| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| 1929-1968 |
| Monday, January 15, 2007 |
 Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Since he means different things to different people, I'll just let you speak on what he meant to you.
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to keep this brief...we were blessed to have such a "drum major" for humanity.
but, just like Christmas, the holiday is slowly becoming more commercialized, especially in "our" community to get yo' party on during that "day" off or "freedom" or "free at last" of high prices..come shop at my store!
if it can work for Christmas, who is dr. king????
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Yeah, everything is about the dollar in America.
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Lance, good point. I try to make certain to stay out of stores on the "Holiday" and try to make it a day of service.
My grandmother took me to hear the I Have a Dream speach. She was a maid at the the National capitol YMCA which at the time was only about 5 blocks from the National Mall. She snuck me into the overnight maid's chambers the night before so that we could get an early start the next morning. We both dressed in our church clothes and headed out and joined the crowds of people making their way to the Mall. Unfortunately, being only 5 years old I don't remember many of the details of the day but there was a "collective" emotion in the air that I would many years later call "pride." It was an awesome experience.
I do remember the day he was killed. I remember my mother screaming into the phone, "Lawd, they done shot the president." It was many years later before I understood why she said what she did.
Yes, I think we were fortunate to have a Martin Luther King and just as it is important to acknowledge his dream I think it is even more important for us to dream a new dream -- our own dream -- to make this a better world.
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Very few men (black or white) has made the impact that Martin Luther King Jr made on our society. We've come a long way, but we still have some work to do.
I hope that this generation will realize the sacrifices that he made and the rest of our forefathers and mothers made so that we could enjoy the kind of life most of us enjoy today.
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to keep this brief...we were blessed to have such a "drum major" for humanity.
but, just like Christmas, the holiday is slowly becoming more commercialized, especially in "our" community to get yo' party on during that "day" off or "freedom" or "free at last" of high prices..come shop at my store!
if it can work for Christmas, who is dr. king????