My dearest wordpress,

So…. it’s been a while wordpress blog.

I didn’t mean to ignore you for 4 months, 20 days, and 13 hours….give or take.

It’s just that, well, I get busy, and sometimes I neglect certain areas of my life that don’t deserve to be neglected by any means. No, no, it wasn’t anything you did – you’ve been great! You’ve always been the one to be there when I needed to talk, or let off steam, or just joke around with. It’s not you, it’s me.

But I can change! I want to change! I don’t want you to wonder where I am at all hours of the night, and why I don’t visit as much as I used to….and well…I miss you.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is….I’m sorry.

XOXO

Angela

‘The Your Halfrican’

Fun

I got my very own iPod Touch today on my lunchbreak :)

I’m like a kid in a frickin candy shop!!!

But here’s something even better for all you design geeks out there like me:

Amos’ New Blog

Lucky…..

I would think I’d have better taste…

Or at least be more imaginative
Angela Adams
But I suppose I wouldn’t be complaining if people were buying my geometric-splattered rugs for $349-$1699 a pop.

Angela (Adams)
‘The Hafrican’

I’m having a superb day (’say it again Lucas’…..’superb’)

I’m having a superb day. And this is why:

-Got to have a very sweet text convo this morning w/the boy, which reminds me why I like him :)

-Spent last night hanging w/my bff Dena watching the olympics, Fool’s Gold (eh), eating carrot cake, and doing fun girly things that will go unmentioned so as to not freak out our significant others. But it involves looking at pretty things and dresses….

-Playing 2 shows tonight, one with my band Vienna and another with Vienna filling in for hiphop artist Faith. Very excited to show off my white side AND my black side. Doesn’t happen very often….I grew up in the suburbs….

-Was reminded of one of my favorite TV shows of all time- Mystery Science Theatre 3000! Filmed in Hopkins, MN about 15 min from where I grew up, it was a staple on Comedy Central for a long time. A man and 3 robots in space watching/mocking ‘D’ movies. I mean come on, it doesn’t get better than that. If you get a chance, check out Eegah. It’s my favorite. Plus it’s got Jaws from Moonraker in it. Skip past the credits, they’re dumb.

-Despite being back on my ‘diet’, I didn’t have time to pack food today for work, so against my better judgement (not really) I went to Taco Bell. Yum.

-Bought a vegan Coconut Macaroon cookie at my fav local indie coffee shop this morning. Definitely one of the best cookies I’ve ever had in my life and it just happens to be the cookie of the season. Ever. Period. Double yum.

-The new Cohen Brothers movie is being filmed across the parking lot from my work! It’s called A Serious Man and due out in 2009. There’s a guy outside the warehouse cutting something with some sort of mechanical saw….

-And last but not least – I get to see my boo this weekend! We don’t get to spend much time together now that he’s started his new job (9pm-7am 4 days a week) and he’s got band practice like everyday pretty much, so we grab time when we can :)

Angela
‘The Halfrican’

The Longest Day of My Life. (This may be an over-exaggeration)

You ever have one of those days?

Where you sit at your place of employment just waiting, counting, and begging the time to pass just a little bit faster?

That day is today.

I think my choice of activities last night is partly to blame. I spent a very nice couple hours with my brand spanking new, awesome, and heavily tattooed bf of 3 days watching Family Guy, eating some yummy tacos I made, and discussing the space-time continuum. Well, not that last one, but I thought I’d throw that in for good measure.

So why was this not the smartest idea? Well I’ll tell you why. Because getting up at 6 am when you’ve had about 4 hours of sleep does not leave a person very capable (or awake for that matter) for the hours ahead. Plus, I couldn’t get my daily skim, 1 shot, coconut iced latte at my favorite local indie coffee shop because I was running a smidge behind schedule, and when I walked in, there were 3 people waiting in line, causing me to swear quietly under my breath. I debated for about 30 seconds if waiting was worth being late to work or not and decided not. So I headed to work sad and sans coffee.

So far my work day has been filled with such exciting and important tasks as spinning in my office chair, almost getting a headache but not quite, scrounging for change to buy a mountain dew (to try to make up for the lack of caffeine earlier that morning and to head off that pesky non-headache), staring off into oblivion, and lets not forget the most important task of them all. This of which must be done on a daily basis or who knows what obscene world incident would occur. The checking of the myspace/facebook accounts.

So yes. That has been my day so far. Not too exciting. Not too amazing. But here’s a little something for all you design nerds out there that Amos sent me the other day. It’s both exciting and amazing.

Animator VS Animation

Angela
‘The Halfrican’

Things That Make My Day pt.1

This blog is dedicated to Shawn and Iver

The best bandmates a girl could ever ask for

Deep Thoughts
By Jack Handey

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind”. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words – “mank” and “ind”. What do these words mean ? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is “God is crying.” And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is “Probably because of something you did.”

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

Consider the daffodil. And while you’re doing that, I’ll be over here, looking through your stuff.

Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you’ll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that’s my point.

Sometimes I think I’d be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.

Angela ‘The Halfrican’

It’s Business Time

It’s Wednesday.
And Wednesday night is the night that we make love.
Tuesday night is the night you go and visit your mother, but Wednesday night is the night that we make love.
Cuz everything’s just right, conditions are perfect. There’s nothing good on TV………….conditions are perfect.

This video never ceases to make me smile.
If I’m having a rough day, who do I turn to? My friends? No. My family? Sometimes. My Stylist? Only if I’m feeling particularly nappy. Nay, I turn to the quirky musical stylings and comedic fanfare of New Zealand’s own Flight of The Conchords.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with New Zealand, here are some fun facts about FOTC’s homeland:

  • Lord of The Rings was filmed there

Yep. That’s pretty much it.
Oh, and they invented the Zorb

And their national bird is pretty cute

But other than that….

So here’s to you Bret and Jermaine, thank you for brightening many a dull day and teaching me the following life lessons:

And finally

Angela ‘The Halfrican’

Website of The Day – 7/7

Being bored at work gives you to a lot of unavoidable internet surfing time and a plethora of hilarious/mediocre/seriously, you’re a frickin idiot websites. Either way, they all do their job of passing the tedious workday that much quicker.
Here’s one of the better ones:

The Onion
A magazine dedicated to unearthing the hidden truths about the important and relevant issues of our day. No fluff pieces here. Just cold, hard truth. I was particularly interested in their Sunday Magazine section today. Here are a couple of my favs:






Angela ‘The Halfrican’

The Week in Review (6/29-7/6)

SUNDAY

  • Went to a grad party. A high school grad party. Granted it was my best friend’s little sister, but still. There’s no better reminder of how quickly time has passed than to be invited to a high school graduation party just shy of 10 years after your own.
  • Shawn, the lead singer of my band Vienna (shameless plug), had some friends singing at Minneapolis’ Gay Pride event in Loring Park, and he asked me to come along. I think I had my fill of drag queens lip-syncing to disco hits of the 70s/Pussycat Dolls songs and boys in speedos for a while….
  • Went out to eat w/the crew at Sweeney’s Saloon and Cafe in St. Paul and while trying to enjoy a delicious black angus burger, had to hide from the boy/girl/girl drama unfolding not 5ft. from me. I hate drama.

MONDAY

  • Took a nap after work

TUESDAY

  • Visited my mom in the hospital

WEDNESDAY

  • Worked on some HTML for a myspace band profile. Funnnnn…..
  • Went out to Tea Garden and then to see Z-Mo Trio at The Uptown Bar with Dena and Steve. A magical blend of emo/jazz/fusion whose clever melodies and stunning hooks touch the very heavens. They are amazing. Period.

THURSDAY

  • Stayed an hour after work to get past a very annoying glitch in HTML coding. Found it, went home. Three hours and 2 Excedrin (my drug of choice) later, the page is finally done!
  • Went to the Jamestown Story afterparty w/my rad friend Mary, her husband Chad, and his bandmate Nick (they’re in Take Cover). Here’s where it gets interesting folks. Proceeded to get hit on for the next 4 hours by a guy i just met who I guess when I went to the bathroom, was telling everyone how gorgeous my eyes were. Yeah…. Devised a plan w/Mary that consisted of Chad and Odin (another rad Take Cover boy who sports a sweet white boy fro) standing/sitting on either side of me for the rest of the night to deter said boy’s advances. Didn’t help much. Had to construct another, more covert operation plan in order to get out of the house under the radar. Luckily, I didn’t have to put that plan into effect and was able to walk out the front door without being detected. My parents were military intelligence….good thing it runs in the family.

FRIDAY – 4TH OF JULY

  • Went to the beach with some friends, played some bocce ball, went to another beach. It was fun but I don’t swim cuz I’m black.
  • Had 1.5 Spongebob popsicles. The other .5 fell on the ground :(
  • Drove up to Forest Lake and hung out with Dena, Emily, & Steve. Grilled out a lot of great food. Walked to the lake to watch the fireworks, listened to drunk people sing karaoke, and walked around the 4th of July carnival that apparently small towns have….that was a new experience…

SATURDAY

  • Hung out with my parents all day cuz my mom got to go home from the hospital. Grilled out on my dad’s new grill -  he was very excited about it :)

SUNDAY

Overall, a very fun week. It definitely had it’s ups and downs, but that’s life, right!
Angela ‘The Halfrican’

2 Words

I’ve always been proud of the fact that I have the ability to tell people things that would normally piss them off/make them cry/punch babies, but for some reason when I’m done, they don’t. I guess you can say I have a way with words.

But sometimes, there’s not enough words or eloquent phrases in the world you can say that can possibly avoid hurting someone you care about.

Part of me wants to pour my heart out and explain everything that went down (that’s what a blog is for, right?), but the other part doesn’t see the point.

I will say this.

The person I hurt did not deserve it. All they wanted was my heart.

The person I am couldn’t give it. My heart’s still numb from being broken.

And the person who broke it…well, that’s another story. One that luckily had a happy ending.

I told a friend the other day that 2 words is all it really takes sometimes.

Sometimes you can say more in these 2 little words than in all the cleverly spun poetic phrases, heart felt ballads, or tear stained letters you could ever write.

2 words.

I’m sorry,

Angela

‘The Halfrican’