January 2011
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My take on Kim Kardashian with cornrows...
afrocentricmiss:
welp!
December 2010
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1100ideas:
godly mC - Pretty Girl Rock (rmx)
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I think I’m going to start supporting mental health awareness. I find it interesting that people still believe depression is “being sad” or being “selfish”. They have no idea the impact being medically diagnosed with depression carries.
People do not take mental health seriously. && they wonder why suicide rate is high. Not because people are selfish in...
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Queen Latifah
“Ladies First”
(one of...
Always do what is pleasing to you...
While you’re doing that. Remember,
integrity.
honesty.
pride.
love.
always do right by people.
Even if you never get so much as a thank you. Do it because it’s right. Not because you will get a reward.
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black-satin:
The Roots-What They Do
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Convo with my Brother
Me: "The Brave Little Toaster! Aw man I loved this movie"
Brother(26): "Aw cool...that movie scared me when I was younger man!"
Me: (confused): "The Brave...Little Toaster??? Scared you? How? Why?"
Brother: "There were some scary parts in there!!! It scared me!"
Me: "..... *shakes head*
“Montgomery:” ‘A pie in the face comes with the job.’...”
– -From “Fame”
To all my creative, “different” folks out there… don’t let criticism get to you.
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*face palm*
Expect Nothing
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists...
Notes For a Speech
African blues does not know me. Their steps, in sands of their own land. A country in black & white, newspapers blown down pavements of the world. Does not feel what I am. Strength in the dream, an oblique suckling of nerve, the wind throws up sand, eyes are something locked in hate, of hate, of hate, to walk abroad, they conduct their deaths apart from my own. Those heads, I call my...
Nina's Blues (Tribute to Nina Simone)
Your body, hard vowelsIn a soft dress, is still. What you can’t knowis that after you diedAll the black poetsIn New York CityTook a deep breath,And breathed you out;Dark corners of small clubs,The silence you left twitching On the floors of the gigsYou turned your back on,The balled-up fists of notesFlung, angry from a keyboard. You won’t be able to hear usTry to etch what roseOff your...
Sympathy
I KNOW what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals— I know what the caged bird feels! I know why the caged bird beats his wing Till its...
Quiet Girl
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams Were it not for your songs.
Langston Hughes
If We Must Die
If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die, O let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! O kinsmen we must meet the common foe! Though far outnumbered let us...
Black Poets Spam!!!!
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Speech to the Young : Speech to the...
Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.
-Gwendolyn Brooks
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kwills88:
Ever just wish you could tell someone you hate them and just mean it, but then you hear their voice or they do a certain thing that always reminds you why you can never actually mean it.
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“When you know better, you do better.”
A counselor told me that once && he always had me repeat it with him. I understood what he was saying but I didn’t really take heed.
But at this very moment, I know better…and I swear on everything I love I’m going to do better.
No one can take care of you like YOU can. I have officially grown tired of caring for...
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“Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and...”
– Unknown
smidgets replied to your post: smidgets replied to your post: smidgets replied…
Understandable, was it at least good besides that?
meh, it was skimp, and kinda sloppy. It could have been really good minus the massive amount of lettuce & lack of steak meat. Probably won’t eat them again lol It was from Checker’s (or Rally’s depending on your location lol)
smidgets replied to your post: smidgets replied to your post: You know what I…
I would’ve sent it right back.
Yea, like an idiot I didn’t open it until i got home =( I was trying to get off the road because of the snow.
smidgets replied to your post: You know what I have a problem with???
that’s a hoagie, with the lettuce. Blasphemous.
Exactly!!! I was so disappointed!
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You know what I have a problem with???
Lettuce.
More specifically lettuce on sandwiches/tacos… anything except salad.
Lettuce is supposed to be a condiment in this capacity, not the BULK of the sandwich.
So when I order this cheesesteak && I’m eating more lettuce and bread than steak and bread we got a problem.
If I wanted a salad I would have ordered a salad, I ordered a cheesesteak. Now where is the beef???
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I love when I find someone with a really dope blog, then I end up browsing their archives for the rest of the night until I get to the very last page.
On a more serious note...
Today in the midst of all the good things going on; my neighbor across the street passed away on Wednesday, so this Christmas they are grieving. He was a very sweet man, he was good friends with my father.
I remember in Elementary school right after we moved to Maryland from D.C I didn’t have friends and the rich kids (who lived in the neighborhood next to our rinky dink one) followed me...
naturallyunorthodox replied to your post:How do you block certain things from popping up on your dash?Lol, I wish I had an answer for you. Rihanna, Amber Rose, Cassidy, Beyonce, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Drake, Trey Songz…all need to be BLOCKED!
Man! I don’t follow too many people that post celebs all the time, but the occasional pictures of people having sex/untasteful nudity is a little...
How do you block certain things from popping up on...
Like… if I’m sick of seeing idk… Rihanna && I want to block her photos…where do I go?
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“When a woman is assertive, she’s a bitch. When a mans assertive,...”
– Nicki Minaj
keep-it-steezy:
…I’m feeling very lazy.
T-shirt and jeans lazy. I just wanna eat and watch basketball.
currently doing this exact thing. *shrugs*
While I would love to continue watching "A...
Happy Birthday to Chrisnwords!!! Enjoy your day... →
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Yeah, it’s like everyday I wake up, I stare into space and don’t say much Peer in the mirror, feeling dead from the face up Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning Js, Baileys Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace Beats playing since the night before, thinking bout writing songs Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant And plus the toxics I sip got me tall Still tipsy, staring at the...
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I'm not gonna lie...
If I could go back in time, I would have done a lot of things differently. Mostly taking school serious.
I would have made better choices, and thought things through, rather than taking what was offered from one. School is very important to me. Despite my being sick of it right now.
But! Nothing to do but move forward at this point so….here I go!