Tayari's Blog: On My Way To My Natural Habitat
Posted by TayariJones on October 2, 2006 08:46 PM
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Tomorrow, I hit the road, bound for Atlanta, Georgia where I was born and raised, to read at Emory University. This means I have to pack. While I was waiting on my clothes to finish drying, I was clicking around YouTube and guess what I found: a black woman on the Colbert Report. Amazing. And funny too.
Also, before I hit the road, I'll give you an update on the mysterious watermelon slice on my back porch. I still don't know what's up with that.
At the urging on friends, I called the police who arrived quick fast in a hurry. (So that answers your other question: I don't live in a black neighborhood.) Well, the officer, a brother, fairly easy on the eyes, came and took a look around.
"It's a watermelon," he said.
"Sure is," I said.
"Hmm," he said, "It would be different if it was, like, a cantaloupe."
"Or even a honey dew," I said.
Brother-Officer was kind enough to dispose of the offending slice. "I am going to file a report of suspicious activity," he said. "That way, if things escalate, we can have a paper trail."
"Escalate?" I said. "You mean like next time they might leave a fried chicken dinner?"
"I don't think they'd go that far," said Brother-Officer.
"Well, what about a two piece snack with biscuit?"
"Light or dark?" he asked.
"But really," I said. "What if there's a cross burning?"
Brother-Officer said, "For something like that, you'd definitely want to give us a call."
Fine print: details have been embellished for the sake of drama.
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Comment #1, by Jackie ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
Hee hee hee.
Now if you had been in a black neighborhood, you would have finished the next chapter of your book waiting on someone to show up.
October 4, 2006 11:20 AM
Comment #2, by Shelley Shockley
The whole watermelon thing is a little bizarre and depending on how majority your neighborhood is I would be cautious, but how interesting that you happened upon my Congresswoman on YouTube.
October 4, 2006 03:23 PM
Comment #3, by Shelley Shockley
I forgot to mention...It seems as though the brother officer might be a shining light at the end of a dark tunnel. I hope you got his badge number etc.
October 4, 2006 03:24 PM