mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

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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A couple years ago, Shakeel made four celebrity lookalike photo compilations and posted them to MySpace. They were hilarious and pretty dead on! Angela and Luna Lovegood Shak and George Me circa 2007 with my braids vs some character…from Pirates of the Carribbean? Don’t remember. Diana and Daria Naturally, I love Photoshop, my friends, and [...]

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“Let’s go visit my ma next weekend, yeah?” Sean asked me on Memorial Day. I instantly agreed. Saturday afternoon, we made the drive southwest to Whiting, IN, just east of Hammond. While I was excited for the change of scenery, there were a few things of which I was slightly unsure. I mean, it’s Indiana. [...]

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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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I must be PMSing because watching video footage of the White House Easter Egg Roll 2009 made me a little teary-eyed. The event just seemed like some all-around fun that I’m sure the attendees loved. The First Family is just so darn precious, and watching Barack read aloud to and run around with all the [...]

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