Cabbie Chronicles

So funny....that cabbie slipped his order for that gizzard combo and curried chicken back with plain rice right in!

time...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

World Trade Center October 2010

I was Cullen coming from Pearland the other day, #34 for the fastest growing cities in the U.S., and as I passed the Beltway I saw that a Jack in the box was put up near the corner. I thought to myself how quick they put a whole food resturaunt in a few weeks....

Would you like to order two BigMacks to get a free apple pie? .....uh. no.


But today, they report that the World Trade Center will be done sometime next year, in 2011.

With respectful condolences and empathy to the familes and everyone who lost anyone on September 11, 2001. But why is that site not together? In ten years, can't they exhume all of the bodies, bury them, carry away the debris, fix any structural damage to the area, level, and construct a memorial? Why does it take ten years?

Virginia Thomas requests apology from Anita Hill

Bitter ass Virginia Thomas, the wife of infamous Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice and poster child for sexual harassment at the workplace, contacted Ms. Anita Hill 19 years after testifying that Justice Thomas had come on to her while in his employ.

Ms. Thomas to Ms. Hill:
"I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day,"

This obviously has been eating at her for literally 19 years, and I guess she pushes through all of the jumpoff rules and goes after the #2 woman. I mean, how junior-high-ish to contact the other woman when your man is the only one you should be talking to. Get your man straight and there would be no #2's, ho's, jump-off's, etc's...

Ms. Hill replies that the call was inappropriate, but had Ms. Thomas called me, Ms. Thomas would NEVER EVER AGAIN call another jump-off. So for the Ms. Thomas' of the world, let me make a statement, not as a jump-off, but as a considerate woman passing along a little bit of game.

Calling the other woman only makes you look like an idiot who cares about a dog that doesn't even love you enough to be honest about the status of your relationship. A  man worth checking ho's for is a committed man totally devoted to you and honestly comes to you to scrape some scallywag off of him....like, hey...my man told me you have been pushing up on him and that you said what I don't know wont hurt me....Is this true? This is perfectly okay.



But if you hear rumors that your man is getting it in with some young cute broad...go to the source...YOUR MAN. Don't go to the woman, don't smear her name, don't embarrass yourself. Painting the walls with your business only temporarily specticalizes your joke-of-a-relationship and make you look like a fool. If you care enough to do something, dig in his ass. Tell him you no longer respect him, tell him he hurt you, describe in full detail your boundaries and limitations. Involving the other woman only makes the crowd compare you against the other woman and ultimately demotes the wife to a mere woman holding on to a diminishing relationship that no person would be proud to be in.

In my hey day wifey calls me to, like Ms. Thomas, reach across the airwaves, lol. Called me all kind of ho's and b's, told me she was going to find me and drag me like a rag doll, called me stupid for messing with him - like I was chasing him...when in truth he was chasing me! He was the liar, he said he wasn't married, didn't even claim this wife. He was ready to trick his money and do whatever whenever to play. He called me non-stop, told me all about his family, brought his son to meet me, took me out, introduced me to his friends, spent crazy time trying to be in my presence....what was considered to me as dating.

So I say Ms. Thomas, You're calling me when you should be speaking with your husband, loosely termed, mostly about his pursuance of me. I'm not the ho, I'm simply single, he's the dog. I may be naive to not follow him home, but unlike you, I'm not crazy / I don't care about him like that. I just met him. Now that I know about his relationship, it's over. But I feel that I'm the one who won. I got to meet someone else while Ms. Thomas is still married to him calling the next woman, holding on to bitterness 19 years later, lol.

How I see it, If you want to be married, marry a man that wants to be married and commits equally. Til death is serious, but to me, once adultery has been committed, all bets are off. If I stay with him beyond some cheating, it's because there is some benefit that I'm holding onto that means something to me, like family. Things like family can be created with another, you can buy new houses, start over again, and re-offer yourself to the world more mature and wise.

One thing I have learned is that life waits for no one. Fantasizing about an idea or shoulda, coulda, woulda'ing everything in your mind is not living. Live fully in the world, because we only get one shot, you gotta make it count. I'll be damned before I spend my whole life un-happy, chasing validation, and being embarrassed each time I fall in public with a man I married.

Ms. Thomas (clearing my throat) leave that ho and get over being cheated on...there's happiness out there for you.

Ashanti and Nelly were never together

last week Nelly goes out of his way to publically wipe Ashanti's ick off of him by saying Ashanti were never together, then she chimes in in almost an echo like statement to say they're 'friends'.

Most women have male friends that others confuse to be more than simply platonic friends, but in my experiences, you clear that up as soon as the confusion appears....not ten years later.

We're friends.

Very simple. The term friends has been unnecessarily stretched beyond the normal definitions. So when you say we're friends, people still chuckle a bit. But why? Are people so sex crazed that if they were approached by a male or female that they couldn't speak normally and not romantically?

I'm a woman and the best friends out there are male. They are easy to talk to, they can offer a male perspective, and if you're lucky, they can give good sound advice. I go to my female friends and they almost repeat what I already felt, but ask a guy and they uncover things that women simply wouldn't.

So you've gotten this male 'freind', and he's cute and interested. You start getting all turned on and so you do 'it'. 'It' was great, the chemistry was there, the sparks, the blah blah blah....so do you continue to screw around in secrecy or do you allow a romantic fling to blossom? Well, whatever you decide, be sure that you don't let everyone in your business. Privacy counts for a whole lot in friendships, and blabbermouths seem to always be looking for friends.

I've heard from men often that they can't stand that when they meet women that the woman is always in mack mode and outwardly putting off flirt vibes from the first glance. They say that women should be more casual and laid back, if you would like to be friends. But casual and laid back is an expressway to freindsland and no looking back. So where the path to I would like to be friends first and once I get to know you then maybe we can talk about hooking up?

Some people would rather do the first glance flirt then to actually see if this person can interact with you in a typical situation...see if you like each other. Nothing worse than to be initially attracted to each other to find out he loves his dog, and you hate dogs. Or that he's a serial macker and you're going out on a date with him, ewww. Better yet, he's a punk, and not in the technical type way, but a soft, scary, bitchass dude.
 Me, I like to admire from afar (chicken) then wait for the right opportunity, lol. That's how you miss out on meeting, getting to know each other, interacting, and offering up yourself for observation. Let a guy see you in action with your girlfriends, with his homeboys, let him observe you being straightforward, helpful, honest, funny, and captivating. After he's interested, don't lose him to being slutty and heading straight for the bedroom, hook him into being a faithful friend, one that won't blast you on the radio, saying ya'll aren't together and never were. What a disrespect! You lay up in secrecy for years to be thwarted with 'we never were together, nor will be'.

Perhaps they weren't but instincts are telling, and mine tell me Ashanti and Nelly have been getting it in. And what a great looking couple. Is either with someone? Are they trying to stay single for their fans for marketing purposes? Why else would you hide smashing Nelly or Ashanti? Did he mess with her before she was of age? Do they have an open relationship, free to see whomever, or a committed home/lover/friend relationship that vocally denies one another? Just asking...I've know a couple that went years creating fake boyfriends while creeping off together for the sake of their families.

For Nelly and Ashanti, you look great together, and you're both kinda washed up and lame, so get together and do it up, nobody is watching or cares.

State of Rap....

If this is what's hot...then I don't care to be hot...

Best Ever...

Simply awsome...this is art....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX1320Hq4Y

Jackson State Covers Chris Brown's Deuces

That was great....

Going through the Celly...

I realize that I haven't posted in a while and rightfully so...I haven't had the time, but I have had the inspiration. There are so many things happening that I can't hardly keep up. But press on I must.

I have a question for you...under what circumstances is going through someones cell appropriate? Floyd Mayweather recently fell victim to prying his child's mother's phone, ended up seeing that she was texting back and forth with Chicago Bulls forward CJ Watson...it got physical. I hear some charges about 'Grand Larceny'.

What does privacy mean anymore? I'm a woman and I dig, rather dug, lol. But digging always renders something, if nothing but curiosity and ill will. Needing to know, to me, is the same as knowing, and my gut tells me most of what I need to know. Instinctively speaking, can't your body and spirit tell you when something isn't right? Mine does. Whenever something isn't right my gut plummets a bit, and instantly the wheels in my head run through all of the possible scenarios and worst probable outcomes. That feeling and process is enough to confront the person or whomever right away, rather than allow that feeling to brood and fester.

Confrontation is always best. Handling things calmly and dignified is the quickest way to better outcomes. Say what you feel and be direct, you may not get the response that you came for, but at least you're handling the situation as an adult and not as a crazy person, whom no one in their right mind would deal with. Invading someones privacy is a historically proven way to remove yourself from someones life.

So that person wouldn't tell you otherwise? Then admit that you don't believe what they say and move on. Say your instincts or spirit says something different than their story, that something is there and you want to know what is going on, that the issue won't rest until resolved, but move on. Allow that person to answer you. Terrifying a person into responding will only give them ammunition to placate you and become fearful of the boiling situation. However, with a cool responsible attitude, approach the person, ask, and allow them to respond in their own time.

What kind of person wants to reflect back upon their life and recount many relationships ruined because the opposite person felt threatened and frightened by you? A person that cares too much for the possession itself (relationship) than love for themselves. In life there will be loss, but when responding to situations involving people, a certain level of care and tact is required.

So care, tact, responsibly responding, blah, blah, whatever....so you find yourself digging through the phone. You go to the text messages, you're reading the banter between your man/woman flirting and generally connecting. You read some other things...totally pissed. You note that there are more than 1 or 2, several in fact. You go to the pictures and it's loaded with nudity and obscenity....beyond pissed. So what now? Do you go crazy on the person, destroy the phone, forward yourself every disturbing text and picture, get all the numbers out of it that you can, call the named individuals? No. Don't. Put the phone down and get away from it. The proof is enough and explanation and apologies will only worsen the pain from disrespect and disregard.

Trust yourself. Love yourself. If the person is a girl/boyfriend, lover, or spouse...from self-confidence and self-respect draw the strength you need to count your losses and move on. You'll wonder in a few years why you didn't end that relationship sooner.

Swizz Meat...

Case Closed.

Why can't we have a Mecca?

Two days of the week I'm off work, and I use these two days to get myself together, meditate, read, hand out with the kiddies, get them ready for the upcoming week, worship, and just pay attention to myself, and pay attention to my family and friends.
I had so many things that I wanted to blog about, but didn't have the time to do so this weekend.
One thing, I think that African descendants of North and South America should have a coming together every year similar to Mecca. A gathering that should focus on family unity, worship, commonality, and diversity.

I doubt that most African Amercans would be inclined to attend, not seeing the validity, nervous to be in any space with a huge amount of their own people, which is also valid reason to gather.
I believe in one God, the Father. Jesus, Son and through which I pray. Holy Spirit, which intervenes for me in certain instances, and carries out God's special wishes and protects His children.
I have gone through a journey in my life and have continually changed my religious practices to temporarily exclude pork, to meditate, catch the Holy Ghost (don't do that anymore), to fast, to pray continually, to study with some regularity...things like that and  not all at the same time. It's safe to say I'd like to go to Heaven, lol.
I have slacked up in my worship, because i don't want to be the type to worship using any deities, or special practices in worship. I don't want to be a part of anything that appears as a cult. So I'm not separating myself from sinners, shaking profusely because i'm being overtaken by something other than God, not reading from a book over interpreted or some new version. I steer away from and don't get caught in these types of things.
What I focus on are the words that Jesus spoke mostly, because He said His words are His Fathers and I feel the most connected to His words which were focused on sacrifice, humility, charity, honesty, forgiveness.
My girlfriend invited me to a Sankofa that drove to Galveston, a port where many slaves were brought to America, they . And this notion sat patiently waiting as I talked about Mecca and a black gathering...blah blah blah, I'mma go next time, I think it'll be a great substitute, but idealistically I wish for the development of a largely revered gathering...something similar to the Million Man March.

What I'm listening to...

Things that Leslie likes...

Chicken Florentine

Malia Obama swimming in Spain

I don't really like this but why id there only one bag of rice being shown, and why does dude have a bat?

Sharing again...

Okay so people are so full of themselves - so selfish. Performers really....thinking one thing while carrying out another. Not me. I'm glad I am who I am, and I'd like to share that I never ever want to appear perfect - it's not natural and seems very fake - everybody notices and doesn't take you seriously. It makes the performer a fool and a liar for attempting to convince and the 'audience' at least a fool for entertaining such ridiculousness. Don't put on for people, we'll accept you more if you come genuine. 

As for me I share and say what I want, then couldn't care any less that people cast judgment. My advice to anyone is to just be yourself. Charading yourself or trying too hard puts people off. If you don't know what to say...don't say anything, enjoy some quiet. But if you've got something to say, say it. Don't be scared, and don't stop until the point you had in your head is digested in the ear.

I guess the point I'm making is this...when I'm out and about, where ever I am, I observe people and my intuitive antennae are always analyzing. I listen super hard, and pick apart every combination of words, each pause, read body language, while still being able to connect and delve deep into a conversation. What I notice is that some people won't connect, won't actually allow the soul to speak for itself, they just put up the manufactured smile, do the song and dance then disappear thinking thoughts never shared. What a pitiful existence. I believe that we are implored to connect with each other, to share a bit of ourselves no matter how slim the serving.

So in the spirit of sharing, here are a few things about me that you might have not known about Leslie the Barber:

I play the flute, my mother taught me when i was a kid and I'm not entirely rusty, lol. I hate cats. I'd much rather dogs. I used to work at Astroworld for 3 years, I did the tour spill on the train that went around the park. My favorite colors are black and white...together. I used to sing at Jus' Jokin' Comedy Cafe. My favorite food is anything Mexican. I'm clumsy but graceful at the same time. My favorite book series when I was a kid was Sweet Valley Twins and The Babysitters Club. I have 5 real friends. I swim like a fish. I wear a dress most days, pants every now and again. I like to flirt, skin n' grin. I don't like pickles. I don't believe you can be too professional, but people that take their jobs too serious annoy me, go figure. Men that wear pointy-toed shoes annoy me, men that talk with their hands annoy me, and women that wear those sketchers with the round sole annoy me. People that read my blog and don't comment annoy me, but whatev. Playful kids make me smile, good looking calm and confident men make me smile. Alarm clocks don't do shiggity but make me turn over. I don't like eating breakfast foods. I love creamed spinach. And last but not least, I enjoy coming down the slide more than my daughter when we go to the park.

Arizona's Pearce Problem...

This dude, Russell Pearce, the Senator from Arizona sponsoring the SB1070 Bill, a bill designed to identify, prosecute, and deport illegal immigrants. Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer signed the bill April 23rd. 90 days from that day the bill would be enforced, which would have been today, but Federal Judge Susan Bolton filed an injunction that blocked many of the most controversial parts of the bill, temporarily. So it's not yet a crime to be Hispanic standing on the side of the road soliciting work, with no papers, no ID, but with tools.

Russell Pearce has a long history, one riddled with supremacist group memberships, racists remarks, an abusive nature towards his wife, and tampering with state driving records. In a recent story on NPR, he was quoted as saying, "I believe in the rule of law … I've always believed in the rule of law. We're a nation of laws."; and "I will not back off until we solve the problem of this illegal invasion. Invaders, that's what they are. Invaders on the American sovereignty and it can't be tolerated."

Alongside the adults he has also another bill SB 1097 that targets students in public school that are illegal immigrants. The text of this bill reads that schools districts are required by Arizona law to collect data on the amount of illegal students enrolled. Second, the bill requires a report estimating the costs of taxpayer money being used to educate illegal students. Third, if the school district does not fulfill the requirements of the bill, the superintendent of public instruction may deny and hold back the state aid provided to the specific school district.

There is a piece of this story that I feel is the most important, and that is that his wife, LuAnn, whom he is still married to, filed for divorce and stated in the filing that in 1980 Russell choked her and threw her down. I wanted to choke my son the other day and throw him down cause I asked him to take out the trash and he slung his body for the first few steps, neither here nor there, lol! But all of these things go together...racism, a violent nature, lying, deceit...Jus' sayin'.

I didn't load this post with links, cause if you know me then you know I do my research. I just think it's important to know who you're standing behind. I stand behind working hard, fending for family, doing what it takes, bettering situations, giving a chance to those that would otherwise not get one, rehabilitation, adaptation, inclusion, sacrifice, and most importantly charity. There's a drug problem, sure, but why can't America and Mexico work together to figure this one out?

Hillbilly Highway - Devin the Dude, Lil Duval

Devin the Dude may be known for sharing his love of sticky icky in his music, but he's about to bring that same passion to the big screen. The Houston emcee is currently wrapping up production in Atlanta on the urban marijuana comedy 'Hillbilly Highway,' co-starring Florida comedian Lil Duval, produced by comedian Eddie Griffin and written, created and directed by Damon 'Coke' Daniels.




The film, which also stars Tiny Lister. Jr, Erik Estrada, Gary Owen, Tommy Ford, Keith David, Jasmine Burke and more, focuses on a pair of pot-smoking brothers, Earl and Ray Ray, who go on a quest to find a highway in Kentucky that leads to a "marijuana nirvana." While on the road, the two become embroiled in a fight between two families - the Gatfields and McCroys (based on real-life families Hatfield and McCoy) - and are chased out of town after the families realize that the pair is trying to make off with the weed.

''Hillbilly Highway' is really going to take people by surprise,' said Eddie Griffin. "We have a fantastic team and working with Damon 'Coke' Daniels has been a great experience. I can't wait for the camera to stop rolling so I can see the finished product." Daniels went on to discuss his goal to create films similar to another successful African American director. "I'm building an urban comedy brand similar to what Tyler Perry did, but much more raw and edgy,' added Daniels, whose credits include 'Who Made the Potato Salad' and 'My Baby's Daddy.'



'Hillbilly Highway' is finishing up production next week, though there is no release date set. Devin the Dude, who has never starred in a movie, recently released his sixth studio album, 'Suite 420,' earlier this year.

Watermelon flavored Beer

I'm sure you've heard tried, or seen this Four Loco or Joose flavored beers that are sweeping through the H. A 32oz can cost $2 and everyone knows someone who drinks them. Urban dictionary defines Four Loko as cocain in a can. I tried one, okay three. They're gross, I just wanted to make sure, and then make really sure. It's funny to sit around and laugh at the idea of flavored beer, and then watermelon of all flavors, lol!

U know they don't have to send out any advertising or coupons, no television spots, no nothing....just put in on the shelves and stand back. They have grape flavored, lemonade, green apple flavored...the list goes on, oh yeah...fruit punch, lol! All our favorite koolaid flavors rite? Mite as well have called it 'red flavored'!

I'm not offended, i think its funny. Funny that I've spent more than $.50 on this atrocity. I've had my last. I didn't realize how bloated beer makes you feel. I was willing to try one because I hate beer, the malty taste, the froth...not my speed. I like sweet or fruity drinks, which is why I tried a Fo Loco. thought I could be one of the cool kids, drinking beer, lol.

I'll stick with my Moscotto D'asti, my margaritas and daiquiris, my Amaretto and orange, and my Ciroc and Red Bull.

Next they'll have Reese's flavored beer, lol, or better-yet sweet potato pie flavored beer. There is a major offense here, one that I cannot quite put my finger on, but if I had to point in the direction, It's made by the government and it's basis is racial comedy.

Going Loko for that Loko!

3 Ways

If you know me, then you know I'm down for reading anything and for the most part I can side with several different perspectives to the point of agreeance with any or none. Well, browsing this morning I saw this pic of Rihanna, Matt Kemp and Melissa, and it struck a chord in me...what if this was an ongoing three-way relationship?

I've seen two functional 3-ways in my life, and I can't say for sure, but I think they looked very happy. There are, I'm sure, another set of arguments, another toothbrush, an extra dresser drawer, more clothes to wash, but besides that what might be the pro's and con's of a polyamorous lifestyle?

Maybe an extra female could stay at home and take care of the kids during the day, an extra male could be an at home handyman, everyone could work and rake in the money, bedroom time could possibly be as mundane as 2ways (I'm sure, the wild stuff only lasts until u get used 2 it), bathroom time could get a little congested, another pallet to please when cooking, another set of in-laws, yet another set of dreams to support. Sounds to me like it could work, but with all the extra effort that it takes to incorporate more than one person, I'm sure someone is neglected somehow, and that, I'm sure, is an ordeal to get over. I need the attention all on me, and all that kissing is probably simple facade, I can't imagine every member having a deep connection. Jealousy is probably as front stage as the attraction, because the connection couldn't be as strong since you're sharing yourself right?

Don't think that I've been recruited, if anything I'm more interested to observe any relationship in terms of how whomever relates to each other. I'm eager to learn or at least consider different ways to enjoy or please someone, ya know like learn a new move or way to resolve some conflict. At 30, I think I'm at the cusp of graduation into a truly adult lifestyle, and if not by now then soon, I should be practicing whatever Imma do, ya know? Not just in terms of professional title, but who I am as a woman and child, as a mother, friend, companion, relative, co-worker, consumer, etc. I think it's important to address every fear and barrier head-on rather than ignore and allow uncertainties to rot and multiply to the point where it's uncontrollable. Someone asked me what my biggest fear was and my honest answer was 'ignorance'. I've wanted to be smart my whole life, and while I'm a little smart, truthfully I'm also very dumb...dumb about how to interact or respond sometimes, how to begin something from raw form and how to follow through, sometimes the correct thing comes right out, other times I struggle. I think it's all in living and learning, but all this is a journey to discovering who I am and what is most important to me.

Back to the freaks....well, I can't say for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that all that free love and uncommittedness won't last...and that's what I want. I wanna stand before my grandkids and tell them about when I and whoever met, tell them how we came over, how we used to love on each other, how we used to fight, how we would agree and back each other. That's what I'm looking forward to, and you can't do that with 4 people in the bed.

Comment anonymously and speak on whether u'd consider a relationship consisting of more than 2.

Too $hort

They say that $hort Dog was trying to get it in with some underage girls the other night when he got into a fist fight with some bouncers. Short comes back with a response that basically says he would never take advantage of an underage woman.

I'm not the judge but what makes Too $short feel that is a sufficient response. On the real, he's been disrespecting women since way back. Pimps or players, whatev...stand up straight and speak carefully to an older woman to assume the appearance of respect, like saying 'see I don't disrespect all women jus ho's'. I have listened to $hort maybe 4x in my life, and each time I wasn't entertained. I didn't wanna dance, nor did I want to get with him.

So who is his audience? Men? yup.

I guess we're all grown and we can listen to whatever we wanna, but I'm not believing this cat anymore. He's got grey in his beard, and still trying to run groupies. And isn't he from the eighties? His groupies should have aged, young girls shouldnt even be subject to his music (if that's what you wanna call it). I mean with more modern similar rappers out there with equally as nasty lyrics and better beats, $hort shouldn't even sell tickets, have shows, or get a chance at backstage love. How old is this dude, 45?

Whodini? Grand Master what?

I hate feeling young. It seems everyone i know is older than me, and just knows a different era of music and pretty much everything. I HATE it. There are so many things that I have no clue about like I didn't know who KRS1 was....I really don't know if I even spelled it right, lol! Like who?!?!? I even asked, 'So he raps'?

Funny.

Who cares. I have other talents. I can do thing with my....now isn't the time, :)

So, I'm not really motivated or inspired really, I haven't heard anything that I think is awe inspiring. Wait a minute, that may have sounded like disrespect, but it really is ignorance.

So, this is my plea to all of the ol' schoolers, haha, hip me. Seriously, you have to give me some map to follow or suggest something. Whodini? Grand Master what?

A new Venture...

yeah yeah...been a while...gettin' it from everywhere.


It's crazy how people comment to me about my blog but won't click on the comment button and say it there, why? It used to burn me up...it felt like no one was reading and my blogged thoughts were in vain....but no. I have some readers, thanks.

Okay so I'm inspired. Yes, again....I wanna do some film projects. I've been writing but I don't know what the hell I'm doing, and even got a camera, but don't have anything to film. I don't want to mimic anyone, and I don't want to follow the same path as I'm sure many others that conform to what the audience thinks is interesting or funny.



Nardwaur the Human Serviette interviews like none other and does so with taste, revealing surprisingly very human facts about celebrities. What is entertaining for me about him is how quirky he is...the whole voice, coupled with the attire...yeah, very funny.

I'm inspired...I think I could do something, not sure what...but, something.



I have an opinion that many of you don't agree with, but what I appreciate is the reasoning of the other side. I don't always agree with the other side, I agree both ways mostly. I don't have to be left or right, I have no problem being grey.


There are great films out there, why Tyler Perry is still whirling around in a dress...not sure. The thoughts of grown black women and men is far beyond slapstick, racial comparison jokes, Vulgar VH1, and BET Bullshit. I talk politics. I like history and culture. I like literature, I read dammit. My limit is not comedy and sex.

I hope to do something soon...If you have any ideas or would like to be in film...you know what to do...yeah, hit comment, lol!

Lauryn Hill still got it...

Lauryn Hill performed at the Harmony Festival 2010 in Santa Rosa, California a few days ago. Wyclef said she needed some psychiatric help (click here for audio). He go goes on about leaving her heartbroken, blah blah blah....he's so full of himself, and his voice is the most irritating thing ever. ooops. oh well. Then, there's the most recent thing that came out about his organization 'Yele'. He was mishandling funds. He was sleeping with a personal assistant that turned out to be the vice president of Yele...something...but she was well paid for her...uhh..work...yeah, $108k. I just think wyclef is a sleaze and is very underhanded. He went years without speaking on his relationship with Lauryn, then to be sleeping with someone else under the table...sounds very likely he'd be stealing and tricking too. Slick don't slide forever....homeboy.

I know I'm re-telling an already stale story, but seeing this video here ignites in me something for her. She settled out of sight because fame wasn't for her, and I like that = humility. And I agree with her on God, peace, mercy, suffering, togetherness, equality, and voicing the struggle. What's most important to me about her is that she can relate like no other female MC. She responded to the paps that she may possibly be working on a new album....I just hope we're ready, cause ready or not .....you can't hide.

Why every Indian wanna be the chief?

Feed a man 'til he's full and he still want beef
Give me grief, try to tief off my piece
Why for you to increase, I must decrease?
If I treat you kindly does it mean that I'm weak?

You hear me speak and think I won't take it to the streets
I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek
But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik
And other African czars observing stars with war scars

Get yours in this capitalistic system

So many caught or got bought you can't list them

How you gonna idolize the missing?

To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition

Even when they comin' gunnin'

I stand position

L's known the mission since conception

Let's free the people from deception

If you looking for the answers

Then you gotta ask the questions
And when I let go, my voice echoes through the ghetto

..protecting and serving, lol!

Take me off the list, I don't want anyone acting like this protecting or serving me. I realize that spotlighting one particular instance where brutal force is used in an arrest sounds a little Anti-America, but I think that police overuse intimidation and authority. These girls were j-walking....and get handled like this? I see the resistance, yeah sure, but put the handcuffs on her and put her in the car, call for back-up.....but i saw absolutley no reason to punch the girl in the face. What I saw was inappropriate handling and disrespect and a freind not knowing what to do when this was happening right infront of her, so she tried to get between what was looking like assault. I say she's a hero, for actually protecting and serving, lol! The officer is the only one that seems to be breaking laws.

I hate driving down the road and nearly having a heart attack when i ride past a cop pointing a radar GUN at my car. Does it really have to look like a gun/ held like a gun? Why do police back up where you can't see them, isn't that unethical? Why is it that when a call involving guns or drugs is made forty officers show up to block traffic and cause a scene, but when you need them (which for me has only been 3 times in my life) they come HOURS after you first call. It seems police only show up to arrest and frighten.

There is no reason for a grown man to ever punch a woman or girl in the face. Not only should this officer be fired with no package, but police departments all across the world should change how they interact with citizens and not simply terrorize.
I think some laws are drawn up to give reason to arrest people. j-walking? what is that? walking across the street not at an intersection? okay... Just sharing.

What I'm listening to....

VH1 TV Shows

Music Videos
Celebrity Photos
News & Gossip

This b keeps it fresh huh? Sounds good, looks good, Beyonce better keep up.....

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way"

I love that sound....

Diva Anita Baker lost her groove.....

Divas....
It says somewhere that we must respect our elders. I agree. But does it say near that same place 'know your limitations'?
Just asking...because Anita Baker sounds like herself but it's obvious her skills have diminished. Which brought me to thinking that it's plainly obvious that you attack your opportunity when it presents itself, when, if ever, it returns the situation is always a little askew, lol! yes, askew.

Nita is still my girl,but she could have graced us with just one last album, just a few hits, before bowing out. But to return decades later to be pitchy and out of practice, butchering, yes, butchering the National Anthem at a venue like the NBA Finals? I'll pass.

Some divas have held onto it. Look at Janet and Price, lol! Seriously....Gladys Knight still sounds good. Patti sounds great! Mary J. Blige is getting up there and still sounds the same. I'm not so rigid to not allow personal effect on your career, have them, but keep your voice.

Whitney has totally disappointed me with her highly anticipated comeback. The music was okay, but she really didn't appear learned and recovered, just hungry and appeasing. Be a diva dammit! That grand display is motivation for us all, don't be drunk, don't be high, don't be a mess under a wig. Work out, practice, stay with the fashion, be a master of the social scene, and when you're caught slipping do it in a way so that every woman can feel the root of it. Slap someone?

Smooth it back out and smile.
Get wasted?

make it look fun...
When you fall
GET BACK UP!




Having to gather yourself and come back to entertain is the business. Don't get in it if you're not going to see it through. I'm the audience and I want to be encouraged, provoked in thought, made to clap my hands, grind my hips, sing, laugh, cry, gossip about you, spread your rumors, wonder if you really are a shipwreck or completely perfect.....ya know be entertained. Be on your job....

...rooting for you NeNe and Greg Leakes

There has been much recent speculation about NeNe and Greg Leakes, star of VH1's The Real Housewives of Atlanta's marriage and most importantly their slated divorce. Well, Large FM Radio Host Corey King set up Greg recently by recording his phone call and releasing it in retaliation for not paying a personal debt owed to him.

Blabbermouth Greg goes on an on about their impending divorce, how much he spent on her 1st season of TRHoA, how fame went to NeNe's head, how they were going to Jamaica to work things out, and blah blah blah.

Poooooor Greg, but I'm not accepting any excuses from him, privacy is privacy, an all too important factor in any relationship. Don't go talking your business, plain and simple. Folks don't care about you working it out, they want a nasty divorce garnished with all of the truth and some lies, fully packed with eye-gaping drama.

NeNe needs to check that azz, but from what I can tell...still stick it out with Greg. He seems like a great husband, fully backing her, after all he said he spent in excess of $300k on the first season of the show. A man has to be down to invest into your passion like that...but an azz checking nonetheless for embarrassment.

I've encountered folks commenting on everything from her nose job, to how they can't stand her ghetto style, her over the top drama antics, and her Amazonian stature. Well, for me, she was the most real of any of the cast. She was the only one other than Lisa that was married, her husband had $300k to blow on her fame, She is a stripper turned social butterfly, the party didn't start till she walked in, and she was the only one who set fear in folks when she went off. NeNe appeared confident, and private, serious but fun, ghetto classy, and useful for some reason.

All of the other ladies, if that's the right thing to call them (surely not wives), were hiding stuff, were broke, were pretending terribly/ horrible acting, and didn't move me. NeNe did.

She's still ghetto, and everyone doesn't have to like her, but I'm rooting for her and her boo.