I woke up and continued my animation moment from last night.
I realized that there are A LOT of kids/teenagers (and people studying animation) who were brought up only knowing Fat Albert (cause it turned into a live action movie in their lifetime), The Proud Family and The Boondocks as cartoons about Black people…
and that made me sad.
soooo this is what happened last Saturday!!
It was a perfect ending to my perfect week
At times I forget that the same way I’m growing up so are my little cousins.
Most of them arent even little anymore, I’m the little one! (and i got years on em)
They are no longer the children that used to watch Blue’s Clues, Dora, Caillou and Arthur and obsessed over Barbies, Hot Wheels and happy meals.
They are teenagers (and preteens) speaking a slang I don’t understand, they have ipods and iphones and ipads and laptops and cameras. They are swagged out and all over social media.
I got to see just how much a person (a young person… a TEENAGER… TEENAGERS) can do when they make up their minds. I was so inspired and i feel so fuzzy lol.
I attended a rally consisting of mainly high school students and they were promoting self love and reaffirming that you are PERFECTLY MADE! (they’re on tumblr).
How did i have an awesome week? everyday I was just like “today was an awesome day” lol.
I don’t know but I’m grateful for everyone I interacted with this week in particular.
I feel good all over
