Hmmm, Pineapple

a pic of Dreezy and I in my Sitting Room. Mom sliced up some fresh pineapple and we went to work! I won't post the pic of me eating cause its not pretty! Plus, I didn't know Macs have built in cameras so I was REALLY caught off guard! Yes, there is a scarf on my head. What? I had to maintain my wrap...

The Contract

So I'm guessing Meddling Mom had something to do with this... on Saturday, Dreezy's THIRD day at my home, he kept on talking about exclusive rights and what not. He told me he wants me to agree to this contract he's drawing up. I told him as long as its typed, I have no problems but I did ask if he wants me to sign it in blood with a fingerprint and get it notarized. Laughs all around, he told me I'm the only girl for him so a verbal contract will do. All that aside, I check my she-mail right before I read my blog and Dreezy sends me this.


Contract

here it is in all it's glory:

will u be my girlfriend?

circle 1 for yes, 2 for no

1


So Blogger fam, mark the date. All your wishes have come true. Well most of them. I'm waiting till I get married for the rest ;-)

Is this what December is?

So this was taken at the last party I went to. As you can see by the date, it was a while ago. Somehow, I thought this Graduation weekend would've been liver. For whatever reason, Neechie and I keep missing eachother and now I'm in the Palm Beaches! Boooooooooo!!! We were supposed to get up after my Th. night exam even though I had an apple pinning ceremony the following morn but btwn my money and her brother, neither one of us made it to the party I heard was lame anyway. Then friday, i had apple pinning, and EXAM that i didn't get out of till 415pm. graduation was at 5; i didn't make it. i went home to shower and change out my business attire that i had worn for the SECOND day in a row and i found myself in my bed. woke up around 8. yeah. friday wasn't a good day either cause one of our orgs has been in the news and verdicts were in. i ended up drinking champagne with a part of my trifecta.



and then there were two. Ms. Duval is goooooone!!!


so basically, my last days of undergrad were uneventful. i miss the days of high, middle, and elementary school where EVERYBODY had the same last day of school and it was a joyous occassion. in college, its depending on what exams you had, that's when you leave. oh well, april 29th is sure to be bomb!

so i'm back home now. wow. i'm home for good. or at least till 2010. then i'm making major moves to the west, to the west!

P.S. Yes, I'm always wearing a scarf. i love to tie my hair with scarves. i don't even know how many i have but i started getting them as a highschool graduation present back in the days when the millenium was new.

Part I: Agape

my dad
the best thing in the world to me. my dad is "so hip, even his errors are correct". i'm lying. he be making some mistakes that make me look at him like, "what were you thinking???" then i attribute them to him being a man. yo, i'd be my dad's friend even if we weren't related. just based on his music collection that i find is never ending, my pops is the coolest futhermucker i know.

my mom
brought me onto this world and everyday as i get older, i realize everything she's done was out of love. when my dad was out making a living as a recent graduate, for his wife and brand new baby, it was mommy who held us down. i used to be sooo mad at her. so mad. i felt like she ruined my life for the longest time but i am bomb and you know why? my mom made me that way.

my little sister
she is everything i want to be. yes she's 8 years younger but this girl is the coolest chick i know. so level headed, so focused, so determined. a little jazzy and spunky like her older sister; i'd take her anywhere with me cause she can hang with the best of them. b/c she was bullied in elementary school (that shit still chokes me up), she's soooo kind to everyone. she remembers what it was like to be teased for no reason and that's what makes her the most popular and loved girl i know.

my brother (when we were younger)
its sad to say but he hurt me hard this year. just as bad as JBB and Nigel. before he got here, my brother and i were best friends. BEST. I loved that boy more than anything on this earth, in this solar system, in this universe. i was his defender on the playground, i taught him how to blow bubbles, we learned how to ride bikes together. y'all, that was my heart. ask neechie abt the brother feeling. i don't know if i feel that way anymore. he makes me mad. i look forward to coming home and not seeing his car in the driveway. i enjoy cooking, inviting people over and him not touching ONE single item. what is that? that's NOT agape. but it used to be.

Andrew
y'all. if i could get every love song on this planet; in spanish, greek, croatian, and Ga; instrumentals and even the silent overtures, it wouldn't be enough. i read posts from X and think to myself, "yep...yep...that too, yep" can i just let you know some songs he puts on my mixtapes??

Breathtaker- martin luther
what can i say? i just want sit and be around you
undivide my attention and play in your hair
and i'll be by your side if you call me
to help ease your mind, soul, and body


Love, Love, Love- donny hathaway
Love love love you can't imagine
what you did to me aww baby
and love love your love everytime you smile
it goes through me all the time
Day by day i'm fallin more in love with you
And thats no lie, cross my heart and honey I hope to die
Cuz I'm not tryin to mislead ya believe me girl I really need ya


Find a Way- ATCQ
Messing me up, my whole head
Teasing me, just like Tisha, did Martin
Now look at what you're starting
Schoolboy's crush and it ain't on the hush
The whole world sees it but you can't
My peoples they complain, sit and rave and rant
Your name is out my mouth like an ancient chant
Got me like a dog as I pause and pant...

and on and on.

there is soooo much i want to do for this boy! i wish i could spoil him and and i so see what beyonce and children meant with 'cater to you'. can i cook for you? can i make you comfortable? what will it take to make you happy? just being near me? awwww, aren't you the sweetest thing ever?? omigosh i can only hope everybody has in their life someone like my best friend in the whole wide world. he is everything positive. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. there is no-one who can compare to him and i would only be doing you a disservice by giving you my number b/c you know what? i bet you can't do it like him. and to think i've never seen him even remotely undressed but like bryan adams once said, i can see my unborn children in his eyes.

get it love.

Part II: Philia

Yesterday was my godsister's wedding.
kissing a church member
after the ceremony

Aside from one of her 'maids passing out, the event was short and sweet. I will admit that my favorite part was the end when I got to see everybody from the old neighborhood. it was like a family reunion minus the drunks; filled with so much warmth and love. Oh my gosh, i was sooooooooooooooooo happy to see my childhood friends, "aunties" and "uncles". Everyone has spread about the country and it was great seeing "family" who flew in from Kansas City, Atlanta, Charlotte; the students who drove from all over Florida...Tally, Tampa, Miami; and the folks who are right here in town. The engineers, MBAs, teachers, nurses, accountants, law and pharmacy students, professors, flight attendants, politicians, coaches. Of course some were missing like Rashard who played for UM and is at Jax balling with the Jags, and Kali who's in med school at Morehouse. I saw neighbors who i could help but to ask, "Who are you? Are you?!?!?!!? Oh my gosh I haven't seen you in soooooooooooo long!!! OMG Mommy!!! Did you see?!? Oh, you did? True. OMG!!!!"
Ashley, my bro and I at the cocktail reception. don't you wish you were in S. Florida? Even though it was a 'winter' wedding, clearly, sleeveless was the order of the day. It was HOT!!

I was waving my little hands off at people across the way and then we had to leave the sanctuary so Monica could take pics. Before that though, we had to have a Spencer Lakes (my neigborhood) picture.
mom dukes in the African outfit of course. i can't wait to see what she wears for my wedding

it does take a village to raise a child. i love my village.

Yea! Blogger is working!!!

The cotton I "picked". Right next to the field I was too scared to approach. Doesn't that look like some ish a snake would jump out and stab my black ass from? A cottonmouth snake right?
You KNOW I had to get an 85 picture...what it do Sean Paul?????? I love you too boo!
read this to know abt the picture above. it also provides a less spastic view of the weekend
The more than Okayplayer and Me!!! Cheese!
On our way to the ABC party that we didn't make it to. Beautiful city at night!
At the Harlem Bar. And my dress IS ruby!!!! Or is it garnet?? Its SOMEBODY'S jewel tone dagummit!!!

Last Night

So Justin is bringing sexy back and the world is going crazy...on the low. I think EVERYBODY wanted to hate but when they heard, it was like, "bet". Quality. Whatever the case, you know how a song catches on and permeates everything you do? Now everybody is bringing sexy back but remember when you'd see fliers that said, "The So Fresh & So Clean Men of..."?

Jay-Z had "Excuse Miss..." I can't think of the actual title of the song but he talked about "This is for the grown and sexy..."...then EVERYBODY'S theme was 'grown and sexy'? Parties thrown were only for the 'Grown and Sexy' and on and on and on? Well, it seems an establishment in downtown Tally is holding onto that little ditty and every Thursday, its 'Grown & Sexy'. DJ was not all that (HORRIIBLE transition and no concept of keeping a vibe going) but if you're in good company, any party can be fun!!! Trust me. I went to school 'up north'. Anyhoo, these are some pics from last night...we are GROWN & SEXY!!

Stace and Tony in our Fresh Stance.
Stace and Ed bout to kill the line dance for that Frankie Beverly & Maze song that's necessary at EVERY black event *BEFORE I LET YOU...GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOO"*
Stace and Mar waiting for Ed to bring us our martinis!!!!

Oh yeah, they did play Justin. That ish is BOMB!!!

Why he's the BEST!

These are from the bestest. When I was feeling sad this past weekend, he ordered 12 long stemmed Pink Sapphire (that's what the invoice calls them) roses. I didn't get them till I came home last night. I'm coming home from school; just as happy as I can be...my hair was done on Tuesday so nothing can bring me down; I get to my door and there's a familiar sized box!!!! Oooooh! I got flowers! I got inside and saw what color they were and was done. Are they really my favorite color in the world!?!?!? Are these magenta roses?!?!?! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!! So naturally, I got the camera and took some pics =)



This was taken in the day time...I wanted some natural lighting for my pretty flowers!!!!! Yea!!!!! Can this week get any better?!!?!?!?!?!?