I Gave Beyonce lunch money, Beyonce gave me Life!

Last week Beyoncé aka Queen B aka Yonce aka Beysus aka Sasha Fierce aka Mrs. Carter unknowingly released her 4th* studio album. As many may know she did this without PR, a single, album cover or even a mention of a possible album. She even dropped it after the so very epic winter finale of the best show on earth, Scandal. When word got out about this album you would think free health care, food stamps, Jordan's, or even free cars. I mean people lost their minds. Of course the died hard Beehive fans immediately bought the exclusive iTunes only visual album and got all of their life handed to them. Then there are people like I'm not a stan  me who don't really lose their panties over something a huge as this.

Its been almost a week and I gave in to buying the album. I was originally going to wait until the regular album that comes out in just 2 days but after listening to the most awesome podcast ever, The Read, I was convinced. Last night I bought the exclusive iTunes edition of the album and I am in love. After waiting for what felt like an eternity for the entire download I was served on a nice shiny gold-plated platter my life in 32 different ways. This new Beyoncé album is a sure reminder that she is not the same young lady from Destiny's Child.

My intention is not to do an album review but I will say that I can play the entire album nonstop. This album is a pure reflection of her life and how she sees it. The album is chronological and should be listened to that way. I think throughout the entire album my favorite songs would be: Blow, Partition, Pretty Hurts, Rocket, and Flawless. But like I said before I can play the entire album non stop all the way through.

So, thank you Beyoncé for giving me all of my life and some!

*I think

My First Book Cover!

So I'm taking this desktop publishing class and our latest project was to redo our favorite books cover. Here is my Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. This was my very first time using Photoshop so the work isn't perfect, but I'd say that I am pretty pleased with the end result.

My First Time- Living with My Boyfriend~NappyNikki Vlogs

I recorded this video about a week or so ago. I hope you guys enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR42BQONg9M

Long Time, Eh?

It's been a really long time since I have written something on here and at the moment I still have no clue what to write about.

A couple of months ago one of my dear foodie/college friends committed suicide and since then my life has been a little off. I'm not exactly sure of how long I have been in this creative funk but I have had no interest in writing or recording YouTube videos. Every time I went to write something I would immediately lose interest, save the draft and never return to finish it. That happened for about a month and I finally feel as if I have things to talk about.

Losing a friend can really take a toll on you. I am the type of person the represses the feeling of grief. The only way I know how to cope with things without suffering from a panic attack is ignoring them. My boyfriend has expressed to me several times that is no way to deal with things, that which I am well aware of. However, it's what works best for me at the moment. I slowly come to realization that the person that I lost is actually gone. It's strange even to write those things and make them real. More so painful than strange.

The point however is that I am making an effort to find inspiration again. I miss writing so much. It's one way that I can say whatever I want, whenever I want and people can't judge me. If they do I will still say whatever I want and ignore them.

So now, here I am, writing to you, my readers. I hope that you all are well and enjoying your Holiday season. I will return in the coming week with more verbal spillage.

TTYS!

Nikki