"Life of A Phonebanker & Canvasser during Obama campaign"

I have been part of the campaign for a while and doing some phonebanking. To be honest with you...they say God often gives you things to challenge yourself. So you can get better and you are able to make a difference. I believe and I know he was with me the day I signed up to be apart of the campaign he used my grandmother and mom to guide me (=) love them for doing this) and he guided me to challenge myself (it sounds silly but I believe this really did change me). I did phonebanking for the 2008 campaign but this time I was in Washington,D.C.. I was looking for a new job during the summer what I ended up finding was far more than I imagined. I left home during the summer and  I ended up at the right time and place actually from August 6, 2012 to October 23, 2012. I believe I became a phonebanker in September of 2012. I returned back home a couple weeks ago but it I knew I wanted to continue on it has been an excellent experience. 

I learned how to really communicate even better with people, listening to the residents of Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Ohio, New York, and all over have challenged me to realize and see that you have to really connect with people. Some may be discouraged to tell you their political beliefs, some are proud to share their political beliefs, and others go above and beyond donating their time and money to be apart of the campaign for Obama and Romney. I believe and appalud the young people I have met and will meet very soon who have been amazing giving their efforts and really just taking time out of their busy, hectic, and young lives to be involved. That shows  a lot you can choose to do other things or even work from home but those who made the move to put themselves out there is amazing. I learned about two websites that I will use in the future too. http://www.gottaregister.com and 
http://www.gotv.com 

It was not easy for me at all but I knew in my heart that I had to do this because it would challenge me. It would give me a chance to make myself stronger, more informed, more prepared to vote, It's been 4 years since I first voted and a lot has changed, this opportunity made me better prepared for the future. You talk to people with funny southern accents, some are parents working hard, some have children fighting over seas, some are young in their twenties just starting out, others are retirees sitting at home. When you visit these homes as a canvasser you are challenged to come and let these people open up their lives and who they are to you. It's an amazing gift actually that they confide their trust in you. Despite what their political beliefs are they are open to discussing what they believe in to you. 

Vote for who you want on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at your local polls for those who can vote early please do so!

Now being a phonebanker is fun you are either given a Dial A Caller which is a new technology and you can use your cell phone or a land line phone to call out voters telling you if they are undecided, Pro-Obama or Pro-Romney. You can also do tally sheets and you can add up how many callers you have made to each and every individual. It is a great gift and it challenged me definitely. I have been to debate parties, I have walked around and it has been a great feeling. I have met new people to add onto in my life, and who I can call new friends. It's been a great experience enriching my life personally.  I am excited for the results. My team Ward 6, New York for Obama, and the OFA Harlem team I will support and will be proud to be apart of as well. So let the games begin next week. I give a special shout out to Tiernan O'Reilly, Jasmine Jones, David Culp, Mike Bowling, Jenny,  and the Democratic National Committee office, workers, staff, and security who were very nice to me =) 
For more information please visit http://www.barackobama.com 

Hurricane Sandy attacks The East Coast and Raises Questions

Hurricane Sandy coming in 4 days ago to the east coast (aerial image) October 28, 2012

We just lived through our second hurricane since last year. Hurricane Sandy swept through the tri-state and she came through blazing causing mass destruction from October 29-October 31, 2012. She swept through damaging homes along the beach areas of Long Island, New York, swept through Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Point Pleasant, New Jersey beach areas, Hoboken, New Jersey, all the way up north to Connecticut. 
Hurricane Sandy has left many homeless, electric powerless, and also without their family members. People have not survived this catastrophe at all with close to 89 deaths and counting of people have been reported here in New York City and New York state, New Jersey, and Connecticut who are still be found. Some say it is reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Irene, and even others that have swept through the east coast in the past. Now with Hurricane Sandy many people have been frustrated (including myself) not being able to take any of the transit systems,  causing inconvenient routes for many passengers, not being able to even drive alone. Now many are carpooling where you have to bring more than one passenger into and across the bridges of the location where you need to get to. 

Hurricane Sandy caused a ghost town affect where there were many left to sit in the dark using candles and flashlights for lighting to see for themselves, light had to be substituted, and many people have had to look around for ways to sustain light. Some say it will be days or weeks for them to turn their light back on. This storm has taught many of us a great lesson--don't take anything for granted ever, make sure you continue to be reminded of how important and special every individual is who takes their time out to make your life easier and better. 

It also makes you see how people can come together to help each other now, their is a need I should say for human stability supply (HSS)- Emotionally-support, love, be positive to each other cause you never know when you need someone, Mentally-keep busy the best way you can to keep your mind going, Physically-stay busy try not to consume too much food keep your exercise going that will help you too, Play games with each other and stay engaged, and Spiritually-Laugh because life will get better, Now as far as Resources for all of us as humans-Clothing we need clothes to live and to survive out here no matter what your occupational field and background is people need clothes, Also medically if you can donate blood to the red cross. If you don't know your blood type you can ask your doctor or an assistant with the red cross can help you too. 

Hurricane Sandy'12 has been an incredible experience to witness and see she came in with  90 mile per hour winds and she caused mass destruction, now there is major clean up to be done and there are many people who still need your help.

The scientific part of Sandy will be researched and discovered heavily geologists, seismologists, and so many people will find a way to find out how we can prevent the next hurricane and natural disasters of our time. People say the cause can be global warming which is something we have all discovered for a long period of time. We have received so many warnings about global warming contributing to our unusually warm fall/autumn seasons, our crazy and high and hot summers.  So now with all of this happening at this time and period. It makes you wonder was God just preparing us for the next big chapter of American's lives. Was he preparing us all for who will take the term for the 2013-2016 presidential term? Was he preparing us to see who we need as a leader as well. It makes you wonder all the time are we still prepared and ready as a country? It seems like there is still a lot of work to be done. 

Do what you want to now

I was just reading a article that hit home for me immediately. It was like someone took a look inside my soul for a while and knew exactly how I was feeling at that moment. When you have been through a lot of things personally and you haven't had a chance to really get it out. That does affect how you are going to feel inside. I am usually good...but lately no I haven't felt that way just yet. I guess because one when you go through something someone told me. You really have to go through it completely....physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It's all connected they say the mind and body are truly connected yes....as well as what really goes on inside your heart too. So that does play a role. 
I saw this article with the beautiful actress, Gabrielle Union discussing some important messages you need to talk about when you're young and chasing your dream. It hit home cause on one hand....you cannot always listen to the people sometimes in your inner circle, you cannot always listen to the naysayers, forget them. Do what's in your heart, what plan you have in mind now....forget about what everyone else wants. Do what will make you truly happy. 

Part of me writing has been great cause I get a chance to do that....sometimes I feel like I am living a fake life....like on one hand I am living yes....but am I doing what I really want to do am I wearing or looking how I want to look? I didn't expect my life to be like this....I thought I would have had everything figured out by now....but now I am like...maybe too many influences have been on me. I need to do what's right for me too. 
I am going to get there....I know it I am going to take that advice Ms. Union said and just go for it then. Take a chance do what's going to make you happy and excited. It's funny I felt happier 6 months ago then I did now but maybe that's because a lot has changed. But now I realize do what is going to get you to the next step you want to be at now. I know I have to soon....time is ticking, I can't wait around anymore....these 26 years have been very good to me. So I am going to take some of my own advice, be patient, take relationships slower this time, invest time, if you really want something you will work for it, and if I really want to be happy, peace of mind, and the life I have dreamed about since I was a girl....then damn it I will work for it....cause this isn't it right now...going from job to job...no....I just wanted to chase my dream. 

Fall 2012 line up "Revenge", Nashville, and 666 Park Avenue the television show

We are blessed when we can find a great television show to watch to keep us entertained and inspired there are often several television series that have come into my life where I have found a need to always just get invested and commit my time to the show. You know the shows I am talking about the shows that have some how become apart of your life every Sunday night when you just cannot miss it even if the  NFL Superbowl,  Baseball world series, or the basketball season championship game is coming on. It's like no matter what you need to watch and see this show. I have had several of those in my life now I am glad to say that have become apart of my journey, influenced my life, my personality, and even my friendships and relationships too. "Sex and The City", "Desperate Housewives" and "The Hills". Now that these shows have ran their course, the stars of each show have become more successful, their characters have each touched our hearts and made us laugh. They say good-bye to us in beautiful long 1 or 2 hour episodes as if we say good-bye to our best friends. 

Then suddenly a genius television network like ABC, a genius producer, a gifted director, and talented television series writer, a gorgeous cast is in the making, and then all of the stars align and then you have three new television series that appear before you on the network. This season for fall 2012, is Revenge, the television series starring the beautiful Emily Van Camp, she played Rebecca on one of my other favorite shows, "Brothers & Sisters". She has returned now as a powerful, butt-kicking, tough, fearless, but with supermodel looks as "Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke". I love the show there's something about her that reminds me a bit of another character who I adore in literature, Lisbeth Salander, from "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series. Yet Emily Thorne and the cast of Revenge are set in the proper, beautiful, beachy, upper-class location of the Southhamptons in New York. Emily of course we know is planning to avenge her father, David Clarke's murder and go against the Graysons as well. I am so excited to see this show blossom, grow, and continue to be even more full of surprises. The cast is gorgeous, witty, talented, and the show is very dramatic. You can catch Revenge on your television series or online at http://www.abc.com and Sunday nights at 9p.m. EST and check your local listings. 

The next television series that has all ready taken us by storm is Nashville, is about a young singing starlet and a singer all ready in her prime trying to reclaim and take the throne of the music game. I all ready love the show it has a bit of parody to it. I guess for me I can see how they emulate and show how the music industry works. It all works the same even if the genre is different. I have to commend, Hayden Panettiere who has all ready showcased her singing and acting chops. Extremely talented. I am looking forward to this series every Wednesday  at 10p.m. now that makes you want to stay hooked. The cast is great and gorgeous and they have made me turn into a bit of a country fan now. So yee-haw and watch Nashville cause you get to learn about the city that really found some of most greatest talented country musicians. 

The last show is the supernatural, twists, and turns of "666 Park Avenue" which have showed former casts who have made their debut on ABC and this high society, expensive apartment which has showed off the cast in a haunted apartment that has some dark skeletons and secrets of its own. The cast is     Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable (Brothers and Sisters), Robert Buckley, Mercedes Masohn, Erik Palladino, Helena Matsson, Samantha Logan, and the beautiful, lovely, Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)
and Terry Quinn. The costumes are stylish and modern and I love the story line which gets better every week.  Catch 666 Park Avenue on WABC at 10p.m. and check your local listings. 

So now ABC has some serious hits on their hands and competition so now we have three other shows to add to our busy Sunday nights we should not miss. Grab your popcorn and a glass of your favorite drink cause your in for one hot spicy night this fall and winter with these series!

The cast of "Revenge" Make sure you tune in and watch Sunday nights on ABC.

Nicki Minaj strikes again with Pink Friday but the Fragrance

I love beauty and fragrances I even wanted to start my own fragrance called, Charisma so I support any young person who comes out with one. Just so happened one of my new favorite artists, Nicki Minaj debuted one...now she's competing against other artists and musicians I respect now. 
I am a Nicki Minaj fan she's intelligent, business-savvy, eccentric, fearless,   I as a new fan along with all of the other "Barbz" she affectionately calls her fans. Nicki has come back not only with the Roman Reloaded Album but now she is expanding her brand with her very own fragrance, Pink Friday. How will she compete against now with the other R&B songstresses, Pop musicians, and all of the young  business entrepreneurs who have taken the chance to expand their fashion lines with clothes, fragrances, shoes, and memorabilia. She has this fierce, go-getter personality of course that will help boost sales. 

She works hard and she has an opportunity to do something now that will change the face of Rap and Hip Hop music. There has never been a female rap artist who was in their twenties who came out with a female fragrance for her contemporaries. She has a great brand and image that can take her beyond just music. She can possibly have her own barbie doll, her own clothing line, and even a cartoon show just to expose her brand even further. 

Roman Reloaded 2012 Release 

Now what will Nicki do to make her even more well known. Who knows but for one thing we better stay tuned cause this native New Yorker, Trinidadian born triple threat may just surprise all of us now. 

Her image and music has crossover to people of all ages. ethnic backgrounds, and walks of life. She has become an international artist all in the matter of less than 5 years. 

She can easily relate to every single audience, females, males, low class to upper class, so now how does the Princess of Hip Hop carry on and expand her brand even further. 

Nicki Minaj fragrance promo 

Nicki Minaj Barbie Doll by Mattel

Pop Latin Musician Ricky Martin and Hip Hop Artist/Entrepreneur, Nicki Minaj endorse MAC Cosmetics Viva Glam

She even has her own lipstick color her signature color in pink by M*A*C Cosmetics. 

Release Fragrance Party September 2012 in New York at Macy's debut fragrance

Her fragrance designers capture the image and essence of Nicki's image and  style

Happy Birthday "Inside the World of Honey Brown Sugar" Blog

I started writing this blog exactly 4 years ago...it came at an excellent time I was at Hunter College in my Basic Reporting Media 292P class. My professor gave the class the opportunity to start a blog about any of our interests. I was hooked immediately.... So in honor of my blog's birthday month I made my first post October 21, 2008. I want to say thank you for allowing me to find my true creativity, freedom, and I am able to release my inner most thoughts, opinions, and express sometimes what I am truly feeling sometimes.

I am normally known to some people as a person who can talk....to others I may be shy or reserved but I am really an opinionated, curious, and open person. If you really knew me past up until the present. If you knew who I really was and what my life has been like from beginning until now. You will and would understand why I am exactly the way I am.


Why I have exposed myself in my writing to people...why I made this choice of loving media. If you know me personally then you probably know what I am talking about my experiences past and present. 
If you don't know me then you have to continue reading my stories, poems, entries, in order to get where I am coming from and my goal with this blog. My goal was to find a way to connect to others about things I love. I believe the mission has been accomplished. 

I am so excited to really share with you all as time passes....when I started this blog I was 21 years old. I was in college taking full time classes I was on my way getting ready to head out of college. When the opportunity came along for this. I knew I could do something more, It gave me a voice, I found my voice again, I found clarity about everything. I found who I really was too.

 I am almost 26 and I can tell you this blog really did open some major doors for me even job opportunities. I never would have imagined. I can tell you my journey ahead I will expose more. I mean as you watch me continue on my journey of young adulthood...you will learn about my life and everything that has come along with that. 

So "Inside the World of Honey Brown Sugar" Happy Birthday to Us! We made it through four beautiful years together. From 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012....I am sure there will be so much more to share in our lessons of life, happiness, joy, love, the news, fashion, gossip, music, and all of the things that come along with that territory.

Missing My Mr. New York

Tall just like the high skyscrapers, busy just like the fast pacing taxis
Fun and exciting full of life, culture, and popularity.
Missing more than New York...I am missing my friend too.
So smart, intelligent, fun, and so lovable.

I miss you because you opened me up and you opened yourself up to me...it's hard cause you really were my baby. You are a lot like New York to me because you represent the diversity. You don't close yourself off you expose yourself to all different types of culture and people.

Your smile can light up my day instantly, and I always miss how you would look at me every day. It was instant attraction....even when you looked at me you could make me feel like sometimes no one else mattered...sometimes you would get distracted too...maybe looking at the latest new thing. Just like in New York the latest new popular thing coming along. 


I miss you though I should be angry at you. I should be moving on and moving forward though. I cannot though cause I miss you too much. It hurts a lot because you actually broke my heart even though you tried so hard to avoid it...you didn't want to be that jerk. Well why didn't you really give me a chance to really explain myself. 

You made me so nervous that last time we talked, really talked, I stammered (yes I stutter sometimes when I get nervous). Only because I really needed you to know the truth about what happened. I feel like I messed up that day. 

Even when I was around you...you made me nervous....my whole body was nervous to the point you made me bite my lip. Only time I was not nervous around you is probably when I sat next to you and I just felt the connection. You made me smile....it's been 4 months and I haven't seen you. I still miss you though 7 months since I last kissed your face. 9 months since we made love...and I can still see you imprinted in my brain, soul, heart. Your voice, your smile, the way you would hold or grab my hand. Your silliness, your confidence,your intelligence, and even how honest you were too. Sometimes it would make me wonder how do I get lucky enough to deal and handle that too.

If I could say it...to you and if I saw you one more time. I would say this..."I thank god for allowing me the chance to meet you...he gave me a chance to meet someone who means so much to me. He taught me a valuable lesson and he allowed me to realize powerful lessons about life and love. Yes baby I love you....I have never said those words to anyone except my family. It may have seem like infatuation but believe me I know in my heart its love cause I realize I can be myself with you.  I didn't have to worry about anything...you accepted flaws I know you saw them, you accepted everything, and you still wanted me. 

I would say "I miss you" and keep going on with your life but I know deep down you and I should have stayed together. I am sorry...if I ever let you down is what I would say. Sorry for the disappointment. I am being sincere when I say I used that day as an escape to have some fun. Even though I was not attracted to anyone who was at that event. I was simply there alone not even my girlfriends could attend. I miss you deep down in my soul miss you. 

It's funny I can tolerate so much about you that I never thought I could in an individual. I have come to love it....just as much as I love NY. That's a whole lot of love.