Mahogany Chic

Thesis Thesis Thesis

What to do?  I have no idea what I want to do my thesis on.  I knew I was reaching when I submitted the genocide in Darfur for approval.  I was really just throwing paint the wall.  You may ask “what was wrong with that”?  I am studying Industrial/Organizational psychology with a specialization in workplace diversity, which is the problem. 

So this week I submitted aversive racism in education; yes this is more in the realm of I/O but I am not feeling especially passionate about it.

My problem is that I am interested in social issues than anything else. 

A Cheaper Alternative to HD Powder

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If Make Up For Ever HD powder is too expensive for you I’ve got a very cheap alternative. MUFE HD powder is 100% silica which costs $30.00 for .35 oz. Coastal Scents sells a full ounce of silica for $4.00. That is a big difference in price and quantity. You can spend $30.00 or spend $4.00 and get almost three times more product. 

I use the cheaper alternative and can assure you that there is no difference between the two other than price, quantity, and pretty packaging.

My Latest Lemming

NINE WEST Markeson $149.00

Motorcycle chic at it's best.  Leather upper ankle boot with detailed stitch across toe on a 4" heel.

I want these booties bad but $149 does not fit into my budget.  Maybe I'll wait for them to go on sale.  They may be too fierce for me to pass up, especially since a size 12 is hard to find.

And Still I Rise

If you have ever felt like despite your hard work and the best intentions, no one supports you or what you do is never enough, continue reading.  If your confidence is a little low, continue reading.  If you believe that people are waiting for you to fail, continue reading.  If you've been called angry or a bitch, please read my favorite poem.

And Still I Rise
  Dr. Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.