Freesia Lane

Obama Responsible for Black White Relations in America?

Ok peeps, huddle up. Are you seriously going to tell me that Obama is responsible for fixing what is black and white broken in America because … he’s black? I did not elect him head of the NAACP. I did not elect him head of Mom’s Against Black Bigotry. And, I did not elect him head of Black People Should Stop Getting a Leg Up Inc. I elected him President of my United States, and I voted for him not ...read more

Focus.

So, I was at a chicken take-out drive-thru place recommended to me by some friends. It’s right near my new apartment in Marina del Rey, and it’s supposed to be great. There were lots of things to choose from on the menu which was like one of those McDonald’s drive-thru menus, not that I go to McDonald’s mind you. I was speaking to the guy behind the curtain through a speaker boxes explaining to him that we needed two orders ...read more

English Class. The Difference Between Us.

I rarely post things from others, but I couldn’t resist on this one because it’s so me.

Here’s a prime example of ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’ offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix. The professor told his class one day, ‘Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write ...read more

Movie Review: The Kids are Alright

I saw Lisa Cholodenko on Charlie Rose with Julienne Moore talking about her new film, The Kids are Alright, and thought it was a must see just because Lisa was so articulate and Julienne was so adoring. She went on and on about how much she’d wanted to do a Cholondenko film. I thought I should check it out.

It’s the story of a lesbian couple’s two children, sired by a sperm donor, and their desire to know him and the dynamics of a family ...read more

You Are What You Watch.

I was at dinner the other night with some people from work I don’t know well, and the subject of TV came up.

I said, “I love The Bachelorette.”

“You watch The Bachelorette?”

“Why yes I do. Does that surprise you?”

“It sure does. I thought you only read books or maybe watched the History channel.”

I didn’t get much into it but the next day I was riding to work with another person who’d been there and asked her if she thought the comment ...read more

Russian spys? Twenty years? Are you kidding me?

I kept rereading the news pieces after they caught the Russian spies wondering at the twenty years we followed them. Twenty years is a long time. A really long time. But I’m a believing American, and I still remember that all the grown up smart people in our neighborhood where I grew up built bomb shelters to protect their valuable children from the bombs that were surely arriving any day Fed Ex from east of Berlin. We were the only ...read more

All Hands on Deck

I’ve been thinking a lot about the oil spill. Now hear me out before you start with how nuts I am. I’m glad they seemingly have stopped the flow. But the fire is still burning. There are millions of gallons floating around my ocean – and your ocean – that need to be removed.

If a huge house is burning, everyone in the neighborhood becomes a firefighter. They all rush over to the burning building. They help direct traffic, run in ...read more

Your Car.

I buy my cars. I leased once when my ex told me to, but alas, when the two years were up and I was 20,000 miles over the mileage limit (do not even ask me about it) and sixteen dings over the ‘return in perfect used condition limit,’ I realized I need to buy my cars. That said, I don’t keep them long. Maybe two years at the most.

I was at a dinner the other night and this man was ...read more

Movie Review: Sex & the City 2

I have to start this review with the fact that everyone said not to bother seeing it; that the new Sex and the City was not as good as the first one and it’s a flop. So, after seeing it, I did go look at some of the reviews and shook my head in wonderment. If you have a man review a picture made purely for women (ok, and gay men), then you will never get an understanding of the ...read more

Ironing Boards

My friend Maria was visiting me last week into Memorial Day weekend. On her first morning, she came upstairs and the following conversation ensued.

“Can I use your ironing board and iron?”

“Sure, if I had one, you could surely use it.”

“You don’t have an ironing board?”

“No.”

“Do you have an iron?”