Monday, May 14, 2012

From Me to You...

So I just left a seminar from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) and it really touched me. I do not know if many people know (because I dont brag about it like alot of people) but I got arrested for a DUI back in December, and had an extremely high blood alcohol level. I never really thought about that night in any way besides selfish views... like not being able to find a job (until recently), all the money that it cosy, having a restricted license, and going to ASAP classes.

Tonight opened my eyes up to what COULD have happened.

I could have died.
I could have killed someone else
I could have seriously injured myself.
I could have seriously injured someone else.
My  mother could have been crying on Mothers Day.
Someone else's mother could have been crying on Mothers Day
A mothers child could have been crying on Mothers Day.

Please guys, I know that a lot of people drink and drive, but I really want you to think about everything that could happen when you get behind the wheel. Yes you COULD make it home safe, but you COULD also not make it home at all.

To my amazing class of Ogre Phi Ogre 14, as you go into your amaing lives full of promise, please remember these things. You have graduated from college, a challenge a bunch of people do not do. Please do not ruin all of te opportunities you have infront of you by doing something stupid. I want to read about you becoming a successful photographer, CEO, Mothers and Fathers, Stylist, Teachers, Engineers, Business men and women, Socialites, Doctors, Nurses, Pharmaist.... not that you are dead or in jail because of a DUI.

To the younger classes, you already know how touch VA police are belive me when I tell you that VA has 0 tolerance for drunk drivers. If something serious happens, Hampton can kick you out of school, or many other seriously horrible things can happen.

I dont meant to preach, I just want to teach you all to be careful and think about everything. If you know your friend cant drive, dont let them drive. You can give up a night of nookie to save your friend. If you cant drive, let your pride down and let someone else drive, call a cab, or call one of your friends to pick you up and take you back to your car the next morning. if they are your REAL friends they will have no problem doing these things, and if your are their REAL friend you should not have a problem doing it for them.

My friends already know how I feel about driving drunk, and I make the promise to them to always be the DD if no one wants to do it. And I know they will take turns with me and do the same. I hope you can make the same promise for all of your friends.

Peace. Love. Monroe.

Monday, January 3, 2011

all smiles

Happ New Year !!

sooo, ive made some resolutions...
i wouldnt call them 'new years resolutions' because I started putting them to action before 12/31/2010....

-stop using the n-word and the b-word in everyday conversation
-stop cussing as much
-to stay single until I am 100% happy being single
-not to throw objects in anger

The one im most excited about is being single. I dont even remember the last time I was actually like... 1000% single. Like not talking to anyone, not having sex with anyone, not having to answer to anyone.... like, any of that bs. Even tho its wierd as shit, I kinda like it. This entire break, everytime I went out, i didnt have to call anyone and let them know what I was doing. I didnt have to call anyone when i woke up, or call anyone when I went to sleep. I wasnt obligated to see someone. I didnt get into many arguments.... I realized that I am free.

There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. I can say with a big smile on my face that I am alone. I am enjoying my own company. I have so much fun by MYSELF. I sing at the top of my lungs, dance around the room, take stupid pictures, play with my makeup, do my hair... and i have FUN !! i'm like on the break of tears writing this, because I have never felt like this before. Im happy... by myself... and i love it !!

i am 110% in love with myself and its the best feeling in the world.

=)

Sunday, December 19, 2010

before the year ends...

So, i was stalking the internet, and i ran across this ::

On this day, you read something that moved you and made you realise there were no more fears to fear. No tears to cry. No head to hang in shame. That every time you thought you’d offended someone, it was all just in your head and really, they love you with all their heart and nothing will ever change that. That everyone and everything lives on inside you. That that doesn’t make any of it any less real.

That soft touches will change you and stay with you longer than hard ones.

That being alone means you’re free. That old lovers miss you and new lovers want you and the one you’re with is the one you’re meant to be with. That the tingles running down your arms are angel feathers and they whisper in your ear, constantly, if you choose to hear them. That everything you want to happen, will happen, if you decide you want it enough. That every time you think a sad thought, you can think a happy one instead.

That you control that completely.

That the people who make you laugh are more beautiful than beautiful people. That you laugh more than you cry. That crying is good for you. That the people you hate wish you would stop and you do too.

That your friends are reflections of the best parts of you. That you are more than the sum total of the things you know and how you react to them. That dancing is sometimes more important than listening to the music.

That the most embarrassing, awkward moments of your life are only remembered by you and no one else. That no one judges you when you walk into a room and all they really want to know, is if you’re judging them. That what you make and what you do with your time is more important than you’ll ever fathom and should be treated as such. That the difference between a job and art is passion. That neither defines who you are. That talking to strangers is how you make friends.

That bad days end but a smile can go around the world. That life contradicts itself, constantly. That that’s why it’s worth living.

That the difference between pain and love is time. That love is only as real as you want it to be. That if you feel good, you look good but it doesn’t always work the other way around.

That the sun will rise each day and it’s up to you each day if you match it. That nothing matters up until this point. That what you decide now, in this moment, will change the future. Forever. That rain is beautiful.

And so are you.”

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Reading this made me think... a lot. This past semester at school has been one of the hardest semesters for me. It has nothing to do with school, and everything to do with me. This was the semester that I realized that I am not as happy as I want to be.
*I hate my major, and regret ever switching it. I feel like I was lied to and used. There were many promises made to me that never happened, and it made me a bitter betty.
*I was with someone who i was not happy with. I was with them because I was comfortable with them, and I didnt want to be alone.
*I was dating someone at school, who i am crazy about, but the stipulations and conditions that we were dating under were horrible. But i was so in love that i couldnt leave.
*I started to drink and smoke every single day. I started smoking way more cigarettes
*I was scared to have female friends because I didnt want the people I was involved with to get jealous and not talk to me
*I used my apt as a prison. I never left. I didnt go to parties (and enjoy myself), i didnt go to school events, i barely went to events i was requireed to go to
*I was constantly sick, and i didnt know how to get better
*i was using my mental illness's as a crutch, and letting them get worst and worst.

Long story short, i have been absolutly miserable this semester, and I cant blame anyone but myself. Instead of going out and trying to make things better I would sit in my apt and have a pity party for myself. My friends who were always around knew what was going on, but they still to this day dont know everything i was going through in my head

I say all of this to say that I refuse to be unhappy anymore. People always say that they are going to change this, that and the third when the new year rolls around, but I have to start now. I have to end my year on a good note.

So to any and everyone that I have been rude to, ignored, taken my anger out on, my lovely friends, my beautiful line sisters, my kick ass little sisters and my amazing big sisters... I am sorry. Sorry for keeping you all in the dark, sorry for not letting you know what was going on, sorry for being as bitch, sorry for being ghost, I am sorry for everything. I hope that this next semester you all can see how much I truley love and care about you. I promise to be around more, and i promise to let you all know whats going on in this big crazy head of mine.

I just want to be happy, and I know I can and will get there.
=]

Monroe

Monday, August 9, 2010

&&bullshit

sooo, im waiting to do a post on tumblrs. I only go to 3 regularly, but i wanna know about somemore... so if you know of some hit me :: @puffherphish // talesofmonroe@aim.com


sooo, while we wait for that lets talk about ME!!


so i do my hair all of the time, because i never know what i want for long periods of time.
im scared to let other people do my hair, because they usually dont know what the fuck i want.
so, i did my hair last night... and i am officially a 16inch beauty queen. =o]

Tumbling down a hill

... umm a few people are now becoming Tumblr's.

basically its a cute lil website and the easiest way to blog, if pictures or quotes are your thing.

Its not my thing tho, so here are some of my fave tumblrs.


Let the rolling begin...


Created by ChaCha
-Hampton Grad
-ATL Livin

A Femme Noir





Created by Mary Wilson

-Sophomore
-Norfolk State University

Straight Lowkey



The F Word



Created by Kristian

-18 years young
-Student

The F Word

Sassy Horse




Created By Brook Lynn
-deactivated stripper (magic city)
-ATL Cruisin
-Dope Blog

The Sassy Horse

The Black Hipsters



Created by Nycee && b. ho0ligan.


The Black Hipsters

stop readin already... go to their sites !!

Friday, August 6, 2010

i have a problem...

...with some of you guy's on twitter.





now dont get me wrong, everyone knows that i LOVE twitter. but some of you people... well a lot of you people be doin way too much.



problem #1- why do some of yall insist on retweeting ever @ that yall get? and then you guys respond on the RT like everyone in the twitter world gives a damn. confused by what i mean?

ex: RT @blahbloblee: @bleehblaa maaan what you doin today // not shit man

RT @blahbloblee : @bleeblahh ooh thats whats up hit me if you do summ // aight bruh i got you


now, its already annoying that you havin a full not shit conversation on twitter... but why must you retweet and respond your entire not shit conversation to the world. I speak for many people when i say WE DONT GIVE A FUCK. please just @ that person back, so my whole timeline is not filled up.


problem #2- You people who @ celebrities all day everyday. why are you doing that? you look thirsty as fuck. if they wanted to talk to you, they would have followed your ass by now, and yall would be having conversations thru DM.


problem #3- people who beg for followers or brag about how many followers they have, or ask you to follow them back. Begging for followers is so lame, just as lame as asking people to follow you back. just because you follow me does not mean that i have to follow you back. if i wanted to follow you i would. so if i dont there is a reason... your tweets are probably annoying, you probably tweet celebs all day, and you probably be tweeting about not shit all day long. and since when did your follow count matter? half of everyones followers are spam people anyway. so if you are a regular ass person with 600+ followers, half of those people following you arent really following you at all. they are SPAM. so stop boasting about your follow count, because if thats what makes you fell important you should really find a hobby


problem #4- these girls who tweet about sex and nasty shit all damn day. im not talking about people who are known for that, im talking about this average ass or ugly ass girls who you go to school with. bitch we do not care about whose face you just sat on, the fact that you are taking a shit, or tghe fact that you have a flock of niggas wanting to talk to you. half of the shit about sex is a lie, or if it is the truth we dont want to know that you are doing it.


problem #5- these people who get these brand new personalities on twitter. i dont know if this is the person that you wish you were, but you are not. and when you tweet all this dumb bullshit everyone is wondering why you are bein so damn fake on twitter.


problem #6- these people who @ me and talk to me on twitter knowing that we have never and will never speak in real life. i dont do twitter friends. if i dont talk to you in the real world why in the good Lords name am i going to talk to you via twitter?


problem #7- people takin this twitter shit waaay to personal. I know there are going to be a few people who are going to be upset about this post because they do this shit all daty everyday. and there are people whio get mad about the shit that i post on twitter. baby, its just twitter/blogger... its not that serious.


=o]

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Dress Post

Sooo, I do not have a job this summer (as you can probably tell from my constant tweeting)... so I have decided to make things.. (wigs, dresses, skirts... etc)

Whenever I go thrifting I always pick of dresses that look like grandma dresses to other people, but a sexy little dress to me... so this is the dress post.

(I will be updating this post with more pictures of dresses, so make sure you look for the notice on FB or twitter @puffherphish)





Enjoy.


Dress #1. Butterick pattern. Fabric from JoAnnes. Details, Yellow zipper



Dress #2. Butterick pattern. Fabric from JoAnnes. Details, Pockets and a button close


Dress #3. Salvation Army. Took in around the waist and bottom, lifted the waist.





Now remember I'm an artist, and I'm sensitive about my shit.
_eryka badu