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\"Chiwetel,<\/a>

Chiwetel, a Nigerian (kind of) who is not the person I’m blogging about today, but who looks good on my blog<\/p><\/div>\n

On Friday, I went to my former school to print some things out. \u00a0I was about to walk into a building when I noticed an African-American girl in front of me. \u00a0She was about my age, give or take a year, and she was walking rather slowly, so I eventually walked past her. \u00a0She had on a white pair of leggings, a white shirt, and a pair of white sandals. \u00a0Her leggings weren’t full in length; they stopped midway between her knees and her ankles. \u00a0Her shirt had three-quarter sleeves, stopped somewhere between her elbows and her wrists. \u00a0Her sandals were the thong kind, the kind that had the little thing between the big toe and the second toe.<\/p><\/div>\n

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She was not skinny or small in stature. \u00a0On the contrary, she was probably about my size, except, perhaps with a heavier, nicer butt. \u00a0Yes, I noticed her butt. \u00a0As a matter of fact, that’s probably why I’m blogging. \u00a0With each step this girl took, I could not help but notice the decadent and\u00a0rhythmic\u00a0swaying of her hips, the bouncing of her butt cheeks, the thickness of her thighs, and even the way the wind blew the soft brown highlights in her hair.<\/div>\n
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And so, when I got to the building before her, I did not do what I would have, should have done. \u00a0I would have, should have opened the door, gone through, and then,\u00a0courteously\u00a0held the door ajar for her. \u00a0Instead, like a doorman, I opened it and waited for her to go past first. \u00a0I even said, “Go ahead.”<\/i> \u00a0And she did. \u00a0As she walked past me, my eyes were still fixated on her. \u00a0Facially, she was forgettable. \u00a0As I type this now, I don’t remember her face anymore. \u00a0I do, however, remember her butt, her hips, her hair, the color of her skin, her sandals, and possibly, the size of her breasts.<\/div>\n
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As I walked behind her, I found myself scratching my head, mesmerized by two things:<\/div>\n
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1. \u00a0Could this be how all the gay people became gay?<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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2. \u00a0Why on earth did I not leave the house looking like her?!\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Now, if you’ll excuse me, there is a pair of three-quarter leggings somewhere calling my name!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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