WHEN A BIRD SINGS....

I just so happened to be listening to Aaliyah's "one in a million"...and wow, I miss Aaliyah...I wonder what would the R&B music be if she was still living...but anyways this blog is not about Aaliyah.. When this CD came out...I think I was in the 6th grade because I remember getting for my 6th grade promotion...and I'm just thinking about a love that is one in a million...a soulmate...does that really exist? Is there really only one person on this earth that you are meant to be with? Well I've been thinking a lot about whether or not my life is pre-destined...I believe that I am here for a purpose...what that purpose is, I am not sure...but I do know that God has a purpose for me...so maybe I believe the decisions that I am make allow me to determine my own destiny...however, if I have a purpose, then are the decisions something that was going to happen anyways? I said that to say because then that would mean that along the journey of life that is "prede...

Is it normal to get jealous? To be mad because he is having fun with someone? To get angry because I called wasn't answered or a return phone call wasn't within 10 minutes? Does love have anything to do with being jealous? Or is it an ego thing? Why do we get jealous if there is trust? Can there really be trust if you get jealous? Because you feel that way does it mean that you think he's unfaithful? How normal is jealousy? Are girls more jealous than boys?

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 ...