Not Christina too!!!!

I knew I should have just gone to bed. But no, I had to check out Latina.com and what did I find??? This atrocity. Why? When? Huh??? I don't even have the energy to go there tonight...

Ja Ja Jordin!

Tee hee...I really like Jordin Sparks and I'm glad she's working on her sophomore album. I think she's cute and has a good voice. I tend to really like melodic poppy tunes and she delivers tons of that. I also like that she is a good role model, both for body image and her beliefs about abstinence (not that it's for everybody but it never hurt anybody either, especially teenagers!). As a school counselor in the making, I really like seeing girls like her in the media.
Here's her new song Fearless:


And here's another clip of a song off her new album called Walking on Snow:

I want!!

Just saw this in the news (dunno if it's old news lah, but anyway...).

I WANT IT AS MY NEW PET!!

Pink bottlenose dolphin... Not the fake pink kind with blotchy grey spots mind you... A chio shade of pink!

The other one looks so ugly in comparison


Come swim to mummy!!

Is it cute or what! Mother nature should make more things this shade of pink! Not the PIG kinda beigey pink... Eww... This kinda pink!


But alas for me, this dolphin is one of its kind... That's right, only one in the world!

And Paris Hilton is probably already on her way to capturing it. That, and that my condo's maintenance probably won't be too happy with me keeping my pet dolphin in the swimming pool...

What? Why should it bother anyone? It's chio and the kids will love it lor...

Geez! What are you lazy scientists doing! It's time to breed more albino peacocks (chioest ever man... Malfoy residence got, hahaha) and real pink dolphins!! Give the nuclear research and cloning a rest man!

Grey dolphins... Pah!



Source: Geekologie. Hope you guys don't mind the hotlinking for the pics...

Essence on Black Hair History

***UPDATE***

Hello Lovelies! I am updating this post for two reasons. First, I regrettably did not give credit for the lovely photo below which comes from http://www.madamewalker.net/ , a website dedicated to preserving the legacy of Madam CJ Walker. In addition, they sell their own line of hair care products which include oils, hair dresses, and creams. There is a ton of great info about the late Ms. Walker so head on over and check them out!

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Essence.com has decided to take a walk down hair history lane by profiling some key events in Black hair history. I always love when things like this include Madame C.J. Walker because it shows the juxtaposition between her amazing success as a Black entrepreneur in those times as well as her products which urged Black women to "fix" their hair. Such complex history we carry on our heads! There are many neat pictures and informative snippets. So, click here to take a look for yourself. What do you think? Oh..and don't forget to read the comments people have left. In some ways, that is actually more interesting than the slide show itself!

New Do...

Hey guys! So I have been really bored with my hair lately. I told myself I would leave my hands out of it, wear it up for a while, but I'm already sick of that! With me being so busy with school, I need something where I am not always messing with it during the week. I have been thinking about getting twist extensions so my hair can just be without me having to worry about it every weekend, at least for a while. I figure I might get some nice growth out of it too. So today when I did my hair I decided to style it a little differently. It's still in two-strand twists but I blew it out first. I have not used that kind of heat on my hair in 2 years! I was a little nervous but I did small sections at a time on medium heat ( I wasn't trying to straighten, just stretch a little) and I think everything is ok.

Here is what I did:

1. Washed with Giovanni 50/50 shampoo
2. Conditioned/detangled with Aussie Moist conditioner
3. Twisted into big sections
3. Rinsed out the conditioner, applied Pantene R&N mask to twists
4. Put on shower cap then bonnet and went to sleep
5. This a.m. I sat under my hooded dryer for 30 min. Rinsed the mask with cool water. Poured ACV/water mix over twists (I left this in)
6. Moisturized each section with a Shea butter/oil whip I made
7. Blow dried hair in small sections and twisted

I took some pictures so you all could see what I ended up with. I am pretty pleased for now! Oh.. and don't mind the dates on some of them, my mom's date counter thingy needs to be reset!

So here is a shot from November 2007 just to show length comparison. This was a coil-out and I probably had 3-5 inches of hair.

And this is now when I have conditioner in my hair (for detangling) and when my hair is wet after washing:


And this is a random braidout with the front pinned back but it's recent:

This is what my two-stranders usually look like if I use shea butter or some other moisturizer:


And here is me today with my blown-out stretched two-strand twists!!!! I really like it. I have no idea what it will look like when I take it down so I will try to get pics of that to post as well in a few days.


I hate that I like it because I don't want to start using heat again. Maybe I will do this every once in a while to see growth progression and have a change. I am still contemplating getting some kind of braids/twists so I can spend less time on hair and more time on school work (only 4 months to go, whoo hoo!) We'll see :)

Happy

I won a 13 yao today!! With an yi wan from kind Timmy...

In other news, Mike was nice enough to bring my entire (pink) cpu to a computer shop for repairs, and they dianoigsed that the RAM is ruined. Fuck you cb ram! This is what I think of your mother!! (shouts incoherent vulgar words)

So now, I'm reinstalling all my programs once again. I hope this time round it doesn't break down, or Imma throw a hissy fit!!!

Roarrrrrr!

Updates soon. I got loads to blog about.

Coming Soon

Look for my cookies in Taste Budd's Cafe in Red Hook, NY this spring!