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@Raven, Damn!! I don't watch Boston legal oo. It's not even popular over here but then, I don't watch much TV these days now that NBA season is over.
which one is LMLO now? haha, yes dumb sexy.

@Ibk, nice. . .I can imagine the whole stereotype thing on your choice of music. I get that sometimes when I mention I'm a rap fan.
People sorta expect every so-called rap fan to be raw, and constantly use profane words, so wrong.

@Bluespice, you have a lot of reading to do I moved around a lot myself, maybe not as much as you. went to 3 high schools LOL.
will like to read more of your thoughts.

Now where is Raven?

Nice, Ibk

waiting for the next episode.

Nah, I'll add you A bit conscious about putting my full name on the internet, although it's already there. . .if you google it, I mean. hehe
Yeah, I won't be following the NBA much when I move, sucks.
LOL @ Somalian refugee, I actually think the picture is dumb sexy.

@Raven, I'm not really tall oo but compared to most of the girls on the team, I was. I'm about 5'6-5'7
You know I gotta rep the city I live in, I'm a celtics fan I like the magic, spurs, and hornets too.
Intelligence can't be taken away from you but beauty fades So yea, I'll rather be the smartest too than the 'finest chica'.
I do the 'cool guy' sitting posture myself, it has to do with having long legs. lmao
I think I saw you on facebook hehe, you're on the 'Nairalanders on facebook' group, right?

Myne White:
Chiogo, will like to meet you someday. Keep thinking big

Aww, I'm flattered. Thanks.

Aww, look at Raven making his own quotes. I read it again - brilliant!!
LOL @ Learning the way they sat. oh geesh, you sure put in work 
Of course I know it's 'ko' and 'ni'. . .I just funkyrized(your lingo) it. hehe
And umm, I don't remember crying when whipped. . .maybe once. 
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Ok, my next thought is titled Struggle to be Superhuman

   Everybody knows I have a petite body, I've been known as the 'skinny one' and lotsa names. Sometimes flattering, other times. . not so much as it's intertwined with weakness. And being the fighter that I am, I do not want to be seen as weak because that is something I'm not. I will give some whooping in a fight, best believe that.  But that's not the issue. My motivation stemmed from wanting to be perfect, I'm already referred to as a genius by my mates, one of my teachers once called me an 'over achiever' when she learned I wasn't even 16 yet but in the 11th grade - that is not common with Americans but not a biggie where I'm from. I wanted to be more, even when I learned I was the #1 ranked student graduating from my school, it wasn't enough. I also wanted to be prom queen, and yes I did look dope but we sure can't have it all. Thinking of it now, I know there woulda been a hell of animosity towards me before I left the school if I did win prom queen. Like seriously, why should I be the best in everything? If I was these other girls, I would probably feel the same way too. In Jay-z's words, "If I wasn't me, I'll probably hate me too" LOL But how I handle my envy, frustrations, and insecurities differ a great deal from these girls. If you have something I want, I don't go about showing my anger towards you publicly. Rather, I execute my propaganda in a subtle manner, you won't even realize when it hits you. Yes, I'm that bad. LOL

   Back to the struggle, I felt basketball would alleviate some of my fears as a weakling but the truth was that I was never weak to begin with. I'm a strong person for going through everything I've gone thru in life and still keeping my head up. Strength varies - not only physical strength matters although like I said, I whoop backside. I guess it was an innate feeling that playing a "man's" sport would make me seem strong and also "well-rounded" as it is known to Americans. Add that to the fact that most Ivy-league schools like Harvard like these well-rounded students. You gotta be book-smart(4.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0), you also have to be street-smart(sociable, out going, "the jock", the debater, and everything else). I felt like I had to meet these requirements but is that even realistic? We all know that book-smart or not, something gotta give. You just can't win 'em all. One might possess all these characteristics but still not be up to 'par'. Does that then make you weak? your guess is as good as mine.

   Basketball was tough and the only advantage really was my height(I made try-outs due to that) because my shooting was horrible, I gotta be honest to myself. I've never been a tomboy, I'm girlie but I don't take it to the obsessive level and I do try things out of the ordinary, which were originally made for the 'men'. I'm stubborn so who cares? Heck, I already listen to gangsta rap since I was probably 8(thanks to my brother and his friends. funny thing though is that he's currently not into rap as much as I am, what a U-turn!!). Basketball practice was the worst - every single day after school for about 2 hours and being winter season, it gets dark pretty early and with the cold(I got a ride home but still. . . ) and having to do Calculus, Humanities, and Science home works when I'm barely awake. I needed a wake-up call ASAP and I made the call myself by quitting basketball albeit reluctantly. I had to study for my SAT's(psh, who doesn't wanna go to Harvard?) but this lady coach preferred that I came to practice, home, and away games yet make it home to study for these SAT's and do home works all at THE SAME TIME. wow!!! what do I look like? However, the most important aspect was proving to myself that I'm not a weakling by giving b-ball a chance. Now, it's my favorite sport in the whole world and now I have several husbands in the NBA(they just don't know it yet, shhh!!!). I also remember making my first free-throw shot at our first game and that was enough to remind me of my prowess and my ability to achieve anything. I decided to embrace my girlie nature in all its glory, knowing that I'm as strong as I want to be.


TO BE CONTINUED------->

Damn, that's deep. We've all gone thru such phases, it's how we deal with them that defines us.
Well, I don't blame you; high school is pretty tough. I probably didn't have to make too much changes as I didn't face much peer pressure.
I've always been into fashion, so it's not like I can be initiated into something I'm already part of, LOL.
But I do remember sitting at the back of the class too even though I'm practically blind. My sight got really worse and then, I didn't care where I sat anymore.
Started wearing glasses at 13 though my sight has been horrible since I was 11 or so. I just dreaded glasses 'cause only 'geeks' wear that.
Now I really don't give two flips, I'll rather be a geek with style

Yeah. . .dreaming is fun when you're fully awake. I don't do 'sleep dreaming'. weird, I know. I forget em easily but daydreaming is more realistic 'cause I can think straight while awake. It's my own way of being a go-getta. lol

I feel ya. . .I have those too. you don't even wanna know