My great grandmother smoked. My grandmother used to smoke too. She inherited the habit. She also inherited her cooking skills. I learned how to cook at their knees during the summer months.
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I’ve lived in 4 states
Been to Vegas
Seen the first black President…….and was there on election night
Met friends
Family
Laughed
Loved
And been on some real good adventures
Happy Birthday to Me!!!!!
Here’s to the next 32!!!!!
Category: The Movement
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Let me help some of y’all out because I saw some of my old classmates on myspace today and babaaaaaaays, I was reminded of why I don’t fuck with myspace. SMH
- If your screen name contains the word “classy” and your picture is showing 2 halves of your nipple and your ass is tooted up in the air….that’s an oxymoron. Dumb broad……sheesh.
- Don’t put your high school skinny photo next to your most current one…KNOWING your ass looks like Grady from Sanford and Son and caption it “CAT DADDY!” BLACK MAN PLEASE! sheesh
- To my sisters…..if you know you weren’t friends with that hoof mouth bitch back in undergrad, DO NOT (I repeat) DO NOT “friend” her on Facebook and leave a message like “HEY GIRL! It’s been so long. How are you doing?” with smiley faces and shit.
- To everyone who graduated from undergrad in 1999 with me OR EARLIER….we’re too old for Sears Portraits in our interview suits with our arms folded and leaning against a big ass “08″ in the background.
- Ooooooohhhh and as a follow up to #3….If I didn’t talk to your hoof mouth ass back then, don’t send me a friend request, try to add me to your network, or follow me. I’ve experienced some growth in life….but I ain’t changed that much chick.
Category: The Movement
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As an adult……do you still expect to receive gifts during Christmas? From your significant other, kids, family, anyone in particular?
On last night’s local news broadcast, a woman said that because of the current economic situation, she was allowing her children to choose one gift each. I thought to myself “damn……talk about eliminating the holiday spirit! There is none of the intent and spirit left in the holiday season when you take your kids to the store and say “pick one each.” There is no surprise on Christmas morning. There is no pretending of celebrating the season instead of worshipping the commercialness of the day. I was very disappointed.
I don’t have a tree this year.
There are no decorations in my home this year.
There won’t be any gifts this year.
Every time someone speaks about this “holiday season” it is in reference to the economy…….focusing only on shopping, commercialism, and materialism. IF I wasn’t depressed enough over the lack of Christmas shit in my life right now……..a Christmas focused solely on children choosing their own gifts and my mother telling me to pick out a gift and email it to her and she’ll buy it and have it sent via amazon.com……..damn sure does it for me.
Last Christmas I was in Las Vegas celebrating a wedding and enjoying a kick ass buffet at the Sahara hotel and casino.
This year I do believe I’m going to either be at the movie theater or in my house having a chick flick day with Mahogany, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 16 Candles, Dreamgirls, and In The Heat of The Night.
I’ve lost my holiday sparkle….
Category: The Movement
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Those words are on a billboard off the highway in a neighboring state. It bothered the shit out of me. I will admit to being radical when it comes to certain issues (immigration, the penal system, same sex marriage), but at the same time I can’t accept why people who are pro-life are so passionate about the issue that they become ignorant! Attempting to deny a woman……a stranger that you don’t even know……EVERY WOMAN….the right to choose what she does with her own body is one of the most ignorant things I have ever heard. Billboards and beliefs like the title are plain ignorant. Am I saying that being pro-life is ignorant? Not at all. You have the right…..but how dare you insinuate that because I am pro-choice that it equates to supporting death.
Clear explanation: Pro-choice is not supporting abortion. It is supporting the right to CHOOSE.
Roe v. Wade centrally held that a mother may abort her pregnancy for any reason, up until the “point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable.’” The Court defined viable as being “potentially able to live outside the mother’s womb, albeit with artificial aid. Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.” The Court also held that abortion after viability must be available when needed to protect a woman’s health, which the Court defined broadly in the companion case of Doe v. Bolton. These rulings affected laws in 46 states.
That definition is what makes it easy for me to accept and tolerate non-ignorant pro-lifers. Viability is different in everyone’s mind and so is the definition of life. That is acceptable. People have the right to their beliefs. People also have the right to have their beliefs respected! Not insulted, not admonished, not stomped on.
I volunteered with a family planning company for several years and one of my early duties was to chase away people harassing the incoming patients. They would attempt to take pictures and write down license plate numbers. In return I would do the same to them and report them to the police. Harassment is illegal. So see….I have long term experience with IGNORANCE.
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