Hey CAU :)

Yet another semester at Clark. But lowkey, or highkey, I'm excited.

I'm usually always excited when school first starts, and then I dread everything after that, but this semester I think it's different. My classes are all mostly dealing with my major, not intro class of Mass Media or general classes either, so it's crunch time and I'm all the way ready for it.

School was never my cup of tea, but if this is what's going to make me successful like I know I will be, then by all means I am taking full advantage of it. Work and play are both capable of having equal shares of my life. And right now, I'm all about the work.

WOOT!

Love.

-B

FINALS

2 DOWN. 1 to go.

I'm almost done ahhh I'm too hype. 

This semester has definitely drained me to the end. Hard classes, 18 hours, work work work, internship, no sleep. lol

No worries though, I hope I came out on top with my grades, and I'm moving on ready to relax in my bed in Texas. Woot. 

Surprise trip to houston though, I'm lowkey excited. I get to see my brotherrrr, my wifeyyy, my jelly, and my boo :) teehee

Love.

-B

ahhhh

work overload.

been in the library everyday this week.. for hours and hours finishing misc. hw and such. ugh im pooped. 

finally no work today, so I have more time to do hw lol

Homies bday  is today, rooftop party in buckhead at the Palomar. I'm lowkey hype. should be dope though.

I swear, I sound less and less like I'm from Texas everyday, ha. I take words from everywhere and add it to my vocab. Niggas is confused when they first meet me cuz they have no clue where I'm really from!

Pressure

Sometimes it's just too hard to handle the daily duties of myself. I feel very overwhelmed a lot, because I have brought so much onto my plate in the past year, juggling all of my responsibilites and priorities.

-Im taking the max 18 hours if school
-I have two demanding Internships that require work & assignments due on a regular basis
-Im working 25+ hours per week at my job, which keeps me out until at least 11 pm each night and slaps me with sleepyness
-And then you have to take the buku bills that I have to pay, seeming to take all of the money that I earn at work. [guh-reat]
-Not to mention the regular problems that I handle with CAU, who loe to screw up my money. And the fact that I'm stressin over graduating early & what not.

I think I'm doing too much. Maybe I should slow down, but realistically I can't. I can't quit my job, qui my internships & put my middle finger up to CAU & dip.

-Oh, but it would be glorious if I could, and be wisked away to a beach with blue water & white sand, and do something I haven't done in ages... RELAX.

Love.
-B

Graduation?

Although I have just loved being at CAU these past 3 years, I think it's time that I graduate, early at that. I'm planning on making fall 2010 my last semester at Clark. We'll see how that goes. I hope it's effective, because the sooner I have my degree, the sooner I can continue my education at Northwestern University in Chicago for my Masters in Print Journalism. Woot. I'm lowkey hype, but super scared as well.

My schedule for next semester is going to be good though, Fridays no class, one class monday, two classes tues/thurs, and two classes wed.

I can handle that.
BAM.

Love.
-B

Back to School Blues && Goals

I know this might be a little late, but I like to think that this blog was just marinating for all of you. But now I think it's ready to be published.

no worries though, I'm still working on this AMAZING blog about what it takes to be the baddest. It's in progress.. bear with me, man. It's coming.

Another year at Clark Atlanta University and another year of learning, living and enjoying Atlanta with all of its bullshit.

I can proudly say that i am not 100% excited to start another year of schooling. There is nothing wrong with the instiution itself, well except for how they always seem to screw up money that belongs to me, but that is another blog in itself. I simply just do not enjoy going to class and listening to someone talk for more than five minutes while I take notes on their every word. I enjoyed my summer interning and getting the hands on experience and freedom to write what I wanted. I just feel like the hands on experience I got is worth so much more than what I am getting from a classroom that apparantly is costing me $30,000/ year.

my expression in the last paragraph in no way is swaying my decision to stay in school, because best believe I will graduate and get my degree and potentially move onto a higher education: Graduate School. I have the mentality that I will succeed in what I do and I have all intentions of moving forward with my career. Depending on where it takes me will determine when && where i will attend Grad School, but it will happen.

I feel like I've grown so much over the past few months living in Atlanta. It's crazy how much more independent you become when your mother cuts off your money supply. But it did nothing but help me, so thanks ma :) I know I can live comfortably with the money I earn myself, and need no extra help from anyone. Rent, food, clothes, gas, bills, etc. Paid for. *BAM, POW, BLING, BURR* [Gucci!].

Whatever you want to call it, I made it.

Love.
-B

new addition.

so, I decided to buy a turtle off CAU promenade. yep, I did it.

lol.

HER name is Betty. and I love her a lot.

now i have a pet turtle.. and a pet fish (sour diesel.)

and yes, I am a good mommy! I change diesel's water very frequently and never forget to feed him. but this turtle is a little more fun; cuz I can pick her up and she crawls all over my hands.. so quick! ahh

:)

Hi betty! Say hello to all your new friends.

Love.

-B

end of summer blues.

The summer is just about over.
School starts in just a few days, I can't say i'm hella excited about it either.

Of course, Clark has jacked up all my account info, so i def. owe money, but shouldn't. lol

[story of my life]

another day, another dolla.

bunk bed flow; always one level above.

Love.

-B

8.26.09

School is about to start. I don`t really know how i`m feeling about starting another semester of school at Clark.

Clark isn`t the problem. School in general is something i don`t really look forward to... ever. lol
I only want it to start so it can end again. lol The faster we start the sooner I can have another year behind me on my path of success! haa

so,
Junior year, here I come
:)


Love.
-B

nutz

twitter has me blown ALL THE TIME. people are really feeling themselves on twitter and they say whatever they want. literally. twipic is crazy i need people to get it together with their bold-ness lol..


when school starts, i CANT WAIT to see what people are sayin on twitter..

: on the promenade lookin at this busted ass weave this girl got in her head.. she wearin a pink shirt and WHITE shorts. smh.

[on blast]. and everyone on twitter will know EXACTLY who they're talkin about! better yet, they'll prolly just twitpic it to make it easier.

[embarassed.]

twitter.com/jbuckk - get at me! :)

Love.
-B

i feel like.

My summer has been pretty productive. I feel way more independent now, too.
Like, I finished my sophomore year in college (WOOT!), I didn't go home for the summer (WOOT WOOT!), got my own apartment in MY NAME, kept a job and juggled an internship while taking a few vaca's because of all the stress, and managed to spend some ample time with my bitties inbetween.

I am a multi tasker.


I'm lowkey ready for school to start too, because the sooner it starts, the sooner I can learn something new to upgrade my writing skills, and the sooner the school year will be over again and I can chill and be the baddest with no homework.

:) I really do love my life, and I am truly blessed to be given all the opportunities I have encountered and only God has been the one to ultimately help me through all the BS that has gone down this summer.

I feel like I've grown.
and I kinda like that feeling.

FYI

I feel like I need to let all my friends from back home know what the real deal is real quick. Don't worry, this will only take a minute. You guys can take it how you want it, it's up to you, but I'm already tired of explainin myself 75483754732 times to 758748675 different people every single day.

All I have been hearing is, "jess!, when are you coming back to dallas? we need to hang out i havent talked to you in so long!".

Number one. I'm not coming home this summer. Sorry for ya. I have a good job out here, an apartment, and a wonderful Internship with a magazine. I believe after reading that last sentence you will realize that I am following my dreams right now, which is the initial reason that I came to Atlanta in the first place. So, why would I go home to Dallas? to chill with you guys? I mean, that would be really fun and cool, but I would be doing NOTHING productive with my talents, besides working at Nick's again. (love you stan, but no siir).

Number two. If i have not talked to you in months, why are you all of the sudden BLOWING UP MY PHONE asking me when I'm coming home. Why do you all of the sudden care now about how I have been and want to hang out so bad? I don't have enough minutes in the day to let you know how my entire school year has been, becuase I haven't gotten a call from you in six months or more.

I hate it when dudes really start calling again from home when school is out, hella excited to see me, but I aint talked to them in dumb long. You were NOT thinking of me on jan. 22, march 19 or april 10th. [random days], I mean, thanks for the bday wishes on april 14th, but you just started thinking of me May 9th when school let out. nice try, but you will not get NO play.

I love living out here in Atlanta, and wherever my career takes me is where I will be. I still love my friends from back home so much, but if we don't talk for a while, that doesn't mean that we aren't friends! It just simply means that we each have our own lives and have our own things going on.

no worries, you're still the baddest. just in another state. you all can come visit me whenever you want, it aint nothing but a phone call and a standby flight!

Love.
-B

street report magazine

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER! TWITTER.COM/JBUCKK and follow the homies above too! TWITTER.COM/BESTDAEEVER TWITTER.COM/NEWARKID

I absolutely love my internship. Kim is hella bomb (editor-in-chief) and general looks out for me like no other (owner).

Finals are done, I have a project to turn in tomorrow morning, and then it's all summmmmerrrrrtimeeee yesss...

moving into bianca's house tomorrow too.. until we move into OUR apartment at the end of the month. im dumb exicted. permanent sleepover. haa

I'm interviewing Travis Porter in a few minutes, they got that song "black boy white boy" we'll see how that goes lol.

Im real excited about this summer though. I'll be working, in my own apartment, and doing my internship.. busy busy busy but I dont care I love how things are going now.

Andddd I have 6 album reviews in this months issue of street report magazine. woot! I'm bout to have this interview wit Travis Porter in next months, along with more album reviews, and my own spread. Can you say, I AM THE BADDEST? lol im too hype.

Check out the website though, I blog on there too.. and you can subsribe to street report magazine too now! subscribe so you can see my stuff each month!

Streetreportmagazine.net

Love.
-B

in class.

learning about movie genres.. in a writing and reporting journalism class.

tell me how this makes sense?

hmm...

theophilous london show next week. madd hype. shout out to cal cal and stevie mittenz.., and of course my girl shmelby who will be joining me.

sorry I haven't been active lately.. people are getting kind of mad about that. haa

im back. sort of. work a lot. and school is back on.. no more spring break :[ i didn't go to miami anyways so my spring break was bullshiiiittt. lmao.

here goes my fake spring break in class this morning.

funnnn in the sunnnnn hahaha

im just happy its hot out today! woot!

holla at cha grandma!

Already?

I'm always looking forward to my new classes each semester. My Mass Media classes the most of course, but it seems that each semester I always seem to get at least one crazy dumb teacher that starts the semester off salty, and ends it quite bitchy. This semester is Ms. Stephens for my Multimedia Newswriting & Reporting class. Because of registration issues (CAU is always good for dropping my classes hella quick), to being out of town to witness history (Mr. Prez Obama :]), I was unable to make it to the first few sessions of class. Lucky me, it turned out that I only missed the first day, and the second and third day were cancelled because of MLK Day, and other reasons. So I thought I would be good for class yesterday. I find out that Ms. Stephens assigned an 8 page paper on the first day of class due yesterday... Hmm. After I let her know that this was my first time in the class, she tells me I can turn it in on Wed.

i need to know why i get 2 days to write an 8 page paper and everyone else gets a week and a half. salty already.

Lucky for me, again, I have no classes on Tues. or Thurs. so I said I would spend all day today writing this paper, which I have, for the most part. But then at the end of class (here comes the killer) she busts us with another paper. 5 pages over Inauguration. Huh? Can I just email her the 87543754 pictures and videos I have of my time in D.C and call it even?

Basically, I am in the computer lab, bum going numb (lol), trying to finish 14 pages of bullshit. I mean, I can easily write a paper over my Prez, but a 5 page ARTICLE? When is the last time you saw a 5 page article? never. Articles aren't that long, man. Good thing I'm stuck in this shit because the add/drop period was Friday.

Yay.

I'm a nerd in the library poutin' like it's the end of the world.
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