http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:39:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not gonna front. I don't watch BET. Similarly to the several reasons why I don't watch MTV or Vh1 and their "sluts of love" series of series, but even more so because I can't co-sign on shit on that channel. However... I would be frontin' if I didn't admit ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/06/30/kanes-take-on-the-bet-awards/ For the past ten years, I've dealt wit my weight in a touch-and-go fashion. I gain, I lose. Eventually, I stopped looking in the mirror. Not as in, I'm walking around and looking a mess. I could always look at my face - I have a somewhat attractive face. No ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/06/05/liberation-from-a-former-self/ Right now, my heart is unbelievably heavy. Every once in a while, I will watch the local news. I prefer to watch something a little more engaging like a politically-focused show, simply because it doesn't take much brain power to say damn every five minutes as the local newscasters discuss ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/05/04/the-loss-of-a-friend-the-gain-of-understanding/ Detroit, MI, from where I hail (most of the time, anyways), is known to be the 'hair capital of the world'. I'm not sure where or with whom this title originated but whoever and whatever began this, wasn't lying. To an extent. When I was home for a short stint ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/22/a-wig-a-story-a-life/ Readers, leaving you has been as hard as...well, it hasn't been that hard. LK has been holding the pseudo-intellectual cut down for a minute, although this seems to be mostly our talking to and amongst ourselves, we always appreciate the support. We really do. So much in fact that...this post ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/22/9-things-i-need-to-understand-before-i-die/ In the middle of writing a report for a client, I found myself catching the latest episode of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency on On Demand. For me, it's another reason for me to swoon all over Jill Scott (no homo - ain't it a damn shame that I ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/17/cutting-edge-colored-people-and-discomfort-jilly-and-the-agency/ I remember my pregnancy. Being in school for approximately half of it, and with a boyfriend then stuck in Asia with the Military, I couldn't really figure out what the hell I was going to do with myself. I mean, a college student living in a dorm; family, friends and ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/07/what-a-two-year-old-taught-me-about-love/ Editor's Note: She ain't talkin' about the damn President. You know, I wholeheartedly aimed to talk about the increasing violence (not quite as accurate to call it increasing 'cause it's been alarmingly high for a while, now) in our communities. The need for guns and the will to use them. ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/05/fight-or-flight-the-illest-shit-i-ever-wrote/ La Kane: i hate to say it, but i appreciate america so much more when i read shit like this... On a more somber note, a recent op-ed by everyone's favorite some-timey radical Nicholas Kristof speaks to the devastating effects of some more of those without options: a glaring 70 to ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/05/the-game-of-life-guys-and-dames-intl-version-20/ About a week ago, I got dumped. By Facebook. I'd devoted over three years of constant affection, late night procrastinating, adding the sprinkles of the usual lover spats over new formatting and exhaustive new feeding much to our mutual dismay (FB decided a filter was finally in order after two years ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/05/to-see-the-invisible-man/ SoulBounce has followed up post after post about this. Why, I honestly cannot say. Should you find yourself unable to click the link, allow me to quote: It been [sic] years since "Nipplegate" after which he distanced himself from Janet Jackson, cowardly allowing her to endure the overly harsh criticism alone. ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/04/03/the-curious-case-of-justin-timberlake/ There's something wildly beautiful about Botswana. I'm always an admirer of nature... things like sunsets, rainfalls, and night skies always manage to shut me up something proper. So trust me when I say, I was dead silent during The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I must also admit - I ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/03/30/the-first-chick-show-to-steal-my-heart/ Just a vent. Nothing new. This black girl did something a little different today-I began to listen to those who can't hear. Ever listen to a conversation between two people in a crowded place (say a bar or the Red Line) and notice one person responding in some crazy fashion to questions asked by another and ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/03/28/for-i-am-the-child-who-canno-hear/ Editor's Note: The curse word count is awful high in this one. Not redacting, just letting you know in advance. It totally wasn't my intention to have my first two posts on TBG to be about cops. In fact, I was in the middle of writing about strip searches on minors, ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/03/26/news-flash-traffic-violations-are-more-important-than-yo-momma/ January 7th: An unarmed man, aged 22, is gunned down by BART transit police officers after being investigated in a brawl on the train. Shot at close range while face down on the train platform, the officer accused in his death has plead 'not guilty'. According the local reports, over ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/03/22/the-thin-blue-and-black-line/ I remember being in the third grade - maybe fourth, can't say for sure - back when D.A.R.E. was the thing to have at your school. We had this awesome officer come speak to us openly and honestly about drugs, the risks involved with taking them, and what's happened to ... http://www.twoblackgirlsatatime.com/2009/03/22/cop-killers-get-no-love-from-me/