mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

I of course am thankful for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and all the work he did for the civil rights movement, black people, and humanity as a whole. I especially love how 85% of my social media friends and followers Googled “MLK quotes” yesterday to update their statuses with something inspiring from inspirationalquotes.com. No, [...]

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A passion for writing and a rich sense of independence runs in my family, but man…my ma is showing me up! My awesome mother, Zindie, is the published author of a new book which is about to go to the presses called Ta Lakata: The Tears of Africa. This memoir is not only the amazing [...]

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For the past many many years, my friends Natalie, Sara and myself have gone to as many Hanson shows as possible on their cross-country  tours, driving as much as five hours to see them. There was one particular tour where we went to TWO shows back to back here in Chicago at the House of [...]

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That’s what my mother called to my 12-year-old brother in the other room last night. Sean and I were hanging out my my mom’s place this past weekend, and when she said that, Sean, my sister and I bursted out in laughter. My mom was referring to her wireless internet modem–you know, the kind that [...]

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My friends are ridiculous. Recent text message hall of fame quotes Diana: So carrianne is pontificating her love of you. She says youre cute like *snorts* white bunnies in a candyland? hahahahaha btw – shes my new roomie. youre gonna spend the night and were gonna wine it up, betch! Diana: CC just said she wants to make [...]

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