The Final Comp

This is the dress that won 1st place.

thats All i have to say.

I won 2nd place

atleast i get money & a trip to go to NY

HERES MY DRESS

The Pit.

They have us sitting front row.
In a pit.
That's in the middle of a runway.
All these kidds think its cool.
I don't because I've been to a show before & I know how your neck hurts from having to look up from being so close.
I'm ready to win!!!
xEMJAY
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The Room

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Almost there...

In a cab
Headed to the show.
My moment of victory is almost here.
The competition dresses are first 10 looks that are going to come out.
So this should be interesting.
I have a few butterflies.
Which aren't because I don't think I've got this thing.
But because I'm so anxious... LOL. Well I'm @ Union Station Now.
Peace
xEMJAY

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Spirit of Chicago

They decided to take us on a boat tour
& I was that there would be some type of fashion involved.....
NO!!!
It was an architectural tour.
Not a drop of fashion.
I sat in the hit 2 hours to look @ some buildings...
& then they gotta brutha walking
EVERYWHERE!!!
Jesus christ.
Its done deal.
I'm finna eat this chipotle burrito & call it a afternoon. I need nap.
Yum & Snore.
xEMJAY.
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The Judging.

Today was the big day
I had to go meet with the judges.
I had decided to make a board for the judging.
But I didn't have the pictures before I left.
So I was like "I'll go to Wal Greens"
But little did i know
Wal greens doesn't let you print "copyrighted images"
So after trying to convince the people that I would source them
My dad said we should go to CVS was the better option cause they don't care what you print.

But I made it to the presentation by 930
& I was first.
So I'm sure that I wow'd the judges.
I had everything that was required
Unlike some people
& I have an inspiration board.
Bam nigga bam!! LOL.
But tonight's the big show!
I'll let yall know when I win!
Done
xEMJAY.

Fact: I almost snatched them photos & Ran. LOL.

Quote: "you've got what it takes!"

Final: I've got this.
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The Arrival

Where's my hat?!
cause I have arrived.
Made it to chicago like an Hour & a Half ago.
But there rush hour is so redonkulous.
Tampas has nothing on this!
Seems like the shuttle ride was longer than my flight.
But we made it to our hotel; which is EMACULENT.
The view is amazing.
Headed to Dinner with the competition.
Rode my 1st Taxi!!! Yayr.
Peace Nigs!
xEMJAY

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The flight

Working @ the airport; I always here people saying thank you for a great flight...
& then they go on to say cause there no crying babies & etc.
I think any flight that lands to my destination.
& I'm alive when it does is a great flight.
I had planned on reading a book on my way here.
But I couldn't stay awake.
But as soon as I tried to sleep I couldn't get comfortable!
Then once I fell asleep, something woke me up & me ears were hurting so BAD from them popping while I was asleep.
But hey that's all apart of being a jet setter.
I'm Deca.
xEMJAY
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Finally Aboard.

I hate it when flights don't put you with the person that you booked your flight with.
That would only make the most since to me I guess.
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On My Way.

Made it to the airport.
& its went so smoothly got the tickets right away.
The security on side E is nothing like it is on side A; so the whole security process was a breeze.
So I guess all that's left now is to get on the plane
& get up to the mid west.
It still hasn't hit me yet that I'm about to win this scholarship(that's called speaking in Faith)....
All Aboard
xEMJAY

Fact: I really think I'm winning this thing & I will.

Quote:"they had to pat you down cause they thought your scarf was Osama related" dad.

Final Thought: I hope it doesn't randomly snow while I'm there.
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Sad Cookie & Angry Cookie. LOL.

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OH HOOTiE HOOT.

Today was my last day of school because of my trip to chicago.
&I've been getting a lot of "mark, make sure you let me know what's going on while your in chicago cause I really wanna know how it turns out" kinda messages & what nots. so I was thinking I can mass text people because I wanna be able to give visuals.
So then I was thinking...
Maybe I should Twitter about it!!
LOL
Then I snapped out of it real quick. Because I don't really like twitter because I'm limited to 140words... That's less than a text.
so I made one in all but now that I've realized that I can post from my mobile device... Its a done deal. LOL.
I'll be post A LOT MORE NOW!!
Keep it Funky till Next Time;
EMJAY
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this is a test

Mobile Blog what?

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Hello...
Any one home?

Day 116: May 6th -"I'm BAAAAAAAACCKK"

Hellllloooooooo Blog
I am back
Thank  you for missing me
If you've been missing me
then miss no longer.
Because the blog is back

So you ask "why'd you stop?"
Because... Idk I'm lazy & had gotten behind on the blog & it takes hours to catch it back up!! So I just was takin a lil break

But I'm back now so don't fret my pet. LOL.

So let's see to bring you all up to speed on my life...

We had Grad Nite & regardless of the bus breaking down or the complainants of some.
I enjoyed every minute of it.
Some people were trying to start up a little drama but we won't speak on that.
But I had fun. I made a new friend; her names Raychelle. & according to her "they would love me in new york. LOL"
(Tiff Slimpickens knocked down the background during our group picture... HILLARIOUS!!

I've also been working o-so-hard on my chicago design & its coming along soooo welll
I couldn't be more pleased with it than I am.
I've been working with the Great Mundini & he's the bomb! His sewing skills are Redonkulous!!

In reward of me winning the local competition; I was invited to the IADT fashion show. That was such a night. LOL
There was a man that forgot he was a man & came to the show in woman's clothes... ATROCIOUS.


There was a woman who was "trying to figure out why I got to sit front row"
There was a woman who told me "your going to have to move from those seays when that person gets here" but she failed to realize that I WAS MARK JONES & the seats had my name on them. Hot Mess!! LOL.

As far as the designs.
Some of the designers were great, the models were gorgeous & tall.
I wanna marry a 6ft 5in tall Woman!!



I ended up seeing one of the models from the show this weekend as I was sky capping.
& I met a little girl who was a pageant kidd & had won $5,000 that day.
Her mother should teacher her not to brag cause I could've potentially robbed them.

But back to my life

The Herf Jones orders came in
& I can't wait to get my cap&gown on.
My invitations also came. But me & my mother failed to get the name cards that go in side. But we worked it out.


Let's see...
What else have I been up to.

Oh
I met with a Designer named Mike from Savant Garde & Grapes @ the R spot in Ybor.
He was a really down to earth
His fiend Candice says that were some what alike... I can see what she was referring to.
He gave me some great pointers about my line so I can make sure to make the guap.


THERE'S BEEN SOOO MUCH.
BUT I THINK I GOT IT ALL.

I'm Back Snitches
xEMJAY

Fact: Raychelle & I were ment to be Friends LOL

Quote: "I dont like it when they fall like that"

Final Thought: Cant wait till Chicago

Days: 88, 89, 90!!! [The End?]

This blog is a Video Special...

Enjoy!

ps. if you can't view videos because your using a phone... ITS TIME TO UPGRADE LOL!! [jk]

Day 87: Apr 5- "Cook dat chicken boy!"

So today wasnt the average sunday

yes I did go to church

[the only times we dont go to church is if there is a hurricane(& even then we watch church on TV)]

but after church we had a cookout

I thought that it was going to just be 

My family with Brother Mike along with his family

but somehow other folks got invited

& it was all good because they are some funny folks.

I had to end the at home partyin early

because I had plans on hitting up 

STUDIO INC!!!

boy oh boy

Im not that much of a "going out" kinda guy

but it was so live in there

some how I ended up getting there at the same time

as Kiara, Monica, & Whitney

& once I found them

We ran into... THE SOLO CREW  & THEM CAVITY KIDDS

LOL

actually I knew they were going to be there

but still the point is they were

[Kenz got in cause he knew a bouncer, & curbed us LOL(JK)]

but I got to the front of the line thanks to 

Shawnte!

it was a grrr8 NIGHT!!!

I'll tell y'all bout the aftermath later

PEACE

xEMJAY

Fact: They couldnt handle me.. I went in to hard on 'em

Quote: "You dont know?! McKenzie doesnt like me!"- Sam 

[Pooor sam LOL]

Final Thought: I cant See or HEARRRR!!!!

Day 86: Apr 4th "Chillian Like a Villian"

Do I even need to bother 

to explain hiw my saturday began?..

if your frequent vistor 

you know that Saturdays dont start till about 11am

& there's never supposed to be plans for a saturday

you just go with the flow or do nothing

This week I opt'd to do nothing

& it was great

I sat on the computer

& youtub'd!!!!!

thatrs that good life right there.

& there are so many entertaining videos on youtube

here are a few that I watched

I watched too many to post,

but you get the jist.

after all of my youtubing

I decided "ITS TIME TO GET UP OUT THIS HOUSE"

& the boys were feelin' it to

so Hatchet, Lip, & myself

decided to do something, we didnt care what it was

aslong as it didnt involve us sitting home

so we went to Citrus for like 6min

then Wal-Mart

[the dude on one of the weight set boxes looked JUST LIKE TYREE]

then we that McD Life..

& ended the night by going to

Nudie's house.

[going to his house helped prove the point on why we cal him that]

& thats my Saturday

xEMJAY

Fact: Paris is Burning apparently...

Quote: "is it because were in that water recession?!"- JUJU

Final Thought: my car may have a mass dent... but atleast it still drives & rides

Day 85: Apr 3- "Back to the Old Days"

YAYr SPRING BREAK!!!


i was supposed to work tonight
but due to the fact that
I was supposed to fact that I didnt have my uniform
& I didnt get my badge registered to park for free...
I had to wait..
=[

so i decided to chill
since I'm not going to be able to do that
much more of it being that i have a job now

& I did something I havent done in a while...
I sat in my room
Sew'd & watched MTv
I usta do this all the time
but when I started chillin with 4CT$ & going out more
it kinda ceased to just a Tuesday thing
but I loved the moment
I came up with this little number

its not done
but its gonna be quite revealing
but not in a tacky skank way!

AH VEE TAH ZING[lol]
xEMJAY

Fact: Sometimes mistakes have the best outcome

Quote: NWR

Final Thought: Do I have enough fabric to finish this?

Day 84: Apr 4- "Working Man"

So today was the final
nail in the coffin for my life of unemployment
everything is set for my job
WOO HOO!!
I got my badge & I passed all the required test!!

The middle schoolers came today
but I didnt get to see Marlesia while she was
there because I was at the airport...
I dont think I would have known what to do
if I had seen Marlesia at Alonso..
AKWARD!!!

after school there
was a fight....
between 2 individuals I'll leave un named
& the location as well I'll leave un named
but to say the least about the girl that I know...
SHE MURKED THAT GIRL!!
it was so terrible
I was trying to prevent it...
but somethings are just not avoidable
I was moving to slow
the other girls faace looked like this

no joke ! LOL
it was brutal LOL


I had practice tonight with
Outbreak
but I had promised SOLO
that I would come support them for the
Faces Talent Show
so i did
even thought it took me like 10min to find the gym
once I was at USF
& I was next to it the whole time.
but They did the dizzle
they didnt win but they still did the thang!!


Finito!
xEMJAY

Fact: The step team was... an intresting situation to say the least..

Quote: "Boy the Truth shall SET YOU FREE!!!"

Final Thought: If your gonna do a dance in which your gonna be breaking your pants away, & just wearing booty shorts... MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT ASHY!! Cause that chick tnoight tried the system.

Day 83: Apr 1st- "Whata Fool"

So I got all of my test
& foolishness out of the way
& now all I have to do is wait for spring break..
Yippity DOO DAH!!

But today is
April Fools
which made it a great day to breakup
with my "Girlfriend"
today just seemed like a great day to do it because of the irony
If your thinking
"WHAT?! mark had a girlfriend?!"
Dont fault yourself
she wasnt much of one
it was time to move on!!


other great news for today..
I WON THE FASHION FORWARD COMPETITION!!!
for the LOCAL PART!!!

Now I go to nationals in CHICAGO for a chance to compete for a
FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP!!!
& i'll get to keep the $5,000
for winning the local part
when the guy called me I thought it was a joke
but it was the real deal hollyfield!!
I'm so excited!!


THANK YOU JESUS
xEMJAY

Fact:LIFE IS GREAT!!!

Quote: "Am I getting on your nerves with all these questions?, Im just excited for you"

Final Thought: Lord thank you for another blessing.

Day 82: Mar 31- "Harriet Tubman"

So the oddest thing happened today
I wasnt feeling the best today
but I fought threw it

& when I got home,
I got on the comp
So I could Blog, Myspace, style.com
etc, Etc.

& when my dad got home at aroung.. 5ish
he told me to go get my room clean
cause it was a mess LOL
so I went in my room
& observed the mess and realized that I was going to need to take it in for a moment
so I laid on my bed

& OUT OF NO WHERE...
it was 9:15 LOL
I had fallen asleep and didnt mean to! LOL
room still a mess
so I tried to get up but it wasnt happenin
3min
it was 6:35am& time to go to sleep

I FELL ASLEEP TWICE with OUT TRYING TOO!!
LOOLL
It reminded me of Harriet Tubman in that movie
when she would have "sleepin spells"


It was the best night rest I've ever gotten
& that was the jist of my day LOL!

SNORE
xEMJAY

Fact: I woke up feeling so energized

Quote: "Mark! WAKE UP!! YOU GOT SCHOOL!!" - Momma Jones

Final Thought:How could she lead people in a railroad, if she was at risk of having a sleep attack?

Day 81: Mar 30th- "Creative Jones"

Lets see..
today..

WE got back the couple pic
that was apart of the ticket fee for prom
& I wasnt sure what to expect from the pic
because Kiara & I took the pic at the end of the nigh
& we both had sweated a tad bit
BUT!
WE WAS STILL ON POINT IN THE PIC!!

Dont ask me why My Smile was so large
I think I was just excited at the fact that it was prom LOL

LOL
in my 9th Period
Photo 1
some of us are what I call
Rhythmically Creative
& we like to make song about each other
& today we made the best song!!

Im telling you its on point
I dont like it more than
"I love Katerina Lopez"
[MIA's gonna be on the remix]
were gonna make a music video & yall goin be snappin to it watch!

after school I decided to go buy some fabric
cause I wanna do a photoshoot once a month
so I needed to get started on that
I feelin' Motivated & Inspired



& last but not lease
Shout out to my SOLO Fam
they came through Ground Zero Tonight
I dont know if there comin back LOL
cause P. Al was readin some folk [not Kenz,Dee, Or Kiesi]
& they was lookin a lil caught of guard LOL
but anywho

I'm dat Dznr
xEMJAY

Fact: My sewing game is on point.

Quote: "Couwtney! THiCKa THAN a SNICKA!!"

Final Thought: The end is near...

Day 80: Mar 29- "Double Shot of Jesus"

Every Once in a while
there are occurences when we have
2 service to attend within one sunday

& Today was one of them
it may sound like
an "OMG" moment
but it not that bad
its not like were there the whole time

but after our first service if the day
we went to


I love there buffalo wraps
with no cole slaw & Blue cheese instead of Ranch!
you better learn about it

& then it was time for the second service
my dad had to do an Instillation service
for one of churchs thats under the FBCM Fellowship
Great service
you dont know singing until you've been to a black church
the black church houses some of the best undiscovered singer
& most of them I say 80% just like to sing & dont wanna do it professionally
thats what makes them so great at it

Amen
xEMJAY

Fact: No such thing as too much church

Quote: "Emjay, I love reading your blog"- Mrs Joy B.

Final Thought: I didnt realize so many people read my blog...

Day79: Mar 28th-"Bowl as a WHOLE"

Back to my normal saturday
I didnt wake up till like
11 somethin' on the verge of 12
& it felt GREAT!!
when I tell you I dont like waking up on saturdays
please believe thats real life!

but this saturday was a lil different
I was sleeping out of laziness
but for relaxing purposes
because for some reason all that
WUTANG'n I was doing last night caught up to me
I was feeling so sick, & my shoulder was in pain..
so the rest helped me get well

but today was also
Bowl as a Whole
it started @3
but people were thinkin' @ 7
bet got there @ 4
talk about CPT
I didnt Bowl well the 1st 2 games
but I won the last 2 so thats all that matters



TURKEY
xEMAJY

Fact: Cheese fries with Black Olives is the business

Quote: "NWR"

Final Thought: My dads come a long ways, Im proud of em, he's the epitome of a God Made Millionare

Day 78: Mar 27 -"His return is Near"

I dont know whats in the water

in theWestChase/Town&Country/Timberlane 

ares of tampa.

But the Youth of these neighborhoods need to stop driinking it

I dont know if it has anything to do with the 

Water Sanitation plan on Waters & Sheldon that has a stinch

thats indescribable

but whatever it is we gotta find it

because today at ALonso

it was PURE HELL!!

there was like 

3 Fight

4 Cars got broken into[one of which they smashed the window]

some girls got caught smokin weed, & then they ran

LOOLL

for a minute I thought I was at Middleton

cause it was some Goon Action occuring LOL

I felt so urban! LOOOLL

I tried to be more civalized after school

so i decided to go to a Fashion Show @ Sickles

that Mailyn the Prom Queen invited me too

but that didnt help 

cause the fashion show was so tacky & border line urban

cause for some odd reason the girls that to be models

they had too walk extra bouncy & contort there faces into "Fierce" LOOKS

bad mistake, & there clothes didnt match the themes for the show that well

so TACKALICOUS LOL

wheres Ms jay when you need em LOOLL

after the show

Jordan & Jasmine

decided that we should stop by this little party

that was in the plantation...

I didnt know the person whose party it was

so i wasnt really down for going

but I said "What the Hey! WHY NOT!"

so we went

but I vowed that I was going to dance

because I didnt know the people & if I out danced someone 

I didnt wanna start an altercation..

so once we were inside we decided we would make Camp by the door

since we didnt know anybody, & I was thinking that this was going to be a Multicultural Party...

WHY DO I DECIEVE MYSELF!!

WALL TO WALL!! Black Folk!

I guess I should have known when the neighborhood was called plantation...

The music was on point though

the highlight of the night was when the mother of the paty girl came out

and said the food was ready to be eatin, 

& that if they wanted a plate they had to dance LOL

EVERYBODY LEARNED A 2 Step real quick

& the things those girls were making there butts do

was like Video Vixens in training...

so raunchy

the party made me feel that I was officially

African American

Black Power

xEMJAY

p.s. I wutang'd & juked a lil bit then left!

Fact: I hear Alonso's goin to have Metal Detectors on Monday

Quote of the Day: "Pretty girls dont Fight"- Jordan
"Child, Why are you doing that"- Mr. Nando

Final thought: Good thing I didnt pay for that show...

Day 77: Mar 26th "Whatevah Imma do what I want"

Senior Assembly's...

they always make me feel one step closer

to May 28th, The SunDome @ 3pm

aka Graduation

at Todays senior assembly

all they pretty much did was set in stone

the rules for graduation.

stuff like,

gotta have X amount of credits

& a 2.0 GPA

no noise makers

etc etc

but the thing that got me was

you cant throw your CAP!

I Paid $75 for this dag on cap 7 & gown

& YOUR GONNA TELL ME I CANT DO AS I PLEASE WITH IT
I had gotten over the fact that i couldnt Wu-Tang with it as I got my Diploma

but my hat....

& there excuse was it could hurt somebody, by hitting them in the eye..

well then dont  look up

then they said there's a graduation right after & they dont wanna have to clean up hats...

IM NOT GONNA LEAVE THE HAT! & if you'd like I'll attach it to a string LOL

 I think this is just another way for the man to keep me down

Grr

xEMJAY

Fact: There's a girl in my homeroom with a 1.89 GPA, she had the nerve to ask is she going to graduate...

Quote: NWR

Final thought: Maybe thats what happened to his eye...

Day 76: Mar 25th- "I am Honor"

Another day report cards
this year has been so ridiculous
it seems like out of no where
I have redeemed me old crown of
Honoroller
Cause I've not seen a C or D
this whole year
it so amazing
Im proud of myself
but I'm sure my parents are even prouder! =]

being that I got Honor roll

I attended a- nother A Team meeting

they're not worth writing back 

because they are all the same

the only difference between this one and the last one is

The hamburgers were grosser, we got ice cream sandwiches, & the lady made it rain.. LOL

she use the chick-fil-a coupons!

LOL Hillarious!

Last but not least

my neighbors....

OH GOD!

they were sitting out in there yard

by the rode

with a sign that read 

"You Honk We Drink"

I thought it was a joke... so I hunked...

LOL

& they guys were like "YEAHHHH!! THANKS BRO!! WOOOHHHHOOOO"

it was the funniest mess I've ever seen

Adios

xEMJAY

Fact:I've never gotten money for good grades

Quote:"I dont like these report cards, Yall are doing good, I wanna see some struggle"-Mr. Marshall

Final Thought: No more A- Teams.... =/

Day 75: Mar.24 – “Camille is Eve’s Cousin”

I know I had said the other day

That I had finished my sketch for the

Fashion Forward Competitin

But I was battling with the fact of whether or not it looked

"professional"

To leave it with the curved cut that I had put in it

But when I cam to the final decision

I decided to re do it

I'm quite glad that I did

Cause it came out better

It looks exactly the same

But with more detail.

& I used Prisma markers instead of water colors

It looks SUPERB!!!

& I plan on dropping it off after school.

Speaking of after school…

Little Ms Camille Gayle..

Tells me "Mark Can you take me to Jefferson for the Trackmeet?"

So I was like sure, Why not, cause she told me that she

Couldn't ride the bus with the team cause she was an alternate

& only the definite runners could ride the bus.

But the "definite" runners bus left at like….

12:30.. so I asked her "camillie why is the bus leaving so early"

To which Camille replys "because they couldn't get a bus at a later time cause the meet starts at the same time that school would be getting out"

Made since to me so I believed her

So the end of the day comes..

We get to Jefferson

& then Camille gets out the car with no bag that shows she was going to change to run….

So I say "Camille where your running clothes?.."

To which she replies "….uuhhh, my brother [sean gayle] has them inside"

Made since to me….

THEN SOMETHING CLICKED IN MY MIND!...

SHE Uhh'd which means she was working up something to say…

& THEN I REALIZED

THIS LIL GIRL DON' LIED TO ME TO GET ME TO DROP HER OFF!!!

& she was so sneaky & believable

Now I see how Adam fell to eve!!

So deceptive!!

UN DIABLA!
xEMJAY

Fact: Don't TRUST Females!

Quote "It looked like when them thangs in the bible attacked cause of moses"-Tony

Final Thought: I met Ford Model Mikel Ennis Today.. I thought meeting a model would be more exciting... but shes met my girlfriend before... Chanel Eman =]