Lucha Hermosa....

So i gave in....

2012-01-14T09:14:00.000-08:00

Sorry guys but the reason I've been gone is because I went to TUMBLR. I know, I'm a hypocrite. My bad. I had to. I began a fundraising project and had to get my word out there about my project and more people use TUMBLR. I'll come back some day. But for now please check out my fundraising project page at http://pricelisfundraisingforchange.tumblr.com/

to tumblr or not to tumblr?

2011-10-03T11:16:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking of going to Tumblr....dun dun dun...ugh lol maybe just maybe. in the meanwhile here's an amazing video i just saw:

really sweet and simple.

say word lol

2011-04-11T16:58:00.001-07:00

2011-04-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

This is so true.

I'm so sad to hear that almost everyone on the Jersey Shore show has a published book out and actually sold many copies of each of their books. This is very sad. ugh.....

Sunny days bring me back to life

2011-04-11T16:41:00.000-07:00

I tend to forget I have a blog. There are months where I am more detected to it than others. Then there are months where I don't write or post anything at all. Oh well. Here I am, back! I'm only back because today I was revived. It was 75 beautiful degrees out and New York City was LIVE! Days like this remind of me of happiness and freedom. Freedom that I will have in two days because I will be on spring break for 2 weeks. I complain about how I didn't have my spring break in March like everyone else but I'm glad it's coming up now because NOW it's warm and NOW is the time to prepare and chyll right before finals come up. Therefore, I applaud CUNY for making there spring break at such a random time of the semester and copying NYC Public high schools lol For the past month or so I've gone to DR, I've done way too much homework, I've joined a gym, I've paid too many bills, I've loved more, I've applied to graduate schools and finished my FAFSA, got offered a full time job at my current intern place, and have not gone to the beauty salon much. Just random things I've done and haven't done. I've always bought a bike that I have only ridden twice buttttttt they have been exciting journeys. I will ride a lot when I'm on my spring break and it's beautifully warm out there. I miss my friends. I feel like I don't see them as much as I used to. I feel like we all grew up and grew up into different kinds of people and now just don't have much time for each other now or have moved on to meeting new people. I still love them though. I still miss them though. I'm not going to volunteer anywhere this summer, unfortunately. But I am going to Mexico for 6 days with my baby next month for memorial weekend. It's gonna be the day after I finish classes so it's going to be perfect timing. I'm not graduating cause my school blows but I'm getting my degree this year and that's all that matters. I want that paper, fuck walking at graduation and all that extra stuff. I want that piece of paper that say I have my BA, ugh when did we all become so paper hungry and materialistic? I want to go back to India. I've been missing it and craving it so much lately. Whenever I'm walking somewhere eI'm encountered with something or someone that reminds me of India. I think it's a sign. I'm one that follows signs that the universe throws at me, so I guess I'm going to India next year! :) That's it for now.....

just wanna show this picture. These are the kinds of nights I miss. I think this was 2 or 3 years ago around this time for ginger's birthday night...webster hall lol

Love!

2011-02-09T13:28:00.001-08:00

Sang by Adele and Written by Bob Dylan (but of course).

Music and DC

2011-02-07T11:52:00.000-08:00

so I'm tight. Why? Because none of my friends or anyone I know told me how amazing Adele is. I mean I heard she was cool, but that's definitely not the world to describe her. Her pandora channel boosts my life in so many ways.

In my Philosophy of Civilization class right now. These 6 classes and 2 internships, and life, and relationship, and maintaining my household intact, all-together is gonna be quite hard. But at least I have help from my boyfriend, and support. I'm going to DR in less than 3 weeks :)

Went to DC

Show at a nice spot in DC. Violins playing, a band, safia spitting poetry, old friends, good friends, and new friends.

Dope painting that was on the wall. It was for sale. I wanted to buy it.

Sughfia spittin. She went in.

Tallest Obelisk in the world son. Learns you som Egypt!

Obeezy's house. It's actually not as big as I thought it would be.

DC was dope. I liked it. It was clean. It wasn't too cold. Ate some Ethiopian food for the first time. Felt very welcomed by everyone. Walked a lot. and did all this with my boyfriend. It was just a random trip we decided to go, to get away from the city and have some fun. It was a great idea.

p.s. I love my boyfriend. He's kind of a big deal. OD Sugh.

so.........

2011-02-01T09:06:00.000-08:00

Sooooooo you're tight.....haha! why? because you didn't go to Columbia University this past weekend to go see BTE's "The Colored Musuem" show, which was OD DOPE!

Son, two words, Jessica Johnson. OD. She boosts my life so much, I love it. It was a very good show and I'm glad I went. Here's her blog: http://dieoldwaysnwreckage.blogspot.com/ go to it. Learn you some!

On another note,
I began my last spring semester of undergraduate studies yesterday. Really boosted mines. I'm happy to almost be done. It gives me a lot of motivation. Time to make moves and have no life for the next few months. HOLLA!!!

Also, check this website out, http://750words.com/
It's really dope. You can right 750 words every day as journal entries or to improve your writing and no one else sees it but you. Kinda like a prive blog. At the end of your daily writing it tells you what your mood was based on what you wrote and tells you a lot more stuff. check it out!!

peace ya'll

2011-01-22T19:11:00.001-08:00

So I wanted this bookbag...but Urbanoutfitters sucks for selling it out lol

so I got this one instead. can't wait to get it in the mail :)

ms. jansport is going to be packed away for a little while.

Say word.

2011-01-22T09:26:00.001-08:00

Do me a favor… Stand up, walk to wherever the nearest window is, and just look outside. You may not know this, but there’s an entire planets-worth of summers, friends, sunsets, street lamps, songs, late nights, great films, and night skies waiting for you. Your life is as amazing as you want it to be, but first, you have to let it be that way.- Chad Sugg

in love with this song.

2011-01-17T15:45:00.000-08:00

8 month anniversary

2011-01-08T09:56:00.000-08:00

Loving this book.

2011-01-08T09:55:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2011-01-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

I'm so sick its so gross!! lol

I've begun my winter session at school. 2 classes. 8am-12 pm and 1pm-5 pm. ahhh! only three weeks though. Should be light. Then I begin my last Spring semester as an undergraduate student. Excited. Looking at grad schools. Looking at teaching abroad programs in China and everywhere else. Looking at my life. Looking at myself. Looking at the beauty I'm surrounded with, but somehow forget to notice. I'm happy. It's 2011. Oh shit! It's 2011, totally forgot lol It's gonna be a good year. 2010 was good. I traveled a whole lot. Fell in love. Learned a lot. Smiled. Cried. Grew. Watched. Observed. Glistened. I did it all, but there's always room for more. Here is 2011 and I'm looking forward to this new decade. Class of 2011 stand up! :) I'm hoping to go to DR in February for Carnival and for my Great-Uncle's 80th Birthday (he's the biggest G you will ever meet btw, never made it past 6th grade and got more guap then Obeezy lol). Then hopefully going to Mexico and New Orleans for Spring Break. Possibly Indonesia, Thailand, or South America for sometime in the Summer. DR as well, D.C. is also looking good. Then settling my ass back in nyc so I won't seem like the od nomad and most unstable person in life lol which isn't such a bad thing. Graduation on June 3rd. Ahh what a glorious day that will be. I look forward to life. Til then, Hope 2011 is good for ya'll.

2010-12-14T21:56:00.000-08:00

I'm 21 YERAS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what do i do now? lol

2010-12-14T09:26:00.001-08:00

I'm going to be 21 in less than 24 hours and so far it's not looking like a good day. Hopefully DTW makes me happy.

2010-12-14T09:22:00.000-08:00

Emotional abuse still hurts and traumatizes people severely. Tell somebody if you're being abused.

New look.

2010-12-13T11:43:00.000-08:00

Didn't cut my hair but I probably will come next summer but I did do something to it. 8 long hours at the salon and wayyyy too much money lol but I got highlights. I like them, just getting used to them whenever I look at myself in the mirror lol

2001 R&B Throwbacks........

2010-12-12T22:58:00.000-08:00

Was just reminiscing 6th and 7th grade and the music i listened to in those days lol What do you say when you miss the first decade of 2010? I miss the 80s....I miss the 90...I miss the 2000s?......awkward lol

Here's a few songs I remembered.....

6th grade party hits :)

I miss black boy bands like this....fuckouttahere Day 26. It's all about 112!

ahhh usher not even a decade ago...

fly ass chilli...."IM YOUR MAN, YOUR MY GIRL IM GONNA TELL IT TO THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, SINGING IM YOUR GIRL, YOUR MY MAN, promise to love you the best i can"

thank you musiq...for not changin so much. I think India.Arie keeps him in check lol

go 'head sunshine

please marry me andre.

this is when i stopped respecting gwen stefani..

this just makes me laugh lol

Thinking about cutting my hair.....

2010-12-10T15:07:00.000-08:00

Not sure yet though. Gonna get highlights tomorrow. Lets see how that turns out first.

Dominican Christmas :)

2010-12-09T11:29:00.001-08:00

YES!!!!!!

2010-12-09T10:43:00.000-08:00

This is how I feel right now....

I'm mad happy son. I got one class today and then I'm done with this semester. Just gotta email a few papers to my professors and then I'm done. Ahh, life is good.

love.

2010-12-08T04:19:00.000-08:00

p.p.s Happy Anniversary Baby!

Good Mornings.

2010-12-08T04:16:00.000-08:00

I'm not a morning person. Never have been. I don't think I ever will (even though I should begin to be since I'm thinking of being a teacher in the near future). But nevertheless, waking up early is not my thing but now that I've discovered that they play BOY MEETS WORLD every weekday morning from 7am-8am on ABC Family, now my life is complete. I'm acutally only waking up these days to go to my school Library and write 3 papers by this Friday but havin Boy Meets World in the morning for me is making me a very happy camper. I'm off to the school library for many many hours. Wish me luck.

p.s. GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS YA'LL!!

love.

2010-12-06T15:04:00.000-08:00

Hello,

You can't Wu-Tang better than me.

That is all.

Love,

Pri

mad funny lol

2010-12-02T21:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas List!

2010-12-01T21:14:00.000-08:00

1.Thai Cook Book or a trip to Thailand lol2. iPod Nano since my iPod is in a coma
3. Pretty Flask
4. Casablanca. My favorite :)
5. New Backpack. I think it's time the Jansport takes a vacation.
6. New Flowery Snearkers

The Love Letter Movement.

2010-11-29T21:16:00.000-08:00

Be a part of it. Grow with it. Love with it.

http://lovelettermovement.tumblr.com/

Apparently...

2010-11-26T22:54:00.000-08:00

Here are 50 other reasons to be blissfully happy that you live in New York City today -- and every day -- that you live here. May it be a very long time. Unless you want to leave, in which case, get the fuck out, and can we have your apartment?

50. Sending your laundry out for someone else to wash and dry it is not only convenient, it's just good business. Especially since you will probably never own a washer and dryer. Which means you never have to feel guilty about not doing your own laundry. Next.

49. Drinking coffee four times a day, every day, isn't the exception, it's the rule.

48. The secret Chick Fil-A at the NYU dining hall.

47. There is always someone crazier than you. ALWAYS.

46. The view from the Brooklyn Bridge.

45. The view of the Brooklyn Bridge.

44. The epic feeling you get running to catch a train and succeeding...just before the doors close.

43. Bored to Death. 30 Rock. SNL. And a million other things that film here and we love. RIP Law and Order.

42. Manhattan-Brooklyn/Brooklyn-Manhattan wars never cease to entertain. Nor do hipster-Hasid wars. Or hipsters in general.

41. We get the inside jokes. Because, actually, we made them up in the first place.

40. That horrified look on our parents' friends' faces when we tell them we live in "Hell's Kitchen."

39. Sure, we work out next to Alec Baldwin, Padma Lakshmi, and Bridget Moynahan, and walk the streets with Willem Dafoe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Tina Fey, but, really, we're kinda too busy with our own lives to notice.

38. Drinking is like breathing. Or slightly more acceptable.

37. Because it's not enough to just love New York. New York needs to love you back, too. Hey, we have high standards.

36. Whatever you need, whenever you need it, there is someone who will bring it to you for a price, which may or may not be negotiable. (Or legal.)

35. By the time the rest of the nation has bedbugs, we'll have figured out how to get rid of them. In the meantime, we'll mock them by dressing our dogs up as bedbugs for Halloween. Laugh in the face of fear, New Yorker!

34. There are almost 200 bars in the East Village alone.

33. There's no shortage of stupid rich people to make fun of.

32. The endless delights of the New York Post.

31. You don't even need a passport, or a license, to partake in goat-eyeball tacos.

30. The fact that one-bedroom apartments cost an average minimum of a half-million dollars means we think nothing of spending $12 on lunch.

29. Restaurants are as common as single men and women. And equally diverse. And you never have to see either of them again after the initial awkward encounter.

28. The omnipresent opportunity to Gaga-ify yourself. And the chance that it will seem, just, normal.

27. Runnin' Scared lives here! (And so does the Village Voice.)

26. Smart people are the norm, not the exception. (Which doesn't mean they're sane, but at least no one's boring.)

25. Except in select 'hoods like Park Slope and perhaps the Upper West Side, children are viewed as mysterious beings, rarely sighted and only occasionally understood, like pixies or magical small butlers. Until they scream, in which case, they are banished from the palace

24. When you fly back into the city after a vacation or business trip, no matter how long you've lived here, you get that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling.

23. Efficiency in a drugstore checkout line.

22. How easy it is to find doughnuts, pizza, Chinese food, or any other snack your drunken self desires at 4 a.m. Or to continue to drink. Responsibly!

21. Broadway. Museums. CULTCH-AH. Even if you never actually go to see anything (though you should, at least once).

20. Yelling "fuck" is just a mild obscenity.

19. There's no shame in sticking your fingers in your ears like an anal weirdo when an ambulance goes by screeching.

18. Summer concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront.

17. So many Missed Connections, so little time.

16. Other places have dog and cat people. We have ferret people.

15. The splendor of the Union Square Greenmarket.

14. A bagel with cream cheese and lox from Russ and Daughters.

13. There is an insane Korean day spa (Spa Castle) waiting for you in Flushing. And Russian and Turkish baths in the East Village.

12. One of our bars has 100-year-old urinals.

11. Complain about the MTA, but you can get anywhere in the city for just $2.25. Or $2.50 single ride, come 2011. Still pretty damn cheap.

10. Subway rage. Bike-lane rage. Walking rage. Random rage. These are our therapy. Although we all go to therapy, too. No judgments! We bitch, therefore we are.

9. Jaywalking is an art form.

8. The free Ikea ferry to Red Hook on weekends! Plus, Red Hook in general. Can you say "Lobster pound"?

7. Subway "prewalking," in which you walk to the exact right spot on the platform to board the train car that will save you the most time upon exit, exists and has a name. Gotta respect.

6. You can be alone, but never feel lonely. And vice versa. But if you die and aren't found until a year later, you won't be the first.

5. We are, as a group, anti-fanny-pack as much as we are pro-gay-marriage. Hetero marriage, on the other hand, we can pretty much take or leave.

4. 35 is the new 26. Or is it 45? Whatever, age ain't nuthin' but a number, and as long as you're younger than your IQ score, no harm, no foul.

3. Finding your "local" is that much better here.

2. There is absolutely no reason to ever drink and drive. Added bonus: Spontaneous, fascinating conversations with cab drivers.

1. If you can make it here, you really can make it anywhere. But why would you bother to go anywhere else?

GOOD MOVIE!

2010-11-26T20:51:00.000-08:00

p.s. Jake Gylanhaal is mad sughhhhh

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2010-11-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

2010-11-15T18:46:00.000-08:00

Make your own path.
Make your path extraordinary.
Don't follow others.

Attention ALL College Seniors!

2010-11-15T18:42:00.000-08:00

http://www.kaptest.com/GRE/Home/index.html

^That link is for all you seniors in college planning on taking the GRE and going to Grad school. Here it is. Free online/nationwide college events for students wanting to pursue their MA/MS/PhD. Free events. Just go to the website and click on Join and you can sign up for events from there. It's free, trust you won't find many free things like this that will help your future, especially from KAPLAN. Take it!! DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. It's for people that want to take there MAT, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT, etc. check it out!!

Positive challenge.

2010-11-15T17:37:00.000-08:00

I'm going to meditate everyday for the next few weeks. See how it changes me, how it helps me, how it rejuvenates me. I need to.

That is all.

p.s. I'm gonna be 21 in exactly 1 month. holla!

2010-11-13T18:53:00.000-08:00

So I'm watching "Get Him to the Greek" and it's an okay movie, funny sometimes. But then this guy the British actor says to the guy "Don't see it as a threesome with me, you and your girlfriend. See it as your fucking your girlfriend while someone else fucks your girlfriend" lol mad reckless.

This just boosted mines.

2010-11-13T18:28:00.001-08:00

I just found out the father in "Growing Pains" is Robin Thicke's father. I actually see the resemblance OD lol that's mad random, he's mad swaggered out and his dad wasn't/isn't lol

I miss the 90s.

2010-11-13T11:13:00.001-08:00

9 years ago.....

2010-11-12T09:32:00.000-08:00

RIP Papi 11.12.2001

I miss him more than anything these days. I hope he's proud of me, I'm trying to make him proud.
I love you, always.

Happy Birthday to my amazing brother and best friend! :)

2010-11-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

This will always be my favorite poem.

2010-11-11T19:52:00.000-08:00

She smiles,
I smile,
She walks,
no she glides softly by me changing night into day,
She opens her mouth to speak,
and so sounds ring in my head,
She speaks, and I want to dance to her rhythm
She moves ever so gently, increasing my desires,
As I place my arms around her waist,
Hold and squeeze unto me,
I want to melt into her body,
and discover the base of her warmth.
Her beautiful black body that,
no human mind could ever conceive.
Shes love, Shes truth, Shes real,
as real as the stars that shine in the heavens,
As real as the sun that bathes her body,
As real as the moon that glows and the birds that sing and the rose.
That blossoms in spring for she is that rose
And not just any rose,
But a black rose,
Black rose stands tall and stronger than any other plant.
A black rose,
that stands as creator, of nations of Black rose.
That never loses her petals,
and blossoms all year round,
Black rose,
Sweet rose,
Thornless rose,
Eternal rose
Please look my way,
Please look my way
Please look my way
Black rose

Obeezy.

2010-11-10T14:43:00.000-08:00

I typed "Ghetto Obama" into google images and this is what came up lol

I wish RENT was still on Broadway.

2010-11-10T08:14:00.000-08:00

MIA to NYC

2010-11-09T06:49:00.000-08:00

I'm back in New York. It isn't the same here. I don't feel the same here. I also realized that New York is a pretty ugly city lol atleast compared to Miami. I miss Miami. I miss Quaison. I miss Kathy. I miss the vibe Miami gave me. I'm back in the city that I thought I loved so much but I think it was just the people (my peoples) and the things I was doing. It just seems like now my peoples are all doing their own thing and I should to and the things that I'm doing will soon come to an end and I will have to begin to do new things such as a new school (grad school), a new job, a new lifestyle, etc.

Random thought

1. I woke up this morning thinking Quaison was next to me...
2. My motivation for school is lost somewhere. When I have mini vacations such as what I just had this past week I forget about everything in my life. So now I'm back and I need to get my motivation back because classes are over in a bout a month and this is the time to grind because I haven't really been grinding for the past two months.
3. I need to stop frontin on my Piano practicing.
4. Miami reminded me of DR so much, I miss DR.
5. I don't like money, it's evil.
6. The only thing I really feel good about it being back in my apartment, I love this space. My space, my big space all for me.
7. I realized I want to do a lot of things in the next year and alot of things in the upcoming years.
8. I cannot wait to graduate.
9. I miss seeing my friends all the time and having reckless parties, two thumbs down for growing up!
10. I hate Deta Airlines, I hope they go bankrupt.
11. Next couple of months is looking like this: Study for GRE, start grad school applications, apply for summer 2011 internship/study abroad programs, apply for graduation, apply for school of ed at my school, maintain my good gpa and don't fall off, take winter classes (whackkkk), and other stuff that I can't remember right now.

BTW Random thought. I think weekends are meant for a break but they are also meant to fuck with us OD because from Friday evening to Sunday night we're basically kinda chyllen and don't have so many responsibilities but come Monday morning to Friday afternoon we're od busy. Who made up this schedule like this? Whoever its, they're lame and not that smart. lol k I'm done.

p.s. I wish New York looked like this right now. Why doesn't it? It looks dead as opposed to beautiful fall. What happened to Autumn?

Miami Bound!!!

2010-11-03T19:03:00.000-07:00

2010-11-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

People be fronting on old school poetry. spoken word is beautiful but don't forget where it came from. Realness.

Heritage By Countee Cullen

What is Africa to me:
Copper sun or scarlet sea,
Jungle star or jungle track,
Strong bronzed men, or regal black
Women from whose loins I sprang
When the birds of Eden sang?
One three centuries removed
From the scenes his fathers loved,
Spicy grove, cinnamon tree,
What is Africa to me?
So I lie, who all day long
Want no sound except the song
Sung by wild barbaric birds
Goading massive jungle herds,
Juggernauts of flesh that pass
Trampling tall defiant grass
Where young forest lovers lie,
Plighting troth beneath the sky.
So I lie, who always hear,
Though I cram against my ear
Both my thumbs, and keep them there,
Great drums throbbing through the air.
So I lie, whose fount of pride,
Dear distress, and joy allied,
Is my somber flesh and skin,
With the dark blood dammed within
Like great pulsing tides of wine
That, I fear, must burst the fine
Channels of the chafing net
Where they surge and foam and fret.
Africa? A book one thumbs
Listlessly, till slumber comes.
Unremembered are her bats
Circling through the night, her cats
Crouching in the river reeds,
Stalking gentle flesh that feeds
By the river brink; no more
Does the bugle-throated roar
Cry that monarch claws have leapt
From the scabbards where they slept.
Silver snakes that once a year
Doff the lovely coats you wear,
Seek no covert in your fear
Lest a mortal eye should see
What's your nakedness to me?
Here no leprous flowers rear
Fierce corollas in the air;
Here no bodies sleek and wet,
Dripping mingled rain and sweat,
Tread the savage measures of
Jungle boys and girls in love.
What is last year's snow to me,
Last year's anything? The tree
Budding yearly must forget
How its past arose or set—
Bough and blossom, flower, fruit,
Even what shy bird with mute
Wonder at her travail there,
Meekly labored in its hair.
One three centuries removed
From the scenes his fathers loved,
Spicy grove, cinnamon tree,
What is Africa to me?
So I lie, who find no peace
Night or day, no slight release
From the unremittent beat
Made by cruel padded feet
Walking through my body's street.
Up and down they go, and back,
Treading out a jungle track.
So I lie, who never quite
Safely sleep from rain at night—
I can never rest at all
When the rain begins to fall;
Like a soul gone mad with pain
I must match its weird refrain;
Ever must I twist and squirm,
Writhing like a baited worm,
While its primal measures drip
Through my body, crying, "Strip!
Doff this new exuberance.
Come and dance the Lover's Dance!"
In an old remembered way
Rain works on me night and day.
Quaint, outlandish heathen gods
Black men fashion out of rods,
Clay, and brittle bits of stone,
In a likeness like their own,
My conversion came high-priced;
I belong to Jesus Christ,
Preacher of Humility;
Heathen gods are naught to me.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
So I make an idle boast;
Jesus of the twice-turned cheek,
Lamb of God, although I speak
With my mouth thus, in my heart
Do I play a double part.
Ever at Thy glowing altar
Must my heart grow sick and falter,
Wishing He I served were black,
Thinking then it would not lack
Precedent of pain to guide it,
Let who would or might deride it;
Surely then this flesh would know
Yours had borne a kindred woe.
Lord, I fashion dark gods, too,
Daring even to give You
Dark despairing features where,
Crowned with dark rebellious hair,
Patience wavers just so much as
Mortal grief compels, while touches
Quick and hot, of anger, rise
To smitten cheek and weary eyes.
Lord, forgive me if my need
Sometimes shapes a human creed.
All day long and all night through,
One thing only must I do:
Quench my pride and cool my blood,
Lest I perish in the flood,
Lest a hidden ember set
Timber that I thought was wet
Burning like the dryest flax,
Melting like the merest wax,
Lest the grave restore its dead.
Not yet has my heart or head
In the least way realized
They and I are civilized.

Hello November :)

2010-11-01T16:41:00.000-07:00

mad cute.

2010-10-31T15:12:00.001-07:00

sad news.

2010-10-31T15:07:00.001-07:00

I just found out IN THE HEIGHTS will no longer be on Broadway after January 9th. I can't believe this. I called Carvens and we were really going to cry. Only 3 years? ugh...alteast the movie is gonna come out soon. I think...

2010-10-31T14:06:00.001-07:00

3 days til I'm in Miami. I cannot wait to relax and love. I really need it.

BTW It's Halloween and these kids are knocking on my door od hard. i have no more candy left. I'm going to start giving them platanos and pencils next. deadass.

2010-10-30T15:03:00.000-07:00

There was a time when I lived on a big ship with my family. It was a time where I got no sleep cause I was constantly growing. I want to go back to that time. There are days when I want to do it again but then I think it just won't be the same, it won't be the same people or places. It won't have the same feeling, it was a once in a lifetime experience and a feeling that will never leave my heart or mind. I miss you MV Explorer....I miss semester at sea.

Love.

2010-10-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

First pic we took together. It's acutally the only pic we have together lol but It's crazy cause we barely spoke that night and we took the picture with our faces mad close to each other. lol

God, I love this man.

3 days.....

2010-10-28T14:05:00.000-07:00

word.

2010-10-18T17:07:00.001-07:00

oh yea

2010-10-17T13:21:00.001-07:00

buy this book: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=LjhJklohWhJCKc5oH-WkFLGUOxwcozBBDVR1bgGThoxiCDOiU2brlFf6y3m&dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b61f737ba21b08198aa166382b1a4fa18397ddfa4b9e9201b

Thanks...

Jon Stewart blew mines.

2010-10-17T13:17:00.001-07:00

I like Jon Stewarts show, I always have but I didn't like this clip at all. Playing my friends, and spoken word. not cool at all.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-13-2009/old-man-stewart-shakes-his-fist-at-white-house-poetry-jams

Updates and Music

2010-10-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

I'm in my last fall semester of college. I honestly don't believe it. Just the other day I was being reckless on the 13th floor of Maria's Tower with the girls and now I'm looking at Grad Schools and Teaching Jobs for when I graduate. Life is getting realer and realer and I aint' score though. I'm boosted. I'm OD proud of myself. I'm looking at Grad schools all over the place but mainly in NYC and Miami. I was looking at Miami apartments and they are sooo cheap. Apartments on the beach are cheaper than my apartment in the heights. I mean I love my apartment, but deadass though I got a view of crusty ass bridge and mad loud dominicans everywhere lol I fucks with it though, ain't no place like home like my beautiful Washington Heights. So I've been surviving, broke as hell but happy as hell so who cares. Loving, living, breathing, and striving. This one teachers is treating us like we Grad students, she's kinda going in for no reason lol but It's cool, I take it like a preparation for Grad school. I wish some of my teachers senior year of high school would have done that, maybe that would have made me better prepared for college. But regardless all is good on this side of the hood. I got my home, I got my love, and I got my education. I'm working at it. I need a concert in my life though. and I wanna see FELA! and I wanna see In the Heights again lol Lin-Manuel Miranda is seriously the man. I wanna meet that dude.

p.s. guess why I'm mad hyped though?????? CAUSE MY BABY IS COMING FOR THE WEEKEND! HOLIZZLE!!!!!!!!!

Here are some songs that have been on heavy rotation for the past few days...weeks....enjoy

I fuck with this girls swag. The drums, the CHELO!, her british in the face ass, way better then lady gaga!

hahah oh mase. you pastor ass. His "game" in the beginning is mad funny!!!

reminds me of semester at sea. heard this at every club in europe...ahhh SAS days....

FUNK DA WORLD!! lol

Another boost.

2010-10-01T12:44:00.001-07:00

Lin-Manuel Boosts mines every time.

2010-10-01T09:48:00.001-07:00

His wedding:

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the writer and creator of IN THE HEIGHTS, if you didn't already know.

POETRY!!!!

2010-09-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

This is a performance from BNV 2010 by the Miami team. My beautiful friend Yarminiah went in, this poem is od.

I was at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe last night watching my good friend, Carvens Lissaint, feautre and sell his books and besides the fact that he went in and changed my life I just really had an incredible time. I truly missed poetry, seeing it, hearing it, feeling it, touching it, tasting it, all of it. I missed it and I needed it in my life. I'm feeling very happy for some reason. Life is good, only always (-Mos Def). I'm happy to be happy, to be feeling genuinely happy. School is already kicking my ass but I have a new home and I'm sure I'll start feeling comfortable with myself and life very soon again.

I want to send love and light to those who lost someone dear to them 9 years ago on this date, 9/11. May you remember the good times with these special people.

Also, R.I.P. to my grandmother Salome Santana, who passed away 33 years ago today. She was a beautiful woman and I wished to have met her but I know she's watching over me and smiling.

Be beautiful!

Hallelujah

2010-09-07T19:48:00.001-07:00

Ignorance is sometimes funny.

2010-09-05T18:20:00.001-07:00

This right here...makes me really mad and crack up at the same time lol straight up no-talent ass souljah boy but he's mad fucking funny lol

One of my favorite poems by my lovely friend Joshua Bennett

2010-09-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

I miss poetry. I need poetry in my life. Maybe I need to see a poetry show to figure some stuff out in my life.

It was nice living you, summer--hello again my lovely autumn.

2010-09-03T01:55:00.000-07:00

I've been away for a while now and it's mainly because I was on a voyage. No, not a self-discovery voyage and not a voyage through the entire world, just around the Mediterranean. People laugh when I say "just the Mediterranean" as if it wasn't a big deal lol but Nevertheless It was certainly on a voyage of many kinds on a ship called the MV Explorer which I called home for 2.5 months.

I am back and life has smacked me in the face. I began school and I'm taking 18 credits. I'm going to start working at YMCA International as an Intern, which I'm excited about because I've been applying to YMCA for the past 4 years lol so I'll be very busy this semester. I'm now stuck in a situation that I NEVER thought I would be in and it involves a lot of thinking logically and emotionally to come to a final decision, it's hard. But I'll (We'll) be good because I have love in my life. I have a caring family, astounding friends, an amazing boyfriend and love in my heart. I don’t need much more right now. I’m good.

Found a new apartment so I'll be moving in about a week and a half. I really like it. It's really big and in a perfect area.

Last saturday I went to ROCK THE BELLS and it was dope. Hot ass day but it was dope nonetheless. I saw Lauryn HIll Perform, yes I did. She still got it, she messed up a few times but she still got it. She still has the spirit to sing.

I will write again soon. I promise.

Many blessings and I send you lots of love in your life, because we really don't know anything else.

Summa, summa, summatime!

2010-09-02T19:46:00.000-07:00

It’s been a while and for that I apologize. A lot has been going on in my life for the past few months. A lot is still going on but I think if I took any longer with a new blog post Jessica Johnson would kick my ass lol So here it goes…..

End of Spring 2011 Semester: I ended my junior year of college on a pretty good note. Good grades except for one C, damn that teacher. Her class sucked anyway lol Nevertheless I’m still maintaining the GPA I want and need. I cannot believe that in the fall I will be a senior in college. It’s freaking me out. I gotta start getting ready for the REAL REAL world. I have to buy a GRE book and start studying cause I’m not playing no games, you guys best believe you will be calling me Doctor Perreaux some day. I’m getting my masters and Doctoral degree in the near future.

As for the beginning of my summer………

Miami/Bahamas: Miami was an experience. I was with best friends and new friends. I was with friends I’ve known for a very long time and it’s still seems like we were all getting to know each other for the first time. Mami had it’s ups and downs but it was a learning experience. It was really hot, but the beach was poppin. Bahamas was really nice, reminded me of DR. Brown peoples, beer and beaches. My kind of B’s! hola! ☺ lol It sucks that we only got to go to Bahamas for like 3 hours. I wanna go for a few days next time.

Semester at Sea: was………..DOPE! I fucks with this program od hard. At first I was a little like ‘ehhh’ cause I was being kinda anti-social and cause I was always sleepy as hell but I adjusted and realized I better take advantage of this opportunity cause this only happens once in a lifetime. Living on a ship was cool. I sometimes forgot I was in the middle of the ocean but I would look outside and sea that beautiful blue water and I’d get boosted. After about 11 days in the voyage I saw Spain to my left and Morocco to my right. I couldn’t ask for a more beautiful sight. Classes are going well. I’m taking a English Studies in Poetry class and an Intro to Anthropology class. My teachers were awesome and I’m pretty sure they were hippies in the 60s lol and classes were really chyll cause….we were on a fucking boat! Lol There were some people that were mad whack on the ship and then there were those who were pretty awesome. Like my roommate, we get along really well. We had lots in common; we both had boyfriends back home, we’re both education majors, we both think half the people on this ship were dumbasses lol and we’re both sugh…holla at us! Lol It’s a really nice environment to be living in.

Spain: I’m going to live in Barcelona one day. Deadass. Seriously. All jokes aside, I loved that place. I didn’t want to leave. The architecture was genius. Gaudi (the architect who basically designed all the parks, churches, etc, of Barcelona centuries ago) is a genius. Everything he created was so beautiful. Barcelona looked like poetry. I don’t even know what that means, but that’s what Barcelona looked like lol everyone was soo nice. Everyone spoke different kinds of Spanish. There were different kinds of people everywhere, not just Spaniards. There were several Dominican neighborhoods where I felt really at home. WASH HEIGHTS! The paella’s were phenomenal. I ate Paella 7 times in 4 days, I mean c’mon. The Sangria was delicious! I had never tasted Sangria before this trip so it was definitely exciting to taste for the first time in Sangria’s birthplace. The city was so clean and beautiful. Everyone was on their PDA shit lol seriously EVERYONE and their moms was on their PDA shit. Little kids, adults, elderly peoples, there was love everywhere and they aint’ care. It was nice to experience that. Made me miss my sugh a lot. I also spent way too much money over there but it’s cool, it was worth it. I fell in love with Barcelona.

Italy: BELLA ITALIA! Italy was cool, I went to many different cities in Italy. I went to Pisa, Rome, Civatavecchia, and Naples. Pisa was iight, I saw the leaning tower of Pisa which wasn’t even leaning that bad lol but we ate some Pizza and Pisa and then just hung around the town. Civatavecchia reminded me of my hometown in DR. It was small and beautiful. Rome was HOT! Lol temperature wise. I saw everything there is to there, except the Vatican cause my ass wasn’t waiting in the heat for 5 hours to see it lol it ain’t all that, At least I hope it wasn’t lol since I missed it. I ate some bangin Pasta in Italy. I didn’t really go out in Naples except when we went to go visit Pompeii, which was really nice. We saw the ancient city of Pompeii how it looked after Mt. Vesuvius erupted. Overral I liked Italy

Croatia: I fell in love. My favorite place in Europe so far. The vibe, the feeling, the people, the culture, the food, the water, the view, the history, it all was just so overwhelming but so exciting at the same time. I actually don’t have much to say about it because I’m still shocked on how much I loved Croatia. I took shots of moonshine with my anthropology professor in the mountains in a small village of Dubrovnik. I kayaked around an island and saw the sun set on the most beautiful water in the world, ate phenomenal seafood. I fell in love.

Greece: I was sick for most of Greece but I did get to see some Greek Islands and saw the Acropolis in Athens. I also ate some Dominican food at a dominican restaurant and it was sooooo good and unexpected. It was so random to find my peoples in Greece and apparently there were a lot of us there lol I loved it. I want to go back to Greece some day, when I’m completely healthy and don’t have a cold.

Turkey: I FUCKS WITH TURKISH PEOPLE! Lol They are hilarious, especially the men. They really know how to show people a good time. I saw many beautiful mosques, saw the hood of Istanbul, went into the incredible Grand Bazaar where I spent way too much money, got a Turkish bath and an amazing massage. Went out at night at Taksim Square and had one of the best nights ever! Loved it! Want to go back, definitely.

Egypt: Ahhhh “Mother of the World.” Egypt was quite an experience. A good one and a bad one, a learning experience, a fascinating experience, a memorable experience. I loved Egypt. I saw the Pyramids and I still cannot believe it, I was awe-inspired when I saw that. I rode a camel, a very mean camel but he got me from point A to B so I can’t complain lol I ate the best $2 meal I’ve ever eaten in my life. Stayed at the sketchiest/coolest hostel in life. Stayed in traffic for more hours than I can count on my fingers but at the end of the day I had a smile on my face because I was in Egypt.

Morocco: oh no! the last country :/ It was really sad but I enjoyed my time in Morocco. Got lost in the souqs, made friends with cool Moroccan people, ate incredible rice and chicken, stayed in the most beautiful Riad ever, ate realy good tajim, rode a really hot train for a few hours, learned many things, got an incredible massage, ate mcdonalds….unfortunately, spent a lot of money again and reflected on my trip. I loved Morocco. Wish I could have stayed their longer to enjoy it more. Next time.

Last days on the ship were sad but fun. We all wrote on each other's maps. Reminisced on stories of the summer. Reflected, learned, laughed, cried, had good times. I'm sad they ended but I will NEVER EVER forget my summer 2010 Voyage around the Mediterranean.

why does this song exist?

2010-05-22T10:09:00.001-07:00

smh.

If you love Lauryn Hill (and you should), this is going to boost yours.

2010-05-16T16:31:00.000-07:00

This will forever be my favorite short story.

2010-04-29T09:25:00.001-07:00

An old man was walking along the beach the morning after a terrible storm had struck an island, when he came upon a part of the sand where thousands of starfish had washed ashore. A little further down the beach he saw a young girl, who was picking up the starfish one at a time and tossing them back into the ocean. "Oh you silly girl," he exclaimed. "You can't possibly save all of these starfish. There's too many." The girl smiled and said, "I know. But I can save this one. "

Endings and Beginnings.

2010-04-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

Last Friday was a farewell to Audubon and all the good times we've had with her. Or maybe it's just a 'See you later' because when I come back I'm definitely gonna move right around here. This neighborhood lifts my spirits and reminds me of my motherland when i get tight about being/living in New York. Before the party I wen to this dope ass show at Columbia University where Jessica was performing and she boosted my life cause her character was soo not her but it was awesome. I loved both the shows!! :)Anyways, back to the Farewell party: It was poppin'. Good music, good drinks, and semi-good people. It was fun til someone decided to mess it up but nevertheless that person bounced and we continued to have fun. After a while people started chyllen, building, eating, and spittin poetry. I got to meet new ppls and it was dope.

This apartment has had a lot of monumental as well as unfortunate things happen in her. But no matter what I know I can say I've grown up a lot in this past year living here, having a roomate, then not having a roomate, having bad things happen here as well as beautiful things. It has cleansed and hurt my soul in many ways but I say Thank you to Audubon for keeping it real this whole time. No worries, I'll be back.

annnnddd the semester can't end any sooner. I feel like everytime it's close to the end I can't handle it anymore and just want to drop everything. ugh. Especially cause everyone is going to be done in 1 or 2 week and Ima be done in 3 weeks cause I started school mad late....freaking CUNY. But it's cool cause I'm off to Cali, then Miami, Then Canada, then Semester at Sea. Cannot wait. I got a lot of stuff to do before all that but hopefully I'll get it done soon.

There's a new man in my life and he is wonderful. He really is. I'm OD happy. I've actually never felt this way, like seriously happy and not doubting anything. soo dope. He sooooooo suughhhhh, cute :) and he's soo incredible. I wish he didn't live deep in Queens so I could see him every day hahah but either way it's awesome. I'm going to a concert with him tomorrow, ahh yes! finally a guy that I like that I can go to concerts with cause he likes good music. I'm just soo boosted ahhh! and genuinly happy. just when I was about to lose all hope, deadass hhaa

^Soft shit! ....yea soo...

I'm leaving Audubon in 3 days.....I like my apartment all empty with just a fake bed, my tv, food and clothes. I wish I could like like this all the time but I got that syndrome 'where you buy mad crap just to have it around' ugh lol

love

Distant Relatives

2010-04-22T19:27:00.000-07:00

First of all, the cover of this album is ridiculous.
Secondly, the Release date is Maya 18th and I can't wait that long.
Thirdly, this album is OD going to hype me and is going to be my summer album while I navigate the atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea. STEP YOUR SUMMER UP!!

Finally, get this album when it comes out-don't download it!

That is all. Have a good day :)

4/20

2010-04-20T08:47:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. to one of the greatest lyrical genius's to ever live. Guru from Gang Starr passed away yesterday. It sucks that a legend like that had to leave us so soon, he was only 43 and died from Cancer. He's in a better place though, I know he's still gonna be jammin and writing rhymes in heaven cause you better believe there's a hip-hop world in heaven. YESSIR! :)

You are now above the Clouds, Guru

the classic.

On another note,

Today is 4/20, National (or international?) pothead day. BUT I'm HIGH ON LIFE!! I'm HIGH OFF this BeautIFUL DAY!!

and It's Earth day, :) love your your home, love you're earth. It's all we got.

Have a beautiful day ya'll.

I love this song.

2010-04-16T09:54:00.001-07:00

My heart hurts.

2010-04-14T01:54:00.001-07:00

This is seriously becoming a problem. I have incredible faith in the universe, in God, in myself and in people but this is hurting my heart. Turkey, Haiti, Chile, Cali, and now China. This is devastating and is making me feel like the world isn't the safe and beautiful place I make it out to be.

Pray ya'll. They need prayer. Or do whatever you can to help. Donate $1, spread the word, do whatever you can. They need it, we need it.

God, please allow this earth to live peacefully for atleast a few more centuries. There's way too many astonishingly beautiful things happening in the world right now to end it just like that.

Love.

Have a safe day ya'll!

hilarious pet peeves.

2010-04-13T19:30:00.001-07:00

growth.

2010-04-12T21:49:00.000-07:00

I love seeing myself grow and recognizing it. I've recognized all my faults and I'm working on them but I'm just so happy that I'm choosing to do that because most people don't. I'm not going to fix them, because I'm not a broken person and I believe our faults is what makes us beautiful human beings. But I will continue growing, maturing, breathing, learning, etc.

and I'm officially an OD fan of B.O.B. He opened for Lupe Fiasco at the concert last night. He did a lot of songs and what I liked about him is something I saw that I've never seen before. He does rock/hip-hop/r&b. That's very different, he had hardcore alternative songs, some mellow erykah badu type songs, and some southern rapping songs, he got me hyped. I loved his eclectic swag.....and uhh he's kinda cute :) owwwwww

B.O.B. singing to one of my girls at the concert!! :)

I'm back

2010-04-11T11:49:00.000-07:00

I'm back. Back from the motherland, Dominican Republic. It was a magical vacation. I spent time with lots of family. Catched up with my best friend from 3rd grade and enjoyed the beaches and waterfalls of my island. It was great weather, I ate A LOT ( and not a lot of crap, which is a good change). I felt very happy to be there but once I got to New York City last Friday evening I got this warm feeling inside. The kind of 'belonging' feeling. I honestly love my country, its rich culture, its beautiful weather, and its breathtaking spots but I've come to realize that Manhattan is my true island. I love this city, yea it doesn't have any beautiful beaches and it has a time period were it's cold as fuck but nevertheless it's a beautiful city. Yesterday evening I took a walk down by the Hudson River by the George Washington Bridge and I watched the sun set, It was as breathtaking as the sun setting in DR. I truly don't have to go far to find beauty, it's here. It's in the corner bodega, it's in the faces of my students, it's in the sunset in the park. Honestly, fuck CENTRAL PARK! It ain't got nothing on Riverbank park. (Shot outs to Washington Heights!) So that's my little epiphany. I love the Dominican Republic, it's where my soul found it's true meaning but New York, ahh New York, It's the place I'm meant to be in for a LONG time.

2010-03-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

off to the Dominican Republic in a few hours!!!!!!

See ya'll in two weeks!

:)

Space Tour.

2010-03-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

They're allowing people to go to space now as a tour? We are advancing way too fast.
I would definitely do this but only when they lower the prices lol

eat. pray. love.

2010-03-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

This just made my day because I absolutely adore this book. I hope I'm never in the predicament of having my life supposidly "together" then really seeing it for what it is and not knowing myself and what I long to eat, pray for and love.

May you always eat what nourishes your stomach and soul.
May you pray to to God, the universe or yourself for love and light.
And may you find Love within yourself so the world can hear your heart beat.

I will be abroad when this movie comes out....boo! It's cool, I'll watch it in a movie theatre in Morocco :)

Testimonio. Testimony.

2010-03-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite songs/poem

Lyrics to Juan Luis Guerrra - "Testimonio"

Testimonio
no necesito pastillas para dormir si estas conmigo. Todos los sueos florecen
cuando me hablas al oido. No necesito millones ni acorralar los corazones.
Y solo en tu cafetera todo el cielo enamorado se cuela. No necesito decirte
2500 veces multiplicado por 7 que te espero noche y dia. Que me disculpen los
sabios, pero la sabiduria duerme detras de tu oreja y no en Grecia, como la
historia creia. Abreme la noche y ven a ver como te puedo querer eternamente
Curame la sombra al caminar, que se corre si no estas. No necesito violines
pizzicatos en el pecho. Eres todo mi concierto, la mas bella sinfonia. Que me
disculpe el poeta, pero toda la poesia la encuentro sobre un madero. Y me
verso con tus rodillas que riman. Abreme la noche y ven a ver como te puedo
querer eternamente. Curame la sombra al caminar, que se corre si no estas.
No necesito pastillas...(bis)

Sorry if you don't understand spanish, but take my word for it, he is definitely better than your favorite poet. trust.

today :)

2010-03-24T13:45:00.000-07:00

I had an amazing day. Ditched school for a couple of hours and got to meet Christopher Jackson aka Benny from IN THE HEIGHTS, thanks to my good friend Carvens Lissaint. Then we enjoyed the weather outside by taking a walk and jamming to IN THE HEIGHTS. When I say jamming, I mean OD singing out loud in the middle of the street between 42-27 street and 7th avenue lol Mind you, I can't sing AT ALL!! haha

It's a big deal that I ditched school because I hardly ever see New York City during the day and especially since the weather is changing, I don't get to enjoy it. I love it.

Beautiful day.
Beautiful weather.
Beautiful life.
:)

blowing mines.

2010-03-23T16:12:00.000-07:00

I'm going to DR on Sunday, which means I need to get a bathing suit. I went on a search around 34 street today because I was doing my eyebrows around there so I figured I'd give these stores a try. Mind you, I have already been to target, and a forever 21, aeropostle, and h&m in yonkers.

so......
Forever 21 aka hell, was a mess. I could only find two batihng suites that were not cute.
H&M, UGLY ASS BATHING SUITS!! I was very dissapointed
Victoria Secret, the center of all bathing stuites had only bathing suits for girls in the itty bitty titty comittee (no offense to those of who are in that committee lol) but forreal. the biggest size was a medium which equaled to a 32A. really M=32A? So what the hell is S or Large. lol it was ridiculous. Then I did find one in VS that barely fit me but it was $140....no thanks!

so I'm going to DR with no bathing suit right now.....it's not a good look. These stores need to step their games up. forreal. lol

5 more days!!!!!!! :)

Mi Tierra.

2010-03-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

Honestly, no gass. I think my country is the most beautiful place in the world......and I'll be there in 7 days! ahhhh <3

"....and I find that my heart is my home"

2010-03-18T09:15:00.000-07:00

say word.

2010-03-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

It's freaking me out that I found this picture this morning cause It's exactly how I feel, no lie. lol

BTW I'm so excited I'm going to finally see Alicia Keys in Concert tomorrow night, along with Robin Thicke and Melanie Fiona :)

70 degree weather makes new york city seem like heaven <3

ugh.

2010-03-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

SIKE!!!!!
This is definitely not true, at least not for the most part. I made a bad decision WITHOUT THINKING in January and now it's backfiring and messing something up in my life that could be marvelous. I just wish the person wouldn't judge me for one mistake I made when I wasn't thinking but instead get to know me inside and see that that mistake doesn't define who I am and what my morals are. Ugh....this really sucks and it's blowing mines. But yo, Karma exists so I just gotta continue doing good and definitely not fall into those traps that lead me to doing something wrong for 10 minutes, because those 10 minutes can affect some serious things in my life. I guess I'll move on, but I shouldn't have to. It's not fair.

on top of this, it's midterms week and they are kicking my ass. No sleep, got bags under my eyes and I look crazy. Can't wait til Friday when I have my last midterm and go to the Alicia Keys concert! Holla :)

R.I.P.

2010-03-16T11:49:00.000-07:00

Rest in Peace Oscar Orlando Acosta. The most courageous and loving friend I ever had. He was the realist of the realist and wasn't here for long. He died of Leukimia-Cancer. In the last few months that I had seen him in the hospital he kept telling me something that I will never forget, "Faith goes a long way". And that it does, since then I've tried my best to have incredible faith in this universe, in whichever spirit that is up there somewhere guiding us because life is seriously short. I'm grateful I got to know him and have him as a role-model. He was my superhero, batman lives on forever. I love you and miss you Oscar, I hope you're enjoying your time with my Dad and I hope you're both proud of me. Guide me to where I need to be, please.

Thank you for having lived, you definitely "lived for a living" as Buddy Wakefield says.

I miss you so much.

falling in love.

2010-03-15T06:56:00.001-07:00

I want to fall in love again but this time I want it to be beautiful and worth it and magical and splendid and unforgettable and happy and real and honest. When I first fell in love I barely had any of that and what's worst of all is that he didn't love me back and had me waiting for YEARS. I want to to fall in love with the melody of his heartbeat. I want to fall in love and know he's the last boy I will ever love ever again. I want to fall in love and feel him. I want to fall in love and have him fall in love with me back. I want to fall in love and not cry about it. I want to fall in love with the one who is perfectly compatible with me. I'm going to start reading my bible again and get spiritually intact with myself again cause maybe he hasn't come into my life yet because he is waiting for me somewhere to get myself together. I'll get there. Not tomorrow or next week, but I'll get there. ahhhh and then i'll be in love and it'll be unconditional.

who would've thought?

2010-03-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

so apparently I'm part portuguese. I found this out on Friday in my Portuguese 122 class. I don't know how the conversation came about but the last Silva was the topic and I'm like wait my moms maiden name is Silva. So I tell my professor that and she goes, well that means that my moms dad had a Portuguese grandmother or grandfather. I was like BOOSTED MINES! only cause I'm already taking portuguese 2 and I'm actually really good at it.

My beautiful new flag...

Portugal seems pretty beautiful to me. I hope to go someday.

and then of course I already knew I was french too. My last name gives it away, and also the fact that my great grandfather was a white ass french man lol

would love to visit some day and find some fams over there.

Even though these ethnicities probably didn't come from a positive background I'm still gonna be proud of being Portuguese, French and especially DOMINICANA!! and Obviously I got African in me, don't we all? FIST UP HIGH! HOLLA!

What sucks about all of this is that I'm going through all of Europe this summer with Semester at Sea but they aren't stopping in France nor Portugal.....smh maybe I could take a one day trip to Portugal from Spain when I'm there, same goes for France. We shall see.

BTW I saw Q-tip, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Peanut Butter Wolf last night going in on the discs!! their DJing skills are off the chain. Definitely a legendary concert. Had a great time with tee and ging.

New day, have lots to do. I'm off.

p.s. HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO THE BEAUTIFUL ELINEL!!! <3

did we forget how to be humans?

2010-03-13T11:53:00.000-08:00

looks like a great movie. looking forward to watching it in April.

prayers.

2010-03-09T20:48:00.000-08:00

prayers for Haiti
prayers for Chile
prayers for Hawaii
prayers for Turkey
prayers for this world.
prayers for this universe.
faith.

ahhhh, I missed you sun!

2010-03-08T19:31:00.000-08:00

I had a great day today. I don't know if it was the good weather, or if I was happily busy, or if I wasn't stressing but today was a marvelous day. Matter fact, this past weekend has placed an unfamiliar smile on my face.

Friday, I saw Buddy Wakefield feature at the Nuyo. Honestly, seriously, no joke--It was top 3 best poetry shows I've ever been to and number 2 most life-changing show I'd ever been to. His writing/performance is staggering.....He left me speechless more than one time and the slam was DOPE too. Thomas spit some straight fire and won!! holla :)

Saturday, Worked. I think what cheered me up the most (cause God knows I've been feeling mad depressed for the past week or so), was when I saw my girl Ginger come to me job and teach my students hip hop dancing. I guess all I needed to lift my spirits up was to see someone I hadn't seen in a while and someone who I love. Thanks ginga :) and then I went home and packed.....ahhhh the process of packing again. I'm 20 years old and have moved more than 10 times....Unstable much? Na, I just like experiences new places even if it's within the same city. I had my mom, aunt and little sister over while I packed. Then the night rolled around and a few friends came over to celebrate the fact that one of my best friends got into the University of the Arts in Philly and into AMDA! what a freaking delightful person! :) Got really drizzed, fun fun.

Sunday, ....sunday was a blurr..I slept a lot lol

Today, beautiful. Can't complain. I've been up since 6 am and was out all day but I honestly think it's the weather. I'm sure when I'm in DR I'm going to be feeling even more great...ahhhh. my country. can't wait.

ANDDD tonight at my supermarket, "Gristedes", I totally saw one of the main characters of IN THE HEIGHTS shopping. I had seen him there before but wasn't sure, I'm sure now. Ima say hi next time! I'm so boosted that he lives around here.

hmmm.....

2010-03-04T06:53:00.000-08:00

This picture, along with everything else that's going on in the world, is freaking me out. Cause I'm going on a boat similar to a cruise boat this summer for 3months...........ugh. I'll be fine, hopefully. Inshallah.

Day 3 with no facebook, I've been flipping out but I'm fine. I'm just getting tired of all the texts of people asking me why I'm no longer on facebook. Is it that serious? wow lol Ima flip it and get a twitter instead, SIKE!!!!! lol

peace ya'll. I hope ya have a great weekend.

btw I just bought my ticket to go to Cali in May. HOFFA!

2010-03-02T18:20:00.000-08:00

and that is why I want things to..............

because......

cause tears aren't a good look. neither is unhappiness.

you can't see it but you can hear it.

2010-03-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

Joshua Bennett and Marion Smallwood.
OD!

21.

2010-03-01T15:53:00.000-08:00

1. Very proud of seeing lots of latinos, specifically dominicans, at the University of Pennsylvania this past weekend. Last saturday was Dominican Independence Day and I was in Philly so a few friends of mine and I went to a Dominican Independence Day party a Latino Fraternity was throwing. We were actually the first few people to get there so we just started drinking and I was actually disappointed to think there weren't many latinos at UPenn. But I was definitely mistaken, that house got PACKED! and it was soooo fun and excited to see true dominicans there. When I say "true" I mean, straight up dominicans from the Heights and the Bronx reppin' huge flags on their backs and dancing their asses off when Merengue and Salsa were playing. It was a beautiful sight to see.

2. Besides that poppin' party, philly in general was poppin. We went to two other parties right after that, it wasn't as great but I still had fun cause I was with my boys (Carvens, Josh, and Miles). It was mad cool to just walk around a campus and go to different parties. I'm so used to throwing my own parties, I forgot how it feels like to enjoy a party without worrying if someone is dying in my bathroom or if there isn't enough liquor or if someone broke something. I really enjoyed myself, I definitely needed this escape.

3. I'm considering going to Philly for graduate school cause UPenn got this Interdisciplinary program. Then again, I'm considering Upstate new york, DR, NYC, Chi-town. ugh who knows. I've got some time to think about it.

4. There are MAD SUGH'S in PHILLY!! :) that boosted mines od. And specifically in UPenn, I was like OhHHH!!!! Smart ass Sugh's really!??!

5. UPenn has a gorgeous ass campus and there was Chipotle right in front of Josh and Dominique's Dorm building. YES!

6. I got to see Alysia and Dominique too!! :) such beautiful beauties.

7. I'm going to LA in May. I need to. My lovely boy, Shane, came to visit me for a week in January in the cold ass weather all the way from LA so it's only right that I go visit him in May for a week in the hot weather. Tee might come with me. Hyped! All I wanna do over there is go to the beach (every day), jam out, get to know LA, meet some cuties over there, and GET BROWN!!

8. Happy Belated Dominican Independence Day!! It was last saturday and yes I did rep a little bit. I went to work wearing my dominican wrist band and wearing my dominican button on my shirt. Ahh I love being dominican!! <3

9. Speaking of, I'm off to DR on March 28th-April 9th. Cannot wait! I haven't been there in 2 years! that's OD for me.

10. Speaking of once again, I was on the Megabus leaving Philly and some people behind me were talking about New York and where they live in New York. The guy lived downtown and the girl was talking about how she lives in Washington Heights ( mind you, both of these people were white....not to be racist or anything). So yea, the girl she was like "Yea I live in Washington Heights on Fort Washington Avenue, I hate it, There's lots of Dominicans around there. They're cool people but they just have such a loud culture" ...........really bitch? lol wow that's crazy. First of all, you live on FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE which is where all the white folks live and there is no nose around there whatsoever and our "loud culture" is what makes this neighborhood freaking awesome and third, "loud culture" makes no sense. Shut up.

11. On the same journey back but on the 1 train going uptown I over hear a few tourists (white people) talking about broadway shows and they start talking about "In The Heights" and the girl asks what is it about? and the guy goes on by saying it's about Washington Heights, which is in upper manhattan. It has lots of cool dances and music, we should see it so we can talk about it with "Jorge". I'm guessing Jorge is their only hispanic friend. I swear tourists.....ugh.

12. I got to spend time and get to know better a good friend of mine that goes to UPenn. He's such a sweetheart and an amazing ass person. He just got accepted to Harvard Graduate School. What a freaking genius ass phenomenal person. word.

13. I'm actually looking forward to this Spring, this winter has really blown mines.

14. I want to drop out of school, quit my job and become a nomad.

15. I seriously cannot believe it's March already. I was just celebrating New Years just the other day, crazy. Time is flying like crazy.

16. I want another tattoo.

17. I miss my niece and nephews, Isaiah, Luis Daniel and Jasmine like Crazy.

18. Life, is kicking my ass

19. I feel very alone most of the time.

20. Something is missing.

21. I just deleted my facebook, It feels good.

back in the day.

2010-02-26T11:13:00.000-08:00

Pocahontus got some serious game. she bagged in just a few hours lol
and this song is mad real to the core. We gotta start loving our world more and realize that no one is greater nor lower then us, we are all equally important and beautiful.

p.s. this is exactly like the Avatar story, that james Cameron guy was not creative at all, at least not with the storyline.

YES!!

2010-02-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

This OD CRACKED ME UP!!! I WANNA LEARN THIS DANCE SOO BAD lol

Original Video.

Little boy names Brennen's verision of the "Yes Dance"

Let's do the fork in the garbage disposale "ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding" lol hahahaha

I need to......

2010-02-24T20:39:00.000-08:00

Listening & Hearing.

2010-02-22T04:27:00.000-08:00

"What are you holding out for?
What's always in the way?
Why so damn absent-minded?
Why so scared of romance?

This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me"
-Block Party

I love Block Party.
a lot.
If you don't know about them, get on it. They're dope. Unless you don't like alternative rock/pop, but you should still give them a listen. I was on my way to go see In The Heights last night (btw I was in the 5th row and Corbin Bleu looked like a manifestion in the makings...oh how I long for him!) when this^ song came on my ipod and I hadn't listened to it in ages. When I say listen, I mean really hear the words. For the past year it seems like my ipod has been on but I haven't really been listening. I have more than 100 CD's and more than 4000 songs on my ipod and still, I've been distracted with the world--not in a good way. But I'm back, and I'm going to really LISTEN to music again. I'm going to remember why I fell in love with hip-hop in the first place, listen to my countries merengue tipicos, rock to Block Party and the Ataris, and jam out to the new Sade and await for Erykah's explosive album to drop next week.

Dear music,

I'm sorry for taking you for granted.
I didn't mean to.
The world was drifting me apart from you.
But I'm back. I promise not to do this again.

Love,
Pricelis

2010 Concerts are looking good.

2010-02-21T10:13:00.000-08:00

2008 was the year of concerts! I went to more than 10 concerts that year. It was revolutionary. Then 2009 came around and it disappointed me greatly. I believe I only went to a few concerts; Busta Rhymes, Black Star, Erykah Badu, and the Hip Hop Legends concert, and I missed a Goapele concert (whackkkk). But 2010 has arrived and It's looking pretty soulful. The typical hip-hop line up is no longer in play, we got the ladies stepping their games up. I remember saying that last year when I saw Erykah Badu and Janelle Monae in concert it had been the first female concert I'd ever been too, sadly there aren't enough ladies in the hip-hop world representing us. But it's cool. Ima see A. Keys and Corrine Bailey Rae for the first time. very BOOSTED! and Ima see Janelle Monae and Q-tip again. ahhhhh I love concerts!! :)

Q-Tip

Alicia Keys

Janelle Monae

Corrine Bailey Rae

I'm missing Rock the Bells again this summer but hopefully it's not too great so I won't feel bad that I missed it lol

peace out!!!!!!