Young Negro Girl in America

MOVED

2005-12-03T08:59:00.000-08:00

Visit

http://rosieandlucy.wordpress.com/

Hello World

2005-12-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Does anyone remember this from computer science learning C+...

well i am still here, breathing and everything.

Obviously Not...

2005-11-28T18:01:00.000-08:00

ummm i have yet to move my blog. so i guess i'm not going anywhere. but attempt three whenever that may be will be the one that will do it for me.

hope everyone had a good thanksgiving holiday. mine was... yeah

i was offered a change of position at my work. from news editor to copy desk chief. I'm in limbo as to what i want to do. i think i will stay in my current position. for many reasons...

but its flattering that i was considered for the job though. i think

Screw you blogger

2005-11-22T05:35:00.000-08:00

For losing all my HTML from my previous layout...i think i'll be moving my blog ASAP

I just noticed

2005-11-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

Your Observation Skills Get A B

Your senses are pretty sharp (okay, most of the time)
And it takes something big to distract you!

How Observant Are You?

It's raining

2005-11-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

Why do people say "it's raining outside" isn't that a given. I mean seriously you don't say i'm in the bathtub in the bathroom.

But than again, i could be wrong. I highly doubt it.

Communication Research Methods [level 4000 course] starts at 12:30 and ends at 1:50. I believe I got here around 1:15. Its 1:28, and i'm so tempted to leave. B-O-R-I-N-G, doubly so.

It's a tuesday. I hate tuesdays. I have to work late, and i get restless and just want to go home. Really doesn't help that it's raining. Who doesn't like to be home when its raining.

On my couch, sipping hot chocolate, reading a book, snug under my blanket and drifting to sleep. Ooooo give me a sec, daydreaming...must snap out.

O' to be home. Resting, comfortable, relaxing.

It's raining, and i'm here in class miserable.

Save me.

Bored

2005-11-14T13:20:00.000-08:00

You are a
Social Liberal
(60% permissive)

and an...
Economic Moderate
(41% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

My so called life

2005-11-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

Right now i'm sitting in a sociology class with my best friend. This is actually her class not mine, i just chill with her for awhile because i don't have any class till 12:30 today. So we've made this a habit, yes i know i'm crazy for sitting in on a class that i don't even have to be in. But i look @ it like this, i get a free class and get to broaden my horizon with a class that i wouldn't have taken. I also sit in her other sociology class on MWF, sometimes. That is my so called life.

I believe i'm coming down with the flu. I have some of the symptoms. Body ache like crazy, stomach pains, chest pains and headache. Please don't let it be a the flu!! I so could have stayed at home today, but tonight is production night, i "must" stay.
My so called life.

The weather man lied this morning. I am dressed incorrectly for the weather today. I have on a skirt, sandles and a tank top. Its like a 50% chance of raining here. But its humid outside. I wanna go home
My so called life.

I'm going to sleep, this class is extra boring.

My Life

2005-11-07T06:47:00.000-08:00

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	5.4
Mind:	6.3
Body:	7.3
Spirit:	6.3
Friends/Family:	4.1
Love:	2.1
Finance:	5.5
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Racial Profiling

2005-11-03T08:15:00.000-08:00

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/02/football.muslim.ap/index.html

thats crazy. they wouldn't let them return to their seats. they moved them to another area. had police stand by where they relocated them, and escorted them to their vehicles. bizzare!

America! America! can we start stopping and white folks all over for looking suspicious. for their stupid tactics, and for just looking like wow you're white. let me detain you. make you miss the ballgame, children's birthday party, or just making it home on time.

racial profiling is crazy. and i love how the "man" is always so scared and since 'he's' scared he choose to pick on those who can't really stand for themselves.

i feel threatened. so i will pull you to the side to make sure i'm safe. even if i don't have basis to do it.

PROFILE the MAN!

Adult Life

2005-11-02T18:40:00.000-08:00

YIKES!

I thought my phone had gotten cut off. Which would mean no dsl connection!!! But thankfully it was just that i had seperated the cord from the phone a tad bit while cleaning.

But i did fail to pay my phone bill last month...how the heck did i do that? I pay it along with my electric bill at the same time. Why the heck didn't i pay my phone bill on the 6th of October like i did my electric bill i have no idea. now my phone bill is $78. i will pay the $41 i owed for last month, and pay what i orginally owe this month later.

If its not one thing then its another. seriously. i'm broke. straight broke. and it sucks. eh. i just hope that i can keep gas in my car just to make it to school and back.

i need a real job. i might have to resign as news editor at school. i could write a whole post as to why. not in the mood. the thought of it makes me mad.

watching trading spouses...so curious to see this new mom freak out about religion.

and you call yourself a Christian.

Rosa Parks and others

2005-11-01T06:48:00.000-08:00

I know I will probably receive a lot of slack for what I am going to write, but since this is my blog, and I associate the word blog with opinion, I am going to give my blog = opinion.

First and foremost I am not trying to sound anything like Cedric did on “Barbershop” but I do have to admit that I couldn’t agree with him more on what he said. I do want to say that I do have sympathy for any family in a time of grieving, and I do not judge people. A very valuable lesson I have learned, but I must say I don’t have to agree with things that others just assume I should agree with.

Mrs. Parks was not as we all know the first person to refuse to give up her seat on a bus. In the north, south, east or west. So why is she so famously recognized? Only advantage point she had, if you can call it that, is that she knew MLK. Another figure in history that I just cannot stand, I’ll have to write a part two just for that later. Currently Mrs. Parks is receiving all this honor and recognition and for what? For not getting up? She did nothing more than the next person, but because she knew MLK she was able to be the one to “start the bus boycott”. I’m sure way before MLK thought of a bus boycott and way before Mrs. Parks set down, there were many others who too were ready to start a boycott or sit – ins, but you won’t know of those people, because everyone cannot be important. MLK was already in the position to be the “leader” whether appointed or not. So uncle Beau and uncle Lester sure enough may have had the idea to start a boycott, but the odds of MLK losing his job, or being captured and whatnot was slim to none compared to the “two uncles” who faced losing their jobs, their families and being killed.

Not that MLK or Mrs. Parks didn’t face these same dilemenas, but MLK did have support and did have people to protect or at least watch his back. He had just as much to lose, but the odds where in his favor compared to a farmer in Alabama.

So what I am trying to say is this. Do I believe Mrs. Parks should receive all this honor? No. Anyone for that matter, we will ALL face the judgment and that’s not going to get her in to heaven any quicker than me donating $9000 billion dollars to charity. Often times we give more reverence to people than we do to him. Mrs. Parks is gone. Period. She lit a small spark, one that many people also contributed to, so why does Mrs. Parks get all the credit, what about the ones who were there also? What about the ones that were lynched? What about the ones that were attacked by dogs? What about the ones that died a silent death and we still don’t know about them? What about the ones that were not in the spotlight that also sacrificed?

Lets not give all honor and respect to just a mere individual. It wasn’t about one person. It too many, and many did more than imaginable.

Rest in peace to all of those who are no longer here. Who fought, who battled who died.
That’s whom we need to remember.

bored

2005-11-01T06:20:00.000-08:00

I am not: what others want me to be

I hurt: when i am sad

I love: Christ Jesus

I hate: being sad

I hope: conquer my personal demons

I regret: a lot of things

I cry: when i am lonely or sad

I care: about those i love

I always: have something to say

I long to: true love

I feel alone: most of the time

I listen: to words of wisdom

I wonder: if i'll find a mate

I hide: my true feelings

I drive: a car :)

I sing: in the shower

I dance: all day

I write: for the school paper

I breathe: as often as possible :)

I play: video games

I miss: my best friend

I search: for acceptance

I say: i love you often

I feel: stressed

I succeed: with the help of the Lord

I fail: at many things

I dream: of us

I sleep: in boxers

I want: love

I worry: too much

I have: many doubts and many fears

I give: all that i can

I fight: to stay alive

I wait: on the Lord

I am: blessed

I think: about my wellbeing

I can't: not have a certain person

I stay: in houston

I tried: to give up, but can't

I'm mad: when i'm forgotten

Newspaper

2005-11-01T05:38:00.000-08:00

Wow, I'm quoted in a news article for Southern Digest [oct. 21]. Go to www.southerndigest.com and search for blogs. They actually spelled my name as Latasha, which is incorrect. But at least I know they are talking about me. I forgot that I even did that interview over the summer. It just so happened that we get the Southern Digest in our office at school. I am now currently the news editor of my schools paper, The Panther [pvpanther.com]. So we exchange papers with different University's. I was flipping thru Southern's paper, as I do every week, and it didn't dawn on me that I would be in the blog feature on the back of the paper, till hours later when i went searching for my name. And there it was, incorrect but my blog address and I guess the quotes that i gave, printed in black.

I was so proud of self. I sounded really well in the quotes. Though I believe I was misquoted.

I would never say African-American. I hate that word. Period. I'm sure I didn't say that. It would be "against my religion" or something.

Check out the article.

Study

2005-10-24T19:46:00.000-07:00

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth." --2 Tim. 2:15

starting today i am going to read Proverbs, starting with chapter one. my aunt had suggested that i read it long ago, and now i'm taking her up on that offer. interesting how certain things in your life will make you humble yourself.

not that i'm becoming holier than thou or anything, just taking a stronger stance in my religion and what I believe. i know that i'm always wanting God to do for me, but what have i done to show that i am appreciative?

Something that I always remember from my childhood is what my grandmother would say to me [Lord rest her soul]
"God gives you one dollar, and all he wants from that dollar is 10 cents. He gives you $100 and he only wants $10. Seven days in a week, and he asks us to devote one to him. Is that too much to ask, after all he's done for you."

That rings loud and clear to me today. I know that many are skeptical about religion or about churches really. But seek God. Truly seek Christ and His church.

I can't just be doing wrong and expect God to just bless me when i ask for it. I must humble myself. He is my Father and i am his lowly child.

test

2005-10-23T19:50:00.000-07:00

Back in the days

2005-10-23T13:45:00.000-07:00

Being the spoiled brat that I am, i had the following

100, 97, 92, 87, 86, 81 (loved this), 80, 79, 71, 69, 68, 58, 54, 48, 47, 43, 41, 38, 23, 17, 13, 10

and i def. had legos. my absolute favorite. i still have all my childhood lego's till this day. but those def. bring back memories.

via... http://tv.cream.org/extras/toys/

Too much jello

2005-10-23T07:14:00.000-07:00

Someone has too much time on their hands.

cleary San Francisco made out of jello.

no wonder i couldn't find anymore cherry jello in the supermarket. its all in san fran.

Oh yeah

2005-10-22T18:39:00.000-07:00

Go Houston. :)

being as that i live here now... why not join the crowd.

Poly Tics

2005-10-22T06:50:00.000-07:00

i will admit, i am not the most "versed" individual when it comes to politics, but i do believe that i am able to comprehend simple news articles and broadcast on television.

Rove debate. DeLay debate. all this new ish going down, and you would think that all of this would be concern for America.

More stuff is falling off the table and no one is questioning whose pushing it off.

I was going to tackle every obstcle on why we should impeach bush. i have like list and list of why.

but i just got a phone call from my sweetie...

see even i don't care about poly tics

Favorite male artist

2005-10-22T06:46:00.000-07:00

Amos Lee.

gifted. talented. true lyricist (sp?), great entertainer, true musician, pure voice.

Love the music. Love the man.

PC vs. Mac

2005-10-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

less i ever forget my PC (compaq) is reminding me why i own a mac powerbook g4.

screw you microsoft. but i'd rather have all my pictures and songs filed on the pc than the mac...just for space purposes...and i had already bought the sims II on pc...

blah blah blah..

mac owner for life.

Root Canal

2005-10-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

praise the Lord. I was able to have the first procedure for my root canal today. wonderful. wonderful doctor. dr. zurker in houston. i would recommend him to any and everyone. great doctor. please look him up. he's on 529 off of huffmeister.

so now my lips and my mouth are just numb. the right side of my mouth feels like its just sticking out all the way to the sidewalk. weird feelings. i just feel like i have these huge swollen lips on one side. but i don't. at least not when i look in the mirror. but i swear that as soon as i'm not looking at myself in the mirror the go back to being swollen. i'm so convinced

can't say my tooth hurts. can't feel anything. will continue to take the penicillin i got from the ER and the hydrocodone (mmm) j/k. that should help me out for a few days. next appointment is next thursday at again 8AM. i like to have it over with quickly.

priase God, he truly truly answered my prayers. He might not come when you want Him, but He's ALWAYS on time.

amen

ABC's of Latisha

2005-10-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

Accent - Southern

Bra size - no comment

Chore I hate -cleaning the bathtub

Dad’s name - Michael

Essential make-up - i don't wear makeup but does chap stick count

Favorite perfume -miracle by Lancome

Gold or Silver? - silver, i hate gold

Hometown - M-square

Insomnia - rarely

Job Title - News Editor

Kids - no

Living Arrangment - me, myself and I (all very great individual's)

Mom’s Birthplace - Los Angeles

Number of Sexual Partners - no comment

Overnight Hospital Stays - yes, five days in the 6th grade

Phobia - clowns, birds

Favorite Quote - Judge not, less ye be judged

Religion - Christian.

Siblings - yes

Two I’m tagging - no comment

Unnatural hair colors I’ve worn - never

Vegetable I refuse to eat - beets

Worst habit -ummm...

X-rays I’ve had - cat scan, dental

Yummy foods I make - banana bread, hamburgers, cookies

Zodiac sign -Taurus i do believe

Midterms

2005-10-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

won't be posting for awhile. must make all B's.

yes B's. i always say strive for something you know is attainable, so if you don't get it, it wouldn't be as bad, and if you excel above well than thats just a bonus

Back again

2005-10-10T18:29:00.000-07:00

dern toothache is back again. this time full force. i'm going to go ahead an extract it on wednesday. i can not afford a root canal. so i must go with my next and only option. moms reassures me that i have 4-5 years to get a bridge or something to prevent the rest of my teeth from shifting. which would be the ultimate nightmare.

its only 8:30pm and i'm doing all in my will power to stay awake. i'm so very tired. spent this past weekend out of town. got no school work or work in general done. so now i'm just trying away to stay wired and stay awake to finish up a paper and do some editing.

sadly i have a presentation tomorrow at 12:30. so not prepared. trying to decide if i would rather read tonight and make my notecards, or wait and get up early and do it... leaning towards that morning time studying. i figure if i get up no later than 8AM. and be at school by 11:45. might even be able to sleep till 9. but i'll probably lolly gag. so i'll set my alarm to 8:30.

@ work

2005-10-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

my beautiful desk.

Time...

2005-10-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

I'm so convinced there aren't enough hours in the day for anyone to fully function. I'm living off of about two ounces of rest daily it seems like. The media world is a stressful one. Stress beyond belief. If anyone had any clue of how production has the ingredient to drive one nuts, there would be less negative letters to the editor and more jolly and feel good ones. But that wouldn't be eye catching now would it?

I didn't want to complain, but i figured well it is my blog, heck if anyone can complain on here its going to be. Complaints in the comments don't phase me.

Time is of the essence. I believe i've heard this phrase before. What the heck does that mean? Essence vs. Time?

And my thoery or thought or aggravation about not having enough hours in the day is proven correct. I must jump up now to go to class, or actually to pick up for car pooling and then head to class. And i was just getting comfortable.

Ciao

No seriously...

2005-10-04T05:35:00.000-07:00

this is how i feel.

Onward to praise the Lord

2005-10-02T06:40:00.000-07:00

not my church specifically. not even in texas probably. but it is the Church that i attend. my religious preference. if you call it a preference. i go to the Church of Christ because i believe it to be the Church stated in the Bible. it is my home, my refuge, my family. i attend Shady Acres Church of Christ here in Houston. My home congregation is The Church of Christ at Cedar Valley [previously Cherry Valley Church of Christ] in Dallas, Texas. Transition was a little different, but i'm adjusting well. Always great to be in the presence of the saints.

NBA 2k6

2005-10-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

I haven't had all the time in the world to play this game, but for the short spurts that i have popped it into my ps2 its caught my attention as being worthy enough to be played for hours. I love college hoops 2k5 and nba 2k5 so it was very likely that i would get the 2k6. though i liked the games a lot better when they were $20. i can see why they went up though. i was a Live fan since around 04, but soon after that i gave up on Live and switched to 2k. i still have Live 04 has to be one of my favorites, but def. a 2k fan. maybe i can get some playing time in today after ~~grading~~ copy-editing papers.

Movie Review...of sorts

2005-10-01T19:11:00.000-07:00

just got back from the movie theater roughly 15minutes ago. great movie. i think i might have liked numero uno a little better but dos is great too. i gave it a B rating on yahoo.

worth my $5.75. really like action movies as is, so this was really on my turf. after seeing movies like this one, it makes you want to get in your own car and drive like frank. seriously. i thought i could switch gears like a mutha...till i remembered that i don't have those skills, nor do i have the car...nor am i frank. point blank.

i would recommend this film in a heartbeat. in fac i hope the release it with numero uno in a two disc set so i can own both. really looking forward to its dvd release.

saw flightplan on thursday. i gave it an F on yahoo. i don't even want to blog why. it could have been so much more. i'm still left wondering why those two men where in the window, and how that dude knew her husband. it just left you hanging, wanting answers. acting by jodie foster was great, but the move could have been so much more.

Emergency...

2005-09-30T17:55:00.000-07:00

I had to go to the emergency room today. I was taken by an ambulance too. Today I went to class with Kasai around 11AM. I was feeling fine and dandy all morning long, seriously. Around 12:20 when I dropped her off at work is when all heck broke loose. I got the worse pain in my lower stomach than i have ever felt. It was so bad that i didn't even think i was going to be able to park my car and make it to where ever i needed to go. I was lucky enough to make it into a restroom of a building on campus, where i cried and cringed over the toliet and finally found some rest sitting on the restroom floor doubled over in pain. Thats when i called kasai who called her mom, who works at the police station, who came over. And they rescued me. :) Kasai's mother stayed with me till the ambulance go there. Bless her heart. I sat in a chair in the restroom and cried and she rubbed my back and reassuared me. So thankful for her, felt like my mother being their.

I was taken to a hospital in Tomball, Texas (close to houston) where i was treated after about five (5) hours. Turns out that they really didn't give me an exact diagnosis, after taking ALL my blood, giving me and IV and taking x-rays. The doctor basically said that it most likely was a virus. But it could also be a cyst on my ovary, or my pancreaus (sp?), whatever checks for the healthy state of your pancreaus (sp?) showed my level was a little higher, If good it would have been in the 125 range mines was in the 168 range. No biggie he said really.

So after that i was slapped with a $1400 (+) hospital bill. For them to prescribe me a $6 prescription for some nasty green stuff. If anything hurt me the most it wasn't all the times i was stuck with needles it was the bill at the end of the day.

Needless to say, Kasai got their as soon as she could and stayed with me, and my auntie (bless her heart) for whom this blog has a name after (rosie, her name is really millie) came 2hrs and waited on me, just to make sure i was okay.

They love me they really love me.

And that was my day...i missed my 2 o'clock class. But this is a valid excuse right?

...didn't get to pick up my check from work either...

In response

2005-09-30T17:49:00.000-07:00

In response to a comment made about "the choking game" post. My whole point for the post is to get the word out. I had never heard of that game, and I want to be so sure that it can get lost in the heap of other deadly games that children and adults alike should never participate in. I am sorry for your lost, cannot say i know what it is like to lose a child, especially at an early age, but to lose a close young one in their prime i do know. its sad that the fact of losing one to a game is happening. I question how could this all be prevented? What actions need to be taken in order to prevent more deaths? How do we convince children that not all games are good games and need to be played? How do we discourage such behavior? How do we save our children? Not everyone saw Oprah, so many are still oblivous to the fact. So how is the word to be spread so that it can be discouraged to participate in this deadly game? I would love to speak to scores of youngin's to get their opinion. For them to give me a little inside information as to how this stuff gets around, city to city, state to state. And what their honest opinions are. To me this needs to be address before it really 'catches' on and we lose our young in ways that can be prevented. I encourage any parent to speak to their child, and mentor to help a child, older sibling, aunt uncle to encourage proactive behavior and smart thinking.
Just my thoughts.

House

2005-09-28T04:38:00.000-07:00

This has to be arguably be the best drama on television. i'm very hooked.

note won't be returning till after baseball season is over on the 1st of November

that sucks incredibly

def. putting season one dvd on my christmas list. if a 21 year old is still allowed to have a christmas list.

"the choking game"

2005-09-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

I def. haven't heard anything like this in a long while. Children are choking themselves for a short "high". No longer are they using weed, they are actually playing with their lives to the nth degree and choking themselves till they pass out. Okay i hate to sound cliche' but "what is wrong with this generation?" Seriously, choking yourself for a short high. I mean a short high. Going so far as to put yourself an inch close to death for a high. Gosh, are children that bored. Getting less attention than ever, that they have to go as far as to choking themselves for fun. Choking I've always thought had a negative conotation (sp?), now its a game? I know we all 'play' with our lives daily, we drive, we trust others to cook our food and all that jazz. its really sad that children are dying from this, but i think parents need to know...and students too. this is serious, and frankly dumb that innocent children are dying over a game...we need to work on this problem.

Sitting at the house

2005-09-27T09:33:00.000-07:00

School cancelled till tomorrow. So I haven't been on campus since last Wednesday, a whole week. Any other time this would have been great, but with no school, that only leaves me a chance to stay at home and look crazy. So i'm actually anticipating school starting, i actually like my busy life. No newspaper to be produced to this week, and I'm sure some presidential dinners i was invited to are cancelled also. I hate having to start school in the middle of the week. But I guess I can't complain. I mean I can, but I won't.

Just some stuff to throw out there:

I bought a bed from Ikea, no longer on the floor. Oddly enough I enjoyed just having my matress on the floor. One you never had to worry about falling out of the bed, my grandfather brought this to my attention last time he was here, two once you get used to something its hard to change. [will post photo later]

Purchased a family guy dvd "stewie griffen the untold story" and "the ring two" from Best Buy. Sweet!

Did a little shopping @ Ross and got some cute clothes to wear to classes.

Getting contacts, testing out some right now until i get my presecription next week.

Also go the 3rd season of "king of queens" like my favorite show after family guy. seriously. i love that show.

on the phone....can't blog and hold a convo.

I stole this and I like it

2005-09-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

Blessed Sunday

2005-09-25T07:16:00.000-07:00

wow. its already Sunday. i didn't think the first day of the week could get here soon enough. now we are in the aftermath of a hurricane. stores restocking and re-opening. gas being brought in, and people returing back home. still a little chaos. i mean its a bit fustrating, because we are spoiled, that businesses are not open. if any lesson has been learned its that patience works wonders. seriously. waiting in line for gas, not having road rage, waiting for the grocery store to re-open and any other little thing that is taken for granted. just a blessing to know that we have all of this...just going to take a little time for it to get back and running.

so spoiled that i want Ikea to open today. go figure. and it would be nice if best buy were open too...can't wait to get the new family guy dvd on tuesday.

ah wal-mart i'll see you at noon.

More gas...

2005-09-25T06:15:00.000-07:00

I-10 @ Hwy 6 a Shell station has gas..

I know where to get some gas

2005-09-25T05:54:00.000-07:00

To my fellow Houston neighbors:

Two places that for sure have gas...

A Raceway (used to be racetrack) on the corner of Steeple Park and Jones Road...past Krogers...gas for sure...just filled up myself...only regular...but at this point who cares...waited for like 5 minutes behind a car...but the wait really isn't even that long..she started cleaning her windows...other pumps were open..

Shell station at 1960/Hwy 6 exit on 290, across from Chipoltle and IHop...long line yesterday, but took no more than 20mintues to get gas...good considering

If i hear of anymore i will post.

Wingstop on Jones Road is open. Kroger on West Road off of Hwy 6 looks to be open...i see a long line...

Hurricane Day Two

2005-09-24T22:17:00.000-07:00

written september 23, 2005
it's day two of evacuating. we were going to stay in houston, but this morning around 8AM we drove 30miles north to Prairie View where my school is located, to Kasai's parents house. And its now 7:19PM and we've been here ever since. All day we've been sitting at home doing not a thing. No wind is blowing anymore than usual. No rain no anything. We really don't have any food food, a bunch of snacks and stuff. and its starting to get old with the snacks. her father today boarded up the windows and we're pretty secure in the home. but if push comes to shove we're all going to the baby dome on campus, where the basketball team plays, and be in there with the entire city of prairie view. blah. so hopefully we'll be able to stay at the house. though i would have opted to stay at my own home really. there is still no gas ANYWHERE, and we're 30miles out of houston. everything is closed, and you won't believe how many stalled cars are on the vacant highway. when we were driving to come to prairie view this morning we were the only ones on the highway, besides maybe 15 other cars. seriously. no traffic, no one. houston is VACANT. houston texas the 4th largest city in the country is like a ghost town seriously. i really realize how we take things for granted. i would give almost anything to have some potato fries from jack in the crack. its like we are so used to being able to say i'm hungry lets go get some food. heck we can't do that. we are trying to conserve gas and food. i mean we are straight for a few days, but if the power goes out...wow...can we last till tuesday...eh...

trying no to watch the news. because its saying the samething over and over. nothing new really. it was supposed to be a category 5. its now a 3. and if that sucker can go down to a tropical storm thats fine by me. hopefully it will. i have some video footage that i will soon share. it's really so hard to fanthom that things are closed, that things aren't avaliable and everything like that. people are gone. gas is free. and trash is everywhere. you just have to be here to believe it. i said i would never live in houston, the year i decide to come...heck here comes Rita too. go figure. so hopefully we won't have to evacuate this house and go to shelter on campus, but if the winds are to pick up as they say they should, than we'll be in the first thing smoking. hopefully we can return back to houston and to our homes. really want to beat all the traffic and be the first ones back.

prayers. all around....all that can be asked.

Houston...we have a problem.

Back Home

2005-09-24T09:45:00.000-07:00

safely made it back. electricity is working. water is running. everything is fine. at least in this area of town. still i have no gas. so stuck at home. not much food...but i do have water. glad to be back home. i do have some video footage of our evacuation process...i'll have to edit it in imovie..then hopefully i can share with the web.

i'll post a journel entry i made from yesterday...to share the mood here in houston.

Gotta go

2005-09-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

I am having to evacuate my home today. So this will most likely be the last time i post till after the storm. Prayer for me and my family.

Rita

2005-09-21T19:33:00.000-07:00

uhhruuh...miss hurricane rita, close cousin of katrina, could you please spare us. please. call me selfish and lazy, that i may be, but i'm really not wanting to evacuate my home this weekend. really not in a finacial situation to even do such. so if you could kindly minimize yourself to a level 1 or just simply back to a tropical storm that would be great. we can make this compromise right?

i mean here i am in the houston area, where i said i would never live. wait not the houston area...here i am IN houston. and the year i choose to move to this great city, you want to visit also. dude no freaking way. please stop by the ocean and fine by that.
school has been cancelled till monday. thats bittersweet. so if you could just not happen and let me take this four day weekend i would be thrilled.

spare some lives. in fact spare all lives in galveston and those area's more closely affected than mine. let them be able to come home, with homes in tack. and spare those that don't already have flood insurance. let this be just a warning. ya know. we got out pretty fast. now give us a break.

half way thru this composure...i know that i should be addressing this to God. intercetption coming right about........NOW

Houston Evacuate?

2005-09-21T11:46:00.000-07:00

call me stubborn but I don't think I need to leave. I live on the NW side of Houston, which I don't see being a potential danger, as far as the hurricane is concerned. Now being near the highway might be a problem...ya know people act so different and crazy when disaster strikes. School has been cancelled till Monday, thats a sigh, i had a spanish test on friday. But idle days suck too. But i will go by water, some food and what not. Hopefully. I have insufficent funds in my account, but my overpayment check is supposed to be in today. Praying! I need this soooo bad....i cannot explain. I will keep you updated...i might have to evacuate...not sure

Scale of one to ten

2005-09-19T17:44:00.000-07:00

i'm about a negative 12. today is a true monday indeed. one of the worst days i have ever experienced. i couldn't even go 'thru the motions'....tears overwhelm me...sick to my stomach...

all i can do is pray.

One out weighs the other

2005-09-18T15:06:00.000-07:00

Family Guy so wins this one. I'd pick FG over Simpsons anyday.

actually i'm 21...but still a compliment

2005-09-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

You Are 22 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

What church do you go to?

2005-09-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

very popular question now a days. people are very curious to others religious beliefs, if any. so i guess i'm just as curious. i pose this question to everyone and i hope many will respond,

what church do you go to?

why

my answer: shady acres church of Christ, because it is an example of the church that is found in the New Testament, it is the church that Christ died for, it is a Bible church. Those that obey God's Word shall enter into Heaven.

So i pose the question to you. Just curious.

You are a Believer

You believe in God and your chosen religion.
Whether you're Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu..
Your convictions are strong and unwavering.
You think your religion is the one true way, for everyone.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Ikea i like thee

2005-09-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

i'm so purchasing this frame this weekend. hopefully they will have it in stock. and its in pieces so that i can fit it in my two door car as i did my matress. which is currently 'housed' on the floor. ooo...i want this bed fram soooooooo bad!!!

edit its only $99 thats like getting two pair of jordans for $85.. {cheese}

What's on in the wee hours

2005-09-14T04:17:00.000-07:00

Made it through another production night at the paper. whew...hard work no doubt.
I didn't make it home till 2AM last night and had to be up no later than 5:45, to make it to my 8AM class. An hour to dress and at least 30 minutes to drive to school. So i'm in turbo mode, because the sleep that i got ~~last night~~ this morning was a tease. And no one likes to be teased.
So Wednesday's i'm just basking off stored energy basically. Going through my day, praying that it go by faster than Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday's can be just as bad as Tuesday's.
I attempt to function properly. I manage.

now it is 6:20AM, i am dressed, my house is a mess, i cleaned the toliet [hate to have a dirty commode], and i'm debating on if i should take back to junior high and fix myself a lunch, or bank that i'll get an overpayment check on friday, and splurge to buy something at school.

Indesign please marry me...

2005-09-13T06:41:00.000-07:00

tonight is production night at the paper....

pvpanther.com

eh...being news editor has really made me wish to be a normal person again...

production night...blah

Another Monday

2005-09-12T04:27:00.000-07:00

i am posting this at 6:28AM. a true monday indeed. i spent the whole weekend preping for no classes. i was just a lazy bum in all honesty. and here it is monday, and i still have the same amount of knowledge about my classes as i did on friday. the studying bug has got to hit me soon. it just has to. or else i'll...

Let us worship God

2005-09-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

caption: Shady Acres Church of Christ, Houston, Texas

One day [Lord willing] i'll make it to the 6AM service for worship. But for now i'm attending the latter at 10:30AM. Great song service, wonderful preaching, it works for me.

I've been attending church all my life some dips and drops in attendance, but none the less i was brought up in a Christian home. My grandfather was a Gospel preacher, and my uncle is currently the minister of my home congregation in Dallas. My grandmother was the Sunday school teacher till her demise last summer, and really the majority of my relatives do attend worship service.

I've had my ups and down with religion. Baptized into Christ at age 13, at a youth conference in Arkansas. But one thing that is solid, I have faith. I belong to His church. Will always stay in His church. I love the Lord. I love His church.

I would so like a response too...

2005-09-10T06:22:00.000-07:00

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Dear Mr. Bush:

Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.

Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?

Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!

I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike?

And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!

On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.

There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.

No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!

You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.

Yours,

Michael Moore

2005-09-10T05:48:00.000-07:00

Fidel and his doctors

maybe i'm wrong but i thought it was a nice gesture for him to offer up sending some physicians to help in the wake of hurricane katrina. i don't undertstand really the decline in his offer. but than again i somewhat do. here's what i don't agree with.

saying that cuban medical care doesn't fit american standard and they don't have the same liscenseing (sp?) as american doctors. umm...hello that is just a standard set by america, that doesn't mean they are any less or any more qualified to practice medicine. i hate the american way sometimes. its always its our way is right your way is wrong period. that is so WRONG. just because its american standard doesn't mean its the way to go. doesn't make it any better than anything else. heck if i were in the situation i'd want someone with a medical background helping me than, having to suffer and not be seen. its just outrageous to think that the declined because they are not certified or whatever in america. eck...

stupid stupid stupid.. though i know there are other reasons...but this is a dire situation.

2005-09-09T18:30:00.000-07:00

one of my favorite resturants! chipotle

i can order a burrito for like $7...[yes $7]. but not only can i eat it for dinner/lunch...i always have some left over for breakfast the next morning or whenever i get hungry. so i see it as paying for two meals in one. its very satisfying and i don't even think its possible to eat a whole one in ONE setting. but i'm sure some people may be able to. i just know that i can't.

burrito combination:

rice [of course]
steak
pinto beans
cheese
gucamole (sp?)

and everytime i order and ask for gucamole they always make it a point to say "you know that's extra?" YES i know its extra, just put it on my food so i can eat!!!

if you've never eaten one of these you are def. missing out and i would recommend you join the club asap..

just thought i'd share.

2005-09-09T17:07:00.000-07:00

this has to be my favorite candy of all time. i would so buy these in bulk. i usually hit up a dollar store and buy about $5 worth. they are soooooo tasty, chewy and good. and their german too.

update

my fricking financial aid came in today! i can pay for schooling. the rest of school actually. praise the Lord.

2005-09-08T17:30:00.000-07:00

"Almost everyone I've talked to says, 'We're going to move to Houston.' What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them."

- Barbra Bush, former first lady

Gotta love this quote. Seriously. It doesn't get anymore blatant than that. And i'm not even bringing up the race card here.

2005-09-08T15:17:00.000-07:00

i'm so convinced that apple is out to screw me over sometimes. they introduce this spiffy ipod model the nano...not even an entire year after i purchased my ipod mini. they discontinued the mini!!! what the freak!!! i want a nano...but i'm a college student, i would never be able to be that frivolous (sp?) and have both a mini and a nano. thats just crazy. especially when my mini is working totally fine, and i have NO reason to replace it. though i'm wrestling with putting it on ebay and then using the money to buy a nano...

mommy

its me again. your spoiled child. I WANT A IPOD NANO TOO!!!

2005-09-08T05:44:00.000-07:00

there just aren't enough hours in the day.

2005-09-06T05:24:00.000-07:00

i without a doubt hate holiday's on monday's. they screw up my entire week and leave me thinking that every day is the previous. and that just messes with my head and i don't like it. tuesday's are supposed to be monday's, thursday's should be wednesday and all of that, just really messes me up. i'd take a friday holiday over a monday holiday any day. monday holiday's serve no purpose really. yes you can sleep through on sunday, but its not like you can really enjoy the monday evening any different than you would a regular monday because you still have to get up on tuesday morning to start your week.

friday holdiay's at least you can have a different kind of thursday because you can sleep in on friday and friday's can just be extended because you always get to sleep in on saturday's, and then you just get a longer weekend, and go back to work/school on monday as you would anyways. just works better that way for me.

someone questioned why i was no longer talking about katrina. me just talking about it will solve nothing. i'm in the process of searching my closet so that i can do do something. donate a few things, because i do not have $$$ to give. i still mourn for the victims of Katrina, but i cannot stop daily life forself.

my prayers will stay the same.

2005-09-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1118936896

so this is what and how they are teaching out children?

2005-09-05T08:50:00.000-07:00

what a labor day.

just found out that my grandmother is in ICU. her sugar level was very high. she almost went into a diabetic coma. she's resting now...is basically all my uncle would say. i don't know if she is fairing yea' or nea'. nothing i can do though. i would like to be there, but that isn't going to solve anything. so my moms just told me to stay put. period

stressing about school. making the first installment payment by wednesday is taking at toll on me. its really stressful when you have classes and money on your mind.

first spanish test on wednesday too. this first test will either make or break me.

yes these are my simple worries in comparison. but they are still my worries.

Lord have mercy on me us.

2005-09-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

i know that a lot of people are throwing out the infamous 'race card' right now in the aftermath of katrina, and for me i'm somewhat indifferent to it. because for one, where ever the media is concerned there will be bias and race as an issue, not matter what. when it comes to the government too. but we cannot just focus on race. because that will turn us from the focus, the focus that people are in NEED. dire need. its not about being black or white right now, its about making sure that babies are being feed, mothers are finding their children, the elderly is being rescued, animals are being sheltered and so forth. lets not loose focus, that a natural disaster has happened and people are living their lives in harsh conditions. the media has made sure to bring forth the negative.

hell the whole hurricane is a negative, why make more. why display the looting, the violence and all that. report it but don't hype it and make it the main focus. lest we forget that people have lost loved ones, people are living in shelters with no showers, no working toliets, and just wandereing and worrrying and really have nothing. we are all so blessed. each and everyone of us. and all we can do is complain about gas prices. i'm blessed that i have the resources, the funds to pay for gas what er' it may be. they don't even have that. so i encourage all to donate. money, clothes, items ANYTHING.

lets quit complaining about what should have been done, and focus on what's going to be done, or whats being done.

presently. now...the future.

Pray.

2005-09-04T06:43:00.000-07:00

so again what is the POTUS doing for the survivors of Katrina?

so glad he was elected...always need at least one idiot on our side.

POTUS = president of the united states

2005-09-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

continued from previous post...

so basically i said all that to say that things are hectic and crazy down here in houston right now. i know it would be the perfect oppurtunity for I as a journalist to go down to the astrodome to get interviews or to overall get a feeling of the situation, but really thats not possible. people are advised to stay home, and avoid the chaos. so as a single woman i would be like shark bait. i do have common sense.

just continue to pray is all that i can say. i do not have money to give, but i have some clothes i can donate, and prayers i can offer up. thats it.

i can't imagine. not in the least can i imagine. i go crazy if i can't remember where i place my purse or wallet, or heck my other shoe...so to lose everything....unimaginable.

gas is the least of our worries.

2005-09-02T19:09:00.000-07:00

king of queens is officially my favorite show

okay i feel like the need to share a little bit of what people are saying around here.

i am right here in houston, in all the 'action' and its seriously something bad going down, down here.

crime is up to wazoo...rape, theft, car-jacking everything you name it. the classic [pv vs. tsu] has been either moved or cancelled due to all the people being housed in the astrodome. i've heard so many word of the mouth stories that i don't know what to believe. i have heard that people have been trying to help the victims by taking them food and that those people are being carjacked while trying to help. a guy in my rehtoric class said his best friend said that it looks like a scene from "the dawn of the dead" the way people are just walking around in that area. rapes are high. people can't shower

interrupted

2005-09-01T18:08:00.000-07:00

just a post for history sake.

lowest price for gas in my area (nw houston) is $2.89, the highest i've seen is $3.11 for regular.
stopped at a diamond shamrock station...first thing i noticed was more than half of the pumps where not usable...they had yellow bags over them as if they were out of order. then once i did find a pump...a small sign read

no regular unleaded or plus, only super and diseal

NO REGULAR. regular that is already $3!!! what is a girl supposed to do. i stopped at two stations that didnt' have regualar.
this gas thing is no joke. i live off campus and am 25miles away from the campus...back and forth 50miles. so do i now have to figure out which classes i can't make on certain days. such as i can come on monday's and friday's but i can't make wednesday or i can come on tuesday but not thursday. this is just out of control. i've never seen anything like this.

disturbing to here everyone say that we are in our final days. i try not to look at it like that. don't let disasters and turmoil make you think we are in our final days. for some reason i have this belief that when everythings is going well, fine and dandy and when you LEAST expect it thats when we are in our final days. but in all honesty. no one knows. no one can speculate. we can only always live our lives as if its our last.

interruped back in a sec.

back thats what i believe. maybe its a derail to not be so scared right now. but i always fear the Lord. maybe not as much as i need to, and that goes for all of us. but i do fear Him, and know what He is capable of. so don't get me wrong. i want to have my life in order when He does come back. but i know that He has not forsaken me, and i trust in Him.

so that i try not to 'worry' about. heck if we thought like that daily, maybe we'd be a better society. but i honestly do believe that when stuff starts to just fall in place, and it just seems to good to be true....

thats IMHO.

one more thing i want to touch on. please fasfa send my money. i am in DIRE need. i mean seriously. the stress is killing me. well not literaly, but heck it might as well strike me. hard to sleep at night knowing that i only have till wednesday to come up with $1482. but i do trust in the Lord, and try not to 'worry'. but i am human and i do lack in being the most strong faithful Christian at times. but i will just pray. what more can i do. He's been here this whole time i've been in college, why would He forsake me now?

back to studying

2005-09-01T16:36:00.000-07:00

stress.

only word i can find to describe how i feel at this moment in time. from money worries [will be dropped from classes on wednesday if not paid], to professors being unreasonable [demanding books, making it where you can only turn in assignment online, to requesting a two essay's turned in at 5pm when only given the assignment at 1:50pm the same day.] to gas prices soaring...its $3 here in houston. and that plays a huge factor in my daily life.

money that i would have for other things...little eating out here...going to a football game here...buying a snack at school is being taken away by having to put gas in my tank. and i'm really feeling the effects. eating the bare necessities (sp?) [had chicken noodle soup and water for lunch today]. I mean life is good, but money is few and far in between. The economy (to be real clique') sucks.

what a welcome to 'adulthood'

a prayer times 10 is needed.

2005-08-30T05:31:00.000-07:00

wow this is just the second week of school and its already so hectic. daily i'm up by 6AM and I never make it home before 6PM, 7 if i'm lucky. By that time i'm so drained, the last thing i have on my mind is homework. but still i manage to do it. tidy up a bit and catch a show on television. sleep is so rewarding. sometimes i don't even make it to bed till midnight. just to be up again at 6AM. 18 hours this semester. news editor of the school paper, a peer leader, and whatever else i can put my hand on at school. so much, but so rewarding at times. struggling to keep a 3.0 gpa this semester.

What has happened in the south is just clearly a natural disaster, but its also very disturbing. So much of this is happening daily. I question are more things happening 'today' than before, or is it because of our numerous media sources that we get more information than before? I really hate statistics (sp?) because they can never be accurate, so i guess i could really never have that question answered. But the Bible said all of this would happen. And so be it (amen) that it is. Yes, i know that people die daily, and things happen that are some of the worst, but right now it just seems back to back to back. We are at war. Which sometimes i honestly forget. Its hard to fanthom that i too am living at a time where we are at war. My great-grandparents saw WWII, my grandparents saw korea and vietnam (sp?), my parents saw desert storm, and here i am living thru Iraqi war. I think the value of the world war has become desensitized (sp?) in America. The seriousness of war is not emphasized. Too many great television shows, and entertainment magazines and whatever else, to attract attention else where.

When the real REALITY is, we are at frickin' war. Where someone is dying daily. And for what? And reports have said that they plan to be there for another four (4) years. WHY!!!! How many lives have already be taken, how many more must be sacrficed? It's sick really it is.

I really hate to hear the, well if they weren't over their you wouldn't be free and all this. Heck we are still not 'free' in the true essence of the word, but America can not just go any and everyone playing big brother and having the attitude of 'what we do is right, what ya'll have been doing is totally wrong'. That is so stupid. And just plain ignorant. We stay on our turf and they stay on theirs. America can not 'fix' things in other countries when we have broken pieces over here in ours. And we can name MILLIONS of problems and broken pieces we have.

Send the troops home, and lets cope and deal and fix here.

Kasai's Plate

2005-08-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

Kasai's Plate
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

same as mine

My Plate

2005-08-29T04:50:00.000-07:00

My Plate
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Chicken on a skewer, lemon roasted potatoes and a greek salad...i cannot remember the exact name of the dish

Spinich Copida (sp?)

2005-08-29T04:49:00.001-07:00

Spinich Copida (sp?)
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

mmm...tasty

Wine

2005-08-29T04:49:00.000-07:00

Wine
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Good tasting wine i'm assuming

Art

2005-08-29T04:48:00.001-07:00

Art
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Nice art in the back of the resturant

How i spent my sunday:

attending church service
eating a grilled cheese sandwich
taking a nap on the couch
writing my internship proposal
eating a yia yia's (ya/ya) greek resturant with kasai
studying for spanish III....sorta
bed at 1:15am

How i will spend this monday

hating monday's. i cannot believe that this is the second week of school and already i'm tired of the routine of waking up at 5:30 and getting to class by 7:30. so repetative (sp?). and just think one day i'll have to do this forever as a job!!! summer how i miss thee, college years how i will miss thee also. i just had to try and graduate in four years. makes me want to start a 5th year, just because i don't want to go into the 'real' world, which i guess is the opposite of the 'fake' one i'm in now.

2005-08-27T17:21:00.000-07:00

i rated 'red eye' a B on yahoo movies.

i didn't realize it was rated pg-13 till i got home. i thought it was going to be rated r. usually pg-13 movies suck. but i do know that sometimes movies that should get an r rating get pg-13, because of the audience the movie would make more money. i read this in a news article a few years back. makes sense too.

but i would recommend 'red eye'. i think there is humor where there shouldn't be any. so it takes away from the seriousness. but i'll let you decide for yourself. i won't give anything away. trust you don't want me to. because if i did, that would ruin the WHOLE movie. not sure if its what you think it is....

2005-08-27T14:06:00.000-07:00

playing ncca football 06' on ps2

going to see 'red eye' at 5:30pm

my saturday!

o and put $30 in my car for gas. to fill er up

2005-08-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

blogger's about me page isn't the best. in fact they should totally upgrade that and make it spiffy(er). i got an e-mail today asking me to give up some information about self. so i surrender. i will give you the whole freaking downlow about i the 21 year old journalist...blah blah blah... but trust it will be brief

Name: Latisha Rene' W.
Location: Houston, Texas
Age twenty-one
Education Studying for a B.A in Mass Media emphasis in Journalism [minor: interdisiplinary studies (i think)] @ Prairie View A&M University [senior]
Status Single
Occupation: news editor for The Panther (newspaper), freelance photographer and filmographer (sp?) read: i do DVD's for family members

okay i got bored with it so i stopped

2005-08-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

"Lonely I'm ~~Mr.~~ Miss lonely, I have nobody, to call my owwnnn I’m so lonely"

I like the fast pace of school. Being at home actually sucks, boring, and lonely. Only so many times can you make sitting with a laptop, watching DVD's, and cleaning up be fun. eh... and with my finacial woes I'm condemed to be here, because i cannot afford the luxury of leaving.

2005-08-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

for someone who is sick/not up to par/under the weather, i sure have been blogging a lot...

i just got google talk. using jabber. because i'm a mac owner and its not configured for mac.

so umm...someone contact me via google talk...

2005-08-25T15:03:00.000-07:00

$1.86 last year for gas. $2.60 [national]
$1.75 last year for gas. $2.54 [local, houston]

wwwwwwwoooooooowwwwww.....

2005-08-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

goes something like this...

"...judge not lest thou be judged..."

no sin is greater than any other sin. i wasn't going to comment on the statement that was made by a so called 'christian'. yes it is against one of the ten commandments. but his sin is no greater than someone who wants their high school teacher to accidently fall down the steps and break their leg, in order to get out a test.

participating in homosexual acts is no greater sin than adultry between a man and a woman. but we tend to forget that. fornicating is no greater than any lie about running a red light. sin is sin is sin. period

romans 3:23 correct me if i'm wrong for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God

again if i'm quoting these incorrectly please feel free to make the corrections.

2005-08-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

wasn't feel well this morning. still not feeling up to par right now either. so i stayed home from school.... eh. yes today would have only been the second day of my TR classes. but that was a sacrfice i felt i had to make. no changing it now...in fact my first class is just now ending, and the second one is at 3:30pm. if i felt i was going to be doing better i would still be able to make it.
ah well. i'll def. have to go to class tomorrow. i have homework to turn in. in my own words i must define rhetoric. i have some spanish that kasai and i are going to work on, and for interpersonal communications i have to write some stuff in a journel. blah blah blah. thursday night. what comes on tonight, television wise? haven't been tuning into that very much lately. reading rawks.

2005-08-23T18:53:00.000-07:00

Daily routine

Wake up around 6:15AM
Pick up Kasai at 7:15AM
Head to Prairie View, to arrive at around 7:45AM
Class at 8AM on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday
Tuesday's and Thursday's (R), no class till 12:30PM, so not sure what time i'll be waking up and leaving. Tuesday's i'll def. be taking my own car, Thursday's i'll ride with Kasai, and work in news room till class...maybe...

get home around 6PM

FEEL DIRT tired...18 hours are already making me feel the effects, not only do i carry 18hours, i'm the news editor (two meetings a week), and always working on content and layout, Peer Advisor Leader (meetings once a week), and just being a student period...can't wait for the weekend already!!

I felt you needed to know all that because? well enjoy the pictures below from the first day of classes.

2005-08-22T18:50:00.000-07:00

i have a 3.0 gpa, haven't had that since summer 03'. moms would/will be proud.

Memorial Student Center

2005-08-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

Memorial Student Center
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

First day of classes at Prairie View A&M University
[photo taken in the MSC]

PV's Omega's

2005-08-22T17:19:00.001-07:00

PV's Omega's
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Omega Psi Phi chanting

PV's Omega's

2005-08-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

PV's Omega's
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Greek's [Omega Psi Phi] stepping and chanting in the Memorial Student Center

2005-08-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

classes begin tomorrow... yea! [smug look on face]

details soon.

Sign

2005-08-21T06:07:00.003-07:00

Sign
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Our first time trying Mediterranean food

Inside La' Fendee

2005-08-21T06:07:00.002-07:00

Inside La' Fendee
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Eggplant

2005-08-21T06:07:00.001-07:00

Eggplant
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

My first dish

2005-08-21T06:07:00.000-07:00

My first dish
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Kasai's meal

2005-08-21T06:06:00.001-07:00

Kasai's meal
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Chicken, pita bread, salad and some nasty stuff on the side

My Meal

2005-08-21T06:06:00.000-07:00

My Meal
Originally uploaded by latisha1903.

Steak, pita bread, frieds and hummus (?)
Really liked the fries

2005-08-20T04:03:00.000-07:00

Chick: People donate body parts?
Older woman: Yes, when people die they can donate their body so that other people can benefit from it.
Chick: So, like, I could get a new arm or something?

--LIRR

this was funny to me...taken from overheardinnewyork [dot] com

Young Negro Girl in America

MOVED

Hello World

Obviously Not...

Screw you blogger

I just noticed

It's raining

Bored

My so called life

My Life

Racial Profiling

Adult Life

Rosa Parks and others

bored

Newspaper

Study

test

Back in the days

Too much jello

Oh yeah

Poly Tics

Favorite male artist

PC vs. Mac

Root Canal

ABC's of Latisha

Midterms

Back again

@ work

Time...

No seriously...

Onward to praise the Lord

NBA 2k6

Movie Review...of sorts

Emergency...

In response

House

"the choking game"

Sitting at the house

I stole this and I like it

Blessed Sunday

More gas...

I know where to get some gas

Hurricane Day Two

Back Home

Gotta go

Rita

Houston Evacuate?

Scale of one to ten

One out weighs the other

actually i'm 21...but still a compliment

What church do you go to?

Ikea i like thee

What's on in the wee hours

Indesign please marry me...

Another Monday

Let us worship God

I would so like a response too...

Kasai's Plate

My Plate

Spinich Copida (sp?)

Wine

Art

Menu

Memorial Student Center

PV's Omega's

PV's Omega's

Sign

Inside La' Fendee

Eggplant

My first dish

Kasai's meal

My Meal