This Week: Part 2

The Most Ridiculous Things I've Heard This Week: Part 2

Round 3. 92Q Jams promoting
"The Black men's guide to cheating on your woman":
Uh hello!? I don't normally listen to this station because the DJ's are retarded and I'm just not a rap kinda gal. But I was flipping through stations and landed on them right as they were introducing the author of the aforementioned book. I ended up arriving at work and turned it off. About 10 minutes later my dad calls telling me turn the station on. Basically he ended flipping through at the same time I was and heard them. He called in and went off on them for promoting the book and said that this is one of the reasons the black community is the way it is, then he ended up calling one of the DJ's "pal" which sparked a round of laughter. After the show was over I became infuriated! Why would someone with any shred of decency promote such garbage like that? So I decided to send an email to two of the DJ's, the General manager, and the program director:

I felt compelled to email you after listening to this mornings broadcast. I don't normally listen to 92 Q Jams but stumbled across this morning right as you introduced the man with the book. I then turned it back on when my dad called to say he called in. My dad was the Pal
guy. I am utterly disgusted over the author, the book, and your willingness to promote this How to Guide. I agree wholeheartedly with what my father said. Your community, (the black community) is the way it is because of people like you and the author. By you promoting this book your letting the young men who listen to you know that itÂ’s okay to cheat. Have your cake and eat it too. We doesn't work that way pal. Does the author wonder why you can only purchase the books through his website? The reason being is because no reputable bookstore wants to sell that garbage. Instead of promoting sex and drugs (which your play list already has enough of) why not promote something that blacks need? Family and morals. And to those of you who are married with children, what is wrong with you? Suppose your child had turned on the radio just as daddy was talking about cheating on mommy. What would you have done then? It's not about entertainment. This is about real life and real people.

In closing I would just like to say that I was never a faithful listener, but because of the acts this morning, you defiantly can count me as a lost amongst your audience.

Between Baltimore City, Miss Montana aka Miss Teen USA 06, and books I almost wanted to vomit yesterday! What is the world coming to? Such a shame.

This Week: Part 1

The Most Ridiculous Things I've Heard This Week: Part 1

Round 1. Baltimore City is lowering the passing grade from 70, to 60:
Essentially these kids are still failing right? They won't be up to par with the rest of the counties in Maryland, and they still won't be able to get into universities unless universities decide to lower their standards as well. I have a better idea. Don't lower the standards. Come up with better tools so that these moronic children will want to learn. Baltimore City/Mayor O'Malley is not helping them he's just making it easier for them to get jobs at McDonald's

Round 2. Miss Montana doesn't know what integrity means:
Did you watch the Miss Teen USA pageant Tuesday night? Top 5 was, Miss Virginia, Miss North Carolina, Miss North Dakota, Miss Montana, and Miss Georgia. During the final question they all gave relatively dumb answers (Miss North Carolina laughed through most of hers) but the crown goes to Miss Montana for being the dumbest! This year they let the judges write the final questions, so Miss M. picked out her question. Her question was "What does the word integrity mean to you?" Do you know what this fool did? She gave the definition of perseverance! She said "Well the word integrity means that you don't give up no matter what obstacles you face, your driven and no one can stop you. That's what integrity means to me" Insert fake blonde smile here. No you friggin' idiot! That's wrong! What she was asked to do was give the definition of integrity in her own words and use an example to relate back to her and her experiences. But the craziest part is that she won!

Introverted No Longer Will I Be

On Friday afternoon while watching Lifetime I had an epiphany. I realized that I am way too introverted. Everything within my daily life is about me, what I want, and how I can get. I was talking to someone a couple weeks ago and was joking about how I just wasn't one of those "Let's save the world!" kind of people. And I'm not, but I realized on Friday after saying that, that I had severely limited myself in my life experiences. Growing up in church all my life I was always taught to "spread the gospel" but the only action I ever saw was outreaches were the main goal was to just shove not Jesus, but church (and specifically our church) down their throats. There was no follow through and no general caring. It was like a trade off. I'll give you food if you come to church. And now that I'm older I don't so much agree with that tactic. The truth is I've witnessed it and it doesn't work. Churches are still empty , still filled with the same stagnate people, and people still haven't heard the true unadulterated gospel. I believe that we are to walk out this Christianity in life. People will see the Jesus in us if it's really there. I've always had trouble just going up to people and saying "I Love Jesus! Come to Church!" It's always put me off a bit. I think that in this new chapter in my life I will be able to give back to the world and community in a small way and in that people will see the Jesus in me. They will see (without me having to say or do anything) that there is just something different. They'll come to me. In John 12:32 it says "But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." One of the definitions of the word draw is To cause to come by attracting; attract: As Christians we shouldn't be forcing people to just get SAVED. We have to attract (thus draw) them to us and to our truth.

Having said all that I have decided to send in volunteer applications to the YMCA to do some work with the kids. And I also sent in a request for the hospital because a doctor friend of ours said that the maternity ward is always looking for people to come in and just hold the babies that are in ICU. I also have always been very fascinated with special needs children. Specifically autistic children, but I can't find any programs around here that would allow me to work with them. So if anyone knows of a network that needs volunteers for autistic children let me know.

World Trade Center: The Movie

If you haven't seen the WTC movie yet I recommend that you all go and see it pronto! It was the most intense movie I have seen since The Passion. I'm a rather emotional being, everything makes me cry. So at the opening scene of a CLOCK I started bawling and didn't stop until I got into the car. I felt like I was there in the elevator shaft. It's was crazy! It makes me appreciate all the brave men and women who were there that day and all of our troops in Iraq now. We get so caught up in the politics of the war and what the President is doing wrong, but we forget about what we are fighting for and who's fighting for us. The constant bashing does nothing but diminish what these people are fighting and dying for and causes us to forget 9/11. We forget about these peoples family's who everyday have to live with the constant pressure of not ever seeing their loved ones again. After seeing the movie it gives me a new appreciation for our service men and it solidifies with in me that I won't forget about 9/11.

Anyway go and see the movie, it's great.

Cryptic Love Life

I need to tell what has been gnawing at me for the past week. However, I can't give too many details away because the people or persons this is referencing may or may not read my blog. Therefore I'm going to be as cryptic as possible, while still making sense. Ready? Set? Go!

So about a week ago Person A told me that Person B told them that I may or may not like Person C and want to go out with Person C. And Person C may or may not want to go out with me. But if that happens there will be major repercussions for one or both us. The thing that's driving me nuts is that before Person A told me this I wasn't into Person C that way. But now that I know I can't have Person C and Person C possible wants me, pisses me off because I can't have Person C! It's soooo ridiculous. I mean Person C is definitely hot and sometimes seems interested in me but now no one can do anything about it. Now enter Person D. Person D and I had a little thing going for awhile. It was great, but now Person D has vanished and now I'm wondering if maybe Person B told Person D to stay away from me! Gosh as if my love life (or the lack there of) isn't already complicated enough. I don't need Person B or Person A for that matter butting into what could potentially be really good or really bad with Person C or Person D.

So you follow all that???

Corryanna

I've been on waiting list for a pair of Coach shoes for over a year and I got the call last weekend that they were being sent to my house. I got them Saturday. Aren't they pretty?? :-) Coach made the matching bag (which my mom has but won't let me use) and they only made about 40 pairs of the shoes and bag, mmm I feel so special!



*Thats the only picture I could find. This does NOT do them justice :-)