Anais Nin: You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death. Some never awaken.

12.03.2008

S.T.O.R.Y. Stories Told Over Remixed Years By K Salaam and Beatnick

OH MY GODDDDD!!!!!!!!!

My husband Common has a new mixtap out.

YAYYYYYY. I found out in Club U.G.L. when I was chillin with my friend Jasmine.

I had an auditory orgasm the first 12 seconds of the first track.












































iLike

Have you ever wondered what guys/girls feel or think about when they have a crush on someone? I interviewed Jasmine...


Jasmine!


How does it feel for you when you have a crush on someone?
"It feels like biting into a peppermint patty and you're flying down Mt. Everest butt naked!!!! But no, really It feels like...butterflies. It really does. If im around someone I like and I can see them comming from afar and i feel like 'WHOOSH!' 'Let me just get myself together!"

Do you currently have a crush on someone?
[Smiles] "No."

You're Lying [Laugh]
"Yes, I do.

What's his name?
"We shall call him 'Main Attraction' "

As you can tell, Jasmine has quite the imagination when it comes to attraction. 

12.01.2008

Hard-Hitting Ad targets teens

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/01/advertising-sexual-health

The above link transfers you to a video which the GB government has started to advertise during the party season.
It is very provocative. It runs backwards to show the sequence of events leading up to a young girls pregnancy. 

11.14.2008

Grey's....

Have you seen the latest episode of Grey's Anatomy?
The one where the homeless guy's broken leg bone was stuck inside his chest?

Not only that, but another part of the story was weird.

WARNING!!! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LATEST EPISODE, THEN YOU NEED NOT READ THE REST OF THIS POST. IT CONTAINS SPOILERS...

SPOILER ALERT

So, Izzie is being haunted by Denny...yeah, her dead fiancee (the one who the Free clinic is named after) Even though I really don't like her character that much, mostly because she reminds me too much of myself (ah! a revelation), I'm feeling for her. Anyone who has ever lost someone, or has broken up from a horrible relationship understands where she's coming from. 
Being haunted by someone isn't fun. It's painful...

I finished watching the episode a couple of minutes ago shaking my head in disbelief and shock and pain, because Denny has been following her all around the hospital, making comments on her cases and also talking to her at inconvenient moments. NOT FUN.
But here's the part that I can't get over.
So, she realizes that she's being haunted by him and then, thanks to the advice of a patient who advises her to burn all of the things that she has that belongs to Denny, she asks Alex to burn his sweater. 
Great Right? Ya know, he won't be haunting her anymore...?
NO. The audience couldn't be more wrong.
She goes into her room and he's sitting on the bed.
Throughout the episode, Denny kept telling her to touch him to make sure he was real, and she kept resisting. Why? Because he's DEAD!! And any form of him that keeps following her around is a ghost.
So he keeps telling her, "I'm here for you, Izzie... Touch me."
She finally touches him at the height of disbelief...
and her hand rests on his chest. And he embraces her. 
WHAT THE HELL....
How can you explain that shit?!!!
Shonda, you are really laying it on THICK aren't you. 
Thanks for making me obsessed.

11.02.2008

Le Masquerade



Yes, the above video is footage of "Le Masquerade" which is an event I had the pleasure of covering for Wayne State University's South End News.

And YES. I had a BALL.
Pictures coming soon...

The Secret Garden

I want to know a secret of yours, reader. 

You've been reading my posts and everything, but I rarely hear from you.......


10.10.2008

Jazmine Sullivan's " Bust Your Windows"

Her new video disappointed me.

I was expecting to see her riding in a big Escalade with her girls, Dressed in all black, and tall stiletto boots to match, stopping around the corner of her boyfriends place and promptly taking turns beating the windows, side panels, back lights, front lights, turn signals, and rear-view mirrors out of his car. 

The video wasn't complete trash, but the director really missed the mark on this one. FAREAL

Hopefully the next one will be satisfactory...what's her next single? Hm..i hope it's not "In love with another man" because that's my favorite song on the cd...


10.04.2008

Le List

Mood:
Fragrance:
Nails:
Sweet tooth:
Celeb crush:
Makeup crush:
Something you don’t know about me:
Latest makeup or beauty find you’re sharing:
Hair:
Goals for the week:



Highlight and Paste!! Let me know what you are doing today!!!



My girl over at makeupandbeautyblog.com always does this, I think like once a week. It's going to be once a month for me. Here goes...

Tuesday!

Mood: Inspired and Ready to Go!!!

Fragrance: Asian Pear by Secret / It's a Secret..

Nails: Nearest beauty supply's nail buffing file ($.79!!! Score)

Sweet tooth: Cheesecake with Caramel and Cookie Crumbles

Celebrity crush: Common

Makeup crush: Anything in the YSL makeup collection. (Look Left)

Something you don’t know about me: I like telling strangers my secrets

Latest makeup or beauty find you’re sharing: Dark Blue Eyeliner

Hair: Ponytail and a cute curled bang

Goals for the week: Finish interview with Jeantrix/ Talk to Dr. Bayneson/ Find, Purchase or Borrow book for Communication Class


10.02.2008

Halloween Pt. 1

So my grandmother threw a fish-fry a couple of weeks ago, and I asked one of my 3000 little cousins what I should be for halloween.
Aleena* said, "An Angel!!!"
Then I thought about it...hm...not bad Aleena*
I could pull that off, but what would I wear? My Google prowess came in..

I can be a sultry, glowing, alluring, goddess - angel for Halloween.

Costume search!!!
I went online to Frederick's of Hollywood first...But then I thought about what I should be wearing: An angel would either have on a baby-doll or a long flowing gown, so I searched for those two things.








(Imagine these in White...)
Lover's Lane...



I like the gowns/lingerie from Lover's Lane more than Frederick's. Now, all I need to do is search where I can find some big ass Victoria's Secret angel wings...
then I would be perfect...


Yes!! This would be too perfect!! But I don't think that I can buy any like this online. The only ones I can find are the thin, papery kind...

Hopefully, by halloween I can find an outfit..


9.28.2008

The Ticketed Experience...Santogold, Low VS Diamond, DJ ATRAK

THIS CONCERT WAS FUCKING EXHILARATING....

I could barely take pics and vids i was so hype!!!

First, Low V.S. Diamond came out. I liked them. They had a great sound and there were pretty cute band members. The lead singer had a nice voice. They played well.
At least the sound people didn't fuck their music up by trying to adjust the sound WHILE the concert was going on just because they weren't the main act..It's happened before...but anywho..


The video you're about to see I think is "Heart Attack".. i'm sorry if it isn't..
(the above link will lead you to another blog where you can download the song.)


I will gladly purchase their music.

I didn't know what to think of Plastic Little.
They were too.....i dont know...jumpy..? I was'nt feeling them at all.


But I stupidly recorded two videos of them instead of one so i'd have enough memory on my phone for Santi.

DAMN

Here's the vid of Plastic Little...you decide if you can hear the song....trust..im going to buy a digital camera so I wont have to sacrifice quality over the...um experience while taking pics and videos from my camera phone.




DJ A-Trak was nice....I think this was the first time i've seen a prof. DJ spin and scratch....it was sweet and i hear he was The Louis Vouitton Don's DJ...hmmm





Last, and NEVER least was Santogold...
She was amazzzzzzzzzinnnnnnnnnnnng and I sang every single one of her songs...
but low and behold,
scream and the avalanche will come...
Homegirl had a mixtape before her self-titled came out WTF!!!
So i'm copping this shi' SONNN....

But girlfriend did the damned thing and I was sore when I got back and the voice i'm supposed to be using for my voice class on Friday is hoarse as hell.

BY THE WAY...You can obsess here ~~~~ V~~~~~~


Here is what I DID collect from her performance

I think you can figure out what song she's singing ;-)