ready for fall

dig the new layout? i do...it's alllll autumn-ish. lol. i'm really ready for fall. i always feel like i can wipe my mental slate clean and re-prioritize things with the change of season.

this week was the Kappa Conclave in DC. i met a couple guys but no real sparks. i ended up at their hotel on Wednesday with a couple girlfriends and i felt like a FRESHMAN all over again. one of the decent ones led us up to a hotel room where the "open bar" supposedly was. once we got off the elevator the place smelled like ASS. literally. so the dude was like, "umm..let me check out what kind of party this is..." and peeks in and tells us to go back downstairs lol. we only hang out for a little while after that. the old school kappas started to holla and that was our cue to bounce lol. i met a guy at one of the parties, i'll nickname him nigerianboo (you have to sing it like MJ does in Liberian Girrrrrrrrrrl lol). He's cute but I didn't feel any sparks (slash i wasn't really trying to) so I've kind of been avoiding him. But today I feel like going out to eat and I texted him and he hasn't responded lol. Touche. If we do end up going out and I don't feel anything i'll def keep him as a friend and maybe set him up with one of my friends - this would be a COOL experiment as i've never done that before lol. we shall see.

i start classes again in two weeks. i'm pursuing a Master's in International Security Studies. i've really enjoyed it so far but taking two classes last term in addition to working full time was alooot. i'm taking three this time around - Monday, Weds, and Friday 6:30-10. YES. A fuckin friday class. That professor is relatively chill so he might let us out around 9 or so - I don't know if it will really matter either way because I will probably go home and PASS OUT anyway lol. anyway, i'm trying to beast so I can graduate in a year. Yes, I'm trying to finish a two-year (or 1.5) part time program in a year. nice like that. its a small and relatively new program, at first i had to climb off of my intellectual elitist horse because the program isn't as reputable as many others in the area. but i realized it isn't as reputable because it's so NEW. i'm basically in the first cohort of students to matriculate so when I go on to do big things I can lend some of my starpower :). i won't graduate with substantial debt (my job has tuition reimbursement), the professors love me, and i have an opportunity to get some work published - so the pros definitely outweigh the cons at this point in the game. i'm thinking of a PhD program, law, or business school after this - focusing on foreign affairs, policy, or business - i don't know yet! i'm just taking advantage of all the networking opportunities I can and working hard.

find me in the library....

beast beast beast

i would dig her, right? lol

freakanomics.

E: he says " i dont need to spend money on grls to get ass" im broke etc
L&N: doesnt have to be an expensive date
but yes u do need to spend money lol
E: lolll
L&N:: we could go to five guys for all i care
but yes u will pick me up or pay for the cab there
E: LMAO
L&N:: if u are that poor u dont need to spread your seed
reaaaaaaaal talk
E: LMAO
life lesson by L&N
chapter 13
L&N:: lol
E: if you that poor u dont need to spread your seed
LOVE IT.
ill help with ur pr for the book launch real talk

best i (n)ever had

You are there and I am here
Beyond geography
We are temporally disjointed
Transportation wouldn’t sync
Transient feelings
My love travels in and out of time
How vividly I am remembering our future and
Living in the past
Inextricably intertwined

my raphael complex

i used to LOVE raphael (of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) when i was a little girl. he was cute (LOL), arrogant, cool, and MOODY.

the dudes i fall for now are exactly like him.

that's fuckin weird.

the tribe

our heels clink
and clomp
our greetings
eruptions of laughter
cascades of tears
we were there
through it all

to barbados and beyond...

riddle me this

i don't get it.
caught in an impossible tug-of-war; you push me away and you pull me in.


i just want to be loved or left alone. the interim is for the birds, yo.