The Confused Mind of T-Square

A Little Bit Of Me

Ξ August 29th, 2005 | → 1 Comments | ∇ All In Good Fun |

Found this on one of the new blogs I found, A day in the life…

1. What’s your full name?
 Tiffany Nicole Trott

2. What color pants are you wearing?
 Green jogging pants

3. What are you listening to right now?
 My daughter and my dog breathing while they sleep together

4. What’s the last thing you ate?
 Turkey Pot Pie soup

5. Do you wish on stars?
 When I see them I try to think of something worth wishing for

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
 Blue

7. The weather right now?
 Cool evening wind is blowing

8. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone?
 My mom

9. Do you like the person that sent you this?
 Well it wasn’t really sent to me and I don’t know Marlon at all…

10. Favorite drink?
 Good old Southern Sweet Tea

11. Hair color?
 Orangish brown

12. Favorite sport?
 Football

13. Do you wear contacts?
 Naw, no poking near the eyes please

14. Siblings?
 Little brother Marcus and little sister Shanna Rose

15. Favorite Month?
 February

16. Favorite Food?
 Ms. Elisa’s Flauta’s Good ass home cooked authentic mexican food

17. Last movie you watched?
 Rize, took the kids to see it

18. Favorite Day of the year?
 My birthday, February 23

19. What do you do to vent anger?
 Shop…sadly I have dropped a big chunk of change in the past few months

20. What was your favorite toy as a child?
 My bike(s), not sure I would have made it through my childhood without my bike(s)

21. Summer or Winter?
 Winter

22. Hugs or Kisses?
 Damn, can I say both? Love a good strong hug and love a good kiss

23. Chocolate or vanilla?
 Vanilla, chocolate makes me kinda ill.

24. Do you want your friends to write email back?
 If any of you take this and do it, leave me some comments so I can check out ya answers

25. Who is the most likely to respond?
 n/a

26. Who is the least likely to respond?
 n/a

27. Living Arrangements?
 Big house with more rooms than I have furniture for, kids, dog, “roomie”

28. When was the last time you cried?
 Today, August 29, 2005. I had a root canal today and even after massive amounts of novacaine and anesthesia I could still feel the pain.

29. What is under your bed?
 Sydney’s ball and a sock

30. Who is the friend you have had the longest?
 Of recent years, Snotty. Prior to that it would be Carol, my best friend from elementary school. We lost touch about 4 years ago.

31. What did you do last night?
 Worked on my moms Jeep with C.

32. Favorite smells?
 Cookies right out of the oven

33. What inspires you?
 My kids

34. What frightens you?
 The dark, being alone

35. Plain, buttered, or salted popcorn?
 Buttered with a touch of salt (garlic or seasoning salt if ya got it)

36. Favorite car?
 Stocky, my 1999 Jeep Cherokee. My mom drives him now, but I still love him

37. Favorite flower?
 Rose, any color, but more so the Yellow ones

38. Number of keys on your key ring?
 4 on one ring and 12 on the other

39. Can you juggle?
 Hmm…depends on what it is. Balls, not really; life and what it throws at me, pretty well for the most part

40. Favorite day of the week?
 Saturday

41. What did you do on your last birthday?
 Went to Estes Park with C for the weekend

42. In how many States have you lived?
 3

43. How many countries have you lived in?
 1

44. In how many cities have you lived?
 4

45. How many cars have you had?
 10

46. Where were you born?
 Denver

 

Well Wonders Never Cease…

Ξ August 27th, 2005 | → 2 Comments | ∇ The 101/1001 |

The 101/1001

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Start Date: 02.03.05
Deadline: 10.31.07
Tasks Completed: 3

74. Wear a dress (this will hurt)

Well, I can say without doubt that I thought this would be the last thing I completed on this list, but the love I have for my Cousin Jamaal pushed this to the forefront.

Jamaal lived with me for the summer for an internship and he asked me to accompany him to the end of summer reception. I was all set to wear some dockers and a nice shirt when he dropped the boom on me that it was like semi-formal and stuff. Nice.

Whatever…I did what I had to do:

 

I quit my job

Ξ August 8th, 2005 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Diary of a Mad Woman |

So last week I decided the time had come to quit my job.

While I know that I am a journalist tried and true…the fact that most non-writing journo thugettes (Love ya Trent!) work the night shift sucks.

For the last 8 months I have worked nights, 8pm to 5am, and it has reeked havoc on EVERY aspect of my life.

I really liked my job, a lot, but the fact that the lack of sleep has left me tired, sick and not really a nice person to be around alot caused me to make the decision.

The fact that I became hooked on energy drinks was probably the biggest indicator that I needed to change. Some people would drink them for a little kick, I drank them multiple times a day just to stay awake and function. Bad T-Square, very bad!

I will always be a newshound though, I think its in my blood or something, but working for a newspaper is an event whose time has come and gone.

I look back on all my years spent at the different newspapers in my life and only have good thoughts. From the work I did to the people I worked with I have been blessed with great work environments and great friends.

I guess I will be going back to M-F daylight hour gig of dealing with the IT concerns of a growing e-communications company.

I look forward to the challenges that this move brings and the opportunity to work with some folks who, whether they want to admit it or not, are just as crazy as I am!

Hmmm…and maybe I will actually have a bit more time to drop some notes on the old bloggy blog.

 

Yet another month passes…

Ξ August 2nd, 2005 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Diary of a Mad Woman |

***SIGH***

I just can’t seem to find any time for blogging these days.

But this past month has been a productive one:

1) Sold the Waggy. One less car out in front of the house and money in my pocket.
2) Took a good chunk of money out of my pocket and paid off a big chunk of debt. Direct correlation to No. 1.
3) Am on the verge of closing on my house (YES!!!). Direct correlation to No. 2.
4) The search for the Excursion is on fire (have it narrowed down to about 4). Can hopefully happen after No. 3.

So there goes the update.

But check it out, there is some actual substance for this one…

I am sitting here watching Allen Iverson on “Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith” and I have to say that my views and attitude toward A.I. have been changed. Smith is a no holds barred kind of guy so he has pressed A.I. on just about every bit of controversy that has dogged his career. And A.I. has answered every question with honest and frankness that I have never heard from him.

Smith played a clip of Larry Brown talking about what he thought of A.I. and it nearly brought him to tears. Showed a truly human side of a man who so many have demonized for his perceived actions.

Very cool, may have to watch this show more often.