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| Shoes and belt: DSW Pants: Express Yellow sweater: Target |
Saturday, December 20, 2014
To Bee Or Not To Bee?
Ok so black and yellow isn't the most exciting color combo, but when paired with funky animal print booties and matching belt this can be a fun and vibrant fall look.
Popin' Tags: Thrifting Edition
So I've heard a couple people here and there talk about thrifting. Thrift store shopping is a whole new beast and it requires time, patience and humility. Sifting through racks and racks of clothes is no easy task but when you find that special piece that diamond in the rough it's well worth it! Not to mention you pay a fraction of the price for items you may otherwise pay an arm and a leg for.
I'm a clearance rack shopper but that can still mean I pay upwards of $20 to $30 for an article of clothing. Now that I'm a mother of two, with a number of expenses, I'm realizing I have to be much more strategic with my shopping. Watch the results of my first thrifting attempt and decide for yourself whether or not you can get into it!
I lurk on many social pages lol, admiring those that put extra effort into their looks. This beautiful lady is one of my favs to follow: @Sharondalinell on IG. Not only is she a gorgeous model but she has a unique fashion sense. She makes her own rules, thinks outside the box and owns it! She is dope, when it comes to piecing together looks, many of which she finds thrifting.
Be sure to check out Sharonda's page for more fun looks!
I'm a clearance rack shopper but that can still mean I pay upwards of $20 to $30 for an article of clothing. Now that I'm a mother of two, with a number of expenses, I'm realizing I have to be much more strategic with my shopping. Watch the results of my first thrifting attempt and decide for yourself whether or not you can get into it!
I lurk on many social pages lol, admiring those that put extra effort into their looks. This beautiful lady is one of my favs to follow: @Sharondalinell on IG. Not only is she a gorgeous model but she has a unique fashion sense. She makes her own rules, thinks outside the box and owns it! She is dope, when it comes to piecing together looks, many of which she finds thrifting.
Be sure to check out Sharonda's page for more fun looks!
Saturday, December 6, 2014
The Dedication
Nope! I know what you're thinking and this post isn't about Lil' Wayne and his series of mixtapes under the Dedication. Although, I might as well take the moment to say I do think he's fallen off since the Hot Boys and earlier Carter albums ijs. Despite the cookie cutter image I seem to project (shoulder shrug) I like pretty gritty Rap and Hip Hop. Well, let me say this I admire and respect lyricist. I'm no Wayne hater, one of my favorite albums is the Carter II. Wayne just ain't talkin' about much nowadays.
Like really, I think every other word is pussy this, pussy that. Swallowing kids, eating this, and munching on that! Sipping whatever the hell is in his cup and feeling it necessary to tell women he don't go down (with them dangerous ass, diamond encrusted teeth) unless the ladies are keeping their grass cut smh. Then of course, the countless references to AK47s, choppers, etc. etc. etc. Hahaha! Did that all sound dope coming from this suburban, corporate woman, mother of two! Lmao, probably not, but does it really sound better coming out of Wayne's mouth, or is it because he's rapping all that crazy talk over a cold ass beat? I say "Cold Ass Beat for $400, Alex!"
Ok, so really this was not supposed to be about Wayne but rather the real dedication it takes to make it in the rap game. It is soooooooooooo saturated. First of all everyone thinks they can do it, even me. Yes, me. I'm a spoken word head, and often write my poetry to music which I think to some degree could make me a rapper. What y'all think?
Listen, but really I remember sitting in my high school cafeteria at ETHS. Me and the girls chillin', sharing a bag of Flammin' Hots, gossiping about who's dating who and who we wanna be hooked up with and all that nonsense. I remember one particular day looking over my shoulder to see these dudes freestyling. There were always kids rapping but there was one that I would never forget, he use to go in! This tall, skinny kid, that use to look at the ground, raise his shoulders up and sway his hands back and forth while the rhymes just flowed from his lips. I literally stopped in the middle of my conversation to just watch in awe. It's like with the flip of a switch something just lit up in him. I don't know where it came from but it came, it was like something out of a movie. He was a pretty quiet kid, I think, I didn't really know much about him but there were two things EVERYONE knew: They called him Lunz and he could rap!
That was about 12 years ago....the other day I was on a homegirl's FB page and saw that he had shared a link. Me being my nosey self, clicked on the link and what I saw put an enormous smile on my face. Okay let me take the time to say here that I'm a bit of a sap. I get emotional when I see my brothers and sisters doing awesome things. So I was smiling ear to ear because I saw Lungz is still grinding after all these years trying to make this rap game surrender to his skills. I say trying, but he's definitely made lots of strides. He's making videos, got an album out and has worked with heavy hitters in the industry like King Louie, Logic and J.U.S.T.I.C. League to name a few.
Man, in life when you say you've been grinding look at someone like Chris (aka Lungz) and the years of work he's put in to perfect his craft and bring it to the streets so people can enjoy hip hop that actually speaks to something other than violence, money, bitches, and hoes (sorry mom!) lol. In this world you have to believe in yourself because if you don't people will easily kill your dreams, self esteem, all that. He's a motivation to me as I struggle and grind to get my entrepreneurial ventures off the ground. We have to go in knowing doors will close and be locked...with a dead bolt but you know what they say, keep knocking until someone lets you in and when they do you better be ready to show them what you got!
See what Lungz got, and check out one of my favs off his latest album Inebriation, "Pictures on the Wall." Support this brotha, like, share and download his album. Let's get his views up and show these new school kids what a true lyricist looks like and what feel good music is all about!
Like really, I think every other word is pussy this, pussy that. Swallowing kids, eating this, and munching on that! Sipping whatever the hell is in his cup and feeling it necessary to tell women he don't go down (with them dangerous ass, diamond encrusted teeth) unless the ladies are keeping their grass cut smh. Then of course, the countless references to AK47s, choppers, etc. etc. etc. Hahaha! Did that all sound dope coming from this suburban, corporate woman, mother of two! Lmao, probably not, but does it really sound better coming out of Wayne's mouth, or is it because he's rapping all that crazy talk over a cold ass beat? I say "Cold Ass Beat for $400, Alex!"
Ok, so really this was not supposed to be about Wayne but rather the real dedication it takes to make it in the rap game. It is soooooooooooo saturated. First of all everyone thinks they can do it, even me. Yes, me. I'm a spoken word head, and often write my poetry to music which I think to some degree could make me a rapper. What y'all think?
Listen, but really I remember sitting in my high school cafeteria at ETHS. Me and the girls chillin', sharing a bag of Flammin' Hots, gossiping about who's dating who and who we wanna be hooked up with and all that nonsense. I remember one particular day looking over my shoulder to see these dudes freestyling. There were always kids rapping but there was one that I would never forget, he use to go in! This tall, skinny kid, that use to look at the ground, raise his shoulders up and sway his hands back and forth while the rhymes just flowed from his lips. I literally stopped in the middle of my conversation to just watch in awe. It's like with the flip of a switch something just lit up in him. I don't know where it came from but it came, it was like something out of a movie. He was a pretty quiet kid, I think, I didn't really know much about him but there were two things EVERYONE knew: They called him Lunz and he could rap!
That was about 12 years ago....the other day I was on a homegirl's FB page and saw that he had shared a link. Me being my nosey self, clicked on the link and what I saw put an enormous smile on my face. Okay let me take the time to say here that I'm a bit of a sap. I get emotional when I see my brothers and sisters doing awesome things. So I was smiling ear to ear because I saw Lungz is still grinding after all these years trying to make this rap game surrender to his skills. I say trying, but he's definitely made lots of strides. He's making videos, got an album out and has worked with heavy hitters in the industry like King Louie, Logic and J.U.S.T.I.C. League to name a few.
Man, in life when you say you've been grinding look at someone like Chris (aka Lungz) and the years of work he's put in to perfect his craft and bring it to the streets so people can enjoy hip hop that actually speaks to something other than violence, money, bitches, and hoes (sorry mom!) lol. In this world you have to believe in yourself because if you don't people will easily kill your dreams, self esteem, all that. He's a motivation to me as I struggle and grind to get my entrepreneurial ventures off the ground. We have to go in knowing doors will close and be locked...with a dead bolt but you know what they say, keep knocking until someone lets you in and when they do you better be ready to show them what you got!
See what Lungz got, and check out one of my favs off his latest album Inebriation, "Pictures on the Wall." Support this brotha, like, share and download his album. Let's get his views up and show these new school kids what a true lyricist looks like and what feel good music is all about!
Another fav off the album "Still Thuggin"
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