Commute.

I've been interning in different departments with media/cable company Turner Broadcasting for the past 5 summers, and this view of entering the CNN Center never gets old. This summer, I'm taking what I've learned about strategic communication and using my creative skills from campus to serve as a communications intern with a talent management team for Turner's Human Resources group. 

I'm enjoying it! This photo is of my daily train ride into the city, a familiar trip I've taken regularly since I was 15.

PAD2014: Day 3

Today, I went to the Apple Butter Bakery, a new bakery/cafe/cake shop in Stone Mountain, my hometown.  

I fell in love. The treats were delicious, affordable and the shop itself looked like the dream of every rustic DIY-obsessed Pinterester ever, while maintaining a uniqueness. I love meeting local and young entrepreneurs because I love seeing passion put into action, in a way that can serve community. The bakery offers cake decorating classes and demonstrations and offers itself as a nice place to study or meet up with someone. There aren't enough locations like that in this area, so it's really exciting to see! 

Hoping to enjoy more of their deliciousness and ambiance in the future!

Mo

Omoge

The Urban Dictionary defines "Omoge" as "the Nigerian word for a beautiful young lady."

My favorite thing, or one of them at least, about being Nigerian in America means that, in this country of blended origins, I have a unique culture from which I can draw a sense of identity. When I moved here at age five, my thick accent made me the butt of many jokes, but as I've grown [and lost the accent] I've started to lose the hindrance I once felt to "rep" my culture among different crowds.

One way I happily do this is with custom-made dresses from ankara fabric. Like the Aschobi creation above, I have a [growing] wardrobe of cultural couture that allow me to accent my heritage with flair.

Creations like


and

and

are just a few styles of the many that other African fashionistas use to express their backgrounds.


So when I start school [USC--Fight on, Trojans!] in the fall, this Omoge will not be afraid to represent her background, while establishing her identity at the forefront.


-xoxo Mo

Let's Play Catch-Up...

It feels like I've been wiped off the face of the blogosphere for the past couple of weeks; they've been hectic, yet wonderful and terrible simultaneously.
Alas, my summer vacation (which rarely included relaxation) has come to an end and I'm back in high school for my junior year, which is pretty much the most stressful year of school-with all the testing and scrambling to take the right classes, looking for scholarships, finding the perfect college for moi- but whatever, I'm not going to bore with you with those things, but attempt to excite you with some more a few things.
The first time I was on TV ->click<-, it was right after last school year ended, and you all were wonderful with your warming comments. I find it almost too coincidental that the 2nd and most recent time I made a television appearance aired the day before this school year started-but maybe that's just me over thinking.
Anyhoo, this time, VOX's founder and Executive Director and I visited another Atlanta morning show, JJ On Atlanta . Unfortunately, I can't find the video, but I have pictures!

Me in the makeup chair



One of my amazing editors (if you look close you see me taking the picture ;)



Random wall I stared at while waiting in the green room


Lights! camera! action, the set:


So, umm,Yeah. Anyhoo...
On the first day of school, I wanted to wear something similar to the Olivia Palermo look in my "Chocolate Craving" section but I didn't, I went for something a little more...well, frilly. That was inspired by this past creation

Tiered From Day To Night by Mo512 featuring Marc by Marc Jacobs dresses

As you can see, I haven't mastered the "blogger pose" quite yet...but tell me what you think. Any advice? Also...let's play catch up; what've you been up to?

;)
xoxo Mo

Since I Last Blogged...

Hi people! I don't mean to blog practically once a month, but it was like "Aargh! there's never anytime!" I really loved and enjoyed all your comments on my last post, as I always do. Don't you just love the love of the blogosphere?!
But, anyhoo, since I last blogged, quite a few events have gone on in my life.

-I turned 16! (May 12th) I should start driving now, but I haven't even learned, yet. I'm not all too eager anymore because...
- I lost a friend/classmate to a drunk driving incident. It definitely opened my eyes and I realized, I have no reason to rush t get on the road. Besides, hopefully, I'll live in NYC when I get older so I'll just take a cab/subway.
-I finished my sophomore year of high school. Which is basically the 10th year, now it's only two more years before I can go to university. (May I toot my own horn and add that I'm an honor student! LOL :)
-I was 2009 Journalist of the Year at VOX (for getting published the most) and I'm gonna be a summer intern! Yay fun summer jobs!
- In one of my last articles for this school years, I stated that I had "big hopes for an awesome summer". It looks that way so far because I went on a morning talk show called "Good Day Atlanta." If you live in the U.S., it's basically one of Atlanta's versions of Good Morning America. Anyhoo, my friends and family were amazingly supportive in the whole thing, they're all like "You're famous Mo!" but not quite yet, I still have many more plans for my future.
This is what it was like

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Getting make up done

Chatting with the producer

What's behind this door? (VOX Board Chair)

Getting "mic-ed"


-->Click<-- for the video!

Warning! I will now attempt a style post!
This is a better view of what I wore

While taking these outside pictures, my friend Tracy and I almost got in trouble with a security guard. Thankfully, he was really nice and let us take them.







ps-I'm thinking pretty soon, I'll do a picture post of how beautiful Atlanta is. Add this to your list of vacation spots! Also, I've been thinking of making a few changes to the blog. Anyone up for a link exchange?

Love,
Mo

I've Been Tagged!

(yes random...but these are a few of my favorite things...it's my new desktop :)

I’ve been tagged by awesome Esther from Rhapsody in Boots


What is your current obsession?
Black and white photography, Short Filmmaking (like fashion commercials- Bruno Aveillan is incredible!), Pop Art , Collages, Europe travel and Art History


What is your weirdest obsession?
I’m in love with the moon, and I’m falling for dark fantasy. Maybe I shouldn’t have shared that…

What are you wearing today?
Just getting over the stomach flu, so I’m pretty lazy in jeans and a white t-shirt that says “when I said I liked you, I was “Lion” (with a picture of a lion, cheesy but it works )

What’s for dinner today?
Hmm… food right now makes my stomach bubble so I’ve been getting through the day with two granny smith apples and a handful of grapes, maybe I’ll attempt pizza.

Why is today special?
Because I’m alive and sore from yoga and kickboxing with my editors yesterday…somehow that’s significant. It’s also Thursday of my Spring Break and tomorrow, I get to job-shadow the associate editor of a magazine in Atlanta…super excited!

What would you like to learn to do?
Play piano and guitar because I write songs but have no singing skills. And learn to rock Photoshop.

What’s the last thing you bought?
A ticket for the train -in Atlanta, it’s called ‘MARTA’ but everywhere else it’s the Metro, I go downtown a lot because I write for a teen newspaper called VOX and my parents refuse to drive to the city 3 times a week in Atlanta traffic

What are you listening to right now?
My baby sister cry, she thinks someone ate her cookies but she already ate them. But otherwise “Faith” by Bittersweet, it’s so sultry

What is your favorite weather?
Thunderstorms! They help me think, lazy rainy weather…the occasional sunny day. Funny enough, I was born in Nigeria in the middle of May but I’m not that fond of the sun. Go figure.

What is your most challenging goal right now?
Similar to Esther’s, deciding exactly what I want to do. I love writing but I’m afraid if I become an editor for a magazine (my most likely choice), I can’t do photography for other ones, plus I also want to produce films, possibly work in PR. My definite industries are fashion, media &communications, but can barely narrow it down from there. Also, finding an agency before I turn 16 on May 12, time is flying and I haven't actually started searching

What do you think about the person who tagged you?
She’s very funny; Esther’s got amazing style, taste and an equally incredible personality,. (and also my little cousin’s and my grandmother’s name :) Bloggers are the best!

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
London or SoHo, New York

What would you like to have in your hands right now?
A letter from Anna Wintour saying that she thinks I’d be an awesome addition to the Vogue family and should move to NYC instantly….a girl can dream, no?

What would you like to get rid of?
The SATs and other standardized tests, I ‘m a sophomore so I don’t have to take too many yet, but I could live without them. 3 inches off my waist wouldn’t hurt either, I’m so close to a size two and there’s a dress I’d like to wear for an upcoming wedding…

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Hmm…The Met or the New York Public Library… I love libraries and art museums!

Which language do you want to learn?
Yoruba (my native tongue that I’ve never learned to speak), French, Italian, [Brazilian] Portuguese and German so I can better understand Tokio Hotel

What did you dream of last night?
It was a virtually sleepless night, but I think I drifted away and my whole school came down with the stomach flu, we all suffered and recovered together. How’s that for school spirit?

Who do you want to meet in person?
The list is endless... Jesus Christ, probably Anna Wintour and Carine Roitfeld- generally all the editors of Vogue, Cory Kennedy- she has this effortless ‘cool’ I admire

What’s your favorite type of music?
That changes, it’s more like favorite artists…I like Tokio Hotel, Simple Plan, Lil Wayne, MIA, Bittersweet, Frank Sinatra, The Veronicas and from my childish days- Chris Brown and Rihanna. I’m always on the lookout for new music/artists since I can rarely make up my mind to what I really like

What’s the favorite piece of clothing in your own closet?
Grey skinny jeans and my black leather jacket, it was love at first wear…

What is your dream job?
Fashion editor, photographer, director, writer, possibly a model, PR

Any favorite photographers?
Definitely Newton and Penn, Demarchelier, Meisel and Testino are incredible. But as of recent I seriously adore Cameron Krone and James Mountford. Black and white is my obsession, and I’ve followed their work since reading about them on Pony Ryder

If you had £100 now what would you spend it on?
A day at Starbucks, my mum won’t let me have coffee anymore and subscriptions to British and French Vogue, Dazed and Confused

Fashion pet peeve?
Not dressing for your size…if it’s that small for you and you can’t figure out how to make it work (lol Tim Gunn moment), let it go

Do you admire anyone’s style?
Practically everyone on lookbook.nu  the style there is endless, Carine Roitfeld, Coco Rocha (the model-off-duty look is my fave.), Rihanna, Kate Moss, Zoe Kravitz, the Olsen Twins (sometimes), Rumi Neely from Fashion Toast, Pharell Williams (love skater boys!) there’s many more I just can’t think of at the moment

Describe your personal style
As you can see in the previous post, it changes with my mood. Some days I’m all emo-cool and wearing black, others when I’m lazy: a pair of frayed shorts, an oversized shirt or tank a la Alexander Wang, chunky heels or slouchy boots and thigh high socks, occasionally I get all ‘Devil Wears Prada’ and pretend like I just came straight out of the Sartorialist during fashion week… yeah. I can’t really choose one


Okay, here's the rules:

1. Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

2. Tag eight other people.
I'm doing nine :)
My lovely victims: (cough) oops I mean the bloggers I'll tag:

La Couturier
Daphne
Kandace
Ida
Ryder
Hanna of Little Miss Dress Up
Rosanna of Little Miss Dress Up
Pretty Neons
Dawn

Snowfall in the South

I haven't posted in so long ( my computer crashed, I know...*sniff*) but nonetheless, it finally snowed in Atlanta!

My family and I were in church when I looked outside and wondered why someone was throwing paper scraps from the roof...
But it wasn't paper scraps, it was snow!
I live (basically) in Atlanta, where it's typically 70-80 degrees(Fahrenheit) and it only ever snows in March. And as promised March 1st, the thick, fluffy precipitation drifted from the sky and allowed us a day with no school.

It carpeted the earth and blanketed everything else in sight. I had to bring my teddy bear, named Snow...lol, in for the action.

(Before you wonder why a 15 year old has (and still claims) a teddy bear, it's because I won it in a fifth grade winter wonderland trivia game. I also accesorized it, with a tie and a bow [thinking very Gossip Bear] because of pure boredom...)

On March 1st, most fashion-lovers were watching the Milan runways for the best Italian trends, and I was watching snow fall, thinking of what Frida Giannini was going to present for Gucci. Anyhoo... that day was a lot of fun (and gave me a lot of time to revise my paper on Edgar Allan Poe, yay!) and I'm still waiting for the [beloved] snow to melt. You?