"Shake that load off, shake that load off..." - Erykah Badu
Its too hot for my brain to work at all today so I just want you to know that Nancy wants to have dance party with Janet Reno. Apparently, someone at amazon thinks that this is what my gay friends are reading. Are you? Anna Quindlen discusses the history of the pledge in this week's newsweek but the new republic explains why the court decision was right. This, by far, was the best part of the Men In Black 2 experience (besides discussing Brandy's Baby Project in depth with my sister while we waited for the previews). Am I the only one that didn't know about this? Does this sound like a bad idea waiting to be terrible or the coolest thing ever d00derz, OMG, LOL!!!?!?!
And now, the best thing so far today...a wonderful 8 page short story from Andrea Lee:
He loves me for a number of the wrong reasons connected with his dreams of hot islands. It makes no difference to him that I grew up in Massachusetts, wearing L.L. Bean boots more often than sandals after eight years of marriage, he doesn't seem to see that what gives strength to the spine of an American black woman, however exotic she appears, is a steely Protestant core. A core that in its absolutism is curiously cold and Nordic. The fact is that Im not crazy about the tropics, but Michel doesn't want to acknowledge that. Mysteriously, we continue to get along. In fact, our marriage is surprisingly robust, though at the time of our wedding, my mother, my sister, and my girlfriends all gave it a year. I sometimes think that the secret is that we don't know each other and never will. Both of us are lazy by nature, and that makes it convenient to hang on to the fantasies we conjured up back when we met in Milan: mine of the French gentleman-adventurer, and his of a pliant black goddess whose feelings accord with his. It's no surprise to me when Michel tries to share the ribald thoughts that run through the labyrinth of his Roman Catholic mind. He doubtless thought that I would get a kick out of hearing about his boat ride with a pair of African sluts.
That's the 2nd paragraph from Brothers and Sisters Around the World which might be in this, but is definitely in this. And can I just say that something about the lead character reminded me of Cecily and that indenting a text excerpt from something I read made me feel a little like George.
Leave me alone, I'm melting.