Mz Coko likes being Fly... and Mz Coko likes talking about stuff other than clothes... cuz that's what 'Intellectuals' do. Plus Mz Coko has a slight case of ADD and can not stay on one topic... so whatever Mz Coko feels like talking about (something along the lines of fashion and black folk issues) is what is gonna get talked about.
Just some stuff I can't live without.. at the moment..
So.. I love this scrub!! Makes your hands and feet feel all soft. It goes for $45 normally but.. you can talk a deal with the people at the mall (yes I stop and try the products at the booths, it was SO worth it!) When your skin feels good... people notice! I also bought the facial wash, the mud mask,the body butter, and the nail buffer kit... I could have done without the facial wash though. The mud mask, body butter, and nail buffer kit are great as well. The Princess has the bath soaps and she loves them. Real talk... this ish is great!!
So.. yes this comes from another one of those carts in the mall... What can I say.. I'm a sucker for new products. This really should be higher up on the list... like #2 LOL.. These flat-irons are the best flat-irons I have ever tried. I let my cousins use them on this chick's hair.. and please believe that ish was SO nappy... Looked like silk.. I finally took my weave out (yes I have hair.. and it's pretty long too).. I don't have chemicals in my hair because my hair can't really handle it.... After using these flat-irons my hair was sooo bouncy... I went to a cabaret... the club... the gym... and my hair is STILL straight. It probably has something to do with the spray I use but... my hair has never been this straight to start with. Fuck a Chi, H2Pro.. or any of them other flat-irons.. I have had them all... this is IT.
Sidekick 08... I'm a kick addict... It's not the most advanced phone... may seem a little juvenile to some, but I freaking LOVE my kick. I've had other phones..like the blackberry... but this is my 3rd sidekick and they kinda got it right.. I drop this thing on the daily.. hasn't broken yet... sidepanels and ish don't fall out like it used to... Plus.. it has my e-mail and instant messaging and a wide QWERTY keypad.. I was thinkin bout the G1... but Imma stay loyal to my sidekick... for now.
This bracelet.. I bought this at Claire's like 3 years ago... It comes from the Mariah Carey line of jewelry.. which I don't even know if it is still in existence or not. But it was only $8 and to this day I still wear it, frequently... I wore it to our black homecoming and pretty much everywhere else.
I love this lip gloss from e.l.f. I lose lip gloss a lot.. it's cheap.. but a high quality product. They also have a lot of other cheap stuff there like make-up brushes for $1.00. You get the same brush at MAC for $38. They do the same job. Just as good.. but I digress.
So if you are like me and just starting to experiment with make-up.. you can't go wrong with this.. eyeshadow.. lip gloss.. blush.. brushes.. the works.. $48. That's it. It really doesn't get any better. I got it from Sephora and it's available on-line and in stores
All imma say is: Green Tea Latte. Try it. I've been a fiend for 2 years and counting lol
Pashmina scarves. I love them. Apparently people wear them in all kinds of weird colors and patterns now.. not my style.. but whatever floats your boat.. you can't go wrong with it
The Dream Team (Dream Team=Me, The Princess, Lil' Bit, Hot Pants, Mouthy Mama)LOOKS prissy but don't get it twisted.. we will beat that ass. Females here always like to start shit with us because we look like we can't fight I guess.. jealousy.. we so much more Fly than they are.. who knows?! Don't let the pretty fool you. I don't like to fight because puncing people fucks your knuckles up...Plus I'm too old for that.. and I'm slightly mental. Not trying to catch a case.. But then agai, people don't usually mess with me.. but we all got each other's backs. So if they fight.. I fight. Me and The Princess fought a group of hoodie rats at a Coney Island a few months back y ourselves.. they walked out bloody... we sat down and ate. (That shall be a separate post for a separate day)
You don't know what people are going through... what their backgrounds are... who they know... or the next time u will see them.. so if you are a shit starter... You better watch it.. because you might fuck with the wrong ones and it's a wrap. Looks can be deceiving.
Soooo this is my new shit of course. I mean honestly... who couldn't wait to see the fab/fly older black women in drama.. fab shit.. etc. etc. etc. Anyway.. so it's about the 3rd episode right now and I'll tell u my breakdown of the women.
Mrs. Lisa Wu Hartwell. She is my favorite because she's smart and she's about her paper. Not only did she get this rich ass mofo to marry her after 1.5 months, but she is not just depending on him for money. She's making her own. I love it. She also very eloquently explained why she embraces her asian and black heritage. Plus she and her husband appear to have a very loving relationship which is great. They are my favorite couple also. She's also low-key fly. It fits her, because she seems to be a tomboy.
Kim is hands down the FLYEST of all the housewives. Period. Now... this "I'm 29" bullshit has got to stop. I hope she lying about her age cuz she is not a good-looking 29 year-old. She need to re-think her skincare regimen cuz it is NOT working for her. I thought she was about 39.... Sidenote: I want her not to be tryna force her daughters into music... they ain't got it.
I couldn't stand NeNe when this show first came on... I'm like ugh... this rhatta.. but NeNe is real as hell and she comes from the hood. I could see me laughing at her daily... NeNe is a "I'm not taking no shit" type person... Reminds me of me LOL. I just need her to do something to that dry ass sew-in and change her hair color... It's not right for you booboo.
So Sheree... Idk how I feel about her... Let me just say she is definitely not as fly as she claims to be.. however... she is still a Bad B. That ish she did to NeNe at the house party was trife. And... I just can't believe she bought some clear plastic heels... immejately off my list.
DeShawn.. DeShawn.. DeShawn... I can't stand her. Her ass always running around complaining how she a single parent.... or like a single parent... Bitch get REAL. You have a STAFF.. you don't cook, clean, do ur hair, nails, babysit or SHIT! On top of that.. you have a personal assistant.. so.. do u even wipe your own ass?! Always talking bout u busy... PLEASE. You don't KNOW busy. That just annoys me. She annoys me. But she is fly with her fat girl neck..
To anonymousnupe: Gabby aka Cherry Lips inspired me to update my blog right now... she says HI... LOL
Soooo as most of the world knows... Howard University's Homecoming was last week... and of course ya girl was in the building... as I have been for the past 3. I didn't actually go to any of the activities because I couldn't get there until Friday night.. I had a physiology exam on Friday afternoon (ain't that a bitch). But... I stayed until Tuesday because I missed my flight, but it wasn't a big deal... I was on fall study break.
As many of u may or may not know... 2 of my very best friends go to Howard University, Lil' Bit and The Princess ... that's why I'm always in D.C.. I also have a lot of other friends from my e-mail group... shout-out to Chellz at Citizen Du Monde.
I hear that this homecoming was one of THEE WACKEST in terms of events... now... I only went to the stepshow and must I say... that was some pure BULLSHIT. However, the Alphas were great *drool* and Omega Psi Phi Alpha Chapter FINALLY stepped... did a great job too! Shoutout to the Deuce Spring 08!! But the Fashion Show was great apparently.
Nehoo... I partied.. and I drank... and drank and I partied... and partied.. and drank... and then partied some more. I was pretty intoxicated the entire time
I was good this year in terms of behavior...In a nutshell... my HU homecoming went like this: Friday-VIP @ Love nightclub. Yes this was the Diddy party.. no I didn't see that nigga because he wanted $80 on top of all the money we dropped to get in that bitch to party on his floor. I'm sorry... u got me fucked up. The Princess and one of the other girls I came with ended up leaving the club.. but it was 6 of us so I was good. Some of the ladies I went with... L to R The Body, MzCoKo, Mini(my cuz), and Ms. Dainty
This is Mr. Med School... He used to go to my college and now he's in HU's Med School.. Love this dude!
Me and Mini
My Michigan ladies L to R.. Ms. Presidential, MzCoKo, Caramella, Choc, and Kinky
Saturday- The Car accident.. The Stepshow and VIP @ Fur. Right before I went to the stepshow.. The Princess and I got into a car accident... then after the stepshow I fell out with Lil Bit (which was b4 the club)... I guess she had me confused with one of them docile bitches she hangs with... Idk what was going on with her... she and I have never really gotten into it previously.. but that night.. she was pushing it. So sadly.. she will be in none of the pix :-(.. Then we get to Fur and these muthafuckas tell us we ain't have no table... when clearly we bought two tables.. but it was cool...we ended up getting our booth... we popped a couple bottles and everything was alright... for the most part. After the club.. we took a cab home.... and our cab driver was F.I.N.E.. he was also a foreigner (DC has a lot of those).. Ethiopian to be exact.. of course I had to pull the digits.. and it turns out he's on his way to becoming a Radiologist.. and he has an Infiniti.. and.. he's fine. LOL.. Sooo many pix from this night... and Orange WAS the color of the night.. ya know i LOVE it
Me, The Princess, and P.S.
The 1st of many bottles to come
The Princess and her big sis Mama Diva
The Body and Ms. Dainty... please check out the flyness that is The Body's shoes!!!!
Me and the Princess
The Princess, P.S., and I.... Yes I know about the bra strap... I will invest in clear when they make clear strapped bras with strong support for kinda big boobs
Sunday- went to some reggae bar and met this group of white and mexican dudes from Michigan.. who bought out the bar for us and then went to get pizz @ Adams Morgan.. no pix =(
Monday- We went to this club called Flyy. The interior was modeled like the inside of a jet. Pretty FLY concept. LOL.. It was cool.. We kicked it with David Banner until P.S. started freakin out and yelling he was "politically active" LOL. Aneesa from the Real World was also in the building... looking a mess with a wifebeater on... she wasn't even in VIP
L to R Ms. Prissy, P.S., The Princess, MzCoKo, The Body
And.... I'm still recuperating.. until next time.. STAY FLY!! *smooches*
Just wanted to share with the world what my roommate and her friends came up with and what I added to it.
@ the top we have the Hood Rhatta- or just Rhatta for short- hood rhattas keep themselves up.. Macy's is their fav store cuz it got all the labels in one place, Roc-a-wear, baby phat, etc. They don't care what label it is long as they got it on. Hair stay done. may have 2 or more colors in their hair. Nails done etc. Etc. Their man is usually a baller if they have one, and they r in a real college. They are what u would think of as boughetto.. They love all things ghetto. They have no kids. They might "model" on the side.
Next we have ratadoo- the most important distinction between a ratadoo and a rhatta is that a ratadoo has children (no more than 2)and a rhatta does not. Also.. Ratadoos are in the more trade and vocational schools like cosmetology, medical billing, LPN, etc. Etc.
Then we have the hoodie rat. Now hoodie rat got her GED maybe a high school diploma.. Couple kids.. Couple baby daddies but she keep herself together.. As together as a hoodie rat can get... think of a bust it baby.. Cuz u know her boyfriend who has not fathered her 4 kids is a po' roller.. But she still sleeping with the other baby daddys. She might braid her in the basement.. Work @ mcdonalds.. Etc. Etc... and she is rainbow and dots fresh. She keep her hair matchin her outfits... its cute.. for a hoodie rat.
Then we come to the street rat.. Now the street rat is just out here... her job consists of selling her bridge card and makin sure the various checks for her kids stay comin thru. She and all the chirrens live wit about 7 other ppl. She just fucking and suckin whoeva..her cousin boyfriend.. Baby daddy best friend.. Everybody is fair game and she looks like it
Then @ the bottom of the hoodrat hierarchy is the sewer rat. Now the sewer rat was just added this weekend becuz me & my bff from howard could not describe the utter fugglemuffiness characteristic of that chick from "its so cold in the D" so we decided that she is the epitome of the sewer rat
I'm not one really interested in politics like other people are. However, when there is an issue important to me, I do go out and try to get it passed. When I was a junior in high school, I wanted the millage in my city to pass, started a group for that. It passed. When I was a freshman in college.. proposition 2 came up, which is similar to prop 209 in California that ended affirmative action. I rallied for that, especially at my school and in the neighborhoods (University of Michigan. We lost that battle. Now, the presidential elections... I've been canvassing neighborhoods, and standing on random corners trying to get people to vote.
This election is the most important ones in our lifetime, whichever the outcome.
I went to the Jay-Z concert on Saturday that the Barack Obama campaign put on to get people registered to vote. It was AWESOME by the way,(more on that later) but Jay-Z said something that made me realize how much more important this is. He said now, he really feels like you can grow up to be anything that you wanted to be. That sounds cliche', but this is coming from one of the richest and most influential black men in this country and possibly the world. Even HE didn't believe that before now. This election does not only affect us, it is affecting black people across the world. Africa and its diaspora.
After experiencing all the racist bullshit that I've experienced these past 4 years at my university, having the Obama campaign experience, listening to Obama speak, listening to others speak about Obama, taking two classes on race this semester (great time huh) and watching this video.. I sat and I cried... well got teary-eyed.. and that says a lot because I am NOT emotional. But.. I think about my great-grandma, grandma, mom, and me and just realize how far we have come as a people. We aren't there yet.. but we are making progress.
