January 2011
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The Rise of the Black Hipster →
What happens when the hybrid hipster culture hits black America. (courtesy The Root) Click title to read.
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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
TODAY'S PLAYLIST (while I study)
1. Prototype ~OutKast
2. Love Bomb~ NERD
3. Find My Way~ NERD
4. Don’t You Forget it~ Glenn Lewis
5. Get Up~ Amel Larreiux
6. My Lova~ Dwele
7. Travelin Girl~ Dwele
8. Vain~ Dwele
9. Matter of Time~ Kem
10. Missing Your Love~ Kem
11. Inside~ Kem
12. Rapture~ Anita Baker
13. Not Like Crazy~ Jill Scott
14. Victoria~ Jesse Boykin III
15. Ready or Not~ After 7
16. Alone~ Tevin...
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THOUGHTFUL MOMENT
I was going to post this yesterday but I fell asleep. However, I went to church bright and early yesterday and the topic of the sermon was Broken Relationship. The Pastor was saying that the only way to mend any relationship in our lives is to start with ourselves. He spoke about the “fruits of the spirit” which are kindness, love, peacefulness, etc. If you display those things daily...
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH??
As a journalism major of course I had to take classes dealing with ethics and law and one of the things we dealt with was freedom of speech. Today I sat and thought and I wonder what happened to freedom of speech and expression in the New Millennium? Just like someone has the right to agree….they also have the right to disagree. Am I right or wrong? No one should ever have to go against their...
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Otha Fish in the Sea~ Pharcyde
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2011 Trend: Au Natural....in every sense of the...
In 2010, we saw a terrible trend takeover our society (African Americans, Haitians, Jamaicans, etc.) and that was the “Barbie/Nicki Minaj/Baby Doll” trend. Seriously, almost EVERY girl owned a pink stain lipstick or bold red lipstick and bangs and crazy hair colors because it was the “trend.” It was almost as if they lost touch with their self and who they really are....
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“One thing I realize is when you use your talents to the best of your abilities...”
– Deja Jones
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“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all...”
– Prince Gautama Siddharta
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“Life is a gamble and I’m all about my poker chips.”
– Lil Wayne “Steady Mobbin”
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“I’m on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shines...”
– Kid Cudi
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Jazz (We Got)~ A Tribe Called Quest
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RANDOM HAIR MOMENT
It’s about that time to get another inch cut off my chemically relaxed hair….well I still have another 2 weeks before I go. In December I committed to going natural and got 2 inches cut off and each month I’ll go back to get 1 inch cut. I was examining and conditioning my scalp today and it doesn’t even seem like cut anything off. It grew back so quick and my roots are...
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Getting Back into Making Friends the...
For those of you who’ve often contemplated giving up Facebook, but just couldn’t bring yourself to press the deactivate link or for those of you who’ve constantly threatened to delete Facebook, but posted another status 2 minutes later, worry no more because Mark Zuckerberg just might do it for you.
I read an article today stating that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook is...
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Inspirations
If you follow my blog you may have already caught on to some of the things that I’m interested in or things that inspire me, but I thought I would dedicate a post to actually tell you what some of those things are.
First thing first, writing is my life…it’s what I do best and some of my inspirations in the literary world are Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison (whom by the way is coming...
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Just One Of Those Random Convos
Deja: I'm sad :(
Gigi: Why what's wrong hun?
Deja: I need some excitement in my life. Some adventure.
Gigi: I feel the same way...don't worry we'll be out and being silly again lol
Deja: I just need to get into some trouble.
Gigi: Oh boyyy
Deja: Lol I wanna rob a bank....u down?
Gigi: Nah chill lmboooo
Deja: Lol! Steal a car?
Gigi: No Child!
This was a random convo between me and my friend Gigi that took place at approx 12am.
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“Your here, I’m pleased cuz I really dig your company. Your smile, your...”
– Jill Scott “A Long Walk”
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Jesse Boykins~ Pantyhose. I admire how an ordinary...