Stitched Up

• The more I learn about Mitt Romney, the more I am convinced that he lacks a soul, core and backbone. The man is just blegh.
• No Greater Glory looks good, I mean Eva Longoria will do her best to bring that film down but I have faith in Andy Garcia.
• It’s fucking blowout season for my Labrador and this shit is the worst. Fucking hair everywhere. I’m fucking vacuuming twice a day.
• I deleted my facebook. Shit was getting out of hand. I think it was my 2nd or 3rd go round and I still lost control of it.
• If you’re not watching Hatfields & McCoys, you are missing out. Fucking amazing.
• Oh, that Mermaid special on Animal Planet has me asking a lot of questions. You can’t say it wasn’t, at least, interesting.
• **side note** Anyone who considers that special bullshit is an idiot. The tagline for it said, half man/half fish/all conjecture. smh. 
• I got nothing else. How’s everyone doing?!!!!!

A-FUCKING-MEN. yes. to all of this. except that i’d like there to be a father. there are fathers. too many movies/tv shows perpetuating the stereotype that we don’t have dads.

Completely agree. I have plenty of family/friends who were raised by wonderful men of color. I should have been clear that though my father wasn’t around, I never felt that void because I was surrounded by amazing men, but yes, to that entire reply.

….

I really just want to see a movie/show about an intelligent/uber cute woman of color who manages to make something of herself despite being dealt a crappy hand. No white-savior, no shitty/hating mother, no rape/incestuous story lines, no I’m too good for men of my race story lines or my self-esteem is non-existent because of European ideals story lines. Just, yea I grew up in a tough neighborhood but my mother is an amazing woman as well as my biggest supporter, my father chucked me the deuces but its cool because my Papa/Uncles/Brothers showed me what a good man is; my grandmothers are old school but still cool as fuck. I’m not a side-kick/victim/fetish/or hyper-sexual individual though I’ve encountered assholes who would like to paint me as such. Just a coming of age movie about a precious Brown girl that isn’t disturbed/boring/cheap or poorly written/developed.

I know, I might as well wish for a fucking unicorn because this shit is never going to happen but yea, I just want to see a movie/show that I can/sort of/kinda relate to.

I’m rambling and hopped up on caffeine.

Apologies for the delusions of grandeur.

I am not a birthday person.

I don’t dislike my birthday but I never been one to go ga-ga over it.

::shrugs shoulders::

I don’t understand this incessant need that some people have to make you enjoy your birthday.

No.

Stop it.

Do not force your presence on me. Just leave me alone with my thoughts.

Let me breathe. I’m not trying to be accosted by your happy ass or inquiries about my future.

I’m trying to stay under the radar until I’m past 25. Ye’ told me so.

Just a thought, since I went shopping today.

I will shoot myself in the thigh before I shop with my aunt (father’s side) or my uncle (Ma’s side). They don’t know what filters are. Seriously, slow motion train wrecks.

If we walk into the store and we’re not acknowledged, my aunt will snap her fingers or clap her hands and ask if we’re invisible. Then she’ll let the associate know that they’re rude/have no home-training and will proceed to ask the manager if they make it a point to hire dismissive associates. I mean she goes the fuck off, on occasion it’s justified but most times she’s just being an ass.

SMH.

If my uncle is ignored when we walk into a store, he will look at me and say, gotta hit ‘em with the bass niece and yell, “SO, WE’RE JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE BLACK MAN EH?! IS THAT WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT NOW?! HUH? HUH? YOU PEOPLE DISGUST ME.”

And please don’t let it be a person of color that ignores him because he will flip his shit. I mean, you can see the smoke billowing out of his ears. Dude, it is sight to see but it barely registers on the Richter scale of crazy shit my uncle has done in public. I’m not even going to type it out, but he’s a 50 something year old Black man who was born and raised in Chicago. Let your imagination run wild.

Overheard someone call Robin Thicke, the King of Blue-Eyed Soul.

The fuck?

Michael McDonald is not amused.

Seriously, get the hell out of here with that coke head nonsense.

The life of a Chicago sports fan is a hard one. The life of a Cubs fan in a house full of asshole Sox fans is simply unbearable.

Pet Peeve Time

Okay, POTUS has just come out and say that he believes gay couples should have the right to marry.

Cool right?

Amazing.

And then Toure blows up twitter with, “Will Obama lose his Black voters for his support of gay marriage?”

**Pause**

Disclaimer: I am not a fucking conduit to the Black community. I can only speak on my experiences, I can only give my point of view based on what I’ve dealt with.

**Continue**

Every other freaking tweet was about Obama losing Black support.

I love how everyone makes these sweeping generalizations where Black people are concerned.

No one makes a distinction between age, sex, geography, or religious beliefs.

NONE.

Nope.

We’re just one giant fucking being.

Black people hate the gays. Black people are severely homophobic.

Fuck that shit. Are you trying to tell me that a young, Black man from New York is going to have the same views as older, Black man from Texas?

Dude, he’s not even going to mirror the men in his family let alone some random as Black dude from the South.

Bruh, I’m not naive. I realize that a lot of older Black people are extremely conservative and are in the pulpit every Sunday and pass these beliefs on but jesus christ, why is it so hard for people to realize that this is not true for EVERY FUCKING BLACK PERSON. Why must the Black community and the Latino community be subjected to these sweeping generalizations?

All in all, this is not a race issue. This is all about religion. On the whole, African Americans are ultra religious and that is what I feel like people forget. A good number of African Americans cling to their bibles and religious beliefs and because of that fact they don’t agree with homosexuality. But this is where my opinion ends since I’m Jewish and no one in my family fits the preceding description.

I’ll just end this with something my 92 year-old great-grandmother,

“Men been sleeping with men since the beginning of time, same for women. I couldn’t care less who is laying up in anyone’s bed and anyone who does has their own problems to deal with or they wanna be in your bed. Reserve your judgment for yourself.”

Man, watching Episodes IV and V messed me up. Proverbs sounds like Yoda wrote it. Every single word. “Yes, seven are an abomination to Him.”

Smh. All messed up.

I’m currently in a really dark place but I’m actively trying to get out of it. Wallowing in self pity isn’t a forte of mine. Shit, most days I feel like Bruce Wayne, just fucking unhappy. I shouldn’t feel like this, I’m very fortunate and that’s what I focus on. But, its easy to see what you don’t have. I am failing to meet my expectations. Apparently, the year after graduation is the hardest. Pfft. I’m sure my older brother is lying to me and just wants to make his little sis feel better but…. yea, this is the pits.