now this...is more my style

plain jane.

I think I might watch this...probably because I've been called a "plain jane" a time or two (or three or four). And honestly, I still find myself nowadays going back to my "plain jane" ways every now and then.

The CW 7/28 at 9pm

last interview

50 years ago, Sammy Davis Jr at center of racial divide

From Reuters
By David Robb
Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:24am EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fifty years ago this week, Sammy Davis Jr. was roundly booed during the opening ceremony of the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The incident was one of the saddest moments in the entertainer's life and pointed up the deep racial divide that was threatening to rip apart the Democratic Party and the country.

It was July 11, 1960, and in two days the convention would nominate John F. Kennedy as the Democrats' presidential nominee. It had been hot and smoggy that day as 7,000 delegates began pouring into the Sports Arena downtown. The convention was called to order promptly at 5 p.m., and after the invocation, everyone stood as the color guard presented the flag -- the first with 50 stars presented at a national political convention as Hawaii had been admitted to the Union 11 months earlier.


Then came the introduction of the Hollywood celebrities who were packed into the crowded hall as guests of the convention. Three of the five-member Rat Pack were there: Davis, Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford. Tony Curtis and his wife, Janet Leigh, were on hand, as was Nat "King" Cole, Shirley MacLaine, Lee Marvin, Edward G. Robinson, Hope Lange, Lloyd Bridges and Vincent Price.

Everyone was greeted with cheers except Davis, who was booed by many of the white Southern delegates -- not because he was unpopular but because he was engaged to a white woman, Swedish actress May Britt. A headline over a New York Times story the next day read, "Delegates Boo Negro."

Read the rest of the story here http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C0YD20100713

SERIOUSLY IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT IRK ME TO NO END. AND IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT WE STILL HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS TO THIS DAY, WHETHER IT BE RACIAL OR SEXUAL PREFERENCE.

i need one of these. this houston heat ain't no joke!

LOVE this dress.

Most booties that propel girls are usually the bigger booties. I have a little tiny one, but it is, nonetheless, juicy. - Cameron Diaz

well said, ms. diaz.

sincerely,
a current member of the not-too-big-but-still-enough-to-be-juicy booty committee

fave part of the movie. i'm a big kid ^_^

i am not my hair. my hair is me.

so, my hair is [almost] completely grown out. i have about an inch left of relaxed hair..but i can't bring myself to cut it any shorter until it grows more. i haven't worn my natural, curly hair since i was in 7th grade, 13 y.o. so it's taking some [re]adjusting.

btw..i hate the lighting in these pics.

rain, rain..don't go away. just ease up a bit

after a brief hiatus this past weekend, the [flooding] rain has returned to Houston. i feel like i can never dress cute when the weather is nasty like this :(

photo by trent parke

i came across this and had to post it.

this sh!t is real. a lot of people don't think words can cause that much damage..but they'd be surprised to see how many people actually deal with this on a regular basis (unfortunately!). and it's not just in men-and-women relationships. kids may have to deal with this too...as well as employees/colleagues and friends.

[aside from the physical aspect] verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse..AND leave similar scars.