Like a concrete rose reaching for the sun from the cracks of the pavement, a multi-colored ferris wheel rises from between a community college parking lot on one side and the projects abutting the infamous East 14th of Oakland on the other to herald the coming of The Ghetto Carnival!


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It has recently come to my attention that I couldn't be any gayer if I drank diet soda with star-shaped ice cubes out of a designer brand mug using a turqouise flexi-straw.


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On this venerable weekend commemorating the Great and Honored Reverend Doctor, Esq. Martin Luther King, Junior, I learned something crucial for Life ( Read more... )

Because I'm thoroughly tardy when it comes to some things, here is my belated new years post!

It is so hard to break habits. This is never more clear as when a new year rolls around again.


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We all make mistakes. At some point in their lives, everyone lies in bed awake at night thinking of the wrongs they have done and how just one different move or choice could have changed it all.

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My quest to become the next Barbra Streisand is in full swing!

Let's see...


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Joshua's Super-Duper Pre-Official Mega-Sapphire You-Will-Listen-And-Love Top 10 Songs Of The Year Chart Rundown


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I had my annual physical yesterday. And then the doctor told me I should think about joining Weight Watchers. WHAT THE HECK ahahahahaha I would have been laughing so hard if my subconscious wasn't working overtime telling me so hard to be concerned and/or ashamed.

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Why upon first waking this morning did I receive not one but two messages from black folk asking me for dat "nasty" song from Trina like I'm some sort of 7-11-like reservoir for the Queen of Miami?Mandingle04: hey
Mandingle04: what was that nasty trina song
osagej5: i dont know

EboniezOG: joshua
EboniezOG: howdy
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