The Good Life

I am patiently waiting for the Spring season. The weather changes, right along with the leaves. It's so peaceful (if you're in the right place). The fashion. The people. Sunny days. City nights. Lights. Cameras. Hippies. Action. SoHo. Spring time is AMAZING! Spring semester would soon be coming to a halt and that's when the fun beings. I just wonder what new people I'd be meeting over the break but I'll be opened to new things and new people. 

Carrie

I just finished watching Season 3 of HBO's Sex and the City and I think it's about time I get my "Carrie Bradshaw" on. After I finished watching the last seconds of the DVD I checked my News Feed on FaceBook. One of my High School friends posted that a few females posted some quotes from Keri Hilson's song Breaking Point. In this song, Keri is basically stating the obvious. Every woman has her breaking point in a relationship where she can't handle any unwanted stress from a man. The reason I'm saying this is because he noticed how many young women were saying that. Are females obsessed with the "man-hating" songs and books that constantly complain about the things we hate about men? Or, are we even more obsessed with fairy tale endings, happily ever afters and beautiful love song?


I've noticed that every year I grow older, I notice certain aspects of the lives that women lead. For generations, women (as well as men) have complained and bickered about the opposite sex. I'm just waiting for the complaining to end and for Captain Save A Heart comes along to educate these young adults. Half of the young people of today can barely keep their lives in order or stay committed to a job. So, how is it that we yern to have that "perfect" somebody?


I can go on for days on the subject of a "perfect being", but, who's to say that somebody would even listen? As I stated before, the problems that we're facing now are the same as a century ago. When will this madness end?

Return of GQ

This post is for my friend GQ the Gallis. Wah gwan popcaan. This remix is coming as soon as he makes it to the "studio" lol.

All in the Family

I was looking through my cousins' FaceBook picture of my aunt's funeral and I came across some pictures that really touched me. It was s picture of my grandfather and his sisters. Then a picture of my mother and her siblings. And lastly, there was the picture of my grandmother's grave. I don't know which one hit me more or why, but I guess I just liked the view of family. Together. Of course the reason wasn't a good one but I really like when I'm with my family.

<3

Random Thoughts at 1:30 AM

 Sometimes I just sit and think that my thoughts belong to a older and more experienced woman. The way I interpret situations are ways that of a woman in her 30s would. Maybe I am growing up a little too fast but I'm recognizing the reality of it all. Today, Russell Simmons came to my school to talk about his new book titled, "Super Rich". From his summary, the book's meaning is to show people that you must first give before you can "receive". He also stated that people can't give you things that you don't already have and that "making it" isn't really making it. The young adults of my generation truly believe that money will buy their happiness but that's just another cover up of what African-Americans really aren't. My race will do any and every thing to be accepted by society but the fact still remains that it will never be so. We are so influenced by the ignorance of pop culture that we forget that we aren't truly accepted. The "elite" sit back and say, "They'll just keep on faking it until they actually get some where." Some where to us is really a walk in the park for them. American is built on the dynamics of capitalism. Capitalism sure does have a face....and it's not black. Russell Simmons also stated that we must become diverse. Its good not to forget where you came from but don't let where you came from cripple you and hold you back from what you can truly achieve. The way I see it is that my generation has been paralyzed. We haven't even received the chance to LEAVE where we came from to become somebody. More than half of African-Americans have been blinded by the wants of a glamorous life that they know how to make a fast buck. But that same fast buck or scam can be the same thing that'll end their lives forever. Nobody has actually sat and had a real converse about this unless it was with an older adult. But to hear the same words from somebody their age? Preposterous.