Roof Top Access

The view from my apartment I know you throwing up this shit is sick!

Week One.

Ok folks it has officially been one week since I have moved to NYC. In the future I will try an update every week in addition to something else a friend recommended I do. Okay so details right?

I touched down on August 24th, 2010 about noon. I had my girl scoop me from the airport since I was relocating I stuffed my suitcases which were really heavy. Normally I would have rode the subway from the airport but that was simply to much work!! The air was cool, I had on a light jacket, I know your maybe thinking damn if she thinks that is cool wait until the Winter!!! So once my girl dropped me off to my temporary place of living, I dropped all my stuff & went straight to my school. I got to school to finish up with registration, which included getting a shot in the nurses office for my immunization records, speaking with an advisor, choosing classes & attending orientation. Once I finished with that which took hours my roommate & I went out to eat. On Wednesday I signed the lease to my new apartment in Brooklyn!!! I also met a really nice lady thru my roommate, the lady is so cool!! We all went out for drinks that night to celebrate. It was amazing.

Thursday morning I woke up with a mission on my mind. To find a hairstylist which was hard at first not having any referrals or such. I simply turned to my close friend GOOGLE!! Which of course did not let me down I found a salon in Brooklyn. I had to rush there since Thursday was the 1st day of school & of course I did not want to be late. The results turned out to be amazing & so was the cost! Ha!! Real good. After getting my hair done I strutted through the streets of Brooklyn & caught the subway to class. Feeling GOOD!! :o] Once at school for the first day I was in awe at all of the damn people. Jeeeeshhh it had to have been 1/3 of NYC oh okay maybe I am exaggerating but there were a lot of folks there. I feel the 1st day of school went smooth sailing. Later Thursday night I sat on the rooftop a bomb ass apartment owned by a mutual friend of mine. Oh I forgot to mention it was located on Wall St. Whatttttt!!!!! Oh them dudes are totally about the money, yes one of them told me straight up.

On Friday & Saturday I was totally receiving my life through some shit a friend of mine pulled off. Oh I can forget to mention the first movie I seen while living in NYC was TAKERS!!!! Did you know it was number 1 opening weekend. =diddy voice= take that take that!!! Ok so later that day I hooked up with my friend that I spoke of earlier who has PULL. She finally hooked up with me, I was so happy to see her!! So we hung out at a Mexican restaurant off Broadway that shit was yummy!! Later we sipped a few watermelon martinis at the beautiful Hudson Hotel. Ok here is the winner: Saturday I attended the Rock the Bells concert on Governors Island, rode in a Bentley Flying Spur, stood right next to John Legend Estelle Busta Rhymes AJ Chris Rock & then up the stairs comes fucking Jay-Z Beyonce Mary J. Blige Alicia Keys Swizz Beats. How did I get so lucky you ask? Well that friend knows somebody that knows somebody!! I was part of Lauryn Hill's "family" that night! It was truly the flyest thing that ever happen to me. I did not act like a lunatic fan I kept my cool. My friend introduced me to Alicia Keys & she shook my hand & was like "your name is Alisha too?" then I responded "Yes but it is spelled different" she then said "Cool, I like that". I just was humbled to be in them folks presences it was truly a huge surprise!!!!!!!! Of course it motivated me a tad bit!!!

Sunday I relaxed from a shocking ass weekend! Monday was my first day at my new job. Which did not turn out to be so bad. I also went to school later. On the way home I stopped & grabbed some grub while reading over homework. Damn that feels weird to say, never thought I'd be in school again after graduation from high school. It is all g-double-o-d good though, I truly feel that I am getting it in!!! On twitter the other day I posted this "I'm gonna make my momma proud :o] " & I promise that! Today is Tuesday & the only crazy shit that happened was that I popped my damn flip flop on the sidewalk while walking to school. So I had to put my work heels back on ouuuuccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I was dying walking with them on. :o[

Just to wrap this up, my stay here so far is treating me well. No complaints. Oh besides my shoe hehehe, I look forward to my stay here though. I wonder who my first visitor will be...

New Journey in my LIFE

In my life my dream is to become an Actress. Wether it's Theater or Films I have a passion for both, needless to say Film may be greater! As a child growing up I believe my imagination was beyond what a normal child would experience. So see that makes me different not in a bad way either. Leave it to my mom grandma & sister I have always been "so dramatic"! I first knew I wanted to act when I was in the 11th grade. My first opportunity came with Proscout. I was esatic about it!!! Preparing a monolouge for "casting directors & agencies from all over the world" was how they worded it. My choice of audition piece was Thandie Newton in the movie Crash. When she went to her husband Cameron's (Terrence Howard) job to apologize for the harsh words she used with him after being felt on improperly by a cop. I felt so damn good about that audition my mother was there to support me in Orlando 2 1/2 hrs from home. I caught the attention of a casting agency from NYC. He wanted me to come to NYC. At the age of 18 I spent 2 months in Brooklyn alone! Hustling for any acting jobs, I only landed a gig as an extra for Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2. The experience was great. I loved NYC I could not believe I was there. My mom  also supported me with that as well. My grandmother made sure I said my prayers every night, as well as give thanks I came back to my hometown with a brand new mind set. "I wont stop until it's mine, only I can stop me." Today it's been 2 years I've been blessed to do TWO projects with the CEO/DIRECTOR/WRITER of BeDynamik Productions JanaMorea Bradley, a play called BlackWomanDynamik & an indie film Treacherous starring in BOTH! Today August 24, 2010 I have made the 2nd biggest change in my LIFE!! I am re-locating to New York City for a much better opportunity for acting. I have prayed & prayed on this asking the good Lord for the strength to do this. I feel that I wouldn't be on this plane writing this if his answer was no. It was extremely hard to leave my loved ones & homies. My strive is greater than that so I am going to do this with the same mind set from 2 years ago "I won't stop until it's mine"! So many folks believe in me, but it's my belief that matters the most. One day I will be the greatest. I am getting ready for that day. Lord I Thank You.

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Bottoms Up Trey Songz Ft. Nicki Minaj

A Bronx Tale trailer.

I love this movie so much!!

Savannah, Lebron James's girlfriend & kids.

This is so cute!!!!

Clouds

Aug 1st on my flight back to JAX from NYC I took some photos on the plane. We were in the clouds & I thought the photos were dope so here they are...

Why Her?

I recently downloaded this song that popped up on my Pandora radio. It is called 'Why Her' by Monica. The words in the song, touched a place in my heart that is oh so sensitive. If you never heard the song I am not encouraging you to download it, you can if you'd like to see what I am coming from no big deal. I am just going to tell you a little story about me & how I related to this song.

Back a few years ago I got pregnant by my boyfriend of about 3 years. I was still in school, he was very special to me in so many ways. We were so tight we did everything together! At the time when we were together, in those moments that we spent together I thought to myself "oh me & this guy will be together for the rest of my life". Everyone knew about us it was great :) time went on & I ended up conceived by him. In the beginning of my pregnancy things were going by well. Then one night while I was at home with my oldest Sister & her friend* who's name I will keep anonymous I received some fucked up news.

We were all sitting in the house & my Sister's friend* decided to inform me that she works with a girl that my boyfriend is seeing. I will never forget the feeling that came over my body that night. Confused as HELL, never seen any signs, never been cheated on, a brand new thing to me. I was unaware of how to deal. I did not know if this bitch* was lying to me or what, jealous at the relationship me & him had. She* had known about me & my boyfriend, so if this is someone he was seeing at her* job wouldn't she* come to my defense & let the girl know he has a girlfriend, me! Also that I was pregnant?? Those were the things running thru my brain-cells.

The shit turned out to be true, I did not understand. I could not think of one reason why, questioned myself in so many ways. Cried wrote cried wrote cried wrote it was a never ending cycle for a long time. I did not need to question him, I got confirmation on my own. Why her? Was all I could say, just like the song. It was the worst experience of my life. I tried to work things out between us, he did not want to, then he tried to come back, I did not want him to. I tried to move on with my life, but I always wondered did they ever end it. Over time I understood how life isn't what I thought it would be, he had did what he did without even thinking about us. I was so in love & this happened to me. To this day it never ended. My kid has a step sibling you dig?

Their relationship was built on a lie so how long will it really last?

A look from Chanel Resort 2011

NYC July 25-Aug 1, Mission: Find an apartment.

I took another trip back to NYC this past week, to search for an apartment & stuff. I got there on Sunday I stayed with a wonderful mutual friend of mine in Washington Heights upper west side. It was a nice area, a lot of dominicans. Respect to all of the dominicans. The area was awesome. So once I got settled in with my luggage & shit we(me & the girl I will be living with when I relocate to NYC) set out to all of our appt. we had set up which for that whole day was 6. The first apartment was in Washington Heights on W 162nd St in Manhattan. It was completely renovated, new painting, floors, wiring, appliances, bathroom, had a beautiful mantle simply smashing. It was in a brownstone, on the 5th floor accept it had no elevator. :( The rooms were an ok NYC size. Nonetheless my roommate & I thought it was very nice!

Afterwards we viewed a few more in that day, 1 in lower west side close to Central Park the rest in Brooklyn with a psychotic broker from hell!! She was insane, it was hilarious though since it was something I have never experienced. She took us to one apartment in which the layout was so wacked out, it was literally WHAT THE FUCK? Like you would have died laughing at the shit. It was like you walk into this building & you have someone living on the 1st floor then you walk up to the 2nd floor & there is A KEY TO EACH ROOM. I mean that literally, you had the kitchen behind one door there was a key to that, your living room behind one door there was a key to that, the same went for the bathroom & the one bedroom on that floor. Then up one flight of stairs you have the attic which she considered a party room/ or additional bedroom. Here is the catch: YOU COULD NOT EVEN STAND IN THE ROOM. It was horrible the ceiling was like 5 foot even. It was horrible. Me & my roommate laughed our asses off at that apartment.

My roommate who currently lives there now had to work during the week, so in the mean time I viewed a ton more of apartments & did other random shit. I also applied for a job, did some calling around & tried to set up interviews while I was there. Which was a SUCCESS! I went to the interview & got offered a position in the same day! Yae!!!! I was fucking excited. Check this: IT IS THE BLOOMBERG building! So dope. One day while viewing apts in Park Slope Brooklyn I got to sit out on Eastern Parkway which was beyond amazing the weather was great the streets were semi-busy & the sun was setting it was great.

Looking for a place in NYC was very overwhelming I should know MTA routes by heart now.

We possibly found one though so I am pleased with my trip. I believe it went well.

I go back soon for good. I'll have me own home. :) Mi familia & friends can come to visit me

as often as possible. I feel very blessed.