tuesday talk

Can you believe it's half way through February?! Jeez. This past weekend is still kinda a blur. I think I may have gotten 10 hours a sleep between Thursday night and Saturday lol. My Valentine's Day was cool! I visited my bestests :) and one came back with me to school. we had a great time laughing our ass' off. I went to bed Sunday night at 930. Lol my lifestyle has to change. I did go see Friday the 13th. It was stupid. 

Yesterday in my rocks lab (lol its a component to a really boring geology class) my lab instructor asked if anyone was from my home town of Raleigh! I raised my hand so high lol he was asking because we were looking at certain rock that is really abundant and named after a road in Raleigh...lead mine road! hollaaa

anyways, it's so funny because I gas up Raleigh like it's the best place in North Carolina. Well, to me it is at least (sometimes). I met a guy and he picked on me because all I talked about was Raleigh this and Raleigh that! Regardless, I was also super excited because I'm finally goiing HOME this weekend. 

I havent been home in a month- that's a long time for me and my schedule is hectic as hell so it seems like double that. I'm actually going many more places than Raleigh this weekend so if I'm you're in the area....call me, my world tour might just stop in your area :)

i cant wait to get home and

see my sis!!!! i miss her alots <3

kiss my daddy and mommie.

see my bests!!!!! yayy lol this pic is a throwback

im also looking forward to hopefully eating sushi at kanki yummmmm

sleeping in MY bed

seeing my other friends 

and just relaxing. maybe.

i'm going to class in a little bit, so i'm outta here! have a great day.

procrastination at it's best.

I have a stat test tomorrow!!! i should be studying right now but...i'm not! lol i'm psyched about Carolina's win tonight. I'm may be going to the next Duke at Carolina game..yum :) 

here are some pics from the AMM vault!

i think this was actually a snow day at school...no one really had class so we chilled in our favorite hangout spot! this is one of my shawtyhunnies and me!

auntie val and me! why does everybody like stealing my scarf? my sis gave it to me from Italy! i love it, i got really scared because i left it at a party a few weeks ago, but i went back and it was there. whew.

kiddies.

o, that's just me. the other day i was craving some chips. so i bought tortilla chips because they were on sale. also, i was thinking i had salsa in my apartment and i didnt. so i was kinda disappointed.

mmk. bye.

o yea and hondie was sick! i took her to the hospital yesterday but she is alll better :)

yea uh huh.

yeayeayea. i've been in and out! lately i've been in one of those moods when college would be alot better without the classes! lol i can't wait to have MUCH more time on my hands after this hop competition is over next week. 2009 is already flying by quickly! I feel like Monday was yesterday and my spring break is in a month :O I'm not complaining tho.

don't have much to say here lol but i'm just checkin in!

i went to a party last night...it was okay. i felt like i wasted an outfit and time and money (i only payed $5 to get in) but you know that feeling when you are hyped about something and it falls thru. I did see some of my friends tho :D

me and some of my ls'!!

me and two of my big sis'!

my 3 and me! lol i dont think she remembers taking this picture. my elbows are ashy

okay. i'm outtie. have a great weekend 

ps- how about this weather?! it was .2 degrees last night but its 70 degrees now!! i love nc.

did you have your black eyed peas today?

happy new year hunnies.

the joys of freetime, youth and nachos.

penny candy

I can't complain about much. Christmas was delightful, and I'm still having fun. One of my best friends is in town from Florida, it's so crazy how fast time flies....she moved to Florida when we were in 9th grade and now we are in our second years of college :O. Enjoy it. And live it abundantly...I don't know who hasn't seen Seven Pounds by now, i saw it twice in like two days.

It's 72 degrees today in Raleigh. I love North Carolina.

Last night, I went out with my bestfriends. I love them. The party was ...okay, I didn't feel well and the aroma of fresh sweat, herbal remedies and alcohol didn't settle well with my condition. I spent most of the time outside in my car/looking for a safe bathroom (to tinkle)/ writing never-to-be sent letters to lost loves on my BB/listening to my bff fuss out her boyfriend/and whatever.

Two of my friends stayed at my place and we finished the night up with 3 AM post-drunken girl talk...the joys of college, our fabulous Sisterhood, finally checking out of the heartbreak hotel and many days to come. I have two more weeks home, and I'm gonna enjoy it.

after i take a nap.

you ready, B?!?

hey kiddies!!!

sorry i've been MIA, school is hectic  and busy at times, but i'm making it!

i'm going to kansas city Wednesday for a Convention! I'm excited.  I was kinda upset because they do Halloween big here at colleges here in NC (not mine bc my school is WACK! get that later), I was planning on visiting my friends or seeing Lil'Wayne in concert at home but...he cancelled the concert (surprise.) so I guess I didn't have to decide.

 my plan for Kansas City is to: 

1. sleep in every day

2. go to my minimum of 3 workshops a day

3. live it up

although i'm living the broke college life as of late because my checks from my job this summer have stopped coming. I don't know whats really in Kansas City, i wiki'd KC but I didnt find much lol i was told they had good barbeque?

Yea..my school is so wack! Joe Biden was on campus last week for a public rally and the school didn't think it was important to tell the students. What's up with that? And the Beastie Boys, Cheryl Crow and Santogold were doing a rally on campus today. I really wanted to see Santogold, but I had class...I later found out she didn't show up so I wasn't too upset.

I don't know about you but I feel like Thanksgiving is sooooo far away. I miss my friends and my families soo much it makes no sense. I've been trying to talk to my Mom like everyday lol but I dont think she is getting the point

I can't believe my sister has been in Italy for almost 2 months! I talked to her last night! I miss her muchos grandes.

It's really cold here in Charlotte! I need someone to cuddle huggle with (sigh)

i have a test tomorrow boooo but after that I'll probably be preparing to head outfor my trip this week! hollaaaaa

i'm gonna try my bestest to blog from KC! If not..check my twitter on the left up top!

i won't say goodbye anymore

I completed my absentee ballot tonight. So ready to send it tomorrow. So ready for November 4th and this election drama to be over!! I'm ready to celebrate Barack's victory :) I've never got shivers circling a bubble sheet before, he's gonna win it.....no doubt.

Anyways, my fall break was....cool lol. Didn't do tooo much! Saw alllll of Raleigh, saw some of my bests!!, hung out with some of my family, which was nice. I saw this guy that I met in Charlotte and further found out he was a COMPLETE asshole. He wanted to argue if N.E.R.D was pronounced by its acronym or actually "nerd." Ugghhh. wack. I did feel bad one night I came home and saw someone in my neighborhood leaving for work :O. Surprisingly, my parents didn't ask what time I got home the next day lol

I practically took a *week* off from school so I'm paying for those days off with alot of meetings, a 20 page paper due in 6 weeks and other stuff that must be done. It's aight tho...we're half way thru the semester!!!!

I got sneak peek tickets to "The Secret Life of Bee's" tomorrow night! I'll let you know how it goes!!!

3 days 'til home

my car died this weekend. well not like forever, but currently.

i can't get to my internship in the morning. i have people i can call but I feel bad telling someone to come pick me up at 7:30.

but i laughed.

laughed 'til it hurt.

(not really about my car bc i actually almost cried about that bc i was so frustrated)

did alot of work.

did little sleeping.

ready to go home, need to go home, wanna go home.

not sure what to expect for my fall break, no real plans yet but i guess i like it that way.

i miss my sister! and you. and you. and maybe you too lol

        

here's one pic of the weekend. see me on the end? it was like 3 am i was ready to go to sleeeeeeeep! and oddly when i got back to my apartment...i couldn't.

have a great week.

guess who's bizzack

I started school last week and it's been crazy busy here around these parts! Between moving into my apartment, planning and executing lots for my university's Black Student Union and telling my sister bye :(, i've been quite busy. I have to admit, I have been working hard and think its gonna be great year!!!

My Labor Day weekend was very pleasant spent some much time needed with many of my girlfriends, my family and some other special kiddies :) well one but whatever.

For those just tuning in...my sister left for Italy on Tuesday of this week! She's gonna be gone for farr too long so I promised her many pics throughout the next few months. Here are a *few* of me and some of my favorite people back here in Charlotte....

i don't know why i was hiding in the closet?!?!?

tasi and me!!!

Val, my co-editor and me!! I guess we are flexing our under pressure muscles?! Because we were definietly up to a quickly approaching deadline. Our first issue of our BSU Black Perspective Magazine was a hit! Hopefully we'll have a online version soon....

Tasmin and me again! it was her bday hence the tiara...happybirthdaybabe

okay, i think i'm done here.

everything is everything

I've been busy! I really have...I feel like my summer is coming close to an end, so I'm enjoying it and of course, I work hard so I feel obligated to play hard(er). I do feel kinda bad because I've turned in one of those people who takes weeks to return calls and have been meaning to make time for people who want to see me before I go back to school.

It's summer. I'm young...and enjoying it! Here are pics from the past week!

july 4th was great! i still miss it...

chatting it up looking like an angel in my blue dress :)

my shawtyboo!** and my other boo... d's amaretto. yum yum.

my bestest friend ever. so happy should could finally make it to my cousin's.

the cutiest pie ever. makayla --> 17 months. fab runs in the fam.

see?! my sis looks hot. sorry she's taken.

next night...we decided to hit the club. it was a pretty ghetto club, hence my lack of effort in putting real clothes on. or doing my hair.

loves it! haha enough of that.

holla.

the moustache, THE president (mackenzie) and me

birthday celerbation @ kanki. rdu's best sushi/japenese restaurant ever.

$4 Tuesdays!!! bottoms up! my sis's friend and my sis. friends since 2nd grade!

whatttttt...idk what this is.

him.

the olivia!!!! and my work bff!

in the mix this week i also:

saved 3 lives! (by giving blood)

then had to get blood work done :(

took 200+ voicemails

went to a interesting collegiate bible study

and helped many grumpy a*s people in my office :)

this weekend = chillin.

my cousin got married this weekend! more about that later. it's been a busy weekend...the last of my family staying at the inn (my house) just left a few hours ago. although me and my sister's job as hostess for the wedding/reception turned into waitress/hostess/babysitter/server/crapcatcher it was enjoyable weekend with my fam. i was supposed to take my parents to the airport at 5 AM this morning...but mom woke me up and i decided to let my uncle do the honors. Hope they made it okay??!

Saw Wanted last night! It was pretty amazing...specially my baby's daddy Common, although he only had 2 lines. which were something like...f*ck. you.

ummm here are a few pics that started the weekend off! more pics lata

my new favorite drink! lemonada de italia. yum yum

sushi almost gone.

"his favorite drink?! ketel one martini" <---from one of my fav movies ever! guess :)

nikiboo and our late grandma's favorite sunflowers! me! in desperate need of some sun :O

mom, me and sis at the wedding!

don't forget. Sunday = PostSecret

9.5 weeks is better than 12 steps

I told my parents I was going to church this morning. Instead, I went to Barnes and Noble and had a delicious, past-due lunch at Panera Bread. It was yummy.

And fun. I could have told my parents I was going to these other places but..I just didn't. I only felt bad when I had to lie when my mom asked, "Did they recognize the dad's at church today?" and "Was church packed?" O well. Forgive me Jesus.

I left the house accidentally without my watch, but I think they actually helped. I got to B&N and picked up this month's Glamour, and a copy of A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle. Glamour is my favvvv magazine, and I heard A New Earth was supposed to be life changing. The first page wasn't really speaking to me, personally. Thursday's Oprah was pretty good, about positive thinking and sh*t, so I figured I should read this book that everyone's been reading, including my sis. I do believe in the Secret, but my earth is good for right now. Not ready for a new one yet. I have been going back to my positive thinking and I finally pulled my vision board out the box its been packed up in since I moved back home. I put it on the wall adjacent to my bed.

Friday night I spent the night with an old friend, I don't know if that's the proper name for my ex-boyfriend of almost 3 years. Anyways, the night was interesting. Spent a long time, possibly too much time recounting the days of being young and foolish, which we both realized were yet to be over, as we continued to act even more young and foolish. I did good, I have a problem running off at the mouth when it comes to my heart, but I tried my best to keep most of what i had to say (that shouldn't be said) to myself. We agreed I have a big heart, I've known but never really thought about it, which is for better...and for worse. Fun times though. Trying to remember it's summer.

Last night I saw few of my lovely besties. They were headed out to the club, I passed...on what sounds like was a great night. I headed over a few hours before they left to catch up and attempted to assist in making them more beautiful than they already are. I didn't go because...it was an all white party, I didn't have much to wear and..I couldn't spare $20 for a ticket out of my budget (14 days til pay dayyyy!!!!).

I'm looking forward to going to work tomorrow amazingly...this is my last full week of summer school! Finally. A friend of mine is coming to visit me this week, so I'm highly anticipating their arrival :)

I'm relieved to know the weather here is finally drifting away from the 100+ degrees a week or so ago. I know it's summer but...that was like hell! Maybe I can make it back to the pool this week without roasting.

Okay. I think I'm done here. It's Sunday that means Post Secret.

ciao.

i haven't been able to sleep.

i'm back at home. for good. finally.

it feels good. my besties are far away, which kinda stinks.

specially the one that is in hawaii, i'm jealous.

i took 150+ voicemails messages off of my work's answering machine today.

since april 15.

she was probably drinking out of a coconut in her bikini.

you would not believe the messages i heard including

(picks up) "stop biting me!!!" (click)
or
"i didn't know my son was graduating this year, please call back soon so we can get some help with him enrolling in (community college) next year"

i saw kanye west. finally.

it was amazing. the pics got erased. except some from my sis'.

that's my friend from hampton, my light skinned honey besty from SC and me.

hung with some cool kids afterwards. saw a car accident which was scary.
this is really lame but, my sister can beautifully sum up my weekend for me.

take a look.

thanks nik lol.

i haven't been able to sleep recently.
can someone please tell me where my boyfriend is?!

i'm gonna come back with some substance soon. finally.

o my my my

...I'm feelin high,

my money's gone...

Which is the truth. I drove by a gas station this weekend and felt sick to my stomach when I saw regular gas was $3.69. What a mess.

I can't believe I'm about to finish my first year of college and I'll be 19 on Saturday. Wow. Time flies.

I'm glad I started packing today...I don't have that much stuff, but it's kinda difficult to pack everything you own.

Weekend wasn't too eventful. It's my last weekend here! I went to the Alpha Ball friday night...it was cool I guess. I wore one of my favorite dresses (see banner above) This is my second time wearing it, it's so pretty and soft. This time I wore it with my late Great-Aunt's beautiful decorated black pearl necklace. The pic's don't do me or the dress justice :) but here are a few I stole.

me and my friend Britney! Excuse the boobage again...i can't find any of my undie stuff! I can't find my slip, or my strapless bras so I had to borrow my friend's...which was about a cup and a size less than what I wear lol

Me and Tasmin

Me and some girls...lol They aren't all my friends, so yea...

fab.

have a great week. see you soon.

Most interesting Thriday to date.

Sorry this has taken me a few days to post. it's been quite a weekend. My parents came and left, it was fun...Iguess, short and sweet.

My interesting weekend started on Thursday. At my last meeting for my newspaper, my editor told us that there was an Obama campaign rally coming to campus Thursday. No one wanted to take the piece, not even me at the time, so I told him I'd let him know if I had the time. I knew Tatyana Ali was gonna be there so I figured it would be mostly guys wagging their tongues and I really have trouble writing political pieces. But the next night I told him I could take the piece...in which he told me there was a slot for an interview with Tatyana. I know she is pretty much a C-list celeb, but I was still kinda nervous...but I said yes. Gotta start somewhere, right?

so she came and spoke.

and I came and interviewed. She was very sweet. And very funny. And very passionate about Barack Obama. And wears a fabulous David Yurman ring. I have to admit, she is one of the few child stars you have to give props to. If you didn't know homegirl went to Harvard, and double majored in both Afro Studies and Politics. The program started kinda late, partly because I interviewed her before hand...but she did a really good job. I have some audio of her speech, but I don't know how to put that up here. She is absolutely gorgeous in person and was very down to earth. But she's certainly come a long way...

I wonder if this pic is before or after Harvard...

Anyways.

Earlier in the week, me and my roommates were discussing the beach. Just talking about summer and looking forward to doing all the summer things. You know...going to the pool, going to the beach, walking on the beach, that sweet sh*t. So, Thursday night after I got back from my interview we decided "Let's go to the beach." Myrtle Beach. Which is approximately 250 miles from Charlotte. I mean what was there to loose?! Sleep?!? Gas at $3.23/gallon?

so we packed some bags and headed out.

can't forget pillows for the 3.5 hour drive.

my roommate started to drive and i just enjoyed the ride. that's me smiling and sh*t.

About an hour and a half in, I decided to drive because she was driving too slow because she's had four speeding tickets. I can't stand people who drive slow. I really don't think I could date a guy who drove the speed limit. Anyways, clearly, when I drive...i like to sang and be merry and sh*t.

until...

i got a speeding ticket.

I got pulled right when I was gettin comfortable, I probably hadn't driven 10 miles. This why I don't like driving late at night. I didn't see the cop, at all. I should have known better because the interstates down to Myrtle Beach are wide open. Let's just say the ticket was written for 64 in a 55. If you look close, you can see how fast I was really going. The officer did me a HUGE favor. I guess he reduced it because this is my first ticket, for me to be 19 and not have a ticket, is pretty good. All my friends have had speeding tickets before.

similar to any uh-oh incident, I make the 1st phone call...to my bestest, of course. At this point I'm scared and dropping the f-bomb more than I ever have in life. Nevermind I'm in Chesterfield county of SC...which is probably about 1.5 hour from Charlotte.

I continue driving, paranoid as hell at any parked car I see. Even raggedy old Buicks. I have to put the car on cruise, and put my foot on the floor to stop myself from speeding again. About 2 hours later, (which we thought was only one until we found out the GPS system hadn't reset to daylight savings) we finally make it to the beach. It was so foggy, you couldn't see...anything.

kinda looks scary.

I tried to do some sweet sh*t and write you a message. It says "AMM Says Hi." lol

We were virtually wet because of the humidity and fog. Hence my hair and my dress being wet. Excuse the boobage please. That's my roommate, Kathleen.

Kathleen, Christy and Me. Two of my three fellow suitemates, and probably the coolest white girls I know. I really don't think the officer would have let me off as easily if they weren't in the car with me. I love them.

I think this picture is me thinking "Did I really just get in the car and drive almost 4 hours to the beach to get a speeding ticket and not even be able to see more than 10 ft visibility because of the fog and come right back and tell my parents of my ticket when I see them tommorow?"

then we stayed for a little and got back on the road.
When I think about it now...I'm like, "why the hell did we do that?" But it was fun, and very memorable. This is what being young is about, right?

My parents weren't too upset when I told them. Their response was more like, "Why were you going to Myrtle Beach at 11 o clock at night?"

Nevertheless, the rest of my weekend hasn't been that eventful. Tatyana and Myrtle did enough for me. Our mini-trip kinda backed me up with sleep so I slept up until 1 pm Friday. I am glad my parents came when they did, seems like parents always know what's really going on. I learned my lesson and I'm gonna try my super bestest hardest not to speed anymore. At least not for a while. At least not at night.
Time is running out fast! I only have 10 more days of class. Ready to knock them out.

Have a great week.



btw, i just want to let someone know that this blog took me forever to do lol.