WHEN A BIRD SINGS....

Do you ever feel like sometimes you don’t love yourself to your maximum potential? Well, I know I do.  I go through some ups and some downs.  However, sometimes when I am experiencing my downs, I allow it to get me down.  I have been working through my depression for about 2 years now.  When I made the transition to the East Coast, I was still doing things to stay focused and balanced.  However, once I started working, it sort of distracted my purpose.  What is my purpose? Well I know right now, my purpose is to live a peaceful human experience.  I want to work to find balance in my life.  One thing I know is that I cannot run from the “down” moments.  I have to find the strength and endurance inside of myself to properly handle those moments.  I have recommitted myself to focus on my overall health and well-being.  To reconnect myself to my spirit.  To lead with love. To judge less. To appreciate all walks of life; however, m...

"My guiding principle was to place myself in a position of power so that I could help people with good ideas see those ideas realized" I just finished the memoir of Mayor Willie Brown.  Since I was young, I was always fascinated by Mayor Willie Brown.  He was a powerful, swaggy, Black politician in San Francisco.  And, even as a young girl, I always had a strong attraction towards older men.  LOL...Mayor Willie Brown was high on that list. That's how I knew him, as Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco.  It was not until I interned at the state capitol that I learned that Mayor Willie Brown was also the Speaker of the House.  That's like a big deal! My first time I actually had the chance to meet Willie Brown was as an intern in Assembly member Sandre Swanson office.  SIDE NOTE: It wasn't until I worked at the capitol that I was infatuated with "famous" people.  I never really showed much enthusiasm with seeing your average celebrity.  Howeve...

HA! #shoutout to my photographer.,. Samuel Cain  http://samuelcaindiary.tumblr.com/

So I recently got put on game on Spotify (why I had not known about this site a long time ago, I'm not sure).  Well anyways it is great! However, I have now used up all the free music that I can listen too, but I am strongly considering buying the membership. While I was enjoying my free session on Spotify, I was able to listen to music that I hadn't heard in a while.  So I decided to share RAVEN'S BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (well those that I can remember).  When I say BEST ALBUM, I am referring to albums in which I can listen to the entire album.  So here they are, in no particular order: Mariah Carey- Emancipation of MiMi (well this is my favorite artist, so maybe that's why she's first lol) Lil Wayne- Carter (the 1st one) Missy Elliott- Under Construction Mac Dre- Dreganomics Raquel Saadiq- Instant Vintage Janet Jackson- Velvet Rope Michael Jackson- Invincible J-Stalin- Prenuptial Agreement Lucy Pearl- Lucy Pearl Lauryn Hill- Miseducation of Lauryn Hil...

I had luck'd up on a last minute ticket to go see Esperanza Spalding. Can I say how in love I am with her? Her artistry is amazing...truly a voice of an angel, but the mentality of a silent rock star. Her performance was UBER amazing. LUVS HER!!

She's gorgeous! And how I've missed her musically!!

Yo!! One of my new favorite artist...check her out

follow him @samcee_art

"The Orchid Gardener" “My goal in making a painting is to get people to look at it and maybe see something they didn’t know before and want to keep looking at it until they see something else, and keep looking at it until they get what they can get from it.” Loren Holland

Yep..the man has mad talent!! Respect him...even if you don't like whats going on between Mashonda, A.Keys and him...lol

So everyone else did it about 2 weeks ago...out of pure respect, here is mines. It makes you think...what kind of man he was? what was going through his head? And yes, he did draw this...Enjoy and RIP Michael Jackson

Samuel Cain aka SAMCEE *my high school bestest has talent*

I've decided to start drawing again...I used to doodle here and there back in high school...i don't think I've touched a pencil to draw since then...so i wanted to share with everyone my journey to increasing my inner artist... Hopefully this will last, and its not just a fazed...cuz i spent $10 on a sketch book!! lol I know I haven't posted an updated pic about my weight loss...thats cuz it hasn't happen...the booty is winning that war.. I know Tinker is a little suspect...but give me a break!!