May 9th, ya'll

-On a precipice.....wings don't fail me now.

On my way to work this morning, after dropping from the vehicle, as I walked towards my office - I saw an Amazon. A freakin' Amazon.

She was walking in towards me, and when I saw where the top of her head broke the horizon, I took a quick glance shoe-ward to confirm that , yes - heels.

But the subtraction that followed left me with the conclusion that this chick was blo'y tall. 5 more pounds spread over her frame would most likely be unnoticeable.
-I immediately thought 'Model' and when she passed me I woulda had to look up to see her face clearly. I'm 5'7".

Needless to say I wish I were taller. And I'm no teenager, so I daresay it's not likely. Seeing a freakin Amazon did nothing to aid this....uh, well, slightly ridiculous, self-induced plight. [sigh]

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There's a chick on YouTube that's my dread-inspiration. She also happens to be wicked funny in my opinion. And apparently, we look alike. I happen to think she's beautiful so I don't mind AT ALL :)
Plus it gives me and idea of what Bee would look like during that dreaded short-short-dread stage. How sweet is that?
- Did I mention she's 5'10"?

Blo'y 'Ell!! [double sigh]

-God,may I have the grace (uh, commonsense?) to do what I'm supposed to, please?
Amen

Comments

love 5'7 is not even bad. combine that with heels and u're good to go.
doug said…
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Anonymous said…
the short-dread stage for me was terrible, humiliating, ugly...arrgghh!!! One girl actually covered her hair for a full year before she "released" her dreads to the public.lol. Its great when they're locked though. They look nice ALL the time. Plus people always fail at defining you. I always get asked...are you a singer/rapper? - doug
Thirty + said…
What you want to be taller than 5 7


OOkkkaayye no comments
Afronuts said…
come on...stop envying her and figure how to make ur shawty self look real good and smashing
La Reine said…
Uh, Disclaimer:
I know my height issue is a 'slightly ridiculous, self-induced plight', I called myself out already. Perhaps I shoulda said 'extremely ridiculous'.....

lighty: Yay heels!
charizard: lol
anon..: Hey Doug, where'd you go?
anonymous gal: Thanks jare.
30+: I know, I know...
lolu kush: Aight...
LG said…
5 7, my sistah, nothing do u jare, carry go!!!!


*how body?*
5'7" & u r still craning ur neck 2 look @ her? jeez, how tall was d lady?? 7ft?
doug said…
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doug said…
ol...I was hiding trying to speed up closure for someone who kept going to my blog to "try to understand me" in her words.
The url is now http://theartofmusing.blogspot.com/. You should be able to follow it from my ID anyway.
Sherri said…
lol@amazon
look on the bright side, u can find shoes anywhere!
La Reine said…
LG: I'm aight, how are you?
Free-flowing...: Ask me o!
doug: Followed!
Sherri: I actually have a bit of a hard time with that, you'd think I was the blo'y Amazon
Naija Chickito said…
Lol. You are not serious. Glad you are out of that 'self induced plight' as you so correctly referred to it. Those of us shorter than 5'7" should jump into the lake huh?

Anyway, how you dey. You must be really brave to want to do dreads oh...
Chari said…
am back joo...
flawsandall said…
whats "Blo'y"? I like lost on that..I wanna use ur coollingo too
pssst, bout being tall. you know how dey say if you too tall dem no go marry you..especially if you want to marry a naija man who are at the short end of the spectrum.lol
The Activist said…
May I see the youtube babe?
Afrobabe said…
You want to be taller than 5'7? that dont sound good babes...I am 5'4 and rocking the heels...
LG said…
just checking up on u hun,
hope u r doing gr8t?
doug said…
Sorry, I just saw your tag. I forgot I'd turned on moderation for my comments earlier. I've turned it off .lol. Looking into the tag now. Not sure I fully understand it but I saw a post were you did it so I should be able to figure it out. This should be fun.
Miz Arkitect said…
hey thanks for checking on me. !!!! so i am 5'7" too and i wish i was @ leat 2" taller lol is that too much to ask or????
test said…
the 5'10 life has it's pros and cons.
one major con, big feet. i'm a size 11 and while i love to shoe shop, many of the styles i love aren't available in my size. jeans can also be an issue. i was wearing capris before they were "in" mainly because i couldn't find pants that were long enough, so i ended up hemming mine to match the classic style. luckily i found a tall guy who compliments my height, but there are some guys don't want to date us amazons. you just have to be happy with how you are, and work what you've got. 5'7 is still tall!
Maryee said…
My sister covered her hair for months after she got Sisterlocks and she'd been dreaded before. Now she can't cover nothing. It's toooo long and too thick. I'm 5'5 and can only imagine how it'd be to be near 6' tall.