WHEN A BIRD SINGS....

If no one calls you "Primetime", then LEAVE THE EARRINGS FOR GIRLS!! (fyi even Deion left them with the 90s)

American Heritage Dictionary defines smart: Characterized by sharp quick thought; bright. See Synonyms at intelligent . American Heritage Dictionary defines intelligent: having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals Probably since the 9th grade, I have stopped calling myself "smart". I just stop believing that I was a smart person. I didn't think getting A's in school was the result of being "smart"; however, I was just doing my work. When I got to college I continued to do my work. I also learned ways to get over...I don't want to go into detail about that because I don't want to promote it. In my professional life, I never considered myself to be "smart" because I just believed that I had become skilled. I've thought for a long time that most people definition of "smart" is very limiting. This excludes people from identifying themselves as being smart, and a lot of times thi...

For the longest time, I longed for my generation to have a hero. I wonder what it would have been like to wake up to a sermon by MLK, a speech by Malcolm X, or a rally by Huey P. Newton. I wonder what it was like to no longer be compliant and have mass of people rise together to fight against the status quo... On November 4th, I no longer wonder...but I felt I started to believe!! I had hope!! I looked at the television and watch the first Black man elected to be the president of the US. I felt patriotic!! I wanted to sing "I'm proud to be an American." Barack Obama has inspired me...he has done nothing, but campaign...and I feel hope. Michelle Obama will be my next first lady!! For the first time in my young life, I said "MY FIRST LADY." I didn't think that I would experience knowing how it feels to have a hero, but I love it!! I aspire to have the same Black Love!! I am proud to call the OBAMAS my first family. The first time that I believe that people has...

Now, that I am back in Oakland....I am surrounded by the hyphy theme...which is cool because it makes me feel right at home...All I am asking is that people from the Bay Area know how to turn it on and OFF!!

For a very long time, I've been feeling like I want something more to add to myself... Its been as if I am unhappy with just being me.... Yesterday, something came to me...and I started to make more sense to myself.... This whole time, I've been searching for something out of myself, but I realized that I just want out this person that I believed was me.... I have been living my life in a box....inside these walls, I have mapped out my life...Go to grad school, get a degree by 25, start my career, and marry by thirty...(just to give a snapshop) When things stray away from my percieve "roadmap", I have equated it to failure...My need to succeed really only comes from a fear of failure...yes, this is a good thing; however, it is limiting if I only see "success" as being one way... No longer will I live inside of this box...I am breaking down these walls, and giving myself some options...follow my heart, my passion, my strengths.... I wonder...What would Obama ...

YES!! I am 23 and with out a little package. Today that is a hug accomplishment. Now that I am back in Oakland, I see how many people that I grew up with that have kids. It has become so widespread that this is the norm. When guys approach me and express interest...they always ask if I have kids. I look at them like "naw, and why would you think that". However, it is so popular out here that I can see why. Sh*t, guys probably are starting to ask girls this as freshmen in high school. I see a lot of girls that use to come to the recreation center where I worked have kids or are expecting. I know people that I went to high school with who have kids that are preparing for kindergarten, and some are working on their second and third child. Ya know, it is everyone personal decision about when they want to start a family. This is not meant to offend or diss anyone who has made that decision. All I know is that I am not ready. I believe that when you have a child you now have to put...

Here is an updated picture of me, since I last spoke about my weight. This is a little more than a month later. With, on average, about 3 times a week at the gym. So here is my progress!! I guess I went with my gut...and said "get rid of the gut, the hell with the booty"...