m. j tribute / first day

ok hi everyone for you guys who dont know me im maurita im new to the hl staff . so it was my first day today and i did not expect to do anything but just like an orientation and GUESS WHat ? I GOT TO be a new reporter covering the m. j tribute in harlem ! it was CRAZZi . it was like barack obama was coming ino town or something. ppl young old black white no teeth teeth lol men women came out to pay their last respect and we got access inside the appollo theather and watched the tribute al sharpton tried to relive some moves of m.j lol. but it was reallllyyyy funnnn & im so excited to work here for the summer. =) i hope my post is good cux its my first time. yay

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW IS ALL  I CAN SAY..... IS THAT I MEET MARY J TODAY. IT WAS A ONE IN A LIFE TIME FOR ME TODAY. I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE SHE CAN RELATE TO ME ON SO MANY THINGS. I FEEL LIKE SHE WENT THOUGHT A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. I HAD A GREAT TIME TALKING TO HER. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY BUT I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START. 

Busy Weekend

This weekend was crazy had oh.dee fun at Pride 09 with everyone saw people i didnt even know was gay. But the next couple of weeks is going to be hard my sister diamond is moving in with me for the summer while I stll havent decide if  i wana move to Maryland or stay up here. If i move down there i will be leaving alot behind which is not really fair to me. Its nothing but grass down there. And im going to miss everybody if i leave but im doing everything I can to stay  so its up in the air.

Summer School starts on the 6th it should be kool considering we not going do anything at all!!!!! 

MJB

Today I saw MARY J. BLIGE.... I was so stoked. I've seen Mary before at her cd signing at Carol's Daughter. That cold day which was December 23 of 07', Mary was 45 minutes late. I stood right there and waited. Today however, she was 2 hours late.... I wasn't worried at all. We had a great time talking about our issues and expressing our opinions on different topics. There was a group of girls there, all black except one. 

When Mary came she talked about the woman that ABC Extreme Makeover Home Edition was honoring by rebuilding her house in Pennsylvania. She also spoke about self esteem and how confidence is important. I was the first to ask her a question. To my surprise, I broke down crying in the middle of my sentence. I was so emotional because I was sitting a few feet away from this influential woman who have helped others through her struggles. Although, in comparison to others, I have it good, I go thorough my share of things too. 

I just felt like this woman cared about us genuinely. I believe in her FAWN foundation and its impact on females.

Anywhoo, enough of the sentiment... She looked damn good. She wore a simple outfit...orange shirt, jeans and brown pumps, but she looked so lively. She really has that scar too on the side of her face.... but she took pictures with us, signed autographs and she made my day...even though she was extremely late... but hey she paid the cost to be the QUEEN...!

The countdown

Only one more day till I'm leaving to go to south Carolina I'm so exhausted from me packing then taking stuff out that I don't need But i cant wait. My grandpa told me that my face is going to be so black that i wouldn't recognize my self I hope that isn't true

Back On Deck!

Hey everyone this is Gorgeous Day Day and im back, went on a little break but i am back. now today something very special happen. a few months back we had a meeting with a few teachers from teachers collage and cnn, etc. and one of the teachers from teacher collage was very impress with me and everything i was telling him about. Mr. Sean Telles came by HarlemLIVE today and he had told me how impress i was when i was talking at the meeting we had a few months back and he had won an ipod touch and he said he had a random thought about HarlemLIVE and he Thought Of me and gave me his prize that he won at work, an ipod touch. Thank You Sean. now that im back in town i cant wait to get back to business cause the site need to be updated, i need to get some stuff done personally and im so ready for another summer at harlemlive.

MTA...RIP MJ

I was astonished today as I entered 4 dollars in the vending machine and it said invalid. I went over to the booth and asked the guy for a $4 metro. He looked at me confused and shaked his head. He then pointed to a poster on the small, rectangular corner of the window. THE FARE HAS INCREASED TO $2.25 instead of $2. I couldn't believe it. It's funny because even though I'm journalist and I'm involved in the media, watch the news, etc, I never believe in these changes until they actually happen. 

Frustrated, I decided to cover a story on it. Zinu, Polo, Branday and I went to 125th street and asked people their opinions. We spoke to a lot of great people and got some great quotes. 

Tomorrow, I'm attending this workshop for Mary J. Blige's foundation. She'll be there and I'm so excited to meet her. I've seen her before for a cd singing at Carol's Daughter but I didn't speak with her or anything. I'm super excited about seeing her. Later on tomorrow there will be a tribute for my man Michael Jackson at Apollo. I can't even express how I feel about his death. I'm a big fan, of course not compared to others, because I'm not from his era, but his music was meant for me. I've always been told I have an old soul and I can picture me in the late 70's with tight flannel pants on moving to his songs.... He will be missed...

High School

Today was a new experience for me. I visited my high school which is 10 times bigger then my middle school. It was the orientation which was not so nerve recking because I was with some kids that was in my band in middle school. The teachers there are way better than the ones in my old school even though i think they were faking because we were new. Also we went to Lehman college which i will be attending the summer band camp. Today was fun cant wait till September 

Happy

Today im happy because I am going to shopping for my trip to south carolina i think that it is going to be fun i am getting some more Prada and some mauri i cant wait for my trip even though it is going to be a long ride from here to there but It is going to be fun for all of my family 

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happy

This week has been crazy I got 3 graduations and i have to get my hair done all on Friday so I don't know what to do. I got parties to go to and all its crazy but fun. My besties birthday is in Aug and we decide to go to Atlantic City since everyone is 18 now it should be fun. Then in December for New Years we going to go California i believe we are staying at Racando beach cant wait going to be fun!!!!!!! 

But im Sleepy o.d  havent got slept in a while i sleep for aybe 2 hrs a night then get up and watch tv, talk on the phone, then go about my day  wont get sleep untill the 1st

life changing month

So much has been going on for me this past month that i have not have time to take everything in. I finished my internship with fireball the basketball tournament that iv been working for, it was great i never had so much fun i witnessed great games every week with players like the new york knicks Al Harrington, the minnesota timberowolves Ryan Gomes and Sebastian Telfair and many more notables. I also had the great honor to recite a poem in the nuyorican cafe, it was the most exciting and enticing thing i have been part of in my new born career as a poem writer, The stage toke a hole new meaning to me as i got in the zone and delivered what to my peers and family say was a flaw less piece of art that reflected well the emotion i was feeling when i wrote the poem. After all the great blessings came the depressing Regen's test that had me stress so much so that i couldnt sleep most of the night thinking about my consular and how she said that if i failed one test i failed to meet requirements to stay in that school.... so stressing....i tried my best now all i can do is wait for the results cant and pray. Well with the tournament, the show at the nuyorican and the Regen's i just been thinking about my life and how much it has changed i went from this kid with no ambition living for the moment to what i am now woooooooow i guess mom was wrong but ill leave that for my therapist haha............

 

Sleep

I never knew the impotance of sleep but boy did i learn my lesson today i went to sleep at 5 in the morining not by accident i was playing xbox with my step father and lost track of time man am I sleepy

LAST DAY WITH HARLEMLIVE!!!!

Hey u all... As u read above today is my last day at Harlemlive until next year in the fall. It was such a pleasure to get the opportunity to learn new things about journalism that I never did know before. I had a blast going out on stories to get the public opinion as well as getting people recognized on a specific topic. I so wish I can come during the summer but I have other plans that I must do before the summer is over. Thinking of that I just realized that summer is here and school is just about over. The 29th is my last day which means FUN AND MORE FUN!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!! I cannot wait to do the things that weren't accomplished last year...I am going to miss seeing all my friends that I won't get the opportunity to see... After the 29th I am officially going to be a SENIOR which is big since we are going to be the first graduating class being that my school is new. A lot of great things are happening and I cannot wait to enjoy every bit of it.... BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!! lol

New Amerie

Just finished a story; the one on Skin.. the movie that Sophie Okenedo stars in... I keep palying this Amerie song over and over.. it's called why r u.... im really feeling this song... anywhoo, tomorrow i'm leaving for connecticut so i wont be here..for a few days, hopefully i'll be back friday.. BYE FOLKS....

Shopping

Today was exhausting I woke up real early to go shopping and the worst thing is that it wasn't even for me it was for my sister's father he woke me up on my day that I have no school i was mad and I hope that he wont do it again

Movies.

If you want to go to the movies, two good movies to watch if Hang Over and The Taking of the Pelham 123. Both movies are very good. If you want to have a good laugh, Hang Over would make you pee on you pants, it is so funny. The Taking of the Pelham is an action movie and it is worth watchinggg...

Graduation

Today was biter sweet It was sweet because I graduated which means that Im not apar of that lame school any more I thought that I was going to cry but luckily i didn't because that would've deprived me of my man hood lol But then it was bitter because i had to say good bye to all of my good fiends that I have been with since 5  th grade some of them from kindegarten so yea   

DR vacation

hey,
Its been such a long time ,well am writing because it may be the last time i write until September or October, because i am leaving to DR on friday. I am so exited about this trip because i have 2 years i dont go,and i really miss being there. I know that HL is going to really miss me, but i have to go LOL! and i will not miss a thing of my NY life. I am also kind of missing rich because he made joke and laugh and was a real funny guy making hie Elaine dance, and calling me step on me and stuff like that. I wil maybe miss sely,maybe am not sure LOL! Today i am also really pissed off because the board of Ed send me a letter telling me that i dont have enough credits to be promoted to 12 grade when i have 41 credits and i only needed 30 to pass to 12th grade.