Just Another Miracle
My blessing came today along with a wonderful lesson learned. I was too choked up to write about it so I had to speak on it.
Pardon the tears of joy.
God is good!
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On A Friday Night
Ain’t This Some Sh**!
Why am I on yahoo music trying to listen to some music which I rarely do and all that is playing is that sucky sucky R&B? Aughh!
Who the hell likes R&B anyway? It’s all about crying and whining over some painful romantic situation or begging someone to treat you better. DAMMIT! I get enough of that in my own life I don’t wanna hear that in my leisure time.
That’s honestly why I never particularly liked Mary J. Blige. I mean, I liked one or two of her old songs but damn…she was always ‘Going Down’ over some man and damn that’s depressing that we celebrate the pain in relationships.
Now I understand that these songs capture the essence of the reality of relationships but I believe that listening to this crap makes us feel that all of this pain is SUPPOSED to be a part of relationships.
Break up to make up
He’s mine, you may done had him once but I have him all the time
I keep on fallin in and out of love, with you
So, you’re home alone on a Friday night and you’re listening to this crap and trying not to think about the fact that you are home alone and would rather be doing anything than chatting with this lonely other person on the internet but hey…it’s your only option so you have to entertain this crap, that or either go buy a fifth of Henn and dance to Kanye in your underwear.
~checking bank account~
Can’t afford the Henn so I’ll probably end up analyzing my life again. Oh no, not that! So I have to make some adjustments. I’m in this beautiful city and I don’t do anything but sit my behind in the house.
I miss my kids.
When they are away for the weekend I am happy for about two hours and then I realize that they are the reason I get out of bed at all.
So…what to do tonight? It’s 9:20.
I could get dressed and go out. Ofcourse there’s a spot to go to where I can relax a bit and people watch. But then I’d probably want a drink and if I’m driving then…that’s not a good idea. So, who can I call?
Damn…my anti social ass done pushed everyone away and even if people are getting together tonight they aren’t gonna invite ME cuz they know I don’t like social gatherings. Damn my moodiness!
Hmm..
What’s a chick to do?
Oh no…Troop is playing. All I Do Is Think Of You
I really don’t have anyone to think of though so this song is pointless. Wow. How is it that I have absolutely no one to associate these sad songs with? No one? Maybe I can conjure up an old ghost of a boyfriend?
~straining~
Oooh! Almost popped a blood vessel!
I remember when I first gave my life to the Lord. I used to take the songs to popular love songs and sing them to God.
Hey I’m in love with you
I think the world of you
So won’t you please be mine!
All I do is think of you
Day and Night
I can’t get you off my mind
Think about you ALL THE TIME
ALL THE TIME!!!
Yeah you an definately sing that to the Lord. Just not R. Kelly or someone like that. And that’s how I used to judge which songs were appropriate for me to listen to. If I can’t sing the lyrics to the Lord then it’s not right.
I miss my kids.
Funny how when they are here they get on my nerves always fighting and crying and bothering each other. But when they fall asleep…OOh. Sometimes I will go into their rooms and climb into bed with them for a few minutes each just to snuggle and feel the warmth of their bodies. Heavenly angels…and then they wake up in the morning and run to my room singing, “It’s Wake up time! Goodmorning!”
After that it’s all downhill.
He kicked me in my penis!
He poured his juice on my sandwhich!
He called me a liar!
He keeps copying me!
He won’t let me talk!
MAMA!
MAMA!
MAMA!
Sometimes I go hide under the covers and they have to find me because I can’t take hearing them whine another minute!
~shakes head~
My boys… Couldn’t function without them.
I wonder what young, hot, single women are doing tonight? Probably out being fabulous and being romantically wined and dined by eligible bachelors.
I wonder what married couples are doing tonight? Probably ordering chinese and watching a movie together snuggled up on the couch laughing and sipping wine as they feel each other up beneath the covers.
Pretty soon I’m sure one of my lonely friends will call me and we’ll talk about absolutely nothing but it will fill the night until we fall asleep.
Thank God for the internet though….
Let me get back to my writing for tonight…. I wonder if life ever gets better than this.
K.I.S.S. Guide to Understanding the Voting Rights Act
and it’s Importance This Year
Ignorance is NOT bliss. Ignorance is self sabotage. ~Ms. Tee
Join my friend Zoeboy and I as we attempt to discuss issues that affect the Black community and our world.
Tee says:
Ok so whats going on with the voting rights act thing? First of all.. What is the Voting Rights Act I keep hearing about? Explain it simply for me.
ZoeBoy says:
After the Cival Rights Act was passed, congress and President Johnson felt that the southern states would do all they can to keep blacks from voting. (Rember, Dr. King and others fought to the death for this key right). The southern states were passing laws saying that you had to pay a poll tax to vote, and that you had to be literate to an extent…all these laws were hinderances to many blacks.
ZoeBoy says:
So congress and President Johnson along with other Cival Rights leaders worked on and passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The act made many of those practices illegal, and also made provisions for states to draw boundries that would give blacks a chance to have their vote count.
Tee says:
Ok. So…………..
ZoeBoy says:
So…Blacks tend live in clusters, near other blacks, the Act made those clusters indivudual voting districts that could vote for their own representatives…
Tee says:
Ok….
ZoeBoy says:
Blacks tend to vote democratic, that’s not secret…it’s a problem for Republicans….if it wasn’t for the Voting Rights Act, Republicans would redraw voting districts to “drown” out the black vote. example: a black district of 50,000 blacks always vote democratic, but if you redrew their districts so that they were included in a 200,000 rebublican white district, it wouldn’t matter…If all 50,000 blacks voted democratically, they would be drowned out by all the republican votes.
ZoeBoy says:
Well recently…Southern state republicans tried to pass a bill to do away with the Voting Rights Act. They said it was no longer needed that they were unfairly targeted, and that things are different now. They said that the people should trust them not to redraw the districts unfairly.
ZoeBoy says:
Well the bill was given it’s last extenstion for 25 years by the president who warned that this would be the last time.
Tee says:
Ohh shit! For real?
ZoeBoy says:
yes
Tee says:
So that means that once the Act is removed then our voice will be drowned out?
ZoeBoy says:
It’s already happened. If any of your readers are from Texas (one of the states which under the Act, have to have permission to redraw districts), they probaly know about the recent victory in the supreme court over the districts they redrew that essentially eliminated an entire black district .
ZoeBoy says:
You know what was ironic about that, they don’t target hispanic voters, who are minorities also, because they vote republican too.
Tee says:
But as minorities who are most often not inclined to vote anyway, I have to ask, will the dissolution of this act really make a difference or is it a smokescreen to make us feel like we have a voice when we really don’t?
ZoeBoy says:
Yes the black vote does count!
ZoeBoy says:
Think about it in a black district if 1% of the people vote, they still voted that 1% still gets to elect their own representative. I don’t care if 1 single black votes…that vote counts for that district…does that make sense?
Tee says:
Yes it does. So tell me, what is the current situation with the districts?
ZoeBoy says:
excellent question!
ZoeBoy says:
The issue is the November elections coming up which will proceed the next Presidential elections. Republicans know that they don’t look good right now with all these scandals and war problems…it’s a boost for democrats. If they lose a district to the democrats, then it WILL affect the vote for the presidency next year. They’re getting ready for battle, and trying every underhand scheme to win. The fact they tried to do away with the Voting Rights act is unbelievable!
ZoeBoy says:
And what’s even worse is that the President gave us an insight into what to expect…that in another 25 years, this Act will be revisited.
Tee says:
Damn… What can we do about it?
ZoeBoy says:
Vote gottdamit! I don’t care if you vote republican, democrat, independant…just vote.
ZoeBoy says:
There are law makers who feel that if you have to take a casualty it has to be with the black vote, cause they don’t vote anyway…
ZoeBoy says:
You can’t depend on them, you can take their voices away and you know what, they won’t even notice…blacks have to rely on other watch dogs to protect their interests… The republicans took that chance and lost but they won’t give up.
Tee says:
Why? Is it because they feel powerless to affect change and seek to remain ignorant rather than recognize their lack of power?
ZoeBoy says:
I’m not really sure, I know speaking as a proffessional, that the majority of blacks live at the poverty line in groups (innercities and ghettos) and because of that, everything around them has no value…nothing for them to be concerned about.
ZoeBoy says:
Example:
No property value in the hood, so the neighborhood schools can’t raise enough money to give it’s students a good education. Can’t get a loan for any damn thing, so you don’t have any assets or investments to be concerned about, because you make to little. Drug dealing everywhere…etc. All these downfalls are the exact reasons people vote for…they vote to keep these interests’ skewed to their favor.
Tee says:
Huh?
ZoeBoy says:
If there is nothing of value within sight of you, nothing that you have an economic interest in, you don’t really have a motivation to vote for actions concerning those things…cause it appears to not affect you.
Tee says:
Do you feel there’s any possible way to motivate those in that situation to change their minds about voting and if they do… can it really help?
ZoeBoy says:
The only way to motivate them is to give them a reason to vote, I don’t care if it’s just a ploy, make them see that it does work. You know what I would do? I would put a bill on the ballot that said if you lived in a high crime area like the ghetto, you would have to pay an additional $500 dollars in insurance, and if you didn’t pay you would get a boot on your car permanently.
ZoeBoy says:
That’ll motivate they ass to vote!
ZoeBoy says:
lol
Tee says:
lol
ZoeBoy says:
It wouldn’t be real of course, but I gaurantee a lot of the eligible voters would be standing at the voting poll 30min before it opened to cast their “hell fuck naw” vote
Tee says:
You are a mess. I can’t wait until you start your own blog. Until then… You’re always welcome here on Share My World- Miami
ZoeBoy says:
Peace in the hood!