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Renaming HK. He’s now Mr. Gabs. He talked my ear off this weekend. I won’t see him now until September but he left me a little over 4K. I’m both sad and relieved he’s gone. He’s a bit clingy and needy but ultimately very sweet. Won’t say no to me for anything. Butttt I’m officially on a cleanse now after a weekend full of rich meals and no gym. Salads for days 😒 Mr. Positivity might fly me out either middle or end of this month or both. Kinda hoping the latter. That’d put me at 8K for the month of July..

You don't gain anything from stressing. Remember that. Keep your mind off things that don't help you. Overthinking causes unhappiness.

- Unknown

Josephine Baker, later known as ‘Bronze Venus’, ‘Black Pearl’ and ‘Créole Goddess’ was born in America in 1906 and later moved to France to become a singer, dancer, and actress. She was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, and became famous worldwide.

Though she grew up as a maid in wealthy white households she eventually became an exotic dancer in France, famously appearing in next to no clothing, and became a French citizen in 1937. 

Ernest Hemingway referred to Baker as ‘the most sensational woman anyone ever saw’ and she received approximately 1500 marriage proposals in her life time. She became a muse for Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Christian Dior. She had a variety of exotic pets including a cheetah named Chiquita, a chimpanzee named Ethel, a pig named Albert, a snake named Kiki, a goat, a parrot, parakeets, fish, three cats, and seven dogs. 

When WWII broke out, Baker became a volunteer spy for France, and assisted the French Resistance by smuggling messages written in invisible ink on sheet music. She made great efforts to aid those in danger of enemy attack, sent Christmas presents to French soldiers, and smuggled information she gathered in Spain back to France by pinning notes containing the information on the inside of her underwear. She was awarded the Medal of Resistance with Rosette and later named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. 

Baker also aided many civil rights movements by refusing to perform to segregated audiences and storming out of a club in Manhattan with actress Grace Kelly after she was refused service. She worked with the NAACP and spoke at a Washington march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. as the only official female speaker. Baker was actually asked by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow to take his place as leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, but Baker declined on the grounds her twelve adopted children ‘were too young to lose their mother’. 

Baker died in 1975, four days after her final show, attended by such names as Mick Jagger, Shirley Bassey, and Liza Minnelli. 

When the time comes and he offers you an allowance and it’s too low, and you’d like to get more, it’s always awkward to say, uh that’s not enough can I have more? Or maybe you’re too nervous to ask for a higher number. I have this phrase saved on my phone in my notes and it…

Every. Single. Day.

Okay ladies! Many of you ask what you should wear on a POT date. Well in all honesty it depends.  Many babies say to not wear pants but if you have bad legs then you obviously don’t want to show them off. Personally I have pale legs and great boobs so I usually go for leather pants that make my ass look hot and a plungging shirt to showcase my chest. Now the outfit on the left is very casual. It’s meant for a lunch date in a nice area. The flats are trendy, classy and chic and the bag adds a pop of color. The outfit on the right is a bit more dressy, this can also be great for lunch at a nice restaurant or maybe an early dinner. The only difference is the pointed heels and the grey bag, these add a more upscale touch. Each outfit is under $150.