerned Barack Obama has already (unconsciously and unwittingly) fulfilled his campaign promise of creating new jobs. Because there is an entire industry being built around capitalizing on his election. Perhaps I should take KK’s advice and make this a regular feature on the blog since it doesn’t look like this ish is gonna stop anytime soon.
Exhale… Add P. Diddy/Puffy/Mr. I- know- you- told- us- that- you- won’t- stop- but- would- you- please- reconsider to the list of Black folks with money trying to make more money off Barack. Good comedy bud Jimmy Merritt shared this gem with me. And of course I had to share it with y’all.
P. Diddy looks to Obama to sell cologne
Thursday, 13 November 2008
If there was any doubt left that P. Diddy has one of the crassest, most tasteless — and brilliant — minds in the history of marketing, this latest…
Yeah, if these photos don’t say “Barack” I don’t know what does…
Really Puffy, if you’re not gonna stop, would you at least take a nap?
Moviefone on my Blackberry a.k.a. where are the letters?
Sep 1st
So… overall I’ve adjusted well to my new-ish Blackberry. As a person who was previously gadget-averse, I have come to appreciate most of the bells and whistles that come along with my Blackberry Curve. But today I was confronted with a problem for which there was no solution (that I could see). All you hi-tech folks, let me know if there’s a way to do this… There HAS to be…
I was riding in my car today on my way to see Tropic Thunder and I needed to call Moviefone to verify the start time of the show and when it came time to enter ‘THE NAME OF THE MOVIE YOU WANT TO SEE” I couldn’t do it because there are no letters on the numeric part of the keypad. I’ve been using phones for probably 27 years or so, but I was paralyzed without the letters. Is Blackberry trying to tell me that I should have memorized this by now? Is there a function that allows me to see the equivalent letters? Or is this the worst design flaw in the history of cell phones? I know that I’m gonna probably feel like an idiot once someone shows me how this works, but I can also imagine calling an office and trying to spell someone’s last name would be kind of challenging, unless of course that person’s last name was ABC.
But I don’t think that’s a very common surname.
HELP!!!
And yes, I’m aware that I’m turning this blog into a support forum, but it’s all I got!
Oh my damn…
Aug 7th
Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce
2 days ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce.
Peterson initially called the emergency number Thursday so that officers could have his subs made correctly, according to a police report. The second call was to complain that police officers weren’t arriving fast enough.
Subway workers told police that Peterson, 42, became belligerent and yelled when they were fixing his order. They locked him out of the store when he left to call police.
When officers arrived, they tried to calm Peterson and explain the proper use of 911. Those efforts failed, and he was arrested on a charge of making false 911 calls.
Peterson did not have a listed phone number.
Haha… I saw this at Crunk & Disorderly and it reminded me of this gem.
You’re welcome.
Damn, I don’t know this song either
Jul 28th
So I wasn’t working this past weekend and got a chance to be “normal” ;) and hang with some of my friends. Hooray! On Friday nite, me and my friend Kellz went out to a club. I put on a dress and heels and we got to the club before it was real packed and set up shop on the first floor by the bar.
Perfect.
The music was great. They were playing a lot of old school hip hop and R&B, some Chaka — a little Tribe. We were having a great time. We even spotted an S-Curl and I made Kellz pretend I was taking a picture of her so old boy wouldn’t know we were clowning him…
Big fun.
After about an hour, we went upstairs to the second level. And as we were standing on the outskirts of the dance floor watching folks get their dance on, I slowly began to realize that I didn’t know any of the music the DJ was playing. You know that “Awwwwww, s—! That’s my joint / Woooooo!” sound that happens right after the DJ plays the first few notes of a club banger??? Well I heard it repeatedly. I saw the hands go up in the air. But I didn’t recognize any of the songs.
How the hell did this happen?
I consciously stopped listening to urban contemporary radio stations several years ago — not because I don’t like hip hop — but because I *do.* And what passes for hip hop and R&B on the radio these days sickens me. I prefer to read reviews and forums, find artists that I like and buy/download their music myself. But even so, the ignorance that floods the airwaves has always found a way to somehow seep into my consciousness. Thru commercials or MTV or something… Last Friday however, I literally knew none of the songs that were played in like a 20-minute period.
What are you supposed to do in a situation like that? Should you just throw your hands up in the air when everyone else does and pretend like you like the raggedy-ass ‘music’ that’s playing (as one friend suggested)? Or do you just acknowledge the fact that you’re over it and look for a comfy seat?
I opted for option #2.
Overall I enjoyed myself that nite but I spent the last half hour we were there texting a friend of mine who was being equally lame at another club.
My how times change… More >
OH YES, it’s ladies nite…
Jul 17th
Hey guys, how cool is this?… I was invited to be one of the ‘celebrity guests’ at the Washington Natioals’ next Ladies Night Event! It’s gonna be on August 14 on the roof of the New Nats stadium — which is like 2 miles from my house! I haven’t been there yet, but I hear its gorgeous. We’ll get great seats in the swanky Scoreboard Pavilion and they’re playing the Mets. What self-respecting Jersey girl wouldn’t be excited about that?
The first 1,000 ladies to buy tickets will be able to attend the pregame happy-hour where there will be food, drinks, a DJ, ME!!!!, all kinds of demos and giveaways — at previous events there have been manis and pedis, makeup demos, etc. So if you’re in D.C. and you’re a lady — or want to attend an event where there will hundreds of ladies ;) please come on out. Should be loads of fun. Hooray!!!
Comedy and the DMV
Jun 26th
So after spending a crapload of money on brakes and a new windshield yesterday, I went to the DMV to get my car inspected this morning. It took forever — I saw 5 or 6 cars go thru the whole process while my baby just sat there. When they finally pulled her out of the garage I went over to the inspector guy to find out the results…
Me: Did it pass?
Inspector guy: No
Me: What do I need?
Inspector guy: A new car
HA! That is so funny. It actually did pass, but for about 3 seconds I was tuning up for the biggest cry I’ve had in months. Everyone’s a comic.
Oh and don’t forget to watch me on Live at Gotham tomorrow nite at 10pm Eastern on Comedy Central. They just put up another clip on the CC website… shecketout below!
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