Friday Funnies

I was just thinking about the original video, but then I stumbled onto this remix. It's FUNNY. El.oh.el. *sighs* GOOD STUFF.

ENJOY.

FRIENDS....How Many of Us Have Them

While I was in Houston visiting Shelby and hanging out with her family, one of her uncle's said that me flying out for the FIRST TIME to celebrate Shelby's b-day, showed that I was a truely good friend. That made me feel really good. I mean I guess I hadn't thought about it. I just thought of it as a cool experience, that it would be something fun. I didn't look at the bigger picture. And when I thought about it, it WAS pretty cool. Then it made me think of all of my friendships over the years. My friends from when I was younger to now, for the most part, are different. I met a group of friends that will stay with me forEVER. I mean these girls are going to be in my WEDDING. El.oh.el. I don't have a LARGE group of friends that I hangout with. It's only really 3. Crystal, Thelma, and Shelby. Then there's my bestie Bri. I don't hangout with her like that. I haven't really since college, because we're onn different schedules, but she is still a friend of mine. AND my roomie. As far as guy friends are concerned, I also only have 3: D.J., my twin Donovan, and J.B., but of COURSE I'm closer to my girls. O YEAH! El.oh.el. My friends are VERY important to me. Living on campus, I'm around them ALL THE TIME. Well...MY GIRLS. El.oh.el. But if I don't see them, I'm either texting or calling them. YEAH...THAT CLOSE. I believe EVERYONE should have somebody that they are REALLY close with, other than a relative. With all my many issues, I need cool people to talk to and just have fun with. Things can be pretty stressful at times, even as college student, el.oh.el., so I need people around me to make things not AS stressful. My friends are also there to be STRAIGHT-UP with me, and that is ALWAYS needed. El.oh.el. At this point in myy life, I just want to keep my friends close to me. I try to text, call, and see them as often as possible. These guys aren't going ANYWHERE. El.oh.el. I want to keep them involved with every aspect of my life even when our college years end. Shelby, Crystal, Thelma and I are trying to go to the same grad school. El.oh.el. YEAH...this is REAL. My daddy told me that the friends you have in highschool sometimes fall by the wayside when you graduate, but the friends you meet in college will be with you FOREVER. I love my crazy, funny, GREAT friends, and I can't wait to continue my friendship with each and everyone with them when we graduate college. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! El.oh.el.

Untill next time,

New Adventures

I know I haven't written anything in like FOREVER, and I'm SORRY. I'm gonna make up for it tho. I'm gonna do like 3 posts back-to-back. So YEAH. El.oh.el. OKAY. So my friend's Shelby's b-day was this past weekend. Before school ended, she told us that she would have plans for her b-day weekend, and she was inviting us to come. (US- Me, Crystal, Thelma, and Bri) When school ended, I offficially decided that I was going to buy a plane ticket to go to Houston and celebrate Shelby's b-day. I mean she's my friend, and I'll have money, so why not??? Besides, I knew that Crystal and Thelma would be going with me, so I wouldn't be by myself. I knew Bri wasn't going because she HATES planes. *sighs* I called Thelma and Crystal as soon as I got my ticket to let them know where I got mine from so we could be on the same plane. When I told them, they were telling me a whole LIST of things that I didn't want to hear. They were saying that they might not be able to make it. I was just thinking, "oh.em.GEE. These hoes BETTA go. I'm not gonna be in Houston by mySELF." El.oh.el. I encouraged them that they would, and that was the end of that conversation. A week and a half later I asked them again, and it was confirmed...I was going to Houston by myself. *sighs* I finally came to grips with it. I mean...I wasn't gonna NOT go. Besides, it's non-refundable. El.oh.el. So I was packing up everything...LITERALLY. I know I packed more than I should have, but I needed to have options. When the time finally came for me to travel to Houston, I was SUPER psyched. I was feeling anxious. I was nervous and it was TOTALLY noticeable. When I got to the airport to check in my bags, the baggage handler asked ONE question. From that question, the he was able to determine that it was my first time riding a plane. El.oh.el. SMH. I was FREAKING OUT. I was shaking SO HARD. It was RIDICULOUS. It only got worse when I got closer to where I needed to be. I went inside, past the security, which I thought was a little much, and I started to walk to where I THOUGHT I was supposed to be. I looked a little lost, but I was trying to. El.oh.el. I finally found somewhere to sit. I ended up sitting by this guy who not only goes to JSU, but who said that he sees me around campus and always thought that I was beautiful. *pauses* I always find the weird guys. El.oh.el. He didn't bother me that much, because he was keeping me SOMEWHAT calm. It was finally time for us to board the plane, and my nerves were at an all time HIGH when we started to move inside. By the time I sat down, I was totally out of it. I didn't even know how to put on my seatbelt. SMH. Then I became calm. I thought to myself, "This isn't that bad. I can DO THIS!" El.oh.el. But little did I know that we hadn't ACTUALLY taken off yet. All I felt was the plane speeding up and then I jolted back in the seat. The plane started flying around. It really felt like a rollercoaster. And THAT was takeoff. El.oh.el. When that 5 minutes of surprise was over, I started to dose in and out of sleep. Next thing I know, they are passing out snacks, and then they're telling us we were in Houston. WOW...that was FAST. I was super excited now. I was in Hobby airport. I had to go to baggage claim to find stuff. After the THIRTY MINUTES that took, el.oh.el., I was to ready to go with Shelby's mom. She picked me up from the airport. Houston is GINORMOUS. It took us it seemed like FOREVER to get to the house, and they said that that was close. 0_o Shelby was excioted to see me and I was excited to be there, but there was no time for hugging and talking. It was time to get ready for our first placeto go for the weekend. We went to a sports bar. It was REALLY SNAZZY. After almost an hour of waiting, her friends are black, el.oh.el., they started to show up. And I must say, Shelby's friends are ALL GOOD LOOKING. I was like WHAAAATT??? El.oh.el. Of course I was reserved at first, but I started to warm up a little. Shelby's friends were really col. The next night was even better. We were at Dave and Buster's. Everyone was more relaxed and chill. Things that night got pretty CRAZY. El.oh.el. So crazy that they can't be discussed. El.oh.el. But they aren't THAT bad. El.oh.el. The next day was a Sunday. It was my last day there. I went to church with Shelby and her dad, and then I was on my way back home afterwards. Shelby's church was giNORMO. It was something I wasn't used to, because my church is WAAYY smaller. It was a nice experience though because I've never really been to another church. Soon...it was time for me to go.     :-( I was pretty sad. I wanted to stay a little longer, but the whole JOB THING. *sighs* But  I definitely want to fly again. I'm still taking baby steps, so I don't think I'll be flying to like Canada or anywhere, but traveling via airplane is a new thing added to my list of things to do.

Until next time,

I Whip My BRAIDS

So this summer I wanted some new hairstyle that would be manageable. My hair was already reaching it's "natural state," el.oh.el. and I didn't want to keep going to get my hair done. SMH. That gets pretty pricey. So I was talking to my friend who braids hair, and I was telling her that I wanted her to braid my hair, not really knowing FOR SURE. I started looking up braids, and I started to get REALLY interested. hy have I not ever considered braids BEFORE?! They are great AND they look cute. I don't have to worry about being in my head all the time. All I have to do is fix it up and GO. That makes things SO much easier. El.oh.el. I finally found out what kind  of braids that I wanted. I ended up getting box braids. They are TOO cute. El.ohel. Now braids will DEFINITELY be a hairstyle that I will consider.

Race Is Still An Issue

So last night while I was watching television, my first weeknight of the summer, I turned onn VH1 to watch La la's Full Court Life. In that episode, race was the main focus. It started when La La's son had a project to do. They basically create a board of who they were. When La La asked her son what color he was, he proudly said "Brown." I thought that was SO CUTE. I mean...I wish older people could have the same ideology as children, which is that skin color doesn't matter. Kids are pretty simple. They can be friends with ANYONE, and adults should be the same. Well I thought that was gonna be all the show was about, but of course this episode on race went a little deeper. La La's friend guy/trainer, a BLACK man, talked about how he doesn't date black women anymore, only white women. *pauses* When La La asked him why he doesn't date black women anymore, he gave LAME reasons why. 1. Black women have MAJOR attitude issues. 2. Black women don't open up. 3. Black women aren't adventurous enough. ESPECIALLY in the bedroom. O_0 REALLY?! Like are you SERIOUS right now?! It's things like that that REALLY get under my skin. How can you, a BLACK man, not want to date a BLACK woman??? I mean...your mother's black. So all of these negative opinions you have towards black women, your mom possesed the SAME THINGS. Did you not like your mother, because that's exactly what it SOUNDS like. I mean...I don't have a problem with interracial dating or marriage. I am not saying that AT ALL. I mean...we are ALL pretty mixed up anyways. El.oh.el. My problem comes when people, MOSTLY MEN...BLACK MEN, date another race not because they WANT to, but because they feel like they HAVE to. Just because you have had a FEW, BAD dates with black women, it doesn't mean that you can categorize them all and just write them off. And MAYBE have you considered that sure...it's THEM, but it's also YOU. I mean you are the one ATTRACTING these type of women. #justsaying El.oh.el. People should just keep an open-mind. Don't shut a person down because of their race. ESPECIALLY if that person is the same race YOU ARE. SMH. That's just STUPID. *sighs* In due time.

Until the NEXT time, 

MY B-DAY WEEKEND

So my 20th B-Day is in 3 days and I'm SUPER excited. El.oh.el. But since my B-Day falls on the Wednesday of finals, I decided to celebrate with my friends the weekend before. And oh.em.GEE. Did WE CELEBRATE. El.oh.el. My weekend pretty much started on Thursday. I had one final and I was done for the day. I chilled out on the plaza and it was SO CRAZY. I met some pretty interesting people, eventhough the school year is about to end. But that was the end of that day. Friday, like usual, NO CLASS!!! El.oh.el. I wore my slutty cute outfit and chilled out on the plaza. I had a short intermission to mentor. And of COURSE I changed my clothes. El.oh.el. After that was done though, I made my way back up to ther school. I was ESPECIALLY excited because I had FINALLY agreed to my bestfriend's offer to smoke weed with him. And what better day to be a first-tme weed smoker, but on the weed holiday, 04/20. I was excited until he told me that he already smoked. I was HOT. I told him the day before that I got off work at 4:00. Y WOULD HE DO THAT?! UGH. I was starting to sound like some kind of weed fiend, but I tried not to let that bother me. Later on that night, the girls and I went to Jazz on the Plaza, while outside, I saw my bee.eff and I gave him my ANGRY face. I couldn't keep it for long though. SMH. I had gotten over it, but now I was ready to drink. We had said that we were going to drink while the concert was going on. SMH. HORRIBLE. El.oh.el. So we decided to mix the alcohol with some slushies from Subway. I don't know who came up with that idea, but it was pretty POINTLESS because by the time we actually started drinking, we had drank the slushies already. I didn't drink all of my slushie, but I couldn't taste it anyway because I had a LOT of alcohol. THEN my friends Muffin and Tasha decided to go smoke WEED, and of COURSE we were invited. :-) I was feeling so many different things at that moment. I was excited, nervous, and scared. We got outside, and there were Muffin and Tasha. They were sitting down, and had already started smoking. My friend Crystal was the first to try. She took about three puffs because she was confused. Then she passed it to Thelma. SMH. That was a disaster. El.oh.el. I knew she was done with it after that. Then it was my turn. I took the blunt and did exactly what Muffin and Tasha told me. *sighs* "DANG. U a professional. R u sure u hvn't smoked before?" That's what one of my friends said to me. Apparently I knew what I was doing. Eventually, the alcohol and the weed was starting to kick in. I felt like I was in another world. It was so much crazy stuff that went on. It all just seems like a dream, but I DO remember all of it. I know my brother called me at after 11 p.m. saying that they were in the area and my visit. I remember craving gummy worms, my mouth was dry. It was just CRAZY. El.oh.el. It was like one of the best nights though. I had the time of my life...I THINK. El.oh.el. It was just a RANDOM night, and I LOVE randomness. The next day was a little different. I was calmer. That's probably because I was still feeling effects of the night before. El.oh.el. I chilled that whole day until my B-Day dinner and movie night. I spent some time with my friend Shelby. We went in the Fondren area and hungout. We talked about the future. It was fun. Later on I got all dolled up to celebrate my   B-Day with my girls and an added guest. El.oh.el. It was an overall GREAT night. I really enjoyed myself. It's moment like these that I cherish, especially because this school year's almost over. With three more days until my B-Day, who knows what will happen. I can't wait though. :-)

Until next time

We Have the Right, SO LET'S USE IT!!!

So this past Thursday the results for our University's elections were announced. I was happy overall for the people that won, but as far as the number of people that actually voted, I felt...some other type of way. When I saw the number of students that actually voted and compared it to the number of students that attend the school, the numbers were HORRIBLE. I mean...I just didn't understand why people didn't vote. It was literally only 13% of people that voted. Out of over 9,000 students, only a little over 1,000 voted. ...WTFlip?! It especially blew my mind to look at the breakdown of the number of people from the different classes that voted. For one candidate, it was only 41 freshmen that voted. REALLY?! There were more AKA that crossed this year. I see more than that number of people in a DAY. Like...this is CRAZY. It would be over a hundred people at the hotspots on Friday or passing through the plaza on a regular day if it feels nice outside. This showed that our generation really doesn't care. I mean...it wasn't to long ago blacks couldn't even vote. Now we're given an opportunity to, but no one wants to. Like do the young people today just not care what goes on in the world around them??? I mean...I know it's a college election, but STILL. These people are going to be put in place to represent our classes and our school as a whole. JUST VOTE. El.oh.el. And this speaks VOLUMES, seeing as how the presidential election is ALSO this year. If students couldn't vote for a simple college election, how are we ever going to get them out to vote for the PRESIDENTIAL election??? Our voices need to be heard as well, but we can't get our points across if we don't even bother to participate in what is going on around us. SMH. It just really disappoints me to see that our generation is only caught up in superficial things, such as appearance. They don't care about the real issues. They have no desire to make a difference. I mean...we CAN make a difference. This incident made me want to improve myself. I mean...all it takes is one person right? I was going to be that one person. I decided to go to the SGA office so that I could fill up one of the open positions. I felt really good. I want to make a difference, but I know it's not going to happen if I just sit around doing NOTHING. I just hope the rest of our generation realizes the same thing. Make a change in the world. Start TODAY. All it takes is one small step. Well...
Until next time.