ok soooo... I had to really think about this whole Trayvon Martin thing. And right off the bat, it's much bigger than just some 'thing' and I am not minimalizing it in the least. So let me break it down how it has been sitting and digesting with me.
I had been seeing the buzz on FB a few weeks ago but since I'm not a band jumper-oner it took me a few days to really look at that little boy (who was 17 not12 like he looks in most of the pics they show) and say. 'huh an injustice has been done but SURELY they will arrest that dude so this will pass soon' and then several more days went by, and I stared seeing it on the NATIONAL news. And again I thought 'tragedy in the black community, but I KNOW they will arrest this dude so it will pass'. And day after day after week has passed and this dude has NOT been arrested.
One thing in my mind I know for sure, if it was reversed, a little white kid got shot by a black man, there would BE no question of self defense and that black man would be in jail. But then I look at the dude who did the shooting and he is not necessarily white. What the heck is he? I almost doesn't matter except for the fact that he is not black... or African American if we gonna be PC and he is of some other persuasion. I just goggled and the consensus is he is Mestizo which I've not heard before, but it is Latin person or mixed descent or heritage. maybe the same way we use mulatto. Well we meaning black folks.
If one more person says we are living in a post racial American I am going to scream!!! Racism is alive and well and even though we have a black president the good old boys use that as a reason for doing and saying whatever they want because it's not racist anymore. But it is! I have a running bet with myself because I am just waiting for one of my co-workers to say something out the side of their neck about race relations and then i will be the angry black chick... but anyways I digress
So I sit and watch the news both local and national, and the police chief stepped down and the city manager who looked scared as hell on whatever CNN type show I saw him on is still working and trying to explain why the dude was NOT arrested. And then I thought where the hell is George Zimmerman?!? Don't he have a job? Why hasn't TMZ followed him to get the real story?!? Why cause his ass is in hiding!!
I listen to Michael Baisden and what has troubled me the most to me is that, well first off this Trayvon was only 17 so he was still in school, one of his classmates called in to say that they can't even talk about it in school. There were no grief counselor dispatched and the teachers have been told not to talk about it. I'm not sure how true that is, but the way this whole thing is going, I believe it. I remember when I was a junior in high school and my favorite Spanish teacher killed himself, they had counselors for at least a week if not more because kids were freaking out! Parents don't always know what to say or how to handle it.
This morning as I laid in bed because it's Monday and the body was refusing to move, and then my cat does her intoxicating purr thing and my eyes go sleepy time and I see this dude who is trying to explain the actions of GZ. What he said made only a slight amount of sense. The main thing he said was that we do not have all the facts nor have all the 911 calls been made public. To that I said you know what THAT IS TRUE. So when will we have all the facts?!? When will the investigation begin so that we know what really happened?!? I have such a sneaky suspicion that GZ will never see the inside of a jail.
I am sad for Trayvon Martin's family because he truly died to soon. But I pray for them to be able to make sense of this and be able to move on, not to harbor ill will or grief, they need to let it go. And as easy as that was for me to type I know letting go is not easy and this will always be on their hearts and minds but I pray for peace for them and all that are affects because even though this tragedy is still on the front page, many of our youth get killed senselessly and justice does not prevail. And because I am in prayer mode and I am a Christian, I pray for George Zimmerman. I don't understand how it seemed to be easy for him to take a life, but he has to live with that everyday. I pray he is able to make peace with himself however this case ends up.
Yesterday at church I didn't get the dress down memo. It took me a minute to 'get' that the pastor and his assistant and a few random people in the audience wore hoodies for the million hoodie march out of solidarity. The only hoodie I have is a BRIGHT green with pink letters (I know go figure)which I do not think I would be seen as a threat to anyone anywhere LOL. My friend Ben (Cardin... oh and after that commercial wit the kid doing the narrating about how his friend Ben has dental vans coming into the neighborhoods he is my friend too... cause you KNOW how I feel about teeth) was at church and is starting a bill to ends racial profiling.
Another real random thing was on the radio it was 'classic' Monday where they were playing Fight the power by Public Enemy, U N I T Y by Queen Latifah (you aint a bitch or a HO!... my favorite line is that YOU put hands on me again I'll put yo ass in handcuffs!!!) A few songs by Nas... and then it hit me WHAT rapper today aside from the independents like Pharoah Monch (WE ARE RENEGADES THIS MEANS WAR!!!) and damn who else?!? has anything better to say in their rap than about bling and booty?!? whew I just took a BIG swig of vino and I totally forgot my train of thought... OH I was saying I need to be a spoken word poet and come up with a Bling and Booty ode LOL. no but really no one says anything worth anything anymore.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
79 down/287 to go
I have so much to do today. But it’s Monday and I don’t feel like doing a THING!!! It’s actually a good thing I even made it today. I am not feeling a 100% and if my stomach has 1 more cramp, I think I might just hafta go. Yesterday I woke in plenty of time for church, but after a bowl of peanut butter cheerios (which are just OK, not freaking delish like I’d hoped they would be) I went back to sleep and slept until about 2:30. I hope whatever I have is not serious. I thought it was PMS but I really don’t know. My body just feels out of whack and now that I have paid my doctor I guess I could go to the doctors which I know should not be a reason to not go but they could be like FOOL you haven’t paid us in a year what you want us to do for you? Damn that would be so embarrassing. Here I am dying in the waiting room (ok yes that is a little overly dramatic) and they refuse me service. I should have gone to the hood and went to one of those sliding scale clinics, but those thing creep me out (just like erik LOL). I feel like I am so above clinics, but my poor butt needs to be the first in line at ALL of them for teeth and health!
WHY did the skinniest person in this office just turn the heat up to 73??? NO Wonder I’m about to pass out I’m freaking HOT!! We gave his lil ass a heater last week and I have on a sweater because in general even though it’s nice outside it can be a little chilly in the office. But I’ma need for him to use his heater and not make me about to pass out up in here!!
I power washed my sidewalk yesterday or at least made a very good attempt. At one point I turned around and my neighbor was just standing in his doorway watching me. I think he is a nice enough guy, I can’t tell if he is attractive, but sometimes him just BEING there creeps me out!! Like DUDE how long have you been standing there? And aren’t you married?!? WITH kids?!? And why are all his friend toothless older men? Why he can’t have some cute young single friends WITH TEETH?? Ok so back to power washing… I was wet from the butt down. I did an ok job but I know I need to go and redo some spots. What was bad is some of my sidewalk had places where it just puddled and now it’s clean but with mud on top which kinda defeats the purpose. I bought the power washer before I moved into the house or maybe right after I moved in. Either way I have had it for a while. And of course I have NO instructions but I don’t need no stinkin instructions! I did ok without them. Now onto the rest of the house!!
WHY do people not realize how loud their voices are? A little self monitoring goes a long way. Then again if you don’t realize it then how can you monitor yourself?!?
While I think we have a little bit of all the characters of Desperate Housewives in us I do not know why I have been identifying with Bree here lately. But let me clarify ONLY in the cooking dept; not in the going to bars and bringing a new man home every night dept. I’ve been cooking cuisine not just regular old meals then again maybe they are regular old meals BUT they taste pretty damn good to me. I guess I am feeling sad that this series is coming to a close. I think Susan has always been silly acting, but I really did’t see myself in her. Lynette has made some really bad decision here lately but I really do think her husband who know has a girlfriend is just bizarre. As a single chick I try to stare (or stair?) clear of men with kids and who are recently separated. You just never know, and as a (future) married woman I would hope all the other women out there would give my marriage a chance before claiming an unavailable man. Gabrielle is just so selfish. I know people like her and they don’t even realize how selfish they are. As for Renee I just wish I had the ends to just sit at home all day and do nothing! Well hell they all sit around all day and do nothing!! No one actually has a job hmmm. Well Bree had the catering company until she got black mailed into selling it. And Lynette did used to work at the advertising company and Susan used to illustrate kids books and used to work at her sons school. OH and the lingerie cleaning sorta porn site. Gabrielle never worked and I’m not sure who they were kidding by saying she used to be a model as short as she is but you know whudeva.
Just had an office lunch, but this time it was with a vendor so we err I didn’t get stuck talking business the whole time. It’s really interesting what you learn when you let people buy you lunch LOL
I got a flyer in the mail from my old hair stylist. She is the onliest one who could cut my hair and it looks FABULOUS!! I have been on such a ‘needs only’ basis that unfortunately my hair is not a priority and it looks it LOL I need to at least run a comb or brush through it. It’s been hit or miss (mostly miss and actually if someone gives me a compliment on my hair I always want to be like YOU TALKINAME?!?). The Dominicans do an ok job but they use soooo much heat and my delicate tresses do not need all that (cause I got Indian in my family). I have even tried a few people at the Salon suites, but the one lady who actually could have made the cut was a little too pricey (but then you get what you pay for) and the one whose prices were more reasonable she was on the phone most of the time she was doing my hair talking about how she wasn’t going to go to the Windsor to get no drinks but THEN the chick in the nearby suite came by with some wine and filled up her cup. Now I like wine just as much as the next chick (probably more) but you are NOT going to be sipping on some wine and then expect to put chemicals and cut my hair NO MA’AM!! And whatever she used was cheap, I could tell about a week later. JC Penney and Hair Cuttery type places are also just ok. I did however have this little white lady who did a pretty good job, but I could never figure out her schedule or remember her name and then the place closed down (freaking Owings Mills mall). I just need to go back to my old girl who I know will do a great job.
I am about ready to crawl under my desk and take a nap ala George Costanza. Lunch was a salad so it’s not that. But I think I might take my temperature when I go home. Something just aint right. Ah just remembering I missed taking my allegra err Wal-Fex (cause you know the store brand is just as good) I’ma pop a few Tylenols I can make it another 45 minutes.
WHY did the skinniest person in this office just turn the heat up to 73??? NO Wonder I’m about to pass out I’m freaking HOT!! We gave his lil ass a heater last week and I have on a sweater because in general even though it’s nice outside it can be a little chilly in the office. But I’ma need for him to use his heater and not make me about to pass out up in here!!
I power washed my sidewalk yesterday or at least made a very good attempt. At one point I turned around and my neighbor was just standing in his doorway watching me. I think he is a nice enough guy, I can’t tell if he is attractive, but sometimes him just BEING there creeps me out!! Like DUDE how long have you been standing there? And aren’t you married?!? WITH kids?!? And why are all his friend toothless older men? Why he can’t have some cute young single friends WITH TEETH?? Ok so back to power washing… I was wet from the butt down. I did an ok job but I know I need to go and redo some spots. What was bad is some of my sidewalk had places where it just puddled and now it’s clean but with mud on top which kinda defeats the purpose. I bought the power washer before I moved into the house or maybe right after I moved in. Either way I have had it for a while. And of course I have NO instructions but I don’t need no stinkin instructions! I did ok without them. Now onto the rest of the house!!
WHY do people not realize how loud their voices are? A little self monitoring goes a long way. Then again if you don’t realize it then how can you monitor yourself?!?
While I think we have a little bit of all the characters of Desperate Housewives in us I do not know why I have been identifying with Bree here lately. But let me clarify ONLY in the cooking dept; not in the going to bars and bringing a new man home every night dept. I’ve been cooking cuisine not just regular old meals then again maybe they are regular old meals BUT they taste pretty damn good to me. I guess I am feeling sad that this series is coming to a close. I think Susan has always been silly acting, but I really did’t see myself in her. Lynette has made some really bad decision here lately but I really do think her husband who know has a girlfriend is just bizarre. As a single chick I try to stare (or stair?) clear of men with kids and who are recently separated. You just never know, and as a (future) married woman I would hope all the other women out there would give my marriage a chance before claiming an unavailable man. Gabrielle is just so selfish. I know people like her and they don’t even realize how selfish they are. As for Renee I just wish I had the ends to just sit at home all day and do nothing! Well hell they all sit around all day and do nothing!! No one actually has a job hmmm. Well Bree had the catering company until she got black mailed into selling it. And Lynette did used to work at the advertising company and Susan used to illustrate kids books and used to work at her sons school. OH and the lingerie cleaning sorta porn site. Gabrielle never worked and I’m not sure who they were kidding by saying she used to be a model as short as she is but you know whudeva.
Just had an office lunch, but this time it was with a vendor so we err I didn’t get stuck talking business the whole time. It’s really interesting what you learn when you let people buy you lunch LOL
I got a flyer in the mail from my old hair stylist. She is the onliest one who could cut my hair and it looks FABULOUS!! I have been on such a ‘needs only’ basis that unfortunately my hair is not a priority and it looks it LOL I need to at least run a comb or brush through it. It’s been hit or miss (mostly miss and actually if someone gives me a compliment on my hair I always want to be like YOU TALKINAME?!?). The Dominicans do an ok job but they use soooo much heat and my delicate tresses do not need all that (cause I got Indian in my family). I have even tried a few people at the Salon suites, but the one lady who actually could have made the cut was a little too pricey (but then you get what you pay for) and the one whose prices were more reasonable she was on the phone most of the time she was doing my hair talking about how she wasn’t going to go to the Windsor to get no drinks but THEN the chick in the nearby suite came by with some wine and filled up her cup. Now I like wine just as much as the next chick (probably more) but you are NOT going to be sipping on some wine and then expect to put chemicals and cut my hair NO MA’AM!! And whatever she used was cheap, I could tell about a week later. JC Penney and Hair Cuttery type places are also just ok. I did however have this little white lady who did a pretty good job, but I could never figure out her schedule or remember her name and then the place closed down (freaking Owings Mills mall). I just need to go back to my old girl who I know will do a great job.
I am about ready to crawl under my desk and take a nap ala George Costanza. Lunch was a salad so it’s not that. But I think I might take my temperature when I go home. Something just aint right. Ah just remembering I missed taking my allegra err Wal-Fex (cause you know the store brand is just as good) I’ma pop a few Tylenols I can make it another 45 minutes.
Monday, March 12, 2012
general randomness 31212
WHY does Lionel Richie keep showing up as a thing I should 'like' on facebook?!?
How do blind people get jobs at the Social Security?
why do dirty vendors always want to shake my hand? eeewww I don't want to touch you EVER!!!
why do those same dirty vendors think I can't smell the 3 packs of cigarettes they just smoked before coming into my office?
why do cute guys not realize they are cute but the ugly ones think they are God's gift to the female kind??
why do smelly BO dudes not know that water and soap are their friends?? Dude really you left you house smelly like that?!? SERIOUSLY??
neck tattoo's are wrong. There is just no rational reason for it. And just let me clarify SIDE neck not back neck.
why is Bob's Burgers so damn funny?!? And why does Tina who is a 13 year old girl sound like a 65 year old man?!? Oh because a man is her voice...WHY??? bwaaaaaaaaaaahaaaahaaaaaaaaaa
why can't it ever just be easy?!?! why does it (whatever the hell IT is) require more thought than I was willing to give it??
a little research goes a LONG way!! I'm not asking you to split the atom just find out the basics before you ask me that dumb question that you already know is dumb!
simple food is always the best. Big shout out to Golden West Cafe for providing me with my Saturday breakfast (mom's bean pie... which looked not so good but OMG it was so freaking delish. and you know MY mom never made a bean pie but whoever's mom that was that provided that recipe, YAY!!) i was gonna go with the elvis pancake but the mom's bean pie was talking to me!
oh and since we're on the subject of hipsters (oh we are just stay with me mmkay?) how do they know that a pair of purple jeans and a red hat make them look cool? Or courderoy and a scarf with butterfly is in fact hip? i know their dress is supposed to be sarcastic and not to much thought, but I think they think long and hard about thier attire ijs...
now back on the subject of food yet ANOTHER shout out to the Artful Gourmet in new Town in a building I didn't even know existed. mmmm that was good!! I don't get why it's artful because all the art on the walls were cheap prints of like van gough and monet... but gourmet indeed because everything was freaking delish.
FREAKING DELISH is a high form of praise for food... FYI
i was watching kitchen nightmare with Ramsey Lewis... no wait Gordon Ramsey (who the heck is ramsey lewis??) why was everyone crying?
what happened to flight of the concords? That show was funny... Leggy Blond!! ok y'all know I'm on you tube totally distracted. My name is hiphophipottamus my rhymes are bottomless!! Who's the BOOM King?
hmmm and that's it!!
How do blind people get jobs at the Social Security?
why do dirty vendors always want to shake my hand? eeewww I don't want to touch you EVER!!!
why do those same dirty vendors think I can't smell the 3 packs of cigarettes they just smoked before coming into my office?
why do cute guys not realize they are cute but the ugly ones think they are God's gift to the female kind??
why do smelly BO dudes not know that water and soap are their friends?? Dude really you left you house smelly like that?!? SERIOUSLY??
neck tattoo's are wrong. There is just no rational reason for it. And just let me clarify SIDE neck not back neck.
why is Bob's Burgers so damn funny?!? And why does Tina who is a 13 year old girl sound like a 65 year old man?!? Oh because a man is her voice...WHY??? bwaaaaaaaaaaahaaaahaaaaaaaaaa
why can't it ever just be easy?!?! why does it (whatever the hell IT is) require more thought than I was willing to give it??
a little research goes a LONG way!! I'm not asking you to split the atom just find out the basics before you ask me that dumb question that you already know is dumb!
simple food is always the best. Big shout out to Golden West Cafe for providing me with my Saturday breakfast (mom's bean pie... which looked not so good but OMG it was so freaking delish. and you know MY mom never made a bean pie but whoever's mom that was that provided that recipe, YAY!!) i was gonna go with the elvis pancake but the mom's bean pie was talking to me!
oh and since we're on the subject of hipsters (oh we are just stay with me mmkay?) how do they know that a pair of purple jeans and a red hat make them look cool? Or courderoy and a scarf with butterfly is in fact hip? i know their dress is supposed to be sarcastic and not to much thought, but I think they think long and hard about thier attire ijs...
now back on the subject of food yet ANOTHER shout out to the Artful Gourmet in new Town in a building I didn't even know existed. mmmm that was good!! I don't get why it's artful because all the art on the walls were cheap prints of like van gough and monet... but gourmet indeed because everything was freaking delish.
FREAKING DELISH is a high form of praise for food... FYI
i was watching kitchen nightmare with Ramsey Lewis... no wait Gordon Ramsey (who the heck is ramsey lewis??) why was everyone crying?
what happened to flight of the concords? That show was funny... Leggy Blond!! ok y'all know I'm on you tube totally distracted. My name is hiphophipottamus my rhymes are bottomless!! Who's the BOOM King?
hmmm and that's it!!
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