90's nick.

iveee been so wrapped up in 90's nick that i haven't ventured out to gather blog- worthy quotes all week. if you have cable & want to be reminded of how OLD you are, make sure you tune in to teen nick at midnight for All That, Kenan & Kel, Clarissa Explains it All, & Doug every weeknight. idunno when the lineup changes (or when they're gonna sprinkle a lil "my brother & me" in there) but ihave been getting misty- eyed every night. as soon as the beat drops & ihear "fresh out the box... look & watch!" i have an emotional breakdown. #memoriessss

p.s. if you don't have cable, or if you have cable but don't have teen nick, or if 12 is past your bedtime (as it is mine) click this link.*

flexi rods + natural hair... the good, the bad, & the ugly

thank GOD for the rain.in case you have central air or do not live in the northeast, it has been upwards of 100 degrees since about thursday. i had to resort to an all possicle diet & sleeping with frozen veggie packs at night. but i promised myself that i would try a flexi rod set this weekend & i was doing it... #byanymeansnecessary

stolengoods.

couldn't have said it better myself. but if i DiD say it... iwouldve said it juslikedat.

p.s. im about 2 years late. got this from my newest obsession (jessieadore) who got it from another lovely blogger (simone golden)*

the "N" word.

while perusing one of my long-time favorite blogs (curlynikki), i came across a post about the word "nappy." now, a lot of Black women feel some type of way about "nappy," esp. when people who are not Black (Don Imus, for instance) use it. iiiiii used to be one of those women.

as a Black child, there are SEVERAL things that you do NAWT want to be called, for many ignorant reasons. "UGLY." "nappy- headed." "African booty- scratcher." (as the child of a Ghanaian father, i already had one strike against me.) to me, nappy hair= ugly hair. & ugly hair= bad hair. therefore, nappy hair= BAD hair, & iwanted no parts of it. to be on the receiving end of such an insult was enough to end ya wholeeee elementary school career-- which my father had already done by singing onstage in front of the entire school when i was in kindergarten.

guest blogger- jawnny of "jawnny says..."

guess who! my bro jawnny has AWL the MAC, so ifigured she might as well break me off a lil guest blogger post.. disclaimer: you don't have to use MAC products. you would think they were paying us... they not doe. so let's get into it, shall we?*

jawnny says...*

jawnny- (reading a joke off a popsicle stick) "what do fish & music have in common?"

me- "ummm.... they both have scales?"

jawnny- (mouth drops&lowers her voice to a whisper) "how did you know that bro?"

me- "iii'm a musiciannnnn!"

jawnny- "... are you also a fisherman??" *

cheers to the weekend!

iiiiii jus wanna go on record as saying this was an EPiC weekend for me. my saturdays&sundays are generally quiet, isolated, & sleep- filled-- which ilook AWL the way forward to after a busy week of interning & working. this weekend, however, i caught up with