On The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
YAY!!! so glad that you guys have finally picked up on this. #teamwhitejay
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On Back to School Clothes
I remember my shoes. I wore Black Campus Adidas with fat white laces.. The rest were just jeans and "vintage T shirts" of my dad's advertizing all manner of things from the 80's. My mom made them into a quilt when I went to college (probably only so I would stop wearing them...) I had my all black everything phase in 5th grade. And even though my friends were all "Black Goths," through junior and senior year of high school I wore only primary colors. Red yellow Blue (sometimes Green). I had a green Pine Bluff Paper Mill Jacket I wore CONSTANTLY and I also had an Blue and Yellow Adidas jacket when I wanted to flip the script...
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On Different Categories of People Without A/C in Order of the Reasonable Sympathy One Bears for Them
You do kind of "get used to the heat." I moved to Houston from Detroit last July and thought I was going to die of heat stroke. But now I regularly go outside to eat lunch in 98 degree heat, just to escape the arctic blast of the AC in the office. The humidity is another beast. 98degrees and 80% humidity? It's like I live in someone's mouth...
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On Beauty Q&A: Summer Skin, Summer Feet, Summer Face
Lady with the hair? You need to "wrap" your hair at night. I feel like us black girls grow up knowing how to do this, but it works for everyone.
You take your hair at the part and with a paddle brush wrap your hair around your whole head. So your head is like one giant roller.
Here is a youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbvAh3AVFa0
The KEY is how to keep it wrapped while you sleep... Pantyhose my dear. I use an old (clean) pair of hose and pop that on my head, giving it an extra twist and then winding the legs around (or you can cut them off for a wig cap look) It looks crazy, but your hair will be straight when you wake up! :)
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On Five Ways to Ensure Your Wedding Doesn’t Suck
@LuluLurker OMG! So true. I ended up squeezing past this by taking my brother (we are very close in age and he is also a friend of the groom) I am glad he was there, 'cause there were NO single men at the wedding. They too were dating at some point (actually the minute before they actually got married). It's not like we would bring random dudes to the wedding!
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On Five Ways to Ensure Your Wedding Doesn’t Suck
Please, If you are not having a "typical American wedding" please inform your guests who are not of your culture what to expect. An email... something! I spent a ton of $$ going to a Pakistani wedding of one of my school friends, and while it was beautiful, I had no idea what was going on. Even what I should have been wearing. I was not able to drop a bunch of $$ on a sari, that I wasn't going to wear again. All the Google in the world didn't really help. Also, She didn't have a seating chart (which is annoying to make, but absolutely necessary). Please. You have invited us, it is the least you can do.
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On Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure
I caught ALL the ponycorns! LOL That was cute.
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On How to Sleep on a Plane, or BYOB, Bring Your Own Blanket
The hum of the airplane ventilation system puts me to sleep immediately. It's my kryptonite.