Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Step Up or Shut Up!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Feeling like a kid on Christmas...
My parents are coming up this Friday to see me, for our family night here at school. If that weren't exciting enough, they are bringing me a new toy, a Blackberry Bold 9700! Long story short, mom used her upgrade to get it, Dad used his upgrade to get her the Curve 8520 and he is going to take my 8900. I've already got a new theme on here and a nice golf wallpaper for daddy. Found a theme for my mom. I'll be teaching them a lot about Blackberries Friday. I'm excited though!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Ho Shit: The Disney Edition
First Kiely Williams started off being "tired of your broken promises promises" as she sang with 3LW... at least until she allegedly threw a plate of food in the face of former group member Naturi. She moved on to Disney's Cheetah Girls. Now, she's taken another step in her career- she's moving on to HO SHIT! Yep I said it. Two nights ago someone on twitter posted a link to her new video. I was not ready for what I saw. If you haven't seen it yet:
I don't even know where to start on this shit! First of all, what the fuck. Yeah that really sums it all up. One twitter friend did bring up a point though, maybe working for Disney (or even Nickelodeon) as a child or teen leads to ho shit! Kiely, Brittany Spears, and others. This however, is the worst ho shit I've seen in a while. And what about a young girl who was a fan of the Cheetah Girls, what would that girl think of this? Would she think it was cool? Will this song be playing on the radio? The reason I generally don't listen to the radio is because they play the same songs OVER AND OVER AND OVER, so will young girls walk around singing this because they hear it twice an hour on the radio? I hope this video isn't picked up by the major music networks, and hopefully the song won't be in heavy rotation either. I mean seriously? How can anyone condone the activities spoken of in this piece of crap? Saying you don't know if he wore a condom, etc? What about pregnancy and STDs including herpes which have no cure and HIV which will eventually kill you? I don't know how old she is, and I don't care either- her mother needs to make her go to a tree to pick out a switch, then proceed to beat the ho shit out of her.
I don't even know where to start on this shit! First of all, what the fuck. Yeah that really sums it all up. One twitter friend did bring up a point though, maybe working for Disney (or even Nickelodeon) as a child or teen leads to ho shit! Kiely, Brittany Spears, and others. This however, is the worst ho shit I've seen in a while. And what about a young girl who was a fan of the Cheetah Girls, what would that girl think of this? Would she think it was cool? Will this song be playing on the radio? The reason I generally don't listen to the radio is because they play the same songs OVER AND OVER AND OVER, so will young girls walk around singing this because they hear it twice an hour on the radio? I hope this video isn't picked up by the major music networks, and hopefully the song won't be in heavy rotation either. I mean seriously? How can anyone condone the activities spoken of in this piece of crap? Saying you don't know if he wore a condom, etc? What about pregnancy and STDs including herpes which have no cure and HIV which will eventually kill you? I don't know how old she is, and I don't care either- her mother needs to make her go to a tree to pick out a switch, then proceed to beat the ho shit out of her.
3LW Days:
With the Cheetah Girls:
Monday, April 5, 2010
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
"Home training" isn't what it used to be. For the most part it just seems to be nonexistent! I am in a professional degree program. Some of my classmates are young, and by young I mean they weren't old enough to drink when we started school last semester. Some are much older. You would think that 95 grown, educated people would know how to act in public, but alas, they do not. It's like being in a room full of 1st graders.
Picture it: the lecture hall, 8am. It is the first class of the morning. After spending a few minutes preparing a power point presentation and making sure the microphone is functioning, the professor is ready to get started. She steps from behind the podium. Nothing changes. At least half of the room continues talking, laughing, and carrying on as if there was no class about to take place. The professor has to make motions with her arms while saying "settle down, settle down, let's get started." Class lasts 50 minutes. With only five minutes left, the professor asks for questions, or makes an announcement, or finishes the last parts of the day's lecture. People start loudly zipping bags, putting desks down, talking, rattling papers. A "shhhh" is heard coming from the front of the room.
What's wrong with this picture? How about EVERYTHING! In a room full of grown ass individuals, this should not be happening. The professor should step in front of the class and get the kind of respect that Denzel received in Malcom X or Mr. Clark in Lean on Me when he came out from jail and quieted his students. She should step out and silence should fall over the room without a word being spoken! And what's so important that everyone has to start talking before class is finished? Yes, everyone probably has whispered here and there during class, but the blatant disrespect of several people talking, slamming things around, and moving while a professor is up talking is immature, disrespectful, and just plain ignorant.
I swear if I had children and they acted this way, I would send them outside for a switch, but maybe that's just me!
Picture it: the lecture hall, 8am. It is the first class of the morning. After spending a few minutes preparing a power point presentation and making sure the microphone is functioning, the professor is ready to get started. She steps from behind the podium. Nothing changes. At least half of the room continues talking, laughing, and carrying on as if there was no class about to take place. The professor has to make motions with her arms while saying "settle down, settle down, let's get started." Class lasts 50 minutes. With only five minutes left, the professor asks for questions, or makes an announcement, or finishes the last parts of the day's lecture. People start loudly zipping bags, putting desks down, talking, rattling papers. A "shhhh" is heard coming from the front of the room.
What's wrong with this picture? How about EVERYTHING! In a room full of grown ass individuals, this should not be happening. The professor should step in front of the class and get the kind of respect that Denzel received in Malcom X or Mr. Clark in Lean on Me when he came out from jail and quieted his students. She should step out and silence should fall over the room without a word being spoken! And what's so important that everyone has to start talking before class is finished? Yes, everyone probably has whispered here and there during class, but the blatant disrespect of several people talking, slamming things around, and moving while a professor is up talking is immature, disrespectful, and just plain ignorant.
I swear if I had children and they acted this way, I would send them outside for a switch, but maybe that's just me!
Christ Arose on Easter Day.
It was the simplest of Easter speeches. An over zealous mother decided that her two and a half or three year old just HAD to say an Easter speech. Meanwhile the kid normally doesn't say more than two words. I didn't go to church for Easter this year, and honestly, I didn't miss being there.
You may ask why? I've become more and more cynical about "religion." Cynical literally means "contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives." BOY does that fit! when I was in high school I went to church a lot. I was on the praise dance team, in the inspirational choir (where I held position of secretary), secretary of the Sunday school and even taught the little kids Sunday school class. I enjoyed it. With the exception of attending Sunday School, none of this was forced on em by my parents. I'm not a morning person so waking up in enough time to be ready for Sunday school was very hard... but I digress.
Just as I was nearing the end of high school, things changed drastically for me. There were things going on at my church- Pastor probably misusing funds, a battle about women preachers because it is a Primitive Baptist church and the rules are against women in the pulpit (which could really be a separate blog post- maybe one day), people attacking my mother's character, and more. Add to that another local preacher who was also misappropriating funds at his church and supposedly committing adultery with the church secretary, and drama at my dad's church, and I started to wonder about things. All of this was going on as I went off to college, and it was a time where this instability wasn't helpful. So I distanced myself. Sometimes when I came home for weekends I didn't even attempt to make it to church. I could probably count the number of times I attended church during my four years at college.
I am a Christian, and I love God. I have been blessed more than I could ever explain. I know that the blue sky, the birds that sing, the wind that blows are because of Him. I don't wake myself up each day or make the brakes on my car work when a car pulls out in front of me! But I know that God is everywhere. I feel that as Christians there is a huge difference in giving your testimony and letting people know how good God is and trying to force people into believing what you believe! Going to church every Sunday won't save you! I see people on Facebook or Twitter on Sundays accosting those who chose to stay home. Meanwhile, while you are posting Twitpics or Facebook status messages, you aren't listening to the word from the man of God. I'm tired of being told that I "need to go to church." Maybe you should pay attention while you are there and stop spending so much time worrying about me! I just don't want to get back into the full activity of going to church, being in the choir, doing other activities, only to find out the pastor is screwing the deacon's wife, or that he used the church's money to buy his wife that gaudy pinky ring.
Speaking of the man of God, another reason I am skeptical of churches these days is all of the ministers that are popping up. I never understood people who want to be a minister and just start preaching. I've always felt like God calls those he wants to use to share his word. Every person in a pulpit was not chosen by God. And it can be very hard to tell who is really there to share God's word with His people and who just wants a check every Sunday and a BIG check on the Pastor's Anniversary. (Not to mention the big churches that buy houses, cars, etc for these folks). Add to it all the general judgmental nature of Christians. (Does me calling Christians judgmental make me judgmental?) Some things I understand () but a person shouldn't feel embarrassed or scared to go to church because of what the "church folk" might say to and/or about them.
There is hope. The newest pastor of my church is a wonderful man. His sermons move me, without a lot of yelling and jumping around. He's a sincere and kind-hearted individual. But even he can't make me feel like this whole "religion" and "church-going" thing is for me. I do want to strengthen my relationship with God, and maybe start going back to church more, but I think that I may forever be really skeptical about it all. Besides if God is everywhere, then he's at Bedside Baptist too!
You may ask why? I've become more and more cynical about "religion." Cynical literally means "contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives." BOY does that fit! when I was in high school I went to church a lot. I was on the praise dance team, in the inspirational choir (where I held position of secretary), secretary of the Sunday school and even taught the little kids Sunday school class. I enjoyed it. With the exception of attending Sunday School, none of this was forced on em by my parents. I'm not a morning person so waking up in enough time to be ready for Sunday school was very hard... but I digress.
Just as I was nearing the end of high school, things changed drastically for me. There were things going on at my church- Pastor probably misusing funds, a battle about women preachers because it is a Primitive Baptist church and the rules are against women in the pulpit (which could really be a separate blog post- maybe one day), people attacking my mother's character, and more. Add to that another local preacher who was also misappropriating funds at his church and supposedly committing adultery with the church secretary, and drama at my dad's church, and I started to wonder about things. All of this was going on as I went off to college, and it was a time where this instability wasn't helpful. So I distanced myself. Sometimes when I came home for weekends I didn't even attempt to make it to church. I could probably count the number of times I attended church during my four years at college.
I am a Christian, and I love God. I have been blessed more than I could ever explain. I know that the blue sky, the birds that sing, the wind that blows are because of Him. I don't wake myself up each day or make the brakes on my car work when a car pulls out in front of me! But I know that God is everywhere. I feel that as Christians there is a huge difference in giving your testimony and letting people know how good God is and trying to force people into believing what you believe! Going to church every Sunday won't save you! I see people on Facebook or Twitter on Sundays accosting those who chose to stay home. Meanwhile, while you are posting Twitpics or Facebook status messages, you aren't listening to the word from the man of God. I'm tired of being told that I "need to go to church." Maybe you should pay attention while you are there and stop spending so much time worrying about me! I just don't want to get back into the full activity of going to church, being in the choir, doing other activities, only to find out the pastor is screwing the deacon's wife, or that he used the church's money to buy his wife that gaudy pinky ring.
Speaking of the man of God, another reason I am skeptical of churches these days is all of the ministers that are popping up. I never understood people who want to be a minister and just start preaching. I've always felt like God calls those he wants to use to share his word. Every person in a pulpit was not chosen by God. And it can be very hard to tell who is really there to share God's word with His people and who just wants a check every Sunday and a BIG check on the Pastor's Anniversary. (Not to mention the big churches that buy houses, cars, etc for these folks). Add to it all the general judgmental nature of Christians. (Does me calling Christians judgmental make me judgmental?) Some things I understand () but a person shouldn't feel embarrassed or scared to go to church because of what the "church folk" might say to and/or about them.
There is hope. The newest pastor of my church is a wonderful man. His sermons move me, without a lot of yelling and jumping around. He's a sincere and kind-hearted individual. But even he can't make me feel like this whole "religion" and "church-going" thing is for me. I do want to strengthen my relationship with God, and maybe start going back to church more, but I think that I may forever be really skeptical about it all. Besides if God is everywhere, then he's at Bedside Baptist too!
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