So remember how I left a note to Maxwell on my blog asking him to hurry up and driop somethin...well word on the street is that his new album will be dropping 07/07/09! And he finally released the complete version of his single! He's already shot a video for it...u can check it out on www.musze.com. I love it.
Here's the song:
Shoutouts to my lil sis Zina Bina for puttin me on!
So I found this chick's vid on youtube...
...Drizzy please put her on a remix or sumthin!
The chicks name is Priscilla Renea apparently she's a up and coming artist...she started her youtube channel in 2006 and things progressed from there. She's recently released a digital album on iTunes...she sounds pretty good.
My homeboy showed me this...I've been meanin to blog about it for a minute...Hahahahaha.
...wtf???? Hahahahahahahaha
It's beeen a while since I've really blogged...and since I've finally got some time on my hands...let the updating begin!
I just wrapped my last production at CAU..."The Story" by Tracey Scott Wilson. I def encourage everyone to read it. I'm so proud of myself and my cast for pulling off such a fantastic production...we were the "All-Star" cast of the year...lol. I'm really gonna miss them and performing on that stage.
So I basically have one more day of class...then it's finals and...GRADUATION!!!! I'm so excited...but kinda scared["kinda worried"...lol...{inside}]...I just realized that college is the only time I'm going to have steady work for awhile..."YOWZA"! Lol. But I can handle it...I'm determined...if I get knocked down I just gotta get right back on up and keep trying. I just cnt wait to see what the next chapter of my life has in store for me.
So my schedule for this week thru May goes as follows:
April 28th:last day of class
April 29th:turn in final projects and take final
April 30th:last final...and Senior Sendoff
May 1st-May 15th...PARTY!!!!! And bullshit of course:).
May 16th-18th:Spelman's graduation[YAY Z!!!!], Morehouse's graduation[Let's get it P-squared], and lastly...MY GRADUATION!!!!!
...and just so ya'll kno...through most of May I'ma b on an exclusive champagne diet...spillin while I'm sippin...ya feel me! Lol.
And to all my Cali peeps...I'ma be home by the end of May! So get ready!
...till I'm a college GRADUATE.
3 days...till my last show on the CAU stage opens...
That's my life right now...nothing more...nothing less.
O and...I've been listening to Kirk Franklin's "Hero" album 2day...and I rediscovered these songs...
I've recently realized that I am not as flexible as I would like to be...so I am no longer planning my life years ahead...that way when things go wrong I wnt freak out as much as I do. I felt the need to listen to her today...
I love this woman!!!!! Lol...known to many as my "wifey", Audra McDonald always knows how to make everything in my world stand for something. She's on of many actresses that inspire the HELL outta me. Anytime I've had a crisis in my life as far as what direction I should take, whether I should major in Theatre or Mass Media, and even what goals I wanna set for myself...I just look at vids...get inspired...and everything suddenly seems clearer.
...and she has the best remakes!
And this song just got me...
...just so ya'll kno...this wasn't wat I originally planned to blog abt.
Electrik Red...1 of my fav groups right now...they're signed to Dream's "Radio Killa" label. I think I like this vid better than the original one...
Also...peep their rings and necklaces...soon as I get my money right. =)
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes--
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but oh great Christ, our cries
To Thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
-Paul Laurence Dunbar
...do we ever reach a point...where we stop being strong...and just allow ourselves to be vunerable?
In 10th grade, I read "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe in my English class. It was the story of a man named Okonkwo that fought throughout the whole book to protect his African community and values from the Europeans during colonization. The tragedy in this tale however, is that Okonkwo's downfall comes at the hands of his own foolish pride.
this book popped into my head today as I was walking to school and it made me immeadiately think about my current situation I am in. Is it possible that I am letting my pride get in the way of making the best decision for me? Cuz it def wouldn't be the 1st time. But in all honesty, I make it through and I'm always stronger due to my experience but honestly, certain things didn't have to be as hard as they were for me. Sometimes I feel like I know my pride is getting in my way...but at the same time, I never know how to stop it. It's like watching a train wreck or a plane crash.
On the flipside though(and here's where a whole lot of confusion comes into play) "If It Wasn't For You" by Day 26 comes on Tito's shuffle on the way home...and I had to put it on repeat. It just made me think of how blessed I am and how no matter the circumstance I've always made it through.
So the question remains...should I...or shouldn't I?
