I just had an… interesting… evening with NSBE. I was supposed to propose a design for a new chapter website this past weekend, but events beyond my control conspired to keep the meeting from happening. Lucky for me, as I was sick all weekend and didn’t get the design done. Today after classes, though, I sat down and did a rudimentary, plain design (are mine ever anything other than this?), including a lot of the content already, on the not-so-quiet hint from The Other One to just go ahead and do the website, bypassing the Communications Officer. Not my usual modus operandi, but I know how that inertia thing goes……

I’m all over this this morning. Read and think. It’s good for you. I can honestly not think of an argument I have against what nOva says there. It is, in fact, quite similar to my own line of thinking on the issue of “Keeping It Real” (which anyone who doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter image of “black” has apparently failed to do). Damn. The wheels are turning again. How can I be this sick and think about anything other than the shortest route to my comfy bed? Oh, well. I may try to play devil’s advocate on nOva’s article later. Or I may wait until all three are published. (And…

Wait, is that out of context? What it is not is irrelevant to my mood concerning my thoughts on this topic. In an ironic way. I’m still guilty of reading Uppity-Negro.com. Aaron writes fascinating stuff that makes me think, whether I agree, disagree, or am too ignorant about the topic at hand to have much to say. Thinking is always a plus, despite the complaints of some of my acquaintances that I think too much. At any rate, a recent post at Aaron’s site led me to an old post that got me thinking. This is, of course, a good thing, as thinking about the “real world” (outside of academia…

A couple of days ago, I was bum rushed (Hyphen? No hyphen? Augh! Too much Thorn time tonight!) by some folks. A snippet of conversation: The Negroids, at the NSBE Fund Raiser: Hey, you’re on the newspaper? That’s cool, I might actually have to start reading it, since Little Lissa’s gonna be writing [They actually call me this].Me: Uh, I’m not writing anything. I’m just editing. You know, spell check and fun with grammar and all that.The Other One: Girl, you better keep on ’em. They some racists down there.Me: Racists? How so?The Other One [et al]: The past few years, some of them wrote some stuff that was all,…

I’ve been so bogged down in “real” life lately. Quite frankly, I fucking hate it. Schoolwork, social issues, health issues, monetary issues; all of it can just kiss my ass. Now doesn’t that sound so mature? I’ve been working on getting better grades than straight C’s in my classes, learning Java, getting in shape (hmph), trying to be a productive citizen and all that, and trying not to kill anyone. It’s amazing how tired I am when I go to bed at night. I am getting sleep, though. Logic Design is still kicking my ass, although I’ve found some good sites at other universities that have slides and the like.…