SoapNights / Kristin Nicole

Sitting in an office all day?

The Office

I wake up and I’m at work by 7am every morning. I sit in an office all day with no windows. Some may say it’s a bit depressing. Yeah, sometimes sunlight would be nice, some fresh air, the open sky, BUT Sometimes it’s nice that I’m back here with no one to bother me, away from the bad weather. Especially Rainy Season here in Miami. However, sometimes I wish I had some type of exciting job, a job where you have to get out and drive around a little, get out of the office, stretch your legs, smell the flowers.

To tell you the truth, I’m not sure where this story is going….There isn’t much to tell. You come in, you sit, you work and you leave. Do you realize that we spend most of our days with the people we work with then with the people we love? It’s pretty sad actually that half our lives are spent at work. If you love your job, I guess it’s not so bad, but if it’s just that “A JOB” Is anyone every truly happy to be there? It’s more of a means to gain money, to pay your bills and survive out there in the world.

Studying to have your career one day

After work I study, I go to class twice a week and the rest of the week I have on line classes. It’s tough having to work full time and go to school. If you are one of the lucky ones that your parents are paying for your education and you don’t have to work, you don’t know how good you have it. Stay focused and finish school as fast as you can. I pay my own way, and it’s hard sometimes, having to get that money each semester. Books alone depending on how many classes you’re taking can run you from 200 dollars and up. It’s truly ridiculous the prices of these books. Hmmm maybe I should get into the book business. I bet they make a fortune off of us. Those books can’t possibly cost what you pay for them.

So after a long night last night of studying for my Final Exam today, I have to say I don’t think I’m 100% prepared. I’m a bit of a wreck, and nervous, and I’m not feeling to confident about it. I just hope I do good. During lunch I’m going to review and a little before the exam. Wish me luck all…I NEED IT~

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Another day another dollar… Right?!?

Today is only Tuesday? Looking at the calendar I can’t believe it’s already the end of July. Next thing you know, we are in December and Christmas is here and more gifts, more money spent. I need a break. I feel like every time you turn a corner, it’s another birthday or occasion that you have to dish out money for, money I don’t really want to spend right now. In my family, birthdays begin in August and then don’t stop until Janurary, and then I get oh One month break.

Let me show you the list of people’s birthday’s in the order starting in August:

August
My boyfriend
My boyfriends Dad

September
My dad

October
My mom
My little cousin
My boyfriends Mom

November
My brother
My nephew #1
My aunt
My boyfriends Cousin

December
My birthday which doesn’t count heh
My boyfriends Aunt
& CHRISTMAS (THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THEM ALL)

Janurary
My sister
My cousin

Then oh February
I get birthday’s off but it is Valentine

March
My godson/Cousin
My boyfriends Uncle

April
My sister in law

May
My boyfriends Cousin

June
My nephew #2

July
I get off CAN YOU BELIEVE IT…. & then August starts all over again. I NEVER GET A BREAK.

This doesn’t even include the in between friends birthdays that throw parties. I’m also sure there were a few in between that I may have forgotten LOL.

Well bring it on Birthdays, there is no turning back and August is only a few days away.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Remember I talked about this story last week (Thursday) about a man who was shot in his car at the Miramar Hospital. Well they have a guy under arrest. You can link to the previous article to catch up Here.

The story….

Police have arrested a man by the name of Ricardo Manuel Gutierrez on Sunday for “allegedly” murdering a man at the Miramar hospital. The man’s name was Antonio Noisette, he was a cafeteria worker and was found dead in his car last week, police said.

The surveillance video that police were investigating and witness interviews led police to Ricardo Gutierrez, 43, police said in a news release Sunday night. It was Thursday, July 16, 2009, when police found the body of Antonio Noisette, 55, in a parking lot at Memorial Hospital Miramar. He had been shot several times and was found in the early morning around 5am.

Police are saying that an emergency room physician pronounced him dead at the scene. By the time the rescue workers reached Antonio Noisette’s Toyota on the east side of the parking lot, he was already dead. They found one window shattered. Right now Police are not discussing any possible motives for the case.

My Thoughts

Antonio Noisette has four children, what are these children going to do now without their father? Why did this shooting take place? Questions even the police are still trying to figure out. It’s always sad to hear stories like this, especially of someone with children they now leave behind. I can not imagine, what these children must be going through right now. Life works in ways we’ll never understand, ways that cause pain and grief. With time, you will heal, but the pain will always remain from a loss of someone you loved dearly, someone who was close to your heart. My prayers go out to the family of Antonio Noisette, and I hope that they put this man away for a life time.

For more Information on this go to MiamiHerald.com

XO,
Kristin Nicole

I was introduced to this story by a fellow Yelper, if you don’t know what a Yelper is you can always go to Yelp.com ….So anyway, He posted this story in one of the threads floating around on Yelp. I couldn’t believe what I was reading….

The Story

They said more then 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were told to leave from a Private Swim Club and were left to wonder if there race was the issue.

“I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,’” said camper Dymire Baylor.

The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. They are a private club that advertises open membership, however, with the campers’ first visit to the pool this club suggested they leave.

“When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool,” Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. “The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately.”

The club offered to refund them the money but the Camp Director Aetha Wright said that the parents didn’t want a refund, they just wanted a place where there children can swim. They are still unsure, and unsettled as to why they weren’t welcomed to the Club.

“They just kicked us out. And we were about to go. Had our swim things and everything,” said camper Simer Burwell.

“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement.

My thoughts

I am truly astonished by this kind of act. Honestly I’m disgusted. I didn’t think that people can still be so cruel in regards to a persons color, especially to innocent children. Are people that ignorant still? Are people that stupid? I say stupid, because if you are racist, that’s exactly what you are. STUPID! I can use stronger words, but I won’t. When the President of the club John Duelser stated that there was concerns that a lot of the kids would change the complexion, and atmosphere of the club, I could not believe he was actually stating that to the press. Is he an idiot? I’m honestly speechless. I don’t even know what to say about these people. I just hope that they realize the world has changed, and it doesn’t matter what the color of your skin is, we are all the same, we are all human.

I say a prayer to those people because honestly to be so ignorant you need someone to save you.

If you want to read more about this go to NBC.com

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Memorial Hospital

A Miramar hospital employee was shot dead at work Thursday morning.

Miramar Hospital

There are different articles on this story I’m about to discuss, all relatively similar but a few different points, so I am going to link you to each article I found at the bottom of my discussion.

The story:

It was only about 4:30 am when an employee from Miramar Hospital was shot while sitting in his car in the parking lot, on 1901 SW 172nd Ave.

They are saying an off-duty police officer who was in the hospital ran outside and fired at the shooter, Miramar police spokesman Tania Rues said. Other articles are saying it was a police officer who was inside the hospital who was on security detail. Either way the officer ran outside only to find the victim already dead.

Police are looking for a red Nissan Xterra SUV, and they are looking at surveillance cameras in hopes to find out more about the killer. Around 5:00 to 5:30 a.m., the victim’s body remained in the driver’s seat of his car and was pronounced dead. Police still have not released the persons name or why he may have been shot. This case is still under investigation.

The hospital is still open to the public.

My Thoughts:

It’s scary to read and hear about cases like this. Cases that lye so close to home. Why was this man shot? The person who did it, what were they thinking? Questions no one knows at the moment. Hopefully the cameras will show more detail on how the shooter looks, and hopefully they will catch him quickly before he does something else.

If you want to read the links I got the information from go to Miami Herald , CBS 4 News , or SunSentinal.com

My prayers go out to the victim shot in his car and to his family who will now have to mourn his death.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Trent Reznor

Hurt lyrics

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

I ran into this song searching things on the web, and I thought the lyrics were really good. Simple but good. I read that Johnny Cash wrote the song, but then ran into another website that indicates that Trent Reznor wrote the song. If you know who truly wrote it, please let me know.

Johnny Cash

This is the website HERE that tells the story.

If you want to see the video Johnny Cash did for the cover of this song Click Here

XO,
Kristin Nicole

First lets start with the title “Alleged Abductors”. Doesn’t alleged mean it may or may not have happened. But clearly the girl was abducted from her home? No?

So back to the story on hand….

Tuesday morning around 4:05 am a teen girl was “allegedly” abducted from her home by gun point and put inside a van. (The type of van is still unknown). There were two men and when one of them tried to rape her, she fought back, something a lot of women hesitate to do, because they are scared the abductor might hurt them more. She was able to kick him in the groan and get out of the van to run for help. This teenage girl is very brave and I am very happy that she got away.

Who are these men?

The police released a sketch, (the one posted above) of a man who’s believed to be in his 30′s with black hair and possibly Hispanic. “Police said he appears to be unshaven and was wearing a white or gray pair of sneakers. The second suspect was described as a white man, possibly Hispanic.” Now I know what your thinking this is about almost every 30 year old man in Miami, minus what he might have been wearing. I’m sure he’s changed by now. Either way, I just hope they find these men, and quick. Before they try to “allegedly” abduct another girl.

What is on your mind?

I just think that this poor young girl will now be traumatized, but grateful to still be alive and untouched. I hope that they catch these idiots. I say idiots because I cannot comprehend a man or men (in this case) to do such a thing. Do they even deserve the name “MEN”? Because I don’t think a real man would have to go so low as to “allegedly” abduct a teenage girl from there home and then try to rape them. Who knows what else they had in mind for this young girl. She was just very lucky to get away. I think more women should fight back if something like this was to happen to them. Fighting back might save your life.

If you like to read more about this story Click HERE.

RIP Michael Jackson

It is always sad to hear about a famous person passing away. It’s even sadder when the person passing means so much to so many people.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was an Icon to many, and even though there were many rumors passing that he was a “pervert” or that he “molested children”. I just don’t think that it’s true. Sure he was strange, and maybe we didn’t understand him all that much, but that doesn’t mean the man molested children. Honestly if you were a parent of a boy/girl that was “supposedly” molested by any man, would you take money (no matter how much) or fight to put them away in jail??? I’m not a mother, but if I was, I wouldn’t take any amount of money, even if it’s millions of dollars, I would fight and I would tell that person to shove the money where the sun don’t shine. I would fight and make sure that they would go to jail. I wouldn’t take the money. So what does that say to you? Either this women is a horrible mother or she just wanted money?!?

Memorial

They stated on the news they believe they had the private memorial last night with his family. Today the public memorial will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They say 1.6 million people signed up for tickets but only about 8,750 people received tickets. This funeral will be one of the biggest in history, with elephants crossing the street to the arena. If you want to read more about this Click HERE

Sad moments….

It’s sad, and it’s ashame that MJ had to pass before he had time to come back. He was planning the tour in London and he sounded better then ever, most say. You can actually find video’s on Youtube.com. So today’s the day the world says good bye to an incredible performer, and as they all shed tears for a man no one really knew we close our eyes and pray he’s in peace.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

This weekend was a long weekend for me. Our office closed since July 4th was on a Saturday this year.

Friday July 3, 2009

Friday I got up early, cleaned the house, did some laundry, and started dinner for my parents who were coming back from their vacation in Sanibell. They got home around 1pm and we hung out for a bit and later went into the pool. The pool was so relaxing, the day started off with rain but later became a beautiful day. We later had dinner and got ready to go to the HardRock Cafe in Hollywood to meet up with some friends of ours. We went to the Improv to see Todd Glass. He was funny, but not has funny as I thought he would be. His opening act was a man by the name David, I can’t remember his last name and I wish I did because he was really funny.

After the improv we decided to go get some drinks. We started off at this Piano Bar. Okay you have to believe me when I say this was funnier then the improv. There was some women dancing on the stage which was just hilarious. Then they called up 4 men to dance on stage with that song that Will Smith dances to in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. You can see the video HERE

I love this video, it’s too funny, so you can imagine these guys dancing to this song right in front of you. It was so funny, I wish I would have filmed it. We later sat outside Tatu for some drinks. We enjoyed talking and the music that came from the bar across from us. Friday night ended nice.

Saturday July 4th

Saturday was a lazy day. We didn’t want to do anything. My boyfriend worked most of the morning and I later decided to go in the pool. We enjoyed the pool and started BBQ’ing.
The food came out Delish!!! We later got ready and decided to go to the movies instead of finding a place where there were fireworks. So we went at 9pm to see the movie Public Enemy with Johnny Dept. You can see the trailer HERE True story and a great movie, Johnny Dept did an incredible job in this movie.

Sunday July 5, 2009

Sunday was a lounging day, I did a little homework and then packed our stuff and headed to my boyfriends house. We got stuck in traffic for about an hour due to an accident but once we got home we relaxed and watched tv. Later caught Ice Age Part I on Fx. I was excited to see it because I had only seen Part II. Which later came on after Part I was finished. I really want to see the 3rd one that is just coming out, looks really funny.

So sunday was over with a flash and here we are, starting Monday all over again. Hoping this week goes fast….

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Any Plans this week for July 4th?

I don’t really have any set plans but I know a lot of people go to the beach or Bayside or Parks to see the Firework displays. I’ve never really been one to want to sit and watch the Fireworks though. Maybe this year that will change though. We’ll see….

Events in Miami:

Bayfront Park
Miami Beach
Hollywood Beach
Picnic at a Park
Key Biscayne 50th Anniversary parade.

Click on this LINK HERE to find out more ideas on what to do July 4th in Miami.

Last year I didn’t have a good experience. We went up to Naples to enjoy a mini vacation and on July 4th we were getting ready to go to dinner when from the side BAMB!!!!! My brand new car only 2 months old was hit on the drivers side. Luckily no one was hurt and we were fine, but my car wasn’t. I cried and felt horrible the rest of the vacation time. So this year, I’m a little hesitant to go anywhere. A little scared…..

So just be careful when you are driving out there, because there are idiots on the street.

What do you do on July 4th???

Where do you live? What do you normally do July 4th weekend?

Love to hear feedback….

XO,
Kristin Nicole