just putting this up here as something that ive created -- not sure if i'm going to use it. just felt like designing today :]
7.31.2009
myspace design
just putting this up here as something that ive created -- not sure if i'm going to use it. just felt like designing today :]
working while wearing headphones
...is just so amazing. i'm so amped that its friday and that I am going to see the incredible CAGE KENNYELZ this evening at harpers ferry. just got a pair of earbuds for the j-oh-b and will have them in my ears all day! theres no one in my office and its just a great day indeed.
ohhhhhhh mannnnnn -- been waiting all summer for this night!
ohhhhhhh mannnnnn -- been waiting all summer for this night!
7.27.2009
now, tell me how you really feel!
i think that i almost went over the character limit on my facebook update, but i felt like i wanted to continue this thought for different audience here in this space.
ive been scrapping for pennies every single day and it really doesn't get easier -- but I KNOW that i cant give up. i did loose 18 pounds in the last two months from seriously cutting my eating back (due to the lack of funds -- and a hunger for really something else ...cough cough...that DOUGH aka MONEY). physically im feeling good -- but mentally my mind is crunching numbers and due dates, when i should really be thinking of something else -- like my album or my family or i dunno, what classes I should be enrolling in. instead im up at 4 am checking my bank balances, trying to remember how many bottles ive had to return so i can buy enough packets of ramen for the week so that i can eat "brunch" at work.
i know that ive mentioned before in previous blogs, that ive never had or come from any sort of money. ive ALWAYS had a job (or two) from the time that i could start legally working -- and can really say that ive been supporting myself every dime of the way since i was 17. REALLY. REALLY. sure there were gifts here and there (mostly consisting of food -- which i would prefer to not spend money on anyway). and it could be said that ive done just about anything for money -- except sell any of my reproductive organs or offer them to anyone else. that line i will not cross -- but am pretty much up for any research study, gig, and part-time craigslist scheme to make sure that my bank account isn't in the red everyday.
living in boston is certainly an expensive lifestyle -- IF you make it out to be. i was raised to be a thrifty little bitch - and team j and s now live that lifestyle of being comfortable in an incredibly priced apartment space -- and spending money on ONLY the nessicites.
the dilemma that recently graduated college kids always make is whether to go home after college -- that is if you have the evil ugly bitch Sallie Mae, to pay back for fronting you the $100,000 to go to the school of your choice, which you whole-heartdley believe that you deserved. it was the smartest decision i made (which i knew i would always) to stay in boston because i'm surely making bank compared to my fellow east hartford high graduates, and have created an incredible network for my future career steps already in this city.
yeah, my mom and i got screwed when it came to the FASFA and Sallie Mae cause my biological father didn't want to give out his financial information to see if i could qualify for more federal aid. he and his wife also had 4 kids in the time that i entered high school -- to the my second year in college (from 1999 - 2006).
not to sidetrack or anything, but according to the department of agriculture and welcome from statistics from the year 2004 -- a child takes a single american parent 11,000 to raise a child for one year. (i'm almost positive that this number is higher now) now multiply this by 4 and you get $44,000. Now multiply that per year since my father starting having more children and you get a great big beautiful number of $440,000. WOW. And this man already had two children (my younger sisters) before that in 1988 and 1993. NEVER paid a dime to help our mother who was truly supporting us, and never has he given her the respectable time of day.
any you wonder why i am for birth control? put that shit in the water and give every male a vasectomy until hes got a high school degree, a full-time job, and $50,000 in the bank. SHIT.
lets see -- a 4 year education is estimated at $150,000 -- which means that me and my two (way more intelligent) sisters could have had "free" college education, plus maybe a little extra spending money so i didn't have to sell my blood every 54 days so that I could buy books for school, or live in the shittiest section on the edge of boston in a 8x8 square room because it was all i could afford. THANKS SEAN.
sorry for the tangent, and before i end this rant, i should really get back to the point which i started off this entry talking about. paying for COLLEGE. i was walking down the street sweating my ass off returning bottles from this weekend, and these three angelic glowing girls huffed as i asked them to move out of the way. i wanted to slap them in the face more - but it reminded me why i dont go walking around college campuses anymore.
SO if your parents or loved ones are paid for you to go to college, are currently paying for you to go to college, even kicked in a few grand here and there -- you better wake up every morning and tell them that you love them. you NEVER have an excuse to skip a class or earn anything less than an A. and if you dont have a job and graduated less than 2 months ago, you should be fuckin ashamed of yourself.
my degree is like the parchment that your degree is on too. mine will never come off my shelf and i will hold this great achievement high in the air for as long as i live. the fibers of that piece of paper are intertwined with phone calls to my mother, asking her for advice on life and her spending every last second on the phone with me to make sure that i didn't cry myself to sleep when it got that tough. the letters of my name that grace it are embossed with the sleepless nights, hungry hours and self-determination that i put into each one of my classes for the 4.5 years that it took to finish my Bachelors of Science degree. the only other people i give credit to MY degree are my mother, grandmother, two younger sisters, to the love of my life REDLIST and his family for continually supporting me through the years it took me to get there.
think about my story, before you throw your finger up at someone for crossing the street in front of your car, or chuckle in your head when you see a young soul returning bottles or passing out flyers for an extra $5.00. EVERY single one of my pennies goes to rent, food and paying my education off -- and cant wait for the day when i can stop worrying about the evil green that haunts my sleep and restless mind. dont feel sorry for me though -- i just want everyone to realize that this is HOW i want to earn my awesome life, working my fingers to the bone and having NO ONE else to thank for it besides MYSELF first and foremost and the family and friends who have helped me get to where i am now. the hours that i do sleep at night are restful, and my heart is more at peace than its ever been -- and thats all that ive ever desired.
ive been scrapping for pennies every single day and it really doesn't get easier -- but I KNOW that i cant give up. i did loose 18 pounds in the last two months from seriously cutting my eating back (due to the lack of funds -- and a hunger for really something else ...cough cough...that DOUGH aka MONEY). physically im feeling good -- but mentally my mind is crunching numbers and due dates, when i should really be thinking of something else -- like my album or my family or i dunno, what classes I should be enrolling in. instead im up at 4 am checking my bank balances, trying to remember how many bottles ive had to return so i can buy enough packets of ramen for the week so that i can eat "brunch" at work.
i know that ive mentioned before in previous blogs, that ive never had or come from any sort of money. ive ALWAYS had a job (or two) from the time that i could start legally working -- and can really say that ive been supporting myself every dime of the way since i was 17. REALLY. REALLY. sure there were gifts here and there (mostly consisting of food -- which i would prefer to not spend money on anyway). and it could be said that ive done just about anything for money -- except sell any of my reproductive organs or offer them to anyone else. that line i will not cross -- but am pretty much up for any research study, gig, and part-time craigslist scheme to make sure that my bank account isn't in the red everyday.
living in boston is certainly an expensive lifestyle -- IF you make it out to be. i was raised to be a thrifty little bitch - and team j and s now live that lifestyle of being comfortable in an incredibly priced apartment space -- and spending money on ONLY the nessicites.
the dilemma that recently graduated college kids always make is whether to go home after college -- that is if you have the evil ugly bitch Sallie Mae, to pay back for fronting you the $100,000 to go to the school of your choice, which you whole-heartdley believe that you deserved. it was the smartest decision i made (which i knew i would always) to stay in boston because i'm surely making bank compared to my fellow east hartford high graduates, and have created an incredible network for my future career steps already in this city.
yeah, my mom and i got screwed when it came to the FASFA and Sallie Mae cause my biological father didn't want to give out his financial information to see if i could qualify for more federal aid. he and his wife also had 4 kids in the time that i entered high school -- to the my second year in college (from 1999 - 2006).
not to sidetrack or anything, but according to the department of agriculture and welcome from statistics from the year 2004 -- a child takes a single american parent 11,000 to raise a child for one year. (i'm almost positive that this number is higher now) now multiply this by 4 and you get $44,000. Now multiply that per year since my father starting having more children and you get a great big beautiful number of $440,000. WOW. And this man already had two children (my younger sisters) before that in 1988 and 1993. NEVER paid a dime to help our mother who was truly supporting us, and never has he given her the respectable time of day.
any you wonder why i am for birth control? put that shit in the water and give every male a vasectomy until hes got a high school degree, a full-time job, and $50,000 in the bank. SHIT.
lets see -- a 4 year education is estimated at $150,000 -- which means that me and my two (way more intelligent) sisters could have had "free" college education, plus maybe a little extra spending money so i didn't have to sell my blood every 54 days so that I could buy books for school, or live in the shittiest section on the edge of boston in a 8x8 square room because it was all i could afford. THANKS SEAN.
sorry for the tangent, and before i end this rant, i should really get back to the point which i started off this entry talking about. paying for COLLEGE. i was walking down the street sweating my ass off returning bottles from this weekend, and these three angelic glowing girls huffed as i asked them to move out of the way. i wanted to slap them in the face more - but it reminded me why i dont go walking around college campuses anymore.
SO if your parents or loved ones are paid for you to go to college, are currently paying for you to go to college, even kicked in a few grand here and there -- you better wake up every morning and tell them that you love them. you NEVER have an excuse to skip a class or earn anything less than an A. and if you dont have a job and graduated less than 2 months ago, you should be fuckin ashamed of yourself.
my degree is like the parchment that your degree is on too. mine will never come off my shelf and i will hold this great achievement high in the air for as long as i live. the fibers of that piece of paper are intertwined with phone calls to my mother, asking her for advice on life and her spending every last second on the phone with me to make sure that i didn't cry myself to sleep when it got that tough. the letters of my name that grace it are embossed with the sleepless nights, hungry hours and self-determination that i put into each one of my classes for the 4.5 years that it took to finish my Bachelors of Science degree. the only other people i give credit to MY degree are my mother, grandmother, two younger sisters, to the love of my life REDLIST and his family for continually supporting me through the years it took me to get there.
think about my story, before you throw your finger up at someone for crossing the street in front of your car, or chuckle in your head when you see a young soul returning bottles or passing out flyers for an extra $5.00. EVERY single one of my pennies goes to rent, food and paying my education off -- and cant wait for the day when i can stop worrying about the evil green that haunts my sleep and restless mind. dont feel sorry for me though -- i just want everyone to realize that this is HOW i want to earn my awesome life, working my fingers to the bone and having NO ONE else to thank for it besides MYSELF first and foremost and the family and friends who have helped me get to where i am now. the hours that i do sleep at night are restful, and my heart is more at peace than its ever been -- and thats all that ive ever desired.
7.26.2009
(mini) vacation mode
Vintage Sunset Beach
Originally uploaded by Chromentia
when i started using all caps in emails with my coworkers, i realized it was time for a much needed vacation. ive been racking up vacation time at my job, which ive had for about a year now - and decided that i am going to use it more on ME kind of days. days where i have nothing to do but to create and accomplish for myself -- cause i have to admit, im really sick of putting all this effort on a daily basis for someone else. this fact has pretty much slapped me in the face in the last few weeks and im planning to MAKE MOVES in the next couple months. i hope to share the moves i make here for whomever stumbles upon this blog and definetly my loyal readers <3 (mini) internet/work vacation and will have many stories to tell when im back on wednesday.
peace.
7.19.2009
OMG excitement all around
last week was stressful, as it was rewarding and i am happy that i can see the difference between the two now that i am super relaxing on a GORGEOUS sunday. i finally decided after alot of coffee and this surge of inspiration coming at me (thanks to billy143!) i decided that i officially wanted to open my own business. i had an entire monday off last week and got more done, and made "more money" on the side than i would of at work anyday. why? because i was doing it for myself, i am sure. and 2, because im a productive, smart, creative and honest person who will survive this economy and is SO sick of working for people who will never be able to appreciate her true worth. i even walked into a bank and made a business checking account! hey, i am NOT going to sleep on this - and hope that i can do well with what i have inside my head which i know if i try - i can make it a success!
[drum roll please!!!]
ladies and gentlemen, and sphynx kitties of the world -- INTRODUCING the lastest and greatest from LADY SAUCE, RHYMES & DESIGNS
do you like the name? i kinda love it. my mission statement is in the works, but i will be showcasing and selling (for very low prices) my newest paintings, ideas, songs -- cough, cough hopefully an EP coming soon!), design, sewing projects and photography as well. with every penny that i make, i plan on putting it right back in the business. i have $20 dollars now in my bank account and want to double that in a month -- and probably add a few zeros on it after a year. i will most likely keep the same blog since who i am will be my business and its my business to be who i am! [whoots!]
im officially opening my etsy store (which is currently pretty bare) on August 1, 2009 and finally banged out my business cards this morning.
heres a sneak peek:
its true, I AM keeping it simple. stay tuned!
[drum roll please!!!]
ladies and gentlemen, and sphynx kitties of the world -- INTRODUCING the lastest and greatest from LADY SAUCE, RHYMES & DESIGNS
do you like the name? i kinda love it. my mission statement is in the works, but i will be showcasing and selling (for very low prices) my newest paintings, ideas, songs -- cough, cough hopefully an EP coming soon!), design, sewing projects and photography as well. with every penny that i make, i plan on putting it right back in the business. i have $20 dollars now in my bank account and want to double that in a month -- and probably add a few zeros on it after a year. i will most likely keep the same blog since who i am will be my business and its my business to be who i am! [whoots!]
im officially opening my etsy store (which is currently pretty bare) on August 1, 2009 and finally banged out my business cards this morning.
heres a sneak peek:
its true, I AM keeping it simple. stay tuned!
7.15.2009
my music myspace
i decided that i do really want to be considered seriously now, so OF COURSE that means a music myspace had to be officially created.
check me out here: http://www.myspace.com/iamladysauce
i'll still be updating mostly here regarding shows and future musical endeavors.
KEEP HIP-HOP ALIVE.
check me out here: http://www.myspace.com/iamladysauce
i'll still be updating mostly here regarding shows and future musical endeavors.
KEEP HIP-HOP ALIVE.
7.14.2009
biographical update -- reality show?
if you know me, you know that i am always trying out a new "scheme" on craiglist. ive realized lately that the doubt that i had about making money (or should i say ever HAVING it) needs to be turned into rage and full-force aggressiveness towards all the money that is out there in the world. one of my favorite places to do this is on craigslist -- and have been paid crazy amounts for doing the craziest of studies, gigs, and focus groups.
today i decided to take a chance and reply to a post for a Boston based reality show that is doing a casting call.
heres what the post read:
A startup production company with a major distributor is casting their new docudrama reality show.We are looking for interesting people to build a reality show around. Are you wacky/funny, or how about too many jobs for being so young? Contact us today! You
can turn your funny/wacky, or having too many jobs, or just being a slacker stories into reality tv.
This reality show is for a major network. We are open to all types of, 18+, any ethnicities, tell us about you and we will be in touch.
Please email us your
1. Name (per who is submitiing)
2. Contact Information
3. Location
4. 1-5 Sentences describing you.
5. Also-one story about you that you think makes you perfect for reality tv.
and here is what i sent them this morning:
My name is Seana, but my family and friends call me "Sauce", an affectionate nickname that I was dubbed with about 6 years ago and I'm convinced will never go away.
I am a 23 year old female living each day to the fullest. I am what I am and I have no shame in my game. I rap, I paint, and I talk fast. I have met someone from 80% of every country in the world. My biological father just "cut me off" along with 3 of my other sisters -- but I still am the oldest of 10 siblings.
I am a Capricorn "shorty", who is living the life of her dreams in a 200 year old loft apartment in the city of Boston. When I was younger, I really wanted to "change the world". Now i just want to see it and experience each day that I am offered. I adore classic hip-hop, jeopardy, strong coffee and even stronger beer. I am truly inspired by warm days, crazy dreams, delicious food & the independent talent that lies in the young adult generation of today.
I am the queen of getting things for free, and for flying by the seat of my pants. I am probably one of the most positive people you will ever meet - with a heart full of gold, pockets full of lint and a handful of cash that flies in and out of my hands so quickly. I give this city of Boston (where I have lived for 6 years now) all that I have, and once and a while -- I get it back. Tourists are the best source of income, but the desperate yet personable individual that I am, I participate in craigslist gigs, part-time jobs, focus groups and research studies at least twice a week. I was never rich -- never came from money, and my parents came from less than that. As children of immigrants they instilled a strong sense of determination -- and also a strong sense of pride in the personal values that you hold rather than how much money is in your bank account at a given moment.
I am in the very beginning phases of starting my own business. I received my first undergraduate degree (in Human Services) in 2008 from Northeastern- am became the first person in my family EVER to graduate college. I am getting my second undergraduate degree in Graphic Design for free thanks to the full-time job that I have. I am extremely interested in the human race, cultures, and how people make decisions and travel through this journey of life. I love hearing peoples stories - and I love taking chances. I can not wait to share my story one day.
today i decided to take a chance and reply to a post for a Boston based reality show that is doing a casting call.
heres what the post read:
A startup production company with a major distributor is casting their new docudrama reality show.We are looking for interesting people to build a reality show around. Are you wacky/funny, or how about too many jobs for being so young? Contact us today! You
can turn your funny/wacky, or having too many jobs, or just being a slacker stories into reality tv.
This reality show is for a major network. We are open to all types of, 18+, any ethnicities, tell us about you and we will be in touch.
Please email us your
1. Name (per who is submitiing)
2. Contact Information
3. Location
4. 1-5 Sentences describing you.
5. Also-one story about you that you think makes you perfect for reality tv.
and here is what i sent them this morning:
My name is Seana, but my family and friends call me "Sauce", an affectionate nickname that I was dubbed with about 6 years ago and I'm convinced will never go away.
I am a 23 year old female living each day to the fullest. I am what I am and I have no shame in my game. I rap, I paint, and I talk fast. I have met someone from 80% of every country in the world. My biological father just "cut me off" along with 3 of my other sisters -- but I still am the oldest of 10 siblings.
I am a Capricorn "shorty", who is living the life of her dreams in a 200 year old loft apartment in the city of Boston. When I was younger, I really wanted to "change the world". Now i just want to see it and experience each day that I am offered. I adore classic hip-hop, jeopardy, strong coffee and even stronger beer. I am truly inspired by warm days, crazy dreams, delicious food & the independent talent that lies in the young adult generation of today.
I am the queen of getting things for free, and for flying by the seat of my pants. I am probably one of the most positive people you will ever meet - with a heart full of gold, pockets full of lint and a handful of cash that flies in and out of my hands so quickly. I give this city of Boston (where I have lived for 6 years now) all that I have, and once and a while -- I get it back. Tourists are the best source of income, but the desperate yet personable individual that I am, I participate in craigslist gigs, part-time jobs, focus groups and research studies at least twice a week. I was never rich -- never came from money, and my parents came from less than that. As children of immigrants they instilled a strong sense of determination -- and also a strong sense of pride in the personal values that you hold rather than how much money is in your bank account at a given moment.
I am in the very beginning phases of starting my own business. I received my first undergraduate degree (in Human Services) in 2008 from Northeastern- am became the first person in my family EVER to graduate college. I am getting my second undergraduate degree in Graphic Design for free thanks to the full-time job that I have. I am extremely interested in the human race, cultures, and how people make decisions and travel through this journey of life. I love hearing peoples stories - and I love taking chances. I can not wait to share my story one day.
7.07.2009
carbonmade
so there is a nifty little site out there called carbonmade. i found out about it many moons ago from someone that i was working with who wanted to start a design portfolio at the lowest cost possible. the site amazed me from the moment i clicked on it and i FINALLY got around to starting it up today.
check it out! : http://ladysauce.carbonmade.com/
check it out! : http://ladysauce.carbonmade.com/
7.02.2009
flickr- ing.
the cutest eyes
Originally uploaded by ladysauce
Originally uploaded by ladysauce
i totallllly forgot that i had a flickr and an incredible camera too -- so i shook of the dust of both the other day and was happy with the results.
here are some of my favorites:
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