Channel 4 Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center

I light up each year the tree in the city does. I imagine what it would be like to be there every year. Mariah's album from the 90's doesn't bleed Holiday cheer like any other Christmas album, but that's just me.

Beauty School Dropout

- Looney Tunes exists in Paris as well. Remember watching them on Sundays? I'm trying to figureout how I can apply for cosmetology at my school, but I cannot seem to find information online about it. I'm pretty sure they offer it, the administrators, that is. I feel like all is rushed during the holiday season...the gifts, the decorating, dinner, etc. In my opinion, it conquers the purpose of the holidays. I don't mean to sound repetitive, but I will say once again that this is why Lena G walks her own path now as her own chica. Well, I'm going to make more Holiday cards... Bye.

Embrace what is in front of you before moving from point A to point B.

-This picture was the night Alessandra, my cousin, and I went to Veronica Kole's sweet sixteen. Danced the night away literally. Shout out to Tori Festa and Brenda K who shared that night out with us. Tonight my mother and I took a ride down to Manasquan New Jersey to see The Nutcracker ballet in a charming old theater begging for donations. I didn't want the show to end from the moment it began, for it fascinated me the way theses performers painted a picture on stage, how they were costumed. I absolutely had a ball...Mommy got us lost for a bit but it was cool we got to talk. Who better to talk to? What better company?

Every moment counts. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

It touched us all, Paris, that is.

My brother says he hated Paris. Obviously he is full of a four letter word I say frequently, however try very hard not to say in front of males. I'd like to consider myself a lady, if you will.

TODAY IS SUNDAY.

(This is my darling, Darnesha, aka Nazsha. She is beautiful inside and out.) I remember us in the fifth grade... fighting, makin up, the love was always there and still is. Happy Birthday Sarah. This morning I had the pleasure of making my brother and his friends breakfast...and the rest of today will remain in my head; for all I want it to do is depart through my ear as I sleep tonight.

Hi there!

Last night Sal's buddy Andrew slept over and my mother is out picking him up from religion class, to (I think) return, drop Andrew off here at our home, then pick me up to hit Target. Oh Target (Tarjay,), with its abundance of unnecessary items one goes nuts...CASHEWS! Speaking of Cashews, last night Mommy and me hit our signature Starbucks/Barnes and Noble last night. Those who live in Freehold know what I'm talkin about. Anyhow I had some of these cashews that were seasoned (all natural) with a "pomegranate twist" in which made the tree nut taste ALMOST as good as the NUTS FOR NUTS my Pop and I pick up on the streets of Manhattan, minus the grease and excessive sugar.

oh lee...

(<---my cards I make to advertise my blog) After a long night of making Christmas and birthday cards for friends and family members while watching Guys and Dolls, I took a hot shower and went to sleep; only to wake up at 2 AM thinking was 6...another reoccuring theme of my life:wrong timing, teehee. But atleast I did my make-up and dresses, thus had time to enjoy my breakfast this morning, rather than rush like I typically do on a Thursday morning.

Sitting with Mommy on a rainy Monday night...

She wants to look at the pictures I took in Paris. I took so many-I captured every nook and cranny, leaving me no reason to purchase any "souvenirs", for nothing beats (in my opinion) the organic developed photo absorbed and taken by the traveler... Soon I will make a slideshow... with music and everything.

Work my my bella'mica, Melissa Maninno.

What today brought me.

Earlier today, my mother and I cried together. Brutally painful as it always is, we did it. However, though it took a few hours, she did what I've been waiting on her to do for herself-moved on. She called up her good friend and family, and had them over for dinner... it seemed she enjoyed herself...and that made me proud that instead of dwelling, she took my advice and took that first step toward cleanin the slate. I LOVE YOU MOM EVERYTHING WILL BE OK I PROMISE YOU.

You think there are people out there who don't encourage finding a cure for cancer?

(havent had one of these in years) When you consider how much money goes into cancer treatments, doctor visits, and all the rest, it makes you wonder (Maroon 5-it makes me wonder)whether or not these doctors and specialists hope for a cure, which would lead to an end to their practices.

Dr. P you are brilliant.

This is how Marc Podwal sees Israel. It is important for an artist to create things in the way he sees them. I believe how u truly see something is unlike how anyone else does.

"They just shived."

What does this mean, exactly... all the kids in my area use this word. I'm assuming, by who I've seen it used toward in specific situations... to shive means to lie, or act in a crooked way. For example, one who claims he's going to a nine am showing of Toy Story 3 and doesn't show up, is considered a shive, or has shived. A shive can also be a hypocrite. For instance, someone who advocates against dope, yet falls asleep with a blunt in hand, is a shive. If I'm inaccurate with my info, I apologize... please correct me if so. LOL. You see i don't see the sense/mentality in saying such a phrase.... but then again why is it that I use words such as "nonsense", "fool", or "stupid". Therefore, rather than judge those who use language that is different than mine, I like to explore. DONT CRITISCIZE ANALYZE.

I wave my hair back and fourth...and hit u in da face!

oh my GOODNESS I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO I LUV IT!!!! TODAY I WILL START UPLOADING PICTURES FROM PARIS, MAKING XMAS CARDS, ON TOP OF READING MY NOVEL. THEREFORE, LENA WILL PROBABLY BE WORKING OUT AT HOME... GUESS WHAT? I PASSED THE DRIVER'S PRE-TEST FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY! MY DOCTOR NEEDS ME (I NEED ME) TO TAKE MULTI VITAMINS UNTIL MY BLOOD REPAIRS...I THINK THEY ARE MAKING ME RETAIN WATER... I PEED GREEN ALL DAY .... THAT REMINDS ME: REMEMEBER "GREEN EGGS AND HAM"?????

Sorry. You failed the test. Better luck next time.

(Safir, my good friend, made me drop my sandwhich at lunch by accident today. I was so mad. I had to buy a bag of sunchips... I really wanted that turkey on rye.) I'm in driver;s ed class right now and I just took a pre-test to practice for the big test on Wednesday.... By accident, I hit the submit button too early and got the wrong answers WHICH CAUSED ME TO FAIL. http://edisondriving.com/test/online.shtml Louis Rizzo is sitting next to me in the media center... He says hi.

Nonna made caponatina!!!!

...it was delicious. Eggplant, onions, tomato sauce. Era buonissima! I ate so many sunflower seeds, almonds and raisins... its obnoxious!

Getting ready for a sweet sixteen for Victoria....

Betty Davis describes her Brooklyn nostalgia: "Most women had the one thing in common:they had great pain when they gave birth to their children. This should make a bond that held all together; it should make them love and protect each other against the man-world." So why do people stab others in the back, when really we all came from the same place, in other words?

Stomach Aches are horrible!

I haven't had a cup of chamomile tea in soo long. My Nonna Josie would always give me some whenever I had a stomach ache. Today is my good friend Amanda's birthday... her family and a bunch of girls are accompanying her to La Piazza restaurant tonight for dinner. So now I must run to the mall to get a black under shirt to wear with my dress. My mother is bitter with me for using the washer machine after she told me not to. Another case where I just wasn't thinking. I am sorry.

One of my favorite breakfasts is....

....Banana and one tbs of peanut butter.

My parents are both working in the city today...typical Thursday... I strolled through the mall last night just to get out of the house last night... forever 21 wasn't overwhelming with its usual messy crowds and obnoxious line, the dollar stores were abundant in what every girl could need, convincing her she can do without the $60 eyeshadow set at Sephora, where every make-up product seems like a Booby trap;attempting to lure a person to spending... and that is my definition of a weeknight at an American mall...oh! I almost forgot the 5 dollar latte at the Nordstrom's Cafe/Starbucks I did not purchase!

I <3>

Right now I am sitting in Web Media class at school.

Okay so I need to remember to turn my clothes the right side out when I change today... It makes laundry easier for Ma. She told me not to do anymore last night cuz she's afraid I'll break the lavatrice (washer machine-Italian) e l'asciugatrice (the dryer). I miss Dana so much. Dana does my eyebrows at Avanti Salon in Manalapan. Everytime I see her she makes me feel so special, like so many other people I am so lucky to have in my life. Today in my Italian class I had my first chocolate chip cookie in mabye a year. Chips Ahoy it was.... WILL IT GO TO MY ASS? I'm done with my Guyana Project! I have to present it on Monday. I also miss Alessandra, Bianca and Vincent. Last night I watched the Yellow Submarine. Gee I remember being a little one and watching it at my Aunt Mariann's with my cousin Al before he got married!

http://www.markpodwal.com/works.html

My dermotologist is an artist, like me. His name is Mark Podwall (aka in my family, Dr. P). He's a friend of my father's... has been for years. I think his work is rather extraordinary, and I enjoy interpreting it. A couple years back, I visited him at his office in Manhattan (great area) for a check-up on an issue I was having with my skin at the time. He presented me with his book, Jerusalem Sky. Vivid in its illustrations of how Dr. P sees a world in which his Jewish heritage hails from, the storybook is happily (yes, it is happy to be, like me!) in my collection of books.

tHIS IS THE EXACT COPY I OWN AND READ EVERYDAY...ATLEAST I TRY TO ANYWAY.

I am currently reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (like I've been for the past 3 years, after my girl Amanda Lomagno told me I had to read it.) It's just that I cannot stick to one project at a time. THATS WHY i CANNOT gET ANYTHING DONE!!!! i NEED LIMITS TO EVERYTHING I DO. UNBELIEVABLE. THE SHIT I PUT MYSELF THROUGH.

-ONE OF MARK'S WORKS.

Do it wit Love.

ughh .... 18 pages of "aging" for Pops... God Bless this printer!

Buts it like the old man Lenny told me last nite,"Do whatever you do with love...You Bake a Cake... Bake it with love."