~ 0n3 THING I LIK3 ABOUT MYS3LF IS........~

ON3 THAT I LIKE ABOUT MY SELF IS MY STRENGHT AND DET3RMINATION B3CAUSE I F33L THAT I MAK3 GOOD D3CISION GOOD OR BAD AND I THINK I HAVE THE STR3NGHT TO ACCEPT THE DECISION THAT I MAK3 AND STILL FEEL FOOD ABOUT MY S3LF AND WHAT I DID WITHOUT FEELING BAD ABOUT IT BUT I HON3STLY LOOK AT MY SELF AS AN PHENOMENAL WOMAN WELL NOT WOMAN CUZ IM NOT GROWN YET BUT I LOOK AT MY SELF AS PHENOMENAL

~ ON3 THING I LOV3 ABOUT CHICAGO IS ............

ON3 THING I LOV3 ABOUT CHICAGO IS TH3 FASHION BECAUSE CHICAGO TO ME HAS A GOOD FASHION TO ME BECAUSE IT'S SO BRIGHT CRAZY AND DIFF3R3NT AND IT MUST B3 SOM3THING GOOD B3CAUS3 P3OPL3 OFT3N HAV3 TH3 T3ND3NCY TO COPY OFF OUR SWAGG3R AND TH3 BOYS IN CHICAGO DR3SS NIC3 TO AND IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT OTH3R CITI3S DON'T HAV3 THAT MUCH FASHION S3NS3 BUT CHICAGO W3 GOT IT B3CAUS3 W3 THINK OF STUFF FROM OFF TH3 TOP OF TH3 DOM3 AND IT'S ALWAYS INT3R3STING AND CR3ATIV3 TO M3

~ ULTIMAT3 DRIVING 3XP3RIENCE~

ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS DRIVING IN MY 1967 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME I HAD SWUNG BY AND SCOOPED UP MY BUDDY MARILYN MONROE WE WEREN'T TO UP TO DATE ABOUT WERE WE WERE GOING WE JUST KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO GO TO A PLACE NEITHER OF EVER BEEN BEFORE BUT MARILYN SHE HAD BEEN ALL OVER AMERICA SO WERE EVER WE WENT IT WOULDN'T B NO SUPRISE TO HER . SIO WE PUT THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL AND DROVE OUT BOTH OF US WITH OUR SHADES ON AND THE WIND BLOWING THROUGH OUR HAIR. AS WE WERE DRIVING MARILYN TURNED ON SOME TUNES IN THE CAR AND SHE WAS SAYING HOW SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO CHICAGO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT SORT OF EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HOME IN AGE'S TO SEE MY FAMILY IN CHICAGO. SO I ASKE4D HER IF SHE WAS SURE ABOUT GOING SHE WIPED THE TEARS OF MY CHEEK AND SAID YES I HESITATED A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY TO THAT OLD PLACE I USE TO CALL HOME. WE HAD A BLAST WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THEIR WE WENT TO A COUPLE OF BAR'S I WASN'T A DRINKER BUT MARILYN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN SO WE DID IT AS WE WALKED IN THE BARS ALL THE ATTENTION WAS ON US I MEAN I WASN'T BAD LOOKING BUT MARILYN WAS GORGEOUS SHE HAD THIS BLONDE SPARKLING HAIR AND SHE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT YOU KNOW HOW THEY SAY BLONDE'S ARE DUMB NOT HER SHE WAS ONE OF THE SMART ONE'S WE ENDED UP IN CHICAGO AND THE FIRST PLACE I TOOK MARILYN TO WAS GIORDANO'S PIZZA LIKE I PLANNED SHE FEEL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AND THEN I TOOK HER TO AN WHITE SOXS GAME NEITHER OF US KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPORT BUT WE HAD FUN SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTER THE MOST THEN WE WENT ON A TOUR OF DOWN TOWN CHICAGO OF THE MANY PALCE' TO EXPLORE SHE WAS HEAD OVER HILL'S IN LOVE WITH NAVY PIER SHE SAID IT BOUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF HER BEING A KID WE LAUGHED ALL NITE LONG WE NEVER STOPPED SMILING WE HAD A BLAST WE LAUGHED OURSELF ALL THE WAY BACK HOME AS WE WERE LEAVING MARILYN ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO SEE MY MOTHER I DROOPED A TEAR AND SHOOK MY HEAD IN SORROW AND SAID NO SHE ASKED ME DID I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT AND I SAID NO AND SHE GAVE ME SOME POP CORN WE GOT FROM GARRETT'S POPCORN WHILE WE WERE DOWN TOWN AND I LAUGHED CAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLYT THING THAT MADE ME LAUGH AND WE WENT HOME AND MADE A ALBUM CALLED TIARA N MARILYN TRIP TO THE WINDY CITY

~ TH3 BRAV3ST THING I 3V3R DID WAS...............

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE BRAVEST THING I EVER DONE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM A FIGHT WITH MY MOTHER BECAUSE AN INCIDENT HAD HAPPEN THAT I HAD LIED ABOUT AND ME AND MY WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY GOT IN TO THIS BIG ARGUMENT AND I HATE WHEN PEOPLE YELL AT ME THAT MAKE'S ME SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAD SO MY MOTHER GOT IN MY FACE AND STARTED TO YELL IN MY FACE I DON'T KNOW BUT SOMETHING CAME OVER ME AND MY HAND WAS FORMING IN TO A FIST AND I WAS ABOUT TO HIT HER BUT THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE IF I HIT MY MOMMA WHAT TYPE OF PERSON WOULD THAT MAKE ME THEN I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT GUILTY CONSCIOUS AND THAT I DIDN'T WANT AND PLUS MY MOMMA WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME AS THE SAME PERSON I WAS BEFORE SO WE JUST CONTINUED TO ARGUE AND THEN FINALLY I JUST PACKED MY THINGS AND WENT TO MY DADDY HOUSE ARROUND THE CORNER AND I STAYED THEIR UNTIL THINGS CALMED DOWN BUT I FELT GOOD ABOUT WALKING AWAY FROM IT I FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE ADULT THING TO DO BECAUSE FIGHTING NEVER SOLVES ANYTHING THAT'S WHAT MY MOMMA ALWAYS TELL ME

~SOM3THING NOT V3RY MANY P3OPL3 KNOW ABOUT M3 IS........

SOM3THING THAT P3OPL3 DON'T KNO ABOUT M3 IS THAT I'M AFRAID TO FALL IN LOV3 OR YOU COULD SAY THAT I'M AFRAID OF COMMITM3NT B3CAUS3 ALL TH3 PAST R3ALTIONSHIP'S THAT I HAV3 B33N IN HAV3N'T B33N GOING SO W3LL AND IT'S ALWAYS B33N SORT OF A LOSING SITUATION B3CAUS3 W3N U AR3 IN A R3LATIONSHIP YOU WANT THING'S TO GO SMOOTH AND M3LLOW BUT W3N TH3Y GO TH3 OPPOSIT3 WAY OF WHAT YOU WANT3D YOU START HAVING S3COND THOUGHTS ABOUT THING'S . I DON'T KNOW MAYB3 THAT'S JUST M3 B3CAUS3 I F33L SOM3 BOY'S AR3N'T UP TO MY STANDARDS IN R3LATIONSHIP WIS3 . AND THAT SOM3TIM3S CR3AT3S T3NSION IN OUR R3LATIONSHIP AND OFT3N 3NDS . BUT WH3N I DO FIND A BOY WHO IS ON TH3 SAM3 PAG3 AS M3 I SORT OF SHUT DOWN B3CAUS3 I G3T AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPP3N OR TH3 F3AR OF M3 G3TTING MY F33LING 'S HURT OR MY H3ART BROK3N

~ TH3 WORST THING A PAR3NT CAN DO............

TH3 WORST THING THAT A PAR3NT COULD DO TO AN CHILD IS GIV3 UP ON TH3M B3CAUS3. CHILDR3N MAKE MISTAK3S AND IT'S OUR PAR3NT'S WHO AR3 SUPPOS3 TO B3 TH3R3 AND T3LL US THAT IT'S GOING TO B3 OKAY AND THAT MISTAK3S HAPP3N BUT IF OUR PAR3NT'S AR3 NOT TH3R3 TH3N WHO CAN W3 RUN TO. B3CAUS3 US CHILDR3N RUN TO OUR PAR3NT'S FOR 3V3RY LITTL3 THING AND IF TH3IR NOT TH3R3 FOR US W3 F33L SORT OF LOST . B3CAUS3 W3 LOOK TO OUR PAR3NT'S FOR GUIDANC3 AND WISDOM AND STUFF LIK3 THAT SO THAT IT CAN K33P US GOING . BUT SOM3TIM3'S PAR3NT FAC3 C3RTAIN OBSTACLE'S WITH US T33NAG3R SUCH AS SCHOOL , TH3 OPPOSIT3 S3X, P33R PR3SSUR3, 3TC . AND TH3Y SOM3TIM3S F33L OV3RWH3LM3D AND F33L LIK3 SOM3TIM3S US KIDS DON'T APPR3CIAT3 OUR PAR3NT'S BUT IN R3ALITY W3 DO AND WH3N TH3Y GIV3 UP ON US OUR H3ART AR3 SORT OF CRUSH3D IN A WAY B3CAUS3 AR3 PAR3NT'S NO LONG3R CAR3 FOR US AND TH3Y DON'T CAR3 FOR US ANY MOR3 AND TO US CHILDR3N THAT'S HARD TO IMAGIN3 AND TO M3 THAT'S TH3 WORST THING A PAR3NT CAN DO IS GIV3 UP ON TH3IR CHILD

Something that irritates me...

Genearlly things don't bug me, but it drives me crazy when people be in my business. I feel it's kind of odd that people have nothing else tbetter to do than to mind other epople's business. I feel people should get a life of their own and stop worrying about others. I know they wouldn't like for someone else to be in their business. You have to treat people like you wanted to be treated and if you don't want people to be in your business then don't be in theirs.