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Thursday June 25, 2009

 It was a day I will never forget. In fact, it was a day the whole world never forgot.  It was so shocking that the internet crashed. On that day, Farrah Fawcett died after her battle with cancer. But nothing prepared me for the shock I was going to happen in for a few hours later. My mom was picking me up from the university library when she told me that Michael Jackson had a heart attack. At first, I thought it was a rumor since there were a lot of rumors about him anyway. By the time we got home, I turned on the TV and saw the horrible news. I remember dropping the remote control. My sister called and thought I was having a nervous breakdown. I remember going to the local mall that Saturday hearing his music in the hall and in some stores. FYE ran out of Michael Jackson's and his family's music. That Sunday was when the 2009 BET Awards were happening they had to switch things to focus on Michael Jackson. It's been 15 years since I got one of the biggest shocks of my life

Black History in the Making: Carlos Hurd

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 First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy Black History Month! I would to discuss this artist who is Black History in making. You really need to see his check out this artist I want to discuss is Carlos Hurd. I first met Carlos when I was a Sophomore at W.P. Davidson High School after transferring from Murphy High School. The first image above is from when we went to Six Flags Over Georgia during our sophomore year in high school. Come to think of it, it was probably the first time I met him.  He left me some encouraging messages on my scrapbook and yearbook during during our senior year of high school as well. After we graduated from high school on May 16, 2005, Carlos went on to study art and psychology at Auburn University, Spring Hill College and University of South Alabama.  The subject matter for his artwork includes African American life, animal life, celebrities, Hispanic Life and Native American life. Carlos' artwork range from drawings, mixed media, painting, ph

New Year, New Blog

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https://www.instagram.com/aje_precious/  First of all, I would like you wish you you all a happy 2023. Now to you the issue at hand. I'm sorry I have not posted much but I'm willing to change that. Let me tell what I have up to lately. I have been very busy working a some freelancing projects for some clients that included product testing and writing reviews. I have also working with someone who is marketing and promoting two of my following self-published books: The Eclectic Mind of Vee and Free To Be Vee . Both of these books are available on ebook and paperback format and hope two do these books in an audio book format as well.  Check out  My Logo  to my personal, creative brand with has been made possible by Ajeleti Precious Gideon  of Precious Digital Marketing Agency . I hope to do more blog posts for now on.

Free To Be Vee

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I have great news! My second, self-published, Free To Be Vee book is finally here! It took me a while to write this book, what happened to me in previous post  and my mom editing and making corrections. It is now available on Amazon and I hope to put it out on other outlets. After all of the hard work I did on KDP , I am so relived to finally have this book released. I might do an audiobook version this book as well as my debut book, The Eclectic Mind of Vee . Happy Reading!  

What I Have Been Through

 You all would not believe what I have during the last time I have posted. It all start sometime around late March. I wake up in felt pain in my right calf. The next day, the pain moved to my knee and I had trouble lifting it all the way. The pain so excruciating as I tried to sit in the bathtub.  My mom took me to urgent and the nurses put me in a wheelchair. The doctor diagnosed me with have a knee sprain. However, I wasn't able to get on the urgent care's x-ray machine because of my size. So she referred me  to an orthopedic doctor and an appointment for Monday afternoon. My knee felt like it locked up on me as I was getting a pedicure that weekend. After my mom went to work on that Monday morning, the pain spread to my knee, calf and foot. The pain was so excruciating I could not wait for 3:00 pm set for that afternoon. A nurse from urgent care called for a follow-up. She distracted with questions as I waited for an ambulance. The EMTs wrapped a bandage on my injured area a

Fried Chicken and Watermelon

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  First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy Black History Month. There two foods are that have been well known in the black community. Those foods just happened to be fried chicken and watermelon. Whenever you think of these foods, people would think stereotypes of black people. But believe it or not, fried chicken and watermelon has a very interesting history. A history I was surprised to learn about. Fried chicken as a word was first used in 19th century America. However, this food has Scottish and West African origins. The Scottish used cooking technique of called frittering which meant that poultry was coated batter or flour and deep fried in lard. Many peoples of West Africa cooked their chicken palm oil but unlike the Scottish they seasoned their poultry highly. The slavery trade in the American South. African slaves were allowed to raise their own chicken and fried them on special occasions. Both of the cooking techniques from the Scottish and West Africans we used in c

New Year, New Things

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 First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays. The year 2022 will bring new things from me. My new book, Free to  Be Vee , will be released in the coming year. I might to my very first viral poetry show. I also want get my health together as well and take some acting classes. It has been an eventful year for all of us. Anyway, Happy New Year to you all and see you next year!