February 2012
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“12 Things The Negro Must do to Improve Himself - Nannie Helen Burroughs”
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1. The Negro Must Learn To Put First Things First. The First Things Are: Education; Development of Character Traits; A Trade and Home Ownership. • The Negro puts too much of his earning in clothes, in food, in show and in having what he calls “a good time.” The Dr. Kelly Miller said, “The...
YMCA
So I’m here trying to get a tour of my local YMCA and it’s taking forever for anyone to show me around. Which is already turning me off to the idea of going to the gym. But of course that would happen so easily. I get pretty discouraged about working out and it don’t take much (bad English, good unnerstandin’).
There’s an easiness to just hopping on your bike and...
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Today:
I did a late afternoon bike ride as a Valentine’s Day gift to myself. It’s in the 70s here so it was perfect.
I tried avoiding the strawberries on sale at the grocery store and had about $15 in savings. I’m getting better at this coupon-clippin’ business.
None of my jeans fit. They’re all too big! Can’t wait to buy a new pair even though I’ve become...
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Finally got around to seeing Fish Tank. Really lovely, awesome movie. The dance scene at the end is probably one of the most iconic scenes I’ve ever seen in a while. There’s this really incredible essay in the booklet of the DVD which really inspires me to see more of Andrea Arnold’s work and her contemporaries. It refers a lot to Ken Loach and Alan Clarke who...
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Mom actually made bangers and mash for dinner...
We live in Texas. It is tasty.
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“Black History Month is wonderful. But the best thing about our history is that...”
– Cheryl Lynn “Digital Femme” Eaton
Cheryl Lynn is the founder of the Ormes Society, an organization supporting black female comics creators, characters, and consumers. Her work has been invaluable to the development of the Black Creators category at the Women in Comics Wiki, and I support her...
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“This is a funny job. Webcomics are often cited as the future of comics and the...”
– Kate Beaton announcing that she’s taking a break from webcomics for the forseeable future. So follow her new Tumblr, with all her researchy bits! (via ladiesmakingcomics)
Read this the other day and surprisingly got really excited instead of sad. Mainly because I enjoy watching the process in...
January 2012
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chachachuy replied to your photo: Who wants to take me? (via Chicago Zine Fest)
I’d love to! …but I’ve run of money :(
Bah! Too cold that time of year anyway and I’d probably be shuffled between two grandmas and an aunt the whole weekend. Curse you Chicago!!
So...
Not going to see MUTEMATH tomorrow in Austin. And I’ve decided that I really just want to see Arctic Monkeys and not really the Black Keys so I won’t go to that either. Plus, I hate the Frank Erwin Center. I don’t know why.
So I’ll just see TVT when they come to SXSW and make that my show of the year. I mean, it won’t be the only show I go to this year but it’s...
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RIP Pizza Island | Pizza Island →
Well, it was a good run and at least I found out about a lot more lady comic makers. Not just Kate Beaton.
chachachuy replied to your photo: Of course the paint bled but we’ll see how it…
I LOVE IT
chachachuy liked your photo: Of course the paint bled but we’ll see how it…
Thanks! It was surprisingly easy to do. I just wish I had better painters’ tape and
one big canvas instead of 4 small ones. But hopefully it’ll look good on an empty
wall in the living room. :)
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Oh no! It's awards season...
And I’m on tumblr! Get off quick Miranda before you roll your eyes so hard they end up stuck in the back of your head!
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Grown-up errand day
So I didn’t complete everything on my list. Some of just wasn’t possible because of outside forces & the rest was because Judge Judy was on.
Now I’m at the parents’ watching A Goofy Movie. This is my Friday night. Oh well. Back to work tomorrow.
Also, indeed I completed many of my across-town-all-over errands by first walking, then taking the bus, and then getting...
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