10 Day Thought Provocation Challenge

Via http://yourchallenges.tumblr.com/

[Day 01]: Is revenge sometimes justified?
[Day 02]: What is the difference between existence and essence?
[Day 03]: Which is a stronger emotion - anger or love?
[Day 04]: Can insanity bring on more creativity?
[Day 05]: Why does religion bring about so much war?
[Day 06]: Give your 20 favorite songs - why do you like each one?
[Day 07]: Why do we say “I’m sorry” when a person passes away? What exactly are we sorry for?
[Day 08]: At what point are we ‘good enough?’
[Day 09]: Why was is that in a lot of different cultures the men always used to come first and never the women?
[Day 10]: Do you see to believe or believe to see?

I will do this once a week. I realized that lately I haven't posted anything very serious, this challenge will be like a prompt.

Outfit of the week

Why, the outfit I wore to the poetry slam but of course. I wore my jean jacket and wrapped my hair. I title this look "Funky for you"

Now let me fully break down this outfit. The yellow top is actually a short strapless dress, which my best friend gave me, tucked into and slightly hanging over my skort. The skort is from nautica. The bag is dooney and burke, and the sneakers are my favorite pair of converses. You already know the story behind the jacket. And the necklace, is a small robot necklace from forever 21. The reason why i tile this look "funky for you" is beacuse I think it is very funky, if you know what I mean. Also that is the title of one of my favorite songs by the rapper Common.:

I hope I've inspired you and your looks !

V is for Poetry launch event !

I've posted about the organization here in NYC called V is for poetry. This organization is a group that uplifts the image of a strong and virtuous woman. You can find out more on http://visforpoetry.blogspot.com/. This evening was the first spoken word event at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The event was a success. The cafe was filled and the poets were amazing. Here are a few photos I took:

The woman in charge, Megan Felix

My performance... was alright. Lol. Well see for yourself:

How to "pimp-out" your jean jacket !

   About three years ago I got a cropped denim jacket. I wore it all the time, it was cute and went with everything. Last year I noticed a lot of people wearing denim vests so i decided to cut the sleeves off my jacket.

before

after

I kept it like this and would also add buttons to it. Last week I thought my vest need more, so I bleached it.

You can bleach your denim jacket too just do what I did :

What you need:

• Towel/old blanket
• Clorox bleach
• A bowl/container of some sort
• A paint brush

Steps:

• Lay the towel or old blanket onto the floor
• Place jacket on said blanket
• Pour a small amount of bleach into your container
• Dip paint brush into bleach and splatter bleach on your jacket

Splatter as much as you want. you can also hold the brush over the jacket & let the bleach drip off onto your jacket

and now... The final result

As I said, I like to add buttons to my jacket. Over the past year I've acquired 8 of them. I have an Urban Word button(which is a poetry organization here in NYC), Three Michael Jackson buttons(which I got from tables in union Square park), A Tumblr reblog button button, an OMGosh button(which I got at Gay Pride), and 4 limited edition Lady GaGa Born This Way buttons( which I bought from this site)

I hope I've inspired you ! 

Saying "If that makes sense" following a statement, simply prolongs the non-sensical-ness of your statement. . .If that makes sense.

The 90's are back !

On Nickelodeon that is. A night-time block for the young adults who grew up on 90's Nickelodeon started on Nickelodeon's sister channel TeenNick(mad especially for teenagers) two days ago.





   Each of these shows represent my childhood. Even the shows my mother didn't allow me to watch. I'm 18 years old, and this is the age where you start to "feel old". For instance, i have two  younger siblings who are 5 and 7 years younger than I am. When i'm talking to them and I bring up shows from the 90's they look at me in confusion, then I have to remember that they're too young to remember that stuff. Another example is that the channel Boomerang, which title goes with the fitting slogan "it's all coming back to you", plays old cartoons  Cartoons from as far back as the 1970's. Recently they started playing "The powerpuff girls" which was one of my favorite cartoons growing up, in the 90's.
  What I thought about the most, is how things have changed. I seen so many things that now these shows seem weird to me. When I was 6 I didn't question why everyone on "Doug" was a different color, or why Clarissa' next door neighbor who was a boy could come into her bedroom whenever he felt like it, or where/who the hell was Kel's family. That stuff didn't matter, nor did I know to question things. i was a kid. all that mattered was that I laughed. Now-a-days television shows for kids are horrible. they all have unrealistic story line. Back in the day shows didn't need a silly gimic like a girl leading a double life as a pop star, or a girl with a web show, or kids who are ninja, or super gifted and talented kids. they were just shows about kid like us living their lives, and it worked.

All natural for the summer part 5 !

I decided to wrap my hair :)

The Ed Hardy scarf

The Boondocks Season 4

  Now if you are unfamiliar with "The Boondocks". It is an animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night program block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's Newspaper-comic strip. The Boondocks represents "African American culture and race relations" revolving around the lives of the Freeman family: ten-year-old Huey, his younger brother, Riley, and their grandfather, Robert. The series finished airing its third and rumored, to be final, season on Adult Swim. But In a 2011 interview, cast member, John Witherspoon announced that the series has been renewed for a fourth season, which will consist of 20 episodes.

   Before season 3 of "The Boondocks" aired on Adult Swim, there were notices that it would be the cartoon's swan song. And with over-the-top episodes like "The Booty Warrior" and "Pause", which lampooned Tyler Perry, it seemed that show creator, Aaron McGruder, was taking no prisoners since he presumably wasn't coming back. But fear not, it surely is:



I am very excited about this. The Boondocks is a hilarious show. I have 3 episodes on my ipod ! If You haven't watched, I urge you to. With that I leave you, the ever so popular end credit theme song.

Graphic!

   Now, A few months ago I decided to start posting a new photo that I've edited myself each week. I like editing pictures and thought it'd be cool to share that with you guys. The problem is that I haven't edited any photos lately, so I "discontinued" it. But today I edited this photo and I need to post it

I love Rihanna. This is photo of her on tour for her latest album Loud. I found the photo on FuckyeahRihanna.Com. Which is one of the biggest and best Rihanna blogs out there.

R.I.P. Amy Winehouse

  Yesterday, July 23rd 2011, Soul/Jazz songstress Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home.Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music's most recognizable stars.
  A press release from the Metropolitan Police, which doesn't specifically name Winehouse, says:

"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.
On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

  The cause of death has yet to be confirmed but I'm sure we can all figure it out. The singers battle with drug and alcohol addiction almost took the front stage to her talent. The singer recently canceled a concert tour after being intoxicated on stage during one performance. She was always on the news for seeming drunk or high.
  Personally I am very saddened by this tragedy. It’s hard to explain. I just can’t believe it. I was on my way to my family reunion when I saw people posting about it on twitter. So I googled, and it was confirmed. I was just confused. Like when you go somewhere just to see that the place is closed and you think “Now what”. We can always say that she brought it upon herself, and that she was heading down the wrong way but she was gone too soon. I’m just sad about it or disheartened rather. At the age of 27, no one should have had to go though that battles she's had within herself. I just really hope she could've gotten help. Clearly she didn't. In her first single rehab she proudly states "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no no no". Of course I do not know what went on in Amy's personal life, I do not know why she turned to drugs and alcohol, nor do I know if she was trying to get clean or not. I do know that this is certainly a tragedy and she will be missed.
With that I leave you "Rehab":