Update, Update…

28 02 2008

Peace y’all. I have finally found a quick second to return to my blog and give an update!

Quickly: Things are working out the way I would never expect them to. I’m confronted, I’m surviving, I’m overwhelmed and I become upset BUT it all works itself out the way I love that it does. It’s in the universe that things work themselves out. I have been in action, as these confrontations bring me to that light.

Zulu’s moving along. Tonight was an awesome night as we all put our cards on the table and basically have the longest and biggest debrief I think I’ve been in, in FOREVER. Geez Louise.

Work’s working. Schedule’s all planned out. I’m getting paid. I’m again considering taking up a second job which will most definitely be insane.

School is giving me the butt kicking I have MISSED SO MUCH. SO SO SO SO SO MUCH. I’ve started my perpetual study in the field of Child Development and I am the transformation of life itself for the children around the world. Little Panda Child Care will make its’ grand long-awaited appearance sooner than anyone may think. With my context around school, I am SO going to be done in my 24th year of birth. By then, my parents won’t be able to claim me as a dependent anymore, HA HA HA. Suck on that one.

My blue sexy baby, who remains unnamed, is getting better. I’m fixing her up one part at a time, and in no time, my car will be running in the best condition it probably has been running in in so long. I’m excited to see her on the track this year and see what she and I can do!

Mi familia es getting by. Father dearest has been deployed once again and will not return home for a long long six months. He’s missing all of our birthdays and all the festivities but it is a-ok. Dad’s gotta do what Dad’s gotta do. I love him. I miss him so much. My brothers continue to grow and I think Mom is really learning responsibility. I acknowledge her.

and the best part of them all: Relationship land with Christopher.

Chris and I have been working things through as couples do, and as those couples who do this do this: work things out. Our dynamic is so smooth that it gets a bit scary sometimes, however it works so well. We do have our times when we both thing each other are wrong, we take a consensus to create the middle ground for our conversation and situation. I love him more than the day before every day, and I plan to grow my love for the rest of my life. I’m committed that he doesn’t stay where he’s always been… that he doesn’t stay stuck in the same place forever. I want him to move forward socially, emotionally, physically, and psychologically. I want him to advance for the betterment and the reinvention of himself–and I want him to advance with me. <3

My birthday’s going to show up very soon and I am going to cry. I know it. I LOVE IT!

Good night. Good MORNING!





SoCal: We Need Your Help!

30 10 2007

Peace! The Universal Zulu Nation, Los Angeles, is collecting Canned Goods and Grocery Gift Cards to provide a great Thanksgiving dinner for those in need! All donations collected will be delivered to 1736 Family Crisis Center. Donation receipts are available upon request. If interested, please contact me, Jessica Christine, at jessquest@gmail.com, or leave me a comment here. Thanks so much for being a difference for another family in need.





PIONEERS OF HIP-HOP.

5 10 2007

AMENRA AFRIKA BAMBAATAA GETS NOMINATED FOR ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME

Afrika Bambaataa Nominated for Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame

http://soundslam.com/articles/news/news.php?news=071001_bambea
Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys Nominated For Rock’n'Roll Hall of Fame

Oct. 1, 2007 – Cleveland, OH

Last year Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five became the first Hip Hop group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This year, the Hall has nominated two more artists for induction.

Hip Hop’s Founding Father, Afrika Bambaataa, and pioneering trio, The Beastie Boys, are both on the list of new nominees. Groups become eligible for induction 25 years after their first release. While Licensed To Ill was the Beastie Boys first full Hip Hop LP, they released an EP, Polly Wog Stew in 1982. Bambaataa’s classic Kraftwerk influenced, “Planet Rock,” was released the same year.

Other artists that could join Bam and The Beasties this year are John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, Madonna, Donna Summer, the Dave Clark Five, and Chic.

Bambaataa is also the founder of the Zulu Nation, he still tours the globe and is heavily involved in community building. The Beastie Boys released their seventh album, The Mix Up earlier in 2007, and just wrapped up their U.S. tour in support of the record.

Source: Alexander Fruchter