I'm a Nervous Rass Wreck! This is the big day, history being made, the world is watching and so on. I tell you that my craving for a huge bowl of Edy's Rocky Road Ice Cream is so intense right now, that might just be lunch!
On a serious tip, this is the moment we've been waiting for , while it is not the second coming by any means, it is almost damn there!
Let all the enlightened people of the world say....Obama!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Excitement!!
Seems like such a long time since I was here, things have been so busy lately!! Can you believe we are here? It's been a long hard road, paved with a lot of nail biting, hand wringing and lots and lots of hope...the AUDACITY of it!
Barack Obama has been through it, having to separate from a man who brought him to his faith, having his family's patriotism (a wife who consents to possibly live in the fishbowl that is public office; not patriotic? Ha!!) questioned, death threats (that seems to have been dealt with quite expediently) and his own persona dissected, torn apart and JUDGED!! However, to be fair, he must have known all this would happen, his courage (and anyone who runs for President) is not something all of us have.......I know I sure as hell don't!! Right now my skeletons need more closet space!!!!
He represents many things for many people, for minorities, one of the many things he symbolizes is the hope of a people who have been marginalized so badly for so long; immigrants such as myself who encountered the demoralizing effects of racism for the first time in this great land of opportunity, and so many of our elders who never thought that they would see a Black/Minority president (Hell even presidential nominee) in their lifetime! There is no doubt he has a large burden/mantle to bear.
I wish him well, I really do, his wife I think would be a powerful, smart, and DOWN TO EARTH ally and adviser to him (make no mistake, the first opinion sought is ALWAYS the First Lady's) and I hope and pray that he will make it to the White House. I hope and pray that the changes he seeks to make will come to pass.
Let's not in all this, forget Hilary, as polarizing a figure as she is, the glass ceiling has indeed been shattered!! I look at my daughters, both brilliant, beautiful, funny and strong, and realize that the two front runners for the Democratic nominee are represented in my girls! Ha! I have no doubt that either one could be.......would be, remains to be seen...... Mummy would have to have the skeleton talk first! :-)
In the meantime let us all hope that everyone wants change, everyone has hope and everyone is ready and willing to make the sacrifice necessary for this to be accomplished.
Yes we can!!
Barack Obama has been through it, having to separate from a man who brought him to his faith, having his family's patriotism (a wife who consents to possibly live in the fishbowl that is public office; not patriotic? Ha!!) questioned, death threats (that seems to have been dealt with quite expediently) and his own persona dissected, torn apart and JUDGED!! However, to be fair, he must have known all this would happen, his courage (and anyone who runs for President) is not something all of us have.......I know I sure as hell don't!! Right now my skeletons need more closet space!!!!
He represents many things for many people, for minorities, one of the many things he symbolizes is the hope of a people who have been marginalized so badly for so long; immigrants such as myself who encountered the demoralizing effects of racism for the first time in this great land of opportunity, and so many of our elders who never thought that they would see a Black/Minority president (Hell even presidential nominee) in their lifetime! There is no doubt he has a large burden/mantle to bear.
I wish him well, I really do, his wife I think would be a powerful, smart, and DOWN TO EARTH ally and adviser to him (make no mistake, the first opinion sought is ALWAYS the First Lady's) and I hope and pray that he will make it to the White House. I hope and pray that the changes he seeks to make will come to pass.
Let's not in all this, forget Hilary, as polarizing a figure as she is, the glass ceiling has indeed been shattered!! I look at my daughters, both brilliant, beautiful, funny and strong, and realize that the two front runners for the Democratic nominee are represented in my girls! Ha! I have no doubt that either one could be.......would be, remains to be seen...... Mummy would have to have the skeleton talk first! :-)
In the meantime let us all hope that everyone wants change, everyone has hope and everyone is ready and willing to make the sacrifice necessary for this to be accomplished.
Yes we can!!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
WTF!!!???
What the HELL is going on? Are we in the great depression, could we have seen this coming? WTF????!!!!
To all of my friends and aquaintances who are losing money, losing their jobs, losing their minds with worry.......I'm right there with you but have faith that everything will work out.
Now a lot of us non home owners were breathing a sigh of relief that we had no mortgage liabilities, only to find out that our landlords may be in default!! Those of us who have kept good credit might see our credit scores decline because banks are tightening credit card limits.....this after you've struggled to pay the bills on time and kept your balance down.
It just all seems so futile; hopefully this bailout will come to the table again, one that doesn't cost us regular joe's too much hardearned money that we have to use to pay off our balances to banks that were too free to give credit to people that shouldn't have gotten it so now we have to suffer even though we've done the right thing...phew!!!
Chin up folks, lets have a little faith and hope that things turn around.
Till then there is a moratorium on shoe purchases, I will just have to be fabulous in the ones that I got!!!!!
To all of my friends and aquaintances who are losing money, losing their jobs, losing their minds with worry.......I'm right there with you but have faith that everything will work out.
Now a lot of us non home owners were breathing a sigh of relief that we had no mortgage liabilities, only to find out that our landlords may be in default!! Those of us who have kept good credit might see our credit scores decline because banks are tightening credit card limits.....this after you've struggled to pay the bills on time and kept your balance down.
It just all seems so futile; hopefully this bailout will come to the table again, one that doesn't cost us regular joe's too much hardearned money that we have to use to pay off our balances to banks that were too free to give credit to people that shouldn't have gotten it so now we have to suffer even though we've done the right thing...phew!!!
Chin up folks, lets have a little faith and hope that things turn around.
Till then there is a moratorium on shoe purchases, I will just have to be fabulous in the ones that I got!!!!!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Past Relations
Needless to say by the time most women have reached my age, their hearts have been broken at least once. The level of devastation is different in some cases, the ability to let go easier for some than others.
I have a friend who has a husband who continues to break her heart, she has yet to let go, is it a fear of failure, the unknown, or is she just too tired to make the effort to go through the rituals and drama that go along with the breaking up process.
So many of us find ourselves in this position, the one where breaking up is harder than putting up, I did it for 7 years, until he pulled the rug out from under me.
Would I have been happier if I had not given those 10 years, or where they a necessary part of my development? I had CERTAINLY not found it difficult to break up before!!
Moving on with trust is hard, investing time and love with someone, unsure of the outcome is hard, but what is the alternative....alone?
I have a friend who has a husband who continues to break her heart, she has yet to let go, is it a fear of failure, the unknown, or is she just too tired to make the effort to go through the rituals and drama that go along with the breaking up process.
So many of us find ourselves in this position, the one where breaking up is harder than putting up, I did it for 7 years, until he pulled the rug out from under me.
Would I have been happier if I had not given those 10 years, or where they a necessary part of my development? I had CERTAINLY not found it difficult to break up before!!
Moving on with trust is hard, investing time and love with someone, unsure of the outcome is hard, but what is the alternative....alone?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Usain, Yam and the USA
For all of you Jamaicans (and some non) who followed the Olympics last week, and more importantly our very own Usain (not to downgrade the girls, but the man is magnetic!) we all know about the power of the Yam!
Track and Field have not had good years recently, Ben Johnson and Marion Jones anyone? So the fact that despite the rigorous testing that involves (I am convinced) draining the atheletes of all essntial bodily fluids and blood, the sprinters shone.
I want to say to all us proud Jamaicans though, stop talk bout the yam!! Retain the air of mystery!!! Or else you hear very soon that the IOC found evidence that Yam contains performance enhancing ingredients.......(at which point all Village Ram will have to admit that yes, they knew this all along....):-)
Seriously though, congrats to all the medalists, and qualifiers too, cause Jah know, I'M NOT RUNNING AROUND THE BLOCK.........and special special, extra hugs and kisses and pride of countryman vibes to
ALL A DE FASSS JAMAICAN DEM!! I know sey de run from de switch woulda come in handy one day!!!
Track and Field have not had good years recently, Ben Johnson and Marion Jones anyone? So the fact that despite the rigorous testing that involves (I am convinced) draining the atheletes of all essntial bodily fluids and blood, the sprinters shone.
I want to say to all us proud Jamaicans though, stop talk bout the yam!! Retain the air of mystery!!! Or else you hear very soon that the IOC found evidence that Yam contains performance enhancing ingredients.......(at which point all Village Ram will have to admit that yes, they knew this all along....):-)
Seriously though, congrats to all the medalists, and qualifiers too, cause Jah know, I'M NOT RUNNING AROUND THE BLOCK.........and special special, extra hugs and kisses and pride of countryman vibes to
ALL A DE FASSS JAMAICAN DEM!! I know sey de run from de switch woulda come in handy one day!!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The money will come....when?
Oprah and some other people have said it. "Do what you love and the money will come". Is that true for everyone or do we most of the time sacrifice our dreams at the altar of survival? There are a lot of people out there who do different things, for a living, some doing what they love and some who are just doing. I feel that there are some professions that the only thing job satisfaction that you will get is that you are doing something that you love, the money NEVER comes. For those people my hat is off to you.
I have not yet made any money writing, have to work to survive, so I blog.....thank God for the internet!!
I think the trick is to love what you do and if you don't, do what you love on the side, harsh reality (and tiring) but true.
How many of you out there are REALLY loving your job?
I have not yet made any money writing, have to work to survive, so I blog.....thank God for the internet!!
I think the trick is to love what you do and if you don't, do what you love on the side, harsh reality (and tiring) but true.
How many of you out there are REALLY loving your job?
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
partners & shoes
Whew CB, I knew you had a lot of stuff to get off your chest but damn girrrlll! Looking forward to that book though......
You make a lot of good points, and raise an interesting counterpoint to my whole "getting to know you" edict. You got to know him, and still!!.......what the hell!!??
Here's what I've decided......I am a shoe lover, so I have a shoe analogy for you.......
I'm going to regard a bad partner as a poorly fitting pair of shoes. If the shoe hurts, and it doesn't fit give it to the needy.....
You make a lot of good points, and raise an interesting counterpoint to my whole "getting to know you" edict. You got to know him, and still!!.......what the hell!!??
Here's what I've decided......I am a shoe lover, so I have a shoe analogy for you.......
I'm going to regard a bad partner as a poorly fitting pair of shoes. If the shoe hurts, and it doesn't fit give it to the needy.....
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