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  • Stacy Leets 10:43 pm on July 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Hi, I’m Stacy and I’m an… 

    so this weeks assignment for class was to attend an AA meeting and write about it. So I’m gonna share my experience.

    I was online looking for AA meetings in my area and I found a hotline number. I got the answering machine and even with that, the message left me speechless. The message started out nice saying to leave a message and then at the end the girl started saying things like “If no one has told you they love you today, I love you.” I don’t even remember what else the message said but I remember thinking this is too much happiness. Almost sounded like a robot that was programmed to be happy. The actual girl ended up calling me 10 minutes later to give me information. She started giving me directions and none of it made sense. She told me to head east and get in my left lane to make a right. When I asked her to repeat it, she starts saying to head west. In my head I was thinking this girl has to be on something right now. Then she starts talking about her sobriety and that it’s been 2 years, I was on the phone with her for about an hour. I didn’t know how to tell her all I wanted was a location and time.

    So I tried looking for this church on Tuesday but the directions she gave me had me lost that I didn’t make it. I went back home and researched and found another meeting for Wednesday night. When I got there it was pretty packed. I noticed it had a range a people: men, women, white, black, young, and old. The majority of them were white males around 25 years old. At the beginning and end of the meeting, different people read certain literatures, which to me reminded me of being in church. That’s another thing, everyone was thanking God and talking about Him, and I was thinking, what if some people don’t believe in that. Would it offend them?

    This certain meeting had a speaker. His story was very interesting and he kept saying how the AA group really got him to where he is today. Something I found funny was that when someone spoke actually said “I’m John, and I’m an addict.” Everyone responds “Hi John.” I just found it fascinating to actually see and hear it in person.

    I was so happy to get outta there!! The whole experience was just freaking me out.

     

  • Stacy Leets 10:23 pm on July 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    dolphin leaps from tank 

    So I was on facebook and saw a posting from The Cove fan page.  It was about a false killer whale that jumped out of the tank during a July 4 marine show at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, in southwestern Japan. The footage was captured by an American tourist and was sent to Ric O’Barry.

    O’Barry says the videos show a dolphin under stress. Hideshi Teruya, who manages the dolphin section of Churaumi, said the dolphin suffered minor scratches and bruises on its head and fin but was fine, and had a healthy appetite for mackerel and squid almost as soon as it was returned to a tank. “It was playing around and jumped out by accident from the momentum,” he told The Associated Press.

    Ok, that does not show a dolphin jumping out by accident. Dolphins are used to roaming for many miles a day, not swimming in a circle and doing flips at shows, he said.

    Sound is the most important sense for dolphins. So keeping them in a concrete box is cruel, bombarding the animal with strange sounds and depriving a key sensory skill, according to O’Barry.

    “It proves that captivity doesn’t work,” he said of the videos. “They are free-ranging creatures with a very large brain. They’re self aware and putting them in a small tank in a stadium setting is abusive.”

     

    Here are the videos of the dolphin from O’Barry:

     

    First Video

    Second Video

    Third Video

     

    • Linda 6:32 pm on July 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Oh my goodness! This is so sad! Notice how all the other dolphin were concerned and watching at the glass?

  • Stacy Leets 9:43 pm on July 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Another day in my life… 

    So, there have been so many things going on lately and I’ve been wanting to write about it but it’s just been so overwhelming that I couldn’t think straight. So I’m just gonna combine it all in here.

    Hair: 2 weekends ago I had decided to change my look. I wanted the 2 tone hair style I had a couple of years ago. I didn’t want to go to Karla (my stylist) because she changed salons and its more expensive. Last time I went for a haircut and highlights only in the front, I spent $200. So this time I went to Karla’s old salon and had a new girl do my hair. What a mess, turns out she bleached too much hair and the blonde was too extreme for me. I decided to get rid of it and dyed it black again. It ended up seriously damaging my hair. My hair is broken and frizzy now. I know the only way to fix it is to cut it. But for once in my life I don’t want to cut it. I cried just thinking about it. So lately, I’ve been trying to save my hair. I have been putting all these hair stuff to keep it moisturized. Hopefully it works. If by the end of Aug it’s not ok, I’m going to have to cut it for my brother’s wedding. And for that I will definitely go to Karla’s.

    Ideal Image: On tuesday I had my 5th session for my laser hair removal. Every session gets more painful. Last time, even with the numbing cream, that shit hurts. So this time I decided to try something new. I used the numbing cream and I bought some frozen peas. The laser does emit some freezing air, but it’s so intense you don’t even feel it. So I got the frozen peas to ice the area. Even with that, it still hurt!! Next time I guess I’m going to have to double up on the cream.

    The voices in my head:  I am really good at imitating people. I tend to do it when I’ve been around someone so much, I start talking and acting like them. This happens a lot when I speak spanish. I have no idea who I’ve been hanging out with, but my thinking voice is speaking with a lisp. It’s driving me crazy. I seriously have to think out loud just so I don’t hear the lisp. It’s annoying!!

    Shell Gas Station: I’m a Mobile person when it comes to gas. I stopped using Shell back in 2003 when it had something in the oil. It caused my gauge to go crazy. I think it took me 2 fills of new gas until everything from Shell was out of my car and then the gauge was fine. Anyways, I needed to fill up this morning and the closest thing was a Shell. I hate it. First of all, they don’t take debit and I always forget, so when I put in my card and select debit it takes 10 mins to process everything and then tell me to go see the cashier!! AAAhhhh. Finally when I get it to start filling up, the dude on the tv scares me everytime. The way he taps on the screen. It freaks me out. lol.

    Little things that piss me off: So I was driving and noticed the tag in front of me. It had it’s decals all over the place. I hate that!! I always place it over last year’s. Grrr.. It’s annoying. This particular one has it around the corners, but I really hate it when they even place the decal in the middle!!!!

     

  • Stacy Leets 11:01 pm on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Nicaraguan Vos 

    So, a lot of people always tell me that they don’t understand how Im conjugating my verbs in spanish. Well, here’s the deal: Im from Nicaragua and we dont use the pronoun “tu”, we use “vos”. First of all, vos and vosotros are 2 totally different things. Vos (voseo) is second person singular and Vosotros is plural!! I dont speak using vosotros (make a note of that)!!

    “Vos” is the dominant second person singular pronoun used by many speakers in familiar or informal contexts. Voseo is most commonly used among people in the same age group in addressing one another. It is common to hear young children address each other with “vos.” The phenomenon also occurs among adults who address one another in familiar or informal contexts. “Vos” is also used by adults in addressing children or juveniles. However, the relationship does not re-occur when children address adults. Children address adults with “usted;” regardless of age, status or context.

    Vos has traditionally not been used in formal writing, except in Argentina and Uruguay. This gradually changed in Central America, where even the most prestigious media networks and press began to use the pronoun vos reflecting the informal address in Spanish as opposed to the formal address of usted. This is particularly true in Nicaragua and to a similar but lesser extent in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador who all speak a Central American Spanish.

    Also, vos is akin to the word thou. Wow!! So Im speaking like Im in a Shakespearean play. Add that to my resume of Awesomeness!!!

     

  • Stacy Leets 7:46 pm on May 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    The Cove 

    Ali had mentioned this documentary to me before. I wanted to check it out because dolphins are my favorite animal. I always forgot to go get the movie, but today I saw my friend Luis post something about The Cove on fb, and I just started taking action. It turned out to be a  great movie. Everyone should see it. I made a link (to the right under blogroll) to their website. I also just bought a shirt, proceeds go to benefit the dolphins. Cant wait to get it!!

     

    • Andrew 11:53 am on June 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Stacia!!! Comment vas tu?! Dame dap! lol whats arriba?

  • Stacy Leets 10:19 pm on May 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Guess what’s in my purse? 

    Ok, well the other day I went to the shoe store to buy those new Reebok Easy Tones and I just so happened to be wearing flip flops. The guy brings me the sneakers to try on and without thinking I just went into my purse and pulled out a pair of socks. The guy says to me “Wow, thats really smart to bring your own socks.” Thats when I realized “What the hell are socks doing in my purse?”

    Anyways, my purse was extremely heavy and I decided to check out what I had inside. Well here it is:

    * perfume, makeup, handcream, flipflops, pencil case, wallet, gum/chocolate, lighter, hand wipes, deodorant, hand sanitizer, receipts, a PS3 game, bandaids, mini mouse, 2 watches, paycheck, shoelaces, hair flower. Things I left out of the picture are cell phone and charger, keys, and the camera I’m using to take the picture. *

     

    • Evelyn 9:32 am on May 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Hey Stacy… Wow that’s a lot of things jajaja I should to see what’s in my purse since mine weighs a lot too….

      • Stacy Leets 11:23 pm on May 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        haha.. check it and lemme know whatchu got in there.. miss you. we need to hang out. Im always in broward

        • Andrew 11:55 am on June 14, 2010 Permalink

          Stacia! Does this thing post? Te hablo later..

      • Ichabod 5:27 pm on June 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        You have a purse of a 13 year old girl!!! No female protection (you know for your scare women days)? Like Tamp*** and pill for pms!!! Sorry of course I am a male pig! Ha-ha!!!

  • Stacy Leets 11:22 am on April 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: GloZell   

    Ke$ha Translator 

    I was on the Elvis Duran website and I found this hilarious video of a girl named GloZell translating the lyrics to Ke$ha’s Tic Tock song. It is so hilarious!! Check it out.

    GloZell: Tic Tock.

     

  • Stacy Leets 10:36 pm on April 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Pink by VS, red sox   

    Boston Red Sox 

    Ok. So my favorite sport is baseball and favorite team is the Red Sox. But I suck at sports and know nothing about stats. So this year I’ve decided to keep up with the Sox and know kinda what’s going on. So, after today’s game they are 3-4 and they rank 4th now. Grrr.

    The only games I’ve been to are the ones here with the Marlins and I’ve really never cared cause the Marlins suck. But, at one game I was looking to see who #19 was (because 19 is my favorite number) and it turned out to be Mike Lowe. I was happy to know that an attractive guy was wearing my number. Since then, Lowe became my favorite. After the Marlins won the World Series in 2003, I was super excited to have found out that Lowe was going to play for the Red Sox!! yay!! but sad that he became #25 =( . Anyways, now as I’m keeping up with the game, I found out that this season will be his last because he wants to retire =( .

    Anyways, I was listening to Elvis Duran this morning and Carolina mentioned Victoria’s Secret new Pink line for the Big Leagues. They have a line for girls to show off their favorite team!! Finally!! All these sports store sell jerseys for guys and they are too big for me. I had to buy a jersey in childrens size. But this Pink is so awesome, Ima get some. I love it!!

    Now, all I need are tickets to Fenway to watch the Red Sox kick the Yankees ass!!! Then my life will be complete!

     

  • Stacy Leets 9:56 pm on March 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Sued for Adultery 

    So, I found this article on yahoo while checking my emails and so I checked out the internet.

    In North Carolina, Cynthia Shackelford sued her husband’s mistress, Anne Lundquist, under the “Alien of Affections” law stating that the woman deliberately seduced her husband and destroyed her marriage. A jury has demanded that Ms. Shackelford’s husband’s paramour, Anne Lundquist, pay Ms. Shackelford $5 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages.

    According to the wikipedia:

    Alienation of affections first appeared in New York as a tort law in 1864. It was set up to protect a man’s property (wives were apparently considered property back then). So, if another man came and stole the husband’s wife, the husband could sue that man. Since 1935, this law has been abolished in 42 states. Alienation is still recognized in Hawaii, Illinois, North Carolina, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah.

    An action for alienation of affection does not require proof of extramarital sex. An alienation claim is difficult to establish because it comprises several elements and there are several defenses. To succeed on an alienation claim, the plaintiff has to show that (1) the marriage entailed love between the spouses in some degree; (2) the spousal love was alienated and destroyed; and (3) defendant’s malicious conduct contributed to or caused the loss of affection. It is not necessary to show that the defendant set out to destroy the marital relationship, but only that he or she intentionally engaged in acts which would foreseeably impact on the marriage.

    That’s just craziness. As if the husband didn’t do anything.

     

  • Stacy Leets 9:19 pm on March 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: nonsense   

    Fakelationship 

    Alright, so I have noticed that a lot of people have visited my blog through the search of Fake-lationship. Since, I deleted the blog where that posting was, I have decided to rewrite about it.

    I was listening to Elvis Duran one morning and they were talking about being in a fakelationship. A fakelationship is a relationship where two people cannot be without each other. They talk to each other about everything and may talk several times a day. But a fakelationship is strictly platonic. As soon as sex is involved, it becomes a REALationship. A fakelationship can be with the same sex. So basically to summarize, its when the 2 of you treat each other as if you were in a dating relationship (calling to say how your day was, planning vacations, asking for advice, etc) but there is no sex involved. Let’s use it in a sentence:

    Beth and Michelle are in a fakelationship. They talk and text each other all day and then meet up for dinner to talk some more. What about?? I have no idea.

    Now you try.

     

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