December 2011
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*Waves*
Just followed some folks who are following my tumblr & my dashboard is so much better for it.
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Oh lol...
So apparently it takes three months to lose all the weight you put on over the holiday season.
i know right? fie!
After nine days of no strenuous activity & generally eating whatever i wanted to, i stepped on the scales ready to be confronted with a massive amount of gain only to see that there had been no change whatsoever.
Oh.
All of that regret & there was a lot of it after the...
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Christmas
nobody scarfed down my plain cheese pizza, no one called me incompetent in french & i wasn’t banished to the third floor for a night of co-sleeping with a cousin who pees the bed however… i wanted to be home alone this christmas.
Almost got my wish as well but alas it was not to be.
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Afehyia Pa!
ghanailoveyou:
Pronunciation: “Ah-fee-shi-ah pa”
Meaning: Merry Christmas!
*Literal meaning: The year meets us well (also said at New Years)
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"Automatic, leave 'em dead in the living room..."
Student: Ms. Z, can I ask you a question? I have free time now.
Me: Sure, what's up?
Student: Do you listen to Lil Wayne?
Me: ...every once in a while.
Student: Okay, help me out, because I'm a little lost. You know his song "9 Piece," with Rick Ross?
Me: That's Ross' song, but, yes. I know it.
Student: Okay...on Lil Wayne's part, he says something about leaving somebody dead in the living room. Then he says, "...get it? Leave 'em dead, in the living room." I don't get it.
Me: Say that last line again, slowly.
Student: Leave 'em dead in the li--oh!
Me: Got it?
Student: Yeah...but now I wish I didn't, because even though it makes sense, it's dumb.
Me: You, sir, just reached a realization that most of Weezy's fans haven't.
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I am not tragically coloured. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor...
– Zora Neale Hurston
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But the Black man by nature is a builder, he is scientific by nature, he’s...
– Malcolm X, “Ancient Black civilizations.” (via cesaire)
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
– Mark Twain (via misswallflower)
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