They say it’s the hottest ticket on television!! The 2008 BET Awards was exactly. Myself along with three other castmates took the trip to Los Angeles full of excitement to see what these few days had in store for us. It was a struggle trying to get there but the morning of the awards was an adventure. Dorion and I had to find a cleaners to steam our outfits. We had to get everybody to our hotel before our special makeup artist all the way from Atlanta arrived. It was hectic, makeup had to be done and imagine getting dressed for an event such as this in one hotel room with five other people. It was crazy but fun. We all got to help each other. The limosine arrived to pick us up, and of course we all weren’t ready. Dennis was on his way but in fact took way too long. Unfortunately we had to leave him and never spoke to him again. I don’t know what happened to him. We finally arrived. We were the first to walk the red carpet. That means we got all the attention before the really big celebs arrived. After speaking to everyone, we took our seats to watch the opening by ATL’s own Usher. He sort of disappointed me because he was lipsincing his entire performance. My favorite was Rihanna. I love her style! Neo also had great choreography with his dancers. Ciara looked great. And the Alicia Keys performance was awesome. She really brought out some legends, TLC, En Vogue, SWV couldn’t have been better.

We have a blast throughout the night. The buffet at the BETs official after party was the best. In fact that was my favorite part. Ashley R. and Dorion enjoyed getting drunk for free. The drinks kept coming! I had a blast seeing celebrities outside of Atlanta. I get tired of seeing the same ones at home. However, we partied with Boris Kodjoe, and that’s a whole lot of man! LOL. Cuba Gooding Jr. was so nice. Dorion was embarrassing us around everybody, but it was cool because everybody felt the same way. Networking throughout the room was very important. In fact, I hardly saw Sira the whole time. Her and Ivy from the Interns show were running around chasing celebs to get pictures with them. They really wanted to show they had a great time. I met a lot of great connects myself. The party ended quite early. I hear they all close early in LA. We went back to the hotel and went to sleep after joking around. Everybody returned home back to Atlanta. I stayed a couple of days to hang with friends and eat Roscoes Chicken and Waffles everyday!! You gotta love it. Thanks BET for the great experience!!

Finding a dress for the BET Awards has to be the most stressful thing in my life at this moment! Dressing in the most fashionable clothing always comes quite easy when I don’t try too hard. But this time, its way more pressure. A few of my cast mates and I will be walking the red carpet together this coming Tuesday. To be really recognized at these type of events, you have to look way over the top and drop dead gorgeous or look busted as a fashion disaster to be on someone’s worst dressed list! They say any publicity is good publicity! I want to play it safe but safe may just not be enough. In fact, I’m not the only one who feels like they are going completely crazy looking for something to wear. My clueless cast mates are having the same problem.

Ashley R. is trying to take the Internet shopping route and perhaps find a dress to be shipped to her in time. I don’t think this is such a great idea because with Internet shopping the sizes may not be right; it’s too risky. Sira, wanted to have a dress made but that becomes a problem when it doesn’t fit the budget. We’re not Beyonce out here! Drew, of course, is probably not worried at all. Anthony will be going as the new Ginuwine. I’m sure you can imagine! And the two fashionesta’s Dorion and Shavon. Well, you will just have to wait and see. Dorion and I ran through the mall for hours trying to figure something out. I think we have it now! My dress is beautiful. All I need now is shoes, and time is getting short. Just wait until you see Dorion! Cute. The guy sure knows how to ball on a budget. We’re going to have a blast in Las Angeles! I’ll be sure to keep you all informed about this exciting event. The moment we all meet again on the Red Carpet at the 2008 BET Awards!!!