Is it just me or does the fact that Rashida Jones only takes roles in which you find yourself questioning is she supposed to be white, slightly bothersome. I liked "I Love You Man" it was a good laugh. What I found odd was the complete absence of anything remotely ethnic when Rashida was on screen. I find myself wondering if this is a real life remake of Imitation of Life. Does anyone else feel this way or am I reaching?
I debated sharing this information but then I thought what the hell. I will be running in a 10k on Memorial Day I am aiming to complete the race in an 1h25. Before I ask the over or under bet I feel I must disclose some information.
1. Until three weeks ago I thought this was a 5K
2. The race will be in Boulder, Co, which means I will be running at 5430feet.
3. My husband is taking over on this one (the scoundrel)
On the plus side I have never suffered from altitude sickness any of the times I have visited. I have camped and hiked with no problem or ill after affects. My friends are always surprised that I don't need an adjust period that we are able to hit the mountians the minute I land. However, I have yet to run there, so late Friday when we make it in my friend and I are going on a quick mile run to see how my lungs hold up. I will post an update on how I feel and the mile time late Friday or early Saturday.
My husband is actually going with me this year which, has its perks I have asked him to be at the finish line with bags of ice and glad cling wrap.
Update Finished a mile in 11:40 which is an 1:20 seconds longer than it usually takes for me to finish. Looks like I might make the goal I set for myself.
I love me some Obama and I want to him to succeed with all my heart. However, his stance on torture and the release of the Bush administrations memos on waterboarding is wrong. There will come a time in Obama's administration when tactics that require harsh interrogation will be needed and he will use them. What I don't like is Obama's no tolerance stance on torture. I think it only sets his administration up for a horrible black eye when they have to take advantage of harsh interrogation practices.
Currently, Obama is trying to block the release of detainee photos because of safety concerns for military personnel. I don't think the same consideration was given to the image and safety of all Americans with the release of the Bush adminstration use of waterboarding.
The President's 2010 budget eliminated $110 million per year in what is called “discretionary spending” and $50 million per year in mandatory spending otherwise known as Title V funding. There were vigorous arguments on both sides each equally passionate in their beliefs in what will protect America’s youth.
The National Abstinence Education Association had this to say regarding the abstinence only funding cut.
Obama's anti-abstinence budget “disregards the growing body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of abstinence education,” including research showing “a 50% decrease in sexual onset among teens that are enrolled in abstinence programs.”
“At a time when teens are subjected to an increasingly sexualized culture, it is essential that common-sense legislators from both sides of the aisle reject this extreme attempt to de-fund the only approach that removes all risk,” said NAEA Executive Director Valerie Huber.
Leah Ward Sears
Sonia Sotomayor
Kathleen Sullivan
Make no mistake I think Barack has to appoint a woman for political reasons just which woman is the question.
The great state of Texas is periously close to passing the "Heartbeat"Bill. Which is:
An anti-abortion bill (House Bill 36/Senate Bill 182) in Austin [which] lawmakers debate whether a woman should be legally bound to have an ultrasound and listen to her baby's heartbeat before having an abortion..
I have no idea what he is saying and it really does not matter, Black face was not necessary. This is something that often strikes me as funny and perplexing when it comes to other races and ethnicities and their mocking of black skin. Obama's complexion is probably very similar to the news anchors natural complexion yet he felt the need to dramatically darken his skin to represent Blackness. In the case ofSparkle Rai a few years ago an Indian man hired a man to kill his black daughter in law. The father in law and son were multiple shades darker than Sparkle. The fact that Sparkle was black any shade of black was enough to result in a contract for her murder. That is why I think colorism is so completely useless and divisive in ethnic communities because even if you are light bright next to white you are still black as a spade to some. Simply because we carry the label of black that automactically encites fear, loathing, and caution in some. .Why? And for those with the school of thought that racism is all but dead, don't believe the hype
I purchased the $35 gift package from Taliah Waajid
and it should have come with a shampoo, conditioner, locking gel, protective body mist, herbal hair cleanser, and herbal hair strengthener (aka grease). First red flag it took almost two weeks for the products to ship when there is a 3 to 5 business day shipping clause on the website. Second flag I was sent two shampoos (see picture) in place of the Protective Mist Bodifier. Third red flag I repeatedly had to email the office of Taliah Waajid as well as call to talk about my missing product. Final straw when I finally spoke to the office manager I was told to send the other shampoo back and they would send out my Protective mist (which keep in mind I had already paid for). WTH you are holding my product hostage until I return a product that you mistakenly shipped to me. Black Folks customer service is 75 percent of the business and Taliah Waajid did not pass that part of the test.
I was more than satisfied with the products. All of her products have a very earthy smell which I like. The herbal shampoo is excellent as a clarifier, the conditioner is the bomb and the Protective Mist is the truth. In all honesty I will continue to use the Protective Mist until I find a product to replace it everything else I have already found substitutes for when I run out of her products. I actually found another person making their way through the journey of lockdom who shared her recent experience at the Taliah Waajid hair care center in Atlanta. She was not pleased, peep the video for her customer review.
The bottom pics are some of my latest progress. The massive amount of shrinkage I was experiencing in February is now over my hair is no longer just sticking up I am actually getting some hang time and movement. I am still in the adolescent stage lots of budding and fuzziness. In the beginning I was worried about my locs forming on the smaller side now that they have plumped up I love the size in this stage. I often wonder to myself every morning why did I take so long to make the decision to start locs. The desision to start locs has been great for me. I have not had one moment of doubt about committing to locs. Weekend wear throw on some oversized earrings and mist the hair and go, I LOVE IT.
Warning this post is going to be disjointed a lot like my life this month, so consider yourself warned.
The social problems and solutions theme out until I can have the time to pull the stats to go along with the posts; so consider the remainder of this month and next month until April 25TH as “Get it How You Live”.
First up I have a certification exam on the 25th of April which is taking up a bunch of my time studying for the exam. I have taken a leave of absence from my side hustle because I can’t find the extra time I need to devout to studying if I am working there 2 to 3 times a week.
I have been under so much friggin stress it is unbelievable I have a mouth night guard (totally sexy, totally) that is state of the art. You heat this sucker up and quick cool it and it molds to your grill. I have worn that bad boy down! Five hundred dollars gone I am going to need a new one and I have not even had it a year and insurance doesn’t cover it. I don’t consider myself a vain person EXCEPT when it comes to my teeth. I don’t drink coffee and red wine and tea I to kept to a minimum because I seriously have some kind of phobia about stained yellowing teeth.
I have a wedding this weekend in H-town. It is a very formal wedding she required us to wear an evening gown or cocktail dress. So I am opting for the cocktail dress only problem my dress is all black my shoes are pewter (killa, btw). I thought it was kinda to dark for a wedding so I wanted to jazz it up with some makeup so I headed to the mall today for a eye shadow tutorial ( I rarely wear eye shadow). Why why why, did the lady make me look like some kind of transvestite. Seriously, my make up looked like New Yorks from Flava of Love. So looks like I will be sticking with the eyeliner and mascara.
Obama I love you! I kept telling folks don’t get him riled or he WILL lay his goon hand down. Everyone saw the set down he gave Ed Henry, but by far the most interesting comment came from a commenter over at Jack & Jill Politics the classic line form New Jack City “ Sit yo five dollar ass down before I make Change” OWNED sucka.
Whew! I told you this post was going to be all over the place.
I will get back to once a week posts at least.
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