{"id":8946,"date":"2014-07-02T13:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T17:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gracebiskie.com\/?p=8946"},"modified":"2014-07-02T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T17:56:45","slug":"im-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/everydayblackmatters\/2014\/07\/02\/im-june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Into {June 2014}"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><h3>Read &amp; Reading:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8947\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"photo-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m only half way through <em>We\u2019ll Always Have Paris.<\/em>\u00a0 Such. good. funny. writing.\u00a0 Perfect beach\/pool book!<\/li>\n<li>I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/gracebiskie.com\/2014\/06\/30\/going-okay\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a mini review<\/a> of <em>You\u2019re Going to Be Okay<\/em> by Holley Gerth.\u00a0 For those of you in the midst of tough times, I strongly recommend it.\u00a0 It helped elevate me over my funk.<\/li>\n<li>It seems like every summer I get excited about juicing again.\u00a0 It just feels right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>T.V.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanks to Leigh, I started <em>Sherlock<\/em> on Netflix \u2013so good!\u00a0 The writing. The actors. The plot. Love it. All of it.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m 3 years in to Project: Finish <em>Frasier<\/em>. I\u2019m now on Season 10, episode 9.\u00a0 Niles is hilarious.<\/li>\n<li>I started <em>Homeland<\/em>.\u00a0 Hello intense.<\/li>\n<li>I finished Season 3 of <em>Scandal<\/em> finally. That show makes me want to never trust another human being ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I absolutely loved <em>About Time<\/em> which was made from the Director of <em>Love Actually<\/em>.\u00a0 Need I say more?<\/li>\n<li><em>About Last Night.<\/em>\u00a0 Kevin Hart KILLS it in this movie.\u00a0 He\u2019s such an incredible comedic actor. Also? Michael Ealy.<\/li>\n<li><em>Peeples<\/em> (on Netflix).\u00a0 Can I just say how WEIRD it is to watch a bubbly, bouncing, smiling, dancing singing Kerry Washington after having finished Scandal.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost meta.<\/li>\n<li><em>Stuck in Love.<\/em>\u00a0 (on Netflix) I really enjoyed this movie.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s because it\u2019s about a whole family of writers.<\/li>\n<li><em>Life Happens.<\/em> (on Netflix). Meh.\u00a0 I could barely get over how much I HATED Kate Bosworth\u2019s character in the movie.\u00a0 Loathed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Music<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A little Andy Mineo,\u00a0 a little Pink, a little Jhene\u2019 Aiko.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things I Love<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Swimming as a work-out.<\/li>\n<li>Reading on the sun porch, but especially when my little Rhysie-Bear comes out to join me.<\/li>\n<li>Taking my boys to the festivals, swimming, fairs and myriad of outdoor activities our city has to offer the munchkins.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8950\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mango Sherbert.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPlaying\u201d tennis with my boys.\u00a0 It\u2019s the cutest catastrophe you ever did see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-5.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8951\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo-5\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2018Ish I\u2019m up to<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>De-cluttering.\u00a0 Donating lots of old clothes, old papers, old books.\u00a0 It feels good to purge.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve been tinkering away on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MixedHAIRitage\/videos\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my new YouTube natural hair channel: Mixed HAIRitage<\/a> &amp; it\u2019s accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MixedHAIRitage?ref=hl\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook page<\/a>.\u00a0 (&lt;\u2014Hop on over &amp; join the community if you have interest in all things natural hair).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8948\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/693\/2014\/07\/photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"photo-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"583\"><\/a>Some Cool Things We Did<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I hosted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gracebiskie.com\/2014\/06\/25\/love-flash-mob-zevelyn\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Love Flash Mob<\/a> for my cousin Zevelyn &amp; her sweet boy.\u00a0 We were able to raise $905 of the desired $1375.\u00a0 Her need is still the same, so you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/ar0kuw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">give via GoFundMe. \u00a0<\/a>Thank you, thank you, thank you!<\/li>\n<li>You guys also generously helped me out <a href=\"http:\/\/gracebiskie.com\/2014\/06\/14\/use-help\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">when I asked<\/a>.\u00a0 Thank you, thank you, thank you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Favorite Blogs I\u2019ve Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019ll curate that list for this weekend\u2019s, <em>For You Netizen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Linking up this week with Leigh\u2019s <strong>What I\u2019m Into<\/strong> Community!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/p><div style=\"width: 250px;margin: 0 auto\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leighkramer.com\/blog\/what-im-into\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leighkramer.com\/What%20I%27m%20Into%20button.jpg\" alt=\"What I'm Into\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\"> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read &amp; Reading: I\u2019m only half way through We\u2019ll Always Have Paris.\u00a0 Such. good. funny. writing.\u00a0 Perfect beach\/pool book! 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