Growing Pains fade away

A blog about growing up, letting things go, and accepting new responsibilities.

The Feel Of Free: PIDGIN ENGLISH 101- THE VERB 'TO BE'

thefeeloffree:

I have been- I don dey, eg: I don dey yarn am since.

I will be- I go dey, eg: I go dey land for Murtala Mohammed.

37thstate:

The verb ‘to be’ is the starting point of almost every Germanic Language and so I therefore find it fitting to begin here. Today we shall learn how to conjugate…

I been dey play futbol before dat Mumu come dey mess up my game wit his talk talk!

Good try?

This is the best picture I could find of my recently flat ironed hair. I did this look for the Maryland Allstate Choir in late Feb (it also happened to be my Second Year Anniversary for loose natural hair). I was unsatisfied with this because it was too poofy and didn’t show my full length as I wanted it to. I think the problem was that I decided to stretch my hair with braids instead of blow drying prior to my flat iron session. Because of this I had to pass the flat iron through my hair multiple times on high heat. Also my sections were too large(I have thick hair). Next year I will try to flat iron again with better preparation. If it doesn’t come out looking somewhat straight I will never flat iron again because, that defeats the whole purpose of flat ironing. 

I guess third time’s the charm right,
Sweetwealthybird

This is the best picture I could find of my recently flat ironed hair. I did this look for the Maryland Allstate Choir in late Feb (it also happened to be my Second Year Anniversary for loose natural hair). I was unsatisfied with this because it was too poofy and didn’t show my full length as I wanted it to. I think the problem was that I decided to stretch my hair with braids instead of blow drying prior to my flat iron session. Because of this I had to pass the flat iron through my hair multiple times on high heat. Also my sections were too large(I have thick hair). Next year I will try to flat iron again with better preparation. If it doesn’t come out looking somewhat straight I will never flat iron again because, that defeats the whole purpose of flat ironing.

I guess third time’s the charm right,
Sweetwealthybird

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Prelude to Kiss-Alicia Keys
America’s got Talent Video Submission
Damola Aluko

White people upset about "Shit White Girls Say" video.

ancestryinprogress:

kingmeesha:

ethiopienne:

sooolondon:

The comments from Shit white girls say…to black girls on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPUzxpIBe0&feature=player_embedded

we have officially pissed many white people off

I wish i could post gifs on youtube comments sections. According to one very angry white person

black people are most racist people he’s ever met and with capsloc. OH NOOOSEEE!! CAPSLOCK!!

The truth is burning some people’s souls and the video isn’t even a deep serious critique (though truthful). It’s always interesting the most benign shit causes venomous racist rants about the ills of black people. Some are proving they are soo not racist by being racist as hell. 

The anger amuses me. 

They are angry they can’t use the N word

Angry at the injustices white people face for being white

Angry we’re mocking them 

lmao, stay mad

i sense the greater population of my friends on facebook are mad.

so we’re mocking the stupid shit you think to ask…

kimmaytube:

This photo was taken last month.  Yes, I am “hiding” a huge 6 month pregnant belly here. But you can see how my hair has grown since my last length check.
The longest part of my hair now touches my hipbone.  YAY!  That was my goal. Folks can criticize my protective style, hair preservation method all they want (*whines* uuuungh you never have fun, *whines* uuuungh never flaunt your hairrrr)…
But I’ve done what I’ve set out to do.  Prove that kinky hair (all hair in fact) can only be preserved or destroyed.
To reach this length with kinky hair you’ll need patience and discipline (no different than managing & saving money).  This is what it means to maximize growth. Sure, everyone can grow hair, but few may maximize their results. I grow an average of 6 inches of hair a year (or 0.5” a month) And for the most part, it seems like I keep nearly all of the hair I grow.
My new goal is to simply sustain this length and fill out my ends. Sorry, hair does not grow evenly. Especially if you cut it unevenly 4 years ago like I did! The back right of my hair is about 0.5” - 1” longer than the left.   So keep that in mind. Where you start is where you’ll end!
I’m proud to say that my hair still curls up at the ends and its pretty well preserved considering that it is 4.5 years old!

kimmaytube:

This photo was taken last month.  Yes, I am “hiding” a huge 6 month pregnant belly here. But you can see how my hair has grown since my last length check.

The longest part of my hair now touches my hipbone.  YAY!  That was my goal. Folks can criticize my protective style, hair preservation method all they want (*whines* uuuungh you never have fun, *whines* uuuungh never flaunt your hairrrr)…

But I’ve done what I’ve set out to do.  Prove that kinky hair (all hair in fact) can only be preserved or destroyed.

To reach this length with kinky hair you’ll need patience and discipline (no different than managing & saving money).  This is what it means to maximize growth. Sure, everyone can grow hair, but few may maximize their results. I grow an average of 6 inches of hair a year (or 0.5” a month) And for the most part, it seems like I keep nearly all of the hair I grow.

My new goal is to simply sustain this length and fill out my ends. Sorry, hair does not grow evenly. Especially if you cut it unevenly 4 years ago like I did! The back right of my hair is about 0.5” - 1” longer than the left.   So keep that in mind. Where you start is where you’ll end!

I’m proud to say that my hair still curls up at the ends and its pretty well preserved considering that it is 4.5 years old!

Imma need people to stop with the Mayan shit now

venus-flytrap-primadonna:

Imma need people to realize that Earthquakes are a common occurrence some being small and some being big.

Pressing my life

Plus mad people are like “it was midnight an hour ago and we already have earthquakes.”

In Japan it’s 3 in the fucking afternoon they been in the new year

Not everyone runs on EST

This is where I sign off to avoid the stupidity 

(Source: paatnah)

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Natural hair vlog#2—my hair regimen