I'm wondering...

* why a black woman in my department would discourage me from working at a historically black university. The university appears to be a good fit for my interests and located in a city I would love to settle in. She, however, told me to take my "white" education to another "white" school where I will be better paid and widely accepted. She said "white people will smile in your face and stab you in the back. Black people will just stab you in the back." Either way, there's a whole lotta backstabbing going on.

* why I love the Iron Chef so much. I will watch it no matter what else is on but I would not call it my favorite television show.

* why I emailed a woman who heads a program that I would like to work with this summer (without pay, mind you) has not taken the time to email me back. I emailed her at the beginning of last week. But, alas, this is the nature of folks at black schools. Which brings me full cirlce back to musing number one.

* why Tyra Banks has a talk show?

* why sex is such a big deal (which is directly related to the previous musing). Tyra has a talk show about women who love sex. She argues that women who love sex and want it all the time have severe issues. I guess women just can't like sex, there have to be ulterior motives and psychoses.

I mean, I'm just wondering...