Commentary on the intersection of race, culture, and faith
My Love/hate relationship with laundry This is the story of a relationship. A quite dysfunctional relationship to be specific. This is the story of my relationship with Laundry. Laundry and I have known one another my whole life. To be honest, Laundry knew me long before I knew it. My first formal introduction with… Continue reading My Love/hate relationship with laundry
Dear Type A personalities, Chill out behind the wheel Dear Type A Driver, When you first rolled up behind me at the stop sign, I knew that we were going to have problems. You honked at me to go right as a car was approaching in the lane I was signaling in to. You thought… Continue reading Dear Type A personalities, Chill out behind the wheel
Fall is basically the code word for Pumpkin Everything Season. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin coffee creamer, and pumpkin tea are just a few staples of the season. Soon, we will be seeing lots of heavily filtered Instagram pictures of Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. People will be buying pumpkin scented candles. There will be Pinterest boards… Continue reading Why you’re wasting your time on Pumpkin Everything Season
Am I a grown-up or nah? I'm 29 years old. I've been married for 9 years. I'm a parent. I own a house. I've moved across the country. I pay taxes. By all laws and standards I am, in fact, an adult. BUT... I don't feel like an adult most of the time. I like… Continue reading Am I a grown-up or nah?
Party pooper pops beach ball then applauds himself http://youtu.be/msK-AxeHzlo In what can only be described as the ultimate party poop, some guy at a University of Arizona vs. University of Nevada, Las Vegas football game decided that the crowd's lighthearted volleying of a beach ball needed to come to an end. He also felt that… Continue reading Party pooper pops beach ball then applauds himself
Disgust: My strongest emotion Humans are creatures of emotion. As much as we try to kid ourselves into believing that we're logical, our emotions often play a huge part in our everyday decision making and our reactions to certain stimuli. Don't believe me? Why do you like your favorite show, restaurant, or shirt? Your answer… Continue reading Disgust: My strongest emotion
90s slang that we need to bring back I love to use slang. I love learning new slang words and expressions and incorporating them into my writing and everyday conversations. I even used to make up my own slang, but we won't talk about that. I don't quite understand my fascination with slang, but I think… Continue reading 90s slang that we need to bring back
These locusts, tho... I'm generally not one of those 'doomsday,' 'we're living in the last days,' 'let me lose my crap over anything that vaguely resembles biblical prophecy' types, but this mess right here... Locusts. MILLIONS of locusts. Everywhere. EVERYWHERE. EVERY WHERE. EV-REE-WHERE. I ain't even scared of bugs, but the thought of this has… Continue reading These locusts, tho…
The Armchair Commentary 