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Festival of Lights 2013 ☺
Festival of Lights 2013 ☺
Happy Halloween Crablings! As we get set for the festivities (which CC is STILL not sure she’s taking part in and yet… is semi-prepared :/). Other ideas… can’t forget the babies! And the cherry on top….
Dedicated to all of today’s walkers!!. Our Minnie put up the good fight. Lets never give up hope that one day this thing stops winning 💗CC
Today’s prayer. Notebook giveaway at Nordstrom ❤CC
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The Horror: Movie Night…. We Are What We Are starts tonight! CC is looking forward to it. Reviews later! ~CC In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral … Read More The Horror: Movie Night
❤ Tessanne Chin, sister in my head, for a really long time ❤ 5…Lyrics… 4…Such a down to earth personality…. 3…Has been on the quiet grind for years, like those I love.. 2…This .. and 1…This (vintage) Yay and LOL at Ceelo and Adam..fire. ~CC
5. A Blue crab sale at my local fish market was a good thing, all customers were excited….. CC bought a half dozen, all nicely wrapped in a brown paper bag…. 4. The transfer from bag to pan did not go as smoothly as hoped, we had a runaway…. 3. Coco does not like to be chased by a crab. 2. Slippery little suckers…. … Read More ➎ Crabby Lessons Learned
CC was looking for something that could work with my skin through the season changes. And for that this cleanser and moisturizer duo has been awesome. It is not too costly, natural-based, mild and healing… and leaves your face clean and soft. If you are extremely dry, its also blendable…many possibilities. Try mixing in a few drops of coconut oil or Shea. ❤CC Available … Read More Product Love: Face
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This little thing brings CC so much joy ☼ For 13.99 breathe happy too.
It is totally ok to lol when you get to 5:30 ❤CC
.. and elevated… after a *%#@ messy Monday ⛅. ~And *bonus* ~ CC was so on key with this in the laundry room 🎼
This is not a typical post. CC is not usually about this Vh1 life. I just tell my stories. Everyone who knows me understands how much I loathe can do without most reality TV. I respect creative TV & movies too much. But from the minute I gave in and jumped in the LHHA pool I have been Team Shenelica. I took my punishment … Read More ➎ Reasons: Random…Hate 2 Love it
From stargazers to nerds and dreamchasers..an app for all. ♥♥♥ the starbux app! Free …with free perks,refills, music and $$$ savings
~ Natural no filter, no cliché~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtcKZ1sktYk&sns=em
unexpected gift from the archives. ~iAdore vintage promo frame
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Happy 6th birthday to our little future music mogul. I think he almost peed his pants when he arrived to see his DJ party workshop. Go P. ❤ Rockin to GF and BK’s Summertime ~unFiltered
“Shadows fallin baby..we stand alone….Out on the street, anybody you meet, got a heartache of their own…It oughtta be illegal” ~Guilty, Streisand & Bee Gees Click here to listen. It’s black on the inside. My parents use to play this when we were little kids. I couldn’t know what it meant but I would belt it out in my living room concerts (my Dad … Read More sexx in a song
http://vimeo.com/14112138 Sneaky l’il iphone, waking things up that I work hard to shut down. Random, but this song stops me in my tracks because sometimes I feel like Lucy Witmore….Not that I’m the biggest expert on grunge ska..but that moment in 50 First Dates, when no matter how ditsy Lucy seemed or how hard her situation could be, Henry still loved her. And then … Read More ipod shenanigans ☯
Hard at work today and taking my smoke music break. My “Iconic” playlist is on and I hereby give thanks for the audios & visuals. So.. thanks to : Lenny Kravitz 5 for “I Belong to You” Flashdance for Irene Cara & the inspiration behind my 50 deconstructed tees Christion..Ghetto Hymns for all the “Full of Smoke” hustlas Tamia for the hologram of CC … Read More Straight.Jackets
Today, May 8, TwoThousandTwelve, through the actions of a friend and stars aligning: CC was on the Wendy Williams show. A friend works for the show and needed a ‘real lifer’ to model a product. The request?: Show up, look cute, rehearse, and banter with THE Wendy. Lord knows I have had my issues with her in the past. But she always wins my … Read More BG Chronicals: A Playdate with Wendy Williams
Lovers of all things feminine..what say you about this Anna Sui brush? CC is all for form being as important as function and this brush is so lovely. I imagine it would be a part of many of a crab’s life stories..trips to exotic places, a brush of a side pony, a honeymoon maybe, a little girl sneaking a brush at your vanity? All … Read More Product Love: A Brush
**Angel Note: CC is guilty of some, not all, of the following. Thank you. ** 1 – Keep FB friendships with people we secretly roll eyes at. It’s not that you dislike them but either they need to seriously calm down, or can’t be deleted due to other friendship alliances. However, there are 3 currently that may get the exception boot anyway. And CC … Read More ➎ Things: What Not to Do, but we do it anyway
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Will somebody wear me to the fair?
Will a lady pin me in her hair?
Will a child find me by a stream?
Kiss my petals and weave me through a dream.
~M. Ripperton, sublime
My french manicure has once again defected. It’s somewhere in Lithuania… That Mary J Burger King song is catchy. Dammit. Will Kanye and Kim try another sex tape? Can we call it “GoldTrigga”? I’ll do set design. Moms should not network socially… Martyrs suck. Don’t do something if all you want is credit. Bonus: I really want an Auntie Anne’s pretzel right now. That … Read More ➎ Random Thoughts for Today
CC has been thinking about this honesty thing alot lately. It’s such a loaded word. Such a tricky thing. Everyone says they want it. Most people think they are. But does it leave you in a lonely place when you think about the costs? Whether it’s in a relationship, in your job, with yourself. You realize you have to give up something valuable to … Read More ➎ Reasons: Honesty Is Lonely
****UPDATE UPDATE: So Crablings, A) The RIAA aggressively shut my video down. Oddly, I am both proud and angry. I’m prangry.. Must have done something right!! B) This bish was pregnant the whole time. I can’t *** END UPDATE People always wonder WHAT CC’s obsession is with Ms. Knowles. Lord knows there are millions of us fans/stans. All I know is I have adored … Read More Bey-a-Holic
..in these Disco Pants… Ok, so he hasn’t saved my life yet. But he will when I get to wear my brand new jeggings – shown here on a fellow fashionista’s bod. CC is not this small but that’s the beauty of these pants – no one can look bad in them. These pants are like the US presidency – an operation bigger than … Read More Last Nite a DJ Saved My Life
Today’s song in my head: 1st Verse…loosely translated: I never thought I would care about The tone of your message… You left me with the impression That I was just another heavy thing… in your baggage ~Shakira
Song of the day. Natalia Kills on repeat..Click pic to listen
SIMH = Sister in my Head…Why? 5. Minnie Ripperton was her mom, Teena Marie was her godmother. How fly? 4. Bridesmaids. CC shall own that dvd the minute it comes out. 3. Her hilarioussssssss ChristinaYonce version of the Star Spangled Banner. See it here. 2. She can laugh at herself. She’s imperfect. Me too. 1. “Maya was in the studio with her mother … Read More ➎ Reasons…why Maya is my S.I.M.H.
One more reason why he’s one of the best newbies
June 9, 2011 – Lincoln Center – ImageNation led another sold out film even at the Walter Reade theatre last night. The film was Prep School Negro – a documentary about the director’s struggle in attending one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country, having hailed from a lower income neighborhood in Philly. Director Andre Robert Lee was on hand and introduced … Read More Black Cinema Shines: The Prep School Negro
5 Reasons to read Jay-Z’s blog 5. Awww. Even Jay is blogging. ..reaching out of his comfort zone. Me likey. 4. The site has variety. Click pic for his interview with Gwynnie Paltrow. 3. This quote: GP: “Do you feel that as a cultural figure of importance it is part of your responsibility to share what inspires you?” JZ:“I think it’s every human’s job … Read More Life + Times of Sean Carter
Ok Crablings, everyone knows how seriously I take my jeans collection. I will skimp everywhere else, refuse to buy typical designer bags, and wear costume jewelry – but I will NOT skimp on jeans. They are art. That said, I’m equally picky about cleaning them. They do not go in washing machines. Ever. Unless they are stretch skinny. But for the top dogs it’s … Read More Jean Envy