Dude. I'm still on the Michelle Obama high. And I ain't the only one!
I wrote a little top ten about it! Like to hear it? Here it go!
Today I bring you:
THE TOP TEN THINGS I HEARD PEOPLE SAY IN AND AROUND THE HAIR SALON TODAY IN REFERENCE TO MICHELLE OBAMA AND HER DNC SPEECH LAST NIGHT
#10
"Come on, man. Don't try to play me. Are you trying to play me?"
#9
"Michelle Obama did so well last night!"
"Man, she killed it."
"Sooo inspiring!"
"And did you see that she had on high heels, too?"
"Yeah, that's because she wasn't standing next to her husband. You know she rocks the kitten heels when he's around."
"Oh."
#8
"I was so proud of Michelle! She's her own woman! Love it!"
"Since when did we get on a first name basis with the first lady of the United States?"
"Because she's our homegirl."
"Yeah! And she can double dutch."
#7
"She is so beautiful and smart."
"Awesome."
"And you can tell that she got Barack sprung."
"Uuuhh, okay."
#6
"OMG! I was crying for almost her entire speech."
"Girl, I was crying for her whole speech."
"Hell, I started crying when Mayor Castro started giving his mama a shout out! By the time Michelle came on, I was unconscious."
(laughter)
"So you didn't hear her speech?"
"I woke back up when I heard the Stevie Wonder music."
(Everyone starts singing "Signed, Sealed, Delivered.")
#5
Beauty supply dude walks in with box of hair supplies.
Dude: "Whoooo! Honey, I'm tired from watching the DNC last night!"
Lady: "Us, too!"
Dude: "Baby, did you see Miss Michelle?"
Lady: "Did I?"
Dude: "Honey she DID that."
Lady: "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout?"
Dude: "Okaaaay?"
Lady: "Crushed it."
Dude: "Killed it."
Lady: "And not the pink dress with the arms out!"
Dude: "And not the silked out hair with the flip?"
Lady: "Oh and she was like, 'Don't get it twisted, I know the issues!'"
Dude: "I know that's right!"
Lady: "She was like, 'Princeton, haters."
Dude: "Harvard Law, b---ches. What."
Lady: "What."
Dude: "She shut it DOWN!"
Lady: "Dooooown!"
Dude: "Good night!"
Lady: "Lights off."
Dude: "Killed it."
Lady: "Crushed it."
Dude: "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout?"
Lady: "Chile please."
Dude: "Whew. I'm exhausted all over again."
#4
"I think I might have a crush on Michelle Obama."
"I know I have one."
"Yeah, I pretty much want to be her."
#3
"Damn, did y'all see Michelle's hair last night?"
"It was beat down! Yessirrrrrr!" (note: "beat down" is a good thing.)
"Hey Sakinah! Do you think that was a relaxer or just flat ironed?"
"I would say natural but she works out a lot. It's probably relaxed and she has a good stylist."
"Y'all need your butts kicked for talking about her hair when she said so many important things last night."
"Umm, excuse me? Aren't we in the damn hair salon?"
"Oh yeah."
#2
"Aww man! I missed it!"
"And you . . .pretty much suck."
(Everyone else nodding in agreement.)
#1
Everybody: "She DID THE DOGGONE THANG!!!"
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Happy Wednesday. Again.
As a biracial child of the 60s, I shudder when I think of what my mom went through and how we had to live because she had a black baby. She died in '73, and as I cried thru Michelle's speech (as I did 4 years ago) I wished so much that my mom were alive to see this. It's been 4 years, and sometimes it's still hard to believe it's true.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? Your mama was a brave soul. This I know for sure. And she sure did have a beautiful and smart daughter!
DeleteI'm still tripping too. The thing that makes me love Obama the most is that he has her as a wife. She is not going to let him get away with SHIT.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I'm saying.
Yes! I love the idea of her saying, "Dude, PLEASE!" Ha ha ha. Love her.
DeleteShe flat out rocked it. Love this post!!
ReplyDeleteAs Bill said yesterday, 'We need to elect the man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.' She is so phenomenal. I loved the pic of the President, Sasha and Malia watching her, too.
ReplyDeleteShe is everything every amazing woman I know aspires to be. She is everything every mother of an amazing boy I know wants to see in a daughter-in-law.
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