Hello, how are you this fine day? I’m bored. I’m in a training class and it sucks. I don’t understand why people who don’t know how to use computers work with computers. Who doesn’t know Excel? Come on! Anyway, I can’t wait to get home because my bathroom is a mess and I’m going to clean the balls of it.
Look at it! GROSS! Oh and yes I bring my laptop in there. I listen to sports radio when I’m getting ready. All I’m going to think about all day is going home, getting in there with my hands, working up a sweat and showing it who it’s momma is. Remember when I used to hate to clean? Oh those days are over my friends! Cleaning is like an aphrodisiac for me now. Crazy right?!
Today’s Thursday and we know what that means….Three Things Thursday! If you’re new to the blog, this is a post where I list three things that are annoying me this week. Basically, I whine about my white people problems. You get your chance in the comments.
1. Foot/Belly Photos. When you’re at the beach,please refrain from taking pictures of your super-hot flat stomach and your feet to post on the internet. First of all, you’re laying down so of course your stomach is flat. Second, I don’t need that view of your crotch, and third, I can’t think of any situation where your foot needs to ruin an otherwise fine piece of photography. Oh and why is your foot enjoying an ice cold beer? You realize your supposed to put the beer up to your lips, not your toes right?
2. The Help. I read the book and feel that it’s well-intentioned, but very flawed. To me, it’s a a story written where black people are just objects of play for white people to feel good about themselves. Books and movies like The Help allow white people to sympathize and feel apart of the black struggle without the burden of knowing that some of their ancestors more than likely harassed, beat and possibly murdered blacks in the 50s and 60s (before then even). By green lighting films like “The Help,” mainstream America can show it’s not racist because the film focuses on the civil rights. At the same time, the film is rose colored enough that the foul, vile images of racism are filtered. They are touched upon, but not in any way that would actually show what was real at the time. We see this in our own American history textbooks where racism is reduced to a portion of a chapter about the 1960′s. I will give credit to The Help for getting people talking about racism because it’s still very much a part of our culture. If you want to see a movie that will show you the reality of the time I suggest Stanley Nelson’s Freedom Riders.
3. Clapping At The End Of The Movie. It’s probably a good time to tell you that those giant people on the enormous screen in front of you — um, yeah, they’re not real.
What’s bugging you this week?
