Southerm Girl??

What does it mean to be Southern?  Do you have to be born in the South? Or just raised there?  I was not born here but I was definitely raised in South Carolina.  However,  I do not consider myself a "Southern Girl" and nor do I ever want to be seen as such.  The typical southern belle is a conservative pearl wearing girl whose whose lifetime aspiration is to get married and have babies. It saddens me to see that though it is the year 2010 many girls still do not wish to have a career or life of their own.

I don't know if I agree...

 

I'd also like to talk about the south in general.  People always say the southerners are the friendliest people in the world and it is usually referred to as Southern Hospitality.  However I sometimes wonder if this so called Southern Hospitality can better be called Southern Fakery.   People in the south tend to smile in your face and appear to be the kindest most gentlest human beings alive but as soon as you turn your back the nasty comments come flying.

I do say ya'll alot and love sweet tea, so does that make me southern? I hope not!

"The simplistic beauty that all of those southerners have" -Drake

BARBIE

     Whenever I see the image of a barbie or even just hear the word I think of many things some of them pleasant, others not so much. The unpleasant things that come to mind include my own peers here at USC who seem to be striving to attain Barbie status. Barbies though dressed in different outfits look pretty the same, which is how I see the majority of girls at USC. It doesn't make sense that so many girls here try so hard just look like the person standing next to them.  Well I guess I do understand it because as a bi-racial girl I tried for many years to look like everyone else but currently I'm"transitioning from fitting in to standing out" -Drake 

     Barbie also obviously reminds me of my childhood and I still have vivid memories of cutting her hair and dressing her up up in wacky outfits. Though I had fun playing with her, Barbie contributed greatly to the identity crisis I experienced growing up. Because the blond haired blue eyed doll that served as the definition as beauty contrasted sharply with my thick curly brown hair and brown skin., I felt self conscious about my looks up until I entered High School.
     Oddly enough Barbie also reminds me of Drake.  Drake's label Young Money includes a female rapper named Nicki Minaj who is featured on many of Drake's songs.  She calls herself Barbie and has undergone many plastic surgeries in hopes of looking more like her.  Drake is always rumored to be dating her because of their close relationship and many of the lyrics in his songs that would easily make think they are more than friends."I love Nicki Minaj I told her I admit it, hope one day we get married to say we f#!*in did it" -Drake

A balancing act

   

  The word balancing got me thinking.  People always say that things are best in moderation, meaning we must learn to balance things within our lives. Then I also remembered that my astrological sign as well as Drake's happens to be Libra. The sign of the Libra is coincidentally illustrated through the use of the scale.

I find it funny that Libras are described as having a secret desire to live an easy uncomplicated life because for me nothing could be more true.  I always say I am a person who strives to make everything in life convenient. I work tirelessly to balance things in my life so that everything runs as close to perfect as possible.  For example recently I spent hours upon hours on my schedule for the spring semester so that my classes would all be in same general vicinity and back to back, I wanted my semester to be easy and uncomplicated.  Many call me lazy but I like to look at it like this: why exhaust more effort than need be?

I'm not one to follow my zodiac sign but I did find it eerie that my horoscope for today was dead on. People always say that horoscopes are written in such a manner that no matter what any sign could fit any person's life at any given time. The assumption is that they say general and ubiquitous things like; today you will encounter a problem....hahahaha  However I read the horoscopes for the other 11 signs and none of them came close to fitting me as perfectly as my own sign did. The Libra's horoscope for today reads:

"Even if you don’t have secrets, when you keep your thoughts to yourself it can seem like you are hiding something. Further discussions about your future are due to take place. Tighten the purse strings, it’s time to consolidate. "

Just today my family not so jokingly accused me of having a secret life  because I don't talk to them as much as I used to. I guess in the future I do need to "consolidate" with my family more.

      The two things I must balance on a daily basis are school and my own happiness while Drake must balance fame and normalcy. "Fame is like a drug I've taken too much of" -Drake

And just like real drugs it is so easy to get hooked on an impossible to quit, which is why Drake fears fame so much. Its a recurring theme/fear in his songs is that he will get caught up in the superficial life and lose sight of humble roots. He fears mostly that he will never find a mate that will love him for who he is rather than just Drake, the record breaking rapper, we hear blasting on the radio.

"Bein part of this life I feel like I'm bound to end up with somebody that's been with everybody" -Drake

"I fall in love with girls caught up in superficial glamour" -Drake

When I say I must balance school and being happy I basically mean that school for the most part is the sole source of any unhappiness.  I want to do well and  get good grades but at the same time I still want to have a social life and not spend eternity studying and writing papers.