"... pleasure is deep. What matters most is not the world as it appears to our senses. Rather, the enjoyment we get from something derives from what we think that thing is." ~ Paul Bloom, How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
"No matter how much she understood why her man couldn't protect her, the unnatural code of survival seeded subliminal contempt: You didn't protect me. You can't protect me. I have to protect myself!" by Tom Burrell
Men are often afraid to admit that it's much more than sex keeping us in a relationship there is a deeper hunger, for which sex is merely a symptom. There is a hunger for joy, a hunger for unconditional affirmation, a hunger, in the end for love.
~ Dyson
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"One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That’s the American ideal. Poor people don’t like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don’t like to think of themselves as poor. It’s embarrassing." ~Jay-Z, Decoded {Where I'm From}
" Even though I have a feeling that sooner or later it's all going to crash, I still accept Richard's [Pryor] friendship. He is irresistible."
~Paul Money, Black is the New White
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"All truth is local to the brains in which it resides." ~ Karl Albrecht, Practical Intelligence
"So now it's time to move. From who you were, who they said you were, even who you thought you were, to the man or woman with a new plan, a divine plan." ~Kirk Franklin, The Blueprint
- A Facebook Status Update Via T. Brown
"In a perfect world we would live like the 'Cleavers'. Instead because of all the imperfections, I believe it’s seasoned us to be the beautiful, strong, intelligent and at times dysfunctional people that we are!"
~ Michelle Brown
“… your faith as well as your existence really lies within you and your relationship to God”
- MizRepresent
" Today's word is ANOTHER. You are successful but have you helped someone else up the ladder with you? Is there someone you could mentor? Find time to help another ... "
~Leslie Tramuel
"You ever get the feeling you won't have any peace until you fulfill your purpose in life?"
- The Beautiful and Talented Dr.Kari
"Ever feel like your whole life is a dream? Like when you wake up you are just entering another dream? The face in the mirror is changing daily and it's finally hit me that I'm older."
~ September
[slideshow] "Just because you are aware, doesn't mean you care."
~ Mr.TramueL
"What were lacking the most is living for others. Most of us want someone to give us something, add something to our lives ... We don't have NEW great leaders anymore because most of us don't understand what a movement is. Don't be a hype, be a movement! Put others first, your immediate family doesn’t count!"
- Darren Vincent
The SetUp: “She” ~ Our connection is non romantic, there is no attraction even though “she” is highly attractive. I want to preface my next statement by writing that no one has been inside my home since I’ve moved, with the exception of my kids. All of that to say that it is not common for me to ask someone to come over unless they plan on coming'. “She” stopped by briefly to pick up her machine, I installed some software and set up DNS settings for her to use Google Apps with her domain. Wait, that reads funny, I see the words ... but in my head it translates as technical code for sex. "I inserted my software into her hard drive & updated her virtual memory."
The Breakdown: “She” and I communicate(d) in small burst via sms or very short phone conversations, my incessant need to make small talk to avoid dead air led to small discoveries about her personality, as I’m sure she was able to make small discoveries about me. Our most common theme: Astrology, naturally this leads to the question … “What’s your sign?” I have no doubt that after I informed her that I was born on the Cusp of Virgo & Libra that she raced home to learn all she could about the incredible Virgo man or maybe she had previous experiences to draw on. Get like us.
In an effort to keep these “He said, She Said” post short, here are her first words after she entered. I felt conflicted, then amused. Insulted, then complimented ... I think.
“It’s extremely rare to find a stereotypical nit-picky, exacting, "clean freak" in modern-day Virgos.”
~ She
