Archive | September, 2008

29 September 2008 0 Comments

Honest Critiques and the Start of a Revolution

I made a promise to myself that I would dedicate my London experience to learning more about my people’s history globally and read as many black literary works as possible. After running New Jersey’s NAACP Youth & College Division State Convention successfully this weekend and meeting a ton of student leaders across several campuses in [...]

5 September 2008 3 Comments

Letters to My Young Sister

I realized over the last few days that as a writer/new blogger I refuse to post space fillers. I haven’t blogged for almost 3 days, but I think that’s okay because you would rather read something that I truly wanted to share versus something I was just using to pass time. Well to the “juicy” [...]

2 September 2008 0 Comments

CERRRRCHHHSS (that’s the sound of the Pound ripping my pocket!)

I must say that this whole London pound-dollar conversion truly did not hit me until I was forced to buy an alarm clock since I left mine in the States. This thing below cost me 20 POUNDS that’s almost the equivalent of $40. When I told my new roomate Steph (who is awesome!), she was [...]

2 September 2008 0 Comments

Why I Love New York Painters

I am ALL about uplifting fellow artists. From the time I was little, my mom would hang black art all over our Jackson home in addition to stashing an unimaginable amount of All God’s Children on every shelf! Hence, the respect of artistry has been ingrained in me and I grew to love it even [...]

1 September 2008 2 Comments

I’m A Little Offended

For those of you who are following me on Twitter or read my 5-a-day status updates on facebook, you would know that I was a little disturbed by John McCain’s vice presidential pick. For one, if this was a ploy to get angry Hillary voters to cross parties, it will surely fail. Sarah Palin, though [...]