IT'S SNOWING in ALABAMA

On March 1st...

The last time this happened I was 5 years old, but somehow I still remember it...and I want to say it happened again when I was a little older, but maybe not.

But in any event. This is awesome, and it ain't just a few flurries...it is SNOWING out here! It's lovely, and I feel blessed to be witnessing it right now.

Last night, my school's Black Student Awareness Committee put on a stepshow...so you know there were parties and the like going on...so I know a lot of people are missing this because they are sleep and/or hungover.

So yeah...March 1 2009--it snowed in Alabama...

and lol...why my aunties, cousins, and grandma just called me like, "It's snowing in Montgomery!!!!" LOL!! How cute! And it's awesome because my 3 year old cousin gets to witness this just as I did. They say you start developing cognitive memories at age 3, so along with pictures, I doubt this will be a day that Snook will soon forget..

DEUCE!

"Just Believe and Receive It

God will perform it TODAY"!!!

I'm in a semi-good mood today... My last post was a bit harsh...but time and communication has allowed me to move past some stuff...let go and LET GOD! He's blessed me beyond measure, and when it all comes down to it, I'm much too blessed to be stressed with anybody's mess!!

Someone wise (KIT) reminded me that there's no back-tracking...I've let most of the pain and bitterness go...She said what many friends and my mother have said..."Don't give it back to him"...IT being that power he had over me...he tried for a little over a week to keep that string...to keep pulling it tighter. But something in me had already snapped, his hold had already died. It's best to let some things die...or at least die-down. Time heals wounds and builds maturity...

Anyhoo....

Here are some thoughts for today:

"God has a plan for your life and He can change you if you want to be changed" -Rev. Bryant

"He who is destined to do great things must go through great trials" -Pastor Hollis

And here is my jam from the Clark Sisters: "You Brought The Sunshine"

You Brought The Sunshine - The Clark Sisters

Updates and Shit

So on the 10th of January I got that all too familiar text message from ole dude basically telling me that we needed to chill out and he really wasn't ready for the direction I seemed to be leading him. He needs to focus on, and establish himself. He said that he may sound a little selfish, but if he doesn't do those things, who will? And buddy...i totally agree...I can't ESTABLISH you by any means, any more than I can establish my damn self. I totally agreed with everything he wrote in that text message...but the heartache was still there because at the time I felt that him needing to focus had nothing to do with US...but it did because in essence I WAS/AM a distraction to his goals...not necessarily a bad distraction, but one nonetheless...And to top it all off...this, my friends, was not the first time I'd seen this exact text message. It was the third time. So when was I gonna get the picture that he is not ready for me? When he's standing unwillingly at an altar, dreading the vows to come because he knows we're bonded for life after that?? No...so I nipped that shit in the bud. Gave him all the space he needed. We talked on the 14th...and he came at me with the, "You don't fuck with me no more" bit...and I'm like Whatthefuckever!!! But we had a good convo. He called again a few days later with the same line, and this time I told him what I'm telling you right now. He needs the space so I gave to him! When was I gonna get the hint, you know?!? "Oh so you mad over a lil text message, huh?" was his reply...my answer was No...I'm just doing what you asked. I still care about you, but all that other stuff is done. And I'm done. He got quiet and when I kept trying to talk he blurted out, "Let's just talk about something else", so we did. I changed the subject and we talked for a good bit after that. I knew things would be different from now on because instead of good night, we both said good-bye...But hopefully he's not so pissy that we can't continue to be friends...Anyhoo

On the 15th, my life changed for ever....well at least my love life. To make an amazingly long story short, this guy I've known since childhood calls me while I'm sitting at my aunt's house and he's like, "Happy Belated Birthday!! What you doin?" I told him I was with fam and he was like, "Are you free to go to the movies tonight?" I was like..no...plus my weave was fucked up so I definitely wasn't going out in public like that, let alone with a dude. So with his persistance, he suggests Sunday (the 16th), and I reluctantly agree...Sunday I avoided him...I even thought about backing out and telling him I couldn' go because I had to baby sit.... The problem wasn't him, persay...I just never really cared for EXTREMELY NICE, WELL-RAISED guys, which he is....He is very handsome, awesome body, extrememly intelligent and goal-oriented...but good girls like to go for bad and I wanted my thug!!!

But boy, am I glad I went on this date. Not only was it my first real date EVER, the dude treated me like a princess the WHOLE time. He opened his car door for me, he made sure I was on the inside of the street when we walked, he paid for the tickets (which is not TOO common these days for dudes my age). He was the PERFECT gentleman! Then after the movie and everything we go back to my house and just sit in the driveway for 2 hrs talking....I learned so much about how a man should be treating ME...not just any woman, but ME!! I am a good girl and well-deserving of true love.

This dude told me some stuff that had tears in my eyes. I know now that I should have never put myself in the position to be treated any less than what I am, and that is a freaking LADY! I am looking foward to getting to know him better and hopefully building a relationship. Our commonalities are uncanny and we have history, so the pros definitely outweigh the cons as far as first impressions. I love his style and his drive and the fact that he looks scrumptous doesn't hurt either. He's a true sweetheart and he brought back that little tingling feeling (no not the horny one) that you have all over your body when you feel loved...I haven't felt that in 6 years!!!! So yeah!! I'm happy and that's all that matters!

Deuces

MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!!!!!!!!

**Press play to hear the song!!! (Had to take it off auto-play)


What you got to say about that?!??! Words can not express how ELATED I AM!!! I just saw Michelle kiss Barack and tell him she loves him!! I just saw TEARS streaming down Jesse Jackson's face!! YES!! Jesse Motherfuckin Jackson was CRYING!!!!!!! Even his hating ass can't deny the sheer AWESOMENESS of this occasion!!

I'm so glad to have been a part of this historic day!! Say a prayer for him y'all...cuz he's gonna need it!! Folks already up in arms about him winning, but the fact of the matter is that it's a DONE DEAL!!!

GO BARACK!!! I VOTED!!! Pics of the Election Watch Party coming in a slideshow soon...

Will Michelle Obama be Wearing Pink and Green Soon?

You may wonder why I ask...well according to The Swamp (yeah, I know...), Mrs. Obama has been extended an invitation to join Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. as an honorary member. This same honor was extended to Sen. Hillary Clinton who initially accepted, then declined the invitation, when she discovered that membership is exclusive and she wants to be able to work with all organizations in their endeavors. Cool Beans, whatever floats your boat. Now hold up, wait a minute. I love Michelle, and I'd love love love to call her soror, BUT, if you continue to read the article, Michelle (or better yet, her spokesperson) is under the impression that she will be allowed to "work with" the other Divine 9 sororities in the same capacity as a member (of each org). Uhh..no, that's not exactly how it works. BGLOs are inheritantly EXCLUSIVE, and once you are inducted, you are what you are. You can not work with other organizations as members of that org as well as another. It just doesn't work like that!

There seems to be a misunderstanding or a mistranslation of the situation, but since it has been reported that she accepted the invitation, she can not and will not be bestowed the same honor by the other NPHC sororities. Now if you read the comments below the article, many have been weighing in on whether or not Michelle should have accepted the invite into AKA. People think she should have remained neutral, at least until after her husband's seat in the white house was (is) secured. They say hasty judgement on her part, because she is further alienating herself from black women, black Greeks, etc.

I honestly don't know how I feel about the situation. She has not/will not be inducted during this week's activities during Boule'. Read this for more insight on that. The comments following this article are also pretty brutal. I don't know folks, but there is a lot of unecessary hate coming from other greeks and GDIs and I think it's kind of ridiculous. People say Michelle doesn't fit the bill, but I beg to differ. She is an intelligent, successfull woman--an attorney and political activist. She is also an outstanding role model for young women. I think she will be a wonderful addition to our list of honoraries. And even if Barack doesn't win the Presidential Election, Michelle can still inact change in her's and surrounding communities and be a wonderful viable asset to the sorority. Her husband's possible post as commander-in-chief may have inspired the decision to extend her an invitation, but at the end of the day, Michelle Obama is a great woman, regardless.

In the same vein, I think before accepting the invitation, she (or her spokesperson) should have done a little research and understood that there is no such thing as "non-exclusive" membership as an honorary member of an EXCLUSIVE sorority. As one person from a message board I frequent put it, "Cultural Competence". Maybe her spokesperson is responsible for this "mix-up" in that if the person is of another ethnicity/cultural background (because I will not ASSume that s/he is white), they may be speaking soley on non-experience and what they MAY think they know about GLOs. The spokesperson may think of AKA as the typical run-of-the-mill philanthropy/charity that anyone can be apart of, as opposed to a business boasting over 200,000 inducted EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS.

One thing is for sure, whether Michelle (or spokesperson) is confused or not, is that she should be able to work with all NPHC sororities, and BGLOs in general. Just as Greeks on college campuses should do more to UNITE for the COMMON CAUSE OF SERVICE (which is what I will be fighting to improve this year since I am Greek and henceforth a member of UAB NPHC), Greeks should allow her to assist in any endeavors she takes an interest in, regardless of her affiliation, ESPECIALLY if she becomes the First Lady. I believe that we are Greek first and foremost, and where affiliations, colors, and letters divide us--they should also unite us, because each letter is apart of a whole Greek alphabet, colors--our orgs DO NOT OWN, and affiliations should not stop us from working together for the betterment of our BLACK COMMUNITY!

In closing, to the naysayers, yeah, maybe she should have waited. But who knows for sure that she would get the chance to accept such an invitation ever again?! There was no AKA chapter at Princeton when she attended, so here's her chance, ya know. But wait...is she just accepting to be nice, does she even want to be an AKA?!!?! Maybe she does, and that's why the invite was extended to her in the first place...maybe this observation is a bit personal and unwarranted. I'm just hella curious tho...but I digress. I will keep my eyes and ears open as to what will further go down with this situation, and keep y'all posted. So yeah, Good day, mates. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!!!

YAY FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm FAT, but in other news, I just got a new phone yesterady and I am SOOOOO excited!!! It's been a long time coming (2 years of agony with Cingu.lar/AT.&T) and I needed a change. Most everybody I talk to are T-Mo.bi.le customers, so I decided to switch to them. My phone is so cute and compact...and I know this is gonna sound weird, but YAY, IT'S A CAMERA PHONE!!!

For someone who has had to come up little by little, first with the OLD mot.or.olas (no color screen/digital looking shits) to a ne.xt.el chirp (UGH. but with color), this shit is awesome!! Camera phones were new and getting extremely popular at this point. But the chirp was my first flip phone. Then I "upgraded", if you wanna call it that, to a cin.gul.ar flip phone (some cheap shit, but it was good to me for the most part). Gonna miss it a tad! But shit, while my 13 and 17 year old cousins were enjoying the newest technology with picture (camera) and sliding phones, I was stuck with my run-of-the-mill joint, and had to deal with it.

BUT....

Good things come to those who WAIT!!!!! I've had a cell phone since Dec of 2002 (14, soon to be 15), and I've waited patiently for my come-up. I'm not mad that I had/have to pay for it either. This added responsibility is liberating! I have a good plan, the rate is good, so I'm looking foward to service with T-Mo.bi.le.

God's will I will be working, like FOR REAL working from here on out, even when school starts again, cuz I am responsible for this bill and this account. I got so much on me, but it's a rush, and I know God will never put more on me...you know the rest! He will provide, so I'm faithful in trusting I will find a decent job when school lets back in, so that I can support myself with these bills I'm accruing!!

I feel so grown up!! Let's hope I still have this enthusiasm when that first bill comes in the mail!