Thursday, January 29, 2004
bloginality
My Bloginality is ENTP!!!
As an ENTP, you are Extraverted, iNtuative, Thinking, and Perceiving.
This makes your primary focus on Extraverted Intuition with Introverted Thinking.
This is defined as a NT personality, which is part of Carl Jung's Rational (Knowledge Seeking) type, and more specifically the Inventors or Visionary
As a weblogger, your love for a discussion may cause you to debate things more often. You might also flit from idea to idea, not completing one before going to the next. Your largest sense is intution, which makes you a good at understanding what is going on around you - and this could act to your benefit when making blog-like posts over a journal.
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living while black proves to be fatalI don't even think I have the words to describe how awful this is. Timothy Stansbury, a nineteen year-old high school student and part-time McDonald's employee, was gunned down in the stairwell of his housing project as he went to carry more CDs to a party he was attending. He was shot by a Housing Authority police officer.
A Newsday article by Sheryl McCarthy pretty much sums up my feelings on the situation.
As usual, I've included the text of the article in case it disappears. link via freedom rider
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More Wal-MartA reader posted a link to another article about Wal-Mart in the comments. The article further proves that Wal-Mart is the devil.
I will include the text of the article here in case it disappears.
A gallon-sized jar of whole pickles is something to behold. The jar is the size of a small aquarium. The fat green pickles, floating in swampy juice, look reptilian, their shapes exaggerated by the glass. It weighs 12 pounds, too big to carry with one hand. The gallon jar of pickles is a display of abundance and excess; it is entrancing, and also vaguely unsettling. This is the product that Wal-Mart fell in love with: Vlasic's gallon jar of pickles.read more
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PrinceJust so you know, it pays to know your hip hop history. I just called into Wild 102 and answered a question to win tickets to see Prince at House of Blues tomorrow night/ Saturday morning at 2am. The tickets don't even go on sale until 10am today and I am in there like swimwear. Hell yeah!!!!!
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keep it realI really needed to read this horoscope today:
Satisfaction means settling for a smaller portion than usual. Be amazed to rediscover your actual needs after stripping away the habits that surround them. A touch of humility makes you a better person.You're okay at what you do, but part of you thinks that you could be better. You turn on the charm to hide your perceived shortcomings. This isn't necessary. Some people might even suspect that you're not being sincere, and that could be a problem. Drop this facade and be yourself without fear of ridicule. Others will like you even more when you keep it real. And if you really want to improve yourself, jump into a team effort with all your heart. As you watch your teammates do what you can't, you'll lose a little of that ego and learn something.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004laugh with me
Oh my god. I laughed so hard at this. Please look at it and laugh with me. I'm sure the people in the computer lab at school think I am nuts by now.
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re-negrofication
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yeah, lynneI don't want the same old same either.
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Essence Short Fiction ContestI am so entering the Essence Short Fiction Contest
ESSENCE is now accepting submissions for our 2004 Short Fiction Contest.Join best-selling authors Terry McMillan, Gloria Naylor, Jill Nelson and others, whose short fiction first appeared in the pages of ESSENCE.
First Prize includes publication of the winning story in a fall 2004 issue of ESSENCE and $1,000.
First, Second, and Third Prize as well as seven honorable mentions will appear on ESSENCE.com in June.
CONTEST RULES AND GUIDELINES:
The contest is open to women and men who have never had a work of fiction published in a major commercial book, or magazine with a circulation of more than 25,000 and who are more than 18 years old at the time of entry.
Stories must be original fiction, featuring a Black adult female as the main character in a contemporary
setting. Entries must be typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, on one side of 8 1/2-by-11-inch
paper and not more than ten pages (2,500 words).Send entries c/o 2004 ESSENCE Short Fiction Contest, Essence Magazine, 1500 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
All entries must be postmarked no later thanMarch 30, 2004.
Each contestant may submit one story. The author's name, mail and e-mail address and daytime telephone
number must appear in the top right-hand corner of the first manuscript page. All subsequent pages must be numbered in the top right-hand corner and include the author's last name. We will not accept faxes or e-mail attachments.Winners will be selected by ESSENCE editors and a select panel of publishing experts appointed by ESSENCE. Winners will be notified by telephone or mail no later than June 14, 2004.
Entries will not be returned, and the author will be contacted only if her or his entry is chosen. Telephone, mail, e-mail or fax inquiries will not be accepted and could cause disqualification.
ESSENCE may withhold any award if the entries do not meet our publication standards. Stories selected may be edited for length and clarity. Employees of Essence Communications Partners, its subsidiaries and
affiliates and their relatives, are not eligible to enter.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004r. kelly's positive image
So, R. Kelly has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Hm.
The annual NAACP Image Awards are given to those who strive for the portrayal of positive images and meaningful opportunities for African-Americans in motion pictures, television, literature and recording.
It's called integrity and if the NAACP had an ounce of it they would stand by their mission and make a real statement about how R. Kelly's behavior has really affected our community. They would take into consideration what this nomination says to a younger, more-impressionable, less-informed generation. They would take into consideration not only his musical accomplishments but his personal image also.If the NAACP had any integrity they would nominate Justin Timberlake -- a real black man.
Word. Raven, I agree with you 100%.
I have to start with the fact that this man has coined himself the "Pied Piper". I wonder sometimes if he's being funny or if he is just as ignorant as his actions are making him look. In case you have never heard the story, it goes something like this:
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