weekly thread yall, whats up whats new? come chat, vent, vibe
Was out late for a concert. When my friend and I got out and started walking, we heard what sounded like 5 gunshots coming from the area we were going to. We turned around ran back to the street we were on and walked a different way. On the new route, an older black woman was going to the bus and told us go be careful out here. I wished her the same. It felt good knowing someone was looking out for my safety, even if they didn’t know me. I can’t really explain it but that interaction made me feel like a proud communist.
Also side note, when we turned around a white guy was walking by and asked if it was gunshots, we said not sure but not gonna check and he said “oh it’s gonna be a fun night” with a smile. Like he lived in the area and was used to it. Felt a bit of solidarity there too, in the sense that he reacted unexpectedly (not frantically calling the police or hysterically groveling over how bad the area is). It was like he was just integrated in the neighborhood enough to know how to navigate it.
I dunno. Maybe I’m reading to into it and just processing the weird night.
Got invited to a dinner with the local indigenous group. One of the guys reached to grab the food before everyone else could and a guy just pulled his knife out and stabbed him in the hand.
The person who got stabbed didn’t even scream. He just winced and then apologetically looked away.
been learning my parents’ native language for a few weeks now and it’s going well! it’s so much more easier to understand and consistent than English too
but online translation tools do a pretty bad job at translating so i’ve been relying on online dictionaries with example uses of phrases i wanna “translate” but i’d rather buy a dictionary. but they are only available from their home country, quite expensive and not available online at all
We have office events where we’re encouraged to dress up in our culture attire and I’m always torn on what to do. On one hand, I’d want to represent Africa but I don’t know where my family’s were taken from, and we also have actual Africans that work here so that’ll be awkward. On the other hand, I still respect the culture that Black people built but it’s been stolen so much throughout the years that it’ll just look typical.
I honestly wouldn’t know what cultural attire would be for me, other than a hair scarf I guess? you can never go wrong with giant a Africa on your shirt or something, I get compliments on my earrings.
Talked with my doc. Lowered the dose of my schizophrenia meds. I have been stable for like 4 years …lowered it already in the past. Should be fine. (Im not sure if I even need the meds tbh).
