HBCU LIFE

I have arrived HAMPTON UNIVERSITY!!!! It is time to embark on this long four year journey! As my father so eloquently puts it "this sets the foundation for the rest of my life." I have in the past been against Historically Black Colleges and Universities, but now that I am attending Hampton University I am actually excited! I cannot say how my life will be....or what I will and will not do! But what I can say is that I am going to learn all that I can learn...and be all that I can be...(how cliche)

Wish me Luck! 
 PS: I will be giving you all that details about campus life and all that good stuff in an upcoming post!

 

Pretty Little Liars wrap up! Also, other favorite summer shows!

Got a secret
Can you keep it?
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it, in your pocket
Taking this one to the grave

 

     I know that I am a little late on this post sine Pretty Little Liars season finale was two weeks ago...but who cares I still want to touch on it! I must say that this is the best show that America has seen in YEARS! It has been so long since I have seen a television show that has left me in complete awe. Now I am normally the absolute worst critic when it comes to TV shows. I normally have a comment on everything...from the lighting...to the clothes the actors are wearing...to the acting ability. BUT...there is something about this show what had me completely silent!    

      For those of you that have been stuck under a rock all summer, Pretty Little Liars is a series that aired on ABC Family June 8, 2010. It is based off of the book series written by SARA SHEPARD! Now, I have not read any of the books... but most of my friends have and they say...the books are WAY better than the show. I am not too particular about reading them because I have already began to watch the show! 

      The show is full of suspense...teenage drama...and best of all adult drama! I even got my mom hooked! The actors connect with their characters so well...that I honestly forget that it is just a television show. The show basically is about "Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets."-IMDb! It may sound dumb from what I told you...but HONEY PLEASE...it is far from boring! I guarantee the show will have you sitting on the edge of your seat by the end of the show!  

      I was going to post the link so you all could watch the entire season on ABC Family's website, but they seem to only have the season finale. *BUMMER*

      

Also, I have a list of my favorite shows of Summer 2010!

• Pretty Little Liars
• Big Brother 12
• Kourtney and Khloe take on Miami (Season finale was last night)
• Holly's world (Season ended)
• So you think you can dance (YAY LAUREN!)
• Rachel Zoe
• Make it or Break it
• Jersey Couture (Season ended)
• Kimora Lee: Life in the Fab Lane 

*Peace. Love. & Happiness*

I GOT A NEW ATTITUDE!

Hey everyone! Long time no anything. As I am sitting here blogging, I am jamming to some Ms. Pattie LaBelle "New Attitude!" This song is sing to my soul at this moment, because as I am on the road to college I am transforming into a new...WOMAN! (wow...I said woman...not girl).I am so overly excite about going away to school! I thought that it would be kind of hard not being around my parents...or as they like to say "up their butts," but I just think it is time for a change in my life.  I am finally in-control of MY EDUCATION! 

Speaking of life changes...I have been contacting some people at Hampton U...and it seems that I may be on VA's air waves soon...so keep your fingers crossed!

Also I will be updating this blog every week! Once a week, because I have work I need to focus on...and parties (C'mon let me live a little ;)) I just want everyone to stay updated on what's goign on in my life.

OH FYI...THIS IS NOT A BLOG WHERE I WILL BE SAYING RANDOM "WISE" THINGS...I HONESTLY HATE THOSE BLOGS...AND I'M YOUNG...WHAT THE HECK DO I KNOW ABOUT...love...and how to live llife... AND ALL THE OTHER RIDICULOUS THINGS I READ ON THE INTERNET. LIKE OTHER 18 YEAR-OLD'S TRY TO BE SO WISE...  not my cup of tea!

Also, I will be introducing my...."Making the world healthier...one blog post at a time" So please read those...They could be LIFE Changing!

New environment...New me!

*I know I was jumping around a lot...but I am super excited to be back on the blog/ vlog circuit!

Check out the video:

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfZ5SZZ4xE 

 

TURN THE STEREO-type UP!!!!

So we all have our stereotypes about different cultures, nationalities, races, and things of that nation. I myself is completely guilty for succumbing to the stereotype judgment. When ever I have trouble with math or science…I’m not going to ask the African American girl (who may be very smart)…I’m going to ask the silent Asian boy in the corner. I will never go to the black girl for help because the Asian stereotype swoons me over. I know as horrible as it sounds it is the truth. As much as we try not to stereotype people it just naturally happens.
Yet stereotypes are not always just for nationalities or cultures… there are some for physical features…people who are tall or short…or fat and skinny. Take it back to the very first day of gym class in elementary school…the fat kid…yeah you all know who I’m talking about… (little Roscoe with the best cookies) he was always picked last because he was FAT. The other kids knew that fat people could not run fast. But we never ever saw the fat boy run because he was never picked….Although that is such a small example it just represents the fact the if we open up our eyes…WE CAN NOTICE THAT THE FAT BOY MAY BE ABLE TO RUN AND THE LITTLE BOY WITH THE LONG LEGS HAS TWO RIGHT FEET AND CAN BARELY WALK!
But one thing that I need to get on is… THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STEREOTYPES…due to the fact that I am black and I am all for uplifting our race! Now, all black people are loud…can run…can play basketball AND football…can sing…can cook…We all eat chicken and watermelon….OH AND WE ARE VERY….ARTICULATE! These are just some of the many stereotypes African Americans have placed on us….yet why are there so many????? I think I have the answer to it… we constantly give people the reason to stereotype us! DO NOT LOOK AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN LIKE THAT…. GET THE CONFUSED LOOK OFF OF YOUR FACE…YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! “uh uh KiKi do not get in that pool…you just got your hair done…Umm Shay bring your big purse so I can bring Ray Ray a plate home from the party….Oh we don’t eat nothing…we cannot pronounce.” I know it may sound rude, but it is the truth. My family is guilty of it too!
We as African Americans are so wrapped up in “staying true to ourselves” but I am pretty sure our elders did not build this culture by saying they not gonna get their hair wet…or not going to work because you have a cold-sore.
So all I am saying is lets build US back up…and not give others a reason to stereotype!!

I know it's late but I have to speak out

Ok so the Oscar Awards over with and now our news is filled with the countless ignorant comments made by people in the media. Every channel I turned to all I saw was…Who was best dressed…worst dressed…Monique…and honey that Gabourey Sidibe (how you doin?) After a few days I was sick of picking up a magazine in the store and seeing the same old story about what happened at the darn event. Yet there has been something that has been sitting on my soul and I have to speak about it before I explode.
Precious was a wonderful film. It was full of drama that I myself could not fathom. I knew that there were situations out there but I would have never imagine someone would be as brave as Lee Daniels would put this racy film out. Now that I have paid my respects to the movie…I have some issues with the “Precious Frinzzy” I have no issues with the movie, nor the people involved with it….but I do have some reservations with the craze.
I feel that the movie was told through the previews….that I could not even enjoy the movie because I knew what was going to happen…who was going to say what…what caused her to get hit…I knew!!!!!!! Now me personally, I hate to know what is going to happen in a movie before I sit down to watch it… yet no one had a problem with that but me (hmmmm….. :/ )
Not only did that bother me, but the negative attention that Gabbie was receiving bothered me the most. Now I will admit I cannot say that she is a Kim Kardashian…or a Jennifer Lopez….but she has her own beauty. Although the two women that I mentioned are gorgeous….we are use to seeing them…. When a girl of Gabbie’s complexity comes along we want to run for our lives. But why is she complex? Because, we are not use to seeing A: a YOUNG black female B: a YOUNG black female of her size, get all the attention about a movie that has seeped the nation. We are afraid of accepting something that is different. We don’t know what we want because the ideal man or woman is constantly changing.
I can say that Gabbie is very confident and she does not let the negativity bring her down. She always carries herself as an articulate…educated….young black woman.
Precious had to much hype arounf it…but you know what I support our young black actresses…..sooo hey do ya thing boo!
Now there is somethings that I must say….she could find some better color choices for her clothing. Now as a big girl I know how to work the colors…I particularly do not care what people call me….but how I feel. And I have to say when big girls wear purple we do look like Barney….So pick a different shade of purple…of blue… JUST A LITTLE FYI….
A lot of my inspiration comes from Raven Symone….we share similar characteristics and she always is fab! I just feel that is how all “Big Girls” should look. She is well put together…hair always done…clothes always fit right….she knows how to wear her curves…or as I like to say “she knows how to fit the waves”
I feel that Raven, for younger girls, broke that barrier between the skinny chick…and the big girl…and Gabbie is paving the road…So in a few months I can walk that path

Harlem

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
-Langston Hughes

Listen to yourself... My first entry....

SO as i stayed up all night watching tv…and i came across Dream Girls….I honestly did not enjoy the movie the first time I saw it. I thought it was another production that took a wonderful Broadway Sensation…and transformed it into the stereotypical Hollywood movie…(All I could see were the writers and producers telling the cast “relate…and speak to everyone”) And As i sit back and watch this movie for the third time…i finally noticed that the movie did not convey that message after all….I know…that is what every producer wants to happen….yet I felt that this movie could not touch everyone. When i say relate I’m not talking about the normal…Black vs White….old vs new…the musically inclined vs the DECLINED lol! I’m talking about the individuals who try and try there entire life to make something of themselves and they have this rope around their waist named Insecurity.

NO matter how old you are…no matter how young…no matter what race you are…WE ALL HAVE INSECURITIES. It is so easy to point your finger at someone else and place blame on them for holding you back. But the truth is YOU are the only one holding YOU back! From my perspective Dream Girls was a musical film that told the stories of individuals who did not believe in themselves enough to allow others to believe in them also. (NOW STAY WITH ME) Look at Deena Jones…. a young shy individual who was on the outside psyched herself out to believe that she was not ready for the star power nor love. Yet in the inside she yearned for the spotlight and the love of Curtis (or she thought she did) Not willing to open up…she let Curtis Taylor, Jr control her every move, allowing him to tell her…WHAT SHE WAS FEELING and THE WAY SHE EXPRESSED HERSELF. Now normally we would call this a lifeless woman with a dominant man. Yet I see it different in this case…Deena was so use to Effie White taking control and always singing lead…that she never found it in herself to actually allow the true Deena to seep out.

I am a strong believer that we all have two sides….the persona that we put on for the public (jobs, school…) and the TRUE side (the side only your closest family and friends know). Deena had four sides…The side Effie created due to Deena’s insecurities, the side Curtis created due to her insecurities, the side her mother created (not know that she could even sing) due to her insecurities, and The TRUE Deena! I know sounds crazy right???? WRONG!!!!!!!! We try so hard to please everyone that we ofter forget who we need to please ….ourselves! There are many Deena’s out there that need to bring their “inner self” out.

WHEN LISTEN WAS SANG BY BEYONCE I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE MELODIES…AND THE HIGH NOTES SHE HIT… I DID NOT ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE WORDS. Although many will argue this with me, i dont feel Deena was telling Curtis to LISTEN, i feel she was telling Deena 1, 2, and 3 to LISTEN to DEENA number 4!

Now everyone say the lyrics aloud…don’t sing it…just say it…like you are telling a story or poetry…I promise it will open your eyes…and I promise you…I tells a story that means…. listen to yourself…and sometimes it is sounds so good and is perfectly fine… to only be heard by yourself. We try so hard to insure that we touch everyone around us…but sometimes we need to touch our own souls…believe me it is possible!


“Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can’t complete
Listen to the sound from deep within
It’s only beginning to find release

Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own all ‘cause you won’t
Listen

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried to say what’s on mind
You should have known

Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own

You should have listened, there is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I’m screaming out and my dreams’ll be heard
They will not be pushed aside on words
Into your own all ‘cause you won’t
Listen

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried to say what’s on mind
You should have known

Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own

I don’t know where I belong
But I’ll be moving on
If you don’t, if you won’t

Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but I will complete

Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own, my own”
-Beyonce-