I'm on my way to Connecticut for the weekend. I had today off and I'm also off on Monday. I'm sending this entry via my cellphone!!! I will be sure to update my twitter page regularly this weekend and my Facebook status, so follow me there as well. Until then...
Search This Blog
Custom Search
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS IN THIS LINK...
A reader that goes by the name of IamKris made some poignant comments here so please read them because she added a fresh perspective to the issues surrounding Black women and social anxiety. This is great stuff...please read here:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32599383&postID=8582923221681253887&isPopup=true
http://www.diaryofashyblackwoman.org/2009/11/check-out-this-old-blog-post-of-mine.htmlhttp://www.diaryofashyblackwoman.org/2009/11/check-out-this-old-blog-post-of-mine.html
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Admirable People: India.Arie
This is my girl right here!!! I love her music, her beauty - BOTH inside and out. She is such a talented songwriter, musicianist and vocalist. I love her style and her grace.
Visit http://www.indiaarie.com/
Check out this old blog post of mine from 2006...
I've been getting many comments and emails from people who can relate to this particular entry and so I thought I'd repost it. Love you all!!!! Click on the link below to read it.
http://www.diaryofashyblackwoman.org/2006/08/my-being-shy-black-throws-people-off.html
The Holiday Season
So the Holiday Season is officially here, AGAIN...seems like just yesterday....right?
Its not just the holiday season that is upon us, but the harsh reality that another year is about to go by. Did you make the most of all the days you were given in 2009?
I will let you know if I did by the end of December.
2ND JOB
Not sure if I mentioned that I took on a 2nd job. This was back in the late summer. I'm not sure how I did it or am doing it but when there is a will - there is a way. As of late, I have been 'clocking' in many hours of overtime at my 1st job...my day job...my career job, so I haven't had time to make it to my night job in quite some time. The crazy thing is I make more money doing overtime at my day job than working regular hours at my night job so I'm okay with that. The bad thing is because of my night job I've been behind at my day job and so I've had no choice but to hold off on going to my night job so that I can do overtime and catch up at my day job.
Are you still with me?
Bottom line is...I need more money but I don't know if the night job thing is going to work because I have soooo many accounts to overee at my day job and I risk falling behind when I have to leave at 5 and get to my night job on time. But then the catch 22 is that without the night job, I will not need to do as much overtime at my day job because I will be able to stay about 30 minutes extra each day to do a little extra and then I won't make overtime at my day job which means I will be back to square one...needing more money.
Not sure what to do? So far, there hasn't been any talks of raises at my day job since the salary freeze during the 'official' start of the recession.
Our reviews are suppose to be in January but since I've been at this job (3 years), the reviews always come late around March. Anyway, we'll see if its a Nay or Yay as far as a salary increase is concerned. I certainly deserve a raise. I have the most accounts and obviously, I get paid the least.
I hardly have money to buy clothes are get my hair done. I basically do my own hair even when I braid in extensions...I do that myself too. I think I get my hair professionally done about once a year and that is only if I have an important event to go to. The last time was when I went to Prague (over a year ago).
Until then...
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Help me decide: Should I change my blog's title?
Should I change the title, Diary of a Shy Black Woman, to something else?
If NO, tell me why not.
If YES, tell me why and if you want, suggest a new title.
Until then...
Admirable People: Danica Mckellar
Danica Mckellar was, once, best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in "The Wonder Years" but that's changing. She is now, increasingly, known for her expertise in Math as a Mathemetician and she continues to add more credits to her acting resume!
McKellar studied at UCLA, majoring in mathematics. While at UCLA,
she became a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She graduated summa cum laude in
1998. As an undergraduate, she coauthored a scientific paper[12] with Professor
Lincoln Chayes and fellow student Brandy Winn. Their results are termed the
'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'[13][14]Wikipedia, Danica McKellar, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar (as
of
Nov. 8, 2009, 05:50 GMT).
Photo: http://a.getbackimages.com/uri/w514_h676_cfalse/-p-wonder-years-fred-savage-and-danica-mckellar-1988-1993-p-/image/4/0/5/5/4055091.jpg
Mitrice Richardson - Missing Woman
"Mitrice Richardson, age 24, went missing after she was released from the Malibu police station at about 1 a.m. Thursday September 17th.
She suffers from mental health issues and was released into the remote Malibu canyon area without a car, I.D, phone, money or assistance...."
read more on the website
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Admirable People: Kerry Washington
Here is yet another addition to the list: Kerry Washington
By now, you've probably noticed a theme...beauty and brains!
Kerry Washington, a woman from the Bronx, is already recognized as one of the best actresses out there but her career is still growing and I have a feeling she will only get better! Here is a clip I found for an upcoming movie called "Life is Hot in Cracktown" in which Washington plays a transgendered woman. And if you've ever heard Ms. Washington speak in an interview, there is no question that she is very smart!
The photo of Kerry Washington at the top of this post was found at:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://imageserver.izvorienergije.com/ma_che_bella/full/200812/20081213_kerry_washington.jpg&imgrefurl=http://monieontheoutside.blogspot.com/2009/02/kerry-washington.html&usg=__jy-0f-3eMw_XpHwJ4OM34E-Erc4=&h=1193&w=900&sz=154&hl=en&start=117&um=1&tbnid=INURfswsSw63iM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkerry%2Bwashington%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ACGW_enUS314US315%26sa%3DN%26start%3D108%26um%3D1
And the new person I am adding to my list of admirable people is...DRUM ROLL, PLEASE...
IVANKA TRUMP.
Pick up a copy of her book, "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life". I'm currently reading this book and I'm also reading "Push" by Sapphire (but I'll get into that in another blog after I see the movie, Precious.)
Ivanka is all that! I admire her confidence, her intelligence and the fact that she is really good at what she does in real estate development.
I also recommend reading all of Donald Trump's books. I plan to. I listened to a snippet online which was tagged "think big" and it was enough to make me want to buy all his books.
Back to Ivanka, not only is she all the things I mentioned above, but she is interesting, knows her stuff and has a great sense of style to match her beauty.
I'm a little older than her but her book speaks to me and other women who are trying to navigate their way through corporate america and up those ladders, so to speak.
I think I have to create a list of all the admirable people I have mentioned to date so its easy for you to find. I'll have to come back to that.
Until then...
Oh, and if you are familiar with my blogs, you already know that I'm a huge fan of The Apprentice and from what I've read, they are currently filming new episodes for the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice. I will be sure to blog about that in the upcoming future
I am blessed to have the most intelligent blog readers!!
In order to take advantage of the full experience of this blog, please check out the comments that other readers have left. These comments raise additional questions, concerns and they answer questions/concerns but most importantly they increase and continue the dialogue!!
So leave your comments as well!!
Love you all!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Book Recommendations:
Are any of you reading any of these books...let me know so we can maybe start a book club or discussion/thread about them. We could get more out of these books if we read/discuss them together. So please comment and let me know which of these you have and which one you'd like to discuss first.
I was suppose to interview a handful of these authors but I got soooooo nervous, however I am going to try again. I'll keep you all posted.
My anxieties are high
I just want to curl up in my bed and escape all the things that trigger my anxieties, especially social interactions. I don't feel like overcoming right now - its exhausting. I wish I didn't have to go to work in the morning. I just want to be alone.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
