Likes And Comments

I posted this a couple weeks back on my Facebook page I guess to express to my approximately 100 friends a word that had came to me.  Now prior to the status or “what’s on your mind” era, which for me was freshman year of high school and before, I would have sat in my room deep in reflection and perhaps wrote an entire poem on the thoughts that were currently on my brain that birth this idea.  The reason I screenshot the post right after I posted it is because I also wanted to include it on my Instagram page.

I personally have a love hate relationship with social media, I love the idea of self expression and the access to vent about things going on in your life but people tend to abuse, over share, and generalize.   I can honestly say I scare myself sometimes, I find myself checking my phone constantly for notifications from my different user accounts, I feel addicted most times.

Coming back to my post I know there was a lot of raw and elicit emotion behind it and unfortunately I usually write these emotionally heavy status’ they live on my timeline and then disappear.  I can’t help but ask myself what could have been fostered from this thought had I marinated on it a little longer and composed a story, poem, or journal entry, rather that writing a quick status update for my “friends” to peak into my emotion for the moment. I will be revisiting this post with in my blog because I want to pick it apart in regards to its content also and not only the media in which it was shared.

Is social media robbing our generation of slow brew, meaning time to reflect, and time to take in information?  We are given bits of information like 5 word updates, and 6 second videos… spending time checking notifications instead of contributing meaningful content and absorbing it as well…

Mr. Steal Your Girl

I am a big fan of Trey Songz, and I am currently loving his latest album titled “Trigga”.  My favorite song on the album is Y.A.S, because I think it is a epic story done through what I would call a Hip-opera (I’ll visit this title later)… But my second favorite song on The Album is titled “Mr. Steal Your Girl”.  This is a title Trey earned by stating this phrase once in an intro to his song “Bottoms Up” featuring Nicki Minaj, and it just stuck, and of course he could definitely steal more than a few women from their significant other.

So why do I love this song?  I ask myself that same question as I keep this track on repeat in my car and on my phone, because I am more than opposed to infidelity which unfortunately runs rampid in our generation.  I am almost positive the reason I fancy the song so much has to be Trey’s smooth vocals over a seductive rhythm, but the lyrics are obviously about having relations with a woman who is in a relationship.  Trey being the handsome specimen he is, I could definitely imagine that many women find an oasis in his lyrics, especially if they are caught in a relationship similar to both being address in his sultry song; a committed relationship in which she doesn’t receive as much attention as she’d like, or a relationship with a side piece.

It’s worth a listen… Explicit lyrics.

Unselfish Selfie

They often say “home is where the heart is” so I would like to assume that my home is wherever I am at, at any particular time, since my heart lies within my chest.  I have been blessed to Live most of my life in beautiful Colorado, where I have embraced an abundant amount of beautiful souls, and created some unbreakable bonds with other people.  I have also been blessed to have loved ones located in several other states including California, Texas, and New York.  As I have traveled in my 20s I have been able to gain appreciation for the experience; what I define as the experience is learning to enjoy a walk at the park with my little brother across the street from my apartment, just as much as being able to take him on a day trip to the San Diego Zoo or at a petting zoo at a neighborhood church.  I have been able to gain appreciation for the human connection, knowing that if a bond is meant to last longer that a season no distance or time could break it; I hadn’t seen my cousin in Brooklyn since we were in the 5th grade at about age ten or eleven and we were able to reunite at age 22 and it was like a day never passed by, nothing had changed but time.

To wake up in the morning and absorb all the great sensory information the world provides us on even the most boring of days is the essence of travel.  Everyday we have the opportunity to learn something new, or experience a new form of sensory stimuli, especially visual there is always something new to see.

The beautiful scenery I have been able to see during my time away from home and my time spent away from home inspires and motivates me to take the time to write or sketch… Taking a picture will capture the moment but allowing yourself to take in the moment, and allowing yourself to brew creativity inspired by that particular moment will allow you to immortalize that experience.  It wasn’t one particular trip or moment that allowed me to gain the out view on travel, family, friends, scenery, and creativity but all the moments of pure gratitude I have experienced.  Whether it be waking up in my own bed and looking out into the pine trees that lace the untamed land behind my apartment complex of the busy road of Havana in Aurora, Colorado, or waking up in a hotel room in the MGM Grand Hotel off the Vegas strip in Los Vegas, Nevada. I’ve learned that life is meant to be lived like a cliche, you wake up and you live like you are thankful for each day, let the not so good days fuel the joy on a better day.   And to God be the Glory…

Our Hair Part 2

After being “natural” for a couple years I finally decided to relax my hair in January of 2015, It was and has been a positive hair experience for me, and I have began to use my flat iron again.  However, I have only had one relaxer since the beginning of the year and have over 2 inches of new growth, in which I can attribute to the wonderful Hair, Nail, and Skin supplements I have been using, in addition to the healthy growth of my hair I have not experienced any shedding and very minimal breakage.

I think the most important meaning of one’s hair journey is having healthy hair, and hair can be unhealthy in its natural state also if it is not cared for.  So in the natural vs. relaxed debate it is important to make sure you are happy, its just hair it will grow back!