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It's that time! Whatcha readin? I'm reading two things right now - Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America . It's based on interviews with and surveys of a total of 400+ black women of varying ages, economic status, education, etc. It's really good in that I find myself identifying with...

Oh come on, who the F$%k actually spells the way they talk (in this case with a lisp)?

Oh wait . . .

Hata

Playa

Sistah

Brotha

Nuthin

Sowwy







*Gilda Radner voice*

Nevermind.

Um, what? (Maybe American keyboards are different . . . we don't have an "eth" key.)

You cannot go to a black family function without doing the Electric Slide....followed usually by the Cha Cha slide. There are specific songs for both dances. I don't know how to do the cha cha :crying (Don't swipe my black card, 'kay? It came out after I graduated from high school . . . and I didn'...

LOL! Nothing really to report. I haven't been as diligent as I'd hoped and I've only made it to two lessons so far. (Thank goodness I prepaid the semester, though - otherwise I probably would've stopped going.) I really enjoy my tap lessons and I plan to keep them up for a while. One thing I'm reali...

curvyred wrote:It's either that or the Macarena.

Yikes - I totally forgot about that horrible dance!

Crystal Meth wrote:

(I can do the electric slide too!)

Yeah I told her that I don't think it's just a "black thing" anymore. I mean, it started out as something to do at weddings, family reunions, etc. It's like our version of the hokey-pokey or the chicken dance

Hey Guys I just got the following email from a neighbor I met not to long ago in the elevator. She is Asian American and we started talking about race/diversity issues. Check out what she emailed me: It was nice bumping into you on the elevator the other day. It doesn't seem like our lives have slow...

Oooh, free books! Can I have the following:

Spudd wrote: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Limpiri
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

If i can only have one, I'll take Interpreter of Maladies. Thanks, man!

Oh, I didn't know it was y'alls birthday month, too "y'alls"? Oh, my sensitive grammatical instinct. There's only ONE of Aly, and LB you're from Maryland. :rofl Actually I'm from Connecticut! But, my momma's family is from South Carolina so :talktohand And, Aly said that its not only her ...

Oh, I didn't know it was y'alls birthday month, too! That will have to be a separate post!

Did you like the Confessions of a video vixen book? I've been meaning to listen to it on audio . . . because I refuse to actually be seen reading the book. *lol*

It's May! And the birthday month of a certain insect we all know and love

So, what are you reading right now?

I am reading Suze Orman's Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke.

Crystal Meth wrote:You guys should buy Veggie Dogs. They're really good, and taste almost exactly the same!

Veggie dogs??? I'd rather eat the pig snout

You guys are ruining my hot dog lovingness!

WTF?!?!? I've heard of that but yeah, I can't imagine someone being that tiny as a pregnant person . . . maybe because she ran so much? How is she doing? How is her family. Yikes!!!

Whoops - I thought we'd read that already.

As a perennial victim of "mean girls" I am all over this book!

I think Odd Girl Out is supposed to be next? When do I start reading?

I dunno about Mason . . . it makes me think the kid will be born wearing a fez and wanting to hang out at lodge meetings

Ooh, you could also do old-school Biblical names (e.g., Hezekiah, Ezekial, Abner, etc.) or really old-fashioned names (e.g., Seamus)