One Thousand (More) Words.

I Support Gay Rights.

LOVE is louder than ignorance.
LOVE is louder than hate.
LOVE is louder. :-)

For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

I'm so excited about this movie!!! The book, a performance poem, honestly and completely changed my life. There are things that we're not allowed to say as Black women -- that we're not supposed to say -- and this book shattered all of that for me. I say and write what I feel, unapologetically ... because if I don't, who will? I appreciate revolutionaries like Ntozake Shange giving "colored girls" like little old me a voice.

The movie, For Colored Girls, was produced and directed by Tyler Perry and is set to open on November 5th.

"...somebody/anybody

sing a black girl's song

bring her out

to know herself

to know you

but sing her rhythms

carin/struggle/hard times

sing her song of life

she's been dead so long

closed in silence so long

she doesn't know the sound

of her own voice

her infinite beauty

she's half-notes scattered

without rhythm/no tune

sing her sighs

sing the song of her possibilities

sing a righteous gospel

let her be born

let her be born

& handled warmly."

Excerpt from For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange

Willow Smith -- Whip My Hair (Official Video)

love it.

I Wrote This.

CLICK HERE: Sex, Blogs and Videotape: An Elementary School Teacher's Tale

....please only post comments in response to the post, not about me. lol. none of that "i love you" or "i'm so proud of you, nad" stuff. i appreciate you guys.

This Week's Random Quote...

"I am not eccentric. I’m just more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish."
- Dame Edith Sitwell


This woman, who I didn't even bother researching (lol), just described me to a tee.
Amazing.

I Didn't Watch the Hip Hop Awards, But...

I did google this cypher because I like the Simmons family. Lol. Diggy is a star. JoJo... well... poor JoJo. And Rev Run showed us he still got it!!!

Oh yea, and Ice Cube and his wana be thug sons are in the video as well...




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BLOG 33: All My Thoughts, On Internet Paper.

You ever get the feeling that you're on the verge of something good? I've been having brain blocks lately... the kind that prevent me from completing full tasks, or writing something meaningful. It's like I'm on the cusp but can't quite get over.

So, I'm writing... just writing it out until something clicks.

Hmmm... What's new with me? I have a new roommate. Well, she's not so new anymore. Lol. She moved into my apartment 4 months ago and so far so good. God has a way of placing the people you need in your life at the right time. After the foolishness I was dealing with before, I needed a roomie who was ready to be an adult. She's a true friend, honest even when it's not convenient and, most importantly, she's grown a** woman... and I needed that. Grateful.

I've been writing a lot this semester. For now, though it's time consuming work, I'm relishing in the opportunity to do something I absolutely love (and make money doing it) for the first time in my life. Grateful.

My love life is... well...I've fallen head over heels for Brooklyn all over again. He is nurturing me, teaching me and protecting me. I love him and he loves me back, tenderly and imperfectly. Every now and then, we get into these huge blow outs... the kind that make me consider leaving him for another more familiar city. But then a cool breeze blows the smell of fresh fallen leaves across my face and I'm stuck... happily stuck. And grateful.

Hmmm... I guess I'm just grateful. Life is moving in the right direction with very little prompting from little ole me. So maybe it's not that I'm on the verge of something good, I'm actually in the midst of it... 'Tis my season, I suppose. Blessed even though I'm a hot mess. :-)

P.S. -- I swear, writing is therapeutic. Whew!

Wisdom in Cartoon Form

Image via Kazenki

Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon Made Me Smile.

First peeped on NecoleBitchie