to the pretty people.

the strangest things in life is the stages that we will pass through.
but all things will do just that... pass!
ok. so i consider it like this... and i'm sorry but this is for the pretty people
those who know that they look above average, and that even in a room
full of other beautiful people they too can hold their own without surrendering to the major league hating. anyway, early in life we all aim to be beautiful in comparison. what we overlook is the fact that we may already be percieved or even labelled amongst the pretty people, and that in itself is a big deal. once labelled amongst the pretty people you, it is inevitable that your self esteem will never hit that all time low that many average people fail to escape, we are assured that at least once a week we will find ourselves in a room where we are the most attractive person in the room (even if you live in beautifultown, USA), and that at one point in our lives we will master the art of embracing our features and enhancing the natural beauty that we have been blessed with physically. But early in life, none of this matters!

when you are a child on the playground, it only matters if you are beautiful in comparison... as in comparison to the other children. if you are not the prettiest child, you might as well be the ugliest because the cruelty of children will teach you early childhood humility. however, don't be discouraged, you will have the last laugh.

because once those evil S.O.Bs hit puberty, you will be back in the forefront. childhood cuteness is no longer enough to keep the prettiest girl in the third grade at the head of the social food chain, because baby loses her baby fat, and puberty will grant her back fat. however, even still because puberty can be so unpredicatable even the pretty people must prepare themselves for a curve ball. because if you are not careful you will wake up with a face full of surprises or breasts so large no one will ever care what your face looks like.

a sigh of relief hits you my pretty companion as you have safely made it through puberty withouut any outstanding weight gains nor changes in your natural features... and finally people around you start to notice your confidence and that you are in fact far more attractive than they had ever noticed. suddenly the in crowd befriends you and the desirable pursue you. but don't get too comfortable because soon you will go off to college.

and once in college you will be considered average, a large campus with thousands of raging hormones in their physical primes can easily boast hundreds of beautiful beings. but even then, do not fret, do not even let the fact that the average bitch will try to convince you that you aren't all that dismay you. you are still just as pretty, but once the ugly girl gets into college and sleeps with a few men of status she feels as though she has the authority to call you names (ie. onch) or as though she can start rumors about you to break you down. i forewarn you major league haters will bloom in their prime in college because the college world only goes around because of people like this... do not let this bitch get to you.

because by your junior year you will realize that with only 2 semesters left, you made it. not only are you still the same you, equally beautiful, perhaps 10 or 15 pound heavier, you are a better you. you have been tested and you have passed. you have grown into your exotic features and learned how to work every curve in your body. by your junior year you have developed a whole new swag, buuilt a respectable reputation, and a beautiful entourage of those equally intelligent and attractive as you.

so to the pretty people, you too will suffer from your ups and downs, but just let the haters be a hater.

to my best friend and confidante. AYS.

big things poppin and lil things stoppin... lls.

ok. for me. february is a big month. hence. the title. it may be the second month of the year but it marks the first month of change from our yesteryear counterpart.

yes there are those who do not change. lil things stoppin. and like the year before they loaf all year on things that they wish they'd do. or the things that they wish they had/ accomplished. but more importantly people are still dreaming BIG for their plans for the F U T U R E .

this time next year is 2010. it can't get any more futuristic than that. and you for damn sure don't wanna be the same goon that you were yesterday. which brings me to my REAL topic. the student government elections.

i have offered my help to any candidate that needs it because i've watched people win and lose over and over again. and like clockwork. you can see it before it happens. all school elections are predictable in that way. however there is a equation to it. there are qualities that the candidates must meet and as a pr major. what more fun could i have in my free time than to help people prepare.

honestly, the candidates that i have seen thus far beginning their campaign have been running for mr and ms morgan state university. what a lovely and yet superficial title. you aren't truley given power, just the illusion of it by being granted a powerful image that may or may not (more than likely may not) influence your fellow morganites to follow in your footsteps.

personally, i am interested to see what becomes of mr. morgan. because all of the candidates seem to have a weak link in their equation. it doesn't seem to be an all around candidate prepared to take the position. but perhaps i'll be proven wrong. what i'm looking for is the candidate that is willing to lead student life to the right direction. ke'shawn did a decent job but it wasn't so much on campus life that livened up.

without mentioning any names here's a rundown of our potentials. one of the candidates is a great example of what a scholar should be, he cares about his future as well as the campus, but he knows nothing about his fellow classmates, and rarely is found at social events not sponsered by the student government. another candidate is wonderful at being social, in fact overly social. to the point when many have referred to it as him being fake. but he may not be the perfect example or representation for the university, can he turn it on for the campaign? and another candidate is fairly social, real, but he too may not be what morgan state students call a grand representation. can any of these candidates really help aleviate the issues plaguing morganites? like...

what happened to campus cookouts, or events in the student center (please something other than another damned movie night, i could watch a movie in my room), greeks in para on the yard, bring the benches and the plots back, what happened to HBCU campus life??

lets just see how this goes morgan state. after all the big things will pop and the lil things will stop. lls.

inebriation.

a close friend recently revealed to my family (myself included) are functioning alcoholics. she defined it as being the fact that we lust for a drink in order to calm our nerves at the end of a long day, or a long with dinner on a day to day basis was not quite normal.

which leads me to think... 1. who started this nasty chain, that has become like a genetic heirloom? and 2. who's to say what's normal? don't judge me. i simply enjoy being inebriated.

some admire my years of experience in drinking. i can proudly say that i rarely ever embarass myself while drinking, nor do i ever end up naked with someone i just met. (an accomplishment to many college drunks). the lessons i have learned since i was 14 have stuck with me and will allow for me to avoid akward reminiseces of evenings i can hardly recall.

i thank jack daniels for helping me get through my first heartbreak. i thank moet rose for being there for every birthday. i thank bacardi lemon for helping me forget my teen angst and drama. and i thank cognac for helping rest beautifully after each and every nite.

if you are twenty years old and you don't know what your favorite cocktail is, how many drinks you can consume in an hour, or when you will lose your motor skills while drinking you have missed out on the blessing that my family has passed on to me known as functional alcoholicism...

dymond gordon i'll be sure to teach you my drunken ways before you turn twenty one... and thank you erika thompson for bringing this blessing to my notice.

if you were ever wondering what do you get this chick who has it all?? a fine bottle of alcohol, a flask, and another bartending/drinking book to match my other. good nite. and good drunk.