Praise yourself!!!

Afternoon fellow bloggers!!! :-D

Three letters came for me today; Financial Aid Package from Oswego (Guess I got accepted ;-)), Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship status, and a brochure from the College of Westchester. Financial Aid Package from Oswego is okay. They're willing to give me $19,726 consisting of 6 grants and 3 loans. The problem is that it's only good through 2010-2011; not all four years. It doesn't say anything about it being renewable either. Thankfully, Utica College is offering me over 14,000 in scholarships for all 4 years as long as I keep a minimum of a 2.5 so I'm pretty happy with that. But of course, I have to see what other colleges accept me and how much they are willing to give me in financial aid. It's like shopping at the mall/Strip Mall or in my case, my local bodega for my favorite cookies!! :-D You gotta see who has the better deals and who can give you more for your money. It's like your setting a standard for your future; you want the best of the best. (If only we could apply this method to other areas of our lives) Wink, wink, hint, hint.

Delta Sigma Theta regretfully informed me that they couldn't give me money for a scholarship due to their huge applicant pool. BUT they have confidence that I will do well in school... Thanks :-/ First Sigma Gamma Rho denied me a scholarship, now Delta... It's a conspiracy I tell you!!!! Lol. On a more positive note however, I'll be happy for whoever gets one or both of those scholarships. At least I have $5,000 of free money for a year thanks to the Lanza Family Foundation Scholarship. Now I just have to hope and pray that I get other scholarships and continue to be on my grind in applying for more.

Now, I didn't apply to the College of Westchester and I believe I spoke to one of their representatives about my lack of interest in their college. But apparently, they’re still holding on to hope. I don't want to go to a two year school and they don't have many majors to choose from; besides, their too close to home. For anyone that is interested in pulling up their grades so they can go to the school of their dreams, I recommend the College of Westchester. If you can, do some research on it and see if it’s the right fit for you. Or, if you know more about the College of Westchester and would like to share, drop a comment .
Bloggers, what colleges have accepted you so far? What scholarships have you received? Here's your moment to show off your achievements and brag without anyone calling you conceited or full of yourself. Leave all the comments you want and praise yourself all you want. You deserve it!

For the bloggers who have already been through college, tell us about your college and give some info about it. Who knows? This bit of information can spark someone to take the next step to go to college.

Well, I should start on my homework before the itious kicks in. Just had me some hamburger pasta and it's sitting in my gut trying to make me fall asleep.

While I'm trying to fight laziness, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other…

A Mini Debate, More Than Just A Black And White Scenario...

Okay... My boyfriend and I just had a mini debate about teenage girls and pregnancy...

He believes that if a girl around our age or younger (18 years or younger) gets pregnant, she's fast. His reason was that she just is...
I believe that if that same girl gets pregnant, it can be either that she IS fast OR that she just so happened to get pregnant. Although being fast can be a possibility, the condom could've broke, she could have forgotten to take her pill on time, or perhaps in a moment of passion she and her boyfriend decided to not use protection. Shoot, if teenage girls who get pregnant are fast, what are teenagers who are having sex in general considered to be? Why should the pregnant girl be coined as fast or automatically get a bad rep?

When you think about it, things can't be so cut and dry all the time. There are some shades of gray between the black and white areas if you look hard enough.

Bloggers, what are your views on this issue? Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Until the next post, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other...

Another Follower, Yay!

YAY!!! Now I have 2 Followers! SO ECSTATIC!!! :-D

Thanks Aliyyah Camp. Can't wait to read articles from your up and coming magazine. I can see your future now; Essence, Ebony, JET, and other magazines listing you as one of the Top 50 Youngest Entrepreneurs, getting interviewed about how you got started and what inspired your magazine... (Sigh) The possibilities slowly turning into realities... I'll support you in whatever way I can. Make sure you create a blog so I can follow you. Catch you on Facebook.

Until the next post, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other :-D

Easy To Read...

Sometimes I get so unhappy, you know? I feel really annoyed, depressed, and kinda lackadaisical. I don't want to be bothered by anyone and I just want to be to myself. Sometimes when I pray I feel better. Other times it takes a while for me to calm down and be happy again. It's crazy how I can put up a quick front when it's necessary. But to my family, certain friends, and my boyfriend, I'm just an open book; easy to read. Smh. I hate the fact that I can be so damn emotional. Sometimes I wish I could be emotion-less or less sensitive... But I guess that's part of what makes me, me. The fact that I am so emotional allows me to pick up on the emotions of others and I can empathize with them a lot more than someone who has the emotions of a brick wall. I guess it's a part of my beauty too. It may be a pain in the ass to most, but it's a secret beauty that only a few can appreciate; the former and the latter being my mother. Lolz.

I just gotta find something that makes me happy when I get like this, or something productive that will take my mind off how I'm feeling, something like this blog. So far, writing in this blog makes me happy. The fact that someone is bothering to read what I wrote, besides a teacher, is exciting. These are my thoughts and words that someone else can relate to; a force that is connecting me to others so that when I feel certain things or have a certain opinion I'm not alone. Do you know how great of a feeling that is? If you're not a writer, maybe you don't so let me put it into perspective, the fact that someone can understand me is worth more than words can say... Anyway, it's 11:00pm, time to see if A Different World is on TVOne. Until my next post, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other...

My First Follower!!!! :-D

OMG, I HAVE MY FIRST FOLLOWER!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!
I'd like to dedicate this post to my good friend LeeAnn aka Lola Graphic. Thanks for following me. You give me motivation to continue blogging. I miss seeing you and I miss our numerous bus ride advantures and inside jokes! Lol. Love you lots like school tater totts!!! Btw, when are you going to start a blog?
Let me know so I can subscribe :D
Well, until my next post, be blessed and make your legacy like no other...

Word to the wise....

No college letters today. However; I did schedule a date to go visit Utica College next month. (Don't worry, I'll definitely keep ya'll posted on that.) So far, today was a chill day. Did most of my math homework, watched TV, talked on the phone, texted, cleaned the bathroom and washed the dishes. Unfortunately, my chill day was ruined by a disappointing notification from UArts (University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. Apparently they haven't received my SAT scores that my counselor faxed to them last Friday. EEERRRRRRR! This college process is so fucking frustrating. Although they have my ACT scores, which are shit, I wanted them to have my SAT scores, which aren't any better. Lol. The point is that when someone says they are going to do something, I expect them to do it. And since I know my counselor did send my SAT scores, if the college has misplaced my scores, I wish they would say that instead of making it seem like me and my counselor aren't doing our job! Or perhaps I texted her the wrong fax #... I hope not...

So, to give me peace of mind, I'm going to ask my mom to fax my SAT scores to the college from her job tomorrow. Hopefully, my mother's boss will have sympathy on this poor little black girl trying to go to college.

Word to the wise for all my readers out there (if there are any readers)
Do not apply to more colleges than you can handle. I applied to about 20 colleges. I will NEVER (knock on wood) do that again. However; applying to so many colleges taught me more about myself, I don't like stress and I like to be in control of a situation. All the colleges are stressing me out, I feel totally out of control since I don't know where I'm going to college yet, nor know if all my colleges have received my stuff!!!! So now I have to call the rest of my colleges tomorrow and see what my status is... GREAT!!!!! (Sigh) There aren't enough hours in the day and too little hours for admissions offices to be closed. I mean, I know these admissions people have lives to, but with busy, stressed out teens like me, their offices need to be open until 6pm or 7pm instead of 5pm. But that's just me.

I have to put my bathroom back together, try to finish my ALG 2 Vacation packet, and make myself some hamburger pasta. (YUM!!!)
In the meantime, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other...

Don't they know...

Okay, is it just me or is Spring break or any other break an excuse to be lazy, get fat, and neglect all responsibility? It must be because I'm so procreating on my school work in order to right this. Lol.

Right now, I'm on the phone with my friend and he's watching a mediatakeout video of some girl putting celebs on blast! I mean like SUPA-DUPA-HEAD status!!! Why do certain females do this to themselves? If it's for publicity, are you that desperate to get your 15 minutes of fame? If it's just for kicks and giggles, why do you thrive off of humiliating others? And if it's for attention, why does it have to be THAT kind of attention? Of course this is one of the age old debates people discuss on a daily but seriously, when are some of these girls going to grow up and stop the foolishness? Don't they know that self love is the new sexy? By putting themselves out there like that, it make them look bad. The celeb's don't look half as bad because after their next hit or major win in a game, the public will be over it. But these women are left with a bad reputation and a broken wrist watch stuck on that 15 minutes of fame that they so desperately desired.

If someone is going to have sex with someone, be a celeb or not, just be careful who you have sex with and what you do with that person. A few minutes or hours of pleasure or lack there of, isn't worth a lifetime of shame and embarrassment.

Since I can't seem to put the video on my page, here's the link to see exactly what I'm talking about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X38mAhBz2fw

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments. And remember, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other...*

Bowl of Stress

EEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR! I'm stressed out at 9:57 in the morning. I need to get a poem notarized before the 3rd. Each day of bad weather is making that little window smaller and smaller and the deadline closer and closer. I also have to figure out how I'm going to get to City College at 3pm on a school day at the end of April or else I will be denied from the rest of the CUNY's I applied too...GREAT!! Nothing like a big bowl of stress to wake you up in the morning. Well, I'm going to see if I can sleep some of this stress off or just start my homework and do some chores. In the meantime, be blessed and make sure your legacy is like no other...

At a calm....

Okay, I just had to vent for a second there, which I will be doing frequently since April is the month of college letters full of rejections, acceptances, and wait listings... GREAT!!!! :-/ I know I should've started this blog in October or November, but better late than never.

Just finished eating leftovers from last night, roasted chicken w/ stuffing... Mmmm, Mmmmm, MMMMMM! Damn I love my mother's cooking! In a few minutes I'm about to embark on a quest of mathematics; a wonderful vacation packet that my high school gave me and the rest of the student body to do over Spring Break. SMH! The point of a vacation is to get a break from school work, now it's just a break from the school building, which is a blessing in its own right since my high school isn't the most cleanest building one would hope to be educated in... But hey, a break is a break. Better one week off then none at all.

Well, better suit up for my quest. Be blessed and make sure your legacy is...

P.S. Damn you catholic school students who have 2 weeks off for Spring Break. :-P Lolz

OMG, Another rejection

So, I wake up this morning at 8:30 am to rehearse for a skit I'm doing at my church this up coming Friday. My mom texts me midway in rehearsal saying that I have a letter from Ithaca college and Queens College... now, I have already been rejected from Drexel University, Howard University (The Real HU:-/), Lehman College, and SUNY PURCHASE. Since Fordham University didn't recieve my SAT scores in time, they rejected me as well. Mind you, my counselor said she faxed them twice to the university... (sigh) I've also been wait listed for Quinnipac University and Ithaca College. Granted, I've applied to about 20 colleges, but these schools shouldn't be rejecting me left and right like this. I mean, I've been on the honor roll since 9th grade, I have great community service and extra curricular activities on my resume', and some bomb-ass letters of recommendation! Smh, Idk what's going on with these colleges man. But I have to look at some of these rejections as blessings in deguise, take Howard for instants, their students receive little to no financial aid. One of my friends, who will remain nameless, also informed me that when he visited Howard there were students who were sleeping outside, fighting for dorms.... Wtf! I know not all HBCU's are like that but wow, thank God I didn't get accepted into Howard. Besides, God will put me where he wants me to be. At least I got accepted into Utica College, which I am going to visit very soon. Well, I'll keep ya'll posted. I gotta go eat supper. In the meantime, fill free to comment about my post or vent on the schools that rejected you. But keep in mind that with every rejection, there is at least one acceptance. Be blessed and make sure your Legacy is like no other....