January 2011
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Lingering Lament of Lifestyle
There was a time when I was the sort of person who had two inches of bracelets covering her left wrist and fingernails painted perfectly almost every day. I wore skirts, dresses, and heels, on the regular.
I am not that person anymore. I can’t be. My lifestyle necessitates that I be tough. I don’t have time or opportunity for that.
I wear uniforms and pants day in and day out.
But,...
WatchBilal ft. Shafiq Husayn & Erykah Badu - Levels
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SotU
“…the greatest nation on earth…”
Upon what merit is that based?
Future
On days where you wake up early, finish all the “must-do’s” and have a future to look at, it’s hard to decide who to be. Do I become Geneva the Illustrator? Geneva the Designer? Geneva the Director? Geneva the Editor? Geneva the Cat Lady Down the Street Who Also Works at the Diner and Knits? As my footpath opens wide its indiscernible maw, I’ve got to take a step....
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“I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations...”
– Pablo Neruda
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“Virginity and chastity are reemerging as a trend in pop culture, in our schools,...”
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth
Circa 2006
My grandmother gave me a book called “Me and My Friends: The Book of Us” My oldest and dearest friend and I filled it up for laughs at the times (now a source of nostalgia for both), below are excerpts:
The song on the radio we can’t NOT sing along with is: My Immortal - Evanescance
The song on the radio that annoys us the most is: Fergie-licious - Fergie
Movies we’d...
The Bird and The Bee - Preparedness
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“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and...”
– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“And that I see a darkness.
And that I see a darkness.
And that I see a...”
– Johnny Cash - “I See A Darkness”
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Of Nights When Snow Has Fallen
What I have learned, discovered, or experienced this week:
Southern towns are ill-equipped for snowfall and can end up spending around three-hundred thousand dollars in five days to get things up and running again.
Playing Egyptian Rat Screw, Speed, Rummy, Shed, and Bull-Shit are fantastic ways to pass time with new and old friends alike.
People really stock up on bread and eggs in “times...
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