Foodie Reviews: Smokey Bones

 My family and I are all about doing new things. One of these things are eating at new and different restaurants. So today, since I have the day off, we decided to go check out this barbeque Grill called Smokey Bones. My sister was the only one that looked up reviews. I honestly wish I had been there for that, because then We wouldn't have wasted any money.

Experience: As far as service goes, it was very good. The waitress was very attentive, it was a nice clean atmosphere and the speed in which the food came out wasn't too long. 4/5

Food: No matter the excellence of the Experience, we still went to a restaurant, and the whole point of a restaurant is the food. IT WAS HORRIBLE! Other than my sister, who got a simple hamburger and fries, no one was happy with their meal. My mother got the baby back ribs, mashed potatoes and gravy, and mac N cheese. The MNC had NO flavor, and the ribs were tough AND tender at the same time (How does one do that?!) She got her meal replaced with chicken wings, but she kept repeating how she was so disappointed. My Dad's Stake was fine, but it wasn't worth writing home to john and jacob.
I ordered Tomato linguine with shrimp and grilled corn, Yes it said grilled shrimp, but I thought it would be sauted or something. You think they would try to make the shrimp go with the meal. I eat corn like its going out of style, but I have NEVER had a cup of CORN I didn't like, I HATED THIS CORN! I HATED MY MEAL, the only saving grace was the Shrimp...  2/5

Over all, We agreed that we wouldn't be visiting again.

Have you guys ever been to a restuaurant that turned out to be a giant bust? Leave it down in the comments below.

As Always thanks for reading,
Mistress Out,
Spokhette!

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Costume Shopping

I went shopping with my girls today. We were planning a birthday party, at a skate park. For an 8 year old, she is totally into princesses, So My friends decided we would chaperone and dress up as princesses and like help out with the party, which I'm super excited about, and its like a week from now. So Robin, Ebony and I are: Cinderella, Ariel and Aurora. We had WAY too much fun there. I took plenty of photos, even made videos of Costumed Sword fights. Can't wait to show off the pictures of the party, its going to be way too much fun.

Nothing better than getting in costume and being goofy with your best buddies.

Mistress Out,
Spokhette!

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Whats In My Cabinet: Movie Collection

A couple of weeks ago, I showed you my video game collection, if you thought that was extensive wait until you see my movie collection.

In Order of Left to Right, starting from the top:

- Super Gals Complete Series
- Smallville Season 3
- Veronica Mars Season 3
- Veronica Mars Season 1
- Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2
- Quest for Camelot
- Assassination of a high School President
- Smallville Season 2
- Smallville Season 1
- Smallville Season 4
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Bend it like Beckham
- Wanted
-Legion of Superheroes DVD2
- How to Deal
- Waiting for Forever
- Return of the Vampire
- Nancy Drew
- The Amazing Spider-man
- The Covenant
- Catwoman
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Love and other disasters
- X-MEN
- Picture This!
- The Avengers
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Prom Night (remake)
- He's Just not that into you
- Legion of Superheroes DVD 1
- The Maltese Falcon
- Lucky Number Sleven
- Star Trek
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Watchmen
- Scoop
- New Moon
- Center Stage 2
- Twilight
- Step Up
- Sucker Punch
- Skyfall
- Scott Pilgrim V.S. The World.

What are some of your favorite movies?
Mistress Out,
~Spokhette!~

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10 things Not to do: Planning a house party

  Saturday was my halloween Party. It was super small, and I invited close friends because it was held at the watchtower and I wanted people there that I loved spending time with and could trust with my belongings. This was the first time I planned a party Solely by myself. I had a lot of fun and made a lot of mistakes.

 - Do NOT wait until the last minute to buy candy and snacks: I baked for this event. I finished about 2:15 am on Friday Night. Make it easy on yourself and plan in advance, believe me it may be a bit of a hassle, but you'll thank yourself for it later.

- Do NOT spread the word: Actually send out paper or email invitations, the last things you need are uninvited guests showing up, or your invited guests ending up in the wrong place or on the wrong day. If necessary send two rounds of invitations. One by Email or word of mouth and then one by paper or email.

- Do NOT hesitate to ask for help: Especially if it is your very first party. There is NO such thing as too many hands in the pot when it comes to party Planning. With help, you won't arrive at your own party late, or even worse, guest won't be arriving with no food.

- Do NOT leave Cleaning the location for the event until the last minute:  I actually live in the watchtower, so it's going to get messy, especially since I work two jobs, and I have very Very little free time, Start about a week ahead of time, and just go room to room, by the time the party arrives your apartment will be spick and span.

- Do NOT hesitate to create an invite list: It's your party, you can invite anyone you damn well please. If you have iffy feelings about a certain someone, then DON'T invite them, believe me, if you give in, the whole night you will regret it. Just be firm and give them a nice clear no, or even better: The party is invite only.

- Do NOT Spend too much money: When planning the party make sure that you have a clean and clear cut Budget in mind. You do not want to wind up spending your rent money trying to get this party together. Believe me, having a place to stay is way more important! If you do have "party helpers" then make sure they know what the budget is.

- Do NOT hesitate to ask your guests: Make sure when you are taking care of food, or actually making it, that you ask your guests if they have any allergies! The only thing that ruins a party faster than a destructive drunk would be a trip to the hospital room, just make sure you text everyone in your list, or put the question down in your paper invitations. That way when they RSVP, you know exactly what they can or can not eat.

- Do NOT Allow them free Reign: This is YOUR house, and I am certain you have seen all the stereotypical teen movies!! If you don't want that to happen, just let them know that certain rooms are off limits. or even better, lock the doors, I didn't have an issue with that, because the watchtower, is pretty small, The only room I didn't want them using was the bedroom, so I closed the door. Don't feel guilty! It's YOUR HOUSE, MY WATCHTOWER, you have the right to keep your possessions safe, or out of reach...

-  Do NOT hesitate to PRE-BUS: As a waitress, pre-bussing is important, you grab any unused item on the customers table, before they leave. It makes it incredibly easy to clean the table later when they leave, because you've gotten all of the dishes, and hopefully cups, so the only thing that's left is trash, which you can just *swoop* into the trashcan! Apply this to the aspect of cleaning in regards to your party, if you go around and grab every empty cup, discarded wrapper, imagine how clean it will be when everyone leaves?!

- FINALLY DO NOT forget to have FUN!: ITS YOUR PARTY! Enjoy it, I'm sure you went through a whole slew of things to get it ready and to get people there, so don't forget to have fun as well! Take lots of pictures, and actually talk to your guests, because more than likely they are your friends, and you wanna know whats going on with them, plus if your friends are anything like mine, I KNOW there will be ridiculously fantastic shenanigans going on and you should be loose enough to enjoy them!!

Have fun planning your house party!
Mistress OUT,
~Spokhette!~

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Welcome to March!

OMG guys, I am such a failure, I just realized that I got like ONE thing done on my February to do list.
We will not even start on my driver's license situation, it makes me wanna punch a wall. (Hulk Style) The only thing I took care of was to update my contributor posts more often. Finally got another post up on BGN and Nerdettes United I think I updated twice in one month. Not bad, not bad. So March doesn't have like a lot of things I want to take care of but there are quite a few.

- Dress up like a princess for Robin's Neice's Birthday Party. I have already required Jasmine!

- Start working out more often, Gotta get in shape for the spring!

- Get my Driver's License: March 13th.

- Find an affordable upgrade for my netbook (Who knew it would be so difficult?!)

- Find the energy to create. (Confession: I haven't touched my crochet or knitting needles in Months!)

- Start writing outlines for my youtube videos. (Stops me from rambling...as much)

- Finish reading my T3 Manual.

- Actually Write a Playing Femme Article ( Decide if I want to keep that title, or just add it to Handheld Mistress...Decisions Decisions)

- Finally Get back to updating VSS Regularly. I'm thinking Monday, Wednesday and Friday scheduling.

- Find a way to update EVERYTHING seamlessly. I really need to update more often, half the internet probably thinks I'm dead...



ENJOY MARCH SUGARS!!!!

Mistress Out,
~SPOKHETTE!~

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Honest To Blog: Quvenzhané Wallis

 I am so angry right now, with people. People in general, who don't see that there is an issue, with calling a 9 year old girl out of her name. She is 9 years old, She is a child, she deserves love, affection and respect. The onion, a "satirical" website, decided to tweet about Quevenzhane, on Oscar night.

"Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a c--t, right? #Oscars2013."

How is that funny? How is taking a 9 year old girl. who is experiencing something for the first time, obviously something that she enjoys doing, why would you take that away from her? I scoured the net, looking for people who were just as outraged as I. The comments I found only fueled my fire. A big part of this, is just the fact that people are cruel.

She's a nine year old African American Little Girl, She did an amazing job in a movie, she's in a pretty dress on television, and there isn't anything wrong with her, lets ruin that for her. Honestly, What is your thought process? How in the world do you think its ok, to write that about her?

A big part of the comments are half and half. Half are saying, oh its a total joke, people need to calm down, and the other half, Which it pains me to write, a lot of them are extremely racist. "They used the wrong word? They should have replaced it with  "n-g--r"? ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW? 
People are so QUICK to say its 2013! Racism doesn't exist anymore. BullSHIT!

I wonder if anyone noticed all the negative attention surrounding the character in Hunger Games? If not please feel free to revert to this article, which couldn't word it any better.http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

Things need to change, and they need to change now. Who ever wrote the tweet, should apologize, not just delete the tweet. If you put it on the internet, and then delete it, it doesn't go anyway. It doesn't just disappear, you defamed a child, and you should pay.

All the people who don't think its a "big deal" should sit down in a dark room by themselves and think about how horrible a person they are.

To all the people who "defend" the comment, by saying, the girl needs to be taken down a few pegs, she was too confident? She's NINE years old, and Had enough confidence to do what she did, DO NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HER. You go anywhere, and hear people talk about any girl who isn't of "color" and its all about giving girls the confidence they need to succeed,  helping girls with body issues, helping girls know their worth, and NOW because a Girl of COLOR knows her worth, and has SELF-CONFIDENCE, Suddenly its an issue? Suddenly because The Black girl knows that she deserves better than what people have been feeding "us" for YEARS, she needs to be knocked back into her place?

How dare you? How do those people leave with themselves? I'm going to finish this, otherwise, I'll be writing for years, but I have this to say.

Whoever wrote that tweet should be punished. If you don't see this as being a racist issue, not only are you an idiot you are fucking blind. Because not only have you missed, that we are here to stay, but you have missed the fact, that We are strong, and resillient, you did not give us any liberties, and you damn sure don't deserve the power to take them away. We will rise and we will be respected, and if you can't get with that program then get out of the damn way, because we're moving forward, and anything in our way will be promptly removed.

Good Day,

Gabriella E. M. Ballard

PLEASE! Join me in Boycotting that pathetic excuse of a satire website.

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Television shows I wish I'd watched earlier...

With the purchase of my playstation 3 last year, comes the ability to watch Netflix on my television. With this ability I can chill out in my living room and enjoy Televison shows and movies from the comfort of my couch and I can watch things that aren't even on tv anymore! Its amazing, So I'm going to show you guys 10 tv shows that I wished I had been around for when they were actually on tv.


10.) Hex
 A television show about witches that came on BBC America. I caught maybe four episodes, and I've been waiting for it to come on netflix or hulu for the past 3-5 years...



09.) Merlin
  A re-imagining of the Classic King Aurther Storry on BBC America. I saw the first season, and I really need to catch up.


08.) Highlander
  I watched this all the time when I was little, they used to show re-runs on WGN, before they became TNT.


07.) Danger Mouse
  A Super Old Cartoon, about a superhero mouse and his sidekick mole. Its adorable. It's definitely a favorite, you can watch the whole series on Hulu.


06.) Rocky and Bullwinkle
  I seriously hope I dont have to explain this one. Its literally a classic. I love the episode where Bullwinkle creates Rocket Fuel out of his grandmother's Cake recipe.


05.) Speed Racer
  I grew up with this show. I never got to finish it, but thanks to hulu, I can watch the whole thing. I was notorious, for having a Go Speed Go! Ringtone.


04.) Batman (1966)
  There will never be a better live action television show about batman. Ever. Burt Ward, Adam West and Eartha Kitt, you can't possibly go wrong. I absolutely LOVE THIS SHOW! It honestly is one of my favorites, I can sit there and re-watch it over again.


03.) Dark Shadows
  Not the revival series, but the original black 'n white series from the sixties. I used to watch episodes on WGN with My uncle Torri and My grandmother, and Snacking on a mountain of her famous Grilled Cheese sandwiches, this show literally defined part of my childhood, it totally broke my heart when Burton ruined it for a movie...


02.) Dick Tracy
  I like to watch it all alone in the dark and I knit, and I laugh to myself like a crazy drunkard, which makes me laugh even harder, because I don't drink, and it just makes me super glad that I watch it alone, because if people could see me, they would probably think I'm insane.


01.) Star Trek
  Yes, the original. Does anything Else Really need to be said about it? I mean William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, and Leonard Nimoy, how can you go wrong?



Thanks for Reading,
Mistress Out,
~Spokhette!~

If you guys wanna check these out, try Netflix, and hulu.

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