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The Obamas Double Cover ESSENCE | Young, Black, and Fabulous :: Our President Has More Swagger Than Yours.

2008-12-01T21:07:00.001-08:00

The Obamas Double Cover ESSENCE | Young, Black, and Fabulous :: Our President Has More Swagger Than Yours.

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We Voted "However we liked"....

2008-11-05T20:07:00.000-08:00

Wassssssssssup 2008

2008-10-25T19:48:00.001-07:00

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!!

2008-10-18T19:33:00.000-07:00

It is imperative that we not let Mrs. Nixon-Cooper down. I will also be thinking about my parents and grandparents, who didn't live to see this historic, important event.

I don't care if it takes all day on Nov 4th---I'm casting my vote for BARACK OBAMA.

Touche'... Bill Maher

2008-09-27T12:01:00.000-07:00

Do You Think You Can Go Raw?

2008-09-26T17:41:00.000-07:00

I saw this on CNN today and WOW! This woman looks like an entirely DIFFERENT person now. Is this what eating raw can do for you? I don't even need to lose weight so much as make a commitment to eat better.

Mostly for Andre 3 stacks!!!

2008-09-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

She's Kidding Right?

2008-09-07T19:11:00.000-07:00

Bentley, Kanyezzy, and 3000

2008-07-15T18:50:00.001-07:00

Obama As Fashion Icon... :)

2008-07-08T19:33:00.001-07:00

Good Stuff

2008-07-05T11:08:00.001-07:00

I've tried others (Carol's Daughter anyone?) but I can't seem to get the results that I get with Body Shop's Coconut Body Butter.

Ask anyone. This is all I chew, gum wise, PERIOD. The best!

From the OPI India Collection, "Get Me to the Taj on Time."

Nectarine Blossom & Honey Cologne--A youthful and fruity fragrance, Nectarine Blossom & Honey is inspired by the delicious scent of just-ripening nectarines and a taste of refreshing peach sorbet

Quotes to Live By

2008-07-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

"Today I realize that 98% of people's weirdness is all about their own hang-ups. And even if the problem is me, guess what? I don't care! Maybe it's a sense of time running out, but being 40-something is making me say, "Life's too short to worry about what anyone else thinks. What really matters is what I think." "

-LesleyJane Seymour, MORE

"Don't dim your light for anyone."
-Laura San Giacomo

Can't wait.... For Colored Girls

2008-07-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

I remember sitting in front of my television in '82 or '83 watching this "choreopoem" with utter amazement. I had read the book as a child. ( Yes, I said CHILD. I was always in my mother's book stash even at the age of 10).

"For colored girls...." originally began Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in May 1976, before transferring to Broadway on September 10, 1976. That production played the Booth Theatre for 876 performances and became the top-grossing dramatic play on Broadway that season. (Source)

Nothing has made such an impression on me as a young woman. This was the first time I witnessed the superior acting chops of Alfre Woodard and Lynn Whitfield. And if I'm not mistaken Patti LaBelle sung during one of the stories also. It was honest, personal, passionate, and eye-opening and I found myself in tears.

Performed by a cast of seven, "for colored girls..." is a series of prose poems and stories illuminating the identity of black women in America, as they reveal themselves, their lives, triumphs, hardships and ultimately their discovery of inner strength and love.

I finally found the DVD of the PBS performance on Amazon and can't wait to get it next week.

Whoopi Goldberg is bringing For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf back to Broadway and I will be there. India.Arie will make her Broadway debut in a new, re-envisioned production of Ntozake Shange's acclaimed stage play. Please,please, please, please let her do the role justice. Please LORD, let the other 6 women be real, honest to goodness actresses!!!

Green Eggs and Ham?

2008-05-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

I just thought this was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.....

Now I've been tagged!!

2008-05-17T22:58:00.000-07:00

I am back on the scene and to get me started I've been tagged by Toni

The rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

I am currently reading The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos. So here it goes:

"The home was in need of repair, replumbing, and rewiring, but the owner never visited the property. The rent was small, in line with the physical condition of the house, and Brock always paid on time. He didn't want the landlord or anyone else coming around. "

Now it's Janie and Liz's turn. I really don't communicate with anyone else's blog. I'm such a lurker. :)

Life Happens!!

2008-01-19T08:18:00.000-08:00

I'm still around and I'll be back. Stay tuned. :)

There really is nothing on T.V. !

2007-12-30T12:04:00.000-08:00

I was having a chat with Janie (from "Getting A Life") and we seem to have come to the same conclusion. THERE IS NOTHING TO WATCH ON TELEVISION! I flip through channels looking for something to watch as I am "clearing the clutter" but seem to come up empty time and time again.

Janie has Direct TV and I have Time Warner Cable (same sh*# different companies). But there is one thing I do know--we watch the same movies over and over again...

You've Got Mail
When Harry Met Sally
Sleepless in Seattle
Failure to Launch
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Something's Gotta Give
Maid in Manhattan
The Wedding Planner
The Wedding Singer
Monster-In-Law
The Family Stone
Elizabethtown
Pretty Woman
The Runaway Bride
Something to Talk About
Bad Boys (I & II)
Enough

Are there other people out there who know what we're talking about? If so, what movies are you addicted to because "there's nothing on t.v."?

I HATE to be a cliche' but...

2007-12-25T22:19:00.000-08:00

I need to make a New Year's resolution. To lose WEIGHT nonetheless! I walked by my big dining room mirror today during the Christmas festivities and did a double take. I did not like what I saw. I mean I know I'm not FAT, but my midsection could use some work. Seriously. It looks as if I'm going to be a living, breathing cliche by year's end.

I bet eating seconds of my famous four cheese macaroni and cheese won't help will it?

UPDATE- This doesn't make any sense... let's also add "clearing the clutter" to the cliche of resolutions for the New Year. I have signed up for Mvelopes ( mvelopes.com) to help me create a budget and pay bills. I am also going to stop using my shredder as a place to just put my cell phone on to charge at night. How about using it to actually shred stuff Joy? This may take the rest of my vacation but I WILL get it done!

Did you know...

2007-12-24T19:25:00.000-08:00

I love the Nuts & Chews box from See's Candy

I don’t really like pork chops but I love bacon... go figure

My favorite scent is Lolita Lempicka

I crave romance

I love the CW show "The Game"

I hate getting to the movie theater after the previews

New York City is my new addiction

My favorite time of day is midnight

I am a Spearmint Dentyne Ice addict

My dream car is a Maserati Quattroporte

I love, love, love VH1 Soul

My dream house must have a wrap around porch

I really don’t enjoy watching BET

I can sense when a major PMS episode is about to hit

I secretly believe that I will have everything (and everyone) I want in my life someday

Sometimes I wished I lived on the Westside...but I'm really glad I live in Leimert Park

I can't believe I'm actually blogging! :)

2007-12-24T16:46:00.000-08:00

Well, it seems as if I've finally caught the blogging bug. I don't know what took me so long to write a REAL post, but this is it. I first opened this blogger account, oh about 2 years ago but never did anything with it. I now see 2008 looming on the horizon and I'm jumping in with both feet!

WELCOME!!!

First Blog Post

2004-08-28T02:25:00.000-07:00

Testing...Testing, One,Two