Alright I'm really sorry. I admit that I'm probably the suckiest blogger of all time! I haven't blogged in about 3 months but I promise it's all for good reasons. For my second semester I ended up with 3 As, an A- & a B. Woot woot :) Gahh I'm trying to think of what I need to write to fill y'all in. I'm pretty good at making lists so here goes nothing:
1. My dorm for next year= WIN! So I was a little upset at first because we my roomate (& two other friends who were supposed to be roomates) ended up not getting into the dorm that we had originally intended to be in. However, we ended up getting into the dorm that almost all of our friends are going to be in. Plus it looks like a freaking hotel room. YES! :)
2. They murdered Osama Bin Laden? What? I really can't believe that that happened. But I'm also worried. What could possibly happen later on? I'm going to leave it up to God & pray.
3. Dude, why wasn't this # 1? I'm done with freshman year!!!! Ahhh! I can't believe how fast this year flew by. It seems like yesterday we were packing my things to come to school. My roomie & I had to repack things gradually and ultimately it was more hectic unpacking that packing. It was soo sad to say goodbye to all my hallmates :( We were all super close & next year we'll all be going to different places. Sara, Peep Courtney & Katie to their sorority houses, Patrice, Karlea & Suzanne (my roomate from this year) to apartments & Rachel & I to other dorms on campus. I'm just hoping that we'll have reunions here and there, but we'll see what happens. My RA & I said a sad goodbye to each other on the last day of packing :( But ultimately I must say that I had a great freshman year & I'm looking forward to another great year next year :)
4. I went natural for an entire month. Natural...as in no heat whatsoever for almost 5 weeks ;) Currently I'm in my second trial run of no heat. I'm trying to make it through the entire summer but we'll see how it goes! I will definitely provide updates soon & I plan on dedicating an entire future post to natural hair. Please stay on the look out.
5. I'm currently on an Adele high right now. Gosh all of her music is AMAZING. At first, I didn't really like 21 (I was a huuuugeee 19 fan). However, I must admit that it's warming up to me. ahhhh she is amazing. & she is going to be in concert at a place near me very soon...hopefully another concert is on the way.
6. Speaking of concerts, I saw both Big Sean & B.O.B. live in concert this semester. I really loved B.O.B. I didn't know a lot of songs by him, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I found out that he is such a talented artists. He raps, sings & plays the guitar. & oh lawd, speaking of guitars...his guitarist (the one with the dreads) was fiiiiooooonnneeee. Oooh-wee..that man could play the guitar to me all day long. Ahahahaha. But overall I was really impressed with him. Big Sean was great too! & I touched his shoulder! woot woot.
7. Incubus has a new cd coming out. *Screaming* Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully Incubus concert #2 in the making :)
8. If there is anything that I learned in college, it's not to be afraid to try something new. I know that this sounds completely cliche...really cliche. But I'm serious..the best way to have a great time in college is to let go of your past ways & try something new. Expose yourself to something so different than anything you've ever done. Step out of your comfort zone. You'll find that there is a whole new part of you that you didn't know existed. Stepping out of my comfort zone came when wearing my hair completely natural. People loved it! But ultimately it's not about what others think. It's about what you want & what's best for you. And when you can accept that & find confidence in who you are, you'll find that others will have a greater respect for you as well. With confidence you can convince anyone of anything :)
Welp, that's all folks!!
love love love
Jackie :)
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Go girl, it's ya birthday!
Hey there Everyone!
January 21 was my birthday! Yay! It just so happened that my birthday fell on a Friday & I only had one class, so needless to say, it was amazing! :) But before we talk about my birthday
weekend fun I'm gonna back track to a couple of days before. The previous Friday was my college BFF Melanie's birthday so we decided to do something together. On Monday, we grabbed a group of our friends and headed to our favorite restuarant downtown, Doc Chey's. It was yumm and a good bit of our friends showed up to celebrate with us. Afterward Alex took us to get icecream at Ben & Jerry's & we jammed in the car to Whip My Hair. lol!
The next day, our basketball team played Tennessee so I headed there with Melanie, Natalie & another friend, Quatez. We lost by two points which were scored literally at the last second of the game...bummer! But on the plus we had great times & we had Cane's before...mmm. haha.
Now we can skip to the good part...back to my birthday :) So after a whopping 365 days of waiting Friday finally rolled around. It's a tradition at my school to head to the 24 hour dining hall minutes before you
r birthday to ring in your birthday at midnight! I grabbed the girls on my hall and Natalie and Melanie tagged along too. We crammed like 7 people into my roomates car and drove over to the dining hall. I was so excited that I was running around and jumping in the air like a little kid. But it was worth every second of excitement. Two of my friends met up with Melanie and I at the dining hall after the other girls from my hall headed back to the dorm. We talked about our home towns and then walked back to our dorms, waving at people who had left their windows open/blinds up in the dorms along the way (bahaha lame). When I got back to my dorm I was literally so excited that I couldn't sleep. Fb wall posts started flooding in & I was so excited for the events that were to come. But I forced myself to fall asleep around 2 so that I would have at least a tad bit of stamina for my class at 10:10.
Even though my class didn't start until 10:10, I was so excited that I woke up at 8 and couldn't fall back asleep. Spanish was my only class of the day & luckily it's my fave. I could dedicate a whole separate blog entry to my Spanish teacher. She is amazing! After class, I went to lunch with my roomie & then headed back to my dorm. I was a little upset. My roomie had to head back to our hometown for a wedding ceremony & Melanie was also heading back. Then I got a text from my friends in my hometown letting me know that they weren't going to be able to make it up to celebrate with me for my birthday. But, I wasn't about to get upset on my birthday. Luckily, I brought 16 candles and me & Natlie watched it and cracked up! No birthday could top Samantha's!
After sitting around bored waiting for the night to come, me & Natalie headed over to the nicer dining hall to eat with some friends. We ended up sitting with one of Natalie's friends and met new people! Yay! Afterwards, Natalie & I made a last minute decision to head to our school's gymnastics meet. They competed against Auburn (and won! woot!). They were AMAZING! I think that they are probably the most talented team at our school. There were two girls on
Auburn's team that were great on the mat as well. One girl, who was black & hispanic like me (woot woot!), performed to a fusion of hip hop and reggaeton, which hit home for me :) I was really glad that we decided to head to their meet.
Then the real fun came! My friend Alex wanted to take me downtown to one of the clubs called Bad Manor. Me & Nat got dressed up real cute & headed to his dorm for some pre club fun and picture taking! haha. Then we headed downtown. They played Fancy (Drake ahhh), Stereo Love, and even a remix of the Red Hot Chilli Pepper's Otherside so you know I got it crunk! They were playing all of my favorite songs. woot woot! I had so much fun dancing like a fool. I even saw some of my other friends there too. It all seemed to fly by. It was probably 1 out of 2 of the best nights I've had in college so far.
Side Note: For girls who are going to the club. Here's all that you need:
PMILK
P=phone
M=money
I=id
L=lipgloss
K=keys
There is really no need for anything else. & please don't chug a giant purse with you. It's totally unnecessary & your shoulders/back will hurt by the end of the night!
& back to my birthday....so the next day my parents and brother came up from my hometown to celebrate with me. I brought Natalie along with us and we headed to Olive Garden. The Olive Garden in my college town is really beautiful. Rather than having the appearance of a restaurant it resembled someone's nicely furnish home. It was nice to spend time with my family. We spent our time amusing Natalie with our funny family jokes & stories and singing to Craig David on the ride there. I had a really good time!
After Olive Garden we headed back to campus to help set up for my school's Unity Ball. I'm in the Black Affairs Council's Cultural & Social Progamming Committee, which hosts various programs throughout the year. The Unity Ball is held annually in order to celebrate the anniversary of the desegregation of my school, hence the name unity. It's a formal event and most people dress like they're heading to prom.This year it was co sponsored by three other commitees so we had a really turn out of people. At first I was slightly skeptical because we hadn't sold a lot of tickets. However, it was a pleasant surprise when tons and tons of people walked throug
h the door. The decorations were beautiful, there was a section to have your picture taken, a dj, & dinner was served. Best of all the people that came were MULTIRACIAL!! If you knew me before college, you would know that my group of friends from my hometown is very multiracial and we pride ourselves upon that. So it w
as great to see a group of people that reminded me of my closest friends from home. I had so much fun dancing with all my friends. The dj was awesome and played an awesome mix of hip hop, top 40, reggae, and even salsa!! I taught my friends 
how to dance the salsa to Celia Cruz's 'La Vida es un Carnaval' (and afterward me & Natalie even had an impromptu salsa lesson in my dorm lol), we danced the electric slide to my parents' favorite song (Taste like Candayy), danced to my new favorite reggae song (No Games) and Melanie taught us how to do the wobble. I was actually sad when the night was over.
January 21 was my birthday! Yay! It just so happened that my birthday fell on a Friday & I only had one class, so needless to say, it was amazing! :) But before we talk about my birthday
weekend fun I'm gonna back track to a couple of days before. The previous Friday was my college BFF Melanie's birthday so we decided to do something together. On Monday, we grabbed a group of our friends and headed to our favorite restuarant downtown, Doc Chey's. It was yumm and a good bit of our friends showed up to celebrate with us. Afterward Alex took us to get icecream at Ben & Jerry's & we jammed in the car to Whip My Hair. lol!The next day, our basketball team played Tennessee so I headed there with Melanie, Natalie & another friend, Quatez. We lost by two points which were scored literally at the last second of the game...bummer! But on the plus we had great times & we had Cane's before...mmm. haha.
Now we can skip to the good part...back to my birthday :) So after a whopping 365 days of waiting Friday finally rolled around. It's a tradition at my school to head to the 24 hour dining hall minutes before you
r birthday to ring in your birthday at midnight! I grabbed the girls on my hall and Natalie and Melanie tagged along too. We crammed like 7 people into my roomates car and drove over to the dining hall. I was so excited that I was running around and jumping in the air like a little kid. But it was worth every second of excitement. Two of my friends met up with Melanie and I at the dining hall after the other girls from my hall headed back to the dorm. We talked about our home towns and then walked back to our dorms, waving at people who had left their windows open/blinds up in the dorms along the way (bahaha lame). When I got back to my dorm I was literally so excited that I couldn't sleep. Fb wall posts started flooding in & I was so excited for the events that were to come. But I forced myself to fall asleep around 2 so that I would have at least a tad bit of stamina for my class at 10:10.
Even though my class didn't start until 10:10, I was so excited that I woke up at 8 and couldn't fall back asleep. Spanish was my only class of the day & luckily it's my fave. I could dedicate a whole separate blog entry to my Spanish teacher. She is amazing! After class, I went to lunch with my roomie & then headed back to my dorm. I was a little upset. My roomie had to head back to our hometown for a wedding ceremony & Melanie was also heading back. Then I got a text from my friends in my hometown letting me know that they weren't going to be able to make it up to celebrate with me for my birthday. But, I wasn't about to get upset on my birthday. Luckily, I brought 16 candles and me & Natlie watched it and cracked up! No birthday could top Samantha's!
After sitting around bored waiting for the night to come, me & Natalie headed over to the nicer dining hall to eat with some friends. We ended up sitting with one of Natalie's friends and met new people! Yay! Afterwards, Natalie & I made a last minute decision to head to our school's gymnastics meet. They competed against Auburn (and won! woot!). They were AMAZING! I think that they are probably the most talented team at our school. There were two girls on
Auburn's team that were great on the mat as well. One girl, who was black & hispanic like me (woot woot!), performed to a fusion of hip hop and reggaeton, which hit home for me :) I was really glad that we decided to head to their meet.
Then the real fun came! My friend Alex wanted to take me downtown to one of the clubs called Bad Manor. Me & Nat got dressed up real cute & headed to his dorm for some pre club fun and picture taking! haha. Then we headed downtown. They played Fancy (Drake ahhh), Stereo Love, and even a remix of the Red Hot Chilli Pepper's Otherside so you know I got it crunk! They were playing all of my favorite songs. woot woot! I had so much fun dancing like a fool. I even saw some of my other friends there too. It all seemed to fly by. It was probably 1 out of 2 of the best nights I've had in college so far.
Side Note: For girls who are going to the club. Here's all that you need:
PMILK
P=phone
M=money
I=id
L=lipgloss
K=keys
There is really no need for anything else. & please don't chug a giant purse with you. It's totally unnecessary & your shoulders/back will hurt by the end of the night!
& back to my birthday....so the next day my parents and brother came up from my hometown to celebrate with me. I brought Natalie along with us and we headed to Olive Garden. The Olive Garden in my college town is really beautiful. Rather than having the appearance of a restaurant it resembled someone's nicely furnish home. It was nice to spend time with my family. We spent our time amusing Natalie with our funny family jokes & stories and singing to Craig David on the ride there. I had a really good time!
After Olive Garden we headed back to campus to help set up for my school's Unity Ball. I'm in the Black Affairs Council's Cultural & Social Progamming Committee, which hosts various programs throughout the year. The Unity Ball is held annually in order to celebrate the anniversary of the desegregation of my school, hence the name unity. It's a formal event and most people dress like they're heading to prom.This year it was co sponsored by three other commitees so we had a really turn out of people. At first I was slightly skeptical because we hadn't sold a lot of tickets. However, it was a pleasant surprise when tons and tons of people walked throug
h the door. The decorations were beautiful, there was a section to have your picture taken, a dj, & dinner was served. Best of all the people that came were MULTIRACIAL!! If you knew me before college, you would know that my group of friends from my hometown is very multiracial and we pride ourselves upon that. So it w
as great to see a group of people that reminded me of my closest friends from home. I had so much fun dancing with all my friends. The dj was awesome and played an awesome mix of hip hop, top 40, reggae, and even salsa!! I taught my friends 
how to dance the salsa to Celia Cruz's 'La Vida es un Carnaval' (and afterward me & Natalie even had an impromptu salsa lesson in my dorm lol), we danced the electric slide to my parents' favorite song (Taste like Candayy), danced to my new favorite reggae song (No Games) and Melanie taught us how to do the wobble. I was actually sad when the night was over.Overall I had a great birthday weekend & I doubt that anything could top it :)
Thanks to everyone who made my birthday great ;)
Until later!
Jackie
Thursday, January 13, 2011
New Classes & Zodiac Signs
Hey Yall!
Today was our first day of second semester! I must admit that it went much better than planned. At first I was slightly concerned because my biology class was going to be huge. When I walked in there were over 200 kids sitting in the classroom. Yet surprisingly it wasn't that intimidating. Thank God for that. Then I was really surprised when I walked into my Stat class & it was the same thing....over 200 kids! Natalie & I headed downtown to go shopping today which was fun too.
The next thing that I want to talk about was this whole change of Zodiac signs thing. I know this is going to sound completely contradictory but I've always been a strong believer in God & I use him as my go to whenever I'm in troubling situations. But I must admit that I also use zodiac signs, karma, and fortune cookies as a second choice in decision. But this whole new revelation that the zodiac signs have changed due to the new alignment of the earth just throws everything off. So I'm a Capricorn now? I like Aquarius better! Capricorn sounds more like Candy corn and Aquarius is just so feminine sounding. I have no idea what to think now.
Well have a great day!!
love love love
Jackie :)
Today was our first day of second semester! I must admit that it went much better than planned. At first I was slightly concerned because my biology class was going to be huge. When I walked in there were over 200 kids sitting in the classroom. Yet surprisingly it wasn't that intimidating. Thank God for that. Then I was really surprised when I walked into my Stat class & it was the same thing....over 200 kids! Natalie & I headed downtown to go shopping today which was fun too.
The next thing that I want to talk about was this whole change of Zodiac signs thing. I know this is going to sound completely contradictory but I've always been a strong believer in God & I use him as my go to whenever I'm in troubling situations. But I must admit that I also use zodiac signs, karma, and fortune cookies as a second choice in decision. But this whole new revelation that the zodiac signs have changed due to the new alignment of the earth just throws everything off. So I'm a Capricorn now? I like Aquarius better! Capricorn sounds more like Candy corn and Aquarius is just so feminine sounding. I have no idea what to think now.
Well have a great day!!
love love love
Jackie :)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
hmmmm......
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I'm slightly concerned about heading back to school. :( After spending the past several weeks with my friends, who all attend different colleges than mine, I've realized that I'm not exactly "in love" with my school like so many of my friends are. Plus, I can't help but to think about how much fun my life was before high school. But I know I've gotta move on. & however much I think I hate my school, I've signed up for this semester and I'm in it to win it (no matter how much I like/dislike it). I'm keeping my eyes on the prize. Anywho, here are some updates for the week:
1. Two of my friends got married this week? This was probably the most bizarre and ratchet wedding that I've ever been in, yet I've enjoyed it nonetheless. Two of my friends, who are not dating but have been bffs for a long time, decided that they would am
p up their friendship by getting married? Well to make a long story short, my friends decided that a real wedding would be a hassle and mess up parents' tax returns, financial aid etc. So they decided to have a just for fun wedding in one of their backyards. Well, the "bride" ended up getting sick the day of & not showing up to her own wedding, so an impromptu bride was immediately found to replace her. I was [reluctantly] a bridesmaid. We danced down the aisle to Rihanna's 'Only Girl', vows and scriptures were read off a laptop, and the bride and groom placed gloves on their hands to symbolize their commitment. Ten years from now, I'll laugh about this [even more than I am now] haha :)2. Happy New Year! January 1, 2011 ends one of the best years of my life which began with a rockin 18th birthday party, a once in a lifetime drake concert, a fairytale cotillion, an amazing senior week (and senior day), a graduation filled with enough memories to last a lifetime, and ended with a fresh new start [and beginning of happy endings] at college. So it's no surprise that I left this momentous year with a bang! I headed to a friends' house and was reunited with many of my friends from high school who I hadn't seen since summer. Then I headed over to a close friends house [with another close friend who doesn't know my other friend]. If I haven't lost you here, I had a great time. We watched the ball drop and swapped stories about our new lives in college.
3. New Obsession? stumbleupon.com is amazing! You just type in the topics that you want to explore & BAM! The site pulls up all sorts of websites which the website thinks you may find enjoyable. Try it out :)
Well that's all for now!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Merry Christmas Everyone!
"The best Christmas of all is the presence of a
happy family all wrapped up with another."
Okay so I know that I'm a little late, but Merry Christmas Everyone! This year my family tried something new & headed up to Pennsylvania to spend time with family. This was the first time ever that I've spent Christmas away from home, and surprisingly, I enjoyed it! :)
We arrived in PA two days before Christmas. It was the first time that I had seen my cousins in about four years. The first day we spent catching up with each other and talking about how we've changed over the years. In addition, I got to play with my two younger cousins who had been babies the last time that I saw them. Then on Christmas day we came and spent the day with each other.
To be honest, at first I felt like I wouldn't have a good time. It was going to be strange spending time away from my family. I wouldn't be able to open my gifts on Christmas (okay so that sounds really childish). But surprisingly, I found that I learned a lot about those things that are important. We spent our time with our family. That night we played the game guesstures & taboo and laughed at my father and uncle who seem to speak their own language. For example, my dad and uncle were talking about the movie This Christmas. My dad said, "Oh that's the movie about the house?" and my uncle said, "Yeah that's it." Lol! Then we watched This Christmas, my absolute favorite Christmas movie. I had been waiting all year to see this movie, but it never actually came on tv. When we got to watch it I was so excited! I had literally been waiting all year for this. :)
And let's not forget about Christmas dinner: We ate turkey, mustard greens, arroz con gandules, pasteles, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, and cornbread. It was a true African American/Puerto Rican dinner....and it was truly delicious :)
Today is our last day in PA. My older cousin & I bonded over super mario on the wii. My younger cousins amused me by singing their favorite songs including Like a G6 and Bottoms Up. My cousins who are close in age to me and I watched for Colored Girls and the Dave Chappelle show. And what's a family gathering without a classic WebCam picture?
Merry Christmas Everyone
xoxo,
Jackie :)
happy family all wrapped up with another."
Okay so I know that I'm a little late, but Merry Christmas Everyone! This year my family tried something new & headed up to Pennsylvania to spend time with family. This was the first time ever that I've spent Christmas away from home, and surprisingly, I enjoyed it! :)
We arrived in PA two days before Christmas. It was the first time that I had seen my cousins in about four years. The first day we spent catching up with each other and talking about how we've changed over the years. In addition, I got to play with my two younger cousins who had been babies the last time that I saw them. Then on Christmas day we came and spent the day with each other.
To be honest, at first I felt like I wouldn't have a good time. It was going to be strange spending time away from my family. I wouldn't be able to open my gifts on Christmas (okay so that sounds really childish). But surprisingly, I found that I learned a lot about those things that are important. We spent our time with our family. That night we played the game guesstures & taboo and laughed at my father and uncle who seem to speak their own language. For example, my dad and uncle were talking about the movie This Christmas. My dad said, "Oh that's the movie about the house?" and my uncle said, "Yeah that's it." Lol! Then we watched This Christmas, my absolute favorite Christmas movie. I had been waiting all year to see this movie, but it never actually came on tv. When we got to watch it I was so excited! I had literally been waiting all year for this. :)
And let's not forget about Christmas dinner: We ate turkey, mustard greens, arroz con gandules, pasteles, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, and cornbread. It was a true African American/Puerto Rican dinner....and it was truly delicious :)
Today is our last day in PA. My older cousin & I bonded over super mario on the wii. My younger cousins amused me by singing their favorite songs including Like a G6 and Bottoms Up. My cousins who are close in age to me and I watched for Colored Girls and the Dave Chappelle show. And what's a family gathering without a classic WebCam picture?
Merry Christmas Everyone
xoxo,
Jackie :)
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