Man of the Year (or survey really): Van Hunt

I love this man:



So I will give this a shot!



Instructions: Using only song titles from ONE ARTIST OR BAND, answer these questions. Pass it on to 12 people and include me. You can't use the artist or band I used. Do not repeat a song title. Repost as "My Life According to (ARTIST OR BAND NAME) I was tagged by the lovely Knobody.


Are you a male or female?: Being a Girl
Describe yourself: Daredevil Baby
How do you feel: Hole in my Heart
Describe where you currently live: In the Southern Shade
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Break Down Ur Door
Your favorite form of transportation: Ride, Ride, Ride
Your best friend is: Her Smile
Your favorite color is: Blood from a Heart of Stone
What's the weather like: Who Will Love me in Winter
Favorite time of the day: Seconds of Pleasure
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: Hidden Charm
What is life to you: Mean Sleep
Your relationships: The Lowest 1 of My Desires
Your fear: Come Tomorrow
What is the best advice you have to give: There's Never a G'Time to Say Goodbye
If you could change your name, you would change it to: Precious
Thought for the Day: What Can I Say
How I would like to die: At the End of a Slow Dance
My soul's present condition: Down Here in Hell (With You)
My Motto: Anything to Get Your Attention ;)

Tags: Ziggy, Riva, Hairlicious, Dorinae, Altamese, Carrie, True_Sanctuary, Brooklyn, LittleMissKnobody, Alex Devonce, Shannon, anyone else who wants to do it!

21.

So my 21st birthday occured on Friday. I went to class, then my sis and I went and ran some errands. Some relatives came over (basic tradition of telling stories about the days me and my siblings were born and eating cake) and birthday money trumped the shit paycheck I'm getting at the end of the month. Then my bestie picked me and my sis up and met some of our friends at Applebee's.

My friend Michelle and her boyfriend got there before us. The DeAnna sauntered in maybe 20-30 minutes after. Then Ebony and Rebecca got there extra late, but it was okay because by then I had a couple of drinks in me. And now I will tell the rest of the story via complimenting pictures:



First drink - Hurricane



Second drink - Pomegranate Martini...loved it!



Third Drink - White Peach Sangria...that was pretty good too.



I did this a lot at the table...signature laugh face.



Fourth drink - Mango Margarita...it was okay.



Not as many people came as I thought...damn Facebook events. It was still fun though.



One of my friends decided to be generous enough to buy me a shot and a half of Patron..nastay.



My method of masking the taste.



Which one of us is tipsy? You'll never know...



Shannon wrapped my present in newspaper...can we say trife?



This is my favorite pic...second to the lime pic.

There are more, but you get the gist. For my Facebook friends, there's a lot more pics up there.

Some of these are cut off...just click on the pic to see the rest.

Hair discovery!

So today I prepoo'd by rubbing my oil mix of castor, olive, and coconut into my scalp and then putting Silk Elements Olive Condish on my hair. I decided to try heat since I was in a hurry. I put my hair in three twists, baggy'd (shower cap), and used my blow dryer. After about 15-20 minutes, I took the twists out and my hair looked extra wavy. Like so:





I like it because it looks wet, but it's not wet.

I think I will try this right before I go to my birthday dinner tomorrow. I'll just put less conditioner in it since I washed my hair already.

Opinions?

Definition of Bravery.

I did a little tree chart thingy (courtesy of Rivaflowz) and this is what I came up with:

Bravery
Fight
Love
Carry
Secrets
Passion
Heavy
Hands
Speak
Hearts
Scream
Silence

As I wrote these words, I thought of the connections and came up with this:


One who will fight
For love and
Carry
Its secrets of
Passion
Heavy
In hands
That speak in place of
Hearts
Screaming in
Silence.


Thoughts?

Life is a (hopefully) gradual process.

Hey all. For those who don't follow me on Twitter, I guess I gotta update for y'all every once in a while.

I'm about halfway through my second summer class and it's pretty fun. I feel like going to an HBCU and taking classes such as African-American Lit really opened me up to some viewpoints I never really saw as a girl living in Hickory. Poetry-wise, I'm focusing my whole individual project on imitating/being inspired by different time periods. We went around the room and talked about our projects, and my teacher suggested that I study all the forms, for example, if I did slavery, I do a confessional of sorts. It fits too because I'm currently reading Hottentot Venus, which is all about slavery.

I've been way too lazy in between all these classes. I need to read the bare minimum for this class plus read for Thesis in the fall. I also probably need to do some extra reading.

Anyway, I'm at work (boring as hell) and I need to get ready to close this place up.

Any twitterheads should follow me. Name's curiousluvchild . Duh.