Democratic Nomination Concert

oops.. my bad..

so let me go ahead and eat my own words.. a Nerd Convention may be how it started, but it definitely ended as a concert.. last night i witnessed history.. something bigger than all of us.. i wish i was there.. that was a moment.. our moment.. our history being made.. and it felt so good..

i saw some of the lead up.. will.i.am and john legend getting their Spliff Star meets Marvin Gaye on.. but then i skipped the rest.. until 10PM EST.. as they say: "then it happened"..

in front of a reported 84,000 people (but it could be more as that placed looked as packed as the opening for the Beijing Olympics) a man appeared.. The Man appeared.. The Next President appeared.. Barack Obama was home.. cuz he owns this place.. the United States of America is his..

i don't know about y'all but for the first time in my life i felt proud of my next President.. i was happy with Billy, but i didn't really know much about him.. not as much as i know about Barack.. so i felt a closeness.. yea, the Chicago thing didn't hurt.. him being Black didn't hurt either.. but after that moment.. that speech.. those words? yeah, i was proud.. That Dude stood up there and straight killed it.. ripped into Bush and McCain.. made me proud.. i mean got at him..

see, the thing i love about Barack is that no matter how powerful his speeches are.. no matter how moved you are witnessing and hearing his words, it actually gets better.. it gets better when you have the opportunity to read his words.. his speeches.. you see exactly how gifted this Man is.. for me it started when i read when he did the Commencement at Northwestern a few years ago.. Killed it.. i felt good that my alma mater had him.. and that he delivered arguably the best speech there, ever.. yea, i said it.. ever.. so, i can't wait to read his speech.. i have some moments that i memorized, but dang if i don't memorize that whole joint like i did MLK Jr's..

i'm not comparing the 2 speeches, but i do feel moved by them.. Barack's had so much power in it.. along with the intellect and wittiness that we all love about him.. but it was the power.. him "going in" on Bush and McCain.. it was him showing the power to state exactly what he will do, so you're not left confused.. it was him defending himself.. i mean, when he led you down that track where he was saying how they knock his experience.. knock his pedigree, etc.. that set-up was as good as it gets.. maybe some of y'all knew where he was going with it, but i sure didn't.. i thought he was about to start stating his case on how that's wrong.. but nah, not Mr. President.. nah.. he don't go for that.. no-u-o, ahh, no can do.. he flipped it and said, that's ok, cuz it was never about him.. it was about us.. can anyone say Oscar? Grammy? can that speech be put up for lead role? can it be the best single of all time?? i'm just sayin'..

this dude hit us w/ so many lines, that everybody is officially straight..

that picture up there? that's courtesy of the NY Times.. that was outside of the stadium.. those were some of the 1,000s that couldn't get in, cuz they packed it past capacity.. but that picture paints the story.. one America.. one People.. one Choice..

Barack "My Dude" Obama..

That Dude..

i gotta give it up to my man, Common.. his new video/song "Announcement" is my joint right now.. i won't front, he's where i want to be.. nah, not on the rapping ish, but just on being able to stake claim to Chicago like he does.. pound for pound, he is Chicago.. the way he has gone about this is how i want to go about this.. i want everybody to know where i'm from.. yeah, i have the whole NYC thing going with the accent, but talk long enough with me and my "twang" will come out.. and i still say Pop!! what??

i love my city.. Chicago.. Chicagoan.. Blowing like Chicago Wind.. South Side..

Announcement

Bad Business

ok, i've been on my blogging game recently.. i guess i got my swagger back.. whateva..

but, this is a truthful fiction story.. meaning that i won't expose names, etc, but the story is the truth.. my adlibs and jokes are fictional, but they were thoughts running through my head..

ok, so y'all know that i feel that as Black people, we have mastered the art of bad service.. i also believe that we've mastered bad business.. that includes practices, looks, methodologies, everything.. we mastered it.. that's not to say we can't or don't get it right when we want to.. some of our businesses are good.. some of our business minds are excellent.. but a lot just don't cut it..

so i was trying to get somebody to provide their sales pitch to me.. oh this was a sales pitch that was wrong from the start.. let's just say i needed a gym membership.. so i go to the spot, and i try to get them to upsell me on the membership by offering my own dedicated locker.. they have stuff that come with them.. so i go in there and ask the dude to give me the pitch.. dude is confused.. you would've thought that i asked him to give me all of his banking information or something, cuz dude was lost.. after 3 tries, he understood.. so here he goes..

he tells me that with the membership and locker, i get a discount on things that i buy there.. that's cool, but keep in mind that i don't buy nothing there.. nothing is of use to me there.. the shirts are from 1988.. they don't even fit me.. shrunk down to the size of Midget Mac or something.. then he tells me that when Nike comes in to do presentations, that they often leave him with empty boxes for Nike.. told me that he can give me a couple of those empty boxes so that i can put my own non-Nike shoes in them.. ridiculous.. so he's 0-for-2 right now with these "perks"..

then he tells me that they are considering giving people the opportunity to not only hand in comment cards to reflect on my membership experience, but that i will also have the opportunity to tell it to their faces, cuz they want to smell my breath.. yea, didn't make sense to me either.. i mean, i can just tell them that any time.. why do i have to wait for a special meeting? how do you know that i care enough? can't a brother just get a locker and go about his business? i just don't feel like bring my toiletries and stuff every dang time.. that's all a brother wanted..

the next part was payment.. see, supposedly the cost went up for the lockers.. but then others told me how much they were paying.. but the dude told me a different cost.. so i had to address that.. and it was addressed with no problem.. i could get the lockers for the same cost as others did.. no ish, sherlock.. then i could pay over time.. or i could pay it all in advance..

pause..

i don't know about y'all, but i ain't paying for nothing in full if i ain't getting everything at that time.. payment plans work for me.. plus, this gym might close next month, and my membership lasts for a year.. what good is a membership that ain't valid?

un-pause..

so here i am, making this dude sweat.. it's hotter than Africa in this piece, so that didn't take much.. his sales pitch was going down faster than Richard Simmons.. i'm just saying.. i was getting frustrated listening.. with my patience fried, i started to help out.. i re-did his sales pitch.. told him how he probably should come at other people for this membership and locker.. and my last parting shot was just to tell him that next month, i'd like for him to try it on me again.. for now, i'll just bring my toiletries..

so people, get your game together.. don't say you're a marketer, and then come up with the wackest idea ever.. don't say you're a business dude but have never heard of "sales pitch".. i mean it happens, but don't make it so obvious.. we all have our days.. our moments.. shoot, i recall one of the best moments at my business.. some chick gave one of the worst ideas ever.. i mean ever.. and did it like she was Billy Clinton or something.. hand gestures, facial expressions, everything.. the only thing that saved her from the ridicule was that the client was there, and they found her VERY attractive.. that's it.. she was lucky.. but she never was in with another client.. and truth be told, she wasn't working w/ us for too much longer.. shoot, i was people's boss, and i couldn't even get them to work with her.. i think they would rather have quit than to have to deal with her.. so we all have our days, our moments.. but even in those moments, you can separate the real from the fake..

step your game up.. please..

i'm just sayin'..

Babies Making Babies..

a damn shame..

WE GOTTA DO BETTA!

i'm sick of y'all..

Lookie Here..

talent.. gotta love it.. click the image.. or cut and paste the url below..

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhhGOSyg5DxM2w0B4y

Democratic Nerd Convention..

for the first time that i can remember, i spent dang near an hour watching the Democratic National Convention.. if this isn't a Nerd Ball, i don't know what is.. i sat there trying to ignore and listen to the commentators (bored me dang near to death), look at these people who appeared to be having the time of their lives (which i couldn't understand, cuz absolutely nothing was going on in between speeches), and wait for Michelle Obama to speak..

that was it for me.. i just wanted to hear her speak..

so there i was, trying to listen and understand.. each moment that passed, i got more upset at the fact that i was getting lied to about when Michelle would come up.. i was also getting more upset because i just didn't understand why these people didn't seem to have a life.. why this event was so major to them.. i mean, this year brings some historical value, as we have the first Black man leading the charge.. this is something even Joe Biden is coming to grips with.. like "damn, it's really come to this? i worked my entire life just to take orders from a Black man?".. that ish had to hurt!!

but i watched everything from the looks, the outfits, the ages.. everything.. this is a Nerd Ball.. nothing short of one.. i've never been to one, but i can imagine that in my dreams, what i saw last night is what i would expect to see at a Nerd Ball.. manners kinda off.. badly dressed individuals.. conversations about the same dang thing.. some bad speakers.. everything..

pardon me, but the Kennedy thing was qute for a split second and that's it.. dude's elbow and hand kept messing w/ me.. like it was from years of being hit w/ a switch on some "keep it up this high, not that low!!".. "curve your hand like this, not like that!".. it was horrible.. then seeing him shake.. yeah, i was done.. it's wrong.. dude had a brain tumor.. i get it.. but dang, if you get paraded up there, then you can get talked about.. i talked about Ali when he about lit all of Atlanta on fire by handling the torch at the 1996 Olympics, and i'll talk about this dude.. and his speech? man, i was nodding off.. Great Grand Dad done had it.. let him go..

Michelle, it was just impressive to watch you speak like a proud Black woman.. i appreciated that.. i think i was expecting more, but i'll take what i can get.. you repped the South Side of Chicago easily and frequently.. much love for that.. i sat there saying that 2 people that have lived on the South Side of Chicago are about to be Mr. & Mrs. President.. that ish is messing w/ me.. and for the first time (actually, 2nd, cuz i gave Hillary respect), i feel like the woman in the White House is a great equal to the man in the White House.. Michelle is bad.. stumbles and all..

but your kids? come on, y'all had to keep it too real.. Barack crashing the party from some other people's home.. then gonna show up on a video.. how Black is that?? then is speaking directly to his wife and kids.. having his kids interrupt him (please resend the baby daughter the memo).. having the oldest stand right in front of the screen, knowing Michelle wanted to snatch her back and say "is your Daddy a window maker?".. it was just some classic Black people stuff.. Barack was stumbling around with his words, cuz he was like "damn, i guess we are Black!".. white people didn't know what to do or say, cuz that man was literally their boss.. it was all classic material..

a Nerd Ball it definitely was.. i can honestly say that the DNC is far from being included on my to-do list..

i'm just sayin'..

Redeem Team..

so we saw.. dudes did their thing.. so my question is this:

what happens to this team now?

i mean, we know about the 3 years of playing together.. do they stay together now? are they playing in the tournaments each summer? are they practicing in the off-season? i'm not sure people thought about this..

i love the thought of them killing the rest of the world, but i'm also happy that no Bulls players are on this team.. cuz not being able to rest could shorten the careers of some of these dudes..

i'm just sayin'..

Baby Powder Awards - 08/08

i'm sorry.. i had to do it.. i had to bring these back.. The Baby Powder Awards.. i initiated this on Troubl's blog site earlier this year, but i need to bring them back home.. need to start slapping more people.. as a review, The Baby Powder Awards are given to those individuals who need "hot fire" slapped out of them.. i'm willing to do the slapping.. i just need my baby powder so that my hand can get through the sting of the continuous slapping that's about to commence..

1. George Bush, Jr.
• Just because..
2. Fox News
• For being too blatant with your media power.. Do some research.. Get people's names right.. I mean, Ill Doctorine did a piece which was a take off of Soulja Boy (political piece), and you actually put it on your news and said that it WAS Soulja Boy.. come on now.. You never came back telling ppl you made a mistake, and that it wasn't Soulja Boy, you just let it keep going..
  
3. John McCain
• Just because you look like you smell like an old folk's home.. i'm just sayin'..
4. Scorpion King 2 Staff
• i'm blaming all of you for putting out that wack ass movie.. really? i mean, how are you going to name the PREQUEL to Scorpion King, Scorpion King 2? that's just backwards.. then how are you going to trick me into believing it would be as good as Scorpion King or The Mummy, so i wasted a Netflix spot for you?? then, how you gon' put those bad as actors in there?? i'm mad.. bitchassness.. for real..
5. TV Show Competition Voters
• i might need to smack myself for watching and not voting, but that's besides the point.. on shows like American Idol (which i don't watch beyond the prelims anymore), America's Best Dance Crew, etc, there is a lack of intelligence.. a serious lack of it.. i mean the best get voted off too early.. consistently.. producers, judges, stop blaming America.. we are stupid.. we are led by an idiot.. what do you expect from those that watch? they follow their leader.. they don't know how to vote.. they don't know how to judge talent.. if they did, they'd have your job.. stop leaving it in their hands.. rig the damn votes for crying out loud..
  
6. Jamie Foxx
• you knew damn well them dudes wasn't G's.. i'm just sayin', fam, i'm just sayin'..
7. Jay-Z
• for being on the cover of the new Vibe with that Louis scarf on.. fam, you know that's like last summer's fashion.. Louis or not.. my man L was rocking that style for the last 3 years.. shit ain't timeless..
  
8. Recession
• because i ain't living how i was last year.. because i can't get paid like i should.. because it's hard out here for a pimp..

bitch niggas..

The Man..

i've pretty much stayed away from talking about Barack.. with everyone trying to make anyone who is siding with him a reason not to vote for him, i didn't want to be another Ludacris.. i'll come clean and say that i'm honored to know this dude.. to know him before all of this President stuff.. he lives around the corner from my Pop-Pop.. has attended my church.. shoot, he's in our family photos.. one of his mentors is the daughter of one of my mentors.. i have a couple autographed books from him.. books i still haven't read.. i'm bad, i know.. but that's my disclaimer..

so yea, i'm for this dude.. been in his corner, cuz he was in mine before he knew much about me.. Chicago love.. that's what i call it..

but this picture i snagged from today's NY Times.. it was fitting.. it puts in perspective the pull he has on people.. young, old.. white, Chinese.. doesn't matter.. the dude moves us.. and i know we don't need a glorified coach or public speaker to lead our country, but he's more than that.. yes, "he speaks so well".. so can i.. so can many of you.. so let's build that bridge and get the hell over it.. that ain't what he's about.. (yup, i said ain't right after i said i can "speak so well").. the dude just makes sense.. which is hard to find nowadays.. do your research.. not what the media puts out.. not the sly Fox's of the world.. do your own research..

whether it's his take on the gas and whether to dig or not to dig.. or his take on the war.. or health care.. or the economy.. or education.. whatever it is, do your own research.. you might be surprised at what you find..

but let's not get it twisted.. what's wrong with being popular (like that McCain ad tried to poke fun at)? really? what's wrong with so many people wanting to be on your side and wanting to support you? what's wrong with the fact that other countries have already come out and said that they would have a newfound respect for the US if we elect Barack? what's wrong with having a smooth dresser and athlete in the White House? can anyone deny the fact that if we see Barack in that position, then it would have a lot more kids actually wanting (and believing) to become the President? probably more than an NBA player.. what's wrong with that? what's wrong with all of the excitement this man brings to an area that no one really cared about in years past?

i just don't get it.. i mean, i do, but my mind goes back to it being a matter of race.. which i don't really want to cry about, but it gets harder.. i'm sick of hearing about how this or that becomes racism.. especially when minorities are not the ones screaming it.. it's like that one Vanity Fair (or whatever magazine that was that i don't read) that had LeBron on it with that one white actress.. immediately the press made a big deal out of it saying that it's racism, cuz LeBron was being portrayed as King Kong or some other beast trying to snatch a white woman..

really?

was i really thinking that before you said it? it never crossed my mind, and i was (and still am) upset that the media ran with that.. Black ppl didn't come out to say that.. we didn't immediately scream racism.. we saw LeBron as LeBron on that cover.. not some gorilla.. there was no "G-Unit" call or anything like that.. if anything, i can see it as some "move over, i'm here now".. but they do that with Barack, too.. somehow bringing race into a discussion that doesn't need it.. now that's not to say that there isn't a bit of that going around, cuz it is.. it's actually a lot of it.. but not in every dang case.. some times it's just pure hate.. point blank..

but i'm excited about this.. because i believe he's our next President.. i believe it just as much as seeing Usain Bolt crush the 200 and break a record i never thought would be broken.. i believe it, cuz it's needed, too.. we need a change.. i don't want to bite on his stuff, but it's the truth.. nothing is going to change immediately, but i hope and pray that he'll have 8 years to start to right the ship.. the first 4 years will be hard, because there is too much stuff to undo.. but i believe in his mission.. and i believe that when it's all said and done, i'll be able to say that i have a friend in the White House.. i believe you will too.. cuz i honestly believe Barack is a friend to all of us..

G's to Gents..

big shout out to my girl, who inspired me to write about this.. you know who you are..

so yea, i'm guilty of watching the MTV show "G's to Gents".. blame it on the internet.. but i sit and catch this show online each week.. now, i'll be late every dang week, but i make sure i watch it.. that and some other shows..

but this show has me addicted.. another pseudo reality show, hosted by Fonzworth Bentley (created by Jamie Foxx), that talks supposed G's and turns them into Gentlemen..

*cough*

bullshit

*cough*

from the first episode i was like "where did they find these dudes?" G's?? really? gangsters? OG's?? really?? from where?? well, that was answered immediately, as they provided their hometowns.. i know people in Detroit and other cities are UPSET.. on some, "nah, that nigga ain't from here".. i apologize, but i had to drop the n-bomb.. it fit.. and nah, it's not a show full of Blacks.. everybody has a shot to take that label.. but them niggas are bitches.. punks.. whateva you want to call them.. they are far from a G, and far from Gentlemen.. but what's crazy is that they would be A LOT closer to being a Gentlemen than they ever will be as a G.. just ain't happening..

all of them soft.. a couple have heart, but heart doesn't make you a G.. i know some dudes i grew up with that would love to smack the ish out of them dudes just for posing.. shoot, in some cases, i want to get my slap in..

you got a dude that was on the show, that just needed a few hugs when he was younger.. dude had a temper, but dang if i ever felt like he would be a threat to me.. say whatever he want, but i would've just laughed at that dude.. another dude is the epitome of "doofy".. i can't think of a better word.. he's soft.. lacks any ounce of sense.. looks confused all of the dang time.. it's like the women that get their eyebrows done and it is arched in such a way that they look like you just asked them a question, and they responded with "huh"?.. well, he has the same way of making a face that shows he is utterly confused at every possible moment of the day.. and i feel bad for him.. i really do.. doesn't belong on the show at all.. belongs more on I Love New York or something.. or an episode of Dave Chappelle, but he wouldn't have to act.. he would just stand there, collect laughs for looking doofy, and get a check.. that's it..

but yeah, y'all have to check out this show.. if i'm lying i'm flying.. peep it.. it's worth it..

now, i have no clue who is going to win this show.. i haven't even paid enough attention to figure out what they win.. the nonsense is just too much to actually concentrate or act like this is a legit show.. it's just entertainment for me.. so i apologize for not giving you the rundown, cuz i really don't have one.. i just laugh.. make messed up faces, and wait for next week's episode..

i'm just sayin'..

Smart Stupid People..

i'm sick of y'all..

really, y'all are just stupid.. those of you that fall into this category are those of you who believe you're smarter (much smarter) than others, so you try to prove it each time out.. but when you try to prove it, all that you prove is that you are actually stupid.. right now i'm talking about some Black people..

i made this comment:

"the one thing i love about my people is that we are good for showing our ass eventually"..

that came from this chick trying to play games with other people's lives.. talking slick.. trying to act slick.. trying to run her mouth.. and every single time she tried to act smart, she just showed how stupid she really is.. it's amazing..

here are some ways to spot Smart Stupid People:

1. they talk to you about your own close people/friends/associates, not realizing those are your close people/friends/associates
2. they don't know when to shut the eff up
3. they confuse their lies
4. they argue with you, and you can switch it up midstream on them, and take their side, and then they'll flip and argue your side, but will do that wrong, and then try to flip back, but they are lost
5. they will say "i really like you" or "it's no one's fault" but RIGHT after that they will say the opposite
1. y'all might need an example on that.. you know like when someone will say "my team played hard, but they played so soft"..
6. did i say that they don't know when to shut the eff up?

that's just a start.. i'm sick of these people.. seriously.. i'm making my baby powder shirt as we speak (yeah, the clothing line is finally launching in the next month).. cuz i need to start smacking fire out of people's face.. yesterday i almost got into a physical altercation, just cuz i wanted to get this chick of my girl's back.. there is also this dude that i know the next time i see him, ain't shit to say.. just a fight.. i don't even get like that much anymore.. but this dude has been asking for one since May.. lil' fat mickey fickey.. him being fat doesn't matter, but that's just where my head is.. y'all MIGHT think i'm playing.. i MIGHT get in trouble for even typing this.. but at this point, i really don't care.. dude been talking slick, not getting me my money, and lying consistently.. dude ducks me.. had him come by a spot i was in, saw me in there, and took off.. i give it to him.. he has good luck or some angels.. cuz there have been moments when my people told me that he appeared at a spot i was just at like 5 minutes after i left.. his problem is that i know where he and his family live..

his other problem is that i'm going hard with the boxing thing.. really hard.. i know the numbers with my eyes closed.. second nature now.. throw in the various combinations, and while i'm bragging, i'm bragging.. point blank.. i won't skate around that.. i always felt that i was nice with my hands since growing up on the South Side of Chicago.. lil' dude with heavy hands.. (Herm, don't play).. but now i can fight traditionally (instead of southpaw).. now i know how to throw check hooks and "four plus".. so, yea, dude is getting it.. i told a few of his friends already.. they replied:

"he's just going to have to take that.. we ain't gonna allow him to go to the cops, etc.."

that's all i needed to hear.. plus i just got a check.. i got some money to escape if need be.. C3, i ain't gon' leave with the whole check, but i can't be an episode of Oz.. i know you feel me..

i'm just venting.. but i'm starting to strongly despise Smart Stupid People.. it's not about a degree.. but in many cases, these people don't even have a GED, but will profess like they were Cornell Barack Winfrey or something.. aka your next rap superstar..

i'm just sayin'..

You Are Embarrassing Me..

this dude is an embarrassment.. this dude interrupted my viewing last night of watching the Olympics.. for some reason NBC and Bob Costas felt the need to interview this dude.. something about him being the President or something.. who knows.. but this mickey fickey is just plain stupid..

it's embarrassing that the U.S. has to call this dude its President.. that this dude is known across the world to be the most powerful man in the U.S.. that this dude some how has the ability to call the shots.. i don't know if y'all were watching, but that man couldn't answer his own complete thought, let alone a question from Bobby Boy.. and that damn look/smirk? it's ridiculous.. instead of tapping the mic, i always want to tap his head and be on some "is this thing on?".. i'm just sayin'..

i can't pinpoint what he said that had me mad, because i think it was everything that he said and didn't say that made me mad.. it was him breathing that made me mad.. it was him on my tv that made me mad.. if there was one moment i wanted the picture to go out, it was that moment..

all i know is that we have to garner much more respect across the world with a guy that's as intelligent as Barack is.. i know the world has been like, "i've been talking to myself for the last 8 years, cuz this idiot don't have the lights on upstairs"..

i'm just sayin'..

Scary Sights..

ok, so the photos from the Beijing Olympics came out.. this is just one of them.. is it me, or is this a scene from X-Files or some other scary futurist alien movie? Taken, anyone? V? (ok, that's old school, so y'all might not all get that)..

now i realize that this is after some fireworks went off, but dang if it didn't look scary.. a few of them did.. since i debuted that apocalypse joint the other day, this reminds me of it.. but, i'm excited about the Olympics.. i always planned on being there, then Bush happened, and then the economy tanked, and then i had to realize that there was no way i could make my first visit to that country.. but it will happen in its own time.. i know that.. but i will be watching the US give it to cats across the board.. basketball, swimming (Phelps owns that pool, dude was bred for that), track.. we got that.. soccer? yeah, i'm praying..

but yeah, i'm excited about the Olympics, but i don't think the rest of the US is.. for the first time that i can remember, there isn't much around that i see people excited about it.. maybe it's Bush.. maybe it's the foreclosures.. maybe it's the economy.. i just don't feel the love..

am i wrong?

Signs..

this is my new ish.. each week i'm going to try to put together more signs that the world is coming to an end.. in my inaugural edition, i'm just going off things i meant to blog about, but never got to it.. enjoy.. feel free to add your own..

1. Sperm Donors being forced to pay child support.. Now if this ain't a sign, i don't know what is.. i was watching Good Morning America today and they had a feature on this.. dude even had a contract with the person he donated his seeds to, saying that he wouldn't have to provide financial support, and the judge said that wasn't enough.. so i started to listen more, and i know some of these cases hinge on the sperm donor having some form of communication with the child.. but still, since when is a binding agreement no longer binding? and isn't the ish called "sperm donation"?? in this recession, men are going to have to find another way to get some bread in their pocket.. $20 ain't worth 18 years of child support.. i'm just sayin'..
2. McCain meets with Daddy Yankee to discuss, of all things, immigration rights.. Nigga please.. Daddy Yankee? Can someone check to make sure this dude is legal? McCain depicts Barack to be a cross between Brittney Spears and Paris Hilton, and then flies Daddy Yankee out to meet him? i would've loved to be the fly on that wall, to see McCain (already hard of hearing) trying to understand Gasolina.. was there an interpreter there??
3. Gas prices.. when you have a $10 bill, and you can only get 2 gallons? yea, that's an issue.. i sat over the weekend contemplating if i was going to spend $20 for some gas.. i decided not to (i'll get some tomorrow), cuz i was like, that will not even move my gauge.. i'm not feeling this ish.. on another note, it was nice of that one church that bought $15,000 worth of gas (i know they got a nice write-off) and sold it for $1 a gallon for up to 10 gallons.. now that's what i'm talking about.. you could have my $300 check, if you allow me to be able to have $1 a gallon gas for 2 months..
   
4. Luke has a reality show.. nuff said..
5. i'm actually going to watch the Teen Choice Awards tonight, just to see that dance battle.. sigh..
   

Q Murder..

I'm on my fitness kick right now.. Training with Optimum Fitness on a personal level, and then with ARC Fitness on the weekends, doing fitness boot camps.. Some of y'all know that i've been at it for a bit (with a few breaks), but i would say that i've been going hard and non-stop for about 4 months.. from that, i got the nickname "Q Murder"..

i really don't give up when it comes to the workouts.. i've tapped out on a few of the really crazy joints that i was doing trying to keep up with the trainers during their own workouts.. i've even thrown up a few times.. had some dizzy spells, all that.. but because i kept coming back, and kept giving it my all, i got that nickname.. i told them that i would be coming.. that i was placing bounties on cats' heads.. and i am now making true on that promise..

i'm proud (no ego, ok, maybe a small one) to say that cats ain't seeing me no more.. i already have the top slot in Harlem on this fitness stuff (non trainers), and every Saturday, more and more people are coming for my head and for my spot.. i'm letting y'all know right now, that it's not happening..

a few weeks ago i debuted the 1-arm, 1-leg pushup which y'all can see me doing in the picture.. blew their minds.. i figured out i could do it about 2 months ago.. but didn't spring it on them.. to top it off, i did it after doing 2 consecutive workouts.. none of the trainers could do it.. so i was floating, and i became a street workout legend.. my forte is pushups and pullups.. i can do just about any pushup that i can dream up.. i haven't done the 2 finger, 1 arm pushup that Bruce Lee did, but i haven't tried either.. i don't think i'm ready.. my newest joint is really getting sick on the pullup bar, though.. i'm working my way up.. flips on the bars.. core isolations on the bars, all that good stuff..

i feel better than i have ever felt in my life.. i'm almost positive that i don't have any body fat at all.. none.. i'm trying to beat Father Time.. trying to stay as young and fit as possible.. i owe it all to Triple Platinum (my trainer).. dude made me believe in myself.. i'm hoping to soon start a youth fitness program, cuz this is important.. i'm seeing too many fat kids around.. i'm not saying you gotta be skinny.. i'm not saying you gotta do workouts that i'm doing.. all i'm saying is that you should be active.. shoot, you have to be..

i already know my body isn't the same.. shoot, my left knee is not a good look for me.. if i play ball (like i did last Saturday -after my workouts, but i still won), i can guarantee that i'll be limping for 2 days.. guarantee it.. i need to see a doc, but when i messed it up last year, i was diagnosed with a sprained MCL.. really nothing to do for it.. after paying those medical bills, i'm good with a doc right now.. eventually i'll get it checked out again, but for right now, i'll just be prepared to hang up the sneakers on the balling tip..

but yeah, i felt the need to blog about this, because i'm really trying to make this youth thing work.. i'm still a lil' fella.. by working out in the parks on Saturdays, a lot of kids come around.. i love it.. love them.. and so i try to get them involved.. since i'm not 6'3" and 239lbs, i'm realistic to them.. so i need to ride this thing out.. 1 child at a time..

Q.

Dance Machine..

it's been a minute, but i was inspired last night.. so much so that i woke up today wanting to blog about it..

so it started with me watching Step Up 2.. yea, i Netflix'd it.. didn't want to see it in the theater, cuz i felt a certain away about it being based on white dancers that aren't even from the street.. but i got over it enough to have it in my Queue.. well, last night i watched it, and i was VERY entertained, i won't front.. them cats can move.. i mean Hi-Hat (GREAT choreographer) did the majority of the choreography, so many props to her for that.. but the dancers were sick..

yea, i might have had an issue with the main character's best/signature move being this - in the words of Riley from the Boondocks after he was called the N-Word - peep the S-Word episode - by the way, this is the longest run-on sentence ever - "booty dance, do the booty dance, booty dance, do the booty dance.. ok, if you don't get that, then go buy the 2nd season of the Boondocks.. yeah, that was her best move.. moving on..

they had all types of dancers in there.. sick..

so, as one of my favorite shows is MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (America, y'all suck!! Can you get the voting right, please?? How in the heck is Fanny Pak still there? In the final 3?? Really??), i'm on this dance stuff.. been on it since last season.. so after watching the movie, my mind was going crazy.. shoot, i woke up this morning with the YouTube clips in my head.. and that movie in my head.. Crazy.. here's my issue..

YouTube..

my guilty pleasure when searching for any and everything, but right now i'm on this whole dancing and catching crazy workouts on YouTube.. so, back to the point.. dancing.. last night i stumbled on this:

M&M Cru vs. ACDC

peep it.. dude from Step Up 2 is in the ACDC crew.. basically they challenged Mylie Cyrus and her girl Mandy to a dance competition.. really, it's not a competition at all as ACDC is just retarded.. sick with it.. And Adam grabbed about all the best dancers to form his team.. well, this thing spun out of control as it became the 1st online dance competition.. M&M came back, but so did ACDC.. once you click that link, just look at the other videos.. shoot, ACDC even had Chris Brown join.. and you know he's retarded with it..

so i started to think how it got to this point.. started to think about cultures being mixed and then straight snatched.. i'm not hating right now.. cuz after i thought about it this morning, it's typical.. Black ppl need to get better at owning their own creations, instead of having others snatch it, then flip it, then make loot off of it, then in some cases become better at our own ish!! (see Asher Roth).. i sat there thinking why we can't just put our own stuff out there.. this young white boy, Adam, basically rounded his ppl up and they were all down with it.. could you see Blacks doing that?? that quickly? even turning a profit by making ACDC tshirts.. it's crazy.. it also hurts..

we can't join together for nothing.. yeah, i said it.. nothing.. we suck.. point blank.. we can cry all we want, but we need to take the blame for this ish.. letting our stuff go, and then when we see it going, we don't even try to get back in on it.. we just complain (maybe like i'm doing right now)..

with that said, i'm starting my own dance crew.. i haven't figured out a name yet, but i already have 2 members.. cuz as i started to think this morning, we already have been dancing together.. it's me and 2 women.. 1 older (slightly younger than me) and 1 younger (over half of my age).. the youngest one is the star.. she can dance her lil' behind off.. the other woman can as well.. me? shoot, i just make up dances.. i'm like a bootleg choreographer.. i make up dances to my favorite songs on the fly.. my issue is remembering them.. so, "Don't Touch Me" by Busta Bus?? yea, i have that dance down.. so does the older woman in my crew.. hers is for females, mine adds a masculine flair to it..

i'm definitely a nut, so don't mind me.. we wouldn't be battling ACDC, cuz we ain't that nice.. but i'm seriously going to have our crew do some stuff.. starting later this month, cuz we ain't all together right now.. but, i'm going to come up with a name (y'all can help), and then i'm getting our stuff up on YouTube.. we might have on masks or something, but hey.. i won't talk about it, i'm going to be about it..

stay tuned.. and also check those dang videos.. crazy.. it's worth it.. just click the link and enjoy!!

Q.