American Flags at Veteran?s Memorial Waterfront Park
American Flags at Veteran?s Memorial Waterfront Park Originally uploaded by williamhartz Can you believe it? I?m a veteran and I almost forgot about Veteran?s Day. It?s one of the few holidays I can actually celebrate. LOL Happy Veteran?s Day!
Episode 4 – The Farm
Click to Play This is video I shot when I visited my Dad in South Carolina. I like goats. Their poop isn’t mushy and it doesn’t stink. Plus, they eat grass so they’re natural lawn mowers.
Making money via blogging
I don’t think my blog will ever be popular in the blogosphere. However, if it should ever come to be, I will never pass the cost of reading/maintaining my blog to my readers. Why is this? Because there are people with blogs and video blogs who make money via advertisements. Companies are willing to pay [...]
My Curly Hair
IMG_2248.JPG Originally uploaded by Shavonne I really like my hair like this. I really do. But there are things that come along with wearing my hair like this that I don’t like. For example, I had to load my hair with a lot of goo to get it to look like this. I used products [...]
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision Originally uploaded by Shavonne I took a trip to the Apple store to play around with the new Macs. I always take a picture with one of the computers to commemorate the occasion.
Life in the AV
Before I left Afghanistan, I said to a friend “My friends are probably up to the same stuff they were up to when I left.” It turned out to be true. I’ve been home for over two weeks now and back to the life I had been hoping to escape by now. Why did I [...]
The biggest bunch of POPPYCOCK I’ve read in a long time.
One reason I stopped thinking of black men as natural mates (for myself and other black women in general). It’s also another reason why I’m not Christian (or Muslim). A real man will never have to beat his woman into submission.
My New Website
I bought iLife ’08 and installed it. I tested out the iWeb application and redesigned my blog. I’m not sure I want to host my website with dot Mac. Many of the features I’m used to with WordPress/Dot5hosting I’m not getting with dot Mac. One feature I like about my blog now is that I [...]
Journey Home
I lucked out when I landed in Bagram. I was able to get myself book for a flight out that night. Manas, Kyrgyzstan – I don’t know what to say about the place. It doesn’t appear to be dangerous because folks stationed there can leave the base. It is in a tax-free zone so that’s [...]
Setting an example
?I am fortunate to have been raised by my father, married to my mother, raising kids together and setting strong moral and ethical standards.” – Diva, Musings of a Diva I’ve been bombarded lately with people who have no regard for setting any kind of example for their children. I met a man today who [...]
First Things and Other Things
IMG_0980.JPG Originally uploaded by Shavonne When I get home, the first thing I’m going to do is hit an In N Out burger. I’ve been craving a real cheeseburger since I left California. It’s one of the few restaurants I’ll miss if I ever leave California. Now, for the other things. One of the unappealing [...]
What About Our Daughters vs. BET
There’s been some controversy over BET’s new show “Hot Ghetto Mess”. A fellow blogger from What About Our Daughters took a stance against the show by targeting companies that advertised during the show’s premier and it worked. Sort of. I’m no fan of BET. In fact, even if I were able to watch the network, [...]
The Duggars
The Duggars are due to have their 17th baby! Wow! I’ve watched a couple of documentaries about this family on Discovery channel and I’m total in awe of how many children are in this family. The Duggars make it look so easy. And the children look so happy! (I’ve written about this family before, but [...]
KAIA early in the morning
IMG_1581.JPG, originally uploaded by Shavonne. Since I’ve managed to get the blog this feature of flickr working, I’ll be posting a picture with every post. I took this at KAIA which is at Kabul International Airport. This picture doesn’t do the view any justice. The mountains were 100 times bigger in person. My camera, which [...]
Toilet brush usage
IMG_1574.JPG, originally uploaded by Shavonne. This picture is displayed in the bathrooms at KAIA. Apparently someone has tried to use the toilet brush for more than just cleaning the toilet.
Stream of Conscience Post
I'm selfish or so I was told by a co-worker. His exact words were "Youdon't want to have kids because you're selfish." Let me explain the conversation at work. I mentioned that I don'tdate men with children because at this point in my life, I'm not sureI want kids. So why bother myself with somebody [...]
Afghanistan
I haven't blogged in a while. In fact, I haven't felt much likesurfing the net. I spend maybe 20 minutes a week on my computer.Most of the time I'm reading or listening to music. Oh and catchingup on Desperate Housewives. I also watched the last season of Lostand 4400 and Grey's Anatomy. Yes, yes, I've [...]
Star and Crescent
Here is the star and crescent. My camera didn’t do this any justice but it’s the best I’ve got. Everyone was talking about it today.
Happy Post Father’s Day
I know my previous entry was indeed on the wack side, but my emotionswere in a better place than my Mother's Day post. I don't know whatit is about my Dad, but it really is comforting and easy to talk tohim. He and I chatted for over an hour about his ranch and about being [...]
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father's Day! Just wanted to say that. Got to tallk to my dad now. – Shavonne
Why I left the Army in the first place
I had to attend some meeting today. I had no idea what it was about,I was just told by the SGM in my office I had to attend. I can honestly tell you I could have spent that time in the officeworking. The person I had to hear speak only repeated the same shit Iheard [...]
Total Meltdown
I don't think my coworkers at my civilian job has ever seen me lose mycool or go into mega bitch mode. I mean if they did, they wouldn't beso great at sending me care packages with dried craisins. Nordo I ever remember the anger and frustration I'm feeling right nowwhen I was at my civilian [...]
Not leaving anytime soon
I went to the national support element to inquire about a departuredate for myself and the person there told me I could leave as long aswho ever I report to gave the okay. I was really happy to hear that. Then at lunch I sat with the colonel in charge of the branch I workfor [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother's Day to those who are mothers. I'm not a mother, sodon't even think about wishing me a Happy Mother's Day. I had a lousy day at work. Everyday is usually lousy but today wasespecially lousy. I don't want to get too deep into it, but let's justsay customer service is a pretty sucky [...]
