Porta-potty a few feet away from a grave?! Don't seem right!
Don't take a walk in the park, try a graveyard :)
Through the (Amateur) Lens of An Extroverted Introvert.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Ok.Full disclosure: I love walking around cemeteries. Ever since I went to the gorgeous Cemetiere du Pere Lachaise in Paris, I have been very intrigued by them. I just find them so peaceful and calm. The stillness of it all strikes me. In warm weather, there are flowers galore and nicely manicured greenery. The ones with famous people laying at rest have huge towering tombstones that look like houses. In contrast, your average cemetery will have a couple of tiny slabs with no names on them whatsoever.
Juneteenth in Ithaca, NY 23.6.12
June 19th is the celebration of the day slaves in Texas got the news that the war was over and they were free. On this day you will find festivals and block parties bringing communities together for a day of fun. It has been shortened to 'Juneteenth' over the years.
She was watching me the whole time.
One of my mothers/mentor/friend :)
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They were damn good! Not gonna lie...I was skeptical at first.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
You Should Be Listening To...Yuna
Find your light.
Don't hide from what you are.
And rise before you fall...
Live if you really want to.
Like lullabies, you are
forever in my mind
I see you in all,
the pieces in my life.
Though you were mine,
you were my first love.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
You Should Be Listening To...CocknBullKid
She's a super talented Brit hailing from London with a lovely voice! Her songs are really colorful and pop, but not annoying Top 40 pop. She's actually got stuff to say!
Her videos are all visually fresh and interesting as well. She has such a pretty, lilting voice. And I like what she has to say in interviews as well. I kind of always gauge an artist by how much I would want to be their friend (lol) and she is one cool lady. She passes my friend test with flying colors!
Some memorables from a 2009 Guardian article:
On not fitting into standards of beauty: ”I was slimmer and had nicer hair, but I was fucking miserable. I don’t want to be ‘pretty’. I don’t aspire to be like the Pussycat Dolls. I want people to say, ‘Oh, she’s a bit fat, that’s all right, then.’ I want to be an artist who people can believe in.”
On being a black artist: ”I’m into the new and futuristic. People put me in the MIA category, but I’m not grime and I’m not some ‘ghetto princess’. I want to make pop music. The media put black people in boxes. It really irks me.”
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Holy Matrimony
Kim got married this past weekend (!!!) and I got the chance to stretch my amateur photographer legs.
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Some of us bridesmaids. My friend K on the left and M on the right. I'm in the middle! (duh)  Maid of Honor looking wonderful!  |
The happy couple.
Oh man. I hope I am this full of energy when I'm his age!
What's a wedding without dancing Marines?
And my favorite picture:
On the count of three everyone say "AWWWWWWW"
1...2...3...
AWWWWWWWWW!!!
I get teary eyed just thinking about it. I am a true die hard romantic and the thought of marriage is so beautiful to me. Spending the rest of your life with someone who promised to love you forever, no matter what...And don't get me wrong, I'm not naive. I know that nowadays, marriages have a 50 percent survival rate and that real life often gets in the way of promises and dedication. But that IDEA, that two people could love each other so much that (at least once upon a time) they wanted to be together forever is simply lovely. And possible. I imagine it to be a long hard road, but nothing worth doing is ever really easy.
Just my two cents.
If you're interested.
Which you'd better be!
Just kidding. (No, but really you better be.)
I'm off to bed. (3:53AM eek!) Happy Tuesday!
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