Day 3: What I Did

Today was a good day. I went out shopping with my mom, as we normally do when i come home. Then originally, my friend Kendra (middle, behind me) was supposed to come hang out with me. Instead she ended up coming to my house later on. Then my friend Latifah (right) came and she brought my friend Ashley (far left). Also, my friend Kevin dropped by to surprise me. It was so much fun to get together with my friends from my hometown. We gossiped about our new lives at college, the parties, the school work, the lives of our other friends, and reminisced about our past high school days. It always makes me feel better to come home to all of my best friends. Have a great night everyone!

xoxo,

Jackie :)

Days 2: What I Wore

Today (well yesterday because I'm posting this a day late) I am back at home. No more studying, nasty dining hall food, or college in general. Yay for a week of food, family, and fun! This is what I wore today, with the exception of my flats. haha. Try to disregard my messy room in the background.

xoxo

Jackie :)

Jail Break!!!!

So I am uber excited!!! Tomorrow is my last day of school & then I am home for nine days for Thanksgiving Break! Yay! :) However, although I am uber excited about being able to sleep in, listen to as much music as possible, watch junk tv, hit the gym & basically do anything and everything BUT schoolwork, I am sorta sad that I'm leaving school behind. I'm gonna miss everyone here so much. Plus I'll miss the freedom and the whole living on your own adult thing. I know this sounds stupid, because it's only nine days, but I'm just a little sad. Hahaha. On another note, today was a pretty good day. My bff (left) came to visit for another friend's birthday. Shout out to Alex (right) who turns 19 tomorrow! Yay Alex :) [For Alex's birthday we went to eat at this place called Buffalo's which was pretty delish! I had pasta with a twist. It had penne noodles with alreado & mozzarella, chicken & taco strips.]But back tracking, my bff & I spent the day touring around campus & it was really fun. It was as if we hadn't been away from each other for a day. We were back to our inside jokes, jamming to our favorite songs in the car, and teasing each other.
Ultimately it was a great way to escape for school (even though I was at school) for a
day. Also I made a 91 on my oral Spanish exam! Woot :) Here are some pictures from the Henna program that I blogged about last Friday. I went with a hallmate & another friend. It was great, the Indian food was yum & I was extremely happy with the results of my henna! My hands are covered in henna. We even made henna finger mustaches! Overall this week was great and now it is back to my hometown for some much needed R & R.

Happy Thursday Yall :)

xoxo,

Jackie

My Failed Attempt at Day 1

Okay, so here is my failed attempt at day 1 of the photo challenge. I tried to take it in the hall without bothering my roommate (first two pictures). However, I eventually caved in & had to ask her lol. Enjoy!
Fail Pictures:



























Victory!

30 Day Picture Challenge

Okay, so one of the blogs that I follow, Kandeeland, had an awesome activity idea. It's a 30 day picture challenge. I'm going to try my best to take a picture each day, so this means automatic posts for the next month! I hope you guys enjoy this & I encourage everyone to take the picture challenge themselves! :)

Day 01 - A picture of yourself

Day 02 - A picture of what you wore today

Day 03 - A picture of what you did today

Day 04 - A picture of where you went today

Day 05 - A picture of your morning

Day 06 - A picture that inspires you

Day 07 - A picture that makes you cry

Day 08 - A picture of yourself

Day 09 - A picture of what you had for lunch

Day 10 - A picture of what you like to do

Day 11 - A picture of your favorite drink

Day 12 - A picture of your favorite food

Day 13 - A picture of your friends

Day 14 - A picture of your favorite teacher(s)

Day 15 - A picture of yourself

Day 16 - A picture of your dream cell phone

Day 17 - A picture of your mp3 player

Day 18 - A picture of your room

Day 19 - A picture of your favorite musical instrument(s)

Day 20 - A picture of where you want to honeymoon

Day 21 - A picture that makes you think of your loved one

Day 22 - A picture of yourself

Day 23 - A picture that describes your life

Day 24 - A picture of what you did today

Day 25 - A picture that you edited

Day 26 - A picture that makes you angry

Day 27 - A picture of you more than 10 years ago

Day 28 - A picture of what you wore today

Day 29 - A picture of yourself

Day 30 - A picture of you and your best friend

xoxo,

Jackie :)

WTF?!?!?

Strange things happen when you study at my college :)

Five Things for Friday

Happy Friday Everyone! Today I decided to come home. I had some extra time on my hands so I decided to blog about five things that have been going on in my life this week :)

1. Farewell Football:
Saturday was the last game that I had a ticket for. Because the weather was so cold, I didn't wear a dress. Instead I wore a sweater and jeans. Because we had to get up early for the game, it was supposed to be cold. I figured that I would freeze my bootay off. However, I found that this game was the best college game yet! Since we weren't all dresed up, we were comfortable in our clothing. Plus it wasn't hot as Hades, so we weren't sweaty and uncomfortable. Thus, this game was soo much fun. Not to mention the fact that we won the game 55-7. It was a great way to end my football season 2010. I love winter football :) After the game me & my friends headed to the club. This party was hosted by both the Kappas and the Alphas so you already know there were fine boys galore! ;) After a night of dancing, getting hit on & gossip, I came home and crashed. I had a great day Saturday.

2. A Week of Culture:
This week there are many cultural events going on around campus. I'm a huge fan of learning about different cultures, so this was exciting to me. On Wednesday my friend Natalie & I went to Africa Night together. I have no idea what the names of the foods I ate were but it was yum. I had this spicy potato casserole, rice, these little crisp type things, and a flour like bread that had all sorts of spices in it. Tomorrow is Noche Latina, the Hispanic Student Association's night of Latin musical performances and Spanish food. I am so excited to have a piece of my Latin culture with me at school. On Sunday, I am going to an Indian Cultural program during which we will learn about henna and the ways that it is used around the world. Best of all we get free Indian food & henna!!!

3. Free Khalifa?
So it's bad enough that they already released that little cockroach Dwayne Carter from jail on Thursday (no offense to all of you fans out there, but I just cannot stand Lil Wayne). But on Monday (11/9)Wiz Khalifa was arrested for having 60 grams of marijuana on his tour bus. That's enough marijuana to be considered a smuggler. The Wiz man made a speedy return to freedom after posting $300,000 bond, but I doubt that that will be the last of his troubles. I mean the m an brags about buying $10,000 worth of weed per month in addition to creating his own line of rolling papers. Come on Wiz! Think of all of the beneficial things that he could do with $10,000 per month. That's more than 100,000 a year. You can help to feed starving children with that. It really saddens me that so many of these celebrities who have such a huge influence on today's teens get into such trouble for such ridiculous reasons. I am even more ashamed that one of my new faves has gotten in trouble for such a ridiculous reason. & to think that I was gonna go see him in concert two days prior to his arrest. smh

4. So Thankful to be Thankful:
Well there are about three more weeks of school left before the end of the semester and I cannot be happier. Don't get me wrong, I love college. I have made lots of new friends, I am learning so much about myself and my school work of course, and the parties have been great. But there are just some things from home that college can't offer. I miss my best friend who seems to understand me better than anyone else in this world. Even though we've had some rough spots in our friendship I've realized now that I've been away from her in my life that there are just parts of you that no one can understand as well as a bff. I miss my mom & my dad & my brother. I miss my warm, comfortable bed. lol. Basically I just need to go home for some r & r.

5. Deuces (Awe man, I should have made this number two)
So I know that I am sorta late reporting this, but the Deuces remix has got to be the most wonderful remix that I've ever heard. It's musical ingenuity..okay so not really, but it's pretty great. First of all, you know I'm going to love it because my future husband DRAKE is in it :) Plus it has three of my other fave rappers in it, Kanye West,T.I. and Andre 3000 (I used to loveeee OutKast). And it has Fabolous! I recommend that everyone give this song a try. Listen to it here.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo,

Jackie :)