RIP Ed McMahon

In sad folks y'all, Ed McMahon died early this morning at the age of 86.


MSN story here

...56?

Teenager claims she only wanted three tattoos (on her face) ...and woke up at 5am with this:

56 stars, all over her damn face, to be exact. She said she went to sleep so she wouldn't feel the pain, and woke up while ol' boy was tattooing more shit on her nose. Tattoo artist claims that this is what she wanted, but blamed it on him when her dad and his friend saw the tats, and freaked. Artist said he doesn't use hypnosis or drugs during the process. He says ol' girl knew what was up? She's now charging him with assault and battery


My concern is: HOW DO YOU FALL ASLEEP WHILE GETTING A TATTOO, FOOL?!?!? Like, really? Are we supposed to believe that? And, on your FACE?!?!? Really? We are supposed to feel sympathy, for someone who claims to have sat through 56 tattoos ON HER FACE?!? No. I'm sorry. I ain't got it today, boo. Or tomorrow.



Who do hell do you believe?
full story


UPDATE: SHE LIED!!! (duh)

THIS SHIT HAS GOT TO STOP.

uhhh, no.

And LaLa, how you gon' weave up one half of your head? C'moooooooon people, why are we encouraging this? I guess it's the business.
courtesy of www.theybf.com

To Begin...From Here??

Long distance relationships man....never something I considered till I left the coast where my whole life was. Still not something I would ever go into whole heartedly thinking it would work, and that me and said ol' boy would be perfectly fine with it and be able to hang no problem.

Cuz unfortunately, I've developed trust issues this past year, and they ain't nothin but a bitch! Relationships are hard enough as it is in the same damn county, but would you start one with someone who was not near you?


Would you, could you, begin with absence?

Parental vs. Rude...When Does it Become NOT OK?

Now, my parents are Guyanese, and with all that West Indian history, comes a whole lotta nonsense that only few of my friends understand. There are a lot of behaviors that my parents have that I have learned to excuse 1) because I couldn't say shit, cuz....duh, they're my parents and 2) because I didn't realize that alot of parents are NOT like them. Of course, they share many characteristics of most parents, but there are these just...unexplainable traits of West Indian parents are are so rooted, I wouldn't even know where to begin to address some of them.

One thing that I've come to notice, and have heard from other friends with non-American parents, is the tyrant mindframe of our fathers. Again, this is something that I have just become very accustomed to, but it has begun to really boil my water and place a further gap between me and this man (my father). Granted, men in general, many cultures, are born and bred differently to be this all powerful, no nonsense, unquestionable forces that rule with an iron fist. But in the West Indian culture, what I notice also is such a lack of compromise, and lack of even trying to understand another point of view, ESPECIALLY if it's more "American/Yankee." But honestly, he is just so damn rude! No tact. Complete disregard for my feelings. Dismissive. Tyrannical. Critical.

I mean, love the man with my all, but sometimes...I just feel like he goes too far, and does this, because he knows he can, and has been allowed to do so by everyone in my family (my brother tries to go hard at him sometimes, tho, guess it's a guy thing). Things as personal as romantic relationships (he's only been privy to one, my most recent, which he was not a fan of, and had no problem informing me of this), he felt/feels the need to make inappropriate jokes and say hurtful things. Is this to gauge my true feelings? Is this to drive whatever point he has, home? Is this just for me to react?

And how bad is it that I've learned to just ignore him? In one, out the other. (or so it seems) That can't be healthy right? With family? The ease with which I brush his hurtful words off my shoulder? No, not healthy, but damn sure protective.


Do you have those people in your life who get under your skin, but for whatever reason, you never address it?
Just a thought.

Yeah, I Brought It Back.

Doogie Howser - Theme Song

He's Back.

and he's saving my psyche as I part ways with the 08'09 "in a relationship" AY. I listen to it as if my ex is saying/singing this to me (which he has), letting me do what I need to do. Just perfect.





Maxwell is coming to shake the neo-soul world again like he did 7 years ago. July 7th, 2009, the first installment of his 3-part album, BlacksSummersNight, drops in stores.



And I will be there to catch it!