Chris, Is That You?

This week Chris Brown released promo pics for his upcoming album, Graffiti. I miss the young, colorful and fun Chris. I know he's been dealing with a lot [[Oprah, TMZ, Tyra & other haters...]] lately, but black and white and serious isn't the Chris I know.

Oh well, he still looks great. Good looking people are so easy to forgive.

BLOG 13: BUTT BOOTY NAKED.

I've been walking around naked for these past few days....and I'm beginning to love it.

My hair, much like every other woman I know, has been my journey. Weaves were my ‘do of choice for the past 6 months. Before that it was a short pixie. Before that it was chemically relaxed and shoulder length. Before that it was long black braids.

This week, for the first time in a very long time, I took off the weave, didn’t bother to relax my hair and just let the kinkiness free flow. In all honesty, I was VERY apprehensive about just letting my hair be my hair. Not that I was afraid of what I might find. ‘Cause I was born with this hair. I know what it looks like. It was more because I was worried about what other people would think.

The realization that I cared enough about what other people thought to conceal one of the most beautiful parts of me was enough to compel me to make the decision to be happy with my nappy.

I walked into school on Wednesday morning and my secret was exposed. I felt naked. I trotted from class to class and thru the library and felt uncomfortable when people acknowledged it, but proud of myself for having the confidence to saunter around stark naked.

So if you see me walking around lower Manhattan, ipod blasting, with a smile on my face, just know that it’s not because of anyone else. I’m just walking around naked… and LOVING what God made.

Check me out... <3>

Are YOU Doing the Most?

Peeped this video on YouTube ... It put so many things in perspective. People my age have such a effed up view of what a relationship is.

Newsflash: If you're not married, YOU'RE SINGLE!!!! Watch and learn.




His name is Lewis and you can view more of his life lessons at www.ihustlenation.com!

This Week's Random Quote...

“Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all. For now you are traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be...”

-Author Unknown

[So unbelievably true!]]

The Body Issue

Nadia <3's DWIGHT!!!!

That is all.

I'm a YouTube Junkie

Okay... So here are a few things that caught my eye while scanning YouTube recently. Enjoy!


BRANDY CAN SAAAANG!!!


RICK ROSS TAKES A SPILL... (at the 20 second mark)


TEYANA DROPS IT LOOOOW... [[this is my JAM!!!]]

Um, I Don't Think That Even Qualifies As Food...

Written by INDIA (india@shakesomething.com)

So. I love food. I mean, really love food, with a strong emphasis on the "really," and to such a degree that people often ask me to stop talking about what I ate, what I plan to eat later, what I dreamed I ate, and what would be *particularly* delicious to eat *right now*. This, of course, does not mean that I don't have other fabulously interesting conversation; on the contrary, I consider myself something of a conversational genius. However, I really, really love food. And I enjoy talking about it anytime, anywhere. Which, of course, is why I don't think it's unusual that I found myself talking to a lady about tofu in the bathroom at the movie theaters late last month.

Don't ask me how the conversation started. It's unimportant. The most important thing, the strangest part, the almost offensive segment of that particular conversation is when that lady had the audacity to say to me: "My favorite food is tofu." Tofu? Really? TOFU?? I think I passed out in shock. That would account for that unsightly patch of slightly wet, rubbery chewing gum that I had to peel off of my forehead (j/k!). But seriously, who says "tofu is my favorite" and actually means it? It's an off-white, jiggly, bland block of non-food, if you ask me. In fact, even if you *don't* ask me, it still tastes the same...which is like a weirdly textured nothingness. No culinary character! It doesn't even have even flavor unless it leaches it from the tastier foods with which it happens to be sharing a bowl/plate. It's a seasoning-sucking vampire!

But I digress. The whole point of this post was to tell you my favorite food. Annnnnnnnnnnnd this is what it is: Nearly Everything. Yes, that's right. I like a lot of foods. Greasy, fried, pasta-y, doughy, sweet, sour, dipped in sauce, covered in sugar, flaky, wrapped in paper towels, on a stick, in a bag, on a train, in the rain, on a boat, and with goat, because I WILL eat it, Sam I Am! (And yes, I have had green eggs and ham. Loved it.) But I just don't get the tofu thing. Sorry. But like any sane woman, I would be willing to consider eating tofu regularly if it was dipped in dark chocolate. Maybe. But probably definitely not.