Life in Dishes

Most Egregious Exercise Toward Inefficiency Now Going. I loathe going to meetings. I sit there thinking of more effective ways my minutes could be used. Then I start giving it to my legal pad. The others may think I’m writing copious notes or they may be too busy fabricating text themselves to notice. I make up grocery lists, to-do lists, budgets,word activities, write short stories and draw geometric images. Then I check the clock, make a comment and dig into writing again. Sometimes I even try to transcribe the dialogue in the room. Meetings are such a waste of time. By the end, nothing has been accomplished, resolved or discovered.…

Partying like it’s 1999! And I’m not just saying that. I’m a bonafide member of the c/o ’99. That’s the year I graduated from high school and entered the world of higher education, freedom, parties and well…liberating experiences. I had a flashback to those good times this weekend at the Classic*. My alma mater, FAMU, represented well. The band and the team both left TSU feeling like a step child. Then, I got my party on with some familiar faces. It was fabulous and I was fierce thanks to my girls who were on makeup and hair detail. We had an authentic ladies’ night and there is nothing else like…

I have a bit of an obsession at the moment. This young lady named Jazmine has hit the music scene with a fury. No! That’s an understatement. This singer/song writer just bust the windows out with some hard hitting and universally relatable truths. And her smoky smooth voice really gets the message under your skin. I get goose bumps when listening to the track “In Love with Another Man.” I feel like I’m eavesdropping on a conversation that I wish I’d had the courage to have at some point in my life. She’s so gut wrenchingly honest. With “Lions, Tigers and Bears” it feels like she picked fears right out…