This past week was a beast. However, all was well that ended well. Here’s an update:
I took a really important test and score a 194 out of 200. The average score is 155. I studied.
I have been saving money only to turn around and lose it. I saved around four-hundred dollars last month but had to repair the upstairs central heating and air unit. Then I found out I have to get an editor to format my dissertation and a statistician to fix my data. That will cost $2100 over the final five months of my higher education debacle. Jesus is Lord!
I feel so slighted. This guy, who has regular parties, hosted a party last night and charged five dollars to get into his house (classy, huh…?). I paid my five dollars but Douglas, who rode with me, did not have to pay. Then, when I get inside, I found out no one else in the “First Family” had to pay either. F—in B—h!
I am so swamped with work. And it’s the summer. And I am a teacher. I am supposed to be chillaxin, not swimming in a sea of work. I am an adjunct at a local college and I take on additional courses each summer and I am FINALLY finishing my dissertation. Oh well. I will do what I have to do. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
I wish I could get alerted when people update their blog via phone. How can I make that happen?
I am excited about seeing Jasmine Guy’s “For Color Girl’s Who Have Considered Suicide.” She is directing this play, starring Nicole Ari Parker and a few other recognizable names. I am trying to get a ticket for Tuesday’s preview show.
Atlanta International Fashion Week is coming up. It is usually worth a coin. Check it out at http://www.atlantaintlfashionweek.com.
The first family is getting ready for our annual family reunion in Gatlinburg. It’s not really a family reunion, per se, but we went last year for whitewater rafting and had a blast and we are doing it again this year. I anticipate an annual trip. We only pay $100 to go and when we go, we get our life!
Before exploring this upcoming weekend, I have to admit that last weekend was quite an adventure.
My friend and fellow blogger, Turn me up a lil (Thad) and I made a commitment to hang out more. He was off this weekend and we met up for lunch to discuss his dating life (the Italian) and his professional life (choices to pursue which advance degree).
Thad is an amazing guy. He has swag and a pedigree.
So it was up to me where we went and I decided on Mrs. Annes.
Mrs. Anne’s Snack Shop is an Atlanta trademark. Since Thad has not been in the ATL a year, I figured he had to true Mrs. Anne’s at least once. Home of the famous Ghettoburger, Mrs. Anne’s was named the number three best burger in the United States one year by a program on Food Network and I think going to Mrs. Anne’s in an Atlanta “Rite of Passage.” Since Thad has been in Atlanta less than a year, I felt like I owed him this burger.
Well, we got the true Mrs. Anne’s experience.
The burger shack has only two workers…. Mrs. Anne and her son. She only serves eight people at one time. You cannot order in advance. You sign a list and wait to be called.
We signed the list and there was a group of eight being served and six people waiting. We thought we were pretty lucky. We could handle waiting forty five minutes (which is how long you wait to order and eat ONCE you make it inside).
So we sit outside, in the 100 degree heat, and wait. On cement benches. We talk and catch up and grow hungrier and hungrier.
Finally, the eight customers being served exit and the next group lines up. Two fat negroes (a CONGORILLA and his CONGORILLAETTE) jump up and are the first in line. They came right after us. And I’ll be damned if they were not seated.
I got hotter than wolf pu%$y! Thad told me I should have said something and looked as though he would hit me. He was really hungry.
We sat back down, on our cement bench, and watched those fat a##es eat our BURGERS! For forty five additional minutes, with our stomachs churning, we waited.
Finally, they finished and we entered. Thad said he was so hungry he didn’t even want to eat anymore. That is the worst hunger. But then the seasoned fried came and we ate. And then the burgers came, and we ate.
Thad said the burger was worth the wait and that he was pissed I had taken him there because he would have to come back and do the whole thing over again.
Vibe magazine ends publication By Alexis Stevens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Vibe, the music magazine founded in 1993 by legendary producer Quincy Jones, is shutting its doors, Editor Danyel Smith told the staff Tuesday.
“We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news,” Smith wrote in a memo obtained by Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The magazine blames its failure on the sagging economy and the collapse of print advertising, a common woe of other print journalism products, according to Steve Aaron, former CEO of VIBE Media Group.
“There are very few magazines with the richness of history and breadth of talented visionaries who created the powerful lens in which VIBE viewed and shaped urban music and culture,” Aaron wrote in a separate memo to staff members. Revenue growth from its web site, www.vibe.com, was not enough to offset the magazine’s losses, Aaron said.
“It’s a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand,” Smith said.
Yawn… This year’s awards were an official mess. The absolute worst awards ever. Girl, I could have watched Sookie Stackhouse and Lafayette instead! Blah.
But some random thoughts…
Keri Hilson gave the kids Grease, a la Olivia Newton John.
Tyra Banks hair was a mess. I tried to rationalize the disaster and said maybe she wanted her weave to match her hips.
Beyonce, once again, cheated her fans. Looking like the bride of Neptune, God of the Sea, she sang Ava Maria. Halo would have been so appropriate but I can just see this chick being like, I already practiced Ava Maria so that’s what I am going to do…
The greatest highlights of the night, however, were the tweets- I truly laughed aloud throughout the program.
Best Tweets of the Night… Keith Jones: Did no one tell the extremely homophobic Mary Mary they were on stage with a lesbian? Guess not…
JG Bey (Beyonce) sounds good. I love it… but has she abandonded pants?
Dees: BET should have died and MJ should have done a tribute to them.
Kendal B Is Deborah Lee considered a Cougar or a Mountain Lion?
PatrickIanPolk How many BET employees does it take to screw up a tribute? Apparently hundreds…
I don't know where I have been but I just saw the picture of College Hill Atlanta's Dorian and just heard the hilarious (yet ridiculously inflammatory) interview with Wendy Williams' pet Charlemange. Check it out at http://www.zshare.net/audio/61708385cea44051/.
Also, I just heard about the Perez Hilton/Will i am uproar. Hilton's response was ROTF funny!
I have attached a copy of the Twitter messages-
perezhilton: oh my god you guys
perezhilton: oh. muh. GUH. i’ve been BRUTALLY SAVAGED. by SAVAGES.
perezhilton: will.i.am is a THUG and he HIT me. in my EYE.
perezhilton: i can see the booboo right now in one of the many mirrors i carry around with me at all times to make sure that the shaved lines and/or highlights in my hair remain subtle and artful and don’t have the effect of making me look like an angry fat woman who scrapbooks to distract herself from her sad life!
iamtherealwill @perezhilton: man, stfu. i just followed you out of the club to see if you’d want some of these Target coupons we got. 20% off smedium t-shirts and innocuous hooks! boom boom pow!
perezhilton: GET AWAY FROM ME WILL.I.AM! YOU’RE A THUG AND YOU DREW BLOOD FROM MY FACE WITH YOUR MANAGER’S HAND! perezhilton in all my years of doing this, drawing semen dots on people’s faces has never resulted in my catching an eye jammie!
iamtherealwill @perezhilton: that’s not an eye jammie, man. what is this, Wreckx-N-Effect and Q-Tip in ’92? My manager was just swatting a fly away.
fergilicious @iamtherealwill: awwwww snap! u told him maing!
fergilicious @prerezhilton: u got LUMPED UP, ni**a!
perezhilton @fergilicious: …huh?
fergilcious: LMBAO!
iamtherealwill @fergilcious: quiet down, baby. remember what daddy said about being a good white girl.
fergilicious: *roger rabbits*
iamtherealwill @perezhilton: tell ‘em what you called me, man.
perezhilton @iamtherealwill: what?! i called you a faggot. so? i can DO that! CEASELESSLY BAITING PEOPLE WITH BORDERLINE LIBELOUS MATERIAL IS NOT GROUNDS FOR VIOLENCE. IT’S JUST SILLINESS! I’M HARMLESS AND CATTY AND SILLY AND HILARIOUS AND MY SCHTICK NEVER GETS OLD!
iamtherealwill @perezhilton: you’re lucky my man Taboo ain’t jump in that ass. right, Taboo?
taboo …
perezhilton: YOU SHUT UP TOO TABOO OR I’LL DRAW SEMEN DOTS ON YOUR FACE NEXT!
taboo: *does Easter Island statue impression*
iamtherealwill @perezhilton: Yeah son! Black Eyed Peas is too strong to be divided by your fuckery!
apldeap: That’s right fam! Apl de Ap is in the building!
SteveJobs *sends apl de ap cease & desist letter*
apldeap Scratch that! Non-Trademarked Personal Computr de Comp is in the building!
perezhilton someone call the police! i don’t know what else to do or how to get in touch with them! sent from Twitterberry, which if you weren’t too busy overreacting to notice is only available on a PHONE
fergilicious @perezhilton don’t bother! 911 is a JOKE, ni**a!
iamtherealwill @fergilicious seriously, pump the brakes for a second.
fergilicious @iamtherealwill whateva man.
fergilicious *does a b-girl pose*
fergilicious *slathers on shoe polish*
perezhilton @iamtherealwill Back off, Will.I.Am! I have 10 million people who read my site every day and are calling the police right now! especially since I already called the police and they didn’t really seem to care!
perezhilton I’m a music mogul and I support singers so fantastic and powerful you’ve never heard of them! And they’re all gonna be mad and boycott you! And I’m gonna keep hanging around them because I was unpopular in high school and now I exact my revenge via crude photoillustration!
perezhilton I mean, BECAUSE THEY LIKE ME FOR WHO I AM!
perezhilton *weeps gravy*
iamtherealwill @perezhilton that’s cool–mad people got my back too. i work with stars. stars! right, mike?
MJKingofPop whisper
iamtherealwill @MJKingofPop Really, man? That’s the best you can do?
MJKingofPop thank you i love you all god bless you don’t forget to tell your nephews i’m having a slumber party
iamtherealwill Sigh. Anyone else not out there not sufficiently repulsed by my sanctimonious and inane post-racial party anthems to vouch for me? I was on CNN, people! My hologram is the voice of the youth!
hologramwill Fuck yeah I am! I can talk about everything from voting for Obama to fixing the economy to the vagaries of cap-and-trade energy regulation! Except for the second one! And also the third one! Suck it, Rick Sanchez!
officialTila @iamtherealwill I got your back, baby! Talented people like us have to stick together, am I right?
officialTila *tries to turn head, topples over*
iamtherealwill @officialTila sure, why not.
iamdiddy @iamtherealwill I got ya back will! musical visionaries and cultural icons and future leaders gotta stick together too am i right? SELF-IMPORTANT BLOWHARDS WHO CONTRIBUTE NOTHING AT ALL TO THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION BUT CONSISTENTLY OVERSTATE OUR OWN SIGNIFICANCE LET’S GO!!!
WyclefJean @iamtherealwill You know I’m there for yoooooooooou! No one else I know has the stones to cross over and be thoroughly mediocre in so many other genres of music! THE WORLD IS MORE THAN HIP-HOP, PEOPLE!
WyclefJean *trips and crushes Canibus’ career*
officialTila you guys you guys you guys! will.i.am is in trouble! and for once it’s not the kind of trouble that my racquetball-hard fake breasts can float him out of!
MJKingofPop yikes breasts i’m outta here!
fergilicious Who said breasts? This sister got some fine breast lumps and humps her damn self! BLACKETY BLACK Y’ALL!
My name is Corey Keith. I live and work in Atlanta, Georgia. I am a recovering mess and this is an account of the interesting, dramatic, and not quite so fabulous life that I live.
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