I'll be there
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She can be sweet, kind, creative and funny. But she's also the culprit behind this wicked little caricature
I love Anne Rice. I hadn't read anything written by her until Mak telephoned me about a month ago and suggested I read The Vampire Lestat. And I fell for the book and its author. So much so that I went to the library and checked out The Witching Hour. Yes, though the book is long (tediously so - over 900 pages within a hardback), I read it but admit to skipping pages that bored me because the author felt it necessary to beat a dead horse, repeating things over and over and over and over and over and . . .. I didn't skip much because that's how you get lost and I loved the story so much so that I didn't want to get lost.
After reading Witching Hour, no doubt I had to turn to Lasher and I, the fiend that I have become, devours pages daily. I haven't skipped one page of this big thick book. Oh No! Can't do that. I love how she tells the story. I love the voices, the characters are richly described - you love them or hate them and sometimes feel yourself somewhere in between. I'm almost done with Lasher and will return to the Vampire Chronicles next -- well after I've read The Late Great Planet Earth.
** Update: I'm done reading Lasher as of Wednesday evening. Ugh on the ending but overall I enjoyed the read.
My daughter! Sometimes I think she's put here by the devil to torment me for the rest of my earthly life. Though most of the torment came during her teen years but she just turned 21 so . . . Then there are other times, of which there have been many, when she's a pure ANGEL! Today was one of those times.
How about coming home after work, having your nose blessed by the wonderful, spicy aroma of a tomato sauce make with fresh tomatoes and such. Dinner is served! Yes, she did this for me.
Inspired by Psalms . . . created for Illustration Friday
. . . does whatever a spiderkid does.
I love candles and I enjoy watching what becomes of the smoke after the fire has been snuffed out (not blown).
I had planned to take my camera especially after hearing that the event will be spectacular in performances, etc. But cameras will not be permitted. In fact I am told to come as early as 7:30am (for security screening) and to prepare as if I were planning to travel through an airport security line.
So I will leave all other belongings behind and take only the ticket and I.
Events
The 'LIVE' Mandala Ceremony
According to him, a man who had pornography on his flickr page left comments about the photo. Just to show the extremes he will go to to maniuplate a situation, the man turned out to be a woman and she's a photographer and artist in NY. Porn photos are not on her flickr page. And these accusations come from a man who enjoys porn and has left it lying around in sight of his children.
I've always had a disdain for this man but being an in-law and my sister in-love with him, I've been civil and cordial - even when the hate for him was stronger than my love is for my daughter especially his being nasty and downright disrespectful towards my mother (refusing to let her see her grandchildren, etc).
Still, since they are his children, despite my sister granting permission, I blocked all of the photos from public viewing when he first complained early this summer (even though he left anonymous comments about the photos on flickr and here as well, commenting about them being "great" and I have his IP address as proof. This is his way of flexing muscle. Just so the world knows, he has a gun too so who knows what he may do next. He had become violent, especially with his oldest daughter - there are photos of the bruises and eye witnesses - which was the final reason for his wife and daughters packing up and leaving.
Now, my sister and her four girls are living with our youngest sister - rather living off because he got her fired from her job (accusing her of having an affair with the owner of the company, even confronted the owner several times - the owner is gay, living with his partner). My youngest sister is a full-time student studying law and a full time manager - her life is FULL but "this man" called brother-in-law has not called her and offered to compensate her for the added stress and cost of his children living in her home and her having to feed and clothe them and use her car/gas to take and pick them up from school EVERY DAY! You'd think his being so concerned for the well-being of his children, he would do that. YET he called yesterday while I visited to complain about the "provocative" photo on the internet, making a vague threat of "If the photo isn't removed by Monday, I will . . ." Apparently I had forgotten to block that particular photo so I told my sister that I'd remove it if she wanted and her reply, with a sigh was: "Please, if you don't mind," the sound of defeat in her voice made me angry with her for a brief moment. He's been emotionally abusive - she speaks in a whisper, almost baby-like because he made the comment to her that her family is "loud" - I'm sure that's supposed to be an insult (Lord knows it is not) but he doesn't seem to recognize the joy and passion that comes along with family get-togethers. Carl said that just means he's intimidated by "your family, especially the women."
This weekend marks the anniversary of my mother's death. During that week, the last thing my sister said to my mother, was that she was going to make her marriage work. I remember that it was the Wednesday night following Labor Day. I heard my mother crying in the living room after the conversation.
There's so much to tell but it isn't my story. And this man is indeed a character worth exploring on the pages of a book. After hearing all that she's gone through, all that she allowed him to do to her, I've decided to distance myself from her. Unlike her, he can't intimidate nor manipulate me.
I guess like some of my friends have said, if you're angry with him, you are probably angry with her too. For the longest time I blamed them both for my mother's death - and yes they played a big part in breaking her heart. So yes, I'm angry with her too.
"You telling the truth, great Gram?"
She slapped me.
"When I'm telling you something don't you ever ask if I'm lying. Because they didn't want to leave no evidence of what they done--so it couldn't be held against them. And I'm leaving evidence. And you got to leave evidence too. And your children got to leave evidence. And when it come time to hold up the evidence, we got to have evidence to hold up. That's why they burned all the papers, so there wouldn't be no evidence to hold up against them."
Paris Hilton was released from a Los Angeles County jail early Thursday because of an unspecified medical problem and will fulfill the remainder of her sentence in home confinement, a sheriff's spokesman said. More of the story.
(MSN News) Readers who bought author James Frey's fabrication-filled memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," may get a refund following a judge's tentative approval of a settlement in the case.
The agreement calls for the defendants, Random House Inc. and James Frey, to spend $2.35 million to fully refund readers who bought the best-seller before Jan. 26, 2006, the day Frey and his publisher acknowledged that he had made up parts of the book. Claims would have to be filed by Oct. 1.
Once the Web site is in place, readers will be able to obtain claim forms by visiting http://www.amlpsettlement.com. They can also call (866)459-3651.
"My baby girl." Words tossed like stone into a silent canyon. Suddenly, like an elephant who has just found his anger and lifts his trunk over the heads of the little men who want his teeth or his hide or his flesh or his amazing strength, Pilate trumpeted for the sky itself to hear, "And she was loved!"
"We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words 'bitch' and 'ho' and the racially offensive word 'nigger'," Simmons and Benjamin Chavis, co-chairmen of the advocacy group Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, said in a statement. Monday's statement changed course from another one by Simmons and Chavis dated April 13, a day after Imus' show was canceled, in which they said offensive references in hip-hop "may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression." Hip-hop's Simmons wants to remove offensive words
Cuz you can't unbreak what you break
The panelists at Wednesday's State of Race forum argued against the use and the banning of offensive racial slurs - without the Rev. Al Sharpton, who was conspicuously absent from Wednesday's forum.
Sharpton was scheduled as a panelist but did not attend for unknown reasons, according to College Council President Bryan Mashioff. The other panelists were Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy, Emory journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson and Emory's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Earl Lewis.
The seventh in the annual series, the event was sponsored by College Council.
Sharpton appeared on "Larry King Live" later on Wednesday evening. State of Race organizers said they were disappointed that it seemed he had skipped his commitment at Emory to appear on the show.
"No one can really say, except for him, why he did what he chose to do," College Council Vice President Jason Bradford said, "but it certainly wasn't very professional."
Mashioff said he was still pleased with the event.read more
Black female celebrities, such as Oprah Winfrey and Aretha Franklin, are invariably put down as ‘black hos.’ Funny? I don’t think so. Rumors of a relationship between Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson struck [producer Bernard McGuirk], to the roar of the white male locker room, as ‘jungle retardation.’ Upon hearing his boss cite a black woman defending Imus against my criticism, McGuirk, in his best Amos ‘n’ Andy voice, mocked, ‘You ain’t no racist, Mister Imus, nah suh. No, thank you, I don’t want no watermelon!’" entire story
"This is not some unemployed comic like Michael Richards," Sharpton said, referring to the "Seinfeld" actor who used the N-word and referred to lynching in a rant last year. "This is an established figure, allowed to use the airwaves for sexist and racist remarks." continue readingI don't know if forcing him to resign is the answer, it doesn't change what's in his heart, plus he pandering to a particular audience (white, male) who seems to enjoy what he has to say and teach.
(17)Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, (18)"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death (19)and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!" Matthew 20:17-19.
Was the first blogger the irascible Dave Winer? The iconoclastic Jorn Barger? Or was the first blogger really Justin Hall, a Web diarist and online gaming expert whom The New York Times Magazine once called the "founding father of personal blogging."
Blogs turn 10--who's the father?
George David Edenfield, a mentally slow 32-year-old man who lived with his parents across the street from the boy's grandmother, was arrested and charged with violating his probation from a 1997 child molestation conviction, which prohibits him from contact with children. Police said he admitted playing a role in Christopher's disappearance, but they would not be more specific.
Apples and apple juice prevent some of the cell damage in the brain that may lead to Alzheimer's disease in old age, according to one study. The fruit's protective power comes from antioxidants, chemicals that are known to protect cells throughout the body, particularly the brain and the heart.
ATLANTA-Residents from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine will be featured in an upcoming documentary that gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of residents at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, both on and off duty. 'CNN: Special Investigations Unit -- Grady's Anatomy,' a documentary that follows the lives of three Emory residents, Robin Lowman, MD, Andrea Meinerz, MD, and Lou Tumialàn, MD, and Morehouse resident, Nii Darko, MD will air on March 24 and 25 at 8pm and 11pm Eastern.
The television drama, Grey's Anatomy, has raised awareness of residency training and the dedication these young doctors have to their patients. If viewers have been wondering 'do residents really do that?' their questions will be answered. This real-life depiction shows the residents in an inner-city hospital, taking care of patients with various degrees of serious illness and trauma, while keeping it all together as they themselves are faced with various degrees of sleep deprivation.