hailtothechief.

i'm supposed to be writing a paper. whomp whomp. instead, i'm making myself a slow gospel playlist so that i can bring in my Sunday morning right. i find that times when i'm alone, i like to listen to soft music and slow music. it's probably because i've been contemplative the last week and a half. since... y'know. that series of unfortunate events. i've been taking apart everything and putting it back together, trying to see where old things and new things fit.

and i will go from faith to faith, from glory to glory... and i'll forever be chasing after You.
Tye Tribbett - Chasing After You (The Morning Song)

it's a really pretty song. it keeps reminding me of how lax i feel i am with my faith. sometimes i feel like i say things without having a deep enough faith behind them. or maybe faith in someone i can't see, but have evidence of (see hebrews 11:1) is something i'm still working on fathoming. who knows?

i was gonna go on a mild Obama rant, but i've been thinking about that. i had a few people get mad at me for saying "Black President". one of my friends was like "no, he's MIXED" and anothe was like "he's AFRICAN, and that's way different from Black". i don't know about other people, but when i say Black, i am usually referring to anyone who is a descendent of Africans, born in America, and (usually) living in America. if you were a descendent of Africans, born in Africa, and MOVED to America, then you'd be African unless you asked me to refer to you as something else. that's just how i see it. how about i just call him my non-White president? would people stop being so nitpicky then? because, if you wanna be honest, to all the racist Whites who are hoping for his demise, whether he's Black, African, mixed, half-White, or whatever, he's still a nigger (to them). it feels good to have a Black/African/mixed/half-White president, though.

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i watched three of the four-part PBS special "Africans in America" while writing my paper over the last few days. good stuff. i remembered watching it before, but i was younger then. bah. oh, i also found a place to watch all the episodes of Wolf's Rain online, so i think i'm going to try to watch an episode a night (except for Monday night, i'm gonna be up all night studying for my Psych Stats test).

bah. uhm... idk. my dreams don't make sense, but they never did.

i think i'm gonna doctor up some of this damn Chef Boyardee (yuck!) and eat, so i don't feel bad for being a hermit and staying indoors all day today.



peace & much love to ya.