December 24, 2008
Okay, so I am not exactly sure of the lingo for those who are on this social networking site, but whatever it is....I'm enjoying it. Twitter is a pretty simple and basic social site that has kinda got me hooked. At first glance I really didn't think that I would do too much with it...but as time when on (or in my case days since I just joined within the last week) I have been keeping close access to it.
There are a lot of well known people and very interesting people to get to know on here. I am just now building my own list of people that I follow and people who follow me. I kinda got excited when I saw Hammer add me to his follow list (yes MC Hammer....I was thinking "how cool is that, he will see some of the boring shit I have to say LOL). Of coarse I followed him first, otherwise he wouldn't have even probably known I was a um...twittler? I don't know if I should call it that.
I am still trying to get the hang of what people really do when it comes to this site, so all that I have really been doing is reading the posts of those who I follow and occassionally post my own.
If you have not yet joined this networking site, you might want to give it a shot. If you are a blogger, artist, CEO or whatever, you may enjoy being able to connect with so many people of similar interests...or even different interests. Just seeing what some people have to say on a regular basis is pretty neat.
Don't know where to start? Don't feel bad, neither did I ('m still learning). You can follow me and I will return the favor and follow you...hey we could be like twitter-ing pals or something (Okay that was fucking corny but you get the idea). Find me!! @shaefreeman
December 22, 2008
So many emotions run through people this time of year. Sometimes they are good....and other times, not so good.
I know many families are dealing with pain because unlike years prior, many people just don't have the money to do the things that they would normally do for the holidays. Some can't even afford to buy their children presents for Christmas. It's been a hard year on almost every family that I know...including my own.
Tis the Season To Be Lonely
In my case, I don't feel lonely exactly...but I feel lonely. How does this make sense? Well, I am surrounded by family and friends, and I have my children. But I was expecting to spend this Christmas as a newly wed. Well, not to go into that story (again), I will just say that the fact that it didn't happen still runs through my mind. I keep wondering if while I am sitting here thinking about him, is he already out doing his thing and moving forward. He's entitled to do so...I was the one to leave him, but after going through feeling as if nothing I did was ever good enough, feeling as if he wasn't even attracted to me any longer by the way he'd treat me and act...hell hardly even being able to be around him without him pushing me aside for something (or someone) else and then blaming me for whatever pissed him off that day...I had nothing left except insecurity in my own skin and doubt that being married would be any better.
I said I wasn't going into the story didn't I...sorry. So anyway, yes to an extent I do feel lonely. I miss having someone to lay next to...someone to hold me or even just tell me that they loved me without it being after an argument of telling me what I need to change about myself.
Tis The Season To Be Mourning
There are two people very close to me who are having a hard Holiday season as well, and it's because they both lost their mothers in the last two months. Understandably this is tough...and one is more personal for me because one of the women was the grandmother of my two oldest boys...so lately my oldest son has been talking about past Christmas' with his grandma before she died which has been hard on him.
Tis The Season To Be Thankful
Despite all the negativity that has surrounded a big portion of 2008 for so many people, there is reason to be thankful. For one, the year is almost done...meaning you can let go and move on and Pray for a better 2009. There are still loved ones around who care for you (and me), and everyday that you are breathing means that you have a damn good chance of having better days ahead. That's what I am looking forward to in 2009...better days
Happy Holidays everyone!
December 18, 2008
Due to an overwhelming disappointment from the other day when President Bush made his Matrix-like moves to avoid being smacked with a pair of shoes, a web game developer decided to settle the score by creating an online game where now every one can get even with him!
On a new website called "Sock and Awe" (an obvious tease to the Iraq invasion to remove Saddam Hussein from power), players are given shoes in the likeness of the pair from Iraqi journalist Muntadar Al-Zaidi that missed Bush (sadly) during a press conference in Iraq. There is a tally on the page to indicate how many shoes have smacked Bush upside his head to date. There is even a list of countries where players have come from to throw their shoes at the most unliked President in American history...needless to say, the United States has had the most players!
So, if you'd like to see if you've got any skills in the shoe-throwing sport that has taken the world by storm, visit www.sockandawe.com.
Don't worry Al-Zaidi...we'll get'em!
Labels: al zaidi, arizona, developer, hit, iraq, journalist, matrix, muntadar, online, president bush, sharon freeman, sherri, shoes, stupid games, viral
Earlier tonight I had a conversation with my now ex-fiance. We ended on pretty shaky ground, but since splitting we have tried to speak to each other (in part because of our son). During the conversation he mentioned that he missed me, all the qualities he felt that I have and so on...but then said that unless he and I were to ever hook back up, he'd NEVER date another sista. I asked him why this is and he went on to tell me how all black women (and quickly went on to exclude me) have really bad attitudes, are not feminine, try to run men as if they were the man in the relationship and so on.
Now I asked if he felt this way, why'd he date and decide that he may have wanted to marry me, and his answer was basically that I was not this way and that I had a good heart.
Now, I'm sure many of you have seen topics such as this on talk shows and so forth, but do most if not all black me really feel this way about black women? Is this why we see that the majority of interracial relationships include black men with women of other races? I personally feel that if you find love, it does not matter their race...but I don't know I could be alone on that feeling.
Some brotha's say that all sista's are gold diggers, or can't take care of themselves and only want the man who can buy them things or have nice things. Again, I could only be speaking on me (I don't believe so) but obviously NOT ALL black women are after material things. Not to put my ex down, but he didn't have much throughout our entire relationship and to this day I would do anything for him. I never cared about what he had...it was always who he was. I got my own money, I don't need his, nor would I want it. It's just like the whole issue of spousal support...yeah I think that just out of splitting amicably, there should be something offered to the other person if they don't have much...but are they entitled to it? What exactly did they do to help their partner get their money? Did Juanita shoot any of those baskets for Jordan during his career? No, but she did raise his kids while he was working. Should she have gotten what she recieved...probably not.
I'm getting off topic. Anyway, it just kinda seems unfair that all black women are being put into this one stereotype that we all do not fall under. I mean, yeah thanks babe...even though I'm black we'd possibly still have a future one day...but why am I the "last hope" for a sista to get with him. And where does that leave me in the future. I love all races indeed...but I gotta have a brotha, plain and simple. I hope I'm not pushed aside in the future just because I happen to be a black female.
I think as black women we need to step our game up because all of us are getting a bad rep for what a few are doing to our men. If you are with someone outside of your race simply because that's who you fell in love with I am not speaking about you...the Lord gave you that person for a real reason...this is only to those men who refuse to date sista's because of a few bad apples.
Ending Note: I don't discredit or think poorly of my ex-fiance. I personally think that he is a beautiful strong black man who for whatever reason didn't seem to know how to treat me. I forgive him for our issues and I love him dearly. This man was damned there everything I could've asked for except where we had our issues. His intelligence, his muscular sexy ass body, his deep voice...everything was almost right...but I guess it wasn't meant for us. Do I want to see him with another woman...of coarse not! I was supposed to be Mrs. Jones! But at the same time I don't agree that he should leave black women alone simply because of other situations' he went through or other black women that cross his path. I know I'm not the only "good" black female...that doesn't even sound right.
December 17, 2008
Jamie Foxx...what can I really say about him. Yeah, I still remember him as "Wanda" from In Living Color, but I gotta admit, this man has transformed himself into one sexy ass muthafu----.
His last album had me going for a minute, and this latest album is just as good in my opinion. One song specifically...let me take a second (sigh) okay, If I heard this in a room with my dude I would have to just take full advantage and get my nasty girl on! Okay, the song is called "Slow"...the shit is HOT! Damn Jamie, pretty fuckin sexy right there! My favorite part "I'm not finished until you're finished......YA GOT THAT SHIT RIGHT HOMIE!! I'm gon' get mine too...and a song like that, it shouldn't take too long...lol! The song "Freak'in Me"....same thing ya'll...wow.
Naw, for real...the album is nice. I'm feeling that song a lot (maybe I'm horny I don't know), but there are other songs on the album that are cool too. Another song that I instantly liked is "She Got Her Own" the remix to Neyo's "Miss Independant". Baby, you describing me right there!!
I love me some men, but I can do for myself. I'm not out here looking for a man to take care of me or my kids as I do that on my own....but when it comes down to gettin' my uh...well, when a woman has needs, my big daddy can handle that for me (*wink).
Another song on the album that I am feeling is "Blame It"...pretty hot. I ain't one to do something just because of some liquor...but hey even I have done some things while I was drinking that was questionable...lol.
Jamie has proven himself to be extremely multi-talented. Great ass actor and singer. I'm very proud of him for how far he has come in his career. This album is worth checking out so go buy it!!
Labels: actor, album, arizona, blame it, intuition, jamie foxx, miss independant, neyo, sharon freeman, sherri, t-pain, ti, wanda
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