(thanks to KABEER for the scan…)
here is a photo of me and one of the greatest friends i’ve ever had – LA’KEA WHITE. we lived down the block from each other in downtown Albany and she had attended my middle school, but was now in 9th grade at the time of this photo at Bishop Magin High School (my friends were always older than me). i remember that year…
it was the same year that i decided to stop wearing my CHARLOTTE HORNETS STARTER jacket and trade in my REEBOK classics for some PUMAS, a skateboard and a gas station attendant jacket with the name “RALPH” embroidered on the left side. i found it at SALVATION ARMY.
this only added fuel to the fire for the 4 MEAN GIRLS in my class to further harass me. leaving me threatening notes and mumbling comments like “she thank she cute”. actually, i didn’t…i had a unibrow, a face like a chipmunk and disliked my new “womanly” body (puberty is weird for any kid, but even more awkward for girls).
by the time 8th grade rolled around, i was the only misfit in my school. LA’KEA now in 10th grade, stuck by my side. when people asked her “why she trying to be white”, LA’KEA always defended me. when the girls at school became a nuisance, KEA made an unannounced visit with a slew of her homegirls from her sophomore class to put a little fear in their lives…and it worked.
thanks LA’KEA.
and thanks to my sister for showing me the world of waxing and tweezing. i still haven’t gotten my fashion sense together, but i’m positive i never will.
December 3, 2009
Awww you look the same (gorgeous).
That’s a true friend. And p.s. to the girls you are cute!
LOL @ unibrow!
December 3, 2009
awww look at little va$htie. you looks so cute.. and the same
December 3, 2009
That mess up wat they was doing to u
I want to know wat they doing now lol
December 4, 2009
hahah vashtie ur hilarious… unibrow and chipmunk face….. i feel you though i was a tease too throughout middle school its all goodd….one time for the underdawgs yay lol
December 4, 2009
supaaaa cute! : D
December 4, 2009
exactly, jamie. probably nothing lol
December 4, 2009
girl , you haven’t aged at all ! you look the same. = )
December 4, 2009
“i still haven’t gotten my fashion sense together, but i’m positive i never will.” WHAT!?? what are you talking about? you are killing these hoes!!
December 4, 2009
got the foreign exchange student look in that pic
December 4, 2009
The only reason they said that you thought you were cute is because you were. You should have taken as a compliment.
December 4, 2009
wow ur hair was soo long they were jus jealous do u n kea still keep in touch?
December 4, 2009
.. and I always thought I’m not liked!
I had to go through alot in my past years! I never really had friends, cuz they wouldn’t accept how I am. Somebody told me I’d be to honest, but eventually I think they just didn’t like me cuz of my curly hair and because I didn’t take sh!t from them!
It was really hard, cuz they hurt me with stuff they said!
December 4, 2009
You Look Cute!
December 4, 2009
Still lookin’ good ;o)
December 4, 2009
awwww bless, gosh what a bunch of haters, i always say if you dont have haters your doing something wrong! bless, i’m almost 25 and i can remember going through that tomboy to a women body thing, it was horrible and i looked a lil arkward too. It all clicks into placem= in the end,but vashtie you looked cute back then!, they knew you were unique, you have it all girl and your down to earth!
December 4, 2009
oh and thanks for sharing this with us! X
December 4, 2009
awwwww, i was…well i still am a misfit wherever i go, so i can totally relate to this, you look exactly the same Vashtie…….
December 4, 2009
You HAVE to go to your class reunion. Let the mean girls see you now. I bet all of them have about 4 kids each, not married and overweight. LOL
Are you still friends with La’Kea?
December 4, 2009
Unibrows 4 life!
December 4, 2009
Lol…I had chubby cheeks too in middle school–I was mad when they went away though because now I have these high-a** cheekbones that I need to learn to appreciate
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I used to have girls come up to me & grab my hair & -TELL- me I had a weave, which I didn’t. People do stupid things.
…Please tell me you still have that Ralph vest
December 5, 2009
Little vashtie, ahead of her time. Big vashtie, still ahead of her time
I bet those haters are a lot worse off than you today.
December 5, 2009
The kids in ur school hated on u b/c u were beautiful and smart. U look like a mix of Janet Jackson and Chilli from TLC on this pic. U look mad shy and the cheeks and long hair remind me of my 4th grade pic. I wish I was 12 again instead of being 21 and dealing with responsibilty.
December 5, 2009
Dude! You totally look like my best friend from first grade, Anjanie, in that pic! I remember she played Dorothy (all that hair made for two awesome ponytails) and I was Glenda/one of the Munchkins/a lamb on the farm in our 1st grade production of the “Wizard of Oz”. Anyway, hey … what’s the irony on that Ralph shirt ^_^! It would so come in handy over here. Later, Vash!
December 6, 2009
7th grade???? This looks like a ‘TODAY’ picture! You look exactly the same! Spooky! lol You are so gorgeous.
December 6, 2009
lol, I had a charolette Starter jacket….I think I was in 2nd grade when you were in the 7th. I had to deal with similar issues like you V in middle…It always to cool to have that homegirl who has your back. For God knows it is difficult for girls of color to be outside of the box…people are not to kind to us in the beginning but than they always come along some time or another… Keep doing your thing Vashtie! I love the things you do!
December 7, 2009
haha KEEP IT REAAL! i bet u dress the same
December 7, 2009
You look timeless. Wow. People say that about me, but I think you have been blessed with a gene that preserves your youth. LOL @ starter jackets: I had a Miami Hurricanes with about 12 stoppers on each side, hilarious. Good friends are hard to come by and time, distance, and lifestyles won’t change that.
Bond. BlkBond.
December 7, 2009
Awww you were even gorgeous then
December 7, 2009
OMG! Vash! first and foremost let me just say that I was the same way as a kid. I can totattly relate. Girls don’t like other girls that stand out and are different. I feel you with the “she thank she cute” thing. Ugh! I guess that never gets old. But what’s funny about it is, you look EXACTLY the same. Even with the 90′s gear! lol This picture is soo cute.
December 7, 2009
*totally
December 9, 2009
Aww! Your my inspiration!
March 15, 2010
How cone I’m just seeing this….lol. Let me find out Kea was the muscle on the block….lol. This is a classic pic though… I’m glad you two are still close…
May 3, 2010
Awwwwwwwwww V. Darlin ! I luvs U as well …to pieces!