How to Live Stress Free!

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1. Laugh a lot. If there's nothing to laugh at, laugh at your reflection.
2. Look at a picture of a baby at the first sign of stress. How can you stay stressed looking at a cute baby?
3. Pretend your a reality star and that your problems will make great ratings and give you big pay checks.
4. Treat negative comments like you do a fart or any other noise that comes out of an @$$h0le
5. Watch Yoga DVDs but if you're old and inflexible like me, don't actually do them. Just watching those Zen people will make you zen.
6. Let your gut hang loose, stop sucking it in.
7. When people try to bring you down with drama, tell them that they look really silly in that polka dot bikini, especially if they're not wearing one.
8. Drink chocolate milk, unless you're lactose intolerant then just dump the chocolate syrup over your mouth and squeeze away.
9. Watch shows like "Bad Girls Club", "Jersey Shore" and "Bridezillas" Two mins of those shows and you'll realize your problems aren't that bad.
10. Make a mud pie in your backyard. Don't have one? Find somebody else's and make them one as a thank you for using their backyard.
11. Sing. Loudly and off key is especially important
12. Get a free hug from strangers on 14th Street (S/O to @Rawmultimedia for the inspiration for that one lol)
13. Get yourself a bouncy house and go crazy for like 12 hours straight.
14. Make up your own language and pretend its all you can speak for a day
15. And finally, create stupid lists like this one and share them with the world! :-)

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Black is BEAUTIFUL! Now Let's See Some More of it!

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This is an issue that is very much talked about amongst the black community; the lack of "black" faces in mainstream media. I'm just going to shed my feelings on the subject with this post:

Now, I read a lot of magazines and watch a lot of entertainment media and being a person who is interested in fashion and beauty, I like to see what these media outlets have to say on the subjects. But the problem is that there isn't much representation from the darker skinned population. It has always bothered me to some degree that in mainstream media, the only black females you see are lighter skinned or mixed raced like Beyonce and Halle Berry. Being a slightly darker skinned woman, its frustrating not to have that image to look to and aspire to.

I mean, there are a few places that try...like for example, right now on my bed is the July issue of People Style Watch magazine with Gabrielle Union on the cover. Seeing her, a fellow darker skinned and very beautiful woman, on the cover of a (dare I say) predominately Anglo based magazine makes me happy. But why can't we have MORE of that? Do we have to always go to the same few magazines that celebrate and showcase black faces? (i.e. Ebony, Essense...) I don't think we should have to. I think there should be a little representation of EVERYBODY in mainstream media. And don't even get me started on television! Thinking of all the television shows that I like (I won't name them right now....), there is very little diversity in the casts. I'm not racist and I don't watch television counting the black people but its just something I noticed and feel should be changed a bit.

Like I said, there really have been legitimate attempts and I'm not trying to harshly criticize any one institution or whatever. This is my feelings and my opinions that I felt should be shared. If you agree or disagree, let me know! Speak your mind in the comments below!

And as always, Thanks for Reading!

Psst! Hey Shawty! and all my other "Names"

One of the most annoying things for me and I'm sure any other beautiful woman (Oh, how conceited of me!) is cat calls or being picked up by strange men in the street. I don't know about other women but for me its always a guy that just seems like a real bum! The guys who think wife beaters and saggy jeans with their boxers showing are some kind of uniform; unkepmt guys with shaggy beady bead beards (think Pam from "Martin") and bad breath; males who are in men bodies but act like little boys...Yea, these are the kind of guys I always seem to get. And then they do the worst things to get your attention. They will call out for you from across the street. They will slow their beat up cars down and try to get you to hop in. And a lot of them just say really rude and objectifying things to you like "Damn, Baby! You look like a steak meal with a side of potatoes and corn on the cob!"

Some guys are really shameless, I swear! And what makes me mad is that some of us women accept craziness like that and these guys end up with girlfriends (or jumpoffs depending on the situation). Me personally, I have never and will never date a guy like that trying to "holla" at me on the street. But I have done some funny things to try to avoid them like giving a fake name, giving old numbers that have been disconnected, pretending to be hard of hearing, wearing fake engagement rings and wedding bands, and my favorite; pretending to be a lesbian!

Obviously there are better ways to try to pick up women; not every guy uses these bummy moves. There are the few guys out there that will just simply try to strike up a conversation or tell you that you look beautiful, which is a whole lot better than "Yo Shawty" or "Hey You in the *insert color here*!" I never knew I went by so many names!

If you agree or have a funny story about a guy (or girl) trying to pick you up, leave it in the comment section below and as always, Thanks for Reading!

P.S.: This post is not meant to be mean or hurt anyones feelings, just being funny! Don't worry if you're a girl that's fallen for the "Hey Shawty" technique, I'm sure you're not the only one ;-)

My Favorite Things: TV Edition

This is a list of 5 TV shows I'm currently obsessed with. To give a list of my favorite TV shows of all time would result in blogger crashing with all the content I would put in this post alone!

1. Single Ladies (VH1 Mon, 9PM ET/PT):


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I'm so glad I started watching because I seriously LOVE IT! I admit that the acting at times can be a little flat and 2 Dimensional but I'm so distracted by the pretty clothes, fly shoes and GORGEOUS, I mean really sexy guys that I don't even care! The story line is good too: cheating, dating, getting dumped, therapy, stealing, lying, sex, scandal, fashion, glamour...I could go on and on.


2. Brothers & Sisters (Streaming Instantly on Netflix):


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Ok, so I know that this show has been cancelled but I started watching it on Netflix and I'm really hooked. This show makes me really want to have a big family (I'm only child) with a whole bunch of brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews...*sigh* It's too late for the brothers and sisters now but perhaps in the future, I can have 5 children like Nora Walker in the show....NOT!!!!!! LOL


3. The Secret Life Of The American Teenager (ABC Family Mon 8PM ET/PT):


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This is the only show (that I know of) about teenage pregnancy that DOESN'T glorify it and I'm so addicted to it. The show really lets teenagers get a glimpse of how difficult their lives get after getting pregnant but I personally watch for all the drama, not the lesson! I know a lot of people think its corny but I still think its a cute show. I'm so fixated on the story lines that I get emotionally attached! A couple of weeks ago, this one particularly sad episode had me crying for like 20 minutes straight! LOL

4. Keeping Up With The Kardashians (E! Sun. 10PM ET/PT):


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I love the Kardashian sisters! The closeness and craziness is so fun to watch. This is another show that makes me wish I had siblings! LOL But the three girls kind of remind me of me and my two best friends especially since all three of us love and watch the show together all the time. And I LOVE the way they dress, they're always looking fly!


5. Teen Wolf (MTV Mon. 10PM ET/PT):


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I was reluctant about this show because I thought it was gonna be twilight-ish and to be honest, I hate twilight. But this show proved to be pretty decent so far. It almost didn't make this list but the latest episode that came on Monday was really good and put this show on the map for me! Being a Buffy fan, I am critical of genres like this, because I think Buffy's creator Joss Whedon is king of Sci-Fi but Teen Wolf is pretty good!

That concludes my list. Is there any show you think I missed? Do you have a show on right now that I should check out? Let me know!

Thanks for reading!

New Trend On The Rise: Crazed Obsessed Fans

I've been noticing a lot lately that people are going crazy. Ok so, I've kinda noticed this about people for all my life but specifically, I'm talking about all these crazy obsessed fans of big superstars like Justin Beiber, The Jonas Brothers, and Nicki Minaj. I call them teeny boppers (LOL) but they call themselves "Beliebers" or "Barbies and Kens". Even Adam Lambert's fans have named themselves "Glamberts".

I'm not trying to knock anybody for really admiring an artist or celebrity, that's not the problem. I kind of mentioned this before but I used to be a really big *NSYNC fan (and had an obsession for Lance Bass specificially) when I was in high school (and a little after, not gonna front!) so I know what that love and adoration is all about. But with the help of twitter, I think its getting a little out of hand. Justin Beiber fans were bashing poor Selena Gomez when news broke out that they were dating! Did each and every one of these crazy girls actually think he was going to end up dating them?

Then more recently, I noticed on Twitter how Chris Brown retweeted some of the negative tweets he received from the "haters" and his fans went ape sh*t on these people; calling them really hurtful and disgusting names, literally bombarding them with tweet after tweet to defend their precious Breezy! I mean, maybe it wasn't fair of them to tweet how they felt about Chris Brown directly to him but he is a public figure after all. Not everybody has to like him. And for every "hater" he probably has a dozen more fans, if not more.

Don't get me started on the way the Lil' Kim fans and Nicki Minaj fans go at each other!!

Bottom line is, I think its getting out of hand. Like I said, Twitter is feeding this unhealthy behavior because now fans can directly contact their favorite celebs and the haters as well. I call it unhealthy because some of these poor souls (not all though) live in these fantasy worlds and all they eat, sleep, breathe and do has to do with their star of choice. Its obsession and that is never good (Remember the movie with Beyonce?) Unfortunately, I just think it'll get worse and worse until...well I don't know but whatever it is, it'll be bad! LOL

Were you ever or are you now obsessed with a celebrity? Tell me about it!
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AWESOMENESS!!!!

Just had to share this video! Nicole Richie doing the Slave 4 U dance and she is Awesome!! Bow down to the Queen!

5 Songs I Don't Want You To Know I Like, Shh!

Everybody who is a music lover like me, has a few songs that, when they listen to, they look around and make sure no ones around watching before blasting it in their headphones and when they're accused of liking the song or knowing too many words, they vehemently deny deny deny and blame it on their little sister/brother.

For me, here are those songs...well 5 of them!

1. She Ain't You- Chris Brown
So for most of you this is probably the hottest song out right now and you have no qualms about blasting it in your cars/mp3's but for me, a person who has openly declared from day one (long before the Rihanna thing...) that I DO NOT LIKE CHRIS BROWN, liking this song feels like a betrayal to some part of myself! Lol. I think its mostly because he sampled the song from two of my favorite songs from back in the day "Right Here" by SWV and "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson. Yea, that's gotta be it...



2. The Call (Remix)- Backstreet Boys feat. The Clipse
Brief history lesson on me, Tina Marie...I was a DIE HARD, CRAZY, OBSESSED Nsync fan. And like most of the die hard ridiculous boy band lovers, I hated the competition. But when I was all alone and with the lights down and the volume really low, I used to jam to this song (lemme stop lying, I still jam to it and I blast it!) But I justify it by explaining that I only like the REMIX and not the original corny version of the song! :-)



3. Cinderella - The Cheetah Girls
I can't even front, I love this song lol. I don't like to even admit that I watched the movie...more than once. Yes, I know that I'm entirely too old for Disney Movies made after 1999 but I watched it anyway and this was really the only song that stood out to me. Its pretty catchy and if you've never heard it, check it out!



4. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
Speaking of Disney...So you should already know where I'm going with this. No offense to Miley Cyrus but her songs are really corny and that Hannah Montana show? It's like painfully corny...so corny that it hurts me. But Party in the USA is my JAM! (I reluctantly admit this). For this song, its mostly the music that attracts me. That guitar riff is awesome and the song is super catchy. I could do without the screechy voice singing it but ehhh...Lol



5. Sometimes - Britney Spears
Another really corny song (are you noticing a trend yet? I like corny songs!) but it brings back so many memories! Yes I used to be a big Britney Spears fan and an even bigger NSYNC fan and well that's another story for another blog post. This is necessarily my absolute favorite from Britney but I love it none-the-less! (This is totally ruining the little street cred I do have!)




Ok That's all Folks! Hope you don't think too lowly of me after this. Like I said, I'm a music lover and that means even the embarassing songs like these Lol

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