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III. just right

If you know me, you know that I like to refer to myself as “awkward black girl” (shout out to issa rae); before that web-series, I always laughed/joked about my social [lack thereof] of skills, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. I used to be grossly unattractive, teased, a poster child…

xxiii. the will of fire

True Life: I’ve been an anime nerd before it was acceptable to be an anime nerd. My first anime was Vampire Hunter D, followed by Project A-ko; I was five, creeping on the Sci-Fi channel. Sailor Moon is my absolute favorite, it developed my personal belief system and how I view the…

ix. ‘you are the universe in ecstatic motion’

This weekend was a blast; on Friday, I had delicious food and fun at a local bar, but Saturday was the most rewarding. I had my butt kicked by my personal trainer, had an extremely fun time at my burlesque dance class, and I personalized my own…

x. ‘her’

Greetings, I hope you Valentine’s Day was wonderful, whether or not you celebrate it. My day didn’t suck and I watched Her for the first time.

Her was released in December 2013, and it is about a sensitive, one-year separated man, Theodore, who falls in love with his operating system…

vii. hibiscus clay mask

I’ve been natural since October 2009; my hair has gone through some trials and tribulations. During the first two years, my hair flourished; I retained so much length, my hair was moisturized, twist outs were popping, et cetera. I fell off of the wagon late 2012 and my hair was stagnant…

v. intentions

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?”
“It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lost control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”
 — The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

xxi. an exercise and exorcism for savagery

For as long as I can remember, empathy and genuine human connection have been focal points in my life. I’m a brutally soft woman and I believe [or at least want to believe] that the world is a beautiful place. Empathy and genuine human connection cannot…

I. ‘allow me to reintroduce myself’

I’ve wanted to have a “slice of life” blog for quite a bit; 2014 was punctuated with familiar experiences that caused catastrophic changes and resulted into dramatic perspective shifts. 2015 is going to be a “final frontier” of some sort; I will officially be…

xxiv. the breakup.

Friendship between women is different from friendship between men… It is my women friends that keep the starch in my spine and without them, I don’t know where I would be.  — Jane Fonda