TODAY IS CHRISTMAS EVE

Merry Christmas everyone,

Im sick as i dont know what but I couldnt help thinking, while sipping on chicken soup..lol of how happy I was to be home with my parents. No matter how much drama is in a home it always seems to disappear when christmas comes. Ive been sitting around watching the old christmas cartoons and movies and again have come to the understanding that christmas isnt about presents but the family that you can share that time with. Of coarse for the little kids the thoughts of santa and what they recieve under the tree is super important, but for the adults i think we should step back and just enjoy being with the ones we love. And if your alone this christmas because of whatever try to enjoy yourself and know that no one is ever alone. No one should be alone on christmas, so call someone of something, anything. Loving one another is all we will ever have, so cherish it whenever you can.

Love, Peace and Joy

on the dome today

The last few days have been the most stressful for me, yet no matter how many tears and days of pulling out my hair i got through them all. So today i realize im to strong to be just settling, i need to have and do better. For me and need to be stress free.

The last day ART BASEL= Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach takes place December 4 - 7, 2008.

Now although im not at home for Art Basel, boooooo!!! Ive been trying to keep up with all the different works of art , different artist, and basically what's new. One of the things that I noticed that was alot of the artist involved this year were inspirerd by our new President. President Obama was almost every where in the exhibitions, showing a collection of compassion and embrace that he represents for everyone all over the world.

We can only hope that the political leader that we have choosen to represent us, wont be brought down by the Economic down fall.

2004 portrait of Obama by Martin Schoeller.

Chris Brown: Save me

It seems as though Chris is cry out for help or looking for a new way to express himself.

Almost every blog is blasting this inspiration track. Im not sure where it is going but at least he's making music again and is doing some ones hook.

Chris Brown:Save Me

http://www.zshare.net/audio/522803834b66ce01/

Its the best MUSIQ

Musiq soul child,

one of my favorite artist in the game on the grind and philly native.

Has a new album dropping 12/9, Im so excited...

SUPPORT REAL MUSIC!!!!!!

My interview w/ Devin "the poet"

After finding him on "college kid tv" aka youtube..lol

I was indulged in his words and intrigued by this guy I had never met.
I wanted to hear more and get to know more. So I did something about it.

Look out for the full interview with the very funny
Devin “the poet” in the break out issue of EMBELLISH Mag.

the other side...so funny (found on the never-ending net)

Willy Wonka Alternate Ending

written by: Mario Lanza

Willy Wonka.....Jimmy FallonAgent Slavinsky.....Will FerrellAgent Barron.....Tina FeyVeruca Salt.....Reese WitherspoonViolet Beauregard.....Rachel DratchAugustus Gloop.....Darrell HammondGrandpa Joe.....Jeff RichardsCharlie Bucket.....Chris KattanThe Oompa Loompas.....several midgets [Scene opens with a picture of a candy store. Stacks and stacks of Wonka chocolate bars line the shelves. The song
"Pure Imagination" plays in the background.] Voiceover: In 1971, a movie was made that released the power of magic and imagination in children around the world. Starring Gene Wilder as the delightful Mr. Willy Wonka, audiences and critics delighted at the story of a fantastic chocolate factory. Thirty years later, Warner Brothers video is proud to release this special edition DVD of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," featuring outtakes, interviews, and this never before seen alternate ending. [Scene cuts to inside the chocolate factory. Willy Wonka, Grandpa Joe and Charlie Bucket are standing outside the Great Glass Elevator.] Willy Wonka: Don't you see, my boy? You won! The jackpot! Grandpa Joe: Does he get the lifetime supply of chocolate? Willy Wonka: Of course! He gets the chocolate, but that's just the beginning! Charlie, my boy, did you like my chocolate factory? Charlie: I think it's the most amazing place in the whole wide world! [Suddenly there is a knock at a nearby door. Willy Wonka turns towards the sound.] Willy Wonka: Who could that be? I'm not expecting anybody. Grandpa Joe: [excitedly whispering to Charlie] Maybe it's another one of Mr. Wonka's surprises! [Willy Wonka walks over to the door and opens it. Two people in dark suits stand there, a man and a woman. They both look very serious.] Agent Slavinsky: [holding up a badge] Hello, I'm Agent Slavinsky with the health department. This is Agent Barron. We're looking for a Wilhelm Chester Wonka. Willy Wonka: [smiling] Well, I'm Willy Wonka. Agent Barron: Mr. Wonka, we would like to ask you a few questions. Willy Wonka: I'm sorry, all questions must be submitted in writing during the tour. Agent Slavinsky: [ignoring him] Mr. Wonka, is it true that you recently ran a promotion wherein five children could tour your factory? Willy Wonka: Well, yes. I had to test them. To see if they were the ones who would take over my factory someday. Agent Barron: And is it true that these young children were deliberately put in dangerous situations? Is that how you "tested" them? Willy Wonka: I wouldn't say they were dangerous, so much as it tested their character. We had four very naughty children who couldn't obey simple orders. Agent Slavinsky: Orders such as...? Willy Wonka: Well, let's see... There was "Don't drown in my river." "Don't fall down a furnace chute." "Don't get shrunk by my..." Agent Barron: [cutting him off] Ok, kids, come on in. [From behind the agents walk in three children. Augustus Gloop is a fat kid covered in chocolate. Violet Beauregard is still a giant blueberry. She has to waddle in the door. Veruca Salt is covered with garbage and her hair is singed off. They all look pissed.] Veruca Salt: [pointing angrily] That's him! I want him arrested right NOW! Agent Barron: Mister Wonka, we have had numerous complaints from children and parents about the dangerous conditions inside your chocolate factory. These three have all signed complaint affidavits. We have a fourth complainant as well, but he is the size of a pea and can't be here right now. We also have received multiple health code violations and reports of unpaid child laborers toiling inside these walls. We are here to shut you down. Willy Wonka: Those aren't child laborers! Those are my Oompa Loompas! Agent Slavinsky: Oompa Loompas? What are Oompa Loompas? Augustus Gloop: Dey are little orange face men! Violet Beauregard: Those little creeps kicked me around like a soccer ball! Veruca Salt: I want you to arrest the Oompa Loompas right NOW! Agent Barron: Mr. Wonka... what the hell is an Oompa Loompa? Willy Wonka: They are my helpers. My friends. They are from Loompa Land. Agent Slavinsky: [aside to his partner] This guy's higher than a kite. [to Willy Wonka] Could we see your Oompa Loompas, please? Willy Wonka: I'm sorry, they aren't here right now. They had to go home to save their village from a Snozwanger attack. Veruca Salt: He's lying! He has a little flute to summon them! I want you to take his flute right NOW! Willy Wonka: [angrily] Would you shut up, you little trollop! [The agents watch him with stone faces as Willy realizes he shouldn't yell at a little girl.] Willy Wonka: [in a huff] Fine. I'll summon them. But they don't speak any English. You won't be able to talk to them. Veruca Salt: Yes they do! They sing songs! I want him to summon the Oompa Loompas NOW! Willy Wonka: Damnit! Shut up, you spoiled bitch! Agent Barron: [sternly] Summon your midgets, sir. [Willy Wonka pulls out his little flute and plays it. Six Oompa Loompas appear through a nearby door.] Agent Slavinsky: [speaking excitedly into a walkie-talkie] Holy Christ! He's got orange-faced midgets in here! Oompa-Loompa: [In a very thick Mexican accent] Oh ho ho! De fat blueberry girl is back! Let's play tetherball with her thees time! [He sees the agents and quickly shuts up] Agent Barron: Mr. Wonka, where did you get these guys from? Willy Wonka: [nervously] I told you, they are from Loompa Land. I rescued them from the Vermicious Knids, and they agreed to work for me here, for free. Agent Slavinsky: [writing this down on a pad of paper] So they are unpaid laborers? Willy Wonka: Well yes. I mean, no! I don't pay them in money, because they live with me. They are like my children. So I pay them in other ways. Agent Barron: So they are unpaid SLAVE laborers? Willy Wonka: They aren't slaves! The Oompa Loompas love me! [One of the Oompa Loompas holds up a sign to the agents. It is handwritten and says "Help Us."] Agent Barron: [calling over to the Oompa Loompa with the sign] Mr. Loompa, sir? Could you please tell me your name and place of birth? Willy Wonka: [very agitated and speaking very quickly] I'm sorry, I will have to ask you two to leave now. We are very busy. Very busy. We have so much time and so little to do. [Another Oompa Loompa holds up a sign to the agents. It says "He makes us sing!"] Agent Slavinsky: [taking a step towards Willy Wonka] Mr. Wonka, I am going to have to ask you to stand still. Make one move, and I will be forced to restrain you. Veruca Salt: I want him restrained right NOW! Agent Barron: [walking towards the Oompa Loompas] Could you please tell me your names? Willy Wonka: [pissed] Don't answer her! You don't have to talk to her! She is a Snozwanger! Run, my Oompa Loompas, run for your lives! [Agent Slavinsky grabs Wonka's arm and twists it behind him, wrestling him to the floor.] Willy Wonka: Aaaaaggghh! Kill them, my Oompa Loompas! Intruders! Attack! Attack! Do as I have trained you! Eliminate the outsiders! [The Oompa Loompas stand absolutely still] Oompa-Loompa: Whatever, dude. Agent Barron: [to the Oompa Loompa] Could you tell me your name, sir? Oompa-Loompa: [looking very nervous and darting his eyes from the agents to Willy Wonka] My name is Rodrigo Garcia. I come from Mexico City. Mr. Wonka smuggled us here in crates. [Agent Barron wipes her finger against his cheek. His orange face paint wipes off easily.] Agent Barron: My God... Are you all Mexicans? [The Oompa Loompas all nod their head.] Willy Wonka: [from underneath Agent Slavinsky] They're crazy! They have been in the butter gin again! They're high on Snozberries! Agent Slavinsky: Wilhelm Chester Wonka, you are under arrest for the smuggling of illegal laborers from Mexico. Further charges will be brought against you for using unpaid slave labor, harboring illegal immigrant workers, operating a chocolate factory without a health permit, endangering the lives of children, and gross negligence. You are going to jail for a long time. [He tries to drag Wonka to his feet but Wonka struggles. Slavinsky is having a hard time controlling him.] Augustus Gloop: You are a very bad man! You stick me in the tube and now I have claustrophobic nightmares! I was almost made into fudge! [Augustus runs over and jumps on Willy Wonka. He starts pummeling Wonka with his fists.] Veruca Salt: He wouldn't let me have a golden goose! I want to personally spill his blood right NOW! [She walks over and helps Augustus pummel him] Violet Beauregard: I may be a blueberry, but I still want a piece of that bastard! [She waddles over and tries to kick him as he lays on the floor.] Grandpa Joe: [watching in horror] Charlie, let's get out of here! Run, Charlie! [Charlie and Grandpa Joe run out a side door.] [Agents Barron and Slavinsky pick Wonka up, rescuing him from a beating.] Augustus Gloop: I am so mad, I want to eat him! [Agent Slavinsky walks out the door with a semi-conscious handcuffed Willy Wonka.] Willy Wonka: My factory! My Oompa Loompas! My life! Agent Slavinsky: Mr. Wonka, you have the right to remain silent... anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law... [fades out off camera] Agent Barron: [to the Oompa Loompas] It's okay, you are all safe now from the bad man. We will send over some immigration officials to bring you and your families back to your homeland. [to the kids] C'mon kids, let's get you some psychiatric help. [She walks out the door, escorting two kids and a blueberry.] [The Oompa Loompas look around at each other. Then the music starts and they spontaneously sing a song:] "What do you do when your boss is a... prick.Beating and torturing you like a felt-hatted... dick.How you'll cheer when his ass is carted away.Now you don't have to work and sing... all... day!We live with his evil no more!Now we live in happiness, too.Like the Oompa, Loompa, Doompety Doo!"

on the dome today

I am so happy....today was one of the best days ive had since i was in Philly.

To me today may have been the day that I actually started to live for me.

Only you can do that for your self, no one else and its mainly because only you know
what you want out of life.
Dont do things to fit into a group, get someones attention, NO!!! do things because they
make you truly happy.
And if at first u dont succeed, try try try try try again....

FIT (nyc) here i come...

Akon "Freedom" drops Dec.2nd

He has always dropped the Grown & Sexy tracks

so we know it will be just that.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Get stuffed and enjoy your day ....

Now on to real buisness

Qtip's new album “Renaissance” has been out since Nov.4th

go get it and check the new video "Renaissance Rap"

Kanye, Kanye, Kanye!!!! go get the album and support

real music, you know the deal

dropped Nov.24th

on the dome today

life

def: the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.

To me a state of ups and downs, a moment of learning and like the def. being manifested by growth. In other words it can be fu**ed up, but it is what you make it.

Being back home i see it everywhere, the people that have never left, the neighborhood where i grew up still all the same. Except for one thing, im no longer here.

dream

def:an aspiration; goal; aim

To me being able to wake up everymorning and want something so bad, it almost make you sick. A wanting to get to the top and not crush the innocent souls on the way up there because in the end all you want to do is make it.

fake friends

Although sometimes we may all feel that all the people around us there for us, they are not. many of us do not see it until it is to late. on everyones journey and quest we call life, we have to come across these wolves in sheep clothing. here i have posted a video i ran into..lol..on my never ending internet browse for new info. these guys made me laugh, yet they have a bit of a point.

are we in a cave

on the dome today

in life people are always trying to test you.

it comes in so many forms

that sometimes even at the moments when we dont expect it

we fall into it.

as a person, human being it is your responsiblity to

take it for what it is (a test)

or to respond to the everday irritation.

my test today not only was a person but

became a race against time.

i wanted to be somewhere and i couldnt make it on time

because my test not once but twice made it difficult for me.

i ended up not making my bus

and it brings me to this point.

i choose to take it for what it is, although mad

ill be ok because i kno it was only a test.

After being one of the most anticipated albums Beyonce’s “I am….. Sasha Fierce” is one that Beyonce fans will enjoy, and all the other may just feel was overrated. At a time when artist like Kayne West and Lil Wayne sing on every track, is it possible for R& B to still be true to itself?

Deciding to make this album more personal, Beyonce took the route to create a duo disk album. “I Am” the first and the softer Mrs. Carter. It seems to show the more intimate nature of the ladies and shows quite a range with what Beyonce can do with her voice. And then there’s the “Sasha Fierce” the album created based off Beyonce’s alter ego. Shouldn’t every woman have one? Jam packed with the vibrant and electric tracks that we loved from B’s last album “B-day”. With songs like her single “Single ladies”, “Video phone”, and “Diva” Beyonce again is sure to have women everywhere acting little cockier then before.

Now although Mrs. Carter could have just rolled all these tracks onto one Disc, she didn’t and only she knows why. The album is not that bad and isn’t all that great, but it’s a good one. The lady at the top spot is starting to become comfortable it seems. Sounding a lot like the Pop music scene like Brittany and Christina’s new singles, although no comparison she may just be ready to make music for herself.

You can be the judge of that……

Download Diva and Single Ladies

JT- new single

Pop junkies and dancers every where will be glad to blast this song to just about everything, that is if they havent already.

JT (Justin Timberlake) has brought us back to his jazzy, hip hop influenced beats and has even introduced the world to the new voice of myspace talent Esmee Denters. If you were one of the ones tuned into TRL's last show then you know exactly who she is, if not then you will. The small town girl from Oosterbeek, Netherlands has a big voice and she helps him blow up this track.

You be the judge..check out the single premier on myspace or download the track. "Follow my lead"- JT feat. Esmee

u have to see this

think that beyonce and justin are so funny...i <3>

fearless..or not

My 1st post...interesting tis it.

There was a moment where i didnt ever think the blogging community would be one that i would be included to.  This post isnt about acceptions and tangent rambles of the sort, its about being young full of ideas, and the constant need to create things. In the last couple weeks of me being here in philly I have gone through a number of emotions, mostly because I felt that i wasnt productive enough. I went from interning everday after school with Ethnicity, creating my first collection for my line "PANDORAH", etc to just being a student doing school work. As crazy as it may sound it isnt enough!!! I want to be on a constant move doing things, so I am putting my mind to work.

Im creating a new magazine by the name of "Embellish Mag". It will be a volumized mag for the urban community. Embellish will cover everything from music, art, fashion, culture and will include a center feature that will be in every volume on the ladies of Ethnicity Models. Im excited for this new adventure, yet scared at the same time. The thing is i know exactly what it is that is scaring me. the fact that its a solo project that i want to achieve and it makes me a little nervous, then i start thing well what will the people say. ERRR!!!!!Its as if i could pick it up and stare it rignt in the face, but i know being fearful of the unknown will keep my idea to the state that its in right now (an idea). So with that being said,  im going to start this project, struggle with what comes my way, and not look back because its way too late.

 I leave u with two quotes by the Man-

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort. & You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be. -russel simmons