summer...where art thou?

and she says hey.

pray for hondie. she sick.

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 :)

chelloooo!

hello. 

this week has been short and sweet.

im feeling really happy today! maybe because im going home tonight :)

look! i managed to pack light for once. that's my suitcase. well, without my jackets. and my toletries. and shoes lol. im gonna make up my bed before i leave.

and 

i made front page today!! look! that's me. sorry i couldn't flip it.

anyways...have a great weekend! and please pray for my safe travel since im still without a cell phone...

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.

chello little kiddies!!!
Can you believe it's about to be Christmas? I can't. I've somehow attempted to do a few rounds of Christmas shopping...my choice is going to the malls late before the doors close! Although the malls have had some great sales, I had to get a few treats for myself including a fabulous New Year's dress :) Thanks Recession!!!!

My sister is finnnnnnnnnnnnalllly home. We've celebrated a little, but her little body needs to rest so we should be picking up soon. Including Kanki tonight :) yum.

Since I've been home...i have:

• yet to unpack my two suitcases

-i've taken over the guest bedroom, it really looks like a hurrican come through

• openned lots of christmas cards with pics of little white children i dont know

-although i got the sweetest Christmas card from a friend from high school!! i almost cried

• driven alot.

-Hondie hit mile 200,000 on my way from Charlotte!!

• unfortunately been given alot of TRASH from alot of people

-what's up with that?! i know

• frooze my butt off!

-It dropped from 60 degrees to about...20

• saw Seven Pounds!!

-dont tell my sis or mom, I was supposed to go with them! It was good tho, you should go see it too!

okay. ciao. and happy holidays.

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!!!

i-85N here i come

good morning charlotte....

....good night raleigh

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

no place like home

I went home back to the block this weekend! The block, the crib, the brib, my house, my home, Raleigh...yea whatever you wanna call it.

Relaxing..yes. Eventful, not so much. Well..I dont know. Me and my mom went and saw The Family that Preys. Tyler Perry writes great stories...but his endings are always wack. It's like he just gives up. Anyways... I had to head home to get my car expected at a certain carshop in Raleigh which I really felt like was a waste of time and gas before, but I was so ready to head down I-85 North when Thursday afternoon rolled around. I love not having class on Fridays! My weekends start at 12:15 on Thursdays...holla. As far as my inspection, I did pass but the guy (who is my neighbor) forgot to give me my registration card back! So I was driving extra careful on the way back to school today just in case I got pulled because...of course I wouldn't have my registration. I really need to get that tho...

My drive back seemed extra long and (literally) painful today. It's still scorching heat like 85 degrees here in NC and my car is about 10+ years with pretty much inefficient air conditioning. I stopped to see my bestest half way because that seems to make the almost 3 hour drive a little more worth while. I was in a grump, as usual when I leave home, so seeing her made me feel better.

I think what also made my drive back painful today was the ridiculoussssssssssssssness of gas over the weekend. Since when has unleaded fuel EVER been more than diesel?? I saw gas this weekend for a whopping $4.79. People are really tripping...I managed to get a full tank at $3.68 Friday and passed by the same station today and it was still at that price. Whatever. But I am praying for the people in Texas and LA (you too, Beyonce) with the recent bad weather destroying everything!!!

I feel another busy week is heading my way..that's why I came back today instead of Sunday afternoon/night. gotta have a day to get myself together. I told myself I was gonna come back and do work but I'm about to head out for the night lol

I diligently looked for a camera at my house today so I can start snapping pics for my blog but my search was to no avail...sorry Nik, and everyone else?! Stay tuned for some snapshots in the future. miss u nikisssssssssssssh

Yea, I got back this evening and my roommate brought her cat from her house because she was scared of being in the apartment by herself. Can someone PLEASE tell me what a kitty kat can do when someone breaks into your house? thanks.

p.s.- i brought Romeo back with me :D yumyyummmmmm (see previous post lol)

btw...as much as i complain about you being in my dreams, i wish they all come true.

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.

miss you II

First, let me say...today is a day of rememberance for me and my family. A year ago today, my Grandfather passed. I miss him very much, but I know he's in a very very better place and his memory is still with me, almost everyday. I've never believed in the supernatural, besides that of God, but I do believe that some things today were not a coincidence.

This morning the sun woke me up. It was so bright. It wouldn't be so much of a big deal if the last two days here in Charlotte weren't completely disgusting and gray and nasty and rainy. To me, I felt like it was Papa smiling :) I remember this day last year...the day was amazing in some odd way. The weather was perfect too.

Then, I went to class this morning and my professor brought our class Dunkin Donuts. May be nothing to you, but my Nana and Papa always used to stop and get Dunkin Donuts when they went on long trips. I treated myself to the only chocolate sprinkled one and this guy tried to pitch a fit with me...whatever. I just smiled to myself.

If these things sound trivial and just coincidence to you, so be it...shoot me if it's wrong to believe coincidences are God's way of staying anonymous.


Besides that, today was a day of celebration. Besides remembering my Grandfather's life, it was my last day of class. And ironically, I only had one class today that lasted 20 minutes (we turned papers in and ate donuts, and I got a box of Nerds for my perfect attendance). I refused to go to my 8 o clock class and my afternoon class was cancelled, why you would cancel the last class before an exam especially when you have an assignment due?? ...I'll never understand. That did bother me a little bit.



I'm so happy to be done with class, but unfortunately, one thing had to get in my way of celebration.



Hondie.



Hondie is dead. I knew I needed some gas in my car, and when I started it today, I thought it was stranged that it didn't even turn over. Went and got a gas can (PLEASE don't tell my Dad). Still didn't work. Jumped Hondie, no pulse. No nothing. Luckily, my dad is going to be in the area tommorow so we'll get things straight. I think she's gonna have to be towed. I think my alternator is fried, died and blow dried. O well. My birthday is Saturday, maybe I can get a new car? Ha.


Now that class is over, I guess it's time I focus on studying for my exams and packing 454 up. I'm pretty much looking past exams and seeing summer...but I gotta face reality.








miss you Papa. love you much.

i need some energizer bunnies.

If I could have anything right now (as in Adrianne's World...not Adrianne is 3 months or 3 years World) I would love a tall Chai Tea Latte with a double shot of vanilla.

For it to be a very NON productive day...it's been a ugh day. But oddly, I realized as I sat in the backseat with my parents, I haven't had an ugh day in a long time, which makes me feel good.

My plan was today was to get up wait for THE magic phone call from my dad today which sets me on my errands which today included going to Angier, then back to the DMV in Raleigh, possibly stopping through at my Dad's job. ( My dad sells cars part time...so when he is his full time job, and I'm home, it suddenly becomes MY priority) In total: about 2 hours of running around, waiting in line and burning gas. I got the phone call (unwrapped my fresh 'do although I really didn't want to because I finally got it done and its rainy cats and hyenas in NC today) right around perfect timing because I just finished watching The View and straining to swallow a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios..somehow I can't get into them anymore. Anyways, I head to the Hondie...and it doesn't start. It pulls the same stunt as the other day, despite the magic jelly and Sam's assistance. Try calling Mom at work, no answer and my Dad...no answer. I sat in my driveway for about 15 minutes trying to get some indication of my car attempting to breath, and nothing worked.

After finally hearing back from my Dad, my options are trying to start my car later on and just driving to Angier without cutting off my car and not coming back. Problem is, I've been running through gas the past few days, (I think I've spent about $75 on gas since I've been home.) and I knew my car was low on gas, so I'd have to get gas with my car on...kinda scares me a little but I'd do it if I have to.

Afternoon passed...I felt like my old middle school days when I would sit at home aaaalllll day watching movies and talking on the phone and ordering pizza. Didn't watch a movie today, or talk on the phone much but I felt like I was locked in a jail cell. Me sitting in the house all day just didn't sit well on my heart, soul, body or conscious. I get grumpy. I got even more upset when after about 2 hours, I figured it was time to try my car again. I go in the garage and open the garage door to see this sitting in my drive way:

Seriously?! I guess this is the car my dad bought at the auction today. Someone had dropped it off. I bypassed my Honda and went straight to the Benzo...I mean, wouldn't you? I knew the keys had to be in there somewhere. This car is the epitome of a bad ass ride. I looked and looked for about 10 minutes, even went inside and came back out. I just wanted it to take it for a little spin :)

I looked like a maniac, and finally found it tucked under the sun visor. Tried to crank the car, wouldn't turn. I presumed the battery was dead. It's been at the auction sitting so, that makes sense. I was really looking forward to putting the pedal to the medal...but that was clearly a sign. I'm having the worst luck with cars it seems? It's okay, one day I'm gonna get used to opening my garage and seeing my Benzie (sorry Honda!)

Turns out...the magic jelly that Sam smothered my battery fuse with was really interrupting the connection. My dad wiped it off and my car started. I could have been running up the road as planned today instead of almost pulling my hair out! And having a ridiculous argument in Subway with my Mom.

My girlfriends are in town for the weekend...so I'm really looking forward to spending time with them before I head back to school Sunday. And my next Chai tea.

Amazingly still...

I'm really tired. I haven't doing much strenuous work, but something is just making me feel exhausted. Maybe since I slept until past 11 today, that's late for me.

Nevertheless, I did find out that there are still good people in the world.

Part 1:
So, my car has been acting a damn fool. I turn the ignition and nothing comes on, no dashboard lights, no sounds nothing. Then...5 minutes later it starts. I'm pretty sure I briefly mentioned this yesterday, but to be continued...today I really had to get it checked out because I can't be on spring break with no car. That just makes no sense. Thus, I took my Hondie to Advance Auto Parts to get my battery tested because I figured one of two things, 1.my battery was close to dead and 2. my starter/alternator was fried. "Sam" at AAP tested my battery and it was actually very healthy, the connection fuse thing was dirty and corroded so that's why my battery was acting funny. Sam told me they "weren't supposed to do this" but he went inside and rolled out this big utility box and treated my battery to a nice clean up and even put connector protector (a.k.a. magic jelly to me) on the fuse. In all...he only charged me $2.09 for the fix. Can't complain. I said Thank you probably ten times, because I really appreciated it. As I drove off...I thought "there are still good people in the world."

Part 2:
I left the Advance Auto Parts to head to the mall...to get this really cute dressed that I spotted this weekend. I knew I would look up in a few weeks and think, "That dress would look so wonderful on me" so I figured what the heck...go get it. I cruise to the mall, head to the upper level parking deck because I wanted to run in and out the mall and not be tempted to go anywhere else. I park quick...very quick and happen to bump a car as a swung in. It made a very loud sound. Matter of fact, I thought..."I just hit the %$#* outta that car." This has happened one time before. I left the scene and later my dad saw the uh-oh on my bumper and fussed me slam out.
As I was pulling in... I saw this lady walking to the car. Of course, this lady was sent to straight into my life today from Nosey Woman world. I parked beside the car, and got ready to get out and examine the damage. I think for a minute and assess the situation in my head. (Had a little Donnel Jones moment..."Do I leave? Do I stay? Do I go??!)I look up in my rearview and this old hag is already writing down my tags. Great. So, I get out the car and look at the van that I bumped. Basically...all I did was scuff the tire. The Nosey Hag pulls over and is staring at me. I'm like...Woman, I'm going to leave a note (I'm thinking..."wait am i?) And Nosey Hag is just like....well, its up to your conscience. I'm not gonna lie...this lady was of Caucasion Persuasion, so I'm sure she thought I was another stealing and lying and cheating black "girl", you could see it all over her face. I asked her for some paper...she only had napkins, so I went to my car and faked a letter so she would be pleased to see me writing. Whatever, I'm anticipating a phone call from Raleigh Police Department any minute truthfully. I placed a blank napkin under the car's windshield.

Part 3:
As I walk in the mall, I call a friend and ask for their advice. "No comment." Thanks...friend. I try on the dress just in case because I really didn't want to come back to the mall anytime soon anyways. I'm trying on the dress and thinking about the cussing out my dad gave me last time I attempted a hit and run. Buy the dress..exit the mall, whatever. I get to my car and think, "Hmm...did I check out MY car?" No, I didn't. I walk around the front of my precious Hondie and see the front signal dangling out its socket. And...the scuff from the first bump has been amplified times 139804284. So clearly, I got most of the damage. I'm like %#$! it...I'm not leaving a note, the damage wasn't even that bad to the other car. If it had happened to my car, I woulda been like o...that's new. Jammed my light back in and get on the road.
I'm driving...and I keep seeing all these police and people in black from head to toe and I'm thinking that Nosey Hag called the cops on me already. I realize I'm tripping and just keep going.
Then I start thinking...what about the nice guy that helped me today at Advance Auto Parts? He did a good job for me, so maybe I should pay it forward? I should be honest and just leave a real note. What if I just leave the number of this old ho I don't like? What if they really are upset about the scuffed tire?!?! What if I go back to school next week and my parents call me fussing me out asking why the police is calling them?!
I turn around.
Then I think...what if the car isn't even there anymore? (I had driven like...5 miles) I go back and leave a note that is something like

"Minivan Owner, I overturned on my parking job and accidentally bumped your car. I didn't see much damage but, if something comes up please call ( my number here)"

I felt alot better on my way back home. So I amazingly still...there are still nice, honest people in the world.

Part 4:

I couldn't never commit a real crime.

But...honorable mention to Donnel Jones. This song has always been one of my TOP favs...funny how songs become so ironic years later?