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I feel so relieved and blessed right now. Positive attitudes and prayer will get you through! Remember the devil attacks you when you're negative, sad, jealous, depressed etc. Positive outlooks people! c'moooon :)

Papa bear

My dad is so supportive and encouraging, I often times forget. I'm so grateful to have my family and close friends in my life. I hope you all have positive people in your life. Wipe out all the negative. You'll feel much better about yourself first and foremost, then the rest of the world. Now go out and do something good for someone today! If everyone were content in their lives this world would be a much easier, warm place to live. Don't be so intent on hurting someone. At the end of the day what do you gain but an enemy? The bible says "love thy neighbor", so just do it, okay? :)

I Love College

Last night's lingerie party was completely insane! I got to see everyone that I've been missing in all their drunk glory. I started out drinking pretty early, but got to the party pretty late walking in on everyone completely wasted. There wasn't a sober person in the building. I find out that one of my friend's room-mates is friends with my best friend. that sentence had a lot of "friends" in it, but small world, right? I was a total slob kabob last night, and I promised myself I wouldn't. Oh well, part of being young and in college right? I appologize to the Laguna Beach citizens and the cars on the freeway for the mess that I made. And to my very good friend who always seems to be responsible while the rest of us are complete snuffalufagis's =(. Your car will be cleaned. Promise. :)

Anyways, I just want to say that if any of you are having a rough time in anything, to just remember to put it all into God and just pray. He listens and he really does answer. It may not be in a timely manner as you would want, or the response that you were'nt quite looking for, but he knows what is right and best for you. Everytime I feel like I'm losing hope and I can't find my way out, just as I'm up against the wall and on my last string God always comes through for me. Sometimes I feel like I'm not the best person, and I feel guilty for the life that I lead, but I am so thankful for our lord and what he gives me. Praise him!

This blog went from parties to God. I issue no appologies. Im not embarrassed nor ashamed to say I love him. :) I'm also a bit random and scatter brained so..

Have a good weekend guys.

4real4real

Don't be afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve. Always stand up for yourself and hold tight to what you believe in. Sometimes its hard to display your emotions openly, but people will use that to their advantage. You all are probably reading this like "what?", But I was talking to a friend and this came up and it really struck a chord. This is something that I have to work on, but everyday I'm getting stronger. I don't know, I just thought I should give my words of wisdom this evening. Have a great Friday and weekend. =)

I'm watching Millionaire Matchmaker, these people are ridiculous. It's all about age with these men!

Lingerie lushhh

I can't wait to be reunited with all of my people next Friday at one of my closests friends seemingly annual lingerie lush birthday party. Justin can't wait to get naked wasted. Last year was crazy, I can't imagine how this year can top it, but i'm pretty damn sure it will! It's a lingerie party so i'll need help with an outfit. Silk boxers? Cotton? Super Man tighty whities? Ohhh the options. You'll have to wait until next weekend to see the outcome ;). Until then the countdown begins!

p.s. Looking forward to that now infamous Jungle Juice.

FML

Fmylife.com is the funniest site ever. My friend Annette told me about it and I got the best laugh ever out of it. Go check it out!

Justin's Playlist

For 2 years straight I've somehow managed to make it through my life without updated music on my ipod. Insane, right? Well I decided to risk everything for the sake of music and just go on a download spree! I always seem to be in a jam when thinking about songs to put on my ipod, so I decided to help some of you out if you get stuck. Some of these songs on my list are kind of old, but they are all my absolute favorite. I'll just put up my top 25 of my recently added playlist just to keep it simple. You'll find some of everything. enjoy. =)

1. Wonderful World-James Morrison. When you're down seriously listen to this.

2. Torn-Natalie Imbruglia. Do you guys remember this song? It still makes me smile =)

3. Jesse McCartney-Leavin. It reminds me of my wonderful 20th birthday. I was pretty gone.

4. Michael Jackson-You Rock M World. I loved this video.

5. Colby Odonis-What You Got. Catchy song. Gotta love it.

6. Rascal Flatts-What Hurts The Most. LLLove this song.

7. Jessica Simpson-Remember That. Her country album is amazing. Surprisingly.

8. Soulja Boy-Kiss Me Through The Phone. I'm so embarrassed that I like this song!

9. Ne-Yo-Mad. Ne-Yo is probably my favorite male singer. He's great.

10. Slim-So Fly. I miss 112. =(

11. Jessica Simpson-Still Don't Stop Me. Once again her country album is pretty boss.

12. Janet Jackson-I Get So Lonely. Everyone should have some old school Janet. ;)

13. R. Kelly-Ignition(Remix)-This song reminds me of running track. Ahh I miss it.

14. Amy Winehouse-Me And Mr. Jones. Amy Winehouse is so talented.

15. Amy Winehouse-Best Friends. Everyone can relate..

16. The All American Rejects-Gives You Hell. This song makes me cheese. :D

17. Justin Nozuka-After Tonight. Great song to relax to.

18. No Doubt-Waiting Room. Prince made this song what it is.

19. Kenny Chesney-Don't Blink. This song will make you think.

20. Carrie Underwood-Last Name. Her songs tend to sound the same but this is my favorite.

21. Acceptance-So Contagious. Great driving music.

22. Red Hot Chili Peppers-Californication. If you don't have this song, kill thyself.

23. Joey Mcintyre-I Love You Came Too Late. Seriously my favorite 90s song! haha

24. The Killers-Mr. Brightside. Reminds me of one of the best summers.

25. Lit-Miserable. Sit back with a beer and enjoy this song.

So that's my song list that I think you all should download and enjoy. I promise they won't dissapoint. =)

p.s. Who wants to go to Coachella?!

Stir it up

These days I don't have time to eat real food let alone make a meal. I'm down to one meal a day which isn't too healthy. Last semester for my demonstration speech I came across a little snack that cooincidently is healthy and perfect for a person like me who isn't able to eat real meals during the day. All you'll need is peanut butter, yogurt, whipped cream and your favorite chopped fruits and/or vegetables. I know you're probably saying peanut butter, yogurt and whipped cream? But yes, it actually tastes really good all together! The end result tastes like a more toned down peanut butter. I think the whipped cream and yogurt just make it fluffy, and who doesn't like fluffy? =) The best part of making this snack is you don't have to measure! just throw everything in together. When you're all done dip your fruit or whatever you have in and enjoy! If you decide to be brave and give this a shot tell me how it goes.

I like girls that wear abercrombie & fitch

I now work at Abercrombie. They gave me love on Valentines Day. haha :D

Because everyone else did it.

My friend Tamakia Pet did a top 25, so now I want a top 25! here goesss..(a top 25 is 25 things people probably don't know about you)

1. Spelling Bee champ. What what?

2. I was a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz school play, then the following year Peter Pan. The first and last black lead. So even back then I was getting my Obama on. :D

3. I am very, very afraid of mascots.

4. Sushi, cotton candy and strawberry lemonade are 3 food items I could consume daily without getting tired of.

5. I love tattoos and piercings, despite the fact of having none of my own.

6. I've danced with a bum on the streets of Long Beach in front of a club. Then gave her a dollar for her time.

7. I've gone snorkeling off the black sand beaches of hawaii. It was amazing.

8. I filmed a very small role in a film that should be out some time later this year. Direct to DVD maybe, but hey.

9. I'm in school to become a broadcast news journalist or something in PR.

10. Keenyah (Americas Next Top Model) told me I have a beautiful smile. :D

11. My brother and ma are my best friends, they inspire and keep me going everyday.

12. I love art.

13. I want to go to London, England so bad!

14. I rode a camel.

15. Hollywood is a different world to me. I love it out there.

16. I love all music.

17. I've been in a cave. Very big, cold and dark.

18. Chic-Fil-A is AMAZING.

19. I love my digital camera.

20. Halloween is my most favorite holiday.

21. Camping is fun. No one believes that I like it. :(

22. Nothing embarrasses me.

23. I had one of my best party experiences at Papas & Beer.

24. I love to bake. I'm getting better. :)

25. I love, love, love Rock & Republics and True Religions.

Even though he lost...

Confident, strong-willed people with goals are the people I admire the most. With all of this Super Bowl hooplah I looked passed the game and got to know the players. Arizona Cardinal Kurt Warner is a huge inspiration. You don't even have to be a football fan to really appreciate his story and who he is. I'm not a huge football fan, but since my dad is totally into the Cowboys I'm kind of pre destined to be a fan. So Kurt Warner, 37 years old and made it all the way to the Super Bowl. Ten years ago he was bagging groceries at a grocery store. Now at the age of 27, that's when you're supposed to have your life pretty much figured out with a set path. I bet back then everyone told him he could never make it to pro football because of his age. Whenever I think about someone wanting to achieve their goals by a certain age I think about myself and some experiences that I've had. Way back when..in my early years =P when I was contacted by the people at Kenneth Cole (at the time I didn't even know who or what Kenneth Cole was) to do some modeling for them I remember being told "you need to make a decision fast, because soon you'll be too old. I was only 19 at the time! Unfortunantly in the modeling world I was too short to do "high fashion modeling", how snoody. But that was definately something that I would have loved to do. I would have been all over that if I was chosen! But that just drives my point that people always put an age limit on things. Every member in my family are true believers that it is never too late. It took them some time to finally convince me that it really is never too late. Kurt Warner's story helped me realize that as well. While the oppurtunity of modeling for Kenneth Cole or any other fashion label of that caliber may not ever come by again, atleast I know it's never too late to go out there and atleast model for somebody! Though it is not neccessarily my "dream" to model, it would definately be a cool story to tell to my grand children. From time to time you all should think about somebody you admire to give you that extra kick in the ass that you may need to help you realize your goal. Good luck. ;)

oh, askmoses.com LOVE that site.

Chaaaarge

Happy Super Bowl XLIII!

I wanna thank you.

You know you're growing up when not even your mommy can help you out of the situation. Growing up is hard to do. It really is. Then sitting back and accepting what exactly is going on is also very, very hard to do. Especially when you do everything on your end and have no control over what's going on, on the other end. Well, what I'm refering to is my new school that I'm supposed to transfer to in the spring. I knew that this whole transition wouldn't be a smooth ride. There's some drama with paperwork I guess. It's really all on them. I did what I was supposed to do, and now I have to sit back and watch it all crumble! All I can do now is hope for the best. Prayers anyone? On a much higher note. Last night was a very good night. In fact, the last two nights have been awesome. Really all I can say is don't be a stubborn fool. Don't argue with a once good friend for a year or so and miss out on so many great memories that could have been. It takes a very bold, humble person to say the first sorry and really that shows just how strong the friendship was all along. It's hard to find real genuine people in this world. The word friend often times is thrown around without any real meaning behind it. I lost a very good friend for a year, then as a new year surprise gained that same person right back. Good things happen when you least expect it. I love surprises. :) It's funny because we went about our regular routine (dinner and a movie) last night as if nothing ever happened. As if we never talked for a year straight. So tomorrow marks the 4 week mark of my 6 week semester! It went by so fast and I admit I am kind of sad for it to be over. I met some great people this semester that I know I would have never met otherwise. Thank god for myspace though right? Keeping in touch has never been easier! So 2 more weeks of school, then after..? Let's hope East Bay gets their shit together.

Forever united here somehow

Uncomfortable positions are always fun. Take for example what happened to me today. It starts pouring rain out of nowhere as I exit my car and walk to class. So I'm trudging up the steepest hill at my school and all of a sudden I see an older man speeding down the hill. He makes a sharp turn and his tires slide across the pavement throwing his body over his handle bars. His body begins to slide down the remainder of the hill. This happened right in front of me. I walk to him not knowing what the hell to say. All I could come up with was "are you alright?" Obviously he Isn't. He just ate shit right in front of me. I asked about three times all he did was suck in air. Kinda like Peter Griffin did on Family Guy when he hurt his knee. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEtGzqbZajs. I then pick up his bike. His handle bars were completely turned the opposite way around. Super broke. "..Your bike is kinda..broke..here.." is what I said. Still I hear no words from him. I extend my hand to him to help him up. He gets up, laughs, dusts himself off then says "thanks". Then out of nowhere to add insult to injury literally, a girl says "you should be more careful, it's raining you know". After that statement we all just sort of stood around until I said "welp, I'm late for class. Have a good one, I'm glad that you're alright". Awkward much? I'm glad he wasn't seriously injured though, that would have been horrible. But come on, it's raining and you're speeding down a hill. Seriously? Anyways, I've been doing research on one of my favorite artists and public figures Banksy for my informative speech. Banksy is an amazing street artists with so much to say. I'm especially drawn to Banksy for his outspokeness in the form of art. Anyone who speaks the truth on society and animal activism in such a creative way such as Banksy does through his art definately has my respect. But above all he's such an interesting person because absolutly no one knows who he is! He paints these amazing murals completely undetected. The mystique of it all definately makes me want to learn more about him. I just now remembered I actually witnessed some of Banksy's work first hand. But this was all before I even knew who Banksy was. Last summer when I was on Melrose I remember seeing a photo of a pregant woman with a gorilla head. Gorilla heads are common in many of Banksy's work. That pregnant woman ended up being Britney Spears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. It was pretty funny. I tried googling it but came up with nada. What you should definately youtube though, is the prank Banksy pulled on Paris Hilton and her debut album. HILARIOUS stuff. He documented the whole prank on camera, careful not to expose himself of course. Wow, so basically I just told u half of my speech :). Google up some of Banksy's work when you have time. Then you'll be hooked like me.

Every once in a while there's a distant glimmer of hope

Today I woke up feeling like I was on speed. I went to bed at 3 a.m. just to wake up at 6 a.m. I got out of bed energized and turned to channel 11. Gotta get my daily dose of Jillian from Good Day L.A. Well, I didn't see Jillian this morning but I can't complain. Today was all about Obama. What a beautiful start to a beautiful day I must say. Seeing our president walk out on the red carpet to deliver his speech gave me chills! It was an amazing moment that seemed out of a movie. I hate hate hate that I couldn't be there. I know of a few blessed individuals that got to attend the inaugural, it has to be one of the most amazing moments of their lives. I bet you could feel all the energy in the air. I mean these are millions of people out to support one man. One man. I've never felt so drawn and connected to someone that I didn't know let alone a president. This is a great feeling that I don't think I'll ever get over and believe. (If I see one more person crying on the news about all of this I'm sure I'm going to cry too). I love how everyone of all backgrounds and races are coming together to share in all of this goodness. Can I just say I love Michelle Obama? Can I say I love Jill Biden? Because I do. And let me just say president Obama is boss for walking to the White House. Boss. So seeing little clips here and there of our new president (I'm going to watch the speech on my DVR later) I definately had a great start to my day. For my speech class i definately channeled my inner Barack for my improptu speech. Yeh, didn't quite work. I totally flubbed my speech, it was pretty funny. Okay, so the speech topic was: Money can't buy you happiness..or something close to that. We get a minute and thirty seconds to organize our thoughts on a little 3x5 notecard. I write all that I want to say on my card then I'm called up to the front of the class to deliver my speech and "get my Barack" on. This is the tragic part. First I want to say if I were one to get embarrassed I would have been soo embarrassed with my performance. But I don't get embarrassed cuz I got it like that. ;) I get in front of the class and start off with a big "uhhhhm", which my teachers absolutly hates. I look out into the crowed and it seems like a million little eyes were looking at me. I stand tall, stumble over my words, laugh, announce "uhm, I'm drawing a blank, then my mouth starts moving talking out of my ass some pretty ridiculous shit. I smile at the audience as this 40 something year old woman looks at me very confused. I disregard her, she means nothing.:) Then I lock eyes with someone else who's nodding his head silently rooting me on. I then began to struggle through the rest of my speech, still talking out of my ass. Okay get ready for the funniest part. Closing my speech I thought I'd leave them with a "clever" well thought out quote. Turns out my quote had nothing to do with my speech. Mind you my speech is on why money can't buy you happiness. I ended my speech with "it's a beautiful life, now go out and live it!" After that everyone begins to clap and cheer, the loudest applause from anyone that gave a speech that day I must admit. 8) It was the funniest thing ever. It reminded me of Jessica Simpon's epic fail in front of millions AND Dolly Parton, except I didn't cry or apologize. Check out the video at the bottom of my page, it's hillarious. Learn to laugh at yourself people. even after my big eff up I still got an 80%! I recovered well. :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGfIXh1O1w

I refuse to falter in what I believe or lose faith in my dreams

Two posts in one day. Can I just say how excited I am? http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2009/01/barack_obamas_letter_to_his_da.html If this letter doesn't make you smile/cry/or feel some kind of a positive emotion you're a cold black hearted bastard and you need to be slapped in your nuts in front of a crowed full of good looking intimidating people. :)

You can tell by my smile, that I'm like a child

Wow what a day. My family and I got up super early to start our early spring cleaning. Yesterday I was dreading it, but when you start cleaning you start to find little forgotten things around the house. It was such a "memory lane" morning. It was a sweet little surprise finding my baby book and Alladin lunch box. Pictures along with those items reminded me of my childhood that was probably the best around! I had so much fun growing up with my million little animals around the house. About 20 rabbits, guinea pigs, huge aquarium, dogs, and a little no named turtle haha. I guess that's why I love animals so much these days. Thinking about my animals definately make me want more. I'd love to have a few snakes and a little black kitty, but I have little to no time to take care of animals. :( Now I'm finally taking time to relax after all of that cleaning. Probably going to spend the rest of the day enjoying a drink with my brother and dad. Hope you all enjoy your Sunday. And when the time comes remember to get on that spring cleaning!

Houston, we have a problem.

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Come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea.

Lately I've been going through a thousand phases seemingly at once. From music to style I seem to be forever changing. That's good right? It's not about finding myself though. I just told a friend I've never been more comfortable in my own skin. I don't know what's up with these phases, but atleast they're healthy phase. :D I've always been a fan of all types of music but lately I've been hit by the nostalgic stick and have been loving the music from the 60's to present. I've been listening to Janis Joplin non stop ever since I've "rediscovered" her. Piece Of My Heart is probably my favorite song by her right now. Listen to it, you'll like it. My Name Is Jonas by weezer, not the Jonas Brothers is also one of my favorite songs right now and it came out in like 1994. In the present time there really isn't a song that I listen to non stop. I'm really thinking hard right now, and all my songs on my ipod are really, really old songs. As far as style goes I guess I'm a mix of just about everything but urban. Right now my favorite outfit would be a simple v-neck with like 7 jeans, Rock & Republics or anything like that. Just simple. I love my new Dolce & Gabbana watch but I need to get it resized because I could litterally slip my wrist right through it without even having it touch my wrist. It's that big. OR, I'm just that skinny? Now that I'm on the subject of style why not talk about hair. My hair has gotten so long and everyone's asking me what I'm going to do with it. I'm going to let it continue to grow. Read that 3 times so that it's engrained in your head and you dont have to keep asking me. I am however in need of opinions from people with curly hair. What do you use in your hair to keep the ends from sticking? That's a major problem for me and it's so annoying. Anyways, I want a tattoo. Like really bad. But this goes back to the many phases that I go through. Ever since my brother started getting tattoos I've been becoming more and more interested. Problem is..I'm way too indecisive. I'm so scared of getting a tattoo then a week later looking at myself asking "what the hell did you just do?" It's something that actually could happen, because even with my many tatoo ideas the very next day I'm asking myself "Justin, what the hell were you thinking?" I really need to sit down and think about what I want to brand myself with. I feel so bad for people with dumb tattoos. And when they admit their tattoos are dumb, it makes me feel even worse. Oh, and when getting a tattoo, this may sound strange coming from a person with no tattoos or piercings for that matter, but remember not to choose a tattoo from the wall or book. Or anything thats "trendy" durring the time you're getting blasted. That's just dumb. What tattoos or phases are you going through right now?

Fresh & easy

Well it's 2009 and I still feel the same. Well I have a tummy ache that I didn't have in 2008 (last night). Mixing drinks always gives me one. oy. So all day today i'll be watching The Twilight Zone marathon that I watch every January 1st. Acting back then was so different. Not believeable at all. The kids back then could act better than the kids now though. I keep feeling some kind of pain in my finger and chest, then I remember how I was shot last night with those little popper thingys. One was self inflicted. Are those things meant to be popped inside? I almost felt like we were about to burn the place down. Those things are undercover lethal weapons. Be careful with them. Okay so on to new years resolutions. I'm never one to actually keep mine, but they're fun to make! One that I'm seriously considering and could actually be accomplished is giving up meat. I always feel sick after I eat it and since I'm going off to school in the spring i'll just live off of salads. done. So no more meat in 2009. Uh yeah, we'll see...Let's see what's next? Well instead of going down a list of things, i'll just say whatever I did in 2008, I'm going to do the complete opposite in 2009. Some things worked and some things didn't, but it's always good to see both sides. Agree? Oh, but for sure for sure i'll be going to a lot of concerts this year. And drinking more drinks..legally :)

I hope everyone had a great start to the new year!

p.s. Check your wallets/purse. If you have no money in there now, you'll be broke the whole year. eeek