Welcome to My World

While blogging is an excellent way to vent or hone writing skills Through My Eyes is a trip through the eclectic and somewhat off beat regions of my mind. The fun of hanging out with me is that I love divergent viewpoints just as much as I love “Amens” so please feel free to express yourself by letting me in on what you think or feel. All comments are welcome and only the rule is…RESPECT. We never have to agree but we can disagree without being abusive.

You will find the comedic doings of my family and friends, my thoughts on politics, religion, love and a plethora of other issues. Thanks for hanging out and I look forward to hearing from you!

About Me

Location: Youngstown, OH

Age: 35

Likes:

Honesty, Realness, Chocolate, Pineapple or Mango Rum, a nice Muscat, looking at God’s handiwork, having a good conversation, Jesse the pedicurist and a good Bra.

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Dislikes:

Fake people, snooty people, “church folks”, being broke, liver, lima beans, complainers, users, abusers, funny smells, ignorance, germs, and knowing you are ignorant and not caring.

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Loves:

God, The Child, The Parentals, My Girls, & The Dog-Dog Jazz

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Music:

Jill Scott, Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Anthony Hamilton, Conya Doss, Jaguar Wright, Goapele, Kirk Franklin, Joe, Chokolate, Jimi Hendrix, Raheem DeVaughn,Algebra Blessett…

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Books:

There Eyes Were Watching God, The Godfather, Jubilee, Interview with a Vampire, Roots, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, All 7 Harry Potters, everything written by Cornel West, and The Prince by Machiavelli

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Movies:

The Color Purple, Sound of Music, Ali, Troy, The Godfather I&II, Beauty & the Beast, What’s Love Got To Do With It, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hoodlum, American Gangster, Something to Talk About, Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music, Pretty Woman, Boomerang, Set it Off, Inside Man, and The Wiz

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Television:

Heroes, Private Practice, Big Love, Criminal Intent (only w/Goren)

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Favorite Quotes:

“I do not belong to the sobbing school of negrohood whose feelings are all hurt about it. When discriminated against, I’m merely astonished — How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company?”
~ Zora Neale Hurston

“Sometimes the only thing left to do is cook him breakfast…”

~Madea discussing the merits of “Gritball”

“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”

~Marilyn Monroe

When asked if he ever said what he meant Ben Franklin replied

“Thinking aloud is responsible for most of mankind’s misery”

~Benjamin Franklin (HBO’s John Adams)

“… You’re too loud. The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.”

~ Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
~Malcolm X

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go—purge yourself . . . If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”

~Tina Turner

“I want what all men want… I just want it more”

~Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

~Martin Luther King

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”

~Muhammad Ali