Resolutions (<---O_o) for the New Year

New Year’s resolutions are for the birds. I’m serious. It is about the time of year where everyone starts to make promises to themselves to fix the things in their lives that are either lacking or in excess, and they call them ‘resolutions’. I always wondered why we do that to ourselves. Why is it that we wait for January 1st to decide that this time, this hour, this moment,...

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The 1 Year From 30 Post!

I am officially 29 years old! One year left to the big 3-0! What does that actually mean, though? Does it mean anything at all? To me it does. I’ve been seeing a lot of fuss regarding the life change from 28 to 29 to 30. I’m not quite sure why…so… I think it’s time to do 29 Reasons Why 29 is the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread…29. Um…hello! It’s another year, another day,...

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Change and Growth

“It’s been too hard living/but I’m afraid to die/’Cause I don’t know what’s up there/beyond the sky/It’s been a long, long time coming/but I know/a change’s gon come” Sam Cooke – “A Change’s Gon Come” I’m fine. Trust me. I’m fine. I chose to start this post with these words because this is one of my favorite lyrics and all time favorite songs, period. There is something about the passion and elegance with which Sam Cooke sings this song that has always touched something deep down in my spirit. I’ve always related to the lyrics. Life is hard. Sure,...

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Night Marauder

They call me the marauder of the feelings of the night. While everyone is asleep, I pillage and plunder the thoughts of the verbose and yet forgotten thoughts. The ones no one wants to admit that they have. Our society is one where even honesty is not quite honest with itself, shamed into believing that stark contrast in truths is acceptable when one seeks to spare feelings. I sit, loud in my silence, and assess which dishonest village I shall burn first with clever ditties and unabashed words of fire. Usually they never see it coming, so caught...

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Fantasy vs. Reality

We are walking to the school, she in her Shearling jacket, me in my wool coat. She is bubbly, bright, excited. After school, we are going to do her homework together, then curl up and watch movies and sip hot cocoa. He will join us when he is done with his meeting, and we will sit there, watching movies until dinner time, when we will go to the dinner table and have dinner...

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The 3 AM Post

The 3 am Post This is one of those open letters to myself because I have to write it down posts.  One of those I want to talk but not really because I want you to fix it, I don't want a hug posts. A I feel like crying because I'm not sure what I did if I did how I did something wrong posts. You know the post. It's the post that only a Sag can write because they're busy overanalyzing and being, well, a Sag. It's the post you write when you have so much to say and nowhere to put all of the emotion that comes with the saying, and you know...

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For Colored Girls (Don't Read This If You Haven't Seen It)

I’m still a bit shell shocked. I’ve been sitting here, going back and forth, reading and re-reading, and reviewing and pondering all the way home because I’ve been shell shocked ever since I walked out of that movie house. I finally saw “For Colored Girls”. I was adamant that no one tell me anything about the movie before I saw it. I wanted to experience it for myself,...

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Sagittarius Season! The Facts

If you're a Sagittarius, stand up!!! From November 22 to December 21, Sagittariuses rule the time frame. As a Sagittarius myself, I am personally excited that it is my season. Granted, it is ALWAYS my season, as I LOVE being a true Sagittarius, but I am particularly thrilled that it is my season currently. This means that my birthday's coming up, and it means a year older...

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Tape and Glue and Me

“You are a handsome…good…smart and good and…you’re perfect…but um…I’m busy…holding myself together with…tape and glue…and a part of me wishes that you hadn’t played golf because maybe you’d be where I am…but you’re too much for me right now…because I’m busy..with the tape…and the glue…”- "Miranda Bailey", Grey's Anatomy - Episode: Tape and Glue I’m not a TV buff. Not by...

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So Cuomo's governor...now what?

Thank God Andrew Cuomo won. Unlike Cuomo’s father, previous 80’s reign governor Mario Cuomo, Andrew’s election to the gubernatorial seat was far from a squeaker. Cuomo racked up 61% percent of the vote over Carl Paladino, his GOP competition (and let’s not forget Jimmy McMillan’s 1% - after all, only 1% of New Yorkers truly believe that the Rent is Too Damn High). Paladino,...

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Honesty Box (Self-Analysis #5 of...)

*dramatic cunt sigh* I guess it’s time to get a little bit honest. I know, I know. I’m a Sagittarius. I’m always honest. But there are sometimes that even we Sags hold on to some stuff for fear of being entirely too brutally honest. If there’s one thing that I know that I’m good for being , it’s brutally honest. And that’s not always a good thing. Sometimes, brutal honesty...

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The Romance Seeker

Wanted: purple tinged hyacinths with a sole calla lily, accompanied by a walk along the water’s side/snuggling up by a fireplace/strolling along the beach at sunset (options for the seasons). Must appear interested in actual conversation without forgetting to subtly compliment said companion. Should close the evening by being escorted to one’s door and a kiss good night. Home...

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