About Me

I’m a 26 year-old bodacious Brownngirl from CHICAGO living in L.A.  This blog is a place for me to share my various thoughts, many opinions, frequent rants, random experiences, witty observations, arbitrary questions, hilarious jokes, completely biased reviews, and anything else that may come to mind.  I love discussions, I love comments, I love interactions, I love readers!  So feel free to come on in, kick off your shoes and hang.

 

Ranndom facts about me…

For starters, Jesus is my homeboy.  I’m very spiritual.

I’m typically a very private person (…so we’ll see how in-depth this thing actually gets. lol).  I don’t usually volunteer information.  If you wanna know something about me, you’re probably gonna have to ask.  And I’m usually VERY good at keeping secrets.  Mum’s the word, for shizzle.

I have a thing for the color black.  I don’t know why that is and it’s not necessarily on purpose, but say I see a shirt and they have a variety of color options.  9 times out of 10, I’m going to get black.  Eh, I like it.

Moving on.

I can tolerate scary movies, but not by myself.  Especially at night.  Nuh-uh.  I can’t even listen to the end of Thriller if it’s nighttime.  Makes me sound like a scary cat, I know, but ’tis true. lol.

I think laughter is contagious.  I love to hear other people laughing - especially kids.  And I prefer those hearty, from the gut, tear-jerking, loud, takes 5 minutes to get it all out, stomach aching laughs.  Those are where it’s at.

I’m verrrrry opinionated.  You can probably tell that  from most of my blogs. lol.  Some people don’t realize this about me - because I let it go more in writing than in person - but I definitely am.

I’ve had a “good girl” reputation for as long as I can remember.  And you know what?  I’m okay with that. lol.

I finished my Master’s degree at age 22.

I have a slight addiction to my snooze button.

I’m very logical.  I think a lot of the time, people make things way more complicated than necessary.  There’s usually a way for most things to be pretty simple.

I’m not a big crier.  I’ve been in many a situation where the people around me started to cry at a happy occasion like a wedding or whatever, and my eyes were dry as a bone.  Sometimes I’d even try to squeeze out a drop or something because I felt like I was supposed to be crying like everybody else. lol.  But no. 

I’ve noticed, though, that as I’ve gotten older I’m getting a little more emotional.  Some of that girly stuff that I used to shrug off actually gets me misty eyed sometimes these days. 

I can be very indecisive at times (depending on what I’m making the decision about).  But.  Once I make up my mind to do something, it gets done.  Bleee dat!

I typically listen more than I speak.  Especially when I’m around people I don’t know very well.  I think the reason for that is three-fold.  For one, when I don’t know you, I’m less apt to be a chatter box because… well… I don’t know you.  I don’t know who you are.  I don’t know who you know.  I don’t know what you do.  I don’t know what you think.  I have to get a feel for a person first.  Give them the once-over.  Of course casual conversation is cool.  It’s not like I’m on mute or anything.  Just don’t expect me to spill my life story, hopes, dreams, and opinions when you’re basically a stranger.  Second, I’m a good listener.  I like to listen to what other people have to say and getting to know about them.  So.  I listen.  And third, honestly, I’m still a tad shy around new people.  So it takes a second for me to warm up to em.

I’m sarcastic.  (Can you tell?)

Let’s see… what else…

I procrastinate like it’s noboby’s business and then stay up for hours upon hours finishing something at the last minute.  Meanwhile, cursing myself out for waiting until the last minute.

I listen to music EVERY. single. day. 

I don’t sing much in public, but when I’m in the shower or in the car, you can’t tell me that I can’t sing like Beyonce or scat like Amel Larrieux or rap like Mos Def or or croon like John Legend or jam like WHOMEVER I happen to be listening to at that moment.  For real.  You can’t tell me jack.  I am that person.  lol! 

There are a handful of people - outside of my immediate family - that I feel I can be 100% myself around.  And I love those people to death.

I think my funny bone has GOT to be huge.  It really doesn’t take much to amuse me.  I can find the humor in most things. lol.

I’m particularly bothered by show-offs.  If somebody’s going out of their way for the sake of getting attention, I’m usually the one to purposely ignore them. 

I know it’s not popular to say this very much these days, but I enjoy TV.  There I said it, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. 

I enjoy books too.  (Proving that I’m not just a shallow TV-watcher.)

I LOVE cereal, but I can’t do drinking milk straight from a glass.  Blecccch! 

In fact, I don’t even drink milk.  I drink Soymilk (same rules apply). 

I find that when guys try too hard to be romantic, it comes across corny.  But that’s just me.  I find it more endearing when you are being yourself, not trying to pull a Billy Dee on me. 

I have a bad habit of pulling my hair when I’m stressed.  I need to work on that.

I like my nails short.

I do have ”conservative” views on some things.

No, I’m not a Republican.  By any means.

I love jewelry.  Not bling or anything, just jewelry that makes a statement.  Creative pieces, I suppose.

I don’t do strongly scented soap or laundry detergent.  My skin is pretty sensitive so I use the mild stuff.

My hair is an ongoing project for me.  Almost like a hobby.  I like doing my own hair.

This has gotten long and random enough for now.  I’m sure I’ll add on more as things come to me.  At any rate, hope you enjoyed reading.

*deuces*