In which I should probably be doing something else more productive so I'll make this brief ( Read more... )

I treat my confidence like it's a reserve of precious oil. Like I can only access it when I absolutely need some and the rest of the time I can maybe just save it up. I've come to imagine that it doesn't grow, and so I try to hang on to as much as I can so when I need it I'll have it. The problem is that I was so scared to use it when I really ( Read more... )

I spoke to three different people today that have lost or are suffering an impending loss of a dominant male in their families to cancer. A father, a husband, a son. I have too much to say about cancer and about death, but it's mostly ranting and another post entirely. For now I only have this to say ( Read more... )

If you're a grown woman, who pays bills and calls yourself an adult? And you're STILL gettin' beat upside your head by some "man"? Then I can't do nothin' for you. No I will not listen to your complaints. I will not listen to your justifications. I will not try to stop you from doing what you've already made up in your mind to do ( Read more... )

Or rather, I have a ton to write about, but no time and it's all so muddled. You can just disregard this, I'll try to have something better for tomorrow.

Did Obama becoming president convince minorities that we could do anything, or did it reinforce that white people can do everything?

At least if I felt that way I would know where I'm going. Instead I'm on a long winding country road with gravel streets that go up to impossible height and down to breathtaking lows and at the top of the hill you can only see more and more humps to go over and at the bottom when you've forgotten what the top looks like you wonder and almost ( Read more... )

Jennifer Hudson's Mother & Brother Found Dead


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An Open Letter to John Edwards from Ms. StickyKeys
Ramblings from a broken heart

Dearest John,

Way to break my heart John Edwards! I mean, COME ON! Look, I know you're pretty, and you have "needs" [/eyeroll of INTENSE sarcasm], but you know when you absolutely don't cheat on your wife? WHEN SHE'S BELOVED BY THE COUNTRY AND DEALING WITH CANCER ( Read more... )