Day 20: Write a letter to your parents. Hey guys, Thank you. for buying me stuff like my Smurf Tunes because I loved the Smurfs and you knew I loved the Smurfs so you even bought me Smurfs underwear; and for not buying me stuff that you knew you couldn't afford; I know how it [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 19: You’re a hard habit to break.
Day 19: Describe a habit you wish you didn't have. What ch'all know about Peter Cetera and Chicago?! I am a little obsessive compulsive about the way I leave my home before I head out to work. I will be late to work just because I feel obligated to make sure there are no stray [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 18: Oh yeah, you were right: I got that fellowship.
Day 18: Write a letter to someone you miss. Hi Aunt Sarah! The students are fine. They are sometimes under prepared but if they already knew it all (like they sometimes think they do) I guess that would mean I wouldn't have a job! I didn't think I would like working with young people [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 17: Sigh. Gulp. Selah.
Day 17: Post a photo of something that makes you want to cry. This image is from a slide show that came to my inbox from NeoGriot, an information listserv maintained by Kalamu Ya Salaam. In this picture 2 year old Clercilia Regis' legs are being bound with gauze by a medic. According to doctors, [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 16: my cousin Kenny
Day 16: Post a picture that makes you smile. Kenny is my second cousin--the son of my pop-pop's sister. So just by virtue of his age he's really always been more like an uncle, so much so that unlike with any other cousin, my sisters and I put a handle on his name. He [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 15: Failing the EPT
Day 15: What would you do if you were--or got someone else--pregnant? If I found out today that I was pregnant I would hail the miracle as the Second Coming of Jesus Christ of Nazarath and change my name to darlene the Don Dada because that would make me a bad-d-d-d-d shutyomouf. Or else I [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 14: “I Love Myself When I’m Laughing…”
Day 14: Describe something you like about yourself. "...and then again when I'm looking mean and impressive." Zora Neale Hurston (1927) In other words, I like my dimensions--not physical though those are cool--but that I am not, don't have or feel the need to be any one thing at any given time to anyone. I [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 13: Girl Power my a**
Day 13: Tell us about your least favorite female singing group. Really? No but...for real? I think that's what went through my head when I saw a group of obviously grown-assed women parading around like teeny boppers in costumes/outfits to "match" their stage personas talking about "Girl Power." The Spice Girls irked me. And as [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 12: S Double U to the V
Day 12: Tell us about your favorite female group. Boy groups were always my thing--I would've been a New Edition or DeBarge groupie if I could've figured out an escape from Benjamin Banneker Elementary School and got a hold of the tour bus' bumper. With my sisters, I swung my shirt "hair" around on the [...]
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Blog Challenge Day 11: Of Exes and Oohs
Day 11: Write a letter to one of your exes. This letter could probably be written to anyone I ever dated really; they all have ended the same: It ain't working; I say it; they feign confusion; we play around a little bit more; done. Dear You: The worst part of ending our relationship was [...]
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