O.B.A.M.A.

Unfortunately, I was not in D.C. yesterday and did not get the chance to attend any of the events, but I did stream the inauguration live from my computer at work. WOW!!!! This man is awesome! He is so cool, humble, genuine, and confident, but determined, ambitious, and extremely powerful all at the same time. History books, here comes the first African American President of The United States of America!!! This moves me because given the fact that we (African Americans) have had some extraordinary people that have accomplished unbelievable things in their lives, we are always remembered as the fighters. I say that because we've always had to take what we wanted. Things we should've already had at birth. A seat on the bus. Integrated schools. FREEDOM! So, when we look back upon some of the most influential people in black history, I wonder. What if they didn't have to fight so hard just to be a normal person? What did they love to do or want to become other than normal? What would we have accomplished then? If those people were given the exact same rights as everyone else from jump street, our first black president would've come a long while ago, and I'm a firm believer in that. I am very grateful for people like Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Dr. King, Malcolm X, and many more because they paved the way for Barack Obama any every other black person in America, but I used to feel like damn, why did we always have to fight? What did we do? Barack Obama is erasing that perception of black people. He has proven, that if you dream big you WILL fly high. He's given us a sense of relief! So, exhale black people...live your life to it's full potential. Stand up and prove that you are somebody instead of fighting, acting a damn fool all the time, and just being down right obnoxious! Represent us in a new light because if you don't, that's a slap in the faces of everyone that helped us get to where we are today. And trust...it was a long trip...Hell, some of us are still riding!

X-Lax works! Why don't you?

It's been a long time coming...I know. Don't really have too much time for blogging anymore. Although it is very therapeutic for me, I just can't seem to get away from the chaos at my job. Clinic is booming. The "big kahuna" has a new research study brewing in his big ass head of idea soup every 5 minutes. It's crazy around here. All work...no play kind of thing. Anyway, enough about that...I found time today!

It's like super cold here!!! I'm sure it's nothing like the temp up north, but dammit that's why I don't live there. I couldn't even imagine it.

My cousin is such a bum! WTF?!?! I just don't get it. How is someone 26 years old, no job and not looking, in school but might as well say she's not because she doesn't even go to class, just content with that? Check out yesterday's conversation between us...

Me: What's up?
Cuz: Nothing. Girl I am so constipated!
Me: Take some x-lax or something.
Cuz: No. Just give me a cigarette. That'll make me go.
Me: Here you go.
Cuz 10 minutes later: I just can't go to school.
Me: Why? Because you're constipated?!
Cuz: I just can't do it. My stomach is about to pop.
Me: Whatever

Ok, now I have a problem with this. First of all, she missed a whole week of school fucking around in G-Town and on her first day back in the D, she's too constipated to go? Have you ever known somebody to call into work because they're constipated? Nobody can pay me to understand this. Now, don't get me wrong...I do know what constipation feels like and it is not fun, but if I haven't been to school in a whole week (for no reason), I would suck that shit up and go. PERIOD!

She's constipated alright.....FULL OF SHIT!