Halloween.

I know it's *counts* SIX MONTHS away... but I haven't dressed up in years and I'm so excited to say I found my next costume,



LMAO

if you don't find this funny, you don't fucks with DO THE RIGHT THING.

=)

-franso

Couple of (Tricks and) Treats!

First the treats!

If you don't know by now, Diana Ross is.. my everything. Hahaha, no no, I just really love the lady, her music, her style, her longevity in the game, her freakin children (why am I not one of them?), etc! And whenever someone CALLS ME Diana Ross I truly truly say a silent prayer... asking that I look as good as she does when I'm 60- feel me?


^And this is EXACTLY what I'm talkin' about. Like... are you serious? BEAUTIFUL. *dreamy sigh*

On to the next... HA!!!! For all you people, SPECIFICALLY MISSTIFF, who don't believe me when I say that LaToya and Janet are not the only Jackson daughters... Here is REBBIE JACKSON. I believe she's the oldest of the bunch, but I'm not exactly sure. I know for a fact she's the oldest daughter though:


^There she is in the middle with her 2 daughters. Damn, there's no denying what family SHE comes from with THAT face, huh? No dis, just sayin' she looks like... well, she looks like a normal Janet. She'll be 58 next month.

And now, for the TRICKS...
Because if I see these on anybody... they had better been TRICKED into buy em:




This is a joke right? KARMA LOOP wasn't serious with these right?

My friend said he got em in hella colors... Thankfully he was just JOKING.

This is some oompa loompa type shit and I'm not havin' it!!

Carry on!

=)

-franso

"Slow Down, baby..."

"...Thinking the faster that I go
The faster that I will reach my goal
The race is not given to the swift
But to the one who endureth
I thought that all my obstacles were behind me
Walking around like I'm made out of diamond
I tripped and fell and it reminded me
Move over and let my angels guideme

Slow down, Baby you're going too fast
You got you hands in the air
With you feet on the gas
You're 'bout to wreck your future
Running from your past
You need to slow down before
You go down baby..."
-India.arie

i have this thing... where I'm always in a rush.
i talk fast. i think fast. i walk fast. shit, i EAT fast- until my jaws hurt and i HAVE to give in.
what is this about?

Stop and smell the roses? why am i incapable of this?

i want what's ahead of me SO BAD, i can't enjoy what i got right now and i'm startin to get annoyed.

it's like i'm in a race. with myself. with LIFE.

i need to get going, i got places to go, why are we standing here?

and if i can't figure something (or more importantly- SOMEONE) out... oh boy.

it gets even worse.

i pray that this will be the year that i sit back and let things take their own course.

(but what if they don't go the way i want? i feel like i need to steer the wheel.)

patience is key, i need to keep reminding myself of this.

i need to take a deep breath.

when you rush- shit comes out sloppy.

why would i want that?

i will learn.

i hope so...!

-franso

sudden happiness.

knowing that people i have in my life now- BY CHOICE- will be in it for years to come?

that's a beautiful thing.

i don't want a lot of friends.

i like my circle.

=)

-franso

=)

summer's almost here.

and i think i'm crushin'.

=)

-franso

Ramblings, ramblings... and ramblings 2

life is such a crazy thing.

(if day26 just popped in your head, we are pretty much true friends lol)

exactly 2 years ago this week i was one of the happiest little 17 year old I had ever seen.

well, i was pretty stressed out too, but aren't i always?

i had JUST gotten a boyfriend! I knew what school i was going to! my big ol 18th brithday was coming up! prom! graduation! summer vacation!

THE WHOLE NINE.

here i am now:

single (i know by choice, but still!)! at a completely different school! amazed that i will soon no longer be a teenager and that i'm getting old and am kind of annoyed because the older i get the more bullshit and stress i seem to accumulate! no prom, no graduation, just loads of homework that i have exactly no interest in doing! just loans! and the university robbing you every step of the way! just taking bullshit courses! just wanted to drop out and do more important things like see the world and NOT take classes on shit that truly won't matter the MINUTE my diploma is handed to me! summer vacation? please, 2 summer courses, then what?

i'm just so annoyed by so much right now.

in particular this history paper that i've been "trying to write" for a few days. i just want it to be over. (did u think of keyshia cole this time?)

and on a completely different and random note, am i the only person who hates when artists re-release albums?!

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?!

why would i wanna own whatever CD and then... whatever + 3 more songs CD?

i feel like it's a rip off and it annoys the shit out of me.

i thought of this because i'm reading an article about maroon5 and how they're rereleasing IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG with a remake of IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN.... with who else on the track, you ask? RIHANNA.

seriously? just shoot me in the face. (and the ears, so i won't have to hear.)

ok.

go away.

-franso

"Teenage Love Affair" Video

*deep sigh*
*confusion*

how come every time I see Alicia Keys... SHE LOOKS BETTER THAN SHE DID THE TIME BEFORE?!

her hair in the video, her face, her body, her swag, EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

it's getting out of hand.

this video is sooo summery, i love it!

it's supposed to be like Spike Lee's School Daze right?

please tell me ya caught that.

and ya peeped I NEED YOU in the middle? aiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

=)

-franso

PS- random side note, i'm waiting to see Ne-Yo's new joint for Closer... because the song is SICK.

Check... My Coat?

... Is this some kind of sick joke?!

And the worst part? Russell Simmons and the rest of them FEEDING INTO the madness :-/

-franso

Welcome, Friend!!!!!

Well then!

I would like to kill two birds with a stone right now and

A) Show, possibly the hottest pic from the Lupe concert a couple months ago. I KNOW i said I'd post up hella pics.... but someone's cousin took about a good 3 years to share those pics,lol, so yeah and that SOMEONE just started his own bloggggg, so!

B) EVERYONE SAY HELLO TO RAMOO! (Pictured above with me @ that very concert)

"You know how you just ramble on yours? Yeah, I'm gonna do the same thing"

lol ^ that's how he feels.

Phase3 baby *WEST SIDE dance*

=)

-franso

Nigger.

Um.

I am SO gassed for that new Nas album.

Dude is gonna say SO MUCH.

The words that are gonna come out of his mouth?!!?! OD.

I don't think America is ready.

All the more reason...

=)

-franso

Photog

Don't mind the change in my name and About Me section on here, i had to add on a blog for my Photography 101 class and yeah, making those changes on THAT blog made them also appear on THIS one.

whatever.

=)

-franso

Bitter.

Bitter as shit.

You choose to let someone go.

You hold them when they cry, you tell them they have no choice.

You hope that they move on.

You distance yourself-

The farther away you run, the more brutal the tear in their heart.

A sense of coldness comes over you, watching them tremble with helplessness.

You see no other way.

"I can't do this anymore", you say.

You hate yourself.

You long to be just friends-

But putting yourself in their shoes, you know it'd hurt more than anything.

Thinking of ways to tell them how much they STILL mean to you, the fact that actions speak louder than words haunts you.

You chose to let them go.

So why the tears when they tell you they've found someone new?

-franso

Usher Memories..

This blog is addressed to a friend who will remained anonymous (even though he don't even read this,lol) because he had the nerve- THE COURAGE!- to SERIOUSLY like "Love in the Club"...

like.

he wasn't kidding.

HOW DO YOU LIKE SUCH A SONG WHEN USHER HAS SO MANY BETTER SONGS?!

i don't get it :(

i demanded that he do a top 5 fave usher joints... AND HE INCLUDED "LOVE IN THE CLUB"!!!!

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!

lol this, to me, is like one of Usher's weakest, i'm sorry ya'll...

My top 5 in no particular order, you ask?

1) U Don't Have to Call
2) Throwback
3) How Do I Say
4) U Make Me Wanna
5) Simple Things


Cmon now...

and YOU?

=)

-franso

This How Obama Feel!

aiiiiiight aiiiiiiiight.

I'm so with a president who, when feeling the hate, BRUSHES HIS SHOULDERS OFF.

=)

My favorite flower.

Finally found the name.

(Can you tell I don't wanna do my HW right now? lol)




Callas Lily

=)

Back to History of Modern Latin America...

-franso

PS- OF COURSE, these pretty little things are like $85 for about 5. Leave it up to me please, to like expensive flowers,lol

Last Mos Def Clip(... of the day.)

"WE GOTTA GET FREE!!!! I'M TIRED OF TALKIN!!!!"

word up.

-franso

Mos Def AGAIN.

Because now youtube is taking up my time instead of Latino/a Literature & Culture...



yeah motherfuckers, BUSH DID IT.

"... i do believe in the Bigfoot, though!"

gotta love him.

=)

-franso

"I'm a pretty dancer!"

Shoutout/Thanks to Krystell, of course!



"YO. bust a sketch right now, wassup? I'm sayin, you can't bust a watercolor, Mr.Drawer?"

i'm dyin' right now,lmao

=)

-franso

Lupe Fiasco's "Paris, Tokyo" Video!

"uh, guess who's back in the- HOUSE!"

*sigh* awwwww, i feel all warm inside!

=)

-franso

Usher in 2008

Dear Usher,

Go away.

Or try again.

Thanks,
Franso

I'm late, John Mayer.

Better late than never is what I LIVE BY- when it comes to music.

Surprise, surprise- my roommate put me onto John Mayer's latest album "Continuum" which came out last year.

So far, I'm so into Belief and Gravity.

It's so yummy.

AND, in honor of John Mayer week (lol i took it there), you MUST watch this clip.

I'm just catching up on John Mayer's sense of humor- and i LOVE it.


*Courtesy of www.youtube.com

um, hilarity?

=)

-franso

Who is Janelle Monae?

*Courtesy of www.youtube.com

...Why, she's Diddy's newly signed artist of course!

This should be interesting...

=)

-franso

PS- i mess with them glasses though.

Marriage?

2 things:

1) isn't this pic CRAZY?!!?!? JIGGA AND BEYONCE AFFECTION?!
2)) do you think they really got married yesterday?

and i wonder....

=)

-franso

Don't Speak.

i remember a while back, like freshman year of HS, i used to read Cosmogirl magazine HARDBODY and they had this little section called "Why don't you..." and it would have mad random shit for you to do, and one time it said "not talk for a whole weekend." i was like "WHAT?! IMPOSSIBLE!"

i always said i wanted to try it, but i was always like nahhhh man, there's just NO WAY it can be done.

lately man, i just feel like going on strike- AGAINST MYSELF. does that make any sense? fuck it.

just not speak. tell everyone i lost my voice over the weekend, carry a notepad... and see if i could last all week.

so many people can't speak and that's a loooooooooooot of time to THINK, you know?

i kinda feel like i'd learn something, notice something i normally wouldn't, make people laugh- or just go crazy.

eh.

i just talk too much sometimes, say the wrong things sometimes, get annoyed by my voice a lot.

so i'm thinkin monday, i'll tell mami to only text me (can't ignore her calls all week) because i'm goin on strike, and i'll walk around w a notepad.

we'll see what happens.

=)

-franso

ps- it's cool if you think this is crazy/impossible/pointless. i think it's interesting as fuck.

HAIKU #4

Just Wanna Be Friends?
NEVER did i say those words!
Fuck this stupid "VIBE".

-franso

NKOTB?!

First it was happening.
Then it was a rumor.
Then it was a POSSIBILITY.
Now- IT'S HAPPENING.

http://www.nkotb.com/

........ that's how they felt?

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BUNCH OF GROWN DAPPER MEN SO FOCUSED IN LIFE!

I'm glad to see that everyone's nice and healthy....

(i don't really know their names, this wasn't MY era much... but beefy wrestler-lookin guy all the way to the right is HILARIOUS.)

but is established actor donnie wahlberg SERIOUS!?!?!?!?!!??!!?!??!?!

what does mark have to say about this?!

i'm so sad.

yet- intrigued?

lol oh yes........

=)

-franso

ps- you got the right stuff baby, you're the reason why i sing this song! [only one of the best pop songs-EVER!

pps- OMG IDEA!!!! NKOTB/TIFFANY concert!!!

Maroon5- Sweetest Goodbye

Because i'm procrastinating on my readings by listening to music and writing in my journal... i would just like to say that years go by.. and the beauty in this song never fades. seriously... but i'm sure ya already knew that. and if you don't know this song *GASP* then won't you educate yourself?


*Courtesy of www.youtube.com

Where you are seems to be
As far as an eternity
Outstretched arms open hearts
And if it never ends then when do we start?
I'll never leave you behind
Or treat you unkind
I know you understand
And with a tear in my eye
Give me the sweetest goodbye
That I ever did receive

Pushing forward and arching back
Bring me closer to heart attack
Say goodbye and just fly away
When you comeback
I have some things to say

How does it feel to know you never have to be alone
When you get home?
There must be someplace here that only you and I could go
So I can show you how I
Dream away everyday
Try so hard to disregard
The rhythm of the rain that drops
And coincides with the beating of my heart

I'll never leave you behind
Or treat you unkind
I know you understand
And with a tear in my eye
Give me the sweetest goodbye
That I ever, ever, ever did receive

[x2]
How does it feel to know you never have to be alone
When you get home?
There must be someplace here that only you and I could go
So I can show you how I feel

=)

-franso

April!

Happy April!

i wonder what this month has in store for me.

and for you as well, i'm not selfish.

=)

-franso