I was hoping for way more drama over Mikael (sp?) hosting the birthday party but not wanting to actually pay for it.

Okay, in all seriousness, I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's episode. The show really seemed to capture my attention tonight.

First off, I think Stacie (the African American lady) is a very interesting person. I particularly enjoyed watching the scene in which she entertained the company of her sorority sisters (and our "sister sorors" :D ) in her home. She spoke about discovering that her biological mother is German and her father, an African. It wasn't as much of a snoozer as I'd expected it to be. A VERY interesting life she seems to have, and I'm looking forward to learning more about her. :)

The other ladies, ... well, I'll wait 'til everyone has seen the episode. They are interesting, too ... although not so much in the positive sense sometimes. They finally brought out the whole Congressional Black Caucus affair the happy couple kindly waltzed in to ... uninvited. :eek:

And, Mary (the one whom, I think, questioned segregated beauty salons a few episodes back ... :rolleyes: ), ... Why does her daughter seem, ... hmmmm, ... I don't know ... "special" maybe? I'm so sorry if that sounds cruel ... :o It's just that something seemed to stand out there a little bit.

I will now be watching this show a little more often. Glad it finally picked up. ;)

I just watched this show again last night. Lynda seems to have an interest in Black gay men. I'm just saying ...

I loved Stacie's scene with her chapter Sorors chanting. You know you're getting older and haven't chanted or strolled since the last homecoming when you're chanting and "Zeta" accidentally follows the "Delta." :p That scene made me smile and yell "OO-OOP!" I see you, Sorors!

Cat and Charles are a very cute couple. They are adorable together. However, Cat is annoying by herself. She is forever the naysayer and forever the person who confuses having a sense of humor with being negative and bitchy. She doesn't care if she's offensive and she thinks that being British and having an accent makes her bitchiness eloquent or something. People eventually get tired of people like that. They will laugh with you (and at you) for a while but they'll eventually expect you to grow the hell up and shut the hell up.

Oh yeah, I'm also offended by people being disrespectful and sneaking into the CBC dinner. We pay money to attend the CBC events that have entry fees. Black folks tend not to get away with sneaking in (besides, it's more bragadocious to pay for such opportunities) and I damn sure don't expect white folks to sneak in. Whites are already the minority in such settings so don't be the minority who's there but didn't PAY to be there. :rolleyes: Like Stacie's husband said, we wouldn't be able to sneak into the Daughters of the Confederacy (he may've used a different organization) events.

This is what tickled me about Stacie, who is such a elegant sophisticated lady on all accounts, ... but when she heard this news, she started cussin' like a sailor. LOLOL! Gotta love the real-ness. ;)

Anybody catch this week's episode? Now, is it just me, or is Michaele's voice a tad bit ... I don't know, ... too masculine????????? :confused: I could be wrong. I'm a vocalist and like analyzing vocal timbre of others, ... but lately, I'm getting the impression that she's either a smoker, ... or a transexual. :rolleyes:

She just has a low, borderline raspy voice. She might be a smoker or she may just have "one of those voices."

It isn't a masculine voice.

Little known historical note: (Please be aware that my family came to the USA in the 1880s. One part of husband's family went to Canada in 1650s...so no way do we qualify for membership.) I remember hearing 20 plus years ago that a Black woman applied for membership in the DAR. She was able to prove that her ancestor(s) fought in the Revolution and (the catcher that eliminated most African Americans from membership) all members of the family were married through the generations. Her family weren't slaves during the revolution. They were free and free to marry. NBC Nightly News covered the story at that time. I think they "had to" let her in.

I saw only a bit of last night's episode: Michaele (sp?) and her husband are quite a pair...wait, you sneak into the White House breaking all sorts of federal laws and social constraints, and you threaten and are sanctimonious about a kid?!!!!! And yes the husband is a mean drunk. Stacie and her husband came across so well, supportive and kind. (fell asleep before the end of the episode).

Hey, ellebud, thanks for the historical note. :)

I keep missing these episodes and the reruns. Stacie and Michaela have a mild altercation on Thursday.

I'm sorry...I was a (modern) American history major. Things like the above fascinate me, and my mind stores lots of stuff that, while I find interesting, others don't. (And if I insulted anyone, I'm sorry.)

Stop being so apologetic. :) It's extremely interesting and nothing offensive about it. :)

DAR is a predominantly white woman's organization with events that have predominantly white attendees. The relative few nonwhite members, nonwhite attendees, and the beneficiaries of the DAR philanthropy (i.e. the underprivileged children who are predominantly nonwhite) would be very well known and very noticed. Therefore, like Stacie's husband said Black folks wouldn't be able to sneak into a DAR event that requires registering and paying.

I'm sure Tareq told her to say that.:rolleyes:

LOL @ the last two episodes.

Erica is Stacie's friend, right? She annoys the hell out of me. Maybe they cut some scenes out but I don't understand why she's coming at Cat like that. What the hell is her problem?

:rolleyes:@ this episode with them thinking they don't need an invitation for a White House event. LOL @ Michela(?) getting to the salon and kissing and hugging people so tight. I saw one of the stylists trying to free herself from the embrace and succombing because Michela(?) wouldn't let go. LOL.

So...Michela(?) was a makeup artist and a former cheerleader. What hasn't she done? :rolleyes:

I haven't been watching any of these shows.. but could it be shes the one who is a transexual?

*nope, looked it up, thats apparently the Atlanta one.