I'm so proud and humbled to be in such a beautiful sisterhood as my awesome Sigma Gamma Rho. Anytime anyone asks me why did I pick Sigma over the other sororities, I have to ask them, "Were there really any other options?" To be completely frank, I know deeeeeep in my hearrrrrrrt (*sorry, got distracted*) that if I had become a part of any other sorority, I'd only be a t-shirt wearer. I would have gotten my letters and kept it pushing. I never do that for Sigma. I can't say what the future will hold, but I keep my sorority near and dear to my heart.

I'll admit that I looked like a neophyte today. I wore a royal blue shirt with a golden "EE-YIP!" across the chest. I RHOcked that new platinum status satin baseball jacket with the sparkly letters, and I even wore my yellow rubberband on the wrist. But how couldn't I celebrate so much after attending a national Founders Day observance??? It was like a mini-boule, and I loved it. I cannot wait for Boule '08 in Detroit.

So to my sexy soRHOrs of Sigma Gamma Rho, I say let's continue to be women who bless the world through our motto of "Greater Service, Greater Progress". If there's hate out there, let the "others" hate. Even after the hate, there's still 85 years of stRHOng love overflowing and keeping our sorority not just alive but thriving. EEEEEE-YIP!!!

I keep forgetting this job pays my bills but does not fulfill me or even make me happy. It's just a job. Therefore, I gotta spare some of my energy so I can work on blogging and writing in general.

The BlackOut on November 2. That's today. You all have heard about. If you haven't, maybe you stay off MySpace and YouTube and go read some news from time. Huey Freeman did tell us that he knows we don't read the newspapers. Anyway, I'm not thinking this plan is well thought out, and it cannot be well executed. It's one freaking day out of the year that you want me to avoid spending money if possible. Just one day. Payday Friday for me.

Well, if I want to avoid spending on Friday, I could have easily gone shopping and filled up my gas tank on Thursday evening just as I did. If possible, I can wait until Saturday to do my spending. There could be other Saturday shoppers that procrastinated just like me, and we'll just double the usual Saturday shopping numbers. As positive as I usually am, I cannot see how one day of non-spending will have an impact on America's pockets. Just one day.

How about we take it back to the "old school" and really sacrifice by boycotting one specific business for a month or even a whole year. The Montgomery Bus Boycott did the same thing. Look how we benefited from our grandparents' dedication and focus.

Maybe I'm being a pessimist for once, but I just don't see the impact this will make. Maybe if we focused on one particular industry or one particular giant. For example, maybe we'd tell black people to cancel their gym membership to XYZ gym ASAP. Just cancel them whenever the contract is up, or just walk on out of there. Go join another gym that doesn't offend us for whatever reason. There just needs to be better focus....

Speaking of focus, here is one way that a colleague of mine threw off my entire focus: