Posts Tagged ‘idleness’

Bad fairy tale piece

Here’s some REALLY bad fairy-tale writing for you all today. Sitting on hold, being hungry, worrying about hubby, feeling tired and icky – all equal completely useless writings:

Once upon a time In a land far, far away There lived a princess Whose prince was in a land Many leagues hence She would get word From him daily On how he was doing and What was happening. And then suddenly there was nothing And she was sad.

There is a Jamaican quote, I am sure, regarding getting used to something only to ..read more

Beauty contests as coverup?

Sometime last week was, apparently, the Miss Universe 2010 pageant. Twitter was a-buzz with it and to some extent so was my Facebook friends list. I have to admit that my interest in beauty contests remains limited to a brief stint back in 1993 when an old high school and music classmate of mine not only secured the Miss Jamaica World title, but went on to win the Miss World title as well.

I have never been a fan of beauty ..read more

Spied on the interwebs

Him: Everytime I wake up I realize how much how much I hate this place. Her: What you gonna do then? Him: Sleep more

I lol’d.

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Blackbird Pie … from Twitter

I had to try it out … *giggle*

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I just love the Dear Prudence column – classic!

When I first read the title and the letter, I was laughing my head off…. then I read Prudie’s response and promptly fell off my chair:

Dear Prudence, Every year my fiance’s family takes a portrait together and mails it out as their holiday card. His parents included their new son-in-law when their daughter got married. This is the first holiday since my fiance and I got engaged, and they have already commented on needing a bigger lens to fit everyone in ..read more

overheard: definition of a snob

Caution: Jamaican dialect follows. Tread cautiously.

“lawd jesus… me a snob from age 3. Mom seh me find one side of the sand box and fuck off wid all de rest of the pickney dem”

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