Being Educated and Black i

So I was leaving my math class (that I am taking for the third time) and I see many black men and women with music blaring, and hats tipped to the side, baggy clothes and such leaving the school house along with me. Now this is something that happens every tuesday and thursday and something that I am use to since I have been around black men and women who value education.

This got me to thinking about the portrayal of blacks in the media. Whenever you watch shows about a black man or woman who has made it they are portrayed as a person who forgot where they came from, someone who has no idea what it's like to struggle because they are a pampered person of color who has the cushion of money to shield them from the ugly in life or the stuck up black person who looks down their noses at their own race.

I am not sure when it became ok to put ourselves down in this fashion but I despise the way not just black people but other people of color are portrayed in the media when they make it and are successful. I feel like these images are holding us back and also it is stopping America from moving passed the hurt of racism.

Now I am done with that

I watched the movie Baby on Board-Now I am usually ok with these types of movies but half way through I found myself wanting it to be over. The fact that they didnt talk about ANYTHING and kept just assuming that the other was doing wrong because their friends were having a hard time just made the movie feel low budget. Does anyone know if this movie was a tv movie? Heather Graham usually does these types of movies from jerry o'connell I am not sure actually why I expect so much from him....it might be because of the crush I have had on him since that show My Secret Identity you know you remember that show! Over all the movie was not all that great I am sorry to say but If you must see it I suggest you do something entertaining at the same time...like read a book, clip your toe nails.....brush your dogs teeth because all of those would be more fun then watching this movie again.

I also saw the nastiest pair of saggy balls in this movie EVER. Told my hubby if his ever get that saggy we are gonna have to get him a pair of ball bras.....

I think too much

I have gone this whole week thinking I have forgotten things. It's not a pleasant feeling to think that you have forgotten to do things you consider important to you. Well anyways I have been working hard doing my spouses group and working on becoming a kindermusik teacher. This job I think will be good because I will be able to make money three days a week while the boys are in school. I will then be done in enough time to pick them up and focus on them.

I had a comment made about Joe the other day. It kinda made me think I mean I know Joe does not take the boys outside alot but he works 12 hours a day and when he comes home it's bedtime. When he is off we spend time together but he does spend time with them outside but he also spends time with them in the house. Well you probably want to know about the comment. Well the comment was about the fact that Joe wants Nate to have a real baseball glove so he can play catch with nathan and then I was told that Joe does not take the boys out anyway so it does not matter what kind of baseball mitt I buy nate. I became slightly offended . Joe is an excellent father I know he worries about it constantly but he really is a great father. Nate and Lucas yell for him all the time and are upset when he does not come to pick them up from school. I think maybe I might have just overreacted I am not sure.

How would you have handled it?

Anyways I am going to review an oldie but goodie

Boondock Saints- I think this movie makes you think about the ways of our world. I mean really the fact that mobsters and other people who bad are getting off is frankly just upsetting. This movie addresses the what would happen if two people got tired of the bad guys always winning. There are some truely funny parts to this movie but overall I think that this movie makes a pretty good point about our society. I think if you have not seen thise cult classic you should and if you do not like blood or guts you might not want to watch this movie.

Good night!

look what i can do!!!

So I have decided to write a childrens book. It was just somethign that came to me last night while I was on my way to bed. My brother and I have the most awesome imagination EVER and we use to make up stupid stories to tell each other very loudly while people were sitting next to us in public places...cant tell you how many people we use to scare randomly because we would be talking about unicorns and such like they really existed and flew in our windows at night.
Since I stopped doing FCC I am enjoying my children again they are freaking the most awesome people that ever existed. Nathan is slowly turning back into the little boy I know he can be which is polite and sweet and helpful. Lucas is loving that it's just me and him and Nathan and that he does not have to share mommy. So while I loved my job I dont think home daycare was a good thing for the kids. I can deal with that tho because they come first I can do other stuff to make money from home I am good at stuff I can work it out :)
I am working my way through mountain of laundry that I have to finish and I am not stressed about it at all so that also makes me feel good lol. Joe and I were kinda having some stupid fights but have calmed down and are back to our normal selfs. By that I mean we can fight and then everything is better an hour later just cause we feel like it. :) I love us this way. He probably wont be deploying which makes me sooooo happy I love having him around and Christmas will be totally awesome again this year because we will all be together in the states with our families and I dont have to rush right back to a stressful job. Although I will have school.
I got the pell grant!!! So I dont have to worry about paying for school and I will have extra money from the GI BILL. I think overall I am very excited that school is over done because trust me I am totally done with school lol.
I watched the movie Miss. Pettigrew lives for a day-I love it. I am in love with the movies from the 30's and 40's. There was a glimpse of some ass in the movie which if you know your black and white movies would not be allowed but overall the tone of the movie the message I thought was very awesome. Miss Pettigrew entered just for a day a world that she was much too old fashion for and that made her test her limits and made her stop judging the outside of people for once. She helped those around her realize their dreams and at the same time she found her knight in shining armor...she saved him from an evil witch and he saved her from living without him. I think you should all see this movie even if you dont like it...it will give us something to talk about :)
Thats it for me from this week I am off to finish cleaning and to get some more writing for my childrens book done and to do research on publishers :)