Greetings Earthlings. Come on in, take off Ur cool and stay for a while. I am a St. Louis-based editor, freelance writer. One day I hope to conquer the world with my writing. In the meantime, I'll settle for the world-wide web. Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to post a comment and sign my guestbook!
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... 
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! 
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. 
!This blogging stuff is great! I'm hooked. Every morning, it's eggs, bacon, and Post. Keep up the good work. 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. 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! 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! 
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
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
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!
Miss Chantelle Fluker (now Evans) had a beautiful wedding at Ameristar casino .
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. 
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.
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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.
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.
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:
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
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.
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.
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!
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
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!
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
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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"
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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."
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
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!
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"
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!
Smooches!
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| Birth Name: Curtis Jackson | Birth Name: Kanye West |
| B-Day: 7/6/1976 | B-Day: 6/8/1977 |
| Birthplace: Queens, NY | Birthplace: 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 jail | Education: Chicago State University (college dropout) |
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
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.
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