As a child growing up Seventh-Day Adventist, opening the sabbath on friday night was a must. This was the routine every friday. Singing Rest Avec Nous, and whatever proposed selections, psalms 82 or 91, prayer and then we would go over the lesson for the week. I had always looked forward to the sabbath. Friday [...]
Month: February 2010
La Négritude
I woke up this morning thinking of the great Aime Cesaire. La père de la Negritude. Translation the father of the Negritude movement. Négritude is based on the notion that locating a sense of solidarity in a common black diasporic identity is necessary in order to overcome the social and political rhetoric of French colonial [...]
The Sh** List
What are standards? And why do some of us get so bent out of shape about them? In this society it seems that dating for some of us is non existent. The pool of educated successful men is getting smaller, while the pool of women has expanded to the point that it is no longer [...]
The “Piggy back” syndrome
Hello Everyone, This is my first time blogging. I am hoping that my random thoughts can spark some sort of discussion or laughter for some one. So here is a thought. I hate talking out loud in class just to hear myself talk. I am a law student and it seems as if that's what [...]