Merry Christmas!

I know, I'm kind of late--but Happy Holidays! I hope everyone got the chance to spend time with those they loved yesterday. I'll admit that it didn't really "feel" like Christmas, but I always appreciate spending time with my family. Christmas Eve was with my mom's side and Christmas Day was with my dad's.

I got pretty much everything I wanted this year. I'm truly blessed to have the parents that I have, even when I rant and rave about how much they may annoy me.

Yesterday was also the first day of the NBA! First Bulls game of the season was against the Lakers and BOY WAS IT INTENSE. I got a new Bulls beanie for Christmas so I was definitely wearing it and screaming at the television all night. End result--Bulls win 88-87 in the last like 40 seconds of the game. #TEAMDROSE! It was the perfect ending to my Christmas. :)

Now, I just need to find the move for New Years ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Unfortunate as it may sound, today is the first day I really sat down and thought about everything I'm grateful for instead of the negatives. It turns out, I'm thankful for so much--it's ridiculous.

I'm thankful for the people that live in this house. Even though my mom and I rarely get along, my little sister always uses my stuff, and my dad is the biggest drama king I know, I love them all. We don't always get along like we should, but when we do it's the best feeling in the world.

I'm thankful for my friends. I have no idea where I would be without the people I choose to surround myself with. I have such a unique set of friends that are all individuals in their own way. They push me and support me as well as get on my last nerve sometimes, but they're perfect for me. I don't know where I'd be without them.

I'm thankful for GnD. It always feels good to know that 9th period I'm going to be around some amazing dancers with amazing personalities just enjoying what we do. There's nothing like collaborating with people who love the same things I do.

I'm thankful for EDT + Sydni and Dorian. Who would've thought this simple idea of starting a crew back in June would have flourished into something this great? This new experience and new family that we've brought together has the potential to just be amazing. To Sydni and Dorian, we are seriously a really good trio for the job. I've created a new friendship with Sydni and rekindled a flickering friendship flame with Dorian. Dance seriously does bring people together, and I love it.

I'm just thankful to be here today. Sure, I'm always tired and injured and sore, but I'm here. I'm just trying to enjoy my life to the fullest and for once, I actually feel like I'm doing so. I'm so appreciative for the life I have. Thank you God, for everything you've blessed me with. So happy turkey day to everyone! You are loved.

Protect-IP is GARBAGE!

So I got home from school today, eager to get on Tumblr and see what has been posted. I logged on to see that everything on the site has been censored. Seriously? At the top of the screen, I saw a link to an explanation. Apparently Congress is trying to pass a law that can censor websites like Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter. Here's a video I found further explaining the law.


PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.


I think the bill is ridiculous! The internet plays too big of a role in society and the economy today to just decide to censor everything. People like me who run blogs and basically live on sites like Twitter and YouTube would be at a serious loss. I understand the entertainment industry wanting to find a way to get more money but this isn't going to do anything but anger any people. Plus we live in a very manipulative society with a government that will take advantage of their power. If we give them this inch, they'll try and take a mile and probably succeed.

I encourage everyone to sign this petition and send an email to their representatives. This is nonsense and it must be stopped now.

Same ol' sh*t.

School. I'm not going to say that I hate getting an education, but I don't like how it's being done. As Americans we are taught that we need to go to school and get good grades so we can get good jobs and live comfortably. Until this year, I never really objected it. Waking up everyday and sitting in a building for hours was something that I had to do. In actuality, it's kind of stupid.

In the American school system, everything is essentially about making the grade. It is as if we have to prove ourselves to society in order to be successful in life. I'm stressing myself about a score on a standardized test that is a big deciding factor in whether I'm good enough to get into a certain school. I'm stressing myself about getting the best grades because I've screwed something up every single year until now--colleges won't accept me with bad grades. My one fear about my near future is ending up having to settle for a school because I wasn't "good enough."

I find myself thinking about my yearning to just live my life. I don't and I can't apply everything I learn in school to my daily life. To be quite honest, I don't remember a lot of what I "learn" in school. I'm not sure if that's because of the way things were taught to me or if I just never bothered to really learn it. The two can go hand in hand. I'd rather just go out and enjoy life. School can make life pretty miserable sometimes, not all. Then again, everyone is different.

I eventually get overwhelmed with my resent toward going to my high school every single day. It's not a bad school. It is actually one of the best public high schools in the city of Chicago. I still hate going. Learning about something I'm passionate about seems as if it would be a lot more productive. I completely understand learning the basics but somethings are just unnecessary. That's what is so intriguing to me about college. Aside from the freedoms, I get to chose what I want to learn about. Nothing is more motivating that being eager to learn about something in particular. I'm so ready for that experience.

Until then however, I'm stuck in the bowels of the public school system. Just trying to get by and make it to that next stage. Oh, college.

Go Stupidddd

This is from my birthday/homecoming pep rally. Yeah, we got off. I start in the front all the way to the left. (I choreographed the fourth dance to Ladies Love Me and the last dance to XR2) ^_^

Speak your mind

For me personally, speaking my mind is very difficult for me when I'm vulnerable. In other cases I always feel as if I have a valid opinion and can argue my case as much as I want.

Sometimes I'm really good with words. When someone asks me for advice, I'm really good with offering good insight and telling someone what they need to hear. When it's my thoughts and my feelings I need to get across to someone on my own, however, I need to go over it in my head billions of times to make sure they get my point. I don't want to say that wrong thing and have a person get the wrong idea.

One thing I absolutely hate is getting treated. Like seriously treated. Sometimes I'm so afraid of someone's reaction that I just keep everything I really want to say inside because I don't want to know their answer.

That's where I go wrong.

I need to practice just saying what I have to say. My opinion is valid, and beating around the bush is too annoying and confusing to want to continue a conversation. I can't be afraid of the truth. Not anymore.

Starting tonight.

Once I Had A Woman

For any of those who are interested, this is my dance team Guys N Dolls (GnD) at Dance Chicago 2011. I'm in the last trio to go on the right side of the screen. We snapped. I looked weak at the end :/ but overall we did really well. We also pulled off getting to homecoming 30 minutes later. Determination.

Shout outs to Joe from Elements contemporary ballet company. Thank you so much for choosing us for this amazing piece.

Faves | TLC - Baby Baby Baby

Ahh, I love this video! :)

On Repeat: Thinking About You | Emmalyn Estrada

I reblogged this on my Tumblr a few months ago and just ran across it again. I not only love this song, but I love the way she sings it. It's something I can listen to all day. Talent.

Video: We Found Love | Rihanna

First, let me start off by saying this my 100th post on Blogger! :) Anywho. Everyone has been talking about Rihanna's new visual for her song We Found Love which is featured on her upcoming album Talk That Talk coming out in November. I had never heard the song before I watched the video, and now I absolutely love both. I'm such a romantic. The way Rihanna and her "boyfriend" act in the video is exactly how I want my next relationship. They seemed so in love that the rest of the world didn't even matter. I wonder why she decided to pick a light skinned boy with blonde hair though? Hm. Still not over Chris, Ri? Whatever the case may be, this video is beautiful. :)

Nostalgia

nos-tal-gia [noun]
* a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

I've been thinking about time a lot lately. I'm seventeen years old and a junior in high school. Many of  my friends will be graduating in June and leaving for college by the end of the summer. It's actually something I think about a lot. A year may seem like a lot of time - it's not. The people that I've grown up with, the ones who have influenced my life in such ways that it was forever alter the way that I am today, the ones who stood by me through these many many years, they are continuing into another chapter of their lives and leaving me here. I love happiness. However long it may last, it is forever inprinted in my brain. I'm a seventeen year old girl. It's crazy to think about how much my life has changed in the past five years. I'm in the postition where I'm influencing little kids at my old dance school just like juniors influenced me. Thinking of me and solely me, I don't feel that old. However when I put that in relation to the people that were juniors when I was in seventh grade, it's like... damn. People see me how I saw, for example, BJ. I see them as BJ saw me. It's crazy.

I've grown so much since I've been high school and I'm just experiencing life. Life throws so many fast balls and curve balls that I don't know how to handle. I know this. I'm not saying that I make all the right decisions because I surely do not. I do however know that it is helping shape me into a well-rounded person.

It's actually almost difficult to try and formulate the thoughts that I have when it comes to my evolution as a person. You could try to ask other people how I may have changed, but no one knows better than me. They may say that I've made some wrong decisions or that I'm perfect ;) haha but I think the only thing that matters is that on this journey I can recognize the change in me and remember the good times that I've had. They aren't coming back. I can only create new memories, and that's what I'm doing.

This is for me. Living for me. Thinking about me. Striving to please me, so I can be happy. Me.

Seventeen, simple dream

Whew. I've had the most hectic weekend. So, last friday was my seventeenth birthday! It also was my high school homecoming game. Saturday was a competition called Dance Chicago and my homecoming dance. Sunday was my high school's open house in which I had to perform. Long crazy satisfying weekend. Life is such a funny thing to be quite honest. It wasn't the perfect weekend I imagined for myself, but it was all-in-all a really good one. This weekend really got me thinking about how things and circumstances can change over time. God sure does have a funny way of giving us what we want when we least expect it. Right now, I'm just rolling with the punches. Overall, I'm still striving to be content with my life. I can get there. I will get there. ^_^

Erica, Gabby, & Rielle. Shuttin' homecoming down - 2011.

Let's talk about sex baby ;)

Woop, woop! More Chicago. This here is a documentary filmed by a girl named Crislin and it's all about sex but from a teenagers point of view. A few of my friends are in this video and it's really interesting and informative. Kudos to Crislin. ^_^

This documentary got me thinking about sex and all the questions that were asked:

Sex is very common in this generation. Then again, I feel like sex has always been common. I remember my freshman year I was talking to my friend Kendall who is in this video and he said "by your junior year, every girl who isn't having sex will be having sex." I mean, of course I laughed it off but I'm a junior now... his statement wasn't too far off. Nowadays at my age, talking about sex is like talking about clothes for example; normal as hell. Am I surprised by it? No. Am I ashamed by it? No. I just feel as if sex is BOUND to happen at some point and this is typically where it starts. I will say though that the younger people of my generation are growing up a lot faster than my friends and I did. I really just want them to slow down, but I can't really worry about anybody but myself.

One thing I think everyone can agree on is that the media really does have an effect on how teens view sex. ESPECIALLY MUSIC. It seems like if an artist isn't making pop music, he's making "baby making music" and even when that's not the case, there are sexual references in all types of music. Me personally, I believe our generation is so used to having sex being thrown at us that if you ask someone if they're effected, they might say no. Like if I hear like a rap song about a "bitch shaking her ass on a nigga dick" I'm not like "OOOH LEMME GO SHAKE MY ASS ON A NIGGA DICK BECAUSE THIS THE JAM!" No... that's not how it works. Every time a song like that comes on the radio and I'm in the car with my parents, they ask me "Do you know what you're singing about?" Uh, YEAH. I'm just singing -_- Branching off from just music, television publicizes sex a lot as well. We have shows like 16 & Pregnant or Teen Mom that are obviously bluntly about sex, then there are shows like Awkward. that showcase young sexually active teens at like 15 basically boning all the time. But then, society tries to look down on people who have a lot of sex? Naw bruh, it doesn't work like that.

I don't care if a girl friend of mine isn't a virgin. Does that make her a bad person? No, not in my eyes. Sex is natural, it's going to happen. Why should I care? I'm a person with strong morals, so none of my friends can pressure me into having sex. I'm not against sex, and I know it's going to happen. I also know me being the female, I ultimately determine whether or not I'll have sex with a person. I can't speak from a boy's perspective, but I feel as if it is looked down upon for a boy to be a virgin. Do I care if a boy is a virgin? Personally, naw. Do I care if you do have sex? Naw, I don't care about that either. Everyone isn't like me though. It's all about social acceptance.

One thing I hate is the double standard for males and females when it comes to sex. If a boy has sex with a lot of girls, he's "cool" but let a girl have sex with a lot of boys, shawty a "hoe" who's "going for the team" and her reputation has been tainted significantly. They're BOTH hoes in my eyes. I can't control anyone but myself, so if a person like having sex that's on them. I just hope that they're smart enough to handle everything that comes with having a lot of sex.

Sex is gon' happen. Everything that surrounds that though is very opinionated. Das all.

Clear Eyes

In my opinion, Chicago is the best city in America. So I believe the best things come from Chicago. There's this band called Kids These Days that used to go to my school. They all graduated this past year, but they are still making great music. This is the latest video for the song Clear Eyes. This isn't the whole band, just the trumpet player Nico and the rapper Vic. I'll probably post a video of all of KTD later this weekend. Enjoy!

NEW VIDEO | Headlines

Drake ~ Headlines (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

Drake has recently released the visual for his single, Headlines. I've seen a lot of good feedback about this video. Drake is just... ^_^ Anywho. I'm really excited for Take Care. October 24th couldn't be any further away.

You are the company you keep

I'm the type of person to believe that the people you associate with and keep around you are an extension of you as a person. Personally, I try to keep good natured, motivated, well rounded people in my circle. There's nothing better, in my opinion, than supporting your friends and having them support you. I was just thinking about this because a good friend of mine, Martese, won the Nordstrom Scholarship along with five other people out of 7,100 candidates. That's crazy! I don't know much about the Nordstrom Scholarship, but I know that he really deserves it. So shout outs to him because people like him motivate me to be raw at life as well. He's not the only friend that motivates me like this, but this post is especially for him.

Congrats Boogie, hard work truly pays off.
:)

Talia & Rielle. Best friends until the world blows, legit.

Growing up

I got my driver's license yesterday ^_^ even though my signature looks like a 3rd graders (lol) I'm really growing up. I think this is caused me to be super nostalgic because I keep thinking about my childhood and everything/everyone I've encountered my in my almost seventeen years of living. It's crazy how the time is flying. I really need to cherish the time I have right now with the people I love because who knows what will happen in the future?

Summer 2010.

Really though

Has anyone ever had a day where everything is just going wrong wrong wrong? Well, I've had a series of these days starting on Friday. I'm losing everything and my head is all over the place. The slightest things are irritating me beyond belief right now, and I just need to blog really quickly and get some emotions out. Lord knows I don't want to say the wrong thing and have something pop off. It's 8:45pm and I haven't started any of my homework. That's how crazy everything is right now. I know I can pull through... I just need some vitamins and coffee.

Man, ever since school started things have been kind of crazy. After only the first week of my junior year I am swamped with homework. As far as my dance training is concerned... I have no idea at this point. I could potentially start taking ballet classes two times a week, I'm just too afraid to mess up my academics. Plus I plan on being social this year, it's just a lot to juggle and I need a little time to figure that out. With that being said I won't be on here as frequently but when everything smooths out, I'll be on here more. Luckily, this weekend I got a chance to chill with some really good friends of mine and also meet a few new people. Despite everything that's going on in my head and in my household, I'm just working on finding a way to be content. Well, until then...

First Day.

Tra-la-laaaaa! Today was my first day of junior year. Was I excited this morning? Kind of. Was I excited by the time I had to actually go to my first class? Not really. I'm trying really hard to keep this straight A mindset this year. I mean, it's junior year. Everyone knows this is the year that counts. College is approaching and I don't want to have to settle for a school, you know? I'm going to work hard this year because now in my mind, I don't have a choice. My classes aren't that bad to be honest. There are other teachers that I much rather would have liked to have, but I have to deal with what the system gave me. I need to prove myself to my parents. I don't want them to not have faith in me, or EXPECT me to fail. It's kind of hard to explain. I'll eventually get over every thing that I see wrong right now at school and get my gears all oiled up and grinding. I can't afford to mess this up. No one truly understands how critical this is to me, but me. That's okay though. My friends are there and they won't let me down. I won't let myself down. Junior year, LET'S GET IT!

Rest In Peace Rodney Kyles

I can't believe what is going on right now. I wake up this morning and check twitter (my usual routine) and I see everyone saying R.I.P. Rodney. Now I'm hoping this isn't the Rodney Kyles that I used to see like everyday at school. The one who I'm following on Tumblr. The one who is typically being RT'd into my timeline... but it is. Rodney was stabbed in the chest in Lincoln Park this morning at some party during a fight. This is just unreal to me. I need to get out of this city. I love Chicago with all my heart but the crime rate seems to be going no where but up. This is someone A LOT of my friends are close to. We're too young to have to bury our friends like this. It's not even like Rodney was the "not do anything" type of guy. Based off of his Tumblr, he knew what he wanted and he was making moves to get there. He just dropped a mixtape Less Passion, More Ration a couple weeks ago. I'm about to download it and put it on my ipod. I'm not sure if it's any good, but I'll keep it on there.

I need to leave this city. I need to get out. I can't deal with the crime that this city is just putting up with. People are getting killed left and right. Nothing is changing. I'm only about to be a junior in high school, I can't be here for two more years with the death rate climbing like it is. I have a little sister that is my everything. I don't want to worry about losing that little girl.

Life is too fucking short for the bullshit, and that's real. I'm tired of motherfuckers dying. Rest in peace Rodney. Your family and friends have my deepest condolences.

My body tells me no, but I won't quit... 'CUS I WANT LOVE!

My Body - Young The Giant. <3

For those who enjoy smiling.

I'm sure everyone knows the 2011 VMAs aired last night. Even though I didn't watch the entire show, what I saw was pretty mediocre. One of my favorite performances however, turned out to be Beyonce singing Love On Top. Earlier in the show, Beyonce did announce that she was indeed pregnant. I'm so happy for her and Jay-Z! ^_^ Here's my thing with Beyonce, I typically love her music and watching her performance, but I'm not one of those Beyonce hypes. When this song started, I thought this performance was about to be boring, but it turned into one of my favorite performances of the night. It was simple and classy. I loved the outfits, the choreography, and her backup singers. The end however, almost brought me to tears. She dropped the mic, and opened her jacket to show off her baby bump. Then the camera showed the happiest Jay-Z and the giddy Kanye West laughing and smiling. It was the cutest moment. I love Jay-Z and Bey (and Kanye) haha. Here's a video for those who missed it. :) This performance made me fall in love with the song.

Work Out - J. Cole

Love this song. Love this video. Love J. Cole :)

The Dreaded "S" Word

I just got home from registration at school, meaning junior year is right around the corner. Am I excited? Depends on how you look at it. Everyone says that junior year is the hardest year of high school. At the same time however, it's really fun. I just hope that everything works out to make my junior experience a great one. As of right now, things aren't looking to good. My schedule is all jacked. Everything that I expected could go wrong, did. My last chances are either to get my schedule changed the first day of school, or have some really amazing people in all of my classes. Welp, here's a look at the schedule. :/

2nd: Anatomy & Physiology - Mr. Neris
3rd: AP Language & Comp - Ms. Floreani
4th: Study Hall
5th: Pre Calculus - Mr. Simmons
6th: Lunch
7th: United States History - Mr. Maher
8th: Art - Ms. Wax
9th: Dance Performance III (aka GnD) - Ms. Gordan


The more I look at the schedule, the less bad it looks. I'm still kind of upset I got Ms. Floreani, not Ms. Leki. I'm also a little bummed that a majority of my friends have 7th lunch. Last time I checked, Mr. Simmons was such a bad teacher, they wouldn't let him teach last year. Now that's my math class, I can't have somebody who fails all his students. I just can't.

I guess it wouldn't be so bad to leave my schedule how it is, I just hope there are some good people in my classes and my lunch period. *Sigh.

Now Playing | Justin Bieber - That Should Be Me

I really love this song, discovered it when I had a J.Biebs sesh a couple days ago (he's a featured artist on demand). I also enjoy Rascal Flatts, they have some other song I like... but I just can't remember it right now. Real talk - Justin Bieber is super talented. Yep, I'm a Belieber. ^_^ I'm glad he cut his "beaver pelt" as my dad called it. This hairstyle makes him look older. ;)

He's done it again. Canadian artist The Weeknd has just released his second mixtape, Thursday. I don't know about anyone else, but I always love the album artwork for his mixtapes. I'm almost finished with the tape and I was pretty pleased. I also enjoyed him featuring my other beloved Canadian artist, Drake on one of his tracks. I like The Weeknd's style. Do I like this one more than House Of Balloons? I'm not sure yet. Either way, they are both great and I advise that you listen to them. Yes, you.

Sensitivity.

Would I call myself a sensitive person? Maybe. I cry when I see other people cry, I can get an attitude quickly if you come off wrong, I can be emotionally damaging to myself. I guess I am sensitive. I'm okay with that, sort of. I know I can't change who I am. When people try to train themselves to not care about something or change their mentality to make a situation easier, I wonder if it works. I'm only sixteen (soon to be seventeen) but I think I go through a lot. Even though I've been through some things, I'm not one to shut people out. For example, when I was wronged by someone I loved the most, I didn't stop loving or trusting everyone else... even though I must admit I wanted to.

I guess that situation has carried through with me though subconsciously. I just wish for things to be simple, but everything is just all complicated in my eyes. Adele's album 21 is on repeat right now keeping me sane, but my brain keeps digging deeper and deeper into the issue at hand. Sometimes that smallest things can impact my entire mood and then I just make everything worse than it is. It's pretty draining.

As I'm listening to One & Only and doing small choreography in my chair, I got to thinking... why do I care so much? Why does this hurt me so much? I really suck at trying to verbalize my thoughts/feelings clearly. My mind moves so much faster than my mouth or my fingers. Basically, just for once, I want things to feel right in my life. As of right now... a lot of things just feel wrong.

Style is Art.

Let's talk about fashion.

and they say Chi City...

I'm a Chicago girl until I die. I love my city to death, and I love hearing about my city in music. When I listen to songs by Kanye especially, I just love knowing he's from when I'm from. Watch The Throne has been playing since I downloaded it, and one song really sticks out to be - Murder To Excellence. Kanye in Murder To Excellence >

The crime rate in my city is CRAZY high. Hearing about death, especially in the black community, isn't something shocking. It's so sad to here about people my friends were close to, losing someone they love. It's getting too close to home and it's just ridiculous. The fact that Ye acknowledged this is just... I'm not quite sure what words I want to use. I feel as if people from other cities don't understand how a Chicagoan feels listening to this song. It's just so relateable. I love when topics are real. I don't even know what to say...

When I was in 8th grade, my dance school's performing company put on a show called Generation Next which was dedicated to all the CPS students who had lost their lives in the past year. This is back in like March of 2009 and I remember it was maybe over 300 students that was named. My dad had to make a huge peace sign for the display and on it we wrote down each student's name and I remember still adding names up until show day. Which is crazy. We had the show at Percy Julian High School and I remember my dressing room was a class room that still had notes, pictures, and things like that dedicated to Blair Holt who was shot on a bus shielding his friend. People like him don't deserve to die so young.

It's sad to live in a city who's beauty is overcast by it's crime. This shit needs to stop, because Chicagoans have no reason to endure this type of pain.

I love Wiz Khalifa. Something about him is so attractive ^__^ My friend Turiya put me on this. Enjoy Wiz Khalifa's lil cute self.

If you need to laugh.

LMFAO. I love Kevin Hart.

Nellyville

Who remembers Dilemma by Nelly & Kelly Rowland? I do, I still jam to it when it comes on. I've just discovered Dilemma Part 2. It's called Gone, and I think it's SO CUTE. I loved Nelly & Kelly together. ^__^ the fact that he used a part of Dilemma in Gone is adorable. Just check em out. :)

This Is For You

Boy In Detention

I've finally felt like downloading Boy In Detention. Chris Brown is one of my favorite R&B artists, not rappers. I'm on track 17 out of 21, and it's alright. I think this mixtape is really long... that might be because I've been listening to music for like three hours straight. As of right now, almost everything sounds the same (minus the few songs that he's singing in, not rapping). Nonetheless, I love Chris. I still bump F.A.M.E. all the time. All music is up to interpretation, so you can develop your own opinion.

J.Cole - The Album Before The Album

One of my favorite artists, J.Cole has an album coming out sometime next month. I'm beyond excited! ^_^ Anyways, some people were talking about some possible new music by him so I decided to check it out. I don't think The Album Before The Album is an official mixtape dropped by J.Cole and a lot of the songs on here are favorites of mine already but you can check it out. :)

Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Provided by DatPiff.com

Check It | Watch The Throne

 

Check It. The highly anticipated album by the greats Jay-Z and Kanye West has finally released. I just finished listening to the whole thing and I loved it. It's nothing less than what I expected from Yeezy and Hov. I especially love the songs that Frank Ocean are featured in ^__^ shout outs to him for getting those features. That's raw. I encourage hip-hop fans to get this album. :)

Ladies Love Them

"Ladies love me, I'm on my Cool J." Everyone (that listens to the radio at least) should recognize these Chris Brown lyrics from his hit Look At Me Now. Lately, there's been a lot of buzz on Twitter and Facebook talking about how Justin Bieber killed Chris in another song called Ladies Love Me. I decided I'd go ahead and take a listen. I'm not a huge fan of this song, but I must admit, J. Bieber snapped ^__^ and I'm not only saying that because I'm a Belieber. These two both have talent, but in this song, in my opinion...
J.B. > C.B.

What happened to romance? Seriously, I know I'm only in high school but I'm sure it had to exist more than it does now. Maybe it's just me, but finding someone remotely close to feeling you on an emotional level is kind of rare. All people want to do it have sex. C'mon now, what are the romantics like me supposed to do? Sit around and be single until I leave for college? At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up happening to me. Where are all the people that love doing sweet things for people just because they know it'd make them happy? I feel as if I watch too much television or something because teenage romance just doesn't seem real at this point.

Sometimes I feel as if I have to put in all the effort when it comes to guys. If I don't text them, we don't talk. I don't need that. I'd just appreciate being appreciated. Lately, I've been feeling a lack of appreciation. Not appreciating my time. Not appreciating my feelings. Not appreciating me. So, f*ck it. I'll just keep watching the movies.

Three cheers for the hopeless romantic.

Real Music.

J. Cole has been one of my favorites for a while now. He's a storyteller with his raps. His songs are real, just, nothing short of real. This song is so real. I'm not really good with my words today but it's a real story. This shit happens. I'm sitting here listening to it just like "...damn." I can't wait for his album to come out either.
Cole World: The Sideline Story - September 27th.

CRUNCKCOCO!

Who doesn't know who CRUNKCOCO is by now? He became famous after his hilarious video found on WSHH Who You Finna Try? I just watched this video and damn near DIED laughing. Oh my goodness. Here is CRUNKCOCO's cover of Super Bass by Nicki Minaj. ^_^

On Repeat | Thinkin' About You - Frank Ocean

This song has been on repeat since I first heard it last night. Frank Ocean's voice really just gets me mellowed out. This is one of those songs that people would think I listen to a lot because I'm going through something or I can relate to it. For once, that's not the case. I just think this song is something beautiful. Frank Ocean is slowly climbing up to one of my favs.

Oh Dancers

This is SUPER cool. Like, it's crazy. Not only were the dancers good, but the lady that choreographed the lights and stuff is brilliant. Enjoy!

Goodbye July, Hello August

Today is August 1st, and there are now 36 days until school starts. WHAT?! That's crazy. I have August to complete my bucket list as much as I can, see all my friends (especially those leaving for college), and get myself prepared for what is considered the hardest year of high school. I have a plan for how my junior year should go and honestly, I'm not that freaked out. I just need to stay focused. Until then however, I need to bond with my lovies because lord knows when school starts, my parents will try to keep me on LOCKDOWN. I turn 17 in less than three months. That's crazy too. I'm growing up so fast! :') haha. I'm going to need August to work with me though. It's my last chance.

New Music | Drake - Headlines

Drake has released the first official single off of his upcoming sophomore album, Take Care called Headlines. Honestly, I love it. It's not exactly like the other singles from the album like Marvin's Room or Dreams Money Can Buy, but it still kind of has that smooth feel we get from those two. Headlines is a more upbeat song, but it still has that R&B flow. Drake sure does have a way of getting me excited for his album.

October 24, 2011 - Take Care.

Throwback | The Hits of 2009

Mashup 2009 par DJ Earworm - United State of Pop... by thony911

I love DJ Earworm's mashups! I just thought I'd share this one with you all. I sang every single song 'til the death when they came out. It's hard to believe these songs came out like two years ago. Funny how music can be so timeless. Enjoy!

Stop The Black on Black Crime!

I was scrolling through my tumblr and this is what I saw. Ignorance. I'm ashamed that people of my own kind (black) take part in this war within ourselves - light skin vs. dark skin. I really just don't understand. Black people always want to be the first to say or remind others that we were once a surpressed people, but to turn around and hold yourselves back? It's insane. All skin is beautiful, whether it's dark skin, light skin, white skin, whatever. It's already difficult to be black in America, why add the numbers going against you because your fellow competitor has dark skin and you don't. How does that even make sense? It doesn't, and I'm glad I surround myself with teens that agree with me. The black on black crime is unnecessary nonsense, whether it be just verbal or physical. It needs to stop. We need to move forward.

Okay, if you don't have a StumbleUpon, you are really missing out! I stumbled across this amazing video of this dance group called World Order from Japan that is led by formal martial artist Genki Sudo. I don't speak Japanese so I don't understand the song he's singing, but here's an explanation from Genki.

“The unprecedented disasters unfolding in Japan; earthquakes, tsunami, and nuclear explosions, will somehow change things to come. And to send my message about this, I have expressed it here with WORLD ORDER. These disasters can be interpreted as a turning point for civilization. I think that we have arrived at a time of revolution, shared with all the people of the world, in today’s society, economy, and political systems. Incidents themselves are neutral. I believe that every single one of us, wandering through this deep darkness, can overcome anything, if only we let go of our fear, and face the it all in a positive light. The world is not going to change. Each one of us will change. And if we do, then yes, the world will be changed. It is darkest right before the dawn. Let’s all rise up to welcome the morning that will be so very bright for mankind.

WE ARE ALL ONE”

Amazing.

Fun Stairs!

I was on my new favorite website StumbleUpon today and came across this video. We already know that America's obesity rate is way too high, and this is a fun way to help with that. It would be annoying if every staircase was turned into a piano, but it a cute idea that can go a long way.

Piano Stairs > Escalator.

New Obsession: Jeffery Campbell's Lita

Aren't they just beautiful?! I would love a pair of these. The only issue is, as of right now, I don't really wear heels besides to special dressy events. However, I feel like by the time I'm in college, I will have evolved into that girly-girl that can wear heels for no reason. ^_^ Until then, I will just admire them from my computer screen.

Check It

Everyone who appreciates music should stop and watch this video. Beat boxing is absolutely amazing to me. StumbleUpon led me to this video and I thought I'd share it with you all. Enjoy!

Like I Never Had It At All

Today is just one of those days. All of my thoughts are just blending together in my head, and I can't really verbalize anything I want to say. I'm so focused on saying the right thing and getting everything across clearly, but it won't even leave my brain properly. I'm listening to music and My Last by Big Sean feat. Chris Brown started playing and some parts of my brain started to calm down.

It's the summertime. What am I thinking for?

I'm sitting around focusing on things that I really don't need to bothered with. I'm starting to stress about my junior year even though it's only July. I'm worrying about boys like my love life is headed somewhere fast. I need to just live, because lord knows when things actually get going, I won't have time to just chill and enjoy life. I'm sixteen years old. I'm not perfect, and to be quite honest, I'm not really trying to be. I need to take advantage of the time that I have, because I may not have another day. Nothing is promised. I want to make some mistakes. I want to do something that I never thought I would even do. It's difficult to try and define myself when I don't really have the chance to know what I like or don't like; what I can do, and what I can't.

I know that I need to just go with the flow but for me in particular, it's not that simple. However, when I do get the chance to just roll with the punches, it's great. I just need to get to that comfortable place and stay there. My summer days are getting limited, I need to just LIVE.

Live like I never had it at all.

In All Honesty

It's Sunday, and Deeply Rooted is officially over. As much as I complained about it and barely ever wanted to go, it was one of the best experiences of my life. Going into this program, I wasn't sure what to expect. The very first day, they made us right down three goals we wanted to achieve by the end of the program and on Saturday before the first show of the night, we got this index card back and we could talk about if our goals were relevant.

• More flexibility
• More strength in my hip flexers
• Clean consistant doubles & triples on my left and right foot

As I was looking at my index card, I haven't really achieved anything I wanted to. Being a dancer, these are things that you just have to work on constantly. I've gotten SO much more out of this intensive. Yes, I got the physical aspect like technique, but I also got the mental approach of dance that I've never experienced before. It's also crazy that I can get along with people of all ages from 11 to 25 in such a short period of time. We were walking around Kennedy-King this weekend twerking and singing every single song we knew like we grew up together. It was great to be around dancers who appreciate the art just as much as me and also just accepted everyone just the way they were. I can genuinely say that I loved every single person that did Deeply, even if I didn't really know them. I loved their spirit.

I loved the teachers, and the professional dancers that helped me throughout this process. They didn't care if I was tired or if I didn't want to be there. They worked us into the ground because they wanted to make us stronger and better. They did it because they loved us, even though at the time it seemed like they were out to get us. I love them for it because in the end, that's what I needed.

Deeply Rooted was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, experience of my life. I'm actually sad that it's over. Seriously, the people I've bonded with and the things we've done will always be a big part of me.

Respect

"Dance is life for many of us out here and is nothing to take lightly, and it's personally offensive when people blatantly disrespect our work and our mentors. We're a community that shares our heart and soul with one another, if you can't understand and respect that you need to find a new "hobby". Because it's far more than that for us." - Dorian Rhea


I was just scrolling through my Facebook when I came across this status. Dorian is a really good friend of mine and a really talented dancer. Like myself and a lot of my other friends, dance is something we are seriously dedicated to. It's something that we actually want to do. It's more than just a hobby, it's a passion. He hit right on the head with this status. I'm very serious when it comes to defending my fellow dancers and our art. To hear someone say something rude and inaccurate about what I plan on dedicating my life to, I get offended.


I personally believe that dancers are VERY underrated. For example, in music videos people typically focus on the artist, not the back-up. Of course dancers notice them. Some dancers that I idolize and adore, no one has even heard about them. There's nothing wrong with that, but that's why dancers are so willing to share their talent. Why not have everyone experience what you love?


I totally understand not liking dance and not wanting to have anything to do with it, but please, all I ask is that you respect the art and the hardworking dancers beating themselves into the ground everyday trying to perfect it and amaze the people that ARE interested.

Now Playing | Frank Ocean - Nostalgia.

It's about 100 degrees in Chicago right now. With that being said, I'm cooped up in my nice air conditioned room with my laptop, playing music. I'm still rebuilding my itunes with music I haven't listened to before so I decided to listen to Frank Ocean's mixtape. Now I've heard Frank Ocean before, but I didn't think he was all that special. My view has totally changed since I first played the tape. Something about him is just soothing. The lyrics, his voice, the music, I'm just all.... ^___^ He's really talented, so now I have a reason to be excited about him being in the studio with Hov.

For those who haven't listened to Nostalgia, you should really do so.

Gabriellaaaa!

A$$.

Dance (A$$) - Big Sean


For those of you who enjoy shakin' dat A$$ and making that motherf* hammer time, this is the jam for you. :) *Ahhh, throwback photo. End of 2008? Man, we couldn't get enough of each other. My sisters. <333

Swag?

So, can anybody really define the word for me? It's not really clear. On Facebook, there are so many stupid pages for "Chicago's Finest" or "Chicago's Most Dope" or "Chicago's Bhaddest" some other really dumb shit. When I look at these pages though, it's typically a bunch of nobodies with Jordans, snapbacks, khakis, and jean jackets. Oooh, swag? Nah, I don't think so.

Just because you wear khakis, converse, and dyed the front of your afro blonde while screaming TGOD doesn't mean you have swag. Just because you take ALL of your pictures showing the bottom of the J's that EVERYONE in the city of Chicago got at the same time doesn't mean you have swag. Just because you still rock your fitted doesn't mean that you are a swag-less loser. Who even said that was okay? I don't think swag is getting your belly button pierced and wearing only crop tops and J's with ya legs all pigeon-toed and bowlegged. Swag isn't posing in the mirror with your weave and your polo hat with your acrylics to the camera flipping the bird. Swag isn't buying out the Hollister store. Swag isn't posting pictures of you smoking weed. Swag isn't getting hella pointless tattoos. Doing all these things doesn't mean you have "swag."

Now if you do all that stuff, then shit, do you. I'm not here to tell you to stop. It's just the fact that everyone is following a trend, and wants to be the first motherfucker to call someone out wearing a fitted or some dumb shit. Fuck, let them do them, just like you and 80% of Chicago are on that other shit... that just so happens to be the same shit. If that makes you happy then by all means.

I think swag is the way you carry yourself. The way you do things because you want to. The way you just are. I personally don't think swag is only a materialistic thing. There's reason someone has swag... and it can't just be because they look like the next guy with cargos and a snapback. But hey,

I guess the term is up for interpretation.

Sorry 4 The Wait. Eh, Don't Apologize.

So, recently Lil Wayne released his mixtape Sorry 4 The Wait to apologize for his album The Carter IV being pushed back to releasing in August. I finally found the energy to listen to the entire thing. Now there are mixed reviews about the tape. Some people says it nukes, some people say it's garbage. I personally don't care for it either. I don't think it's his lyrics because we all know how Weezy is, maybe it's the songs he sampled. I'm tired of hearing the originals of the songs he remixed. We can thank the radio for that though.

Then there's Grove St. Party...... this song actually made me mad. Lil Wayne decided to feature Lil B on this track. He's terrible. Seriously, he's awful. He's off beat a majority of the time and it just sounds like he didn't even know they were recording! I was listening to it like
DEAR GOD. WHY?
Weezy, you didn't need to apologize for the wait... really.

Stay Perfect.

I've loved Pink for... a really long time. Her music makes me feel good and this is one of those songs that I needed to listen to. I'm in love with this song and I think if anyone is feeling down, they should listen to this song. Sure no one is "perfect" but there is no need to feel worthless because you're not like the next person. You're the perfect you for someone else. If you like the way you are, you're the perfect you for you.

What else are friends for?

So, like everyone knows, I'm doing this strenuous dance program this summer called Deeply Rooted. Well yesterday I took a well needed break. Lately I've been feeling really stressed, and defeated, and just a mess. I figured getting some fresh air wouldn't hurt and it'd do me more good than sitting in the house all day. So I headed downtown to meet up with a friend of mine. Now, I haven't seen like any of my friends since Deeply started and he's one of the people who I've genuinely missed... a lot. We didn't do anything spectacular seeing as how downtown was super dead yesterday, but now that I think of it... we never really do anything spectacular when we hang out. We always just walk and sit and talk. We did go shopping for his little sister though. :)

Let me just say this now, I like him. He's easy to talk to and just a whole lot of fun. I also get the feeling that he's always looking out for me. Okay well, not always, but a lot. He reads into my actions way more than any of my other friends do, so he's always asking me what's wrong. He's willing to help me out, whether he's being my "doctor" lol, or willing to help me find a job. He's a sweetie pie. That's not something I'm used to getting, from a guy anyway. I appreciate that.

While we were walking yesterday, we walked past this homeless guy who asked him if I was his queen and that if I was, I'm a keeper. Then this other guy, who's an up-and-coming rapper, asked if he could holla at his girl. I didn't know that two people walking together meant they were in a relationship? Then we went and sat in the park, not even on no romantic stuff, even though sitting in the park sounds super corny haha. We were just chillin' on a bench, talking and laughing. Everything with him is just chill, and yesterday, I completely forgot about my emotional breakdown the night before and my feelings and how sad I've been.

It feels good to have a person who can do that for you. I'm glad I got to spend the afternoon with Jade. He gave me what I needed, without even knowing. He's a good friend.



But hopefully by the end of this.... ;)
Lmfao I'm done.

Pac Div.

Personally, I'm tired of listening to the radio music and it's artists. For example, Lil Wayne just dropped Sorry 4 The Wait and I can't even get through the mixtape. It's just giving me a headache... it's annoying. So I decided to listen to some other mixtapes by people who I've never listened to. The first one I listened to was Don't Mention It by Pac Div. I don't know too much about them besides they're a hip-hop trio from Cali. I loved this mixtape, like all of it. I  found out about this mixtape because one of my followers said it was probably one of the most underrated mixtapes out. That's crazy.

Even though I liked all the songs, I'll just post the very first one I heard:
Shine (feat. Marz Lovejoy)

One big happy family.

I'm currently in Wisconsin at Kalahari Resorts for my family reunion. It's only night one, but it's better than I thought it would be.
It's crazy to think about how my older cousins with children used to hang around me when they were my age or, to see my younger cousins grow up on me. It just got me thinking. Family is a lot more important than I give credit for. All of my cousins have gone to college & graduated/are in college. Sure I don't make the biggest deal of this, but where would I be if I didn't have these role models?
Everyone needs a period of time to just get grounded and be with family. It's one of the most soothing things in the world to be able to hang around with your 20 something year old cousins like their 14 again. I love my family. <3

Happy 4th of July!

Okay, so I know it's the 5th now and everything but still... I hope everyone had a great 4th. My mom decided she was going to barbeque a little be for the family but uh, my mom isn't the best barbequer lol. Then I decided it would be a good idea to get my cousin Ana out the house with me so we decided to go to Navy Pier to watch the fireworks. Sure it was a lot of people and it was only 15 minutes long, I thought it was pretty. The way home however was crazy. We had an 11pm curfew but as we were rushing out, Ana ran into her boo and they got to talking. Then she ran into two boys she used to go with, one of them thought Ana and I were dating -___- then the red line moves kind of slow too. So we're waiting on 79th at 10:50pm and some niggas on the other side of the street were popping fireworks IN THE STREET. Then they started shooting rockets into the expressway, then they started shooting them at people. So Ana and I tried to avoid all that nonsense and briskly walk to the next bus stop, THOSE BITCHES SHOT A FIREWORK AT US THAT WAS TOO CLOSE TO HITTING US. From then on, we were tweaking the fuck out. When we got off the bus, someone was shooting fireworks in my neighborhood and they looked like they would hit us. Then we saw that my dad was just now getting home off work so we ran to my house. It was fun though. Sort of.

I've already decided I'm watching fireworks with my boyfriend next year... Lmao.

FCKH8.

So I was just scrolling down my dash on Tumblr and I came across this video. It's pretty damn great actually. I don't discriminate against homosexuals at all. I think all people should have the same rights and the fact the people hate on gays and try to tell them that being gay is wrong ACTUALLY irks me. Especially when it comes to religion. If God is so forgiving etc, how is being gay wrong? If a gay person believes in God, who is anyone else to say that their God won't accept them? Foolishness. I want one of those shirts. Either that or a Legalize Gay shirt from American Apparel. I love gay people.
DON'T H8 THE HOMOS.

If you don't like what you see, CHANGE IT.

I haven't really been blogging because I've been busy with Deeply Rooted and taking care of my body. Last night however, my class sat down with Nikki (the director of the program) for Real Talk Thursdays. Now earlier that day, our ballet class was... well beyond our level. It discouraged some of my fellow dancers because that class was a total bust for pretty much EVERYBODY. Bascially, the class was designed to be a wake up call to show us that we need to go back to basics before we can get to the "fluff" that wow's that audience.

Let me get more general -
You can't let yourself get so caught up in the future and how you want things to be, and never put in the work for it. Sitting and staring at the person next to you do things you want to do won't help you get there. You'd still be sitting there staring at them instead of getting to work on yourself. Nikki has a fabulous quote:
"if you don't like what you see, change it."
Now, at first I was like 0__o really now? But it all makes sense. Honestly, there's no reason for you to not be able to change what you see about yourself if you don't like it. At the same time however, you have to be able to realize that it's not all going to happen at the snap of a finger. You need to make a commitment to yourself to get what you want. In this world, nothing is just given to you. And you can't give up. Why focus on the other person? They're doing what they gotta do to get what they want, so FOCUS ON YOU and do what you gotta do.


Deeply Rooted is going to be an amazing experience for me as a dancer as well as just a teenage girl. Everything happens for a reason, and there's a reason why I ended up doing this intensive. It's currently 1:11am and I'm kind of something like exhausted. So I'll leave you with those words of wisdom.

Marvin's Room (Official Video)

Drake ~ Marvins Room (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

Back to the original. Drake has finally released a video for the original version of Marvin's Room. I LOVE it. It has a kind of homemade feel and, idk it's just real to me. It's great. :)

New Music | Chris Brown - Marvin's Room

Okay, so remember when I posted Rochelle's and said I was completely done posting remixes? Yeah, sorry about that. I woke up at about 5am this morning and checked my twitter. All I saw was people ranting about when Chris's Remix was going to drop and other silly Marvin's Room remixes. Of course, I passed back out before I even wanted to listen to the track. So I just listened to it, and I like it. He's the only male that I've heard remix the track and he takes the role of the girl's current boyfriend. I love Chris regardless, but this remix might have to grow on me.

I am bound to you...

For those who haven't seen Burlesque with Christina Aguilera & Cher, this movie is filled will amazing music. Here's a song that I love to death - Bound To You by Christina.

This was in my mini-feed on Facebook. I can't even deal...

LMFAO. Good Times.

So, incase ya'll want a good laugh... here are some funny videos of me & my friends 3-4 years ago. It's probably funnier if you know us lmao. We were POPPED. No seriously... these were some of the best years of my life, but we were TOO popped. Like, it's not okay. Good thing we're not like this anymore -__-

Talia & Rielle - Crank Dat (8th Grade)


The Bridge Series: (7th Grade)






Boys Bathroom:

Summer bucket list.

So, my best friend(s) made one and I think it's a pretty good idea. Who doesn't want to make a plan for the summer?

1. Gain more flexibility and keep it
2. Come up on a U-Pass
3. Stay out the house/party for an entire weekend
4. Throw another kickback
5. Get a summer dip
6. Make new friends at Deeply
7. Learn how to roll
8. Get a new phone
9. Get something else on my body pierced
10. Do crazy stuff with my cousin Ana and her friends
11. Cook for my friends
12. Become a raw(er) dancer ;)
13. Sleep at a boy's house/co-ed sleepover
14. Do something illegal out in the open
15. Do something different to my hair
16. Finally buy the Alphabet shirt from American Apparel
17. Finish decorating my room, finally
18. Sneak into a movie
19. Go out to eat with a friend(s)
20. Start a dance crew
21. Experience the p & wicker park :)
22. Sleep at somebody's house for more than one night
23. Learn how to skateboard
24. Go to the beach at night
25. Go on a date
26. Sit on a roof
27. Reconnect with family
28. Try something I've never tried before
29. Ride in a car with friends and blast trill music
30. Meet new people
31. Make a twitter shirt

That's all I can think of right now. :) I'll be crossing off what happens when they happen so HOPEFULLY, by the time September rolls around, everything is crossed off.

Ohai.

 

Oh look, it's me and my face :O

Who Run The World? That's What I Thought.

So I thought I was done with my dancer rant, but I just came across this. Honestly, I hate Beyonce's song Run The World and I'm impartial to the video. This however,
this is what the f*#! I'm talking aboutttt! ^___^
These dancers are AMAZING. They went hard the ENTIRE TIME. That's not easy to do. The choreography though, Sean Bankhead, you get MAJOR props for this man. I'm in love with this video. The dancers, the choreo, the way the video was shot. It's amazing what dancers can do. :D

See... This is unruly.

Okay. I just ranted about this on Tumblr. This, is just annoying. The person wearing these shoes CAN'T be an actual ballet dancer. FIRST OF ALL she isn't on her box like at all. SECOND OF ALL she isn't turned out... like at all? THIRD OF ALL lord knows that is not how you tie your ribbons if you want to KEEP YOUR ANKLES FROM BREAKING. Someone said this was beautiful. It made me angry.

While I wan ranting and raving about this picture, I got to thinking about how many people "claim" to be dancers. I think I was on Twitter one day and someone tweeted that everyone is a dancer now and that it's getting cliche. UGH. I hate those people that think because the pop their a** that they're actually dancers. I take a lot of pride in my art; not only because I'm good at it, but because it's something that I've invested so much of my time into. I've been dancing for almost thirteen out of my sixteen years of living. Too see people claim their something their not makes me cringe a little. I'm the type of person to stand up for something I believe in when it's talked against. I don't think being a dancer is cliche because NOT EVERYONE CAN BE ONE. "It takes and athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer."

*Sorry about my dance raves. I've been going on and on here and on Tumblr & Twitter. I think I'm just excited because I start my summer intensive next week. :)

Ah.

I just had to share these beautiful pictures with you guys. I want to be able to do things like this by the time I graduate. I've got some work to do! I also need to learn more about dancers... I know like 0 people o__O that's not a good look. Ah, the perks of NOT going to a performing arts school lol. :/

Thowback | How To Touch A Girl - Jojo

So, I was just hanging out at home watching some old music videos and How To Touch A Girl by Jojo popped into my head. I actually still really like this song but of course, the lyrics are more relevant to me now than they were back when I was in like 6th grade haha. But I really like this video too; sweet and innocent. It was really hard to find a clear version of the music video and idk why this one cuts off early :/ but in case you want to listen here ya go. Oh! Fellas, girls take this true to heart. ;)

More Chicago Talent (COMING SOON)

A friend of mine named Blaze has been trying to put together a dance crew for awhile. She was always tweeting, asking if people wanted to join. I've always wanted to be in a crew, so of course I voluteered to help her put it together. Yesterday, Blaze, my two other friends Layla and Dorian, and I met up to talk about what we were going to do. The meeting was kind of a bust because we kept laughing and talking about everything else, but if (when) we get this together,
A. it looks good on college applications
B. we'll get some good opportunities to perform. :)
We are all good dancers. Us together? We're going to be epic. You'll see.

Summer Time Music

While I'm in the mood for summer theme music, I'll just post some favorites of mine. :)

Peanut Butter & Swelly - Chiddy Bang

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Best Day Ever - Mac Miller

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Young Sweet Jones & Young Sweet Jones 2 - Drake (because he's a fav)

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