Shit for today

12-30-09
Day 3 of going to the gym. Don’t do yoga when your muscles are already aching from working out. It’s a tad more difficult.

92.3 have a Favorite 500 Songs of All Time and DSTYGE is #1. I don’t think it would have been if he hadn’t passed.

I don’t think I’d know who Frankie Beverly was w/o that hat on.

I learned that Ozzy Osborne snorted ants and lapped up some dude’s pee in a Jack Ass-like yuck off with another band. Why ain’t he dead? It’s a couple of people who by all historical; accounts and measures should have croaked out of sheer triflentness.

What is the real deal with Fox vs. Time Warner?

I find that 97% of the time it doesn’t matter what the words to a song are…as long as the melody moves you.

HEY! They are playing the theme song from Bosom Buddies! I loved that show. Tom hanks is alright with me. Hopefully he’s not an undercover racist or pervert or nothing.

End of the Year Concert Roundup:
Amel Larrieux
Bilal, Musiq
Patti Labelle
Chaka Khan
Boyz II Men
Stevie Wonder, India Arie, Robin Thicke, Mary Mary, and Ledisi

Thriller got put in the US Film Registry. It had been submitted multiple times in the past, but it always got shut out. Another example of people being fuckwads and only doing shit when it seems fit and not out of genuine appreciation.

Maybe there was a breakthrough

12-29-09

The Point of it All by Anthony Hamilton is a nice song. Hadn’t really listened to it.

This 2nd Whitney song doesn’t sound bad…ON THE RADIO. It wasn’t that great live on Dancing with the Stars. What song did they sample?

Jimmy Cozier sounds like the dude who sings What You Won’t Do For Love.

Why did everybody have a train song in the 70’s? Love Train, Friendship Train, Disco Express. They were all about them locomotives.

I need a 3rd job.

The name Gladys Knight at a quick blurry glance looks like Guiding Light.

Can Freakazoid come over?!

The music to What Do You Like by Da Brat and Get It On Tonight by Montell Jordan are the same or very similar.

Melanie Fiona sounds like Vivian Green on this new song.

This occurs from time to time, but people always be thinking I look like other people. Jody Watley, Lauryn Hill, Rah Digga, some chicks at the club’s friend from New York.

My thighs hurt. That elliptical whupped my ass yesterday. I am going to try going to the gym 3 more times this week since it’s free.

Sigh…you ever have thing son your mind, but nothing specific to say?

I do feel like doodling though.
I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love was originally done by some ladies that sounds like the Emotions or the Emotions. I like the B Angie B version better.

Just in case you didn’t know…Pauly D and Ronnie from Jersey Shore can get it. My favorite Guidos.

Went to play my lottery and the store radio system was playing Off The Wall from the Live Album. As I was leaving the song ended and it went into the next song. The store clerk said it was something called Pandora’s box-a satellite/internet radio thingy. I got upset. I tend to do this nervous tick, fidgeting, shake my arms and flex my fingertips thing when I am trying to stave off the urge to break down.

You know, I think something went wrong. I don’t think it was supposed to get that small. Something went wrong and with very little to work with….that’s just what happened.

If only I could find a like (not even asking for a love) like what I am writing in my book. Maybe this should be a series of short stories.

Maybe there was a breakthrough.

Wow, Anthony Hamilton is the current day Otis Redding.

Quote of the day: 12-28-09

Quote of the day: Shut up and eat yo big ass biscuit
~Euripides Smalls on CB4

Places I want to go:

Montreaux Jazz festival
Brazil for the 2012 Olympics
Somewhere in the Caribbean
Toronto
Seattle San Francisco
Paris
London
Egypt
Tokyo
Spain, Greece, and Italy on an extended cruise.

So, what today brought

Damn you Roseanne Connor! I got tangled up in your web of funny and was up waaaay past my bedtime. Last night was like the worst seep I have gotten in like 6 months. I was hot, uncomfy, and I don’t think I ever really went to sleep. I just nodded for a couple of hours.

Watched the History of Sex on The History Channel. Ewww, white folks is nasty! And I now know where the term sadomasochist comes from. It’s bad when terms like that are named after actual people due to their perverse escapades and beliefs.

The vocal delivery of Living for the City us crazy. I love it!

Who was that that was upset by Mario’s large nostrils?

Alright…a good start to a day is when you hear Living for the City and Thuggish Ruggish Bone in one morning. Hell Yeah! God if time doesn’t fly. Bone came out in 1994. Shit, that was 15 years ago. Whatever happened to Tasha?

My face Janet Songs:
Come Back To Me
Alright
24 Play
All Nite
So Much Betta
I Get So Lonely

Where is Outkast? Andre Benjamin 3000 Lackadaisical Jones, where you be?

Can’t wait til March so I can go see Boyz II Men again. Damn, ain’t no concerts coming next month.

Being in California and hearing those 1996 Westside Connection songs makes them less appealing. Like, maybe West Coast Music is more appealing from afar.

Where is Adina Howard? Where is Dave Hollister…outside of the Steve Harvey Morning Show theme song.

Oooh ooohh oooh oooh Bullshit! So on KJLH there is a little recorded thingy from Janet saying Happy Holidays from my family to yours and then they played THIS IS IT. Hence, why I am listening to some Black Eyed peas sounding shit. Speaking of, that Im’a Be song starts off hella crunk then goes straight Jamiroquai.

Kewl, 3 Stevie songs on the radio so far this morning. Learned something: Stevie Wonder won an Oscar for I Just Called To Say I Love You. Ooh, his music got banned in South Africa for giving a shout out to Mandela during the acceptance speech. DAMN!

God, I don’t want to be at work… ever!

Stars and the Moon makes me feel like singing an dancing and twirling all happy like. Something in the mannerism I feel compelled to do reminds me of Mike. All Charlie Chaplin like.

You can be a bad motha (shut yo mouth), but I really don’t think I’d want a lawyer named Zulu Ali representing me in a court of law.

I sure wouldn’t mind a stiff one

That Black Magic song by Santana sounds very very mui caliente and sexy.
Ha, Dominos is crazy. Their new slogan for changing their pizza recipe is: Oh Yes We Did

I Love You

I Love You I Love You I Love You
(with tears streaming dowm my face) and asking God why. Like seriously why? Can you descend down from heaven or wherever it is you be and talk to me. I need an explanation.

What's the significance of this phrase

"The son of a former slave" Millions of black men are/were sons of former slaves.

My realization for today

I think what makes this funk all the more deep and unbearable is that the place I usually go to get away from it all is the main source of my despair. So, I really have no place to go to get away from it all. I am imploding under the mental, emotional, and spiritual pressure.

saddest lyric I ever heard

daddy couldn't read, daddy couldn't write, but one thing daddy sure could do right was swear I declare.

~Daddy could swear I declare by Gladys Knight and The Pips

revelation of the day

the rasp in Brandy and Jazmine Sullivan's voices are similar to me. They can cover the same songs with similar effect.

damn damn damn

why the little terrorist dude have to be a black dude. Damn!

The Soup and Joel McHale

The funniest shit in a while.

I knew I forgot something

I dont see how people sing while drunk, high, or after a night of partying. My voice be shot!

Merry Christmas and all that crap

Merry Christmas and all that crap. It’s been 6 months. Things are better, but will never be ok. And CNN has to be running the Brothers’ interview and VH1 is showing that long ass movie. I feel alone, and antsy. I am very unhappy with things and am really feeling the need to shake things up…I feel like I am dying; drowning in mediocrity.

Diamonds on your toes?

I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! Bell Biv Devoe is going on tour. Thanks Mom for watching the Monique Show or I never would have known.

Saw 2 giant cockroaches. I don’t think I want to ever get anything to eat at The Los Angeles Mall because they are always outside of it, which means they are probably inside too.

Early mornings in LA are sometimes beautiful. I was asleep on the bus and awoke on the 170/101 and things just looked so pretty in the golden morning sun. Damn, I’ve been 28 for two months and what a sucky two months it has been.

Getting back into TV in a small market is looking like less of an option for me. I can’t move to a wack ass town after living in LA. Even though I complain about my life here I am able to do some real cool shit.

70’s Soul/Disco upbeats songs are great in the morning. Hold on by Enchantment. Rock Steady by Aretha. Get yo mojo workin.

Morris Day, why do you have a couple of diamonds on your toes?

I hate to hear some people talk about stuff cuz

it's total BS. They just be talking to be heard. Dramatic!

A mole, a rat fake is in the making.

12-23-09

I have been cold since I left home this morning. There was no heat on the bus! Something new this morning, there are people on roofs.

Yo, happened upon footage of Ashanti singing Home from The Wiz. Damn, she can actually sing. She did very well. Darren was right; I guess it does depend on the material. Tichina Arnold played Evilene and the guy who plays the scarecrow is gay as a trollop through a field of daisies. I wish I would have been on the east coast to catch that.

I loves the live version of If I Was Your Girlfriend by Prince and Miles Davis. Why is it that every artistic fuckin genius got major issues?

I have got to stop making myself laugh. I was waling down the ramp to the copier and started walking all music video aggressive like Janet on Scream or something.

When people ask you stuff or make statements like, “it’s a little late for lunch isn’t it?” I detect…don’t trust her. That is a loaded statement. A mole, a rat fake is in the making.

My friend is a Comedic Genius

Jermaine doesn't look like a melting baby doll's ass in this video
~Marcus in regard to


We concur, he now has a clay face. A wet terra cotta red clay face.

Quote of the day 12-22-09

Quote of the day:

I want the Bee Gees hear this shit.

~ One of The Jacksons on the demo version of Shakeabadadown

Junebug, Charlie Wilson and Dirty Fingernails

12-22-09

The Steve Harvey Morning Show minus Steve Harvey ain’t bad. The Brown Liquor song of the day is on point! Feel The Fire by Stephanie Mills and Teddy P. I wonder if dude really interacted with Superhead. With this song, I can see how you can embellish, but not lose the melody. Don’t do a Liza Minelli and fuck up the melody to YANAL so bad that you don’t catch what the song is until well into the chorus.

Gone Johnny Gill! Give Love On Christmas Day Damn It! That boy can sang! When he enters that gravely voice he sounds like a monster.
OMG! This character Oatmeal is killing me. Where is he from? Oh hell naw, he getting lights put on his grill to get into the holiday spirit. And he got a reef (not wreath) on his 72 Nova.

Best song Timbaland ever had anything to do with…Sexy Back. I love that damn song. My forever party songs are Back That Ass Up, Sexy Back, Milkshake, and Lap Dance.

I think I’m gonna take myself on a self date before the New Year. I think a morning at the movies to see The Morgans and Sherlock Holmes.

Good dude TV Name:
Brock Malone. He could be a cop or something.
People who don’t believe in a higher power bother me. You gotta believe in some kind of God.


You ever wanna ask a dude, why your fingernails so dirty? Wasn’t that line in a movie? Boys in the Hood, Menace II Society, Poetic Justice, something.

Junebug from I’m Gonna Get You Suck would be a great Halloween costume. Damn, did Charlie Wilson song the theme song to that movie?

More bug-eyed, British smoky smelling Steve Buschemi just came to my window. Can you take your picture for your driver’s license w/o a shirt?

I feel like Prince right now. Has a calming, lethargic affect. Then you get all hyped up…all in the same song. I’d love to experience love like Beautiful Ones.

Would you, could you love me 2 the 9’s?
~Prince and the NPG

MJTTDIDAB

12-21-09

Damn Sinbad! 8 Million?! I’m praying for you brotha. You ain’t paid nary a tax in like a decade or something? Just don’t end up like Wesley Snipes.

New Acronym:
MJTTDIDAB
MJ Til The Day I Die And Beyond

I am really not excited about the holidays.

Big thank you shout out to those who check in on me and care enough and know me well enough to be like…No, how are you really doing?

Why is Timbaland trying to sing? He about to get wack like Puffy. Do you ever remember remnants of a dream , but can’t recall specifics. Just that you don’t feel right.

It’s officially Christmas. KJLH is playing Silent Night by the Temptations. That song always makes me cry. I wonder if it does that to anyone else?

Thank You Jesus n Nem for getting me crunk and happy on the inside at 8:36am. Chamone!

I have witnessed a true kissing of ass. I have never liked a supervisor or manager well enough to get them a gift. The thought has never crossed my mind.

Just saw some weird pigeon behavior. A big group flew to a building, landed, and as soon as, they landed select ones flew off, busted auk, and flew back to the building. And this happened like 3 times before they finally decided to sit they asses down.

Just reading the Wikipedia info on Shingon Buddhism because of my want to visit the temple on 1st in Koreatown and it sounds boring. There has to be more to it that all of these hard Japanese words.

Who was Dorothy Chandler and why does she have a pavilion?

I bet Dan Akroyd did drugs. Errbody else did!

I need to find a warm spot in this building. I have been chilly all day. The last time I was warm was when I was getting ready for work. Ooh, go to work 40 minutes early. Think its because the cheerin are out of school for xmas.

Niteline wouldn’t have fit in the finished Thriller album nowhere. I wonder what theta original track list they had together sounded like.

Gosh, I’m sleepy. My eyes feel dry, burny, and itchy all in one.

Oh God Don’t cry! Gonna listen to THIS IS IT to see if I can hear the similarities to Bless His Soul. This posthumous shit still bothers me. Many times wanna do it in the hall???

Flat mid calf boots are cool, but with the tight skinny jeans on chicks walking down the street look like super heroes at the legs.

Fave Mike Hair Dos:
1. The bob from 1995
2. The Dry Curl from like 1980-81

You Can Get The Finger-The Middle

12-18-2009

OOOHH, just remembered. In that Rolling Stone book there’s a pic of Mike on the Scream set giving the middle finger. When I saw that I said…OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…out loud.

Broadway by George Benson feels so good. Triumphant. I can just ride this song forever. I like the determined nature of the song, the energy. I am still thinking about the Before He Was King book and now DSTYGE is on. I feel a slight nervousness. I love the end when he makes those gasping breath noises. Those photos are just so magical to me. It’s the culminating of greatness, in a view of just The Dude. I just have to wiggle when I think about it. Can I just say I like that dry curl again.

Question: Is it a freak of nature when a person can sniff and their nose touches their top lip without the effort really curling that lip up?

I love Mike’s early dry curl.

A bitch is pissed the fuck off this morning. Half-assed managing is something I cannot tolerate!

Mrs. Fields really ain’t worth the money you spend for them. Those Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies are gooder than a mug though.

So I decided I would try because I couldn’t fight it. I would do it so good I’d have him making me pancakes in the morning.
~ One Night Stand by Jazmine Sullivan

Singing is hard.

Made 2 impulse purchases tonight. The Waldenbooks is closing. I have acquired Michael by the editors of Rolling Stone and Michael Jackson Before He Was King by Todd Gray. The Todd Gray book is exceptional in that it’s all black Mike and I can totally block out the other stuff. Such beauty. And this dude may be responsible for Tessa’s favorite Mike picture. These are really candid behind the scenes photos. Funny Todd recalls Mike ordering 2 of each photo from a shoot and Todd says aloud…that’s 144 (or something to that affect) and Mike replies…Yea, I can count. I was rolling! 1979-1983…those were the days. What I liked most was that Todd didn’t have nary a negative thing to say and didn’t even mention the thereafter. That book came from a good place. Im’a look through it again. Turns out Magic Johnson rolled with them about the whole Triumph Tour and Jackie cheated. He had on tennis shoes on stage! Mickey Mouse costumes look scary close up. Dan Akroyd’s in the book too. TK Carter’s in the background on one picture full of folks. What I like about this book is that it’s full of black folks. Just beautiful. Thanks Todd Gray. I love Mike’s early dry curl.

YES I AM

Was on my way to Whole Foods to get some vocal-eze at the suggestion of my vocal coach for scratchiness. I said, don’t go over there, but some how the ay I took to get to Sherman Oaks too me past Hayvenhurst. Recognizing that made me realize that I do exist. I take up space in this universe. I have mass therefore I am. I kinda feel like an apparition sometimes. Turning down the street would have been a bitch ass move though. I still can’t believe you can catch the bus to their house and walk to fast food joints from there if you wanted to. Do you ever feel out of place? I just did at this ritzy ass Whole Foods with Escalades all across the lot. Shit, my car is missing a hub cap. They didn’t have vocal-eze. Asked an associate about it and he asked if I were a singer. I hesitated then said Yes I Am.

December 15th

You know, I'm not used to seeing Mike be rusty. THIS IS IT was pretty rusty. He never lets us see him rusty. I need to take a dance class. I miss motion.

I'm sad, perpetually. Rarely am I genuinely happy. People ask how I am and I say, Can't complain. But that's just a cover for the fact that I hate my life and am fighting back tears 67% of the time.

December 24th- Luckly Living and 1977

12-14-09

Looking out across the downtown skyline and thinking those of you who are enjoying whatever it is that you do for a living are lucky. Blessed is more like it. Never take it fro granted. The Mike in my book is from 1977. I like that one. That’s what year it’ll be.

Stevie Wonder’s House of Toys was AWESOME!

I did not let James Brown happen again! Stevie got Pipes! I just went by myself. Ledisi, India Arie, Robin Thicke, Mary Mary and Mosaic were really good. And the super surprise of the night…MICHELE! Yes! She is just so cute and a very dynamic performer. I love the faces she makes. She is so animated and seems really humble. And girl can blow.
Robin Thicke sounded really good. He is pasty and was trying to be sexy. He sweats a lot. He was talking about how all of the kids were screaming for the Jonas Bros and said he is a Jonas Uncle. His rhythm is a bit askew. The beat is in his knees. His knees move on the beat and then his feet follow like 3 milliseconds later. The foot comes down on the beat, not the knee. Why was I on the verge of tears for like half of India Arie’s set? Ledisi was flawless. Ricky Minor was there. Stevie’s daughter Iesha has such a beautiful voice. It’s classic. The way she carries herself is classic like old school Toni Braxton meets Lisa Fischer. Mosaic was an acapella group. They sang Wanna Be Startin Something. Stevie sang I Can’t Help It…and I didn’t break down. I have really avoided that sing. It hurts really bad. Mary Mary had just came back from singing at Tyler Perry’s moms’ funeral. Ledisi had popped in from a prior engagement and rushed off. But them two songs were firah! Stevie sang I Love You More with Kimberly Brewer. That is like the best Christmas song in 20 years. That song is so pure and good and beautiful. I find simple things cool, but Stevie and I do the same mum mum mum mum mum mum mum mum mum mum vocal exercise. SWEET! I’m really trying to practice now.

He also made a joke about putting his foot up (don’t quote me now) his son’s ass for messing up the words to his song. They were singing Ribbon In The Sky. The son can sing, but sounds amateurish. It was beautiful to see them interact like that. I hope Stevie is a Really great dad. We don’t have enough of that these days. He had a total of 5 kids on stage at some point during the night. If I am on LA next year, I am so like totally going again. Sucks Charlie Wilson didn’t show. I wonder what happened. The Jonas Bros weren’t even all that bad. The music was way too loud and distorted and inaudible most of the time. The youngest looking one has a nice voice from what I could hear. Wonder what will happen when it changes. They sang Superstition with Stevie. He put that synthesizer Voice Box on the piano and got it all funky. He also sang Ave Maria in Italian….NICE!

December 12th at the Grammy Museum

The Grammy Museum:
At the Grammy Museum the Mike Exhibit was nice and expanded. There was a listening booth where you could watch videos like Dirty Diana, the sped up version of Smooth Criminal, You Are Not Alone, and Black or White, minus the best part-the tantrum. They had stations that you watch videos on with headphones. I watched the Jacksons rap the nominations for the 1977 Best Female R&B category. I thin 1977 Mike is the one in my imaginary friend day dreams/book. I saw them sing some nominations for 1974. Nice little black suits. I watched Live from Bucharest. They were in Working Day & Night and I always get a kick out of Mike hitting Siedah on the butt. They shortened the end of Man in the Mirror so you didn’t see the possible stuntman change over for the rocket man launch. The 1984 Grammy’s were cool. Janet, Rebbie, and LaToya were so cute. All relatively short. Mike kept giving shout outs to the girls up top in the balcony. Such cute eyes. He was so happy. He beamed. Didn’t know he gave recognition to Jackie Wilson on one of those acceptances. Jackie had recently. The light up floor from Billie Jean is pre-lit so you didn’t really activate it. They had sheet music up from We Are The World and the memorial program. There was a typo on the Mike musical timeline. It said he was born in 1959! How can you make such a colossal mistake?! They didn’t give that no cameras disclaimer and no employees were around so I snapped away. He has half the 4th floor and Neil Diamond now has an exhibit where his stuff used to be on the 3rd. I am trying to remember where on Victory Tour that he wore a blazer. There is a sequined blazer on display that says it was worn on Victory Tour, but I just haven’t seen a picture or video of him in a blazer yet.

December 12th-Jovanni at the club, Saltation, and a No Hot Water Day

12-12-09

Shanice and Tasha Scott from Xscape can do similar runs. They create a very similar sound.

So is today NO HOT WATER DAY? I have tried on 2 occasions to wash my ass in foreign places, but to no avail. I forgot my moisturizer too. Now I bet everyone will be done left the xmas party by the time I get off. And that eaves in a lurch because I’ll need to refresh before going to the concert…if I go.

If I go to another wack ass club in LA! Seven Lounge…a total 760 from the last time I went. The DJ wasn’t keeping It live. Oronde got macked on by Jovanni Jackson. Aunt Beulah from 1994 was there. The bathroom was out of order. We almost got mowed down by a car. The best thing about the night was watching an episode of Fat Albert at the club that we could not hear because of the music and going to Two Boots. I really like the Angeleano Heights/Echo Park area. Feels urban.

Rock Me Rock Me Rock Me Sexy Jesus!

I am not motivated to work today.

Ooh, yeah. And I forgot my damn hair brush. My eyes hurt.

Ooh, like 2 days ago I saw the Moonwalker book at Wal-Mart for $17.34. I read the afterword by some person who helped Mike and Jackie O in writing the book. It was pretty ok. Not negative. Just a re-telling of the time they spent together. The new foreword is by Berry Gordy. Why? I just still feel some saltation with that dude.

Heard about a real like Will & Grace. They had a baby and got married and now allow Will’s boyfriend Vince to be a part of the big happy family. Interesting.

Damn Stevie songs are all over the radio. Is God trying to tell me something? Who is the little homeless/maid looking lady who starts Downtown on Little Shop of Horrors? She had such a beautiful voice.

How can such a happy, joyous feeling spiral into the deepest depths of sorrow?

December 11th- Home and girl v. boy

12-11-09

People who can go home to a family home. A home that has been the meeting spot for decades. Those who have relative stability are blessed.

The rain is pretty. It’s almost like a mist.

Why do people always obsess over people singing the appropriate sex in songs? If the song says girl I sing girl. It’s just a word

December 10th-Major Reasons and Star Crunch

12-10-09

My chin looks like a damn star crunch!

I hate the freaking lip trill! It’s my voice lesson nemesis.

Something is amiss.

Something that brings me great joy: making sure people know that I AM NOT from here. Old Vietnam veteran from chi-town rolled up on me like “you dressed like its snow on the ground.” I told him it was cold where I was going. He was like I’m from Chicago. I was like I’m from St. Louis. He was like well you know what I’m talking bout then. I appreciate people speaking.

You know how you know when a Black person ain’t from LA…when they speak to another black person. You know, it’s like LA ain’t the real world. Like this is some kid of weird self-contained dome of jaded sin. Homelessness is so real out here. I’ve been homeless myself, but the stigma of it out here permeates my heart. There are just so many.

You know, I am almost…well I am at the point where I don’t know why I’m sad. I fully recognize two MAJOR reasons why, but this sadness is thick, murky, like tar-ridden quick sand.

sadness descends- I Miss You

I love you Michael, so much.

The Mountains and I Agree with the South Africans

The Mountains are all snow capped. Head for the mountains of Busch Beer. Sellouts!



You know, I get my directions mixed up on the 9th floor. I be thinking I'm pointing north , but in all actuality I am pointing East.

Feeling sad. Brain damage with a side of amnesia would be great right now because I wouldn't remember . You said Think Happy;That's the only way to be. But that shit is hard in the wake of the happening.

Damn the last heavy set woman to be really successful in Hollywood (outside of Monique) was Roseanne. Guess we only get one every 20 years.

I agree with the South Africans. I don't want Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela either. Did anyone else see that no Oscar deserving, amateur performance in Dreamgirls? She ain't ready. Eddie should have won an Oscar that night.

I have scary deep eyes.

I hate that Levi's commercial with the dude repeating the word Pioneers.

Red Brick-A Poem

I wanna be a red brick. Serves as the close companion to a limestone foundation. The brick that is the heart of a historic cobble stone street. The brick bad ass adolescents throw through your window. Or the one who in violence meets your cheek. Yeah, a red brick. Solid at its core. A red brick that makes up the curb at Davis and McLemore. A solid red brick. Not the ones with the two holes in it. One vacant lots, holding up a bed with no rails. The walls of a hearth for the homeless to dwell. Yeah, I really wanna be a red brick. Buried deep in a landfill, not this California stucco shit. I'm real. The one who saved the third pig, I am significant. I am of this Earth yet made by man. I am...a red brick.

Idea

someone should make a modern old fashioned musical movie

Dec 8th- I Love Learning By Accident!!!! I want to squeal

My bionic Michael Jackson sense picked up on something that looked like Smooth Criminal on a TV playing in the background of that Jennifer Lopez Movie Shall We Dance and guess what....Smooth Criminal

THEN, I saw a related video and found this. Check out those silhouettes at 5 minutes! Makes me wanna take out my tap shoes

My Xmas list of things no one will buy for me

1. Thriller Purse from the Mike Bravado website
2. City of Men on DVD
3. Clinique facial regimen #1
4. Another season or two of Frazier (7-the end)
5. Fred Astaire DVD Collection

I absolutely love my new shoes...and other stuff on Dec 7th

What's a good drenching facial moisturizer with SPF protection? Damn this dry skin!

So why was that white lady following Usher around for that whole episode of Extreme Home Makeover? She was on him like white on rice. She is in his preferred age group, but I sure hope he doesn't go white. He grew into his head. That's good. cause some people don't grow into their features.

Oh this is some bullshit. Can't get through to anyone at the dog license place to ask 2 questions. Then the one place I can afford to go to for an eye exam only has openings when I a at work. God!

What generation has NOT lived in turbulent times?

I miss Tupac. Really cool that Changes is on the Vatican play list

I don't know what to do. I am really not feeling this Etta James song.

Maxwell's looks are waning. He looks rough. Starting to remind of of Rick Foxx or Vincent from Beauty and the Beast.

I really don't like this one bald black dude who rides the bus. He just looks so stoned faced and is very uninviting if you have to sit with him. I just happen to be sitting behind him today. I hope the overhead light I have on is bothering him. muhahahahahahah!

Quote of the day

"I was tryin to be in the video."
~Ty on that episode of the Fresh Prince when they rented the mansion out for that Bell Biv Devoe video and the furniture got rained on.

12-4-09

I hate when I think of something cool and is too lazy to write it down. I thought of something in bed last night and was like...I'll remember and write it down in the morning. Now all i remember is that I forgot whatever it is that I thought of last night. Why do I...from time to time...dream about sleeping on the bus and missing my stop or some weird thing happening when i am asleep on the bus?

Interesting thought. LA is hilly and I bet a lot of building are built at an angle instead of the architect constructing a flat base before laying the foundation. I really have to go on an outing one of these fay. i want to go to the Buddhist Temple. I had forgot about it. The Fashion District is a must.

The most beautiful building downtown is City Hall. I love the Art Deco design. I would love for that to be the theme for my wedding and the reception would mimic Sugar Ray's on Harlem Nights. Ooh, that would be so sexy. Although I like Art Deco it sometimes feels cold to me. Maybe because of the squares and marble.

I didn't know that Curtis Blow became a pastor. Who next LL? All of the old school rappers from Def Jam are all off into the Lord these days. as Curtis Blow on Def Jam or am I mixing it up with Crush Groove?

Reflection: was watching VH1's Top Rap Song and Melle Mel really juiced himself up with Roids. I had no clue that he was the main rapper on The Message. He just looks so different. Their clothes were really gay...but all musical acts were glamming it up with shingles, leather, sequence, and curls in the 80's.

The Lost Symbol

Finished reading The Lost Symbol.. It was really good. Really makes you think. I don't agree with the POV about the forefathers of the USA. They were racist, slave-owning, power hungry, syphilis giving, evil people. I don't claim them. The only thing cool about them is money and getting off work/school. I guess for white people they are forefathers. Not for me. You can spout this United Stated of America shit, but it's not united; not even today. Many of the same atrocities exist, but have morphed and are not as openly executed as they were.

12-3-09

I jut bit into an apple that tastes like a cucumber.

Do you ever wan to just drink water and let it spill down your neck all ravaged by thirst-like?

Watched an interview with Marsha from Floetry. She is really interesting looking. I like her throw back hairstyle. I wish my hair was think enough to do that. Her explanation about why Floetry broke up was murky, but oh well. She lost some weight. She has a really awesome goal: She wants to be Quincy Jones.

I think I just heard Stevie Wonder sing "Jackson 5 sing one more gin" on You Haven't Done Nothing. Possible the oldest thing I have ever heard or seen where someone uses that phrase. Guess it didn't start with the 1990's Floria rappers.

12-2-09

I have white and red striped gloves on. My fingers look like wormy from sesame street. That zapp & Roger episode of Unsung haunts me. I had no clue they were from Ohio. I just called all of that electronic sounding music from the 80's California Music. Gotta try to like it more now that I know they are from the Mid West.

Mike song of the day: Leave Me Alone
I have been singing that today. I hated that damn crown fro.

Man, I hope the dog is ok and doesn't have an expensive vet bill.

????why do we perpetuate silly shit as a nation? Why do we make a big deal out of shit that ain't our business. There are more important things to worry about (unemloyment, H1N1, saving whales and shit) not someone's person issues. This is just silly, but maybe now they'll treat him black and strip away all of his endorsements. That's what you get for being cablasian:(

Baby Farts McGezak! HAAAAAAA!

December 1st

As of last night I started feeling like a loser...a hopeless failure. What is is going to take for a fire to be lit under my ass?

Today: 11-30-09

11-30-09

Wait a minute…for it to have been the Soul Train AWARDS they sho’ was short on the award giving. 2 for Keri Hilson and the Chaka and Charlie tributes and Sean Paul winning some reggae ward earlier in the night that was not broadcast. Taraji P. Henson has Anaconda neck. To be skinny she damn ear got muscular jowls. Her Cher do was cute though.

Preach Dan Brown Preach! What enlightened ass person did he consult while writing this book? There is so much profound shit in here. I’m talking bout some …UMH…out loud in public places.

LA News is a Joke and the best B movie ever!

Never have I had not on once of faith , respect, or belief in newscasters, but in LA…news and especially its presentation is a big joke.

The best B movie ever made…Cursed. Mya did a good job running from the werewolf.

Quote of the day: 11-29-09

Oh Shit! Quote of the day:

“Don’t make me raise up.”
~Bumpy Johnson on Hoodlum

Soult Train Awards was sho low on the awards

Toni Braxton has blond hair. She done joined the assimilation crew. Her and Trey Songz did a duet. He can sing. Gosh, Brian McKnight has a meaty forehead. Why the graphics for the awards show look like the intro to Everybody Hates Chris? How does Keri Hilson win an award over Jazmine Sullivan? Goes to show ….talent ain’t got nothing to do with it.

Why is Keith Sweat singing? Damn who didn’t do drugs? CHARLIE WILSON?!?! Damn, Oh damn! Prostate Cancer too! So why is he still alive. Just wondering? Nothing against the man, but come on…the world wouldn’t have stood still if he passed. Come on God, friendly trade. Ooh look at his white wife looking thing! His suit is nice. Cleaner than the board of health! Umh!

Oh damn, Ginuwine is fat and just as vocally untalented as usual. God his head is swollen like Flower’s from Meerkat Manor. This tribute to Charlie SUCKS!

Why can I hear this one background singer over everyone else AND why is K-ci and Jo Jo even singing with Charlie? I like the design of the stage and what not. Looks like Soul Train. How do you LOOK tardy for the party? Dumb ass Alesha Renee.

I can’t believe Mario has facial hair. Your life’s dream is to own a McDonalds? Wow, commercial. I’m really fighting to be positive.

Oh Terence Howard is GAY! He got on an ascot in 2009! You ain’t Freddie Jones or Jackie Jackson and this ain’t 1975!

You gon’ think I invented sex? Really Trey Songz? I hope he picks better material soon. He has such a nice voice and …Elizabeth Taylor and this 20 yr old White Diamonds commercial. Who wears that?

Who is this little dingy Hal Linton dude? Did they sing this at that football game? Estelle has no stage presence whatsoever. How did we skip from the Temptations to Johnnie Gil in the Motown 50th thing? Why is Chico DeBarge singing El’s high notes?

Why does this hurt so bad? I just don’t understand.

Why is Terence Howard singing? He doesn’t sound bad though. What’s up with Raheem DeVaughn’s Terminator X foot clan? That was a nice performance though.

Can I just say that the production quality of these awards us on point. Why does Robin Thick have on leather pants? Man he ain’t got nary a bit of natural movement to help him deliver this song.

Guess BET was threatened by TV One…hence Centric. I’m glad no one sang during the Mike tribute,

Ooh, cool a Chaka tribute! Damn, Erykah Badu has on a Chaka outfit. OK, not a na’an nother MF is to wear a Mohawk like hairdo. Ledisi, Kandi, Monica NO One! Ledisi’s ass is about to be out. TASIA RINO! She got a baby bear around her neck. Well shit, I’m getting me some liquid leggings if Angie Stone got some on. I hate she smokes. I hate people who go down and sing to the tribute person. This is so cute Awww, lookin like a little adorable panda . Why is Melle Mel there is they ain’t gonna…wait. I guess it got cut. Feel for you and the significance of MC Hammer and Tamia being on the show, but I never saw them. Wait, did see Hammer during the end credits.

I had A WEIRD dream today (in MLK voice)

Had a weird dream (not about the PYT). We (DST) were all living in s big Real World house. We had a pajama jammy jam. Frenchy from I Love Money lived in the house too. So we all stretched out and spread throughout the house. Then all of the sigma theta alphas mob in like…we have to take out equipment and I’m like what equipment. It ends up the stereo in the front room was theirs. So they commit to unplugging stuff. And I don’t know why I remembered this guy, but an alpha named Calvin was there…weird. Then I go let Sweetie out into the garage. I came back like 15 min later and Aretha Franklin is out there holding her. Ends up the dog got out through some window and Aretha is asking if we have some food. I’m like yea, we feed her. She is well fed. So I go in get the food and Aretha takes Sweetie across the street to some house/church and by this time Sweetie doesn’t have her fur. She has short hair and a slight green tint with orange-brownish spots like an ocelot or other spotted big cat. We go inside and it’s a black church. Shawn from Boyz II Men and Spinderella are there. Even some of DST are there playing a Chi-Town trivia game and they have food. It’s a Wednesday night service/gathering. Aretha sends me over to the house to get something…it may have been food for the dog. I try to get out but it’s crowded. I end up getting a piece of the large sub sandwich…and then I woke up to…Super Soult Train Awards!

I feel a bit cougarish-The PYT

11-29-09

Wow! A new experience. I saw a PYT with my own eyes last night. I guess God is still making ‘em like he used to. I felt cougarish.

The Space Time Continuum sighting

11-27-09

Driving home tonight, I though I saw a rip in the space-time continuum.

Will Truman’s Italian boyfriend Vince was cool. I like his voice. Pretty fly for a white guy.