Confessions From A Black Rose

Whenever someone would ask me my age, on the tip of my tongue would be 24. I would have to step back for second and realize that I was still 23. Over the past two months I have just been over the age. It is not like I wanted time to speed up but I no longer felt 23. I just felt like I had grown into a 24 year old woman. If you think about it, when you are 24 you are no longer in your early twenties. You have officially arrived  in your mid twenties. It is one year from celebrating being on the planet for quarter of a century. So on Friday I finally turned 24, how did I celebrate? On the actual day I got my hair done and treated myself to a manicure and pedicure . Then I spent the rest of the day getting ready for my Birthday BBQ. This was an event I envisioned while strolling through central park in NYC way back in November. So exactly one month from the planned event I sent out invitations. That is how serious I was about the event. I spent the whole week leading up to Saturday gettin

It is not everyday I feel like I watch my life unfold before my very eyes. Usually when I watch films or TV shows I am living vicariously through the characters. I am going on adventures or having an intriguing love life. That is not what happened when I watched a DVR recording of The Middle last night. Anyone who went to middle school came out with some serious growing pains. I do not like to dwell in the past especially my life as a middle school girl. I was the biggest girl in class, I wore braces and had glasses. I was a real catch. My biggest problem was I was so eager for people to like me, I did not realize when they were Regina Georging me. For example it was a friend's birthday party and she invited me over with a special request, that I bring The Lost World to her party. Now as a good friend I wore my birthday party best and brought the VHS with me. When I got there it turns out she just wanted me to bring the tape, she did not intend for me to stay over. Now this

So if anyone has seen The Return of The King , the epic climax to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, will know where I got my title from. I was uncertain about the future last night and watched the film for inspiration. We are in dire times. There are revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East . Every time you turn on the news it seems that there is a natural disaster to report. Now there is a man claiming the world will come to an end on May 21, 2011 . As I write this blog post it is already May 22 in several nations. So I do not know what he meant by that. The whole end of the world talk has got me thinking. What have I done with my life? If today was the end, would I leave the world in peace or would I leave with regret? The truth is I would be one tortured soul. There are so many things I want to do. So many places I want to visit. I have not really lived my life to its full potential.  The best thing that came out of this whole judgement day is that I want to live . I feel li

So I have been a Lady Gaga fan aka little monster  since August of 2008. I have watched her blossom from a girl with a club hit to a pop cultural phenomenon.  I have to admit that recently I have been really protective of her. I guess she has entered my Backstreet Boys level of loyalty. Which means that I feel like someone has slapped my mama every time I hear a negative comment about her. Take for example, Scotty Mccreery( recent American Idol contestant) said he felt like he had to kiss her cross when he was around her and ask God to forgive him. What an example of being Christ Like.(I'm being sarcastic in case you didn't figure it out). You know I won't be voting for him. Lately I have been a little disheartened by the feedback she has been getting. I get that most people do not get her but people forget that she is human too. Some of the comments that came after the release of her latest single Judas was distasteful. Saying the song is sacrilegious or that she is goi

Last night I had the privilege of watching the new Lonely Island video. Anyone who knows me will tell you that Lonely Island are my guilty pleasure. I pretty much love all the songs they make. They are such a riot and Andy Samberg is one of my hubbies. So the new video is entitled Jack Sparrow and features Michael Bolton . All I can say is that Michael Bolton slays this song. I had no idea that he was so funny. I am not ashamed to admit that I grew up listening to Michael Bolton. What made the song so epic was he is singing in his big ballad voice about Pirates of the Caribbean . This is already a classic for me. I just love the way he says chocolate.  Lonely Island + Michael Bolton= Epic Win . Go ahead and check it out. Viewer discretion is advised because this is the uncensored version of the song, so there is a few expletives.

So unless you are living under a rock you have heard the news that Osama Bin Laden has died. When I first heard I was in a state of disbelief and complete utter shock. I just could not comprehend what I was hearing. Osama Bin Laden dead . C'est incryoyable! Immediately  I started thinking about the implications of his death. I just had this sickening feeling of retaliation, dare I say fear. What in the world is al qaeda going to do now that one of their prominent figures has met his demise? Knowing how they operate they are going to want to do harm to not only the American people but the entire West. Honestly I do not know what would make people want to kill innocent people especially in vengeance for a man who was responsible for loss of thousands of lives. Not only was Osama Bin Laden the mastermind behind September 11 but he orchestrated the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Ke nya. Seriously, God forgive me ,  he had to go. Now I'm just thinking about what