She Speaks So Well: A Rant on the Importance of Good Grammar
(09.02.11)
So the other day, a friend of mine, Dana, posts a message confessing that she judges whether or not she'll accept a friend request by the person's mastery of the English language. And, ya'll know me, I see nothing wrong with that. Hell, I'll even DELETE a friend I know in the "real world" if their English is horrible. It's one thing to use slang and vernacular, it's another thing entirely to consistently use the wrong "their/there/they're" or "too/to/two" or "you're/your." Consistent improper grammar, spelling, and punctuation demonstrates a lack of education to me. And those that lack fundamental English skills are not those that I care to have in my stratosphere.
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Marriage: The Full Court Press
(15.01.08)
Marriage Does Not Change
So my "MySpace" friend, Randy, has been blogging (very well) about marriage lately and it's had me really thinking as to what it is that I want in a marriage. I did it (marriage) once before and I failed horribly.
Now, before you all (who are familiar with the saga) go and tell me that it wasn't a failure on my part, let me say that there is nothing that can be said or done to convince me that I didn't play a part in the failure of my marriage to Tony and I now understand what it was that I did wrong. I have accepted my responsibility and accountability in the whole debacle that was the deterioration of marriage and most importantly I have learned. I have moved past the hurt and the anger and the blame and all the other negative stuff and I have learned.
Now, before you all (who are familiar with the saga) go and tell me that it wasn't a failure on my part, let me say that there is nothing that can be said or done to convince me that I didn't play a part in the failure of my marriage to Tony and I now understand what it was that I did wrong. I have accepted my responsibility and accountability in the whole debacle that was the deterioration of marriage and most importantly I have learned. I have moved past the hurt and the anger and the blame and all the other negative stuff and I have learned.
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The "Independent Woman" Movement (FYI: You are NOT One!)
(28.08.08)
This is a complete rant and maybe I'm just in a bad mood right now because my ... well ... just because -- it's not something I particularly want to share right now -- not with the whole world. Maybe I'll write about that on Facebook since I actually know (and like) everybody on there but anyway ...
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My Major Challenge: Momentum
(11.08.10)
*big sigh*
I take a big sigh as I sit down to write this because this is ...
What's the word?
Challenging for me to write.
But let me start, nonetheless:
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the antithesis of valentine's
(14.03.07)
I write this to clear my head of thoughts and to cleanse my soul of pain and to make manifest in the clearly tangible form of the written word all of my feelings; and as often occurs, my purging of emotions begins with music because I am always so inextricably tied to the passionate expression of singers, songwriters, and other artists. I find that sometimes the recorded words of others can more accurately depict thoughts, emotions, and ideas than I am capable of illustrating myself.
In this particular instance, I was cruising down I-85 North doing 80 miles an hours and, having exhausted my CD collection, I decided that I would use the scan button on my stereo to peruse the local radio stations to see what they had to offer in the way of music. The first station that my stereo antenna was able to pick up was an R&B one that was playing Mariah Carey and Boys II Men's "One Sweet Day."
Immediately, I was transported to a time and place in my mind and heart that held fragments of a quietly violent past -- both recent and distant -- from the death of my youngest older brother after being removed from life support less than a month ago, to losing my son in a much more dramatic, yet less public way years ago. As I sat listening to this song,
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