January 2011
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making goal babies in 2011
This year has actually been pretty good for me. I have a full-time job that I enjoy, a roof over my head (with much, much better roommates this time), sold my car, lived in a new city for a whole year, traveled a lot, met a young lady who makes me happy, and found a reason to (regularly) blog again. Really, I can’t complain that much.
Alas, here’s my attempt at avoiding the use of the...
December 2010
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“Cool is fragile and time flies. Go, make your movies. Get that Oscar. Stick it...”
– Hampton Stevens, Dear Justin Timberlake, Please Return to Music. Now. | The Atlantic
PREACH! Great read — he brings up a ton of valid points. We need a follow-up to FutureSex/LoveSounds. It’s been FIVE years!
“There’s something about growing up in New Jersey that prepares you for whatever...”
– Queen Latifah on growing up in New Jersey (via ohheyychrissy)
“If there is one West African language that a great many slaves in America spoke...”
– John McWhorter, Why Twi Is Better Than Swahili For African Americans to Learn | The Root
FINALLY — someone who supports the notion of learning my family’s mother tongue.
You have no idea how many times I get asked, “Wow, did you know your last name means ‘thank you’...
“If there is one West African language that a great many slaves in America spoke...”
– John McWhorter, Why Twi Is Better Than Swahili For African Americans to Learn | The Root
FINALLY — someone who supports the notion of learning my family’s mother tongue.
You have no idea how many times I get asked, “Wow, did you know your last name means ‘thank you’...
“Cool is fragile and time flies. Go, make your movies. Get that Oscar. Stick it...”
– Hampton Stevens, Dear Justin Timberlake, Please Return to Music. Now. | The Atlantic
PREACH! Great read — he brings up a ton of valid points. We need a follow-up to FutureSex/LoveSounds. It’s been FIVE years!
“Hip-hop producers have been breaking records in Atlanta strip clubs for a long...”
– Strip Clubs: Launch Pads For Hits In Atlanta : The Record : NPR (via sarahchristine)
LOVE this piece. This is first (and probably only time) I will hear someone explain what “making it rain” means ever so eloquently.
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via hyperallergic)
Watchphotoshop tutorial rap | college humor
Learn how to get rid of red eyes, crop a sexy dancer, and bedazzle the shiz out of a unicorn — through song and dance.
what the recent facebook redux has taught me about...
I’d love for this answer to be “nothing,” but this new update is structured in a way that makes comparing yourself to others too easy.
number of friends from high school that are (recently) engaged: 3
out of those, the number that already have a kid: 1
college friends that are already married without my knowledge: 2
girls from high school who I had crushes on that are...
making goal babies in 2011
This year has actually been pretty good for me. I have a full-time job that I enjoy, a roof over my head (with much, much better roommates this time), sold my car, lived in a new city for a whole year, traveled a lot, met a young lady who makes me happy, and found a reason to (regularly) blog again. Really, I can’t complain that much.
Alas, here’s my attempt at avoiding the use of the...
ladyofleisuredc asked: So Jellof Rice is always a staple at thanksgiving, it is our family's version of a NigerMericanized thanksgiving. My sisters and I don't know how to make it but we order from a lady in DC who makes a cooler full for $120.
I'm on a low carb diet so I can't eat carbs until end of January but can you believe I saved a who pan of Jellof Rice from thanksgiving for when I come...
I'm on a low carb diet so I can't eat carbs until end of January but can you believe I saved a who pan of Jellof Rice from thanksgiving for when I come...
ladyofleisuredc asked: So Jellof Rice is always a staple at thanksgiving, it is our family's version of a NigerMericanized thanksgiving. My sisters and I don't know how to make it but we order from a lady in DC who makes a cooler full for $120.
I'm on a low carb diet so I can't eat carbs until end of January but can you believe I saved a who pan of Jellof Rice from thanksgiving for when I come...
I'm on a low carb diet so I can't eat carbs until end of January but can you believe I saved a who pan of Jellof Rice from thanksgiving for when I come...
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ramou asked: I KNOW THAT JOLLOF RICE. My Dad's from The Gambia and I just started google imaging and I have definitely had it many times but I think just called it West African rice. Can I have your recipe?
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ramou asked: I KNOW THAT JOLLOF RICE. My Dad's from The Gambia and I just started google imaging and I have definitely had it many times but I think just called it West African rice. Can I have your recipe?
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