It’s a really cool video. I’m like eh, when it comes to the song. Maybe it will grow on me, like if I hear it on the right system at a party. We shall see. Baby Knight makes a cameo at the end.

I went on a Twest (Twitter quest) yesterday for this nail color. It’s beautiful! I was told that it could possibly be either OPI’s “Russian Navy” or Rescue Beauty’s “Mismas” taking into consideration how the light hit it. I copped Russian Navy (the matte version) from Ricky’s today because it was the closest color I could think of but the more I examine it, the more I see that it’s close but not quite:
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I just found out that Grace Jones will be performing at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, and am bummed because my unemployed-self can’t afford to buy tickets willy-nilly. (Anyone wanna donate to a struggling journalist?) However,the least I can do is honor her legacy because she doesn’t get the props she deserves when it comes to her immense influence on pop-culture, especially hip-hop and soul music.

Her first name might be Grace, but she personifies fierce! Grace Jones has influenced hip-hop and many-a-diva from Rihanna to Patra to Lil’ Kim to Lady Ga Ga–from their senses of fashion to their attitudes.

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