I’ve never exactly been a ham; and more than that, I’ve never been super excited to take pictures. I was much more chill about it when I was younger; but then my mother died (twenty years ago this year) puberty hit, and I wasn’t really about that life.  One of the draws of wanting to be an author was I could be renowned without being famous…cut to ( Read more... )

In this society, physical attractiveness is the foundational criterion to determine someone’s self-worth; the more attractive one is, the more one is likely to be identified with positive markers, such as “goodness”, “Intelligence”, “leadership”, etc. It is for this reason that prospective parents are often teased by people praying the baby takes ( Read more... )

For Real?!--The 3.2 earthquake that happened Saturday morning.  That...scared the mess out of me.  You San Andreas Fault people got much respect from me ( Read more... )

She had me at hello.  I was about three years old at a horse race track in NJ with my mama in some sort of coat store with all these fur coats everywhere.  And a song came on the radio, "Saving All My Love for You."  And...it was a wrap.  No, I didn't know she was singing about being "the other woman", nor did I give a damn.  She was just so ( Read more... )

I got this letter back in 2005 when I graduated from college.  It's dated August 24, 1989, and it's written by my mother commemorating my first day of first grade.  And I can be honest and say I hadn't looked at that letter from that graduation day until March, when I moved back to SC and started this "new phase" of my life to be a writer, or at ( Read more... )

1.) Wrote 3184 original words in original fic.
2.) Finished two editing projects.
3.) Well, this one is bittersweet, but I'm an official member of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir (courtesy of a what the hey? audition that I'd stumbled upon).  Alto 2, bb.  This is bittersweet because the dues got withdrawn from the bank account.
4.) My ( Read more... )

"Wasn't nothin' strange about yo' daddy; it was strange what your daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it anyway. He dealt with it for us."

~Rev. Al Sharpton to Michael Jackson's children, Michael Jackson Memorial, July 7, 2009.
 

Nintendo Acapella

This makes me exceedingly happy :-D.