It still amazes me how today people of color, women, homosexuals (you fill in the appropriate category here) seem to be the ones who are continuing to keep ourselves and each other down.

Days like today remind me how far we still have to go.....

Today I went on an interview at a rather well known company for my field of work. I step off the elevator ( Read more... )

I have not yet mastered the art on Monday mornings. One would think that given that I have been a mom for almost a decade (damn, that makes me feel old... lol) that I should be a master in the art of Monday mornings but, alas, I am not. For some reason, Mondays seem to just be that day that is a hurdle I never quite leap high enough over.

This ( Read more... )

Yes, another house track. I think I totally need to figure out how to post music because I just have to share with you some of my favorite tunes... *singing* "I'm such a fool thinking I won't get caught in your down hill flow, swept away, what good is a beautiful day all alone? and you, the cure and the cause of my blue... my only flaw. You keep ( Read more... )

I almost think it should be illegal to make people work on nice days. I think that everytime the weather is amazing, offices should be forced to close or at least close early. The reason being that in a city, like San Francisco, the weather is so erratic that we never really know when we'll see good weather again, so we should be required to enjoy ( Read more... )

"This is from the heart, just before we part, don't forget to save the last dance for me. But before we start, we can't be apart, wrap your arms around me the lights go dark.  Is this the way it feels to dance so close to you? I feeling not so long love will brake through. Oh, mi corazon tell me what's going on. Shall I dance with you till the ( Read more... )

Finally, the sun is here and the weather is warm and with it, so is my mood. All just feel all warm and sunny on the inside and very, very calm despite the fact that the world (and at this moment my office) are still very much in chaos. Could I by chance be the calm in the middle of a storm?

Do you think it's strange that my birthday is in May and I have already started planning my birthday party? I even started thinking of what I might want to wear and whether or not I want to wear my hair straight or curly! *cheeks flusing*

It happened by chance and, no, I am not quite that self-absorbed. See, it happened innocently enough. I was on ( Read more... )

Sometimes she thought she was just an extension of herself

She dreamt in muted colors

And tip-toed like a prima ballerina

But she forgot her tu-tu

And complete silence scared her

She preferred the noise

The melody of her broken heart beating too fast

Not knowing that a heart can never really be broken

That love is a gift that can never be taken away

She ( Read more... )

Yesterday my poor 8 year-old had what he called "The Unluckiest Day Ever". Not only did he miss his school field trip because he slammed his finger in the car door and was forced to spend the day at the hospital getting poked and prodded, but he came home to a hamster who was... well, as dead as a doorknob.

O: (In tears) I think my hamster is dead.
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I was posting on my curlyhair board when someone wrote, "I am mulatto" and asked her question about her hair. (Hello, my name is Ro and I am currently obsessed with my hair.) I read her post and gasped with horror blinking my eyes twice. Did she really use the word "mulatto". I mean, really?! (I blinked again.)

In that moment, I am transported ( Read more... )