day 3: A LETTER TO YOUR SIBLINGS

dear midgets, you two are the greatest thing our parents have given to me.

aja (left),

though we are 7 years apart, you are the only person on this planet who will never have to second guess knowing who i am. you have been there every step of the way with me. in your younger years, our relationship was a bit rough, but i couldn't think of anyone else i would want to spend those times with. i love those moments where we bug out for no reason at all. and when mommy yells at us for being too loud (and we get louder). i love all of our dances and inside jokes that no one else understands, even when we explain. i love that we can look at each other, not mutter one word and understand everything completely. VOGUE DOWN, LITTLE TRANNY!!

you are my world, kid.

-porsalin.

kierra (right),

we haven't been as close as i'd like us to be, but i love you as much as i would if we were that close. i've silently watched you grow over the years to be a foxy little mama. you are beautiful, intelligent, funny,talented, honest and one of the coolest people i know. i love when daddy is being over barring and we give each other the "look". i love that even though we don't see each other all of the time, when we are with each other, it's as though we have lived under the same roof for forever. trust me, little one, there will be more weekends, like this past one, to come (minus you and a'ja keeping me up until 5:30 laughing at absolutely NOTHING!) haha.

love you forever and ever,

porsalin

day one: A RECENT PHOTO OF YOU x 15 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF

i tend not to find the things that i do interesting; they are just a part of who i am. nah mean? but i will make effort to list 15.

1. i play the drums.

2. i plan on mastering the bass by the end of 2011.

3. i am in no way repulsed by my own vomit.

4. i am somewhat enticed by physical pain.

5. lauren london is the only woman who has the ability to steal my heart.

6. i have the ability to brush things that people would normally get all worked up about off of my shoulders.

7. i had locks from the time i was 4 until i was 17.

8.i cut my locks and discovered that i had curly hair, but after a couple of months i decided i wanted straight hair, but i didn’t a perm. so, i just straightened my hair all of the time. when i got to college, i realized that i didn’t like my hair straight all of the time and in fact did like it curly, but by then my hair had been damaged by heat. so, in order to get it back to it’s original texture, i had to cut 75% of my hair off. and i have now fallen in love with this short haircut. (that should have been more than one, but there are more IMPORTANT things i can focus on.)

9. i think my grandmother is the greatest person to walk this planet, after JESUS.

10. i usually don’t close my eyes during kissing (i like to be aware of my surroundings).

11. a lot of people’s first impression of me is that i am mean and/or awkwardly quiet (which, to an extent, is true). in reality, however, i am usually just analyzing the people around me in such depth that i can decide on the spot how our future encounters will be (if there will ever be future encounters).

12. i watched the entire TRUE BLOOD series in a week and some change.

13. i say “wussup, SUN!” instead of “wussup, SON!” (and i make it very clear that the spelling/meaning is different.)

14. i make myself priority over others (not out of selfishness, but one cannot properly interact with others without being “iight” themselves).

15. i HATE cheese and mushrooms!