Tuesday, November 11, 2008

They Can Just Kiss It!

Let me start by saying that I am normally a rather upbeat (to a point), positive (I try so hard), type of person, but lately. Ooooh Wee Jesus! These folks have been getting all up on my last nerve. And it's not even the customers. We've just been vibing and gettin along all good & wonderful. I'm even gettin along with the more evil, ghetto (gold birdsnest, weave-head, lollipop suckin, neck rollin), backwoods (size 20 with a size 8 pair of jeans & a shirt so short, the bottom belly hangs out, with dirty black feet) type of people. I just try to mirror them. When their neck starts to roll & their lips smack, I just do the same thing. I just have a smile on my face when I do it... Or maybe it's a smirk? Anyway, I'm having the big probs with the "massa". I'm so friggin sick of everyone questioning me, then undermining what I say. I know I prolly (yeah I said prolly) don't look very smart. I'd like to think I am. My mama & the federal government bought me an education. I'M THE ONLY EMPLOYEE AT THIS CRAPSHOOT COMPANY WITH ANYKIND OF DEGREE. But I digress... Ok, my major was something along the lines of puter programming & troubleshooting & all that jazz. NO, I'M NOT WORKING IN MY MAJOR CUZ I DON'T WANNA. But, I do know how to do a couple of thangs. We upgraded the systems here at the job & now the printers don't work. Ummkay, I know what's wrong. I could fix it in a matter of minutes. I offered to fix it for the $150 that they'd pay a technician to come out. My boss told me if I know what to do then I should do it for free cuz the owner would appreciate it and blah, blah, blah, kiss it, kiss it, kiss it. I told him if you'll pay someone to come out, and it'll take him 2 hours to get here, then you guys can cut me a check and pay me to do it right now. I even dropped it down to $100. He said no. Sooooo, I'm at work, but I have a day off. We can't do anything if the printers aren't working.... Now, you've gotta tell me if I'm wrong or not. :o)

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

President Barack H. Obama

THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRAISE THE LORD! WE MADE A DIFFERENCE!!! Acceptance Speech

DeMarius for President yr 2029

We woke up HYPE this morning. November 4, 2008 was a monumental day in our household. Everyone went about their way and made it to the polls about 7:05am. The drive over gave me the time to talk to my baby about the importance of voting. I told him how people looked down on blacks & women & treated them like second class citizens. I told stories of people being beaten, hosed, bitten by dogs & jailed just because they wanted the same rights as White Men. After I gave him his lil' history lesson, then I told him I was voting for Barack Obama and I explained why. I ended this story by saying that Barack Obama is a Black man. Everything about my 9 year old son straightened up. You could see the confidence in his eyes. He was no longer slouching, he put his head in the air and his shoulders back and said if he can become the first black president, maybe I can be the next 1. I told him I'll be the first to cast my vote!