CHUNKIN DEUCES TO 2008!! Bye-Bye, BE GONE!

"Skee-Wee, and GOOD-BYE!!!"

Happy Birthday, Tee-Tee!!! I love you!!!

This post is gonna be short and sweet.

2008...what have you given me?

*My 20th year of life*

*More interaction with my NOW sorors. AKA turns 100*

*Play time with a Coach, LOL*

*A few new friends! (Mel N J)*

*A lack-luster Valentines Day*

*An episode in heart-break*

*A chance of a life-time to make a good lasting impression*

*The test of a valued friendship*

*A Gospel Choir Tour I could have done without*

*A new love interest in Mr. Green...the infatuation was over in September*

*An Invitation into the ILLUSTRIOUS RANKS of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, Inc. Skee-Wee my Sorors, and 38 LSs!!! :-)*

*Some other folk I could have done without....*

*A summer with Mrs. Sandra!!!*

*A vision of love and a visit from lust*

*A Gulf Shores vacation that left much to be desired!*

*One of the worse semesters of my LIFE to date!*

*The experiences of a lifetime (wink, wink)*

*Most, if not all of my friends are now 20 and up*

*My first voting experience, and a BLACK PRESIDENT!! WHOO-HOO!!!!

*Some great Thanksgiving memories*

*A chance to get together with some of my DIAMONDS and true friends*

*SOME GREAT PICTURES!!!!!*

*A new respect for myself and others...a new attitude, if you will*

*Frustration over love situations...*

*An invested year in ONE person...*

*Annoying niggas trying me!! UGH!*

*Almost a loss of hope...another heart break, but it wasn't that big...heart is being mended as I type.*

*A WONDERFULLY BLESSED CHRISTMAS BREAK and HOLIDAY!*

*Wonderful family and friends! Thank you God for all of my Blessings!!*

*The promise and hope of BIGGER, GREATER, AND BETTER things in '09!! I'm ready, are you?!*

Hope you all had a great 2008...but say bye...it has to go now, and quite frankly I'm ready for it to be gone! I turn 21 in 13 days!!! :-) It's been fun! Thanks for rockin with me this year!

Random Updates on ya girl

While I sit here with a cough and cramps and looking at a few of my old posts, I want to make corrections, or rather changes to some things I previously mentioned in posts last year. There's really just 3 such corrections.

1) I don't have a thing for lite skin anymore (see this post right here) . I'm into chocolate/dark skinned brothers. Guys with hair/dreads are turn ons too... So my " life's devotion to a light-skinned man" is OVER. SOOOOOOORI!

2) The Caramel Zeus from an over-cooked vegetable (see this post) is, well not a caramel zeus, he is not nice or kind. He is rather stuck-up and arrogant. He is decently cute, but not someone I think I could be in a relationship with. He seems to be attracted to airheads and "nut-bucket ass hoes" (Fresh's term). Naw, really, if he is attracted to women, I wouldn't really know. But the girls that seem to be on his shit are hood and/or hoochie. Whatever.

3) I stand corrected. Not even a full year after I made this post, Beyonce' and Jay Z FINALLY got married, and the Creole Queen seems to be taking a much needed break from the lime-light, perhaps to give her lil sister Solange a chance to shine. But don't think she's down for the count, or that she'll be gone for long. With her vocals on Love in the Club Part II, it's clear that she was only warming up. When she does come out of her mini-hiatus, we better be ready for the fury. But for those who could care less about her (as do I), don't worry...she'll be over-exposed within months of her comeback.

SO yeah, I'm done. I need to go take some adv.il. DEUCE!

Caramel Zeus from an Overcooked vegetable

As some of you may know, or have gathered...I'm single. Been that way since early 2005. I've given love a shot, only to GET SHOT in the back by dudes who were just trying to take me too fast. Don't get me wrong, I've had encounters, and kissed a few lips since then. But nothing beats a relationship, and knowing that your heart belongs to someone and vice versa.

I haven't failed in anything yet (in my opinion), and a relationship is the last thing I want if I'm not COMPLETELY ready for it...but...companionship would be NICE...

On a softer note, since this is not a rant...there is this guy...OMG is he fine!! I don't know if it's his looks or his swagger, but he definitely has SOMETHING that attracts me. He's not light-skinned (which I have a thing for, call me shallow...), and he's NOT tall (but I'm not biased to tall dudes, I usually go for average height anyway). So what is it?

The guy has the MOST GORGEOUS SMILE I've ever seen on a caramel dude (my second favorite skin tone on a guy). He carries himself with the highest confidence and self-esteem. His hair is gorgeous...makes me think he has some Indian in him somewhere down the line. And even after a car accident that left scars on his face, he's still HOTT STUFF!

Doesn't hurt that his folks have stacks on deck either...but it's not even about that. What gets me is his swagger and persona. And I'm not the only girl who's noticed it! Me and my homie Monie used to fight over him ALL the time (in jest). And she claims she "gives up" and I can "have" him...we'll see!

But for real, dude is a SITE FOR SORE EYES! And he is BUILT...and he seems like a genuinely nice person. But I'll never know until I have a convo with him. He seems so unapproachable and so NOT ON MY LEVEL...he's a socialite, if you will. But hey...something's gotta give. And he showed interest in my by...well if I said that, I'd be giving him away, so I'll hush. But yeeahhh...He know what's up!! I believe things will change for him and I this semester...I just got that feeling...

Searching for the 70's--The Decade that Defines Me

**Soap box
The 70s represents a lot of who I am as a person. It was a simple decade, but it was one full of confusion and chaos. As a young black woman growing up in today's society, I feel much the same way. I am simple in my dress and demeanor. I'm not the flashy, out-going socialite. But I know how to get down with the get down too! In the 70s, our country was in a state of social and political turmoil. The name of that turmoil was the Vietnam War. Like today's war in Iraq, I feel that the US had no business over there in the first place. But I digress.

During this time, the country was much divided. Half wanted war, half wanted peace. I can relate. I feel like on a day to day basis I am at war with myself--my flesh. Trying to be a good girl, and a Christian young lady is hard! Satan knows how to push all of our buttons, and I am no exception! I make many mistakes: too much cursing, talking back to parents and elders sometimes, just being plain mean...I could go on. But I realize my mistakes and I make the conscious decision to try to do better. I have to! But there is no shortage of peace in my life. If anything, it outweighs the waging war within me! That peace is God. As it says in the Bible, "He will give us peace that passeth all understanding". And though I am human, and make mistakes, I can rest assured that He still loves me, will continue to protect and abide with me, and continue to reveal to me the plan He has for my life.

Also like the 70s, I am fun and free-spirited. Sometimes I can get that "hippie mentality" and have a "care-nothin-bout-it" attitude about things I should indeed care about! I can be irresponsible, reckless and nonchalant. But I also know how to stand up for a cause and get the job done. All these to me, are characteristics of people who lived in and experienced this decade and characteristics of the decade itself!

I believe that I would have enjoyed myself in the 70's...It would have been--"FAR OUT"!
**Off my soap box


If I could go back in time, and had to choose one decade to travel to--I would undoubtedly choose the 1970s! Call me nostalgic, but I am FOREVER telling family and friends that I belong back in the 70s. Some smart asses say, "You wouldn't be able to make it, why, with all that racism goin on and what-not". Um...HELLO? Racism is very much alive and well today, and especially prevelant (as it has been for centuries) in the south. So don't give me that racism bull-shit. That argument is played the fuck out!

But anyway...I dig the fashion, the music, the language (jive), the TV shows, the "games" and gameshows, the colors and patterns, the jewelry, THE HAIRSTYLES, and the lifestyle in general!! I have the bell-bottom gauchos and big wedged "platform" heels. I have 2 afro puffs (1 big, one small), I love big hoop earrings and retro patterned clothing, I'm a fan of ALL music, but when I think of the music of this decade, only one word comes to mind...HAPPY!

You got DISCO (which I love--"The Hustle", "Hot Stuff", "Last Dance" etc.). And then you got what I'd like to call "Hippie" music. Man that hippie music can put you in a GOOD MOOD! And it's the kinda music you roll one up to. I'm telling you (I wouldn't really know, but I imagine)!

And it's funny how today's culture is bringing back 70s styles and trends--from hair, to clothing, to jewelry, to music. I love it, and couldn't ask for too much more. I mean, how lucky am I, that I get to enjoy the fashion and styles of the 70s within the comfort, modernity, and technology of the 21st century? And I mean, people are really embracing the style of the 70s! The peace signs and "tie-dye" colors, bell-bottoms in full effect! And a lot of people are getting into blowing tweed. I contemplated it for a second, but still haven't given it a try. But who's not to say that I never will. But smoking weed is a WHOLE 'nother subject!

Anyway, if I found a magic lava lamp (something really popular in the 70s) and it held a genie inside. I would make my 3 wishes as such...

1)a cure for AIDS and ALL CANCERS

2) America to accept that times are changing and embrace having a "first black President"

3) to spend a month in the year 1975...my auntie Helen would be 4, auntie Yo would be 5 and auntie B would be 6...my mom? She'd be 12...hahaha...

I want to end this post with a few of my favorite "things" from the 70s...

Disco and Disco Balls

The Jackson 5 (pic taken in 1970)
Fros!!!
Twiggy is a 1960's pop icon, but her style is so reminiscent of what I love about the 70s
Who didn't love the BRADY BUNCH ?
Bell Bottoms

**this is the first 70's post, but it defintely won't be the LAST!!!**

About Me

Note: I'm going to treat this blog as if it were my actual paper diary, so if you don't likey, you can keep it movin...comprendez-vous? Bien!

Anyway, I thought I'd do a post going into a little detail about me and my life, and where I'm coming from and trying to go.

I grew up in the South, Alabama to be exact, reppin the capital city to the fullest. I started going to private school at the age of 2 and stayed at this same school until I was 14 1/2. After leaving said school, I got my first taste of public school my 9th grade year, and I can honestly say that it was THE BEST school year of my life! Since the public school I attended was a "junior high", I left the next year, and attended a magnet school. This particualr magnet school is one of the best in the state, and IMO THE BEST in my city!!! 10th grade year was very challenging and my grades were proof of that. I went from making straight A's and B's to making a D here and there. 11th grade year was pretty tough too, but a certain teacher (my English teacher), provided me the skills I would need to get thru 12th grade Britt Lit and my first two semesters at college.

By 12th grade year (which was probably my second best year of secondary school), I was just ready to get the hell up outta high school. The underclassmen seemed so small, and the dreams of me and all my classmates seemed too big to hold in that small, old ass building! We were ready to break FREE!!!

It should be mentioned that by 8th grade, I already knew what school I wanted to go to. And by 11th grade year, when we had to start applying (Magnet schools get a move on), my school of choice was the ONLY one I applied to. While friends were filling out apps to 5,6,7 colleges, I was content with my one, and in my heart, I knew that was where I was going to be.

I received my acceptance letter to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in late October, early November of 2005. After graduation my dream became a reality when I attended New Student (Freshman) Orientation in late June of '06! I KNEW I was in LOVE with the school the moment my mom's trailblazer rolled into B'ham and we saw the signs with "UAB" on them...I was SOOO HAPPY!! :-)

I made Dean's List both semesters, was invited to and joined Alpha Lambda Delta (Freshman Honor Society), and participated in and LOVE UAB's GOSPEL CHOIR, headed by Bishop Kevin P. Turner!!! My freshman year was a blast, but know what?

I think sophomore year is gonna be EVEN BETTER! And stuff is already falling into place. One of my good friends I made freshman year is coming back up with a car (yes we were car-less first year), my homie BJ has a car and can drive down from Tennessee to see me over SB, I move into a new dorm and get my own room! So je suis content!

But to my future plans (academic-wise)...well, my major is Biology. I'm minoring in French and Chemistry. My favorite classes in school have been my two English Comp classes (love, love, love my 101 teacher). I want to master in forensic science and hopefully become a lab tech/ DNA analysis specialist some day...can you tell I like CSI...I love it (the original)! All day, baby, all...day....

My long term goals are to become closer to Christ. Have a better relationship with my little brother (cuz we loathe each other at the present moment), get married, and have 3 children...

That is all...