MOVED: memeALLaboutME.com

Well my blog is...we're moving a short distance over to Wordpress.com @ memeALLaboutme.com, hopefully this move will inspire me to blog more. As a recent college graduate embarking on a new career journey as a publicist, in a new city. There is A LOT to blog about!! It's said that you're officially an adult once you move out on your own so by that concept I'm on a journey to adulthood.
Yeah you're supposed to figure out your likes and dislikes through out highschool and college these are your fine tuning moments. I guess my head was too far down in a book to figure those things out then, so, instead as I break into this new way of living I continue my journey of finding me.

Hope you'll continue to support me and my blog and ALL my endeavors, let's get back to blogging.


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I Can Blog From iPhone now

This isn't really considered the next post but I'll share a picture any way.


I move in two days!!

For Freedom Not For Beauty-Chrisette Michele

I really wanted to share an excerpt from this poem by Chrisette Michele. It speaks such truth to my spirit and I figure it may do the same for another. To read the poem in it's entirety and view an exclusive interview with Chrisette Michele with TheChunckyChickz, visit 365voice.com.







So perhaps there is a peace in becoming.
Perhaps the meaning is in the experience and not the sight.
Maybe a flower grows because it suffocates underground.

Whether or not she is always noticed, beauty must become.

She doesn’t look for an eye.
She doesn’t listen for a voice.
She just becomes,

For Freedom Not For Beauty

-Chrisette Michele

I know I've strayed from speaking about hair on this blog in past post, but trust me the subject has not been out mind as much as its been out of sight. My natural hair journey has broadened my vision of beauty and multiplied the self love that I have for me. Through this I have gained confidence and learned who Cherline is as a person and I'm falling in love with her daily. Before, I went natural to find the meaning of beauty but instead I've found freedom. The freedom in knowing that I am naturally me!


PS. It feels great to be a college graduate, I couldn't have come to this cross road at a better time. Think now I plan to get back to blogging, interesting things should be happening as I move out on my own and decorate my first apartment without a roommate. Not only that but I'm embarking on this PR Journey, a new career, in Sunny Miami Florida. The first day at the office in downtown Miami is most definitely going to be a blog-able moment!!


Next post will have pictures...graduation, parties, work, school, sorority life....so much to document.


Until then, I'll just be, naturally me!


♥  CheCh3

I Did It!

I'm a college graduate...-sigh- what a relief. Finally the count down ended May 2, 2010 and I became the first in my family to obtain a bachelors degree! Yippee

School's out for..ever (not really but grad school is not on the brain at the moment.)

We have some catching up to do, and although I'm tres excite, now is not the time to write about it.

Hope all is well in your world!

Until next time, I'll just be, naturally me!

♥ CheCh3

36 Days Remaining

That's less than 4 weeks until this collegiate journey comes to an end, well maybe a break I'm still thinking I MAY return to school in 2 years to complete my Masters. Maybe, right now I'm too tired of school to think about school.

Busy, busy, busy that's what I've been, but as I sat here working on my Senior Seminar term project I decided this was blog worthy. The assignment I'm working on is an adversary project: try to understand something/or someone I don't really understand.

Does that make any sense?

My adversary is beauty, something I haven't been able to fully wrap my mind around. My premise is based on Tony Morrison's The Bluest Eye, & my own struggle with beauty which has made it my adversary. My classmates are all creating biographies of their drug addicted exes, rapist, killers and here I am and it all boils down to my hair and how it's affected my perception of beauty. At first my adversary was faith.

Sometimes you CAN NOT ignore the Lord. I'm sitting here blogging before work and there is a knock on my door. The visitors ask to have Bible study with me for 5 minutes. This just happened not 20 minutes ago, busy as you want to be when the Lord demands his time you must give it to Him. I know He's been trying to get me to evaluate my faith and maybe I should change my project back to faith as my adversary but instead I'll pray that I'll stand still and listen to His message. My car radio has been dead for months then out of no where it statics until a week later the static becomes clearer and I hear Christian music through the speakers, I can't turn it off or on, I can't raise nor lower the volume. I said; "ok God I hear you, tomorrow I'll read my Bible". Tomorrow turned into weeks and finally He showed me He's still in control by saying no, not later, but today and right NOW. I'm grateful for their knock and I look forward to their next visit.

Ok well I'll tell you my grade but right now I have to get ready for work!

76 More Days Until!!

Oh look at me blogging twice in one week! LOL I'm a retard I know it but I had to quickly log on and share with the world that in 58 Days I graduate college. (&&The Crowd Goes Wild!!!!) Then 18 days after that I move out on my own again back to Miami!!!! (Happy Dance!!!)

Important Dates:

• May 2, 2010 Graduation (58 Days)
• May 12, 2010 Big Sis Born Day
• May 18, 2010 My Sissy's (Other Big Sis) Born Day
• May 20, 2010 I MOVE IN TO MY APT....& The journey to PR continues (76 Days)

Side Note:

My Hair Needs A Retightening BAD!!

Okay Let's Try This Again!

I really was going to blog on the night of January 11th, then ended up going out that night and said hey I'll do it tomorrow. Excuses! Well the next day earthquake comes out of no where and shakes up the motherland

of Haiti and put me in a tale tail spin.

Things are sorta finally winding down, my Dad who was in Haiti at the time is home safe now.

January 5, 2010 Super Bowl Weekend Headed To Private Mansion Party Hosted by Ocho Cinco.

We lost some people in our family, but we're doing ok now coping and helping to make sure that relief efforts to Haiti don't just become a fad.

Well not to be abrupt, we all know I can be long winded, but I wanted to put some pictures of my hair up. It's been 25mths and 22days since I've had my locks so I'll walk you through some of our recent expeditions. I'll have to go through pictures and blog the end of 2009 soon.

All dressed up for my first Yacht party! Hosted by The Source Magazine, & Magic Cutz for

Rick Ross' Birthday!!

Deborah Lee and Spike Lee were both on this yacht and silly me didn't get a picture with either, Spike Lee touched me and it was a wrap...He lightly touched my shoulder and said excuse me I l

ooked up and I'm like

OMG that's

Spike Lee (well in my mind) & before I could spazz out he was gone and I see Ms. Lee gliding across the boat in all white, my eyes went wide!

See beautiful Miami behind me as the wind blew in my locks! lol Cell phone pictures, candid photo of me reading pre-released Source issue about the earthquake in

Haiti.

Rick Ross, Ocho Cinco and Rapper Young Breed taking photos for the Press on the Yacht, I like saying Yacht!

I've been playing around with make-up don't mind the swollen face (image on the right). Image on the left I believe is from Dec 2009 from an event @ Karu & Y Miami.

New Hat! Feb 26th, Day before my 23rd B-day I'm growing up! LOL and me just hanging out in my room a few weeks ago! Crazy hair loves it!!

24 mths & 5 days

So this isn't really the post that I said I would do but I was itching to blog before I get ready for school. 2010 resuscitate the blog?

I'm putting it in my calendar right now to blog tonight when I get off from work. Finally going to put up the pictures from the last few months.

I don't have a picture of me on the 5/6th, maybe I can find the one online since there were people taking pictures of me. I was in Tallahassee last week wasn't really thinking about my hair, but I did remember to tell people that I've been growing them from 2 years, man that feels good!

...to be continued

♥ CheChe

Happy New Year

I will be doing a real post soon! But I had to sign on and say Happy New Year! Muahz hope everyone is doing well.

Update video on my youtube channel, look in DivaTV section.

Almost 2 Years!!!! Woot!!

fin

♥ CheChe

23 Months?

Ok I seriously need to find my SanDisk Reader so that I can post pictures on here. LOL it's been months since I said I would do it.

Well either way here's a video, shot today and I must admit my hair has grown A LOT, and I'm "luvin it" -2 Snaps- Today the front half of my head is a month away from being 2 years old. Tomorrow will be the back halfs. Wow, seems sort of surreal.

Notice anything different about me in this video?

I'll tell you what it is during the next post.

Update-Journey To PR

Well more of an apology then an update seeing as I'm still unable to update the pictures from my camera to my laptop to share with you. Some of you are probably thinking, "her hair is probably just busted, and she's regretting her locks". But au contraire mon amis, that is not the case. I love my lovely lady locks, but this year has brought so many blessings to my life that now the center of my interests do not revolve around my hair. I'm still on this natural hair, fitness, loving me journey, but now I'm really focused on my journey to PR as well. I want to be a publicist, and right now the door has been opened for me to build on that dream and achieve my goals. So, I'll trade with you, although I can't upload my pictures until I find my SD card reader, I'll give you a small taste of what I've been up to.

This past Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 I attended Birthday Bash for 105.5 The Beat. That's one of the places that I'm interning, we had performances from T-Pain, Juvenile, & Omarion. T-Pain has a lot of talented artist under his NappyBoy record label-the sexy men of One Chance, The Retro Ahmed Bevins, and the Funky Fresh girl group Sophia Fresh I enjoyed all of their performances. I regret not speaking to the artist backstage. Juvenile eh ok I really didn't realize that he was still rapping so not much to say there but Omarion, I had a huge crush on in high school, but he's um...shorter then I am. I stood next to him and didn't realize it was him..eek?!?! So I didn't speak to him either, but boy can he dance.

I enjoyed my time at the concert, and hopefully next time I'm at a concert backstage, I won't be hesitant to speak to the artist. I'm not a shy person, however, when it comes to the entertainment industry I have this fear of being seen as a groupie. I want to be respected, and seen professionally and in a sea of women throwing themselves at the artists' feet, I rather pull to the back then push forward and introduce myself and get lumped into the groupie category.

Ok, time to get this air-check of an on-air interview completed so I can head home. I'll work diligently to get pictures of my hair up soon. I'll update you on my fitness, and PR journey soon as well.

♥

CheChe

Hair Update?!

I think it's time. After all this did start as a hair blog.

Sho Zoe Birthday Celebration

Sho Zoe Birthday Celebration

"Florida's Most Wanted" on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Level Night Club in Ft. Myers from 9pm - 2am. 105.5FM The Beat will broadcast live.

Managers, Publicist and Artist RSVP by emailing EMA@EMASONASSOCIATES.COM

R.I.P Derrion Albert

STOP THE VIOLENCE

We have become a very angry society. How can teenagers stomp and beat their classmate to death with rail road ties?! What is it that makes society so angry? Some say it's survival of the fittest but if we're so afraid to die, why is it so easy to take the life of others?!

This just makes me so mad!!! I've grown up in the same environment as these teens all my life and never could I see myself doing something so horrific. Authrorities believe the fight was the effect of a gang shooting earlier in the day, but you would think that after loosing someone to senseless violence someone would respond with "enough is enough", rather then taking the life of an innocent bystander.

The same resounding question!

WHY!?!?!?!??!?!

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Focus

Often, we get overwhelmed by everything we're doing and forget to zone in our objectives. Recently I had to sit back and analyze everything I was doing, what had I accomplished, what would I accomplish? By doing so, I realized that I was doing so much that I was not actually focused on anything. 27 credit hours, are no joke. 2 internships, a full time job... No wonder I was feeling like there weren't enough hours in the day.

A typical day for me is wake up, read e-mails, shower, maybe have breakfast. If I'm going to school I'm there from 8am-1:45pm before I get a break. Fit in campus organizations and e-mails, the day rapidly flys by and it's 6:30 PM when I head for my night class. Directly from that class to the radio station. I'm there from 8pm-10pm. I get home by 10:30PM and my body screams sleep, so studying is neglected. Work days are normally 8-5:30PM class at 6:30PM same radio routine. I see my mother for 2 hours in the morning then I don't see her again, until the next morning.

I have groups in every class, so when can I meet with them, with my schedule?

Social life? Forget about it! lol

So, in order to do all these things and do them well I decided I was missing one thing and I needed to reclaim it with a quickness. FOCUS

I really need to study, I graduate May 2, 2010, these classes directly affect my future career, I need to focus! I will not lie, I haven't cracked open any of my school books since 2 weeks after school began. So, that's a lot of catching up that I need to do.

I want to give my all to both internships so although I love being at the radio station, many of the things I do there, will be maintained from home. I'll be managing the websites, getting my writing skills fine tuned a bit by doing so and once a week, Thursday evenings going in to work with equipment.

My other internship, I need my creative juices to start flowing! My writing needs to improve as well, so my focus is there also getting my media list beefed up. I'm actually working in PR, and brand marketing with this internship. I really want to evolve with this. I want to WOW my internship director. Focus is definitely needed.

Working from home in the evenings will give me more time with my family and I love that. My mommy is going to be really pleased. Actually let's say the end for this blog post so that I can tell her the great news!!!!

Au revoir,

♥ Ch3Che

R.I.P Damas Family

Raised to have faith, I've always been told never to question God, but the resounding question when things like this happen is always "why?" followed by when "when will I understand?" Everyone says "it" comes to make you stronger, so I guess we have to believe that even though we don't know all the answers, some how we're able to continue on no matter what "it" is that comes to make us stumble along the way.

News Article, Naples Daily News

This is something out of a movie, not something one of my friends should be experiencing right now. This is not my family, but I am mourning the lost. I can't comprehend it, I'm not questioning God but my mind can't stop screaming "why?!"

Finally

I got my natural hair fix, checked out some of my favorite blogs, and it's seems everyone is doing great! I've been meaning to blog for Lord knows how long but time just has not permitted. I neglect my hair now, it's the sad truth. I often forget it's gotten longer until someone who hasn't seen me in a while makes a comment. Like yesterday, while in Miami visiting with my cousin she states, "I really like the way your hair is turning out, at first I wasn't too sure but now it really looks good. So, why did you decide to get dreads?"

LOL I'm tired of answering that question and I've come up with a couple crazy reasons:

I don't like to comb my hair.

I'm joining a cult.

Black Power

But truth be told I don't have some remarkable story. It's just what I wanted and it's so much a part of me now that I can't recall a time without them.

When I say I neglect my hair it's not for lack of loving it. It's just that I've become accustomed to not having to fret about it. I can wake up and go, a pony tail is no longer a pony tail it's an up-do. My free style, lets my free spirit sore. I can't imagine going through this time in my life maintaining a weave or straight hair.

I'm in my final year of school taking 27 hrs, 2 internships one locally one in Miami, I work full-time, I'm VP of one club, and Pres of another. It's a revolving door for me, and not having to stop to style my hair is a blessing.

So, I love my locks for giving me one less thing to worry about. I don't mind the compliments they bring either! LOL

I'm 1 year & 8mths into this relationship, it's not always easy but it's worth it!


♥ CheChe

Update #...? I dunno lol

Hey there!

This post is long overdue, seeing as I was supposed to be posting almost everyday but as you can see that hasn't happen. I've been trying to get a video update on my hair done for weeks but hmph that hasn't been done either. The good thing about it all is that, it's not because I'm lazy or don't have the desire. Because, I do, really I do! It's just that the time management aspect of my life needs some fine tuning. Serious fine tuning,

So, what has the Diva (yeah I still call myself such lol) been up to? Well other than the broken heart episode, I'm still working and interning, I have two internships at the moment and I love them both. If I had the choice to live comfortably and not work at my REAL job I would be doing my internship work full time. I seriously CAN NOT wait to graduate.

Last month I went on a promo tour with an up and coming R&B artist Cherisme promoting her hot single Fly Mamita, check her out tell me what you think. We were in Miami, Daytona, Orlando, Tampa, Tallahasse, Gainesville, Atlanta, it was tres awesome. I really didn't want to come home and back to work. I missed my family yeah naturally but everything else was like 2 fingers up peace out.

Now, I just really need to work on coming out of this shell I seem to have. I'm not shy, really I'm not but for some reason I come off that way with new people. Even when I try hard not to! It's whack, and I have phone anxiety lol I hate talking on the phone with certain people. I'll text and e-mail like no other but when it comes to the phone I have to lock myself in a closet to have the conversation.

Writing I used to think I was a great writer, well that's what people said to me but I don't have that journalistic style that's necessary as a public relations specialist. I have someone in mind to give me lessons BUT financial constraints.

When I got back, my Dad came with me. Can you believe this man hadn't been to the hospital since I was 2 yrs old? That was in 1989 and come to find out he has diabetes and almost passed out in the apt. So, I was taking care of the pops and the momma dukes and playing referree between them, big love hate thing going on.
School starts soon, hopefully I can get some blogs in and I'm going to take pictures, lots and lots of pictures, and get my but back in the gym! That Glady's and Ron's Chicken and Waffles Ohh it was good but boy did it mess up my imaginary abs!

Well TTYL!


♥ Ch3Che

Daily Motivation

The last few post have been sort of depressing haven't they? Sorry but that's where I am right now, not necessarily depressed but going through these things. Crazy that I'm sharing them online but oh well.

Update: Things got worse! (I fell deeper and harder) LOL but, right now I can actually laugh about it. Monday I hung out with him and his family, and they remind me so much of my own family. So much love, and laughter and teasing! Made me remember that the reason I was drawn to him as my friend is because we're so much a like. Our goals are to do better for our families, and I admire that about him and I'm proud of him. That being said I'm still no booboo the fool and even though I've fallen deeper I know we need a break. The most important thing to me is our friendship and in order to see if any of it can be salvaged I have to let go.

So, that leads to the daily motivations that I send to my friends. I haven't done them in a while being selfish but finaly today I was able to. It's just things that I've heard this past week put into one.

TXT: Learning that one of the beauties of life is that pain never lasts, struggles bring you closer to God, and your problems tremble when you pray. God loves you and so do I!! :)

fin,
♥ CheChe

I Don't Want It, "Not Anymore"

Yes I do, sad but true. You've all heard the LeToya Luckett song haven't you?

"...I've realized I deserve somebody that'll treat me right...I know my worth so you can keep that drama cause I don't want it any more"

Hmm she should've said I don't need it anymore because though I don't need it, I want HIM. Dang got me shaking my head at myself. SAD! The drama, I could do without though, I really could, and that's what's given me my Chrisette Michelle "Ephiany"

Maintaining a long distance friendship when you believe you've fallen in love with your best friend sucks. It is even worse when this one keeps going back to a dysfunctional relationship in which you always end up putting back the pieces. Then to find out from facebook off all things. Dang you social media! That they're back together. What is a friendships with lies? Where have we come to when it comes to this?

When you've held on to memories of being cuddled in his large muscular arms while laughing at Alvin & the Chipmunks 2 yrs ago in the movie theater to tide you over for next time. But images of him in the arms of another you deem unworthy quickly cause the memory to fade. Hide some of the pain.

The cherry, top it off with the arguement you had via text because you couldn't tell him to his face that he lied and you're not having it; "Not Anymore" and he still couldn't admit to it. Then weeks later an unknown number appears on your missed call log because you erased him from your address book to find that he's in town.

What goes through your mind? What happens when he asks to see you?

Well if you're me you go and pretend to be mad although elated to see the object of many sleepless nights materialized right before me. Though you sit in the car refusing him access and subliminally trying to tell him you know while asking him for the truth. You would end up helplessly wrapped in his arms inhaling his unique sent memorizing the mold of his body to hold you over until next time. If that torture is not enough the glutton you are for punishment you'll kiss him. Your first kiss, officially crossing that line of just friends bittersweet because if you truly love yourself it has to be the last.

Then you would wake up the next morning with his smell all over your body and the pressure from his lips firmly pressed to yours. A phantom kiss...

So, what's next? You arm yourself with "Pretty Wings" and fly to the shower and wash away the memories and pray that "time will bring an end to our trial, one day there'll be no remnants no trace, no residual feelings" - Maxwell

Maybe one day I won't remember... and if "This Isn't Love"-Jennifer Hudson I'll get the answer to what it really is.

Go to church and get wrapped in the arms of the ultimate lover, and brace myself for the face off, admit to him as well as myself the issues. Yet still thinking:

Incompatible, it don't matter though 'cause someone's bound to hear my cry Speak out if you do You're not easy to find

Is it possible Mr. Loveable Is already in my life? Right in front of me Or maybe you're in disguise

Who doesn't long for someone to hold Who knows how to love you without being told Somebody tell me why I'm on my own If there's a soulmate for everyone

-Natasha Bedingfield

Then the phone rings, and it's Mr. Wright how ironic? But is he really my Mr. Right, broken hearted doesn't mean I'll settle. But that's another post.

Wish me luck!

♥ CheChe