2007 December Archive at Jasiri

Archive for December, 2007

A Very Merry Christmas Despite a Very Cranky Baby

Published by dara on December 31, 2007 in family. 6 Comments

You see that photo? That’s what I had to endure Christmas day and the days leading up. The poor thing was a sniffling, coughing, cranky handful! Christmas was still beautiful despite the infant-induced headaches. The best gift I received? An imprint of Nia’s hand that she made at her new daycare. I got all teary-eyed when I unwrapped it. That precious and tiny hand. And she’ll be 1 in less than two months, I can’t believe it!Of course Nia didn’t know what was going on. My dad bought her a keyboard. She also had a few other gifts, but it seemed her favorite thing to play with was the wrapping paper! Does this remind you of the wooden spoon? Hahaha!!

It was a great day! Our family had an ‘Asian Christmas.’ We were a little sick of the traditional dishes of collard greens, yams, dressing, etc. So we suggested everyone bring an Asian influenced dish. There were egg rolls, fried rice, crab wontons, and much more. It was nice to mix things up a bit.

I hope everyone parties safe tonight.

2008 is gonna be my year, but more on that in my new year’s post.

Cheers!

One of My Favorite Photos

Published by dara on December 15, 2007 in family and pics. 3 Comments

Single motherhood, getting acclimated to my new job, wrapping up school, and just plain tiredness, have all contributed to the delay of this post. Several days ago Vegan Momma tagged me in a post titled “What’s One of Your Favorite Photos?” There are no specifics listed so I’m assuming this selection can be any photo I like. It was really difficult to narrow it down, and I can’t say conclusively that my selection is my absolute favorite photo of all time. But the picture makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

This is me (age unknown, but I’m guessing around 2-years-old) and my daddy. We were in my grandma’s kitchen in West Memphis, Arkansas. Every time I look at this picture I wonder if he was trying to get me to look at the orange, eat it, or…I just don’t know. I get nostalgic looking at this photo, remembering the many looooong road trips to my grandma’s house; spending summers with her; the huge backyard; her dogs, Vincent and Lady (who had one eye, the other was scratched out by a cat) whom she called her babies. All such good memories. So yes, this is one of my favorite pictures.

Going Underground

Published by dara on December 12, 2007 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Every now and then I must take a break. This is one of those times. My “real” life is getting kind of hectic. Gotta focus on my darling and some other important things in my life. Will be back shortly. Stay tuned

And to Vegan Momma, I got the tag. Will post soon.

Let’s Talk About ‘Good Hair’

Published by dara on December 10, 2007 in Uncategorized. 8 Comments

People crack me up! I stopped at the gas station on my drive home from work last night. Got out of the car, and this man says, “Let me guess…6 years, right?

“Huh?”

“No…7 years?” he asks me.

So I’m looking at this man like he’s crazy. Because he can’t be asking if I’m 6 or 7 years old. Then he says he’s talking about my hair. How long have I’ve been growing my hair. Ok, so he’s not kooky. I tell him around 2 1/2 years. He’s shocked, and I tell him my hair grows fast…blah, blah, blah. Then the store clerk says, “Yeah, she got that good hair.” Aaaggghhh!!!!!!! Three things:

First, this phrase makes my ears BLEED!!!! I can’t stand to hear it (although, my sisters and I use it when we’re joking about how hung up on hair some people are).

Second, I’ve never felt that I had ‘good hair.’ That is, not the definition of good hair inherent in the clerk’s use of the word. My hair is thick, and kinky, and difficult to comb, and I used to dislike it very much.

Third, I do feel that I now have good hair, because it’s healthy. Good hair is healthy hair, according to my definition. I just want us to stop thinking of good hair as hair with a particular texture. Good hair can be tightly coiled, loosely curled, bone straight, kinky, etc. If it’s healthy, it’s GOOD!

What about you, how do you feel about ‘good hair?’ What has been your experience with the term?

Kiddies In The Hood

Published by dara on December 7, 2007 in photography and pics. 5 Comments

I love my camera. This past summer I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT, and have enjoyed snapping photos every chance I get. I’m a novice, and think I would enjoy taking a photography class. But mostly I’m just learning through trial and error, and a digital camera makes it easy to learn this way.

The photo above was taken in September. My sisters and I were heading out to Raleigh one evening, when I stepped out of the house I saw the darlings sitting under this beautiful umbrella! Snap!

The girl on the left and the little cutie in the middle, their mom makes yummy Indian food. She cooks quite often and I just love walking past her house when I’m headed to my car. Oh, the smells! She sent over many dishes when I was pregnant. And I devoured them all.

Knowledge Everywhere Is Valuable

Published by dara on December 6, 2007 in academics, culture, education and worldwide. 0 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEnROIs-eVQ

I’m a big fan of Wikipedia, I’ve even edited a few articles.
What they’re doing here is GREAT!!!

Idiots Who Make School Zones Unsafe!

Published by dara on December 5, 2007 in rant. 2 Comments

I would say I’m a relatively calm driver. I rarely succumb to road rage, never been in an accident nor had a ticket. But today a driver pissed me off to the point that I wanted to jump out of my car and jack him up! I’m driving down the road,when I get to a school zone and slow down. School zones here are 25 mph and signaled by a yellow and white sign with yellow flashing lights. Now I see the sign, the drivers in the car beside and in front of me see the sign. But the idiot behind me is practically on my bumper waiting for a gap in the adjacent lane so he can cut in front of me.

So it happens, and he maneuvers in front and speeds off like a bat outta hell. I honked my horn–an attempt to jolt him out of his trance and make him aware of the school zone. Now even if he didn’t see the school zone signs and flashing lights, to the left of us was a big ass school! Did he not see that?!! When we get to a stop light he had the nerve to grill me from his rear view mirror. Ooooh, it took me channeling all my past spiritual teachings to not jump out of the car. I’m talking Conversations With God, Buddhist philosophy, Deepak Chopra, all of it! There are homes directly across the street from the school and kids cross at this time of day. What if…? I think my anger is justified. I’m just concerned about the children, ’cause Dara luh da kids!