Ok... with all this negativity I have been talking about lately, I need to brighten it up a bit. So I will NOT tell you about my macbook pro drama and my screen going black and me being without my laptop for a week, or that I have to bring it back to get repaired and be without it another 7 to 10 days... nope... I am NOT here to talk about that... (ARRRRRRRGH!)
What I do want to talk about is my girl Jennifer Hudson. As you know, if you have read my blog in the past... I am a big fan of JHud. I have loved her ever since her AI season and I even stopped watching in protest when she was voted off after singing the best non-Whitney version of 'Run to You'... (well... I did tune in to the finale to see Fantasia win... I couldn't help myself... I loved Fantasia too... lol)
We have all heard about Jennifer Hudson's tragedy, losing her Mother, Brother and Nephew in one fell swoop... and our hearts went out to her. I know I really felt for her... So I am really glad to see her back on the scene, and come back in such a major way...
No doubt you have all seen her performance at the Superbowl singing the National Anthem... well if you haven't, here you go...
I have said it before, and I will say it again... JENNIFER HUDSON IS ONE SANGIN' AZZ HEFFA!!!!! WOOOO... THIS GIRL CAN SAAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAANG! I mean dayum... its crazy. I LOVE her voice. And I love her runs... I love her power. I just love to hear her sing.
And immediately after the superbowl, the press was all over the fact that she lip-sync'd. So fukking what? She had to sing it at some point... its still her voice... and its no less amazing. And really, she didn't need to lip sync. She can perform like that live, and has proven that time and time again. JHud is one artist who doesn't need studio magic... that is for sure.
I am just glad to have her back. If she can overcome losing 3 family members at once... and still shine... how can I be upset about a laptop issue... or a houseguest that is a pain in the azz... or a friend who has drama in her life...
Looking at what she has overcome makes my issues seem so small and insignificant... Just goes to show that no matter what happens, you have to keep on moving... and that you can overcome anything. Kudos to JHud.
For those of you who missed it, myself included, R. Kelly finally spoke
out publicly about the child molestation case with Toure on BET, for
the first time since the case has been over. I finally saw the interview online, and I must say that I was flabbergasted by one moment during the interview...
Toure:Do you like teenage girls?
R. Kelly:When you say teenage... how old are we talking?
The blank look of Toure for three seconds before he regrouped was priceless... its says confusion, shock, and 'did this nigga really just ask me how old are teenagers?' all at once...
I am with you Toure'... when I got to that point of the interview... I had the same exact look on my face. Did this nigga just say that? How old are teenagers?At 41, I am sure that he knows that a teenager is someone in their teens. So he was trying to mince words, admitting that he still fukks with teenagers.
I try to believe in the good in my people. Practically everyone disagrees with me, but even with OJ, I still don't believe that he did it. The story as it was presented, with him snapping and killing two people, only feet away from each other, but leaving absolutely no evidence? no fingerprints? I don't buy it. But before we get into a big debate about OJ, lets get back to 'R'-uh.
Now... R. Kelly? That nigga is GUILTY! I believe that he is a child molester. It's not my educated guess... its not my opinion...ITS ON VIDEOTAPE!
And with his stupid word-play about how old are teenagers, he basically admits that he still likes them super young, which, to me, illustrates child molestation tendencies. His only differentiation is legality. So the girls could look younger as long as they were still legal... and that is problematic.
R. Kelly has a problem and I am not the only one that feels this way.
Check out Funk Master Flex verbally pissing on R. Kelly. The sad thing is... he probably likes it.
The state of our country scares the shyt out of me. I have said this before, and I will say it again. America is living on past glory, and if we don't do something DRASTIC soon, we will become a third world country. Gas and food is becoming unaffordable... people are losing their homes and defaulting in record numbers, and now wall street is buckling...
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, a major financial firm that has been around since BEFORE the Civil War... and the sale of Merryl Lynch to Bank of America on the same day is serious sign of our country's dire financial status. These companies survived world wars, natural disasters, 9/11...
But what they can't survive is DUMB AZZ SMALL TOWN AMERICA!
Thats right! I said it. Middle America is STUPID!
Everyone is pandering to the small town Americans, and really, I think that THEY are the ones to blame for the decline of America. And I am going to tell you why...
They elect people based on their perceived character rather than their position or actions on issues that affect the entire country's well-being. (Actions ILLUSTRATE character... not a stupid speech!)
Middle Americans are racist and ignorant. They think its ok to say that they are ignorant because they are from a small town. Its a license to say racist or offensive things...
Middle Americans bought into this stupid war against Terrorism. (How do you fight a CONCEPT?! Wars are fought against defined opponents. Not an idea... not a single person like Bin Laden... And there is supposed to be a clearly defined metrix for success... without which, the war NEVER ends.) Middle America bought into the whole idea that if you don't support the war, we must hate America.
Small town americans idolize this 1950's white picket fence mentality which even THEY fail to live up to it. (Sarah Palin with her teen-aged pregnant unmarried daughter...) This 'common sense values' bullshyt is forcing our government to legislate based on religious beliefs when our country was built on the DIVISION between church and state.
Our focus SHOULD be on things that prepare us for the future. Our focus should have been on being green DECADES ago, or regulating our financial industry to prevent things like we are experiencing now. But NO... we are arguing irrelevant issues like... gay marriage. Who cares if two women/men want to get hitched? WHY IS THAT A NATIONAL ISSUE TRUMPING OUR ECONOMY? TRUMPING A SENSELESS WAR? TRUMPING ISSUES THAT WILL KEEP US RELEVANT IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY? I will tell you why, because small town America IS STUPID!
I know what you are thinking... middle America may be stupid but what does that have to do with the failure of our financial system... And to you guys... I have just one thing to say...
MIDDLE AMERICANS ELECTED GEORGE W. BUSH!
TWICE!!!
They elected a president based on his views on same sex marriage... despite the horrible first four years. Because of THEM, we were subject to 8 years of bad government, both in the top office and in legislation where republicans had control for many of those years.
AND NOW they are humoring this ridiculous McCain, Palin ticket... Someone who says 'I don't know' more than my four year old nephew, and a mayor of east bumble cookie Alaska, who clowns Barrack's community service prior to his federal government tenure, but talks about how she ran a city in Alaska like it's REAL experience... as if its even remotely relevant...
Middle Americans are like sheep. They blindly follow whatever the Republicans say without question. So many contradictions and false statements have come out of the Republican candidates that its amazing to me that they are nearly tied with the Democrats in the polls...
What scares me about this whole financial situation is that it is the result of Dumb Ass George Bush who was elected by Dumb Ass Middle America. And the very possibility of it happening again with McCain almost makes me want to move to Canada.
But I can't. Becuase despite its flaws, I still believe this is the BEST country in the world. I love my home and I want it to STAY on top. I don't want to live anywhere else in the world (until I retire or something... but that is more about living in the tropics like a king than the nation itself... but I digress)
Middle America needs to accept that THIS IS NO LONGER 1950's AMERICA! This is a NEW AMERICA. One that is diverse, and changing... If we want to stay at the top of the heap, we have to WORK and EVOLVE with the rest of the world. And we can't do that stuck in the past.
Almost, anyway... you know I always got something to say. Ok... remember when there were rumors about Ciara being a dude? While I never thought she was a dude, now I am wondering if she is even a girl... maybe she is SEXLESS!
Where is her poom-poom? lol Like for real... I know Ciara grew a few curves since she has grown up some... but I don't remember Ciara's thighs and booty being that thick where it would hide her poom-poom in that position... And even the thickest of booties would reveal a poom-poom when the legs are pushed back that far... Is that photoshopped?
Ok... even with the anatomically ambiguous area... Is it me or is this cover still super erotic...? lol I mean, I never thought of Ciara 'that way' but I am kinda turned on looking at this... I never paid her much attention. First of all, because compared to me, she is like, 12. But second of all, I just was never pressed with her cause she is a twig. But this pic is kinda hot.
Ok... so I am a weirdo... lol But the whole punani mystery just makes you focus on her intimacies... and then you see the booty, and the smooth skin, and while its not seen, I KNOW the punani is there... and I kinda wanna see it now... lol
The secret is out. I am kind of a freak. But with her vagina-less Barbie Doll body, so is Ciara, so its a match made in heaven... LOL
UPDATE 9/7: Here is a video of Ciara discussing the Vibe cover. Basically, she just says, she is older now, more mature, and adventurous... so basically, 'The Goodies' that she was so earnestly protecting in her first album are no longer staying 'in the jar'... (In other words, she was always a ho... just wasn't old enough to express it before... lol) Just kidding... she is not a ho... just a vagina-less Barbie Doll... I stand by that one. lol
I know its been eons since I have sat down to blog... but I just haven't felt motivated to write.
But another reason I havent been blogging much is because I have landed a lead role in an off-off broadway gospel theater production that is going up in September and October.
I have been in rehearsals for a couple months now, but I never mentioned it before this because, until now, I wasn't really feeling this production. It was kinda whack...The writer/producer is a new young writer, and kinda amateur-ish in how business is handled. The director was a nice guy, but kinda crazy... like need therapy or short hospital stay kinda crazy...and the stagemanager was sexually harrassing the women.
In addition to all that drama, the director was not good. He let us make up our own staging, and then edited what we did. In other words, he didnt direct us. It may seem cool at first since you have almost total freedom, but when you consider that there are 6 people on stage and everyone has their own idea of how the scene should go, and each wants to make their character stand out and shine... and it becomes total chaos.
I felt like I didn't know what the hell I was doing. The scenes looked random... it was so whack that I didn't even want my fam to come see it. Basically, I was only doing it to get some practice at my acting skills. And if something better came up, I would have taken it. Since I am just starting to professionally act, I need to get my practice where I can.
The initial drama came to a head when the director told us that he had considered suicide the week before... And that was the last straw, and the producer/writer of the show fired him... (a week after he fired the stage manager for following one of the actresses home...)
And that is when I learned what a difference a good director makes... Our new director was PHENOMENAL! The show looked great, I loved way the show was going and now I am ready to invite the world, and even agents to come and checking out my acting chops.
But... the drama doesn't stop.The writer/producer starts ego tripping and wanting to tell the new director how to do her job, she cussed him out, and he fired her. The young director/writer who is producing his third production, was telling a 30 year theater veteran that her scenes weren't theatrical enough... that she wasn't handling the actors right... blah blah blah... and now... we are back at square one.
I am so worn out, and drained from this whole thing... but I have invested so much time and energy into this that I dont want to pull out now. But I DONT want to go on stage and look whack in front of my fam and friends.
We have a new-new director... a month out from the opening... and I am really trying to hang on cause despite his inexperiene, the young writer/director means well. And the cast is all made up of all people trying to break into show bizness... so leaving at this point would fukk everyone over.
I just have a month left. And if this new director is good and the show continues where the last one left off... I will tell you guys so you can come see it. If not... you won't hear a dayum thing about it... lol
Entertainment is DRAMA... both on and off the stage and screen... I guess I am paying my dues.
Anyway... since it has been forever since I have blogged, I will mention other randomness...
I LOVE... LOVE LOVE LUH-HUH-HOVE... the Tide Talking Stain commercial... It's one of the funniest commercials ever. When the stain starts screaming in the end, I laugh hysterically every time I see it... If you havent seen it... check it below. TOO FUNNY!
Also, I am loving Solange. I was hearing leaked tracks over the last year and was telling folks that they are sleeping on Solange, but no one wanted pay me any mind... But now she is coming up, and peeps are jumping on the bandwagon... She will make it out of Beyonce's shadow yet... just watch.
In other randomnes... I truly feel that this whole retro 80's crap is out of hand... I HAVE SEEN FIVE PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WITH JHERI CURLS!!!
Who knew that they still make Jheri Curl Products?!? In 1984, 5 people with Jheri Curls may not seem like a lot, given the millions of people living in New York. But in 2008... that is a ridiculously large number! Where the hell are they buying the relaxer? Where do they buy the activator? What hairdresser even offers such services? Are they doing it themselves? So many questions... I am so confused. I just truly hope that does NOT catch on. In 1984... Jheri Curl was the bomb. In 2008... not so much. Boo.
SEKSHUL CHOKLATE!!! He sing so lovely don't you think?
As some of you may know, charges were recently dropped against Brandy in that big accident she had in which a woman unfortunately lost her life. Initially, the LAPD were looking at pressing criminal charges but in my eyes there were no grounds for any criminal precedings. She was not speeding and she was not under the influence of any drugs or controlled substances. She simply realized too late that traffic had come to a complete stop ahead of her, and hit the car in front of her, that resulted in a chain reaction of cars that led to the fatal incident. In my eyes, this was just another case of... celebrities get away with everything under the sun... UNLESS YOU ARE A BLACK CELEBRITY!!!! (Cause Black celebrities are ALWAYS the ones that not only pay for their crimes but the judges and the public are both EXTRA hard on. If any celeb is going to be the 'example' that the law doesn't go easy on celebs, they are usually BLACK!)
Now if she were drunk or speeding, I would have felt sorry for her, but I would feel like she would need to pay the piper nonetheless. Wreckless drivin, wreckless endangerment or vehicular manslaughter or anything that leads to a loss of life is no joke. But being a bad driver is not a criminal offense. So I am glad that they have finally dropped the whole entire incident.
On the flip side, the woman's family is still suing Brandy in civil court. And while I don't believe Brandy is a criminal, she did start an accident that resulted in someone's death. If that were my mother, I would be suing Brandy too. If I can sue someone because I got whiplash in an accident, you better believe I am going to sue if someone dies. It's unfortunate that, because she has money, the suit will be for a lot more than it would if she were a regular joe, but thats is life.
I am a great big Brandy fan. She is no power ballad singer like a Jennifer Hudson, or a strong singer-performer like Beyonce, but there is just something about Brandy and her music that I have always loved. So I am glad to see that she will not be taking any mug shots any time soon. Now if she can only keep her triflin brother from still trying to pimp his dick and that stupid skin flick with Kim Kardashian anymore, all will be right with the world again.
Did any of you see the TMZ video clip of Raz B, Chris Stokes, and Raz's brother Ricky coming out of the restaurant together and hugging??
I realize that Raz is trying to take back what he said but it just isn't working for me. What dude you know that would openly admit that his booty hurt from anal sex that was forced on him if it were not true?
No. Really. Who does that?? And if it were indeed a great big fabrication, what dude you know would allow someone to accuse them of GAY rape then chill with them afterwards like nothing was ever wrong? Wouldn't you be mad as hell? Yes, I realize that they were/are family... but that would make it even worse if it weren't true.
I just ain't buyin it. The cat is out of the bag... They may never press charges... but don't try to pretend thhat the rest of us are stupid.
Ok... so I may clown about the sexuality of Omarion and Bow-wow. Its all in fun. Making fun of celebrities is entertaining, but it stops being funny when real issues arise.
As you probably already know, Raz B posted youtube clips of himself talking to Marques Houston's sister about being molested by Chris Stokes and Marques Houston at a young age. Its a serious accusation that I might have dismissed had there not been a part two clip of Raz B's older brother talking to Chris Stokes himself saying that he 'used to be like that, but is not like that anymore'... etc. etc.
All jokes aside, child molestation is serious. If what Raz says is true, I really feel for him. It's really unfortunate that something like this could happen to those boys, and that the offender could profit from it. Then after he makes mad dough, discards them... Using those boys sexually AND pimping them financially.
Its a sad situation. Things like this could damage a victim for life. Something just didn't seem right when things happened the way they did when B2k split up. I felt like there was more to it. Chris Stokes denies it, of course. Saying that they are only bitter because he has only recently stopped supporting them financially. But... in my opinion, that would be a reason for them to keep quiet all this time. Don't you? He could have been paying them all this time to keep quiet about it. And if it was an issue of them just being bitter, why drag Marques Houston into it? Why not just say that it was only Chris Stokes?
Its almost like he is using that boy ALL over again. Molesting him when he was young... pimping him for fame and fortune, discarding him once he reached financial security, then cutting him off totally. It could be an issue of Raz being bitter, but to me, the more likely story is that he is telling the truth.
Later on... Raz B recants it in a video also on youtube... but then only leaves it up for a few hours and deletes it. Then there were all kinds of suspect things in that video. He never looks at the camera, there is a car in the background that was apparently in a B2K episode of MTV cribs which kinda points to Chris Stokes. Basically, I am not sure he was really recanting anything. He lied at some point, whether it was in the first video, or the second, but basically... he lied at some point. I am inclined to believe his first video. It just seems more logical and realistic.
I
ts just unfortunate. I definitely want to make it clear that I believe that men who do what Chris Stokes allegedly did, are in the minority of homosexual men. Most gay men are law abiding men who like other men their own age (or at least above the legal age of consent). The men that do what Chris Stokes allegedly did are few and far between, but they are the ones that are in the news. And that is also very sad and unfortunate.
This whole thing makes me sad. And it makes me wonder how Omarion and the other boys dealt with it. I may joke about their gear and their antics... but this type of thing is no laughing matter. And I feel for those boys. No one should ever have to endure being forced, pressured, or coerced into anything that they don't feel comfortable doing sexually. I have family that have been raped, and molested as children, and the damages last a lifetime. And its not even just the victim. The family feels it too because they feel helpless, or that there should have been something that they could have done to prevent it. When I learned about my cousins ordeals, I was angry with the world! I wanted to find the dude that did it to her and KILL him. But he was already in jail. And I thank god he was, because I might be today for what I might have done if he wasn't.
I will still clown fashion ridiculosities, and silly antics, but I will not clown their ordeal. It's all fun and games until real damage is done. I feel for Raz if what he says is true. And I would not wish what he may have gone through on my worst enemy.
Or should I say 'the top' in his relationship...lol Aight, I clowned about Omarion and Bow wow being kinda Baby and Lil' Wayne-esque in previous posts... but I just saw a clip on my homegirl's blog 'theybf.com' where Bow wow defends Omarion's honor. It was already a funny clip because Toure' is asking Omarion stupid questions like, 'do you steal moves from Chris Brown? He's dope.' Or when he asked him about doing the 'Naked' video when it was clearly Marques Houston. But what really made me giggle was when Bow wow flipped the fukk out and was shouting for Toure to step to him as he hid behind his two bodyguards... like... HOLD ME BACK!! HOLD ME BACK!!! lolololololol THAT SHYT WAS COOOOOOMEDY! lol
My homegirl C-Murder defends them to the hilt. So I am trying to give the benefit of the doubt despite the pictures below of 'O' looking more like 'OH DIANE!' or Noah from 'Noah's Arc' between the hair and that neck scarf... But Bow wow getting all bent out of shape for Omarion's honor was just too excessive, and Omarion's just following behind like the obediant girlfriend is not making me believe in their platonic relationship. I have heard of having your boy'z back, but most str8 dudes would be like ' You gon' let him clown you like that?' and let the dude man up for himself. They don't make them look like a damsel in distress... or maybe Omarion is gay, and bow wow is straight, but knows about Omarion, and is mad protective of his gay homey... which might have been plausible IF he didnt run and hide behind his two bodyguards and act like they were holding him back like a punk. After that bullshyt he lost all thug points, if you can indeed have any when you are only 4 ft negative 2, and weigh 85 pounds.
It doesn't matter either way. And sincerely I dont really care. I am just clowning ... but if either of them show up with a tattoo of the other... I am going to start sending them china pattern suggestions.
If you would like to see the video for yourself... check it out below.
Ok... I am not going to lie. I would LOVE to be in the audience for Oprah's Favorite Things episode. So maybe this is my own tall frosty glass of HATERADE (Or Hateration as Mary J. would put it...) And I also realize that the show was shot in Macon Georgia, where I have actually been, so I can attest to it's backwoods country culture... But for real, is a $250 Target gift card worth catching the holy ghost and almost passing out over? People fanning themselves before they fell out, jumping up and down, thankin Jesus... it was comical.
OK. So the Four Thousand dollar fridge with the LCD tv, dvd player, weather bug, and recipe screen was kinda hot. But... I dont think I would have been falling out the way they were falling out.
I was kinda bored with the favorite things this year. Not saying that I wouldnt have gladly accepted Oprah's super-sized natural soap collection, or the panini maker... but I wasn't pressed for any of those things.
Now that I have sufficiently hated.... I am going to see if I can work a connection to get into the audience for next years show. Let me start practicing my holy ghost dance now... Hey, you never know, it could be an audience requirement...
RIP IKE...
I am sad
to hear that the world's most famous wife-beating crackhead, Ike Turner has passed away. Hmmm... that was a bit disrespectful of the dead. Let me rephrase that, the world's most famous drug-addicted spousal abuser. Its a dayum shame that after the career he had when he was with Tina, he was reduced to that description. Each and every report about his death that I read online or saw on tv referenced drugs and beating Tina. It's a strong lesson that teaches us to never beat women if we didnt already know it, cause you will never be known for anything else afterwards. Part of me feels bad, because he was indeed a legend, and his memory is forever tarnished. But as someone who grew up with a father who was physically abusive to my mother until they divorced when I was 5, I am like, too fukking bad. You should never beat on a woman, so you get what you deserve. His memory is tarnished but compared to the damage you do to the victims of abuse including the children, its a light punishment.
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