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I'd like to think that I'm extremely ambitious. Not sure if I was aware of it until recently. It dawned on me when I was thinking about all the things I want to accomplish in my lifetime career-wise. I was pissed that I was 22 and hadn't mapped my life out yet and decided on the name/title of the career I wanted to pursue. This summer, actually, I answered myself. There is no one occupation I want to claim.  I want seven. Yes, seven . And I intend to have them all. Possibly simultaneously (we'll see how that goes).    Now, in my current field (good ol' journalism), me living a quote unquote lavish life isn't going to be immediate by ANY means. Ha! No BMW. No posh condo nestled in the heart of the city. No Diane Von Furstenberg, YSL, Miu Miu, Louis V or Louboutin for me. Which is fine. Bragging about having all that stuff would just make me a buyer, or bought rather. Not necessarily a boss.  Success isn't being a buyer. It's being a BOSS.

Happy Humpday! Yesterday could have been yet another day at home spent rolling around under the covers, wasting away in the comfort of air conditioning.  Okay, okay. Being home isn't that bad. But I utilized my also-bumming-it little sister and decided to make a little bit of magic happen. I gave her full, yet temporary, access to my closet and makeup and decided to use her as a model and my home as a backdrop. She's grown ALL the way up since the last time we had a makeshift photo shoot and was so much more elegant in these photos. Here's a sneak peek: See the rest of them here I must say, it felt good to be shooting again. When you get home, you get comfortable. When you get comfortable, you get lazy. I haven't had access to "models" (aka my college friends) for quite some time, and therefore lost a little bit of my momentum to shoot.  Time to pick it back up again before I lose these creative juices.

One of my best friends sent me this article on Black Girls Are Easy about dating vs. "come over and chill."  Boys , read it. It's hilarious.  Ladies , read it. It's the truth. Best quotes from the reading: "Don’t think because some Hoes are winning that you should follow that lifestyle, little ghetto boys shouldn’t drop out of school and try to become Tony Montana, and frustrated girls  shouldn't  close their heart and start hoeing—few are built for that life. However keep one thing in the back of your mind when thinking about Hoes— Value . A Hoe knows her value, it may be a ratchet ass   Juicy Couture  bag or it may be a condo on South Beach , either way she got something." "Just because going over to chill is something to do, doesn’t mean it’s something you should do. Ask to go on date, better yet, steal a little bit of confidence from the Hoes and TELL him you want to go on a date. Stop being happy just to have a man like