On The Sean Bell Verdict...

"Fuck tha police/coming straight from the underground/ A young nigga got it bad becuz Im brown/and not the other color so police think/they have the authority to kill a minority" - NWA(Ice Cube) "Fuck Tha Police" 1988

He emptied his clip, reloaded, and emptied the second clip into Sean Bell's car for a total of 31 shots.............by his damn self!

Do you know how much fucking time it takes to empty two magazine clips? Especially when you have to reload?!?!!?!??!

The other officers combined for a total of 19 additional shots. Claimed they believed a gun to be in the car. Said one of the cars' occupants made a sudden move. Of course there was no gun in the car. In these cases there usually never is.

In 1999 Amadou Diallo's wallet was mistaken for a gun. They shot at him 41 times before it was over...............................You ever seen a fuckin' square shaped gun?!?!?!?

The next time a black dude runs from a cop you'll will know why. Or maybe they'll finally know why. They have repeatedly shown us that our lives dont mean shit to them. As a black male this shit is disheartening. Actually it's frightening is what it is. It could be a videotaped beating in the middle of a highway or a pre-dawn raid where it is proven that the cops let off 99 of 100 shots, and that 1 shot was a reaction of being shot, and it doesnt matter. For these fuckers to get off basically scott free...to not even be convicted of so much as excessive force, b/c you'd think 50 shots at unarmed people would be excessive, it's more than a slap in the face. It's more like a clear message.

This all traces back to fear. Black men are so fucking feared in this world it makes no sense. Hate to sound like Im on a "Woe is the Black Man" soap box, but when the fuck have you ever heard of a unarmed white man being shot at 50 some odd times? I sure as hell cant think of any instances. But again this all boils down to fear. Im pretty sure that those cops didnt go out looking for some black men to kill that night, but in the heat of the moment.........

Fear + Adrenaline + Guns = Alot of dead people....in this case, black men people. Maybe someone did make a sudden move. Its said that the officers didnt clearly identify themselves before drawing guns. At 4am I'd think I was being carjacked too.

Before I go off on too much of a tangent, you cant tell me that those cops didnt need to be held accountable. 50 fucking shots is at the very least excessive force when you arent being fired upon! Gimme a fucking break!

"Hard to be a spiritual being when she is shaking what you believe in..." - Talib Kweli "Respiration"

My Plan To Impregnate Candace Parker

Alls I gotta do is wait til the next hot party where she's one of the special invited WNBA players that's supposed to come. Yup! Then Imma make sure Im there wearing the jeans that show off my package so she can see what Im working with. Then Imma somehow work and/or sneak my way into VIP where she gon be popping bottles and making it rain on dudes and shit. She gon have to notice me. I know I stand out. I mean sure, I might play myself a lil bit, but it's worth it. She just got drafted No.1 overall by the LA Sparks! You know she finna be balling for real!

So maybe I'll dance on her all suggestively in the club or even give her a lil head in the back of VIP. That way she'll wanna invite me back to her hotel. We can ride back in her '09 Navi thats fully equipped sitting on 56's. Man ALLLLLL the dudes gon be sick when they see me hop in the passenger side. I can hear them hataz now : "Who the fuck is that nigga?!?!? He aint even fresh! His A1's got a scuff on 'em!!!", but whatever!

Then we gon get to the hotel and be chilling in her suite. And she gon be trying to get at me b/c Im buzzed. Imma play hard to get a lil bit at first b/c I dont want her to think Im some hoe that be scheming on ball players even if I really am. Hell, she aint gotta know all that! Imma play the role though and let her know that I dont usually do this, but there is just something about her. Then after a couple hours Imma finally give in and let her smash. Imma let her smash allllllllll night, but Imma poke a hole in all the condoms and then BAM!!! She gon have my baby and Im gon be set for life.

The End.

The "Silly Mortals Havent A Clue" List

1. "Mama Earth is dyin and cryin because of you
Raining cats and jackles, all shackles disintegrate, to residue
Silly mortals haven't a clue as to what the fuck is goin on...
Mamma Earth is tossin and turnin and that's our sign...
Hope I'm not over your head but if so you will catch on later...
Guess she could not take it anymore
Raping her heavenly body like a hoe, coochie sore
from niggaz constantly fuckin her, never lovin her, never showing appreciation
bustin' nuts in her face when they done!" -Andre 3000 "Da Art of Storytellin" Pt. 2

2. Did you participate in observing "Earth Hour" on 3/29?

3. If you did, know that what we did was the equivalent of reducing nearly 1.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and taking more than 1 million cars off the road for one hour

4. If you didnt well I suppose you just suck urine soaked Panda balls, now dont you?

5. My new favorite blog : http://www.verysmartbrothas.com/

6. That shit is straight comedic hilarity but oh so true!

7. Lovely Lesley I wish you the HAPPIEST OF BORN DAYS my sweet!

8. Sorry Cub fans but they'll suck again this year too

9. Hey it's what they do and they're damn good at it might I add!

10. "But when you love someone/you just dont treat them bad/Oh, how I feel so sad/Now that I wanna leave/She's crying her heart to me/'How could you let this be?'/I just need time to see/where I wanna be" - Donell Jones "Where I Wanna Be"

11. Where the hell is Donell anyways?

12. Did I really hear someone saying that the chicken at Chicago's Rosscoe's "tastes like wood"?

13. I didnt know that was really possible. I thought the Sugar Hill Gang was making that up!

14. btw as far as Im concerned : Chicago's Rosscoe's = McDowell's

15. And yes they really did add an extra 's' in Rosscoe's to make it 'different'

16. I only wish I were making this shit up!

17. "Here's a tip : Buy land!! They've stopped making it!!!" - Danisha

18. Im sure all my real estate broker friends are gonna love that one!

19. To this day that Cucumber Melon stuff reminds me of KK

20. Boy that stuff usta get her the BIDNESS fresh out the shower!!!

21. Alls I know is this "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" movie had better be DAMN good with the marketing campaign that has been set forth for it!

22. The Speed Dating event was pretty good save for a couple of hitches

23. Namely that we neglected to enforce the 'speed' portion of it and then the maniacal madman took over. lol

24. So the one dude fucking puts his baby in a microwave......and then this other dude fucking drowns all 3 of his kids b/c he and his ex were in a middle of a nasty custody battle....

25. ...They really need to do some extensive testing before people are allowed to have kids!

26. God bless Kneesh's fam, Niena's fam, and the LeVert family

27. "And as you journey into outerspace/May the angels help to lead the way/May the prayers that our families make/shine up on your soul and keep you safe/And all (our loved ones) that have passed away/be there to greet you as you pass the gates/And as you headed to the tunnel's light/I hope it leads to eternal life" - Scarface Feat. 2Pac "Smile"

28. Is it bad that I wanna send a BIG FUCK YOU to Charlton Hester though?

29. I mean really on some 'muthafuck him and John Wayne!' shit

30. The life of an artist is a lonely one

31. And yet....I strive to be an artist. Go figure.

32. Damn did ATA get gangsta or what?

33. That shit could be a new hustle yo : Make a company, offer a service in which peeps pay up front, then file bankruptcy and keep er'body money!!!!! Shit sounds foolproof to me!

34. Naila is a blogspot blogger and so is Keir now, and DJ is listing....pretty soon I will convert the world I tell you! *Insert sinister laugh*

35. How could my Tarheels go out like that? (Hush it up Leach! lol)

36. "Anyone who saw the 'King Kong' thing prior to it being pointed out should be deleted at once! This is like a mental stability quiz. =)) " - Steen

37. That "GTFOHWTBS" blog really stirred some controversy I tell ya

38. Seems we'll have to agree to disagree on that one

39. I just dont think it was that deep

40. On a completely different note..... I noticed that the bottom of my right butt cheek is slightly more hairy than my left butt cheek

41. FYI : It's my list and blog. TMI doesnt exist here so much.

42. Myspace drama is like the movie "Gigli": Completely unnecessary and should not be tolerated whatsoever!

43. "And I...mean all these words I said/And you don't have to guess what's going on inside my head/Just try to know all the things that our heart says/Listen to love and always get love to lead the way" - Luther Vandross/Gregory Hines "There's Nothing Better Than Love"

44. Yup that one's for you Sunday Morning Sylvi

45. So Bey-Z (Beyonce' and Jay-Z for you short bus riders) finally made it official huh?

46. Hope they dont go the way of Whitney and Bobby. Speaking of which.....

47. Did Bobby really say Whitney used their marriage to clean up HER image!?!?!?!?

48. Correct me if Im wrong but....it wasnt til AFTER their marriage that we found out Whitney had some hood in her, right?

49. Prior to that we thought she was the pristine pop star diva as wholesome as nun's liver!

50. "Music kind of sucks. Nobody's into being a musician. Everybody's getting their mogul on. You've been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you'd spend getting great songs together, you're busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder's songs would have been if he had to run a fuckin' clothing company and a cologne line?" – Chris Rock

GTFOHWTBS!

"When Vogue announced its April cover starring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, the magazine noted with some fanfare that James was the first black man to grace its cover. But the image is stirring up controversy, with some commentators decrying the photo as perpetuating racial stereotypes. James strikes what some see as a gorilla-like pose, baring his teeth, with one hand dribbling a ball and the other around Bundchen's tiny waist.

It's an image some have likened to King Kong and Fay Wray.

"It conjures up this idea of a dangerous black man," said Tamara Walker, 29, of Philadelphia.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz shot the 6-foot-9 NBA star and the 5-foot-11 Brazilian model for the cover and an inside spread. Vogue spokesman Patrick O'Connell said the magazine "sought to celebrate two superstars at the top of their game" for the magazine's annual issue devoted to size and shape."

(From USAtoday.com)

Thanks to Reez-y for bringing this to my attention. So what do yall think? Does this cover conjure up a King Kong/Damsel in distress image to you? They had a big discussion on it on The Today Show this morning. It was a black woman's argument with the whole King Kong depiction theory? I think that's a bit much. Come on black people you know we can be a tad sensitive and extra sometmes! This is reaching. Whats the problem b/c he has his mouth open? LeBron even said himself he is "pleased with the cover" and "was just trying to show a little emotion".

I mean shit....the cover article is about Secrets of the best bodies of the world's top athletes (LeBron) and models (Giselle)....so WTF? Is it b/c he is big and dark skin?

I mean would this shit even be being discussed if it were Tony Parker on the cover instead?

Dude Im so fuckin' going back to Saturn! I knoooooooooooooow we got better shit to talk about.

If yall dont GTFOHWTBS

FUCK Rant Part Deux

FUCK being set free after serving 25 years for a crime you didnt commit!
FUCK weighing in at 270lbs!
FUCK the Chicago Bears for making the team WORSE during the offseason and not BETTER!
FUCK Geraldine Ferraro!
FUCK being a pack rat!

FUCK Corporate......once again!
FUCK only being scheduled for 2 days this week!
FUCK their so called retaliation b/c I refused to work any more overnights!
FUCK the hypocrisy of that place!
FUCK teetering between stability and complacency!

FUCK being addicted to bossip.com and thee-biz.blogspot.com!
FUCK that...them shits are funny and I know better than to believe EVERYTHING I read!
FUCK not having home training!
FUCK anyone who is uneasy and uncomfortable with quiet and silence!
FUCK the fool on the train that HAD TO break up the peacefulness by talking loud as shit on his cell phone!

FUCK strawberry milkshakes for being soooooooooo good!
FUCK the whole Bear Stearns fiasco!
FUCK all these upsets in NCAA tournament for fucking up EVERYONE'S brackets!
FUCK being indecisive!
FUCK those damn white people for letting their dogs play with each other in the hotel lobby! If yall dont take yall asses to a damn dog park with that shit......!

FUCK the unrest in Tibet!
FUCK the fool who bought a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois for $1350 on eBay!
FUCK misplaced priorities!
FUCK 'the world. Dont ask me for shit!' - Biggie Smalls & Method Man 1994
FUCK you if you cant dig this story.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_fe_st/message_in_a_bottle

FUCK being propositioned by a swinging couple!
FUCK the entire Eastern Conference of the NBA for being wack compared to the West!
FUCK fast food for being soooooooo affordable when you're trying to eat right!
FUCK having to be on a budget!
FUCK my brother for being halfway partly serious about that whole 'secondary son' tangent he went on!

FUCK annoying people who dont even realize that they are annoying!
FUCKING waiting 8 years and counting for Dr. Dre to release "Detox"!
FUCK everyone who is trying to use Pastor Wright's words against Obama!
FUCK McCain for vowing to remain in Iraq until "the job is done"!
FUCK reaching 4000 American casualties in this dumb ass on-going war!

Stacy's Isaiah (I LOVE THAT!)

I was gon write a long explanation of this story but why bother? As you'll see it's pretty
self-explanatory. If it was some crazy story about a bad parent going crazy on their kid I might've been moved to write about it so why not accentuate the positive, ya know? Besides this just blew my mind. It's an IM convo between me and my good friend Stacy. Peep.......
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Stacy: My son Isaiah says 'I love Etta James'. I ask him 'Why?'. He says 'She has a beautiful voice'.

Me: WTF? Really?!?!?!?! I love that. How old is he?

Stacy: He is 6! Dude he asked if I could get him one of her CD's!

Me: I LOVE THAT!!!

Stacy: He had been playin it all day and night.

Me: U got the CD for him?

Stacy: Yep! And guess what his fav songs are? "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "Oh Happy Day" and "Let's All Go Down To The River". I'm like 'Wow he is developing his musical taste'.

Me: Are you crazy!?!?!? He is sooooooooo far beyond developing musical taste. He KNOWS what he likes!

Stacy: U think? Amazin huh?

Me: REMARKABLE!! I mean when I was 6 I asked for New Edition and Prince BUT that was only b/c they were on the radio. He aint hearing Etta on the radio right now!

Stacy: He said to me 'Mommy you ever listen to Etta sing? Come listen!' Had me in his room clapping along with him

Me: Are you serious? I LOVE THAT!

Stacy: Yes! He said he was gonna wake me up in the A.M. and play the CD. And yo...he listens to the words! On "Oh Happy Day" he's like 'What does that mean when Jesus washed. And what are sins?"
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Is that not the best story ever? For a 6 year old to out of the blue damn near DEMAND some Etta James and then get into the lyrics like that? That is just mindblowing to me. Stacy keep doing what you are doing and definitely keep nurturing whatever that is that's brewing inside of him.

*Goes to listen to "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "Oh Happy Day" and "Let’s All Go Down To The River" to hear what the 6 year old prodigy hears* ;)

The "May As Well Tell It To Your Shoe" List

1. "No you wont be naming no buildings after me/To go down dilapidated/No you wont be naming no buildings after me/My name will be misstated, surely/This world done changed so much yeah yeah/This world done changed since I been conscious....." - Erykah Badu "A.D. 2000"

2. Am I the only one who feels as though the jury is still out on Erykah's new album?

3. I suppose at the very least I should thank her for not dumbing it down and actually making me hafta think, huh?

4. Nothing politicians do really surprises me anymore

5. Even if they get caught in a prostitution ring...or if they get caught soliciting gay sex in a airport bathroom....or if they have babies out of wedlock with staff members....or if they get caught getting head in their office from an intern.....

6. You get the point, right?

7. I guess it just goes to show that they are just as fucked up as the rest of us....possibly even moreso

8. WTF is with T-Pain and that damn top hat anyways??!?!!?

9. Do yall wanna just jump him too?

10. "See, that's a sign...your ass dont need to be meeting black people!" - Steen

11. I think you woulda had to been there to hear it in context

12. Oh why oh why do I *heart* Havana Ginger like I do?

13. It's really weird/hard to listen to some of my favorite MC's and musicians b/c I know people who've dated them

14. And to hear stories of their shortcomings juxtaposed against their lyrics and songs and image.....

15. In the end I guess we're all human and no one is perfect, right?

16. My vacay was going great until I got sick!

17. Then it's like WTF is the point of being on vacay if you're too sick to enjoy it?

18. "If there's a camera up in here/Then it's gonna leave with me when I do (I do)/If there's a camera up in here/Then I'd best not catch this flick on YouTube (YouTube)/'Cuz if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous/I will hunt you down/'Cuz they be all up in my business like a Wendy interview/But this is private between you and I..." - Mariah Carey "Touch My Body"

19. Hate on Mimi if you want, but this shit is kinda hot

20. Can you tell Im excited they brought Jesse and Angie back on 'All My Children'?

21. Like for real....they might've been my very first image of hardcore black love.....maybe even before Cliff & Clair

22. Im not sure if that previous statement was sad or ironic or what, but dammit it's my truth

23. Sylvi Im praying for you and your family hun

24. And yes honey....COUNTLESS more Sunday mornings to appreciate and simply bask in each other ;)

25. God bless the family of Jamiel Shaw as well

26. Life Lesson #395673 : Some people are just beyond helping. Try and try all you want. You may as well tell it to your shoe. Some people just need to learn or experience shit the extremely hard way until it sinks the fuck in

27. "Chunk them the deuces…...IN JESUS' NAME!" - Summer G

28. My sentiments exactly!

29. The child sold her old bras and some unused panties on ebay for like $80

30. What can you say except 'Cant knock the hustle', right?

31. I might buy alot of shit online....used CD's, used books, but I aint buying nobodies old drawers, but maybe that's just me!

32. Somebody get the word to Janet that she needs an entirely new sound

33. I love ya Jan, but most of your new album sounds like it coulda easily fit in 4 albums ago

34. Hot Damn! This grown man swag of mine is a muthafucka at times I tell you

35. "My charm is a felony" - Fabolous "Trade It All"

36. If you couldnt tell.....yeah Im feeling myself a bit

37. Janel....I love you to pieces and Im sowwy I missed ur party, but trust in the condition that I was in on Saturday....I did you a favor homie!

38. Sometimes Im a lil trife as far as lotioning up after I get out the shower

39. Hell sometimes Im a lil trife about getting in the damn shower....lol

40. It's my shit. I can say what I damn well please!

41. Do people really believe me to be in danger when I dont log into myspace for a few days?

42. Ya know....sometimes I do participate in life away from my keyboard

43. "You got me day dreamin/thinking bout rings and switchin up my whole life style/I call you on the phone on my way home/Treating you is on my mind/I’ll be cutting up greens, picking pinto beans/I know you like rice and gravy/Be at my door before eight, you bring the cake/Babe tonight will be fine..." - Algebra Blessett "You Do It For Me"

44. Dude if you are sleeping on Algebra please wake the fuck up! Sis is THE TRUTH! GO COP HER SHIT, SON!!!!

45. The lady on the plane back to Chicago had on a surgical mask b/c she said she got sick the last 2 times she flew Southwest

46. Am I wrong for wanting to turn around, smack fire out of her, and tell her dumb ass to fly another fucking airline if that was case?

47. How in the world did I live with no Sportscenter for a week?!?!!??

48. I havent had to 'get shit for white people' in almost a week and a half....and Im really okay with that!

49. This list took a kinda melancholy turn if you ask me

50. "You know how it is when you go to be the subject of a psychology experiment, and nobody else shows up, and you think maybe that's a part of the experiment? Im like that all the time" - Steven Wright

Some People.....

Some people just dont get it
Some people really hate to see others do good
Some people do intend to do you harm
Some people wish bad things on you
Some people always think negatively
Some people try to hold you back
Some people have no morals, soul or concious
Some people want you to stay stagnant
Some people have to always be right
Some people cant give anyone the benefit of the doubt
Some people hate kids
Some people thrive in chaos and confusion
Some people dont like quiet and feel a need to interupt it
Some people cant imagine doing something nice for someone w/o expecting something in return

Some people are just simply mean

Stay away from those people if you can
Dont pay them any mind
They are bad for your soul

Know Your Role (The Remix)

"You should be stronger than me..../Why'd you always put me in control?/All I need is for my man to live up to his role..../Always have to comfort you every day/But that's what I need you to do - are you gay?" - Amy Winehouse "Stronger Than Me"

I must admit that I was totally tapped for blog ideas in time for my weekly Monday post. On the way to work today I was listening to Amy Winehouse's first album "Frank" and this "Stronger Than Me" joint came on and it got me to thinking about the roles within a relationship. Plus Shan and Paula had both recently written something on the subject that got me to thinking too.

In October of '06 I originally wrote this blog (http://teejsays.blogspot.com/2006/10/know-your-role-2.html)
and so this is the remix. ;) Didnt know you could do that with blogs, didja? lol.

What I've learned since then is that some people prefer that the man lead and the woman submit. And when I hear it put like that I cant help but to think of a some overbearing dude running all over his woman. I realize that this probably couldnt be further from the truth, but thats always my immediate thought when I hear it put that way. Personally I think that it should be that both sexes do some leading and some submitting.

Im talking give and take people. Essentially I guess it boils down to the two people. It's all a matter of their experiences and views on the subject. Talk about some vital, need to know shit while getting to know a potential significant other!

Who knows exactly what Amy was going thru or the events that lead up to that lyric? Maybe dude just NEVER EVER stepped up and I can see how that could a problem. Like if she asked his opinion and he NEVER had an opinion. Just always gave a "Whatever you say hon.". It's like "Nigga do you got a backbone!?!?!? An idea of your own perhaps?". Some women like when the man orders for her at dinner. That may be her idea of him leading. I'd personally choke a bitch like that, but that's just me. I need my woman to have her own ideas, opinions and thoughts. I also need her to check me when I need checking. Dont just let me run wild. I can be doing a bit 4much (Thats 2 x too much for those of you not hip to the hip talk) at times.

I need a strong woman. A woman strong enough to fall back and let the man do it when she knows that she can do it just as well. But on the flipside the man should be secure enough to not be threatened if the woman can do it just as well. Take pride in that shit! You got you a winner, son!

The perfect couple to me would work like a well oiled machine. Filling in for each others deficiencies. Switching back and forth with the dominant/submissiveness and all. Holding each other down regardless. Truly having each other's back. The man protects and provides. The woman nurtures and supports. Or vice versa.

Again......give and take people. For real for real!

"Not 70/30, not 60/40, Im talking 'bout a 50/50 love.....yeah!" - Teddy Pendergrass "When Somebody Loves You Back"

The "Piss On His Grave" List

1. "....because they never really know 'bout what you going thru/They see your accomplishments, smile and compliment you/creep behind your back and spy instead of talking to you/and lie about what you doing instead of asking you/What them bastards do is terrible/Im telling ya Joe!" - Teefa (Infamous Syndicate) "Here I Go"

2. Did I ever mention that my 20,000 song holding ipod kicks mucho ass?!!?!?

3. Apparently there are still folks sitting by the closet door waiting for me to come out

4. Eh well, you diduntdidunts will be waiting awhile.....b/c not only am I not in the closet, I aint even in that house, son!

5. Hey Hillary...did you see that flash of light zoom by you? Yeah that was Barack!

6. Speaking of which...yall know that story of the KKK endorsing Barack is some bullshit, right?

7. When the hell did they start endorsing candidates (other than David Duke) anyways?

8. And trust if they did...they wouldnt endorse a black guy over a white woman...hell they'd definitely go for McCain Im sure

9. Im know it's wrong to say but......doesnt John McCain look as though he is about to keel over and die of a heart attack like any minute now?

10. "We won!/We won!/We beat your dirty gun!/You lost!/You lost!/You ate tomato sauce!"

11. Anyone else remember that?....or was that bragging rights chant just around my way?

12. Les Im glad you found time to write again

13. Im pretty sure that if a black actor made the exact same movies that Will Ferrell makes the NAACP and most black folks in general would be up in arms accusing him of buffonery and making a fool of black people overall

14. See what happens! You try to do all you can to dispel ethnic stereotypes or at least try not to pay attention to them and then something like this happens....

15. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22978449/?GT1=10856

16. How in the hell do you allow yourself to be towards the back of a 10,000 car traffic jam?

17. I mean after like 400, maybe 500 cars the thought to find an alternate route has got to pop in your mind at some point I would think

18. "There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity" - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

19. Drea I really am proud of you and your blog. Your shit is HOT, son! Can you hook mine up?

20. Yall check my DreDre out @ idkwhat2say.com

21. I suppose that "FUCK List" was popular b/c in the long run its something we can all relate to, no?

22. God Bless those kids at NIU but this is some bullshit

23. How many more school shootings are we gonna have to endure before the gun lobbyists, NRA and conseratives realize that too many guns are a fucking issue?!?!??!

24. They'll try to argue you down with the whole 'The right to bear arms is our constitutional right!' spiel. Yeah well that shit was written like 250 years ago by 7 white men who didnt forsee this shit. It's a different world like Dwayne Wayne and them that we're living in now. Why dont they see that?

25. Man sometimes I swear I wanna find where the dude who invented the gun is buried and piss on his grave!

26. Everytime something like this happens living in Canada begins to look better and better to me

27. "Life aint meant to come around twice/that's why I gotta get it right...../but sleep on it, that's why God give you night" - Lupe Fiasco "Real"

28. Im a little unclear as to why the United States Congress has decided to involve themselves and their "services" in the whole steroids in baseball saga

29. Seems to me that them fuckers ought be concerning themselves with running the country we elected them to run

30. Okay so say Roger Clemens did take all that shit......why dont yall let Major League Baseball govern it's self and deal with it?

31. I'll never understand why the position of the toilet seat is such a big deal to women. Ive never heard a dude nag his woman about her leaving the seat down. You know what he does when he goes to use it and finds the toilet seat down? He lifts it up. The end.

32. Lili you literally just came out of nowhere (perhaps fell out the sky even), but Im so impressed with you. You are gonna be a star and Im happy to call you my friend

33. What can I say? Im a big sappy mush bag

34. Its almost like Borders is timing my shit. Why do they send me notices of 2 days sales they are having like 3 days before I get paid? Fuckers!

35. "This God Theory overcomes the worst of weathers/As long as you willin to try, you on a good start homie.. you on a good start...../A yo yall, we need to hold on" - De La Soul "Trying People"

36. Dave my dude hold your head

37. I know it seems like NBS week but this too shall pass

38. How a 30 yr old man gon break up with his woman on Valentine's Day is beyond me?

39. I mean unless it's the day you find out she fucked ur boy or maybe pushed your mama down a flight of stairs.....that's just in bad taste dog.....what are you? 12?

40. Aside from a couple great dunks during the dunk contest, NBA All-Star weekend this year was kinda ehhhhh

41. Hope all tourists and festivities and all stimulated the economy down there somewhat

42. Steen you know they aint ready for us, right?

43. "Lust sometimes can override trust" - Lupe Fiasco "Real"

44. As fucked up as that sounds and as much as it shouldnt be, 'tis true.....and to be quite honest it scares me to death at times

45. I know how impulsive I can be at times

46. "Them bitches aint me! They dont make your ass wet and they dont bake you cookies.....so fuck 'em!"

47. Did I mention how much I love mindless randomness sometimes?

48. My uncles kept telling me how proud they are of me.....

49. .....and all I could think is "....but I aint done shit yet!"

50. "It's sad that when someone tells me in February that they are getting married in May I automatically think "she must be pregnant" - Veronica

According To Pastor James David Manning....

....you should not trust Barack Obama to be President of the United States b/c he hasnt been to jail

.....Bill Clinton was the REAL first black president so if elected Barack Obama would be the 2nd!

.....Barack aint even really black!

....the fact that Barack and Hillary are even running is a big Hollywood conspiracy so that they can make a movie or television production of it

....God (apparently with in the last 25 years or so) decided to rename 'Harlem' to it's new moniker of 'Atlah'

For more of his rhetoric be my guest to check out these links....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Op5or_vkcc&eurl=http://www.bossip.com/10983/ho-sit-down-5/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWExq7g2F0&feature=related

*sigh*

This dude is certified 'El Pollo Loco'. The really scary thing about this is that he is a PASTOR of a church that people go to for guidance and religion and the whole nine. How is he gon spew this kinda senseless bullshit w/o even making any clear points as to the reason for his clear disdain for Barack Obama?

Now listen.....as far as I know....all my fam and friends who are pulling for Obama are not doing so simply b/c he is black! We'd be idiots for that. When you listen to the mans politics and his views for changing this country, THAT is what is really resonating with us. So Pastor Manning has the right to have his opinion, but as a man that other people look up to, he should at the very least offer some real reasoning behind his frantic ranting......

......or just shut the fuck up!

*walks off singing "When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is snitch...." *

A FUCKING RANT

FUCK my metabolism for slowing down after 25. I fucking hate working out!
FUCK having $0.89 in my checking and $1.96 in my savings account
FUCK a co-pay!

FUCK you if can, but dont vote!
FUCK stupid guests and their outrageous inquiries. Im a concierge dipshit, not God!
FUCK people who want to have entire conversations on my comments. Call me. IM me. Message me. But dont think we're gonna go back and forth having a convo in comments. That shit is and looks dumb, son!

FUCK followers!
FUCK the fact that I aint rich yet
FUCK people that dont respect personal space. Dude my nerves is bad. Back up before I jap out and lay your ass down!

FUCK the powers that be that turned our Marshall Fields into Macy's!
FUCK the powers that be for cutting afterschool programs
FUCK the powers that be in general!


FUCK the ignorant black minister (if it is indeed true) that said in regards to Barack Obama : "Don’t trust any Negro to be your leader that hasn’t been in jail…if the White man ain’t put him in jail he ain’t qualified to be your leader." I mean really...what the fuck kinda mu'fuckin ga'damn bullshit is that?
FUCK a rapper named BIG KOON.....and while Im at it....
FUCK Lil Jon's Eastside Boyz for be named Big Sam and Lil Bo


FUCK Corporate!
FUCK J. Edgar Hoover for a myriad of things but mostly fuck him for COINTELPRO
FUCK smokers who cant get it through their heads that there is now a city wide ban that prohibits smoking in all public places. So dont have the hotel staff calling around trying to find a restaurant that you can smoke in b/c there aint none. Unless you wanna go to Waukegan, take your ass outside and 15 feet away from the door!

FUCK unnecessary drama and the people who revel in that shit
FUCK stupid rules!
FUCK japanese architects and their non-tall people friendly designs

FUCK working on weekends.....especially on Super Bowl Sunday
FUCK having to wait a month! FUCK the NFL for having Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as the halftime show headliner after Prince killed it last year. What the hell?
FUCK anyone who doesnt support music. Bootlegs are wack, son!

FUCK dreamkillers
FUCK having a varicose vein in my leg b/c I have to stand at my job!
FUCK those that believe any and everything you see and read.....if you only knew!

FUCK my mama for buying me the remote car I always wanted as a kid.....for my 30th birthday!
FUCK me for saying 'fuck my mama' even if it was in jest
FUCK you if you dont feel me. You 'are not real to me, therefore you dont exist.....'

The "Whip Out The Jammy" List

1. "Let the president answer a high anarchy/Strap him with a AK-47, let him go fight his own war/Let him impress daddy that way/No more blood for oil/We got our own battles to fight on our own soil/No more psychological warfare to trick us into thinking that we ain’t loyal" - Eminem "Mosh"

2. As disillusioned as I am with the whole voting process at times (especially after Bush won
the 2000 '(s)election'), I still feel a need to vote every chance I get

3. Especially when you think of the fact that people were still being killed for helping to register black people to vote merely a couple years before some of your favorite rappers were born

4. Hillary is really starting to be like a bad bladder as of late though

5. FYI that means she's pissing me off

6. Alls Im saying is......the place had a 'VIP' room called 'Ron's Champagne Room'

7. I dunno....maybe Im becoming an elitist or something

8. Nah fuck that!.....Im no elitist. I just have to be in the mood to do something THAT HOOD

9. Just warn me first yo! You cant be sneaking the hood shit on me!

10. "Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words." - Coleman A. Young

11. Speaking of (Former Detroit) Mayor Young.....it aint looking so hot right now for the current one at the moment

12. Damn Kwa! This is not a good look homie!

13. Yo Drew....you gotta take that picture down man

14. My elbows are ashy I think.....you know The Teej cant go out like that

15. Im not ashamed to admit that I really dig John Cusack movies

16. Some of these so called 'black leaders'.....man the way they be hating on Barack makes me think 'when we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is snitch!'

17. Word to Bob Johnson!

18. "My first impulse was to run up on you and do a 'Rambo'....whip out the jammy and flat blast both of ya. But I didnt wanna mess up this $3700 Linx coat. So instead......I chilled! That's right...chilled. Then I went to the bank.....took out every dime! And then I went and cancelled all those credit cards. Yeah...all your charge 'counts....yeah. I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought you!" - Oran "Juice" Jones "In The Rain"

19. Tell me that aint some pimp shit!

20. Speaking of 'Rambo'.....Stallone's ass aint got nothing better to do than make MORE 'Rocky' and 'Rambo' sequels?

21. Fuck....Gimme a 'Tango and Cash 2' or even another 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' or something!

22. On second thought....somebody get word to dude to just stop making movies altogether

23. I like Michael Baisden's show and all but I think he'd be better off staying on radio

24. Maybe Im late to the party but uhhhh....Lauren London is fucking GORGEOUS!!!!!

25. Tell me that these 2 quotes dont go to together.....

26. "Most of the time.....niggas just need to shut the fuck up!" - Fox Brown Fox

27. "Nigga the Lord dont wanna hear all that shit!" - Steen

28. Cant nobody tell me I dont have the dopest, most diverse, and craziest array of friends

29. Do you realize there is a whole generation of 'Hip Hop fans' who were born AFTER 'Pac and B.I.G. died?

30. Crazy, right?

31. Sometimes Im scared that I may turn out not to be the marrying kind at all, and instead Im destined to be 'one of them fishes'

32. But then again I shouldnt allow myself to think such dumb shit

33. Everybody....if you can remember to do so.....please never ever utter the word 'Chillaxin' in my direction

34. For some strange reason that shit is like fingernails down a chalkboard to me

35. "Are there not enough hobbies in the information age to keep bored bitches busy?" - Merci

36. I feel ya Merci!

37. God bless Mr. Powell, John Stroger and Eugene Sawyer

38. We must remember they arent gone so much as they have transformed into spiritual form

39. Mama Ackie...I'd like to thank you for your compliments.....and of course for birthing Naila as well ;)

40. If stupidity were a crime....dude would be serving triple life in prison, with no parole, in solitary confinement!

41. ...and its fucked up b/c Im forced to deal with him

42. I constantly wanna tell him to sit his dumb ass down like Martin told dude in that one episode but I have to keep it somewhat PC at the workplace, right?

43. "I'm smiling all the time. That doesn't mean a goddamned thing except I think people who go around solemn-faced and quoting the Bible are full of shit." - Coleman A. Young

44. Some people think anything outside of plain ol vanilla sex is weird

45. And well....that just sucks for them!

46. Pictures are indeed worth a thousand words.......47. Yeah...I think her look about says it all, no? lol

48. Get out and vote on Super Tuesday!

49. It'll make you a better person I promise

50. "People get ready, there's a train comin'/You don't need no baggage, you just get on board/All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'/......Faith is the key, open the doors and board them/There's hope for all among those loved the most/There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner whom would hurt all mankind just to save his own/Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner/For there is no hiding place against the kingdom's throne" - Curtis Mayfield "People Get Ready"

And Yet Another 10 Weird Things....

* I wrote on my myspace page that I have more quirks than you have fingers and toes and I have continued to prove that over and over again. I keep finding more shit to tell when asked to do these so here goes....*


1. I absolutely HATE writing in blue ink. It's a holdover from a really militant stage I went thru when I was about14. It was right around the time of the LA Riots. I bought "The Final Call" religiously, stopped eating most pork (Lord knows I cant do away with the bacon!), and I was listening to alot of Ice Cube, Lench Mob and X-Clan and shit. Anyways I stopped writing in blue ink then b/c it reminded me of "the blue eyed devil", and to this day I pretty much dont use blue ink.

2. There is a dried blood patch at the tip of my right index finger that people often mistake for a weed burn.

3. Speaking of weed....We learned when I was 7 and needed surgery on my foot that I have an unusually high drug tolerance. The doctors had a hard time sedating me and ended up having to operate on me while I was awake. Anyways.....this is why I dont really mess with weed much. I'd need to smoke a couple dubs by myself to feel the high.

4. I absolutely WORSHIPPED T-Boz from TLC from about the ages of 15-25. As my luck would have it, the only time I got within 10 feet of her I had a panic attack and had to get to a bathroom to compose myself.

5. Here I am 30 years into this life of mine and I still cant snap with my right hand!

6. Chante Moore's "Precious" was the first CD I ever bought

7. I still have a childhood speech impediment in which I sometimes slur words with an 'L' in them. My tongue just refuses to lift. Next time you see me... have me sing "La La La" to you

8. Sharon Stone will forever be in my heart b/c the first sex scene in the movie "Basic Instinct" was the first time I "discovered" myself. btw for those who care...that scene is approx. an hour into the movie. ;)

9. Back in high school when I wasnt so secure with my 'girth' I stuffed my trunks during swim class. Only thing is....my dumb ass stuffed my trunks with TISSUE. Now granted I was still pretty smart at 14, I didnt really think it through as to how the tissue would hold up under water.

10. Once my mom sent my cousin and I to store for something she needed to finish cooking. It just so happened that between my house and the store was my boy Charles' crib, which was the neighborhood spot to play ball. So what started as us 'just stopping by to see who was playing' turned into us actually playing and being gone 2 hours. I needed a really good excuse to tell my mom and us playing ball wasnt it. I lied and told my mom we got chased by some skinheads(b/c they were really around our neighborhood at the time) and we hid in someone's backyard. We called the police and I filled out a police report. Hey if you're gonna lie...you gotta be commited to it!

Faith Without Works

"Black folk got too much damn religion anyways" - O Dog "Menace To Society" (I think!)

So the lady in D.C. obviously goes crazy and kills her 4 girls ranging in ages from 5 to 17 years old. Said that the kids were possessed by demons and died in their sleep. It looks as though she just couldnt handle the stress of raising the girls after her husband died of cancer last February. It would occur to me that if thats the case she really shoulda reached out for help, but you know how stigmatized the black community is regarding mental health issues and all but thats not the point......

Now it appears that the social worker who had previous contact with the family is speaking out AFTER THE FACT and saying that the woman, Banita Jacks, appeared to have mental health issues when she visited the house in April to investigate why the 17 yr old had stopped going to school. The social worker even went so far as to say she thought that Jacks was holding her own daughter hostage inside the house. So the question begs to be asked. WHY THE HELL DIDNT THEY JUST GET A WARRANT AND GO IN THE HOUSE THEN?!?!? Simple answer : Somehow someway they came under the impression the family had moved to Maryland!!! Not their problem anymore! But you know what? That isnt the point of this blog either. That social worker system needs some overhauling anyways. This we knew.

My problem is with the rest of the family. While it is true that the Jacks' have family in Maryland, they never moved there. The deceased husband's mother said that she tried to visit a couple times but was not allowed in the home. Then she said she received an abusive voicemail berating her for trying to visit. Now wouldnt all of this raise a red flag? If I were the grandmother I would be ready to kick in the door on some Biggie shit....or have some able bodied people to do it for me. But what does she do instead?

"I had been praying to God to bring them home to me."

You had been praying?!?!?!!? Listen, I do believe in the power of prayer. However I also feel as though prayer is useless in most cases if you dont follow through with some sort of action (if possible) towards whatever you are praying for. In this case, this lady coulda been more persistent if she felt something was truly wrong in the household. She's their grandmother for crying out loud! Anyone feel me?

Sometimes I feel like black folks rely upon religion too much and dont act. Remember 'Faith Without Works......' people. They go hand in hand.

"'cause even when you pray/the next day you gotta try/Cant wait for nobody to just fall out the sky!" - Cee-Lo "In Due Time"

The "You Decide If You Like" List

1. "Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity. - Oliver Sacks via the side of another Starbucks cup

2. I mean really what more is there to say?

3. btw this particular list will have more quotes than usual

4. As you'll soon see I have some fucking hilarious and insightful friends

5. I had no intention of even listing again so soon, but this one was sorta begging to be written

6. So Obama takes Iowa (and as of this listing prolly New Hampshire too), huh?

7. I really really want him to have like double the secret service.....and even some more security to watch the secret service dudes

8. You cant put nothing past those good ol boys

9. But with that said........

10. "If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

11. I aint no ordinary nigga/Look around/This aint what ordinary get ya!" - Jay Z "Say Hello"

12. How'd you allow yourself to get played by a dude named JuneBug!!?!!

13. Shit he had betta had hella game with a name like JuneBug in 2008!

14. Im a little pissed b/c the Milli Vanilli CD I ordered thru amazon didnt come with the CD case

15. And yes I said Milli Vanilli......that album is classic. You cant deny that!

16. There arent many things I love more than bending over and spreading 'em for amazon.com

17. Les I know you feel me on that *pat pat*

18. "Hey if I fuck her, I fuck her. If I dont fuck her....fuck her!" - Ontario circa 2003

19. Dude said that in the midst of conversation. He didnt stop to think about or put it together. He just said it. Fucking brilliant!!

20. A tad misogynistic I admit, but brilliant nonetheless lol

21. Im becoming more and more guarded of my time as of late

22. Like I need a super fantastic reason to go out....otherwise I'd rather go home, watch The Golden Girls and laugh my ass off

23. My time (and yours) is waaaay too valuable to be putting up with people and their bullshit

24. If the bullshit they bring far outweighs any possible joy I advise you to take up Mina's newfound interest.....

25. "I've developed a new found interest in watching people partake in the sport of rock-kicking!" - Mina

26. Say word!!!!!

27. Sometimes I wonder if some of these hotel guests are slow, stupid or just a little retarded

28. If stupidity were a crime I would be forced to make citizen's arrests about as often as I inhale!

29. "And Im back on my grind/A psychic read my lifeline/Told me in my lifetime/My name would help light up the Chicago skyline/....I'm a star, how could I not shine?!?!?" - Kanye West "I Wonder"

30. Yup....SMG 2008....watch us!

31. D'Leo and I are finna turn this mutha out MC Hammer style!

32. I guess I dont have to send the search party after all, huh Nai ;)

33. So people really used pigeons to send messages and letters back and forth, huh?

34. When you think about it, unless someone was Dr. Doolittle out that mug and able to effectively communicate with the pigeons, how the hell could anyone be assured that their letter would get to its intended location?

35. You see the type of randomness listing lends itself to?

36. "Come on now! How the fuck you in the McDonalds drive thru beggin and trying to make mu'fuckas feel bad but you whip out a cell phone while walking away?" - Andrea

37. I dunno what to tell you Drea.....the world is a hustle. I once tried to offer a street dude some spaghetti that I didnt touch that came with my meal and he said he didnt like italian!

38. My follow-through sucks Malaysian monkey nuts at times

39. At least I recognize this problem though. I suppose it gives me a better chance at fixing it, huh?

40. I think The Pats will finish the season undefeated

41. Am I the only one who thinks Fox's new show 'Moment of Truth' is just wrong on so many levels?

42. For the love of any and everything sacred PLEEEEEEEASE give the writers what they want!!!

43. "When you listen to the list of side effects of almost every drug on the market, every cure, it renews my faith in vaseline, vapor rub, a poultice of onions, aspirin, uncoated, and a lot other old timey remedies, peroxide, iodine, and the like." - Mama Ackie

44. Im saying...a decrease in blood pressure and rashes among other things aint worth 'restless leg syndrome'.

45. And really tho....is that even real? They be making shit up to get you to take all these damn drugs

46. "Take your time/Baby dont you rush a thing/Dont you know I know/we are all struggling/ I know it is hard/but we will get by..." - Mary J. Blige "My Life"

47. I tell you about trying to give trifling black folks the benefit of the doubt.......

48. It is possible to give of yourself too much at times

49. Effective time management allows for so much more to get done

50. "And this here's the next chapter in my life/An ongoing saga I decided to write/I decided it's right!/You decide if you like/You decided you like/God bless and goodnight!" - Rapper Big Pooh "When Everything Is New"

Brand New

Im through with making resolutions. Instead Im opting to focus on 'just doing'. Ya know, not talking about it but being about it? So with that said I just wanted to post some quotes

about fresh starts and the like.

Happy New Year. Make it your best one ever!

"Beginning is easy.....continuing is hard" - Japanese Proverb

"The first step towards getting somwhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are" -Anonymous

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want" - Ben Stein

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning..." - Joseph Priestley

"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down" - Mary Pickford

"Every person should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one according to the circumstances; but on the first of January let every person gird themselves once more, with their face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are the past." - Henry Ward Beecher

The "Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs" List

1. Every time I turn on the TV/Somebody's acting crazy/If you let it, it will drive you crazy/but I'm takin' back my power today/Gas prices they just keep on rising/The government they keep on lying/but we gotta keep on surviving/Keep living our truth and do the best we can do" - India.Arie "There's Hope"

2. Dude I can barely watch the news as of late

3. So ummmm....you know how a racist would refer to a little black child as 'Nigglette'?......

4. ...am I wrong for calling some little white kids 'Cracklettes' under my breath?

5. As ig'nant as it sounds I swear I just made it in frustration b/c they wouldnt get out my way as I was walking thru the store

6. Also Im really amazed at how repeatedly uttering the phrase 'Ol Ritz/Saltine cracker ass crackers' under my breath at work can help to relieve my stress

7. Racism is so weird b/c if I were a white dude typing this about black people and someone black saw it...It would so be on

8. The moral of the story is....somehow everyone BUT white people are allowed to be racist

9. Hey I didnt make the rules

10. LMAO....I kid, I kid I swear. Racism is bad, mmkay?

11. "Like we say in St. Olaf : 'Christmas without fruitcake is like 'St. Sigmund's Day' without the headless boy'" - Rose Nylund

12. There just arent many things in life better than Rose Nylund's St. Olaf stories

13. Im sooooo unashamed of my affinity for 'The Golden Girls'

14. Mike Huckabee may be picking up momentum for the GOP.....but he is still looney tunes!

15. Actually....ALL them damn Republicans are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs if you ask me

16. Stephen Colbert for prez-o-dent!!!!

17. No really......he needs to run!

18. I pray so much, I wonder if the Lord love me/I think He do, but I'm so caught up in my thug deep/The feds bug me, followin me around for three/Niggaz couldn't catch me so they hit me with conspiracy/...I ain't goin back, I'm a make 'em kill me/Imma bust back, fuck the pen, you feel me?/Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girl/I know it's a better place than livin in this dirty wooooorld" - Pimp C (UGK) "How Long Will It Last"?

19. RIP Pimp C.......and Sean Taylor

20. How exactly do you leave the game winning World Series ball laying around the house for the dog to eat up?

21. Tell you about them and they dogs boy.....I mean really....WTF?

22. I sent a stranded guest home to St. Louis on the Megabus

23. Lor? Les? Proud of me, arent you?

24. Dude I won the raffle at my company's holiday party for the 2nd straight year!

25. The look on my co-workers' faces were PRICELESS I tell you.....them fools were so sick like NeYo!

26. An Ipod last year, a PSP this year......what can I say? Im just favored!

27. "To me, the most important thing that we can do as human beings is give. And we must give in proportion to what we were given. That being said, I dont like to close my eyes at night without having done something for someone, whether it's a random act of kindness or a strategically planned initiative that will ultimately help thousands, if not millions. I believe that even in a world fraught with war and blatant injustice still, individuals must find ways to lessen human suffering and impact humanity for the better" - Dr. Donda C. West

28. It aint gotta be Christmas for you to give my good peoples

29. When the hell did Chia Pet's become soooo popular?

30. Where Im from you would give a person a Chia Pet if you didnt like them

31. Dave...as far as bullshit missions go, in the immortal words of The Ticallion Stallion...'We at odds til we even homie!'

32. That Knockouts was some straight up bullshit yo! At least mine didnt hit us up for no $$$, and yall did get to support black business and all

33. A guy in Washington nailed Santa Claus to a cross to protest the commercialization of Christamas

34. Cant really say that I blame him either

35. "You just saying that becuz I f%*ked you hard in the booty!"

36. Oh boy! The randomness one hear's in this big ol city o' mine!

37. There is apparently some Ashanti Christmas song that I really like

38. Still not quite sure how I feel about that

39. HoneyBiscuits you are big doodoo head for that lil stunt you pulled

40. I sold my old Ipod and bought a new 80GB one that holds 20,000 songs!!

41. Plus Ive already put 3 episodes of "Martin" in it!!!

42. Can you tell Im happy?

43. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up" - Pablo Picasso

44. And tis is why I simply refuse to "grow up"

45. Random Fact of Life #3954 : Some people are just big stupid meanies who do nothing but hold others back and spew negative & hateful energy

46. Dont pay them no nevermind. Just do you!

47. I think it should be against the law for ANYONE to even attempt to remake Donny's "This Christmas"

48. My Roomie is pretty friggin hilarious......Ear Bags and all

49. However our man vs. woman knockdown, dragout debates are classically epic and very well could warrant their own blog series

50. Kendra : I hate yo ugly ass!

Me : Kendra did you just call me ugly?

Kendra : I shole did you ugly muthafucka!

51. LMAO......lifelong friends are simply the best I tell you!

Is Marriage Still Sacred?

For as long as I can remember I've always said that me and marriage would be a one shot deal. I'm only getting married once. And we will make it work dammit! Point blank, period. Aint gon be no damn divorcing. Still feel that way actually.

But in all honesty I suppose my overly fantasizing ass cant really make that call until I'm knee deep in it. Real life often gets in the way of what we intend to do. No one marries with the intention of eventually divorcing the person you just swore to love, honor and cherish for the rest of your days. You said 'for richer or poorer, in sickness and health' and you were supposed to mean that shit! It seems that everyone wants it but everyone isn't willing to work for it and stick it out. The divorce rate is only getting higher. Everyone wants the marriage their grandparents had back in the day. Everyone wants to celebrate their 50th anniversary like Anna and Russell (That was a Cosby Show reference for those of you not following), or to use a real life couple, like Ruby and Ossie, but hell even THEY had an open marriage!!!!!

The bottom line is marriage is hard. No one ever said it was gon be easy. Even me and these dreaming eyes of mine know that. I know its gon be times when I'm gon wake up and be tired of looking at this muthafucka! lol. I gotta imagine being married 20 some odd years or so you might be tempted to get tired of someone. That's why you gotta be proactive about finding new ways to keep the spark there. Nowadays people divorce for petty shit. They treat it like it's grade school and they can "go with" and "quit" people all willy nilly.

So I say all that to ask if marriage is really sacred anymore? Do people really realize what they are vowing when they take their vows? At what point do you throw in the towel?

There are a few scenarios that I can think of that would cause me to have them papers drawn up. I MIGHT (and that's a pretty big fuckin' 'MIGHT') forgive an indiscretion once, but that's it. You cant keep your legs closed you gon hafta roll! If I found out that you usta be someone else and changed your identity before we met then that means I didn't marry who I thought I married......yeah *two fingers* chica. Intentionally harm some kids IN ANY WAY? Heffa, there's the door! I could go on but you get the point.

So what would be your deal breakers and/or reasons to divorce?

A Poem About Divina

A Poem About Divina

It seems to me that the highest compliment

that you could ever pay to a writer is well....... to write about them

And so Tina Divina this poem is about you

It's not only because you're a writer

or even because you're my favorite writer.....that I personally know

but because you've personally helped me grow

Knowing you, you'll probably ask 'how so?'

Well you've given me the sensation called inspiration

I think your 'spit' is a gift and it moves me

Makes me wanna stop reading and start writing...quickly!

How does the writer feel finally being the writee?

Tina Divina this poem is about you

Partly because you're evolved

You've damn near seen and done it all

Life experience is so important in shaping a person into who they be

and how they see

what could be

Oh and did I mention that you're fine?

Pretty easy on the eyes
and yeah you can sandwich that 'fine' between the 're' and 'd'
But above that what you've done for me

is relate to me and let me be me

and for that Im thankful and this is my saying it so you'll hear it

And so Tina Divina this poem is about you

You're a daughter to your mother

and a mother to your daughter

You're a lover

and a fighter

and a writer

and the simple fact is

you move people

And so Tina Divina in this poem I celebrate you

Thanks for moving me.

written by

TJ Armour

Far too often we only say nice things about people when they can only hear us in spirit...and it shouldnt be that way yall. As you can see I've written this about my friend Tina Divina while she is here to see it. I encourage you to tell someone that you love what they mean to you. Imagine how it could turn around their day. I mean we all generally know that we are loved by our fam and friends but it sure as hell feels good to hear it every once and again. And Ms. Divina? I hope you like. I hope you dont mind me trying to bite your style to honor you ;)