What's wrong with these people? I'm trying to watch the season premire of House and everyone keeps interrupting me. It's Tuesday, do they really expect me to work? That's not what I'm here for. Jeez, some people....

Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor Video

She may have spaced out for a minute there, but nothing can take away from the fact that this girl is bad. I love me some Lauren Hill. Still.

One sucks his 2 middle finger and one sucks his thumb. Neither one is anywhere close to giving it up. I'm not trying to raise young men who suck their fingers, any ideas on breaking this habit? I sucked my 2 middle fingers when I was a kid and my mom broke the habit by covering my finger with hot sauce and forcing me to suck them dry. I still won't touch hot sauce. I want to break a bad habit, not traumitize them for life.

I did not watch the president's speech tonight, nor have I read the million page health care plan, so I admitting my ignorance now. I just wonder how we can be in the only "civilized" nation that doesn't offer its citizens health care. If all these other countries can figure out how to have a national health care plan, why can't we? Sure it will cost money, but isn't it costing us now? Uninsured people are still getting treatment. In fact, they are probably waiting until their situation becomes urgent and go to the emergency room where we (taxpayers) end up picking up the cost anyways, right? And an ER visit costs more than a routine doctor visit I would imagine. And what about the people who work yet can't afford to buy private insurance because they work for a small company that isn't required to offer health insurance? Or people that work at Wal-Mart, who makes sure their employees are off the clock before they hit that full-time status so they don't have to offer their part-time employees insurance? Or people like my sister who feel trapped in a job she hates but can't leave because being a cancer survivor don't want to risk being without health insurance? So many needing it and the smartest, richest country on earth can't find a way?

Seen on a church billboard:

God calls us to get in the game, not keep score.

This is how AJ looked after his first day of kindergarten. He's going to a language immersion school*, so he didn't understand a word the teachers were saying anyways, but he didn't tell anyone that his head was hurting. So the teacher is speaking to him in a foreign language, he just wants to lay his head on the desk because it hurts, he wants to come home but can't and to top it all of the bus breaks down, so he spent over 3 hours on the bus. Needless to say he doesn't want to go back. My poor baby.
Three kids in school, two to go.

*He is learning French. A language I know nothing of besides "Bonjour!"

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
--Carl Sagan

Geez, my daughter has a crush on Prince Michael Jackson. And she can't just say his name, she has to do "jazz hands" while saying Prince. Give. Me. A. Break. Please.

It's a little after 2pm and I just realized that my wrist doesn't hurt. The ER doc said I didn't break it, but it has hurt for nearly 2 months. That's more than a sprang, y'all. Doctors don't know everything, and tests, including x-rays, don't always show all. I broke my ankle before and they didn't believe me, until the 4th x-ray revealed a hairline fracture. The outcome would have been the same (a removable brace) so I didn't argue with this one. I'm just happy it's better.

My stalker was released from jail recently, so pray for me.

My dear friend is thinking of moving to Ohio. She will stay with me of course and I would love it. I miss her and our late night conversations. Except this time we won't be pregnant together 'cause I ain't having no more babies.

This morning while getting dressed I asked Lady Day how I looked. Her response is why I'm counting down to her 18th birthday when I can kick her out with no legal consequences: "Yeah, except your stomach is fat."



I heard a commercial with this song and it brought back alot of memories. They didn't get alot of air play, but I wore the CD out. Digable Planets "be to rap, like key be to lock."

I'm at work and our first protesters have arrived. Pro-lifers are opposing our companies stance on abortion. Except our company is a group for educator's and teacher's in our public school system, we don't have a political stance on the abortion issue. Maybe their time would be better served somewhere else.

As a representative of my company I have no opinion, but personally I always have something to say. First of all, in addition to the people with the signs, they also have a truck driving around with messages on the side and one side says "Tolerance is not always moral" with a picture of a slave in shackles and another of a Black man hanging from a tree. As an African-American I'm offended by that image. Years ago a cousin tried to do our family tree, but ran into a dead end because slaves were rarely named as humans, simply listed as property. Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but as someone who's family tree was cut off at the roots, I don't want you using the history of slavery in America to promote your cause. Period.
As a mother I'm offended by the graphic pictures they use. They creep me out, my preschoolers are freaked by them. I get the whole shock value thing, but I don't need you trying to shock my babies while we're driving down the street. I can have a moral discussion with my child without graphic images thankyouverymuch.
How can a pro-lifer take a life? Stopping (killing!)an abortion doctor saves thousands of unborn babies, but death is death. Is there an age limit on who you can kill? You can't kill an 8 week old fetus, but a 60 year old man is fair game? Whether you agree with something someone is doing or not, only God can take a life. You can't just be pro-unborn fetus life, you must be pro-life, period.
Along the same vein, many pro-lifers are also in favor of the death penalty. How do they justify that?
And is there really anyone who is anti-life?
John Kerry really got razed because of his opinion on abortion, but that was one time I can honestly say I completely agree with a politician. The world would be a much more pleasant place to live if you all agreed with me. Understand that I've got all the answers. I got it right, but I do respect the few of you that are holding out and not coming around to my way of thinking. I will always vote for your right to disagree with me and my beliefs, even if you're wrong. How I feel about abortion morally my not agree with what you feel, but isn't it lovely to live in a country that allows us to feel what we feel?
I will never participate in a pro-life rally. Teaching a class pre-pregnancy? Knitting and crocheting blankets for women who struggled then decided not to have an abortion? Fundraiser for single parents? Counseling services for rape and abuse victims? I'll be there every time.

One day they may kill me for posting this, but I went to check on my kids before going to sleep and this is what I found. The apparently fell asleep while watching a movie and never made it to their own beds. That explains the Elmo sheets and Hello Kitty blanket and why they were in the same bed. I offer no explanation as to why AJ has his head buried in Bubba's butt.

I owe a couple of people things via mail. I haven't forgotten about you. This stalker situation really put a stop to my life. He's still around, but I'm gaining a bit more freedom, so my goal is to have stuff mailed by the end of July. If I owe you something and you haven't received it by the first week of August, email me at ebonyblue@mindless.com. I probably lost your contact info in the move. Thanks.