Browngirl Speaks

first, i’ll start with myself.  i let my frustration and situation throw me off the wagon this week.  since i had to go to my parents while we were sans electricity (which is now back on, btw), i just ate what they ate.  not that they eat unhealthy, but it was not conducive to my organic/ all natural lifestyle i’ve adopted. 

now that that’s outta the way…

who i really want to put on blast is a classmate, of course i won’t name names but this made my head throb.  in response to another student’s discussion board response, a classmate writes, i quote: In the words of the three musketeers, "All is for one, and one is for all".  and yes, he put it in quotations.

i mean really!  really?  it’s undergrad with working adults, many of which are civil servants or in armed services.  and that was just the tip of the iceberg in the need for a freakin’ grammar check feature apparently…

i made a conscious decision not to post too much about school because some folks can be really obnoxious trying to "kick down some knowledge" to ya.  and i didn’t want to come across as one of those people, but this one i was compelled to share…

from Audre lorde’s "Uses of the Erotic":

"I find the erotic such a kernel within myself.  When released from its intense and constrained pellet, it flows through and colors my life with a kind of energy that heightens and sensitizes and strengthens all my experiences".

mind you, i’m at my desk at work reading (on lunch of course) and i had to push my chair back and let out a "wooo".  we’ve read several of the essays from Sister Outsider for my class, The Black Woman, and Lorde is slowly becoming a fave writer.  even her scholarly work she writes so beautifully.  alright, i’m done…

i posted this on my old blog back in march.  the issue has come up again and this time as more of a definite.  we’re experiencing some things in his pre-k now that has the mr. now on accord with me.  the only real issue is "can we afford to do this?"  i got a resounding yes yesterday when i read what she said over at momisteaching.com. 

for your consideration

I am officially a college student….again!!!  I have not been this hyped about school in such a long time.  I’ve gone through my "shoulda coulda wouda" phase.  I’ve had my pity party.  And now I’m back in the game.  Studying what you ask?  African and African American Studies.  I’m attending an online university and I just registered in my first course.  What course is it you ask?  Only what’s probably going to be my most favorite course ever– save for African American Lit.– The Black Woman.  The course materials include Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider.  This is going to be orgasmic.  Needless to say my current mood is…stoked.