I’ve written more than once about my hair, even wrote out the saga that ended with my short-short afro so many years ago. Nowadays, my afro, when I wear it, is Cleopatra Jones , not old-school Rashumba . (Couldn’t resist this photo of her with the eternally-gorgeous Beverly Johnson.)
When I wrote out my hair story, [...]
Archive for the ‘containing myself’ Category
Low-maintenance fabulousness.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, choose your own adventure, containing myself, memoir, nostalgia, tagged choose your own adventure, containing myself, I remember, memoir, NaBloPoMo, nostalgia on 9 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
Disappointment, Anger, Impatience
Posted in NaBloPoMo, brain freeze, containing myself, good neighbors, love and other complications, prejudice, wake up call, tagged brain freeze, containing myself, dumb-ass crap, good neighbors, homophobia, love and other complications, NaBloPoMo, prejudice, wake up call on 7 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
My family has twice vacationed in Maine. Two of my favorite childhood vacations, in fact. I have friends who are from Maine, who are some of the loveliest people I know. I drink Poland Spring water. Ok, that’s neither here nor there, but it’s true all the same.
My point is that, in my mind, Maine [...]
I do … not have an answer.
Posted in Jamaica, brain freeze, choose your own adventure, containing myself, love and other complications, no wonder I'm single!, self care, tagged brain freeze, containing myself, Jah lives in I, Jamaica, love and other complications, no wonder I'm single! on 18 October 2009 | 10 Comments »
So much for my belief that our long separation and only occasional conversation would have the effect of convincing AC that we are, in fact, no longer a couple. I saw him yesterday for the first time in two years … and he asked me to marry him.
I wish I was kidding.
I can’t possibly marry [...]
Party in My Pants
Posted in containing myself, guilty pleasures, meme, music, tagged containing myself, guilty pleasures, meme, music, pants, silliness on 16 October 2009 | 4 Comments »
So the Just Pants … er … Posts are up at Collecting Tokens, and I’m inspired to take a step back from my recent (and ongoing) ire over the NYT’s intrusion into my First Lady’s personal life and be out and out foolish for a moment.
Alejna, whose long and storied history with pants can only [...]
Attention white folks …
Posted in Obama, brain freeze, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, race and racism, violence, where we're from, women, tagged brain freeze, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, Obama, race and racism, sexism, violence, where we're from, women on 8 October 2009 | 23 Comments »
… some of your ancestors may have raped some of mine. Oh, I’m sorry. Is this is the first you’re hearing of it?
The New York Times ‘broke’ a story today: they’ve discovered the white ancestor in Michelle Obama’s family tree. SHOCKER!! She’s not as black as we thought, not as black as she wants us [...]
