February 2012
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Ack!
So I’m at the car dealership with my mom. She traded in our VW wagon for this tiny Volvo. She hated it, we hated it so she took it back. She’s buying another Volvo but bigger and sportier but I swear we’ve been here 2 hours. With that being said, I’m never buying a car. Like ever. We’ve had a good laugh with the salesdude and the financing guy because we feel like...
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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...
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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...