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So to my babe,
@myronjclifton
I want to say - Happy Anniversary!!!! This has been an amazing year and I canβt wait for many more together. A million years wouldnβt be enough. I love you.
#OffTheCliff
8/22/21 β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ 5/
Thereβs a Karen at my doctorβs office complaining about how long the wait is and that she wants to speak to a βpatient coordinator.β Before I could even catch myself I blurted out βlady please shut the f**k upβ π³π¬π
Woops.
We are enthralled. Right after Judge Brown Jackson explained that her parents gave her the African name Ketanji Onyika, one of my kids yelled βYo, her name is FIRE!β
Thatβs what representation does for our babies.
Ramadan began last night. I have a few students who observe and are fasting. They asked if they could stay with me at lunch so they donβt have to watch everyone else eat. They also asked me to help them figure out which way is West in our classroom so they could pray. 1/
I donβt really care if Nancy Reagan loved to give blow jobs. Good on her if she did. I do, however, care that she was a racist and a homophobe. So ππΌπ€·π»ββοΈ
𧡠A year ago, I took a trip to meet a man in person I had met (here!) and had been getting to know for a few months. Our connection was undeniable, but would it hold up in person? Were we ACTUALLY compatible? Was our age difference going to ruin things? 1/
Every time I see and hear Hillary Clinton, I get mad all over again. Sheβs just SO DAMN INTELLIGENT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. We couldβve had it all but you were playing. And by βyouβ I mean white voters.
We had a nice chat on the way. I told him where I live and to holler anytime he needs something or wants to chat. As I walked back home, I started BAWLING. I'm talking heaving, heavy crying. I don't know why. But I'm glad I met Mr. Rufus. I'll keep a look out for him now. ππ 3/
Exactly two years ago on this date, I was flying to Sacramento to meet Myron for the first time. Today we fly together there as an engaged couple about to move in together. I am so blessed! π₯°β€οΈβοΈ
I was walking home and passed an older man on the sidewalk with a walker. I kept going at first but something told me to turn around. He had two shopping bags and was struggling to hold them and his walker. I ran to my apartment (at the corner), put my stuff down and ran back. 1/
White Latinos really think their white skin is going to grant them entry into white supremacy. It wonβt you fuckin pendejos. They will infect your brain, use you to destroy the rest of us, and once theyβre done with you, you will be discarded like the trash you are.
Nope. We would be fighting. Iβm not THAT cool a bride. Idc if you say itβs old fashioned or not, nobody better be wearing white at my wedding. I will kick you out, try me.
Look! Look at her!!! We done got ourselves a baby! Teenlet and I picked her out, we adopted her from our local shelter.
Meet Shuri Clifton! β€οΈππββ¬
We said to each other: βOff the cliff.β And we jumped. Iβm so glad we followed our hearts and took the chance, together. Instead of falling, we flew. Iβve had the best year of my life, and the most healthy relationship Iβve ever been in. Iβm in love. 4/
About to sit in the chair for hair and makeup. Itβs happening!!
#OnCloudClifton
*I see all your well wishes and will do my best to respond but I am going to enjoy our wedding day and will be off my phone most of the day. Thank you all for all the love!!
In three weeks, Iβll no longer live alone in NYC. In four weeks, I start a new job. Now that my new job is in place and Iβve put in my resignation, I can finally announce it. Watch out, West Coast - Iβm coming!!
#OffTheCliff
I told yβall this h a g ainβt shit. And she sings off-key on the record. Talentless and racistβ¦and fvck Orlando Bloom too because heβs married to her.
You guys! Myron and I came to my auntβs to stay until we leave on Monday. I thought my auntie was having a little bbq for me as a little going away party. Well, these fools have been conspiring for months and they surprised me WITH MY MOM!!! They flew my mom in from Florida ππ
This tweet and many of the replies are awfully out of touch and frankly classist af. I guess you all come from lots of money, because this looks like a perfectly lovely home that Iβd hope to be able to afford someday.
When it rains it pours, or so they say. Itβs with an extremely heavy heart that I write this. My boy, my constant companion for the past 10 yrs, the sweetest and smartest kitty boy youβve ever met, Heathcliff, has crossed the rainbow bridge. I am heartbroken. (Last Days πΈ) 1/
He was barely 10 feet further along. I asked him if he needed help with his bags and he looked at me and said "Thank you, Miss, you're a godsend!" and promptly melted my heart. I walked him home and up his stoop, carried his bags to the entry of his place. 2/
But the instant we locked eyes as I came down that escalator in Sacramento, I knew. We were NOT nuts, and this wasnβt make-believe. This was something real. We had a FANTASTIC weekend. We decided we were going to do this. A committed, long-distance, bicoastal relationship. 3/
This is my godson Lucas. First, he stole my birthday, and then he stole my heart! Today is our birthday and itβs safe to say weβre giving true Leo energy.
#BirthdayTwins
#AugustLeos
I posted wedding pics today on all the socialsβ¦so Iβve been getting passive aggressive βwow just heard the news, congratulationsβ texts from people who I know are salty they werenβt invitedβ¦1/
I will have her back always. Nothing the media or maga idiots say about her will ever sway me. Iβm
#KHive
for life, you hear? Been there from the beginning and will be there until the very end. Which wonβt be until after her two terms as president. Mark my words.
Were WE nuts to be trying to date someone on the opposite coast? Would his friends and family accept me? Would we have physical chemistry? Was I nuts for doing this??!!* I was so nervous!!
*spoiler alert - I was not. 2/
Imagine being in your 50s, still posting nudes for attention in menopause when you should be chilling with the grandkids. Aging with dignity is no longer a thing
We did a thing yesterday. Meet my new baby, Storm!! This city girl who walked and took the subway for over a decade now has a car again! Watch out, California, Iβm on the road! ππ
Iβm so fvckin sick of these damn networks and their bias against democrats. Letβs call it what it is, because thereβs no other reason they would be reporting Paul Pelosiβs attack this way. They are both-sides-ing it by talking about protests in front of Kavanaughβs home. 1/
So far this week Iβve had two kids run to hug me at the pep rally, one tell me my outfits are always cute, one tell another teacher they love my class, and one spend their lunch period hanging out in my office with me. I think Iβm breaking through here in Cali. 1/
My class is at the school library and the librarian was sharing pics from the National Portrait Gallery. She shows them a portrait and says βDo you know who this is?β And my whole class yelled βJOHN LEWIS!!β
She was shocked and I was proud.
Shuri is already the Queen of our castle. This is her Lady Lair now! She is perfection, even her nipped ear is precious. πββ¬π
Itβs gonna be hard to go to work today (and every day from now on) ππ
I never see people telling doctors or lawyers how to do their job but they sure do want to tell teachers how to do theirs. I have a god damn masterβs degree, I think I know more about teaching than someone who doesnβt. Maybe just listen to teachers when it comes to education.
Parents: if your kid is sick, keep them home and take them to the doctor!!!! Donβt send them to school. What the absolute fvck is wrong with people?! And the school nurse telling me a kidβs cough is βjust a regular coldβ?! Bi**h, how do YOU know without a test?!
Weddings are expensive! If we ainβt talked in the last few years why in thee entire fuck would you think you deserve to be at my intimate wedding? We had 50 guests! LMAOβ¦
Happiest of Birthdays to my partner in love who has the biggest, most generous heart and the smile to match.
It may be your birthday but Iβm the one who received a gift the day I met you.
ππππ₯³π
Baby, have the most wonderful day, and see you in a week!
@myronjclifton
Iβd like to remind you all that there are people in red states THAT DID NOT VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS AND THEY DONβT DESERVE YOUR SELF-RIGHTEOUS DERISION OR DEMANDS THEY JUST UP AND MOVE. Ffs I didnβt think this needed to be said again.
If I'm not mistaken, exactly one year ago today, when the election was called for Pres. Biden, Always On Camera had an epic Twitter meltdown, very similar to today's. The woman is not a Democrat.
(Not letting her chill today, I'm sick of her sh*t)
NEW: James Carlson, one of the primary agitators in the recent Columbia's riots, turns out to be a millionaireβs heir with a long history of violent protests.
A lawyer and self-styled anarchist, Carlson is the son of late ad mogul Dick Tarlow.
Despite his privilegedβ¦
Lord, I made this man walk from 86th and Central Park West, through the park, up to 116th, into the barrio...πππ Welcome to NY baby!
@DearDean22
I keep my Christmas decorations until Three Kings Day. Iβm Puerto Rican. π€·π»ββοΈ
But also, even most Americans keep their stuff up until New Yearβs. Stop being scroogesβ¦or at the very least, stop judging us who arenβt.
I swear people love to be outraged by every damn thing. You donβt like Caitlyn Clark - even though sheβs a great player, be for real- OKβ¦but youβre taking away the fact that Hannah Stuelke had a great game. She is the reason they won tonight.
Soooooo, I have a new co-teacher started after the break, and weβve been meeting to plan our next unit. Neither of us want to read The Great Gatsby like the original co-teacher had wanted, because weβre tired of reading books by βͺοΈ men about βͺοΈ men. 1/
Happy Anniversary babe! Thereβs no one in the world Iβd rather start an adventure with than youβ¦and weβre starting the most amazing adventure there is. I love you!!
@myronjclifton