There is a reason why you do not attend movies with your parents, whatsoever.
I found out on Saturday when I treated my mother to a matinee. I don't know what I was thinking honestly.
We saw Catch and Release, the new Jennifer Garner movie. The movie was well, awkward, but good. It's about a woman whose fiancee dies before the wedding, and how she copes with it and deals with things she learns about him afterward.
Good plot thatI hadn't seen. It was full of good humor. But then everything went sour fairly quickly. Garner's character started to fall for someone, and they eventually went through the motions of "motion-picture sex."
Then i thought to myself, "My mother is really sitting right next to me."
I couldn't turn the channel. I couldn't get up and walk out. I was stuck, grossed out and wishing we'd gone to see Pursuit of Happyness again like she wanted.
It wasn't the first time it had happened, though. Somehow, the first time I saw Love Jones in the movies, it was with my mother. Weird, I know.
But I'll tell you this, the next time I go to the movies with mom, we will be seeing something G rated. Guaranteed.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Not Again ...
Friday, January 26, 2007
Going to Rehab
In case you missed it, Charles Barkley cut loose what has to be the quote of the year, thus far. John Lennon's Black Daughter, this should make you proud.
Sir Charles went on a rant last night on the TNT postgame show about how NBA players smoke weed and "just dont act like grown-ass men."
That wasn't it though. His cohort kind of looked at him as if to say "Charles, you can't say ass on cable television."
Charles then filled the bill. He said: "If I get in trouble, I'll just say I'm gay and going to rehab."
That is the cliche thing to do in Hollywood these days. You do something ill, you're going to rehab to make it all better.
Charles just threw a hilarious double shot at the NBA and Hollywood. I'll let JLBD's words finish this off:
It seems like every time you turn around somebody is checking into rehab for the dumbest things. I know that Lindsay Lohan is a dysfunctional drunken confused child and a trip to rehab at the age of 20 for alcoholism is something that I don’t even want to touch on. But checking into rehab because of things you have said that just so happen to offend other people is beyond retarded. We all know about the Brandon Davis Firecrotch rant and how he went into rehab for that one, and there are a few others that are more low profile but still ridiculous.
But this one takes the cake: Today, Isaiah Washington from Grey’s Anatomy has checked himself into rehab to get a psychological analysis of why he says hateful things (Hence the homophobic remark he made last October & at the Golden Globes)
I think this is the most asinine approach to damage control that I have ever witnessed. How pitiful is that? Like Chris Rock said "what ever happened to crazy?" I say what ever happened to sheer ignorance? Can’t someone be ignorant and careless with their choice of words without needing to go to a rehabilitation center and throw thousands of dollars at these high profile shrinks? Sorry, but I am completely outdone by this stunt.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
If you didn't know ...
There still are some idiots out there in this world who are extremely insensitive. Like these two Bears fans/fools to my left, smiling and posing with a sign that reads: BEARS FINISHING WHAT KATRINA STARTED.
These are the type of people who do not deserve their next breaths, but they get it anyway.
I am now at a loss for words.
Click Here to Read More..Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Movie-going update
I finally got around to seeing Babel yesterday. It's my third of the five nominated films for the Best Picture Academy Award.
The other two: The Queen and The Departed.
It suffices to say that Dreamgirls probably should be on the list. The Departed is the most compelling/complex. The Queen was interesting, but not because of the acting. And Babel? Well, that one is just downright impossible to understand.
There's good acting. There's great cinematography, and even an interesting story line. But it really goes nowhere at all, which is kind of upsetting. It's like a (really) poor man's Crash, and it probably cost more money to put together. I'm almost mad that I went to see it. Speaking of which, do not see Children of Men. You will be disappointed. They don't even tell you why women stop making babies, and that's all you need to know.
Anyways, I'm glad Beyonce is not nominated for Best Actress because that would have been a token nomination. I wish Jennifer Hudson were up for best actress because when you steal a film like she did it's clear that everyone was supporting her, not the other way around. But she should win.
I'm going to see Little Miss Sunshine in a few days.
All this movie watching makes me want to write. Who knows? Maybe I will.
Oh yeah, I finally watched Akeelah and the Bee. Great movie, and the hispanic kid who befriended Akeelah was the best character in the film, better than Akeelah even.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
The First Ever BlackBowl
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
I'm not saying anything
This is Jean and Michael Strahan. If you need more history, click here. I'll allow you to infer what you may.
Friday, January 19, 2007
My Playoff Predictions
Now remember, I'm not Cleo the physic. If I was, I would have made a fine-ass sum total on the Chiefs making the playoffs, which had 700/1 odds before they made the playoffs. Meaning had I been Cleo, I would have returned $70,000 on a $100 bet.
Right, I know.
Anyways, here are my Championship picks.
I like the Bears over the Saints, 24-14. Don't ask me why, but I think Grossman is going to play well enough to win. I don't know why. I really should be going against the Saints because I have about 100 Chicagoans or Windy City Surburnanites that will text me if the Bears win.
I like the Colts 38-21 over the Patriots. I think Peyton Manning might finally get Tom Brady because the game is in Indy. I like Adam V. to go Mike V. and miss two field goals. Okay. That's it. Enjoy the games Sunday.
Don't take my advice though, and bet these games in Vegas. All of the so-called experts are picking the Saints and Colts. So I could be wrong.
Superbowl Prediction? Peyton Manning and the Colts. It's his time. If dude can throw 1 touch and 5 picks in two playoff games and win both of them, it's his time.
Game over.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
My Favorite Poem ...
This is my favorite poem that I wrote back in the day. It's from 2001, I think. I can't quite tell you what it's about. I just thought the words kind of flowed out, and it worked. I thought it was about finding a peaceful state, but then somebody told me the thought it was about suicide. Take your pick.
Solace
Solace
Why are you so elusive?
Running from me as though
You have something to hide
Stop your cowardice acts
And prove worthy of your pride
Solace
Why is it that I’ll need you so
One minute I’m asking for your touch
The next I’m pleading for you not to go
I see you, I feel you
I sense you, I know you
But not like you know me
You know when I want
And rightfully garner
the yearning of your seed
Solace
Immerse the worse and the worst
Take the harden heart of mine
Dissolute what shouldn’t be
Rummage until fidelity you find
And everything amiss is no more
I seek no more
Because no more is no longer elusive
No more is peace of mind
No more is solace.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
An Alright Black Movie
Before I begin, I'd like to preface this entry by saying that I do not know Columbus Short, nor do I know anyone related to anyone answering to this name. For some reason, a few of my female friends have called me asking for connection because this dude, the star of Stomp the Yar, is supposedly from Kansas City. But I did my research, and he moved from KC when he was 5.
I digress.
Stomp the Yard shocked me. I entered the theater last Friday with a fellow greek friend, an AKA, with low expectations and ready to bash the movie if it was bad. Surprisingly, it proved to be a decent movie and worth the price of admission.
But I must say, the story itself, not necessarily the script, acting or stepping for that matter, made it worth seeing. For me, the movie stayed away from what black greek letter organizations are about, and concentrated chiefly on the idea of stepping, in most ways portraying it as the most significant part of black greek life. That I didn't like, and could actually see why Alpha and AKA threatened to boycott if the organizations names and pari weren't pulled from the film.
The stepping really wasn't all that great. The majority of the steps rivaled things I learned within the first week of practicing for my first stepshow, i.e. they weren't that difficult. Then it turned to dancing to fill the void, and actually introduced dancing as a solution to boring steps, a bad idea.
Also, Keith Sweat served as a celebrity judge. Another bad idea.
So what made the movie worthwhile? How about Chris Brown only lasting 10 minutes in the film (Thank God).
There were the reminders of greek life - probate shows, not being able to sit down in chairs too quickly, being on the yard and brotherhood.
Then there was the main plot: Columbus Short and the love story between he and Meagan Goode. It actually had some innocence to it, and served as the meat of the story when every other angle fell through.
Short's (DJ) interest in Meagan was believable and sincere, and saved an otherwise lifeless film. Just showing DJ in pursuit of a woman already spoken for was interesting, then to somehow weave DJ's family life into took it to a new level and actually complicated the matter.
Now, only if the writers could have done something to make the other stories in the movie more believable. It seemed like it could have been the concept, but maybe some hot shots came in and said it had to be a "national" step competition that the same step team had one seven straight years. Really, believable.
Who knows? But I still say go see it just for the love story and the fact that it's a black movie about something other than sex or violence, something we haven't seen in quite some time.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
He Didn't Even Win the SuperBowl, and he's about to ...
Remember this:
"My daughters like to be accessorized. Isabella doesn't like to leave the house without a purse.''-- Jean Strahan, who became the ex-wife of Giants defensive end Michael Strahan last week at a family court in Newark, N.J., commenting on why she needed to spend $27,000 on clothing for her twin daughters, who are not yet two.
She won't have a problem accessorizing or finding clothes for her children anytime soon. A court apparently has granted her a settlement against her ex-husband worth $15.3 million. In case you're wondering, that is more than half of Mike Strahan's net worth and he will soon be trading in his Maybach Coupe, and be driving off in a Hyundai.
That said, he will likely continue his off-season spots on The Best Damn Sports Show, and also continue chasing quarterbacks for another seven or eight years because he just got jobbed - or jobbed himself by signing some ignorant ass prenup.
Right about now, I bet he's wishing he could void that like the New York Giants could void his contract tomorrow because it was a horrible agreement.
Speaking of which, I don't think I'm a fan of prenuptial agreements because they screw up the idea of a blissful, untainted union. But then again, how ofter are union's blissful and untainted these days? Not that often, so I understand why they're needed.
But aren't they supposed to protect you, not deplete you? Damn Strahan. Damn.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Like Mike
Jay-Z calls himself the Mike Jordan of recording in his song, Show Me What You Got. When Tiger Woods came on the golfing scene, he was dubbed the Michael Jordan of golf. The Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team just signed David Beckham, who some have called as the Michael Jordan of soccer. So where does it all end?
Is Katt Williams the Michael Jordan of stand up comedy? After all, he’s at the top of his game as far as stand up comedians go today. Is Erica Kane the Michael Jordan of soap opera vixens? Is Marcus, the employee of the month 5 months in a row at my local McDonalds the Michael Jordan of fry cooks? Was the chick who came on the Maury show for 7 separate paternity tests the Michael Jordan of not knowing who her baby’s daddy is? The world may never know.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Bad Weather
There's snow and ice on the ground in Kansas City. I wish I could travel first class to change the forecast. I hate snow. I can't write or really think in these conditions.
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Quote, Quiz of the Day
Quote of the Day:
"No, you're in love with the idea of me." ~ from the movie Freedom Writers.
And because I don't feel like writing for real, here's a survey.....
1. Does anyone know your password to your myspace besides yourself? I believe two people do, but I trust them both.
2. What was the last thing you ordered at McDonalds? it's been a while, but I think it was two apple pies.
3. Are you an emotional person? I believe so, but I think I've learned how to control them when necessary.
4. Do you like your name? I do now, but I really hate it when people call me Damian.
5. Do you believe in love at first sight? No.
6. Ever felt jealous of your friend? I'm not the jealous type.
7. What was the last thing you did? uh, took some clothes out of the dryer.
8. Who is right next to you? Tommy, and even though he's a dog, he classifies as a who because he has a "people" name.
9. Who was the last person you ate with? A good portion of my family (brother, mother, cousins, aunts and uncles) a few days before New Year's Eve.
10. What song are you listening to right now?
Brian McKnight's Again
11. Hows the weather right now? a little chill but I can see my homey Orion in the sky, so it's cool.
12. Last person who called you today? Britt Brat.
13. Last lie you told? Ha, I don't tell people when I lie, if I lie and like Tony Montana said, "I always tell the truth, even when I lie."
14. Last song you sang? Donell Jones' Where I Wanna Be.
15.Do you like anyone now? Of course, I don't think I haven't like a girl since I was about six.
16. Lost a friendship over something stupid? Yeah, I innocently pecked married female friend on the cheek, and our friendship was over the next week because of it.
17. Last thing you drank? A water, trying the be on the health kick.
18.What was the last thing you ate? a sandwich.
19. What did you do last night? played poker with some friends, and won.
20. Faked being sick to miss school? yes, unfortunately because it was Sunday School.
21. What time did you wake up? 8am.
22. Last person you talked to? Quiana.
23. Last person you made fun of? I don't make fun of people, seriously.
24. What are you wearing right now? A t-shirt that says MIZ- Beat KU, although KU won tonight and we lost.
26. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes, Nose, Lips. In that order.
27. Where are you right now?KCMO, in the basement.
28. What date and day is it?Thursday 1-11-06
29. Did you go anywhere today? not techinically considering the time it is.
31. Where else are you going today? probably to cover a game.
32. Are you watching TV?no
34. Are you closer to your mom or dad?Mom
35. When was your last kiss? I kissed my great aunt on Christmas Day.
37. Whats the most annoying thing people say to you? Asking what's wrong when they know what's wrong.
38. Do you like music? More than I like most people.
39. Do you want to get married? Yeah, not quite sure it will happen because people are crazy.
40. To whom? Do me a favor, when you find her, and she's sane, send her my way.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Against All Odds
So rmattwill and I went to the mall on Sunday afternoon to upgrade his wardrobe (and allow him to letoff some of his frustration after the Chiefs debacle), or at least attempt to.
Seeing as how my funds are fairly frugal, I was only along for my expertise with clothing.
That being said, my eyes were adrift during the entire trip, not necessarily on clothes but on the people in the mall. I know, we all people shop. But have a very bad habit of doing it. At least I don't spend the majority of my time talking about people.
On this day, rmattwill did the talking.
"Did I miss the memo on it being okay for everybody to be in an interracial relationship," said rmattwill, who is in his own relationship with someone of the caucasian persuasion.
"Apparently we both did," I responded after seeing our third mixed couple in approximiately five minutes of entering the mall.
After that, I started a count, and I swear it didn't stop until ten, at which time I turned to my brother, looked and chuckled.
"Hey, your options are better when you don't cut off the majority race in the country you live in," he said.
Damn. He had a point. Maybe a lot of these black guys - and girls, because about half of them were black women with white men - had wised up. Maybe they were able to put aside all of their ethnic differences and heritages for "love."
"Maybe, I should consider inter-racial relationships,"I proclaimed.
Then I thought to myself, my mother would kill me, but she's okay with my brother, who has been dating the rainbow since he felt out the crib, doing it. Then again, I don't think I'd be able to be myself with a white woman. In fact, I know I wouldn't. So that's out.
But I will say this, the odds are a whole lot better. lol.
Monday, January 08, 2007
You Know I Love Music
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by Anthony Hamilton
album: Soulife (2005)
[Verse 1]
You've got me caught up in a daze
And I, cant seem to understand
What I've been thinking
And although you're coming clearly now
It's hard for me to turn around and keep from blinking
All that I can do is be their
And heaven knows that I swear, u do something to me
That I'll never ever tell a lie
I'll always be there by your side
You're so soothing
It's clearly understandable
That I'm not some type of animal
I'm just in love with u
And heaven knows I'm glad I found ya
Love and u came around to do the things that u do
You dont even hardly speak to me
Tell me what could it be
To let you walk away so freely
But u still call from time to time
Tell me why u play with my mind
I know u wanna be here with me
All that I can do is be their
And heaven knows that I swear u do something to me
That I'll never ever tell a lie
I'll always be there by your side your so soothing
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I just dont know what I've been doing wrong
In your life baby
Baby if u give me one more time
I will never ever leave yours side
Ooooh
[Chorus]
If you know me ...
I over analyze everything, and I mean everything. I could give you my interpretation of why grass is green and not purple. But, thank God, I won't.
What I am going to do is analyze a couple of quotes that have been on my brain in the recent past.
1. "Me? I always tell the truth, even when I lie." ~ Tony Montana, Scarface.
Amid my boredom last week, I watched Scarface for the first time. I know, you're thinking "doesn't every black man have a poster of Scarface somewhere in his house?" Well, no. Some of us don't like violence like that. In fact I'll never own a gun.
Anyway, that's my favorite quote from the movie out of many quotable Tony Montana lines. I just found it impervious for no good reason. I think it was meant to be a sly shot at humor. But I really felt like he had the personally where those closest to him could read right through any lie he told, thus he'd still be telling the truth. (I'm overthinking this, aren't I?)
2. "My life is going just how I planned it, and it's scaring me."
I wonder if my life was going 90 percent the way I planned it if I would be scared. I seriously doubt it. I think I'd be scared if things were going as I planned them and I wasn't fulfilled. Maybe that's what this is, someone who has all they asked for and is still unhappy/insatiable. I don't know.
I guess this means that if your plan isn't happiness you might as well start on a new blueprint.
I'll think of something more interesting to write about tomorrow.
I'm still down because the Chiefs were posterized in Indy on Saturday. Anyways, I'm picking Florida to win the NCAA DI title tonight against Ohio State 23-17. We'll see, though. Ohio State is favored.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Okay, I Know I'm Late: 2006 Revisited
I did this last year, here it is again. A little late.
MY BEST AND WORST OF 2006:
1) Was 2006 a good year for you? No, son.
2) What was your favorite moment of the year? probably the funs times with HeathClaire this summer.
3) What was your least favorite moment of the year? my merry-go-round of a pseudo-love situation.
4) Where were you when 2006 began? In Lawrence with my brother at Brothers, I think.
5) Who were you with? My brother and play brother.
6) Where will you be when 2006 ends? I was over a cousin's house.
7) Who will you be with when 2006 ends? I was with the fam.
8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2006? No.
9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2007? Eat and live healthy, move to DC or New York, some place where nobody knows my name and I can go by Scott, my middle name.
10) Did you fall in love in 2006? No.
11) If yes, with who? N/A
12) If yes, do they know? N/A
13) Are you still in love with them? N/A
14) You regret it? N/A
15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2006? Not really, but I did go round and round on the merry-go-round.
16) Did you make any new friends in 2006? HeathClaire, and as she would say, "YAY" lol.
17) Who are your favorite new friends? heathclaire, that's it because when I say friends I'm talking about people I trust.
18) What was your favorite month of 2006? I didn't have one.
19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2006? No way, Jose.
20) How many different states have you traveled in 2006? I don't know, enough.
21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2006? gradually.
22) Did you miss anybody in the past year? Yup.
23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2006? The Last Kiss and Inside Man.
24) What was your favorite song from 2006? John Legend's Again/Maxine/Another Again and Robin Thicke's Lost Without You.
25) What was your favorite album from 2006? Ne-Yo's In My Own Words.
26) How many concerts did you see in 2006? None that I remember.
27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2006? N/A.
28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2006? Not really.
29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2006? No way, Jose.
31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year? No.
33) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2006? Probably something small, nothing major.
34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2006? No, I was really good.
35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2006? Yes, and you know exactly who you are.
36) How much money did you spend in 2006? Too Much.
37) What was your proudest moment of 2006? Come on now. Me ... proud of something?
38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2006? I don't have one. Oh wait, yes I do but it's entirely too embarassing for this blog entry. Maybe I blogged about it and said it wasn't me. I don't think so. That would be a lie.
39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2006 what would it be? The moments spent with my real best friend.
40) What are your plans for 2007? new job, new city, new friends and maybe, just maybe, a new relationship.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Where Did It Go?
Looking at someone's facebook status yesterday, I came across an interesting observation. One of my friends had questioned what ever happened to the three-way call.
I sat back for a second and thought to myself, "Damn, it did kind of disappear."
Not really. I mean, you still have the option to use it, but who does? I used to get three-way phone attacked by John Lennon's Black Daughter and Ms. "I Can't Hear You Over Your Loud Ass Music." Usually around 2 a.m. after they'd left some club or something.
But that stopped happening. But it got me to thinking about the best three-way phone attack someone ever did on me.
You have to go back to high school. I think, sophomore year.
My best friend JJ (his initials) called me up to talk about this girl I was talking to/liked a ton. He started in with all kind of random questions.
"How much do you like (Hot Chocolate)?"
Easy question to answer.
"What do you think about (this girl), (that girl)?"
Again easy.
"Have you ever had sex?"
(Nunya).
But then, I started to hear a slight snicker in the background. I couldn't quite make it out, then it turned into a full blown laugh from a female voice. It was Hot Chocolate.
I felt totally embarrassed, and hung the phone up as they laughed. I'd never been spied on like that before.
I called Hot Chocolate back, and had a one on one conversation with her, no JJ.
Nowadays, I wonder if someone is pulling that trick on me. But it never happens (although I pulled it off a few times before the turn of the century). You know why? Because no one uses three-way anymore.
It's an impossible conversation over the phone that should be conducted in person.
