Thursday, August 27, 2009

KabQueen On The Move...Literally.

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So I've actually known about this but I may as well make it known. I'm originally from a suburb outside of Los Angeles, California and after much thinking, praying etc. I've decided to move back to California.

St. Louis has been good to me but I know its been time for me to move on especially for my career path. I'm pretty sad that I am leaving, I've made my closest friends here, I've basically made my life here and to switch it up is going to be kinda weird. But I'll be living with Mom and Dad (we'll see how that goes) and it'll be nice to be closer to them and my brother.

And you can't hate on the weather!

So I just wanted to keep ya'll updated and better believe I WILL be blogging about this new experience!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Jeans please!

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hi all,

i've been gone for ages, but like ej, i have been also traveling the globe (to her hometown of fabulous LA). i know most blogs offer information, but today i'm looking for some jean knowledge. i need jeans! i would love to be able to order them online, but i'm an in-between size type of girl so i have to try everything on. does anyone order jeans online and they're true to size? i just bought a pair of lees from marshalls that fit really well, but i want some skinnys for cheap...any suggestions?
thanks in advance,

nel

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

For The Boys Who Rocked My World

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Today I was reminiscing on the crushes I used to have when I was younger. Literally these boys used to make me swoon!

First Brandon Adams.








You know him from the TV movie "Polly" with Keisha Knight Pulliam, The People Under The Stairs, The Sandlot, The Mighty Ducks and a few episodes of Fresh Prince, but he stole my heart as little Michael in Moonwalker.


I recently found him on Twitter and tweeted that I had such a crush on him back in the day and he even tweeted me back saying thanks! Man I was smiling ALL day!

Does he still make me swoon...eh not so much but he'll always be boo from back in the day.



Lastly Jason Weaver.





We all know him from Smart Guy, ATL and many other things but he stole my heart as little Michael in The Jacksons' American Dream.



I couldn't deny a face like that.

Would I holler now? Nah, not so much. But he is talented so hopefully we'll see him in more and possibly less bootleg movies :cough: Love For Sale :cough:






Funny how they both played little Michael Jackson and I both loved them. Ah, memories.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Old Habits Die Hard...I Guess

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This comment was so outlandish I had to vent about it.

Today my roomies and I were discussing the stigma of darker skin women having shorter hair. Its sad to see that some men and even some women overlook true beauty because it's not packaged in the standard of "American Beauty". What makes it even more sad is to see African American men publicly downgrade dark skin women who wear their hair natural. My roomie told us a well know man-whore/jerk around St. Louis made a comment about her natural hair on Facebook.

Let's view Exhibit A:

"that is disgusting...how do you coloreds maintain such nappiness!! im so happy to be a (he put his last name here)!! need a comb?"


*The guy who said this has light skin and very curly hair*

I couldn't even find the words to say after we saw this. Its a shame to see how American standards of beauty have plagued the black community. Are we suddenly now not considered beautiful because the texture of our hair? I got so mad to see another black man not only refer to another black woman as a "colored" but blatantly disrespect the style she chooses to wear her hair. As my roommates discussed this, it all brought memories of girls in elementary school that would be "grossed out" at texture of our hair and the oil we had in it and that we weren't "normal" because we didn't wash our hair everyday. And for another man to say pretty much the same thing, at that a black man?? I ask myself, how was this boy raised? Was he taught that the finer the hair the better? This type of view is embedded in him and it probably won't change.

This made me realize is that the racism within our own community still lives and still continues to tear us apart. The light vs. dark complex is apparent throughout the media. Black women in hair commercials always having sleek, straight hair, makeup ads targeted towards lighter-skin women. When black men are discussing the beauty of women the comment "she's cute for a dark skin girl" always, always, always comes up. It's been said to my face, and I think 'is that supposed to make me feel better about myself?' Why do we feed into this obscure opinion? Why are celebrities like Lil' Kim, harm their bodies to make themselves look lighter with more European features. Why don't black men embrace true beauty with whatever shade or hair texture?

:Sigh:


There's so much more I want to say but I could continue to talk about this for weeks. So ladies and gents, how do you feel about this comparison of light vs. dark, natural vs. straight? Will this issue continue or are we seeing changes within media of what black beauty is?

Let Me Count The Ways

So I had my iPod shuffle on while riding in the car and this song came on. It's a throwback but I love it and love vintage Shemar Moore even mooorree!



Thursday, August 13, 2009

Where Brooklyn At??

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Just as I promised here are a few pics from my New York trip....enjoy!





Me infront of the Apollo and me at the All White Party which was SO much fun!



I forgot what this park was called but it was by NYU and just beautiful and this is us on the big ferris wheel @ Coney Island


Me visiting the CNN studios (that's where Anderson Cooper sits...yum!) and me and my friend Ashley that came down to visit.





Us at Cain (I think that's what it was called) with some rando and me and my roomie on the swings in Central Park


Me before our first night out...that dressed had a few malfunctions :/

If This Was My Trainer...I'd Be With Him Too!

So remember Ms. Kimberly Locke from American Idol and later Celebrity Fit Club...well did you know she's hooked up with Mr. Harvey from Fit Club?? I had no idea! But shoot...I would do it too!

Get it girl! Cute couple!

Photo Courtesy of Concrete Loop

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Finally Back!

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I feel like I've been gone forever!

But I had a wonderful time in New York! It definitely made me realize that that is the city I need to be in. Mission move to New York City is ON! Special thanks to the ladies of Almost Famous for giving us great suggestions on where to go...next time we're hanging out ladies!

New York makes you wanna step up your fab game too, just so much individuality for great inspiration to add to your own personal style. And can we talk about the men!

Beautiful! Fresh lining's everywhere...gotta love it. I'll definitely be sure to update with pics once I download to the comp. But that's all I got for now folks...hope everyone is doing well. I'm brewing some new posts as I type so more to come!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

100th Post For Each Of You

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Okay so the reason we didn't post all week was because we were trying to figure out something special for our 100th post. What did we come up with?



Thank you.


PastryJunkie

AGILES

Necole

Sherry

RoSi

Breakfast at Hillary’s

Ms. Danyelle

m-online08

TuLuAt

God Among Us!

Ms. Minnie

Reese

Kelly, Nina & Kiyyah

Little Miss Knobody

Down Low

Cecelia

Cerebrally_Orgasmic

A.r.v.y.

Retromusik

Jillian

Yayemarie

Miss Wilson

TRU IDENTITY

NaturallyYanTan

Miss.Fortune

Nikki.Kisses

K. Michel

S Jones

Melanie

Ja$mine Ra;chelle

Robert

(vixenchick)

Gregory Jones (miss you boo!)

K*Mack

Carmel Mimi

Cc.Denise

Lil’Diddy

Sunshyne

Juicy Carter

1824



Without you, we wouldn't of made it to 100 posts. We know it may not seem like a big deal for 100 posts, but to me us it's the world. We said we would do something (blogging) and we're doing it and we're thankful that each of you respond with such postivity that keeps this going.

Thanks again and promise more posts tonight!