GPhrenology

Nicki Minaj on ‘The Tonight Show’ starring Jimmy Fallon

My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means “The road is good.” Quick lesson: My tribe is Igbo, and you name your kid something that tells your history and hopefully predicts your future. So anyway, in grade school, because my last name started with an A, I was the first in roll call, and nobody ever knew how to pronounce it. So I went home and asked my mother if I could be called Zoe. I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent she said, “Why?” I said, “Nobody can pronounce it.” Without missing a beat, she said, “If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.”

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bell hooks (via perfect)

'Tis the Season: How to Survive Your Office Holiday Party

…I asked what do I do…but after the conversation I really didn’t give it much thought…stuck on I’m his heart and how much he cares… This is where my thinking too much makes living a problem…I heard every word that man said and stuck to the part that makes it ok for me to accept a blatant NO and...

Happy 56th, Spike.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, love Joe

Nevermind. 

That’s all.

Sound familiar?