I got a copy of the book and flipped through it, the first thing I noticed was that it was not going to be a difficult read, so I glanced at the first few pages.  The next thing I knew, i was a few chapters into the book and I had to make myself put it down so  I could get back to work on my project.

The excerpt from the Ghetto Ballerina website reads:

It doesn’t take Chanel a long time to discover that jealousy is a major dilemma, when you are living the fast life and you are on top of your game.  A cruel twist of fate shows her that not even family can be trusted all of the time.  Where there is jealousy and hate, scandal is always sure to follow….. Chanel’s boyfriend, Nate, shows her all of the finer things in life, while Duke, who is her man on the side, encourages her to stay out of the streets and concentrate on going to school.  The two men in her life collide paths in a deadly way and Chanel is forced to take sides with one of them.  Her decision determines which one of her men lives and which one doesn’t live to see another day.

After reading this story I’m sure you’ll agree that every good girl has a little bit of bad in her..

Chanel is a character that is fully developed and embodies the urban surroundings in which her story takes place.  The dialogue in the book is written in an urban dialect but not to the point where it is hard to understand.  The use of slang is appropriate and doesn’t require one to speak fluent “hood’ to understand.  Tenia brings forth this story in a style that does not lose the reader, regardless of background, she has found a balance that makes it very easy for people of all walks of life to see into Chanel’s world, understand her struggles and tap into her emotions.

Ghetto Ballerina‘s mixture of sexy, humor and suspense makes the book very hard to put down, and more importantly, makes the reader wonder what Chanel is going to encounter next.  The story is said to be one of trust, betrayal and revenge but in actuality, it is so much more than that.  If you want to know how much more, read the book.

Ghetto Ballerina can be purchased from Amazon.com and the last I checked, new copies are 9.99, used ones are 6.99 and it is available for Kindle readers for 8.99.

Links:

Official Ghetto Ballerina Website (link to the book on Kindle is here too)

Ghetto Ballerina on Amazon.com 

Author Tenia Jamilla on Facebook

The main campus for my school where the May commencement was held is about 100 miles from where I live, we have a brick and mortar campus here but the big ceremony was held at the main campus.  I go up the day before so I didn’t have to get up hella early to be at line up by 11:00 am.  So, on my way up on Friday, I stop at Culver’s to grab a bite to eat.  They had a 3 piece fish dinner on the menu for like $11.00 and some change.  I wasn’t interested in all of the carb laden side dishes that came with the dinner, so I asked the girl at the drive-thru if I can just get a couple of pieces of fish.  She said that I could and that I could get just 2 pieces of fish for about $9.00 and change or 3 pieces of fish for about $13.00 and change.   I was floored that I could get a whole meal for $11.00 and change but to just get fish was WAY more, so I asked the girl at the window why that was….. her answer?  Because they had to ring each piece separately.  Seriously?  Needless to say (but I’m going to say it anyway), I got a burger and kept it movin.

The rest of Friday came and went without too many more uncontrollable irritations, so I worked on my project, hit the rack and got up the next morning for graduation, Show Time!  Now, I have nothing against math majors, however, I think that having the head of the math department give the commencement address is a little odd at best, especially when there may have been one graduate from that department.  The head of the department admitted that she had never given a commencement address before and in writing her address, she thought it would be a good idea to speak directly to the graduates versus writing a speech designed to impress her colleagues and her boss.  I’m thinking that she should have gone with the speech designed to impress her boss and colleagues instead.

I think that the intent of her speech was to promote financial responsibility and the importance of saving money.  She began by letting us know that a lot of little things can add up to big things, duh, I know, right?  The way she explained that concept was by saying “I make under 70k per year, but if you add up the total of a few professors that make under 70k per year that eventually, you’ll see that the school pays out more than 100k per year in salaries because it all adds up”.  That’s just fan-effin-tastic.  She stood in front of hundreds of people who are now probably up to the top of their head in student debt and announced that in the grand scheme of things, she doesn’t make any money.  That’s what we wanted to hear, I thank her for that.  She did share with us one of her money saving tips, she let us know that she washes out zip-lock bags and sets them atop of the handles of wooden spoons for them to dry so she can reuse them.  I thank her for that too.

Just when I was thinking that this address could not be more irrelevant and even less motivational, she goes on to tell us of a trip that she once took with her husband to some island where “The black people were so dark, they were the blackest people in the world and they had never seen white people in person before”.   Oh for crying out loud, and since they had never seen white people in person before, she said they were so taken by her straight hair that all the children wanted to do was to play with it.  The people of the islands were thankful for the crayons she sent them for the school when she returned home, so I think that the moral of that train wreck was that if you help one person in your life, you’ve made a difference. Now look, I have completed 3 degree programs now and I was much happier that speech was over than I am that school is over for me (for the moment).

After graduation was over, I was pretty sure that I had seen and heard all of the randomness that I could fit into one weekend, until a woman almost took out the front end of my car by barrel assing through the McDonald’s drive-thru when I stopped for iced coffee.  What was her hurry?  They gave her the wrong .39 cent pie……….. yes, really.

Anyway, I did some digging to see what could be going on with me, and it seems that I’ve been afflicted with something that usually happens to teenagers when they are about 17 or 18 …  I found something that sounds almost exactly like me:

A common disease which plagues high school seniors at one point during their last year in high school. Before they graduate, they are overcome with a lazy and indifferent attitude; uncaring of their studies. There are many different causes of the disease, but it can often be contagious between close friends. Often results in a change in personal style; from anything beforehand to sweats and baggy shirts. Hair is barely ever brushed; or for women, is up in a messy bun or ponytail. They might have many absences and a generally dismissive outlook towards any type of school assignments.

Source:  Urban Dictionary

It’s official, I have Senioritis!

I am in the final 3 weeks of school before I finish my MSCJ (Master’s of Science Criminal Justice) and I can’t focus.  I have two undergrad degrees and neither time did I struggle writing my final papers but my master’s thesis is killing me.  Not because it’s hard, and I love school but GOOD LAWD !

I have a great support group and they’ve said “Hang in there, it’s almost over” and “You got this!” …. both of which I know are true but…GOOD LAWD!

I have thought about different ways that I could get through this, I like to think that I have a great set of coping mechanisms.  My first thought is that I could drink, I dismissed that because if I start drinking, I am entirely capable of missing the last 3 weeks of school altogether, so that was no good.  I have some friends who have successfully completed college high, but knowing me, I would spend the last 3 weeks of school either sleeping or eating foods that would cause my personal trainer to inflict serious bodily harm on me and I refuse to pay him to do that.

Since I couldn’t come up with an alternative method of coping with my senioritis, I thought that a 12 step program for stressed out master’s degree candidates would help me, until I read the steps:

Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over our senioritis – that our lives had become insane.

Step 2 – Came to believe that only graduation could restore us to sanity

Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of anti-anxiety medications as we understand them.

Step 4 – Made a searching and feverish inventory of all of our research notes.

Step 5 – Admitted to our professors, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our research theories.

Step 6 – We’re entirely ready to have Microsoft Word remove all these defects of spelling and grammar.

Step 7 – Humbly asked APA formatting to remove our shortcomings

Step 8 – Made a list of all persons we had thought of harming, and became willing to make good on those promises if they interrupt our research or the reporting of our findings.

Step 9 – Made direct amends to such people who have previously interrupted our research or the reporting of our finidings…….at some point.

Step 10 – Continued to proofread our work and when we were wrong promptly ignored it

Step 11 – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out

Step 12 – Having had a graduation as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other students, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

After reading the steps, I decided that turning over, asking, making amends, removing defects and all of that, in addition to my research and the reporting of my findings in my thesis was just undertaking more than I can deal with at the moment.

So, after all of the research I’ve done on my senioritis and the various ways that it can be managed, I decided that the best treatment for this disorder was to just got off my ass and make it happen……….I got this.

Am I angry with Zimmerman, sure, I tend to be angry when people can’t seem to use problem solving skills that do not involve taking the life of another but now that he has been arrested, I think that those whose focus is still strictly on Zimmerman and his actions are missing the greater point.

The media and special interest groups have done a great job at getting the public to focus on the Zimmerman-Martin “floor-show” instead of aiming the camera and computer keystrokes at the “man behind the curtain” that made is possible for this whole thing to get incredibly out of hand.

Now that Zimmerman has been arrested, I think that the core public focus in this case should be on the poor decision making of the people who allowed Zimmerman to walk away from the incident without having to be accountable or responsible for his actions.  It is my understanding that it is not the responsibility of the police to interpret the law, rather to enforce it.  It is up to the ELECTED county prosecutor to evaluate the case based on the facts, not based on how difficult the case may be to try in court or to fold like a house of cards because a defendant’s family may have a lot of political pull.  I think that civil servants have an obligation to do what’s right, and not what’s popular or to one’s political advantage.

Many believe that Zimmerman was charged based on public outcry and political pressure in an attempt to take the lid off of a boiling pot.  That may be the case to an extent, however, that could have been done with a lesser charge if that was the only motive.  I think that the special prosecutor chose the 2nd degree murder charge based on the inconsistencies of Zimmerman’s story and the facts of the case.  The facts of the case are often based on evidence that the public does not have access to, basically, they know something that we don’t, but it does call attention to the question, if the special prosecutor can find enough evidence to substantiate a 2nd degree murder charge, why couldn’t the county prosecutor?  THAT….. is an issue.

With as much information and misinformation that has been distributed in this case, there are only four things that the public knows for sure and those are:  Trayvon Martin is dead, Zimmerman pulled the trigger, the case was under investigated allowing Zimmerman to walk, and he’s now been charged with 2nd degree murder and awaits trial.  That’s IT!  The only people who will know the facts of the case will be the jury that is called upon to serve as the fact finders in this case.   Let the jury to its job.  To continue putting the focus on Zimmerman, and calling for a conviction or by some groups, his death, is displaying the same lynch mob mentality that others have been accused of displaying.  I am concerned that many will only feel that justice is served if Zimmerman is convicted and sentenced to the maximum allowed by law.  I think that justice, in this case, is having Zimmerman’s case formally heard in a criminal court.  Justice is having a jury of 12 competent people to make a decision on a case.  Justice should not be a legal reinforcement for the court of public opinion.

Do I think that Zimmerman is guilty?  I will say that I KNOW that Zimmerman is guilty of pulling the trigger…without being able to review the evidence ( and I WILL be glued to this trial when it begins), I can’t make any other claim.  As the trial unfolds, I am sure I will form an opinion one way or another.  I just wanted to see the case get to court.

Back to the system of foolery that allowed the case to reach this magnitude, a system like that is not just a threat to “black folks”, it is a threat to the public safety of “all folks”.  Allowing the people involved in the original investigation of this case to hold their elected positions is doing a disservice to all of the citizens in that community, Black, Hispanic, poor or politically unconnected.  Those elected officials are the one’s whose ability to serve the public is very much in question.  I think the voters in that area need to decide how truly angry they are.  Are they angry enough to recall officials or vote them out of office?  Only time will tell, but I do know that many feel it’s easier to “pick on Zimmerman” than it is to fight the system.  It’s time that people stop being bullies (he’s been arrested, there is nothing more that can be done), snatch that curtain down and handle business………that’s just my two cents.

**Update – As I type this, I have just read that Zimmerman has been granted 150k bail and he’s apologized to the Martin family.  According to the article in the Atlantic Wire , there are things that must be put into place before he is allowed to leave.

So, I decide to order cable online…..oye.  I choose the tv-internet bundle for 79.98 per month (I needed a faster speed to work on my new online jewelry shop MissStang’s Boutique – yup, that’s a plug).  I hit the button to chat with an online representative… it’s not long after Mr. Duc takes the chat and I figure out right away that we’re not in Kansas anymore, okay, this customer service exchange is not even happening in the United States, I’m chatting about cable service with China.

I tell the guy the plan that I want and he thumbs through some things, only to tell me that the package is not available in my area.  I was totally confused since I had entered in all of my address information and I was over this conversation and ended the chat.  I went back into the order area of the site and placed the order for what I wanted (that 79.98 bundle for 24 months), I got a reference number and then went back into the chat to set up installation.

Me:  Hi I needed to set up installation for order #_________________
Me:  Also, would you please verify that is a 24 month price please?

Sara:   I would love to assist you, but first I would like to ask you a few questions to ensure that I give you the most accurate information as it pertains to your specific request.  To get started, may I have your full address including zip code ?

So I give it to her….

Okay, now here we go, ready?  Pay attention …….

What I decided that I’d do is address some questions that I have been asked about the case in an attempt to clear up any misconceptions that some people may have about some of the particulars, so, here goes….

Why did Zimmerman have a gun on him in the first place?  The shortest answer to that is, because he can.  Florida is a conceal and carry state, the 2^nd amendment gives people the right to bear arms, so Zimmerman did not need a particular reason to be in possession of a weapon.

Isn’t Trayvon’s case reason enough that the President should push for tougher gun control laws?  Absolutely not.  Tougher gun control laws will do nothing to get guns off the street.  Stricter gun control laws just make it harder for law abiding citizens to obtain a weapon.  Criminals don’t give a damn about the law and if the criminals want guns, they will get them.  If gun control laws are further tightened, it will inhibit the ability of law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their families.

Zimmerman has a violent past, how did he get a gun in the first place?  The best answer that I have for this is, according to my research, Zimmerman has never been convicted of a felony, of anything for that matter.  When a background check is done, anything information that the gun shop obtains is all what is available in the public record.  A person with a history of mental illness can even get a gun as long as their mental illness does not show up as a matter of public record.  HIPAA protects a person’s medical information from being made public, so unless a person’s mental illness has landed a person in court for something, it will not show up on the background check.

Can’t they just charge Zimmerman with a hate crime?  If the FBI deems that on the 911 audio that Zimmerman indeed called Trayvon a “Fucking Coon”, then yes.  I have heard the audio and I believe that was the comment that Zimmerman made, however, it would not be up to what I or you think, it will come down to what the jury thinks.

A hate crime conviction is not a “cure all”, the maximum penalty for a hate crime used to be 3 years in prison.  Since the passage of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 249, also known as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act , the maximum penalty has been raised to 10 years.

What about those kids in Mississippi, they got life in prison for a hate crime?  No, they did plead guilty to a hate crime but they got life in prison for the murder they committed.  If you are unfamiliar with the Mississippi case, read it here.

Can the NRA be sued for the “Stand Your Ground” law?  No. The stand your ground law is not actually a bad law if you are a proponent of the 2^nd amendment.  The law states:

 A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

Zimmerman is no how, in no way, covered by the “Stand Your Ground” law, recently, Zimmerman’s attorney has even come forward to admit that the law does not apply to Zimmerman.  Click here to read remarks by Zimmerman’s lawyer.

What I really think is interesting is that this case is being viewed from all sides as a racially motivated “white on black crime”.  In these times when racial discourse is used to increase media readership, there is little mention of the fact that Zimmerman’s father is white but his mother is Latina.  It is also not hitting the forefront of the media that Zimmerman’s family is not without African American’s.

Why does my observation matter?  To me, it matters only in the respect that in a multi-cultural society, like the one in which we live, there is still a need to categorize people on one side or the other of the black and white line, regardless of their true ethnicity.  Don’t get me wrong, I think that Zimmerman should be charged and that the judicial system needs to handle this, so I am glad that the case has gotten the attention that it needs to make people sweat and to begin moving in the right direction.  I can’t help but wonder, however, if the case would have reached the same fever pitch that it has if Zimmerman had been reported as being Latino instead of white.

One could argue that institutional racism was in full effect since the white police chief chose to conduct a half assed investigation and call the case a wrap, but then how does one explain the African American city manager?  The African American city manager has the power to fire the police chief and chose not to do so.  I have to wonder, how much institutional racism played into this tragedy in comparison to how many people were willing to sweep Trayvon’s death under the rug in order to protect their own political careers?

I think that there are so many sociological factors involved in this case that down the line, I expect for Trayvon’s case to turn up in criminal justice and sociology textbooks.

At the end of the day, regardless as to who is what ethnicity and who has what job, I do think that Zimmerman needs to be charged and brought to justice.  It is my prediction that he will be charged and the first motion that his lawyer will file, will be a motion for a change of venue.

It is no secret that I often get a laugh at the expense of others, but what may be a secret to those who don’t know me, is that I can take, as well  as I give, even if it’s to myself …. I’m not sure that sounded like I meant it, but oh well.

Anyway, I have been MIA for almost 2 weeks.  I went and spent some time in Arizona and had a great time.  While I was out there, it seemed that I ate everything that didn’t eat me first, no molecule of sodium left unturned.  Some people retain a little water when they eat sodium.  Sodium always makes me do my impression of a giant sized water balloon with feet…fat, waterlogged feet at that.

The night after I got home, I had this brilliant idea, that since sauna suits help to reduce water weight by sweating you to death, that I could just SLEEP in my sauna suit and get rid of my excess water weight.  People, do NOT try this at home without without seeking the advice of your primary care physician.  Had I previously consulted with my doctor, I am sure she would have told my stupid ass that if I was going to do something so ridiculous, make sure the windows were closed.

I’m here (about a week later) to tell you, I woke up sounding like an 80 year old man with cigar cough and snottin like a runny nosed toddler.  Go ahead, laugh it up…. I deserve every single chuckle but had it not been for that damned sauna suit, I’d not STILL be sick, not with a cold but with bronchitis.  Yup, I’m going to blame the suit.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  Okay, or not.  This whole sauna suit thing is the epitome of that “it sounded like a good idea at the time”, thing.  It was a bad idea then, it’s a bad idea today and it will be a bad idea when I look back on this and shake my head……..lol.

The other thing that is really taking a lot of my time right now is that I am getting out of the cosmetics business.  I really enjoy helping women look and feel their best but that is a lot of hands on piece work and with my taking the last class this quarter that I need to get my Master’s degree in criminal justice, I needed to shift to a less consuming product line.  I am transitioning into an online fashion jewelry and gift boutique.  I will still carry some skin care and cosmetic items but that won’t be my primary focus anymore.

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And to think, I can put all of this together while I go to school but I don’t have enough sense to not wear a sauna suit to bed with the windows open…….go figure.

Some people are just destined to be miserable. They weren’t born that way, chances are that something in their life has added a huge dose of vinegar to their world and they just can’t get past it. I take that back, they WON’T get past it. Why that is the case, I don’t know but there comes a time in our lives when that is just not our problem. It was probably not our problem to begin with, but when it’s someone we’re close to, we tend to make it our problem. As helpful as we may want to be, there comes a time that one has to say “you’re on your own” and move on, but how does that work?

Sometimes when people have been dealt a bad hand, they develop the thought that everyone in their life is responsible for making up for their misfortune. Think of it this way, you sit down at the blackjack table, the cards are dealt and they lose their money. After they lose their money, they expect for the casino and all of the players at the table to chip in to cover their loss, and then they get mad when they don’t. I know that sounds crazy but it’s the same difference.

When people are truly miserable, they are unpleasant; it’s the nature of the beast. Although we may accept their “funny acting” behavior because we know they have been through some things, there comes a time when one has to tell that person, point blank, that you understand what has happened in their life, but at the end of the day, you are not the one who caused their strife and you are not going to be the one paying for it. It is perfectly okay to let people know that they are not going to be allowed to treat you “some kind of way” because they have issues.

During those conversations, there is nothing wrong with suggesting that they open a dialog with the person (or people) that they feel put them in such a bad position. If they decide that they don’t have the nerve to do that, then what they are telling you is that it is easier to act out than it is to solve the problem and they are not interested in doing the work to try and overcome what has happened in their life. That brings one to the point that they are more interested in the person working through their issues than they are. Once one has reached that point, there are two choices to make, either stick around and accept however they choose to treat you and not complain (you choose to stay), or walk away and leave that person, and those who choose to deal with their madness, right where they are, and exit.

Removing negative energy from your life without guilt is no easy thing to do. One has to look back at the relationship (even if it’s family) and make sure that one has done everything in one’s power to try and help the miserable person to not be miserable anymore. If the answer is yes, then what is there to feel guilty about? Often, what one may perceive is guilt is actually trying to decide how they are going to explain the whole thing to the other people in their life. Let’s say that the person is a family member and you “x” them out of your life, now one may feel uncomfortable because eventually, someone else in the family is going to ask you why you did it and give you the “guilt trip” speech. No one really wants to deal with the speech, but the speeches quit after a while. It’s easier to just listen to the speech and let it go, no one knows how you feel but you.

There is an old saying that says “hurt people, hurt people”, well, miserable people make people miserable. They are often the source of little needed drama and frustration that is caused by their acting out. I don’t mind being frustrated if I did something to frustrate me, but I know that I am at the point in my life where I refuse to be frustrated because someone else can’t take care of their own emotions. Am I my sister’s keeper? Yes, but I am in no way the live-in nanny.

Miserable people are like leeches, they suck all of the emotions out of their host and when there is nothing left, they move on. I am an advocate for trying to live a low stress life, and for me, a low stress lifestyle consists of leaving some people right where I found them, to the dismay of many who continue unhealthy relationships due to a perceived obligation. That’s on them, I’m not there and you don’t have to be either.
The bottom line is that it is okay to manage the things and people in our lives who don’t bring anything positive to the table. There is no use wasting positive energy on people who have negative energy and no desire to acquire any positive energy. There is no need to have a huge fallout or anything, just get it in your head that you’re just not gonna “fuck with them like that” anymore. Then don’t…….

There are things that I am just OVER hearing about, so much so that although I have an opinion, I don’t engage in multiple discussions about them on social networks because beating a dead horse usually ends up in frustration..so, here is my list of things that I wish people could STFU about and move on…….(in no particular order, just as they come to mind)

1.  My blogs – There are some people who must be a glutton for punishment.  They make snarky comments and remarks but never really “bring it” and say what they mean.  As far as my blog and content is concerned, I think it is all pretty self explanatory.  One can choose to agree or disagree with the post, follow or not follow the blog.  To me, following a blog to take an opportunistic moment to say something random and passive aggressive makes no damned sense.  If what I am doing is that serious to someone, I may suggest some professional help because that sh!t is not healthy.

2.  Whitney Houston – Look, I think the tragic death of anyone is just that, tragic.  Whitney was a songbird of whom I was never a huge fan but I will give credit where credit is due, she had a beautiful voice, it was just not one that caught my ear.  As my mom used to say “everythang ain’t for everybody”.  Every day, some media outlet is further trying to reduce the Whitney thing to its lowest common denominator.  Look, she’s gone, it’s sad, no illegal drugs were found, he death was either accidental or it wasn’t and ultimately, she was the only one responsible for her own demise.  Relax……let it go……….she’s gone and running a new story about her every day is not going to change that.

3.  Chris Brown, with or without Rihanna – This whole argument about what Chris Brown should be allowed or not allowed to do professionally because of his domestic violence issues has been blown way out of proportion.  He’s a douche bag, it is what it is but it’s time to move forward.  I do not recall anyone repeatedly trying to professionally bury people like Sean Penn, Charlie Sheen, David Hasselhoff,  Nicholas Cage, Vanilla Ice, Tommy Lee, Terrance Howard, Wesley Snipes or any of the other poorly behaving celebrity perpetrators of domestic violence.  Either we throw them all under the bus professionally or let them do their job and let the courts handle them.  There is no reason to keep the tape rolling.  Now, as far as he and Rihanna are concerned, who cares?  They are grown, let them screw each other’s heads off if they want, this nonsense of analyzing their recent work together is a waste of time.  So much of a waste of time that I’ve spent all that I am going to spend on it……..see how that works?

4.  Forgetting that some things are human issues and not “left” or “right” issues – Issues such as health care reform, entitlement programs, reproductive heath and so on are “hot button” political topics, they always are, especially during an election year.  Although how those issues are managed may be a “left” or “right” issue, I think that the core idea that is forgotten is that those issues pertain to how we are going too manage and treat sick people, and how are we going to empower those who have been displaced by the economic downturn to once again be able to support themselves and their families under their own power.  I am not into handouts or paying people to do nothing, I am, in favor of helping to create a climate where people can crawl out of a hole, help themselves and return to being self sufficient.  To me, those issues are not just about politics, they are about human lives and human survival.  Maybe if they were viewed as such, some compromises could be made.  I am OVER people who make EVERY damned thing a left or right issue, hell it’s not the fault of the “left” or the “right” if the weather is bad……..oh wait, that’s a “global warming” issue…*Rolls Eyes*.

5.  I have a dream!!!  I have a dream!!!  I have a dream that one day, I will live in a nation where my President will not be judged based on the color of his/her skin but the content of his/her character!!!  That dream is very much a reality for me, I will NOT vote for a candidate for any office just because they’re black, white, blue, green or purple.  I am an issues based person and that is what matters to me.  I think that people who support a politician based on the color of his/her skin are just as shallow as those who refuse to support a candidate based on the same reasons.  If I have to choose between two buses, one going straight to hell driven by a black driver and one going where I am trying to go, driven by an Asian driver……guess what, I’m not going to take the chance that I might reach my destination by using hell as the scenic route.  I’m going with the driver that is going my way.

6.  People who are impressed because Obama is capable of doing stereotypical “black thangs” – There are some groups of people who really believe that black folks are born to sing, dance and entertain the masses, kind of the way that jesters used to.  I come unglued when I hear people go on and on about Obama singing at some event but not being outraged that some of his policies are leaving gaping holes in the Bill of Rights.  It is NOT okay that he passes a bill that allows U.S. citizens to be arrested and held indefinitely without charges or gives INTERPOL the right to violate our entire Bill of Rights as long as he can SING about it!  C’mon!!!  I guess I should be glad that he’s shown that he can’t dance, I am not sure my nerves could handle it.

7.  People who try to convert the internet by way of preaching gospel on status updates, all day, every day……..that annoys me so much that I just delete them.  I’m a spiritual person and I am a firm believer that if one’s higher power is going to reach out to people, he’s not going to need twitter, facebook, email or anything like that to do it.  My deity has much stronger networking skills than that….lol.

8.  Definition of “Natural Born Citizen” – Some people think this is a new issue but it’s not, it’s been one since the 1800′s.  Maybe I’m over simplifying this but here is the way I see it.  One was considered to be a natural born citizen if born of two american citizens prior to the 14th amendment.  The ratification of the 14th amendment should supersede anything before it as does an addendum to any contract.  If the goal is to repeal the 14th amendment, then I think people need to just come out and say it, why try to enforce antiquated rulings because the wording of the 14th amendment is not working for them?  Now, one has to be careful in handling the 14th amendment since it is also the one that gives citizens the protection of due process under the law.   Personally, I think we should have an established congressional vetting system with a list of documentation that must be disclosed for people to run for president.  I think that would eliminate politicians from using executive orders to have their records sealed and so on.  If one wants to lead a nation, do so with their hand open, it’s about transparency, remember?

I was going on to number 9, but my producer says that I’m out of time….lol!!!!  Have a great day!

My ex is Sicilian, yes, it matters and you will see why in a little bit.  Moving on, there is a feature on one of my social networking sites that lets me know when people remove me from their list.  As a habit, when people’s name show up there, I look to see if I was actually removed or if they just turned their account off temporarily.  I don’t freak out about either, but I do suffer from normal human curiosity.  When I saw “Sam Sausagehead’s” name show up, I did my normal checking and yup, he’d deleted me.  Apparently I did not fit into his new life philosophy which is:

“13 WORDS LIVE BY(((((WE MUST SECURE THE EXISTENCE OF OUR RACE AND FUTURE OF ARE WHITE CHILDREN))))))”

That is a direct quote…. I wanted to make sure I used a direct quote so that NOTHING gets lost in translation.

Let’s begin with the obvious….his 13 words to live by, took him 14 words to quote.

Are vs. Our .. was not a typo, that’s his thing..funny how he spells “existence” correctly, he must have had help with that one, and decided to try “our” on his own and failed.

Before I finish breaking down the REST of his stupidity, I don’t advocate bigotry or racism, I see no use for it, however, everyone has the right to believe what they wish, as long as their right does not infringe on the rights of others.

Now, here are some of the fine points of his foolishness of which I am sure he is unaware:

Remember I said he was Sicilian?  Well, the island of Sicily is where many African’s went to avoid the slave trade, meaning, many Sicilians are mixed with the blood of African’s.  Maybe I’m wrong but I am thinking that the separatists groups are allowing in people of African descent, if they are, the rules have changed greatly.

Next, it is my understanding (apparently not his) that one is not embraced by separatist groups if one has been involved in “race mixing” or having been intimately involved with someone outside of their race.

What is so bad about all of this, is when I mentioned his “reinvention”, I didn’t even use his name, he’s just so random that my friends knew EXACTLY who I was referring to and this is some of what THEY had to say about the “new him”:

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA…”ARE WHITE CHILDREN” ??!”

“And so, I MUST ask this Stang: what EXACTLY did this “entry-level fucktard” say to convince YOU to let him “hit it” ?? I’m just curious because at one time, this was YOUR “man”, right ??  (can’t stop laughin’)”

“I counted for 14 words, but hey what I do I know, I have a diploma :-/  “

“Well DAYUUUMMMM…you’re fuckin’ up the program, Stang !! It’s ‘once you go black, you never go BACK”, not “once you go black, you’re gonna’ say FUCK THAT’ !! lol”

“‎Stang, you BET not be talking about who I think you were because if so, I don’t have the patience or the “stash” for this phuckery on my day off!!!!”

“Pfft I JUST got here and I knew who this was about before she finished writing it… He always was my fav fuctard “

To the separatists that may be reading (yes, I do have a few), I want to congratulate you all on your newest edition.  I have sent you all a gift of extra filters, with him running around there, you all will have one hell of a time keeping up the gene pool…….Salud!

I am a huge fan of one being who they truly are, no more, no less and if one feels the need to totally reinvent oneself for the sake of a relationship, for goodness sakes, read the instructions first.