January 15, 1908

Happy Founder's Day!!!

If you need a lesson in sisterhood, service, sophistication and lots of prettiness :) pay attention to our 101 (years) of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated!! 

Happy Founder's Day to all of my Sorors everywhere!

many thanks to the Sorors before us!

me and my bestfriend/Soror!

skee-wee!!

Sorry Soror Ethel, but i'm also ubber excited because Post Secret is coming to my school in  March :O. I can't wait! I will be one of the geeks there at least an hour in advance. lol

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.

i ate mexican food today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the last few weeks have been busy! but amazing

since my last post i (almost) met barack obama; been in the same room with lebron james, dwayne wade, chris paul and rudy gay; had two major test one in which a stupid white skeeze wanted to cheat beside me; had 3 articles (1 front page!) in my schools newspaper; received an once in a lifetime internship at a local radio station; and most recently traveled to see my best friend do wonderful in a pageant and currently in between entertaining my parent's visit to come see me at school.

It's been hectic at times but i think i'm realizing i'm FINALLY getting the whole swing of this college thing: work hard, dabble in the good stuff, keep in touch with family and friends and then go back to work and studying some more.

one thing i haven't go the swing off is being away from Raleigh! I miss home often, specially when times like this when i'm super busy. I really missed my house when I had to watch grey's anatomy season premiere with my 12' tv on the foot of my bed this week with a book under it because it kept tipping! (i dont have a tv stand, my cable cord isn't long enough to put on my dresser and i watch tv about....once a week).

I really do mean to blog, but telling stories gets boring with no pics! I still have no camera and constantly beg my friends to send me pics. I'll have some soon I promise! So look foward, although i keep saying that.

I'm really excited about going to see Miracle at St. Anna tonight with my parents and possibly my favorite Aunt! too bad my dog cousin (who really seems like a person) can't come too... I do have a picture of me and James McBride, the author of the novel, "Miracle of St. Anna" the novel the movie was based off of!

I met him last year at school after winning an essay contest about his first book, The Color of Water which is amazing. Unfortunately, i prob won't be reading Miracle at St. Anna since i'm going to watch the movie. Sorry, James.

O, and i had mexican food today!! It was the first time in probably a year....with my severe heartburn I've been steering away to avoid a massive like heartburn/stomach ache attack. I conquered. And it was delish.

see ya suckas

dear summer

to you forever...from me to you:

Thanks Mr. West, for kicking off the summer with the one of the best concert's ever...and supplying my motto for summer '08: "grab a drink, holla at some (boys) and party b*tch!!!" which became amazingly true! lol

to my sis...(who is obviously too cool for this earth by looking at this pic) for giving me a place to crash! and many fun times and hillarious stories..please don't leave.


my job in the financial aid office at wtcc...made my heart weak when i became numb to sob stories and people who couldn't afford education, or my heart hurt when 21 year old single mothers were being shipped to iraq with a weekend's notice. nevertheless, it kept my mind strong.

although our seperation this summer was painful..the occasional random midweek sleepovers made me forget it all. This summer made me a few of those moments where I realized we were beyond best friends esp when I realized how hurt I was when you got your tattoo without me and when I couldn't sleep until you got back that morning in VA beach! It's gonna be a great year for us both...no worries.

didn't see you much this summer but we'll make it back here someday...maybe we can use the field to take off on my spaceship?

from running sprints on the moving sidewalks in the airport to you just making it with your broken ankle...stop worrying. You're gonna take Duke by a (red)storm. Just as long as you bring your t-shirt...

how come we were mutual friends of our 580489 friends for so long?? Don't know if I would have made it this summer without ya...that's a fact. I love you more than Ms.Annette, Goldilocks and Ms. Bev love cigs! Tell ECU to be ready when I come down and give them the business...

My only friend from school who came to visit me this summer! You were the specialest guest we ever had at $4 Tuesdays...can't wait to see you again

my girls...

we didn't get one shot together this summer since the camera died! but....

thanks for the long nights...sometimes too long lol

uber sexiness

true friendships/girltalks/dr*nk talks/heartachetalks/celeberations/tazewell suites to traveling pants times!

and overall, dear summer, thanks for reminding me

good people...

good food..

and good drinks...never goes outta style.

(special thanks to HondieBoo for getting me thru 2,000+ miles this summer!)

"im done for now

so one for now

possibly forever, we had fun together

but like all good things, we must come to an end

please show the same love to my friends

dear summer"

jayzdearsummer

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.

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.

heyyyy

I'm supposed to be studying right now! But I can't stop thinking about Sex and the City! The movie was surprisingly really well..despite all the bad reviews I was hearing about. I thought my experience was gonna be poopie and really packed but...I catched a late show last night with some cool girlies last night. I think the highlight was probably the 10+ gay black men who sat directly behind us. They behaved well, except one who seemed a little tipsy was lovin' my friend who goes to school in NY.

Despite being more than 2 hours...it was pretty fabulous! I never watched all six seasons of SATC, but I watched the last season and watched the late night re runs. But, the movie was still good if you weren't a big fan of the show. I didn't catch on to Carrie's taped up cell-phone...so if someone can tell me about that, that would make alot of sense.

Watching the movie made me

1. wanna go to NYC as soon as possible
2. miss having a 4some of best friends! 7 isn't too bad...but we always have to take 2 cars lol 3.realize i HATE being broke
4. wonder...is he my Mr. Big???
5. think it was Jennifer Hudson's first movie. She didn't do to hot. And whoever did her make-up in the movie played her. bad.
6. Wanna call KarrieB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Besides the movie, I spent a nice afternoon with a friend of mine from school who was visiting the area! Fun times. Stopped by a graduation cookout too...my high school graduated this weekend, I can't believe I graduated a year ago today! I can...but time flies.

Work is going well. I spent my second Saturday at the office. It's not too bad. Except I got paid accidently this Friday. Long story. Jokes on me, huh? The money is still in my account and I just look at it and daydream and realize I can't touch it.

yea. it stinks. late, i know but i had a great memorial day weekend! take a peek.

my sister's bf aka her schmoobie came to visit for her bday! they love each other.

me. hehe. lol. i promise i was being nice.on a serious note: don't try to play my sis in scrabble. she'll beat your a*s.yea, she's 23.

we had lots of fun though. especially with the margaritas. my sis middle! me at the end.

me and the girls went out too. i know i know...we make it look so easy.

back to work. have a great week :)

so close

Adrianne here. Newly 19. First, thank you all for the nice and wonderful and kind birthday wishes. Each of them made me smile :)

My birthday went pretty well, despite trying to clean my room at home to accomodate all of my stuff from here at school. I spent most of my birthday with my family and family friends which was simple and sweet. My and my big sis finally got to club together and we had a great time although I was probably the youngest person in the club ;) Spent a great afternoon with some wonderful people Sunday, and I'm getting more and more ready for summer.

I'm so closed to the end of school, my last exam is on Thursday and I will be pulling out of Charlotte as sooooooooooooooooooooon as I get out of my exam. I feel like there is nothing really here keeping me, but I am excited about a magazine me and a friend will be doing next year for our Black Student Union, pretty excited about that. It's kinda weird having all my stuff split between two places, i'm missing alot of my undies...I hope I left them at home this weekend.

Can't wait for the Glow in the Dark Tour, it's coming to Raleigh Friday!!!! I'm beyond excited, every review I read and hear from my friends who have already gone seems out of this world.

Today I got phone calls from Gayle King, Stevie Wonder, and Barack Obama himself. I don't even remember giving the campain my cell, but apparently I did, which was a bad decision. I tried to early vote last week, but didn't have my school ID...thus couldn't vote, bc I'm registered at home and my school ID would be proof of my residence in Charlotte. Tried to go today with my school ID, but they told me no. On the actual day I have to vote in my precinct, and I forgot to do an absentee ballot while I was home. Which stinks. I really feel bad...I'm one of those people who believes every single vote counts. It really does when you think about it. O well. Maybe I'll call Obama back and apologize. (Update: Obama won NC without my vote!!!!)

Starting my new job Monday morning at 8:30 am sharp. Excited, yet nervous a little.

This is kinda of random, but I never really liked (or had much taste) in people who stayed on Facebook and MySpace and everything else and never even glanced at the news. For instance, my roommate had no idea what was going on with the Olympic Torch, nor that Olympics was even going on this year. I wonder does she know if it's a leap year or even election year? Anyways...

For those who don't know...there was a HUGE cyclone in Myanmar last week. The current death toll is 22,000 and currently 41,00 people are missing. Imagine your whole town wiped out. Or your best friend long lost...possibly indefinitely. Truthfully, I had to look up Myanmar to see where it was. It's in Asia. I know it's miles and days away from where both you and me are, but just think about stability and safety we often take for granted and be thankful for them. A prayer for the people of Burma would be nice too.

Today I am thankful for:

the beautiful weather

a heavenly nap I had after my morning exam and time to actually nap and relax

feeling like me and my best friend can never have enough time to tell each other good news

my sis! she's so cool. i will miss her much

my ability to be patient, and not take things so damn seriously anymore

ciao.