What's good in your life right this minute? What do you feel positive or excited about?

I'm excited that my husband's acting career is taking off!! Since October, he's booked 11 jobs, with half of them paying.

This past Wednesday, he had a featured role in an Alan Ferguson music video for the song "Classic Man" by Jidenna. Ferguson handpicked my husband at the audition...

Robin was also featured in Wish You Were Mine by Philip George
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ypnPjz81I

he also shot an Auntie Anne's Pretzel commercial
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152989248122410

completed work on a principal role in a feature film & this spot for CareerBuilder.com:
http://youtu.be/iBV1QGxqa8g

and now that he has an agent, we are hoping for more big things to come..

d

Knocked £10k off the asking price too. Feeling smug.... but old....

... I spent most of my twenties, if I wasn't working, on dancefloors, buying girls breakfast and generally convincing myself I'd be young and carefree forever... now I'm signing up for 25 years of debt with a woman I have no intention of *ever* replacing.

I just need a kid and it's a wrap!

(I'm being a bit tongue in cheek, of course - i'm ridiculously excited and it's all happened at the perfect time.)

>Knocked £10k off the asking price too. Feeling smug.... but
>old....

She's from NC though.

>She's from NC though.

I mean I'm white, but I'm not THAT white.


>>She's from NC though.
>

everyway except the right way
apparently


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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

oh wells.

portland was awesome
my coworkers and i finna change the affordable housing game after working on stuff out there and meeting some folks
i ate so much great food
and now i'm listining to this

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-nyc-rapper-your-old-droogs-rock-inspired-new-mixtape-20150204

>portland was awesome
first off, i'm dying to go to Portland..i hear so much good about it

>my coworkers and i finna change the affordable housing game

so in case you didn't know, I help run a CDC in Newark and this conversation about affordable housing comes up a lot in the Newark-sphere among developers, other CDCs, government officials..etc...actually they talk more about mixed income housing now but whatever..

anyway, what did you learn in Portland as it relates to affordable housing?..assuming that's why you were there

d

it was a meeting of a network of organzations who created community land trusts

so basically the trust owns the land and sells or leases the housing on top of it

so the land remains dedicated to affordability permanently

which is something all major cities should be doing on a large scale
but won't ever happen honestly.


we have a plan that we want to do in our organization that will ultimately lead to creating our own trust but baby steps. lol.

>it was a meeting of a network of organzations who created
>community land trusts
>
>so basically the trust owns the land and sells or leases the
>housing on top of it
>
>so the land remains dedicated to affordability permanently
>
>which is something all major cities should be doing on a large
>scale
>but won't ever happen honestly.
>
>
>we have a plan that we want to do in our organization that
>will ultimately lead to creating our own trust but baby steps.
>lol.

just the idea of that is most certainly revolutionary...good luck. and you're right..there is no way that could ever happen in NYC and very unlikely in the political landscape of Newark

d

the city may put $ on it but not if it's already in place and semi-successful

the brioche one?
they don't ship i checked :(
lol

that voodoo one was wack in comparison

i don't mean to sound cocky but i am rocking this challenge
today is only day 19 and i'm down 5lbs already
it's keeping me motivated not to eat junk though i do want to hit up sweethaus next sunday before donuts
NOT GONNA DO IT :D
the hardest part has been planning meals for weekends but that's starting to get better
i AM treating myself to HLS this weekend bc i don't feel like cooking

i am thinking about kinetic20 and those babies :)

volunteering this wknd i think the temp is supposed to go up so yay!

happy positive friday, y'all :)

>i don't mean to sound cocky but i am rocking this challenge
>today is only day 19 and i'm down 5lbs already

fantastic!!! look it's always a huge deal to be able to change habits and stay motivated...especially the older we get so well done!!!

>it's keeping me motivated not to eat junk though i do want to
>hit up sweethaus next sunday before donuts
>NOT GONNA DO IT :D
>the hardest part has been planning meals for weekends but
>that's starting to get better
>i AM treating myself to HLS this weekend bc i don't feel like
>cooking

what is HLS?

>i am thinking about kinetic20 and those babies :)
>
>volunteering this wknd i think the temp is supposed to go up
>so yay!
>
>happy positive friday, y'all :)

http://hlsrestaurant.com/

the food is so so good

in general, the more time i spend in Maplewood, the more i wish i lived there

we are doing good :-)

via a publication i'm involved with. it's cool but i feel underwhelmed. i guess it will be good for me long term? meh.

i think i want to write a book.

i've kinda started planning my dissertation, even though i don't have to submit my proposal for a couple of months. it's basically the same as what i thought it would be when i started this masters, so i guess it's a strong idea.

i haven't been feeling too good, so i'm looking forward to resting a lot this weekend. have a good one, everyone x

is that I discovered I am a regular at my local Dominican lunch spot
and I am loved because papi gave me not one but TWO free cups of wine!
so now I'm sharing my tipsy love with y'all

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

back went out but
made it to the chiro yesterday

had so much planned for this week/weekend
but i guess imma chill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohAqApvGaV0
~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

i've never tried a chiro tho...for some reason it scares me

>i've never tried a chiro tho...for some reason it scares me

Used to scare me
But it works!
They work
And physical therapy
~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

i have been here since 845a and i am wiped out
had a scare this week but all is well now
came in for a regular appt and immediately got sent to the hospital for possible pre eclampsia
24 hours, lots of tests, and a good dress rehearsal later I was discharged with my delivery date moved up a week with lots of monitoring
hence why I have been here all damn day!
one of my babies doesn't want to cooperate with any of the tests they are running so I'm stuck

i learned a lot in that time at the hospital -
1 i'm fearless and strong
2 my husband is fcking amazing under pressure
3 babies are in great shape and would thrive outside in the world at this point
4 my hospital and doctors are the best of the best

we are ready for these babies
whether it's this tuesday or a week from then
i wasn't sure we would make it this far so whatever happens now,
i am ready for it

this wkend - if they let me go home i will be napping, putting the final touches on the nursery, having my maybe-final adults only brunch, cleaning and just getting ready for a whole new world

have a great two days everyone!

~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

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and a big time curator is coming to see it
so much anxiety i want to throw up!

lol

it was a stressful week and i'm looking forward to being home with my family on sunday.

no, really. i love coming in here every week and seeing so much movement and happiness, especially when my week has been less than stellar.

this weekend i'm gonna rely on my friends to lift my spirits and keep me laughing and remind me that there is still joy to be found.

life is good and love is good and god is good...y'all have fun & be safe this weekend, mmkay? :D

~~wbg~~
"I pray sometimes to keep my head together,
because you can use prayer however you want.
There are no rules one way or the other."
--Jami Attenberg

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