the greatest memory i have of my great grandmother is when she became an american citizen. i accompanied her when she took her exam. i wished her good luck and watched her walk down the long hallway where she disappeared into a room. a stranger sat me in a plastic chair in an open room full of immigrants to wait. rows and rows of plastic chairs, ( Read more... )

worst case scenario: to repeat.

either way, i'm treating myself to a mani/pedi tomorrow. 
and maybe i'll make it a package deal and add some retail therapy.

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as i was leaving the gym and walking through the parking lot to my car with talib kweli blasting in my ears, Jesus and Mary walked right by me. Mary offered me a cross ( Read more... )

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playing hard to get when we're together
hard to get there on your own
when will you ever come to conscience
i'll let you be alone

you never had it better
than when I was with you, baby
scumback to earth, let's drink some tea and smoke some herb

lets just not talk about it and fill the blanks with space

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as of today, i have officially signed my life off to 3 different institutions.

i've been thinking a lot about it.. and in less than 10 months i will probably be living in the ATL. that's if all my plans go through and Emory likes me. if not, i guess i can always fall back on my secret talent of writing rap songs.

i need a change of scenery regardless.

i'm going to start randomly sharing some of my lil addictions from now on.

so, here's one:

i love buying bed sheets. before i was all about the solids, but now i've moved on to feminine vintage prints.