#itslongoverdue

[everythingshaquana]

Woke up remembering all the homies that didn't make it to see THIS day in person 😩😏😭😌🙏🏾... • Had to refocus my gratitude on what is here now and God willing, what's to come. Just KNOW every step of the way forward, I'm doing this shit for Y'ALL and in spirit, y'all gon' be RIGHT there with me! • To all my homies that were there from the beginning, whether you're here or not, I Love you, I miss you, I thank you and I honor you! This one is for US 😌😌😉😉☺️☺️😎😎😘😘😝😝😜😜💁🏾🙌🏾👌🏾💯!! • • #EverythingShaquana #FlashbackFriday #RememberWhen #JerseyDays #TheBeginning #FOE #LoyaltyOverEverything #ItDontGetNoDeeper #AllTheWayUp #WatchWhatHappensNext #ItsLongOverdue #WeBackedUp #TimeToRelease #Relax #Relive #BossesOnly #InvitationOnly #HuntersOnly #BYOB #DaysOnes #NoNewNiggas #ForeverYoung #ForeverYoungBosses #SIPKB #ThisIsALLForYou #BlessUp #Ase #Love #Light #Live

[abeccaa]

My baby @samsmithworld is back. #TooGoodAtGoodbyes on #ConstantRepeat #WheresTheAlbum #ItsLongOverDue #FanGirling

[mszahirah]

#MakeAfricanAmericansGreatAgain #BlackWallStreet #WeHaveTheJuiceAndTheSqueeze #ItsLongOverdue

[p0rcelyn]

What he's going to wake up to. #ThisFeelsReal #OneDayAtATime #IveNeverDoneAnythingLikeThatBefore #HeMakesMeWantToBeBetter #HeTreatsMeLikeAQueen #ItsLongOverdue

[dianapetras]

Yay :) Just a few Ultimate Werewolves game players! #ItsLongOverdue #HappyWednesday #PizzaAndBeer

[kristinatau-blog]

Looking back

It all started in middle school when I started to dance for fun, for the sake that I just wanted to learn how to dance. Two years later, as a freshman in high school i started to dance more for school rallies and events. As time passed by in May of 2009, I got the opportunity to dance on a team outside of school. Something that I never thought would happen and only people with years of training and experience could do. Little did I know that Dance would become such a huge impact on my life. It made dreams come true for me, it became my outlet, and became my passion. When I got the chance to break dance in the hall ways at my high school, it was the best feeling in the world because no one could judge me, what ever I was feeling you could see it in the way that I moved. And at the end of the session, everyone would know that a piece of me there. When I was in the studio doing choreo with my crew, it was crazy fun. Our goal was to look like one. And we became one huge family with so many different people, with different personalities and different styles. Dancing was my life when I was living here in San Jose. It was all I knew.

A part of me always thinks that if I didn't move to LA I would've improved so much more as a dancer and gotten to where I always wanted to be. As a bgirl and in choreo. I was never the best dancer on the team, but now looking back, I was a good enough dancer to be in the core of every song in each set. I never thought in my life that I'd give up dancing or that I would be like this now. To be working two jobs and going to school full time. But after all this time off from school and work, I'm finally motivated enough to get back to dancing. After being able to pick up a bboy routine in a couple minutes and teaching it to others made me realize that I'll always have it in me. And after watching all these videos on youtube, Ian Eastwood to be specific, pushes me even more. 

Its crazy that after Watching Ian, and reading the bio in the videos it spoke to me. Kinda weird but i guess touching in a way. On October 2012, I made a promise to my nephew. I promised that I will start dancing again because he will never get the chance to. And I think I have finally found my inspiration to get back to it. Maybe going 3 years with out training and dancing at all, has finally taken a toll on me. I want to dance again and I want to be better than I was before. But I know its going to take a lot of time, practice, and training. Something my body isn't as used to anymore, but I will take baby steps. 

I hope that with time, I'll be able to finally quit one of my jobs and be able to dance at night again. I honestly miss the dance life. I miss going to practices and sessions all the time. I miss going to shows, and even performing. Nothing beats going to performances and seeing old and new friends. Or even meeting famous dancers. But also nothing beats performing. The rush you get when you're on stage giving it your all or the feeling of needing to pee before each show... lol I miss it all. And I honestly can't wait to get back into it. I hope to be able to find a place close to my apartment or school and start training there and doing workshops and maybe just maybe (when I'm ready) I'll audition for a team again. 

[permanentlynameless]

A certain someone is itching for his premiere #ItsLongOverdue (Taken with Instagram)

[everythingshaquana]

Woke up remembering all the homies that didn't make it to see THIS day in person 😩😏😭😌🙏🏾... - Had to refocus my gratitude on what is here now and God willing, what's to come. Just KNOW every step of the way forward, I'm doing this shit got Y'ALL and in spirit, y'all gon' be RIGHT there with me! - To all my homies that were there from the beginning, whether you're here or not, I Love you, I miss you, I thank you and I honor you! This one is for US 😌😌😉😉☺️☺️😎😎😘😘😝😝😜😜💁🏾🙌🏾👌🏾💯!! #EverythingShaquana #FlashbackFriday #RememberWhen #JerseyDays #TheBeginning #FOE #LoyaltyOverEverything #ItDontGetNoDeeper #MyLocJourney #4YearsAndCounting #LocQueen #GoodbyeYesterday #HelloTommorrow #KingsUp #QueensUp #EverybodyElseDown #AllTheWayUp #WatchWhatHappensNext #ItsLongOverdue #WeBackedUp #TimeToRelease #Relax #Relive #BossesOnly #InvitationOnly #HuntersOnly #BYOB #DaysOnes #NoNewNiggas #ForeverYoung #ForeverYoungBosses #SIPKB #ThisIsALLForYou #BlessUp #Ase #Love #Light #Live