After every monday night's I Want to Work for Diddy, I don't know if you got the memo, but Diddy takes it one step further and brings PAtv to ya via YouTube.
Let me catch you up..it's actually some really good stuff and gives those that may think they have what it takes to work for Diddy a closer insight to how the tune behind the scenes truly goes. I'll put the most recent at the top, lol so you at least know what's the latest and greatest..lol the people that comment on it crack me up and every once in a while you'll catch my postings to their ignorance. lmao
So Today was one of those off beat - random kind of days. Although it started somewhat normal. Waking up to go to a college campus for Campus MovieFest..today's victim, USC. It wasn't bad at all, passing out flyers, talking to students getting them amped up for tomorrow's launch day. It went pretty well considering these folks get bombarded on a daily from outside organizations as well as on campus organizations. lol, if I were them, I'd totally curse people out that approached me while rushing to class. But which each flyer I passed out, each student I quickly spoke to..there WAS a method to the madness. Even though promoting guerilla style is somewhat shameless, I tried to at least respect their personal space and through that, I think I got some pretty good results. The people speed walking, cruising on a bike/skateboard/razor (yeah they still use those for some reason), or walking on the farther side of the pathway CLEARLY did NOT want to be bothered. lol everyone else was fair play and I think they didn't mind being approached for the most part. So my day was looking fairly good, then I went home..took a nap..and then that's when my unnecessary side should have probably stayed asleep.
I'm saying, when I woke up a bit early to watch I Want to Work For Diddy to find some interesting news from my father, it tapped into a side I wasn't ready to deal with being half-awake and half-asleep. It got me thinking about how I'm going to resolve such hurdles and the temptations I continue to face almost on a daily. There's a couple of huge temptations I face every blue moon. lol and tonight for some reason had to be that blue moon. It got me thinking about life's temptations I struggle with and this random one that just for some reason won't go to rest. If I had given into what we'll call right now, "Random A" I could probably be a little more at ease in life. haha, if that's not a big enough hint already. The point is, I struggle just like everyone else it's a matter of how strong you are as a person if you can withstand it or not. So far, I'm winning this battle.
We all have our "shiet" to deal with, just understand God will never give you anything you can't handle. Whether I like dealing with it at that moment in time, feeling weak or strong, when I get out of it, I'll be a lot stronger (including more gratfeul and appreciative). So while I hated feeling how I did earlier tonight, I'm stronger and I'm blessed. I can't complain at all, but enjoy life, my family, my real friends, and do it with a smile. A smile that shares the pain and strength of my being. Understand, when I smile and laugh, it's not to hide the pain, it's to share my strength, my happiness, and love (disfunctional or not..lol), my inspirations, my experiences with whomever. lol I'm certainly not you're average shmoe, my name is Jameela and welcome to my JAMtastic world. lol and yes more than likely I'm going to use AK {music} to support the vibe of my blogs...
While I sit on this Airport Express bus going from Santa Rosa Airport to the Oakland Airport with a slight twing of California Chandon under the fumes of Crest toothpaste and Extra gum resinating in my boca after my cousin Amina dropped me off...lmao.. I have a bit of time to think of this quick mini vaca. Although quick, brief and very to the point this was one well needed. It was great to see this side of my family. Even though we keep in touch through this new fantastic technology and these social networks (i.e. facebook)..it was good to have that personal interaction again. This totally wouldn't have been possible if my amazing Aunt Debbie didn't "sponsor" me if you will...to go and enjoy my cousin (her daughter)'s baby shower. This wasn't the Haitian side of my family..lol I like to call it my Claremont College side..since seeing as that my dad, my uncle, my cousin Nate and his cousin Michael ALL went to Pomona College while my cousin Nisaa went to Scripps College..lmao and of course you know I went to Pitzer College..and our grandfather was heavily involved with the Claremont Colleges .....lmao so that makes for a pretty fun cluster of 5C good times...HA, plus Nisaa had friends from the 5c's come and rep. lol one of which even helped in the adventures of mission: get JAM to sonoma county. so huge thank you as well Czelena!
...Currently being in the state and dimension of continuous evolution..it was vital to be around that kind of love, experience, and intellect from my families perspective as well as my cousin's other side of the family and friends. Geeesh, I can't believe Nisaa and Adrian have already been married for TWO years!..huge congrats..and a huge congrats to the bundle of joy that will soon join the partay in the coming month or so...
So I want to say I love you and thank you to all of my family ESPECIALLY my Aunt Debbie that made it possible. No REALLY, she's the ONLY reason my ass made it up there with no problem. haha, it's funny because she and I look more related than I do to my mom and same with her and her kids. But I guess that would make sense, she's my dad's sister..and of course the male has the more dominant genes ..and I look like both of them. lmao fyi - little JAMtastic fun fact, my Aunt Debbie likes Killswitch Engage. how DOPE and great is THAT?! :-P
Anyhoot, enjoy some of the pics from Nisaa's baby shower that I high-jacked from other people's pages..lmao..thanks Nate! haha...
Aunt Debbie & JAM
Aunt Debbie, JAM, (Cousin) Amina
Amina, and her friend Adrian
(Cousin) Nate, (Cousin) Nisaa and her husband Adrian
lol, them again but actually looking at the camera
Myesha (kinda cousin?)..lol it's Nisaa & Nate's direct cousin..
Myesha and her husband..lol during the guess what baby is who? lmao actually a fun game.. a lot of smack talkin going around..lmao
Back to this bus: we've taken off since I've written this..lmao and I caught this bus a bit before it was to leave @ 7am..and I guess it makes stops to the different hotels to pick people up. A lot cheaper than a taxi cab (for a long distance travel in Nor. Cal), only $32 to take what they call.. "the shuttle"..lmao..aw man I'm looking at this sign that says the DoubleTree has a Starbucks. aaw man, the sacrifices we make to get some coffee in the a.m. lmao I guess I'll have to get it at the airport instead..lol when I get there at like 10 a.m. hahaha.. lets see it's 7:24a.m. haha I guess I should take the time to get this alcohol after taste off of my breath. I almost killed a bottle of sparkling red wine..lol and I'm not hung over in the least... maybe I'm getting my super Cabo powers back? eh, I don't know..lmao
..Alrighty, geesh the sun is out AND about..sunglasses time. And maybe I'll catch some zzz's on here if the rattling and shaking of the bus doesn't become too much of a distraction for my most precious of sleep. Until than party people.......enjoy these JAMtastic baby flicks I dug in the crates for..lmao.. these didn't make it on the Guess baby game, I'll have to get that pic from Aunt Debbie that she put on there..lmao it's pretty stellar with a cowboy hat..lmao good times mayne.. JAM fresh from gaining my color back - lol i turned purple and blue because the umbilical cord was around my neck and my other Aunt that is a nurse, "Tatie Lilly"...saved my life.
..i friggin loved my stuffed animals..lmao..this is me at 2 years old.
Hey uuuryone. lmao..that was my "yay area" for ya. lmao. I'm getting ready to leave for Nor. Cal - Somona County (close to Santa Rosa) to be exact. So I just wanted to share my most recent thoughts as I've been incredibly tired/busy when I had thoughts of posting, but fell asleep instead. So here we go:
A.) People are seriously OFF their rawker. And note: anyone that isn't understanding to YOUR situation and YOUR world doesn't deserve your time or efforts. If they're not willing to go at your pace, then send them a pink memo stating "YOU CAN GO KICK ROCKS!"..lol.. no really, sometimes it needs to be done. I'm not a fan of making people sad or emo, lol but if you're already emo to begin with..then please take that production elsewhere. Peace be with you and God speed. lol
B.) As I evolve - those around me must do the same. If you're not progressing in your efforts to do whatever it is you want to do. That doesn't sound like a JAMtastic time. I've learned to except, not everyone is going to get on the same page as me..at the same time..or maybe even ever. However, there IS a difference in doing the same old boring work in comparison to just not working at all. lmao so I'm willing to flex the rules a bit. It's a NEW DAY people!..GO BIG..or PLEEEEEASE GO HOME!
C.) Although hottness and greatness can co-exist with one another in the same soul there will always be PROS and your fair share of CONS. Now it's up to the beholder and the spectator to figure out are these some cons I'd like to deal with? In this case, again, I'm a flexible kinda gal..lol..wow that's an open joke for ya..lmao enjoy that. eessh. Anyhoot, when you see the cons, that helps to bring you back down to earth with COMMON SENSE and it's thought patterns.
D.) I absolutely am in love with my jobs...working at KNBC NEWS & CAMPUS MOVIEFEST. My hours are pretty insane, but I love every moment of it. To be back in broadcasting, especially at knbc-tv..getting a second chance at life is rare so the fact that my Sports peeps always kept me in mind and always had my back. That's some REAL shit right there. And through that, I've met some really awesome people from the news dept. lmao and ACTUALLY enjoy waking up ass early with my attempts to look fly while running all over the place doing the daily duties. haha while joking with Jennifer Bjorklund about the famous "oomph" (that I spell "uuumph"..lol I don't know how the spelling got changed..but c'est la vie) and chopping it up with Chris Shauble, Elita Loresca, lol and either Steve Truitt or Paul Johnson. Not only the people on set, but those behind the scenes (in the control room, assignment desk, newsroom, reporters). LMAO, pretty dope when Furnell Chatman introduces himself to you. Brittany (Sims) I thought of you when that happened..and just laughed uncontrollably. They've all embraced me with open arms as I'm truly appreciative and blessed to be back and show I can do it and be great. My aspirations to be a Sports Broadcaster are getting closer and closer and I can't wait... :0) No disrespect to that other company that I used to work at, Juice or something or other..lmao.. I'd rather work at a place that I'm truly happy at. lol like I tell my friends, only work somewhere that you wouldn't mind be stressed at..lol you gotta be HAPPILY STRESSED OUT. lol plus this is my shiet. this is the stuff that I know and love and groomed myself to do and know! Working on Today In L.A. is good times FA SHO. lol
I'm just enjoying every moment of it. lol while I enjoy all of the enthusiastic folks from CMF and the college students. Bon Qui Qui will never be the same again..lmao
E.) I'm soo stoked to be getting out of town. I love my job, friends, and family..but this is SO necessary to temporarily escape. I'll be going to spend some time with my other family..some of my Claremont College part of the family. My cousin Nisaa is having a baby shower. lol, man..I can't believe she's about to have a kid. So speaking of, I've spent way too much time on this blog..lol and need to get going to Starbucks and get some cash and be on my way.
oooh AND..congrats to the Sparks for making it to the Western Conference..and to the Dodgers for snabbing the Western NL title..now we gotta get the big doggie!! ..and I'm off. take it easy everyone. Enjoy every moment of life. Love you all.
I write to you from Campus MovieFest @ Whittier College - sitting in the sunshine reminicing in a sense of how my Pitzer College days once were as I had gone down memory lane in my cranium last week when I was here as well. I sit here watching the folks walk across campus, some to go to class, some to go bullshit in the dining hall, some to just sit in the sun and attempt to study..lmao, but end up talking about some drama or hot guy in class....
Well this weekend certainly somewhat stayed with the whole college theme and 'hot guy' them..lmao..as of Friday I hadn't completely accomplished the life hurdle of getting over this temporary emo-ness including at the Sparks game. ha, case in point. But the mystery is..lmao, if you don't know who I'm talking about..it's probably better that way to save myself the girly moments. Although for those that HAVE witnessed my emo-ness in real life lol as I battle the inner feelings to neglect from turning them into external emo-ness...I think myself and the amigos had a break through. You see, apparently Capricorns are a DIFFERENT kind of breed altogether which had made my world way more complex than my little Sagittarius soul could digest (at the time). Katie had explained to me at the Sparks game Capricorn 101..which possibly gives me a better idea of what kind of hurdle I'm dealing with along with what kind of amo is needed. lmao.
Anyhoot, after getting a better understanding, my weekend surprisingly was looking up..lol after i had caught up on a majority of my lost sleep. And let me just say.. if there's is a WILL there truly is a WAY. no cliche BS. that's real talk. I need dinero. lol so I have TWO jobs. Mind you KNBC is certainly my first and foremost priority..there was what I like to call a 'suicide mission' I did on Tues. that many were weary of ..lol going from working my knbc news shift 10am - 6pm then the following day.. my knbc shift: 2am - 10am, napage time: 10:15am - 11:00am, campus moviefest 11:45am - 4pm, napage time: 5pm - 8pm, softball game: 8:30pm - 10:30pm, napage time: 11pm - 1am...lol then going back to the knbc shift.. 2am - 10am..lmao.. it was insane, but sometimes you need to push yourself to stay on top of your game.
..So going back to my fantastic weekend full of friendship and family. It was one of those incredibly necessary weekends as well as productive. Although I didn't get to work on my USC grad school essay, Saturday I slept on and off then caught up with some of my fellow Pitzer alumnus ...and went down memory lane of the funny Pitzer moments we shared (FLEXdollars son! lmao)..later found out about Travis Barker & DJ AM. [Something about it stuck with me, if it was any other celeb..probably wouldn't have cared THAT much]. Then Sunday I helped out a friend in a shitty circumstance they were in..then felt way more productive and got my car WASHED..YES! lmao i know. for those that may not have seen how much of a ragga muffin my car was looking like..RAGGA NO MORE - lol still has water spots (that I need to get detailed this weekend)..but it looks decent when you walk by it..lmao with the glossy lookin tires. reminds me of when I actually cared about my car and TOOK care of it. I need to get back to that place. So later that day I hung out with the fam bam in camarillo..caught up with my mom and broham. had some dinner. did the dishes without being asked (lmao yeah i think my mom was PRETTY surprised I just picked up the dishes and started washing them).then we saw that random ass movie with brad pitt called burn after reading..or something like that. Before I got back on the road to go into the city.. I had to do something else..something that would be fairly symbolic of this NEW that I'm going through and what I've become and hope to evolve to..so I went to the gas station and cleaned all the clutter of shit that was in my door panels..behind my car seats..there is NO more loose paper shit roaming around in my car. It may not seem like a big idea to you..but it's a fairly big DEAL to me, considering I had found stuff dated from 2005 to 2006..LMAO... yeah pretty bad. but i found some pretty sweet silver rings I had purchased in 2006 from the Sterling Silver place @ the glendale galleria that I'm actually sporting right now.
So my JAMtastic point for the day is that if you want to change - do it..it's okay if it's not fine tuned yet..lmao lord knows i'm still trying to master how to PROPERLY put make-up on my face. lmao but I suppose the concealer with lipstick will suffice for now... tomorrow is never promised. and truly make every moment count like it's your last. So again, I want to thank my family/friends/supporters/knbc crew...you all make me very happy and blessed to be here.
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