My Favorite Song :)

Will and Jada need to go ahead and adopt me! They seriously produce FIRE!

Short Bus Shawty #2

"Education good tho...for real", "Imma go back and study uhhh uhhh Geometry, I'm a Mathmatic type person"

"Voting good, yeah yeah, you suppose to vote man"

HUH NEGRO!?!?! WTF are you talking bout! Ugh...he makes me afraid for the future of our children!



Here go another one where he aint talking about NOTHING! Then had to the nerve to get mad at the chick cause she called him out lol!



But at the end of the day, I'm an enabler because I love this song! "Look Ma No Hands"

And You Know I Got a Cold Ugh....I Can't Breath Through My Nose

I blame Gucci and all the other ignorant mofos that made this mofo feel like it was okay to do this! #dumbass

Unemployed....

I guess I should give some background for those who don't know. To make a long story short, I gave up my flashy dashy, messy, Monday-Sunday partying , independent life in DC for a less jazzy, partying Friday & Saturday, spending more time with the family life in Dallas. I like to call it rehab lol. Rehab for my outlandish spending habits and my alcohol consumption (more like rehab for my outlandish spending habits on the alcohol that I consume lol).

Anywho...Dallas actually isn't all that bad at all. I've been to a couple poppin parties, even met a few cuties. The only thing that's really pissing me off right now is the fact that I have no job! Huh? Yea, you heard right! I'm unemployed as hell!!! I have been for about a month now and it really hit me like a ton of bricks today.

I never realized how much I took the little things I could afford for granted.

Example #1: I painted my own toes the other day. I know that sounds boogie, but I haven't painted my own toes since '94. I just can't do it as well as my Asian Mamis out there. Plus, its not just about the paint, it's so much more of an experience than that and I miss it.

Example #2: Why do I look like Sasquatch's baby sister!?!?! My eyebrows look like crap right now! And to throw fuel on the flame, the last time I went to go get my eyebrows done I let my cousin convince me to go to an Asian Mami that wasnt my usual Asian Mami and she f'd my shit up! SMH...

Example #3: I can't go on dates. The Frens and I talk about this all the time and I will elaborate how I feel about this topic in a post later on in the future. But, the moral of the story is...I will not go on a date (especially a first or second date) unless I know for a fact I have at least enough money to pay for myself. I have had past experiences that have scared me for life. Because of this, I have been denying lots of dates over the past few weeks. I just refuse to be set up for the okkie-doke and I don't know how these Dallas men get down!

Example #4: I can't just get up and go like I want to! I have so many trips that I want to take over the next few months including Howard Homecoming (if I miss it..OMG ill be pissed). The fact that I might not be able to go on these trips is pissing me off! I told my girl today, if it takes me selling watermelon and pineapple on the side of the road I will make it homecoming!

There's other things that I miss but for now these are the 4 that are sucking the most. So...you'll probably be hearing more from me until I get a job cause I have all the free time in the world right now.

Get It Poppin With Uncle Sam This Weekend

I won't be in the District this weekend. For some reason I never spend the 4th of July in DC. That's weird...u would think that I would want see what the nations capitol has going on for their day of independence...hmmmm. Well I'll be driving 10 hrs to Chicago (this is more and more sounding like a bad idea) but i'm not leaving till tomorrow. So I'm going HAM tonight!!!! lol

My boy Roe told me that he wants to "rock out with his wang out" @ The Park at 14th tonight...lol. I guess that means its gonna be poppin?

For Complimentary Admission:
1. join the guestlist @ www.urbaneworldwide.com OR
2. Text "PARKTHURS" to 313131
*RSVP is required to receive complimentary admission.
920 14th St NW

Cant go wrong with the 90's Parties @ Steve's Bar Room

1337 Connecticut Avenue Northwest

I'm going to go see the beautiful ASHAYA perform XOXO GOODBYE at Showtime at Love from the Sound Stage at EFN Lounge at 730 P. Food will be served. Come out and support Humminbyrd. Tickets are $5 online at lovefromthesoundstage.com, $10 at the door. See you there!

1318 9th Street Northwest

#HOWARDPLUG!!!! lol

#Nowplaying Love King

This album is giving me the bid-ness at work today.

My favorite song...Turnt Out


and...Take Care of Me (...or ill kick ur ass lol)


oh and BTW...i definitely didnt buy the album! Grooveshark.com! Dont Play lol!

My 2 Cents About C-Brezzy

Okay 1st of all...this Chris Brown/Rhianna crap is OLD and I'm over it. Yea, he kicked her ass and that wasn’t cool but to be honest...those people aren’t my friends. Our relationships are strictly business. They keep me entertained and I buy their music. That’s it....

My boy Malik tweeted this yesterday "Wife Beaters, rapists, molesters all go in the FUCK YOU GO TO HELL Category so add Chris Brown to that list"...

I totally agree!!! However, if I had to base all of my entertainment preferences off of what these people do in their personal lives I would be home twiddling my thumbs all day. I wouldn’t support Kobe, R Kelly, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Naomi Campbell....I mean the list goes on and on! I wouldn’t be surprised if your favorite college professor beat a girl or two down in his day. The difference is, you never knew about it.

The moral of the story is...Chris Brown is a great entertainer. I enjoy his work. I don't forgive him for what he did because honestly I wasn’t that mad at him. I wasn’t that mad because I really didn’t give a damn. I think the situation was so bad because it was in the public eye...judge me if you want. That’s just how I feel.

Chris Brown's performance last night was amazing and yes...I believe in the tears!

I Can Never Find The Words

On Wednesday, June 22nd, 2 of my ex-boyfriends little brothers died in a car accident. I found out by watching the 10 o'clock news last night. We've been broken up for about 2 years now but when I found out, for the first 30 secs I jumped back into "girlfriend mode". Wanting to be there, wanting to consol, wanting to hug him, wanting to tell him that everything would be okay...but when the 30 secs were over, reality jumped in. I need to call and send a text message like everyone else. So I called...got the voicemail...heard the beep... but I couldn't find the words to express how I felt. So, I just said "This is Aarika, I'm sorry about what happen, call me if you need me".

I felt like that was a terrible message!!! That wasn't comforting at all!!! I was up all night thinking about it and feeling awful only imaging what their family is going through right now.

So I opened my bible and fell upon this scripture. If I could do that message again, this is what I would say
What a wonderful God we have-He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of every mercy, and the one who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us in our hardships and trials. And why does He doe this? So that when others are troubled, needing our sympathy and encouragement, we can pass on to them this same help and comfort God has given us.2 Corinthians1:3-4



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Titty Bar Gone Wrong

"It is very rare that I am embarrassed or uncomfortable in an environment, but tonight I am a prude"...I said that line to a stripper last night...smh

I went to my very first strip club in 2008 with some of my girlfriends. We drove all the way to Baltimore for a night of booty poppin' and lap dances @ this place called Norma Jeans (www.normajeansbaltimore.com). Don't get me wrong, I am by no means a "scissor banger" (let that one sit with you for a sec). Honestly, I really didn't understand the fascination behind watching chicks put their "who-haaa" (lmao...long story) all up in somebody's face.

Once we got there, I realized that my girls were there to get chose by the dudes that were tricking out on the strippers! Okay I get it...we're the classy girls in the club! Ohhhhh....it all makes sense now lol!!!

So these guys are giving us money to give to the strippers (you know my broke self was tryna figure a way to pocket some myself). They're buying us drinks. We buy a lap dance for one of my girls just for some laughs, we're making it drizzle on the girl, the guys are making it tsunami. I had fun!!!!

HOWEVER, if you take away the guys, the money, and the drinks...what are you left with? An uncomfortable homosexual experience. That’s what I had last night. We went to this new spot called Stadium (www.stadiumclubdc.com). The place was super nice! But...it might not be the spot for Thursdays. The music was real teeny-bop-ish (I needed some Uncle Luke they were giving me Black Eye Peas...wth). The girls were pretty but they weren't giving me any moves that I wanted to take home with me! The drinks were expensive as hell, so I was sober as hell. The guys there were just weak and pervie (and yes, I’m judging) It was just bad...Apparently the night to go is Tuesdays. Maybe I'll try again. Last night, I just couldn’t get with it...call me Granny Aye smh...

Ehhh.....

I dont know about this one Dray-Dezzy!

Papi's Day

Yesterday was Fathers Day and I hope you all sent good wishes to that special Daddy figure in your life. I call my Daddy figure Papi. Biologically, he would be considered a "step-dad" but he's pretty much the best thang i got!

So...to express my love and affection I called him yesterday, didn't really have anything to say other than "Happy Papis Day!", but I still called. and called...and called...and called. Do u know this man didn't pick up his phone until like 10 o'clock at night?!?! Like, WTH! The best part of Fathers Day is hearing from your children right? Wrong!!!

I was like, "what's up! I've been calling you all day!" He says "Oh, i went to church, had brunch, took a nap"...oh okay (*rolls eyes)

Well anywho...I have no event to go to or poppin happy hour today. I just wanted to vent. I still love him of course, was just in my feelings a little bit.

I'll tell you what...in honor of Papis Day, I leave you with my favorite Foreign Exchange song. I mean, I love Foreign Exchange...he loves Lil Brother...both groups share Phonte (see the correlation?) lol

I Heart BROS!

And by bros i mean white boys and guys from other races that party like white boys. They crack me up! I was in Chicago last weekend and my boy DMays was telling about the arts of Icing! Apparently this is a national phenomenon that black people know nothing about! This is how it works...If you are in a public (or private) setting and someone presents you a Smirnoff Ice, you are then required to get on one knee and chug the Smirnoff.

Here's a "how to" video...enjoy :)


and a shorter one, just for kicks :)

I'm Back Bee-Yoches

Back by popular demand!!! Didnt know that my 30 post from last summer were so popular! I was reading back on my first post and my best friend Dest commented "You're funnier on here than u r in real life" hahahahaha....I AM!!!! thats the sad part. So, the site has been redesigned, it kind of reflects a little bit of maturation that I've had over the past year. However, some things don't change and the contents of this blog is one of them. Therefore, if you are new (or if you have forgotten)...

There's a few things that you should know about this blog:

1). (this may be the most important) It's RANDOM as HELL!!!! It's a mix between informing my readers about whats poppin for the day ( & night), random stories about what happen when my friends and I went to these places, and random stories & pictures that I find will surfing the net @ my dry ass job .

2). I sometimes like to spell words how I want you to read them such as speh-cee-ale (that would be special with a spanish accent)

3). I like to plug for people, so if my friends are doing something cool I might just shout them out

4). It's called RoseRNTRed because it's not typical. You will not find events on here that you would usually attend, you will not find stories on here that you read on the other 500 blogs that you read for the day, you will not find all the gossip stories (however you may find 1 or 2 that I think are absolutely outlandish!!!)

6). (DISCLAIMER) I don't have a computer...i can only post @ work lol so when my job is not dry, I might not be posting (Sadly this is still true)

7). A lot of these stories may be surrounded around me being poor lol...thats just the way it is! (sadly, this is still true also O_o)

Snitches Get Stitches

Well...i hope thats not the case cause i am SNITCHING MY ASS OFF (SMAO)!!! Via: DCist

We frequently hear complaints during the school year about groups of kids on their way home from school misbehaving and causing problems on the city's public transit system. And now WMATA is encouraging you to lodge those complaints with Metro Transit Police. Metro has designated a specific phone number, 202-962-2118, to report disruptive behavior on the part of kids. The transit agency also says it will be deploying additional officers to trouble spots during the after-school hours, in an effort to break up trouble before it escalates.

WHAT!?!? You mean to tell me there is a number that I can call when these little hoodrats on the train and the bus get out of pocket. Thank you Jesus! I wonder what happens when you call though. Is Metro Police giving out tickets? What they need to do is make the hoodrats sit in a room with a dead ipod and make them listen to something really annoying like Opera music until they snap. I feel like I'm gonna scream when my pod dies and i have to listen to them scream at each other. Its only fair

Republicans Have NO Manners

I'm not very into politics but I do try to stay up on the current events happening in the world. This article that I read this morning hit pretty close to home and kinda pissed me off!

Via: The Washington Independent

Michael Steele might have lost them when he talked about hip-hop. Early into his Sept. 1 event at Howard University, a well-promoted affair that filled a small ballroom, the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee went on a tangent about his seven-month-old musings on how the GOP could appeal to voters in “urban/suburban hip-hop settings.” The audience, mostly students of the historically black college, listened raptly...Steele-"You have amongst you right now a generation of African-American entrepreneurs who are creating incredible wealth, and they’re investing it, some of it, in the community. They’re controlling that wealth. How are they doing it? Well, instead of the publisher or the record company owning the rights to their music, they own the record company.”Not for the the last time, a few members of the crowd furrowed their brows, looking confused.

Damn right people were confused. WTF Chairman Michael Steele! Do you feel like the only way you can relate, "be down", "get Jiggy" with HBCU students is to talk about hip-hop? As a Howard University Alumni I am truly offended. This would not be the topic of conversation at a town hall meeting at USC, Yale, or even up the street at University of MD. Excuse me, Howard is a very prestigious African American University and the students expect to be treated accordingly. As a black man, you expect more from us as we expect more from you. This is a town hall meeting, how about you speak about the ISSUES instead of tryna be the next Jay-Z.

UGH...no f'ing manners!!!

BTW (and if you are a Howard student you know this) we can talk about Howard all day but as soon as an outside person tries to disrespect our school, we will come at your throat buddy and it will not be pleasant.

Man I Miss My Dog...(Blog)!

Hello all RosesRntRed supporters. I truly apologize if I was one of your bookmarked pages and you were waiting so patiently to hear about the latest and greatest in DC and I let you down everyday. Well...I'm back and I promise to never leave you again. So much has happened since my last post. I turned 22, school started and I didn't have a school to go to :(, Chris Brown went out like a punk on Larry King, but what you can always count on is Obama being the man and your favorite blogger Aye being broke as hell lol! I have a lot to say! So anywho...like my man Jezzy said (I think it was Jezzy...maybe it was just D Mays), I'm back like never left! Lets GET GET GET IT!

The ITIS

Today's recipe is inspired by my roommate Doi! She brought Spaghetti Squash to a cookout yesterday. It was pretty good tho. Lets put a spin on it! INGREDIENTS
1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
3 tablespoons sliced black olives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Place spaghetti squash cut sides down on the prepared baking sheet, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a sharp knife can be inserted with only a little resistance. Remove squash from oven, and set aside to cool enough to be easily handled.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic, and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, and cook only until tomatoes are warm.
Use a large spoon to scoop the stringy pulp from the squash, and place in a medium bowl. Toss with the sauteed vegetables, feta cheese, olives, and basil. Serve warm.

Weekend Rundown!!!

Wow! This weekend was sooooo eventful. If you sat in the house you truly missed out. But...I'll rub all of my fun in your face lol and hopefully you'll get some ideas of what to do next weekend.

FRIDAY

Jazz @ The Sculpture Garden

All i can say is beef kabobs, sangria, jazz, and random conversations with 50 year old couples lol. We had a blast! I would definitely do it again.

RANDOM STORY: So...we're talking to this couple for about 2 or 3 hours about life and other random subjects lol. We get on the topic of Yoga with the lady. She goes on to tell us that the worst position for her is the "Down Doggie"...(definitely called Down Facing Dog)...Her husbands face lights up and he says "Oh I like that, Down Doggie, we need to try that together" lmao. Our conversation turned a whole nother direction lol. This looks like a couple that gets it in anywhere and everywhere lol.

U St.I'm usually not for U St. I've been there so many times and its starting to get boring. However, Friday brought it back for me. We had soooo much fun bar hopping! Marvins to Policy to Saint Ex. Friday was the first time I went Saint Ex. I don't remember too much about it because it came at the end of the night and.....yeah i just dont remember too much lol. I do remember it was HOT as HAITIS downstairs but the music was great! I rapped all of Children's Story with this random guy lol....good times.

*This photo was taken on U St. election night 2008....i was there....insane!

SATURDAY

Summer Spirit Festival with Foreign Exchange, Chrisette Michelle, Chuck Brown, Raphael Saadiq, and Erykah Badu

On a scale of 1-10...I'd give my experience a 7. Don't get me wrong, the concert was great. I think i might be a little bit biased. It started at 5:30 and to my surprise it actually started on time lol. Of course my friends and I we're not on time at all. We missed Foreign Exchange and that was kind of a bummer because I love them. We came in the middle of Chrisette Michelle's set but it took us forever to get to our seats so we missed her too. Chuck Brown came out and did his thing. It was cool for like the 1st hour but he stayed on stage for sooooooooo long!!!! I mean, was he the headliner and I just didn't get the memo? After Long Winded Brown got off stage Raphael Saadiq hopped on. He was okay but he was singing a whole but of new songs that nobody knew. So....that was kinda dry. Then my girl Erykah Badu stepped on in there 11 in. heals lol. She killed it! She sang "I Want You" and I pretty much went crazy lol. Her set was really short though, maybe 45 minutes. I think it was because stupid Chuck Brown took all the time! All in all....it was okay, I would love to see Ms. Badu by herself.

SUNDAY

Got my Jesus on at Shiloh Baptist Church. "9th and P is the place to be" lol.

Malcolm X Park

Went there last night. Such a weird and awesome place on Sundays - where you hear drum beats, see capoiera, and smell incenses. My friends and I played some drums and hit on a couple cow bells. There was an African dance class going on and everything. It goes on till night fall....good times

(Un)Wasted Wednesday

Alrighty my dears, I am leaving work for the day! I'm thinking about hitting up a happy hour if I don't do yoga. There are 2 that comes to mind....

Liquid Therapy @ Topaz Hotel

I hear that this is pretty nice. There's always a good crowd...
Every Monday through Saturday from 5pm - 7pm cocktails for $6, select bottled beers for $4, and a featured starter for half-price.

Topaz Bar
1733 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
202-393-3000

OR....

Beer and Pizza Happy Hour @ Birreria Paradiso

$5.00 Appetizers

$9.95 8" Pizzas

$15.50 12" Pizzas Price Draft Beer Choose from any beer on the current Draft List menu

Tuesdays & Wednesday

5pm-7pm

Birreria Paradiso

3282 M St NWWashington, DC 20007

(202) 337-1245

Put this on you supplies list

Its the little things that make me happy. Arn't these the cutest sticky notes ever!

From the Japanese studio D-Bros.