Woah.

It would be silly or weird of me as a sometimes halfa$$ blogger to not mention the killing of Osama bin Laden. I am not a conspiracy theorists and I do believe the man killed to be Osama but it was just kind of...anti-climatic. Sure there was a 40 minute gun fight that ensued so it sure was not anti climatic to the Navy SEALS who did an incredible job. I just always imagined Osama being captured, being put on trial or being asked why. Something more along the lines of what happened with Saddam. It all just happened and his body was discarded so quickly (to comply with Muslim tradition), and buried at sea no less (apparently no other country wanted his remains...makes sense). Is it wrong that when I heard that Osama was buried at sea my first thought was "I hope he doesn't do a Megatron and escape from his underwater grave. Punk a$$ decepticon!" So all in all the murder of Osama is like seeing a chupacabra on your front lawn, or better yet having a black president! Something you never thought was going to really happen. The death of this monster has bought some closure to the 9/11 tragedies and families directly affected. But is this the end of terrorism, absolutely not unfortunately, we still got bootleggers. Did you know a co-worker said this exact quote "I just watched Fast Five on my laptop" Now that's just sad.

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On monday I logged onto Twitter and received some sad news. Messy Mya a Youtube sensation that I featured on this blog not too long ago had been murdered in his hometown of New Orleans. It is always truly sad to hear about any person's life taken so tragically like that. Especially since he was leaving his girlfriend's baby shower. This was a young person with quite a personality who only wanted to entertain people and make them smile despite all the adversity surrounding him. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and unborn child.

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.

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

Oh yeah Happy Memorial Day (weekend)

This is Lee Chavis Phoebus High School Class of '03 killed in action while in Iraq 2006 RIP homie Read his obit here

So I associate Memorial Day as the kick off to the summer cook out season. However let's not forget what the holiday is about. Its about our brothers and sisters in the armed forces of past and present who put their lives on the line everyday so that we can be free. Sure we all have our quips about this country and its inner workings at times, but you have to realize that we are so lucky to have the freedoms that we have. So as you drink yo Budweiser pour a little out for our fallen homies.

M.I.A. on Real Time with Bill "I love the chocolate bunnies" Maher

This past Weekend MIA was talking with Bill Maher on the long going civil war in her homeland Sri Lanka which made US headlines this past week. Her father was in the Tamil Tigers

Isnt it great to be a 'young invincible'!?

Well not really. This generation of twenty somethings or 'young invincibles' are living and working without health insurance me included, fully. Pretty much as soon as I walked across the stage I was on my own. If I would have had nice slip and fall got a rock thrown at me or something freakish like that I would have had to pay ER fees, fully. Its a shame that when you work so hard, so many hours, and you have to take care of your health, you really cant. This can really go for many americans any age. However; I feel like it really takes affect on people this age because when you are older (hopefully) you have enough income to pay for these fees that comes along with healthcare if you happen not to have health insurance at your job, which for older people is not so often the case. For example over the summer I had crazy intense TMJ symptoms which brought me to tears, depression and sleepless nights the whole summer. As the summer diminished the symptoms seem to fade fortunately. One time I was in so much pain and wanted an end to it I went to some dentist to see how much money it would take to get looked. To even get in the chair to shake hands with the dentist was upwards of $200 and this is even before any type of procedure would be taken. So after not wanting to ask any family member to borrow money because of my pride and not wanting to be 'that family member' I toughed out the pain like a G. Now the other day a piece of tooth fell out from my back molar leaving a crack sharp tooth scraping against my tongue making it hard to speak, and eat. I asked my mother what may be the cause of this (she was a dental assistant for many years) and she said it may be the result of a cavity. So now I have to get that taken care of, and I know that's going to be a lot of money. Clawd Hammercy. It just stinks to be in this clump of culture if you will. Hopefully in the near future I will be able to get a better job with benefits. Or the commonwealth could adopt a law much like NY state is contemplating right now were young adults can maintain on parents health insurance till 29. Being that this is Virginia (say it like 'this is sparta' its funny) I dont see that really happening. Boooooooooo. To read a piece about Uninsured young adults check out this article from the New York Times

Im just going to give up for a while.

I really dont feel like getting into the whole story right at this moment. But long story short my friend and I decided to try to do something at work that would be the next step in out radio careers and this company is just not going to let that happen. Its so frustrating. In general im just tired. My whole life Ive done everything by the book. Gotten good grades, went to college, graduated. And I just have nothing to show for it. For the time being im stuck here. Im literally stuck here. No one anywhere is hiring so I can't quit. I. Am. Stuck. Unbelievable. I try not to complain. I have a job. Grant a job that I officially hate. But its a job. I just felt like I wasted my time my whole life. Cause I am no way near where I want to be. Alright enough with the downers. So here's something that makes me laugh.

Birf Control

So a big news story yesterday was about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that birth control will help the economy. People are all up in arms about this but I kind of agree with Nancy. Money will be reimbursed to states through the economic stimulus package to planned parenthood programs. These programs provide contraceptives to those who can not afford medical care aka poor people. Like I said before I am feeling what Pelosi is saying. Because of the current economy who can afford another mouth to feed if they can not afford the proper medical care to begin with. From personal observations I have noticed that lower income families tend to have more children, and why is that you think? Is it because of miseducation? Is it because they can't afford the proper contraceptives? Is it because when your hungry instead do it and feed your sexy times hunger instead of your gastric one? I think it is a mixture of all of these. So I say I do agree with the notion that birth control will help the economy. When Beyonce said "If you like then you shoulda put a ring on it" she wasnt talking about an engagement ring, she was talking about a nuvaring, wrap it up kids, the pullout method does not work.

John Lennon Day

Today marks the death anniversary of John Lennon. I am not much of a Beatles head (SACRILEDGE I know) but I do know that Lennon is one of the greatest songwriters of all time till some douche bag chose to take that away from us. So this kit-kat is for you Mr Lennon may you rest in peace and love.

What's the difference!?

So the other day my mother and I somehow stumbled upon the subject of heterosexual 'relations' (I dont like saying the 'S' word) vs homosexual 'relations'. Not in great detail but she was just talking about if a female was involved with a male who plays for both teams she should be careful when he cheats with men. I brought up the argument of what is the difference whether he cheats with men than if he cheated with a woman, its all the same diseases. Then she came back with well its more dangerous with a man. This boggled my mind that she would make one more dangerous than the other. If someone is not protected when having relations with either gender it will be just as bad. My mother is an open minded person, some of the people she was close to growing up were homosexual males including her voice teacher and one of her best friends. This best friend whom she made my Godfather. My godfather who was one of the first wave of homosexuals to die from AIDS in the 80's. A disease that was known as gay disease which we all now know is not true. Maybe thats why she sees it as more dangerous because she know gay men whom have perished from this epidemic but not straight men or women, maybe thats it. As a lover of all people(well except for douche bags and whores) specially mah gays ,lezzies and bi-bi-bi's I just say everyone be safe, you already know the drill protect yourself yada yada.