HELP HAITI

Yesterday there was an Earthquake, measured at 7.0. with over 18 after shocks in a six hour period in my native country Haiti. There aren't enough words to express the multitude of this horrid natural disaster. I ask of you is your PRAYER and help in the meantime: The Following Organizations are here to serve in the reilief efforts of Haiti they have set up donation and update pages on their websites:

http://www.cidi.org/

http://www.interaction.org/

http://www.globalgiving.org/

PANAMERICANRELIEF.ORG

http://www.unicefusa.org/ or call 800-4UNICEF 800-4UNICEF

STATE.GOV or text 'HAITI' to '90999' a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill (U.S. State Department)

http://www.mercycorps.org/

http://www.redcross.org/

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

http://www.yele.org/ or text 'YELE' to '501501' and a donation will be made and charged to your cell phone bill

http://www.savethechildren.org/

http://www.directrelief.org/

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/

http://www.crs.org/

http://www.childfund.org/

http://www.worldvision.org/

http://www.carmafoundation.org/

The Intenational Red Cross



http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/haiti-news-130110

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RosieB...Inspired

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. [Trust me]

Happy New Year!

Name Five Albums that Shaped you & Why?

I stole this idea from Vegas who stole it from China on twitter,its a simple question but I took it and ran with it.Anyway these are my answers:


Put God first in all that you do and he shall see you through. This is by far one of the Best Gospel Albums I've ever heard in my life! Lyrics are everything.These melodies really are from heaven, no lie. Makes you reflect, makes you want to correct some things,makes you grateful. Say what you want to me about Kirk Franklin, but when he wants to get a message across, it gets done.

MAN! All I know is, I was 13 years old and felt like I had been on the biggest, most powerful,soulful, most enlightening emotional roller coaster ever! And I STILL feel that way when I hear this Album.It's as timeless as the artist her self.

After mispronouncing his name several times while reading all his credits on everything Rocafella, I anticipated and fell into this album easily. Not only because every beat was contagious and excitingly atypical, but because this guy was talking about dropping out of college, overcoming adversity (the car crash we never stop hearing about)following his heart, taking chances. He was stepping outside the box and making a home there for himself-I loved it. As corny as it sounds his story always reminds me of just how far being comfortable with yourself can take you.

The talent. The singing. The rapping. The heartache. The love. The regret. The anger. The pain.The experience.Before I even fell in love I knew what it could do to me. Can't say she didn't warn us, right? this album is THE TRUTH.

When the Streets Is Watching movie came out I was listening to this(on the Low cus I wasn't aloud,and way too young for both the movie& album LOL)and I really understood where this guy Jay-Z was coming from, not because we had similar experiences, but because he painted a picture so vivid I felt like a piece of the art work myself.All I did that Summer was make rap tapes for my Walkman from my older brother's CD collection. In doing so, I got open- went back listened to the first one,AGAIN, and became a serious believer what I like to call "The Hov'ery"- when he said "they didn't really appreciate it til the Second one came out" he was talking about me [Hov voice] HA-HA:-/