That's So Handy

Hey Guys, I haven't blogged in a while but I watched something on the news today that really bothered me so I had to write about it. Feel free to post your opinions :-) At the end of the news on NBC, they usually air a story about someone making a difference in the community. Today they highlighted the Salvation Army who gives toys out to families who cannot afford to give Christmas toys to their children. So I thought I should be thinking "oh that's nice". But I wasn't. I was actually thinking this is sad. I mean to listen to the guy from Salvation Army ask people to donate toys for the age group of 10-12 and say it would really be sad if kids woke up on Christmas and didn't have any toys under the tree. ARE YOU SERIOUS? Point #1: I think it's sad that in America, Christmas is all about getting things so if you don't get anything, it's Poor You. That is pathetic. I mean, I thought about if I was a kid and I woke up Christmas morning and didn...

Today I realized, or rather "re-realized", that I internalize things a lot. More than I really should. I'm very emotional and I take things to heart when someone tells me something. I admit today that I really do hate authority. I do not like to be responsible for things, and today I was reminded why. I like to have things in control because when they are out of control, I don't want to hear about what I did wrong. I want to always have things right. I want to show people that I can be a good leader. The reality is that leaders mess up. Leaders don't always think of everything. When a leader messes up, they should be strong and humble enough to accept their wrong and apologize to the necessary parties. I am lacking with these qualities. So when something goes wrong and I have to take responsibility for it, it hurts. I don't wanna be seen when I'm down. But I have to learn that messing up is a part of maturity. You have to grow and sometimes it means that y...

Thanks to my girl Myaesha, I had to write today. Ok so I love this dude so hard right now. I pray he doesn't read this cuz he gon be like "word, you love me tho?" and that would be so awkward right now. Anyway, I am digging him and i have been for a while. i just don't want to rush anything at all. Have you ever been with someone and you were just like, Yeah that's the one--well that's where I am. i just don't wanna rush. I rushed my last 3 relationships and they all ended horrible emotionally. I don't want to go through that ever ever again. So the point is that I'm really tryna seek God, let him lead, and learn to wait. If he's the one, then we'll be together forever, so there's no point in rushing to be with him so quickly. i know I got him anyway. So I'm very very happy with just getting to know him and be his friend. Yay! :-)

Many of you have followed the case of brother Troy Davis; some have just recently gotten on the band wagon. I have never been supportive of the death penalty. I just don't believe life is in our hands like that. I'm betwixt because in a very extreme case such as a ruthless serial killer, maybe I can understand. But in a case where majority of the eyewitnesses change their stories, and suddenly there is doubt whether a man is free, I cannot understand why any human in their right mind would still go through with a sentence such as lethal injection. Then it hit me, they are NOT in their right mind. The whole system is backward. And some of us have no other choice but to play the race card in a world with such deep roots of racism, we can't help but make certain connections. It makes me think of this class that I'm taking in the M.A.T. program. We often go back to the issues of race and how it impacts education. I often wonder why we have to go back to to that, but on days...

So I just went to vote, I kinda had an idea who I was in favor of being mayor. However, I had no clue who the people were that were running for city council. So I didn't vote for any of them. I am guilty of choosing people just because, without knowing who they were. But this year i thought about the meaning of my vote. It means the candidate has my support. A candidate can't have my support if I have no idea who they are or what they're about. So my first thought is, should you vote if you have not done your research. I say that because people (Blacks in particular) are quick to say things like, "they fought and died for our right to vote". So should I vote just because I have the right to vote, even if I haven't done adequate research? On the other hand, they also fought for our right to read and sometimes I just don't get around to checking out info on the candidates. IDK Anyway, another thing that made me laugh a little is how someone I know did not ...

Last night I realized that I need to focus. I have passion for so many things and I can't stand when things aren't going the way I think they should go. It hurts when I can't do all that I want to do. On the other hand, it probably hurts everyone else more when I try to do it all. So I'm taking a step back and focussing on what I should be doing in this season. I can't worry if things aren't going great. I have to do what I'm supposed to be doing. God didn't call me to save the world by being apart of everything. I have to live according to MY purpose and let others come into the place they're supposed to be in. *Sigh

Sometimes movie channels will have a free preview to let you watch shows/movies for a week or so for free. I guess the idea is that what they show is so good that it will make you prescribe to the channel. Well, for people like me and my family, we still will not pay the extra money for the channels. We'll just keep waiting and catch the free previews because we know sooner or later they are going to have one. Maybe you already know where I'm going with this. I've heard it so many times before. Guys will say things like, "you have to have sex with her before marriage so you can know what you're getting into. I don't want any surprises after we married cuz then it's too late" or "I gotta know how good it is before we get married". There are numerous versions of this thinking but it's all the same thing....A TRICK (no pun intended).  Society has our minds all messed up; men AND women. No one talks about the beauty of waiting to give your...