Tweet- Love Again

I love me some Tweet. So happy some new music has surfaced. I can't wait for the CD.

Poetry Corner

 Caution

By Jill Scott

 It’s been nice

Yes

Laughing times

Early morning love

Walks

Meaningful kisses

But I’ve been hurt before

The kind that can change a life

The kinds that makes a body wary

And I must say that I am taking special care

Not to care so hard

While I am mostly open to love you

I prepare to let you go

So I will ask upfront

Before my stomach is knotted

Can I take my shoes off now?

Can I put them next to yours in the upstairs closet?

Can I relax my soles?

Hang up my winter coat?

Unpack my bag for more than the night?

Because

I like you

I really like you

Weave-a-holic

So I was surfing the web as always and I came across a "confession" by the beautiful Joy Bryant.  She talks about her love affair with weave. And I must say I totally agree. I am a newbie to wonderful world of weaves, and I am def making up for lost time.  They are sooooo addicting! It's so easy to change your look:

Friday:

 Saturday:

Got to love it! Anywoo here is Joy Bryant's article:

Ouch! My tailbone really hurts when I sit on hard surfaces or slouched down in a chair for too long. That’s what I get from busting my butt from too much snowboarding. It makes it really hard to sit in a salon chair for hours on end getting my weave hooked up.
 
But oh, how we suffer for beauty…I must bring a pillow next time.

As the threads of the grown-out tracks were being snipped, I broke out my laptop and began my ritualistic daily web search. I go from news of the day to articles/blogs about the news of the day, ending up on entertainment/gossip/fashion stuff.

But that day, something caught my attention and trumped all of the glowing reviews of President Obama’s health care speech:

It was Tyra’s hair.

National Real Hair Day? I missed that one…In fact, on National Real Hair Day, I was calling Extensions Plus in L.A. to make sure they had enough of the 20” “relaxed roots” texture hair that I love oh so much (and that keeps selling out like crazy!), and making an appointment to get my hair, I mean, my weave, hooked up.



So Tyra, while I didn’t take part in your observance, I just want to say: “WOW!” You are such a brave woman for breaking the chains that bound you since your teenage years! What courage that took, for you to expose yourself to millions of people! Such fearlessness!

Oh, how I wish I had the guts to do that. I guess I’m much too much of an insecure, self-loathing Negro for all that self-acceptance foolishness.


I’m glad we got down to solving the mystery of what’s under your lace-front, though. I mean seriously, it was “THE” question that has perplexed the world over. And now we see that there’s a beautiful head of hair underneath it all, hair that was surprisingly relaxed and ready for the world. Whodathunkit?! If I had the same length and fullness of hair that you have, I might take my weave out too.

Ha!!!! I’m just playing! Even if I DID have your “real” hair, I’d still be wearing a few tracks or clip-ons up in there.

Why?



Because I’m straight weave fo life, kid!!!



Ima ride ride wit this weave, die die with this weave!!

Let me break it down for you:


See, I loooooove taking new hair out of the bag, combing through it with my fingers, holding it up with my two hands, and burying my face in it. Mmmm, mmmm, mmm! Nothing like a new batch of zig-zag curly to get your self esteem out of the dumps!

The feeling of getting my hair, I mean, my weave done over. I feel human again. I feel sexy. I feel powerful. It makes me feel…it makes me feel…it makes feel like a natural woman!!!



I can be whatever, whoever I want to be with the stroke of a sewing needle…



With long brown tresses and a tan, I’m Pocahontas, ’cause I got Indian in my family. With easy waves, I AM bohemian rhapsody goddess personified. And now that I got blond highlights! What!? I know I look like Beyonce! You can’t tell me nothing! Uh oh, uh oh…

And then I looked up from my computer, and caught a glimpse in the mirror of my head minus the long weavy locks. I looked crazy! Awww hell naw! I looked over at the new batch of hair sitting off to the side waiting to join forces with me. Damnit, I’m trapped, I thought to myself. I can’t let it go. I am powerless over it. Just when I think I’m done, it pulls me back in!

Now I guess I can get help for my self-loathing addiction.


I can learn to accept myself in my entirety. I can emancipate myself from that which keeps me locked-up. I can embrace the natural state of things.

Yup, I can do all of that…

But don’t hold your breath!

Hi, my name is Joy, and I’m a weave-a-holic.

Now I Ain't Saying I'm a Gold Digger....

So over the weekend my friends and I did what we do best: DEBATE.  Whenever we are together we love just to go back and forth about our opinions on anything and everything.  So on Sunday we got on the topic of money.  The ladies arguement was money can occasionally make a man look better.  Take Labron James for example:

           Before                                                                   After

*Sigh* Moment of silence.....ok but we were saying, once CERTAIN men get money it gives them confidence which totally transforms their look.  If we saw Jay-Z on the street, not only would you keep it moving, but you may have to hit your girl and comment on how ugly he is.  But with money Jay is the definition of sexy.

The guys didn't neccessarily disagree, but they said it is totally different for them.  When they see someone that is cute she stays that way regardless if they have money or not.  The ladies brought up several different famous females that have obviously changed their look:

Keyshia Cole :

           Before                                                                             After                                                     

        

                            Rihanna:

              Before                                   After                                                  

                     

Nothing worked. They were either cute from the first time they saw them, or not cute from the first time they saw them.  Blah.  So basically they flipped the whole convo and made up look like shallow gold diggers.  But I sticking by my opinion. Money changes people.....THE END

Random Fashion Tip: Buttons

"Replace the plastic buttons that blouses and coats often have with some pretty vintage buttons or just unusal looking ones to individualize a basic piece to make it look more striking."

New Year's Eve Outfit

My favorite day of the year is quickly approaching.  I finally have my outfit planned out.  Now I just need to make sure my plans actually happen.

Owl Trend

So everytime I walk into a store now I see owl's everywhere. At first I was kinda like ok that is scary. But then the more I saw it the more I like it.  Guess I jumped on the band wagon. But right now I am rocking my owl necklace and my owl ring. 

                             

I looked on ShopStyle and was amazed at all the owl clothes I found, and what's even more interesting is the owl mania is taking over the home accessories too:

So me being the curious person I am, I googled owls just to see what I would find and here is what I came up with:

1. 
   
   
   In early Indian folklore, Owls represent wisdom and helpfulness, and have powers of prophecy. This theme recurs in Aesop's fables and in Greek myths and beliefs
   
   
   
   
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   Middle Ages in Europe, the Owl had become the associate of witches and the inhabitant of dark, lonely and profane places, a foolish but feared spectre
   
   
   
   
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   And in the good old West....the Owl has returned to its position as a symbol of wisdom
   
   
   
   

Well at least for fashion they made them cute and cuddly.  Wonder what next years "it animal" will be?

My Interpretation: Ms. Keri Baby

My Obsession: Britian Culture

So lately I have been into everything British. I really don't know what is going on because I used to hate them. I used to think they were so prim and proper, but boy was I wrong. Where are a few of my fav things right now:

Music:

I was surfing the web and stumbled upon this fierce bish. She is part of the group The Noisettes and I love their CD.

Fashion:

I am completely in love with this website. I was a little apprehensive ordering something from them but i ordered a dress and it fit me perfectly! And the prices are resonable.

Books:

Sure I had to Google a couple of words because I had no idea what she was talking about but the book was good....the end

One of my all time fav books.  The movie takes place in NYC but in the books she is from London.

The Great Pretender

So It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm still up.....why? Because I could not put down this book:

It was def a page turner.  Now I'm up kinda sad, kinda in deep thought. This book made me think about life and how the choices we make affect so many other people.  We may think its nothing just something small but ultimately everything we do can have a ripple affect.  Everyone really needs to think about all the players involved before making a life altering decision. I wish someone I knew was reading it as well so I could call and discuss the book with them.  I may need to force one of my girls to read it just so we can.  Ok Imma try and go to sleep now.

My Interpretation: Fatima

Now where to I wear this too?

Reason's Not to do Drugs: Nokio from Dru Hill

Before: 

After:

Nuff Said......(not the black polish tho)

Books I'm Reading Now

The Great Pretender

OMG! Drama, Drama, Drama. What do you get when a man has wife and 2 daughters in Miami and a girlfriend and daughter in Orlando.....oh and they don't know about each other? Halfway through and it gets juicer everytime I turn the page

that extra half an inch

Love it.....so far.  So simple to read. You don't have to be "into fashion" to understand the simple tips she gives.

The Time Travelers Wife

Instant classic in my book.  So much better than the movie.....and I loved the movie. I've read it twice in one month.

Beyonce Sadist?

So word on the street is Beyonce and Jay are Sadist. As in Satan worshipers. I so don't believe it at all. These people go as far as breaking down their videos. And then Bey comes out with the ad:

I know it looks a little Satanic right? But at the same time its HOT! I hope it smells good because I do plan on getting it.  At the end of the day I'm mad because this is playing with my mind. I still love me some Beyonce tho....the end