Let me take you on a ride

I know, I know, I haven't posted in my blog lately. I've been collecting my thoughts, and now I have tons to write about. So let me take you on this ride...

I've been at home for the past week or so, and it's been quite a relaxing experience. Except when I'm getting ticked off about my cousin getting with her baby's father. Or when I decide to drastically vacillate from one future path to the next. In this blur of a vacation that is ending too soon, I've already made some decisions that are going to benefit me greatly:
1. Live more selfishly.
2. Get back to the basics.

Let's see, my hot flashes continue to afflict me. I woke up in the middle of the night suffocating from the heat. So I unbuttoned my pajama top and took it off. I woke up in the morning like wtf, why don't I have any clothes on???

Then, I keep having really strange dreams. Apparently, I'm not immune to naughty dream sequences either! I had some dream the other night about some guy from hs. I put my hand on his pants covered thigh and I proceeded to make out with him. And I wasn't even attracted to this guy when I was younger, I thought that he was a stuck up cad. So that was definitely weird as hell.

Oh, and Shakira is my new role model! I found this quote from her in Jane that was quite intriguing:
"I was raised with strong principles. I went to a Catholic school. I performed a belly dance there when I was 5. And I used to wear the typical belly dance outfit, showing the belly. So I figured, you know, if the nuns never had a problem with me showing the belly, who would?"
LOL, therefore, I have nothing to worry about. You CAN belly dance for Jesus!

So here are a couple of topics that I thought would be interesting to write about:

On Alisha's Weight Loss Techniques-

Oh yeah, ya'll, I'm writing a book. I'm thinking that people can benefit from my weight loss techniques. As I joke with Vanessa, my motto is why deprive yourself of carbs and sugar when you can just not eat anything for a couple of meals! People always want the quick way to lose weight. Well, all you need to do is get a Lupron injection (it's for decreased bone density, bitches), work 15-20 hours a week, and take full time grad school classes, and I guarantee that you will lose that extra 10 pounds, lol. Not really, but that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

On the Perfect Relationship-

A couple of days ago, I had the chance to watch Two Can Play That Game with Morris Chestnut and Vivica A. Fox. I hadn’t seen it in awhile. It restored my belief in my perfect relationship. I had long ago (ok, maybe 6 months ago, lol) put away my ideal relationship, because I came away from situations thinking that there's no monogamous, drug free, intelligent, and sexy niggas out there. And if there are, they like to sleep on my damn floor or couch. I hadn't forgotten that I really do love my black brothas, but I had abandoned them in my pluralistic endeavors. Oh yeah, and cuz I wanted to pimp all over the world, hehehe. And then, seeing that chemistry between Morris and Vivica made me feel so ecstatic, and I thought that everything was right with the world. Of course I'll find my ideal brotha (and this nigga will not be trying to sleep on my floor or couch). I may be going through various phases, trying different people out. But let's be real here, even though I've gone astray, you know I'm gonna come back home!!!! As I like to say, caramel ALWAYS goes well with dark chocolate, lol.

On Fashion-

Well, I've been home for a couple of days, and of course I can't leave without commenting on fashion. I like to think of DC as a little NYC. Everyone dresses fashionably, and has a Burberry quilted jacket and a Marc Jacobs handbag. I think that I should have my own fashion or cosmetics column in a magazine, joking. I’d be like, naw bitches, don’t wear the Bobbi Brown lipgloss, the consistency is way too sticky. Or I’d be like, don’t be stupid. Don’t mix the Burberry, the Juicy, AND the LV. That’s just terribly wrong.

On the Bubble-

Oh I miss the bubble. No I'm not talking about my butt, lol (still got it!). I mean the multicultural bubble. You know how WM was all the majority, but we all stuck together in our little bubble, which I truly adored. Where is that bubble now? Dispersed across the Washington, DC area apparently. I'm missing that in New Haven. I miss the Arabs, Latinos, and Asians. And I’m trying to get Amaka to come visit me sometime, hehe. We were joking around, and I was like, haha, if you visited there’d be two knee-gros, and people just wouldn’t know what to do, lol. And Kim’s supposed to be moving to NYC in March, so you know that will a lot of fun. Thank God, cuz it's too kuroi and shiroi here, and it's driving me crazy...

On the newfound male friends-

Interestingly, I happen to have male friends in New Haven that are actually single and heterosexual! How crazy is that? Ya’ll know how I am, my male friends are usually taken or gay (or both!). So this is a new territory, and I’m actually enjoying it! Still haven’t found that SATC group of girlfriends here yet, but it’ll come soon enough.

On my Christmas list-

It’s really short:
1. Tiffany gold pendant
2. Coach satchel
3. J. Crew flying piggies pink lounge pants
4. Warm socks (for the frigid CT winter)
5. Keyboard for my LifeDrive
6. Aluminum case for my LifeDrive
7. Maybe a pair of True Religion jeans

And now I have to go and do all the hw I didn’t do all week, and pack my bags for my ride to New Haven ☹

It's been a long time...

Wow, I didn't realize how long it had been since I posted. Things have been rather busy lately with school and work, but I will give a short synopsis of the weekend.


First off, I went to the New Haven Chapter's meeting for my sorority. I'm in love, for real. Everyone's so sweet and amazing, young and old. It really made my day to see these busy working women take time out of their Saturday for my sorority. So there's a bunch of events soon, and I intend to attend a bunch of them.

To tell you the truth, I'm kind of over school right now. I'm so glad to be leaving for home on Thursday. I really need a change from my boring daily routine of work, school, hw, and bed.

So on Saturday night, Zeus and I spoke on the phone for an hour. Actually, when I returned his call, he picked up, pretending as if it was a take out pizza place. I was quite amused. I think that the weirdest thing about us is that despite the fact that we're supposed to be friends, he wants to meet my parents.

Zeus invited me over to his place to make chili on Saturday. And oddly enough, I had a lot of fun. We watched an online sermon for half an hour too, which was kinda bizarre. And then, he decided to join me and my friends for a night of debauchery at a bar, lol. Supposedly I have a signature drink, but i don't know if i've sampled enough alcohol for that to be true, hehe. But Zeus just watched us in awe, taking in the booze and bosoms (girls were showing cleavage). He sent me an email the next day, which ended in "please let me know if you have any prayer requests". LOL, if I'm a bad ass heathen, then everyone else in the world is going to hell 10 times over. So that was definitely pretty weird.

I must start packing for the train ride, lol. It always seems to take me awhile to figure out what to take home.

31 Flavors

The weekend was quite memorable. Vanessa and I were set on making it "Discover New Haven" weekend, so we commenced the festivities by going outlet shopping. Oh the joys of outlet shopping in CT. It's no Leesburg outlets by far, but it definitely whet my palate and satisfied my cravings for the moment. Among the amazing deals was a cute RL hoodie for $22 (originally $165)! Vanessa and I looked for engagement rings at Zale's too, but I think I was getting ahead of myself, lol. Then we decided to go to Hamden to check out the Home Goods store. Home Goods is like the homemaker's hot spot, with all of its quirky yet useful household items. I ended up getting my sweet little Chestnut's Christmas present there! He'll be living large with his sofa that folds out into a sofa bed! It is the cutest thing in the world, I'll have to take pics of him in it over Christmas break, hehe.

Friday night consisted of me banging my knee against my dresser (don't ask) and attempting to soothe myself with Totoro the Miyazaki movie and painkillers (which surely didn't help). Then, I was plagued with nightmares that basically were about a certain person:

Boy- I don't think that I can date you because, well, you just aren't goody goody enough for me
Me- you've gotta be fucking kidding me
Boy- I rest my case.

I was quite disturbed by this dream sequence, and consequently decided to wallow in my sadness for the rest of the morning. Not really. But Vanessa and I did go Discover New Haven with Lauren and Derek on Saturday. Imagine my delight when I saw the Peabody Museum was right next to the Molecular Biology building! Imagine my sheer joy when I saw a familiar car parked right in front of the building, lol. So anyways, we explored the museum (it ain't no DC, folks) and covered its grounds in like, 1 hour. Afterwards, we proceeded to go to Chapel St., and found ourselves at the Atticus Bookstore. We decided to sit down and eat. Z also joined us for lunch too, which made it all the more worthwhile. Then we made a study session for the evening too. So anyways, then we went to the Yale British museum of art afterwards. This was definitely the best museum that New Haven has to offer. I even found alien art that intrigued me. So after that, it was time to go back to the apt. Derek and Vanessa watched Next Friday while I took a nap.

So by the time I was finished napping, Z was ready to come pick me up. We acted like nerds on a Saturday night, lol. But it was fun being in his company.

Anyways, it's Sunday night, and all I can think about is that I'm wearing my hair curly tomorrow and the absence of all the flavors in New Haven. Sigh, I miss the diversity of DC and all the multiculturalism. Let's not forget that I am in I/O psych to impact the minorities in the workplace. But I'm quite resourceful, so I'll find what I need, somehow, hehehe. I'll just have to do an internship in NYC, which would probably be advantageous on so many levels anyways.

I'll leave you with the intriguing alien art!

Halloween Debauchery

Sigh, it was supposed to be a quiet night. Then Vanessa told me that she intended to invite Derek and Gaird over for some fun. Oh, it became a LOT of fun, to the point where we were kinda tipsy. I feel so guilty. Here are the pics...


It's Halloween!


It's Jessica Simpson!


Hotties


Derek, me and Gaird

So after our drinking Appletinis and watching Laguna Beach (it was such drama last night!), Gaird was like, let's go out. So we walked to some bar close to my apt. It was so sketch, and no one was dressed up except for us. But we still made the most of it and had a good time, hehe.