Allow me to Introduce Myself

So.... This is Me... I've created this "blog" in honor of a friend I have known for almost 24 years now... WOW. Her birthday was yesterday and she is a blogger, I've gotten wrapped up in her blogs before and thought to myself-- what the hell, might as well give it a try! LOL. So to you my friend Outspoken_Diva... Happy Birthday and thank you for the inspiration!

Now that being said please understand this will not a be a perfect blog, this is not a grammatically correct forum where I will re-read everything I write to look for corrections, because just as you will see I have flaws so my post will probably never be considered "flawless"-- yep see how I did that, ugh huh, thats me! So if anyone ever decides to follow me great-- but don't expect perfection because you wont get it here!

I chose the name ItzMeAllDay because thats the reality of all of us... we are who we are and thats just that. Ive run into some people lately who pretend to be something they are not and I dont understand it... BUT in the end, when they go home, take off all the pretentious clothing, when the fake laughs to fake friends stop. When they shower and wash off all that mess they tried to use to cover up being who they are ... at the end of the day, before sleep takes ahold-- they are them, reality of their true self sets in, if only for a minute.... WELL instead of that being me-- I embrace that last moment of the day-- and make it an ALL DAY thing. I am me from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed...

Now lets get something straight --cause I hear the haters--- I am a professional at work, that not saying I am someone else, it just means I know how to BE professional. I was raised well as they say. I am at a company where I am the only minority and at no time have I ever not been me. I wear natural (as natural as stretching a perm can get you), I wear ponytails, I wear braids, I do not give up "me" for my professionalism, however I do know how BE professional. Dont get me wrong there are days when I have to QUICKLY backspace the words I truly wish to say in response to an email-- but I know how to BE professional. Please understand there is a difference, and this is not the fakeness I was speaking on...

I am speaking on the people who tell every friend a different story to make themselves look better, the people who create their own rain just so they can complain how bad the storm is.... I dont understand how they can put up such a facade  how the hell do you keep up with your self!! I have kids, Im still making sure I can decipher if they are lying or not, keeping up with my own would be way too much of a hassle. But I guess at the same time shout out to you who can keep it up, live an imaginary world all day... just remember, those last minutes before you close your eyes, those last minutes of not having to pretend, that calmness you feel--- thats ME ALL DAY.

Now back to who I am...since this is my first blog... allow me to introduce myself.... my name is HOV, H to the O-V... I'm sorry---- I truly cannot hear someone say "introduce myself my name is..." without mentally reciting Jay Z and rocking JUST a tad bit!-- Anyway, I'll keep it like Outspoken-- ItzMeAllDay is who I am, as you will read, I am quirky, I have an interesting sense of humor that not all people may find funny... I am a thug--- NAH but I am bit hood, I definitely have some hood tendencies about myself, like sometimes I have to recheck what the hell I said because I KNOW that just didnt come out of my mouth-- when did that hoodness surface without me knowing? That's that not thinking before I speak shit, doesnt happen all the time, but if you catch me in hood mode, its best not to ask any questions that you want the hood answer to. I am a parent, a wife a sister an aunt a cousin-- you know all that stuff people say they are as though others arent...attempting to make themselves look important... thats me... but really-- i am a parent and I am spiritual--- after a few blogs you may not believe I am either... but always remember I am...

So to end my first blog... I am thankful to Outspoken Diva for being the inspiration she probably didnt know existed, after a few of these she will probably disown me, but I think she loves me anyway! Just because-- ItzMeAllDay.....I am me and thats what that is...

Peace