August was planned to be a busy month for me from the get-go. And so far it has been…

Two Fridays ago, I attended a crab feast. That was a lot of fun. Unlimited food, unlimited crabs, and open bar… That’s my kind of party! The crabs weren’t as good as they usually are, but nonetheless we had a good time. We left there at 1AM to go place flyers on people’s cars at this one club for our party the next week.

That whole weekend was pretty much spent handing out flyers for our party. Although, I did find out a received another A in school :-)

Wednesday, me and my girl went to go see Beyonce. NO, I did NOT pay $200 to see that chick… although after her performance, I wouldn’t have been mad if I did. I always liked B. I mean, her last CD definitely keeps me partying hard in the club… but her performance… OMG. I think I love her. LOL. She did extremely well. She danced, she SANG (and I mean she REALLY sang) – you could feel her emotion in her voice and performance. Robin Thicke did the damn thing too. I guess he was just nervous at the BET Music Awards, cause he was great!

Friday was the actual party. It was hell trying to get to the date, but as always, all paid off in the end. A lot of people came out. They (we) all partied hard. (Pictures are up www.tnjpromotions.com )

So after a long night Friday, I was up nice and early Saturday to go on a bus trip to Atlantic City. No I didn’t win anything.. .I didn’t even play anything. I never win, so I figured, why bother? GTL and I just shopped and walked the boardwalk.

Yesterday started off as a very chill day. I did absolutely nothing until about 4PM. Then I had a late lunch with one of my girlfriends, and then as I was uploading the pictures from Friday, I received a phone call from GTL. His brother had been shot and he wasn’t doing well. We rushed down to Johns Hopkins… what should’ve taken us close to 40 min, took us 20! By the time we had made it up to the floor where he was, his brother had passed. We’re still unclear on the details of what happened, but preliminary investigation appears that it was a carjacking gone bad. He was shot in the stomach, the bullet went through and punctured a lung and they had to remove it. We were in the hospital for hours waiting for various family members to make it there. I got to bed about 3AM and had to be up this morning to come in to work. I wanted to call out, but (1) I really don’t have the time and (2) Mondays on a help desk are ridiculous, and one person is already out on vacation. Usually it’s just the mornings that are hectic, so hopefully it will die down this afternoon and I can leave early. If you know GTL.. please DO NOT call. Just keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. I sent a text out yesterday to a few people. Many adhered to my request as to not call him.. but you know black people have to be hardheaded and some called… they either got me or the VM… and that’s what you will continue to get until he’s ready to talk… and they were close so it won’t be anytime soon. UPDATE: Here’s the article about GTL’s brother. It’s the first story.

My job is currently trying to crack down on non-work related Internet use. So I won’t be able to check you guys out that often for a while.. until this nonsense pipes down anyway. I’m not due to be at my part-time job until the 25th, so hopefully I’ll be able to use the Internet again like I want before then, if not, I’ll just catch up with you guys then (I’m not online at home like that!)

So that’s it over here. I hope that all is well with you guys.. I miss you :-)