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Kris: Hi Marquita! Happy Belated Valentine's Day!
Kris: Hey Marquita, haven't heard from you in a while! I hope all is well with you!
Kris: Hey Marquita! I hope you have a wonderful New Year!!
jennifer: hi, just stopping by, happy new year...care to exchange links..
Kris: Hi Marquita! Just stopping by to catch up on you. I'm sorry I missed your birthday, but I hope you are enjoying your 30's! I know I am (I'm about 4 months ahead of you!). I hope you enjoy your holidays and your new year! Talk to you soon!
Holly: Hi Marquita. It's Friday, Dec. 14/07, 10:24AM. I see you've been here; no one can post comments to your entries. I hope you're okay...
carrie75: Hey Marquita! Just thought I'd drop in and say hi! I haven't been on in a while, but I'm back now. Hope all's well!
Holly: Hi Marquita. It's Monday, Dec. 10/07, 1PM. I'm dropping by to see what's new, and to invite you over to the Tree for today's edition of Manic Monday. Hope to hear from you soon, Marquita; hope everything is okay...
Miyaka: Isn't it about time for another entry?
Holly: Morning, my friend. It's Monday, Dec. 3/07, 6:29AM. Just popping by to wish you a great day and to let you know Manic Monday is ready for you!
Holly: Hi Marquita. It's Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, 7:42AM. Just popping by to see what's new. Hope you had a great birthday. Have a great day - hope to see you soon.
Holly:
J McLeod: Happy Birthday, Marquita! May God bless you and keep you!
Kris: Hey Marquita! Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back again soon!
Miyaka: I won't know until Wednesday what time the games are so I will let you know soon after that.
Miyaka: Look at you trying to do it big when you hit the big 3-0. Might be an excuse for me to have buy clothes. C-ya there.
Holly: Hi Marquita. :) It's Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, 9:25AM. Just popping in to wish you a happy Hump Day.
Shaun: Hi Skeeta Bug !This blogging stuff is great! I'm hooked. Every morning, it's eggs, bacon, and Post. Keep up the good work.
Holly: Hi Marquita Today is Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, 8:58am. I'm just dropping by to wish you a great day, and to let you know Manic Monday is up.
Holly: Nice job with your page, Marquita! You just have to make the top banners and your pictures smaller; the pumpkin banner crosses right into the Tag Board, and the pic of the boys on the field pushes way past your borders, which stretches out the whole page. I think you look cute as Little Red Riding Hood, though. I'll bet the hubby liked it, too!
PT: Ok Red...you look as if you just finished riddin through da Hood... teeheehee! Just joking... Check out those legs... Runs in the family...teeheehee!Who's that Sexy Lady sportin' the Vick jersey? Oops that's me!!! Is it just me? Or did you notice that the Ref's pants were tighter than the players...Ewwww!!!
Garf: hi...how are you??just visiting here
Angela: Sorry we are not coming to STL this weekend. Too chilly. Had to visit a warmer climate!
MIYAKA: Did you just happen to have a red cape in your closet. Hmmm
Toni: Just stopping by to see what's been up with you. Glad to see all is well
Holly: Hi Marquita! Just popping in to wish you a great Monday. Drop on by and check out today's Manic Monday edition - I think you'll get quite a laugh out of it!
Garf: care to exchange link?
Regina: Okay, where did you get that picture of Chantelle? Does she know you have that picture up there of her? Anyway, the wedding was fun and Chantelle did a wonderful job. Even though I didn't go to Mizzou, I think I got a pretty good idea about. Talk to you soon.
Holly: Hi Marquita. Just popping in to wish you a great weekend.
MIYAKA: I see you trying to get back on the block. You know I've been checking for you, but I was patient. I don't think you missed too much this past weekend. We will eventually get it together.
PT: Welcome back...You've been gone way to long...Keep up the good work!!!
Yolanda: I have to share in a family moment this weekend, but I hope you guys enjoy the MU game! I'm on vacation for 12 days, so maybe by next week I can stop dreaming about work! Love you bunches...have a smashing weekend.
Rev. Handy: Just passing by to say hello and God Bless...
Toni: Thanks for stopping by my page. I try to keep my page as real as I can it is all me da raw uncut truth (smile) Since I started writing I realize how entertaining my life really is. (lol)
Miyaka: Saw "Why Did I Get Married?" on Friday and loved it. Joyce came to town and went back to see it on Saturday. A must see.
Kris: Hey girl! Just stopping by to wish you a good weekend! I'll be back again soon to catch up on you!!
Marquita: Dave, I love that story! Now that's classic and he got the babe.
Dave Lucas: When I was in college, there was a fellow who ran for Homecoming Queen. He WON but graciously conceded to the sorority glam babe who came in at #2. He was a geek, she was chic, and I don't know how but they're mariied now...
Toni: Just passing by nice blog you have love the colors. Please stop by my page when you can.
Joyce: What's up Marquita, i love reading your blogs thanks for putting me on your mailing list and keeping everyone informedHolla JW
lutchi: blog hoppin`..u have a neat blog here...care to ex-link?
dii: Hi MarquitaJust wanted to thank you for dropping by my Baby-HQ Blog and for kind words. Had to see what you were up to. Love your site so I can see why you won. Good on you!
Byotipol: Hi there..if that is you in the picture in your header then..u are beautiful. nice style of hair. blog hopping here..hope u visit my place too?

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Sunday, November 11th 2007

10:57 AM

Hey Everybody.  What's goindg on?  So my birthday is in one more week.  I am thinking positive and telling myself that all the folks that say they are going to share in the happiness of my 30th birthday will actually show up. 

I usually don't post on the weekends b/c life is commanding so much of my other attention but believe it or not, I found a free moment.  It's pretty quiet around the house b/c my husband and I argued until there was nothing else meaningful to say.  About what, you ask...washing the  dishes.  So trivial I know but hey in the end, I didn't have to clean up everthing myself and he actually helped by washing the dishes.  Yes, I still cooked dinner, bathed and dressed our child, combed her hair, dumpted the trash, cleaned the bedroom and bathroom, and currently have laundry going.  But he is walking around like King of the Jungle b/c he did the dishes.  But you know what they say, "baby steps."  In the meantime, I just breathe.


Last night we went to Legacy Books and Cafe to watch a boxing match.  It was Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley.  The fight went down at Madison Square Garden (the big house!).  It was a good azz fight.  Cotto was able to win the fight and keep his belt, but it was close.  I honestly think Sugar Shane had him, but I wasn't judging was I?  Speaking of judging, the crazy thing was  one of the actual judges had only judged 2 fights prior to last night.  Now that was crazy.  Cotto is 27 and Mosley is 36 so I guess age really "ain't nothin but a number"


While at Legacy I ended up seeing a guy who used to live in my college dorm, George.  He had to be one of the first people I met at MU b/c we got to the dorms around the same time.  I recall coining him as somebody that wanted to let people know what he had (or what his parents had) and where he came from, etc.  That mindset was all new to me b/c I came from the country where folks already knew your business.  I wasn't up on the latest bragging and boasting but I soon learned that many of my other fellow MU students had this art mastered as well.  All that aside, he was cool people but I must say that Saturday night was my second time running into him.  The first time was about a year ago and he was with a chic and I smiled and approached him as if I was going to say hi, how are you, etc.  (you know, the regular niceties) but he immediately gave off a nonchalant wave so you know that was my que to make my next move my best move and keep on keepin on.  Well, he decided to speak last night and I don't get caught up in petty mess so I greeted him kindly and he gave me a hug.  At that point I felt obligated to introduce him to Myron.  Well Myron was eating wings and fries and looked like he could care less who I was talking too.  It was so funny, he gave George the pound with his elbow and turned back around to his plate. CLASSIC


So the Rams actually decided to show up today.  They currently have a huge lead of New Orleans.  It's the 4th quarter and the score is 34 to 7.  Why couldn't they play like that when we went to the game?  I guess they won't be 0-16 afterall.   Speaking of football, the Mizzou football club is still whoopin azz and taking names. The tigers had two touchdown scoring plays and held Texas A&M to one TD to pull off a 40-26 victory at home.  This makes their record (9-1, 5-1 Big 12.) This is the Tigers' best season since 1969.  Now 69, that was a good year...teeheehee.  I can't wait for them to play Kansas.  I might have to take a road trip for that one. 

Last night while getting ready for the fight, Myron was like, "And don't get all dressed up..."  So I had to ask him to expand on that.  He said I wear heels too much and makeup and basically all the stuff that caught his attention when he met me and still tends to catch the attention of other guys too.  He wanted me to wear a little t-shirt and some tennis shoes....yeah right, on a Saturday night.  WHATEVER.  So then he told me nevermind and to completley ignore his statement, funny.  With that said, I want to bring y'all up to speed on this fall's fashion must haves and faux paus.

One, this fall the shoe boot is in full force and the pointed stilletto hill is out. 

No more triple layering shirts on top of shirts on top of shirts.  This makes even the slimmest chic start to look frumpy.  Well, now it's all about the more tailored 1940s and 1920s look. 

Also, the big belt has survived another season and we will continue to see this accesory hugging the waist of trendsetters around the globe.

You don't have to be in kindergarten to rock fun tights any longer.  Opaque tights are a must have this season.  But please leave the right mod inspired beads at home.  I know, I know you have beads, bracelets, and earrings in every color from white, red, blue, orange,  yellow, neon green (shall I go on), but those days are gone, retire them now and save some face.

This fall's accessories are all about bold and gold.  Put that silver away and go for the gold.  Atleast  that's what the fashion experts are crying.

So you can take heed to these fashion do's and don'ts or you can be like me and wear what the hell you want to wear. 

 

Smooches

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday, November 7th 2007

12:09 PM

Bring 'em out, bring 'em out....




Hey Cybernista's.  I am so frustrated right now because I just lost my entire blog post and I am starting over from scratch.  I hope I can remember it all.  I said Got Dayum!  So anyways, what's crackin?  My birthday is November 19th, Monday.  I will be 30 and I can't believe it.  Lord willing, I will survive my 20s and do the dayum thing in my 30s.  As you see in the invite above (that your's truly created, u like?) I am trying to pull together friends to meet up with me and celebrate my milestone birthday over good drinks, good company, and I'm just trying to have a cool time and kick it and have fun.   I haven't ironed out the details regarding what venue I want to kick it at.  My friends and I have been brainstorming.  Should it be the Central West End?  Maybe we should roll Downtown.  Or who knows, there is nothing like your neighborhood juke joint.  Have you been to a banging birthday celebration.  Where was it.  What did you do.  Give me ideas.


My daughter and I went to the movies last Sunday to see Jerry Seinfeld's and Renee Zellweggers' Bee Movie.  It was really cute.  It was about a unique Bee, Berry, who decided he didn't want to spend the rest of his life working like a busy bee, making honey until he died.  So he ventured out into the real world and discovered that humans are actually stealing their honey and making a profit without kicking them down a dime. 
So he goes to court to sue humans.  There is also a really good lesson regarding the bee shortage, pollination, and what happens when all bees are gone (basically we will all eventually die.)  But check this out, I guess life imitate art (or vice versa) b/c a company named Beeceuticals, which makes cosmetics and skin care products made of organic honey, is suing Dreamworks.  In the Bee Movie, the main message was "give bees a chance" well apparently this is the trademarked slogan for Beeceuticals.  The owner of the company is Howard Stern's cousin and the phrase has been used in conjunction with the Beeceuitcal products on Stern's satellite radio show hundreds of times.  So here we go with the real legal battle.  Humans are now suing the BEE [movie] for stealing their stuff and making a profit, while in the movie the Bee was suing the human.  Wierd, I know???

Also during our movie trip I had to teach my daughter how to sneak snacks into the theatre so you don't have to spend 30 bucks at the concession stand.  We went to the dollar tree and got 40 cent canned sodas, fruit snacks, pretzels, and candy.  I had my big purse and luckily she is a little fashionista and likes to keep a purse on her arm too (yes, she's 6-yrs old, I know).

Well, I made her put her own snacks in her purse.  WHAT?  If we got caught, I wasn't going to be the only person going down.  So I decided to do a trial run b/c you know some workers have gotten smart.  For instance, it is almost impossible to get free cake at a restaurant any more based on the lie that it is your kid's birthday.  When you tell them it's your kid's b-day they have no problem ignoring you and looking your kid in the eye and asking them if today is actually their birthday (you know the hero type, like it's coming out of their pocket...teeheehee). 

So I role played with my baby before we got to the ticket guy.  I was like, "You aren't going to get any popcorn or snacks today, little girl?" and she was like "No, I have snacks in my purse."  WRONG ANSWER.  So I asked her again more slowly and winked my eye knowingly this time.  And her eyes got big and she was like,"Ooooh noooo, I won't be having any snacks today, thank you."  That girl learns quick.

All in all it was a really goofy experience and we both were giggling and laughing.  She always says she wishes I was 6 because she knows we would have been really good friends (umm, yeah, she is me when I was six, she just doesn't know it.)

Holla at your girl!  It's my birthday.

Smooches.
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Wednesday, October 31st 2007

7:48 AM

 

Happy Halloween

Why was the mummy afraid to cross the road?  

Because he didn't have any guts. 

That's my joke of the day.  I heard it on the morning news told by a young girl.  She was probably about 9.  I thought I would share.

So today is Halloween, the last day of October.  Y'all want to see my costume.  I am little red riding hood. Make sure you visit my photo album.  You can see my sister's costume as well. She is Michael Vick (peep the little red and black dog she's holding)...so rude...teeheehee.   


So what are you dressing up as this halloween.  You are never to old to have a little fun.  It's still not too late to throw together a last minute costume.  Many of the things you need may be right in your home closet.  Here are some ideas:
  • Cleopatra
  • Lil Bo Peep
  • Sexy Witch
  • Construction Worker
  • Pinky (from Next Friday) this is my sisters favorite. It's really easy to pull off if you have a curl.
Last Sunday I went to see the Rams game.  They played the Cleveland Browns.  Jackson was supposed to be back, raring and ready to go.  Well atleast he scored a touchdown before he left the game.  He wasn't out there long.  Call me psychic, but I knew he looked a little slow when I saw him on the practice field on t.v. and I don't even know that much about football.  We had really good seats.  Much to my husband's delight, we were strategically seated just in front of the Rams cheerleaders.  So  while I was checking out the players' butts in those tight azz football pants, he was probably checking out the cheerleaders shaking what their mama's gave them.  They were so scantily clad, hell I even caught myself looking.  But I'm sure my though process was a lot different than the men at the game. 
    I was more like...
  • Okay, she is too little, I can see her rib cage. 
  • Oh she's cute.  I see she is about to break her back though, trying to arch it so her butt will poke out further. 
  • Oooh they got a black girl on the squad.  Go on girl! They found the smallest one they could find though.  Arch back has more azz than the sista. 
  • Come on homegirl, you know you should have gotten your hair done before the game.  You got to represent better than that. 
  • I don't see how they do those dance moves in those tight azz outfits without a wardrobe malfunction???
  • I wonder where I can get a pair of those white stelleto boots they are wearing
So you tell me.  Inquiring minds want to know. Do you all think the men (my husband included, where thinking anything similar to that?)

I took a picture at the game with my digital camera.  I cropped a lot of it out.  I think I might have a photojournalism career if this publishing thing doesn't work out, hmmmn...  It is posted in my photoalbum.  Check it out.



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Tuesday, October 23rd 2007

12:09 PM

Let's Kiss Not Fight...Make Love, Not War



Hey Cybernistas.  Come on it, take off ur cool. 


Can you believe it is almost November?  I can't, but I do turn 30 next month.  My birthday is November 19th.  I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do to celebrate.  Since it is less than a month away and I have yet to start planning anything, it will probably be a whopping NOTHING.  Let me know what you did to celebrate your big 3-0.  Maybe I can bite off of your ideas.


This past weekend I did not go to Columbia.  Many of the folks that I hoped would attend couldn't make it for one reason or another so I hung out in the Lou.  It's so hard to round up all your college crew for a weekend b/c everyone is all scattered around doing their career-thing.  I'm not mad, but we must get together soon!





I did get to experience a bit of Mizzou nostalgia at a wedding I attended last Saturday.

  Miss Chantelle Fluker (now Evans) had a beautiful wedding at Ameristar casino .

(I didn't even know they had the facilities to host a wedding  but they do and it was beautiful).  Of course everyone trickled down to the casino when it was over.  I didn't b/c I am not into giving away money, but to each his own. 

There were quite a few familiar faces from MU at the wedding.  None that I was ever hella cool with, but familiar nonetheless.  It was cool to see everyone again, and see how everyone has changed, and whatnot.

So best wishes to Chantelle and Chris Evans as they embark on their new lifelong journey together.  He goes to Iraq in a couple of months so keep him in your prayers.  Also, Chantelle planned her own wedding, Weddings by Lareese, is her business name.  So if you are looking for a wedding planner, holla at ur girl and I can get you the info.

My friend Regina was in the wedding, so I kicked it with her quite a bit at the bachelorette party and wedding.  It was good to get to see her and hang out b/c it has been a while.  We have this ongoing joke that everyone says that her and her husband look like me and my husband.  I guess it's true, people feel most comfortable around those who look like them???













So in my personal life, I have turned over a new leaf. 
I am going to try to go the Noble route instead of the wish-creed route.  Instead of walking around with the I wish a mutha*** would *** with me philosophy, I'm just going to go by the "whatever it is, let it be" creed.  It has really been working well for me.  I just started this last week and it is challenging but I refuse to let anyone upset me.  That is my decision and my decision alone.  I have really been putting it to use when dealing with my "other half" at the crib.  We get on each other's nerves all the time, and I'm not going to argue about who didn't hang something up, or who washed dishes, or who left the light on or any other trivial crap.  It's just now worth it.  I'll have to keep you posted on my progress.  My biggest fear is that I play this noble-girl role for a month and then on week 5 I blow the hell up and just unleash brining up all the crap that I wished I had commented on over the past month and really mess things up.  So please send positive energy my way.  I will just try to keep telling myself, cooler heads prevail!   Remember...He who angers you controls you...and all that good stuff.


Speaking of not letting other people control your emotions:
Tonight at the Missouri History Musuem Jabari Aasim, author of  "The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who shouldn't, and Why," will discuss national and local issues regarding using derogatory language and its impact.  This should be quite the interesting discussion.  Of course there will be a book signing after the discussion.  Books are available for purchase in the MO History museum's shop.  The Mo History Museum is located in Forest Park.  The event is free to attend and will be held tonight from 6-8pm. 


One of my old English professors, Clenora Hudson-Weems, used to do a hellified presentation on the history of the N-bomb, how it was a positive term based on the latin origin of the word which means black.  The term didn't originate as a racial slur but over time was converted into a derogatory comment as recent as the last couple hundred years.  She also talks about how black people have reclaimed it and have chosen to convert it back to its original form of endearment.  I know she would be pissed at me now for writing this b/c she specifically instructed us to not retell this information, and if anyone wanted to know about it they needed to contact her directly because (and I quote) "nobody is going to be able to explain it better than me and you are just going to sound crazy" but oh well, I guess I'm hard headed. 

Look up Clenora, she's all over the web.  She is definitely known for her book and research regarding the death of Emmit Till and how that act (instead of Rosa Parks) was the true catalyst to the civil rights movement.  Rosa Parks was chosen to go down in American history as the catalyst b/c it was much more acceptable for a lil' lady too tired to give up her seat as opposed to a child from Chicago, visiting his family in Mississippi, who made the mistake of whistling at a pretty caucasion lady, Carolyn Bryant, and later was kidnapped from bed in the middle of the night from the home of his relatives, brutally tortured, mutilated and murdered by several men in Money, MS.  I do believe he was only 14.  It's really something, so learn your history.  It's not just black history, the last time I checked Mississippi was in America, so it's American history.
Obama to visit St. Louis this Friday.

Obama will be in St. Louis this Friday at the Union Station South Parking Lot for a fundraising campaign event. Recently, Obama has been receiving backlash from gay rights groups urging Obama to sever his ties with gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin. The gay rights groups are upset because McClurkin is spreading "false information" regarding homosexuality being a choice. McClurkin has been quoted as saying in interviews that: "I don't believe that it is the intention of God, Sexuality, everything is a matter of choice." He was also quoted as saying he does not believe in discriminating against homosexuals and... "What people do in their bedrooms and who they are as human beings are two different things."

Donnie McClurkin is among several gospel   singers scheduled to raise money for the Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate at a concert in South Carolina this weekend. According to the Post Dispatch,in a statement, Obama said he believes gays and lesbians are "our brothers and sisters" and should be afforded the same respect, dignity and rights granted all other citizens.

McClurkin is a Grammy Award winner who performed at the Republican National Convention in 2004. At that time McClurkin admitted he was "once involved with those [homosexual] desires and those thoughts," which he attributed to being raped at 8 and 13. "That's what thrust me into it, and then God delivered me from that and gave me back who I really am and my true purpose," McClurkin said. To date, Obama hasn't confirmed whether or not McClurkin will still take part in the concert this weekend.

Is Obama dancing with fire? I mean realistically speaking, first he is definitely eliminating the religious rights vote by embracing homosexuality and then he turns around and pisses off gay rights folks too. That's going to be a hard one to swallow  (no pun intended...teeheehee) src="http://images.bravenet.com/common/images/smilies/17_wink.gif">



So you all know that St. Louis is a hotbed that birthed many of our greatest musicians.

One in particular, Chuck Berry, will be performing next weekend, Nov. 3rd at the Argosy Casino.  My folks, Ma'at, reported that this may be his last performance.  I think it is fitting that Berry is performing at the Casino b/c he has been spotted on many occasions hanging in the high rollers level (the level us broke folks can't get to unless we know someone that has it like that and invites us up to eat and drink off of all of their comps).  He is difficult to spot, to the unknowing eye, but just keep an eye out for a sailors cap (I think that's his good luck charm) and yep, that's him, ol C.B. in the flesh.

The word is out for all you Cardinal fans.  Tony La Russa is back.
 

The Cardinals announced yesterday that the most successful manager in the Cardinals franchise history, La Russa, 63, will return to manage his 13th season in 2008. La Russa agreed to a two-year contract to remain as the club’s manager.

Much uncertainty surrounded La Russa's return coupled with the Cards absence of a general manager.  It looks like the Cards expect to have a new general manger by the end of the 2007 World Series.  


At yesterday's press conference La Russa admitted that the lack of a new GM made him uneasy but focusing on the relationships he has built with his players helped him come to his final decision.

It was origianlly rumored that La Russa was a candidate for the NY Yankees vacant manager position.  But it turns out La Russa never had any conversations with the Yanks to that effect.

When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

In more St. Louis sporting news, St. Louis Rams offensive lineman Claude Terrell was arrested early Tuesday morning in Webster, TX, charged with assault-family violence.  As of this afternoon, Terrell has been released from the Ram's team.  But I hate when my intelligence is insulted.  According to Jay Zygmunt, Ram's president and GM, "He was released for performance on the field, and just because of how he was playing. This has been contemplated for a while.

So what you all just so happened to decide to come to a decision to cut this guy while his is coincidently still being processed in the Harris County (Texas) Jail.  Just keep it real.  He was already a headache and this was the straw. 

It looks like the law was called out to the Hampton Inn about 2 a.m. (somebody went to Martinit Mondays...teeheehee) b/c of a disturbance.  The officers said a female victim was there who had obvious signs of physical injury.  It later came out that this victim was Terrell's wife. I hate doing this because the media can paint an unclear picture of a person very easily but it is reported that Terrell was currently on probation from a 2006 assault charge stemming from an altercation resulting in bodily injury to one of his family members.  That is kind of gray, I wanted more facts about what happened.  He was arrested today and released today. 

But what I do know is where you clown at is where you get it at.  You had no business putting your hand on that woman.  Now if she did the "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" move and socked herself in the nose with an orange then said you did it, that's messed up but I highly doubt it.  There are three sides to every story.  His side, her side, and the truth.  The later, only God knows. 

The NFL needs to debrief these big azz, testosterone filled, men who make a living out of pounding on people.  Hell, he might have thought he was still in a game...teeheehee.  He is starting against Cleveland on Sunday (well was starting).  He might have saw her out the corner of his eye and thought she looked like Jamal Lewis and just tackled her.


I'm curious to know who will start against Cleveland this weekend because Terrell was only starting because of ankle injuries to Brett Romberg. So how deep does the Rams roster go?  But with Bulger and Jackson trying to limp back into the lineup, who knows.  Hot azz mess for real.


So "W" (yall's president) was scheduled to come to St. Louis this Thursday
to tour World Wide Technology, Inc. and attend a private fundraiser for the Republican National Committee at a St. Louis residence this Thursday.  Well word just came out that he is sending  Vice President Dick Cheney instead.

 Now here is the kicker, WWT, inc. is a mogul when it comes to systems integtation and providing technology and supply chain solutions to customers and suppliers around the world.  Most of their clients are with the federal government or fortune 500 companies.  I know about this company b/c we featured it in our business section when I was the editor at  a now defunct local STL publication.  This company is black owned.  It has only been operating since 1990 and last year they revenued over 2 billion dollars.  And they are based in the  little old Maryland Heights township of St. Louis. 

What do you all want to bet that "W" found out he was coming to meet a brother so he decided he would rather go and "comfort the victims of the California wildfires and let them know firsthand that they are in the nation's hearts and prayers.''  Am I tripping, or was this fool on vacation fishing for a whole dayum week when people were stranded without food, water, electricity, etc. for a whole dayum week in New Orleans.  I just know one thing, if he gets on camera and pats the FEMA guy on the back and says  "You're doing a hellavu job..." that fema guy may as well pack his bags.  You're doing a hellavu job = If the ish hits the fan, you''e taking the fall dude.

  Don't forget to check out Got Lyrics tonight.  It's back. 




Smooches.



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Monday, October 15th 2007

9:26 AM

  • Mood: Busy as ever!
  • Music: I-pod rap mix


Shoot 'em up bang-bang.


T.I., born Clifford Harris, is a Grammy-winning rapper.  He is also trying to establish himself as an award winning actor,  most recently starring alongside Academy Award winners, Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe in the upcoming film, American Gangster.  It will appear in theaters next month.  While I'm running down his bio, I may as well include that he is also a known felon.  And that's no secret, he did his crimes and time and in many of his lyrics he candidly details his rough beginnings, exploits with the law, and morally dead but very profitable crack-dealing capers, etc. etc. 

Upon the release of his second album, the Atlanta-based rapper informed his listeners that T.I. the nice-guy, go-getter was "no longer in power."  Instead, his small-frame had been taken over by his alter ego, T.I.P. (his worser half.)  T.I.P. is also the person who made all the criminal infractions that  he raps about.  Well, true to his word, T.I.P. is definitely in the building, seeing as how he was arrested last weekend in Atlanta just hours before his scheduled performance at the BET Awards. He was arrested in a parking lot where, according to federal agents, he was planning to pick up machine guns and silencers, said to have been purchased by his body guard.

The arrest was the result of a month-long investigation.  A federal firearms dealer informed ATF that a man was inquiring about buying a machine gun (under the table).  Well unfortunately that man was T.I.P's bodyguard.  And the bodyguard wasn't that into guarding T.I.P's body when it came down to cooperating with federal agents.  He cooperated and informed them that he was buying the guns and silencers for T.I.P.  He also added that to date he had bought nine other firearms for T.I.P., who is on parole.  Newsflash genius: Yes it is illegal to purchase hot firearms.  It is also illegal to give somebody else the cash to purchase them for you.  You are too smart for your own good.  But I digress...

T.I.P. worked his gun deals through the bodyguard because the rapper is a convicted felon, the complaint alleged. This past Saturday, T.I.P. was all set to meet his bodyguard to hand over cash for the weapons.  (I can only hope he wasn't planning on using them at the awards show...teeheehee). He was arrested in a shopping center parking lot not far from the awards show.  At the time of his arrest he had three firearms in the vehicle he was driving, including a loaded firearm between the driver's seat and center console, according to the report.

So while everyone else was at the awards show kicking it, wondering where in the hell was T.I.P., his home was being ransacked by federal authorities.  He lives in East Point just outside of the city.  The messed up part is that they video taped the search and seizure and the only thing they blocked out for privacy, was the last two digits of his four-digit address.  So any groupies, enemies, long lost money hungry cousins, etc. now know exactly what block he lives on and the video feed of the search is going to make the house easy to point out.  I'm sure he won't be living there any longer. Well, I'm sure he is going to be living in a cell for a while anyway, but when he gets out...you know what I mean.

So drum roll please.......during the search agents found:

Six guns located in the closet, including the weapons allegedly purchased by the bodyguard (so much for your word against his.) Five out of the six guns were loaded.  

  • T.I. had been expected to perform at the BET show, which will broadcast Wednesday.
  • He was nominated in nine categories.
  • His nominations included:
    • CD of the Year
    • Lyricist of the Year
    • MVP of the Year.
  • His sixth album, "T.I. vs. T.I.P.," was released July 3 and debuted at No. 1.
  • He won two Grammys in 2006, including:
    • best rap/song collaboration for "My Love" with Justin Timberlake.
  • He also hit the big screen in "ATL" that same year.
  • T.I.P. most recent acting role is opposite Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in "American Gangster," set for release Nov. 2.
  • He also appeared in a commercial for Chevrolet, which debut during the 2007 Superbowl XLI.


This past weekend Academy Award winners George Clooney and Cate Blanchett couldn't hold a match to "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" Perry's cast included Perry, Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, and my all-time favorite–Jill Scott! The movie raked in $21.5 million, miles ahead of Clooney's "Michael Clayton" and Blanchett's "Elizabeth:The Golden Age" (honestly I'm tired of movies about the queen.  I believe the movie guru reported that to date there are 13 feature films about Queen Elizabeth, isn't that enough.  But back to Perry, this man is a mogul.  He is a genius in his own right.  Check the stats below.  And big ups to my girl Jill.  Your talent is endless... Now the question everyone is asking is does this movie has legs, or did everyone go out and see it during the premiere?  Will it continue to bring in money?  I don't know about legs, I think it has a Hemi and it's just getting revved up!  I'm a living example.  I haven't seen it yet.  Me and my sis are going to check it out this week.  You make sure you check it out too.



St. Louis City still putting out fires?

There is more drama surrounding the St. Louis fire department surrounding their testing procedures.  Still attempting to rebound from the recent demotion of Fire Chief Sherman George, St. Louis is now freezing the hiring of all new firefighters.  In tune with their previous departmental conflicts, this latest issue again involves fire department exams. 


Two months ago results from the standardized firefighters' entrance exam were thrown out at the city personnel director's request.  News channel 4 reported Mayor Francis Slay's office informed the station that 70% of 13,000 applicants failed the test.  It has been decided that the test was flawed.  At that time, the personnel director, Richard R. Frank, confidently told the public that the decision to throw out the test results had nothing to do with race. He was quoted as saying the high failure rate, and not the race of those who did poorly, was the reason. (It better not be about race seeing how you just fired the black fire chief b/c he stood firm that the city's firefighter exams were racially biased and you disagreed and he paid the price (a $20,000 demotion) in order to stand by his beliefs.) 

Well, since the personnel director's statement regarding race not being a factor, it has been publicly confirmed that the director did feel that in addition to the failing scores, race too was a huge factor in his decision to cancel the test.  Private email correspondence from Frank and other officials in the mayor's office show that Frank was dishonest in his public statement. 

On August 21, 2007 Frank emailed the mayor's chief of staff as well as St. Louis city's legal counsel saying:
"There were also very serious concerns over potential adverse impact since minority candidates appeared to do disproportionately poorly on the exam." 

On September 5, 2007 another email to the chief of staff and the mayor's press secretary revealed Frank 's disdain when dealing with publicly discussing race as an aspect of the exam:
"I am not sure it is productive to discuss the decision to cancel the exam in any detail," Frank wrote.

When asked about the discrepancies between his public and private comments, Frank said last week that "perhaps I should have been more direct and said race is going to be a problem here. I was very sensitive to the fact that racial tension was so high in the city," Frank said. "We did not want to make that more combustible."    

My Message to Richard Frank:

PERHAPS!....Perhaps you should have been more direct my azz.  That's a bunch of bull.  Even when caught in a lie, you can't man up and say, I wasn't honest.  You got me red handed.  And to add insult to injury, your reasoning is that racial tension was already high.  So I guess you felt the need to continue to support the idea that everything is a rose garden that race issues really aren't happening in this city.  You said you didn't want to add more fuel to the fire.  You idiot, congratulations, you have done a good job of making racial tension more combustible, just what you claim you were trying to avoid.  In the end, your true opinion still came out and it makes you look very deceptive. It definitely shows that your first priority is upholding a facade of what St. Louis city is, instead of attacking the problems and trying to fix them so the city can really start to mirror that pretty picture you like to paint it as.  Oh, Frank-y that work email thing will get you every time.  You should know better. 

FYI: 

  • Less than one out of 10 black candidates who took the test passed.
  • 670 of the 833 candidates who took the test failed.
  • Frank said the city is in negotiation to administer another entrance exam next month. It will cost about $160,000
That work email thing will get you every time.  I wonder if this will trickle over into the Chief George situation or if they will keep it separate.  Do you think Chief George should get his job back?  I mean either way it's not going to happen, but I'm still interested in knowing your thoughts.  I'm still trying to decide if an exam can be racially biased.  One of my fellow bloggers gave a good example of a racially biased question involving an international student at a U.S. university.  Me personally, I'm black (I know you already know that, since my pic is on here, hahaha) and I think that I can answer any question that my caucasion counterpart can.  But maybe I just haven't experienced it first hand.  Who knows? 

My people, Mocha Latte, sent this breaking news to my inbox today. Got Lyrics is back in effect. If you haven't checked this event out, you need to.  She doesn't disappoint. Peep the flyer, peep the new venue, check the time and admission cost and make plans to attend.





Quote of the week:

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you imagine.

-Thoreau


  


 


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Monday, October 1st 2007

9:04 AM

Sherman George Demoted




Hey Cybenistas.  How was your weekend.  Mine was very tiresome but eventful.  Come on in and take off your cool, stay awhile!



Today St. Louis Fire Chief, Sherman George, was demoted to deputy chief.  George has been involved in an ongoing battle regarding his refusal to promote firefighters based on test scores.  These test scores were used to indicate who was eligible for fire captain and battalion chief. George stood firm on his refusal to promote firefighters based on these test scores, despite City Hall's instructions to proceed with promotions. 

This is all connected with a suit alleging the tests were racially biased.  A federal ruling deemed the test were not racially biased, but George still questioned the appropriateness of promoting based on these test scores alone.

Have you ever taken a racially biased exam.  What, for example, deems a question racially biased.  Do you think the fire chief is the best person to determine what fire fighters are best suited for promotion over a standardized test or city hall official?  I'm interested to know your thoughts on this.


University City High School will break precedence this year with a male homecoming queen.  And yes, there is a king on this court too.  So much for the slow dance (eewwww).  Tonight, the King, Queen, and court will accept their royal honors with many upset onlookers.  Many high school girls are pissed that this year's queen, Aaron Zaggy, is a guy. 

For some high school girls, this is a big deal and to win is a huge honor. But here comes Aaron, and knocks them all out the box.  Apparently he entered the contest as a prank. But the votes started pouring in and he won. 

I love that the Post Dispatch states he is an A-student , an athlete, and has the full support of the school board and his parents.  Well, I'll take off my cool and say what they were afraid to say.  Homeboy is gay.  It's not like he is the first gay, smart, athlete in America.  And yes he does have a girlfriend...what, like he is the first gay guy to have a girlfriend...teeheehee.  I just don't know any straight guys with hopes of becoming the homecoming queen.  Don't get mad at me, he did it, I'm just writing about it.  I'm sure we'll see footage of this on the evening news. 



Well, I guess Malaysia isn't ready for Beyonce's jelly.
  B was scheduled to perform at a concert at the Putra Stadium on November 1.  A statement was released September 28, announcing the cancellation of the show.  Beyonce refused to abide by the dress code among other rules that were set forth. 

The dress code says there must be no hugging or kissing audience members or fellow artists, no jumping or shouting, no throwing objects onstage or at the audience and no foul language. Clothes cannot have obscene or drug-related images or messages, and female performers must show no skin from the tops of their chests to their knees. 

Now you know Beyonce's body is too booty-licious not to show any skin.  Maybe she should have wore a flesh toned skin-tight body suit.  So technically she would not have been showing her own skin.  Or maybe she should have worn that robot suit she wore at the 2007 BET awards.  That looked like something from a freaky sci-fi adult-flick. 



A University of Memphis football player was shot and killed Sunday night on the college campus grounds. 

According to police reports, defensive lineman Taylor Bradford, 21, was shot around 9:45 p.m. Sunday and drove a short distance in his car before crashing into a tree.

Bradford was taken to Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

It appears that Bradford was targeted and not the victim of a random act of violence. Bradford was a 5-foot-11-inch, 300-pound junior transfer from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.

After the shooting, the entire University of Memphis campus was evacuated.  Dorms reopned early this morning and classes were expected to resume.

No suspect has been arrested as of yet.


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Monday, September 17th 2007

7:21 AM

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Hey Cyber-fam.  Happy Monday.  It's been a rough morning for me.  I got into a heated argument before I even left the house.  I was so mad, my hair was wet, literally.  I'm sitting at my desk in the matrix and I just ran my fingers through it and yep, it's still damp.  It will look like witchy-pooh by the end of the day I'm sure.  I need to stop letting people get me so pissed off, for real. 

So when I get to the matrix, I read a really nice email from my friend, Katie.  It made me smile, so I said to myself, "Self, this might not be a bad day after all."  Then I made the mistake of opening up my email.  I have this author, who is writing a book in English, but she doesn't speak English.  Also, the copyeditor pretty much sucks, so everything is behind schedule.  Yet, somehow my paycheck is tied to whether this book publishes on time or not, but I'm not even the one making it late.  This author finally decided to climb out the cracks of the earth and reveal herself by emailing me today.  Only to tell me, that she is trying hard to get through the edits but she has a full time job, so she needs more time. (note: we can't move forward until she approves the edits.)  First of all, you've had the manuscript for weeks so why are you waiting until the last minute to say it's not enough time.  Second of all, we all have full time jobs and it's your book.  And...to add insult to injury, she sends this whole list of changes she wants to make to the book which would basically require the entire first 15 chapters to be revised and re-edited.  So there went my good mood, right out the window.  Pray for me.

So on the way to work this morning I heard that Elephant Man (who is signed to Bad Boy) got tired of Diddy giving him the run around so he went to the Bad Boy offices and yolked Puffy upside the head a couple of times.  That doesn't surprise me, the way Diddy's soft azz is always kick-ball-changing and one-two-one-ing across the stage, I figured he would be an easy win.  He doesn't seem like the fighting kind.  In the words of Laurie Ann, "Boom-cat!  Boom-cat!"

Okay, if you haven't already figured it out.  I have a ton of stuff to do.  So I'll get up with you all later.  

Smooches!


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Wednesday, September 12th 2007

7:31 AM

And the winner is....

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Hey Cyber-Fam, what's good.  I have to be in a departmental meeting in about 30 minutes (ugh) but I still wanted to take a moment to hit you up with some Wednesday morning tidbits.


What did I tell yall?  Did I say that brains prevails brawn?  Are you lost?  Well you need to take off ur cool and start scrolling down and catch up on my previous posts. 


Didn't 50 Cent say he would hang up his mic if Kanye West's new album outsold his. Well we may have seen the last of Fiddy.  Yesterday, Kanye West's Graduation sold 200,000 more units than 50 Cent's Curtis on the day opener.  





Kevin Everett's grim medical prognosis has been reversed.  After voluntarily moving  his arms and legs yesterday when he was partially awakened, according to reports, a neurosurgeon says the Buffalo Bills’ tight end will indeed walk again. 

Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the neurological surgery department at the University of Miami school of medicine says, "Based on our experience, the fact that he’s moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury means he will walk again.”

This is a miraculous turn of events.  Don't tell me what God can't do....enough said!




I have to go to my meeting, have a wonderful day.

Smooches!
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Tuesday, September 11th 2007

9:30 AM

More to come!

 Hey Cybernistas!  What's good.  I'm busy as hell as usual.  But I couldn't leave my readers waiting any longer.  So take off ur cool and do the dayum thang!


 

We need to boost our fan power!

The cardinals turned in their winning streak for a losing streak.  Can they still make it to the playoffs.  Well baseball is back on again tonight and the Cards play the Reds, of course they need to spank dat azz.  Also, we need the Pirates to beat the Brewers and the Astros to beat the Cubs.  All of these matchups are tonight.  So send the cards some fan power by turning on the game.  Even if you aren’t going to watch it, turn it on in the back bedroom.  Today at work, ask people if they are going to watch the game.  Just keep it buzzing.  Don’t underestimate the influence of fan-power! 


 

Bootheel Soccer Team Stuck in St. Louis Elevator

 

A soccer team from Cape Girardeau, MO (those of us from around there just call it Cape) and their two coaches packed  into a glass elevator at Mid Rivers Mall last Saturday.  In total, 28 people were on the elevator, and of course it stalled due to the excessive weight limit.  Luckily for the soccer team,  firefighters coincidentally were already in the mall for a career day.  The firemen were able to rescue the team through a hatch in the ceiling of the elevator.  No one was injured.  You can take the team out the country but you can’t take the country out the team.  Now they know good and dayum well they had no business trying to cram into that elevator.

Birds of the same feather…

Not that this surprises me because I cannot stand Gov. Matt Blunt, but now I can’t stand his Chief of Staff either.  Apparently Hispanic leaders are calling for the removal of Blunt’s aid, Ed Martin, after making a racially charged comment last month during a MO Housing Development Commision meeting.  He was quoted saying if there’s a bunch of Mexican’s on a work site, some are probably illegal immigrant laborers.  So tacky!  Well of course Blunt’s pecan-head azz is standing behind Martin, stating there was no intention to offend anyone.  First of all, when did it become an issue of intention?   It’s always about reception.  In your position you need to think before you open your pie-hole (ass my sister’s co-worker’s daughter loves to say).  That’s like saying if there are a bunch of black dudes standing around in white t-shirts, some are probably gang members or drug dealers.  Stop making assumptions because in the end you only make an azz out of yourself.  Speaking of azz, instead of being slick in the mouth get up off that azz and do some work!  I can’t wait until election time rolls around.  These fools gotta go!


 


 

So Who Watched the VMAs?

I didn’t b/c I was knee deep in manuscript pages.  But I’ve heard about it so much, that I felt like I watched it.  First off, I wasn’t surprised to hear that Kanye threw another temper tantrum b/c he didn’t win any of the 5 categories he was nominated for.  He is a big mama’s boy, but I still love his music.  He was quoted as saying, “That's two years in a row, man ... give a black man a chance.  I'm trying hard man, I have the ... number one record, man."  He also declared that he will never return to MTV again.  It’s all fakery, I’m sure.  Y’all know Kanye, he is always going to show his azz, especially right before his album drops.  You know what they say in “the business” any publicity is good publicity. 

As for Brittney, why is everybody riding this chic?  I saw the video clip and she definitely looked like she wasn’t in the moment as far as her lip synching and her dance moves.  A friend of mine said she looked as if she was on Valium or Vicodin. Now what I can’t stand, is all the people who have negative comments about her body and how it’s not rock hard like it used to be.  Well, she does have two kids right?  I think she looks dayum good.  There was nothing wrong with her body and I’m posting a pic just to prove it.  What do you think? And speaking of bodies, did y’all see Timberland, what the hell kind of workout plan is he on, good lord!

 

Justin Timberlake won the most awards for the night.  He took home four awards, including male artist of the year.  Apparently the cast of the reality t.v. show, The Hills introduced this category, and when J.T. went up to get his award (there are usually a quick exchange of niceties) but he didn’t even acknowledge the cast.  And he went on to say in his acceptance speech, I challenge MTV to play more music videos (directly jabbing at all the reality t.v. shows) so the cast from The Hills was standing there looking like a pack of deer in headlights.  J.T. also added “nobody wants to see the Simpsons on reality t.v. (referring to Jessica and Ashley simpson…CLASSIC).  But my question is this, J.T., how do you think trained professional actors feel about you hitting the big screen.  Can you say, Alpha Dog, The Love Guru, Shrek, Black Snake Moan, etc.  The Emmy’s are coming up, and J.T. won an Emmy this year.  What if during that broadcast, actors start shouting, “I challenge you to stop hiring singers as actors, nobody wants to see the boy-bander gone tinsel town.”  J.T. this is when you say, touche’

 

Beyonce and Shakira won an award for the most earthshattering collaboration for their hit, “Beautiful Liar.”  Apparently Beyonce is determined to have another wardrobe malfunction.  It was reported that her dress was barely holding down the ta-ta’s, again!  Dayum, girl!   What did Big Boi say in Idlewild?  “Baby don’t show so much so soon.  Leave a lil’ sumthin for the imagination.”

 

The most notable performance was Chris Brown, who continues to get compared to Micheal Jackson (I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing).  Alisha Keys, also performed a rendition of Freedom and it was marvelous.  I love Alisha Keys, I always have.  She has this style and grace and it all comes together to make this great package.  You go girl! 

 

I know you all heard about the white-on-white violence (as Jamie Foxx put it) at the VMAs.  Tommy Lee and Kid Rock got into a fight.  Apparently Tommy Lee kept ‘effin with Kid Rock until eventually Kid couldn’t take it any more and backhanded his azz.  Tommy Lee and Kid Rock are both ex-husbands of Pam Anderson, who was a presenter at the awards show.  According to MTV veejay, Sway, Kid Rock seemed to be ignoring him, who was sitting about two tables away.  But Tommy kept antagonizing him.  Kid Rock was able to stay for the rest of the show.  Tommy Lee was dragged out (literally). 

 


VMA Trophy Winners:


Video of the Year: Rihanna, "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z

Male Artist of the Year: Justin Timberlake

 

Female Artist of the Year: Fergie

Quadruple Threat of the Year: Justin Timberlake

Best Group: Fallout Boy, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"

Monster Single of the Year: Rihanna, "Umbrella"

 

 

 

Most Earthshattering Collaboration: Beyonce and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"

Best Editing: Ken Mowe for Gnarls Barkley's "Smiley Faces"

Best Director: Samuel Bayer for Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around ... Comes Around"

Best Choreography: Marty Kudelka for Justin Timberlake's "Let Me Talk to You/My Love"

Best New Artist: Gym Class Heroes


 

Today is the release two highly anticipated albums.  50 Cent’s Curtis and Kanye West’s Graduation.  50 Cent challenged Kanye West to appear on 106 & Park today.  106 & Park is a live show which airs on BET.  Kanye accepted the challenge and a battle will take place today during the show.  50 will perform hits from Curtis and Kanye will perform songs from Graduation.  Stew (ESPN’s Stuart Scott–u know black dude with the eye– will give sports-like commentary during the battle to see who will reign supreme. 

It was reported that the rappers were quoted saying the following:

Kanye West:  "How could I not come to 106 & PARK on the day my album comes out? I'm definitely coming"

50 Cent: "Just make sure that Kanye West shows up."




No Love Today? 

So Isaiah Thomas, who is famous, to me, from his days as a Detroit Piston is currently the coach for the New York Knicks.   But all is not faaaan-tastic in NBA-land for Thomas.  He is being sued for $10 million dollars over sexual harassment charges.  An ex-marketing executive, Anucha Brown Sanders, was fired from the Knicks and she wants somebody to pay.  The Knicks say she was fired b/c she wasn’t doing her job.  Well she says Isiah Thomas has tried to lure her away from the office.  He has told her he loved her.  Now Thomas has admitted to trying to kiss her on the cheek and when she drew back, he said “No love today?”  (which I think is stupid b/c that alone validates her suite.  What if she didn’t want your crusty soup-coolers on her, but felt intimidated since you were her boss.)  According to BET.com, Stephon Marbury and Malik Rose might be called as witnesses.  Like I said earlier about the Gov. Matt Blunt situation, it is never intention, always reception.




President C.D. "Dan" Mote Jr. said, "The possibility that this act appears intended to bring to mind the horrific crime of lynching, which is such a terrible and tragic part of our nation's past, is particularly abhorrent."

 The mission of the 30-year-old Nyumburu Cultural Center, which is home to the campus' Black newspaper, the Maryland Gospel Choir and jazz studies, among other programs, is to foster "Black social, cultural and intellectual interaction."

As a black person, I would never feel “intimidated” if I were to see a noose hanging from a tree.  I would feel insulted, angry, and outraged.  But not intimidated.  The real crime here, is we live in a society that does not teach the true history of this nation.   And knowledge is power.  I learned everything I know regarding slavery, KKK, genocide, the raping, killing, shackling, lynching, etc. of black women, men and children from home, from the library, from my elders, but never from school.  Except a paragraph or two that made it to textbooks during black history month.  I guarantee you the kids who hung this noose next to of all place (a black culture center) have never seen a dead child hanging from a tree next to her mother.  They have never seen hundreds of white people gathering at dawn with popcorn and soda preparing trying to get the best spot so they get a good view of the night’s entertainment, another  N-word is getting lynched tonight.  We don’t teach these kids what is real, and then still expect them to get it.  You trivialized lynching, you trivialized oppression, you trivialized slavery, by omitting it from your history books.      And that’s my minor rant…I could really get into this.  I haven’t even talked about Jena 6, which seems to not even be a part of America right now, but talk is cheap.  People respond more to action.

If you want to hear about Jena 6 and Jena High School’s “all white tree” then just google Jena 6.  I’m sure you have heard about it now, unless you live under a rock.  But just in case you haven’t.  Do your homework and look it up.


 

25 year-old Buffalo Bills tight end, Kevin Everett injured his spine on a kickoff against the Denver Broncos.  After surgery, there is a good chance he will never walk again.

After a helmet-to-helmet crashing hit against Denver’s Domenik Hixon, during the second-half’s opening kickoff, Everett fell to the ground and never moved.

The game was delayed for about 15 minutes, and the Bills gathered at the sideline while doctors attended to the player.




Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City.

 

Now this is too cool.  I love Sex and the City.  I love Sarah Jessica Parker.  And Jennifer Hudson is a newcomer/trailblazer who did her thing in Dreamgirls, scoring an Oscar.  And she is now slated for a role in the Sex and the City movie!  She will play alongside Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradswhaw) as her assistant.  Apparently in the movie, Carrie’s career has flourished since we last saw her in the television serious of Sex and the City, so much that she needs to hire a smart, quick-witted assistant, Jennifer Hudson.  You go girls!



TV Lineup for this fall.

And I must warn you, watch TV with an appropriate level of discretion.  It’s just another way for “the man” to keep us occupied while the real world passes us by.  All things in moderation, enough said!  (can u tell I’m in a bad mood today?)

 

Tuesday, Sept. 11

"The Biggest Loser"


Monday, Sept. 17

"Prison Break"

"K-Ville"

Tuesday, Sept. 18

"Beauty and the Geek"

Wednesday, Sept. 19

"Back to You"

"'Til Death"

"Gossip Girl"

"America's Next Top Model"

"Kid Nation"

"Kitchen Nightmares"

Thursday, Sept. 20

"Survivor: China"

Sunday, Sept. 23

"60 Minutes"

"CW Now"

"Online Nation"

"The Simpsons"

"King of the Hill"

"Cold Case"

"Family Guy"

"Shark"

Monday, Sept. 24

"Chuck"

"How I Met Your Mother"

"The Big Bang Theory"

"Heroes"

"Two and a Half Men"

"Rules of Engagement"

"CSI: Miami"

"Journeyman"

"Dancing with the Stars"

"The Bachelor"

Tuesday, Sept. 25

"NCIS"

"House"

"Reaper"

"The Unit"

"Cane"

"Law & Order: SVU"

"The Singing Bee"

Wednesday, Sept. 26

"Bionic Woman"

"Criminal Minds"

"Private Practice"

"Life"

"CSI: NY"

"Dirty Sexy Money"

Thursday, Sept. 27

"My Name is Earl"

"Smallville"

"Ugly Betty"

"CSI"

"Grey's Anatomy"

"The Office"

"Big Shots"

"ER"

"Without A Trace"

Friday, Sept. 28

"Ghost Whisperer"

"Las Vegas"

"Moonlight"

"Numbers"

Sunday, Sept. 30

"American Dad"

"Desperate Housewives"

Monday, Oct. 1

"Everybody Hates Chris"

"Aliens in America"

"Girlfriends"

"The Game"

Tuesday, Oct. 2

"Cavemen"

"Carpoolers"

Wednesday, Oct. 3

"Pushing Daisies"

Thursday, Oct. 4

"30 Rock"

"Supernatural"

Friday, Oct. 5

"Friday Night Lights"

Sunday, Oct. 7

"Life Is Wild"

Friday, Oct. 12

"Women's Murder Club"

"Men In Trees"

Thursday, Oct. 18

"Viva Laughlin"

(Sneak preview 10 p.m., debut 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21)

Friday, Oct. 19

"Next Great American Band"

Thursday, Oct. 25

"Scrubs"


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Friday, September 7th 2007

2:11 PM

Where Da Party At?

Hey, what you got up for the weekend?   Here are some things going on in St. Louis this month.  I'll be sure to add to the list.

If you know of anything else.  Hit me at takeoffurcool@yahoo.com and I'll at it to the list!


Dub Magazine car show is this weekend.  Their logo is shown above.  Check out their site at www.dubmagazine.com and find out all the details.  Performing is: Huey, Lil’ Scrappy and Bone Thugs ‘n Harmony.  September 9th, from 12-6 p.m. at the Americas Center.



After you fill your car fetish, come check out Mocha Latte’s Shindig, this Sunday at Lucky’s on Washington Ave.  After the Dub Magazine Car show, hit up Lucky’s.  It’s  party you don’t want to miss.  It’s packed every Sunday, and this weekend will be no different. Ladies are Free All Night!



Common will be at The Pageant this month. Presented by Café Soul.  If you haven’t seen him live, you are really trippin.  Check him out on Wednesday, September 19th  at The Pageant on Delmar.  Doors open at 7pm show starts at 8 pm.  Visit http://www.thepageant.com/calendar.html for ticket info.


 

United Black Drag Racers Association will host Black Sunday on 9/14/07 – 9/16/07 Go to www.ubdra.net for details.  The dates are 9/14/07-9/16/07.


 

Don’t forget about the Gateway Classic at the Edward Jones Dome.  Bringing you the best of Black College Football, and don’t forget the battle of the bands!  Langston University will take on Stillman on Sept. 29th at 3 p.m.  Be there! Visit www.gatewayclassic.org  for more details.



Smooches!


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Thursday, September 6th 2007

8:36 AM

Bade Dope

Hey Cybernista's.  Take off ur cool.  It's been a while, let me see what you are looking like.  So my sister says my blog is falling off like (and I quote) "bad dope."   WHATEVER!!!  

 

The Opening Act


How about I started my day by checking my email, only to find a message from an attorney regarding the title to one of my websites and how I am infringing on her client's website/magazine (whatever it is) patented brand.  She sent me an official document asking me to cease and desist.  She also mentioned specific content I had on my site (yes it was mine) but she mentioned it to say that my niche audience is very similar to her clients and that her client started using the name first and...yadayadayada...you get the point.  Well I was amped when I read it.  B/c that means it was worth her time, paper and energy. Truth be told, I haven't uploaded articles on that site in so long, I forgot it was there.  Who would have thought someone body would see lil' ol' me as a threat.  Oh well, great minds think alike.  And we all have our moments of greatness.  When you have yours you better act on it, b/c someone else will eventually think of it too!

I also got an email from Matt, at the publishing house I'm freelancing for.  My skin started to tingle when I saw his name in my inbox, b/c I am so far behind.  I will definitely catch up over the weekend and still hit my deadline. He was emailing me to tell me he was going out of town for the weekend, so that was a relief.  I thought he was going to be like, "send me what you have."  And I would have been like..."can I get a...um...dayum!"  


The Headliner

Halle Berry is expecting a bundle of joy!  According to an interview with Access Hollywood, the 41 year old Academy Award winner is 3-months pregnant.  I know what you are wondering, by who?  It dayum sure isn't David Justice, nope...not
Eric Benét's freaky azz either, and hell no...it's not Michael Ealy's cat-eyed azz, much to his disappointment I'm sure.  The father's name is Gabriel Aubry.  He is a supermodel and he can be seen at the top of this post.  Yes, he is a little on the vanilla side, but fine as hell, nonetheless.  They have been dating since 2005.  We can catch a glimpse of Berry on the big screen next month.  She will star in Things We Lost in the Fire, playing a role very similar to the one that won her an Academy Award in Monster's Ball.

Brains versus Brawn

In other words, Kanye West versus 50 Cent.  Both albums drop next Tuesday, September 11, 2007.  Who do you think will come out on top? Why have I coined this battle brains vs. brawns you ask?  Well, let's take a little looksie...

50 Cent FactsKanye West Facts
Birth Name: Curtis JacksonBirth Name: Kanye  West
B-Day: 7/6/1976B-Day: 6/8/1977
Birthplace: Queens, NYBirthplace: Atlanta, GA
Tidbits: Shot 9 times in 2000, almost died. Bullet entered his cheek and shattered teeth and gums.Tidbits: Nearly fatal car accident in 2002 resulting in metal plate in chin.
Parents:Mom died when he was 8. Never met dad. Raised by Granny.Parents: divorced, but alive.
Education: Andrew Jackson High (until 10th grade, then kicked out for selling crack) Later got GED in jailEducation: Chicago State University (college dropout)

Keep an eye out for Kanye's Graduation and 50's Curtis in stores next Tuesday.  Hey why not cop them both and then hit me up and tell me what you think about them.  Here is my prediction...all of 50's songs will sound the same and all of Kanye's songs will sound like nothing you've ever heard before in rap.  But what does that mean for listeners?  You have to be the judge.  Some say if it's not broke don't fix it.  And other's say, give me what's new innovative, creative.  I'm sure they will both be hot.  I personally can't wait.

Eddie Griffin's show stopped b/c he used the N-bomb!


Eddie Griffin gets nabbed for using the N-bomb during his standup comedy set during a Black Enterprise Magazine event in Miami.  Reportedly, after repeatedly using profanity including the N-bomb, Griffin was escorted off stage by BE magazine publisher, Earl Graves. 

In lieu of recent issues regarding the use of racially insensitive remarks, notably the Don Imus description of the Rutgers women's b-ball team as "nappy-headed hos," Black Enterprise has zero tolerance for the N-Bomb.  Black Enterprise Magazine hopes to join other black leaders and communities in completely stamping out the use of the N-bomb.  Kudos to BE for standing up for something.  But they should have done their homework and watched some of Griffin's previous shows to get an idea of what type of content he includes in his set.  That could have saved a lot of face, embarrassment and time wasting on everyone's behalf. 



 

Actress Sherri Shepherd is the final cast member to join "The View." Shepard, who has appeared on the show as a guest host more than a dozen times, is no stranger to "The View."

Recently, Whoopi Goldberg was selected as the show's new moderator. Shaking things up on her first day in the Matrix, by defending Michael Vick (sort of).  According to Nielsen Media Research ratings, 3.4 million people watched Whoopi Goldberg's debut on Tuesday. Not to shabby (but still shy of the 4.4 million that tuned in to watch Rosie's first show last year, but who's counting.)  Shepard and Goldberg add much needed diversity to the all-white panel.  The rest of the hosts are Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck



The White House, It's Just Like Hollywood


Actor, Fred Thompson officially entered the Republican presidential race today.  He vows to restore the grand old party.  He also is desperately committed to preventing another Clinton from capturing the presidency.  Most recently, the former Tennessee senator, is mostly known for his role as the District Attorney, Arthur Branch on Law & Order.  I mean the new season is airing now.  Is this even legal.  I mean does anybody else in the presidential race have a TV sitcom out now.  Oh this is just getting bananas.  And of course he announced his presidency Hollywood style, by announcing it on Jay Leno, while his eight rivals where in New Hampshire at a debate.  This is just all too much for me. It's going to be a dayum shame when uninformed voters are walking around  talking about voting for Arthur b/c their favorite show is Law & Order. 




 




The After Party

If you are in the Lou this month, there is a whole troth of things going on for you to sink your teeth into.  Speaking of sinking your teeth.  I'm in the matrix and I'm hungry.  I'll be back with the after party after lunch.

Smooches!



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Wednesday, August 29th 2007

2:39 PM

Who's the top chef now!

  • Mood:

Okay so I've been hooked on Top Chef.  I think it comes on Bravo but I'm not sure.  Now the crazy thiing is, I've never really been fond of cooking.  I mean I do it out of neccesity, but there isn't any type of self-fulfillment or joy that I get out of it.  But watching Top Chef got me in one of my "if they can do it, I can do it moods."  So I created my own little bootleg gourment dish.  I think it looks lovely, take a looksie...

 

WHAT!   I said bootleg!


Okay, so check this out.  I am super-amp'd that my freelance gig is under way.  It is a book about the history of a chicago university.  It's not too long, wich is good b/c I have two books of my own at my real job that have to publish.  But hey, a sista has to get her hustle on.  So hopefully I can parlay this gig into another once this one is over.  I should be finished editing the entire manuscript in 6 weeks...dayum!  pray for me please...



So who watched Weeds on Monday?  They are starting off this season really weak.  I'm getting tired of seeing Uturn for real.  He has gotten way too much camera time and he isn't even a main character.  And once again, Celia had to make another reference about black people.  I am going to take count it's already 3-0...how many episodes will they have that make derogetory racial comments about my race.  I want to meet the writer, because I can give them some ish to put on the show if they are having a hard time coming up with material.  But that Californication...I'm really feeling that.  I don't know if it is because the main character is a writer.  I love how this past show ended.  When he is flashing back to his life with his "ex" and his daughter and he says "It was the best of times. Only if someone had told me."  Oh, so profound.  I will stick this one out for sure.  If you visit showtime.com you can register for a homegrown humor sweepstakes with some pretty sweet prizes.  But I never when stuff like that, so...


I was about to sign out of the matrix but before I do, I have to address an email I just received.  I have a copyeditor that had a deadline to turn in his first set of manuscript pages on August 15th.  He just sent it to me today, August 29th.  Which oddly enough, is the deadline for his second set of manuscript pages, which he hasn't even received yet b/c he pretty much sucks.  Well this idiot actually has the audacity to send me his invoice like seconds after turning in his pages and asks how quickly he will recieve his payment.  Now you know I want to tell him, just as quickly as I received my pages...azzwipe!   Boy I tell you....some people.


Well I gotta get out, while I can.  If you are new to this blog, welcome.  I'm so happy you are here.  Please come again.  You've missed so much.  Make sure you scroll and catch up on my previous posts.  And to everyone old and new, make sure you grace my tagboard, guestbook, or post a comment.

SMOOCHES!

 

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007

1:55 PM

Maybe you should drink a glass of water today to c