Random Thoughts

So my best friend bought some movies last week and tells me "girl remind me to make a copy of 'why did I get married' for you, it was sooooo good!" (as I roll my eyes into infinity on the telephone) I didn't even go there with her she already has said I can act a little uppity sometime-Bourgeois.

Im glad to see many of you feel the same way! I am glad however to see Tyler move away from the "Madea" role and actually play a man in his movies-I still don't like them either way, but to each his own.

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Originally posted by msprettygirl:
So my best friend bought some movies last week and tells me "girl remind me to make a copy of 'why did I get married' for you, it was sooooo good!" (as I roll my eyes into infinity on the telephone)

My aunt raves about this movie. She suggested that I take my mother to see it. I didn't want to say, "Uh...no thanks!" Instead I said: "Oh, you know mommy doesn't go anywhere."

Peace....


I am listening to Lauryn Hill's old stuff, and man the sister is brilliant in talent, and within her mind...

I am not sure what dragged this sister from where she was, however, whatever it was, it should be punished.

Some artists produce music which is actually medicine.



Kai

Do blind women give birth?

Only in new orleans can you wear sun glasses and a sweater at the same time! It is a nice cool day today, but sunny as hell at the same time

Hotep myprettygirl,

In Chicago today I am wearing a sweater and sunglasses. It started out around 40 degrees with little or no clouds and a high and sunny blue sky. I just love this city. I enjoy this type weather because I enjoy wearing sweaters, leather jackets, overcoats, argyle socks, gloves and scarves when applicable, and fall impliments in general. With fall being my favorite time of year I am on cloud nine especially when the sun in shining bright. Have a blessd day. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike.

I missed my workout this morning. I'm going to be crabby all day!

Blame it on ER for making such a juicy thread and Delta for cancelling my sister's flight and throwing me into a panic.

NO EXCUSES ATP!! You owe me an update anyway!

Isn't it ironic (and sad) that many of us were accused of "acting/being white" growing up but it is one of the first allegations we'll make when we disagree with someone's POV?

Hotep ddouble

Acting 'white' is something that has been around since slavery and it happens because it's real. The jack & jills, negro (or Black) anglo-saxons, uncle tom police officials and politicians, uncle tom military personnel who enjoy the killing of folk that this government don't like, those negro's who hate Caastro and Chavez, niggas who: rape women, rob, kill, steal and creat meyham within the Black communities all over amerikkka, anyone Black who resent our people for getting a 'true education', anywho denounces their Black Afikan heritage, anyone who adhears to the star spangled banner (skull & cross bones) and the pledge to the flag, and those negros who run around talking aboutl they are members of a 'greek organization' (when they are not greek), and anyone who hates the fact that they were born Black and wish they had been born 'white'.. Need I say more? I can go on and on. Least I forget: Jesus hawking cross wearing pimping preachers in the pulpit who clock dollars and not souls. Please, stay Black. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike

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Originally posted by ddouble:
NO EXCUSES ATP!! You owe me an update anyway!

Dude, what are you talking about?

I update my BodySpace and FitDay each day . . . or night depending on what's going on in the office.

You know the link.

How's everybody doing?

Just had half a stack of 10-grain pancakes, veggie bacon, and pomegranate tea. Now I'm sitting on the couch, full as a tick, watching New York and Miami roll around in the mud over in London.

After much drama on Friday, my sis arrived safely in Jamaica.

Don't have any cash at the moment, but I'm not sick, I have food and my bills are paid.

Life is good.

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Originally posted by ATPWordPro:
How's everybody doing?

Just had half a stack of 10-grain pancakes, veggie bacon, and pomegranate tea. Now I'm sitting on the couch, full as a tick, watching New York and Miami roll around in the mud over in London.

After much drama on Friday, my sis arrived safely in Jamaica.

Don't have any cash at the moment, but I'm not sick, I have food and my bills are paid.

Life is good.

I'm jealous. I'm in the office working ...

A battle of wits with a fool can't be won ... because the fool has no way of knowing whether or not he lost.

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Originally posted by Carl Prather:
Hotep ddouble

Acting 'white' is something that has been around since slavery and it happens because it's real. The jack & jills, negro (or Black) anglo-saxons, uncle tom police officials and politicians, uncle tom military personnel who enjoy the killing of folk that this government don't like, those negro's who hate Caastro and Chavez, niggas who: rape women, rob, kill, steal and creat meyham within the Black communities all over amerikkka, anyone Black who resent our people for getting a 'true education', anywho denounces their Black Afikan heritage, anyone who adhears to the star spangled banner (skull & cross bones) and the pledge to the flag, and those negros who run around talking aboutl they are members of a 'greek organization' (when they are not greek), and anyone who hates the fact that they were born Black and wish they had been born 'white'.. Need I say more? I can go on and on. Least I forget: Jesus hawking cross wearing pimping preachers in the pulpit who clock dollars and not souls. Please, stay Black. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike

Wow ... Who would'a thought I'd be described as acting white? But do the three that apply to me condemn me as acting white? Or, do I have to do all of that?

Nothing like thinking about the past and its problems to make you all that more appreciative of the present and peace you have finally found!

No way would I have guessed this was Ray Parker Jr.!


Source.

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Originally posted by Santana St. Cloud:
No way would I have guessed this was Ray Parker Jr.!


Source.

"A woman needs love..


just like you do...."


erm... he's aged....

Hotep Kweli4Real,

Please don't think that I was attacking any one individual for 'acting white'. I didn't think anyone would take my comments personally. If the shoe fits, by all means, wear it. Acting white is what we are expected to do because of the methods used in and during slavery in order to dismatle our culture and for the slave masters to interject theirs or replace ours with theirs. And it worked!!! As with the willie lynch letter suggests this method would last for two hundred years plus. It's still working today as it was intended. To imply that I was personal in my anology is ludicrous because I have never seen or know anyone on this forum and vise versa. But what I said is real and true as I am sure we all know some one or some bodies who either act as though they were white amerikkans (the celebration of 'their' holidays, the way they immulate white amerikkka, etc) or better still, wish they were white. What is acting white? I have a neighbor who plays that role expertly. I don't bother him nor doe's he bother me. We speak or wave and thats the extent of our involvment. I perfer it that way because there is no way this brother will be anything other than what he and his family are.

My childres were accused of 'acting white' because of the way they spoke the kings english as well as the way they dressed. My wife and I did not teach our children to speak 'proper english'; we taught they to speak english 'properly' therefore they were labled 'acting white'. No matter because this stigma did not pervent them for being what we are: Black, popular and successful. They were not 'acting' Black because they are, like me, Black and proud of it. I have members of my family who are just s 'amricanized' as the average white amerikkkan. Kool-and-the-gang with me. They are still my family and I love them and I am close to them but they know where this brother stands. They know the only holiday I celebrate is new years and they know I couldn't care less about their religions (christianity and islam) and their bibles (the holy bible and the koran). I don't begrudge them for being what they are. They are still my family and I love them and would die for them. But I am a Black man and nothing can nor will change that. Stay Black. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike

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erm... he's aged....

Now, if this picture had been posted, I would've known.

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Originally posted by Santana St. Cloud:
No way would I have guessed this was Ray Parker Jr.!


Source.

I talked to one of the custodians today. I ran into him shortly before my morning class. We were chatting and the conversation turned to his children. He was telling me about one of his college aged sons who had graduated high school, enrolled in a local college on an academic scholarship, managed to get a 3.7 gpa ... and has dropped out, done time for selling drugs, and is presently going nowhere with his life.

He said it's the guys he hangs out with. He asked if I had any advice.

I just told him that I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

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Originally posted by HonestBrother:

I just told him that I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

That's too bad about his son. I'm still trying to "figure it out" too. I was helping a friend move the other day when had an existential moment. (Actually, that's nothing new.)

It's amazing to me when I hear about people who knew what they wanted to be ever since they were little.

I read Neil deGrasse Tyson's memoir and he knew he wanted to be an astrophysicist after looking at the stars through his friend's telescope on top of his Bronx apartment building. He was around nine years old. Now, he heads the Hayden Planetarium in New York. He's sometimes called "The Black Carl Sagan."

Hotep Santana St. Cloud

What is meant by a Black person being described as 'the Black' so-and so. Is this an imulation? The Black Carl Sagan, the Black this, the Black that. What is this referencing? What can't a Black person be in and of his or herself? What do they have to be preferenced with the conatation 'the Black' as though white is 'exclusive' and Black being inclusive? Just wondering. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike.

Hotep Santana St. Cloud,

Can you shed a little light on this brother? What is he up to these days? Is he still actively entertaining or singing? Just wondering since I have not heard anything about him or from him lately. I always like him. Marvin is still the king. I dig Will Downing. Hotep. Olu Olufemi Chike.

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Originally posted by Carl Prather:
Hotep Santana St. Cloud

What is meant by a Black person being described as 'the Black' so-and so.

I hear ya. That's why I put the comment in quotations, to indicate that this is what others say about him. They say this because some feel that deGrasse Tyson is a "popularizer" of science. Like Sagan, he makes science accesible to the lay person.

As for Ray Parker Jr., I really don't know what he's been up to. I happened to see the photo on the web under "guess who" and I had no clue.

Hotep Santana St. Cloud,

It amazes me that white folk never refer to one of theirs as the next 'white' so and so. Like the young child they are advertising as the 'next' Tiger Woods. The reference the 'next' as if it is an upcoming event.Ever hear of the 'white' Michael Jordan? I hear what you are saying. I also know who Carl Sagan is. Brother Tyler I am not familiar with but I will do my research and learn. I'm like that. I need to know my 'own' kind. I need to know as much as I can learn about us. I know a lot about us but there is still a multitude I don't.

About how old would Ray Parker be? He looks good and hearthly. Check out the attachment inifor. for deceased black celebs.

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Originally posted by Santana St. Cloud:
That's too bad about his son. I'm still trying to "figure it out" too. I was helping a friend move the other day when had an existential moment. (Actually, that's nothing new.)

It's amazing to me when I hear about people who knew what they wanted to be ever since they were little.

I read Neil deGrasse Tyson's memoir and he knew he wanted to be an astrophysicist after looking at the stars through his friend's telescope on top of his Bronx apartment building. He was around nine years old. Now, he heads the Hayden Planetarium in New York. He's sometimes called "The Black Carl Sagan."

Thank you for the story.

Thank God for TA's...

Our community launched a book drive/fair and round table discussion for the locals this past week. Several schools [including mine[ were involved. It was an all week event which ended with a concert of kids performing: dance hip hop, poetry, jazz and spoken word. As I said before our youth HAVE A LOT to say. And they are as BRAVE....as I remembered youth were in the sixties. Am I EXHAUSTED?..... NO.....I AM EX. HAUSTED! The food was excellent. The adults behaved. thankgod! No fights. Will this event do some good in our neighborhood? Welll.....it's a wait and see kinda thang. BUT! At least we are TALKING...[may not AGREE with everything said]...there's communication. I heard some good sounds last week. Black LAUGHTER. BLACK music......and Black LOVE I walked away PROUD. It was HARD work! I'm GLAD it's over. My thought is REST. SLEEP. RELAXATION. YEA!

Originally posted by Khalliqa:

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erm... he's aged....

As we ALL WILL DO-If we keep on living. Age is something to embrace. He's beautiful. AND IS. AGING. GRACEFULLY. And quite nicely I don't see wrinkles, or deep lines in his face. Gray hair? yes. That's expected. For his age, he look better than most men his age. To me, he looks the same. His hair is different but those eyes and that SMILE. Maybe a little older....but BETTER WHO U GONNA CALL?

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Originally posted by Khalliqa:

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Originally posted by Kocolicious:
Originally posted by Khalliqa:

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erm... he's aged....

As we ALL WILL DO-If we keep on living. Age is something to embrace. He's beautiful. AND IS. AGING. GRACEFULLY. And quite nicely I don't see wrinkles, or deep lines in his face. Gray hair? yes. That's expected. For his age, he look better than most men his age. To me, he looks the same. His hair is different but those eyes and that SMILE. Maybe a little older....but BETTER WHO U GONNA CALL?

Mmmmk I'll accept that.....

but couldn't he fill out his locs a lil more or sunthin?


I know

*picky*



Salaam...

Or just cut them off... I guess I'm picky too.

Originally posted by Khalliqa:

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Mmmmk I'll accept that.....

but couldn't he fill out his locs a lil more or sunthin?


I know

*picky*

The brotha's losing his hair, Sista K. You know some men....they ain't gonna get no weave to fill it out. They be natural...... what you see is whatcha get. period....well...especially when you get that age anyway. hecan'thelpit! but at that age...he don't care!

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Originally posted by Kocolicious:
Our community launched a book drive/fair and round table discussion for the locals this past week. Several schools [including mine[ were involved. It was an all week event which ended with a concert of kids performing: dance hip hop, poetry, jazz and spoken word. As I said before our youth HAVE A LOT to say. And they are as BRAVE....as I remembered youth were in the sixties. Am I EXHAUSTED?..... NO.....I AM EX. HAUSTED! The food was excellent. The adults behaved. thankgod! No fights. Will this event do some good in our neighborhood? Welll.....it's a wait and see kinda thang. BUT! At least we are TALKING...[may not AGREE with everything said]...there's communication. I heard some good sounds last week. Black LAUGHTER. BLACK music......and Black LOVE I walked away PROUD. It was HARD work! I'm GLAD it's over. My thought is REST. SLEEP. RELAXATION. YEA!

This is good news, Kocolicious!

I had one of those mornings again where I almost wiped my deodorant stick across my toothbrush instead of toothpaste-tired as hell. oh how i envy morning people!

57 folks and 16 members on-line and no new posts ... What?!? Ya'll call a secret chatroom discussion?

I decided to take a refresh course in Algebra. When you don't use it, you lose it. I had a student come to me today and ask a simple pre-algebra question and I went BLANK! I wasn't embarassed cuz it has been a long time...even with helping my children. So I'm looking at local colleges to see what their calendar classes are for Winter or maybe even Spring. I really HATE math....I really HATE math BUT!....I need to get familiar with it again.

Why do people come to a discussion forum if they do not want to engage in discussion. Do they not understand what discussion is? Have they never engaged in dialog? If you want to engage in a monologue, start a blog, write a book, begin a cult...

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Originally posted by kresge:
Why do people come to a discussion forum if they do not want to engage in discussion. Do they not understand what discussion is? Have they never engaged in dialog? If you want to engage in a monologue, start a blog, write a book, begin a cult...

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Originally posted by EbonyRose:

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Originally posted by kresge:
Why do people come to a discussion forum if they do not want to engage in discussion. Do they not understand what discussion is? Have they never engaged in dialog? If you want to engage in a monologue, start a blog, write a book, begin a cult...

Ditto