Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago 2013

While being in Chicago one of the best opportunities I have experienced has been going to the music festivals. Chicago does have plenty of festivals to offer ranging from free local artist to some of the biggest artist known to man. I was super excited to attend Chicago's 2013 Pitchfork Music festival. While this was a three day long festival I found buying a one day pass would be more than worth it to me. The festival was held July 19-July 21. Sunday I was able to see Yo la Tengo, Toro Y Moi, MIA, and R.Kelly!! Here is some footage of my day!!

Weavaholic!!!

Oh my gosh! I have to be honest and tell you that yes I am a weavaholic! I love my weave, but one thing I can't stand more than anything is when I pay good money for my weave and I don't love it! I am fairly new to the weave game, but I am not new to paying money for quality stuff. I will take my time and research as much as I can to make the right purchase. I went from beauty supply hair to Peruvian hair to virgin Indian hair. All of this hair started out pretty good, but my main thing is longevity! How long is my hair going to last? Is it going to shed all over my bathroom floor, sink, and bedroom? Is this hair going to tangle up on me when I'm out with friends? Will my boyfriend have to pat loose strands that are making me look crazy? It is imperative that all of these inquires are in check! I plan on making a new weave purchase toward the end of August, beginning of September and this time I will make the perfect choice. I get my company ideas from YouTube, but sometimes YouTube can be a bit misleading as some of the gurus have been on YouTube for a while and are asked to review hair for companies. The hair might in fact be great for them, but the hair might not be the same for you. While I do love my gurus I take the time out to listen to the people who make purchases for their own pleasures, which may in fact be some of the gurus as well. I believe these people have the most non bias opinion. After my last online purchase I began thinking that I should have went with my first mind and chosen The Virgin Hair Fantasy. I see this company as really having their professionalism together. A company with models, beautiful cards, planned events, and a tutorial show on YouTube must have great hair. Before making such a hefty purchase I began looking at everyone's reviews for The Virgin Hair Fantasy and to my surprise viewers were not happy! I don't want to make a purchase I am not going to be happy with. I am deciding once again not to choose The Virgin Hair Fantasy's Brazilian Body Wave. I have decided to go with Princess Hair Shop's Filipino straight. While I don't plan on making this purchase until the end of the summer I thought I would share my thoughts as well as videos and pictures I found that helped me come to this decision.
                                       

                                    
Clearly she wasn't happy with this hair, she admitted that is was dry and posted later that she couldn't support something that she believed to be untrue.

Enthused...

If my favorite gurus are not even feeling it I went in search of what they are feeling!!

         Sold me!!

even though it's not Princess hair shop I do think this type of hair is a winner and I have decided to go with Princess Hair Shop!! While I can't tell you who to choose I do hope you choose a type of hair and a good company that will give you what you pay for!

Taking him out for a change

As a man it is natural to want to do something for the woman you are courting or even the woman you love. I am so happy to have met such a wonderful man who loves doing so much for me. While I love being taken out and cared for I couldn't help but feel like I wanted to do something for him. I planned a romantic date for the two of us. I decided to take him on a picnic. I bought a picnic basket from world market that came with the cutest little blanket that was perfect for the two of us. I made all of his favorites. I made him the best chicken Alfredo I have ever made, chocolate chip cookies, watermelon, and made sure to add our favorite bottles of wine. We had the perfect picnic on the lake. After a few hours on the Lake I took him to this wonderful art studio where you paint a preselected picture and drink your liquor of choice. Of course we brought wine to go along with our date. We both had such a great time and he loved all of it! While I won't be paying for all of the dates I did make a list of dates that I could possibly take him on. Here's a list of ideas that would be enjoyable for you and your love.
-Zoo
-Beach
-Picnic
-Movies
-Skating
-Laser Tag
-Restaurant
-Lucky Strike
-Aquarium
-Mini Golfing
-Bowling
-Make dinner or lunch together, possibly for a picnic
-Go for a walk
-Pizza Date
-Drive in
-Go Carts
Pictures from our date:)

Keep Your Faith!!

While I wouldn't mind writing about making boys into your boyfriend, the best jeans for your fit, and make up that's best for your skin tone I'm writing about my faith. I have had my faith tested so many times. This time is much like the others, only I believe I have a little more faith. I went to church on Sunday and I heard the most uplifting word of my life. It was simple and yet very relevant to my life, my moment, my insecurities, as well as my securities. The message was simple,
never loose faith even when it seems like God is there and then you feel like he has left you. The truth is that God will never leave you. The evangelist chose a scripture from Mark 5:20-5:43 to preach on . The story was about a young girl who was very sickly. Her father went to Jesus for him to lay his hands on her and Jesus told him that he would, but on his way someone else needed his help. He went to help them. The father knew that Jesus coming as a great thing and soon felt as if Jesus were no longer coming. Just as things had turned around for the good he had begun to loose faith. The man came back to Jesus and he begged for him to come again. Jesus replied for him to believe. It didn't matter that everyone was telling him that his daughter was dead. Jesus said she is sleeping. Believe. Jesus came and he made everyone leave. He told her to arise and she did. While things happen and we don't have understanding of what to do it is always important to talk to God. I am going through the most trying time of my life at the moment. I have already had a period of depression for my life and refuse to see it again. I cannot change what I have done, but I can change what I will do in the future. I want God to live through me. I want to make the difference that I was born to make. I will turn my life around. While I can be afraid, worried, or unproductive, I have chosen another path. This word has taught me that no matter what, Jesus will come through. I don't know what will happen, but I do know that he knows me and he loves me. I did do wrong, but I know that God will see me through. He has something great in store for me. I will never give up.

Where the heck am I going??

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

I'm 23 years old and I honestly used to think that the sky was the limit. I mean it is, but is it for everyone? Sometimes you really have to sit down and think to yourself where do I see myself in 10 years… Well I want to be in charge. I want to be a teacher, then a principal is very fitting. I want to be married. I want to have a great husband that knows me and understands me. I don't want to worry about him I just want to love him. I want kids and a dog. That's pretty fitting. I'm not sure however that I'm doing what I need to do right now to make sure I get those things. I'm teaching, but I don't have my own classroom. I need to get certified. I could have stayed in Michigan and tied that down for myself, but of course I decided to make things a little harder. Now I'm on the struggle for certification. Come along on the journey to see just how hard or easy I have truly made things. If you're a recent grad or even someone who wants to change what ever it is that your doing… A word of advice. When that thought comes to mind, start working on it. Start looking into it. There are deadlines people and believe it or not no one is waiting on you.

Dinner date for 2

It's been about a month since I last saw him. The man who took hold of my blindfolded heart. I've never had to actually say good bye. Until that day I never thought about what our good bye would be like. I almost imagined that it wouldn't happen and that something would happen to keep me there, but it didn't. Like all good things that too came to an end. The night before I left was amazing. We had an amazing dinner, fulfilled with crab legs  specially created by him with red skin potatoes and green beans. We had some delicious wine and tasteful treats "a favor of his". The night was wild, yet calm all together. We met in a place that will only exist with him. A place where I questioned our existence and believed I could find through him. While this place can only be found in unnatural realities I will never forget our spacial place. The next morning I dragged my last bags to the door and called him down to say our good bye. As soon as I saw him I broke down. I cried for what felt like forever. I actually boo wooed! I looked up to see his tears free falling from his beautiful brown eyes and actually saw his heart on display all over his face. This made my heart yearn for his presence even more. While I was hurt at the thought that I wouldn't be able to see him on the regular, I was excited that I would be in a brand new city doing what I always dreamed of doing, teaching… So I did it. I said good bye. After I moved I thought maybe I would meet someone right away, but I didn't, and so I called on my love to comfort my lonely nights, only to be greeted by a heart that knew me all too well. He knew why I called and didn't give me all of what I wanted. How did he know that I was just lonely? Did he feel like I was using him? Was I? Yes, I was. I do love him, just as he does me, but we are not together because we do not want to be. We are both great people, but we are only supposed to be friends. I will love him forever and I will always remember our special place, but the truth is that I have to let him go. While our friendship will float, our relationship has sunk and instead of tiring my self out trying to swim down to grab it, drag it, and keep a float. I'm going to let it  go, catch my breath and swim to the shore.

My bestie and I:)

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I remember when I was younger my step mother told me that a real friend was someone you didn’t have to see or talk to everyday, that no matter what you would pick up where you left off. I remember when I knew this person would be Tah. I was in the 9^th grade. She was pretty, witty, and smart. Our friendship was different than any other friendship I had. We bought each other presents for each others birthdays and we appreciated one another. We ended up going to college with each other and we ended up living with each other and becoming best friends. Now we are both graduated and you will never guess what’s happening now! We’re separating:(Sike!!!!! We are moving to Chicago together!!!! We always talked about it, but now it’s really happening!!!!! We are going to be taking on the big city of Chicago one day at a time! How lucky are we! Don’t worry, I’ll keep you in the loop!! Chicago is going to be amazing:)