MYST BODY 2011:Breakfast bite

Hey lovelies just dropping in with a note on what I had for breakfast today. I had a sandwich made with 2 slices of granary bread one was covered with a little light Philadelphia cream cheese ( yes I eat light cream cheese..........lol ) 2 thin slices of ham, and 4 ..................wait for it  raw spinach leaves. Yes I as looking for a new healthy snack me tired eat oats jack. lol It tastes really good ( I say tastes because I am still in the process of eating, with 2 bites left. :). To finish it  off I have a big cup of Ovaltine. England is cold don't judge me, lol  For those of you who are not pork eaters I suggest you still try this combo with turkey slices or a grilled cheese sandwich.The spinach leaves with a lil dash of chilli powder really wakes up the sandwich.

As usual I will have 2 cod liver oil tablets and a vitamin c tablet afterwards

Autumn House happenings: It's a beautiful day.

It's a beautiful dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy the sun is shining brightly, it's a beautiful day. The sun is out, the day is warm, the lord has blessed me this day. I have love in my life and joy in my heart.  Have a great day to all my bloggies.

MYST BODY 2011: #5

Today was a good day, yesterday was what I call a different day I was informed of some revelations but that is neither here nor there. The jog was good I did two laps and then power walked the third. I find that I am now getting into a sort of rhythm which is great because it is getting colder and colder.  I want the concept of jogging everyday to be fully ingrained in my system by the time the really cold weather hits. 

Todays breakfast consisted of  whole milk and honey nut cheerios ( yea so what), a single kiwi and a glass of water, two cod liver oil tablets and a vit c dis-solvable tablet  along with a single cup of green and black mixed tea. 

MYST BODY 2011: #4

Today was a sess (pronounched sesh, short for session) I went to church first, then went jogging. For some reason my phone has not been alarming at 7am when it is supposed too. This kinda distresses me because I had thought I was sleeping through my alarm so I have been a few minutes late for lectures and seminars this week (the life of an Economist.) The Jog was great I really feel that I have turned the tide, my breathing was alot better than yesterday and I didn't feel like gosh I want to drop down dead. My cool down was great also. I didn't stretch before starting the jog because I had walked to church and walked back, so I though that was a sufficient enough warm up for my legs. Please remember that I am a university student so though I am going to be jogging most days I might not post about the jogs everyday, I will however post as many times as I can. Sometimes I do go through drought periods where I don't want to write about anything. 

Todays breakfast consisted of (communion bread) ....lol that was a joke. On the real breakfast was 3 heaping cereal spoons of Yeo Valley Organic strawberry natural yogurt ( aka no sugar) mixed with 2 heaping cereal spoons of raw oats, a glass of orange, mango and passion fruit smoothie, a glass of orange juice, and 2 cod liver oil tablets. 

MYST BODY 2011: #3

Well it's the weekend and though my roomie said its a rest day. I went Jogging anyway. I really want to catch onto this jogging thing seriously, so I can maintain it. So off I went in my pink tracksuit..........(don'tjudgeme) for my 15 minute run. It wasn't all bad, the sky is over cast so its just dreary mostly. I tried to recruit a few friends but they aren't interested to its only me. It amazes me sometimes the amount of people who want to get fit, but do not put in any effort at all. Breakfast one slice of granary bread aka bird seed, one glass of orange mango and passion fruit smoothie to wash it down, and 2 cod liver oil tablets.

Autumn House happenings: I don't wanna be anything other

I love tv No you don't understand I love tv. I have watched every  episode of law and order svu, Csi, Csi: Miami, Csi: new york, Greys anatomy, Private Practive The OC, One tree hill, Gossip girl, Drop dead diva, Americas next top model, Hells kitchen, Hells kitchen uk, Top chef, Top chef masters, Top chef just deserts kendra, Hawthorne. Brothers and sisters,  and I am most proud of the fact that one weekend this summer When I was sufferin from chronic food poisoning I watched every episode of sex and the city in chronological order. It was a sess  ( short for session). Come on who hasn't riden the wave of blair and chuck's up and down relationship, Serenas indecisiveness who does she want nate or dan, egged Elliot stabler on when some perp has commited a heinous crime,  waited in anticipation for Grissom to come up with some weird scientific anomaly which catched the bad guy, come on peyton and brooke  friends today gone tomorrow ( not to mention sophia bush was actually married to chad micheal murray, until he cheated on her with paris hilton, she is currently dating Julian and has been for like 5 years). and I mean there is no one that can create the kinda of neurosis that meridith and christina  come up with. Best greys anantomy scene everrrrrrrrrrr is the episode where christina lost the baby and burke climed in the bed and help her and she started crying,  it touched my heart.  Carries on again off again relationship with big? Charlottes quest to be the most perfect women ( she had alot of hoochie in her too you know samantha wasn't the only one), but she did show us the masses that you do need to look un the places you dont normally look because there is where love might be lurcking.
And the boys of the shows eddie cahill, hill harper, ben makenzie, chad micheal murray, taye diggs, dr shepard aka macdreamy, dr sloan aka macsteamy , nate, dan, chuck, carter baisen, mr big, Troy, and HARRY from sex n the city. Why harry because harry is a man a 5 on the man scale to most of us but a 7 because he is employed and rich and we wont take away one point for his looks. But  harry is a man who will  love you so completely you will never have to doubt that on his scale you come in at 100 everytime.

The whole point of this post is one of my favourite songs ever is the theme song to one of these shows listen and enjoy.

Gavin DeGraw- I dont wanna be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlyMzgk-mIM&feature=related

My First name check

I realized today that I am an intrigued individual. Once, and not too long ago, it took so much to impress me and while impressed, I’d be easily distracted and still, I’d lose interest so quickly... but now, now I’m so passionate... passionate about everything and I’m concerned because I know not from whence the fuck this passion has originated. I conversed today with some new friends about music. The conversation drifted swiftly to children and the nature vs. nurture argument and on to other more philosophical theories. I am not a psychologist and I do not profess to be one, nor am I a musician or paid critic; I am not an analyst of any sort and I am not a philosopher in the least though I sometimes pretend to be philosophical. But the deep moving sensation I got from these conversations was incredible and the intimacy I felt as a result inspired me. I could not begin to describe the feeling but it was welcomed. I felt good... like a raging pulsation from the veins under my skin and my face tightened and I could hear my heart beat. It was almost orgasmic.

Perhaps I’m becoming more appreciative of people and their opinions. Maybe I’m developing a deeper sensitivity. Maybe my oestrogen levels are too high and I’m “bitching out”. Maybe I need to man up.

Either way, this post is not to brag that I have new friends. It is not to inform anyone of the changes in my personal development. It is not to show off that I can cum without cumming either, just in case you wonder. To be quite honest, this post serves no real purpose other than to pen something so KaeToya, Shawn’s English sweetheart and my new friend, would cease sparking a disappointment of myself in myself that I’m neglecting my art. This post is completely selfish and intended to appease me myself.

So in essence, I’m not changing. I’m not sensitive, philosophical and/or concerned with nature vs. nurture I am not appreciative or caring. I am selfish, completely, and I like how it makes me feel even, if not especially, in conversation with others, to hear the sound of my own voice.

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This is a post by my friend Jeremy Davis on his blog...............who made this post simply because he was FED UP of me pestering him about updating his blog...........lol

love ya too J

Autumn House happenings: Friendship

For friendship to work, or any kind of relationship both or multiple parties MUST put in the effort needed to nurture said relationship. It may be 70/30 today 90/10 tomorrow, 50/70 the next day but each party needs to be contributing something of substance.

Autumn House happenings: I will follow him

"See, when I get the strength to leave, you
Always tell me that you need, me
And I'm weak cause I believe, you
And I'm mad because I love, you
So I stop and think that may-be
You can learn to appreciate, me
Then it all remains the same that
You ain't never gonna change"

This is  the hook from the song Foolish by Ashanti. She shares her pain about how she feels in regards to the way her man has been treating her. I can empathise with dear Ashanti She has loved is loving and is trying to hold on even though all the signs are there that  he will never be the man she wants him to be. I have found  over time that men and woman believe that everyone can be put into this one mould and be treated the same. However in reality everyone is different.


we all love cake but we have out preferences, sponge, trifle, pineapple upside down etc etc. We need to judge individuals on  their own ideals and values and stop trying to make everyone a carbon copy of the person we think they should be. Celebrate the quirks and weird habits we each posses these are what make us unique. 

MYST BODY 2011: #2

Day 3 of the training today was not bad, my muscles were a bit tense otherwise everything was fine. We jogged for 15 minutes then power walked for 10 then jogged for 5. It was a good little run my body didn't ache as much as it did Monday for which I am thankful.  Breakfast today was a single slice of  granary toast with an omelette and a glass of Strawberry and Banana smoothie.

Autumn House Happenings: Why I started This blog

I have found through my own experiences people in this life are too dishonest. So I made an active decision  to be the person who you can count on to tell you the truth, but I learned that people don't want to hear the truth. I feel that people don't want to hear the things I have to say and it frustrates me. They come and solicit your opinion and then don't want to hear what you have to say because your not dressing it up in a nice way. Also I have come to realise that persons don't value my opinion, so I took my opinions to a place where there was a clean slate. I started this blog as a means to say stuff that I have on my mind, daily events which happen, situations which occur in my life which I don't understand and to dissect the crap that I am burdened with daily. The things that I do not  feel that I can say without feeling like I am being stifled or getting funny looks from people, or learning that people have been  saying mean, nasty or spiteful things behind my back. I find that in our society everyone feels the need to be placed in a box and I Kae-Toya Lee-Bramble is no corner girl or fast food meal. I recently reminded my parents of the fact. This is my avenue for true speech Where I can say freely everything that I feel without fear of reprisal later.

People always say to me "I used to be like you" and I know they are not like me or ever will be me, and even after I share my experiences they still don't understand me. I am just tired of the sludge of life, like the Stacie Orricio song "there has got to be more to life than chasing down every temporary high"

Plus I'm good at it.

Carnival now and in the Future.

I am a Carnival baby, I love everything about Carnival the culture atmosphere, the excitement, the anticipation for the events, shows and costumes, the pan, the music, the mas none is better than none for me it takes each aspect to make it work and work WELL. A few years ago my lovely island paradise celebrated 50 years of carnival. A friend of mine Damara Phillips created a group  named the Golden Jubilee, since that was the theme to celebrate the 50th anniversary. She invited friends and they invited friends and it developed into a real one stop shop for news regarding Antigua and Barbudas' Carnival. Over the years she as asked a few friends myself included to help moderate and upkeep the group. As a collective we promote the different band launches, carnival fetes, shows events, we upload pictures of costumes, sketches anything to do with carnival we are in the midst of it. It has not always been smooth sailing and at times we have come under fire for personal commentary and have even been accused of promoting different bands and events over others. I will be the first to say I have not always been diplomatic in my commentary and for this I can apologise on my own behalf.

 Most recently we have even been accused of favouritism by one particular band leader, which is tantamount to slander since some of the moderators have never ever played mas and others have no band loyalty. To everyone I say this NONE of you are better than the other. We the moderators of  "THE OFFICIAL ANTIGUA CARNIVAL FACEBOOK GROUP"  have never once been invited to an event as members of the social media  by ANY mas troupe in the twin island state of ANTIGUA & BARBUDA and we promote you all equally. We pay money out our own pockets and go to launches and events ( none of you have ever asked us would you guys like to come, do you need press passes/ media passes) and when we cannot go to events we ask our friends to go to the events and take pictures so that we can upload them to the group thus helping YOU. We have never once been emailed information regarding launches for music or costumes. Some events have had 3 and 4  pages made in the past and we have toiled here and there finding out information checking and double checking to make sure it is correct before we send it out on your behalf. Those little catchy by lines that accompany your events......that is our brilliance. Those pictures on the carnival group days before you even decide to upgrade your website or Social media page that is all us.  We the moderators of "THE OFFICIAL ANTIGUA CARNIVAL FACEBOOK GROUP"  has never once been offered a discount on a costume, event ticket, launch ticket, fete ticket, after carnival party ticket or even a case of water and some corn nuts to split between us for our tireless services towards you and yours.

So to all of you please remember these words in 2011 and the FUTURE  before you go ranting and raving about who is promoting whom, who is biased, and feeling like you have arrived say thanks first and then complain or act like a big shot.

We do this for the love of CARNIVAL and our COUNTRY and we do it for free.

MYST BODY 2011: #1

Well  I made it through I have just crawled back into bed after a workout/jogging session/breakfast of champions. Yes back to bed why, because im sick like a dog and my bones are aching. So today kicks off the first day of the MYST BODY 2011 aka "Fit for mas Fit for life" plan. Now before anyone start getting high-faluting the facts are that there are skinny people walking around who are full of unhealthy organs and diseases that are manifesting within their bodies because they are not active enough. Black women we collectively like to look good but we don't exercise enough. Also we are not catching diseases as easily as persons from other races but we are dying from these diseases in record numbers. I have always been an active person, ran track in high school, did some basketball once upon a time, learned to play tennis, and in college I was on the football team-(DEFENSE left back) now I'm in university my sport seems to be spectating lol. Now don't get my wrong for the last year I have boycotted the buses in favour of walking to uni that is a 30-45 minute walk  both ways depending on weather conditions. It adds up to 1-1.5 hours daily, plus I walk everywhere even to town which is a good 4 miles. So on a typical Saturday I could put in 8 miles walking to and from plus the extra running around when I do get to town.

This little spurt of excitement however is no totally of my own making. My room-mate has decided to start training for a marathon (yes the whole 26 miles) and asked me to come along and train with her for  moral support. Plus I thought wow I can really jump-start my fitness plan early just in case I am able to go home for summer 2011. Today was the first day and we both overslept by an hour. I vaguely remember my phone going off and the touch screen not responding so I went back to bed and left it alarming..........oh well. The jog was not bad at all my lung were really working well and though it has been nearly 12 years since I was an athlete (lite) those days running all over cedar valley gold course came back to me. After the jog we had breakfast I had a bowl of oatmeal with raisins to sweeten and fresh strawberries, a small glass of a smoothie and a cup of green/black tea.

will keep you updated as time goes by.