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It's a beautiful sunny morning. It usually gets humid later in the afternoon. DramaKween & I camped out in the family room last night to watch Daredevil and eat our comfort foods of rainbow sherbet ice cream, kettle corn, York peppermint patties, Sprite ReMix, etc. We haven't had a girls night for a while without JigNeNe being around. DramaKween is still semi-sleeping. One of the things I noticed most about DareDevil is that DareDevil/Affleck didn't speak much, only inside his "own head" versus Matrix Reloaded where Neo seemed to talk endlessy...kind of like some of my posts, I guess. Those movies are cool because I like action movies and special effects. I guess I'll watch Brown Sugar and Shanghai Knights (courtesy of NetFlix) by my lonesome. I got a very low-end DVR made by Polaroid from BestBuy a few days ago. It's hooked up but I haven't set up the connections properly. SaxyHC and JigNeNe are in Newark, NJ to visit his brother who isn't doing too good mentally/physically but is in denial about such things.

Plan for the day is to go to DMV to get license renewed, get tune up on Odyssey, drop DramaKween off to stay with our cousins until we leave for Lake Tahoe vacation on Friday.

Overall, I'm feeling good right now and the family is safe and healthy -- these are blessings that are sometimes overlooked and taken for granted.

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MLEE: By the time your lil princess reaches teeangedom, the marvels of dental tech w/be even more advanced than it is now.

Been @ the gen dentist since 2:30. Instead of veneers to close up the spaces, the gen dentist highly recommends bonding.....that's $300 bucks per tooth = $600. We're supposed to go back to the orthodontist later today so they can do upper retainer impression when bonding is finished, but I don't think we're going to make it.

I snapped some pics of Dr. Glassman and his assistant with perfectly straight and ultra white teeth, DramaKween with cotton swabs in her mouth, her perm retainer & case. Dr. Glassman is now sanding down and polishing the bonding area. Whenever I hear that whirring sound from dentist drill I think of Little Shop of Horrors and dentist played sadistically by Steve Martin's character...and Levi Stubbs singing/playing as Audrey, the man eating plant. I really like the musical numbers from that movie.

Remember boys and girls good dental hygeine started @ an early age is important and the rewards will be reaped into adultdom. ,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.
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Vent Mode Engaged: Been @ the orthodontist's office for 3 hrs and counting While they remove DramaKween's braces, etc. Major run around between orthodontist and gen dentist to coordinate what they are doing next. I now have a minor headache and with all the $$ I've paid out, why am I coordinating the treatment instead of their offices communicating the info directly with each other?

All this ortho lingo stuff is WAY over my head. I took the day off to deal with this stuff and it looks like we'll need to come back here tomorrow a.m. Note to self: Next time it's SaxyHC aka hubby "privilegee" to deal with the next go 'round of appts. In a few weeks. ,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.
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Pics are from a few weeks ago at volleyball practice. DramaKween doesn't know if she's made the junior varsity team yet. Another girl at her school is trying out for the team and she has an interesting name "Heaven".

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Verizon is outside near my backyard fence to install a "messenger" cable because the existing ones are bad. He asked me if our dog would bite and I said he probably would. Our dog as a thing about men wearing uniforms and hats. I had to bring the dog in the house. I usually don't answer the door in the day time when I'm getting ready for work. I answered the door this time because our dog kept barking and thought maybe it was the neighbor next door say that Bingo got out of the yard. Anyways, I asked the Verizon guy if they ever called customers before they came out to do this type of work. He said usually, NO. I asked him how long it would take and he said they'd be in and out all day and then he suggested that I put our dog in the garage if I have to leave the house. It didn't dawn on me at the time and I don't konw what the guy was thinking, but it's been 95+ degrees in SoCal lately. So it's definitely a NO-GO for putting Bingo in the garage. I don't know if the Verizon people are done yet, but I have to physically be in the office today for the post-server upgrade issues (if any) from last Saturday.

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We finally made it to the Hollywood Bowl last night. We missed the opening act -- Blackalicious. The other acts were afro-beat, hip hop, latin, funk & groove. I think Meshell Ndegeocello performed with Blackalicious. DramaKween was @ the concession stand to get some food before the next act. I guess we missed the opening acts :(

It was humid but with a slight breeze. I had left my SK camera in the car. Our seats were 2 sections above the orchestra. DramaKween came back with a big bucket of popcorn, after I gave her my preferred eats choices of either chicken or salad as I had been eating snack foods all day.

India .Arie was on stage for about 1.5 hours. She put on a good show with her band and said "thank y'all" a lot...I guess it's a southern thing. She performed a new song tht she's currently working on called "Look With Your Heart" and she also played one song on the flute which it seems that and she admitted tht she plays the flute "only for herself". She was the opening act for Sade Adu a few years back at the Hollywood Bowl and mentioned that a few times during her show. She was wearing a floor length white dress trimmed in orange and yellow. She cut off her dreds a few months ago and is sporting the bald look.

DramaKween had a good time and picked op a souveneir program & T- shirt. She really enjoyed hearing one of her fave music artists who is also a good role model, especially for girls/women.

P.S. -- Cool, I see that the T-Mobile SideKick page has a few new feature. We can F I N A L L Y look up addresses when addressing email ;)

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Hey mikecaplan.com, I see you're in Tahoe with your SK. We're staying in South Lake Tahoe for vacation next month. I'm going to keep an eye out for your posts to see whether you have coverage issues.

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I signed up for T-Mobile Hotspot trial back in December. I returned a WiFi card to CompUSA earlier and decided to go to Starbucks across the way to try out the Hotspot. I didn't even have to configure my card, it automagically popped in tmobile as the SSID. I ran into a snag because I had my DNS settings for home/work already set up. I removed it and then was brought to the T-Mobile HS sign on page and had no problem getting on. The signal strength is GOOD and I lost connection only once. I was even able to get onto my work corporate network thru SecureRemote, very cool.

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Heard the news about Kobe. I remember when DramaKween first told me about it and before charges were officially brought, she was really sad and wouldn't believe what he was accused of and wrote the victim off as being a gold digger. She said that he has achieved so much and it would be stupid for him to do something so dumb to risk his reputation, career and family.

I told her that although he is well liked by a lot of people that the victim may not be lying.. Just last month I got her a custom Lakers jersey for a grad gift with her name on it and Kobe's number -- 8. I don't know if after she hears the latest news if her perception will change.

A lot of kids look up to Kobe as a role model. Now these parents of young kids are going to have to explain why their "hero" is in trouble.

DramaKween & friend are going to the Magic Johnson Midsummer Night's Madness @ the Staples Ctr on Sunday. This latest news will bring up some stuff for discussion on the ride there.

l'm bumming because Kobe is DramaKween's fave athlete after Iverson who also got into trouble earlier this year.

....This has been an otherwise good Friday. I'm getting my 'do done and I'll be here for a few hours so I can think of how to talk to DramaKween about the hard knocks and ugliness that can occur in life. ,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;:+*`* ,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.,.;:+*`*+:;.,,.;: BustAGroove's HipLOGraphy // Home Weather // Summer Vac