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The mother of a transgender woman spoke of her unconditional love for her daughter and the names of 26 people who died this year were read during an emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance observance in Oakland Sunday, November 16.
Sharla Walker, a human resources manager, choked up as she described the love she has for her daughter, Tanajsha Thomas, who was among the 100 or so people in the audience and is the assistant coordinator for TransVision, the agency that sponsored the event. Walker said that she had long known her daughter was transgender, and has “unconditional love” for her.
“To me, you do not throw your children away,” Walker said. “Tenajsha has to be who she needs to be.”
She advised other parents to “listen” to their children.
“I already know not to judge,” she added.
The 10th anniversary of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and the third annual event in Oakland, took place [...]

The tide almost up to the Pampletine Cliffs early morning on the 19th and Jude’s prints in the wet sand had a certain je ne sais quoi.

Part 1: Prashaad and Giving Up the P (Story Below)

Part 2: God’s Corner (Come back Wednesday, October 15, for Part 2)
Part 3: Souls Sung Clean (Come back Friday, October 17, for Part 3)
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Dear Readers,
Bhajan’s and Boys Intro: Somewhere between the 80’s and the late 90’s, Mira Mesa, my hometown, grew a Little India. Desi’s took over a strip mall section off Black Mountain Road, just before the Miramar Airforce Base. Now Mira Mesa, and the City of San Diego in general, has a Hindu temple, desi dinner spots, desi snack spots, a desi grocery store (we do love our food), and clothing boutiques (and we sho know how to dress).
But when I was growing up in San Diego, my family would drive two hours to Los Angeles to buy spices on Artesia Blvd. The closest thing to Little India in the whole damn city was the Hare Krishna [...]

Tripla sarbatoare pentru Britney Spears: pe 2 decembrie, cantareata isi va lansa, odata cu cel de-al saselea album - “Circus”, si parfumul “Hidden Fantasy”. In aceeasi zi, Spears implineste 27 de ani.
Britney a colaborat cu firma de parfumuri Elizabeth Arden, conform livenews.com. O sursa din interiorul companiei a declarat ca parfumul va avea note de vanilie si cirese. Cantareata si-a imprumutat, in trecut, numele altor parfumuri: Curious, Fantasy, In Control, Midnight Fantasy, Curious Heart and Believe. Sursa a adaugat ca “Hidden Fantasy este la fel ca si celelalte doua parfumuri Fantasy. Singura diferenta este ca flaconul are culoare rosie”.
Anul acesta, Britney a castigat 17 milioane de euro doar din vanzarea parfumurilor. Specialistii sunt de acord ca trecutul agitat si caderea psihica a cantaretei au crescut popularitatea parfumurilor si au dus la vanzari mai mari.
Printre alte vedete care si-au lansat parfumuri de-a lungul timpului se afla Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Sarah [...]

PHOTO BY SUNDARI

So yesterday the beach was calling my name! Lucky for me so to was the rockstar from NC! We all headed out to enjoy the sun, sand and surf! It was a great vacation day!
The beautiful Kuwait Hilton beach club
is an oasis of perfection in the desert!
 
 

The sun did not shine.  
It was too wet too play.
So we sat in the house. 
All that cold, cold, wet day.
                                                                     Dr. Seuss

Yeah right!….Just sit back, relax and take a load off…
never too wet to surf!
  
 

It’s finally SUNDAY!  I think a lot of us bloggers have a BBAW hangover this weekend.  So many posts to read, so many giveaways, so many awards and so much excitement!  It was a great week, put on by the tireless My Friend Amy, who did a phenomenal job putting it all together and keeping track of everything.  A round of applause for AMY!  (clap, clap, clap)

My BBAW giveaways will be ending this week too;  this one on Monday, and this one on Tuesday.  Hurry and enter if you haven’t already!
Fall has arrived here in Southern California. I used to love this time of year growing up in Michigan- back to school, sweater weather, fall colors, apple picking.  The change of seasons is more subtle in So. Cal. but when you’ve lived her awhile you start to notice small things.  We go from hot to warm, green to brown, and [...]

Una clara fanática del nuevo documental transmitido en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto sobre Paris Hilton es… la misma Paris Hilton.
Al salir de la sala de cine en la que “Paris, Not France” fue estrenada el martes por la noche en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto, Hilton aplaudió cuando se anunciaba el nombre de la directora Adria Petty para una sesión de preguntas y respuestas.
Con amplio acceso a Hilton, Petty filmó a la célebre joven hablando de su imagen, de su notorio video sexual, de los paparazzi que la siguen a todas partes y de su vida como celebridad.
No es fácil ser ella, alguien que siempre está siendo fotografiada por los paparazzi haciendo cosas tan mundanas como ordenar una hamburguesa en un restaurante de comida rápida.
Paris, Not France”, un documental acerca de la vida y asuntos de Hilton debutó el martes en el Festival Internacional de [...]

Title - Slumber of the Giants.
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Title - Guardians of the Coast.
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