I like to write. I like that I have a creative mind, and sometimes I let it off the leash.
There's a quote that says if you love doing something and you get paid to do it, you will never work a day in your life.
Now, if I can get the ideas out, and get this book out.
IJS
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Mark Your Words
I like to laugh and be funny. I like the clapback portion of events. I like giving the witty and clever comeback line. It's one of my more charming traits.
One of my friends told me that right now, I am on 0 chill, because of the debate and the trumping of Orange satan.
Which is true, I am very geeked about it. I have not held back shade or tea. I have been quite vocal about certain current events, even on this blog and elsewhere on social media.
But what happens when well-meaning humor and shade-throwing descends into degradation, embarrassment and humiliation? What happens when funny starts being malicious?
How far is too far? Do we even know if we've gone too far?
Case in point: the Miss Universe contestant who was dragged publicly for gaining weight while during her reign. Now we find out she had an eating disorder. And the words that were thrown at her during this time were hurtful, malicious and straight out wrong. Is the person who made these remarks to her, who we want sitting in the most powerful seat in the world?
I know what it's like to be embarrassed by someone pointing out my foibles, mistakes and ineptitude.
In public. In front of 40+ people. Loud, and very pointedly.
The person who did it, wanted to make me an example. And she did so, very vocally, to the point, ya'll I had to go in the bathroom and cry and ask God to help me please.
Why? Because one part of me was sooooo embarrassed, I never wanted to show my face again. And the rowdy part of me wanted to toss caution to the wind and give her....well, you know....THE BUSINESS! I think that was the part I was praying more for, so I would keep my cool.
The outcome? Let's just say that karma will run you over, in the end.
Two weeks later, she made the recommendation that cost me my job.
But it paled in comparison, to what happened to her and her family. I would never wish what happened to her, on my worst enemy. I don't work like that. That does not make me happy, and I didn't rejoice in it. I prayed for her. To this day, I still pray for her and her family.
I speak on some things, hold my peace in others. I will comment here and there.
For me, you get dragged when what you've done has caused HARM to those that I love, or who are DEFENSELESS. Don't bring kids and the elderly into this.
And if you're wrong, you're just wrong.
If you want correction, go to God, and ask Him for it. He will be more than happy to do it for you. Ask me how I know.
Some of the most painful lessons I learned were when God had to show me my errors through my embarrassment, my pride, my shooting off my mouth when not needed or necessary (especially when I was pointing out others' errors).
But when correction came, it made me understand that I could have all the fun I wanted, but in the end, what matters is how I made someone feel. And if it were caused by my words and actions, then I needed to deal with what was missing in me that made me do it, say it, or speak it.
Ladies and gentlemen, your words count. They can maim, they can cut, they wound and bruise. Take some time, and reflect on what you say. Think, then speak.
And sometimes, you don't need to comment on every. Little. Thing.
Hard lesson learned.
IJS
One of my friends told me that right now, I am on 0 chill, because of the debate and the trumping of Orange satan.
Which is true, I am very geeked about it. I have not held back shade or tea. I have been quite vocal about certain current events, even on this blog and elsewhere on social media.
But what happens when well-meaning humor and shade-throwing descends into degradation, embarrassment and humiliation? What happens when funny starts being malicious?
How far is too far? Do we even know if we've gone too far?
Case in point: the Miss Universe contestant who was dragged publicly for gaining weight while during her reign. Now we find out she had an eating disorder. And the words that were thrown at her during this time were hurtful, malicious and straight out wrong. Is the person who made these remarks to her, who we want sitting in the most powerful seat in the world?
I know what it's like to be embarrassed by someone pointing out my foibles, mistakes and ineptitude.
In public. In front of 40+ people. Loud, and very pointedly.
The person who did it, wanted to make me an example. And she did so, very vocally, to the point, ya'll I had to go in the bathroom and cry and ask God to help me please.
Why? Because one part of me was sooooo embarrassed, I never wanted to show my face again. And the rowdy part of me wanted to toss caution to the wind and give her....well, you know....THE BUSINESS! I think that was the part I was praying more for, so I would keep my cool.
The outcome? Let's just say that karma will run you over, in the end.
Two weeks later, she made the recommendation that cost me my job.
But it paled in comparison, to what happened to her and her family. I would never wish what happened to her, on my worst enemy. I don't work like that. That does not make me happy, and I didn't rejoice in it. I prayed for her. To this day, I still pray for her and her family.
I speak on some things, hold my peace in others. I will comment here and there.
For me, you get dragged when what you've done has caused HARM to those that I love, or who are DEFENSELESS. Don't bring kids and the elderly into this.
And if you're wrong, you're just wrong.
If you want correction, go to God, and ask Him for it. He will be more than happy to do it for you. Ask me how I know.
Some of the most painful lessons I learned were when God had to show me my errors through my embarrassment, my pride, my shooting off my mouth when not needed or necessary (especially when I was pointing out others' errors).
But when correction came, it made me understand that I could have all the fun I wanted, but in the end, what matters is how I made someone feel. And if it were caused by my words and actions, then I needed to deal with what was missing in me that made me do it, say it, or speak it.
Ladies and gentlemen, your words count. They can maim, they can cut, they wound and bruise. Take some time, and reflect on what you say. Think, then speak.
And sometimes, you don't need to comment on every. Little. Thing.
Hard lesson learned.
IJS
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
By Any Means Necessary!
I have a very short and simple message today. If you are over the age of 18, have not
committed a felony, and can read, and you have not done so already:
GO AND REGISTER TO VOTE!
Deadline is October 11th. You have more than 2 weeks. Get. This. Done.
Websites to use:
IJS.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
The Morning After
I cannot even BEGIN to explain the joy in my soul this day.
The con artist was caught dead-handed.
The joker LITERALLY got trumped. (see that?)
The emperor was exposed for having on NO CLOTHES (and no brains) last night.
And over 100 million people were witnesses to that fact.
The pundits are talking, the analysts are debating, and so on....
The fact-checkers did their jobs. TREMENDOUSLY, I might add.
But the best comment that I heard was this one:
"A debate isn’t a reality show. It’s a job interview. What Trump’s and Clinton’s performance Monday tells us about their possible performance in office."
So, in that order:
Job Interview for the President of the United States - Applicant #1
Sniffling ALL during the interview: REJECTED
Talking over the interviewer: REJECTED
Not answering the question: REJECTED...
Appearance: REJECTED x 1000
Insulting the other applicants: REJECTED
Qualifications: REJECTED, with receipts (how many bankruptcies?)
Overall ruling: not today, Orange satan, not today, tomorrow or EVER.
Job Interview for the President of the United States - Applicant #2
Greeted the interviewer and the other applicants: CHECK
Stayed calm and composed, even during accusations: CHECK
Answered ALL the questions, even the ones that HURT: CHECK x 1000 ("I made a mistake")
Appearance: other than them kitten heels, CHECK
Fact-checked the other applicant so hard, he stumbled for the rest of the debate: BODY. CHECK.
Qualifications:
Senator - CHECK ONE
Secretary of State - CHECK TWO
Wife of a FORMER PRESIDENT - CHECK THREE
Overall ruling: Y'all... I'm With Her.
IJS
The con artist was caught dead-handed.
The joker LITERALLY got trumped. (see that?)
The emperor was exposed for having on NO CLOTHES (and no brains) last night.
And over 100 million people were witnesses to that fact.
The pundits are talking, the analysts are debating, and so on....
The fact-checkers did their jobs. TREMENDOUSLY, I might add.
But the best comment that I heard was this one:
"A debate isn’t a reality show. It’s a job interview. What Trump’s and Clinton’s performance Monday tells us about their possible performance in office."
So, in that order:
Job Interview for the President of the United States - Applicant #1
Sniffling ALL during the interview: REJECTED
Talking over the interviewer: REJECTED
Not answering the question: REJECTED...
Appearance: REJECTED x 1000
Insulting the other applicants: REJECTED
Qualifications: REJECTED, with receipts (how many bankruptcies?)
Overall ruling: not today, Orange satan, not today, tomorrow or EVER.
Job Interview for the President of the United States - Applicant #2
Greeted the interviewer and the other applicants: CHECK
Stayed calm and composed, even during accusations: CHECK
Answered ALL the questions, even the ones that HURT: CHECK x 1000 ("I made a mistake")
Appearance: other than them kitten heels, CHECK
Fact-checked the other applicant so hard, he stumbled for the rest of the debate: BODY. CHECK.
Qualifications:
Senator - CHECK ONE
Secretary of State - CHECK TWO
Wife of a FORMER PRESIDENT - CHECK THREE
Overall ruling: Y'all... I'm With Her.
IJS
Monday, September 26, 2016
The Boycott Plan
Y'all, help me out a minute....
I know that on today, we were asked by Isaiah Washington to not go into work, and not spend any money today, as a boycott for all the police murders and abuse of Black men and women that have transpired over the past 2-3 YEARS.
I'm sorry, but unless you have your own business that you run, or you have a job where you can arbitrarily can just take a day off (like civil service jobs) - if you, as I do, work in the private sector - you cannot take a random day off without consequence of reprimand or loss of job and income.
Does this mean that I don't support the movement? Not at all.
I just wished they had planned it better.
So, to the authors, architects and constructors of the boycott, here are some ideas for the next boycott:
1) Make it tangible - not spending money in places that don't give a damb about us, I'm all down for it. But if you REALLY wanna send a message: stop going to football games, stop buying overpriced coffees and lattes, stop going to the fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants, stop going into clothing stores that don't cater to our sizes and our culture, and for GOD's sake - stop going to concerts and watching TV shows and movies that the actors/artists/singers/musicians are not WOKE!!(yeah, I'm throwing shade at you, Fantasia!!)
2) Make it a day that is historical in our minds, and give us some warning time before we do it. Because if you're gonna ask me to take a day off from work - it needs to be memorable. Example: somewhere around the Juneteenth celebrations. Make sure that if I am going to take a PTO for this, I'm doing something with it: marching, building up my community, reaching out. I don't wanna be sitting at home with nuffin to do.
3) If you're gonna boycott the holidays, give some alternatives: if there is a Black-owned food company that can cater Thanksgiving/Christmas turkeys, hams, ribs and ALL the fixings for us, set up a website, make it affordable and get it out on social media. That way, Black $$ go back to Black businesses. And if we necessarily have to go to a grocery store, give us a list of proscribed companies that we can go to that have been approved. Myself, I think I may start going to the farmer's market for some of my food items.
This is in an effort to ensure: we make our UNITED voices HEARD, instead of a few just screaming out in the wind to no avail.
IJS
I know that on today, we were asked by Isaiah Washington to not go into work, and not spend any money today, as a boycott for all the police murders and abuse of Black men and women that have transpired over the past 2-3 YEARS.
I'm sorry, but unless you have your own business that you run, or you have a job where you can arbitrarily can just take a day off (like civil service jobs) - if you, as I do, work in the private sector - you cannot take a random day off without consequence of reprimand or loss of job and income.
Does this mean that I don't support the movement? Not at all.
I just wished they had planned it better.
So, to the authors, architects and constructors of the boycott, here are some ideas for the next boycott:
1) Make it tangible - not spending money in places that don't give a damb about us, I'm all down for it. But if you REALLY wanna send a message: stop going to football games, stop buying overpriced coffees and lattes, stop going to the fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants, stop going into clothing stores that don't cater to our sizes and our culture, and for GOD's sake - stop going to concerts and watching TV shows and movies that the actors/artists/singers/musicians are not WOKE!!(yeah, I'm throwing shade at you, Fantasia!!)
2) Make it a day that is historical in our minds, and give us some warning time before we do it. Because if you're gonna ask me to take a day off from work - it needs to be memorable. Example: somewhere around the Juneteenth celebrations. Make sure that if I am going to take a PTO for this, I'm doing something with it: marching, building up my community, reaching out. I don't wanna be sitting at home with nuffin to do.
3) If you're gonna boycott the holidays, give some alternatives: if there is a Black-owned food company that can cater Thanksgiving/Christmas turkeys, hams, ribs and ALL the fixings for us, set up a website, make it affordable and get it out on social media. That way, Black $$ go back to Black businesses. And if we necessarily have to go to a grocery store, give us a list of proscribed companies that we can go to that have been approved. Myself, I think I may start going to the farmer's market for some of my food items.
This is in an effort to ensure: we make our UNITED voices HEARD, instead of a few just screaming out in the wind to no avail.
IJS
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Today Was A Good Day, Part 2
Here are the 90s...which was, to me, the last decade GOOD music was made.
90s R&B - Slow Jamz
1) Don't talk, just listen...
2) On a perfect day, I know that I can count on you...
3) My mind's telling me no....
4) How do I say goodbye to what we had...
5) Early in the morning I put breakfast on your table...
6) And no one, does it like me....
7) Treated me kind, sweet destiny...
8) And I can't stop thinking about, about the way things used to be...
9) I will love you any way, even if you cannot stay...
10) Let me do all things you want me to do, cause tonight, baby...
Bonus: To tha tick-tock, ya don't stop...
90s Dance
1) On the playground, you know, dat's where I saw this cutie...
2) Shot like an arrow thru my heart...
3) Do you remember, when we fell in love...
4) ...I just keep it on the down low, and nobody else supposed to know...
5) It's driving me outta my mind....
6) I wear tight clothing, high heeled shoes...
7) It's Friday, and I'm ready to swing...
8) I wanna take some time out, to think things thru...
9) I can't sleep at night, I toss and turn, listening for the telephone....
10) Whatever you want from me, I'm givin' you everything...
90s Rap/HipHop
1) You drew a picture of my morning, but you didn't make my day (HEY)...
2) 1989, another number, another summer...
3) Ride it, ride it, dip and slide it, that's the way, yeah, yeah you got it...
4) Just waking up in morning, gotta thank God...
5) 1, 2, 3 and to the 4, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at tha door...
6) Everybody shake your body, we don't ill, we chill at a party...
7) Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice, I say the darker the flesh, the deeper the roots...
8) Cash Rules Everything Around Me...
9) To all the ladies in the place with style and grace...
10) Kick this one here for me and DJ...
11) What'chall wanna do, wanna be ballers, shot callers, brawlers...
12) I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
13) You on point, Tip? All the time, Phife...
14) Now you tease my Plug One style...
15) The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked...
90s R&B - Slow Jamz
1) Don't talk, just listen...
2) On a perfect day, I know that I can count on you...
3) My mind's telling me no....
4) How do I say goodbye to what we had...
5) Early in the morning I put breakfast on your table...
6) And no one, does it like me....
7) Treated me kind, sweet destiny...
8) And I can't stop thinking about, about the way things used to be...
9) I will love you any way, even if you cannot stay...
10) Let me do all things you want me to do, cause tonight, baby...
Bonus: To tha tick-tock, ya don't stop...
90s Dance
1) On the playground, you know, dat's where I saw this cutie...
2) Shot like an arrow thru my heart...
3) Do you remember, when we fell in love...
4) ...I just keep it on the down low, and nobody else supposed to know...
5) It's driving me outta my mind....
6) I wear tight clothing, high heeled shoes...
7) It's Friday, and I'm ready to swing...
8) I wanna take some time out, to think things thru...
9) I can't sleep at night, I toss and turn, listening for the telephone....
10) Whatever you want from me, I'm givin' you everything...
90s Rap/HipHop
1) You drew a picture of my morning, but you didn't make my day (HEY)...
2) 1989, another number, another summer...
3) Ride it, ride it, dip and slide it, that's the way, yeah, yeah you got it...
4) Just waking up in morning, gotta thank God...
5) 1, 2, 3 and to the 4, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at tha door...
6) Everybody shake your body, we don't ill, we chill at a party...
7) Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice, I say the darker the flesh, the deeper the roots...
8) Cash Rules Everything Around Me...
9) To all the ladies in the place with style and grace...
10) Kick this one here for me and DJ...
11) What'chall wanna do, wanna be ballers, shot callers, brawlers...
12) I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
13) You on point, Tip? All the time, Phife...
14) Now you tease my Plug One style...
15) The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked...
Friday, September 23, 2016
Today Was A Good Day
Since today, we are starting to see some leeway in the rash of killings, I feel the need to do something fun.
In honor of my best friend, Jian, I have listed a few song lyrics that should take you back. I am an 80s-90s hip hop head, with a nod to the 60s and the 70s (cos to me these were the eras of GOOD music), and these lyrics will ahve you pulling up YouTube videos in about a minute:
60s
1) Like sweet as the morning dew...
2) The best things in life are free...
3) You and I must make a pact...
4) I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day...
5) Sitting in the morning sun...
70s
1) Automatic, systematic...
2) Time keeps on slippin' slippin'...
3) We got a real type a thang going down and down...
4) You don't know me, but I'm your brother...
5) Do you remember, when it was nice...
80s (since this is my era, I'll add a few more)
1) A hip, hop, a hip hippity hip hip hop, and you don't the rock...
2) Yo EMD? Yeah, whassup man? There go that girl they call...
3) ...there is none higher, Sucka MC'S should call me sire...
4) Well the party didn't start til I walked in...
5) Taking out all rookies, so forget Oreos and eat Cool J cookies...
6) They told you don't you ever come around here...
7) All alone on a Sunday morning...
8) Everybody's saying silly things, without knowing, that life brings a change...
9) I was alone, I was feeling rather low...
10) Walked in this place, surprised to see everybody gettin' busy ...
11) Get down pretty ladies, around the world...
12) I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray...
90s will continue tomorrow....but one that I couldn't forget about... and had to mention:
A MEANY MEANY MEANY MEANY (say what?)
In honor of my best friend, Jian, I have listed a few song lyrics that should take you back. I am an 80s-90s hip hop head, with a nod to the 60s and the 70s (cos to me these were the eras of GOOD music), and these lyrics will ahve you pulling up YouTube videos in about a minute:
60s
1) Like sweet as the morning dew...
2) The best things in life are free...
3) You and I must make a pact...
4) I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day...
5) Sitting in the morning sun...
70s
1) Automatic, systematic...
2) Time keeps on slippin' slippin'...
3) We got a real type a thang going down and down...
4) You don't know me, but I'm your brother...
5) Do you remember, when it was nice...
80s (since this is my era, I'll add a few more)
1) A hip, hop, a hip hippity hip hip hop, and you don't the rock...
2) Yo EMD? Yeah, whassup man? There go that girl they call...
3) ...there is none higher, Sucka MC'S should call me sire...
4) Well the party didn't start til I walked in...
5) Taking out all rookies, so forget Oreos and eat Cool J cookies...
6) They told you don't you ever come around here...
7) All alone on a Sunday morning...
8) Everybody's saying silly things, without knowing, that life brings a change...
9) I was alone, I was feeling rather low...
10) Walked in this place, surprised to see everybody gettin' busy ...
11) Get down pretty ladies, around the world...
12) I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray...
90s will continue tomorrow....but one that I couldn't forget about... and had to mention:
A MEANY MEANY MEANY MEANY (say what?)
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