WE DID IT!!!

It's official: BARACK OBAMA IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
It's so crazy to think that a country which once fought a brutal civil war over slavery...
a country that once thought Blacks were nothing more than property...
that once did not teach African Americans how to read and write (perhaps out of fear, I don't know. Or perhaps that something quite like this--a Black man could be elected to the highest office of the United States, and could inspire many toward hope for the future)...
a country that once hosed my ancestors for marching down the street to vote...
To those who took beatings, lynchings
and endured ridicule so that I could vote,
And to those who could not live to see this day:
OUR votes are in.
America's votes are in.
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I believe people have been waiting for a leader, some one to stand up and say "enough is enough" and that every person in America matters. Their vote matters. Their life matters. and Their hard work makes a difference.
Obama's inspiring words of hope surpass colors of all kind.
I am ecstatic to live in a country with people who are looking past differences and elevating what really matters at this time of economic crisis, war and confusion: UNITY.
We are, after all the UNITED States of America.

We need a country that can back the president, and a president willing to back America, ALL of America.

That is why I believe Barak Obama deserves this office, and why he is now the president of the United States of America.

Image is from: http://www.freshnessmag.com/v4/2008/03/12/obey-barack-obama-diy-paster/

Yes, i've voted!!

It's the best feeling to know that you've taken up the responsibilty of a citizen of the United States, and voted. Just knowing that so many died and risked their lives just so that I may have this right and responisbility...

What a weight lifted off my shoulders!

One thing i have to say, though, that disappointed me this year about the election is how difficult it was for me to find information about local candidates.
Yes, the president has one of the most powerful positions in the world and our vote does count there, but to see the local affects of their policies, you would need people similar to him or her on a local level. It's just so hard to find information about these people....

I had to dig and try and find a balanced source as someone not knowing anything about these peoples' track record, policies and beliefs along with their actions. I finally landed on the League of Women voters, which would seem to have a slant on womens issues, i thought, but in fact all they have done is asked 3 pertinant questions to the different candidates from the different parties running for a particular office, and dispayed their information on a pamplet for anyone to have access to. This is what I used to make my decision about the local officials.

If you have the same struggle I did, just know that I feel your pain! lol I would recomend the League of Women voter's pamphlet for a fair & &balanced view of all candidates running for the Senate, House of Representatives, and district judges, etc...

S.E.E. Retreat 08!

This is a fun thing I made with a few pics I took from the S.E.E. Retreat, it's "Seeing Everything Eveternally" through the lens of Gods's Word and as a believer in Christ.
The theme this year was "The Great Divide", talking about the sacred versus the secular areas in life. Sacred meaning God, and secular meaning everything but (and things displeasing to him.) Because like Crae said, God made everything good, but it's man's evil intent that makes things evil. It's actually a way I never thought before because, I just thought certain things were just plain evil. Take a skelaton--now, some scary movie may have just come to mind, or maybe even 'death' (esp. wit Halloween creepin up soon), but did you ever think the skelaton could be used for good? Like, if it were in a biology lab, it would be perfectly fine & probably considered 'good' because it's being used to study humans' anatomy in order to help cure people...
Yeah, so...some things in life are redeemable. This is really getting long, and too deep to get into, but if you wanna know more, holla.

Wat u know bout that 'SILVER 66'!!

Words: Watch what you say cause these saints stay packin, sixty-six bullets 'quiped with the ONE phantom, they aimed at me, and they aimed at you...so what you gonna do with these Biblical truths? so holla bk!

La alhambra

This is just something I'm experimenting with....

Portfolio!

Ok, I'm so excited! I recently found this site (thanks to Jaye magazine) that I would upload my files to create some sort of a booklet aka publish things online...kind of. Of course these things would have to be copywrited before hand so they aren't stolen! lol But I'm going to be posting some things to my profile soon.

Comming to an issuu near you:

-Scrapbook from Spain
-More clips and designs
-Poems!! (maybe...I want to get them copy writed first)
-Brand new & improved resume --for all you employers out there! lol

Below is just some samples, a portfolio from 2007 featuring some of my best clips. I hope to have better ones this year 08'.

Get your own - Open publication

Round 2

For the second time, my relatives have been forced out of New Orleans because of a storm. Luckily, though, this time it was only a category two hurricane instead of the predicted category 5 which would have made Gustavo Katrina's evil little cousin...

My relatives all made it out safe, thank God.

It just amazed bt the reaction this time around during a hurricane. It's sad that it took a Katrina for everything to get set straight for people that live in the gulf coast area. People were waaay more precautious this time. The sad part is that Katrina victims today are still paying for what FEMA, insurance companies, and President Bush failed to do the first time.

Corre de los Torros

These pics from the bull fight I saw in Plaze de Torros in Sevilla:

The matadors are soo proud. They walk with their chest held high, and the jewels from their espensive body suit sparkles and glistens in the blazing sun. They really take pride in what they do.