N1993R-Itis
I once thought that the feeling of uncontrollable fatigue after a meal was a paradigm among the black culture. People have referred to this as "Nigger-itis" or "ethnic fatigue" for centuries. The stereo typical hour lunch outing being completed with a 15 minute power nap was a sight that employers have seen for quite some time. It has become so common it's written into your contract when you’re hired, "Anything more than 15 minutes "itis-time" is docked from your pay". It turns out there actually a scientific reason for all of this and its not exclusive to members of the darker nations, we just don’t hide it as well. Apparently, large amounts of blood are diverted away from muscles to the bowel to aid digestion. This would make it unwise for us to try and run and as a defense we feel like resting. Hunger keeps us awake, while sleep aids the digestive process. This is probably the most useful information I’ll ever write.
Album Beef!!
The Macberry!!
This post really doesn't have shit to do with anything but if you don't have a Blackberry or a Macbook, your just behind the times. So sorry. Please excuse my ignorance.
Chis Brown is "Death Proof"
I am truly convinced that Chris Brown is Kurt Russell's "doppelganger": Have you guys read the police report from the night he (Chris) beat up Rihanna??? Supposedly this brawl between Chris and Rihanna-- the punching, the head slams, the bites, the scratches, the suplexes, the DDTs, and "Stone Cold stunners" -- all went down inside the car....while he was driving! That is some Quentin Tarantino, "Death Proof" type shit! Does anybody remember that movie? ...it came out in 2007 ...it was part of a double-feature, the other movie being "Planet Terror" ...anybody remember? Anyway, the movie featured Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Tracie Thomas, Vaness Ferlito, and some other people: in the movie Kurt Russell played "Stuntman Mike" who is this crazed stuntman who stalks two seperate sets of young woman and uses his "death proof" car to execute his sinister plans. If you've ever seen it you probably remember the first victim, played by Rose McGowan, whose head was smashed into the dash board as Stuntman Mike abruptly stopped his car after traveling at incendiary speeds, or even the head on collision he purposefully had with the first set of young ladies which sent their bodies (and body parts) flying from their car. And Kurt Russell walks away without a scratch on him -- death proof, baby! In the end, the other set of girls end up having the last laugh -- for their car too is "death proof" -- and get the best of Kurt...and end up killng him in the end.
Ari Gold!
Ari Gold from HBO's Entourage has got to one of the most memorable TV characters in recent time. (Although his character is based loosely on prominent American talent agent Ariel "Ari" Emanuel) His anti-gay, cultural , and gender epithets make for the bedrock of satirical genius on which the show stands. Here are some of his most noteworthy quotes. Enjoy.
1) Lloyd: "Are you hiding something from me Ari?" Ari: "Only my cock and my asshole Lloyd."
2) Ari: "I want you to pass this message along to Dana. Tell her that I still have the pictures from Cancun, tell her that I’m gonna start a website. I will take a full page ad out in the L.A. Times advertising it. Tell her it will be called imahollywoodexecutivewhore.com and that no password or fee will be required. Tell her I Want A Fucking Call Back!"
3) Ari Gold: "Listen to me, Lloyd. Do you want to make it in this business or fold shirts at a Chinese Laundromat? Pledge."
4) Lloyd: "What’s wrong?”Ari: "Has so much cum squirt in those eyes you can’t see what’s right in front of your face? Amanda Daniels takes that job, Vince is fucked and I’m fucked. Which means we’re all fucked. And we’re fucked in the way you like to get fucked not fucked in the way normal people like to get fucked."
5) Ari: "Listen, Lloyd, I want you to put all my files, folders, binders, *everything* into a box! If you find a used condom, an executioner's mask, and a fucking spike paddle, don't think, just pack that bitch! Chop suey!"
6) (Ari shows Lloyd the dust on his finger) Lloyd: "The cleaning staff’s on strike, you know that". Ari: "They strike, you work. You’re Asian; you’re supposed to be a neat freak. Go get a rag............ Go Lloyd, go. I want every desk sterile enough for you to get trained on."
The Ol’ Wopty
I once believed that Reggaeton was the only form of music that was displaced from African-America culture--stemming from Reggae and Dancehall music influences. But this just in: Salsa is too. Apparently Salsa is an African (and European) inspired dance style that was espoused by Spanish-speaking people in the Carribean. Who would have thought that we were the originators of this "love dance" flavored with self-expression, grace, and ambiguity: for instance, the "Boogaloo"--a type of Latin dance and music--is a fusion of doo-wop, blues, R&B--music tastes which Latin Americans shared--with mambo. I'm convinced that being Black is cool; it's just that--what makes us and everything about us, or at least everything that was about us, so advantageous to everybody else?
What a Name!!
Spike Lee is undoubtedly one of the greatest directors Hollywood has seen, exclusively for his vividly poetic portrayal of black life in the late 80s and early 90s. Not only is Lee able to give us holistic insight on racial tension, family feuds, and social injustices, he gives the characters in these movies such dope names!..Ossie Davis played The Good Reverend Doctor Purify in Jungle Fever, and was referred to as such throughout the whole film...no abbreviations. Also in Jungle Fever, Wesley Snipes played Flipper and Samuel L. Jackson played Gator. There was also a cameo appearance by Charlie Murphy whose character was called Livin' Large. In Lee's Do the Right Thing, Spike play Mookie, Bill Nunn played the infamous Radio Raheem, Giancarlo Esposito played Buggin' Out (you had to love he and Mookie's hand shake),Samuel L. Jackson played Mr. Senor Love Daddy, and Robin Harris (Father from House Party) played Sweet Dick Willy. You just gotta love it. The characters from these movies are timeless.
The Cool Pose
