I Take It Back

Okay, so apparently I missed some key elements during my first viewing of the new epi of "The Boondocks". The episode is classic MacGruder...cynical, subversive and funny as hell. I will say that when I watched last Sunday I was in and out of the room, trying to get ready for work the next day, so I admit missing a lot. I hang my head in shame...

Sometimes...I get tired

I am a woman raising a man. And I admit that 70% of the time, I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. How do I teach a man, how to be a man? How do I give a man the insight he needs to be the best man he can possibly be? Why is it that, by virtue of me being a "strong black woman" (and really, what fucking CHOICE do I have) I am just expected to KNOW what to do to take this man-child to manhood? Where is the man who made this child with me? Why does he get to slack off EVERYDAY, but I get the side eye when I decide that I want to sleep in on Saturday? Why do I have to cry in private? Why do I have to hide my pain...frustration? They say "never let them see you sweat" well I'm sweating, dammit. I don't care who sees. I just want someone to hear me when the shit gets real and I need to vent. I ain't giving up...I just need to let it out.

Sometimes...I get tired, too.

So...I watched the latest Boondocks epi...

and the thrill is gone. Aww, Aaron...we hardly knew ya.