tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38424931333179194922024-03-13T17:17:05.357-04:00The RrChitect - My $0.02RANDOM STRUCTURED RANTS, THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHY rrchitect@gmail.comRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-9731849369509872652014-10-26T21:23:00.001-04:002015-10-22T18:56:35.566-04:00Dear White People....PLEASE stop wearing Blackface for Hallowen [Open Letter: Side1]<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sidest note........... funny thing. I got moved to come and type this topic today, being the weekend before Halloween....I actually meant to post this last week... only to find out, this was sitting in my "draft" folder bc i thought 10/28 last year was too late so I'll save it for next year. Ha!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't stand Halloween [sometimes] </span><i style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sidenote: Let me preface this by saying, I went to school, worked and lived in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan for 6 years. Quantitatively speaking, that makes me the equivalent of a Ph.D in Halloweenery. </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's one of my least favourite holidays of them all. Not for any self righteous or religious or moral reasons </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">[Sidenote: I love when someone tries to get all allegorical with me about Halloween, meanwhile you had nothing to say about your federal "Mass Genocide" day-off about 2 weeks ago, decorate a tree in December and paint eggs on easter...but thats another conversation, I digress] </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My gripe with Halloween is far too shallow, selfish and superficial for any of those legitimate reasons.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, my beef with Halloween is that I'm a black man with locks...... Being black, in and of itself, eliminates like.....50% of conventional/ popular/mainstream costume ideas. And I'm on the darker end of the spectrum, which I have no problem with the other 364 days, but year after year I watch some of my best friends who's much lighter, do all the fun shit like Superman, Batman, Ryu, and just about anything else. I love him, but FUCK YOU AL!! Everyone knows I been a Street Fighter fanboy for 21 years! It's all good, #akuma2014 Then I have to decide, "is it worth shaving my beard for one day?" Top it off, I have locks. I can barely find hats that fit as it is. I cant fit these things under a swimcap, let alone a Spiderman or Batman mask. Tally that up, and chuck 90% of my ideas out the window. I can't be anything without being "The Black....[Insert Character]" or "Such n Such.....with dreds!" It's sad, but the truth is, a short fat Filipino woman with long hair could pull off Batman WAY before I could.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sidenote: There are verrrrrry few black protagonists in fantasy/fiction. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now someone out there is undoubtedly tallying a list of all the the black heroes in their head to prove me wrong, not realizing that the fact that you CAN name all the black heroes, that there's even "a list," only FURTHER illustrates my point!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love when ppl say "oooh!!<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <i>[all excited like they struck gold] </i></span>you can be Bob Marley/ or a rasta." ...........WORD?? REALLY!???? That's the best you found in the ACME catalog? Should I wear tie dye, fishnet vests and smoke a joint too? Your brilliant and original suggestion is for one day, I should honor EVERY stereotype that I spend the other 364 days trying to dispel? Is it that bad that the only thing dark skinned black men with locks can be.............are other...... dark skinned black men.....with locks? Halloween takes some serious creativity for us to partake.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that you have that framework as a foundation, my white.....my non-black brothers n sisters, you have almost infinite free range in the costume department. You remember when your parents and teachers lied to you n said you can be anything you want to be.............well, the magic of Halloween is that for one day its actually true. And it's so easy! I know so many people who dress up for Halloween for years and never buy costumes. Just using things around the house. In Toronto, white women: brown shoes, khaki pants, bluish green shirt, red lipstick, +orange wig = Lois Griffin, Family Guy. Just about any comic character out there [not much black cosplay at Comicon]. Marvel will have made 3 Ironman's, 2 Thor/Captain America/Avengers movies before Black Panther makes so much as a cameo. One of my favorite costumes of all time, one of an old roommates friend: suit, shoes, glasses, hair slicked back and when ppl asked who he was, his answer was "Better than you." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> .........I've since stole that 2x using business cards for the punchline.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mE9aAHhkTLc/VE2nyzJ5oqI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/SJ9EifzdNas/s1600/840691_1316959567482_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mE9aAHhkTLc/VE2nyzJ5oqI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/SJ9EifzdNas/s1600/840691_1316959567482_full.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the creative world at your oyster, everything the light touches is yours.....why is it year after year after year there is always som.....AN ARMADA OF PEOPLE<i> <span style="color: #b45f06;">[including celebrities, politicians, bosses, ceo's, and other folks in positions who you would THINK should have some "know-better"]</span></i> who choose to go to the forbidden land for shits and giggles? Why do you think its okay to dress up like a black person and paint your skin tan, brown or black? This is one of those slippery taboos that will never be acceptable, so why even go tapdancing in that mine fields? And even moreso, why is it that people always pick the most fucked up, nefarious black situations to do? How many O.J., Trayvon, and other infamous black people have we seen by non black people? Not nearly as much people wanted to be Chris Brown, until the year he beat Rihanna. I'll even give you some secret insight that most black people don't even know <i><span style="color: #b45f06;">[leans in closer and whispers]</span>....</i> I actually understand that half of the things black people accuse of being blackface....aren't actual blackface. Google the subject, this is childsplay in comparison. It was actually very cruel and evil. But guess what? That doesn't matter, it will forever strike a nerve. So in the event you somehow didn't know, let me make this blatantly clear, in case no one ever told you.<b> It will NEVER be acceptable or okay for anyone who isn't black to paint their faces black brown or any other color, and masquerade as if they are.</b> It's even upsetting when ppl who ARE black, paint their faces to emulate someone even blacker.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And every year one question that keeps coming up, <i>"does dressing up like a black person make you a racist?</i>".......... Well..........yeah... pretty much...it kinda does... in about 80-98% of the times. However, the greater overarching sentiment <span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>[whether you think you're racist or not] </i></span>that 100% of these cases are guilty of is far more menacing:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White privilege.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is white privilege?.....well part of it is....having no clue what white privilege is, never having to and the naivete that it impacts you or anyone else in any way. The "normative," "universal," "standard", "average" and "accepted" typically have no reason to understand what the marginalized and disenfranchised went/goes/going through because you've never had to. It comparable a straight, able bodied, heterosexual, wealthy white man <i><span style="color: #b45f06;">[in shape with a full head of hair]</span></i> trying to say that women have it just as good as men in the country. Or having no idea what's wrong with a confederate flag, or naming a team Indians, Chiefs, or Redskins. It's having no clue how or why something can be offensive to the people who are offended by it. Taken an example from Tim Wise, us able body ppl never have to think about how we are going to get around, whether there is a ramp or elevator. These are considerations an elderly, handicapped, crippled or even injured person has to consider and factor for every day of their life, bc something as insignificant to you as a 6" step, can potentially hinder their entire day. Due to the lifelong conditions they have been through,<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i> [ones in which you haven't] </i></span>they do not have the luxury of being oblivious to this impediment. And here you are complaining about the ONE parking spot you can't use, with your priviledged, ungrateful bipedal walking ass. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we're at it, please stop attempting to enlighten black people on what we should and shouldn't be offended by. I think that is more enraging/infuriating than whatever Halloween costume is in question. So please, you have a few days, a work week...2-5 shipping days to change yours or someone else's opinion and more importantly, costume selection <span style="color: #b45f06;">[seriously, who's worse, the person who dresses offensive or the friends who cheered them on "LOL'd", took the pic or posted it?........or those who liked it?]</span>. Don't lose your job, end up on every news channel and website, have your social media shut down bc no one told you that you were being an insensitive a-hole and thought that somehow, someone else' pain and suffering is laughable to you and your beer buddies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alas, I type in vain...... Why?.... egh..... just watch the news and your timeline in the morning and for the next week or two.</span>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-24518803562055381592012-12-12T23:31:00.001-05:002012-12-20T18:50:38.016-05:00Don't Count on the Mayans [From the Blackberry Chronicles]<br />
<br />
Sidenote: I'm way too much of a geek/nerd/dweeb to not post something on a date stamp of 12|12|12.<br />
<br />
Its kind of funny that in lieu of Frankenstorm Sandy, hurricanes in the Northeast coast coupled with 63 degree weather in December, this Mayan end of the world prediction seems to be picking up quite some momentum under its sails. It seems everywhere I turn someone is referencing it. Regardless of the masses, I'm not necessarily losing sleep over it [the list of things I lose sleep over is sufficiently at capacity].<br />
<br />
However, fanaticism is always good for the economy. Across the country our fellow countrymen are stockpiling arms/munitions, water, canned food, porn, gas and batteries for this eminently pending apocalypse that always seems to be JUST around the corner. Building bunker and compounds....yeah, bc we all remember how well bunkered compounds worked [cough! cough! ::WACKO texas::].<br />
<br />
If I'm correct, I lived through the end of the world quite a handful of times before. Aside from living in Brooklyn in the 80's/90's [we didn't have a stadium back then, we jus had Crack], who remembers Y2K? The theory that an oversight in coding will send us to the stone ages, stop the power, water, launch the nukes, drop planes from the sky, harbor terrorists, wet your sock and salt the earth so that nothing may grow again.<br />
<br />
If you were in Manhattan on 9/11/01, it felt like the world was going to end. Remember how everyone thought it was going to be the "Pearl Harbor" to a World War 3?......up until we waged war on a country that had nothing to do with it? Yeah, our allies reduced from the entire globe minus a handful of countries in the blast radius....to England, and a few countries no one could point out on a map. My favorite was the army of Moroccan land mine monkeys [wish I was creative enough to make that up!] And Uzbhakistan [not sure if they were, its just my favorite country names to say out loud].<br />
<br />
I lived through 2 "Storms of the century" a year apart. Sad part is, ppl were talking BIG poopoo like "this storm aint shet! Ya ya ya! Evacuate for what?"........till they lost power and cable for 2-15 days. So your neighbors losing their homes, cars and thousands of dollars in flood damage didn't phase u....but take away power, premium channels and shit gets real. That ice cold shower humbled you the fuck up didn't it? Hell, some ppl only lost cable and wifi and lost they monkey ass mind.<br />
<br />
That storm exposed NY for the frauds we are. We're not bout it bout it. We're not ready for some extinction level event. No book of Eli, "Revolution" and Mauri says the results are in:......You are NOT Legend! How you think you ready for the Zombie Apocalypse and you barely survived the Gas Apocalypse? Sandy had ppl in line for 12 hour shift, paying $10 and sucking penis for a gallon of regular. Craigslist was flooded with sex for gas adds, so I hope ppl realized it costs less time to drive to Connecticut and Jersey to fill up than waiting in line.<br />
<br />
But on a more practical note, why am I not worried about 2012? Simple, my dad went on a cruise last year that stopped in Mehico where he toured some ruins. According to him, the locals laugh at us and this 2012 fiasco. Why? Bc the locals and tour guides have a different interpretation. Allegedly, the Mayans were so advanced in astrology and mathematics they made their calendars so far in advance, in intervals ranging from 500-1,000 years. Hmmmmm. What coincidence. Let's think here, does anyone have any ideas or clues as to what happened to the Mayans, say.....btwn 500 and 1000 yrs ago?????? OH YEAH! We wiped them the fuck out!!! So why does the calendar end, perhaps bc amongst the out breading, plagues and extermination, they were a little too preoccupied to get around to the next 500 yrs after 2012. So sorry, doesn't look they anticipated the whole, mass genocide thing or else I'm sure they would have factored in a longer calendar.<br />
<br />
So is it a misinterpretation of the end of the Mayan calendar or truly the telling of the end of time? That's for you to decide now isn't it? Personally, I'm not canceling any trips, projects or plans for next year. [Disclaimer: Asshole Comment Ahead!] Besides, I really gotta question the validity of the prediction prowess of a civilization that thought men on horses where 2 headed gods/demons with four legs, and couldn't forecast their own demise and ultimately, extinction.<br />
<br />
I'm a firm believer that when the end does come it will come "like a thief in the night." Thieves don't announce their arrivals. So live your life as if the end of the world was tomorrow. How would you want to be remembered? Would your conscious be cleared? Are you content with the "YOU" up until this point? If not, get to work.<br />
<br />
Sent via The RrchitectRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-62113506755668768642011-03-24T13:22:00.002-04:002011-03-24T13:33:06.942-04:00I wanted to write a poem,,,,,,,,its been a few yrs......<br /><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> <w:word11kerningpairs/> <w:cachedcolbalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont val="Cambria Math"> <m:brkbin val="before"> <m:brkbinsub val="--"> <m:smallfrac val="off"> <m:dispdef/> <m:lmargin val="0"> <m:rmargin val="0"> <m:defjc val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent val="1440"> <m:intlim val="subSup"> <m:narylim val="undOvr"> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" defunhidewhenused="true" defsemihidden="true" defqformat="false" defpriority="99" latentstylecount="267"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="0" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Normal"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="heading 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 7"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 8"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 9"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 7"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 8"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 9"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="35" qformat="true" name="caption"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="10" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Title"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="1" name="Default Paragraph Font"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="11" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtitle"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="22" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Strong"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="20" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="59" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Table Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Placeholder Text"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="1" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="No Spacing"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Revision"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="34" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="List Paragraph"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="29" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Quote"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="30" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Quote"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="19" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtle Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="21" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="31" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtle Reference"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="32" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Reference"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="33" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Book Title"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="37" name="Bibliography"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" qformat="true" name="TOC Heading"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">I <span style=""> </span>wanted to write a poem</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Show them a flow and</p> <p class="MsoNormal">How words interwoven </p> <p class="MsoNormal">as English laws are <span style=""> </span>diminished and broken</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Into shards, I yell “FINISH HIM” and rip them open</p> <p class="MsoNormal">and hold them</p> <p class="MsoNormal">in a headlock that’s deadlocked like old friends<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With a spirit I cant control then</p> <p class="MsoNormal">O……..M………..</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G wiz Im mis quoting</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now my train is approaching</p> <p class="MsoNormal">At a metrocard booth yet I stand holding a token</p> <p class="MsoNormal">behind me I hear old men and other folks nem</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Agitating provoking <span style=""> </span>saying </p> <p class="MsoNormal">THIS </p> <p class="MsoNormal">MAKES</p> <p class="MsoNormal">NOOOOOOOODAMN</p> <p class="MsoNormal">SENSE</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All I feel is AN INTENSE SHOCK AS I’M AWOKEN</p> <p class="MsoNormal">rocked with a pain uncontrolling </p> <p class="MsoNormal">like I trained in budoken</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And my brain was still choking </p> <p class="MsoNormal">suffering strain as if what im saying is misspoken</p><p class="MsoNormal">like im not chosen<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As if I am joking and my words are not living as if they are golden</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh please, give me sight upon sight Sword of OMEN </p> <p class="MsoNormal">To see past the seas before seized by the omen</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And demons that treasonous reason jus trollin</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So I call out to Jesus, Allah, Zeus and Odin </p> <p class="MsoNormal">To give them a scolding.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And after the roar all I heard shout, echo’ing w as</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Makes</p> <p class="MsoNormal">NODEMN</p> <p class="MsoNormal">sense</p> <p class="MsoNormal">………….scaning……………………..</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>fast forward to a spring far from Poland.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In a house with Samoans and a few Eskimo men</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Arguing over who gets to put to coal on the snowman</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then <span style=""> </span>it dawns for a moment that I don’t even know them</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Or recall when they rolled in or how they got in my home man</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A yellow flag on the play, false start and encroachment</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So I search for some reason, some logic or coding</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bc <span style=""> </span>im perched b’yond believing , how odd are these rodents</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I snap out of this dream, have I exhausted this “OH-EN?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">THIS</p> <p class="MsoNormal">MAKES</p> <p class="MsoNormal">NODEMN</p> <p class="MsoNormal">SENSE!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This isnt fun anymore, actually its quite BO-ring</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Painful and loathing with lyrically no end</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I should get a life? <span style=""> </span>have I no one and no friends?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ll be pissing out characters, colons <span style=""> </span>out my colon<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Eww that’s pretty gross man. IM SORRY. Didn’t know-damn</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">When I started flowing and rolling like Conan</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">I had no plan and no clue how hell this was go end</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Forget structure, fucks laws, I jus wanna write a poem…………….</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">THIS</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">MADE</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">NO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">DAMN…………….</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">HEEHEE!! =D</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cut my heart like a spade like an artical blade or a nautical wave that arcs over planes……..i’m done…..</p> Special thanks to E.P. @ <a href="http://herdiamondback.blogspot.com/">http://herdiamondback.blogspot.com/ </a>for reminding me how fun it is to play with words :)Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-29156087389349813322010-12-29T20:32:00.007-05:002010-12-29T21:30:40.246-05:00Spray It, Dont Say It [From the Blackberry Chronicles][written 2 months ago]<br /><br />I should beat my own ass. A LOT has happened in the last 2 [4] months and let's just say physically, emotionally, professionally, financially and mentally, I'm in a MUCH better place than I was 2 [4] months ago. The last few months only reaffirmed two things I believe whole-heartedly:<br /><br />1: Outside of Raphael birthday season (which snowballed well into October this year) August is and always was the greatest month of the year.<br />2: Outside of a few birthdays, September is consistently the worse month that mankind has ever known to man (namely, me......... really....who's $0.02 is this?).<br /><blockquote>sidenote: for further elaboration on why the fall sucks hot chlamydia covered rhino ass, revisit my '09 blog: <a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2009/11/eff-fall.html">EFF FALL!!!</a><br /></blockquote> So after enough accumulated hatemail, txts and blog threats, I'm back at it. Now here's the dilemma: a HUGE impedance to writing was the roadblock draft blogs I have stockpiled. I missed the carefree days of FUIFTU (F U, its funny to us) when I jus wrote what the hell I thought, during a lunch break or a single trainride, and never thought twice about it. So what i decided to do is take a couple of thoughts that have been dangling on my mind (some i've been using olympic gold medal restraint not to say for fear of offense to readers or too much profanity) and jus deliver them in straight shots, unfiltered, unedited, unformatted no chaser. And its only right i start it off by releasing the dam on the one post that bloodclotted my "draft cue" for months, going back as early as spring.<br /><br />[Walks over to the town square. Places soapbox on floor and mounts it]<br /><br />Fat girls. You're not thick. You're fat. Thick is a very rare and precious gift from our gracious creator and further evidence that there is a God. The thick chick nation has requested you stop abusing and ruining the nomenclature.<br /><br />Terrorists attacked US on 9/11, not the nation of Islam. Build the damn mosque where you want.<br /><br />Stop taking every opportunity to remind the world how many degrees you have. Hope you're doing something with them other than talking about them.<br /><br />I know I shouldn't knock anyones hustle in a recession, but eff that. Its a recession. Club/Bar Bathroom Person, you gots to go! Don't look at me like that. Damn right I'm not going to tip Perhaps if u didn't hold all the soap and paper towel hostage, I could manage to pump some soap and dry my hands my damn self. Did you ever consider that?! Here's a tip: LEAVE ME THE EFF ALONE!<br /><br />Grown ass men don't go around professing what grown ass men should and shouldn't do......to other grown ass men.<br /><br />Stop talking about how grown you are bc you got a car, apartment and a job. In some parts of the world, this is the norm for ppl by age 19-21.<br /><br />For that matter, ppl under 30 should not even introduce the terms "young" or "grown" into their dialog outside of literal applications.<br /><br />Having a child does not automatically make you an adult.<br /><br />Stop bragging about the things you have but do not own. Especially when you know you're one bad month away from repossession, eviction and bankruptcy. -Read "Rich Dad Poor Dad" or to expedite the last point, look up the definitions of "asset" and "liability."<br /><br />Stop confusing responsibilities with independence.<br /><br />Paying your bills is not something to brag or celebrate. Your supposed to pay them.<br /><br />Quit bragging about trips and take a real vacation. Get ya passport-stamp game up!<br /><br />Here's a clue: if your on a "trip" and you're constantly posting pictures and changing your status broadcasting about how much fun you're having..........YOU'RE REALLY NOT HAVING THAT MUCH FUN!! When you dont post a pic until DAYS after you get home, if you even took any pics, or you cant use your phone bc its in a ziplock back in your pocket to prevent water damage......you're having fun.<br /><br />I have been quoted or "re-tweeted" on twitter at least 18 times......... that I know of. The fascinating part in all this, is I dont even have a twitter account.<br /><br />Quit crying and complaining about your bills. Do you forget the services you enjoyed that procured those bills? If they bother you that much cut off your phone, tv, credit cards,car etc. and stfu.<br /><br />Hey! Grammar Nazi! Stop pointing out ever bleeping typo and "grammatic error" in my blog. There is no prize or point system. I know my ap english teacher Ms Gordon is probably turning over somewhere in her faculty lounge, but perhaps you newer readers should re-visit my first blog back in '07 <span class="post-count" dir="ltr"></span><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2007/01/fischer-price-my-first-blogdisclaimer.html">Fischer Price - My First Blog/Disclaimer</a> for further clarification. If however, you would like to join me in reading some Derrida, Foucault, Toufuri or debate Pierce's semiotics, structuralism, deconstructuralism, or the Hegellian dialectic, in the whispered words of the immortal Al Bundy....."let's rock!" Note to self [2 months later, i honestly cant remember what the "note to self was." iSad :(]<br /><br />Stop complaining about being broke if you pay more than $100 a month for tv.<br /><br />A rainmaker is a banker, broker, trader or salesperson who make multi million dollar deals and brings in major accounts.......not some weekend baller who spends rent money in the club and eatsfr pb and jelly sandwiches all week long and or neglect their kids.<br /><br />We need a film regulatory board and its first act of duty should be to suspend and ban M night shalala, shinanigans, shimmy shimmy yall, shoryuken or whatever the hell his name from making movies ever again.<br /><br />Dexter is the greatest show on tv.<br /><br />I'm not a modest dude, but I'm far from arrogant. Arrogance is one of my least favorite traits on earth (abhorred equally or probably more than wet socks). Even worse, arrogance without cause. If you're the cave troll of the crew, you'd better be more likable than Oprah and Hilary Clinton combined and as humble as a Buddhist sheep. You're not hot by association. Stop leveraging your friend's attractiveness. Arrogant-unattractive ppl..........with bad attitudes should be thrown out into the street and shot.<br /><br />I dont know how many times i have to say this, but although i appreciate the emails, facebook msgs and wall posts, txts, calls, bbms about my blog, LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON DI FLIPPIN BLOG!? I actually enjoy engaging in dialog and hearing different views and perspectives on my thoughts.. hell, if your lazy, jus click a reaction on the bottom. I get the most criticism and side convo from ppl who never ever contribute on my blog or worse, not even subscribe as a follower.<br /><br />If you dont click that link on the right and "follow" this blog.....................the terrorists win. [Hell! worth a shot. worked for one moron for 8 straight years]<br /><br />LASTLY! I sincerely thank all the readers who actually give a flyin fat baby rat's ass about what I have to say. I also appreciate those who dont give two left bra cups about what I actually have to say, moreso you simply enjoy, get a kick or slight belly-achery out of the particular ways I choose to say it. I'm also fascinated by all the followers who I have no idea who on earth you are, but welcome. Juice and cookies to your right.........<br /><br />OK Denisha! I'm hitting publish and not looking back!!<br /><br /><br />...........ok Denisha, I lied to myself. I cant help it! I'm an Rrchitect. I measure 10x and cut once.<br /><br />[Dismounts soapbox and goes home to play Super Streetfighter 4 and COD Black-Ops]<br /><br />Sent via The RrchitectRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-21565579834428119102010-10-28T13:07:00.004-04:002010-10-28T13:14:47.665-04:00IF WACKA WAS SMART.......................................was smart, instead of talking down on the parody, he should have joined forces with this dude and collaborated on a remix! In this sad, broken, decayed state of rap music and pop culture, he would have.........could have.........STILL CAN made/make a million off of this. DON'T HATE! Participate!<br /><br />It's not too late............if he has any intelligent ppl in his corner, I hope they advise him to change his tune real quick or else he's just fueling a gravy train that he won't be able to board. If you don't believe me, holla at Antoine Dodson! Two kids made a parody of him on some real talk, and he laughed his way out of the projects, into a new home for his family, onto a youtube/facebook/website and onto the face of millions of masqueraders this weekend who will be buying the official costume or simply dressing up like Antoine Dodson for Halloween.<br /><br />LAUGH NIKKA! Life's too short.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Some leftover change from the last blog: </span><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/10/word-wacka.html">WORD WACKA?!!!!!!</a></h3><br />IRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-53916259330405626832010-10-28T11:08:00.005-04:002010-10-28T11:50:58.657-04:00WORD WACKA?!!!!!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> <w:word11kerningpairs/> <w:cachedcolbalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont val="Cambria Math"> <m:brkbin val="before"> <m:brkbinsub val="--"> <m:smallfrac val="off"> <m:dispdef/> <m:lmargin val="0"> <m:rmargin val="0"> <m:defjc val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent val="1440"> <m:intlim val="subSup"> <m:narylim val="undOvr"> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" defunhidewhenused="true" defsemihidden="true" defqformat="false" defpriority="99" latentstylecount="267"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="0" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Normal"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="heading 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 7"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 8"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="9" qformat="true" name="heading 9"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 7"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 8"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" name="toc 9"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="35" qformat="true" name="caption"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="10" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Title"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="1" name="Default Paragraph Font"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="11" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtitle"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="22" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Strong"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="20" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="59" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Table Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Placeholder Text"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="1" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="No Spacing"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Revision"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="34" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="List Paragraph"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="29" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Quote"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="30" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Quote"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="60" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Shading Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="61" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="62" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Light Grid Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="63" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="64" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="65" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="66" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="67" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="68" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="69" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="70" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Dark List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="71" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="72" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful List Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="73" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="19" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtle Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="21" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Emphasis"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="31" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Subtle Reference"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="32" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Intense Reference"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="33" semihidden="false" unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Book Title"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="37" name="Bibliography"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" qformat="true" name="TOC Heading"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms">PREFACE:<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms">Last week, a video parody called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-hPNrKdZI">"Baracka Flacka Flames - Head of State" </a>released, spoofing the song "Hard in the Paint" and I think it's hilarious and comedic genius. I've listened to it probably 5 times this morning alone and will probably incorporate quotes from it into my dialog for days and weeks to come. It's gone viral so of course, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/music/26baracka.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=todayspaper">the NY Times jumped up on it</a>. Out of the 2 page article, the spark that rushed me to the keyboard was the artists Wacka Flacka Flame reaction. Excuse the typos and grammatical errors bc as you will shortly realize, I was a tad livid after reading his reactions to the spoof and forced to carve time out of an extremely hectic day to share my $0.02 on the matter.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Sidenote: For those that don't know me, I hate the n-word more than any word in any language and has absolutely no place or business in casual conversation. Words do not belong to any exclusive group, so if its not acceptable for 1, its not acceptable for all. However, I rarely use it from time to time for strategic exclamatory purposes to make a point.<br /><br />Sidernote: Yes, i hate that word more than the word "hate"........and yes.......... more than wet socks.</span></blockquote>MY RESPONSE:<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wacka can eat a can of rabbit dicks! he got some damn nerve calling someone "ignorant" and then his mother/manager has the audacity to say:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"THAT'S NOT A POSITIVE IMAGE FOR US, PERIOD, AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WHERE WE CAME FROM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY."</span><br /><br /><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:24pt;" >WORD NIGGAAAA!!!????</span></b><br /><br />Isn't your son the same dude who got a song talking about <span style="font-style: italic;">"drug dealer music?!!"</span> I couldnt believe me h'eyes reading those quotes.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Dude's on twitter talking about,<span style="font-style: italic;"> "let other ppl see how ignorant other ppl can be" </span>SERIOUSLY SUN??!! Wacka is the quintessential prototype of positive black imagery?!?!<br /><br />Man, that shit jus pissed me off. spoofing the president of the united states is as old as the presidency itself. Saturday night live built its career and that of many comedians off of presidential parodies, but i think ppl get too sensitive bc obama's black. Dan Akyroyd - Nixon. Dana Carvey - Bush Sr. Will Ferrell's one man show on George W. is fricken classic and made me respect him as a comedic, artistic genius. See it if you havent already. Hell, court jesters and marionettes in medieval times made fun of the kings and royal families. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I’ll be the first to admit it [<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-style: italic;">takes off “no-snitching” t-shirt</span>] as black ppl, we can be a tad sensitive, and with good reason.<span style=""> </span>But this is not WWII, this is modern warfare.<span style=""> </span>Trench warfare is over, we gotta be more tactical and evasive about the battles we choose as to not dilute the argument.<span style=""> </span>The biggest question online is,<span style="font-style: italic;"> “is this a bad representation of Barack and our culture?”</span><span style=""> </span>I’ll answer that for you……..NO N-WORD [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">twice in 1 blog is too much</span>]!<span style=""> </span>We made fun of G.W. for 8 consecutive years and counting, did that stop him from doing all the bs that he did?<span style=""> </span>Yeah he screwed most of us over, but from an insiders perspective, this man accomplished soooooooooooooooooooo many things (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">for him and his ppls - legally, ethical or not</span>) regardless of what we said and how we felt about him.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">PERHAPS this is yet another a great opportunity for our community on a whole to take some reflection on the music we listen, respond to and download.<span style=""> </span>How could you possibly get upset for someone doing exactly what you do.....the way you do it? <span style=""> </span>You ever take a picture of someone and see nothing wrong with it, but they hate it and want you to delete it? Its okay for you, but not the president (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">who clearly isn't Barack</span>), is that the message? So my nephews can watch you do and say ignorant shit, but not a spoofed president (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">who's clearly doing it in jest</span>)? </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the classic artist spoofs of all time was the South Park parody of Kanye West. If you haven’t seen it, look up the "Fish Sticks" episode on comedy centrals website - satiric it is comedic, GENIUS!!<span style=""> </span>So much so, that Kanye himself, posted a blog the very next morning applauding the writers and admitting that he needs to check himself.<span style=""> </span>Perhaps this is an opportunity for Wacka (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">and a lot of other artists</span>) to also do some serious self reflection on what image they are portraying.<br /></p><p face="trebuchet ms" class="MsoNormal">"I RUN DA MILITARY...........IF YOU WANT DAT BEEF!</p><p face="trebuchet ms" class="MsoNormal">I TYPE A LONG ASS BLOG AND PUT YOUR ASS TO SLEEP!"</p><p face="trebuchet ms" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p face="trebuchet ms" class="MsoNormal">LMAO LOLOLOLO!!!! Top 3 best Barack spoofs to date. Shout outs to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0D1w2mjqzk">AlphaCat</a><br /></p>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-45808996896785785122010-10-19T00:27:00.005-04:002011-03-30T03:31:43.071-04:00LEGxercises For Skinny Legs [From The BlackBerry Chronicles]<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"What work outs r good to develop legs including mass and muscle? I work my legs but they're still skinny"</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: I've been getting a lot of questions that have fermented into blog posts. If you have a question or blog you want me to write about, shoot me an email @ rrchitect@gmail.com</blockquote>Rule of thumb #1: For building strength and mass, do more sets, few reps, heavier weights. Ex: instead of squatting 3 sets of 10 reps with 145 lbs, do 5 sets of 3-5 reps with 190 lbs </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rule of thumb #2: For tone, definition, fat burn and lean mass gain, do high reps with less weight. Ex: squat 3-4 sets of 25 reps with your own body weight and or 100-125 lbs.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Sidenote: Don't sleep on calesthetics. You can build some serious muscle, strength, definition, mass and lose a lot of weight by just using bodyweight exercises.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rule of thumb #3: You need enough water, protein, calories and nutrition to support your muscle growth. Cant stress nutrition enough. Building muscle mass without protein is like putting up a concrete building without cement (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">architectural nerd moment - eff you Denisha! :)</span>). Water is the same as water in the analogy. If your caloric intake doesn't meet or exceed your workout, you'll get skinnier and end up losing weight or muscle mass [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">hint for ppl trying to lose weight, just invert that theory</span>]. Simple workout formula: calories in vs calories out. Whichever one is greater, wins.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rule of thumb #4: Don't HALF-ass the workout. Get the FULL ass....I mean, workout. What does that mean? You hear the cliches <span style="font-style: italic;">"slow and controlled lifts</span>" and after that ppl tend to just drop the weights. Think about this, if you lift a sofa up a flight of stair, do you do it <span style="font-style: italic;">"slow and steady"</span> then drop it when you're done? NO! For more strength and favorable results, lift fast/quickly (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">but still controlled</span>) and on the drops, return the weight, slow and controlled (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">these are called negatives</span>). Focus more on the negatives. I promise you, this will cut your max in half for any workout at first, but long term you will see waaaaaaay more results than the <span style="font-style: italic;">"jerk and drop method"</span> that you see most ppl do in the gym. Reason being, you exercise, work and develop the FULL extent of your muscles and tendons and more important in both directions. It will do you no good to lift something if you cant hold it for very long. Not to mention your entire body strengthens as you struggle for stability.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rule of thumb #5: For building strength and mass, free weights trump machines, hands down. Some exceptions, like bowflexes, cables and other machines, are equally effective.....or almost as.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >EXERCISES:</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Using this philosophy, here are some of the best leg workouts I found....rather, most effective for quick results as well as long term muscle, strength and endurance gain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">SQUATS.</span><br />As much as I hate them, no leg regimen is complete without it. This is also probably one of the greatest total body workouts and along with the bench (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">great for abs, and back as well</span>), should be the cornerstone of your workout routine. I recommend you start with bodyweight squats until you've perfected your form and body alignment. Caution is key bc this is probably the easiest workout to seriously injure your self doing. Easy when goin up in weight and when you get into heavy weights (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">180 and up</span>) I strongly recommend investing in a good pair of work out gloves and a good lifting belt. You dont need a bar for this. You can get a great workout with dumb bells, plates or any type of weight (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">I used to do sumo squats with paint buckets or cinder blocks</span>). For increased challenge and resistance, eventually graduate to one legged squats.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LUNGES.</span></span><br />Hands down my least favorite. I stopped bc my thighs and butt were getting too big and I need my slacks to fit, so ladies, yall can have this one. Another workout that can be done with body weight until balance is perfected, then upgraded to bells or a bar. Once you're body weight becomes too easy, challenge yourself by resting one leg behind you on a chair (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">imagine you're stepping down from a chair but one foot is still caught on the chair</span>) and do one legged lunges.<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: When I star gaining weight in places I don't want it, I refuse to buy bigger sizes. That subliminal psychological acceptance is the beginning of the end. 2 lbs here......2 lbs there.........then you wonder where that 20 lbs came from? Doesn't happen over night....I digress.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadlifts</span></span><br />This is one where you absolutely need weights and unless its 80lbs or more, you're wasting your time. there are 2 types, one where you keep your legs straight and lift with your back solely. It's important to keep your back straight and never curl the spine. Second, you keep your back straightened and lift with your legs.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Standing Calve Raises</span></span><br />Moreso to isolate and develop the calves. Great for developing your calves to balance out your build and symmetry. I'd recommend 3 sets each with your calve pointed straight forward, in, then out. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last rule (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">for mass gain</span>) do not waste your time with seated leg exercises. Three reasons, first, when do you ever have to use your legs while seated unless you plan to kick the dog or cat across the room? For more effective workouts, stick to exercises that emulate real life actions (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">picking someone up, lifting a sofa, carrying a person, pulling something up</span>). Personally, imagine things like body slamming ppl, pulling myself up from a cliff or pulling someone off a ledge, lifting a fallen beam, being on the Sprartan front line in "300," or any other action flick type, rescue, superhero stuff. :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Second reason, extending your legs with resistance while seated add unnecessary unnatural stresses on your knees. Try this, sit down and press your palms tightly on your knees then try to extend it. If you feel a click or discomfort, that wobbly thing (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">your patella</span>) is not supposed to move in that motion and that's what you're doing with weight (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">like leg extensions</span>). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Third, its ineffective for strength bc it doesn't take into account your full body weight and your cores ability to balance and stabilize the weight. Seated squats (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">a lazy mans joke</span>) will never compare to standing squats. Not to mention while seated you're pushing off you back and arms and adding back stress that's normally not there. I can seat squat 400 lbs 10x no problem but my max standing was around 300 without any of the knee problems I got with seated machines. The worse hands down is the seated calve raises or as a trainer once called them<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> "</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">a worthless inefficient workout that will give you enough of a pointless burn to make you feel like you actually accomplished something."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sorry for the essay, but its not a simple question and there is no simple answer. Time, consistency and discipline are the final factors. Without them all this text is useless. I'll leave off on the last most important note: Become a student, and RE-learn every exercise. I learned most exercises in my teens and mostly with inaccurate or bad form. To avoid some serious, severe, irreparable damaging injuries, take some time online watching videos that teach you the correct form and RE-LEARN every exercise..........no matter how well you think you already know it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I recommend www.BodyBuilding.com supersite - </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ps, Leg exercise also increases your libido [GIGGITY!!] bc of the increase in testosterone production in your lower body. Also, it will radically improve your build and upper body strength. I didn't believe this trainer when he told me it would help me increase my bench, but it did.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sent via The Rrchitect</span>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-6762998309098599762010-10-18T23:32:00.004-04:002010-10-19T00:26:57.869-04:00Why I Hate "Sports Clubs!" [From The BlackBerry Chronicles]<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm so backed up, my blog needs a colonix, but I NEEDED to post this one:<br /><br /><br />Good news bad news. Some of you may recall the <a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/03/june-15th-2009-saddest-day-ever.html">saddest day of my life, june 15th 2009</a>, when my alma mata closed the building with my free gym for good. Well on October 15th (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">exactly 1 year and 4 months to the day of the crisis</span>), the rrchitect is finally back in the gym hence, excited to blog!!! My fat kid antics, physical dilapidation and flat out lard-ass shit has reached heights of epidemic proportions. I should show u the last bathroom pic I took. Put it this way, if obscene amounts of water suddenly dropped from my pelvis area or some parasitic alien symbiote burrowed and ate its way out of my stomach, I'd be the least bit shocked.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> So why is this bad news? Although I LOVE the gym, "sports clubs" are one of my least favorite places on earth. I haven't been in one for over 3 yrs, on purpose! Now, I have no choice. My gym was perfect; small, minimally occupied and resembled the basements, cellars and barns of Rocky movies - all I ever needed. I began writing this list months ago when I visited on a guest pass and pretty much saw damn near all of these today. So here are the reasons why I HATE the Sports Club, followed by ppl I HATE in the Sports Club.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sidenote: Ppl who know me KNOW about the only things in this life that I actually hate is the word "hate"......and perhaps wet sock, so brace yourself for some pure, unleaded animosity.<br /><br />Sidernote: MMMMMMMM..........siiiiiiidenooooote....heheheheeee!</span><br /></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Reasons I Hate the Sports Clubs:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Smoke and Mirrors</span></span>."<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Most ppl don't notice the funhouse mirror tricks. In the weightlifting section they use skewed mirrors that make u look broader and mirrors that stretch and make you look slimmer in the stretching, machine and cardio area. Don't believe the hype. Check yourself out when u get home.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Night at the roxbury.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Most sportsclubs resemble bad 90's dance clubs and have the soundtrack to match. Should you forget your headphones, I highly suggest skipping a day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Illusive 20 lb dumbbell.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> I've tried every major chain in many locations and states and no matter where I go, for some kiss-me-ass reason I can never find a blasted 20 lb dumbbell, and if I do, good luck finding two. Idunno what magazine said the key to fitness, weight-loss and the cure to E.D. is the 20 lb dumb bell, but how did it get so popular?!!! If your workout revolves around 20 lb weights, change it up bc there's a goblin/elf/troll/gremlin who steals all the 20lb weights, takes them to polar ends of the gym and keeps moving them around, only to reveal them when your dressed and heading out the door.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The "Wait Room."</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Chances are, the only times you're free to go to the gym are the same times as the masses. That's sucks for ppl like me who like supersets or circuit training. I typically line up 5 machines with the weight I need then do 5 exercises back to back with no break then rest. Not gunna happen, up in da "club."</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > </span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >But folks, its not so much the inanimate environment that pisses me off so much as the signature characters you find at every "sports club" no matter where in the united states you go. (For brevity, I will replace "Sports Club" with "gym" but don't let the nomenclature fool you. I hate Sports Clubs.</span></blockquote> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The Screamer.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> I believe that at heart, most ppl are decent, so if I'm in an environment with large, heavy, die-cast pieces of steel everywhere, if I hear a loud orgasmic scream followed by a thunderous clank, is it naive of me to get startled and assume that someone is in direr peril? False alarm, that's just <span style="font-style: italic;">"the screamer"</span> a person who can't lift a rep of 20 lbs with out Olympic power-lifter/ bust-a-nut grunts, followed by a <span style="font-style: italic;">"who-shot-my-big-toe"</span> scream. And God forbid this person sets the weights down, they MUST drop them with seismic impacts as to disturb everyone around despite the highest possible headphone volume.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Unjustly Modest for no Reason Nudist. </span><br />I hate the effin locker room for this one reason alone. For some reason, whether they have elephant trunks or light switches, men in the gym have absolutely no problem streaking in the locker room. My LEAST favorite thing to see in life, is a next mans bobby-dangles. You don't even have to be looking to see it, matter of fact, all attempts to avoid are futile. You can't put on your sneakers and turn without seeing someone suddenly drop their underwear or towel without warning. Didn't your parents teach you the getting dressed under the towel trick!? Some of em are just sitting there, CHILLING, naked, reading a paper. Combing their hair in the mirror. Blow-drying their balls (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">kid you not, saw that one today</span>). The showers have curtains yet THEY LEAVE THEM OPEN!!! Until I get desensitized to it again (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">sadly that happens after about 2 weeks or so</span>) imma get a blind fold, walking stick and a braille combination lock. No joke, I saw 9 penises today alone NINE (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">3 before I even changed, so I started to keep count after that, solely for this blog</span>) and who knows how many <span style="font-style: italic;">"crack"</span> dealers. It was so bad that when Patch and Denise Belfon's song <span style="font-style: italic;">"Pipe"</span> came on, I had to skip it (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">my soca fans will get a kick outta that one."</span></span>)<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The 70's/80's Wrestler.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This is the guy who looks like Macho Man Randy Savage, with a make-over from Richard Simmons. Where they find these tights and t-shirts, Lord only knows, which leads to his counterpart:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Prep boy.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> I haven't put my finger on it yet, but some guys manage to workout and still look like a J-Crew add-virtissment (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">going for the British phonetics, let's see if I pulled it off</span>).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Girly Man.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Some ppl in the gym look as lost as an Amish virgin boy, in an Indonesian brothel. Things that make me wanna kick ppl (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">but I wont- Sidenote: I recently learned that if you stomp or kick someone when they're down, that's not only assault, its assault with a deadly weapon - thanks DEXTER</span>).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> -When ppl use the flat bench with less than 45 or 35 lbs. Newsflash. That's less than your body weight. Go home n do some damn push ups n quit waisting my effin time!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> - When ppl do a million reps with the 5, 10 lb weight. They're typically pink and purple for a reason :/ OR....worse.....<br />-They're the damn gremlin hogging the 20 lb weights. Again, get a pair of purple and pink dumbells from Lady Footlocker and go home! Like school, gyms have requisites you should hit first.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> -Every rep they do looks like they're gunna die. No one can concentrate bc they look like they'll drop the benching bar with no weight on it, and every few minutes you gotta run in and save em from killin themselves. Maybe you SHOULD invest in the.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > Overzealous, Ambitious Personal Trainer.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This is the trainer that stalks like a falcon over chipmunk. They wait for the right time to strike like the crock hunter, and lure you into a<span style="font-style: italic;"> "free training session."</span> They then proceed to work you to the point where you don't want to see anything metallic and or move for a week, then try to sell you on more of that masochism and the value of a <span style="font-style: italic;">"very affordable"</span> $12-1800 training package. Ladies, this is sometimes followed by stalking phone calls.......very similar to.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Horndog Holler Man.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> You have to be a tenured member to pick this guy up. Everyone looks, but this guy hits on any decent looking (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">and some indecent</span>) female in the gym, typically resulting in many a fine eye-candy fleeing, seeking sanctuary at other branch gyms. If your visiting this chain for the first time, we all know who will be the first to welcome you. His favorite target......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > The P.O.A. "Club" Girl.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This is the girl that heard <span style="font-style: italic;">"club"</span> in the title, and got the WRONG idea. We understand that some of you all are uncontrollably sexy in whatever you wear, and want to be comfortable, and we celebrate n embrace that, but this girl thought she was working the pole dance workout. You wonder if she's thinking <span style="font-style: italic;">"what will cause an orgasm on-sight"</span> when she's getting dressed. GREAT!! Now I can't stand up, lay down or walk across the room for a few minutes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > The Baby Sitter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This puss head absolutely has to do 50 reps on any machine he's on, thus delaying or causing you to alter your routine. Worse than him but sometimes one in the same.......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chatterbox & Wu-Tang.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This is typically one person or a gang of ppl who crowd around one machine all day/night, which wouldn't be so bad if they actually used it. No. This is the gossip corner, typically with TMI subject matter and overtly egregious machismo (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">often scaring of aforementioned eye-candy and P.O.A.</span>). They usually spend about 15 percent of the time doing actual lifting work and 85 percent of the time talking and<span style="font-style: italic;"> "resting" </span>in btwn every set of 3 lifts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > Nice for no reason guy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Idunno what's going at home but his therapist probably suggested the gym as a place to meet friends. That's awesum! My trainer suggested the gym as a place for me to get in shape, so leave me alone and let me do my thing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">No Business Giving Advice Man.</span><br />Ok, if someone has the audacity to critique my form, physique and or work out, you better be frickin Anthony Presciano (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">my physique role model at one point</span>) or better. I love it when out of shape ppl, try to tell me what I can do to improve MY work out! Add them to the list of ppl I want to kick. There's always some excuse. They proudly wear their <span style="font-style: italic;">"Polk High" </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">"WAK Univ."</span> class of 94 t-shirt and talk about their glory days of faded greatness or how much they USED to lift.....you know.. before <span style="font-style: italic;">"the accident."</span> AKA "Shut up and take your own damn advice man."<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Last but not least.......</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Gym Rat.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This person LIVES in the gym. They're in the gym when you reach, they're still working out when you leave. You go before work, during lunch and/or after work they're there despite not working there. They knowthe entire staff. You purposely avoid eye contact with each other bc they're a stark reminder of the inescapable truth......YOU'RE A GYM RAT TOO! Seriously, how else would you know they're always there unless you are?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Man......didn't realize I hated so many ppl.....damn wet sock excuses of a human being. Too bad all my friends with home gyms live too far. Guess I have to stomach the nonsense if I wish to get rid of the abdominal behemoth that has festered and grown over the last year n change. Sigh........super human, Zen-like focus and Shaolin Monk discipline is needed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Sent via The Rrchitect</span>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-22072553343325716422010-08-03T21:32:00.005-04:002010-08-03T22:58:42.186-04:00RIM's response to the Iphone Droid Circus [From The BlackBerry Chronicles]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFjNFUblg0I/AAAAAAAAGrc/cOUDe8lY5Iw/s1600/5212.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFjNFUblg0I/AAAAAAAAGrc/cOUDe8lY5Iw/s320/5212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501372436100514626" border="0" /></a>Although blackberry is still the number one selling smart phone in America, according to<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/08/rims-answer-to-iphone-and-android-the-blackberry-torch-9800/1?csp=34"> USA Today</a>, sales fell to 41% in the first quarter as opposed 55% last yr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SOOOOOOOOO</span>, what's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RIM's</span> response?<br /><br /><a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrytorch/torch_features.jsp#/?page=Browsing">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BlackBerry</span> Torch 9800</a><br /><br />This is by no means an EVO, Droid, or Iphone killer, but I can't lie.............my love muscle kinda tingled JUST a liiiiiiiiittle bit when I saw and read about it. I'm still reading up on the<a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrytorch/torch_specifications.jsp"> tech specs</a> which initially seem not AS competitive as the major big guns out there, but I been a fan of BB functionality since the track was a scroll wheel on the right side and everything was either left, right, up down so this is still a huge innovation of previous models. For example, a 5 mp camera is not as impressive when the you have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Iphones</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Evo</span> that have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">HD</span> screens and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">HD</span> camera's. I must say the lack of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">HD</span> quality is a bit disappointing. Still kinda anxious to see how this new BB 6 operating system works, and the boost in memory, long battery life, improved browser and retained keyboard and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">trackpad</span> is pretty sweet. The funny thing to me is that several yrs ago I was at a crossroad and I chose BB over a touchscreen and I always wished I could combine the two. It's like a touch screen phone and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">BlackBerry</span> had a baby..........and it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">sliiiiiiiides</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFjNFpq_j6I/AAAAAAAAGrk/hSRHvxvZGBc/s1600/blackberrytorch9800.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 155px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFjNFpq_j6I/AAAAAAAAGrk/hSRHvxvZGBc/s320/blackberrytorch9800.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501372441802280866" border="0" /></a>It's hands down the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">illest</span> Blackberry to date (<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-style: italic;">I just hope its true touch and not push-touch like the Storm - wasn't a fan of that phone - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">RIM's</span> mistake as far as I'm concern</span>) and IMO, one of the greatest concepts in cellphone to date. Set to release on <a href="http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/blackberry-torch.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-003R0S%21CIHPM01V213DMAINDASANMCKS-1-1&rel=nofollow"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">AT&T</span> </a>first (<a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/06/dont-fall-for-at-okie-doke.html">wish you had that unlimited plan now huh?</a>) its supposed to release August 12<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">th</span>, just in time for my birthday. I knew there had to be a reason why I been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">draggin</span> my foot on buying a new phone and have been out of contract for 2 yrs now. I anticipate the Iclone and Droid Does'ers and their needless hate just brewing as we speak. AAAAAAAAHHHHH go charge up your battery!<br /><br />Sent via The RrChitect by Some Provider who doesn't pay me to Advertise for them.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-15921288431545667352010-07-31T00:14:00.006-04:002010-07-31T08:07:44.973-04:00Morpheus: Red Pill/Blue Pill, Apropos, Erego, the problem is choice.I have moments like this that my friend M. Carter used to call "birth control" i.e. Jack and Kate plus 8. Meaning, moments like this make me dread or fear being a parent.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQKZTABgiI/AAAAAAAAGrE/XGQXor7QeiE/s1600/morpheus_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQKZTABgiI/AAAAAAAAGrE/XGQXor7QeiE/s320/morpheus_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500032474639598114" border="0" /></a>You guys remember "Larry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fishburne</span>?" Then he upgraded his grown man status and became known as "Lawrence <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fishburne</span>," like "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">DON'T DARE CALL ME LARRY!!</span>" which I completely agree with. Nicknames are cool but a man is a man, so call him by his blasted name..............damnit............yeah this one strikes home for me. Of all the memorable characters he's played (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">my favorite is the coked up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">drugdealing</span> gangster from "King of New York</span>") he will forever be immortalized as Morpheus, with that goth club coat and those cool shades that snap to his face with no.........whatever those extension thingies are called, from The Matrix trilogy...........and now for this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQL6sb-2rI/AAAAAAAAGrM/RlEMnQUGhuY/s1600/laurence-fishburne-daughter_nc.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQL6sb-2rI/AAAAAAAAGrM/RlEMnQUGhuY/s320/laurence-fishburne-daughter_nc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500034147915061938" border="0" /></a>According to several reports yesterday, his daughter Montana <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Fishburne</span> has figured out her path in life, her road map to creating a name for herself...................PORN!!! She's even been quoted as saying that she was inspired by Kim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kardashian</span> and her success. Can't make this up. This is even more disturbing than when DC re-elected convicted crack attic as Mayor. It's bad enough we have the youth looking up to rappers, athletes and movie stars, but now we actually have little girls who think Kim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kardashian</span> and Paris Hilton's blueprint to media fame is a viable option??? Is that my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Spidey</span>-Why kids are so dumb-Theory senses tingling???? I think my friend Jose Nievez' commentary trumps:<span style="font-style: italic;"> "I guess she plans having a long career of getting smashed by NFL players for the rest of her life"</span><br /><br />The funniest part of all this to me is, you have to hear the interview with her and porn star Brian Pumper [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">who supposedly deals to both sided in the adult film arms race</span>]. The man is talking about porn as if they were on "Inside the Actor's Studio" its truly hilarious. Sorry, "Porn Dad" is not going to sit with Lawrence for some time. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Maaaaaan</span>, if I was famous and my daughter did this, I'd ship her ass to Singapore in a crate with 7 holes, for a bamboo caning....since she like "cane" in she backside so much.<br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uK2vKNpuSWk&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uK2vKNpuSWk&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQL66GpngI/AAAAAAAAGrU/aSocMnG6El0/s1600/laurencebaby.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 277px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQL66GpngI/AAAAAAAAGrU/aSocMnG6El0/s320/laurencebaby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500034151583686146" border="0" /></a>I can so see Morpheus kicking this dude off of an 18 wheeler on a freeway onto on coming traffic. Poor poor Larry. First they incrementally made him less and less significant in each Matrix movie, finally, Jada practically bitches him in the last movie, now this? Better hug this one a little tighter and tell her a few more "I love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">you's</span>."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFQKYtXf3KI/AAAAAAAAGq8/Zw5YGAuDKLw/s1600/laurencebaby.jpg"><br /></a><br />Let's see how this works out. According to IMDB, her popularity shot up 54% this week [<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">but 54% up from no one knowing who the hell you are is not an impressive benchmark just yet</span>]. Kim and Paris had at least one other advantage over Montana that I think is an integral part of turning calamity into star power, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">I'mma</span> hold my tongue on that one for now.....Cus that's another conversation..Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-80123354664475519852010-07-30T17:05:00.005-04:002010-07-31T04:32:23.496-04:00WTF Happened?! SUMMER HAPPENED!!!MY <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">BLOGPOLOGY</span> FOR <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BLOGGERS</span> BLOCK.<br /><br />Why the hiatus? I have been stumped on one or two iffy blogs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">that's</span> been clotting up the backlog but I was compelled to keep things posted in order. That's why I haven't been posting regularly and am posting 13 pieces at once (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">all originally dated</span>) with an additional 7 still in draft mode. I'll have to post em or make some big bells and whistle announcement when they are good to go so you guys <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">don't</span> miss em (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">and trust me, you won't want to</span>). I just couldn't leave July in the feeble state it was...........<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">blogless</span>.<br /><br />But that stuff happens year round, you wanna know what really happened? PAY ATTENTION! I just told you in the title. Seriously, you know how hot a laptop gets in the summer? We've already had days when my ac looked at me like <span style="font-style: italic;">"hey this is the best I can do, I got nothing else for you</span>" but the laptop sometimes undoes that. You know how hard it is to type when you have sun, fresh air and half <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nekked</span> women gallivanting throughout the land? In the past few weeks I been to a curry-cue (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">exactly like it sounds, like a barbecue, but everything is curried instead - curry mango, apple, string beans and shrimps were my highlight</span>) a pool party, a beach trip, a few <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">afterwork</span> parties, a few bachelor parties, a few cookouts, a big ass party in prospect park, a few free concerts, a few block parties, a few house parties, a random picnic in the park by the water with a good friend and many other random one on one adventures and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">palancing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">shinanigans</span>. Summer has to be hands down the least productive season in any event or industry......except for like life guarding or beaching.<br /><br />ONCE again, special thanks to all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ppl</span> who bug me and get on my case for not posting. Sometimes, all it takes is just one to tip my scales and barrage you with an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">avalanched</span> armada of blogs.<br /><br />PS, you do know that with such massive compressed, condensed, concentrated, bulk <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">bloggiage</span> in conjunction with tomorrow commencing the kick of the official 20-10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">th</span> annual Raphael Birthday Season, chances are outside of the few drafts I plan to finish, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">bloggitry</span> may be scarce in this month. Yeah right. If I'm moved, or the world emits silliness at me, I'll spew my $0.02 on it.<br /><br />PS'er, scroll past the Lebron blog and keep going back into June. There's a few posts down there that you may miss if you stop at the last blog you read.<br /><br />PSSest, This year I've surpassed the last 3 yrs of blogging combined! Yay! MEEEE!! [<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">insert blackberry dancing emoticon</span>]Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-69701429073428886652010-07-25T15:56:00.000-04:002010-07-31T07:56:41.831-04:00JACK MOVE!! Verizon Users Just got DEEBO'd!!Courtesy of Urbandictionary.com<br /><br /><table id="entries"><tbody><tr><td class="index"><a href="http://deebo.urbanup.com/2129347">5.</a> </td> <td class="word"> deebo (v.)<br /></td> <td class="tools" id="tools_2129347"><span class="favorite"></span><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><br /></td> <td class="text" colspan="2" id="entry_2129347"> <div class="definition">to steal.<br />derived from the conniving ways of "Deebo," a character in the movie "Friday."</div> <div style="font-style: italic;" class="example"><br />Why you deebo my college application, homie?</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><object height="330" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fxrlCLWJqA4&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fxrlCLWJqA4&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="330" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/06/dont-fall-for-at-okie-doke.html">So said, so done.</a> Although I haven't found an article from Verizon itself, several users, engadget, forbes, bloomberg gizmodo and wired all report quotes from the CEO, CFO and CTO, projecting that Verizon is taking this generous offer off the table. The smaller providers like Tmobile, Sprint and whoever the hell else, have to offer the kitchen sink and the golden calf to retain customers and nibble away at the massive ATT and Verizon market share but these big guys over here dont seem to give a rats tail about the customers they serve. It's all about bottom line. They're not losing money, per say, on the unlimited plans, they just stand to gain a ridiculous amount by taking it off the table and implementing a tiered system. Personally, I don't know how you can use an iphone or ipad without an unlimited plan, but ATT didn't seem to care about little shit like that.<br /><br />If anyone finds an official statement from Verizon pls share, but I've def seen enough quotes from the CEO to start a "na na na na" good bye chant. Whether existing customers will be able to keep their current unlimited plan or not, is still to be determined but reliable sources tell me nay :*(<br /><br /><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/11/verizon-cto-flat-rate-data-isnt-long-term-sustainable/"><br />http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/11/verizon-cto-flat-rate-data-isnt-long-term-sustainable/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/verizon-switching-to-atandt-style-limited-data-plans-later-this-mo/?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl8%7Clink6%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2F2010%2F07%2F20%2Fverizon-switching-to-atandt-style-limited-data-plans-later-this-mo%2F">http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/verizon-switching-to-atandt-style-limited-data-plans-later-this-mo/?icid=main|main|dl8|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2F2010%2F07%2F20%2Fverizon-switching-to-atandt-style-limited-data-plans-later-this-mo%2F</a><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/verizon-signals-the-end-of-the-unlimited-data-plan/"><br />http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/verizon-signals-the-end-of-the-unlimited-data-plan/</a><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5567119/verizon-end-of-unlimited-data-plans-likely-coming-soon"><br />http://gizmodo.com/5567119/verizon-end-of-unlimited-data-plans-likely-coming-soon</a>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-16464961824040121002010-07-23T15:51:00.000-04:002010-07-30T15:59:01.029-04:00GREAT DANCEHALL MIX via INNERCITY MOVEMENTSSpeaking good dance hall music in<a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/07/favorite-song-in-wordright-now-busy.html"> Favorite Song in The Word.....Right Now: Busy Signal - One More Night.......</a><br /><br />Check out this super sweet mix by my ppl at InnerCity Movements, based in NYC<br /><h2><a href="http://innercitymovements.com/site/2010/07/dancehall-for-dummies-volume-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dancehall for Dummies Volume 1!">Dancehall for Dummies Volume 1!</a></h2><br />Very fun blog I follow to provide the latest and hottest, a good laugh, some good music and insightful reads.<br /><br />Peace.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-75156159251880934012010-07-23T13:48:00.002-04:002010-07-30T15:58:15.843-04:00Favorite Song in The Word.....Right Now: Busy Signal - One More NightI'm feeling this song for sooooooo many reasons. One of which, this is one of the first songs I heard from Busy Signal that I can actually play out loud around parents and children. If the name sounds familiar, its because he is in fact the same Busy Signal from previous favorite song in the world, <a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/05/favorite-song-in-world-right-now-easy.html">Easy Access,</a> which is exactly about what it sounds like as he proceeds to herald about panty-less women. AWESOME AWESOMENESS!!<br /><br />I think there's been a shift in consciousness on a whole in the dancehall music community. I've been hearing a lot less vulgarity and daggering music in the mixtapes I've been listening to over the last few months.<br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y8Q_FlTlEoM&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y8Q_FlTlEoM&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><br /><br />The video is pretty sweet too. As a package deal, they throw in an equally smooth chune, "Night Shift"<br /><br /><object height="258" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KMc30QMZBoI&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KMc30QMZBoI&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="258" width="400"></embed></object>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-71292383879293752022010-07-21T18:33:00.009-04:002010-07-31T06:31:50.708-04:00LEAVE OUR BALLS ALONE!!<span>In response to:</span><a href="http://www.kyinthecity.com/730431083/men--their-b-a-l-l-s/">Men & their B A L L S</a><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFNWdvi6j2I/AAAAAAAAGqc/HwiqbKj8uNM/s1600/300fifa.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFNWdvi6j2I/AAAAAAAAGqc/HwiqbKj8uNM/s200/300fifa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499834638928613218" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >[In my best F.D.R voice]<br /></span></p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >"Yesterday, Tuesday 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>, 2010 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of Balls were suddenly and deliberately attacked by oral and verbal forces of the Empire of Estrogen.</span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Estrogen, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Vulva."<br /></span></p>I'm tempted to really go in and go line by line, but its not that serious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bc</span> its still a good light hearted comedic read. The two primary attacks was on our sports fascination and our penile "obsession." First off, let me just tackle the latter. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Idunno</span> what it's like on the other side of the fence but let me just tell you..............having a Bobby Dangles, is AWESOME!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">I'mma</span> have to write a "Penis Monologue" one of these days. If it had a bill, it would be the first one paid every month. Men would go homeless, lose their car, lights and phone before they lost it (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">oddly enough, there is no bill and unfortunately some men do lose everything for it, but that's another conversation - there's extremist for everything</span>). So leave us to our testicular devices. As much as I study, I swear I learn something new about the triangle every year, so why would you think for a second that our attachment is any less complicated?<br /><br />Secondly, sports is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">waaaaaaaaaay</span> more than just entertainment and I promise you all I will expound on that at a later date. But I digress, a line by line retort does not tackle the macro issue at hand.<br /><br />Tread lightly ladies, your stepping on sacred territory and crossing some serious boundaries. There are many things about women we don't understand but leave it be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">bc</span> we know how ugly things can get and how quickly we get accused of insensitivity. But for men, we can lash and lash away and just say "man up" can't we? Ah the double standard lingers. Not complaining <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bc</span> we can't take it................just advising that we can easily go down the same route if that is in fact where ladies wish to go. Men, we must quell this peasant uprising before it rallies momentum in the surrounding towns and neighboring villages!!<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Estrogenic</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sacred </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cows that Men don't understand, but respect and leave alone:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Make up </span>- Any man who really likes to loves you will say he prefers you without it. Any man that says "<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">OOOH</span> GOSH <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">bebe</span>! Put on some MAC or we not leaving the house,</span>" you might want to reconsider. We don't question why your make-up box is more elaborate or intricate than the average mans tool box or surgeons spread. We don't question why you have more colors and tools than Bob Ross or a first year fine art student. We just smile, play video games or watch TV while you're getting ready.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shoes</span> - Most women I speak to average somewhere <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">btwn</span> 40-70 pairs and more. Why you need 10 pairs of black shoes, that's another conversation. I've heard some really creative explanations that I'm sure would sway a jury of your peers in a court of law. But not every man has lived with a woman for enough months or years to BEGIN to grasp this concept.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeans</span> - Why exactly do you need 12 pairs of blue jeans, I'm sure you can come up with and already have very sensible sounding reasons.....but once again, it's a rhetorical question. We leave that alone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Periods</span> - The red light, Aunt Dot, Your friend, T.O.M., Aunt Flow, or any other myriad of names you call it. Its a part of life, we accept it, but it will forever gross us out. Sorry, its the truth. But out of respect for you, we stomach it and speak nothing of it. The most profound summary of our feelings on it is from South Park's Mr Garrison when he said,<span style="font-style: italic;"> "I don't trust anything that bleeds for seven days and doesn't die."</span> BUT, we have too much love, respect and adoration for the female body and know better than to go there.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You're "EX"</span> - I'm convinced that 99% of women have or had at least one ex that they cannot stop talking about and you are sick and tired of being sick and tired of hearing about. She'll go on and on about all the reasons why he's the most terrible person in the world. If it happens to be someone you're dating, find said ex and punch him in the face <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">bc</span> he's to blame for 80% of your relationship issues. He does or did things to her that if it were to happen to your sister or cousin, you would consider murder. Yet, she still goes back with him, sees him, hangs out and carries on as if none of that ever happened. And you're in the awkward position of forcing to keep a straight face <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">bc</span> the dude is always around. Oh the dilemma: do you tell your friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">STFU</span> and risk alienating a good friend who needs someone to confide in, or do you stomach it and be a good friend to your own personal and psychiatric dismay? Again, I'm sure you have all the reasons in the world why you can't give up on Blood Liver, Stabwound Stan,Bullet Tooth Tony, or Ike Turner just yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFNWeHIA4-I/AAAAAAAAGqk/m7OCRI4-IO0/s1600/squirrel_bazooka.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFNWeHIA4-I/AAAAAAAAGqk/m7OCRI4-IO0/s200/squirrel_bazooka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499834645258232802" border="0" /></a>Like Scarface said, <span style="font-style: italic;">"All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break them for no one. Do you understand?"</span> So leave the balls alone [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">except for the one or two acceptable permissible occasions ::<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">GIGGITY</span>!!::</span>]. We will forever be very protective of them in a way that until you've been kicked, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">knee'd</span> or grazed in the nuts, will never understand. Remind me to tell you all one day the many lessons in life and manhood that you can learn from sports. It's more than just a game. The key take-away here is that full understanding is not requisite for compliance, respect and symbiotic cohabitation.<br /><br />We protect our nuts like a squirrel with a bazooka!!Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-75933678820665003632010-07-20T21:05:00.006-04:002010-07-30T14:03:21.523-04:00Gilbert: The Proscecution Rests. [From the Blackberry Chronicles]Very important philosophy: "Always attempt to view and understand things from the other persons point of view" from Dale Carnegie's book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" one of my favorite books of all time. I remember once I was putting it in my bag and a student asked, "why are you reading that book?" and in a bewildered perplexed face, I responded "ummmm.......to win friends.........and influence.........people?" Seems straight forward to me. I like books and movies that tell me what I'm getting up front.<br /><br />Yeah. I more and more side with Gilbert every day although I still abhor his letter. I finally think I got the best analogy:<br /><br />What Lebron did was like a dude (Gilbert) making plans with a chica (Lebron)......sorry, as my friends Kharl or J-Dubs would say, "a BITCH" (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">not big fans of his decision</span>) Not only did he make the plans with her, he set aside a large set of money for the plans. He turned down mad offers to do other stuff, parties, movies, vacations, dates, etc, even his friends as well as other chicas that were interested in him. He held off on grocery shopping, sales and trips to the outlets and the chica doesn't return any calls or txts all week (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">partially dudes fault for waiting around but I'll equate this to a superbad chica he's trying to wife up or really really really (x10) wanna smash</span>). Finally, 3 hours (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">well more like 2 and 15 minutes after commercial interruption</span>) before the time of your date, she put her facebook status as <span style="font-style: italic;">"the most important thing for me is to have fun and to have fun right now so I'm going to South Beach and for a night on the town with my two girls." </span><br /><br />Not to be sexist, just reread that paragraph and invert all the masculine/feminine proper nouns as need be to suit your sexual preference.<br /><br />Can you imagine that rage? After all the major free agents were already signed, you're bread and butter player ups and bounces without even a call or even giving you an opportunity to get something out of the deal? Yeah, Gilbert probably did something to reeeeeeeeeeally piss James off.<br /><br />My attempt at understanding does in no way shape or form imply agreeance, its just a mental exercise. I've always been fascinated how tyrannical the corporate structure is in the fact that we're "supposed" to give 2 weeks notice before departure, for good measure, yet when you're fired or laid off you have to clear the premise by the end of the day, if not immediately and sometimes escorted by security.<br /><br />Lebron, order a "Call-a-cab" at Wet Willies for me! <br /><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><p>Sent via The RrChitect by Some provider I don't advertise for.<br /></p></div></div><div style="visibility: hidden; display: inline;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style type="text/css">#avg_ls_inline_popup { position:absolute; z-index:9999; padding: 0px 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 240px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 13px;}</style>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-60094250921008216802010-07-09T09:55:00.012-04:002010-12-31T03:10:40.200-05:00Lebron - "Ho's up: Pimp down!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TDcqYAaW4FI/AAAAAAAAGnk/iUbZk23ASs0/s1600/127003414.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TDcqYAaW4FI/AAAAAAAAGnk/iUbZk23ASs0/s200/127003414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491904862517387346" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, this is getting disgusting. I've spit my angst and venom as a bitter NY <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Knicks</span> fan (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">who credible sources including <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">TMZ</span>, say was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lebron's</span> choice up until the morning of the decision but that slick haired bastard Pat Riley moved mountains, parted the sea and pulled every rabbit out his hat to screw the city of NY over one last time.....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">DAMNIT</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">TMZ</span> got my respect after Michael Jackson</span>) and got it out of my system. But I'm a fan. I can do that. You remember when they used to open schools up and invite parents to come speak to the teachers about you? Every once in a while you'd have that one parent who acted up worse than any of the delinquent students combined? That's how I felt this morning when I read this letter by Dan Gilbert, the head owner of the Cleveland <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cavaliers</span>. - <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">FULL LETTER BELOW</span><br /><br />As much as I oppose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lebron's</span> decision, I'm disgusted that a<span style="font-style: italic;"> "professional"</span> official would make such an sophomoric public denouncement. He might as well have said <span style="font-style: italic;">"F you! F you're license plates and your drivers license is expired. You're banished from the state of Ohio. If I see you in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">da</span> streets it's a wrap. Your moms is ugly. We <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">gunna</span> get your family."</span> I say that jokingly but I'm genuinely worried about the James family right about now. I hope he moved them to safe houses in Pensacola already <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">bc</span> last night I saw and heard multiple accounts of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Clevelanders</span> burning <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Lebron</span> jerseys, now this pompous imbecile dare add kerosene to this flame? How dare you speak of "<span style="font-style: italic;">disloyalty"</span> and call the man (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">who's made you</span>) "<span style="font-style: italic;">callous, coward, cursed" </span>in the same breath in this corrosion of professional etiquette letter that you have the audacity to post public?<br /><br />Forget <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Lebron</span>, this letter is the most ungraceful thing I've seen in sports, EVER. What happened to taking the "L" with dignity?! And truthfully, what did <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Lebron</span> do that was so wrong?! He gave that city 7 years of heart and dedication and got very little support to do the job. Imagine what you were doing 7 years ago. Imagine you were still in that same school? Imagine you were at that same job with not one bonus or pay raise and never taken the head/lead of a major project (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">or whatever is the equivalent to a championship in your field</span>). Imagine you were in the same relationship and....(<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you know what? Some of you are and you too have no ring so I'll leave that can of worms alone.</span>) He made Cleveland an authority in the sports world. One man alone can't win a title.<br /><br />Should he be like Charles Barkley, Shawn Kemp, Domenic Wilson and countless other athletes who lived and died for a city that never led to a championship? Should he have been like David Robinson, Paul Pierce, Kobe, and Jordan who rather than take a trade out, stood firm, waited for the right co-stars, bled for a team, and eventually, with honor and dignity brought a title(s) to their home city? Or should he be like Allen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Iverson</span> who wasted a majority of his prime with a team where he was a one man army? Who are you to think you are so self-righteous to tell him what to do with HIS career? After all the revenue he made you? You ungrateful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">summBITCH</span>!!?<br /><br />My friends, what we are looking at is the oldest profession in the world: Pimping and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Ho'ing</span>, and a pimp, just got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">ho'd</span>. And naturally so.....pimps don't like to get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">ho'd</span>. Much like the draft and free agency, pimps go after the most sought out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ho's</span> and if your pimp game isn't strong, if you're beating your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ho's</span> with wire hangers, not keeping them happy and fed, they might just up and leave you for the next pimp. Do pimps get ta fighting and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">cussin</span>? NO! It's a profession of gentlemen and leisure. <span style="font-style: italic;">"Your ho chose me!"</span> Plain and simple. Get over it. To hear this from an owner is comical. What we're hearing is the bitter rants of a person who knows his pockets just got cut <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">bc</span> he lost his Bottom Bitch. He's not happy that he's going to have to be a bit more conservative with his jet fuel now. James even further <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">ho'd</span> the entire country (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">World Cup is on, don't nobody outside of the US care about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Lebron</span></span>) and gave the money to charity....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW</span>!!! To Gilbert's comments about sending children the wrong message, here's the message Lebron just sent:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"I do this for my culture<br />To let 'em know what a ____ look like...when a ____ in a roaster<br />Show 'em how to move in a room full 'o vultures<br />Industry shady it need to be taken over<br />Label owners hate me I'm raisin' the status <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">quo</span> up<br />I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">overchargin</span>' _____ for what they did to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuzp6r1zNZw">Cold Crush.</a><br />Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">ho'd</span> us<br />We can talk, but money talks so talk mo' bucks"<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHI1H5Vjz_k">-Jay-Z</a><br /></blockquote>Patrick Ewing was on the original........and ONLY Olympic Gold medalist US "Dream Team," and honored as one of the 50 greatest players of all time. He dedicated 95% of his career, heart, health and body to the New York <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Knicks</span>, led them to many winning seasons, playoffs, and even the finals once, and was dashed away at the end his career to retire shamefully on the Suns. When Charles Oakley was traded, he found out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"></span>when he came back from vacation and saw his locker cleared out. I only found out two years ago that Jordan was forced into early retirement (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">thank GOD</span>) by MIS-management and owners in Chicago. JORDAN!?? Of all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">ppl</span>? Really? You would think the owner would give the man his own landing strip if he asked for it. But no. The league has been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">ho'ing</span>, selling and trading players for year irregardless of their goals, health and family like kittens in a litter or slaves in the field. To paraphrase Chris Rock, James may be rich, but Gilbert is WEALTHY! I don't cry for billionaires so I don't buy this allegorical tantrum about what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Lebron</span> is doing to the game. Three players who like each other all took a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">PAYCUT</span> for an opportunity to play together and do something great at a time when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">ppl</span> complain that players only think about money.<br /><br />One last thing as I dismount my soapbox, I lost a lot of respect and sympathy for you jersey burning, so-called fans. You disgust me. It was obvious that he was leaving but this is how you repay him for what he's done, you bitter ex you? Did Orlando fans do this when Shaq left? 4 rings later, does anyone care? It's fair-weather fans like you as well as execs like Gilbert who ruin the sport....NOT the players. Thank you for that letter Gilbert. It is further telling of the UNDER story as to why a person would leave their beloved hometown. (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Not to mention no ones confirming nor denying the Delonte West allegations. If it were untrue, wouldn't you clear that up by now?!!</span>) Any New York <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Knicks</span> fan would PROUDLY wear a number 33 jersey to this day.......<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">ringless</span> fingers and all.<br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/gilbert_letter_100708.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open Letter to Fans from Cavaliers Majority Owner Dan Gilbert</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 43, 96);font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:20px;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;<br /><br />As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.<br /><br />This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed" in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.<br /><br />Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.<br /><br />The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.<br /><br />There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.<br /><br />You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.<br /><br />You have given so much and deserve so much more.<br /><br />In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:<br /><br /><strong> "I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE" </strong><br /><br />You can take it to the bank.<br /><br />If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.<br /><br />Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.<br /><br />Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.<br /><br />This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow-up to become.<br /><br />But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.<br /><br />The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.<br /><br />Just watch.<br /><br />Sleep well, Cleveland.<br /><br />Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day....<br /><br />I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:<br /><br />DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue....<br /><br /><img src="http://www.nba.com/media/cavaliers/dan_signature.gif" /><br /><br />Dan Gilbert<br />Majority Owner<br />Cleveland Cavaliers </span> </span> </blockquote>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-4955651503867001722010-07-08T11:35:00.007-04:002010-07-31T01:59:36.125-04:00PSA: LADIES, Wash Your Damn Hair!!Every once in a while, a blog I read moves something in me and my response in turn becomes a blog in itself. Here was a recent response to the post where my pal Nik vents on some of her peeves of her fellow female species so I had to add My $0.02 about one I think she overlooked:<br /><h3 class="groupname date"><span></span> </h3> <ul class="list details-only"><li class="item item-1 item-odd"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://www.kyinthecity.com/729802197/5-things-i-hate-about-you-part-deux/">5 Things I Hate About You: Part <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DEUX</span></a></h4></div></li></ul>ONE critical one that has been overlooked. Weave, braids, curled, straight, natural, perm, locks, tentacles, serpents, whatever..................WASH YOUR DAMN, FRIGGIN......FLIPPIN........SHIT'IN............MUDDA ASS, HAIR!! No I'm not boggling, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">doing</span> the matrix or leaning back or trying to get down low when we dance, I'm avoiding the Chernobyl that you call hair!! SHIT! It's 2010, we are not THAT hung up on hair anymore. There are far more important considerations, so hair is tertiary to us. We could care less how it looks if it smells like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">assrocks</span>!<br /><br />I'm tired of coming home from a party or fete and not only do I need to wash my face, hands or shower, I need to wash MY hair <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bc</span> I smell like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">susty</span> weave or burned perm. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Idunno</span>, do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">yall</span> clean your curling irons? And don't give me that bull about black women can't wash your hair that often, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">bc</span> I can refer you to a few specialists that argue otherwise and will steer you in the right direction product-wise. If a man ever talks to you or dances with you but walks away before the song gets to the chorus, this was probably why.<br /><br />Here's a clue. If you feel the need to use some fragrance, or scented product on your hair, its a sign that you should WASH IT instead! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Bc</span> more than likely, you got accumulated crap and product, sweat and crud from the last time you decided to spray, curl, hot-comb and cook dutty stink hair instead of washing it. We don't care about whatever other clashing scents (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">scent coordination is another peeve</span>) if your hair smelling like guava mango ass.<br /><br />STCHEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!!!Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-42883254046439101842010-06-30T14:27:00.006-04:002010-07-30T18:32:53.555-04:00Club Cards — What’s the freaking point? [GUEST]<div class="entry-content"> <p>I've never done this before, but my boy Algorythm (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">I'm sure I mentioned my ol college fam whos a talented artist, musician, producer, web designer, graphic designer, genius inventor etc etc etc type of dude) </span>posted a blog recently that basically read my mind and had me laughing from beginning to end with his angry for no reason rant. So as I've seen many other writers do, I will begin a practice of occasionally inviting guest bloggers to share their $0.02 in a segment I'd like to call "u read my mind."</p><p>Check him out.</p><p><a href="http://allancole.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://allancole.com</a><br /><a href="http://blog.allancole.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blog.allancole.com</a><br /><a href="http://wordpress.allancole.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wordpress.allancole.com</a><br /><a href="http://algorythmusic.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://algorythmusic.com</a><br /><a href="http://fthrwght.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://fthrwght.com</a></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://allancole.com/blog/624/club-cards/">Club Cards — What’s the freaking point?</a></h2><p><img class="size-medium alignnone" src="http://allancole.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/l_1600_1200_51DAD7F2-7DA3-4212-96E2-6A3097536F42.jpeg" alt="Club Cards — What’s the point?" height="329" width="440" /></p> <p>So the other day, I went to the Grocery store and ended up spending about $10 more than I was supposed to because of these gawd awful Club Cards. — <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I don’t understand why these things exist.</span></p> <p><small>(#rantalert)</small></p> <p>It’s like joining an imaginary ‘club’ that anybody can get into. Why do ‘they’ even call it a ‘club?’ It doesn’t require anything from you, and you don’t really get anything exclusive for being in the ‘club.’ Yes, they have their ‘Club Card’/reduces prices, but if anyone can get the Club Card, and there aren’t any real requirements for getting a card, then the reduced prices should just be the regular prices for everybody, right!? I say there’s no ‘real’ requirements because every time a store asks me to to fill out an ‘application’ for their ‘Club,’ I put in a fake address and a fake phone number — I’m sure other people do the same thing to avoid unwanted sales pitches. It’s really a club full of fraudulent cheap-skates who have no problem telling lies(white) to save a buck or two — what a horrible club. I get that they want your mailing address so they can mail you promotions, ads and other non-environmental-friendly stuff. I have a good feeling that they mail you the same ads that they already have available in the entrances of every store. On top of that, the sales in the ads are useless if you don’t have a Club Card anyway — what a complete <strong>waste</strong>.</p> <p>Actually, let’s look at how much gets wasted just to give us a ‘deal’ that we should already be getting.</p> <ol><li><strong>Plastic</strong> Non-Biodegradable Plastic Card (and don’t forget about the knock-out plastic that’s left behind when you get one of these.</li><li><strong>Paper</strong> Application form (sometimes printed in color too).</li><li><strong>Paper</strong> Snail-Mail Advertisements.</li><li><strong>Time</strong> is wasted when people are filling out the form in line while other folks are waiting behind them.</li></ol> <p>Solutions:</p> <ol><li>1st, fire the guy/gal who came up with idea in the first place. 2nd, get rid of the ‘Club Card’ system all together & recycle the plastic.</li><li>Consolidate. As a last resort, companies who use these things should combine powers and issue 1 card that works in all stores.</li></ol> <p>Of course there are bigger fish to fry on this issue:</p> <ol><li>Who has access to the database of addresses and phone numbers?</li><li>Are they monitoring what folks are buying at Pharmacies, Grocery Stores etc?</li></ol> <p><img class="hang-1-column" title="cmonson" src="http://allancole.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/cmonson.gif" alt="C’Mon Son." height="45" width="80" /> But the cards themselves really bother me. They’re completely inconvenient! I only have one wallet, but I’m supposed to walk around with all of those cards crammed in there just to make a quick grocery store run? Makes me think of that Seinfeld episode with George Costanza’s <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPf98i8A0g');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPf98i8A0g">exploding wallet</a>. Even the mini key-chain cards are inconvenient. Who has room on there keys for 10 little annoying pieces of plastic? — Not I.</p> <p>Again, why do these things exist? Am I missing something?</p> <p>Comments?</p> </div>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-82705895125669618192010-06-24T22:21:00.016-04:002010-08-03T03:23:16.156-04:00PSA: Hand Sanitizer is Not SOAP!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCREKdJQDEI/AAAAAAAAGl8/9PqRlC1AKnY/s1600/dettolchildpreview.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCREKdJQDEI/AAAAAAAAGl8/9PqRlC1AKnY/s200/dettolchildpreview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486585192456916034" border="0" /></a><br />I recently had an <a href="http://virgo-pinkpanther87.blogspot.com/">e-discussion with a co-blogger about her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">germaphobia</span></a>, which lead to the conversation of hand sanitizers. Hand sanitizer was originally meant for hospitals and labs where <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ppl</span> are exposed to germs and various forms of bacteria all the time or environments where running water wasn't convenient, and at some point it became a commercialized mainstream consumer product. But the way I've seen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ppl</span> use it, you'd swear sanitizer was the new lotion or soap. I had a friend who would literally whip out the tiny bottle, splash a little dab in his palms and bathe in it every 20 minutes with a look of satisfaction as if he saved the earth, pleased his woman or thwarted terrorism. You can even get them in multiple colors to match the rest of your stuff. It grew steadily for years but after the world went ape-shit over swine flu......sorry H1N1 (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">wouldn't want to upset the pig and or pork enthusiasts</span>), you cant walk 10 feet on a campus or office building without seeing one of these dispensers.<br /><br />I'm a conspiracy theorists. Not in the sense that I believe the government is out to get me, aliens are amongst us and 9/11 was an inside job or the H1N1 was concocted to boost sales and stock of sanitizer, but by my pal Dre's (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">personal friend, not the rapper</span>) definition:<span style="font-style: italic;"> "I don't listen to or do something just because someone says so. If something doesn't make sense to me, I will and do question it."</span><br /><br />That being said, I don't get it. Maybe I'm slow or behind the curve here, but am I supposed to sanitize the dirt that's on my hand, wet it, spread it around....and just carry on with sanitized dirt on my hand all day long? Whatever did we do before sanitizer came around? Here's a few things to consider the next time you reach for that bottle:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCREiT-VLWI/AAAAAAAAGmE/FEK-nqx2Y6Q/s1600/soap.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCREiT-VLWI/AAAAAAAAGmE/FEK-nqx2Y6Q/s200/soap.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486585602312056162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WASH YOUR HANDS!!! </span></span> Hey! That's an alien concept! Nothing beats germs like good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ol</span>' fashioned soap! Forget about the 1% of germs it doesn't kill, WHAT ABOUT DIRT!? HUH? You can never wash your hands enough or too many times. If you use someone <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">else'</span> computer, wash your hands (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you don't know what kinda nut-juices they have all over their stuff</span>) or work in any community environment, you'd better wash so much you lose count. Personally, anytime I walk into a different dwelling, AND ALWAYS BEFORE ANY MEALS, I wash my hands to shed whatever <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">doornob</span>, wall, pole, person or railing crud I picked up along the way. Not to mention whichever, whenever times I scratched myself, sneezed, coughed or played with my hair.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PEE PEE!! </span></span> Here's a scary insight [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">takes off his "NO SNITCHING" t-shirt</span>] I would dare say most men (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">my trips to the ladies room are few and far in between, but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">that's</span> another conversation</span>) do not wash their hands when they use the bathroom! READ THAT AGAIN. This is probably why I wash my hands so much. That includes the workplace, restaurants, movies, bars, clubs, games and basically everywhere else where there is a public bathroom. One can argue that touching ones own tool is more sanitary than touching everything else in the bathroom, but your tool still should not be shared with the world. Only to select willing participants. I once heard a news report that revealed a high urine content at several bar's so I'd say away from those bar nuts if I were you................pun not intended...but gladly welcomed!<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Sidenote</span>: I hope I'm not the only one who uses his foot for everything in the bathroom stall. I'd sooner eat off the bathroom floor before I touched the flush or seat in a public bathroom. There are "no-handed" techniques that require no touching at all,but I'm not sure if <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">that's</span> common knowledge.....perks of being a man.</span><br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCpK-EarI/AAAAAAAAGls/imH2lVU9Dno/s1600/al_bundy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCpK-EarI/AAAAAAAAGls/imH2lVU9Dno/s200/al_bundy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486583521130867378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NUT JUICE!!* </span></span> (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">*Credit to LTG for blessing me with that term</span>) I'm positive that I'm not the only person who has to<span style="font-style: italic;"> "correct" </span>themselves from time to time (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">the male member can be very unpredictable and tend to act up in the least opportune situations so sometime we need to re-align him for discretion sake</span>) or who's hand makes a periodic pit stop in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">crotchzone</span>, HOWEVER, I am always mindful of which hand I use for that, use my other hand for everything else and I wash my hands constantly. I'm sure you've seen some woman at some point in time mediate a conflict <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">btwn</span> her bra and the sweater puppies, or dig into the cavities down below and rescue a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">wedgie'd</span> undergarment in distress. <blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Sidenote</span>: Sometimes, we men try to be discrete about it and try to pull off the "hand in the pocket jimmy tuck around," basically try to reach him from the cloak of your pockets and put him back in place, but that sometimes takes way longer and can draw more attention to yourself. Just go for it, get it over with as quick as possible before you get a ticket for public indecency <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">bc</span> you look like you're pleasing yourself.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SWEAT!! </span></span>Some people have armpits for hands and sweat profusely. Theses <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ppl</span> also put their hands on everything....but its <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ok</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">bc</span> they have a coating of a sweat and sanitizer cocktail. I once heard a commercial say that up to 70% of airborne dirt is human skin. GROSS! Plus, I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">dont</span> want my hand to be a collection of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">everyone's</span> lotions.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLEAN YOUR STUFF [PAUSE]!!!</span></span> Get your mind out of the gutter, I mean your possessions at work home and school. Ask yourself this, when was the last time you cleaned your phone, keyboard, mouse, cellphone, desk, remote control, doorknobs, faucet, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">videogame</span> controllers or anything else that sits in your hand for a long period of time.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Sidenote</span>: Other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ppl's</span> homes should also be on the list of places you need to wash your hands. You could walk around with a black light, but lets just save everyone the embarrassment and play it safe. They may not share your sanitary values.</span><br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCp9RlTgI/AAAAAAAAGl0/Qo2cEEV8gKo/s1600/handshake.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCp9RlTgI/AAAAAAAAGl0/Qo2cEEV8gKo/s200/handshake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486583534634487298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HANDSHAKES!!! </span></span> This unfortunately tips the scale and levels the playing field. Despite all the precautionary measures you may take on your own part, western civilization is that of a touching nature, so we have to make contact with at least a dozen hands <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">btwn</span> leaving and returning home. For some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">ppl</span>, hundreds depending on the profession or social setting (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">doubled if you live in the hood - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">ppl</span> just want to slap five and give you a pound all day long</span>). Many of these people are guilty of any one of these offenses (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">if not all</span>) at least once in the day and in many arena's its is a blatant sign of disrespect to turn down a handshake. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">That's</span> why I'm more of a "<span style="font-style: italic;">pound</span>" man or as some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">ignoramii</span> have dubbed it, "<span style="font-style: italic;">the close handed high five"</span> or the "<span style="font-style: italic;">terrorist fist bump</span>."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCoR8tEWI/AAAAAAAAGlk/VaMph3FZmEI/s1600/2551201595_62b24a3a6a.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TCRCoR8tEWI/AAAAAAAAGlk/VaMph3FZmEI/s200/2551201595_62b24a3a6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486583505824321890" border="0" /></a>Believe it or not, our bodies need to be exposed to most of the natural airborne everyday germs and bacteria <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">bc</span> if we incubate ourselves, we don't develop and grow our immune system. But, in the time that it took for me to type this, I probably touched my locks a few dozen times and scratched my scalp 2 or 3 times, not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">cus</span> its dirty (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">washed yesterday</span>), but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">bc</span> its relaxing and comforting. But if sanitizer gives you a a little peace of mind in a germ infested world, then who am I to salt the earth so that nothing may grow? You might want to consider wet wipes. Not only do they disinfect, they wipe away dirt as well.... and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">nutjuice</span>.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-22139765301144515932010-06-23T05:48:00.016-04:002010-08-02T02:01:14.346-04:00Why kids today are so DUMB!! Theory 8 [From the Black Berry Chronicles]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMjGIT9ofI/AAAAAAAAGo8/QOf2B0G4ZR4/s1600/DumbassDumbassBooks.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMjGIT9ofI/AAAAAAAAGo8/QOf2B0G4ZR4/s200/DumbassDumbassBooks.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499778158166909426" border="0" /></a>Previously in My $0.02...................<br /><p><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-part-1.html"> Theory 1</a><br /><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-2.html"> Theory 2</a><br /></span><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-3.html"> Theory 3</a><br /><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-4.html"> Theory 4 </a></span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-5.html"> Theory 5 </a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-6.html"> Theory 6</a></p><p><a href="http://rrchitect.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-kids-today-are-so-dumb-theory-7.html">aaaaand Theory 7</a></p><p>If your child is dumb as bricks, then probably the first place you need to start is to let jr. know that, comparatively speaking, they're dumber than a refrigerator magnet. </p><p>Where did this come from? Excellent question little Timmy, I'm glad you asked. I'm coming home one night and I'm in a dollar van, front seat. I hear voices behind me saying:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Adult lady: go in the middle. move over</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Young lady: why? You know I'm fat.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Adult lady: you're not fat, your head is jus big</span></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><p></p><p>............Can anyone take a wild guess what my sitting in the front inquisitive ass did next? Of course I turned around, but I had to turn back quickly. Granted it was at night and dark, (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">and my melanin enriched ass only appears as eyes n teeth in the dark - looking like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland</span>) but my face has a tendency of saying what my lips won't. [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">I'm cogniscent of it and actively working on it, but for now.....it is what it is sun.</span>] Let's just say I agree with the later half of her statement but not the first. </p><p>Not to make this a blog on fitness (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">but its something I understand quite well, makes sense to me and easy for me to equate to</span>) but my whole fit journey started at age 13 when I one day looked in the mirror and could count the ribs on my chest. Its been uphill ever since but its bc I confronted and embraced that irrefutable truth. Which leads me to one of the greatest hypocrisies in parenting and ultimately, reason #8:</p><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Theory # 8: Parent a too damn lie!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">(West Indian for, "parents lie too much")</span></span></span></p><p>Why do parents lie to children?! I think its one of the most cruel things you can do to a child. We lie about things, where the truth would suffice. And then we tell our kids not to lie and be honest. Here are a few of the most damaging lies to a child:</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmyN8hAVI/AAAAAAAAGpE/4geN9iebe5M/s1600/2008-12-29-santa3.htm"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmyN8hAVI/AAAAAAAAGpE/4geN9iebe5M/s200/2008-12-29-santa3.htm" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499782214128304466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Santa Claus</span></p><p>Yeah I said it. Why are we lying about Santa breaking into our house to give us gifts? When I realized that Santa wasn't real, that caused such a heart breaking disconnect btwn me and my parents. It didn't take long. We had no fire place and my parents always said lock the windows by the fire escape, so minus half the folklore, the gig was up relatively early. Like the kids arent going to recognize uncle Louie in a hat and white beard?<br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmzJd1fXI/AAAAAAAAGpc/D8m8JQxXVoI/s1600/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary-276x400.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmzJd1fXI/AAAAAAAAGpc/D8m8JQxXVoI/s200/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary-276x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499782230105750898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"I'm not home!"</span><br /></p><p>I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who was told to pick up the phone and say a parent wasn't home or lie to a solicitor at the door while my parent is sneaking a peak in the window. It was even more entertaining when it occurred either before or after I got a beating for lying. I've seen and heard my mom say several times<span style="font-style: italic;"> "she's not here,"</span> mind you, she's has always been the only female resident in the household.<br /></p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: I don't know about other cultures, but you don't confront a west indian parent about hypocracies and double standards ESPECIALLY as a child. Talking back is grounds for additional beatings. In many households, you aren't allowed an opinion until you're paying some bills or at least earning a paycheck.<br /></blockquote><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmybVWlGI/AAAAAAAAGpM/6jf_fZU4j9U/s1600/cherrytree.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmybVWlGI/AAAAAAAAGpM/6jf_fZU4j9U/s200/cherrytree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499782217722139746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"I cannot tell a lie"</span><br />Did the rest of you hear that bs story about George Washington and the cherry tree? How he chops down his pops tree and when confronted confesses with that infamous line? <span style="font-style: italic;">"I cannot tell a lie. It was I."</span>. You know I was well into high school when I found out that never actually happened? Not that I wasn't that sharp but who thought twice about that story past 3rd grade.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmytNiYnI/AAAAAAAAGpU/H1N6e6YQvR0/s1600/columbus.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmytNiYnI/AAAAAAAAGpU/H1N6e6YQvR0/s200/columbus.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499782222521197170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Columbus Day</span><br />How do you discover a place that has been inhabited for centuries? Why we still celebrate this day, is beyond me. Let's make a holiday for the first slave ship or celebrate the start of crack while we're at it. You all do know that the king was convinced that Columbus was going to sail off the edge of the earth so the only ppl he would spare to accompany him were prisoners. It kinda puts a lot of history in perspective when we acknowledge that western civilization was founded by thieves, murderes and rapists. What lessons did we learn here: even in a royal fuck up, you can salvage the situation and come out on top, and who cares if something belongs to someone else. You want it, take it. Then you wonder why little Ben is stealing ppl's lunch money. I guess at the end of the day, I can't hate bc if it wasn't for the brutality and growing pains of this country, none of us would be here right now.</p><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><blockquote style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: Look up the research of <span id="eow-title" class="long-title" title="They Came Before Columbus - Dr Ivan Van Sertima, Part 4"><span></span>Dr Ivan Van Sertima</span></blockquote><span id="eow-title" class="long-title" title="They Came Before Columbus - Dr Ivan Van Sertima, Part 4"></span><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmz3Ll4hI/AAAAAAAAGpk/rxDpDk2lWDA/s1600/toothfairy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 184px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMmz3Ll4hI/AAAAAAAAGpk/rxDpDk2lWDA/s200/toothfairy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499782242377261586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tooth Fairy</span><br />Another pointless lie that a childhood can do without. Then you wonder why little Suzie grows up and let's strangers willingly into her bedroom or exchanges oblong favors for financial rewards. </p>Sent via The RrChitect by some Provider who doesn't pay him to advertise for them.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-61335119599195447972010-06-23T02:59:00.011-04:002010-07-30T23:36:30.148-04:00COD is CRACK!!! [From the Blackberry Chronicles]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUaVPxZhI/AAAAAAAAGns/X55Nqkuphqg/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 110px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUaVPxZhI/AAAAAAAAGns/X55Nqkuphqg/s200/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499762012561958418" border="0" /></a>Does COD, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WAW</span> (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">not to be mistaken with WOW</span>) or MW2 ring a bell to you?<br /><br />First sign that a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">videogame</span> has reached epidemic proportions: women who don't play <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">videog</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ames</span> know the acronym. My high school <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">homie</span> and many other women have confessed that this game has ruined her sex life. The menace we speak of, of course, is the 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> "Call of Duty" game: "Modern Warfare 2." And I confess, I would blog like everyday were it not for that game...........and Super Street Fighter 4<br /><br />What man of proper testosterone levels does not want to strap on an m-16 equipped with silencer and red dot, frag, flash grenades, stealth and enemy radar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">jammer</span> and run a Rambo/Commando on some charlies and tangos? Its like G.I. Joe....except the bullets actually hit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ppl</span>. Forget the fact that we are glorifying violence, warfare combat, and the blatant/latent pro-military propaganda, DA SHIT IS FUN SUN!!!<br /><br />Why to men love this so?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUam0A5JI/AAAAAAAAGn0/HeXozMG8WlQ/s1600/Avatar.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUam0A5JI/AAAAAAAAGn0/HeXozMG8WlQ/s200/Avatar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499762017277371538" border="0" /></a> All men have some pent up frustration and or animosity that a lavishly successful career, good credit score, a healthy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sexlife</span> and/or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">rabid</span> masturbation just won't alleviate. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">That's</span> why men do surface level-seemingly stupid shit like hunt, extreme sports, unprotected sex, skydive, customize cars, box and date crazy chicks. Why? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bc</span> society has set up so many social barriers that we cannot permeate. Its socially unacceptable to be violent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">despite</span> our natual carnal instinct. How often have we seen we seen infants playing and one <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">"Stewie</span>" of a child crack-smacks the pituitaries out of a next child for touching his/her precious toys. Yet we <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">vilify</span> the poor tyrant-to-be as if foreign <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ppl</span> are supposed to touch your stuff unwarranted (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">then u wonder why </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">lil</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Jenny has boys sneaking out </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ur</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> window while </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ur</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> at work</span>).<blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: As I'm giving this a final glance over, I can't help but think this scenario sounds familiar........AH YES! We called it the Gulf War. Learn your history!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidernote: Ghost is one of the coolest fictional military characters since Snake Eyes and Mister T!<br /></span></blockquote>Its socially unacceptable and we frown upon hitting or enacting violence on women, children, old <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">ppl</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">ppl</span> from Jersey, Ben <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Afflack</span>, students, puppies, bosses, co-workers, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ex's</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Redsox</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Knicks</span> fans - who coincidentally tend to be some of the most annoying <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">ppl</span> who arguably deserve to be hit the most! Not saying I condone <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">viiolence</span> but sit here and tell me you haven't fathomed pulverizing at least three of these types if not all, then cast yo<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">ur</span> stones. So where does all this frustration go? Nothing vents frustration like calling in an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">air strike</span> with an Apache chopper gunner attack <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">helicopter</span> or "the angel of death" <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Lockheed</span> ac-130.<br /><br />So next time you see your man playing some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">mw</span>2 or any other game, don't feel jealous. He is s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUa0MJknI/AAAAAAAAGn8/vSMvTW2IoKM/s1600/CoD-MW2-Wallpaper_smallversion.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMUa0MJknI/AAAAAAAAGn8/vSMvTW2IoKM/s200/CoD-MW2-Wallpaper_smallversion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499762020868264562" border="0" /></a>imply making deposits into his "<span style="font-style: italic;">I'm not going to whip her monkey ass</span>" account. And for that, you should celebrate having a good man. Get yourself involved. Test his focus.....challenge him and see if he can maintain a positive <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">KD</span> (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">kill/death ratio where you have more kills </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">than</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">deaths</span></span>) while his penis is in your mouth. Some of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">yall</span> are grossed out, but most dudes will go ring <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">shopping</span> for that or at least keep that in mind next time he's tempted to cheat.<br /><br />Sent via The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">RrChitect</span> by some Provider that doesn't pay me to advertise.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFOaHYocKRI/AAAAAAAAGqs/EqQvF-KgnBA/s1600/7-ac130-angel-flare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFOaHYocKRI/AAAAAAAAGqs/EqQvF-KgnBA/s320/7-ac130-angel-flare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499909021611338002" border="0" /></a>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-3042797432918766922010-06-23T02:49:00.006-04:002010-07-30T14:38:47.627-04:00Sheer Madness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6oz964I/AAAAAAAAGoU/Vr4YrOw1Yos/s1600/article-1184538-0503FE16000005DC-712_634x646.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6oz964I/AAAAAAAAGoU/Vr4YrOw1Yos/s200/article-1184538-0503FE16000005DC-712_634x646.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499765866104744834" border="0" /></a>I'm not one to keep up with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6FECq_I/AAAAAAAAGoE/yC6uhzbF4JI/s1600/1sheer.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6FECq_I/AAAAAAAAGoE/yC6uhzbF4JI/s200/1sheer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499765856508488690" border="0" /></a>e hidden underworld of the fashion mafia who decides whats going to be hot this season BUT, I have a keen sense of observation. So let me ask a two questions that have been burning my naps for a few months now:<br /><br />Who decided that this season's new "it" color was sheer?<br /><br />When did naked become the new black?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">BC THIS SHIT IS <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GRRRRRRRRREAT</span></span> SUN!!!!!</span><br /><br />Who is this fashion guru that came up with this? I need to shake his/her hand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6YnboDI/AAAAAAAAGoM/e6T0jECEKXQ/s1600/4c76df860eSHEER.jpg.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX6YnboDI/AAAAAAAAGoM/e6T0jECEKXQ/s200/4c76df860eSHEER.jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499765861757198386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMbPf9ytoI/AAAAAAAAGos/uk_Nq8UW_po/s1600/8004%24MMM.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMbPf9ytoI/AAAAAAAAGos/uk_Nq8UW_po/s200/8004%24MMM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499769523042170498" border="0" /></a>Haven't you noticed more and more women wearing less and less? Clothes that previously were reserved only for bedtime, slumber, underwear and intimate occasions? Not to the bedroom, but in the street, to the grocery store, in the bars, clubs, lounges, and yes, in some cases, to work. Its like some places, all you need is nice underwear, a matching pair of shoes and bag and you're good to go. It's a beautiful concept. It's like Christmas Eve, you're looking at your tree (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">that is those of you who still get Christmas gifts</span>) and all your gifts are wrapped in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">clear wrap</span>. These sheer cat suits or full body pantyhose are becoming a bigger fad than those multi-colored atrocious Chinese slippers were. <blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sidenote</span>: I've even seen sheer bathing suits. Who in a million years would have thought in their wildest imagination that someone could make a bathing suit even MORE revealing? Somebody nominate this man/woman to the Nobel society.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sidernote</span>: My favorite by far has to be what I call "flash sheer" that looks <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">opace</span> until the camera's flash.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX7xmaaPI/AAAAAAAAGok/NE0GeIDtsK0/s1600/sheer-bikini-2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX7xmaaPI/AAAAAAAAGok/NE0GeIDtsK0/s200/sheer-bikini-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499765885643679986" border="0" /></a>As a society, our psyche is being desensitized by over stimuli sensationalism. Our barometer for surprise has changed so radically that its increasingly difficult to shock these days (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVp47f5YZg"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">shout outs to </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Erykah</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Badu</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">, who managed to pull that off amidst this atmosphere with her</span></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVp47f5YZg">"Window Seat" video</a> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">I'm no performance art expert, so I can't say for sure that's what her intention was..but its definitely one of her results. About the only thing that shocked me was those two dinosaur eggs she's been sitting on all these years. I never knew!</span>). It fascinates me that things that were previously deplorable are acceptable as common place now. I remember a time when you never saw any type of frontal nudity in mainstream publications. With the amount of nipples being showed left and right, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thanks to the sheer brigade, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">what'll</span></span> be the point of Playboy pretty soon? TV is just as bad. Spartacus: Blood and Sand should have been called "Blood and Sand..........and Titty" and True Blood should be called "True Porn." But then again, there was a day when you couldn't say "damn, ass and bitch" on network TV.<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sidenote</span></span>: No Spoiler Alert, but everyone was smashing on Spartacus, at least 2-5 times an episode. And is it just me or was that show like a "Where's Waldo" for breast? I mean seriously, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">gadzooks</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">kumbaya</span></span>, there was nudity in scenes that in all honesty, required no nudity whatsoever[No complaints of course]. Pan through the crowd at the coliseum - random couple smashing. Walk through the halls - random pair of titties saying hi to me. Two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ppl</span></span> having a conversation in the foreground - random <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">blowjob</span></span> in the background.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Sidernote</span></span>: All nudity aside, if you haven't yet, you have to watch Spartacus <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">bc</span></span> it has THE greatest season finale in the history of television. I wish the lead actor a speedy recovery as he was diagnosed with cancer.<br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX64jT80I/AAAAAAAAGoc/B-l7uU5rmck/s1600/rihanna-sheer-tank-top.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFMX64jT80I/AAAAAAAAGoc/B-l7uU5rmck/s200/rihanna-sheer-tank-top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499765870329852738" border="0" /></a>To the women who embrace this trend, we applaud and salute you [<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">stands......commences a slow clap</span>]. You revolutionary trailblazers are paving the way to equal rights and freedom from the oppressive tyranny of clothing. You too will one day enjoy the freedom and jubilant feeling of the wind and sun on your bare chest in public on a nice summer day. Curl your face all kinds of ways you want, but if I told you a year ago to wear a pantyhose and a clear top exposing your bra and tong-ta-tong-tong-tong-tong and go out on the town, you would've probably had the same reaction. My friends and I laughed the first time we saw one. We didn't know we were in the presence of a trend setter.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">"You see, I'm not a monster.....I'm just ahead of the curve."</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">The Joker, The Dark Knight</span></blockquote> <span style="font-weight: bold;">WARNING!!</span> Consult your fashion council......<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">cus</span></span> quite frankly..........not everyone can........or should wear sheer. Some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ppl</span></span> cover themselves up for damn good reasons.<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9hVp47f5YZg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9hVp47f5YZg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-88961422213794786372010-06-21T08:22:00.014-04:002010-08-02T02:46:31.164-04:00DRINK WATER!!! H2-OOOOOOOH YEAH!!!Your body is 70% water....................you think water is important?<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sidenote</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">That's</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> about average. If you wanna get technical, the range can be </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">btwn</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> 50-80%. More lean muscle mass holds more water than fat so, no, not everyone is 70% water.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sidernote</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">: Isn't it ironic that the planet too, is about 70% water? That's why I don't argue with </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ppl</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> who say there is not a God or that the planet is not a living thing.<br /><br />Southsidenote: I often wonder if they made commercials during our favorite cartoons of a gallon of water busting through a wall screaming, "OH YEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!!" would we have a different attitude towards water? What if we had hot sexy bikini models hawking drinking water in commercials during sports games or topless men during soap operas or Grey's Anatomy? What if water was the official drink of the NBA..........ok you get the point.<br /></span></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFM-X0NukaI/AAAAAAAAGqU/AFG1W0bQduA/s1600/willing+water+color.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFM-X0NukaI/AAAAAAAAGqU/AFG1W0bQduA/s200/willing+water+color.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499808148823642530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">"I DONT LIKE WAAAAAAATERRRRR!! IT HAS NO TAAAAAAAAAAASTE!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" </span> These arguments were probably effective when you were like.....seven, but grow the eff up. I can't imagine that colon exams and twat checks are a full blown bowl of Kellogs Pops, but as we age, we gotta do whats best for us FIRST, and what we like SECOND. So get creative, add lime or some other fruit. Try this, instead of that 20 oz cup you like to fill with juice or "drink," instead, try filling it 30-60% with water? Experiment to your desire. Here's some help, tea, coffee, powder mixed protein shakes, natural iced tea and lemonade count towards your daily intake, but they take longer to absorb that pure water without all the true health benefits........NOT powdered iced tea, lemonade, juice, tang, koolaid or red/purple/blue/green/orange drink. Try flavored water (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">avoid anything with artificial sugars for it is the devil</span>). Hopefully those are some helpful "hows" but here's a few friendly "why's" or rather the benefits of water:<br /><br />-Offset Jet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">lag</span>. Most of the symptoms induced by jet lag are comparable to dehydration. A good measure is to drink at least 1-2 glasses of water per hour in the air ESPECIALLY if you drink on flights. If you're not proactive, drink a gallon of water upon landing, but I find the latter more difficult<br />-Hydrated skin = healthier skin. Softer, smoother and clearer. Ppl don't believe that I hardly ever use lotion yet I get complimented on my skin all the time. Think of it as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">moisturizing</span> from the inside.<br />-You <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">don't</span> need to check the label or count the calories.<br />-Lighten up your meal. The average fast food or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">restaurant</span> sit-down meal can range <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">btwn</span> 600-2000 calories BEFORE you factor in the drink, soda, coffee, shake or whatever beverage.<br />-Best sports drink ever. Check out <a class="searchResultLink" href="http://www.menshealth.com/men/weight-loss/abs-diet/abs-diet-drinking-water/article/6c7744cc0ebb8010VgnVCM200000cee793cd"><span class="recipeSearchResultBlue">The Water Rules</span></a> via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Menshealth</span><br />-Weight management. Whether you're trying to gain or lose, water is a pivotal component in flushing fats, toxins and regulating your body.<br />-More effective for all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">nighters</span> than coffee. Why are you so sleepy, drowsy and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">delirious</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">You're</span> not lugging crates, you're at a desk for crying out loud. Could it be that you're dehydrated? Have you looked at the symptoms of dehydration and said to yourself "hmmmmmmm.....sounds a lot like my last all <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">nighter</span><span style="font-style: italic;">?"</span> Do you really drink water or do you just babysit that one "guilt" bottle of water the entire night? Personally, I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">don't</span> endorse all-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">nighters</span>, but we all know not everything works in our favor towards a tardy deadline so sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Be sure to drink a bottle every 40 minutes, preferably in a straight shot. You'll have to pee like a pregnant race horse but you wont be dozing off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFM-XY2mR6I/AAAAAAAAGqM/skpxq-Kg3Dg/s1600/Image+80+tap+water.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TFM-XY2mR6I/AAAAAAAAGqM/skpxq-Kg3Dg/s200/Image+80+tap+water.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499808141478872994" border="0" /></a>Last note: do not make a crutch out of sports drinks and sports waters for your water intake. It kills me when I see ppl eating the super teriyaki delux sweet n sour bacon burger with curly sweet potato fries and kookamunga dipping sauce........and a vitamin water? Its not a diet drink ppl. Sports drinks are packed with carbs, sugars and salts bc when you work out, you need to replenish those things..........WHAT ARE YOU REPLENISHING AT YOUR DESK? What vital nutrients did you lose undoing the paper jam in tray 3? All you're doing by drinking these things casually is packing on carbs, calories, salt and sugars (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">or in fancy shmancy technical terms......"electrolytes" lol</span>).<br /><br />I suggest everyone get a huge measuring cup and track your daily intake. It's not hard. If your glass is 16 oz, then you know you have to down it at least 4 times a day. Another simple hydrometer is your peepee. If it's looking anywhere from tap water to lemonade, to water with a crystal light, you're in good shake. Darker yellow to gold, you need more water. If it's looking like Earl Grey Tea, you need to stop whatever you're drinking and get a gallon of water immediately!<br /><br />Additional reading on the matter.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/clark2.htm">Top 10 Reas</a><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/clark2.htm">ons We Need To Drink Water!</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">-</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jenheath4.htm">The Full Importance of Water</a></b></span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>via <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html">bodybuilding.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></b></span></span></span></span>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842493133317919492.post-82568717315605621632010-06-15T07:26:00.008-04:002010-07-08T00:33:05.112-04:00Dont Fall for The AT&T Okie Doke!! [From the Blackberry Chronicles]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TC8ix-kTvvI/AAAAAAAAGnc/8ErlcwcDAG4/s1600/sucker.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TC8ix-kTvvI/AAAAAAAAGnc/8ErlcwcDAG4/s200/sucker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489644712792145650" border="0" /></a>I'm always amazed how ape-shit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ppl</span> go over new Apple products. You couldn't even load the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">att</span> website when the new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">iphone</span> was announced <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bc</span> all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">iphone</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">feens</span> crashed the sight. Att is hilarious. They realized that they are utterly incapable of keeping up with the massive demands caused by the Iphone, so in an attempt fix it, their solution is..............stop using the network so much or we'll nickel and dime you out. But since they cant exactly cut your service against your will, they had to come up with a more alluring, seductive way to do pull this off.<br /><p>If I believed in the market, I would have invested heavily in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">att</span> about a month ago when<a href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30854"> they announced that they were no longer offering unlimited data to new users and revealed the new tiered data structure. </a> Smart users will save a lot of money, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ppl</span> who use their phone ignorantly will get raped. Once I get my new phone that will do all the things I currently don't do, the data calculator estimated me at 4.45 gigs a month. Att's "high end" plan is 2gs and $10 for every 1g over you go. Couple that with them raising the<a href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=17951"> early termination fees on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">smartphones</span></a>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">(<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">therefore, if you jumped ship just for the Iphone and are dissatisfied with terrible service, you're trapped or have to part ways with a kidney to go back to your old provider</span>) att</span> stands to make a killing. </p><p>Remember at one point, phone companies discontinued the unlimited nights and weekends (unless you already had it) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">bc</span> of usage congestion and only offered 1000 nights and weekends. Remember when long distance wasn't included in your anytime minutes? Calling your neighboring state...and in some cases town, was an additional charge.</p><p style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;"></p><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Sidenote: My first ever cellphone plan was 200 anytime minutes, long distance not included, unlimited nights and weekends, and I had it for a year before I ever went over (relationships are costly). My first txt msg plan was 200 msg... I average 1200-1700 txt msgs a month now. Can we agree that time and habits change?</span><br /></blockquote><p></p><p><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Idunno</span> about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">yall</span>, but I would hold on to a grandfathered unlimited data plan (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">which they are discontinuing</span>). At first glance, a $15 blackberry plan looks very enticing, but who knows what the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">internet</span> will look like in 1-3 yrs. Look out for a few things here and on the horizon that will forever alter the next generation of cellphones. Here are a few reasons why you should hold onto your unlimited plan.</p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video Calling:</span></span> Although its currently choppy at best, if you can even connect a call, this is going to be the next mega-craze for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">smartphone</span> usage. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Evo</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Iphone</span> 4 and a small handful others are a few that can video chat now. The quality is about as poor as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">pre</span>-T1 speed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">webcam</span> chat but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">will</span> only get better. Soon, it will be as common as having a camera on your phone. You can't even find a phone today without a camera (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">they even have flashes that rival your actual camera</span>). I would have preferred companies <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">spent</span> more R&D and fine tuned the concept first, but I credit these folks who pushed to be the first.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tethering: </span><span style="font-size:100%;">It's bad enough that att charges you additional fees to do this, while other providers don't but with the tethering option, coupled with an unlimited data plan, you could make a wireless hotspot right at home without a cable or dsl internet plan. You can even use it anywhere with your laptop like an air card. You would definitely need an unlimited plan for this, otherwise whats the point? You think cell phone internet eats a lot of data imagine your computer internet usage? It transfers information to and from your computer even when you're not doing anything.<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Texting</span></span>:<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"> <span style="font-size:100%;"> Att</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> has a phone called "The Shine" and there are a few others that can already insert video into a </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" style="font-size:100%;">txt</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> message. Not a hyperlink, not an attachment. Yes. The actual video as streamline as those messages with pictures in it. After thinking </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >"how </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" >fricken</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > cool is that?"</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> my inner nerd (</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >shut up </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" >Denisha</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >! He's inner I sa<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">y</span>!</span><span style="font-size:100%;">) couldn't help but think "that is going to consume a lot of data. Email can't even do that yet w/o </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" style="font-size:100%;">youtube</span><span style="font-size:100%;">. </span><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Wifi</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >:</span> If your wondering why you walk around with 2 spare batteries and bring your charger EVERYWHERE, its <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">bc</span> you probably have your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">WAP</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">wifi</span> set to "on". <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Wifi</span> is much faster than 3G (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">since its using a different network than what you use for voice</span>) and can handle greater data transfers. This is perfect if you're trying to save $$ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">bc</span> you can opt out of a data plan and just pick up a reliable <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">wifi</span> signal just like you do with your laptop. So what's the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Achilles</span> heal here? See first statement: since its doing more work and constantly checking for more reliable networks, its exorbitantly taxing on battery life, rendering it an unattractive option. As networks get faster and faster, unless companies do something to improve power <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">management</span>, more and more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">ppl</span> will rely more on their data plans. </p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blackberry Messenger: </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Yall</span> know by now that if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">bbm</span> was a woman, I'd massage her feet daily. I'm seriously about to get rid of or lower my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">txt</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">msg</span> plan (<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">I haven't </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">bc</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;"> I had a conversation similar to this with myself</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">bc</span> everyone I talk to most is on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">bbm</span>. You can already have group chats, conference chatting, file sharing, send images, files and even record voice notes back and forth (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">how's that for a spin on free international conversations; feel free to steal that; you're welcome</span>) its only a matter of time before video chatting is an option. </p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TC8ixvRNtYI/AAAAAAAAGnU/CWTSb09y07I/s1600/camera-phone.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Us1jylnLwFo/TC8ixvRNtYI/AAAAAAAAGnU/CWTSb09y07I/s200/camera-phone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489644708685526402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Multi Media Messages: </span></span>Show of hands, how many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">ppl</span> have more than 3 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">megapixels</span> on their phone cam? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Ok</span>, now how many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">ppl</span> have a phone cam that rivals most digital camera's? I remember when 3.0mp came out in the art/graphics/photography world, that was the death of "<span style="font-style: italic;">point and click</span>" cameras and the 5.0+ was the nail in the coffin for film (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">outside of industry preference</span>). Now they are making 5-10mp <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">HD</span> cameras on cell phones. Better quality = larger files = more data required to send those picture <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">msg</span> we send so frequently, a la "<span style="font-style: italic;">hey I bought some bomb ass new shoes - CLICK:::SNAP:::SEND- see!!??</span>" You may not exceed 2gigs a month NOW, but 2 phones down the line you may. Which leads me to my last point:</p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most users are oblivious of their data usage:</span> </span>Can anyone quantify the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">txt</span> equivalent of 20 bytes of data?.......... The Final <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Jeopardy</span> answer, "<span style="font-style: italic;">how are you?</span>" I know this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">bc</span> I had extensive conversations when trying to figure out an international data plan. Images and attached files are easy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">bc</span> they tell you the file size but how much data is a 2 minute streaming video, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Facebook</span> page or even this blog? Plus these newer phones can do more like view flash, allowing you to watch <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">hulu</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">netflix</span> on your phone.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Sidenote</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">wifi</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">netflix</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> kills my laptop battery life what </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">pillage</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> and desecration will it do to my poor wee </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">lil</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> cell phone battery?<br /></span></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"></span><p></p><p>Rumor has it that other carriers are looking to follow suite with the tiered data pricing. If history repeats itself, they may eventually bring back the unlimited plans as data/network supply catches up to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">consumption</span> demands.....but what if we don't. Do we as consumers need to usher into a new era of limits, restriction, become more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">cognizant (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">thanks lady in red</span>)</span> and responsible and considerate about our data <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">ussage</span>?.............................................................<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">MAAAAAAAAAAN</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">[UGHFFF]</span> DAT!!! As much as we're over charged?!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">Shooooot</span>, I'll take a picture of my hand giving a middle finger, attach a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">voicenote</span> of me singing "<span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">lalala</span>," type "<span style="font-style: italic;">how are you</span>" 100 times, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">bbm</span> that bitch to Mars if I damn well please! </p><p><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sent via </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">The RrChitect</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> by Some provider I refuse to advertise for.</span><br /></p>Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438022689932837528noreply@blogger.com5