Random Internet Wanderings

50 books every black woman should read:

1.    Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

2.    The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

3.    Sister Citizen by Melissa Harris-Perry

4.    The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

5.    Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson

6.    Cane by Jean Toomer

7.    The Prisoner's Wife by asha bandele

8.    Krik? Krak? by Edwidge Danticat

9.    Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

10.    The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman

11.    Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman

12.    Black Bourgeoise by E. Franklin Frazier

13.    Jubilee by Margaret Walker

14.    Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

15.    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

16.    Kindred by Octavia Butler

17.    One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant

18.    In Search of Satisfaction by J. California Cooper

19.    Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

20.    A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

21.    A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

22.    Black Betty by Walter Mosley

23.    Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

24.    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

25.    for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is not enuf by Ntozake Shange

26.    Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman by Michele Wallace

27.    The Color Purple by Alice Walker

28.    The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois

29.    The Street by Ann Petry

30.    The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

31.    Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall

32.    This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga

33.    Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

34.    Waiting to Exhale by Terri McMillan

35.    Native Son by Richard Wright

36.    Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

37.    Kehinde by Buchi Emecheta

38.    We a BaddDDD People by Sonia Sanchez

39.    The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes

40.    Fences by August Wilson

41.    The Debt by Randall Robinson

42.    Conversations With God: Two Centuries of Prayers by African-Americans by James Melvin Washington

43.    The Little Black Book of Success by Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda Joy McLean and Marsha Haygood

44.    Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

45.    Why I Love Black Women by Michael Eric Dyson

46.    The Wedding by Dorothy West

47.    When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan Morgan

48.    Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

49.    What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage

50.    Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

I haven't read any of the above but I have seen a few of the movies that were based on the books.

( Via: 

http://www.essence.com/2012/11/08/write-or-die-chick-50-good-books-every-black-woman-should-read

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Humour...

26 Things...(Part 1)

I am turning 26 in about 5 months and I am kind of crazy about birthdays , they just make me realise that I am growing older (Duh) and therefore should be reaching for more . Usually I draw up a list of really elaborate and big plans that I plan to accomplish within that year. More times than not unfortunately I fail miserably.
This year however I've decided to take things much slower and just draw a list of things that I would enjoy doing or would find adventurous.
Sooo...a list of 26 things I want to do before I turn 26.
I'll cancel these things off the list as I go along and they are accomplished, I know some of them will be hard to do but I wouldn't do even attempt them if I don't set the goal, so I might as well try.

1. Watch a horror movie by myself at the cinema.
I know this would not be a big deal to most people , I am however the biggest scaredy cat I know and have never even seen a horror movie , true story.
2. Send flowers to my best friend for no reason.
She's just an awesome human being and deserves it.
3. Take my parents and little brother out for dinner at a nice restaurant.
4. Test drive a car I know I cannot afford ( 3 Series anyone?)
5. Dance in the rain ( I have actually done this a few times before and I love it sooo much)
6. Run a 10K race with the girls.
7. Take a pole dancing class with the girls ( I think we'll do this for my birthday next year)
8. Read the new testament from beginning to end.

That's it for now , I am thinking up the things as I go along.

xoxo

DayDreaming...( Home Edition)

  Love theses photos of some amazing lounges and Libraries. 

Nothing says Baws like a cute bookshelf and a faux fur couch

Big couch + Lots of books  = Heaven

Fitness Craze

Lately I seem to be obsessed with gym and fitness, I'm at the gym about 3 times a week ( Wish I could do more , but alas a hectic schedule) and run about 10 km every saturday.
Sooo enjoying the changes to my body, it's amazing really.

My friends and I at a breast cancer walkathon over the weekend.

2012 Olympics and it's starring men

Everyone who knows me probably also knows that I'm a huge sports fan...so events like the olympics are super exciting for me. I especially loved the London Olympics because South Africa got 6 medals ( Our biggest haul ever) an I could not have been prouder..

Now on to the business of the day , the 5 hottest men in the olympics:

5.Usain Bolt

Well my best friend loves him so he gets a mention, plus he's super tall which in my book is always a plus 

 4. Cullen Jones  

American Swimmer

3. Ryan Lochte

Fine, fine white man'

 1. David Rudisha 

Kenyan Running sensation

1.Yohan Blake

Love Him

Sigh...Fours years is such a long time but next stop , Rio de Janeiro.
xoxo

Time for new hair.

Sooo...I've been somewhere between very short and no hair for the past few years and I think I am finally ready for a change. I loved being bald but honestly a change is in order....some of the hairstyles I am considering. 

Loving the box braids

Hmmmm...Might be hard to maintain

Wondering whether  a hair dresser in Kempton Park can get this right...

My hair is still a little short for any of these currently , but you know I like to be prepared...

XOXO