rest in peace jasmine lynn.

the night before last, one of my spelman sisters, jasmine lynn, stepped out onto the infamous CAU promenade, not knowing or realizing that a few minutes later she would be struck by a stray bullet from the gun of an idiot. why ? why is it that we can not visit our friends in our AUC community ? why did an innocent 19 year old girl have to die in order for atlanta police to get a wake up call ? my prayers go out to her family and friends at spelman and in kansas city. i can't imagine waking up at 2 am and receiving a phone call that your daughter, who you just dropped off at school two weeks ago to begin her sophomore year, is gone. even as i am writing this, tears fill my eyes because i can't imagine the pain that her friends and family are experiencing at this very moment. they trusted spelman to take care of their child and within a blink of an eye, she's no longer on earth with us. i didn't know her personally, but from what i hear and from what i've seen, she was a fun-loving, outgoing, spelmanite who's life ended wayyy too soon.

sometimes we ask God, why he takes our youth away from us so suddenly ? death is something that everyone has to face but why so soon and abruptly ? i think God was telling us to wake up and realize that tomorrow is never promised. be thankful for all of our blessings. never take life or friendship for granted. if you love someone, tell them every chance that you get. on top of that, we need to do something about this community that we are living in. we come to school to become doctors, lawyers, politicians, teachers so how are we going to begin to prepare to help the african american community ?

what will it take ? how many more deaths or shootings or robberies will have to occur around here for somebody to get the picture ? jasmine lynn was not the first but she should definitely be the last.

you come to school to get away from crime and ignorance, to better yourself so that you won't have to deal with violence, to be able to escape the statistics, only to have it staring you in the face no matter how far you go. that's the scariest thing for me - knowing that no matter what you do, you can' get away from it.

rest in peace jasmine lynn c/o 2012.

lesson learned.

on april 4, 2009 , i received a phone call from my mother who was in north carolina with all of my cousins and extended family for my little cousin's bday. when i talked to my cousin's grandmother, she asked when i was coming back to north carolina since i hadn't visited in about 2 years. it seems like every summer after 10th grade, i'd been too busy to go down there. i told her i would be back during summer 2009 and i had every intention of doing so . . . but i never got a chance to.

last night, my mother called to tell me that mama spence passed away.

naturally, i won't be able to attend the funeral because i'm away at school and i don't have the means to go to north carolina.

lesson learned : never get too busy for family or friends. you never know when it'll be your last chance to see them =/

THIS IS CRAZY!

this video will really change your perspective on life !

READY ? yuuup!

so this is a double feature =) in light of trey songz' new album 'READY' which is to debut next tuesday, this will be a album critique//straight yummy!

i've already heard the tracks and let me say, this is true love making music.

p a u s e.

lol, but i can't name any favorite tracks because i pretty much love them all not to mention, i just love trey period. yuuup!

straight yummy.

this is a new segment of my blog so stay tuned.

SHIA LABEOUF has come a LONG way from 'even stevens' lemmetellya =] & oooh he can get it !

vegas baby.

about a month ago i went to las vegas with mi familia =) it was awesome to say the least.

the facts of life.

perfection is impossible. it's more possible for everyone to be the same person. the only perfect being is beyond our world and is not a human being at all.

love is inevitable. contrary to popular belief, when you run into that special someone, you'll know it and you won't be able to help falling in love with them, no matter how hard you try.

dudes like class. idk how many times i have heard a guy say, "damn, she's classy. i like that". even though they may seem to be searching for a quick chick, in the long run it's the girl with the intelligence, beauty and self-respect that will win a guy's heart.

life is about the journey, not the destination. you can not live your life just to make it to the other side. you have to enjoy the steps that you take along the way. live in the moment. learn from your mistakes. make a difference. cherish experiences and opportunities. if not, that destination will be meaningless and your sense of accomplishment will be flawed.

honesty will never go out of style. there's nothing that i enjoy more than pure honesty from a good friend. i love to know exactly what people are thinking even if it's not necessarily what i would like to hear. (#fact : you can win a girl's heart with honesty.)

never bite off more than you can chew. some people are the ultimate multitaskers. that's how they live their lives and they do so comfortably. don't try to do the most when you can not handle it. period. it will stress you out and leave you in mess. (this applies to every aspect of your life.)

put God first in everything you do and you will not fail. period.

nobody can do you, better than you. in other words, sex can wait. your future can't. don't let a dude determine your self worth by having sex with him. better yet, don't let ANYBODY determine your self worth at all.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. open for interpretation.

if you think he/she will cheat, they will. idk how many times i have heard someone say, "he was looking at that little skinny girl with the wrap". and??? if you don't have the confidence that they'll stay, why would/should they ?

everything is good in moderation. too much of anything has the potential of being bad for you -- even if you can't directly see the negative effects. i.e. sex is better when you don't have it every day.