in particular the line of...Wow. To be thankful. I noticed a month a go that The Comeback Girl doesGratitude Fridays, so I have decided to try it out as well. Gratitude lists help me get my mind right. I am not sure which day it will long on, but the goal is to doit once, on Wednesdays or Fridays. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Gratitude Wednesdays {7.15.09}
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Twenty Questions Tuesday {7.14.09}
Tuesday, July 14th, 20091. Why text messages cost .20 cent? 2. Why is it so hard to organize communities? 3. Why is getting out the bed so hard? 4. Why is Sasha Obama so cute, that I wanna hug her? 5. Why did my coworker call some clients white trash in front of me? 6. How did Erykah [...]
The Coming Jobless Society
Monday, July 13th, 2009Children protest the closure of a jail in Lansing, Michigan. It is only right that I am drawn to learning about the ascensionand decline of civilizations, as a I saw my community Oakland, California, and my family, in many ways,destroyed by the crack epidemic and the war ondrugs in the 1980′s. What as happened to [...]
The Future of {Urban} Magazine’s: Thoughts on Jeff Chang’s Vibe Roundtable
Monday, July 6th, 2009Last week, Jeff Chang posted a roundtable discussion with Alan Light, former Editor in Chief at Vibe and Raymond Roker,Founder of Urb Magazine. Read the entire post here. It is fascinating because in many waysit is an organic conversation about journalism, capitalism, Vibe,and venture capital. 5 paragraphs in, Jeff gets cooking when he writes, But [...]
BET’s School for Nappy Headed Ho’s: BET, Drake & Lil Wayne
Sunday, July 5th, 2009The jump @ 3:55 sec “I like a long haired thick red bone.”~Lil Wayne No nappy headed ho’s allowed. I have been having a conversation with Moya and Nuala aboutBET, Drake, and Lil Wayne. The conversation has been interesting in that I have beenpushing hard against being reactionary. Its challenging, because whenyou react you feel [...]
