Ra's Roundup #22

Andra's Birthday Edition

I won’t lie to you guys, being a Virgo… 🍌[bananas] to have Beyoncé as a spokesperson couldn’t be better marketing.

Get you a Virgo.

I celebrated my 35th birthday on August 25th. Its a milestone birthday to me, I’m exactly in my mid 30’s. I’ve learned all sorts of practical things up to this point like… jade rolling my face, and sunscreen (not even every day of the week) have helped me keep up my face. Overall, all of your choices, will affect you long term.

One of my favorite headlines I recently read was…

“Everyone Is a Girl Online

NPC influencers, "girl dinner," angels, bimbos—the internet is a girl's world now, whether you like it or not.”

read the article here: "https://www.wired.com/story/girls-online-culture/

the girls are absolutely flourishing on the internet. In my eyes its due to a big shift in what qualifies as entertaining. Tik Toks and Reels alike have changed the game. Shorter and/or more clever concepts run the game right now. When I was a kid radio shack would sell these portable TVs, they were huge and had an antenna but now the portable TV fits in my pocket. I am loving this era of the internet.

Go Off Coco Gauff

19 year-old Coco Gauff wins the US Open!

Found this interesting piece about the etymology of the word Marijuana.

"The origin of the word “marijuana” foreshadowed its current use. Historically, the earliest and most numerous group of users in the Americas were slaves from western Central Africa (modern Gabon to Angola).[19] Their words for cannabis are now used in nearly all the places they (involuntarily) ended up during the 1700s and 1800s, which includes West Africa, the Caribbean and South America. Most notably, in Central America, the Kimbundu (Angolan) word mariamba became the Spanish word marihuana."[20] Hence, “mariamba” is where the word “marijuana” comes from. The word “marijuana” as we know it today did not appear until 1846 in Farmacopea Mexicana, though it was spelled “mariguana.” In most following instances, the word was spelled marihuana.[21] [22] In Chilean Spanish, mariguanza is the dance of a shaman in an altered state of consciousness.[23]

Lastly…

Added 4 new products to the Amazon Catalog that lives at andradaniellelee.com

Thanks for tuning into this months roundup.

see yall next month