Sometimes a brotha just wants to get his thoughts out...

Friday, September 30, 2005

That Bull...

Song Playing-"Storm" Lenny Kravitz Featuring Jay-Z

I'm not going to go into a rant this time. All I ask is that you all out there in blog land read my previous post about us as Black people letting too much shit slide. I understand there may be people out there who read this and aren't black. If that is the case, MAKE SOMEONE BLACK READ THIS LINK!!!! Then maybe the both of ya'll will get pissed enough to do something. With that being said here's the bull...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/30/bennett.comments/index.html

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Gettin It Off My Chest

Song Playing-"Yes" by Memphis Bleek

Why is it everytime a woman gets out of a bad relationship she immediately adopts the "N.A.S." attitude? For those who don't know what the acronym means...ask a black woman. Why is it that ya'll (forgive me for generalizing) want to hate the entire male sex for the mistakes of one person? I just don't get it. Granted us men do get a little bitter after a break-up (it's time to admit it fellas), but we don't alienate ourselves from the female population. Just remember the dude you brush off might be one of the good guys you think doesn't exist anymore.
Forgive me for sounding like I'm throwing some sort of hissy fit (I'm a grown ass man, I don't throw fits), but I really can't wrap my mind around this. You don't see men swearing off women forever just because one girl shut him down. Could it be that men have more options? I honestly want to know what the ladies are thinking. I think this is going to be next question of the week...Why do women swear off men the minute they get hurt? Once again the best response will get a shout out in my next blog.

"We can easily forgive a child for being afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is men who are afriad of the light."-Plato

Monday, September 26, 2005

More Ink

Song Playing-"I Still Luv You" T.I.

I GOT A NEW TATTOO!!!!
Ok just had to get that out my system. I figured I'd share this with the _# of people who read this (what up Jezebel).
So here it is...
And the winner of the previous post's "Best Answer" goes to dude from St. Petersburg (m-dubb). I appreciate the answers from everyone that participated. There will be more chances to win a shout out so stay tuned.

"Don't complain if you're being complacent"

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Question Of The Month

"If I Ever Fall In Love"-Shai

Me and my homeboy were in Bennigans when he requested that I put this question on my blog. So here it is. I'd like to get some responses from anyone out there in "blog land" who actually reads what I write. Why is it whenever a woman sees a man with a child she is smitten by him, but whenever a man sees a woman with a child he avoids her? I'm just putting up the question and waiting for some good responses. The best response gets a shout out in the next blog.

Sunday, September 18, 2005

And You Would Be...?

Song Playing-"10 Minutes" Joe Budden


So I turn on my computer, and like most of you all out there my log in for AIM pops up. Of course I follow directions and promptly log in. As my buddy list popped up, I scrolled down the list of names and had a revelation. I don't know any of these people. Obviously I'm trying to be dramatic, but I knew like 10 people on that whole list. That ever happen to you? Do you ever open your phone on a random day and decode to call someone only to realize you really don't know who the hell these people are. I don't want to get all philisophical and try to figure out the meaning behind me "knowing" all these people. At some point in life I did (I guess), but maybe now they don't matter. I'd really try to figure this out, but it's Sunday and football is on. You guess who wins this battle...

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

Song Playing-"Ride (Get Right Remix)" Usher

1. So the other day I'm watching some porn right (don't front ya'll watch too), and I realized something. Porn messes up a person's real sex life. You've got these abnormally attractive and altered people doing things you can't even wrap your mind around. So what do you do? You try to convince your significant other to "try something". You only wind up pulling a muscle and looking dumb.

2. I've been thinking (I tend to do that sometimes you know), and I think I might be single for a long time. It's not that I'm not attractive (this isn't me saying this about myself, I'm just saying what I've been told. If you have doubts scroll down and see for yourself), it's just that I've been out of a meaningful relationship for so long that I'm not sure I would know how to function in one. In college like most guys I wanted to "sow my royal oats", but about a year ago I got tired of that. There's an emptiness to having your bed being shared with someone you've only known for 12 hours.

3. Sometimes I think we as a people let too much shit slide. I was at work(yeah a Black man with a job and a degree, thought we were extinct didn't ya!) and we aired a story about FEMA having some "rap song" about how helpful they are or something dumb like that. I was cool with that because music has no color. The thing that pissed me off was the people interviewed...you guessed it right if you said young Black children. It's like only Black people listen to rap, so they must be able to identify a good rap from a bad one. Maybe I'm overreacting, but that shit really irked me. It also made me feel inadequate. I'm in this position where I can somewhat control what is aired on news, and I didn;t voice my opinion. Of course after the show was over and the anchor,producers and directors discussed what the did and didn't like about the show some thouhgt it was "funny". Shit ain't funny dog. There is never a moment on television where White people (forgive me if this sounds racist, it isn't meant to be) are ever pictured as being dumber than they are unless it's on America's Funniest Home Videos. Like where does it stop? When do we stand up to this? Aight...that was my militant, angry 6 foot tall 240 pound angry Black man rant. if I scared a few of ya'll off my bad. A nigga just had to get some shit off his chest.

4. Speaking of "the N-word" I think anyone can be a nigga. It's a state of being not a race. Just how I feel, if you feel otherwise let me know. But to be honest I need to stop saying it at least at work, some peopel might get to comfortable and let it slip. Then I gotta go angry Black man again and I might need some bail money. Buford you got me if I get locked up?

5. Despite my randomness and my rants, there is a method to my madness. This is just a forum for me to clear my head. If I've offended anyone I do apologize. If I haven't that's what's up

6. (last one I promise)...Ladies I haven't been getting as many applications I thought. Got a few, but not a lot. Let's try to improve on that mmmkay.

And I'm out with a quote I made up that really fits life..."Don't complain if you're complacent"

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

S%*@ That's Bothering Me...

Song Playing: "Dirt Of Your Shoulder/Lying From You" Jay-Z and Linkin Park

1. On some real shit...I feel bad for that nigga Bush (yeah I know I said nigga...get over it). The dude can't win. He's got a war he can't win. He's got mothers following him arond the country blaming him for the deaths of their sons and daughters. He's got hurricanes destroying cities. I'm not a Bush supporter nor am I a Bush basher. I ain't vote. Don't feel bad about it either. But Bush has it bad man. I bet he's mad he can't get high anymore.

2. This ain't really bothering me but it's been on my mind. I work at a TV station and everyday for about 5 hours straight I see new and old video of Hurricane Katrina victims. I'm not an insensitive prick, but sometimes I just think that maybe just maybe the news (the local news I mean) should try to focus more on what's going on in our own neighborhoods. For example we aired about 10 or more Katrina related stories in the first half-hour of the morning news yesterday...as opposed to ONE LOCAL STORY about a house fire. If I were in a position where I could choose to cover what I deemed important, I'd focus more on local events.

3. All summer I've been listening to that Jay-Z song "Dear Summer". As a matter of fact...I just started playing it now to get me in the mind frame I need to be in to write this. Every person who graduated college in 2005...this should be your anthem. If you think about it, we just had our last hurrah. It hit me when my brother started college this past week. I had flashbacks of me and my new friends doing random stuff just caue we had curfew and couldn't go anywhere. But I'm getting away from the main point...(had to start the song over). I've realized that I might have pissed away four great years and I don't have much to show. Yeah I've got friends and memories, but something's missing. I miss summer.

4. I want a girlfriend. Just thought I'd put that out there. I'm accepting applications and conducting interviews. I know this sounds jovial and all that, but I'm so sincere. Ladies if any of you are interested send me an e-mail at jmitchem83@yahoo.com. I don't discriminate I love all colors from light bright to midnight.

5. Finally, what happened to the Gulf Coast (not just New Orleans but also Alabama...niggas forget about that) is tough. I can't imagine losing everything I own in the blink of an eye and then being forced to leave it all behind. That's all I have to say about that.