Baby Fever!?

Trust me I am not trying to have kids at all right now but baby fever can be so real at times. I love kids and of course I would like to have them later on. It’s just something about seeing and interacting with a newborn baby that gives me baby fever! My friends have even told me that they have caught baby fever before. Maybe we are all just weird and probably should not be catching baby fever. Babies are just so cute and cuddly! I have a niece and a nephew and maybe that why I also catch baby fever sometimes.

How could you not feel some type of emotion from looking at this cutie right here!?

I thought that baby fever was just an emotion that women get but apparently men get it too. I think the cuteness of a baby is what overwhelms us and causes us to get this “baby fever”. Is there a certain age for baby fever? Are we too young to get baby fever? Ladies, have you all ever caught baby fever? Men, have you? I have just always wondered are any other college students catching baby fever at times like I do. I am sure that anyone who has a Pinterest could testify to catching baby fever sometime too.

Baby fever is just an emotion that comes and goes throughout the year. Reminders like these pictures above are also a good reason to just tell ourselves that a baby is not what we really want right now. 

Does anyone else get baby fever sometimes?

What do you all think about baby fever?

Why Tupac is was better than Biggie

There has been controversial talk on these two rap gods ever since the 90s and today in recent times, the debate as just as alive as it was back then. I will start by saying I am a bigger fan of Tupac than Biggie. In my opinion, Tupac had more real life scenarios in his rhymes while Biggie was just more of a lyricist. Both of the rappers made great music though.


In Tupac's music he rapped in a sense that could touch the listener, he made you want to listen to what he had to say next. Tupac talked about his struggle and the struggle of many black people of his time.Reasons Tupac was better than Biggie
What do you all think?http://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/tupac-better-than-biggie

Do You Think Policing is a Good Career to be in right now?

Today, a Virginia state trooper and gunman are dead after a shootout at a Greyhound bus terminal in Richmond Thursday that wounded two others, state police said. Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Steven Flaherty said Trooper Chad Dermyer, 37, was shot multiple times near the restrooms of the building. Dermyer was dressed in a fatigue-style uniform and was not wearing a protective vest. Flaherty said investigators don't know what sparked the shooting. Dermyer had been participating with about a dozen other troopers in a training exercise at the bus station when a brief encounter with the gunman quickly turned violent, he said.

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Just to think that at any time in this job someone could just decide to pull the trigger before you retain their weapon is frightening.

Do you guys think this career is safe with all of the police controversy going on today? Would you aspire to be a police officer? Why or why not? Why do you believe some people have began to dislike police?

Common Weight Lifting Mistakes

Weight lifting is very commonly performed wrong by many people across the world. No one will be perfect with the exercise but there are ways to better yourself with it. The mistakes that are usually made involves: overtraining, cheating, and lifting too heavy too soon to name a few.


First off there is overtraining, in my opinion this is the most common mistake. Sometimes people want to see results instantly so they go to the gym and workout too often and too long. For results to show you have to take rest days for the muscles to rebuild.


Next up is cheating, it isn't the type of cheating that usually comes to mind though. This type  of cheating is done by doing reps or lifting the wrong way. When you do any type of exercise it is important to perform the exercise correctly. For example when bench pressing, you shouldn't have the bar bounce off of your chest, instead it should slightly touch your chest, I see this exercise performed incorrectly daily.


Finally one of the biggest mistakes is to lift too heavy too early. When lifting, you have to work your way up to heavy weight by to training your muscles by consistently lifting lower weights with high reps. So don't jump in head first with weight lifting it could lead to injury in severe cases.


Does anyone know any other common weight lifting mistakes? If so feel free to share!

Sausage Party (Warning: Mild Language)



When I first watched this trailer for this movie, I thought it would be just like any other cute, animated, kid friendly movie for children. This movie is actually far from that! It is definitely targeting the older audience. I have to say that I am extremely excited about this movie! I think this will be hilarious. I would love to see how the food is going to save all the other food items that are at the store anxiously waiting to be picked up and taken home. My favorite part of the trailer is when the baby carrots were trying to escape and the women turns around and saves them from falling. She begins to eat them and the sausage says, "They're eating children, ******* children!” This is a different type of movie and I think that is why I am so excited to see this. I wonder where the concept for this movie actually came from. What made them come up with this idea for a movie?

This movie actually reminds me of a movie called The Ant Bully. It was about a boy who always messed up ant hills until one day he became an ant and was just as small as they were. He was able to learn what the ants went through and all the hard work that came with building an ant hill. It gave us the perspective of an ant. This movie is almost the same except it is giving us the perspective of food.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are going to make a lot of money off of this movie. The movie is rated R and the release date is supposed to be August 12, 2016. I hope you all enjoyed this movie trailer as much as I did! Let me know what you think about it!

Did Kehlani Cheat on Kyrie Irving?

Kehlani Parrish, better known as Kehlani, is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Recently, she has been dating the NBA star, Kyrie Irving. However, Kehlani has been ‘exposed’ on social media by her ex, Partynextdoor, through a photograph of her in bed with him. Partynextdoor captioned the post “After all her shenanigans, still got the R&B singer back in my bed.” As soon as the world saw this, Kehlani’s name was ran through the dirt as she was scrutinized for cheating on a star basketball player. As a result, she deactivated her Instagram and Twitter, as she most definitely felt embarrassed and hurt by all of the remarks. Kehlani was hospitalized on March 28,2016 after attempting to commit suicide over this situation. She later reactivated her Instagram and posted a picture of her arm with an IV in it, captioned “Today I wanted to leave this earth.” She had no desire to see tomorrow, but she stated that God kept her for a reason, and for that she is grateful. Following that post was another of Partynextdoor, which had a comment thanking him because he saved her life. Many wonder how he could have saved her life if his post led to her being in the hospital, but again, after this, she deleted her account once more, along with all posts.

Kyrie Irving has yet to respond to the craziness, until yesterday. He claimed that Kehlani did not cheat on him with the musician Partynextdoor because they were no longer together. It was all a misinterpretation. Although Kehlani told the press she was still romantically involved with Kyrie in January, and she also posted a Valentine’s day post with him, while he posted a picture of them as a happy couple two weeks prior to this incident, she is sticking to her story that she and Kyrie were broken up when she got back with Partynextdoor.

On a side note, Chris Brown had an opinion on the issue because Kyrie is a close friend of his. He stated that Kehlani is doing it all for attention. However, Kehlani says it is not for attention. She is following her heart by being with the man she loves, Partynextdoor, but the rumors and blogs led her to want to breathe her last breath.

Do you guys believe the story that Kehlani did not cheat? Or do you think Kyrie is trying to save his image as a star basketball player and help Kehlani keep her good name by going along with it? At the end of the day, Kehlani is a 20 year old woman who will go through relationship issues, but due to the fact that she is a celebrity, her life is always going to be there for the public to read about and comment on. Is the world being too hard on her?

Transgenger using bathrooms

A question that has escalated way to far is should transgender Americans always be allowed to use the restrooms where they feel the most comfortable? And is it discrimination when they’re forced to do otherwise? In the Jim Crow era, bathrooms—alongside drinking fountains and lunch counters—were spots that may be set apart with "white only" signs. The restroom has additionally been a battleground for ladies and debilitated specialists battling for equivalent treatment in the work environment. On account of the way of things individuals do in the restroom, it can be a space where they feel revealed or powerless and in this way oppose change. Transgender students have reported being told that they needed to use a unisex nurse’s office or staff restroom—missing out on class time, being teased and feeling “isolated.” More than a quarter of transgender adults say they’ve been denied access to “gender-appropriate facilities.” In a study from UCLA’s Williams Institute, nearly 70% of transgender people said they had experienced verbal harassment in a situation involving gender-segregated bathrooms, while nearly 10% reported physical assault. Transgender people will often seek out unisex bathrooms to avoid conflict that makes them feel like they don’t belong in one space or the other. However, what’s in your pants does not define what type of person you are. We do not go into a bathroom to see people private areas. We go in there to handle business such as using it for looking at yourself. For guys when you go in the bathroom and you see another guy using it, you do not stand there and look at them. If a person feels like a girl on the inside, but looks like a boy on the outside, they should be able to use the bathroom in which ever on they like. You do not go to the bathroom to walk around naked, have sex or do anything else. You go there to use the bathroom. You are behind a stall. No one sees you, you don't see anyone. People tend to realize that before this law came about individuals have been going into the wrong bathrooms. Not just to use it but to do other things. It was one incident when I was in school and a boy went into the girl’s bathroom and took pictures of her while she was using it. Once they found out about it he did get in trouble. So I feel as if we should not make it a huge deal because at the end of the day people are going to do what they want. But how do you guys feel about the situation. 

Child Development


I was inspired to talk about child development in the adolescence age because of the different stages that kids experience. It really provides different eras of growth as they move from infants to young adults.  There are several different stages of a child’s life.  I will be sharing the life of an infant. Throughout the stages of life, research has shown that the beginning process is formed from the brain and is based upon the naturalness of life.  Nonetheless, natural surroundings and interactions with others can play a major role in the developmental process.  As I reflect on the two words, phase and time, it helped me to understand the differences between the two. For example, the purpose of using phases is for the connection of ages; and the term time, describes the stages for the developmental process.  These processes cause children to grow differently.  For example, the bodily, logical, dialectal, and common emotion can vary from each individual.  I think this will help parents understand what may or may not happen in a child’s life. 

The childhood process can help with essential care, inspiration, and interventions that allows a child to develop through each stage as simply and positively imaginable, built on each child’s exclusive established characteristics and likes. Think about this for a moment, when a baby is born it takes time for the parents to get to know the behavior of that child. It can possibly be frustrating and difficult to understand the child. If the parent understands the different levels of their life, then the process may not be so overwhelming. Getting to know and bonding with the child will help them create a relationship  with their parents.The novelty will permit parents to investigate their tyke. Once more, youngsters are extraordinarily made and planned in an unexpected way. In the event that parents welcome that uniqueness, it will offer a smoother life process for a family. 

 The most invigorating part for child development, is the beginning advancement; for instance, holding their own particular container, inching, and walking. How stimulating it is for a parent to experience that. In any case, a couple children may not create at the run of that stage cycle. Be that as it may, a few kids may not develop at the typical stage cycle. When a child takes their first steps on his or her own, a new phase begins. During this time children are becoming more independent and want to venture out by themselves. For instance, crawling and walking around for babies is like exploring a whole new world. The next step in child development is them discovering that their mouth is not just for eating. They realize that sounds develop into words.  For example, language development takes major leaps which leads to learning the names of objects of interest, the ability to ask for things, and responding with a yes or no is a form of independent nature development.  Children experience so much without even realizing it and I wanted to share with you the importance of their stages of life.  If parents are aware of this process, it will allow them to have a happy life with their child!

Health and Fitness for busy people.

I know it is hard trying to fit everything you want to do in one day with everything that you have going on already. You want to play superwoman/superman so bad, but know that all you are going to do is stress yourself out more and more.

But it is possible to stay fit and healthy while maintaining a busy schedule!

For starters, if you have early classes, you definitely want to get some breakfast, but to be able to make it to the cafe on time, you have to get up early. That means going to sleep earlier, too. If you have a shift that ends past 10, then that's another story, but it's possible. If you can, make a trip to the grocery store and get healthy things that will last a week or two. Some examples would be, cereal and milk, yogurts, heat-up waffles/pancakes, oatmeal, and there are plenty more healthy choices out there. For lunch and dinner choices, I know the cafe food and simply-to-go isn't all that great, but I can asure you that it is 10x healthier than eating out every single day. Make smart choices about what is going into your body.

Secondly, I know taking the shuttle seems like the easy route, but again, if you go to sleep early, you can wake up early and that means having time to walk to class. That's a good, brisk walk to and from where you need to go. Try to walk everywhere that you need to that's around campus and reasonable. Also, in the ACB for example, try to take the stairs. If you have free time before and after you're done with everything, why not hit the gym if you can. Try to go as much as possible; you'll thank yourself later!

Third, Rack up on water bottles. Water is very good for you and way better than putting sodas and juices into your body. Even if you can buy your own reusable water bottle and just fill it up with the water fountains, that would work, too. It's everyone's own opinion as to if they like the tap water, but everyone's preference is different. Just stay hydrated! Ladies, carry a spare water bottle in your purses. Saves you money and the urge to drink something you should not be.

Lastly, Rest up! Getting a good night's rest is a great way to keep your mind sharp, your brain functions working properly, and your body at homeostasis. You want to make sure you aren't over-doing yourself and giving your body the rest it needs to be ready for the next day!

So, what other tips do you have about staying fit and healthy while on campus? And what are some things that you do already?

The Life of Pablo: My Personal Opinion

Unless you’re over the age of 30, or living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard, or at least heard of, Kanye West’s new album, The Life of Pablo. Which was originally called So Help Me God, before that, Waves, and before that, Swish. These frequent name changes were just one of the many tactics used to create massive hype surrounding this album. I was one of the people consumed in the hype. As a matter a fact before the albums release one of my friends asked me “Tj, what if this album isn’t even that good.” In which I replied, “That’s literally impossible.” With all of this being said, when I finally sunk my teeth into this album, I was left not completely full.

                  When I heard the first song “Ultra Light Beam,” I was extremely excited to hear the rest of the album with the extravagant harmonious choir background singing for Kanye as it builds up as the song goes along. But then the second song came along, and I knew I was in trouble. The song Father Stretch my Hands Pt. 1” started off with the build up of MetroBoomin’s phenomenal beat and rapper Future’s infamous saying “If young Metro don’t trust you,” which was sadly, most people’s favorite part of the song. After this, Kanye opens up the song with an extremely weak line that is in excusable, “Now if I f*ck this model, And she just bleached her a**hole, And I get bleach on my T-shirt, Imma feel like an a**hole.” That has to be one of the most laughable Kanye West lines that I’ve ever heard. The next song “Pt. 2,” sounds like a weak attempt at trying to emulate Future and Drake’s album “What a Time to be Alive,” as unknown rapper, Designer, makes an appearance on the song who sounds almost exactly like Future.

Now don’t get me wrong, this album did have some good songs, such as 30 hours, No More Parties in L.A., Real Friends, Feedback, Wolves, FML, and I even liked Freestyle 4. , There were also songs that I dislike, such as Highlights, Famous, and especially Pt. 2 just do not go together. An album is supposed to have a specific theme, or set of ideas. With the exception that theme of the album is to purposely just be a mess, it’s not a good album to me.

Another issue I have with this album is the filler. Skits such as silver surfer, low lights, and the second half of 30 hours could’ve easily been cut from this album

After reading this, you all will probably think that I’m one of those people who hate Kanye and everything about him. This is not the case, in fact I am a huge fan of all of Kanye’s album, I even though Yeezus was descent. I even admire snobbish and cocky personality as well as his fashion sense. It’s just that for all of the hype surround this album, I thought it was going to be as genius as albums he’s done in the past which is basically before and including My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

If I had to give this album a score, I’d give it a 6/10. This album contains good songs, but that just do not go together and sound under developed almost.

What did you think about this album?

Also, don’t be afraid to tell me how stupid this review is, how I’m dead wrong, and how Kanye is a God who can do no wrong.

The Beginning Music Career of A$AP Rocky

A$AP Rocky was part of a hip hop group that was established in Harlem NY in 2007 called the A$AP Mob. The acronym 'Always Strive and Prosper' is what distinguishes them as being apart of the  group. In 2011, His E.P. on YouTube 'Deep Purple' was released and that is what got his name out. Shorty after, his single 'Peso' was leaked and was all over Hot 97 New York radio station as well as getting on the charts of the US R&B.  Rocky was getting noticed by different record labels after showing his music video for the track 'Purple Swag' and soon released his 'Live. Love. ASAP' mixtape which landed him a record deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. Later on in the year, he was nominated for the BBC's annual 'Sound of 2012' poll. In 2012, he opened for Drake on his Club Paradise Tour alongside Kendrick Lamar. He later also performed at Pitchfork Music Festival. In that same year, his homeboy and A$AP Mob group member A$AP Twelvyy was accused by Rocky's former collaboration partner SpaceGhostPurrp (a member from the group Raider Klan) for attacking another member of  Raider Klan's Matt Stoops and Space with a YouTube video showing he was cutting off any ties with the A$AP collective. He was later on alleged to be copying the Raider's style of music and taking a few of their lyrics.  In September, he made a guest appearance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards during Rihanna's performance. He released his debut album 'Long. Live. ASAP' in 2013. The album reached number 1 on all the US Album chart as well as the R&B and Rap charts and even the UK R&B chart.

Do you like ASAP Rocky?

What do you think will help advance his music career?

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Loyalty: Does it Still Exist in Modern Relationships?

                                                                                                                                                                        The modern romantic relationship is considered by many to be fickle and loyalty is believed to be

almost non-existent. If you were to go on Twitter right now(follow me @lordparker_ ) you are bound to see some broken heart or lonley individual complaining on how people of the opisite gender are are below that of fecal matter. In fact if you take a look at society as a whole, divore rates have gone up in recent years, being much higher than any other point in history. Why is this?  Well first we must tackle the dificult topic of loyalty. 

     Loyalty is defined by Webster's dictonary as "a strong feeling of support or allegiance.", with this taken into consideration, we must also ask what makes someone loyal. Society will tell you that a ficle woman is only loyal to her man because of his income; however it can also be said that even a "good woman" would also take such matters into consideration. Marriage, as well as any romantic relationship, is as much mental and physical as it is financial. If a man, or woman, in a relationship is completely providing for their signifact other, without any sort of finincial assistance, then the relationhip is bound to fail. The foundation is weak, and from the begining,  it is already on its way to demise. 

    Assuming that money is not an issue, what else makes people cheat? Superstar Basketball player Kyrie Irving recently had his girlfriend, singer and songwriter Kehlani,  stolen by singer and songwriterPARTYUPTHESTREET. Not only is Irving worth over $15 million, to PND's $1 million; Kehlani is not struggling to pay the bills herself. So the big buzz at the moment is why Kehlani would leave good-guy Kyrie, for broke-boy/bad-boy PND? 

Does loyalty still exist?

Do people every have a good reason to cheat?

Will Lebron leave Kyrie too? 

Please leave your thoughts and oponions below.