The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (Episode 12)

Perfect way to end the season. My whole awkward experience was resolved and J finally picked a man! I thought I knew in what direction the plot was going but I kept getting surprise after surprise. There was one major cameo by Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino near the end of the episode. You may remember J loves Childish Gambino and was bummed when she thought that she was going to his show but ended up going to see spoken word. The scene between J and CG was pretty hilarious. Awkward at its best.

Can’t wait for season 2!

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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (Episode 11)

Episode 11: “The Exes” – After being dissed by White Jay, CeCe causes J to reflect on her dating history.

White Jay better do something amazing after that last episode.

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May – Nov 2011 Life Recap

You can’t really see progress when you take a recovery day by day. You really have to break it down in months.

May – Had multiple fractures and chilled in the ICU.
June – Sat up after being strictly bed ridden for a few weeks and took my first wheelchair ride with my stuffed penguin in hand.
July – Stood up (even if it was on one foot) for the first time in a month, stopped taking morphine, returned home from the hospital and stopped wearing my body brace just in time for my 24th birthday.
August – Stopped taking pain medication, had my stitches taken out and went to the beach (off-roaded in the sand with my wheelchair).
September – Got rid of my foot brace, walked on two feet (with a walker), attended my first Dodger game, started to drive again and J. Cole dropped his debut album (finally).
October – Decided to eat red meat and pork again after a few years.. oh, and ditched my walker.
November – Got rid of my wheelchair, walked my dog by myself for the first time in months and increased my overall strength.

Six months flew by.

I remember being in the hospital and thinking to myself, “when am I going to leave this place?” I remember lying in bed and thinking to myself, “when will the pain stop?” I remember sitting in my wheelchair and thinking to myself, “when will I be able to walk without assistance?” Now, I walk and think, “when will I be able to run again?” If there’s one thing I learned, it’s that time heals all.

I’m still looking for Ambrosia (Xena: Warrior Princess reference) to speed up the process though.

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#NP: Sinatra & Jobim – “The Girl From Ipanema”

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (Episode 10: Part 2)

“Bitches be power trippin’.”

I’m not going to spoil this episode for you but all I have to say is “whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?” And it was going so well. New episode coming Thursday, December 1st.

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Kendrick Lamar Sends Get Well Wishes

The LA Leakers and my good friend Boogs sent over a little video of K. Dot sending some encouraging words while I was chillaxing in the hospital. I would have blogged it then but “it hurts when breathe.” *Diddy voice*

Shout out to Justin Credible, Milk, Boogs and Kendrick Lamar for the sweet gesture. Appreciate the words.

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (Episode 10: Part 1)

“There’s only one day a year when hoes and superheroes can run the streets without judgment.”

In this episode, the boss lady goes on vacation and leaves the office in Nasty Nina’s hands. Nina brings her minions and sorority sisters in to keep the Gutbuster employees in line. I’m scared for them! Gutbuster office = Nina hell.

Ahhhhhh. Part 2 coming Monday, November 7th.

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WeSC + Bing Bang Headphones

WeSC collaborated with Bing Bang by Anna Sheffield to produce a capsule collection including headphones, rings and more pretty fresh jewelry. The whole collection is nice but what I needed/wanted/had to have were the sleek black headphones with rose gold details. I feel like everything I wear nowadays always goes well with rose gold. The headphones also came with a nice little bracelet that has a heart just like the ones on the headphones. Looks perfect with my favorite watch of the moment. Bet you can’t guess what color it is.

I wasn’t lying when I said I liked rose gold. You can cop some WeSC + Bing Bang headphones over at Karmaloop but before you do, make sure you hit up Karmaloop Codes for all your Karmaloop discount codes. Saving money is always an option. Shout out to my homie, Spits!

Check out pictures of the headphones and bracelet after the jump.

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Icicles at USC Hospital

I spent this summer in a hospital… yada yada yada. I was dying to Instagram but was stuck in a room on bed rest. To give me some IG content, my friends and family ran around the hospital and had a little photoshoot starring Icicles, my little penguin friend. Isn’t that what friends are for? Taking pictures of a stuffed penguin in different locations just so you could have something cool to update your Instagram timeline with? I’m a lucky girl.

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (Episode 9)

Episode 9: “The Happy Hour” – J has to deal with the awkwardness of group dinners when Boss Lady rewards her Gutbuster employees by taking them out to dinner.

New episode coming out today. Catch up on the rest of the episodes —–> here.

My Perfect Imperfections

We all have qualities we love and love not-so-much but we learn to live with either way. I made this video a month or two out of the hospital in September (and still in my wheelchair) but was a little shy to share. Shy and I have no clue why. I’m proud of my perfect imperfections.

Took an accident to help me open my eyes. Thank you Andrea’s Choice for the tag video idea!

Sidenote: The song playing in the background is “Her Theme Song” by TiRon & Ayomari featuring BJ The Chicago Kid. Buy their latest album, A Sucker For Pumps, on iTunes!