My Personal Space in the World

A young Black woman, mother to four children, trying to find some kind of existence in this vast space called earth.

Monday, January 31, 2005

The Joke is on Miss Jones

It's been a while since I posted but it has been a busy month for me with getting back in to the groove of my spring semester of school. This subject may be a little late but rather late than never.

Today I viewed the words to the so-called "Tsunami Song" played numerous times on Hot 97 FM here in NYC through a ACLU forum I joined at NYU. I do have to admit that even though some of the lyrics were humorous, the whole catastrophic event was not. How could any of the morning DJs and producers at that station allow a song like that to hit the airwaves? Did they not think that the station would not receive negative feedback? Or was that their intentions all along? Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all. It was probably done to counteract the return of Star and Bucwild on Power 105 FM. Since the duo's return, people have been tuning in to their antics in droves and Miss Jones and her morning crew couldn't take the heat. Or better yet couldn't ride the wave...on second thought, maybe I shouldn't have typed that...

Anyway, what I don't understand is why Miss Jones would do the same type of skit that Star did regarding Aaliyah. The same type of skit that she was so enraged about that she walked out in the middle of the show and refused to return for days. Which takes me back to my previous statement - she couldn't handle losing her listeners to Star. So desperate times call for desperate measures. But if the song was meant to be only a joke, what was so funny about it? Miss Jones may end up losing her job behind this stunt, just like Star. So it seems like the joke is only on her.

Thursday, January 06, 2005

A New Year Has Begun

Happy New Year to one and all!

I've been so busy with holiday shopping and studying for final exams, I didn't get a chance to write. I am so glad that the holidays and final exams are over!! But I'm not too happy with all of my grades. I really shouldn't knock what I received but I can't help it. I took four classes - healthcare management, CQI/TQM (that's a quality assurance class), Math Strategies (remedial) and Writing Workshop II. I got all the grades that I expected except for my writing class. I was expecting at least A- or a A and I ended up with a B+. I am really upset because I never missed a class and was one of the few that always handed in our paper and essays on time and I ALWAYS excepted constructive criticism from the instructor. Receiving the B+ didn't really make much of a difference in my GPA. It rose from 3.42 to 3.47 but I was aiming to get over 3.5. I still think I am doing pretty good for a single mother rearing four children but I try to set high expectations for myself and it gets a little disheartening not to meet them. Oh, well....c'est la vie!

Over the holiday, I was really disturbed to hear about the devastation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. But for some reason I really wasn't surprised. My mother and I had a conversation about this and I mentioned to her that such a horrific event sounds like something out of the Book of Revelations. She confirmed what I was feeling. She agreed with me that it is definitely a sign of the times and that everything mentioned in Revelations is coming to pass. I believe her because although I don't attend church regularly, she does and she knows a lot more than I do. I really need to get myself back in church because I'm not trying to spend the rest of eternity in fiery heat.

A friend of mine told me that there are blogs that show the devastation in those areas but she didn't mention which ones. Since I'm still relatively new to blogs, would anybody have any idea how I can go about looking them up?

Time for me to go. Hopefully, I will be able to write in more often. Keep the comments coming. I love to hear from fellow bloggers like myself.

Peace,
Trili