Brand New

I'll be 23 soon...the jordan year (a good friend of mine calls it..)
I'm lookin forward to turning anotha year grown and even more sexii lol
Like Teedra says, 'If you ain't sexii as hell then what the hell are u!?'
Gotta luv her!

So I'm doin a few things cuz my bday is on a Friday this year...woohoo!
So I'll be def treating myself because I deserve it!
Ima hit the spa..mani pedi of course..
Facial..massage..all dat!

Dinner at Hoff's Hut! This coo' lil spot off Crenshaw..ima keep it small tho...invite only! :P
My bday party will be in Hollywood tho..I won't be getting as wasted as I did on n.y.e. but I will have a few, dance a bit, and jus chill wit all my friends.

I always like this time of year because of all the holidays that are back to back...

Although it does suck to have a winter bday sometimes...

I NV those summer bdays..hmph!

But it should be cool! Cuz I'm one of the dopest chicks breathing..oh boi!

As '08 disintegrates...

Wow, okay so '08 was a little better than '07 (which was a bad year for a lot of folks)..
So I'm thinkin '09 will be even better!
I mean, I had my share of drama this year..family drama..friends turning on me..ppl fallin off left and right..along with the joy of growing closer with ppl who mean the most to me!
I grew wiser..of course..each year matures you..so that is in no way suprising..
I'm 2 more semesters closer to getting my BA degree..woop woop!
Made it another year without getting pregnant! Lol naw, I'm careful..but its still something to be a little proud of...
Hold up..I'm a lil parched....brb..

apple juuuuuiiiiicccceeeee....yes!


Anyhoo, my favorite albums this year are:

-Raheem Devaughn "Love Behind the Melody"
-Dwele "Sketches of a Man"
-Lil Wayne "The Carter III"
-Erykah Badu "New AmErykah"
-John Legend "Evolver"
-Musiq "OnMyRadio"
-T.I. "Paper Trail"
-Algebra "Purpose"
-Nas "Nas"
-Young Jeezy "Recession"
-Jazmine Sullivan "Fearless"

And 2009 I'll be lookin' for:

-Toni Braxton
-Teedra Moses
-Dr. Dre (Where Detox at????)
-Erykah Badu
-Whitney
-Eminem "Relapse"
-Mos Def "Ecstatic"
-D'Angelo
-Maxwell
-Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II"

My Trip to Sacramento

If it appears as though I had a great time...I DID!

From going to see 'The Color Purple' play, to clubbin it up, to kickin' it with old friends..all I gotta say is WOW, WHAT A WEEKEND!!

OBAMA NIGHT!!!

OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!!!

Halloweeeeeen!

Me an ma gyrl went to Nacionals in Hollywood...it was crackin'!! Seen way too many people I knew from HS tho..we were stuck in traffic for an hour tryna get there...but it all worked out cuz we found free parking!! (they were charging a dubb to park in Hollywood lasnite!!) Here are some pictures of me before I headed out....

Don't ask what I was supposed to be...I don't even know...
a sexii sumthin ma jigger I guess..

How you Doing? Farreal!!

When people ask you how you're doing, how often do you think they mean it?

I mean, the usual answer is "I'm good/fine/well"..

When I greet someone I usually say "Hi, how ya doing?"

And honestly, there are sometimes I know people just give me the usual answer because it's the thing to say..

And I do the same sometimes..

Saying hello to a neighbor who asks me how I'm doing, I say "I'm good, and yourself?" When in actuality I have a headache, have cramps, mad cuz I have entirely too many bills to pay, school sucks, I am stressed because of some of the people in my life, I need a vacay bad! But who actually tells people that from a "Hey, How are you?" Nobody wants to hear the bad, so we say we're fine, becuz it's acceptable.

People only ask how you're doing to start pointless convos about the weather. It's a convo starter really...

My close friends are the only 1s who actually care to know the real..

The passer byers and the nosey neighbors don't count..does it make me fake to give them a bunk answer?

Or maybe I say I'm good because that is what I want to be...kinda like how church folk always say "I'm blessed".. speak it into existance!! Can't be mad at that..

I'll leave you wit this hilariousness below!! LMAO!!!

It Was A Black Man..

Why is it that a Black Man can create a tiny piece called a filament (electric light - Lewis Latimer) that allows people to see in the dark? But can't be seen fit to lead a country to the true light.

Why is it that a Black Man can create an instrument (clock - Benjamin Banneker) that all people use to tell time? But people don't think it is time for him to run a country.

Why is it that a Black Man can design a place for the high authorities to meet in & a place for the president to live in (The Capital & the White House Phillip Reid (a slave) & Pierre L'Enfant)? But not good enough to lead these meetings or live in himself.

Why is it that a Black Man was brilliant enough to do the first open heart surgery (Dr. Daniel Hale Williams) and show the world how to get and preserve plasma (Dr. Charles Drew)? But not good enough to put a program in place where everyone can afford this surgery.

Why is it that a Black Man was creative enough to design an instrument (traffic light - Garrett Morgan) to bring multiple people (traffic) to a halt? But not seen creative enough to design a plan to bring all this unnecessary and worthless fighting between countries.

Why is it that a Black Man could create the soles (shoes - Jan Matzeliger) that people walk on everyday? But not seen good enough to fill the shoes of a president.

Why is it that a Black Man was smart enough & brave enough to teach himself (Fredrick Douglas &Thomas Fuller - both slaves) and others how to read, write and/or calculate math? But not seen smart enough and bold enough to calculate a platform to be President to a country that sure needs another first by us.

So you see my Brothers and Sisters what I am saying is let us not forgot our past, which led us to our present It is definitely the backbone to our future. We were good enough, smart enough, creative enough, and bold enough then, We all are as strong as our weakest link, so don't be that weak link that denies our people that chance to show we still can OVERCOME & BE THE FIRST!

VOTE FOR CHANGE!!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Mona Lisa-esque

I want you to write this to the perfect painting

A Mona Lisa-esque image shadowed by humilty

Finding whats mine, strength & ability

Queens can't be bought

Born to lead, never needing to be taught

Goddess of curiosity

Wouldn't you like to know

Mystery deprived of me

A spirit so exuberant

Like the Nile's slow and steady flow

Possession of internal jewels

Displaying all that is inside of me

For, who are you to treat such jewels like rocks

Priceless sold for cheap to relieve overstock

But the queendom is always prosperous

Even when some queens ain't down for us

They wanna be the main ones doubting us

So we leave them in clouds & dust

And as time goes by, I speed up my pace

Grass always greener and well worth the wait

Why focus on the stride, longevity is what I chase

Trickin off my destiny at a high rate

Neva dumb founded when I hit a fence or gate

I'm safe...or bate?

So good..or great?

The reaction is never fake when the outcome is fate

~Queen

Rhyme & Reason

You will never be fully satisfied
Even if given perfection
With the sweetest rendition
Of what life's coalition has in store

What more would you want in a real woman?
What she has? What they have?
Do the math…
Where 1 lacks, the others barely provide
Leading you down this indecisive path

Sky's the limit, But you are timid
Never finding reason to focus on 1
Must be fun
But I cannot fathom your motives
Especially when there are none

As I watch from backstage, the noise a bit too loud
You're just like a performer, a pleaser to the crowd
I can hear the cheers even when I'm not around
Falling for fakeness is not your style
Which is why the realest is on your speed dial

But so is her clinginess, and falsified hope
And their thirst for the words of a poet like you
You will never realize that they don't even come close
Until it is time for you to choose

A mountain easily climbed is never worth the journey
Which is why I don't mind you giving me a hard time
Stuck in your frivolous ways
You may have missed your season
Yet you are still my rhyme
And I continue to be your reason

Hated It!!

This is what I do when I'm bored and too lazy to start this 10 pager that's due for my telecomms class in a few weeks....::clears throat::

Things I just cant stand!!

-When people say "you look tired"..when in actuality you got over 8 hrs. of sleep the night before...it's like asking "are you pregnant?" to a woman who has only been slippin' on her crunches for the last year or so....Just rude!

-The fact that I attend a university that has NO football team!!! But they have the nerve to advertise a 'homecoming' this fall....For what?? There's not gonna be a game!! sheesh!

• sidenote: I love football, so it devastates me everytime I walk past our enormous stadium knowing that it isn't being put to good use...well, lemme take that back..David Beckham and the L.A. Galaxy practice and have games there...but still...why not a home football team!!

-The fact that one of my favorite shows "The Game" is being dogged out by the CW network. It's like one of the only black sitcoms on that station and they DO NOT advertise it AT ALL because they don't want it to get ratings...which means it may be cancelled...so please if you want to support please watch Fridays at 8pm (in L.A.) check your local listings for other cities...I really do love this show..does anyone watch it!?? It's fugged up it don't get the kinda love it should!!

-I hate that both my siblings living in Ohio. I have 1 older sis and 1 older brother and they have both up and left to go live with my dad's side of the fam...so I'm holding it down in southern Cali wit my moms...but I miss my siblings...I do.

-I hate how unprofessional Sarah Palin is...giving a 'shout out' to some 3rd graders in Alaska during a Vice Presidential Debate is not handlin'!! OBAMA/BIDEN '08

-I can't stand pick up lines..I went to the club this past weekend..and this guy tapped me on the shoulder and said "You know what, I have 'King' tattooed on my back in the same exact spot. What do you think that means?" I said, "Show me"..he didn't wanna show me because he was lying!! LOSER...

-Which brings me to my #1 pet peeve...I mean, this is what pisses me off the most!!=LIARS!! Hate 'em...point.blank.period...and I have the tendancy to see right through people..which means I can smell a lie from a mile away!! I never look at people the same after I have found out that they have deliberately lied to me..Lying to me insults my intelligence..Don't let these eyes fool u..