Incidents in the life of.....
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
WHEW! Today my kids had a field day and they had a blast! I think the best part of it was getting to play the teachers in basketball and kickball. We beat them in kickball, but on the three-on-three basketball games, some student teams beat the teacher teams. Then they dunked about five members of the staff about five times each. Those children were too close. Needless to say, I came home and got straight in the tub. I should have pressed my hair out, but I didn't feel like it.
OK, I am ready to look for a job! I am strongly considering going back to Yazoo, but it really doesn't matter. I hope I can get somewhere close to Jackson so that I can keep this current job. That way I can pay this carnote off and have one less financial burden.
I think Mr. Interesting and I going to see The Da Vinci Code this weekend. I miss being in his presence. His conversations are so stimulating and he is just hillarious.
I am talking to this other dude and we are not going to make it. He gets on my nerves with his stupid questions and comments. He likes to argue simple, dumb shit. Then he had the gall to start talking about wedding plans, so I had to get off the phone. LOSER. I think I need to go ahead and let this one go because he is not all the way there.
I have to call the best friend to see what the weekend plans are. Everytime I go home, she asks what we are going to do. Maybe we can go to Outback because she loves it.
I wonder if a game will be on this weekend because my dad and I usually watch games together.
Let me get off this thing because I really don't have anything to talk about.
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5/24/2006 ::
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
What a day!
Wow, I have been up and running since 7 a.m. I got up, checked e-mail and facebook, talked to my friend and my Mr. Interesting, showered and dressed all before 9 a.m. That's quite a lot for a Saturday morning.
Then Jameka and I went shopping for something to wear to graduation. I ended up buying two dresses, shoes, and accesories. Then we had lunch at Lenny's. I have enjoyed spending time with her these last two days. Last night we went to eat at Roadhouse (?). I'd never been there because I am not too fond of steak, but my ribs were wonderful. They had peanuts shells on the floor like Logans (though Jameka says Logan's is knock-off of Logans.) and I couldn't help but think about BOB thinking that was the most unsanitary thing in the world. It's funny how something that you want so bad just might not be in the cards.
After shopping and lunch, I went to the mixer with my sorors. That was nice. It was good seeing my line sisters and older GO members. Soror Celia Carr was there. She said she is celebrating the 55th anniversary of her graduation this year. The woman looks GOOD! She drove herself to the mixer and just sat there, talking, chilling. A few of my sorors decided to crash a wedding reception that I did not get an invite to (neither did most of them). I knew the couple was getting married, but I was kinda shocked (in a way) that I didn't get an invite.
After leaving the mixer, I went to see a co-worker's daughter play soccer. I had never been to a soccer game and i thoroughly enjoyed it. I pretty much like all sports if I am watching in person. The only sport I really like to watch on TV is basketball, and only NBA. Anyway, back to the soccer game...It was so fun. Those little girls were playing their hearts out. They lost though, but it was fun. They are the only select black team in the state and they are good. Their goalie was awesome, even though they scored on her twice!
OK...After I left the soccer field, I met another friend, who's nice enough, at the video store and picked up some Nicholas Cage movie. I think it was called Lord of Wars or something like that. It wasn't what I expected, but it was interesting nonetheless. I fell asleep on it, but only because it was late. My body starts shutting down at 1030.
So that brings me back here at 1230 in the a.m., checking e-mail and facebook. When I checked it a few minutes ago, I got some pretty disturbing news, but I may just be jumping to conclusions. I will know better tomorrow or the day after once I talk to the person, but I'm almost sure I am right bc shit just ain't right.
Anyway, I'm going to close this post and talk to my cousin on messenger!
Oh yeah, Ray Nagin won the elections in New Orleans. I'm excited about that, but I hope he learns how to control his mouth and lets go of some of those racists sentiments!
Night Errybody!
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5/21/2006 ::
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Monday, May 15, 2006
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5/15/2006 ::
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Monday, May 08, 2006
A quick post
I have been on this computer approximately one hour and have yet to do what I am supposed to be doing-writing that final paper. I am half way through it. I have checked facebook and e-mailed my professor. I've read old posts and caught up on my friends' posts. I even read a blog that I don't normally read. Now I am talking to Tanjala on this fridging messenger. I have to do better.
I went to church today and loved it, as always. Well, today the pastor asked me where he knew me from and I told him that I couldn't recall. (Whenever I say I can't recall, it means that I just don't want to say.) When I think about where I know him from, it makes me not want to listen to him. His sermons are powerful though. We have to learn how to separate the man from the message.
Oh, today I turned to BET (which is a rarity in itself) to hear some gospel music while getting dressed. Well, they were having a conversation about 'prosperity preachers.' When I went to Atlanta, I went to my LS's church and all her pastor preached about was how to get rich. That kinda bothered me because I think there are too many lost souls for a man to spend an hour in the pulpit talking about how to gain wealth on earth. My LS said I missed the point because the point of the message was for you to get rich then give back to someone else. Giving back is good, but how put preaching about salvation so that souls are saved and they can go minister to someone else. BACK TO BET Someone on there said there is nothing wrong with the preacher having 3 Bentleys, as long as the members aren't in the poor house. My friend and I agreed with her on this one. The other two people on the show (who were coincidentally men) said nothing is wrong with it because God didn't intend for us to be poor and the people are choosing to go the church and give the man their money. The people are choosing to go the church and give their money, but that's because they are promising them blessings for giving. These people have just fallen victim to false prophets. I need to end this and go back to that paper. Two points....Preachers need to start preaching about the gospel and how to get to heaven rather than preaching those "get rich or die trying sermons." (Another pastor in Atlanta called them that. I think I am going to have to go hear him next week.) 2. BET is horrible and people need to boycott it until it starts uplifting the black race. I know that's way off topic, but I hate BET.
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5/08/2006 ::
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Saturday, May 06, 2006
Freaking Liger
That came from Napolean Dynamite...lion and tiger.
I wrecked my freaking car! It's official that I cannot drive. I was trying to go around a car and side swiped the hell out his bumper. I got a quote for $1200. I guess I will get it fixed next week. Don't know yet. Maybe I will get take it to the body shop while I am in Atlanta. That way I won't have to get a rental. If I do though, it doesn't matter because that's why I ahve insurance.
I have to go back to Cingular today. This will be the third trip I have made about this phone and I haven't even had it 2 months. The first time they had to give me a new battery. The second time they had to give me a new phone. This time, I want a different make and model. That makes no sense. The phone has been saying searching since last night at about 930. I powered off and on five times. Nothing is working. No matter where I am, it doesn't work. I can't dial 911 or 611. That's some bull shit.
I have a 12 page paper to do as well. It's due Tuesday. I am going to have to work all day today and tomorrow on it. I will use Monday to study for my final.
I am addicted to that darn facebook. I check that darn thing daily. Most of time more than daily. It's a good way to maintain contact with old friends/ acquaintances. It's a good way to make new ones, too. I have a huge crush on this guy I have never met, never held a conversation. I'm usually attracted to thinking people, smart people. It's not like he goes around using a slew of big words or anything, but from his profile and photo albums, you know he must be a "thinking man." He's pro-black, too. Tougaloo instilled that in me. Sometime while at Tougaloo, I started reading only books by African Americans. I read a few autobiographies and a ton of fiction. Either way, it helped me learn about my history and better understand myself. It wasn't only the reading, it was the conversations with the people around me. Ok, back to my crush....Did I mention he was cute? And frat? Well, he is. That makes him even better! I don't know if he is just book smart, but he is definitely well-read and seems to care about the plight of our race. He has a daughter,too. She looks just like him. Anyway, I have spent more time talking about him than I did about my darn car, so I will just stop.
Seems like it's road trip time again. I will headed back to Atlanta next weekend to see my spec receive her second master's and she's not even 25! ~*~Congrats Ranada~*~ I don't know who I am going to road trip with once my buddy moves to the most common trip destination!
That's about it. I guess I need to head to Cingular then to the library!
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5/06/2006 ::
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Currently
I'm in a good mood right now. I'm just happy. My friend LJ and I went home this weekend and spent time with the family. I don't know. I just had a nice little time. God is working on my fam right now. He is taking us throu something. We all have our moments when it seems like we are at our worst. My sister went through it a few years ago. My brother is going through something right now. I really think God has a divine purpose for his life and he has to go through his current situation to get to it. I don't exactly know how I feel about it right now. I know what is going on, but I almost feel like it's not. I haven't fully accepted it. Sunday we had dinner together and took pictures. I don't think my brother really understood what was on my mom's mind because he left. I think if he really knew why she wanted us all to eat together, he would have stayed. Yet, with his current mindset, he probably wouldn't have. Before we went to eat, we took family portraits. We hadn't done that since I was in kindergarten. The only reason I remember it was then is because I had long pony tails. When I was in the first grade, I traded them in for a gheri curl! :) I don't know. I cried Friday on my way home, but that's it. Maybe tomorrow when something actually happens, then I will cry. I don't know.
Anyway,though it doesn't seem like it, I am in a good mood. Nothing particularly good happened today. Class was boring. We watched Scotland, PA. It's a horrible adaptation of Macbeth. It sucks. It's a comedy. It just wasn't good. The other people in the class liked it though. KH is trying to steal my man on facebook. They both are going to come up missing! I need to work on my final paper. I can knock it out later. It shouldn't be that hard.
Aww man, I have been reading ASSATA and it is awesome. The woman is great. Her story is educating me. I've known for sometime that Lincoln didn't "free" the slaves because he loved black people. I knew it was for economic reasons, but when I read his words quoted in her book, it's unbelievable. There is a part in there where he says that if he could save the union without freeing any slaves he would. If he could save the union by freeing some slaves and leaving others where they are, he would. Then there is a part where he says that the only thing a black man can do it shine his shoes and something else. Then he talks about trying to find a way to send all the slaves somewhere else. He says he really doesn't care, just as long as they leave the U.S.
She briefly mentions Congress purposely giving blankets that were infected with small pox to the Native Americans. It was weird because I'd just seen an episode of South Park where the Native Americans gave small pox infested blankets to the white people. People kept telling me that the directors of South Park are politically correct, but I'd never watched it. Kinda like The Boondocks. Well, I guess they were right, but if you don't know what they are playing off of, you wouldn't get it.
The other day, I was reading something. It was probably the part about her name change. I almost went and cut my hair off. I wanted to change my name. I love Ashley because it fits my personality. I think I could have been a Tiffany, but I think Ashley fits. I just wanted a name that meant something, not the name from the white girl on Young and the Restless. She talks about people with perms being revolutionaries and people with fros not being revolutionaries. That was good. I need to figure out when I am going to fight.
I also started reading Jasmine Guy's biography of Afeni Shakur. The tone of it is so different than that of ASSATA. Assata's book is more dramatic, I guess. From the first page, I was drawn into it. I had to know what was going to happen. I had to know what made her a Black Panther. I needed to know why she was charged with such heinous crimes. Afeni's bio is more so a story. It's like a conversation between two friends. You can see the mutual respect between her and Jasmine. Afeni just seems like a nice, down-to-earth country girl. I know she's a Panther because Assata mentions her in ASSATA and Nikki Giovanni talked about her when she came to Tougaloo. I'm sure once Afeni starts talking about "the revolution" I am going to be just as engrossed in her book as I was ASSATA. Afeni makes it clear that she does not want to be "fascinating." I just want to be enlightened. It's so much I don't know. She tells Jasmine about the Native Americans in a neighboring town running the KKK away and Jasmine asks her if that was her first taste of "revolution." She quickly corrects her and tells her that it was her first taste of "resistance." It was when she knew she wanted/needed to resist certain things. She tells her she knew nothing about a revolution, nothing about changing the world. That's a good point. Oftentimes people don't recognize the difference. I am really going to enjoy that book when class it out and I can read more.
Happy Day
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5/01/2006 ::
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