On this date in Black History - 2/6

In 1820 - The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.


All Black Facts are from Black Facts Online, so if you find an error, take it up with them. :-)

Evan asked me if I have PMS

I knew a long time ago that a lot of male characteristics were (had to be) biological & not learned behavior.

Like leaving the toilet seat up.
Like not being able to see something right in front of your freaking face.

But this is the first time he's ever asked me if I had PMS.

Me - No.
E - Well you're acting like it.
Me - SHUT UP!
E - Or what?
Me - Or how I'm acting right now will seem like Christmas in comparison to how I'm about to start acting.

The boy has apparently NOT been doing his homework.

It's fucking crazy.

He comes home. Has books. Does shit. Never turns it in???

So I had a talk with all of his teachers Friday.

All of them said that he should be making straight A's (No shit.)

His MATH teacher told me that even without doing homework, he made the B on his report card....

His READING/SPELLING teacher (He always gets A's in Spelling, but this time he made a C in reading) told me that with his COLLEGE FRESHMAN reading level, he should have no problem with the maximum 8th grade reading level books in his school library.

His History told me that last year, he was always the first one with his hand up to answer questions. Now, he doesn't participate at all.

So this weekend I bought him a newspaper. Made him right write (see what happens when I'm so pissed off that I don't proofread before I publish??) reports on the economy, global warming & other shit in the paper. Truancy...

I also make him read 1 hr per day now. (Before, I thought "He clearly knows how to read, so why should I force him?")

Unhooked the cable, took away the DVD player & the game cube. New bedtime is 8 pm instead of 9 pm. Erased all of his cartoons from the DVR recording schedule.

I told him I was going "Dr. Phil" on his ass until the next report card.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM?

I also made him write reports on what he wanted to be when he grows up and how it will feel when his younger cousins are in the same grade he's in next year & knowing that he's in that situation because he didn't "feel like" doing his work. (It's not that bad, but he doesn't realize that.)

So anyway earlier he's making his usual irritating noises:

Me: STOP! This is why I can't wait for bedtime. Why do you ALWAYS have to make some kind of noise? I'm so glad you have to go to bed at 8.
E: Because of YOU.
Me: No. Because YOU don't want to do your EFFING HOMEWORK!!!! Don't try to blame this on me. If you did the things you're supposed to be doing, Ms. Nana'sChurchMember/SchoolEmployee would not have told Nana about this bullshit which caused her to COME TO MY DAMNED HOUSE and I wouldn't have had to GO TO THE DAMNED SCHOOL to talk to your teachers. I told you last year that if I EVER had to go to that school again, you would be sorry. And if you don't pull your grades up, it's going to get worse. It can get worse now if you don't STOP MAKING THE FUCKING NOISE!!!!

Honestly, we go through this shit every year. He always stops doing his work around December. But I go talk to the teachers & it's ok.

This year, I talked to the teachers when it started. It just didn't get better.

And fucking Mommy Dearest comes knocking on my door.

Just what I need.

Is this what puberty is like?

I FUCKING HATE PUBERTY.

What has happened to my boy??? *sob*

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Listening to: Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
via FoxyTunes

Blog of the Week: Reality is Over Rated

So, I'd done my Entrecard dropping thing for the day. I was just browsing for fun.

I saw Siani (someone who comments when I do memes) had joined. Then I found Reality is Over Rated.

I read "Excuse me while I take this call" Fell in love with the blog, LOL.

His profile says he's in the United States. But he said "loo" and not bathroom.

Is this ANOTHER BRITISH BLOG??? *sigh*

Whatever. Check it out.

I'm off to read Stephen Fry's English Blog. (That's not what it's called, but that's what it is, damn it, LOL.)

Super Tuesday

Opinion Polls & Market Research

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Listening to: Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
via FoxyTunes

Sleeping pill + beer

Means I sleep until 2 pm.

If I did it again tonight, it wouldn't work, LOL.

But I got a lot of sleep last night & today, so that's cool!

Funny Superbowl Ads

My Favorite with Justin Timberlake




Others (The one with Will Ferrell is pretty funny too.)



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Listening to: Notorious B.I.G ft. Puff Daddy & Mase - Mo Money More Problems
via FoxyTunes

Funny Superbowl commercial

With Justin Timberlake



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Listening to: Notorious B.I.G ft. Puff Daddy & Mase - Mo Money More Problems
via FoxyTunes

You know what I just thought about?

Why my Technorati Authority keeps going up & down.

It's that EVIL GENIUS Joe Tech!

Because I go there & play the slots until I have ALL the small text ads & then that's when it goes up. After all my links are replaced, it goes back down.

Let's see if that has anything to do with it.

Right now my # is 89.

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Listening to: Sara Bareilles - Love Song
via FoxyTunes

Yep.




Well, at least that mystery is solved, LOL.

I'm seriously going to bed right now. I'm going to take a sleeping pill. Maybe drink one of these shitty Pomegranate & Raspberry beers that I bought.



I don't even know why I buy beer. It's disgusting. But any time I see Raspberry, Green Apple or Pomegranate, I have to try it.

I told you I was an idiot...

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Listening to: Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
via FoxyTunes

On this date in Black History - 2/5

1866 - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen's Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas called on President Johnson and urged ballots for former slaves. Meeting ended in disagreement and controversy after Johnson reiterated his opposition to Black suffrage.



All Black Facts are from Black Facts Online, so if you find an error, take it up with them. :-)

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Listening to: Salt-N-Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex
via FoxyTunes

Shawna Marie Photography

One of my JJHF peeps finally has a blog for her photography business.

Her pictures are so cute! (Almost as cute as her kids.) I told her that she's doing Evan's graduation pictures. ;-) (If she lived nearby, she really would.)

But anyway, stop by and check her out!

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Listening to: Peter Gabriel - Big Time
via FoxyTunes

I'm an idiot.

Not really. But sometimes I do idiotic things.

Like turn on a light in my car last night to see something & then forget to turn it off so when I leave the house today to go to the bank my car won't start.

Luckily, there are some good people living here so I got a jump ASAP & was able to get to the bank before it closed.

ANYWAY.

Link Love

Last night when I went to bed, my Technorati Rating was 69. (I took a picture of it, because I'm goofy like that, LOL.) I assumed it would go back down because every day that I pay attention to it, it seems to drop. (I think that people add me based on one post & then read some more & change their minds...) Anyway, when I looked this morning, it was 81.

Right this second, it is showing 70. But when I started this post, it was 89.



See? Crazy...

That whole Viral Link Love is THE SHIT!

I know that there are people who think that Technorati Ranking means nothing. Those people can kiss my entire dimpled ass. The fact that my ranking goes up means that more people are seeing this blog & adding links to it. I love that!

Entrecard has brought me a lot of traffic. And a lot of comments. I love it. (I've found a lot of blogs I like through Entrecard too.)

Now with the Big Bang Link Love thing, it just keeps getting better. Wheeeeeee!

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Listening to: Rick Ross Ft. Jay-Z & Young Jeezy - Hustlin (Remix)
via FoxyTunes


Eli Stone

I recorded this a couple of days ago. I didn't even know what it was about. I just knew that nothing else was on, so I might as well start watching a series from the beginning so that I wouldn't have to play catch up if I found out later that I liked it. (Like I never started watching Lost, so I don't think I'll start until it's in syndication, it's too late now. Not that it would really be something I'll like anyway...)

I LOVED THIS SHOW! Not just because they had George Michael on the first episode, either, LOL.

It kind of reminds me of Ally McBeal what with his hallucinations & whatnot. I literally laughed out loud when he was dancing to George Michael & then the hallucination ended and he realized that he was at work & everyone was looking at him like he was crazy.

I love his secretary. (I think it's Loretta Devine? I just know she's the Chief's wife on Gray's Anatomy & the big booty chick from "Waiting to Exhale".)

I like his acupuncturist. (Watch the show.)

I'm not going to go into detail about the show because I actually have some other real life crap to do.

Just go watch it online.

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Listening to: George Michael - Faith
via FoxyTunes

House, MD

Yessss. I was watching "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Did a search for Stephen Fry on the DVR. He's the narrator.) when I realized that House was supposed to be on.

I caught the last 15 minutes of the Post Game Show. Then I was able to start House exactly when it started & stop recording right after the previews for the last new episode.

Yay!

I liked this episode. It was the best one this season.

Not going to go into that either. But I really liked Mira Sorvino's character. Maybe they'll bring her back?

One thing - Cutthroat Bitch? Really? Mmmmmmk... I just wonder if, after the strike is resolved, they're going to add a few more episodes to this season or pick up from this point next season.

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Listening to: Michael Sembello - She's A Maniac
via FoxyTunes

What else? No idea. I'm going to post today's Black Fact & go do my real life crap.

That is all.

On this date in Black History - 2/4

In 1794 - France abolishes slavery.

The nation will have a lukewarm commitment to abolition and will, under Napoleon, reestablish slavery in 1802 along with the reinstitution of the "Code noir", prohibiting blacks, mulattoes and other people of color from entering French colonial territory or intermarrying with whites.

All Black Facts are from Black Facts Online, so if you find an error, take it up with them. :-)

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Listening to: Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
via FoxyTunes

I have to go to the bank & stuff

But when I get home, remind me to blog about

1. Eli Stone
2. Link Love
3. Something else that I can't remember.

Down Home with the Neelys

Aren't they just the cutest couple?

I originally saw them together for the first time on Paula Deen's show on the Food network. Now they have their own! "Down Home with the Neelys" (Saturdays @ 11 AM EST on Food Network).

I really liked the first show. It was all about "Sunday Dinner". They showed us their rib recipe from their restaurant (they use a dry rub with sugar???) and a sweet & spicy cole slaw among other things.

The way they interact with each other is just precious.

When I first heard about the show, I just thought "Cool, it's about time to see some black faces on Food Network!" But then I realized that they waited until Black History Month to premier it... (I hope this isn't just a February thing, Food Network.)

Honestly, minorities aren't very well represented on the Food Network. It wasn't that long ago that they got "Simply Delicioso" with Ingrid Hoffman (I think she's Cuban.)

I like to watch shows even if I won't cook the recipes. I can't see myself cooking anything from Simply Delicioso (too much cilantro), but it's fun to watch. I watch my Lesbian Lover Nigella Lawson's show & I don't think I've cooked anything from that show either (what is it with British people & peas???), but I love her shows.

Anyway, it irritated me that this now seems like "Well, it's Black History month and people have been complaining about the diversity of our network, so let's put some colored people on tv so the nigras will shut up." (No, I don't really think they said exactly that, but I'm in a bad geedee mood and NO ONE is allowing me to get any sleep and I still have to go and do the effing laundry and it's raining outside and my back hurts and I DON'T WANT TO GO, so TV Network is getting the brunt of my non-pmssing anger. They can lick it, suck it, fuck it and whatever else, LOL.)

But anyway. Yeah, I'm happy about seeing the Neelys on TV. They really are adorable. And I think I'll give that sugared dry rub a try the next time I buy some ribs. :-)


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Listening to: Gap Band - Find me another lover
via FoxyTunes

I don't like Sarah Silverman, but this is funny

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Listening to: Angie Stone - Black Brother
via FoxyTunes

Go Read this Post

On Kevin's blog & watch the video.

On this date in Black History - 2/3

In 1920 - The Negro Baseball League founded.

All Black Facts are from Black Facts Online, so if you find an error, take it up with them. :-)

Tyler Perry has an online Talk Show

See it HERE, if you're interested.

OMG. I'm watching this as I post.

He's got a "Tyler Perry Idol" type thing in part one. Around 3:50 in the first video... Ew. Seriously, WTF is wrong with some people thinking they can sing???

I just noticed that there's no way to FF this shit.

IMO, unless you REALLY LOVE Tyler Perry & every single thing he does...don't waste your time.

There's a reason this is on the web & not on TV. (And it has NOTHING to do with his busy schedule.) It's boring.

He said some chick was watching this at work and laughing her ass off??

Suck up. She just wants to get next to him and that bootie. Because he is a nice looking man. But he's not ALWAYS funny.

I shouldn't even post this link, LOL.

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Listening to: Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
via FoxyTunes

Maybe I have ADD?

Furreal.

Because I was just thinking how fun it would be to do another "Objectification of Men" page, but on my blog.

So after I read the OoM pages on my website, I started reading some of the other pages. I decided to add links for them. (Most of those pages were written when I was in my 20s, so it's not necessarily how I feel/think anymore, but if you read them and want to comment on them, just say "I read your *Insert link name here* page and I just wanted to say..." so that I'll know what you're talking about, LOL.)

Anyway. I WAS going to start looking for pictures for the new OoM post. But I got distracted reading what the old me had to say.

Did I just say that?

I've been sleepy all day.

Every time I'm not sitting at this PC, I fall asleep.

Which sucks, because Evan is on punishment this weekend & I intended to make him write some "article reports" from the newspaper I bought especially for that purpose.

I made him clean and shit, but when I got off the computer & fell asleep, he'd start watching TV & not do anything.

Where was I?

Whatever, man.

I think I decided on the new look I want for this blog.

So earlier today I was going to start working on the images.

But then I checked my e-mail & had to go to Entrecard. So then I started dropping cards. I think I dropped 285. But one of the blogs was a guy who had a "Babe of the Week" (or something) which got me thinking about my Objectification of Men pages.

So I STILL haven't started working on the new blog images.

OR collecting photos of cute guys.

And I don't even remember what I wanted to say when I started this post...

*sigh*

I'm out.

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Listening to: E40 - Tell me when to go
via FoxyTunes

It's time to objectify men again.

Back when I was all about my website, I had a couple of "Objectification of Men" pages. (IF you click on the link, DO NOT talk about my backgrounds. That was way before I had Paintshop Pro and started making my own background images.)

I like doing those.

I want to do another one.

But I really don't feel like browsing personal ads and swiping pictures again. Especially if the dude just happens across my blog and sees "HELL NO, I wouldn't have sex with him!!"

So I'd like to ask anyone brave enough to e-mail me a picture....

But then I'd feel like I had to be nice.

Fuck it. I'll just swipe pictures and hope no one sues me.

If you're curious, here's the other Objectification of Men page.
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Listening to: N Sync - Gone
via FoxyTunes