Funny Ish

Hot ass mess. My head was moving very fast trying to catch up. Watch the video to see what I mean. Lawd

Irene...She's coming!!!

Good morning lovelies. Hurricane Irene is definitely on her way. This weekend, I had the grand idea to go to New York to venture out to the Afro Punk concert in Brooklyn. Besides the concert, I had a family gathering that I wanted to attend. Unknown  to me, I went to work with a large rolling bag and my essentials (underwear) that I needed for the weekend. I figured I wouldn't bring clothes with me because I could always shop in New York. My last hour of work, I received a tip from a co-worker to not go anywhere because New York was going to be shut down. I kept hearing the whole entire day about Irene who I didn't know existed until the last minute. I bought my ticket and then looked up what every one was talking about. From the MTA site, I gathered that New York would be shutting down at 12pm today, meaning I would have to stay my behind at my grandmother's house. Then to top that off, how would I get back to DC if the trains and buses weren't working? Bridges are also to be shut down because the wind will pick up to 60 mph. I'm so sad about my loss of adventure in the big city but much more happier to be sitting at my computer out of harms way. Damn you, Irene!!!

I watched a video recently about Irene's effect in North Carolina. She's a force not to reckoned with at this moment. Rain started falling in DC already.

Earthquake Continued (Chimi's thoughts)

Just like Carly, yesterday's Earthquake was the shake felt by the East Coast. Now that I actually read some states effected, I definitely should've reached out to family that live in NY and GA. Yesterday was very weird however. During the Earthquake, my building shook and you could see the lights that hung from the ceiling moving like a pendulum. I was calm however but ran out in the hallway to see what was wrong. At first I thought something fell off the wall.  My other co-workers were walking around asking were we okay. Bells sounded off throughout my building and I had to make sure that precious cargo left the building. My coworker however asked for her bag while I left all of my belongings on the table. Needless to say during the aftermath of the Earthquake, I didn't have any form of communication (beides the fact nothing was working but twitter). I was outside of my job for about two and a half hours in the damn heat. I took my glasses off to even out my tan. My feet hurt. My lotion slid off my legs making puddles. It was a hot mess literally. I had to stand outside of my work place because it was predicted that another tremor would come at 3:30pm but to no avail. I left work early for the first and probably last time of the whole year.

After leaving work early, I went out to Busboys and Poets to get some drinks and food with some of my co-workers. After the tremors, DC did not stop running. People were outside having a grand time like nothing ever happened. I'm just happy that I was calm throughout the whole ordeal.

Earthquake!!

Hello people!
After getting in home, I have had time to truly reflect on the impact that aftershocks of an earthquake had on me. As a Washingtonian, I have never experienced an earthquake or its aftermath. Needless to say, August 23rd, 2011 will be a memorable moment for me.

While at work, I experienced a shake that had me shaking and puzzled. Confused and feeling unbalanced, I had just experienced the aftershocks of an earthquake that occurred in Virginia. After finally evacuating the building, I was able to learn more about what had just occurred and how other states were affected. I did my best to check on my family members (having limited phone service). I am glad me and my family and friends were not harmed.

As I reflect on this event, it comes just days after I left Virginia (just posted about my fam trip). It made me realize that I need to be aware of emergency safety for all kinds of natural disasters. It also made me realize how dependent I am on my cell phone (which proved in an event like this not to be a grand source of communication). More importantly, it made me cherish and appreciate my loved ones even more (we tend to take our numbered days on earth for granted). In closing, I am surprised, yet grateful for this experience, for it has enlightened me and made me want to learn more and appreciate my life more as well.

Family Trip

Hey people!
As I am on my way back home from my family trip, let me give the rundown. Yesterday, I went to Virginia Beach. I was able to take in the salty waves as well as the sun. However, I was a bit nervous after seeing a 3- year-old suffer a seizure. Thank God he was okay.
After that, I went back in the water to see how far the waves would carry me. Running from waves with my sisters and brother, me and my glasses were unable to escape a huge wave. I came up from the push of two waves, but my poor glasses were lost at the beach.

Leaving (blindly) from the beach, we got some goodies (food). Snacking on funnel cakes, Blizzards, ice cream cones and hot dogs, we made our way back to Wyndham Resort where we headed straight to the pool. After swimming a little, we went to the arcade and back to the suite. Needless to say, I showered and took my blind ass to sleep.
Today, before making our way back to D.C., we went to a small (weak ass) amusement park. My nephews weren't able to ride much, even though they were at kiddie land. Nevertheless, we were able to go-kart race and the kids played at the arcade. Now, I'm back in my neck of the woods and can't wait to get home to get my old faithfuls (old spare pair of glasses). I had tons of fun! I hope this can be an annual trip. (Special shoutout to my Big Sis Crishana for putting this together for the fam!!)

Virginia Beach

Good morning people! Its a beautiful day for me and my family. We are enjoying a mini-vacay in Williamsburg, Virginia. Yesterday, we started out onour journey with a weeble-wobble ride down the road from Maryland to Virginia. We arrived with enough time to settle in at our suite at the Wyndham Resort.

After resting, we decided to get groceries for our stay. We shopped at Bloom (first timers) as if we were at Safeway or Shoppers back home, then ate a snack before heading to the pool. We only swam (I can't really swim, but whatever) for about 30 minutes. We were joined by two big joints who looked like they were tryna make mayonnaise in the pool. After they left, an attendant came to tell us that our brother couldn't be in the adult pool. So we left and went back to our suite.

After tryin some nasty ass wine/champagne which I thought were good selections, it was off to bed. Now, I am up and ready to see what Virginia Beach has in store for us. Hopefully I can do another post with more pix and details of our adventure!

Flash Mob

Enjoy!!!!

Cupcake Party

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Yay!!!! Chimi and Carly have reached 200 posts (201 actually). When we reached 100 posts, I stated that I would make cupcakes. I lied about the whole thing. I haven't baked in what seems like forever. I usually get the baking bug when I have to sell goods but I am going to have to bake some for Carly's sake. Congrats to us but most importantly thank you for supporting the site. The next celebration will have to be for 500 posts which can probably be a big shindig for next year.

Coley's Birthday Dinner

Yay!!!! Cuzin Coley had a birthday. On Friday, I had the opportunity of going to Fogo de Chao to celebrate my little "cousin's" birthday. Nicole, is one of my dearest friends from my 4 years of college. She is a mover,shaker and is extremely hard working. I love that girl dearly.

Friday was one of the best times I had all summer. Insomnia began my morning however. I went to bed at 4:15am and my alarm clock goes off at 5 (I definitely played myself). When the alarm rang I turned it off and continued to sleep. When I finally woke up it was 8 and I was supposed to meet up at 9:30. I rushed and called a cab. I was running around my apartment like a chicken with his head cut off. Grabbing things and placing them in my leather knapsack. The taxi dispatch called my phone around 8:50 to let me know my taxi had arrived. I got in and was on my way to Columbia Heights. When I got there, of course was rushing but when I got settled, I saw that no one else was moving. I took this as an opportunity to go to Target to buy snacks. We didn't leave until 10:20. My trip was fun at the water park hanging out in the lazy river, on the water slides and in the pool. This trip was what I needed. A whole day to go swimming. My trip was short lived however.

The Birthday Girl

After my trip I lallygagged a little until about 7:30 before coming to my Cuzin Coley's birthday dinner at Fogo de Chão. This a first at this restaurant. I actually got there very early and I sat at the bar trying to stall time. I wanted a mojito but the bartender insisted that I get a Caipirinha, a Brazilian drink. It was an OK drink but I would've been satisfied with a mojito. After being the first person at her party for a while, in walks another one of our friends, Texas. She was rushing and thought she was late. She was actually relieved that she made it on time. About 10 minutes later, Nicole walked in. After her arrival more of her invited guests started to show up. We were finally seated and were told about how Fogo operates. Salad bar, Meat buffet, and side orders. Drinks had to be paid for separately. The salad bar was lavish and filled with all types of things. I was warned not to fill up on the salad bar because when the meat would come I would be overwhelmed. I hadn't even starting eating before men with meat and knives started walking around. Filet mignon, chicken, lamb chops, pork sausage, filet mignon wrapped in bacon,  and the house special were on my plate before I touched my salad. I took my time to eat every morsel. I added fried plantains, and mashed potatoes to my plate to make sure I got my $50 worth. Fifty dollars is how much I had to pay for my food normally but because we wanted Nicole to have free food, everyone at the table had to pay $80 per plate. :(

I wanted to go home after her dinner but I went out for more drinks at Dupont Circle. We wound up at Midtown a multileveled bar with pricey drinks. We left Dupont for Adams Morgan and danced the rest of the night at Heaven and Hell. This was the first time in many years, I have seen so many people at this bar. It was a lot of fun to hang out with friends and hang out with the birthday girl.

Laundry Mishap

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The post I just finished about saving money and minimizing spending will be hard considering that I screw up washing my damn clothes. Hence this can be one of my reasons for continuously buying clothes. On Wednesday when I returned from Atlanta, Carly and I went to the laundromat down the street from our apartment. According to Carly, I don't know how to wash clothes which is a lie because I've been doing it a long time yet that doesn't mean that it's efficient washing. I for one cannot follow the laundry symbols. What exactly does all of that mean? I usually wash my clothes by temperature. Before I used to wash by color: whites, brights and darks. I usally still do that but its more of a mix. I was my clothes and then move toward the driers. I make sure to pull out clothes that don't need to be dried or at least I thought I did. When I finished drying my clothes, I found a few items that shrunk. I had a dark blue dress I wore to work would now be my dark blue shirt I can wear to work. I am a little sad that my dress shrunk. I wish there were ways that you could take a damaged item and rework them so they could be back in their normal  state.
I know for a fact that will not happen but I did brainstorm ideas and even thought of my beloved Real Simple magazine to come up with a solution. For instance, I have a dress that I wore the Gala in Tennessee that I washed when I visited my father. I followed the directions of washing it in cold water and let it hang dry so I could prevent it from shrinking. When I took the dress out of the washer, I saw that it had looked as if I bleached it. It had light spots all over it. My first instinct was to throw the dress away but then I thought about dying it another color. In an old article of Real Simple it talked about dying clothes to revive them. I was thinking of taking my grey dress and making it a dark blue or just blue in general. I am excited to say the least to dye my dress (post coming soon) and also to get a little acquainted with better washing my clothes

Moving on Up

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Morning. I'm starting to feel like a full grown adult. On Thursday, I went to school so that I could turn in paperwork that they needed. I was supposed to leave early in the morning so that I could do other things throughout the day but I wound up waking up at 12pm. I hurried to get out the house so that I could take care of my business. When I got to school, I was the third person in line at enrollment services. When my turn came up, I sat in the chair and spilled the beans about turning in paperwork and told the lady, I had issues trying to find a sign copy of my 1040 tax papers. She was about to send me off to find a signed copy, but the next question is what sparked a different response. I asked her about how to enroll in the automatic payments so I could pay for school out of pocket. She told me that if I wanted to just pay for my classes then I didn't need to come all the way up to school to do that. I could have enrolled and started paying already. For my last semester in Grad school, I would owe my school $6090 and that is not including books. For the first time in my six years in college, I am able to pay out of pocket for my education. I am excited about paying for it but also came up with ways that I could maximize my money to start my payments.

I was thinking of minimizing my spending. Majority of what I spend my money on is clothing. I really have an issue as far as clothes because I often buy clothes as a reward and even to change my mood. In sickness, happiness or sadness, I shop. Clothes has been a major issue and usually a topic I write a lot about but now my new obession is home decor. Carly and I have been living together for 2 years and I never have been so involved in decorating the house more than I have this summer. I think the extra income that I recieve from my new job has a lot to do with it. I doubled my salary which is a blessing but also my curse because I, Chimi am addicted to spending money. I think I need to attend Spenders Anonymous classes if they exist.  Another solution would be to wear what I have in my closet. If you were to comb through my closet you could see that I have clothes that still have tags on them. I have clothes I haven't wore in months. I always told myself I should have a sidewalk sale but usually, I donate my clothes to others or swap them. I am going to try very hard to keep from spending money once I start my payment plan. I am going to have to get used to paying school since I owe so much for my six years in college. Oy Vey!!!!

Jay-Z and Kanye West- Watch the Throne

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 This is the most anticipated album of the year. Rumors of two of the most influential rappers creating one CD has come true. In more of a tick for tack style of rapping, you hear J then Ye. This back and forth motion happens throughout the whole CD. The forerunner for this CD was "H.A.M." which I heard probably in January on Hot97. From there, I have been hooked on trying to see what the CD was about. The latest release of "Otis" sealed the deal however. I have never really been so antsy about a release in a long time. When I finally got the CD I made to get the deluxe edition for the additional tracks. Of the 16 songs on the CD I like 10 songs. As a review half of the CD is a great review in my opinion. Of those 10 songs, 1 is an honorable mention. I listened to the CD about five times since I got it and form opinions every time.

These tracks were just over the top for me. The beats of these tracks are bananas beside the fact that the lyricism was on point.

No Church in the wild- 808 and Heartbreaks feel. Infusion of rock for beat.

No Church In The Wild - Dehsinotsa by dehsinotsa

Lift Off- This song sounds epic. The addition of NASA made the song that much better. Great song from start to finish

Lift Off by OMFGOMFGMusic

Niggas in Paris- Beat is sick. The change at the end of the song kills it.

Jay Z & Kayne West - Niggas In Paris by modoodom

Gotta Have It- Infusion of James Brown.

Gotta Have It by OMFGOMFGMusic

Who Gon Stop Me- Chopped & Screwed background. So boastful. Straight stank face.

Who Gon Stop Me by OMFGOMFGMusic

Illest Motherf------- Alive- Ye kills this song

Illest Motherfucker Alive by BannanaStrings

The Joy- Infusion of Curtis Mayfield. Charlie Wilson doing adlibs

The Joy by halfchannel

Why I Love you so (Honorable mention)- I hated this song at first. After listening to it so many times, I listened to the lyrics.

Why I Love You by OMFGOMFGMusic

Lonny Bereal feat. Kelly Rowland- Favor

Hello ya'll. It feels awesome to be back in my humble abode and sit at my computer. Writing about the random is definitely what I do the best. While on Youtube scoping some videos -I haven't seen,  I found Lonny Bereal. To some, you may not know who he is but he's an amazing vocalist. I got my taste of him live when he backed up Tank at a concert Carly and I went to earlier this year. He has a crazy range if you ask me. But enough about him and on to the song.

"Favor" is a song that I heard a while ago but the arrangement of people were definitely different. In this song, Chris Brown and Teyana Taylor accompanied Mr. Bereal and I have to say the result extraordinary. That song quickly became a favorite. A song to get dirty to. I know ya'll know what I mean by that. Fast forward to listening to this song currently. I am slowly becoming a Kelly Rowland hater. I know it's sad but yet so true. One of my favorite songs is ruined because she decided to add her little spin. Her notes are flat....Ay caramaba!!! What is to become of me? I need to listen to her album. Hopefully, that will make me love her again. Until then my thoughts will stay at the Player Hater's Ball.

For your listening pleasure, I added the Chris Brown version. After listening to both, let me know what you think.


Chris Brown feat. Lonny Bereal & Teyana Taylor - Favor by Asia Sweettooth Feliz

Chris Brown- Boy in Detention

Hey ya'll... Just went around the blogosphere and found that Chris Brown has a new mixtape. I haven't formed any opinions yet, but I will definitely listen and tell you the notable tracks. Enjoy!!!

Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Provided by DatPiff.com

UPDATE: I actually had time to look over the mixtape and have a few songs that I feel made the cut.

Freaky I'm Iz- I like the beat to this song. This song is self explanatory. About how freaky the singers are the bedroom and how it would go down.

Spend it All- (Carly's favorite song) A song about spending money on a bootylicious stripper.

Private Dancer- Another song about a stripper that he wants to make a stripper his private dancer.

Leave the Club- Infatuation with mysterious person in the club. Falling in outside of the club.

Your Body- The beat does it for me for this song. Chris has an effortless flow.

Ladies love Me- Infusion of "Look at me now". Chris Brown and Justin Bieber flowing on a beat

Best Yo- I like this song.

Sweetheart- Carribean feel. A fall in love type song

Strip- A private strip show

Yoko- Asian sounding

ATL, GA

Good morning lovelies. I know I am behind in my posting but wanted to let you know what I've been up to.  I left Nashville on Friday on a very early flight. Fromn Nashville, I stopped in Chicago (O'Hare) before getting to the A. When I finally got there my dad was waiting at baggage claim, early as always. We drove around and picked up my stepmom from work. From that day forward, I have been a couch potato. I have been falling asleep on the carpet, couch, and taking that dreaded walk up the stairs to my room. We have been in the house watching movies and old classics like Good Burger, The Wayans Bros., and All That. I'm like excited to say the least. What was funny in the 90s still resignates. My father said I'm taking him back to my youth.

Yesterday however was a little different because I was wasn't on the couch. My father took me to Little Five Points, a little spot in ATL I heard about from a friend. Of course when I want to go somewhere new, I do some type of research. L5P, looks exactly like its pictures. It is filled with vintage shops and cute places to eat. I only got to experience it for a few hours before we had to pick up my step mother from work but I had a good time. We ate a place named Vortex which is a gaudy burger joint. We walked into a few vintage shops and I actually bought something from Rag-o-rama. I picked up 2 skirts and a bracelet.

Today, I am up bright and early because this is my last full day to spend in ATL. I am trying to figure out where to go. I told my dad I wanted to see the musuems and maybe some other historical stuff.  I'll give you an update on that a little later.

Nashville, Tennessee

(NOTE: This post was created August 1 and recently posted).

Good morning lovelies. I am currently in Nashville, TN for a summit for my job. So far it has been a blast. I have heard so much about my job being the "and all be all" and I actually got to see it in action. Over 2000 people from all over the country and world are here at summit. It was an overwhelming experience seeing how BIG of a movement my job really is. I am already thinking about summit for next year which will be in Orlando.

When I first started working at my job, the first thing I had to do was sign up for summit. All of expenses my wpaid for me to come to this week long professional development. The months in between have gone past extremely fast and I cannot believe I am actually here. My journey started out Monday morning to to an unfamiliar airport (BWI). My flight was supposed to leave at 2pm and it was delayed. The flight actually left Baltimore at 2:40 which I wasn't exactly happy with since I had another flight to catch in Atlanta. When I finally get to ATL, I had dash through the airport in order to catch my next flight. I was running like a chicken with his head cut off because, i didn't have the
boarding pass to my next flight. I thought all of my tickets would have printed out at BWI but they didn't. I walked up to a Delta clerk to help me and she told me where to catch my next flight. When I got to the terminal, they were already boarding. I stood in a long line with Standbys to get on the flight. They kept calling people for my flight and I was sweating bullets thinking about what would've happened if I got left. My thought process was getting the best of me as I was in line. So much negative skipped through my mind. When they called on me, I told them my situation and they found my ticket, asked for my ID and I was on the flight. I was literally saved by the bell. My flight reached TN at about 5:45pm. I had to go to baggage claim to pick up my bag and went on my merry little way to the hotel.

Kelly Rowland-Motivation (Live)

SMH.... I've been bamboozled. So like many people, I watched the BET Awards for the most part and thought one of the highlights was Kelly Rowland performing with Trey Songz. Trey's vocals was ehhhh but then Kelly came out and rocked the house. I mean my guy friend even had to gasp for air with that performance. It was phenomenal. So fast forward to a month later, she performs it live for Jay Leno and I am floored. This was her opportunity to carry the song by herself. No bueno. Of course I didn't expect her to sound the same as the BET Awards but at least sound great. I'm a little sad. I am rooting for her. I hated it. The breakdowns weren't helping. SMDH

Miguel- Quickie

Ok, so I have been a fan of Miguel since his release of All I want is you, his debut album. I even had the opportunity to meet him and he is a very humbled guy. To be honest I have no idea about this damn video. At first I was a little shocked thinking to myself that the video was a soft core porn. He is really giving up the SEX in this video. Then I had to rethink. Of course this song's video would be racy, its about a DAMN quickie. I guess what I envisioned for the video maybe wasn't pushing to envelope enough. Meeting a girl at a club, taking her back to the crib and calling it a night but the girl being gone in the morning. I mean that probably was boring thoughts compared to having women in garder belts and flapping ass cheeks but I digress. Is it safe to say that Miguel has a little sexy joint on his hands? What do you think?

Red Tails

Definite must see in 2012!!!!

Blogger's Obsession by MAC

Good morning. I am supposed to be packing for my trip to Tennessee today but I am too busy looking at this clip. While checking my 15000 (real number) e-mails, I came across one specifically from MAC. I haven't exactly purchased any MAC products, but I was interested in Pink Friday, the uber pink lipstick from Nicki Minaj. MAC however has a line/collection based on beauty bloggers. Interesting right? I don't think I would've taken notice to this had it not been for Afrobella. Afrobella, a blogger I follow because she is natural and has many ideas for hair regimes and styles actually has her own lipglass. All of my purple life , was inspired by the purple one himself, Prince. I had to post this video once knowing that. Prince is an all time favorite of mine, Go figure. Watch the excitement of other beauty bloggers as they take a trip to MAC to create their own makeup shades of glosses and eyeshadow.