What I'm Listening To: Flower Duet- Deslibes
Many things have happened. The most important and most exciting is that I received a response from Nikki Giovanni who said that she really liked my piece "Pointless" that I sent her. I am literally on cloud nine. I wasn't sure if she was going to respond and this pushes up my publication time by a lot. Now I just have to see if she will let me quote her.
Moving on, I got kinky twists again. 5 hours may be torture, but the effect is worth it. Two experiences have had me thinking that relationships are crazy and why would people ever go through them and then that relationships are worth it because you could finally meet that someone that you've been dreaming about for the past who knows how many years. They are a Nigerian movie called "The Playboy" that I saw while I was getting my hair done, and Marquel McGhee's wedding that I went to in Minneapolis, respectively. I thought the main character in the movie was horrible. He was such a good actor, faked his own death, and played those girls. Sure, he was found out, but by that time the women had made fools of themselves fighting over him. He proposed to three at the same time, and reminded me that I have too much in my life going on for relationships. And then the wedding. I absolutely loved it. For me, it was the best one I've ever been to. There was a variety of music, everyone was beautiful, plenty of energy and comedy to go around, and God was just gleaming through the two newlyweds. It was the first wedding where I actually got sentimental and made me think about some things. Sure I'm nineteen now, but people usually meet their future mates around this time. My parents knew each other, went to school together, and married a little later. I mean, I think you have at least met whoever you're going to marry. I don't know. The wedding was fun though, everyone was dancing and it was great. But I think I'm leaning more towards option one.
We looked at the University of Minnesota for my brother, spent some time at Mall of America (like 30 min) and then came home. Oh, and this is my official nationality. My family and I finally got it all figured out: Jamaican, Irish, Chauktaw Native American, Sierra Leonian, and Egyptian. For too long, I didn't know what I was, so for those who have heard me say it before, scratch that, this is official.
