Mmmm, now I want cornmeal mush.

Oh, god, mush. I have no idea how my Grandma did it, but I cannot recreate it.

I don't know why it irks me more when black people use racial euphemisms than when white people do. But why the fuck do they have to do it?

I am always overhearing conversations on the bus, and black people are always asking people, "Oh is (this person you are talking about) white or black?" whearas the white people are all like "Um, is she, you know 'urban'?..."

Big Brother is watching us: [link]

Catfish! I haven't had that in forever. Maybe since New Orleans.

Lunch today will be pizza leftovers, as long as my stomach complies.

At the juvenile hall, which is mostly black and Latina/o, they ask for "urban books," which they mean to be about blacks/Latina/os/gangs/inner-city.

I had an early lunch of pizza leftovers. Lunch twinsies!

"Urban books" (or for that matter TV shows) makes a whole lot more sense to me; there's a question of subject matter. It's the euphemismification into people that makes me @@. I always want to answer Sophia's example of "is he, you know, urban" with "Oh, no, not at all! He's a black dude from waythehellremotesuburb."

Catfish! I haven't had that in forever. Maybe since New Orleans.

I need to go back to Louisiana for catfish. I don't eat that kind of seafood in Texas usually, and I haven't had it since my grandparents died.

There is a place up the street...I have tonight's shows DVRed...Perhaps I shall have cajun for dinner!

My lunch inspires dinners. I feel rather accomplished!

I did my first organized bike ride yesterday morning and it was hard (lots of huge hills) but fun. I only did about 9 miles but they were pretty kick ass ones and I could have gone farther but i needed to get back to town.

And I had my first bike spill (as an adult)! I was happy to get it over with. I need to learn to look behind me and not turn my handle bars in the direction I'm looking, evidently. Anyway, I didn't break or twist anything or hit my (be-helmeted) head. I just have lots of scrapes and lovely bruises on my legs. Which will look AWESOME with my new raspberry dress!

I only did about 9 miles but they were pretty kick ass ones and I could have gone farther but i needed to get back to town.

hey, when there's mileS involved, the word "only" doesn't exist. Go you!

Well, The Wire has black folks and is urban. But I would not place, say, FResh Prince in the same category as the Wire, even if, weirdly enough,they both have David Simons working on staff. And what about "Seinfeld" and "Sex and The City"? They are completely about city people doing city stuff.