Archives for category: Personal

We Done Here?

August 24th, 2010 //
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So this weekend was far more emotional than expected, making the past 72 hours very taxing. Let’s just say that when a friend of your ex asks you to help him move and go to his birthday dinner, you should expect that your ex will show up with their bitchy family members and barely legal boyfriend.

Anyway…

I’ve talked on the blog before about my older brother Smokedawg, and how after all these years, there’s really not much I have to say or want to say to him. I think the last time I mentioned him on this blog was back in 2006. There’s not much to report. He’s still in jail with no sort of release date because he keeps violating probation by breaking the law. The latest crime was stealing copper pipes from newly constructed homes to sell through recycling.

However, as an unfortunate side effect of all this family tree exploration, members from BOTH sides of my family have been tag-teaming me trying to form some kind of Celie/Nettie reunion between me and my older brother.

In order for that to happen though, he’d have to be more like a doting sibling and less like…well…Mister.
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That’s What Family’s Supposed To Do!

August 14th, 2010 //
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One unintended and annoying side effect of my whole family tree research is that now people I haven’t spoken to in over ten years (or in some cases, ever), are now coming out of the woodwork and trying to create an instant family connection.

I guess rifling through all those branches meant a few nuts would fall out.
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Addendum

July 12th, 2010 //
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Well, I knew the conclusion of that last series was going to be a doozy, but I had no idea it would cause such an outpouring of comments. People wrote me, called me, texted me…you’d think they were talking me off the ledge and preventing me from jumping! Even though the events of the series’ posts altogether occurred months ago, the feeling was still a little fresh, and talking about it was extremely cathartic.

I’m flattered. Really.

As stated in the last post, I was in Miami for the past few days staying on South Beach, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, walking the beach at sunrise, reading, and not getting any sleep. I knew that South Beach was crazy raucous, but add Spain’s World Cup win to that, and the party just keeps on going.

Despite that, I did get some much needed R&R and time to think, write, and plan. Now I’m back home and ready to keep the momentum going. So don’t worry about me! At this rate, I’ll be back to posting once a month in no time.