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Guys Love Beyonce

"Look, I know guys love Beyonce.

Guys love to play games with your conscience

Guys hate when you start to love them

And see that's why I don't trust them.

These days I pay attention

I know when a man just aint listening

So I don't cry no more

Cus I'm good at pretending

I'm scared to let my heart go again

No new friends no no no

I know how this shit goes

You hide your fair share of admirers

You know the other girls that call your phone?

I hope you didn't think I didn't know

But since you still want to tell me that you're all alone,

Say my name say my name..."

-Tava Diette

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My List of No Apologies

1. No apologies for putting myself first. Someone has to...

2. No apologies for shaving my head. It is just hair people. FYI, it does grow back...

3.No apologies for not being a good friend and calling. When you point a finger, there are usually 3 pointing back in your direction. To summarize, the phone works in 2 directions...

4. No apologies for choosing to move away. Dorothy lied when she said there's no place like home...

5. No apologies for thinking most mainstream music is garbage. If you don't, chances are you're already brainwashed...

6. No apologies for having to read the book before I watch the movie. If you must know, yes it is THAT serious...

7. No apologies for spending my money on myself. It's mine, I spend it how I want...

8. No apologies for not being serious 99% of the time. You would probably live longer if you removed that stick from your a**. Just some friendly, honest advice...

9. No apologies for wearing my heart on my sleeve. I would rather love hard than not at all...

10. No apologies for being myself. Flawed but compassionate. Goofy, but ambitious. Clumsy, but intelligent and most of all BEAUTIFUL...  

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Tumblr on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/42465141/via/SofiaTheodoraki

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There are many things I know and many things I know how to do, but I don't know how to not love you. It's like an elephant in a small room. Even when I don't speak about it, it's there. It's present in my mind, substituting in the place of your absence, making the rest of life so vexatious. It makes me question my existence, who I am, and my purpose. Am I not as beautiful as they say? Not intelligent enough? Do I come across as weak because I love you with such conviction? Am I not strong enough to be that woman that you solely seek? There are many things I know, but some things that are not meant for me to find the answer to. That's life. Facing questions that are meant to be overcome rather than answered. You once told me to think about things hard and so I did with every bit of logic, emotion, and energy. In the end, I was still as sure as I had been all along. There are many things I know and many things I know how to do, but I don't know how to not love you. However I've learned that even when faced with things I don't understand, I still know how to let go. The rest of my life will be how I express it...

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Celebrating the Life of William Shakespeare

“Blessed be the man that spares these stones, / And cursed be he that moves my bones.” -Shakespeare’s Grave

Of all the authors in the history of English literature, few can hope to have a legacy as lasting as that of William Shakespeare. Though many details of Shakespeare’s personal life are hazy, it is thought that he was born in late April during the year 1564 in his father’s house in the small English village of Stratford-upon-Avon. He married his wife Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 before relocating to London to pursue a career as an actor and dramatist.

During the course of his life, Shakespeare drafted what have become some of the most famous works in the English language. Many of his poems and plays, including Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet, are still considered foundational parts of modern education—and his poetry are still considered foundational parts of modern education and continue to see new interpretations onstage, in literature and in pop culture. Shakespeare is also believed to have contributed nearly 2,000 words to the English language.

Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon where he is buried in Trinity Church alongside his wife and eldest daughter, Susanna. To this day, the town continues to be a cultural center for Shakespearian history and the site of a full day of events in late April of each year.

For more photos from the sites of William’s Shakespeare life, explore the following location pages:

Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon

The Globe Theater (reconstructed), London

Shakespeare’s Grave at Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Love: A Definition Essay (Written March 2010)

Love is a word that most people are familiar with. In fact, I hear it being used on a daily basis. So when I learned that I was assigned to write a definition essay as part of my English Comp class, Love seemed like an easy topic for me to choose. To my surprise though, as I began trying to complete the assignment, I learned that trying to define Love was not as simple a task as it appeared to be. For a moment, I didn’t even think I was going to find the words necessary to truly be able to share my definition of love or describe its rarity in our society.  Webster’s Dictionary defines Love as “a strong affection or liking for someone or something.” While I use dictionaries often because of my passion for writing, this definition not only left me unsatisfied, but disappointed as well.  The true definition of Love consists of more than just “a strong affection or liking.” Love to me is something you can never really explain enough. You can try to make sense of how you feel, but you will never fully understand it because Love isn’t meant to be understood. Without faith, it’s nonexistent.  I believe that most people aspire to be in love to the point where they have become content with faking it. They have allowed themselves to be manipulated into believing in society’s manufactured definition. This explains an answer for me as to why 45 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce.  If you look around, you can observe people jumping into relationships every day, often for the wrong reasons. Some of the reasons I have observed include loneliness, low self-esteem, and sometimes just to fit in with society. We look for purpose in others when in all honesty, we should be looking within ourselves. You can never really love somebody until you have learned to love yourself. This is why patience plays such a significant role in Love.  When you go looking for Love before you are ready for it, which is often what we do, we tend to find everything except what we intended to. We find the loneliness we were trying to escape, abuse that only heightens low self-esteem, and our lives become less meaningful than it was before.  Love is not something to be found because it, Real Love that is, happens when you least expect it to. It happens when you need it most, with the motive to strengthen who you are so that you can possess that happiness that you strive for.  Looking back on my past relationships I realize that Love was never any part of them. Did I have love for them? I admit I did, and still do to this day, however not the Love that I strive for. I love them for the wisdom that my experiences with them gave me. All the tears, loneliness, and disappointment felt trying to love somebody and be loved doesn’t have to be in vain, I learned. And for me, I won’t allow it to be. I look at those experiences from the perspective that it was God’s way of showing me what Love isn’t, so that I can not only recognize what it is, but appreciate it as well.  When I think about Love and the definition that can really sum up what it consists of, I realize that the Bible is a person’s best source for reference on this topic. One verse that has always been a favorite of mine derives from 1 Corinthians 13:4:  “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”  I have no doubt in my definition of Love and I refuse to conform to the definition that society offers. Groucho Marx once said that “It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, but I believe that if you have loved and lost than it wasn’t love at all. No one should settle for the mundane happiness that society’s definition of Love provides. With that being said, I focus on myself these days, so that I can be ready when the real thing comes along. 

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In All Honesty Vol. 4 (Written Sept. 2009)

There's nothing more attractive than a man who respects me as a woman...  A man that doesn't approach me with motives but more with a curiosity to who I am and what I have to offer him.. beyond my physical appearance...  A man who respects me enough to be honest with me rather than tell me what he assumes I want to hear...  A man who can enjoy my company as much as I enjoy his and understands that having sex with me is a privilege NOT a right and that he must EARN it rather than EXPECT it...  I'm talking about a GROWN man, not these little boys that many of us ladies have become so accustomed to...  See, what I have noticed lately about us ladies is that we settle more often than we don't... We accept a lot of things we shouldn't... allowing "men" to become our downfall.  We settle for the ones who have nothing more than a nice ride or a pretty smile to offer us and expect to get something of value out of it...  Instead, we end up in abusive relationships, becoming baby mama # 6, or classified as just another chick they hit...  If someone were to ask me for a reason behind the decisions I've made when it has come to my selection of "men" and the behavior I have accepted from them, I honestly couldn't answer. Trust, I have tried to answer the question for myself too many times...  I think a lot of us ladies lose our focus too easily when it comes to the opposite sex... We see that pretty smile and nice arms or a nice ride and dollar signs and get distracted. We chase after something we think we want, but in all honesty, most of us have no idea what we truly want...  Six months ago I couldn't tell you what I wanted from a man, but after enough experiences of what I DIDN'T want, I decided to take a moment to reflect on what it is that I TRULY want from a man so I could make better decisions for myself.  I want a man who shows me respect... A man that is honest... A man who can be my friend before anything and has the patience to teach me how I can be better woman than what I was yesterday... I want a man that is a supplemental asset to my ambition and the goals I have set for myself...  If you're tired of making the same decisions that you've fallen victim to so many times before ladies... Then figure out what it is that you truly want and refuse to settle for anything less. Simple as that.  Even after my experiences, I still believe there's some good men out there. It's just a matter of looking in the right places... I've come to the conclusion that nothing is too good to be true if your eyes are in the right direction... Not even his pretty smile. 

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Sometimes you have to let go of the the things and ppl you love the most...

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#Unapologetic

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“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.”

Charles Bukowski (via endangerment)

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Never be afraid of new heights. Let's soar and explore...