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My cousin sent me this and I have to let you know that I’m feeling it. If you feel it too, let the world know on Super Tuesday.

I can’t believe the madness with the Wii Consoles. Weren’t these things out last year? Why is it so popular this Christmas? I thought I was buying my husband’s gift early when I went to the store to purchase a Wii the first week of November. To my surprise the salesman said they were ‘SOLD OUT.’

I thought, OK, I’ll just come back next week when the new shipment comes in and just pick one up, but to my dismay they were ‘SOLD OUT’ again. I tried calling all around town and no one had a Wii.

So I got up early one Sunday morning and stood in line at the Circuit City at 9:00am (one hour before they opened) and I learned that people were there since 6:00am. They received vouchers so that when the store opened at 10:00am they were able to pick up their Wii’s. This was unreal! I have never chased a product and this will be the last time. No Wii for me this Christmas. I hope I can find one for my husband’s birthday in April.

A friend of mine invited me to a screening of Will Smith’s new movie, “I AM LEGEND“. Of course, I didn’t really know what to expect since the trailer doesn’t tell you much, but as you can tell by my title, I wasn’t impressed. As a matter of fact, I was thoroughly dissapointed.

Although I won’t tell you the movie, I will tell you that if you watch movies like I watch movies, you will find so many flaws in the character that you will find yourself cheering for the ‘dark seekers’. Humans have contracted a man-made virus that has infected almost 98 percent of the world and have become these “animals” that live in the darkness and are most powerful at night. Sound familiar…I thought so. They reminded me of the vampire mutations in Blade II, which believe it or not was a better movie.

This film was like watching Will Smith try and do his best Tom Hanks (from Cast Away) impersonation. He was on screen so much that I can almost tell you how many grey hairs he has in his beard. He did a good acting job, but the story line and character was weak. Hopefully, it will be a success because if not, Hollywood’s not as forgiving as Black people.

Since $10 is hard to come by for a movie these days, I AM LEGEND is a good bootleg and will be even better On Demand, but is at its best when you can watch it from home.

Today, I went out to put up my x-mas lights. Sounds easy enough, but I’m here to tell ya that the sh*t ain’t easy. For over 2 hours I was unwinding and twisting, looking for the broken bulb, trying not to fall off the ladder and finish before I froze my ballz off.

I love Christmas as much as the next guy, but for the first time I realized why people have their lights up til Valentines Day. I won’t be that bad because I hate to see it, but now I understand. So next year, my yard will be full of pre-lit trees and bushes or I will have my lights up before Halloween.

When I told a friend of mine that I put my lights up today, he sent me this video and asked if my lights can compete? Before you take a look at the video, just know that my lights don’t even blink. Enjoy!

Somebody needs to get a life! I’d love to see this synched up to James Brown’s “Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto.” If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here to listen. Now that’s X-mas music…thanks mom and dad.

Sometimes I get so caught up in the trials and troubles of everyday life, that I forget to pray and thank GOD for the many blessing he has given me. But my greatest blessing, reminds me every night to be thankful. Before I tuck him into bed he ask can he say his prayers? I have taught and listened to him pray over the past couple of years and I can hear his voice and prayer getting stronger and stronger. He says it with conviction and I love hearing it.

Lately, just thoughts of my son’s voice when he prays, reminds me of how blessed I am. Of course, that started me to think about how GOD feels when he hears his children praying to him. It’s has to be a wonderful feeling because it’s a wonderful feeling for me to hear my son pray. (Click on the link above to listen)

For all the blessings, God has given me, the least I can do is pray.