educaton now, babies later

I'm Sitting at home, Holding a baby that's crying hysterically, who just so happens to not be mine.
He's my younger brother, and also watching 4 other ones. Sometime I wonder if I was born to baby-sit the 52-thousand other children my parents would later have. I've been doing this since I can remember. Its ridiculous. I'm only fifteen. I haven't given birth to not one child, so why am I stuck at home every Friday night instead of hanging out with other cool kids like a normal teen? That's because I was born African. My parent feel like they rule me. I try to go somewhere and they say its not cool because they dont want people to know me as their daughter that's never home and is always out with her friends. Can't I live "MY" life? I mean it is mine afterall right? Or is it? I don't know. Oh and another thing that really ticked me off was that I was planning for a long time to join the track team but ol' sweet mother of mine tried to say that I can't do it because she's going back to work and my dad also works so WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH! NO BABYSITTER! But i dont care man, I need to live my life now, take care of kids later. If your going to be a parent you need to realize what your signing up for and not expect someone like me to take care of your children. So next time, think about that mother and father.

-Martha

Okay we get it! Your smart.

I was watching a Saturday night live show one evening, and one of the topics they were talking about was people who try to use a "BIGGER" vocabulary to make themselves sound "smarter" and I thought wow that's so true and its actually kinda sad. I mean I understand the people who can't help it. Its just there nature or whatever, but it gets really annoying. Like a lot. Then he showed this clip of this Business CEO, and he was speaking at a conference. The funniest part was that he was making up words that had no meanings. People figured it out because when they asked him" what he meant" by the terms he was studdering and didn't have a proper explanation. I was dying of laughter. It was hilarious. It turns out he was an intern and part of his internship was to practice his meeting hosting skills. I think he failed, or if he gave his boss a gut busting laugh maybe he'll get the job after all . So as message to everyone, use you natural voice. Using a higher vocabulary just to please others isn't being "smart" its being ignorant. Stay real. Please and thank you.

-Martha

Chris! why'd you have to get it POPPIN'

Okay, let me pause and take a deep breath. [inhale]...[exhale].

The latest news that struck me like a lightning bolt is that Chris brown, which just so happens to be my youngest celebrity crush, beat up his girlfriend Rihanna, whom i secretly envied. WHAT!? It can't be true b/c the chris I knew would never do that. Its unbelievable. Bite marks on her arms, bruises on her face, HOSPITALIZED? My world has officially crumbled. I wanna still be a little obsessed with him, but I can't he BEAT UP A GIRL! I've been a devoted fan of Brown's since like he was even chris brown. I even got both his albums and memorized all the songs. Can you call that devotion? Yeah. So now the imaginary romance we had is officially over. I don't like wife beaters. [ but i like wife beater tees] Anywho, I still can't take it all in. I mean I understand that he witnessed his mom and even experiences some domestic abusive back in the day, but thats no excuse for doing what he did. On the bright side, at least he turned himself in. On the downside, he just earned himself the title of a "once was." There will be no more CHRIS BROWN. RUN IT RUN IT. It'll only be chris brown, old boy from Tappahonnock, Virginia. WHAT A SAD SAD STORY.

Here's a little song remixed.

THERES NEVER A RIGHT TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
BUT SHE'S GOTTA MAKE THE FIRST MOVE CUZ IF SHE DONT,
YOU MIGHT END UP KILLIN HER.
NOW SHE REALLY DONT FEEL THE WAY SHE ONCE FELT ABOUT YOU
YEAH ITS NOT HER ITS YOU, AND SHE'S GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEAVE.
OOH THERES NEVER A RIGHT TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
BUT SHE KNOWS THAT YALL GOTTA GO YOUR SEPERATE WAYS
AND YOU BIT HER HARD SO SHE'S GOTTA DO, AND ITS KILLIN YOU,
BUT NOW ITS THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT TIME TO SAY GOODBYE.




Hope yall liked it, and chris i still secretly love you deep down inside, but its only a liitle speckle of love.

Follow tradition?

Follow tradition or not?
As many of you may already know, I’m African, so In this blog I’m going to write about some of the different cultural traditions that we have. Not all people follow these and some aren’t as strictly instructed anymore, but yeah you can decide for yourself if you would agree or disagree. I disagree with all of these. Sorry mom and dad. I don’t care,
Number 1:
A man is the head of the house, makes all household decision, and the woman must do what he says.
*I totally disagree with this so called tradition, because what makes a man so much more superior than a woman? She can do the exact same thing as he can. I don’t think the woman should have to do anything a man tells her to, As long as she is independent she doesn’t even have to think twice about what he says. She should be able to make decision to, I mean they’re going to effect her also. So I say she should have a part.
Number 2:
If a girl wants to marry, the parents have to agree with the Man she is trying to marry.
*For this one I’m in the middle. I disagree because, sometimes parents judge too quickly and some don’t even take the time to get to know someone. I agree though, because your parents are the people who have raised you and they try to make decisions that will benefit you, there’re not making them to hurt you so, I’m Half and half.
Number 3:
When a Man wants to marry a woman he must pay the girls family. In Africa, since they’re mostly farmers you pay with cattle.
*I disagree. Why in the world should you have to pay to marry the person you want to spend your life with. In a guys point of view, I would see this as un-fair. Wouldn’t this cause someone to not want to marry the person they wanted to marry anymore? Well if its true love maybe not, but to me its practically selling your daughter.
Number 4:
A man can have more than one wife if he chooses.
Ha yeah right! DISAGREE TO THE MAX! That’s ridiculous. I thought the whole reason you marry someone is because you love them and b/c they’re the only one you want to spend you life with. There’s no reason for having two wives. I disagree strongly.

* I apologize if you believe in any of these traditions. I’m not trying to offend anyone. This is just basically me stating my opinion. *
-Thanks
-Martha

I'll play DJ for the night.

Sweaty Bodies and lame music, that was our winterfest.

At first I wasn't going to go, but then I thought,"well what else am I gonna do?"
So I called a couple friends and we decided to go. I couldn't decide whether or not to dress up so i just wore my signature skinnies and a top I haven't worn for a while. My motto for the night was 'just have fun' and go with an open mind.Trust me I tried. The music is kind of what set me back from having fun. It was mosty rock or songs from the early like 40s? Yeah it was straight up throwback music. I think we need a new dj, oh and what's up with everyone screaming once a song they probably just heard a few minutes ago is replayed? It was getting to over the top. I think one of these days I need to host the dance, I'll play DJ for the night.

-Martha