So last night was the night of the concert that I have been talking about going to for a few weeks on twitter and in person if you know me. Yesterday was my day off after doing a 9 yes 9 day stretch at work. I was scheduled to work that many days because I wouldn't do that to myself on purpose because I know how I can be after a long weekend. So to say the least I was TIRED.
But moving on.
So my day started off with me waking up from about an hour nap of not being able to sleep all night the night before because I was some where that I shouldn't have been with someone who isn't good for me and I went over there knowing all of that information but I did it anyway. After not really being able to sleep because the space that I was in was A MESS and I just didn't feel that comfortable knowing that I would be spending my next night with someone else that I was actually looking forward to spending some time with.... But more on that in a minute. The person that I was with on Friday night I have a soft spot for him even though I know that he is not really good for me. There is something in me that draws me to him and I can't explain it nor can I turn it off. Even though I have tried but maybe I should try harder. Nothing happened we just went to sleep. Well he went to sleep and I just laid there awake and uncomfortable thinking about all of the things that I had to get done on Saturday before the show.
So once I got home I sat there and watched the entire funeral for Whitney Houston it was sad and I still can't believe that she is gone but I watched it anyway.
After I that went off I went through some clothes and tired to put together something that was cute and sexy but not showing off too much but just enough. I have my moments when I want to be exposed and I have my moments that I don't want to be exposed. Last night was a "I want to be exposed night" it was for several reasons but mostly because I wanted to appeal to his eyes if nothing else.
Moving on....
So I went to the concert and when I say these three women put on an amazing show, they put on an amazing show. I didn't know that Melanie Fiona could sing like that and now I am really a fan. Everyone knows that I love Chrisette Michele and Marsha Ambrosius just has a sick voice that makes no sense at all. All of these women have God given talent and make me almost wish that I was still singing. But that is another blog for another time.
So on the main event so to speak lol.
Finally it was time for me to meet this man face to face and back up all of the talking that I had done in my text messages over the past month.
I will admit that I was nervous. Why I don't know because it is not like he didn't show me part of who he was over this time period, I will just chalk it up to me being me. Check my post "Proceeding with Caution" for more.
Let me just say this about last night. He was very patient, very gentle, very comforting and even though he was extremely tired he waited for me to be ready before he even begin to proceed with anything. He told me that he is not one to judge, I believe him.
So when I woke up this morning and I was taking my shower while he was still sleeping I was thinking about everything replaying it in my head and I feel good about everything. If I never see him again because he works like crazy and so do I or because he has other women in other places or because I can't get other people out of my system or because of this or because or that I still feel good about it.
I am a woman of a certain age and I was not forced into doing anything that I didn't want to do nor anything that was not agreed upon. I had a good time and I feel like I kinda came into my own to a certain extent last night.
I am single and I am allowed to have some fun and live my life the way that I choose to live it.
Life is so short that you never really know when your today will be your last. That is something that only God knows and I am not one to challenge Him or his plans that He has for me.
I feel good about last night. I feel good about it if we never meet again. I feel great about it if we do.
I am happy and that is the point.
And that is just my .04 cents.
Until next time....
Peace & Many Blessings.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime
The saying goes that people will be in your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. The first time I think I ever heard that saying was during a training that I was in for becoming a resident assistant before starting my third year of school.
It really hadn't dawned on me of what it really meant until recently due to some things that I am changing in my life and that other people in my life are not changing. Now I am not knocking anyone for staying stagnant in their own life but I can't stop moving in mine. I have come so far and I still have a ways to go with everything that I want to accomplish in life. I can not have people around me that are standing still. Plain and simple. That is no longer going to work for me. You don't have to encourage me. You don't even have to support me if you don't want too. You can just step aside and let me do my thing and move forward in my life with the momentum that I am building for myself.
Now if you want to hang on for the ride okay cool but I am not going to let your negativity or poor decision making skills hinder me from doing what I need to do for myself. There are so many people that I thought really had my best interests in mind but it turns out that they just want to keep me down in the dumps with them. This is totally unacceptable. I can not live my life that way and I refuse to live my life that way.
When you have so much going on in a positive light and you are making changes to better yourself it is very hard to keep people around that are not bettering themselves. At first it might make you a little angry and upset because you are doing all of these things and they are just standing still. And of course you want the people that you care about and love you to grow with you but that is not always the case.
One thing that I have learned in life is that you can not wait on other people to make moves in your own life. You have to go after what you want and do the things that you know are going to benefit you the most. Whatever your talent is let that shine through and the people that are really in your corner are going to back you no matter what you are doing, they are always going to be in your corner. But the ones that are out to get you for some thing because they think that your talent is going to take them some where is the saddest thing that you will ever come across.
At this point in my life with everything that I have going on from finishing these writing projects that, to living more in the moment, and getting healthier for my own life and my future, I don't have time for the BS any longer. When I said I was going to stop bullshitting this year I meant that for myself as well as for everyone else that is in my life too. Because if you are going to be on that bull shit than I have to let you fall by the waste side and maybe I can pick you back up again once you get your own things together and work out your own issues.
But until I am going for mine and I am not going to let anyone stop me.
And that is just my .04 cents
Until Next Time.......
Peace & Many Blessings
It really hadn't dawned on me of what it really meant until recently due to some things that I am changing in my life and that other people in my life are not changing. Now I am not knocking anyone for staying stagnant in their own life but I can't stop moving in mine. I have come so far and I still have a ways to go with everything that I want to accomplish in life. I can not have people around me that are standing still. Plain and simple. That is no longer going to work for me. You don't have to encourage me. You don't even have to support me if you don't want too. You can just step aside and let me do my thing and move forward in my life with the momentum that I am building for myself.
Now if you want to hang on for the ride okay cool but I am not going to let your negativity or poor decision making skills hinder me from doing what I need to do for myself. There are so many people that I thought really had my best interests in mind but it turns out that they just want to keep me down in the dumps with them. This is totally unacceptable. I can not live my life that way and I refuse to live my life that way.
When you have so much going on in a positive light and you are making changes to better yourself it is very hard to keep people around that are not bettering themselves. At first it might make you a little angry and upset because you are doing all of these things and they are just standing still. And of course you want the people that you care about and love you to grow with you but that is not always the case.
One thing that I have learned in life is that you can not wait on other people to make moves in your own life. You have to go after what you want and do the things that you know are going to benefit you the most. Whatever your talent is let that shine through and the people that are really in your corner are going to back you no matter what you are doing, they are always going to be in your corner. But the ones that are out to get you for some thing because they think that your talent is going to take them some where is the saddest thing that you will ever come across.
At this point in my life with everything that I have going on from finishing these writing projects that, to living more in the moment, and getting healthier for my own life and my future, I don't have time for the BS any longer. When I said I was going to stop bullshitting this year I meant that for myself as well as for everyone else that is in my life too. Because if you are going to be on that bull shit than I have to let you fall by the waste side and maybe I can pick you back up again once you get your own things together and work out your own issues.
But until I am going for mine and I am not going to let anyone stop me.
And that is just my .04 cents
Until Next Time.......
Peace & Many Blessings
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Art of Story Telling
There are so many ways to tell a story, and to tell a good one. In recent years there has been a public battle between two major story tellers in the Black community, the veteran Spike Lee that brought us the story of Malcolm X and put a lot of Black actors that we love in movies in the late 80's and 90's such as Angela Bassett, Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes. Then there is the relative new comer Tyler Perry that has risen to fame and fortune on the strength of one character Madea.
Now don't get me wrong I find Madea to be funny but very repetitive. I don't think that it is really the greatest representation of Black people and Black culture. I come from a very large family and I know what it is like to have that strong Black woman in your family that is the leader and that takes care of all the children and the neighborhood, my great grandmother was that person but she did it with class. Never once did she ever threaten to shoot someone with a pistol or try and beat them down when they didn't behave. All she had to do was give you a look and you would straighten right up.
I think that part of the problem between Spike Lee and Tyler Perry is that Spike Lee has worked for so many years to tell all types of stories and has never really received (in my opinion) the proper respect or credit for being such a ground breaking director, writer and producer when there very few Black people telling any type of Black stories at all. Now there may be some jealousy there between the two because Tyler Perry is raking in the money hand over fist and not slowing down. Or because he owns his own studio with a lot and sound stages. Who really knows?
The problem that I have with Tyler Perry is that he is telling the same story over and over again. His characters are everyday people that you would find in any city in the world, they go out do wrong pray to God get some help from family and everything is all good and everyone acts as if nothing ever happened in the first place. I really wish that it were that easy, because if it were I would be a millionaire too for telling all of the stories that I have swimming around in my head and I would be able to do what ever I wanted whenever I wanted. I would be able to sit around and write all day long without any other care in the world. But my reality is I have to go to work everyday and write whenever my schedule permits me to do so because I have student loans to pay off and God children to think about and bills that need to be taken care of.
After having had several discussions with my friends over the years most of them don't like Tyler Perry and are on #TeamSpike after giving it some serious thoughts I have to agree with some of the things that Spike Lee has said about Tyler Perry's work and I disagree with some other things. Do I think that Tyler Perry over does it with the Madea character at times, yes. Do I feel like you could get the same message across without Madea being so over the top, yes. Do I think that Tyler Perry is ever going to stop using Madea in his movies, no, why, because she sells, plain and simple and money talks in this world. That is just the way that it is.
I think that it is great that Tyler Perry owns his own business and believes in employing Black people and hires all of these Black actors that may otherwise not be working but he can use some other people besides the same ones that he uses over and over again like Gabrielle Union, Tasha Smith, Brian J. White, I love these actors but lets see some other people. Expose the world to some new talents since you know that people are going to come and see the movie anyway because it has your name on it.
With everything else that is going on in the world today the last thing that anyone really wants to hear about is two multi-millionaires arguing about who makes a better movie and who touches the most amount of people.
Tyler Perry the people that love Madea are going to continue to love her and support your movies from here until you decide not to make them any longer.
Spike Lee people that have supported your work and love your movies are going to continue to support and love your movies because it is A Spike Lee Joint.
You both make valid points as to why your films are good and as to why you may not particular care for the other person but in the end you both will always have the support of the Black community because you are both people that millions of people look up to and aspire to be like.
So save the drama for someone else because we have enough to deal with. Like making sure that Obama get re-elected. Let's focus on that!
But hey what do I know. I am just a young woman from Detroit trying to make it in this world for doing something that I love. WRITING.
And that is just my .04 cents.
Until Next Time.
Peace & Many Blessings.
Now don't get me wrong I find Madea to be funny but very repetitive. I don't think that it is really the greatest representation of Black people and Black culture. I come from a very large family and I know what it is like to have that strong Black woman in your family that is the leader and that takes care of all the children and the neighborhood, my great grandmother was that person but she did it with class. Never once did she ever threaten to shoot someone with a pistol or try and beat them down when they didn't behave. All she had to do was give you a look and you would straighten right up.
I think that part of the problem between Spike Lee and Tyler Perry is that Spike Lee has worked for so many years to tell all types of stories and has never really received (in my opinion) the proper respect or credit for being such a ground breaking director, writer and producer when there very few Black people telling any type of Black stories at all. Now there may be some jealousy there between the two because Tyler Perry is raking in the money hand over fist and not slowing down. Or because he owns his own studio with a lot and sound stages. Who really knows?
The problem that I have with Tyler Perry is that he is telling the same story over and over again. His characters are everyday people that you would find in any city in the world, they go out do wrong pray to God get some help from family and everything is all good and everyone acts as if nothing ever happened in the first place. I really wish that it were that easy, because if it were I would be a millionaire too for telling all of the stories that I have swimming around in my head and I would be able to do what ever I wanted whenever I wanted. I would be able to sit around and write all day long without any other care in the world. But my reality is I have to go to work everyday and write whenever my schedule permits me to do so because I have student loans to pay off and God children to think about and bills that need to be taken care of.
After having had several discussions with my friends over the years most of them don't like Tyler Perry and are on #TeamSpike after giving it some serious thoughts I have to agree with some of the things that Spike Lee has said about Tyler Perry's work and I disagree with some other things. Do I think that Tyler Perry over does it with the Madea character at times, yes. Do I feel like you could get the same message across without Madea being so over the top, yes. Do I think that Tyler Perry is ever going to stop using Madea in his movies, no, why, because she sells, plain and simple and money talks in this world. That is just the way that it is.
I think that it is great that Tyler Perry owns his own business and believes in employing Black people and hires all of these Black actors that may otherwise not be working but he can use some other people besides the same ones that he uses over and over again like Gabrielle Union, Tasha Smith, Brian J. White, I love these actors but lets see some other people. Expose the world to some new talents since you know that people are going to come and see the movie anyway because it has your name on it.
With everything else that is going on in the world today the last thing that anyone really wants to hear about is two multi-millionaires arguing about who makes a better movie and who touches the most amount of people.
Tyler Perry the people that love Madea are going to continue to love her and support your movies from here until you decide not to make them any longer.
Spike Lee people that have supported your work and love your movies are going to continue to support and love your movies because it is A Spike Lee Joint.
You both make valid points as to why your films are good and as to why you may not particular care for the other person but in the end you both will always have the support of the Black community because you are both people that millions of people look up to and aspire to be like.
So save the drama for someone else because we have enough to deal with. Like making sure that Obama get re-elected. Let's focus on that!
But hey what do I know. I am just a young woman from Detroit trying to make it in this world for doing something that I love. WRITING.
And that is just my .04 cents.
Until Next Time.
Peace & Many Blessings.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Power of God
So this weekend has been pretty long for me. I worked like a crazy woman because why? I love to work and I want to be able to treat myself every now and then, but that is not the purpose of this blog post today.
Today I am writing about something that I don't ever really talk about with most people because it is something that is very personal and private to me but today I am going to share.
God.
Often times in life you want to share your views, thoughts, and opinions about many things that are going on, world issues, race relations, politics, the economy all types of things but when it comes to God and religion or spirituality people are either very quite on the matter or overtly over the top in their own opinion.
Neither way is wrong. I have just for many years been a 'let me keep it to myself' type of person. Why? I can't tell you. Because if you ask me I am going to tell you that I am a true believer in Jesus Christ and that he died for our sins and the son of God and I want to make into heaven. Now I am not going to sit up here and say that I go to church every Sunday because I don't or that I read my Bible every day because I don't do that either although I do try to read it as often as I can, but you can't tell me in any way shape form or fashion that God doesn't exist. I know that He is real and I know that He is out there. I can't explain it I can just feel it and that is the Holy Spirit.
For those that know me know that I have had a rough few years until pretty recently and it wasn't until I got the thought in my head that maybe I need to make some changes and then some things might start to improve in my world. That was God working on me. I finally started listening. Low and behold. I move to a different location at my job and things start looking up for me. I am moving in the direction of moving up within the company. And possibly to a job that is actually in my field of study of what I went to school for in the first place which would be even better for me. It never really dawned on me to look for a job in my field with the company until I was talking to another person that is of God and pointed it out to me. Now I am not saying that I wouldn't have come to this conclusion on my own, but some times you need to hear some things from other people that you least expect to hear them from to actually plant the seed in your mind to take certain actions.
I don't know why it is that I have this over whelming since that this is going to be a break out year for me. I feel so much positivity and energy and happiness in my life that I know it is NOTHING but God moving in my life and making things better for me.
I feel so blessed and so happy all the time and I wasn't this person even 6 months ago. That is the amazing part and just the awesome power of God. There are so many things that I want out of life and that I want to do in life and I know that they will all be done in the right time. There are some lessons that I still need to learn I know that but there is this feeling that I have that I don't ever want to lose.
I had a failed relationship that only lasted 3 months and I learned that I able to love past what I thought I was able to love. The man that I was with is a good man. I just don't think that he was the right man for me. But what God showed me is that I am beautiful and that I deserve to be happy with the right person and not to just settle for someone just for the sake of being with them because I was lonely. I am beautiful and that is something that my ex would tell me all the time. I didn't believe it because I have always had issues with the way that I look. I have always been bigger than everyone else in my family and of my friends. I have always felt like the ugly duckling when it came to me compared to my female cousins and even my friends. I was never the one that the cute boys wanted to talk to or looked as being more than a friend. I was always just a cool chick to hang with. My ex made me realize that I was just as beautiful as the rest of them. I am beautiful and I do deserve to be happy. My mother has been telling me that for years but some things you just need to hear from a different avenue for it to really hit home for you. Besides mothers are supposed to tell their daughters that anyway right? Lol
God has some wonderful things in store for me. I don't even know what they are but I AM EXCITED.
I had a conversation with my manager of all people about God today and we shared some good information with each other. And one thing that I told her is that she needs to practice patience especially with things that you want the most. Because something that I have done my entire life is compare what others had to what I had or what others were doing and why wasn't I at the same point as my peers but you can't compare yourself to others because what God has for you is for you in your time and no one else and that really hit home for me recently and I am so glad that it finally.
So I can now stop worrying about when I am going to meet the man that I am supposed to be with because I know that he is out there and that we are going to meet when God is done working on me and ready for us to meet.
My goal is to keep working on myself and to better my relationship with God and be happy with every thing that He has done for me already and all of the things that He is going to do for me.
Change is coming and this is my time to shine and that is exactly what I plan on doing.
And that is just my .04 cents.
Until Next Time.......
Peace & Many Blessings.
Today I am writing about something that I don't ever really talk about with most people because it is something that is very personal and private to me but today I am going to share.
God.
Often times in life you want to share your views, thoughts, and opinions about many things that are going on, world issues, race relations, politics, the economy all types of things but when it comes to God and religion or spirituality people are either very quite on the matter or overtly over the top in their own opinion.
Neither way is wrong. I have just for many years been a 'let me keep it to myself' type of person. Why? I can't tell you. Because if you ask me I am going to tell you that I am a true believer in Jesus Christ and that he died for our sins and the son of God and I want to make into heaven. Now I am not going to sit up here and say that I go to church every Sunday because I don't or that I read my Bible every day because I don't do that either although I do try to read it as often as I can, but you can't tell me in any way shape form or fashion that God doesn't exist. I know that He is real and I know that He is out there. I can't explain it I can just feel it and that is the Holy Spirit.
For those that know me know that I have had a rough few years until pretty recently and it wasn't until I got the thought in my head that maybe I need to make some changes and then some things might start to improve in my world. That was God working on me. I finally started listening. Low and behold. I move to a different location at my job and things start looking up for me. I am moving in the direction of moving up within the company. And possibly to a job that is actually in my field of study of what I went to school for in the first place which would be even better for me. It never really dawned on me to look for a job in my field with the company until I was talking to another person that is of God and pointed it out to me. Now I am not saying that I wouldn't have come to this conclusion on my own, but some times you need to hear some things from other people that you least expect to hear them from to actually plant the seed in your mind to take certain actions.
I don't know why it is that I have this over whelming since that this is going to be a break out year for me. I feel so much positivity and energy and happiness in my life that I know it is NOTHING but God moving in my life and making things better for me.
I feel so blessed and so happy all the time and I wasn't this person even 6 months ago. That is the amazing part and just the awesome power of God. There are so many things that I want out of life and that I want to do in life and I know that they will all be done in the right time. There are some lessons that I still need to learn I know that but there is this feeling that I have that I don't ever want to lose.
I had a failed relationship that only lasted 3 months and I learned that I able to love past what I thought I was able to love. The man that I was with is a good man. I just don't think that he was the right man for me. But what God showed me is that I am beautiful and that I deserve to be happy with the right person and not to just settle for someone just for the sake of being with them because I was lonely. I am beautiful and that is something that my ex would tell me all the time. I didn't believe it because I have always had issues with the way that I look. I have always been bigger than everyone else in my family and of my friends. I have always felt like the ugly duckling when it came to me compared to my female cousins and even my friends. I was never the one that the cute boys wanted to talk to or looked as being more than a friend. I was always just a cool chick to hang with. My ex made me realize that I was just as beautiful as the rest of them. I am beautiful and I do deserve to be happy. My mother has been telling me that for years but some things you just need to hear from a different avenue for it to really hit home for you. Besides mothers are supposed to tell their daughters that anyway right? Lol
God has some wonderful things in store for me. I don't even know what they are but I AM EXCITED.
I had a conversation with my manager of all people about God today and we shared some good information with each other. And one thing that I told her is that she needs to practice patience especially with things that you want the most. Because something that I have done my entire life is compare what others had to what I had or what others were doing and why wasn't I at the same point as my peers but you can't compare yourself to others because what God has for you is for you in your time and no one else and that really hit home for me recently and I am so glad that it finally.
So I can now stop worrying about when I am going to meet the man that I am supposed to be with because I know that he is out there and that we are going to meet when God is done working on me and ready for us to meet.
My goal is to keep working on myself and to better my relationship with God and be happy with every thing that He has done for me already and all of the things that He is going to do for me.
Change is coming and this is my time to shine and that is exactly what I plan on doing.
And that is just my .04 cents.
Until Next Time.......
Peace & Many Blessings.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Red Tails
I went to go see the movie Red Tails today. Over all I will give 3.5 stars out of 5. I liked the movie in general but I had a few issues with a few things.
First the character that Ne-Yo played "Smokey" reminded me so much of the same character that he played in Stomp The Yard "Rich Brown" which just goes to show that when he has to act in a bigger role in a movie such as this where it is a time period piece he is not really up to the challenge. I think that he and Kevin Phillips who played "Neon" should have switched rolls. That is something that I think could have have made the movie a little bit better because Ne-Yo's acting is just sub par. Kevin Phillips is probably best known for his role in the movie "Pride" which also starred Terrence Howard and Nate Parker.
Some of the language was very corny and it was also very inconsistent. The language in the movie appeared to be a mix on today's slang and content and things that were actually being said in the 1940's.
There were small things that I did notice like Method Man's tattoo that should have been covered with some type of make-up even though he had on long sleeves in every scene that he was in he wasn't standing still the entire time that he was on camera and they could be seen every now and then.
I think that Terrence Howard has a limited range on emotion because I swear he is the same person in all of his movies, he looks good but he is still the same person.
All in all I would recommend that everyone go and see this movie, but also check out The Tuskegee Airmen which was an HBO movie that came out in 1995. In where I think the acting was a little bit better.
But I was very happy to see this movie have a big opening weekend and hopefully this will show Hollywood that an all black cast can bring people out even if there is no old grandma yelling at all of the children to get right. I mean there were SEVERAL all black movies in the 90's and early 2000's and they just all disappeared with the arrival of the blockbuster summer flicks.
This is just my .04 cents
Until Next Time......
Peace & Many Blessings
First the character that Ne-Yo played "Smokey" reminded me so much of the same character that he played in Stomp The Yard "Rich Brown" which just goes to show that when he has to act in a bigger role in a movie such as this where it is a time period piece he is not really up to the challenge. I think that he and Kevin Phillips who played "Neon" should have switched rolls. That is something that I think could have have made the movie a little bit better because Ne-Yo's acting is just sub par. Kevin Phillips is probably best known for his role in the movie "Pride" which also starred Terrence Howard and Nate Parker.
Some of the language was very corny and it was also very inconsistent. The language in the movie appeared to be a mix on today's slang and content and things that were actually being said in the 1940's.
There were small things that I did notice like Method Man's tattoo that should have been covered with some type of make-up even though he had on long sleeves in every scene that he was in he wasn't standing still the entire time that he was on camera and they could be seen every now and then.
I think that Terrence Howard has a limited range on emotion because I swear he is the same person in all of his movies, he looks good but he is still the same person.
All in all I would recommend that everyone go and see this movie, but also check out The Tuskegee Airmen which was an HBO movie that came out in 1995. In where I think the acting was a little bit better.
But I was very happy to see this movie have a big opening weekend and hopefully this will show Hollywood that an all black cast can bring people out even if there is no old grandma yelling at all of the children to get right. I mean there were SEVERAL all black movies in the 90's and early 2000's and they just all disappeared with the arrival of the blockbuster summer flicks.
This is just my .04 cents
Until Next Time......
Peace & Many Blessings
Sunday, January 22, 2012
What are female MC's coming too?
So today while I was on twitter @necolebitchie posted something about the fans of Beyonce getting into with Roseann Barr about the comments that she made after the passing of musical legend Etta James, now while I found these comments to be VERY funny that is not the reason for my post today. But I saw the video below and that is the reason for my post today.
What is really going on with female MC's today? I MEAN REALLY. First watch this video and then read on http://youtu.be/T6j4f8cHBIM
I mean really isn't there room for everyone to get money?
Nicki Minaj's head is definitely blown up bigger than it really should be. Now I am going to admit that I do like some of her verses like the one's on Roman's Revenge are really good. I think that she held her own against Eminem (who is 1 of my favorite MC's and from my city) but most of her rhymes are very childish and she doesn't really have much to say about anything.
Besides dissing Lil' Kim & Lil Mama and riding Lil' Wayne's dick so hard, what else does she have to contribute? Not much if you ask me. She is a gimmick artist and she is not as talented as a lot of people that I know and that I have met just from being around my city. I am a die hard Detroiter and there are MANY talented people here. Nicki Minaj doesn't hold a match to any of them.
I don't understand is why there has to be so many beefs between female MC's. I mean in the 90's which is when there really was love amongst most, there were songs that we all loved and knew the lyrics to the song of every female MC. Eve, DaBrat, Queen Latifah, Salt N Pepa, Foxy Brown, MC Lyte, Missy the list goes on and on. Now all you have is Nicki Minaj jumping on every track getting on your damn nerves with all of her vocal animation if you want to call it that. Pick a key and stay in it.
I had a conversation with my younger cousins about a year ago and they were explaining to me why Nicki was the best ever and I asked them if they had ever even listened to a Missy album or an Eve album and they told me that they were old and out dated. They said who when I asked them about MC Lyte. Sad I know. They were 16 at the time.
So my thinking is that if you have a big injected ass, big boobs, you wear different color wigs and contacts, talk like a baby and dress half naked than you can make it in this world. Because that is the message that people like Nicki Minaj are sending to all of these young girls that are listening to her thinking that she is the best thing since sliced bread but they just don't know any better.
And this video takes the damn cake of exactly everything that I have just said.....
http://youtu.be/C7hTAp6KrGY
I mean REALLY???? What parents let their 8 & 7 year old sing a song like this?
This is why I am glad that I don't have any children but makes me fear for when I do because they might actually think that this type of behavior is okay.
I said all of that to say this: the music industry should be more than just selling sex, gimmicky "artist" (I use the term artist very loosely) and making money.
Once people stop accepting bullshit than the music will get better. But until then.....
And that is just my .04 cents
Until next time......
Peace & Many Blessings.
P.S. this new song of Nicki's is probably going to be all of the rats and ratchets new anthem because they just don't know any better. #thatisall
What is really going on with female MC's today? I MEAN REALLY. First watch this video and then read on http://youtu.be/T6j4f8cHBIM
I mean really isn't there room for everyone to get money?
Nicki Minaj's head is definitely blown up bigger than it really should be. Now I am going to admit that I do like some of her verses like the one's on Roman's Revenge are really good. I think that she held her own against Eminem (who is 1 of my favorite MC's and from my city) but most of her rhymes are very childish and she doesn't really have much to say about anything.
Besides dissing Lil' Kim & Lil Mama and riding Lil' Wayne's dick so hard, what else does she have to contribute? Not much if you ask me. She is a gimmick artist and she is not as talented as a lot of people that I know and that I have met just from being around my city. I am a die hard Detroiter and there are MANY talented people here. Nicki Minaj doesn't hold a match to any of them.
I don't understand is why there has to be so many beefs between female MC's. I mean in the 90's which is when there really was love amongst most, there were songs that we all loved and knew the lyrics to the song of every female MC. Eve, DaBrat, Queen Latifah, Salt N Pepa, Foxy Brown, MC Lyte, Missy the list goes on and on. Now all you have is Nicki Minaj jumping on every track getting on your damn nerves with all of her vocal animation if you want to call it that. Pick a key and stay in it.
I had a conversation with my younger cousins about a year ago and they were explaining to me why Nicki was the best ever and I asked them if they had ever even listened to a Missy album or an Eve album and they told me that they were old and out dated. They said who when I asked them about MC Lyte. Sad I know. They were 16 at the time.
So my thinking is that if you have a big injected ass, big boobs, you wear different color wigs and contacts, talk like a baby and dress half naked than you can make it in this world. Because that is the message that people like Nicki Minaj are sending to all of these young girls that are listening to her thinking that she is the best thing since sliced bread but they just don't know any better.
And this video takes the damn cake of exactly everything that I have just said.....
http://youtu.be/C7hTAp6KrGY
I mean REALLY???? What parents let their 8 & 7 year old sing a song like this?
This is why I am glad that I don't have any children but makes me fear for when I do because they might actually think that this type of behavior is okay.
I said all of that to say this: the music industry should be more than just selling sex, gimmicky "artist" (I use the term artist very loosely) and making money.
Once people stop accepting bullshit than the music will get better. But until then.....
And that is just my .04 cents
Until next time......
Peace & Many Blessings.
P.S. this new song of Nicki's is probably going to be all of the rats and ratchets new anthem because they just don't know any better. #thatisall
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Love of Family
So as I often do when I have some type of news of things going on in my world I go and talk to my grandparents. They are getting up there in their years but I love and deeply cherish our conversations. Today for example I went to talk to my gran to tell her about some things that I am working on.
My grandpa as he often is was in the back letting the TV watch him. But he always has something positive to say to me which I have always really appreciated.
As I was sitting in the kitchen having a cup of tea with my gran and I am telling her about everything that I have going on and what I am working on she is just giving me positive feedback and good advise and who I should contact with in our family that may be able to help me do what needs to be done.
Family is not something that should ever be taken for granted. I have so much love and respect and appreciation for my grandparents that I am not sure if they will ever know it. I tell them that I love them all the time because it is true and I know that they love me because they have always been there for me especially when I was going through a rough patch a few years ago.
My grandmother told me that God always has a plan for me and that what He has planned for me is for me and for no one else. I have heard that saying so many times before but it really didn't like hit home to me until I heard it today. Also the theory or rather my theory of how God really works. Once I started to explain it to her (like she didn't already know) that is when it really hit me as I was saying it. Because it really is true.
When you get knocked down in life and you become mad and angry and bitter at the world you start to tell yourself that you don't need God's help and you can do everything on your own. Then you go out there and you try and nothing is working right for you and then you become even more angry and bitter and you get even madder at the world when you simply weren't listening to what God was trying to tell you.
So once you hit the lowest point and you feel like you can't get any lower you then decide that you no longer want to fight this battle with God because you realize that you are not going to win. So you give and then you start making positive changes in your life and then all of a sudden all of the things that you want and all of the things that you need start falling right into your lap and all you have to do is say thank you God.
That is what happened to me. I was at a really bad and dark place that is totally not in my nature at all. I have a happy go lucky dang near gullible type of person my entire life and I didn't really like me when I was at my low point.
But since I have started making positive changes in my life, things are starting to move in a direction that I want them to go in again and that is all right with me.
So if you have people in your life that you call family by blood or not that are always there for you and help to pick you when you are down, just tell them thank you for always being in your corner.
I am so glad to be getting back to the positive happy Lauren because I like her a lot more than the person that I have been for the past few years.
It is a process and most certainly a learning experience and I am glad that I can take it one day at a time.
Until next time.....
Peace & Many Blessings.
My grandpa as he often is was in the back letting the TV watch him. But he always has something positive to say to me which I have always really appreciated.
As I was sitting in the kitchen having a cup of tea with my gran and I am telling her about everything that I have going on and what I am working on she is just giving me positive feedback and good advise and who I should contact with in our family that may be able to help me do what needs to be done.
Family is not something that should ever be taken for granted. I have so much love and respect and appreciation for my grandparents that I am not sure if they will ever know it. I tell them that I love them all the time because it is true and I know that they love me because they have always been there for me especially when I was going through a rough patch a few years ago.
My grandmother told me that God always has a plan for me and that what He has planned for me is for me and for no one else. I have heard that saying so many times before but it really didn't like hit home to me until I heard it today. Also the theory or rather my theory of how God really works. Once I started to explain it to her (like she didn't already know) that is when it really hit me as I was saying it. Because it really is true.
When you get knocked down in life and you become mad and angry and bitter at the world you start to tell yourself that you don't need God's help and you can do everything on your own. Then you go out there and you try and nothing is working right for you and then you become even more angry and bitter and you get even madder at the world when you simply weren't listening to what God was trying to tell you.
So once you hit the lowest point and you feel like you can't get any lower you then decide that you no longer want to fight this battle with God because you realize that you are not going to win. So you give and then you start making positive changes in your life and then all of a sudden all of the things that you want and all of the things that you need start falling right into your lap and all you have to do is say thank you God.
That is what happened to me. I was at a really bad and dark place that is totally not in my nature at all. I have a happy go lucky dang near gullible type of person my entire life and I didn't really like me when I was at my low point.
But since I have started making positive changes in my life, things are starting to move in a direction that I want them to go in again and that is all right with me.
So if you have people in your life that you call family by blood or not that are always there for you and help to pick you when you are down, just tell them thank you for always being in your corner.
I am so glad to be getting back to the positive happy Lauren because I like her a lot more than the person that I have been for the past few years.
It is a process and most certainly a learning experience and I am glad that I can take it one day at a time.
Until next time.....
Peace & Many Blessings.
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