— Je vous manque… beaucoup.

This past week has been a slow down of activity on here, as well as the regular scheduling of my life. After my last day of retail politics and bullsh*t, I celebrated the New Year, then set up my auto-mated email response of, “I’m M.I.A. finding my new focus for this coming year”. With 5 dollars to my name, I spent my week relishing in the pages of The Lost Diary of Don Juan (Great read!), and attending yoga classes at the Yoga Sanctuary in my hood. Solo and roomie tea parties happened on a regular basis, as well as nightly movies and philosophy discussions. I’ve been living in my flannel pajamas and new cushiony booties as my house slippers. A different portion of my room has been tackled by the vacuum and swiffer everyday, and I must say… organization has never felt this good!

School re-commences in two days and I couldn’t be more excited to get back on the school grind. Looking at my course load and what I hope to accomplish this coming semester, I decided that I’d bite the bullet and take on a 6th course. 2010 was really about Hustling Hard, and that I did… with the launch of this new site, and all that came along with it, I’m proud of everything that’s become of Lovehard. I do, however… have felt a lack of motivation, probably because I feel like my skill set has stagnated, and I haven’t had a desire to enhance it. My course load this semester includes some really sick classes which I think will teach me new things and push those boundaries, and perhaps even re-inspire me. The Hustle never stops, but this time around will be about honing in on my skills and growing. With that being said, I think I’m going to take it easy and have to cut back on the social (but still business) calendar, especially taking on so many outside projects, and really work on improving.

To the lair I go, training music as my cue, and when I re-surface, I’ll have a lot more to show for it….

— Give your Love where it is due, to those who dare receive it and return it graciously back. And if not willing or capable to receive it, save that Love for Yourself. You need it more than anyone else in the world.

— Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

— Can it be Friday already?? THANKS.

[The Beetles and Tater aka The Granby Girls]

No overpriced cover charges. No excessive skanking out or waiting in lines for the door, for a drink, OR for a cab. Everyone came as they were, spirits merry and ready to ring in a New Year. There just isn’t any snazzy party in the world that can compare to a really intimate house jam. Thanks to the friends and famz that rolled through and celebrated with us. My only regrets were missing the countdown while running up my stairs… and making those damn jello shooters too strong. Lol!

I wish I took a lot more pics, especially of everyone who ended up coming through, but truthfully, by midnight we were all feelin’ a little bit craaazyy. Lol. Here are some of the flicks of that night: