So the party was super fun and though it didnt turn out exactly how I wanted I was satisfied. My friends were there, my family came, and there was good food available. I'll have to do it up big again when I move into my apartment. Ive since arrived in NY and for the week Im just chillin. I dont start work at the GAP until next week and other than that my full time employment grind begins. Im glad to be here but New York has that exciting/eerie feeling that you get in big cities. Though there are so many people around sometimes your still by yourself and though you may think people are watching, they are often times not. In New York you mind your own damn businesse and keep it moving! Ive found a renewed sense of style...suddenly I have a number of really cute outfits to wear though they are the same clothes Ive been wearing since 1992. I guess my style has been reinvted since everytime I step out of my door I am greeted by a basketball court full of hot sweaty mens(LOL) Its fun to tease but I know my limits, I wont keep that up much longer cause they wont believe that I didnt hear them after so many attempts at holleration.
So thats that...Ive been chillin...hanging out around 125th and laying up relaxing. I went to visit Johnny yesterday and we had a nice little visit. I miss being around him... he makes me laugh so much and I love his style and his train of thought. We had a discussion on leggings and he debunked my theory that leggings could work with Bermuda Shorts...at the end we decided that fishnet leggings go with bermuda shorts but denim or cute ones. He gave me new shades (very Jackie O) and I replaced my old ones with them so now I have new cute stunna shades.
I stopped at the Soul Spot and got my fav Jerk Chicken, Mac and Cheese, Plantains and a large lemonaid. The best meal ever!!!! then headed up Court over to the B&N to pick up my maggies for the month. Talking to Erica...It kinda made me miss her as she contemplated silver pumps and I tried to help her decide if they would encorporate into her wordrobe and what colors complement silver. I really love my friends and I cant wait to have my own place and have dinner parties and invite my friends to the city to enjoy life.
Ive been reading Fabulosity by Kimora Lee Simmons and I have to say its a perfect articulation of the type of people me and my friends are. Some people see her and think shes over the top with her rhinestones.
"If I can have something custome-made in technicolr with rhinestones, I will. "
-KLS
You see...its this exact proclamation that her "bigger-than-life" style is entitled to her that I subscribe to. Though she may seem crazy there is absolutely nothing wrong with Rhinestones ( So there Erin) and though I may not exaclty desire to wear her line of garments I find myself continually inspired by her book and abound with wonderfully insightful away messages and quotes to adorn my facebook wall...I may even open a My Space account and send messages to all the poor girls out there who's accounts proclaim them as sex pots. With sections on Self Belief and Confidence, Work and Power, Indpendence, Image and Body, Romance and Lifestyle, and Positivity and Sustainability. The grandest part of the story is that we arent listening lsome high falutent tale of how she met Russel and he showered her with money and all of a sudden she is an authority on all things Fabulous, no....this book comprises her experiences,her guidance from fashion authorities, and a slew of quotes on the topics discussed. My sister said she wasnt that interested anymore since shed found out that she was no longer with Russel and I almost hit her over the head with the 264 page work, the whole point of the book is to show ladies that it doesnt take a man to land you where you are. You think Russel Simmons would have allowed her to launch BabyPhat into what it is today if she was some ghetto hoochie off the street?? Now you may be wondering......"Well why do all the garments look like they are made for Shaquita, Starlena, Kischantay, or Lafonta (Sam I hope you got the last one) who are straignt out of Highland Park...The Trap or South Cenral LA????
Exhibit A,B, and C
What the hell?? What are the belt loops for??? This tight ass thing aint goin nowhere!
In the words of my neo--"Agregious!!!"
I feel like Ive seen these on a spanish women in the Bronx
I have no answer for that.....but the fact remains you learn a lot about Kimora Lee and who she was before Russell. My exboyfriend called her a Golddigger in his ignorance. The truth is she was super model that served as the fit model for Chanel at the tender age of 15. For those of you who dont know what that means( as I didnt) is that you are the model that all the sizes and samples for a collection is based off, the fit model is the last model to walk at the collections debut, which is an honor in itself. Imagine being the finale at a CHANEL show....
All Im saying is that everyone should check out the book. Though its sort of written to target a young lady growing into her self...it does seem to help affirm an identity of fabuloisty that many arent aware of and are often times ridiculed.
My only concern is the over usage of the term Fabulous. I dont mean that Kimora uses the word excessivley or that there is some problem with int the book. I mean the over us by the general public. Yes everyone...Fabulous has become a catch phrase used by both the fab and the un fab. Kimora (because I feel so personally aquinted with her through her book) states that there is a large difference between fabulous and average. To paraphrase, average is everything that is normal...everything that your little cirlcle of friends does...what everyone aspires to is average....anything that is greatly saught after by many people is officially upon becoming desired by beyond hmmm I'll say 10, people and it is average....Its all about being different...thats whats fabulous...being innovative...being ahead of the trends, throwing trends to the wind and asserting your own sense of style, self, ideals etc. Average is far far from fabulous. So before you let that word roll from your tounge and out of you mouth...think long and hard about the true qualities of fabulousness and reconsider. Besides...I much more prefer the term Splendiferous! Check on it!
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