January 2011
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all this really is
is another way to get attention…since we don’t get enuf every day/minute/hour of our lives
innit?
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what if
what if the year ended now? like today…
would you be happy with what you did? have you accomplished something that you can be proud of?
…just checkin
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what am i supposed to do?
when i like someone?
is it the punk in me that forces me to stop myself from saying: i think you’re cool. let’s be friends :)
maybe i fear…rejection? or maybe i fear myself…? …the unknown?
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the trouble with the double edged sword
it’s not what i say, it’s how you take it
versus
don’t take anything personally…ANYTHING
explanation: when someone says something to you that seems to come from an ugly place, it may come from an ugly place. when someone says something to you that makes you feel bad, it has less to do with them, and more to do with how you feel that day.
if you are susceptible to being...
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friend (for noor)
you come and are here
sitting beneath the complexity of mine eyes
at home in mi casa
bearing gifts you brought from me to me
you still and listen
pausing your life work to join me
as i waft between this thought and that
drifting from nowhere to elsewhere
dirty panties waitin to be washed and
pans to be scrubbed
amidst the swirl of my imagination
flanked by possibility all around
...
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“and that would be but beautiful to me…”
– betty carter, singing “but beautiful”
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you know?
you know how when you have something you think is awesome and amazing, you really have a hard time holding back and not sharing it with everybody else???
that’s how i feel about my upcoming album! we just finished the last song tonight, and it felt SO good and so much better than before
i can’t wait to share it with you all…soooo good :)
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Watcha little vanity for today….plus y’all need never forget what my purpose here is (….me neither)
:)
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“sometimes it feels like there is nothing greater than a sense of...”
– me, on a good day :)
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i should go to sleep
but i feel like i should do something more before i sleep
knit this multi colored/textured scarf?
keep listening to ani difranco (first time for everything)
relish in doing nothing? (which is NOT the same thing as sleep, contrary to belief)….though sleep does often create the illusion of doing nothing in an effort to do something that will keep us from doing the things we don’t want...
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one good turn for another!!! - al jarreau
(one of...
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regarding homemade pizza,
just say yes
mmmmmmmmhmmmmm……….
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angela bofill - this time i’ll be sweeter
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sometimes (again?)
i feel like i’m the only one who cares
…but then i think, it HAS to be that way doesn’t it?
if everyone cared about everything, there would be nothing to work for
nothing to strive towards
so here i am once again, attempting to attach some meaning to this thing i call my life (as a covergirl) so that one day…just one day, someone will see me and say:
wow
:)
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this is what winter sounds like…much better...
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when compliments go wrong/bad
i admit openly/honestly/often that i think too much, but the following is also true
when i was younger (pre-teen) and guys (including my future husband at the time) used to tell me how much they loved my lips—“they’re just like erykah badu’s!”—i would blush and feel pretty special
these days, as a slightly post-teen, bka grown-up, when i meet a man and he...
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background images
turns out, it’s the background that makes the foreground so awesome
like right now, i’ve got PRETTY WOMAN playing in the background
definitely one of my favorite movies of all time (aside from BOOMERANG - which i watched last night!)
with PRETTY WOMAN going, what could go wrong?
this scarf is DEFinitely getting finished tonight
let the games begin!
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can i win?
so i’ve come to a conclusion…or at least a space holder until i reach a better conclusion
everybody in new york is broke….and most nobody has a car, except for the people you never want to ask for a ride
but the people you consider your friends who do have a car (which is never the case) always end up making you feel bad/guilty (or else you just feel that way by default)
...
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beneath standing
under-standing/mis-under-standing
i believe that many men are under the understanding (hence, beneath) that women don’t want to know the truth/can’t handle the truth or some close variation to it. that women, when handed the truth, will surely and promptly go ballistic and lose their (our) minds.
i’d like to take a moment to disarm this opinion/thought process. further,...
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i like making music like...
…i like eating well, and
…walking for hours on end (in warm weather)
it comes natural
guess cause i been listening to it for so long
i know what i like
sometimes people like what i like…like earrings and pictures
sounds aren’t so far from my ears
so when i create it, i just listen for what i like
then i sing it
and if i like it after i press record
then sometime...
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get in my belly!!!
Lemony Shrimp Skillet
Related recipes: Main Dishes, Corn-Free Diet, Dairy-Free Diet, Egg-Free Diet, Low-Sugar Diet, Soy-Free DietFrom: Delicious Living Magazine
Quick Facts
Servings: 6 - Prep Time: 25 min. - Cook Time: 15 min. - Total: 40 min.
Ingredients
3 Tbs olive oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled, whole
1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 green pepper, cored, deseeded and sliced...
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where r u going?
same question i was asking everyone when the blackout happened on the eastern seaboard a few years ago (actually, what i was thinking in my head) as i sat on the curb, wondering….
and now i ask you, and me for that matter
where
are
you
going
?
think it’s high time we figure this out
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tonight
i wish i were still in chicago under the watchful eyes of the man i have known for so long without having met him until just now
tonight i sink myself into satisfaction watch movies watching me laugh instead of languish in remembered loneliness
tonight i remember being momentarily at home in the presence of another at my home, welcoming him in wishing there were more days on the calendar between...
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when tumblr falls
sometimes i believe it is the gods telling me “you don’t need to say that out loud”
sometimes i just get pissed
sometimes i just let it go
the last time though (teehee) i was griping about a man who hollered at me (pretty strongly, might i mention) the other night in the chi, and who said ‘we have to get together before you leave,’ whom i later found out (later =...
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happy new year!
i’m glad to have another (as if every day is not another) chance at getting things right
one of my goals moving forward is to stop doing things i don’t think i should do
i also hope to maintain a healthy level of curiosity but not at the expense of my health or happiness
…and to keep the party going
