My biggest project when I was like 5

I just finished a dumb, long take-home exam about the destruction of the Tasmanian Aborigines. 

I 100% hate dumb projects and take-homes.

I hate bringing school home. When you're a kid (well when I was a kid) I got out of school and if I wasn't hitting the streets on my bike with my friends, I had plenty of great things to play with instead of being chained to a computer.

I found myself thinking about some random things tonight, things from my childhood. I remember things like finishing that really complicated Lite-Brite design were the only projects I had on my plate. 

So reminiscing on Lite-Bright got me thinking about all my cool ass toys I had when I was a kid...

*Sigh* those were the good ole days!

Mr. Solo Dolo

I'm in the middle of a love affair with Kid Cudi.

I had to wait forever and a day to get his album but I haven't removed it from my CD player in about a week and half. There's something so real about him I mean the first line of his Myspace says he likes cheeseburgers and beer. He reminds me of Kanye West meets Bone Thugs meets like Jamiroquai (or somebody) but he's so original and different. Plus I love seeing a fellow Ohioan blow up.

I found out he'll be in the DC area this month for the MTV Ulalume Festival along with A.F.I. (I freakin love A.F.I. by the way...it's my dirty little secret), Asher Roth and some others. Unfortunately I'll be slaving away for my internship/I don't have a ticket for the festival. Hopefully he'll be going on tour with somebody and I will make sure I'm there!

Besides Hyyer, which is one of my favorite tracks, I've been playing Pursuit of Hapiness on repeat lately. Check it out live on David Letterman...

"I have plenty of black friends"

This morning my Yahoo front page greeted me with this.


An interracial couple being denied a marriage license because the justice of the peace does believe in "mixing races like that"?

I mean first of all this story is just appalling...the things this man says!

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Are you f*cking kidding? He must be talking about the help.

And on top of that this is probably not the first mixed couple he has denied since he asks couples if they are mixed race first!

I know people looked at the Age of Obama as the key to bringing this kind of thing to an end, but I'm hearing about it more since Obama. Do White people feel more comfortable now or something?

Just a little crush

Remember when people used to have crushes? Some people still do.

Unfortunately, I don't....and I kinda miss it.

I remember by first crush(es). I had 2 in the first grade (I was lil fast then I guess). The one was a little White kid named Robert. I actually crushed him from 1st through 8th grade...he was the cutest kid in class (we only had 1 Black guy and he was obviously gay). I remember one day in 1st grade he told me I looked like a movie star with my hair in a bun and I was in love. That boy had game!

My other crush was another Robert, a Black boy. He was older, I believe he was in like 5th grade when I was in 1st. He was the older brother of one of my friends and he also rode the same bus as me. I remember one day on the bus we had this evil sub driver. Keep in mind I was like 6 and the man asked me where my bus stop was. Umm...I had no freaking idea! I remember him screaming at me at the top of his lungs and my crush set him straight for me. I used to get nervous just looking at him.

I actually had A LOT of crushes in elementary school...boys from school, neighbors, celeb crushes (Justin Timberlake and Marques Houston from Immature were my future hubbies). When I looked back on it I'm amazed!

After elementary school, I stopped having crushes. I know a large part of that had to do with the fact that guys were not apart of my everyday life at school (I went to an all-girls high school) but I never even ended up crushing on the boys at mixers and football games. I started dating in high school and met my current boyfriend then so I guess I had no need for crushes.

College came and while I was surrounded by beautiful Black men, I never developed an actual crush on any of them. You know like when they come around your heart beats a little faster, palms get sweaty, mouth goes dry crush. Never fantasized what it would be like to be with any of them or anything.

Ok actually I'm pretty thankful those days are over....

No no no no no no no!

Woke up this morning to some very interesting news from SoulBounce. The loves of my life that are N.E.R.D. are adding a girl to the mix. A Canadian girl named Rhea who, knowing Pharrell, probably can sing but doesn't look like she fits at all!.

How could I not mention a certain group of sell-outs that began with 3 men making rap (not pop) music with a message and had a huge following in the underground scene. They added a chicked named Stacy Ferguson and started making pop/dance music. Don't get me wrong, I respect the Black Eyed Peas and I will take the addition of Fergie as them doing what they had to do to get where they wanted to get.

But come on Pharrell! Ya'll were doing alright! And according to the Soulbounce article he admits this Rhea girl takes there music somewhere else.

I'm not going to dismiss them until I've heard something new...but I'm not happy about this.

Here's a little something for the morning :-)

Where did people think she came from?

I just saw this story from ABC.com and other places about Michelle Obama's linage being traced all the way back to slavery. What the video or read the story here

This is the story of so many Black Americans and yes this is a big deal. A direct descendant of slaves, the people that Whites stole from their homes and sold like a dime back of weed, is now living in the White House as The First Lady.

I think it's wonderful that somebody took the time to trace it back for her and I wish that all Black Americans had the opportunity to learn about their history. I'm one of the fortunate few whose family made sure our roots were known. My grandmother's grandfather (so that's like my great-great grandfather) was brought to American aboard a slave ship as a young boy and basically lived the majority of his life as a slave.

It always amazes me how I'm witnessing history as it's happening. But I do have to ask....where did folks think she came from in the first place?

Usher's new single 'Papers'

I finally got to hear this new Usher song everyone is talking about called "Papers". While I was NEVER a fan of him and Tameka and I have been wondering what the two of them were like/what really happened/how the whole thing worked in the first place, I'm not sure if this was the best idea or road for him and I kinda feel a lil bit sorta sorry Tameka's gotta deal with this in song.

This song will probably go on to be a big hit like Confessions, where everybody got a general idea of what happened between him and Chili (I wish they would get back together!). Check it out....

PS - This really had me thinking about breakups and dealing with all the physical things that come from a relationship (i.e. photos, pets, joint bank accounts lol). For me photos have always been a touchy area. I can almost always remember moments when pictures are taken and having to see them after you've broken up with someone is hard.

When I Googled them TONS of pics came from "happier" times and I was like 'damn that sucks'. They'll never be able to get away from those...