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Lady Sol

Analog girl in a digital world

About Me

A bonafide fish and grits cookin, greens and rice eatin, grease my scalp every Wednesday and Saturday, southern girl. Full time mom, part time poet. Leap tall buildings in a triple bound.
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My Interests

Reading, writing, living, loving and learning.

I'd like to meet:

Assata Shakur, my mother and grandmothers as young women.

Music:

I'm an eclectic music lover. It would probably be easier to list what I couldn't jam to. However, my biggest loves are hip hop and funk.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Crooklyn, Bamboozled, The Usual Suspects, Hero, Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2, Star Wars nerd.

Television:

Law & Order JUNKIE! The Sopranos, The Family Guy, The Boondocks, CSI, Frisky Dingo, Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Books:

Paradise by Toni Morrison, The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips, Caucasia by Danzy Senna, Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Heroes:

My mother. She always carried herself with dignity and grace, even into her sunset. It's a lost art.

My Blog

Melissa tagged me. . .A month ago

Here's how you play:Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog w/ 10 weird, random things, facts, habits or goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names...
Posted by Lady Sol on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:20:00 PST

Blabber

If you're looking for a new book to read, I just finished the one referenced below.  I'm forced to be cliche and use the words "gripping" and "compelling" to describe it.  Pick it up.  ...
Posted by Lady Sol on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

Poultry Boobs and All That Jazz

This weekend, my children returned from visiting "down home," so I took the opportunity to restock my freezer.  Soon the season of chicken noodle soup, stew and various pot pies will be upon us.&...
Posted by Lady Sol on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST

Lovely Lauryn

This morning, I received a picture of Lauryn Hill taken at a concert in Brooklyn, NY. It was a very unflattering comparison between Ms. Hill and Homey the Clown. Unfortunately, there was no denying th...
Posted by Lady Sol on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:59:00 PST

Random Musings of an East Shore Ridah

Two years later, and I still get physically ill at the mere mention of a hurricane getting within sniffing distance of Louisiana/Texas.  I have a very dear friend who has family in Jamaica, and m...
Posted by Lady Sol on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:57:00 PST

"Where the hell you been?" (c) Most Black Mothers

What's good folks? It's been a minute.  Basically, I've been. . .well, minding my own damned business is what.  Last week, I took a few days off, and it felt so good to just collect my ...
Posted by Lady Sol on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:21:00 PST

The Topic That Launched A Thousand POsts

Of course I'm referring to the recent "funeral" with respect to the word "nigga." As I knew the topic would be discussed ad nauseum, I initially decided to leave this topic alone. Obviously, I couldn'...
Posted by Lady Sol on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:53:00 PST

"So much on my mind, I just can't recline" (c) Black Star

I've been shamelessly neglecting my MySpace blog. . .for a lot of unimportant reasons.  Partially because I've been worrying about people's opinion about the things I say, partially about not wan...
Posted by Lady Sol on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:17:00 PST

Three Day Weekend!

I love that "Boom Chicka Wah Wah" Axe commercial.  Hilarious!  Yesterday I saw a woman on the train that looked like the crows on the Wiz - glasses and all.  She was probably one of the...
Posted by Lady Sol on Sat, 26 May 2007 10:36:00 PST

"I'm still standing! I'm still strong!" (c) Antwone Fisher

Six years ago, I didn't like myself.  I didn't like what I had become, and I didn't like what I saw myself growing into.  I was lost, I was hurt, I was angry, I was wounded and I was afraid....
Posted by Lady Sol on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:16:00 PST