Dayum!

I am wo' DOWN ya'll. School is....going. It's all good, but this semester I don't feel connected to a couple of my classes at ALL. The material is downright boring and I can't force myself to read some of the shit they put before me.

I started my show last week...or it might of been the week before last. It's going pretty well. I'm still trying to familiarize myself with the equipment. I'm also still trying to find myself behind the mic. The thing is the show is broadcast on campus television, so I always gotta make sure my shit is intact aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd I gotta make sure that I'm cute at all times....even when the music is playin', lol. A couple of people at the station have been very friendly and welcoming though, and that is much appreciated. Ya'll can listen if you're interested. http://www.woduradio.com/ DJ Honey B. is on air every Tuesday and Thursday from 1-2. The show is fairly short, but if you get the opportunity tune in and let me know what you think. Seriously.

In other news, I'm really disturbed by this new season of ANTM. Not because of Isis, but because of the other women who feel that they can belittle her or deserve to be there more than her due to the fact that she's...you know. I can not STAND discrimination...but I hate it even more when it's clear that in reality they are all hatin'. I mean, damn, Isis looks better than a couple of those girls. Clark was one of them. And I'm sorry, but clearly somebody done told her wrong. She looks like the damn transgender of the show and got nerve enough to talk about somebody else. On the first episode, I was SOOOO glad when that one girl with the glasses got sent home. She was talkin' cash shit about Isis. Sayin' she was the least of her worries, blah, blah, blah. Take ya hatin' ass home chile. She gots to feel stupid as hell....cuz it's people like me all over America laughin' our asses off.

In keeping with reality television, what the fuck is up with Kenley on Project Runway? Seriously. I love her style and she's a good designer, but can you please shut the fuck up sometimes. I hate when people, who are aspiring to be/do something, overtalk the people that are already there. It irks me to NOO end. I understand she has to defend her garment and so forth...but can Heidi at least get out her complete statement before you open your damn mouth? How about Michael Kors, who by the way is responsible for the creation of some bad ass shoes? Aren't you trying to get where he's at? Thought so. So, shut the hell up and take heed. Further, it's about time Joe's ass got sent home. I feel like he should have left a looooong time ago. Definitely before my girl Terri.

I love her curls, though, way better than her designs. Back to the point. So when Joe was being critiqued tonight, Kenley and her client bust out laughing. If I was Joe I probably would have emptied her gas tank....seriously. How unprofessional is that? Grow the hell up and be thankful that you're safe...because that shit you sent down the runway for the Zodiac Challenge should have been the end of your ass. I'm a stickler for professionalism I guess.

I see I had a visitor from Africa and one from somewhere in Asia (i think...hell I'm an English major for a reason). That's exciting as hell. Hey ya'll, lol.

'Til next time.

It's Been a Long Time

since I last posted. My daughter started Kindergarten yesterday. That girl acted a fool. She's been in school for the past two years, and last school year she took the bus. This experience, yesterday, was nothing new for me. I didn't cry at all...but damn if my daughter didn't cut UP! I mean she cried like she was being sent to Cuba. Drama Queen.

Classes have been going okay. All my instructors are on point. The material in one, and sometimes two, of the classes is so damn boring. But I won't be bored when I'm walkin' my ass across that stage in May so I just need to keep it together.

I told ya'll that I'm one of the new personalities on my college radio station. I just got my slot yesterday :) I'm on air Tuesday and Thursday from 1-2. Ow! Ow! I am too damn excited....but still nervous. This morning I went and sat in on another personality's show. It was a lot of fun and I got on the mic to let them know they need to look out for me soon. I think this is gonna be a lot of fun. Everybody at the station has been nothing but nice, so I look forward to working with the team.

I was at Walgreen's the other day and saw this license plate. I thought it was the shit.Do ya'll get it? A lot of people havejust said bein' black, payin' no attention the heart. The plate reads LOVE Bein' Black....and I know I do, lol.

Another picture I love is one of my daughter and grandfather. I took this at our family reunion.

I call it Bridging the Gap. A couple years back I took an African American History course. We had a project to research our lineage...15 page minimum. I never realized, until this point, how important it is to know your history. For example, I never knew that my maternal grandmother's grandfather was responsible for constructing the first school house for Black children in Surry County, Virginia. Nor did I know that my mother's grandfather was a full-blood Italian man by the name of Anthony Amato. He lived in Portland, Maine. There is a family restaurant there...an Italian joint called Amato's. One day I want to go, show my face, and see what I can see. I make it a point that my daughter knows her history. Starting with her parents, then her grandparents, and then her great-grandparents. She spends a lot of time with my grandparents. They adore her and the wisdom they can bestow is something she can't get from anywhere else. Have any of you ever traced your roots?