Malcolm Shabazz, Grandson of Malcolm X, Murdered in Mexico

Source: Google Images

Source: Google Images

Malcolm Shabazz was visiting Mexico to meet with the leader of an activist group and was supposedly the victim of an attempted robbery when he was killed.  The details surrounding his murder have not been released and attempts to reach Mexican officials have turned up unsuccessful.  To read the full story on NBC News, click the link below.

NBC News Full Article on Shabazz Murder

What Have My 30’s Taught Me So Far?

Let’s see, how can I explain this?  I feel as if there has been a secret society this whole time and I just got invited to join.  It’s as if a weird sense of enlightenment has come over me.  I have more drive, more clarity and more guts!  Dreams that I have always looked at as far into my future, are closer than ever before and I can taste a change coming.  I look around and see so many people living a day to day routine, just like a robot and I find myself silently screaming at them like, “WAKE UP! DON’T YOU REALIZE HOW BORING YOUR LIFE IS?!”

Furthermore, I see sprinkles of other people around me who are getting the same itch to scream at the robots.  I’m uncertain of what’s specifically happening, but it’s true what they say about how everything changes in your 30’s.  If you jumped from your 20’s to your 30’s and felt nothing, I’m almost convinced that you’re missing a queue.  Maybe a big life change needs to happen in order for you to jump out of your monotony.

Jodi Arias Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder of Ex-Boyfriend!

An Arizona jury has found Jodi Arias guilty of the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.  She was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting him, then tossing the murder weapon.  Arias claims the murder was in self defense, but the jury believed otherwise.  She will now stand trial again, to determine if the murder was premeditated; she could face the death penalty.  See below for the video of the guilty verdict being delivered.

*New Music* Tamar Braxton “The One”

tamar-the-oneBeing as though Juicy is one of my favorite Biggie tracks, I’m not sure if I can handle another remix to the original Mtume song.  However, Tamar is trying her hand.  I’m not sure how I feel about it, only because “Love and War” has become one of my favorite songs of the year and she pretty much has to outdo herself.  Let me know what you think!

Dreaming…

I’m at a pivotal place in my life right now. How do I know? I can feel it. Everything that I had known to be a custom, a habit and a trademark is beginning to take on a new form. The people around me are changing, friendships are becoming more dynamic and honest, daily habits have become boring.  I’ve been here before, remember? I explained everything to you guys in my post, “One Day I Woke Up & Was Bored With Life!” and I expressed how I felt like I needed to make a change.  Well, here I am again.  Learning that life is unpredictable. We can plan, but no matter what, there is always a higher power that has the last say. I haven’t been taking this sudden change too well, to say the least. I could feel the stress in my shoulders and I literally had knots up and down my back. Abruptly, the things that I had known and built a routine around, suddenly altered and I wasn’t sure what to do.  Even as I write this, I’m still uncertain of what my next steps will be, but I am in a position to not just dream…I have the chance to start living.