Song of the Day

Today's song come from a kid by the name of Mike Posner he is a musician who attends or attended Duke University and I guess he's a big college circuit artist, I came across this song a while ago(the version w/ Wale) via Miss Info's site and I just love this song for some reason, recently they came out with a video for "Drug Dealer Girl" feat Rosa Acosta the chick that came to fame by displaying her streching abilities on youtube...well good for her, she was also in Drake's "Best I Ever Had". Anyways yeah here you go.


"Drug Dealer Girl" OFFICIAL VIDEO

Mike Posner | MySpace Music Videos

Make. Me. Happy.

Sorry for the long pause in posting but you should expect this from me by now! Quality. Anyways Ive been unmotivated this has been the worst month ever blah blah blah wahh wahh wahh yadda yadda yadda. Needless to say the holiday spirit is not abundant in me, but I hope your having a good time! Whenever im feeling down there are a number of songs that make me incredibly happy for some reason or another and I have decided to share these premium cuts with you in hopes you will be entertained. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED! Ha sorry had to do that....
Up first would have to be the song that makes me the happiest. I dont know why its incredibly bad, its so bad, it might be the most amazing song I ever heard in my life! Joe Jackson (not mad real mad Joe Jackson, but the white JJ from across the pond)with "Steppin Out" break out your tophats!


The next song also makes me incredibly happy this is 1:41 of pure punk goodness The Misfits "Hybrid Moments"


Lastly the other day I was coming home from work and I got snagged in some good ol HRBT traffic as I began to pump my brakes this song came on shuffle and I immediately smiled, nodded and quietly whispered YES. It's such a good and infectious song how can you not? This is MJ with the title track from the album Off The Wall.


Honorable Mention: I watch MTV Jams a lot cause although they play a lot of the same videos they do reach in the vault and break out some tasty jams. Jams like Queen Latifah's "Just Another Day". This song takes me back to being a youth growing up in NYC during the summer time, to me NYC is at its best in the summertime the vibe of the city to me is beautiful, thats the only time I miss New York is in the summer any other time can kick rocks son.


PS ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!

BugzBlawg PSA

Today I am starting the initiative to bring awareness to something that is not adressed. Today I am declairing the first National Food Baby Awareness Day. Food babies are made, gestated (gestation may be anywhere between 5 minutes to 5 hours or more)born, flushed and sprayed away every day yet we give them no acknowledgment. Food babies save our lives every single day. They release toxins, possibly cures headaches(according to some old wise tales) and they may come the morning after you drink a combonation of screwdrivers, jolly ranchers and $1 PBR's. I Tylia Jones personally want to bring forward the attention Food Babies deserve. Today celebrate the Food Baby in us all. Name it, nurture it, flush it with love. Good day to all and to all a Good day.

Metal Karaoke!

I wish there was a karaoke strictky for metal music. Can you imagine drunken people giving their best metal screams into an amplified object? I can its not pretty, but I'm quite sure it'll be great clean fun for the family. My metal karaoke song of the day would have to be Otep's "Warhead". I saw Otep once while I was in high school. I can't remember which band they were opening up for, it was either Static X, Cold or Ill Nino, more than likely it was Ill Nino cause they used to come to the Norva like every other month. Ah the mems. Anyway's let's sing in chorus the glory that is "Warhead" INFIDEEEEEEEEEL!

Oh Yeah Happy Thanksgiving

So yeah today is thanksgiving and I am reporting to you from work, go me. Well its not that bad. I get off at 1 and I'm going over to the Garguilo's to eat, then going home and going back to sleep, so I can come back to work. This will be the first thanksgiving without Dad so its gonna be tough, hopefully there won't be any 'moments', im not in the mood, I just wanna eat. This year I was responsible for making the mac and cheese, I've litteraly been training for this for months, now all of my training will be put to the test, I hope it came out good, my blackness is at stake here. We all know t-giving is about spending time with loved ones and gorging yourself, but let's not forget about those who arent with their fams right now and are oversees fighting this war. I give them so much love and accolades cause I KNOW I'm not that brave, my heart goes out to them. So have fun today kids. As a bonus I picked this up from All Things Fresh its a thanksgiving song in the form of the song "Forever" from Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds morning show here you go enjoy!

Weighty Issues.

About two weeks ago I randomly decided to start going to the gym. I really dont know why, well I do, but I dont...I just felt like if I made it like a new year's resolution kind of thing it wouldnt happen. Before I explain my reason(s) on doing so first let's go down memory lane shall we?
I was always a big girl, I was never a skinny kid. I 'developed'(got boobies)very early, I think I was like 7 or something crazy like that. Most girls get training bras and I went straight to the real deal. When I lived in NY when I was younger all these older guys would hit on me, it was very creepy, but now I understand why. I was an 11 year old girl with a not so 11 year old body. When I was 12 and we moved to VA I started having to take steroids. The reason was because my ezcema got REALLY bad, I mean crying rolled up in a ball in the middle of the room scratching and bleeding and going to the ER bad. I dont know what steroids have to do with controlling ezcema but I guess it worked to an extent. Anyways because of me taking them I got to be a little more 'stocky' if you will.

Through high school I balloned to be almost 300 lbs in my senior year. Thing is my whole life I never FELT fat, I was pretty active I think for a time I was an african dancer and people were surprised by how agile I was, I was an energetic fat person, ha.


So then I went off to college and through those years I think I lost about 20 lbs. That being from walking around campus and being broke and barely eating :}

I think after school I kept losing weight a tiny tiny bit, dont know how much cause I never weigh myself, like why would you do that? So this summer as some of you know my pops passed away. I started medicating myself with food and alcohol and for really the first time in my life I FELT fat. My back was hurting I was tired all the time, I barely had any energy. Sure my job and the hours has something to do with that but I know my weight had a factor as well. So one day I just decided to go to the West Hampton Community Center and become a member so I can use the fitness room and that was at the beginning of this month. Its going on 3 weeks now and I try to go 3-4 days out of the week, I've cut out having a pint of Ben and Jerry's EVERYDAY and started eating Skinny Cow low fat ice cream samiches. Yesterday I didnt even have ice cream but that's because my bank account is super dismal like -$600 dismal, but that's another story. So far I dont know if I lost anything I doubt, I haven't weighed myself in a long time (note to self: weigh self in gym today) But to me its not just about losing weight its about feeling better, my back does not hurt as much, I find myself with a bit more energy and I actually look forward to going to the gym. In the end yeah I would like to lose some lbs but overall in my life I just want to feel better 2009 has been a sh!tty year to be quite honest and I just wanted to get a bit of headstart for a better 2010 and looking and feeling better is a part of it. The other part is finding a better or second job and improving my finances so I can do extracurricular things that I enjoy. Such as save up for DJ equipment so I can start these BIU parties I've been pondering and have extra money to contribute to the household and extra funds to travel to see friends. I dont ask for much in life I just have to go after it.
One Love ~the end~

Spin Magazine's Best 30 albums of '09 so far.

I stumbled upon this list and a percentage are to indie or hipster for my taste, some I've never even heard of, and some albums aren't even on there, I do think that is it worth a look through if your trying to find something different. I personally think they could have added Kid Cudi's "Man on the Moon:The End of Day" and Major Lazer's debut but they do have Bat for Lashes, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Peter Bjorn and John among many others. I even downloaded an mp3 from a band I never heard but kind of liked the song Dirty Projectors "Stillness is the Move". Anyways its worth a 'Spin' haha im so witty. Check it out here

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The Ed Hardy Boyz: The Case of the Missing Sick Belt Buckle from Jon Daly

I personally think Nick Kroll is hilar, the characters he creates and the way he executes them is top notch in my opinion. Fabrice Fabrice and now his new one Bobby Bottleservice who stars in this clip by the name of "Ed Hardy Boys" of course a play off of "The Hardy Boys" Nick is starring alongside Paul Scheer of Human Giant and Best Week Ever fame in a new show called "The League" I dont know if it started yet cause I know nothing about primetime television thanks to my work sched.

Pic of the day

So Lady Gaga was on 106&Park yesterday, the countdown video on show on BET. I went searching for it myself and as I predicted it was pretty awkward, but every interview on 106&park is awkward. Anyways I found the footage on the OhNoTheyDidnt community on LiveJournal (havent been on there in YEARS!) and in the comments section the picture above was posted, I just thought it was funny, ha.

Hey.

Well hello there, remember me? Yeah its been a while, but I really have nothing to blog about, and if I do it will be border line emo, and who needs that? So its november now, man the year goes by fast. This is my first full year out of school and it just goes by really fast. Like seasons are just seasons, holidays are just another day, it kind of sucks actually. I can litteraly feel youth slip away and me no likey. This past weekend was Halloween. How many times does Halloween fall on a weekend? Not a lot actually like twice a decade i think. So becuz it falls on a weekend this is when your supposed to go all out and crazy. That is unless your me. ON friday I went out to the wave in my costume as a NUN for the 3rd year in a row. I thought it was going to be epic, turned out to be eh-pic(ha). When I got there it was fun, the dj was playing some good stuff then they switched dj's on me. This dj played club remixes of EVERYTHING, he played club mixes of club mixes, hated it. Then I hung out with my friend but I had to kind of hang with her friends. Are you ever in a situation when you love your friend but you just dont mesh with her friends? Yeah that's another post. Then on the actual day of halloween, I went to bed bath and beyond. That was actually quite fun, which is scary.

Love and Marriage

This past weekend I was in radford to see my friend get married. Her and I have been friends since freshman year, we're both in Mu Phi and we were room mates our last year in school. Its really interesting to see a person i guess you can say go from one phase into another, its what scientist call 'growing up', I should try that. Anyways it was a beautuful ceremony you can tell they really loved each other, ive been to a few weddings and sometimes you really can't tell, sure they're happy in the moment, but being happy with each other is whole 'nother thing. So of course being at a wedding gets all the single ladies the thinking about marriage, me included in some sense. I dont see myself taking the plunge. Being almost 25 never been on a date or been in a relationship love or marriage is a figment of my imagination. I hear people talk about it but to me it is intangible its like Bigfoot. Yeah love is like Bigfoot, people make claims about it all the time, you see its foot prints, every once in a while someone comes with 'evidence' showing its real but its a hoax. Now I would like to end this post on a high note. I have not totally abandoned the idea that this thing exists. Im sure it does, I know it does, I saw it this weekend. Maybe someday someone will come along and be my Bigfoot, till then I rather enjoy being by myself. You have to love yourself before any one else can.

ABC's of Me..

So the future father of my Zebra Children tagged me in a note on facebook by the name of ABC's of Me'. I thought this would be cool to do on my blog instead of facebook cause...I wanted to, Im a rebel like that...heh. So here it goes.
ABC About You Questions:

A - AVAILABLE: to do what exactly?
B - BIRTHDAY: March 6
C - CRUSHING ON: Right now I hate to say it but....Drake :hides in shame:
D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: Woo Woo its a shot
E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO: Myself
F - FAVORITE SONG: it changes all the time
G - GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: Neither
H - HOMETOWN: Bronx, Castle Hill Projects what up!
I - IN LOVE WITH: person, place or thing? Either one dont know the answer.
J - JUGGLE: boobs
K - KILLED SOMEONE: maybe...
L - LONGEST CAR RIDE: Radford VA to Lake Charles LA 15 hrs and I had to drive 14 of em, long story.
M- MILKSHAKE FLAVOR: chocolate
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: one, well technically two, but we wont go there.
O - ONE WISH: Happiness
P - PERSON YOU CALLED LAST: Umm my mom :checks call log: I was wrong my brother
Q- QUICKIE: What is that?
R- REASON TO SMILE: Fresh Prince and or Cosby Show
S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD: Kid Cudi "My World"
T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: 11:30pm tuesday
U - UNDERWEAR COLOR/PATTERN: Um pink and black zebra stripes, exotic I know
V - VEGETABLE(S): Broccoli con queso
W - WORST HABIT: eating then sleeping
X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: One when I was 9, skating accident, wait no i got my wisdom tooth taken out in march so then too.
Y – YOYOS ARE: OYOY spelled backwards
Z - ZODIAC SIGN: Piecies ( i think i spelled that wrong, yes I spelled my own zodiac wrong, possibly)

Random Questions About You:

Spell your name without vowels: Tl Jns
What color do you wear most?: Black
Least favorite color?: White cause im a slob and it gets dirty easy, but I love white people :)
What are you listening to?: tv
Are you happy with your life right now?: far from it
What is your favorite class in school?: Im not in school anymore and even if I was I would not have a favorite class, I was never a huge fan of school, I just did cause I had too, doesnt seem to paying off too much right now, but I digress
Are you outgoing?: eh sometimes
Favorite pair of shoes?:depends on the day nike's chucks, vans, take your pick
Where do you wish you were right now?: NYC

THE CANS:

Can you dance?: I dont dance I boogie
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: nah, never really use my mouth for much...[pause]
Can you whistle?: YA, im a flute player!
Write with both hands?: no, im just a lefty
can you walk with your toes curled?: uh never tried

THE DO'S:

Do you believe there is life on other planets?: to think we are the only living beings in the galaxy would be idiotic
Do you believe in miracles?: Small ones yes
Do you believe in magic?: Eh I dunno
Love at first sight?: :sigh: well a few years ago I have to say when i met this paticular person I think I did, but do I really believe in it? I dont think I do but anything with love and romance Im a total pessimist, thats how I roll.
Do you believe in Satan?: Im the devil, I love metal.
Do you believe in Santa?: Well at one time I did, didnt we all, Santa is one of the many lies a parent will tell their child, that's why people become mass murderers.
Do you know how to swim?: You know what they say about black people, but I do know how to swim.
Do you like roller coasters?: I used to.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: Hail to the naw.

THE HAVES:

Have you ever been on a plane?: When I was like 3
Have you ever asked someone out?: Kind of but I dont think they really took me seriously.
Have you ever been to the ocean?: I live in hampton roads...
Have you ever painted your nails?:At one time its been over a decade
THE WHATS:

What is the temperature outside? fall like
What radio station do you listen to?: I work in radio so I dont listen to the radio in my downtime, I click on the iPod
What was the last restaurant you ate at?: Macados in radford
What was the last thing you bought?: 2 pints of Ben and Jer's Half baked and toilet tissue, ha.
What was the last thing on TV you watched?: Chelsea Lately before i went to work

THE WHOS:

Who was the last person you IM'd? AIM is sooo 2 years ago
Who was the last person you took a picture of?: Umm TIM!
Who was the last person you said I love you to?: Mom

CRYING SECTION:

Ever really cried your heart out?: Oh yeah
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: As a child
Ever cried on your friend's shoulder?: No I dont like crying in front of people.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: Psst nah
Do you cry when you get an injury?: No.
Do certain songs make you cry?:Umm Kate Bush's "A Womans Work", Donny Hathaway "Someday we'll all be free"
LOVE SECTION.

How many times have you had your heart broken?:I never been in a relationship but coming to the realization that a person you like doesnt like hurts a bit and that has happened a lot, man i sound pitiful.
What is your current hair color?: Uh black and fading pink dye
Current piercings?: lip, guaged ears
Have any tattoos?: no
Eye color?: dark brown

IN A BOY/GIRL:

Favorite eye color: anything but bloodshot red or yellow.
Short or long hair: doent matter
Height?: equal to or taller than me im 5'8
Best clothing: non smelly

HAVE YOU EVER:

Been to jail: nah
Mooned someone: unfortuntely no
Ran away from home: thought about it in my tweens
Laughed so hard you cried: not really.
Cried in school: In HS when my good friend Max died senior year :(
Thrown up in a store: Eww no
Is there something really stupid that you still laugh at today?: In 10th grade some dude dared me to snort powder from a pixie stick, that's how I wound with the name "Crazy Bugz" and that dude became one of my best friends.
THIS OR THAT:

Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King, but I try to avoid both of them.
Single or Group Dates: At this point any date would be great. That rhymed.
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Strawberries or Blueberries: Blueberries
Meat or Veggies: Meat with veggies
TV or Movie: A movie on TV
Guitar or Drums: Guitar and simulated drumming i.e. rock band
Adidas or Nike: Nike, support Dallas Penn dont fux with Adidas!
Chinese or Mexican: Men or food? Chinese food,mexican men, I like latinos :)
Cheerios or Corn Flakes: Frosted flakes they're grrreat!
Cake or Pie: I love cake like a fat kid loves...cake.
MTV or VH1: Ive given up on MTV, VH1 has the better reality shows IMO and they still do a lot of musical programming like Behind the Music so VH1 for the win.


I hope you enjoyed this, cause it took a long time to fill this out. Maybe you learned a bit more about me, maybe you didnt, maybe you could care less, if so, you are mean and deserve a time out!·

Pic of the day

In my last semester of college I had to take an art class to graduate. Since Ive always been a far away admirer of photography I figure Id do that. Im glad I did I have not taken any photos lately I have to start again but this picture is from a what I used to call my 'secret hiding place'. When I moved back home I was just like really anxious and just needed to get out of the house sometimes so I would go there just to sit on that bench and zone out for a minute, so there you go.

Miss HU, the wrong HUe.

A local story caught my eye yesterday. Its a story about a young Caucasian lady who attends Hampton University, a historic black college winning the Miss HU pageant. This appointment has the whole campus split on the decision. Her name is Nikole Churchill and she is senior who attends the Va Beach campus of HU (i didnt even know there was a VB campus). There have been negativity because of her skin color and the fact she doesn't attend HU on the main campus (i agree with that one)Others are positive on the issue and say it shows the diversity of the HBCU. I am personally split on this decision. If this was a young black woman becoming queen on an all white campus will the rumpus be the same? At the same this is a historic black college and in keeping with tradition Miss HU should be african-am. But I dont want to sound like a biggot. I will tell you this, I know a lot of the black chicks are like "First they take our men, now they're taking our pageants!?". Churchill had written a letter to President Obama explaining her issue and asked for him to come to Hampton University and speak on racial tolerance, a letter which she later apologized to writing and sending. So all in all im not really sure how to feel on this subject, how bout you?
I would like to send a video dedication to Ms. Churchill Gym Class Heroes "Viva La White Girl"

The Mid 20s Crisis.

What is a Mid 20s Crisis? It is different things for different people in their mid 20s. My crisis began shortly before I graduated from college almost 2 years ago. I started to get high anxiety not really having any plans, not having any money, just not knowing what's going to happen. Some people may thrive on the unknown, but im not one of them. So ever since then ive been going through this 'crisis' and just when it seems things are letting up and a little bit of sunshine is coming in something else happens and the crisis continues. In the vein of being a 'crisis' hopefully this too shall pass or will it become the Late 20s Crisis? We shall see...

Photo of the Day

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Song of the day.

Im at work today and usually im all like ugh but 1) I didnt have to come in till 7 which is like sleeping in for me, I only work 5 hours and its a beautiful morning today. I stepped outside and I automatically thought of this song...

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K-OS' "Sunday Morning" from the Atlanits:Songs for Disco album, one of my fave albums from 2007, you should check it out, just a side note.

You Need This In Your Life

So for a while now a lot of people have been looking forward to Kid Cudi's debut album
Man on The Moon: The End of Day and whether this dude will deliver on all the hype that has been surrounding him for a year and change. I have to say that he delivers big time! There will be a lot of haters and nay-sayers because that's just the way the world works. You can be the person who cures cancer and SOMEONE will say condem you for it, that's the way it is. Hardcore hip hop heads, old rappers and back-packers may want to hate but this is a great album. Kid Cudi and I are about the same age (he 25 me 24) and to me as an artist he represents and era of kids who grew up on mid to late 90's MTV where say a Metallica video plays and Dr. Dre and Tupac plays after him the maybe some Sneaker Pimps after that. Its a generation of kids who embraced many different genres of music. He takes this and in my humble opinion takes the art of conception and hip hop as a whole to another level. The album is set up as a play/movie/dream/musical if you will being split up into 5 scences. The transition into some of those scenes are narrated by Common who's like this generation's James Earl Jones. Listening to this album is truely cinematic. There are some songs that on an individual basis that I would not turn to like "Simple As..." and "Pursuit of Happiness" but this is a project that needs to be listened to as a whole. There are some standout tracks "Soundtrack to my Life" "My World" "Cudi Zone" the best song on the album to me is "Heart of Lion" which Cudi describes as "Eye of the Tiger"-esque which it really is. Its dark yet triumphant with a pulsating beat. I mentioned on twitter the other day how I was surprised of the number of interviews and articles I have read about Cudi how no one mentions Bone Thugs N Harmony's influence on his sing song-y style. This is well demonstrated on the song "Hyyer" feat his friend, artist and fellow Cleavland-ite Chip the Ripper. On that song its so blantantly obvious, its so blantantly Cleaveland as us outsiders are familiar with. As a whole this album really does push the musical envelope, it engages ALL musicians and artist in all genres to step their game and imagination up. However; I believe the pressure is really on for the Kid now, how could he possibly follow up to this, is he able too? He has so far proven himself very sensitive when it comes to this whole music game, threatning to quit, deleting his twitter account because of 'negativity'. So I say get this album and listen to it whole preferably in the dark cause this may be as good as it gets from Kid Cudi.

Today.

What is there is to say that already has not been said about 9/11. We all remember where we were when we heard about it. I was in marketing class at the time and our teacher brought out the television so we could see what was going on. I remember thinking 'This can't be real' it seriously looked like something out of movie. I knew, we all knew that nothing will be the same after this, and it hasnt. Since then we have been in a war or wars and there seems to be no solution. I always try to look at the bright side of things but there just isnt a bright side to this all we can do is remember, reflect and pray. My uncle Chris made this video about how he and his family left NY a bit after 9/11 and the community whom he felt made him feel better. I found this video very beautiful and touching, enjoy.

Pic of the Day: Super throwback

Just got tagged in this picture yesterday on facebook. Its me 1999 in the 8th grade at Lindsay middle school when we went to Kings Dominion for a band competition and to visit the amusement park. I am all the way to the left on the first row.

Old rappers are having the best week ever!

Hip hop over the past few years has been all about the new dudes coming into town. Most of them have came and went. This year has been thrusted with new dudes thanks to the now infamous XXL's Freshman 10 cover from late last year (by the way that 'class' has like a 40% success rate). And because of all this attention old rappers no likey. It came to a point where all these dudes sounded like those grumpy old men who sits on a stoop all day, drink beer and play dominos or cards or chess. They were all talk and no action, if there was action there was no re-action to their actions. But these past few days old rappers are back with two major hip hop releases this week Raekwon (feat Ghostface Killah) Only Built For Cuban Links II and Jay-Z's Blueprint 3. Im happy for these dudes especially Rae cause he does not have the same machine as Jay-Z has behind him, I mean we all know that Jay was going to do well even though BP3 is Kingdom Come part 2 aka very dissappointing. Raekwon is getting numbers because of his skill, the respect that real heads have for him and that is extremely commendable regardless if your an old head or a freshmen.

Oo Im Dangerous.

So I am on my morning commute which I already dred,and today its raining AGAIN. So I get to Hampton get off at the Hampton U exit and make my way to Burger Kang, I make a left at the stop sign then BOOM blue lights. Great. So I have one headlight out which I already knew and apparently and didnt make a total complete definite stop at the sign. Oooh Im such a criminal. To top it off it was 3 of them 3 cops and for what reason? One cop doing the whole process, another cop on the passenger side of the car shining a flash light into it, and another standing behind him. I mean is there someone killing someone somewhere? I guess not at 6:30 in the morning. I now have a summons to show up in court sometime in November for "failure to obey a traffic sign", whatever im paying that ish off so I wont have to go to court. In closing thank you Hampton City cops so glad that you are following the motto To Serve and Protect meaning to Serve me papers and Protect your quota rep, good job.

My New Favorite Song/Video Dedication

"Walked in the club like who dat?" I discovered this video over on Va$htie's Blog and um I love's it. This is Ninjasonik with "Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant" I also wanna dedicate this video to my girl LEY, I was talking to her saturday night and I told her to look up this video and I loved her reaction.

Summer 2009

^^^This is the face I give summer of 2009
Well today is Labor day which marks the end of the summer season. The summer of 2009 will go down in infamy both in pop culture and in my personal life. The biggest i guess event or occurance in my life this summer was the passing of my father something that took us all by surprise and something that we will never believe. We (my mother, brother and I) try to look at it as he went in peace without pain, he lead quite the life, and will forever be missed. This summer also marked the passing of many Ed Mcmahan, Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Walter Kronkite, DJ AM and sooo many others, too many to count it seems. Alright so that's the bad stuff, let's focus on the good stuff. I didnt do too much because of my job. Summer's arent what they used to be, after you graduate summer is just another season as opposed to THE season, know what I mean? I did attend some really cool concerts including Santigold and The Great Hangover Tour. At the end of the day the Summer of 2009 can bite me, I am not sad to see it go AT ALL. Besides autumn is my FAAAVORITE season. The weather is getting cooler, the colors are changing. I have a weakness for pumpkin patches and I dont know this season just warms my soul. Hopefully this season will bring better things. But the Summer of 2009 gets a grade of F---- that's four minuses.

This Video Is So Wrong, but Right at the Same Time

This is the video for Major Lazer's "Pon De Floor" I guess I should have parental discretion cause its pretty dirty, but its hilarious. I brought Major Lazer's Guns Dont Kill People...Lazer's Do yesterday. Haven't got the chance to really listen to it but the stuff I did hear I like. Who knew 2 white boys could make such a good reggae album ey? Well one of those dudes is Diplo, and Diplo is dope! So anyways here ya go

Major Lazer "Pon De Floor" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

A Truer Statement Have Never Been Spoken

This song really needs no intro this is Felix Da Housecat with "We All Wanna Be Prince" I agree, especially if we're talking about Prince in the 80's-early 90's.
Felix Da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince


PS. Is that Dallas Austin playing the Prince-like character? I definitely think that is, if so GREAT choice in casting, I think he is prolly the closest thing we have to a throwback Prince these days. The multi instrumentalism, the mystique, the playarism.

I Do. Not. Approve.

Let me give you a little back story. A number of years ago my mother worked in the library. One day she brought home the movie West Side Story my brother and I laughed at first, but I now deem that the movie that wanted me to become a music major. So imagine my disgust when MTV chose this motif for the promos for the upcoming VMA's, I am not happy, Its lame, Its corny, Its blasphemous!!! Check out this crapfest for yourself.

Yes!

I dont know what made me think of this song, but its my jam. I cant wait to get a new iPod cause this needs to be on there. Ladies and Genitalias Tina Turner...

ABDC Season 4 Episode 2

So this week on america's best dance crew was Beyonce week. I was so excited to hear that cause you know Beyonce makes great dance records. I have to say that it was one of my least favorite episodes. Like there's always that 1 episode from every season that just doenst work. Season 1 was the Broadway challenge, Season 2 was the Janet Jackson challenge, Season 3 was the Magic challenge and this season on the 2nd friggin episode the Beyonce challenge to me=epic fail. It failed so much that Im not even going to take the time to break down each performance. Im just going to comment on the crews whom I took a liking to during week 1. Rhythm City was eh. Vogue Evolution...f-ing killed that! I mean they had to its Beyonce! Artistry in Motion got sent home, good. Who's going to be in the bottom 2?...hmm really cant call that one since they all sucked to me, but VE aint going anywhere.

This Dude is too Cool

Sorry for my lack of updates, Ive been so unmotivated, and without much internet access since they cut my hours at work, dont even get me started on that. Anyway,Here is a new video from Mayer Hawthorne, I was introduced to him with the single "Just aint gonna work out" now here is the vid for "Maybe So, Maybe No" check out his EP by the same name on iTunes.

Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No from Stones Throw on Vimeo.

The 'Unity' Slide

This weekend I hung out with the Garguilo's(my aunt rhonda, her husband uncle chris aka white dad and my cousins) for a bit. They were having a 'surprise' birthday party for Aunt Ricki(their aunt but I call her aunt Ricki too, an aunt is an aunt) who turned 60 and is fab! Anyways the wine was flowing and all of a sudden the electric slide came on and we had to teach the white people how to do it HA. You see the electric slide brings all types of people together. Thats why I miss dance battles, if you got a problem, just dance it out! Anyways here's some video of them dancin. Its Electric boogie woogie woogie.

ABDC Season 4 Episode 1

So this is truly the most wonderful time of the year(well for me at least)! Because America's Best Dance Crew is back. I am always skeptical about the crews that are going to be on. Especially since last season they stopped doing the casting special so the viewers have no initial control of what crews are going to be on the show. However this season I am pretty excited. So once again I start my reviews of the show, first up the first episode duh!
Beat Your Feet Kings (BYFK): I liked the crews energy and grit the foot work is crazy, I agree with the judges that it needed to be cleaner.I think they also should have used more of the stage, it was like they were all scrunched up the whole time. I dont know how they will do with all the crew challenges but obviously we shall see.

We Are Heroes(WAAAH!): Sigh, great a crew that models themselves after Beat Freaks, for those that dont know, I really did not like Beat Freaks I thought they were overrated. The performance was AIIIGHT, they would prolly do good with the challenges this season, Ill wait a few more episodes before the hatred begins, oh and the costumes erm FTW?

Afroborike(AB): They were ok, the performance reminded me of my Nina *my spanish godmother* I mean I would like to see how they do with the challenges, but im neither here nor there about them.Next.
*The Judges save We are Heroes and Afroborike and sends Beat Your Feet Kings to the sudden death round, I see why they were the least clean out of the 3*

The Massive Monkees(MM): They are the seemingly required b-boy crew on ABDC. Anyways I thought they were cool another crew that I am not that excited about only because there have been a b-boy crew every season of the show and Im kind of bored with it so we'll see how they do they'll probably go pretty far.

Artistry In Motion(AiM): Ehh, I see what they're trying to do but, NEXT.

Southern Movement(SM): They were good although I do feel they were gimmicky, I felt like they threw that whole motiff together just for the show but the tutting was pretty cool at the end. I think they would do good with the challenges.
*The Judges save Massive Monkeys and Artistry in Motion sending Southern Movement to the sudden death challenge, I would have sent AiM in but hey im no judge(on the show at least)*

Rhythm City(RC): Maybe im bias cause they are from the BX but they were the best crew on the show so far, Im all about RC this season until they give me a reason not to. The Boogie DOOOWNN!

Fr3sh: They were cute, I liked their personalities, the choreo was good but they really did not stand out against the group of crews that they were against.

Vogue Evolution(VE): Yes Yes Yes Snap.For.The.Kids honey. The fag hag that I am I eeked at the sight of this crew, love love love them. I am although worried how they would carry off the challenges.
*Judges save Rhythm City(RC) and Vogue Evolution(VE) sending Fr3sh to the sudden death challenge*

In the Sudden death challenge BYFK, Southern Movement and Fr3sh went head to head dancing to a thrilling rendition of "Boom Boom Pow"<----read that whole statement in your best Maya Angelou or Julia Childs impression! I thought all 3 crews really brought it, I thought Fr3sh's was the best actually, it was real...cute, they're just CUTE! Long story short they got sent home HA. But its really like I said before the were a good crew but they didnt stand out against those they were up against.

Ok so this season I am all about RC and VE funny how they both are from NYC, favoritism much? As far as the bottom 2 next week I really cant say, I going to guess BYFK and Southern Movement, maybe AIM and in my worst fears VE cause people may be I dont know not open to a crew like that. Some are saying they are not excited about this season but I am, yes it is obvious the show casting was really reaching to get very diverse crews but they have to in order the keep the show interesting. Last season in hindsight was lackluster, and although I was all about Quest winning, they are not my favorite winners, I was just sooo against Beat Freaks lol. Its like how some people voted for Obama to avoid "another G.W. Bush". so tell me what you think who's your fav crew(s) who you think is going to be in the bottom 2 next week etc.Here's the full epi.

America's Best Dance Crew (Season 4) - MTV Shows

If a trend falls in the woods, would anyone hear it?

So this article is proclaiming for the first time ever in evers the young kids are either staying away or straying from social networking sites. I can see that. Me personally have all but given up on Myspace, I go there maybe once a week to log in but nothing there excites me. Its an old hat by now. Myspace is only good for finding music IF that. Facebook I go to every day but the onslaught of family members joining kind of ruins any chance of me making dirty jokes, and the slight embarassment when someone tags me in a photo of Carl licking my face and me seeming to enjoy it:

So yeah I can see how young kids would be turned off, its kind of like your grandma reading your diary a little bit. If that happens to twitter where like family starts joining all hope is gone!

The Great Hangover Tour. Great Indeed.

Ok so for a while now I was looking forward to going to see the great hangover tour featuring Asher Roth and Kid Cudi, but due to lack of finances I was not able to buy tickets. My homie from way back from the WVRU days now works at Z104 and got me and my brother the hook up to a meet and greet monday. So we make our way out to Va Beach ( in record time i might add) in the hopes of meeting Kid Cudi. So we get there and wait in the room where all this is happening and long story short Kid Cudi decided not to show for reason unknown. NOT COOL. So because of this the locals favorite Shaggy got record exec to give us free tickets. VERY COOL. So by the time all this ended it 3p and doors to the norva would not open till 6:30 so not wanting to go all the way back to hampton just to drive back to norfolk my brother and I needed to kill some time. We killed about 2 hours with an hour and a half to go. So we wound up just posting outside of the Norva. We saw Kid Cudi pass by a few times but he did not stop for pics or anything. He and I had an exchage of a head nod and a 'What up!?", that makes him slightly less of a douche SLIGHT, and he's really hot :sigh: but short, I cant do nothing with that HA! Anyways the doors open and the show begins. From the start this show is designed as a HIP-HOP show with the warm-up dj playing hip-hop classics. Something that my brother and I enjoyed very much. First up was 88 keys which we saw outside as well. Me and brother exchanged a "Stay Up" with 88 making him our new favorite. His set was solid very basic he went through much of his album The Death of Adam and was very entertaining and funny doing so.
Next up was B.O.B. which we were surprised/happy that he was performing that night. We were under the impression only 88 keys was going to be there. His set was great! This dude is super super talented, very impressed. After him Asher Roth came out. I am not an Asher fan by any means but this kid put on an awesome performance. Dude they danced to "Candy Rain"! I have a video floating around hampton somewhere of me singing and dancing to that song *Note to self: find that video and destroy it!* Anyways he had a great set and his set also marked the beginning of trees floating in the air. After that Cudi took his sweet a$$ time getting to the stage. My brother was hating on him the whole time. He lost a lot of respect for the Kid that day, resulting in him not wanting to buy his album when it comes out. I dont blame him, I see where he's coming from but...I cant give up on Kid Cudi like that, cause regardless of douchbagness that took place, I am a fan of the music ya know? So he finally comes out and I have to say the light is bonkers very very cool. He played a lot of the mixtape stuff and some cuts from the upcoming album which I dug. But from the records he did perform I can tell this album is going to be a downer which I dont mind, just dont know how people are going to dig it. So the highlight of the show was when Kid Cudi performed "Make Her Say" and he friggin brought out Kanye West!!!! The Norva went BUCK. To have an artist like Kanye in a club venue like the Norva is mind blowing to say the least, absolute classic moment. After that he performed "Day N Nite" to which me and my brother left to avoid the stampede of getting out. When we went to go leave, who was at the merch booth? 88 keys! He was real cool, daped him up had a small convo and took a pic, great guy. So overall I give the show a B+. It went smoothly until Cudi decided to take some sweet time but made up for it huge by bringing Kanye out. And although showing up for the meet and greet was soooo not cool, im quite sure he has some good reason like he did not want to deal with people that day cause you know sometimes you dont feel like dealing. I wish I can completely write him off but its not this often that I really believe in a person's music, I feel like a battered girlfriend lol 'But guuurl I luh him and he luh me too, he just got a funny way of showin it'. Plus he's hot uggggh.

PSA

Come on, you would hit this right?
I would like to take a moment to reach out to my brothers and sisters in Africa. STOP HAVING SEX WITH PRIMATES! Scientists have found a new strain of HIV this time not coming from monkey's but their bigger sexier (i guess) cousins gorrilaz. A 62 year old woman from Cameroooooon was the one who carried this new strain. I guess it gets lonely in Africa and the primates are as close to humans as you can get so i happens sometimes. :sigh: get it together people at least wrap it up when your riding the 'rila.

That's not a bad idea...

Trina Thompson has un bueno idea. She graduated in April and has not found sufficient employment, so she is suing her school for the tutition of #70,000. GENIUS! I would do the same but #1 I was a financial aid kid so it wasnt money out of my pocket at the time (it is now)and #2 its my fault that i majored in music and knew that my chances of finding a job in my particular field arent that great. But I comend Trina for her balls, she is a true pioneer in american history. I SALUTE YOU!

Robots and Martians

For those that dont know I am a hiphopmetalheaddiscofiend. I love all types of music but let it be known I am from the Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop therefore hip-hop is in my blood. Dont confuse hip-hop with rap music, they are two different things. It is kind of hard to explain to the average folk who dont get it. The best way I can describe it as rap music is made to make money, hip-hop is made to make music, get it? If you dont, to the corner you go, your on time out! I am bringing this point up because hip-hop always had many sectors if you will. When I was coming up in the 90s you had 'gangsta rap'(Dre,Snoop,Pac) you had 'hard-core' dudes (Wu-Tang, Onyx etc.) and you had 'alternative' cats (A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Bros. etc) and for the most part from what I can remember they co-habitated alrightly<---yes that is a word! Now a days there are these new skool peeps coming up (Kid Cudi, Wale, B.O.B etc.) and you have old dudes getting mad talking about skinny jeans and auto tune and stuff. Now I agree with the whole auto tune thing but like many phases it will have its time and it will disappear. And I have respect for the old school but I admire the kids coming out with now that is new and refreshing. The point im trying to make is if your a young dude saying how things are corny right now, the radio sucks, the industry sucks, that's ok because these things are preventing your shine. But if your an old dude complaining about the same things your just looking like a bitter old dude to me. You had your time, things change, keep doing your thing, you have people that'll ride with you regardless so stop trying to knock others people hustle. Whether that hustle is respectable or not. Yes im talking to you Jay-Z! Your 40 dude you have 'the hottest chick in the game', you have money in the bank, you have a huge catalog of work, leave it alone. I feel "D.O.A." although a great track is a little disrespectful especially since Kanye used autotune beautifully on 808's and Heartbreak. Im also talking to you KRS-One and Buckshot, I bow to you fellas, I really do, but in "Robot" you just sound like some old bitter dudes im sorry but you do. All im really saying is let everyone do them and in the end real recognize real, survival of the fittest and all that mess. If any of the dudes coming out these days are real then in 10 years they'll be complaining about the new influx of hip-hop kids. Leabing thoughts the only dude to me who can complain is Ghostface Killah, because he's friggin Ghostface Killah!via Missinfo


And Im Done.

You have not lived till you...

Watched StarburyTV. No, seriously, I watched it for like an hour, an hour of life I cant get back but an hour of a 10 hour shift at work wasted which=success! Stephon Marbury is (or was i dunno i dont follow sports) a basketball player and he recently started doing live shows on Justin TV. I first heard about it this week when various blogs posted this video of him crying to a Kirk Franklin song:

He must be gawn tru some stuff mon. And you know I love it when a grown man cries...its some sick thing that entertains me, dont know why. Anyways when I tuned in tonight he and his homies were dancing around and he was putting haters on blast yadda yadda yadda. I suggest you dedicate an hour of your life to waste and tune in one night.

The fall heard round the (hip-hop) world

At a stop on the "America's Most Wanted Tour" featuring Lil Wayne and Young Moola Babaaaayy Drake during his section of the Lil Wayne and fam performance fell and re-injured his already fubar'd ACL. Thus prolly ending his touring for now. Watching the video you can really see it wasnt no joke. I would like to give shout outs to Twitter and Missinfo for breaking and updating this story, yay internets!

Um Hi.

I would like to apologize for my lack (more lack than usual) of posts. My hours have changed at work which leaves me with no time to kill. At first they cut like 12 hours from my job last week then all this week ive worked well over 50 hours! Hopefully soon I will get wireless at my house so I can do this thing more daily and try to get my little brother on the blogging board. Peace and hugs.

Yes.

Monkey caught on tape burglarizing business.
Need. I. Say. More.
Go to the link to peep the video

iSuicide

25 yr old chinese worker Sun Dayong jumped to his death after an iPhone prototype that he was responsible for went missing. After he reported it missing the company he works for searches his apartment, three days later he jumped to his death. Hmmm, I dont know about you but this sounds shady to me. I mean I understand there maybe a lot of pressure associated with handling these prototypes but killin yo self!? I dont know. Im thinking that the suits layed some crazy ish on him like if he didnt find it they were going to cut his thumbs off. Now you know the thumbs are the texting fingas! So that begs the question, would you rather kill yourself or live without your texting fingas?

Wow.

*I just want to note that all the post today will have one word headings, just to entertain myself :)*

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YESterday the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century (well the 21st century so far) occured yesterday in Asia. It lasted 6 mins and some change. Obviously because it was an eclipse darkness fell during the day. Eclipses are so friggin cool,I really have nothing else to say about it, its that cool.

...born in '88, how old is that? Old enough

HA! Best line in the song to me. So this is the new video for my boyfri---*ahem* Kid Cudi's new single "Make Her Say" ft Kanye and Common. Now this is not my favorite Kid Cudi song but it seems like it will get radio airplay as well as video play. I can't wait for the album Man on the Moon:The End of Day, it sounds like its going to be pretty epic. Originally slated for August 25th just last week it got pushed back to Sept 15th boooo, anyways check out the vid, it has a cool, breezy, monochromatic look, and Cudi looks tasty ;)

Kid Cudi - New Music - More Music Videos

Awww

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I am a cold unemotional person, but some things make me melt. Jeff Buckley, watching grown men cry, Christian the Lion, and 5 legged puppies. This puppy Lily was saved from going into a Coney Island freak show which saying Coney Island freak show is like a double negative or whatever. Coney Island is a freak show. I went to Coney Island once on a school field trip in the 3rd grade the one year I lived in Brooklyn (shoutouts to PS 257!)and all I remember was a remark made about the Coney Island beach having hypodermic needles. And there you have it.

Today in 'Aint that a B!tch' News

Man bursts into flames after taser attack. Does the headline need further explanation, didnt think so. But lets put ourselves in Ronald Mitchell's shoes. After a long day of work in Australia Ronnie just wanted to go home, sniff gasoline and drink beer. He didnt bother nobody he was in petroleum heaven. Then a cop comes along and ruins his high! So RoMi runs towards the cop because... well he's high on gas. The cop tasers him and he bursts into flames, man what a crappy day.

Pic of the day

This is a picture of the most crowded swimming pool in ze werld! I just shudder at the sight of this, all dem people, all the dirt oozing off their bodies you know 1 out 4 people took a whiz while swimming ugghh :shudders: Good thing the kids in Philly didnt have to resort to this.

iPot.

So there is an iPhone application by the name of CANNIBUS which directs you in the way of finding LEGAL marijuania. That's kind of lame, let me explain. When I first saw this headline I thought the app was to find the wacky tabacy anywhere. Like Paco or Terrell or Saul or whomever. But its for legal stuff like coffee shops and cafes, what a cop out. Im going to create an app called KUSH, the hood version of CANNIBUS, jk...kinda HA!

Today's bloggin is being brought to you by

Corey Feldman, because its his birfday!

Ok I see where your going.

In South Africa they now have equiped ATM's with pepper spray to attack robbers. Phew that's close. I thought they were going to use the pepper spray to attack people who repeatedly overdraft on their accounts. If that's the case I would have been blind years ago, feel me?

Another Dumba$$ Inspired by...I can't say

I have made several posts about idiotic people being inspired by one of the ultimate 'guy flicks' which I am also a fan of "Fight Club". This time a 17 year old kid tried to copycat "Project Mayhem" and he saw Starbucks as a corporate symbol and decided to blow it up memorial day weekend. Right because if you destroy 1 Starbucks corporate america will come to a screeching halt. News flash: corporate america has fubar'd for a while now. For people to be inspired by a movie and try to immulate it is foolish, especially since it didnt turn out to great. Hardbody, yes. Great in terms of quality of life? Not so much.

Today in 'Umm' News

Contact Lenses for Animals. Ummm I really dont have any comments on this story.Animals get cataracts so some firm in some foreign country decided to make contacts for animals. I would suggest the animals take the 'snoop dogg approach' for their cataracts...wait that's for glaucoma, whatever.All joking aside it seems like a pretty neat idea. I wonder if animal contacts will be just as irritating as human contact lenses. Paging Ben Stein.

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This guy, Ive seen him on a few blogs but I cant recall his name, I think its franklin.

Song of the Day

Usually I do posts like these on my twitter but I wanted to 'splain this in further detail. Today's song is Deftones' "Back to School". You know at certain points in your life when you see something or hear a song and at the time you dont know just how much it impacts your life. Well this song did that for me. I did not even realize this till this morning whilst driving to work and having the iPood on shuffle and thinking about when I first heard this song. It was 10th grade so...2000 and I was really 'accepting' myself. That meaning I was a black kid from the 'hood' who was into rock music, and different than a lot of her peers. So I constantly constantly listened to 96X (which is an alternative rock station, a station I admired as a teen, ironically enough I work at the company that owns the station and it sucks now, definitely what it used to be, a sad affair really.)This song came on and I think my head exploded. Now this is not the Deftones' best song, but it is a good song off of their best album White Pony. A little while after that my girl Shelainey gave me a copy of the album, she bought another cause the copy she had did not have "Back to School" on it, go figure. But yeah I just wanted to share that. Your Welcome.
PS CHI update. As you may or may not know the bassist Chi was in a car crash and fell into a coma in November, on the website One Love for Chi it is said that is in a semi-concious state, not exactly out of the coma but out of the coma at the same time, make sure you go over to the site for updates.

My Thoughts On...

This picture reminds me of Waynehead
So something has always erked me but yesterday really had me not fuming but annoyed. This is about T.I. and him being in jail. Yesterday his new video for "Remember Me" magically appeared on the internets and the TVs. What annoys me is the fact that he is going to jail for one year and a day and he is shoving every second of it down our throats. Now I do have to commend him. In the ADD generation we have these days a recording artist can be hot today and forgot about next week. So I can see that he is trying to keep his name in peoples thoughts and mouths.And I also admire the community service that he did before him going in. However to me its getting to the point where its annoying. Just because you wanted to purchase friggin torpedos in a walgreens parking lot doesnt mean we have to suffer for it with you IMO. Then I started thinking about all the other rap artist that went to jail far longer for far worse offenses. Remy Ma got like what 8-10 yrs Shyne got 10 (is he out yet?) C-Murder, Mystical, etc. Maybe they didnt make albums or songs about their situations because A)they were more concerned about what they were facing or B)they are not smart business people. Eh, time will tell.

And im done.

An 'Aw Hail Naw' Update

So I posted about this story last week, since then the children have been offered a refund of the money and invited back to the pool but the damage has been done as a class action lawsuit has been filed. If people do not believe racism is alive and well in America today this is an unfortunate event. In Philly no less, city of Brotherly love my a$$! For more on this story click hurr

The Oscars could be getting a Hangover

Saw this piece over on Fox News where "we report, you decide." about how "The Hangover" could be Oscar worthy. I say YES. Because the Oscar's had changed the rules a bit where there can 10 movies in the running of Best Picture instead of the usual 5. Check out the story here

Today starts my weakend.

Thursdays are my fridays, friday is my saturday, saturdays are my sunday's but like a sunday where there is a three day weekend so you can go out. Know what im saying? Anyways im going to smooth in out right now with these choice cuts. First up we have Tanya Morgan, for the longest time I thought it was some R&B chick and I was always thinking why is this chick like on legit hip hop websites and blogs? Turns out its a group HA! Anywho here is their jammie "So Damn Down"

Next Up is Red and Meth "Mrs.International" with a hook by Eric Sermon. Redman KILLS this song.

Hamburger Status!!

Ha. So a few weeks ago while my NY family was down for my father's funeral I was introduced to a glorious new song featuring who else but....RON BROWZ!. It's called "20 dollars" and its banoodles. Here is just a little snippet of this phenom with a few choice words a prelude if you will from professor funk master flex

News bites

You's a HOE! I wish I would have thought of this...ok not really, its actually not that clever, but still amusing. A las vegas man won his right to have HOE on his license plate. I mean I dont know what's so shocking, Nevada says its ok to be a HOE so what's the biggie?
Song dedication: RIP to the Vincent Smith II he died from falling into a huge thingy of boiling chocolate, how unfortunate yet what a way to go. This song is for you Vinnie.

Michael Jackson is butter baby! At the upcoming Iowa State Fair there is a propostion for an MJ butter sculpture. Oh Iowa! Your so great you gave us Slipknot, your down with gay marriage and you make butter sculpture's of Jacko :high five:

Today in 'Aw Hail Naw' News

It's a really a friggin shame that this is 2009 and stories like this pops up.African American children of a Philadelphia summer camp were told to leave a pool in a private club after they ponied up over $1000 to have the kids swim there. In a statement of the club president said

"There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,"

What!? AW HAIL NAW. Attitudes like this in these days and times are absolutely inexcusable. Now if they did not want the children to part of the club because of their economic status, fine but still not cool at all. This place can to go to hell in a hand basket, unbelievable. For the story go here.

The realest *bleep* I ever wrote.

So I have not posted in a while with good reason, on the day that I was last blogging my father was in heart surgery. Let's take this from the top. On father's day my mom told me my dad was sick, something about his throat hurting. I didnt think anything of it. 2 days later on tuesday afternoon I open the door for him, mom brought him home early from work cause he still was not feeling good. So I opened the door, flashed a quick smile, we said our hello's, I headed off to bed. That would be the last time I would see my father alive. When I woke up late tuesday evening mom calls to tell me that dad had been admitted to the hospital. When she took him to the emergency room she thought they were going to give him some meds then send him on his way, this was not the outcome. During an x-ray they found that he had an aneurysm in his chest. He was transported to Norfolk Hear Hospital and as soon as he got there they conducted emergency surgery on his heart. After 8 hours of operating the doctors told my mother he was not going to make. He died wednesday afternoon June 24th at the age of 46. Doctors say the damage to his heart because of the aneurysm was beyond repair. Now a few words about my dad Tyrone Jones. He was a weirdo, the end. Just kidding. Well he was a weirdo I mean where do you think I get it from eh? He had a tough upbringing the first child of single,teenage mother, he grew up in the tough neighborhood of South Bronx NYC. In his teens he moved to Castle Hill Projects where he met my mother. A few years later they married him 20 my mother 19. He joined the military and 2 years after marriage I came along, my brother 3 and a half years after me. He served in the Navy, traveled the world a few times and served in Desert Storm. He was not always the easiest person to grow up with and he didnt always do or say the right things but at the end of the day he would do anything for his wife and children. One thing I can remember is when we moved back to VA and he was still in NY making NY money to send to us he called my mother and said that he was not able to come to VA for xmas. I cried and cried and he got on a bus and came anyway, you know things like that. We are a lot alike he and I (which my mother always said) in that we are not emotionally very open, not good with words or affection. But every once in awhile he would walk up behind me and rub my shoulders, kiss me on the cheek and say "I love you" to which I sheeply reply (cause that's how I am) "I love you too".Mom will always tell my brother and I how he talks about how proud he is of us and he we're such 'cool kids', something he would never say to us directly but just to know that's how he felt was good enough. Our last time all together was the friday before his death at my cousin Shanee's wedding reception. It was just a fun night and the best way that we can remember our dad, dancing around, smiling, making jokes. We are all still in disbelief that he is gone, we just all know he's going to come walk through the door, and everything would just be the way it is, but its not. Nothing will ever the same. But it is, what it is. Everything happens for a reason I dont understand it right now and I am not the most religious person in the world but I do believe that God has a masterplan for my mother, brother and I. And excuse my french G but it better be a damn good one! Just saying. The hardest part is over the funeral, the burial. Now its just time to adjust and move on as best as we can, but that's easier said than done. But let's try to look at the brightside if he was to survive his heart surgery would he be the same person? Would he have been in pain and suffer the rest of his life? Who knows, but something pretty cool came out of it, because he was an organ donor the powers that be used his eyes to give 2 people their sight, that's pretty dope. So in closing I love you dad and Im really going to miss you and your cheesecake.In the words of Forest Gump "that's all Im gonna say about that"

Tyrone Jones Sunrise Dec 2 1962 Sunset June 24 2009