2009 was a year filled with its ups and downs. All-in-all I am glad to see it go! On the personal note I have experienced an innumerable amount of losses which can be looked at as either good or bad. Because I am a glass half-full type of girl I will begin with the good.
The Positives
We saw an end to the whole Jon & Kate plus 8 foolishness. If I had to go another week hearing about how Jon was acting out against Kate because she was a cold witch, I think I may have taken a knife to the ears just for the relief. So now is the time to say goodbye to bad reality TV, hello therapy for all of those kids. Something else that reality TV has bought to us is the realization that there are bigger people in the world than those that we have historically seen on magazine covers and television and movie screens. Drop Dead Diva was a show that had a plus sized main character that loves herself, or she grew to love herself. One of my favorite new shows for the fall season. More of this in the negatives section as all of that is not necessarily a positive. Wendy Williams, I love her and everything she is doing, is taking care of the talk show genre of television. Even when she was on the radio I wasn’t mad at the things she said; Wendy asked the hard questions and that is just responsible journalism as far as I am concerned. No one wants to keep hearing the answers to the same old cotton candy questions. We got that and it bored me out of my skull. So, “How you doin’ Wendy”? Oh about that if your man is able to repeat that phrase and sound exactly like Mrs. Williams then you may want to re-evaluate his orientation (just a side-note). While I’m talking about TV, Hawthorne was a great return to the small screen for Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Moving on, R. Kelly’s Untitled cd was one of the best additions to the music scene for 2009. I feel the need to say that “Religious” and “Pregnant” were such honest songs about the things that go on in the mind of everyday men and women. That man is a musical genius and a nice guy (from my personal experience). Blueprint 3 was a cd that you could let play all the way through also. Jay-Z thought that one out from the beginning to the end and it is still in heavy rotation in my truck. Also on the musical side of things, TI went to jail and got released from jail all during 2009. There has been a new uprising in the south. Even though neither of these two is from the south, they are closely affiliated with the movement happening in the south via Young Money, Drake and Nicki Minaj. I love what these two artists are doing. I am waiting to see what they will do in 2010. This is my year to win and I am sure it is theirs also.
Thanks to having foot surgery at the end of December 2008, I was unable to wear high heels during the whole year of 2009. I wasn’t actually able to even put that foot in heels, so a positive thing is that a couple of the shoe trends have served me well. I love that flats, wedges and motorcycle boots have been continued for fashionable, at least through this winter season. This hasn’t stopped me from continuing to get my shoe game up. Kenneth Cole, I’m coming for you. I love that line plus his Unlisted line and the things that Jessica Simpson are doing. Their shoes fit into my budget, or should I say I can make them fit into my budget!
The Conversation by Hill Harper, was a phenomenal book that offered the insight that has been missing in the black community. Mr. Harper did a little self-examination and that was very courageous of him. He did such an excellent job of asking the questions that needed to be answered. The answers were direct and were information previously not provided in a way that was interesting and a little provocative.
Of course the most significant event of 2009 is the swearing in of the country’s first black President, Barack H. Obama. This was major because it offered the black community the hope that has been being leaked for years, decades even. Yes black love is alive and well. It’s thriving in the most stressful and highest profile position in the world. First Lady Michelle Obama adores her husband; the way she looks at him cannot be manufactured. You can always tell the character of a man by the way his wife looks at him and reacts to and interacts with him. The girls obviously are madly in love with this man that is the President of the United States of America but to them, he is still their dad. I love black love, nothing can top it!
The Positives
We saw an end to the whole Jon & Kate plus 8 foolishness. If I had to go another week hearing about how Jon was acting out against Kate because she was a cold witch, I think I may have taken a knife to the ears just for the relief. So now is the time to say goodbye to bad reality TV, hello therapy for all of those kids. Something else that reality TV has bought to us is the realization that there are bigger people in the world than those that we have historically seen on magazine covers and television and movie screens. Drop Dead Diva was a show that had a plus sized main character that loves herself, or she grew to love herself. One of my favorite new shows for the fall season. More of this in the negatives section as all of that is not necessarily a positive. Wendy Williams, I love her and everything she is doing, is taking care of the talk show genre of television. Even when she was on the radio I wasn’t mad at the things she said; Wendy asked the hard questions and that is just responsible journalism as far as I am concerned. No one wants to keep hearing the answers to the same old cotton candy questions. We got that and it bored me out of my skull. So, “How you doin’ Wendy”? Oh about that if your man is able to repeat that phrase and sound exactly like Mrs. Williams then you may want to re-evaluate his orientation (just a side-note). While I’m talking about TV, Hawthorne was a great return to the small screen for Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Moving on, R. Kelly’s Untitled cd was one of the best additions to the music scene for 2009. I feel the need to say that “Religious” and “Pregnant” were such honest songs about the things that go on in the mind of everyday men and women. That man is a musical genius and a nice guy (from my personal experience). Blueprint 3 was a cd that you could let play all the way through also. Jay-Z thought that one out from the beginning to the end and it is still in heavy rotation in my truck. Also on the musical side of things, TI went to jail and got released from jail all during 2009. There has been a new uprising in the south. Even though neither of these two is from the south, they are closely affiliated with the movement happening in the south via Young Money, Drake and Nicki Minaj. I love what these two artists are doing. I am waiting to see what they will do in 2010. This is my year to win and I am sure it is theirs also.
Thanks to having foot surgery at the end of December 2008, I was unable to wear high heels during the whole year of 2009. I wasn’t actually able to even put that foot in heels, so a positive thing is that a couple of the shoe trends have served me well. I love that flats, wedges and motorcycle boots have been continued for fashionable, at least through this winter season. This hasn’t stopped me from continuing to get my shoe game up. Kenneth Cole, I’m coming for you. I love that line plus his Unlisted line and the things that Jessica Simpson are doing. Their shoes fit into my budget, or should I say I can make them fit into my budget!
The Conversation by Hill Harper, was a phenomenal book that offered the insight that has been missing in the black community. Mr. Harper did a little self-examination and that was very courageous of him. He did such an excellent job of asking the questions that needed to be answered. The answers were direct and were information previously not provided in a way that was interesting and a little provocative.
Of course the most significant event of 2009 is the swearing in of the country’s first black President, Barack H. Obama. This was major because it offered the black community the hope that has been being leaked for years, decades even. Yes black love is alive and well. It’s thriving in the most stressful and highest profile position in the world. First Lady Michelle Obama adores her husband; the way she looks at him cannot be manufactured. You can always tell the character of a man by the way his wife looks at him and reacts to and interacts with him. The girls obviously are madly in love with this man that is the President of the United States of America but to them, he is still their dad. I love black love, nothing can top it!
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