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.