I am 17 months post relaxer and it is crazy. Since I took a little break from working out, I decided to also take a break from doing my hair. I have been getting it straightened for the past couple of months. I forgot how simple straight hair made my life. I literally wrap and go.
But my donut (flabby stomach) is starting to return and I am going to have to go back to the basement to get my body right and tight again. That means that paying all of that money for a fabulous flat iron will be useless. I've been thinking long and hard about this. I've decided that if/when I return to exercising, I will continue to go to my current stylist. However, I will only let her wash and blow dry my hair. Maybe I'll co-wash it in between visits. That should cut down on the time it takes to do my hair on wash days.
Since I wasn't obsessing over my hair, I passed the summer by reading. Here are some of the highlights.
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness by Toure: From the title of this non-fiction book I thought he was going to rant about how America has really become a color-blind society. I was wrong. I loved this book because to Toure, post-blackness means limitless. It means that BlackAmericans should drop the phrase, "Black people don't do that." Gone are the days when we had to feel restricted because of our race. That does not mean that racism does not exist, but it means that we don't have to let our race or racism keep us from accomplishing things outside of what is expected of black people. Toure used stories from his past as well as some other Black Americans to get his point across.
Room by Emma Donaghue: This is a fictional story of a kidnapped woman and her five-year-old son. What made this book so interesting is that the boy is the narrator. I thought it was going to be annoying to hear this story from his perspective, but he made it very intriguing. He didn't have the influence of experience. All he had was that room and his imagination. He made me realize that you really can't miss something that you've never had. With that said, the boy and his mother go on a frightening, emotional and thrilling journey to find their version of freedom.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: I loved this book. If you are news junkie, the best way I can describe this story is a mix of the Lacy Peterson and Casey Anthony stories on crack!! In this thriller, a wife disappears. Through the search for her, we learn about her husband's dirty secrets, her crazy secrets and why so many marriages fail. At the end of this book, I found myself saying do I really know my husband? Does he really know me? Of course the answer to both questions is yes...at least I think it is.
Up next for me is a book called Swamplandia by Karen Russell
But my donut (flabby stomach) is starting to return and I am going to have to go back to the basement to get my body right and tight again. That means that paying all of that money for a fabulous flat iron will be useless. I've been thinking long and hard about this. I've decided that if/when I return to exercising, I will continue to go to my current stylist. However, I will only let her wash and blow dry my hair. Maybe I'll co-wash it in between visits. That should cut down on the time it takes to do my hair on wash days.
Since I wasn't obsessing over my hair, I passed the summer by reading. Here are some of the highlights.
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness by Toure: From the title of this non-fiction book I thought he was going to rant about how America has really become a color-blind society. I was wrong. I loved this book because to Toure, post-blackness means limitless. It means that BlackAmericans should drop the phrase, "Black people don't do that." Gone are the days when we had to feel restricted because of our race. That does not mean that racism does not exist, but it means that we don't have to let our race or racism keep us from accomplishing things outside of what is expected of black people. Toure used stories from his past as well as some other Black Americans to get his point across.
Room by Emma Donaghue: This is a fictional story of a kidnapped woman and her five-year-old son. What made this book so interesting is that the boy is the narrator. I thought it was going to be annoying to hear this story from his perspective, but he made it very intriguing. He didn't have the influence of experience. All he had was that room and his imagination. He made me realize that you really can't miss something that you've never had. With that said, the boy and his mother go on a frightening, emotional and thrilling journey to find their version of freedom.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: I loved this book. If you are news junkie, the best way I can describe this story is a mix of the Lacy Peterson and Casey Anthony stories on crack!! In this thriller, a wife disappears. Through the search for her, we learn about her husband's dirty secrets, her crazy secrets and why so many marriages fail. At the end of this book, I found myself saying do I really know my husband? Does he really know me? Of course the answer to both questions is yes...at least I think it is.
Up next for me is a book called Swamplandia by Karen Russell
