The cards come crashing down....

The unfortunate folding of magazines…..is it really that bad? All magazines seem to cater and be extremely specific and there's about 300 million types that all talk about the same sh**. So really in the end, who is missing the fact that all of these magazines are going down the drain (except for those that work for them and lost there jobs)?

Do we really need to be completely saturated with 40 different types of magazines that tell us how to make pumpkin pie before Thanksgiving? Or great gifts for under $20? It's the same sh** every single year! If anything, this simplifies all of the over-saturation of topics that everyone has seen over and over and over again. Tips on this that and the other. It's one to show off something new, it's another to realize that everything being written about has been written about for the past 20 years.

NEXT!

I'm Thankful for all my friends and family and THIS...

Muppets.....what won't they do to impress me?

If you haven't seen this, check it out, totally made my Thanksgiving THAT much more awesome.

Happy Turkey Day!!!

WATCH ME

All my ladies say haaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!

So a friend of mine just pointed something that NEEDS to be pointed out. Jordan's now has a lady boot..........some call it the hooker boot...but....I'm not so sure. I'm completely torn between being excited because there's now a HEAL version of the shoe...or totally turned off because seriously...did the world REALLY need this?

Remember when Timberland came out with something similar with their line for ladies? I believe that J Lo wore it in one of her videos when she was taking over the world like Beyonce is now (funny how tables turn).

So I'm asking you....what do you think of this boot? Yay!! or Nay??

HOLLA!

Eye Herpes

Just found out that you can get EYE HERPES!!!!!.....How did this come about? No no no....it's not me, but there was a news report that stated that some folks (living in one section of town) that came to get their eye brows waxed at a beauty spot ended up walking home with a fresh set of Eye Herpes.....best part is there isn't a cure yet. Just something to keep it calm like regular sexually transmitted Herpes.

I'm glad I've stuck to plucking all these years. At least I know where I've been.

Russian Roulette

NEW SONG....be one of the first to hear it. I wonder who she's singing about..............hmmmmmmmmm.....it's really hard to figure this one out. If you don't have a TV or have any access to Entertainment News, then you're short....if you're over-saturated with this, then you already know.

Rihanna - Russian Roulette

I really do like this song though, or at least the lyrics for it are deep enough to get in life....not sure how I feel about it towards the end, although considering the title of the song, it makes sense that they put it in there.

All the new things coming this way

Just like everything in life, things CHANGE, for better, for worse and for unknowns. I'd like to share a little bit of technology news, along with some already known news, and some surprising news.

- Tech news: Conde Naste (the publishing company), is finally jumping on board with the decline in printed news stand sales and directing their efforts towards iPhone apps where they will have all of their magazines available to subscribers to view from their phones for a small monthly charge (about $2.99 a month). Although this would cut some employees from their current positions, it would in turn employ others that are working in the technical side of the industry with these new changes. This is good news in some ways (less cutting down trees for paper distribution) hurray ENVIRONMENT!!!! But, annoying since more people will be on their phones focused, oblivious to their surroundings and will probably need some other type of glasses from hurting their eyes looking at the tiny font on their phones. But, this does show how the printing industry is looking at other options to still stay on the scene and not die out. Very smart.

- Balloon Boy: This sounds like a sad reality TV show that Bravo would be more than happy to produce in the future. So this whole fake kid in a balloon stunt....shows how sad of a society we live in is (considering all that's happening around the world that HAS killed people etc.), for some reason our society seems to be fixated on this whole crazy family with bad parenting skills. SO WHAT, isn't that the culture that we've created with the TV programming that we get to pick from? A reality TV show escape of realism and drama? This "father" IS getting the reality TV show he wanted to get (even though he's not getting paid); but his exposure is coming from having every "major" news team on site to tape his every move. WHO CARES!?!?!!? Apparently these news sources WANT us to care, but I certainly don't. I don't even know the whole story, all I know is that there are still folks out there that confirm the term "CRAZY" and nothing can change them from being that way, that's just who they are, this is one of those cases. End of story. Federal Offense, FINE, give him the charges and move on people, it's not THAT interesting anyways.

- Scarlett Johansson: She can sing!!!!! for the love of God, I can't believe that this girl actually has a unique singing quality to her voice. Now I KNOW that there are A LOT of haters out there of her (I'm suprisingly NOT a hater of her), but she really kinda DOES have it all in the palm of her hands. Check out her song with Pete Yorn (it's catchy so be prepared). RELATOR

Take it LIGHT,

~ Sem ~

Did you know that your business card is crap?

Apparently this guy is REALLY trying to push the "business card" industry to the next level. I had no idea that people were as focused on getting the right business card out there until I watched this....because if you don't have a business card, then really what is your purpose in life

CARD GUY

oh it gets BETTER, I also found THIS magic on video: CREEPY PEOPLE

PatheticGirl.com

How did I miss this in the 90's????

FLOWBEE

Lil Mama really 45 years old????

She is definitely in her 30's, I do NOT CARE what people say, she is ROUGH to look at and I get a kick outta her one hair style which is basically "slick down your hair and stick in a fake ponytail here....here....or here...she mostly likes to stick it through a hole at the top of a Yankee's cap.....yeah.....AWFUL.

Show me her birth certificate!!! Somebody please, for the love of GOD let me know her TRUE REAL age because it is NOT 17 years old like the marketing team would like for us to believe....she kinda reminds me of Keyshia Cole's mom who has that show on BET with her other daughter...WHOLE other blog for that mess.

Either she's been through something in life that no one has seen in order to look as old as she is, OR she truly IS well into her 30's. I'm leaning towards that. Who is with me????

Just look at the collection of pictures and tell me I'm wrong....

Nelly Furtado has my ears smiling AGAIN!

I don't usually put on the spot folks that I 100% support on this blog, usually because folks that read this blog are not really trying to hear my personal taste and opinion with things in life unless it's funny or putting something, or someone on BLAST...but I must change that with today's blog.

I just got Nelly Furtado's new CD that's in Spanish titled, "Mi Plan" and I must say that I'm even more in love with her than I was before. I'm sooooo tired of hearing things in English because it just sounds like the same ol' tired POP songs, but in Spanish everything changes completely (unless you speak Spanish because then it takes the secrets out of the language)....yes this how my mind works. So if you're stuck in the rain over the weekend (like I am right now) and want something that's going to blow your F-ing mind, then you should really go pick up your own copy of Nelly's new CD because it's definitely worth the time and hard earned recession cash that you have in your pockets.

That is your weekend assignment and........YOU'RE WELCOME!

Take it light

~ Semra ~

Jean machine must be stopped America

Why do people wear jean colored tops with jean colored pants?????? When did that become the American Dream? I'm highly offended when I see it, it's like when a bird gets hit with a baseball bat....that's EXTREME, but you get the point.

It's also similar to when folks wore all leather outfits, like comedians from the 80's and early 90's (Martin L. & Eddie M. to be exact). They looked like a giant leather oven mit on stage sweating like they were a fat guy running from the police. I think that for Halloween someone should dress up like that and when someone asks them what they are their response will be, "I'm re-god-damn-diculous that's what I am"

Tomorrow's FRIDAY!!! THANK G-O-D!

Take it light :-)

Kanye, I'm not buying it homie...

Kanye West apologized for what he did to Taylor Swift the night before at the VMA's, but here's the tricky part....NOBODY is buying it. Kanye West had a chance to go on the new Jay Leno Show last night to make his "public" apology, but in all honesty he owes TAYLOR SWIFT the apology, not us. Seriously, that's the only thing anyone that has a fault and needs to own up to it should do, go to the source. Isn't this BASIC apology method??? This makes it seem even WORSE to me in all honesty because he's still looking like she's SHOWING OFF, like he has something to prove to us. Kanye, take your seat homie, we don't need to hear it, the SOURCE that you owe does, and we have yet to know that it's taken place.

Want to watch his apology? Here's the clip: JAY LENO SHOW

Here's the thing, Kanye's been through some pure SH**, I know this, we've all heard and seen it. And right now we're seeing him STILL go through it (clearly he hasn't come to terms with the death of his mom and that's his own thing he's got to go through), but here's the part that needs to be addressed in my eyes, he needs to THINK BEFORE HE SPEAKS AT ALL TIMES. He doesn't have that part of the brain when you make decisions and know the actions of what you've done or said. It's something we all learn around the age of 5......................................let that sink in.............you learn this at AGE 5.......................................he still hasn't gotten that part down yet.

RIP Patrick Swayze.

Kanye West trying to steal ODB's thunder???

If you missed out on the VMA's last night, then you truly missed out. Not only was it filled with DC's very own Wale filling in performances during the commercial breaks for all of the audience there (They played the UCB song, "SEXY LADY"...I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!), but there was some SUPER unscripted parts of the show and if you haven't heard about what happened already, then here's your first taste of what went down.

Kanye West was being "KANYE WEST," remember the "Bush does not care about black people" during the fundraiser for the Katrina victims? And his other rants and raves that really NOBODY truly cares about except for the ones that want to be like him, (not a good thing either, he's a HORRIBLE role model, he's a beat maker, that's his only skill and he does that well, he should just stick to that, I honestly don't CARE about his opinions or any other celebrity's opinions for that matter). So when Taylor Swift won the first award of the night, for Best New Music Video over Katy Perry, Beyonce and Lady Gaga, Kanye West took it upon himself to go up on stage, take the mic from Taylor Swift as she's doing her thank you's and put Beyonce on the spot (who was just as shocked as the rest of us were) by saying, "Beyonce's video was the best video this year"....................ummmmmmmmm "Dear Kanye West, SHUT THE F*** UP, NOBODY GIVES A SH** ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK. SIT YOUR A** BACK DOWN LIKE THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE AND FOR ONCE TRY NOT TO BE THE CONSEEDED IGNORANT DUDE THAT YOU COME OFF TO BE TO THE REST OF US ON THE REGULAR" I can't WAIT to see what everyone else says. Do you remember when ODB did that at the Grammy's in the 90's???? Oh man....if you missed out on, "Wu Tang is for the children," here you go ODB's interuption.

You know the phrase, "I can't take you nowhere!" well this comes from the root of ODB and Kanye.....*shaking my head* Here's when Kanye said, "Beyonce's video was one of the best of ALL time" REALLY KANYE!?!?!?!???? So MJ meant nothing? SHUT THE F*** UP!!! So done with that kid. I've been done with him since "The College Graduate" (or whatever his album was before Love Lockdown was). Haven't felt him at all since. POOR TAYLOR watch this

Beyonce was nice enough when she got her award to bring Taylor Swift back up on stage to let her finish up on her thank you's for her VMA award. So Beyonce, thanks! You just got 2 points back with me liking you.

TAKE IT LIGHT

one word...WALMART

Well folks, they've done it. I'm finally complete with my life...or close enough to it. One of my best budlights in life sent me this amazing site that I KNOW you will ALL find amusing if not down right inspiring. Since I'm not a fan of Walmart (because of EVERYTHING it stands for) and since I don't shop there either because I don't live in the middle of nowhere (where most of these stores are positioned), I found this site both inspiring & truthful of the "American Dream" Breathe it in, it always goes down smooth:

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

ENJOY!

Tis the season of giving when needed...

You know through all these rough times for everyone that's been effected by the recession etc. it's good to know that those that sometimes FLAUNT their $$$$ way too hard, can turn around and give something BACK to the people. Rapper Ludacris has clearly shown us his own Robin Hood ways by giving away 20 cars this past Sunday to people who wrote about their struggles to keep their jobs for lack of wheels of their own. The rapper partnered with an Atlanta dealership to donate cars to winners of an essay contest. Every person that won a car, also got free gas for 30 days.

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT LUDA!!!!!! Now if only DC folks could share in the same way...free Metro Fair Friday's!!??? Why not? Don't they owe us for risking riders lives every single day when we board those trains?...exactly.

Since I'm on the topic of giving, why not combine two things that I truly believe makes the world go round...drinking & the environment....that's right, TODAY (if you're in the DC area), you can throw back a cool refreshing drink that's environmentally friendly at this Dupont Lounge. Greendrinks DC will be debuting a green themed cocktail and Current will be offering discounts on various drinks until 9:30pm tonight. The catch for this specific event is that you have to sit through a book talk about the "D.C. Metro Area Green Careers & Jobs Guide" but lets be honest....is that such a BAD thing to sit through? My own personal responses is NOPE, sure isn't! Most of you are probably in need of a job anyways, so why not knock this event out of the way GREEN style ;-)

[Current Lounge 1215 Connecticute Ave. NW DC 6:30pm-9:30pm, free; Currentsushi.com]

Still in love after all these years....

Through the ups & downs, he's still got my heart ;-) and here he is talking about a specific movie.

METHODMAN

BreakDance FRIDAYS!!!

clip of the week for DANCE YO A** OFF ROBOT STYLE

DANCE

take it light and enjoy your WEEKEND!!!

First humanthesizer

well well well...I'm so glad that we've gotten over using woman as "objects" and really seeing them for who they are........................

HUMANTHESIZER

oh wait.....nevermind.

F**KERY!!!

I should have been at this show

Air Guitar Show Washington DC 2009

Cami's air show

Lil Monkey???....really???

Just saw this from my favorite source on earth and thought that I'd share it with you. This doll was found in the fine state of NC.....you probably won't catch me down there if this ish happens on the regular. Agree to disagree....

It's a doll that's buddies with a monkey....here's my thing, this is wrong, but....didn't MJ do the same thing? Nobody had a problem with that? What was his chimpz name again?...Bubbles right? hahahahahahhahahaha.....womp womp.

TAKE IT LIGHT!

BIG PAPA's family revealed?????......

So this comes to me from a good personal source who has NEVER been wrong with her gossip, therefore I must pass this mystery along to you if you were not aware of it like I wasn't. If you watch the Real Housewives of Atlanta then you will know who I'm talking about, if you don't....then you shouldn't even read my blog, what's WRONG WITH YOU!??? hahaha...I'm just playin'.

So Kim (the only white chick on the show), has had a man that refuses to be put out there on the show because he was and still is clearly married to another woman with kids etc. Well folks, here you go....this is BIG PAPA and his family that Kim used to mess with during the first season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta....prepare yourself!!!!! His name is Lee Najjar

MTV CRIBS of Kim's old mans home

my review of the movie OBSESSED

There's a reason that I didn't want to physically go to the movie theatre to see this movie when it first came out. Probably because I knew deep down that it would go STRAIGHT to DVD soon after it was released....it was and it did, so I Netflix'd it and watched it on a drizzly night when there was nothing else to do. So now here's my personal movie review of it.

First, lets start off by acknowledging that Beyonce really didn't have to take any type of acting courses for this roll, she played herself, just added a KID to the situation. The chick who plays the OBSESSED co-worker....over-acted as well. Or maybe it was just the role, but it was EXTRA....you know what happens right? Woman starts temping at a firm, meets attractive yet completely dedicated husband (married to Beyonce) and decides that she is now completely in love with him and obsessed, she keeps harassing him, setting him up and he honestly doesn't do anything about it because he's freaked that she will file a lawsuit against him since mostly males do this to females not the other way around. So that's the dynamic of the situation. She starts to break into Beyonce's house, tries many times to steal the husband away, essencially rapes him by putting a date rape drug into his drink and then BAM....Beyonce & this chick are fighting in Beyonce's house. Best part (and by BEST, I mean the WORST) is at the very end when Beyonce comes out of her house (after she fights the woman who broke into the home) and she hugs her husband as the cops go into the house, and it's a fading freeze frame of Beyonce hugging her husband as her own song starts playing into the credits..........................................................................................REALLY!?!?!????????? I mean, it couldn't have been worse...........I don't know how you could make anything as bad as that.

That's it, I'm done. Please get Beyonce OFF of the movie screen, that girl is not acting, he's being herself EVERY SINGLE TIME.

HAY-DA-DIT!!!!

REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATL...at it AGAIN...

I'm sorry about the delay, but there's just been soooooooooo much going on that's been cracking me up that I somehow didn't get a chance to write about the first episode of season 2 "Real Housewivse of Atlanta"..........how could I miss an opportunity like that you might ask yourself? Well, here's the deal if you didn't catch it and missed out on last seasons DRAMA.

There are only a few folks that truly matter on this show, there isn't a single female on that show that I personally can look up to, maybe Ne-Ne because she's always telling the truth, but she's EXTREMELY LOUD about it, which knocks her down on the "class" level in my eyes. But the GOOD NEWS is that she now wears bra's!!! Again, if you missed out on the 1st season, then you wouldn't understand how crucial this aspect of the show WAS for me, as well as MANY others. I guess enough folks wrote about her, for her to realize that her big a** needed them. The only other person on there that is worth a damn and is any good is Lisa...I'm not sure that bringing another member of the former R&B group EXCAPE is really going to pull in more ratings (Kandi is the replacement for DeShawn and according to what I've read and heard, she slept with Jermaine D. which split up the group back in the 90's and she's been sleeping her way to the top ever since within the music industry....not sure if ALL of that is true, but she did confess to messing with JD on a popular NY radio show a few years back so maybe that is how she rolls, we'll see). I think I liked it more, when I didn't know who was who, seems like folks from the 90's music scene who fell off are calling for desperate measures by jumping on the reality TV train in my opinion. Adding another woman with more issues than one person should handle isn't the BEST idea (the guy she's getting married to has 6 kids already, she only has 1 from a previous relationship..who's the daddy? I have no clue and don't really care, unless it's JD's LOVE child, that would be something wouldn't it???)....but damn, it sure is entertaining.

So in a nut shell, everyone on that show has issues (as usual), but this season is going to be SOOOOOOOOOO much more than anyone should realistically deal with in life, that I'm SUPER F-ing happy! It makes me feel extremely content with the things I have in my life. Nothing can touch that, some people are just DRAWN to drama......insert ALL female cast members from this season...HERE.

Dynamic Inertia

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............what WON'T they think of next???

"jerk someone off for better shaped arms"

HAND JOB

HOLY CRAP THIS IS GREAT!!!!

GreenDay makes Semra a happy woman

Last night I got two free tickets to check out GreenDay at the Verizon Center in DC from the Verizon Wireless event I organized over the weekend for DC101. Needless to say, I had an AWESOME dinner & Sangria with my girl and then we rolled on over across the street to check out a band that I've been listening to since they first came on the scene in 1995 (7th Grade for me....God I'm old). Anyways, I wasn't sure after all these years how the crowd would be or even how the show would be in general. I have to say that I was completely surprised in a GOOD way that I was NOT the oldest person at the concert! There's apparently groups of parents that were fans, not there with their kids. I also noticed that all of these teenager fans were still dressed in the grungy style clothes that my generation did back in the 90's! I guess not much has changed in that department....for the new generation of high schoolers (unless you're into Kanye West and his whole style).....I'm getting off track.

Best parts about this concert:

-awesome seats away from the Mosh pits and crowd surfers (I'm too old for that mess now)

-I knew almost every song that they played (that's how many hits they have had to this day)

-their stage set was ridiculous (in an awesome way, wish I could show you, but I 4got my cam) :-(

-they totally get the crowd involved with their entire show; they pulled this guy on stage that played guitar along with them for 2-3 of their songs, (he was actually really F-ing good). They let this other guy get on stage and sing one of their first hits EVER "Paradise." They shoot out T-shirts with those T-shirt guns you see at sporting events into the audience and everyone went CRAZY for them.

-I did not sit down once for the entire 2 1/2 hour set when they were on stage

- they didn't have an opening band, so it was straight from getting to the arena, to them coming out on stage within 10 minutes (awesome timing on my part since we didn't enter into the place until 45 minutes after the doors were opening for folks to roll on in).

All in all, they're hands-down AWESOME in concert if you haven't checked out a really good band, then you should really go to one of their shows when they come your way....seriously. I don't even own ANY of their albums, but I knew all of their songs since they have like 30 radio hits in their entire music career!

GREENDAY LIVE HERE

Racist in Long Island

Well the race ball has rolled into our lives again, with the current "news" story where two sisters living in Long Island with their family have been stopped at malls, and on the street by strangers asking them if they're Obama's daughters. Not only are the people that are coming up to them the dumbest people on earth (really?...you wouldn't think that secret service would be all over the place with their daughters just wondering the mall??? Stupid as dish water), but these strangers are also oblivious to how racist their mind subconcsiously is. Thinking it is one, blatently saying something ignorant out loud is another. Congrats to you Long Island, you've now become the second most racist place in the states that I most likely will never go to....just like South Carolina.

Want all the details? Of course your curious now...don't worry your pretty little face, here ya go:

ARTICLE

What would America be without racial issues all of the time?.......BETTER, that's what. Lets all just mix and merge so nobody can figure out what anyone is anymore, we'll just create one race which is called the HUMAN RACE (what a concept right?). People are so ignorant sometimes it makes me sick to my stomach.

BEST I EVER HAD!!!!

I want this guy to perform this as I walk down the isle at my future wedding ;-) I love when hip hop can turn into classical style music on the piano :-)

Watch and listen (not sure why he's playing it like Stevie Wonder would, because not everyone has to move their head around as they play piano, but I guess this dude was really feeling it):

Drake "Best I ever Had"

I like this guy though, he plays EVERYTHING: David Sides

Enjoy your Monday...I know I'm trying to.

LIGHT!

Can't even fake the Funk...

Hood is just HOOD. It's not a compliment and it will only keep you locked into certain circles....circles that you probably don't need to, or want to have attachments to. I'm just going to say that this ish is embarassing......everything I'm attaching it not cute:

Here's the situation. Lil Wayne is a troll doll who can rhyme, if you stand behind him blow on the back of his hair and make a wish because that's about the only talent he has. He's been linked to the hoodish girls (since they're not women, having a kid doesn't make you a woman, acting like a woman earns you that position, get it right girls).

I now know why Africans (that are directly from Africa that move to the states) say that they will either only be with an African women, or a white woman, because who would want to be hooked up with a girl who acts hood and you can't take places?

The following women are put in that catagory that Lil Wayne has gotten preggers (gross):

- Lauren Londen

- Nivea (interview)

- Lil Waynes high school sweetheart (who is now on that BET show called Tiny&Toya...sad, I've watched that show once and it's sooooo sad and pathetic)...I've never felt better about my life when I watch that show....unreal. Ladies, want a self-esteem boost? Watch one episode of that and you'll feel MUCH better about YOURSELF, trust me.

Chris Brown apology

Please ignore the comments that pop up on the screen when you watch this clip that was recently released.

CHRIS BROWN APOLOGY

Now here's MY comment....lets go back to this one that was released a few weeks back as well....

I AM NOT A MONSTER

Here's a few things I DO know about abusers, they usually learn it because they've been abused themselves as a child, there's no doubt in my mind that he went through this. I've heard things here and there about his step-dad and his mom abusing him. But here's the catch....SAYING one thing and then DOING another counts. Example, him going on the Tyra Banks Show and telling the viewers that he would never treat a woman like that because he knows what it's like is fine, but then being a hypocrite because you can't control yourself and don't know how to handle a heavy situation and then HITTING someone that you're dating is flat out WRONG. There's no excuse for this EVER. Chris Brown F-d up, he hit a woman, he lied to everyone (on the Tyra Banks Show), we all make mistakes in life, BUT this one literally can not be excused.

When I say mistakes I'm talking about getting in an arguement over something that wasn't worth while and got blown out of proportion and you were to blame for the arguement etc.

This case is NOT that, this is a direct decision that was made on HIS behalf and guess what happens when you do something like that Chris? You get MARKED. You will now be put into the R Kelly catagory when it comes to how you are socially, you have the "S" across your chest for LIFE and you made that decision, nobody else, DEAL WITH IT.

That's the thing folks, you get to MAKE decisions, and when you make them, just know how they can turn out if it's a BAD one on your part. Some things you cannot be forgiven for, like killing someone (when it wasn't in self defense, but just out of spite or anger) OJ, this is why everyone was watching your every move waiting for you to F up and in time you DID...again.

I'm done.

Creepy or Cute?

I can't tell if I qualifiy this new Evian commercial featuring dancing/ rollerskatting/ breakdancing babies as creepy, or cute. Can you?

BABIES DRINK WATER

It's because I wait for something worthwhile to BASH...

This was sent to me by a friend that knows how my thought process works. Not only is this hard for me to watch all the way through, but am I wrong for thinking that there's something MORE than "off" about this guy? Aside from his AWFUL voice, song lyrics and "dance moves"?!?!? How did this guy actually shoot something that has better quality than It's So Cold In The D, but has the same level of talent as her?

Watch and judge for yourself

Treasure In You

MJ

I haven't watched his funeral yet....don't know if I can, the recaps and clips that I've seen already made me tear up......so instead I'll share a clip of my girl Sy Smith telling her MJ experience from a show she just performed not long ago...







SY SMITH PAYS TRIBUTE TO MJ

Here's raw footage of a 1983 interview with MJ, 3 parts:
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3

BET Awards 2009

So I watched the ENTIRE show of the 2009 BET Awards last night...and I must say, I WASN'T disapointed. I was impressed, probably because I work in media so I know how flipping almost an entire awards show is BEYOND impossible to accomplish successfully in 3 days, but here's the ingrediants that you would need to pull it off the RIGHT WAY:

1) make Jamie Foxx the host (he's good at improv, singing, comedy, he's on POINT with all your hosting needs and filling in time)

2) make the dedications to MJ subtitle with your own versions of your favorite videos/ styles of him.

3) don't be extra and show humanity...which MOST of the artists there did surprisingly, they showed MUCH respect to the tragic circumstances

So that's my analysis on the BET awards this year. If you didn't know why this was so impressive let me break it down for you. After MJ passed away on Thursday this past week, BET re-did all those that were set to perform, and they all had a MJ theme, or performed one of his songs. But they actually did this successfully! I also must note something that my roommate brought up, which is that we both suspect that Usher / Justin Timberlake etc. were not picked to perform ANY MJ songs because they're straight copy cats of his original style and wouldn't have done this well or tastefully at all. She also said that she believes that MJ's family made specific requests of who should NOT perform (those who never had a relationship with MJ, vs. those that did). What you SHOULDN'T do at the BET Awards, only give Beyonce awards, let Soulja Boy perform what he considers a "song" (it was just a mono-tone consistant noise like a fog horn), don't promote the worst shows to come up this year on your network either (ex: Tiny & Toya)

Oh yeah and Jay-Z killed it with his new song Auto-Tone check it out HERE. Basically he's knocking on all the new "hip hop" artists coming out with what I consider GARBAGE MUSIC because it is, no meaning, just some straight bull sh**. Tired of it, and glad that Jay came out with something new that addresses just that. LETS REVIVE REAL HIP HOP FOLKS!!! I'M MISSING IT LIKE NO OTHER!!! Oh yeah and ALICIA KEYS LOOKED BEYOND BEAUTIFUL, can't say sh** about her other than she's one of THE BEST out there. HANDS DOWN!

T-BABY goes on American Idol auditions

Finally, someone has managed to make something almost as good as the original video clip for "It's So Cold In The D"

FINALLY the day has come.

Enjoy folks

American Idol T-Baby Audition

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night time Boob seperater....why?.....

Kush: support for women who have large breasts that LEAN to the left!??? Man, it looks like the Olympics stick during the race they do with the flame.........is it the same thing? Can you light the tip?

WOW.......if you buy one, I will give you a blog column to write about your experience with "the stick" hahahahaha....no really...somebody has GOT to get this thing to show me how hard or soft it really is. I wonder if it's like those stress sticks that they sell for the office.

KUSH

WTF is a Parsnip!!?!?!?!?????

Answer is, "SOMETHING WHITE PEOPLE EAT"


haahahahahhahahahaha....take it OH SO LIGHT!

Taylor Swift....really?......

My girl just sent this to me so I HAD to put it out there because I was in semi-disbelief. Watch this video of Taylor Swift rapping with T-Pain.....yeah this really was put together, for what? I have no clue, she's such a tool. You know, some folks are just naturally funny and then there are those who TRY too hard to be funny and they never will be, she is one of those people. Just stick to what you're good at girl and don't try to branch out into other areas, it's NOT for everyone. Also, lets note as you watch this video of how SMALL and SHORT T-Pain is.......I mean she's literally next to him when she's joking around and playing off of him, but that video angle shot is fooling NOBODY with your shortness T-Pain................NOBODY

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WANT TO GET A JOB?

5 steps to getting a J-O-B:

1) Polish Your Creds- To make your resume shine, qualify your achievements. If you email your CV, mention one of your feats in the subject line. Finally, address a dry spell by listing what you've accomplished during your hiatus.

2) Wear Your Game Face- Exuding confidence in this climate indicates that you can perform well under pressure; to feel more in control during your search, use a spread sheet to keep a record of where you have applied and when you need to follow up.

3) Be Open To Criticism- inviting a little scrutiny during an interview could pay off BIG TIME. Asking questions like, "Do you think I'm lacking any critical experience?" gives you a chance to assuage any reservations.

4) Spin Your Skills- If openings in your field are scarce, think creatively about how your experience might be marketable elsewhere. Your talent for writing grant proposals for nonprofit could translate into penning a hospital newsletter, for example. Star by searching job sites such as Monster.com using your skills (HTML programming) rather than title (Web Developer).

5) Create Career Karma- Even if you're in dire straits, do a small favor for someone in your circle (introduce a colleage who wants to break into advertising to a cal who owns an ad firm). It will enourage others to repay your generosity with referrals of their own, and you'll strengthen ties with people who will continue to support you down the road.

Thirsty?...me too

Wanna make the BEST MFing drinks EVER!?!?!?!!?!? Trust me, you won't have to tip either ;-)

The Washington Post went to all the top bars in DC and linked up with the best bartenders who make their own version of the SUMMERS BEST Cocktails........

1) The Mylan (makes one cocktail)

- 3/4 ounce agave syrup or nectar

- 1 large slice cantaloupe, peeled and cut into 4 one-inch chunks

- 1 1/2 ounces blanco or silver tequila Ice

- 1 1/2 ounces pils or pilsner-style beer

Want the OG who made it first? Go to Bar Pilar and see Adam Bernbach

2) Thai's the Limit (makes 4 cocktails)

- Ice

- 6 ounces gin, preferably Plymouth

- 4 ounces Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur)

- 8 ounces coconut mix

- juice of 4-5 limes

- cilantro leaves cut into thin strips

(to make the coconut mix you will need to make the following)

- 27 ounces (2 cans) coconut milk, preferebly Chaokah brand

- 1 stalk lemon grass, pulverized

- 1 ounce ginger root, peeled and grated

- 1 small Thai (bird) chili, stemmed and minced (not seeded)

- 3/4 cup of sugar

Want it without doing all the work? Check out Gina Chersevani at PS 7's

3) L'Enfant Lemonade (makes 4 cocktails)

- 6 ounces applejack, preferably Laird's

- 3 ounces Lillet Blanc

- juice of 3 lemons

- 2 ounces simple syrup

- ice

- 3 ounces sparkling mineral water, (such as Perrier)

- thin slices of lemon, for garnish

Want something to donate towards NOW?

We all have to give in order to receive....that's just the cycle of Karma, and why would you want to F that up!? So why not invest into something worth while and worth GOOD Karma? If you have a few bucks to spare and wanted to share your heart & wealth, here's something that a good friend of mine is working on and is taking donations for (her deadline is in two weeks). Here's what it is:

The Cross National Collaborative on Youth Health & Gender Issues (CUSAG) through the University of Maryland (Cultural Systems Analysis Group). It's a program developed to promote and apply research, training & technical asistance to a specific cause; it's intended to take Baltimore-Washington area high school kids to Jamaica and areas in the caribbean, and advance the knowledge and methods of addressing health problems and risks that young Urban children face on those islands, as well as in the USA. Through this program, students will learn and teach others as well as be exposed to lands that are outside of their norm. The program focuses on two major issues: (1) sexual reproductive health, (2) violence crime, incarceration.

What would your money go towards? It would get the kids that need to see and share and be part of a movement GET THERE, it would give them the materials that they'd need to make this a successful experience for them and most importantly, it would benefit your own mind knowing that you contributed to an educational program that actually will change lives positively. THAT in itself benefits us ALL as a whole.

Here's how you can be part of this and contribute to this program:

- Make a payable check to "University of Maryland College Park Foundation" within the memo write: "CuSAG Student Support Fund"

mail your check to:

University Of Maryland College Park Foundation

4511 Knox Rd. Suite 205

College Park, MD 20740

- donate online

- click on "make a gift" choose "new gift by credit card" complete the donor information form, reference BSOS and select "CuSAG Student Support Fund" under 'Choose your program'

Want more details and info beyond that? CLICK HERE

Reduce, Reuse Recycle...

Here are my top 5 facts WHY it's SUPER F-ing important to start changing your way of living by starting to recycle:

1) Recycling creates JOBS. For every 15,000 tons of garbage that is recycled, 9 jobs are created. For every 15,000 tons of garbage that is tossed into a landfill, only 1 job is created.

2) Americans generate 180,000,000 TONS of garbage each year! We generate approximately 4.4 pounds of waste a DAY, per PERSON. It's estimated that 150 million computers will be discarded in the US. These computers will be able to fill a hole that is one acre wide and 3.5 miles DEEP. With the population increasing on a yearly basis, the garbage will also increase. This means clearing land not only for housing but for landfills too. The amount of disposable diapers that are thrown out every year could stretch from the Earth to the moon SEVEN TIMES!

3) Only 1% of the world's water supply is actually drinkable, 97% is salt water found in the ocean and seas, and the remainder is frozen in the polar ice caps. Recycling one ton of PAPER will save 24,000 gallons of WATER.

4) Released CFC's (which contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer which prevents harmful UV rays from giving us skin cancer among other things, produced by aerosol spray cans and air conditioners) can be drastically cut by recycling. If one family recycles all of their waste newspaper, cardboard, glass and metal for a year, 850 pounds of pollutant emissions will be prevented.

5) Recycling one ton of alluminum saves 37 barrels of oil! Recycling one 12 oz. aluminum can saves an amount of energy equal to 6 oz. of gasoline. This could power a fuel-efficiant car for 6 miles!

In a nutshell, making products from recycled materials creates jobs; reduces the need to cut down trees, dig for minerals and drill for oil; makes less pollution; and uses less energy. Lets start making a change people....if you haven't been moved by these facts, I'm not sure WHAT will move you. START RECYCLING NOW!!!

crap....seriously!?? We'll have to PAY for HULU?!?!?! Protest!

read it and weep, I know I did

HULU SOON TO CHARGE FOR VIEWING SITE

Haven't pee'd in your pants yet today?....how bout NOW

you will cry from laughter if you're as immature as I am. I can't stop crying, hahahahahaha

PEE IN YOUR PANTS

20 children or more!!!?!????

I don't want to pay for STUPID peoples decisions, (like having kids when you can't afford them), STRAP UP PEOPLE!!!! Use the morning after pill, something, just for the love of God, don't bring a kid into this world if you're unable to take care of yourself and make good decisions. That seems to be majority of the people out there having kids now-a-days. Just because you can HAVE a child, doesn't mean that you should.

Unreal man...check it out: TN News

Fun in the sun Ferrell style

some of you may have been living in denial about this, but I'd just like to make sure that you know that Will Ferrell is one of the funniest MFers there is on earth living today. It's just a simple fact of life, agree to disagree or do what you do, but at the end of the day I bet that you'll sit in your Lazy Boy chair, sippin' back on a classy can of Natural Light and realize how right I am about this.

Here's Proof.....

SUNSCREEN

MOOOOVIE STAAAAAR!!!!!!

So I'm kickin' back flippin' through the channels and BAM, my brothers bestfriend is on some new show on ABC called 'Here Come The Newly Weds' (Mondays at 10/9c). This is the reason that I HEART my brothers boy Sonarak & his wife Michele. They are hands down hilarious and awesome all rolled into one. I do wish that they would have lashed out harder on the other couples but that's just because I'm a semi-hater on other people outside of my friends & family, but I still love the fact that Sonarak said, "PENIS" during the first episode.

HANDS DOWN, I LOVE IT!

Check it out here: NEWLY WEDS

Best Live performances that I remember off the top of my head

Jennifer Lopez

Gwen Stefani

Britney Spears

Ciara

Missy

Fergie

Nelly Furtado

Everyone has their bad days

Here's some celeb pics I've collected that show the "not so hot" side of being followed and photographed everywhere you go. The only reason that I put Ne-Yo up there had nothing to do with her, but more so with his GF, has she heard of waxing? Maybe she should ask Ashanti about it, she seems to have that covered now....what, you know I'm right! Don't get me started on Jay-Z and his "I don't care anymore I'm old" look he's got going on. I mean, yeah I like being lazy too, but when people are lookin' and you already naturally look like a chipmunk, why would you want to make yourself look worse? Also T.I's girl TINY...I do NOT remember her nose being like that, did she get work done to make it go up more like that???

I hate to do this, but we do live in a world of judgment based on looks, that's just the way the cracker crumbles.....and THIS cracker has spoken.

WORD

TAKE IT LIGHT!

Beatboxing inspiration...YES PLEASE!

OK, so after one of THE most laid back weddings I've ever been to in my LIFE this weekend (congrats to Meghan and Joseph!!!)...I was inspired to go back to my roots and be much more CREATIVE instead of looking for inspiration to trigger the "creative juices" I've finally been hit with some thoughts/ styles/ motivation and I have this random beatboxin' chick to THANK for that.....check her out she's awesome:

BEAT BOXIN' CHICK

yeah, exactly...I don't get how people can do that, but honestly I'm glad that people can, keeps the world a much more interesting place to be living in :-)

WORD LIFE, enjoy your Monday whatever you do, and where ever you are!