Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
February 28, 2014
@IssaRae Presents - "Black Twitter Party"
I saw Miss Rae on The View (I think) once and she is quite witty. You may know her as
The Awkward Black Girl.
August 27, 2013
Meet me at the intersection of OWN and Twitter!
Here is my personal invitation to you. Yes, YOU, sir; YOU madam. Please, join me on Tuesday at 9:00
p.m. for the best way to enjoy a vice without actually engaging in the activity
yourself. Let the cast of The Haves and The
Have Nots do it for you. OWN's night time soap opera created by Tyler Perry
is the thing that causes me to shut out the rest of the world for an hour, save
my Twitter peeps. That's why I asked you
to meet me at the intersection of OWN and Twitter because I watch the show and
tweet about it with other fans. A good time is had by all.
If you've never seen the show, I could recap the highs and
lows for you but it would not measure up to watching the real thing. So, you'll
just have to watch for yourself and experience the sheer elation this drama
evokes. I don't want to be bothered when it's on. Really.
If you have been watching, I have a question for you. Which
character gave you life, honey? Who is your favorite Have? Who is the Have Not
you like to see most?
Yes, of course, I'm answering the questions.
Favorite Have: Katheryn Cryer. Renee Lawless (@MsReneeLawless) is Katheryn Cryer. No flattering
adjective phrases like "masterfully played" or "spectacular performance" are
necessary. She embodies the character. That's the best compliment any actor can
be given. Make me believe. I will repeat an earlier assertion that she reminds
me of accomplished actress Kathy Bates in her portrayal of the matriarch in the
Tyler Perry movie, The Family That Preys,
just younger. I could not imagine anyone else playing Katheryn.
Honorable Mention: Have Veronica Harrington. Actress Angela Robinson gets on my last nerve as Veronica. So, she is certainly doing her job
right. I can't stand a snob, so it's very easy to dislike Veronica. She takes snootiness
to places it's never been before. She did show some sense of compassion in the
last episode. I felt she used that nasty attitude she's always armed with for
good that time. She redeemed herself last Tuesday night. Veronica actually made
me proud, bougie heifer that she is. DO IT, Angela Robinson! Yes!
Favorite Have Not: Hanna Young. Crystal Fox (@Only1CrystalFox)
gets my vote. Hanna is like me in many ways--- single parent, battling health issues,
leans on God to get her through and wants the best for her children. Hanna is
strong but not hard. No pretenses; she's just who she is. Her hair is natural
and she wears a wig when she goes out. I'm going natural (again) and will
probably need a wig when I venture out of the house. That's about where our
similarities end. I don't have her
patience and I still cuss. Hey, I'm a work in progress just like you.
Honorable Mention: Have Not Candace Young as interpreted by the
incomparable Tika Sumpter (@iamtikasumpter). No one can refute the fact that
Candace is the drama of the show. She is brash, bold and everything a true bad
girl ought to be with a cherry on top! She is the bad girl that all good girls
keep buried deep, deep inside for fear she will run amok and there will be no
taming her once that level of freedom is experienced. Yes, Sumpter is that
good. Better. Bet-ter!!!
And ladies, if you must have a little eye candy to keep you
interested, Benny Young (Tyler Lepley) and Wyatt Cryer (Aaron O'Connell) have
that covered. They are beautiful men. With big muscles and handsome faces you
can't take your eyes off. I mean, if you like that kind of thing, girls. Um hm!
Come on! Tuesday. 9:00 p.m. EST. Virtual corner of OWN and
Twitter. You'll be glad you came.
July 24, 2013
You Deserve the Best!
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The previous post, Life Class
with Oprah: Daddyless Daughters,
summarized my take on the show and the accompanying Twitter discussion. If
you've ever participated in a "chat" via Twitter, you know that the
tweets are numerous and come extremely fast. It is impossible to read them all,
watch the television show you are tweeting about and get in a few tweets of
your own. I keep up as best I can but I do miss quite a few. Once, I missed one
from The Big O as I participated in a live taping via Twitter. Yes, I kicked
myself the day I realized it. I'll tell you about that incident later.
The tweet that I wish to focus
on today is directly related to the Daddyless Daughters issue. At some point, the panelists were discussing
the fact that women raised without their fathers tend to settle for someone who
is not worthy of them because they are trying so hard to fill a void left by
the absence of a father. One of the people I follow on twitter, MadameNoire,
posted the following.
Good Question: How do I
know what I deserve if I've never had it? #DaddylessDaughters
#Lifeclass
My immediate reaction was simple.
@leolag @MadameNoire @dPoeticFloacist Trust those gut feelings.If something makes
you feel bad about yourself or uncomfortable, it's not 4 U
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So many children grow up
without knowing what they deserve because they were never taught to value
themselves. Perhaps they were not physically abused but the verbal insults were
a normal part of their daily lives. Maybe the parent was physically present but
emotionally absent, failing to show affection to the child, which is vital in
forming positive self-esteem. Whatever the case, if you have never had the type
of treatment you deserve, how will you know what to reject and what to savor?
The Creator, in His infinite
wisdom, gave us this little thing called the "gut feeling".
Thankfully, we all have it and it is not something that needs to be taught nor
can it be stifled. Many of us ignore it, but it is still there. That gut
feeling makes you aware that something is not quite right. You may not know exactly
what the problem is at the moment that you are experiencing it but the
important thing is that something is causing uneasiness. As I tweeted, if something makes you feel bad
about yourself or makes you feel uncomfortable, then it's not for you. Leave
whatever that happens to be alone.
Sometimes we are not sure about
what we're feeling, so we seek advice from someone we trust. While the advice
can be helpful, it can also be wrong. That gut feeling is never wrong. Think of
it as an internal alarm. So, then, you are essentially asking someone else to
evaluate your internal alarm system. They can try to interpret it for you but only
you know how intense your gut feeling is and how often you feel it.
Be true to you. Learn to
appreciate and heed those gut feelings. Remove yourself from whomever or
whatever triggers the bad gut feeling and do not return to it. It sounds simple
but there will be many times when it's quite difficult. Personal relationships
and job situations are the most excruciating to deal with and rectify. If that
gut feeling that you dread keeps cropping up, it is alerting you to danger of
some sort. Even if the danger is only that your sanity is at stake each day
that you have to deal with the verbally abusive boss, the co-worker who won't
stop hitting on you, the boyfriend who wants to know where you are every
moment, etc. Nothing about either one of those or so many other situations is
funny, cute or acceptable.
If you don't like snakes and
someone gave you one for your birthday, would you just smile and offer thanks
for that unwanted gift? Probably not. You would probably scream, run and tell
the giver to get that "gift" away from you. Apply a similar (but
perhaps less dramatic) response to the person bringing you negativity, undue
and non-constructive criticism, misplaced fault, fear, violence or other unwanted drama... decline the gift as
something you cannot appreciate or embrace. Therefore, the giver is left with the
options of giving you a different (and hopefully better) gift or not giving you
anything at all. Sometimes, the latter is actually best. No one needs the kind
of aggravation mentioned here.
Respect. It comes down to that
simple word. However, it is not something that should be demanded. Instead,
respect is given voluntarily when the giver realizes that it has been earned by
the intended receiver. Respect it not to be confused with fear. Fearing someone
is vastly different than respecting him or her. If you respect yourself, you treat yourself well and project an image
that affirms that you are strong and confident, intelligent, fair and a proponent
of doing what's right. Those are but a few of the characteristics of people who
are well respected. Such people are less likely to fall victim to unscrupulous
personalities. That is not to say that they will not be approached by them, but
they tend to move on to a new target when that shield of respect becomes too
much of a hassle to penetrate.
So, even if you don't know what
you deserve because you have never had it, your gut tells you what you don't
deserve. Respect that. Listen to your
instincts and act in your own best interest. Leave the offensive situation as
soon as it is feasible to do so safely . Do not return for reasons that are enticing
but not realistic or practical. As long as you are willing to accept things
that are less than what you really deserve, that is what will be given to you. You
deserve the best.
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You deserve the best!
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