just in case you're wondering what my saturday will be like...

it will involve "the brother from another planet."

just fyi.

cool video TOTES ripped from gawker

1. daniel day lewis' tear-jerking dedication of his SAG best actor award to heath ledger:
   

2. "the root" is apparently a site connected to both the washington post and henry louis gates' pbs special, "african american lives 2," that will be airing on PBS in february. if these clips are any indication, i'm probably going to need to invest in the DVDs for my next teaching job:
   don cheadle finds out his ancestors were owned by the chicasaw.
   oh boy, does this make me wonder. there is definitely some choctaw on my dad's side (which is where my family says i get my now-considered-beautiful curls (they were a little late on the memo)), and now don's story is making me think our relationship to my ancestors may not have been what i assumed it was...
   HLG! Research me!

one of those tidbits of info that prove that i'm a freak

did you know that they subbed in another actress as harriet in the last season of family matters? i thought that fresh prince was the only show that depended on the age-old stereotype that all black people look alike to sub in a much lighter-skinned and completely different-looking black woman for another. i'm baffled right now.

and those of you who know me on facebook know about another bafflement from this weekend's television watching:

j.c. chasez?