Weekend Update

I had an absolute blast this weekend. Some friends and I decided to go out and have fun. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! Why not hang out on a Friday night? We're in the D.C. Metro area, we're young, full of energy, ready to get this party started!!!! But then, we run into a problem.

We don't drink. We don't club.

We're in D.C.

Christians in the City. <--- oh! I think I have a concept for a new blog. Now, had this been a few years ago, all of us would've had NO PROBLEM. But, we've dedicated our lives to living according to the purpose and plan of God's will.

What do we do?!?!? We tried looking for spoken word spots. However, Friday nights are for dancing, bumping and grinding, drinking: "Love in the Club"

Everything non-alcoholic, non-lustful, non- 'party like a rock star' was null and void.

So, we ended up at Lucky Stripes. It's a club disguised as a bowling alley. When we sat down to eat, the first thing the waitress said was, "Wanna start off with some drinks?"



And she wasn't talking about coke products.

We made the best of it anyway. We ate- the food was good. We observed. We talked and laughed. We met some guys who wanted to bowl. Ha! That ended up being a disaster!!! Let's just say that letting a man, "beat that a$$ and getting drinks afterwards" just wasn't appealing to me.

We leave.

We end up at a pool/game place called Continental. It is empty. Probably because everyone is out clubbing. It was nice. We played games, danced around amongst ourselves being silly, and had a nice time....


looks like a commercial for, "Pantene Pro-V: Relaxed and Natural"

Friday Why's...

Why is the one thing that I loved the thing that I have to tone down?

before I decided to truly walk with Jesus, music was my refuge.
I went to my ipod, computer, and stereo if I was stressed out, upset, angry, happy, whatever.

But I'm learning that my refuge is Jesus.

Why does "Crown Royal" by Jill Scott have to sound so good????????

...

Why didn't I twist my hair a week ago?

I didn't realize how long my hair really is until I twisted it last night.
I would post pics but my camera needs batteries

and my phone is acting crazy.

Which brings me to my next "why"...

Why is my INTERNET on my phone NOT WORKING????

Come on T-Mobile!!!
I can't check my email. I can't send pics to my blog!

I can't chat with my best friend! Stop the madness!

Why am I on this reggae kick so hard?

I've been rocking out to Ayo.

I even did a search for Reggae gospel.
And I liked what I found. =)

Why do men find it necessary to pop in and out of your life?

'nuff said.

Why do I feel the need to re-do my entire wardrobe because I went natural?

I feel more in tune with me.

And I feel that my clothes just don't represent that.

Why have I discovered what one of my biggest personal issues is?

And I really believe I inherited it from my momma.
But praise God that I recognize it

and can allow him to work on me.

Why does coffee make my stomach hurt?

But I'm hard headed and I drink it anyway.

Ayo. Vitamin Water

"Down on my knees! I'm begging you!"

So, I have always been a sucker for great vocals, beautiful melodies, and anything sounding different from the "norm". Introducing Ayo. She is Reggae meets Neo Soul meets Funk meets genius!

I stumbled across her and was curious. I'm so mad that we (stateside people) get the good stuff so much later than Europe. That is one thing I do miss about living in Europe. I miss the eclecticness of it. I would give her bio, but I'm at work- and technically not supposed to be on here. So check her out at http://ayomusic.artistes.universalmusic.fr/ Her album was released here in 2007. But of course, she doesn't sound like Beyonce or Mimi- so you probably never heard of her. (I do, however, enjoy Mimi and Be.)


On another note....

My hair is super chunky today! Yeah! I was doing 'wash-n-go's' everyday until I got lazy two days in a row and realized that I liked the way my hair looked without co-washing. I would post a pic, but the server is down on my Blackberry. T-Mobile will be getting a call as soon as I get off of work. Hey, why wait until I get off? I'm OBVIOUSLY not doing anything work related at the moment.....

Oh yeah!

Carbonated Vitamin Water- the yellow one is the DEVIL! Don't drink that stuff less than 4 hours before you plan to sleep. I drank about half a can before church last night. When I got home, I was WIRED! I didn't fall asleep until 1 am. And I'm feeling it now. I'm in need of a nap. Seriously.

I have nothing interesting to say. So, I guess I'll go and do some work. *sigh*

Peace and Blessings.