My Twenty-Something Quasi-Soap

oh my god! all right, here's the sign that's on my door, and the note that I've just put in my instant messenger profile: "At approximately 12:10 (Eastern Standard Time) on March 25, 2002, history was made. Halle Berry *won* the Academy Award for Best Actress. A journey 74 years in the making has come full circle! Look for me in 2009 y'all...I'm gonna do it too! And at 12:26, Denzel Washington won the Oscar for Best Actor! History again...didn't think it would happen so soon, huh?" And it's true...history has been made! Halle is the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress! And I mean it when I say I'm gonna do it too...maybe not in 2009, but someday I will. See, three years ago, I realized that I really love to act (even though I've never been in a play or movie), and I made a promise to myself that ten years from that day, I would win an Academy Award for it. I didn't think about the fact that I am a Black w

ahhh, nothing like green tea at 6:30 in the evening. yeah, yeah, I know, "Why am I drinking green tea in the evening when I know i have a horrible sensitivity to caffeine?" well, this has been a crazy weekend. it's actually been a crazy few weeks, but that's beyond the point right now. anyway, I have to go see a three hour play tonight (provided I can still buy a ticket to get in), and I need to be able to stay awake. my acting teacher is in the play, and if he happens to catch me sleeping, I'm a dead girl. so i got into the poetry slam, but i didn't stand a chance against the other people in it. My poetry is a little different...maybe not slam-worthy. Everyone liked what I did, but I didn't make it past the 1st round. that's ok, though. all of the stuff that's been happening has made for some great poetry, most of which is now on my site. now if i could only find the means to make it look cooler... drama drama drama....that's all i can reall