Yesterday (technically) was my 11 month anniversary with my girlfriend, Britney. Waking up not too sure how the day was going to turn out, Britney and I decided to do some shopping to prepare ourselves for Pride (the Gay Parade). Going into downtown Brooklyn, Britney and I finalized the last touches to the numerous outfits we would both need for this weekend. We brought a blow-dryer for my untamed hair and went to Popeyes to enjoy a delicious chicken lunch. We started to make our way home when Britney got the crazy idea to cut her dreads into a mohawk! Very impulsive indeed...but such a bad ass idea it was. Britney looks so amazing.So skater-ish. So...sexy.
We proceeded home to view the reactions of my family. Although the reactions were not what was expected, Britney got her first taste of wearing her new hair cut. Shortly after exchanging stories of our day with my twin sister, and re-enacting Kevin Hart comedy shows, Britney and I made our way back home. Although I was hoping for a more ecstatic "ihop filled" 11 month anniversary, the one that I did have was just as amazing.
June 23, 2011
June 20, 2011
So incredibly IN LOVE----
When I first started this blog, I was trying to attract a certain audience. I wanted people to view me as the young woman I was trying to become, but have not managed to reach yet. However, I realized that I am striving to be something that I am not really too sure is really me. I shouldn't have to achieve to become someone. It should be natural. (Just like the kinks and waves in my hair).
What made me realize that was talking to my wonderful girlfriend tonight. We had a unruly run in with a centipede. We both were horrified (one of us more than the other, wink) and sort of paralyzed about what to do. After trying to catch this smart centipede for what felt like forever, we just asked her room mate to check the room out. Unfortunately, the centipede got away (that sneaky centipede *shakes head). After accepting defeat, we begin folding clothes, trying to clean the room up and what not. But the cleaning did not last long and before long, Britney and I started discussing all sorts of random things and slow dancing. And then the sensitive feelings started coming out, on both ends. From exchanging fears of natural hair to fears of losing her, I was just a mess (inside). But I realized, with some advice from Britney, that being with someone (or even yourself for that matter) should not be DIFFICULT. It should be easy. It should be natural.
I feel super lucky and blessed to have her in my life. It reminds me of how lucky I am to have my mother, also, and best friends who are as supportive as they can be of my relationship with Britney. I am so incredibly in love with myself...and with all the healthy, positive relationships I've formed thus far.I would not be the person I am today without all of their wild, bizzarre encounters. I may not be the person that I want to be yet, but whoever I am in a few years from now, will be the person I was meant to be.
I am off to spend the rest of the night hoping that this centipede does not attack me or Britney.
PS. I love the New York City radio music station Power 105.1-----good tunes :)
What made me realize that was talking to my wonderful girlfriend tonight. We had a unruly run in with a centipede. We both were horrified (one of us more than the other, wink) and sort of paralyzed about what to do. After trying to catch this smart centipede for what felt like forever, we just asked her room mate to check the room out. Unfortunately, the centipede got away (that sneaky centipede *shakes head). After accepting defeat, we begin folding clothes, trying to clean the room up and what not. But the cleaning did not last long and before long, Britney and I started discussing all sorts of random things and slow dancing. And then the sensitive feelings started coming out, on both ends. From exchanging fears of natural hair to fears of losing her, I was just a mess (inside). But I realized, with some advice from Britney, that being with someone (or even yourself for that matter) should not be DIFFICULT. It should be easy. It should be natural.
I feel super lucky and blessed to have her in my life. It reminds me of how lucky I am to have my mother, also, and best friends who are as supportive as they can be of my relationship with Britney. I am so incredibly in love with myself...and with all the healthy, positive relationships I've formed thus far.I would not be the person I am today without all of their wild, bizzarre encounters. I may not be the person that I want to be yet, but whoever I am in a few years from now, will be the person I was meant to be.
I am off to spend the rest of the night hoping that this centipede does not attack me or Britney.
PS. I love the New York City radio music station Power 105.1-----good tunes :)
June 19, 2011
California was a BLAST
I went to California with a bunch of people from my school a week ago, San Francisco to be exact. It was both an interesting trip yet a sad one. I am a city girl. And I literally thought I have seen it all. Until now. San Francisco is nothing like the postcards paints it to be. It's super rainy and cold. (Surprisingly). And the fact that there were tons of homeless people and even more abandoned buildings put the icing on the cake. Fortunately, I was not there for mere pleasure and had workshops discussing race to keep me distracted.
I learned a lot of new techniques to deal with multiculturalism on my ALL white private college campus in PA. The workshops were helpful but the conversations I had outside of the workshops were more life changing, I must say. I spoke with a law professor who explained the struggles of going to law school as a muliticultural student. She was right on the ball about everything she was saying. I went to dinnner that night already filled with so much...knowledge and questions.
The real excitment came when I visited Oakland. I was surprised at how...sweet and nolstalgic I was walking through neighborhoods I have never been before. One of my professors and two other students and I went soul food shopping. We tried atleast five different soul food restaurants and met soooo many people, gay and straight. For the first time on our California trip, I felt somewhat at home.There were BLACK PEOPLE. *laughing*
Our Oakland trip had to end before nightfall, which was a disappointment but the people we met mad the trip worth the travel. A few rainy days later, we left California to return to New York City-my home. I was sad to leave but was happy to be home. I learned so many things that really, honestly, changed my life. I am hoping that once I arrive back at campus in the fall, the things I learned are as widely received by my classmates as they were to me.
(Photos to come soon *Hopefully)
I learned a lot of new techniques to deal with multiculturalism on my ALL white private college campus in PA. The workshops were helpful but the conversations I had outside of the workshops were more life changing, I must say. I spoke with a law professor who explained the struggles of going to law school as a muliticultural student. She was right on the ball about everything she was saying. I went to dinnner that night already filled with so much...knowledge and questions.
The real excitment came when I visited Oakland. I was surprised at how...sweet and nolstalgic I was walking through neighborhoods I have never been before. One of my professors and two other students and I went soul food shopping. We tried atleast five different soul food restaurants and met soooo many people, gay and straight. For the first time on our California trip, I felt somewhat at home.There were BLACK PEOPLE. *laughing*
Our Oakland trip had to end before nightfall, which was a disappointment but the people we met mad the trip worth the travel. A few rainy days later, we left California to return to New York City-my home. I was sad to leave but was happy to be home. I learned so many things that really, honestly, changed my life. I am hoping that once I arrive back at campus in the fall, the things I learned are as widely received by my classmates as they were to me.
(Photos to come soon *Hopefully)
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