January 2012
14 posts
Wayne Said It Best...
“Show me my opponent”
“Be humble or be humbled”
13 Randoms for Friday the 13th
Headphones always fall out of my ears when i jog, how do people do it???
What time is the Children’s Defense Fund gonna call me?
What the hell am I gonna make for dinner tonight?
Hope Im not fat by 30. Hope Im not fat ever.
Ugh Christmas is so far away
But my birthday is around the corner
Well, its in June so not really
I’m gonna be 24 this year *runs to the mirror and checks...
"Who's backin' you on this Don?"
Seriously, why does every successful Black person have to be associated with the Illuminati?
When Don Cornelius was over Soul Train, James Brown asked him “who is backin you on this man?” Don said “no one, its just me”. Then again, a few hours later, James asked Don again “who is backin you on this” Don said “its just me…” Back in the day,...
Glory
When I was young, I was a “daddy girl” and was consumed with being tucked in my bed, visits to the play ground and amateur cooking lessons with my father. But over time, my relationship with him became more and more fractured. At age 23, I have been able to move past some of the disappointments and frustrations that I felt as a teenager towards him and can honestly say that our relationship is...
I haven’t blogged in ages. I’m trying to get my life together first so I can have something substantive to talk about…bare with me.
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
– Rumi (via bhargette)
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
2 posts
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Her life was like that of a djembe in a town where everyone’s hands were tied
Truth was, she was in a land of lies
Blinded by false hope
Where pride had died
She strived
A dancer on an island where everyone lost their rhythem
She was the heart and soul of those who lost touch with feeling
A black sheep, she stood alone
She pushed, she pulled
Buth this was the place she called home
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June 2011
1 post
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as...
May 2011
2 posts
Eulogy for Malcolm X
The following eulogy was delivered by Ossie Davis at the funeral of Malcolm X on 27 February 1965 at the Faith Temple Church Of God Here—at this final hour, in this quiet place—Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes—extinguished now, and gone from us forever. For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought—his home of homes, where his heart was, and where...
with my legs stretched by the wind rushing the day thinking i heard your voice while it was only the nite moving over making room for the dawn.
-Sonia Sanchez
April 2011
4 posts
Rosebuds
If life was a deck of cards, and we were playing spades, someone just threw out a 2 of clubs is that all you got bitch
A LOT of things are ending simultaneously and I find it pretty interesting. No more HU, no more internship (which I held on to for 3 years), no more Kevo…no more cold weather. Its a lot mannn. So I’m wondering what, if anything, all of this means. Its like I woke up...
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” Bob Marley
March 2011
19 posts
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I am such a dreamer.
When I was little I would day dream to fall asleep. I would kinda tell myself a bedtime story, in my mind lol. And recently, Ive started doing that again. I anticipate the future so much that I imagine graduation, my wedding day, my next birthday, any and everything. But the problem is, I sometimes day dream and will proceed to believe that what I just envisioned would come...
Watchtiawarhall:
World Premier - Mos Def (prod. by Madlib)
raadversity asked: I really dig your tumblr.
“Don’t chase, replace.”
– Management
“I will be patient with myself and others remembering that it takes a lifetime to...”
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“Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her...”
– Ntozake Shange (Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo)
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Too many bad bitches and not enough queens.
noldarling:
Ashe.
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Black Manhood
Yesterday, I attended a book club meeting with a few of my friends. The book that we were discussed dealt with the incarceration system and its affects on Black Men. A blind man can see that there is a disproportional amount of Black men in the US prison system than white men and that this problem has manifested since the times of reconstruction. Nevertheless, recent decades have shown that the...
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Washington Metro Rail and Bus
Most of my traveling is either on foot, on bus, or on metro. I can drive, but gas prices are OD and Ive grown accustomed to public transportation. Every week, I witness oddest people, conversations, or occurrences. Here are a few:
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Yesterday, Im sitting at the bus stop by the CVS on Georgia and Florida ave waiting for the 96. A man sits down next to me. Now this man was a...
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“A soul mate isn’t a perfect fit. A true soul mate is the person who shows you...”
– (via loveluckylucy)
February 2011
11 posts
deliverence:
Good Spring feeling song to liven...
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Tia says the darnest things...
Tia: everyday i come to wrk
thinkin ima get fired
me: oh no
Tia: and by the middle of the day
its th exact opposite
me: lmao
Tia: i get bombarded
with more shit to do
me: lamo lordamercy
Tia: all i want is matchbox pizza
and they suckered me into doing some shit im not prepared for
me: ????
Tia: fuckers