****before i begin today, i wanted to give an early birthday shout-out to our very special liz burr, the boobs behind the vsb.com operation, who will be turning an unspecified age saturday the 6th. happy b-day lizzard****
you know, sometimes lost in my relentless smart-aleckness and sarcasm is the fact that there are a few things i’ve mentally and emotionally deemed snark and cynic-proof.
along side the ubiquitous rants, raves, roasts, and deez is an occasionally enthusiastic and unconditional fan ready and willing to spread the gospel of his favorite things, and, as break from my usually scheduled satirical programming, i’ve decided to share a few of these with you.
enjoy and sh*t
the nba
maybe the nfl is more popular, and maybe college hoops manufactures more synthetic enthusiasm and unpaid labor in the eyes of casual sports fans, but nothing else combines artistry, skillfulness, uber-athleticism, and planned improvisation like basketball at its highest level. i know its not for everyone, but, then again, f*ck ya’ll analog n*ggas.
breakfast food
- i need you. i’m a mess without you. i miss you so damn much. i miss being with you, i miss being near you. i miss your laugh. i miss your scent; i miss your musk. when this all gets sorted out, i think you and me should get an apartment together
women rocking glasses with angular frames
fetish (fět’ĭsh, fē’tĭsh)
- something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire
- an abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
yup. sounds about right
the rza
lets put it this way: when he calls himself “the world’s greatest mind, bob digital” i believe him
the wire
it probably wouldn’t be a stretch to call me a wire missionary. there is no limit, no boundary to my promotion of this show. at this point, i could wake up tomorrow morning and read that david simon is really nicolae carpathia, and i’d probably just shrug my shoulders and spend the next 17 minutes thinking of some obscure wire-related witticism to post as a facebook status message
chuck klosterman, bill simmons, malcolm gladwell, and bethlehem shoals
i’m so in awe of each of these writers that i’m literally afraid to attempt to articulate my stan-dom. i’d feel like ciara singing a solo tribute to mahalia jackson
the pittsburgh steelers
what? you think its an accident that i call myself “the champ”? bow down to the black and gold, b*tches, and kiss the rings…all six of them
people of vsb.com, i’m curious: who and what do you stan for?
—the champ
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ooh, great post! i just hate that i’m always thisclose to crashing when the post goes up, umm, i stan for harry potter, mixechicks leave in, pretty scarves, pretty ricki…no jk! lol, just wanted to say pretty twice, umm…boris kodjoe, idris elba (veg, he aint for everyone lol), calligraphy pens, sweat pants and wife beaters, butter pecan ice cream, the smell of gas (daily confession, lmao) poetry, coltrane, SLEEP, reading on a rainy day and summer nights.
hella random, but it all just came to me know.
@i’m overit, BOO, random indeed i stand for lots of things but im too tipsy.buzz or whatever else to post right now. Dam Kobe and his receding hair line! Good night…….
@i’m overit, BOO,
“boris kodjoe, idris elba”
Boris: Yes.
Idris: No judgments.
@iloVEGrits, Boris’ chexiness has gotten a block from me (because he’s married, now he looks like Gargamel) but you know I’ll ride for some Idris!
@Nicki Sunshine,
& I’ll ride some Idris. =p
@i’m overit, BOO,
You do got some pretty scarves. Your hijabs bring all the boys to the yard!
@Luvvie,
Fool.
@i’m overit, BOO, OMG!!! There’s another gas sniffer out there!!!! I have been called a lunatic by many friends for my love of the smell of a certain kind of gas (actually it’s a certain type of exhaust ) …. I have searched the world over for someone who could feel me on this….
@klysha,
actually, i’m a closet gas sniffer too.
***filing statement under “things that sound much more unheterosexual than they actually are”***
@The Champ, You keep giving me more and more reasons to E – <3 you….
geez there’s a conglomerate of gas sniffers on here….have I found my people?????!!!!!
@klysha, Count me in too. Although not as much as when I was a kid also the same deal applies to me with the smell of rubbing alcohol.
@pinksghetti, Co-sign @ rubbing alcohol!!!!!!
@complex simplicity,
Cool! I thought I was the only one because I never heard anyone else say so.
@klysha,
My sister is a gas sniffer… and for the love of me, I don’t get it.
Are you guys closet pyros? Must be it.
@i’m overit, BOO, OMG soulmates. I, too, love the smell of gasoline. WTF is up with that
@i’m overit, BOO,
“the smell of gas”
Oh wow, there are more of us than I thought. I love the smell of gas-oline*.
*Don’t want to confuse anyone and think I’m talking about petulance. Because, that? Ain’t the hotness.
@Cheekie,
yea i thought yall was talkin about farts lol
Shoes… sexy, expensive shoes. partly because my size in a well made shoe is hard to find. I stan shoes. I have stalked shoes for months, visiting them in stores where I refused to pay as much as my car note or monthly student loan payment. My goal to get a gorgeous shoe at a discount. However I have paid in excess of my car note and my car insurance for a pair of shoes but the real rush is in the knowing that I paid a fraction of what they cost and they look good.
I am a shoe shopping aholic, spending sometimes up to 3 hours in a shoe store (DSW) or an entire day going from store to store just trying on shoes determining wether or not I should buy them for no other reason than to have them and ocassionally try them on in front of a mirror ( I own a handful of shoes that have never been worn outside of my bedroom, nevermind outdoors)
yes SHOES I love them.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
Thank you for covering this. This will be on many of our lists.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
“I have paid in excess of my car note and my car insurance for a pair of shoes but the real rush is in the knowing that I paid a fraction of what they cost and they look good.”
I feel that we may be sole sisters.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
THIS is why I heart you!
@Intellectual Hedonist, I2I…I STAN for shoe shopping….it’s the the thrill of the hunt….it’s that moment when you find a pair of Cole Haan sandals that were originally $300, on clearance for $169, and you realize you get an extra 50% off, on top of the three coupons in your purse, one for $10, and two for $20 off the sale price….Oh DSW, how I love thee sooooo….*sigh*
@complex simplicity,
Indeed. That’s a real DSW experience for me.
As a man, it’s hard to see what makes women’s shoes (and especially bags, for that matter) worth even low triple figures. I can’t see the appeal.
ok, it is no coincidence i am wearing sweatpants and a wife beater now, listening to coltrane and i had butter pecan not too long ago.
i stan for other things too….nighty night frengs!
@i’m overit, BOO,
Would you also happen to have on Birkenstocks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE-BlQT3ND8
@Right Her,
You are on probation for muttering the word Birkenstocks (the footwear of Paul Bunyan Lesbos).
@Right Her,
liz sent me this link last week. i think i’m gonna frame a post about it in the future and sh*t
@Right Her, *dead* at that video
March Madness – Nothing else compares when it comes to sports playoffs.
Soccer Players – From Beckham to Ronaldo to the average male soccer player, they are very attractive. This makes the World Cup one of my favorite sporting events.
Apple – The Mac, Ipod, I-phone – Apple makes really cool products.
Maxwell – I love his music. I’ve seen him live 3 times and will see him again when he comes to Seattle in a couple of weeks.
@Leila, I have to agree with you on march Madness, I may not watch basketball all season, but I definitely watch the madness like I bet money on a team. Sheet this year I was on vacation in Jamaica and caught damn near all the games. LOL I <3 March Madness
@Leila,
“Soccer Players – From Beckham to Ronaldo to the average male soccer player, they are very attractive. This makes the World Cup one of my favorite sporting events.”
You and me both. Although not Ronaldo(too greasy) but Thierry Henry on the other hand – yummmmm!
@YGB,
oohhhh Thierry Henry…sexxy, sexxy
@N.I.A. naturally…., I agree 150%!
@YGB,
I stopped watching Arsenal when they traded him. Booooo!!!! I do love the World Cup.
@ofloveandotherdemons,
He is killing it at Barcelona though.
@Leila, “Apple – The Mac, Ipod, I-phone – Apple makes really cool products.”
I agree. I don’t know where I’d be without my iPod.
@Nicki Sunshine,
i love my g4
@Leila,
Soccer Players – From Beckham to Ronaldo to the average male soccer player, they are very attractive. This makes the World Cup one of my favorite sporting events.
Yup! Give me the soccer players and their s3xy thighs…. Yum!
I stan for:
*Rice (white, brown, jollof, jasmine, coconut…). I’m the Bubba Gump of rice
*Shoes (my shoe game is doper than Amy Winehouse’s medicine cabinet)
*Men w/ goatees (kisses w/ the slight brush of whiskers rock)
*Witty people (I tend to attract the most IG folks within any 10 mile radius. Tis a gift)
*”The Color Purple” (the movie AND the book). “Ms. Celie…that day when I seed you in that sto’, I KNEWD there was a GAWD!!”
*The actual color, Red – Ever since I was 3, when people would ask me what my favorite color is, I’d shout “RED!!”. It describes me: Vibrant, fiery, and usually symbolizes LOVE—Red is ME! And I’ve managed to have all red gadgets: Blackberry, Camera, external hard drive. Even got a red crystal cover for my MacBook.
And I created The Red Pump Project (http://www.theredpumpproject.com)
*My BlackBerry (it’s my 3rd arm)
*Hats (Newsboys make my world go round)
*Will Ferrell – One of the funniest comedians
@Luvvie,
*”The Color Purple” (the movie AND the book). “Ms. Celie…that day when I seed you in that sto’, I KNEWD there was a GAWD!!”
I knewed there was a GAWD when I saw your comment!
YESSSSSSS! Luvs, luvs, luvs it!
@Luvvie, were we separted at birth?? cause I equally stan for :
*Rice (and gravy if you got it)
*Men w/ goatees
*Witty people
*”The Color Purple”- “Next time I’mma put a little Shug Avery pee in his glass and see how he like that!”
*The actual color, Red
*Will Ferrell
Add in:
*curly/nappy hair and the creamy, sweet smelling products that go with it
*Thriller books-murder, madness and mayhem all day, every day
*Food Network
*Michelle Obama
*Real Simple magazine-love it so much I pay full price in these TETs
*Playing Spades with a great partner
@Numbah 5,
YESSS!!! I stan for ur additions too (apart from Thriller books. EEK! Their scary @ me). And I read “Real simple” online.
@Luvvie,
The Real Simple website is okay but after a while it’s like sensory overload…I like the feel of the magazine with it’s great photograpy and clean lines…
I also stan for *R.I.P* Domino Mag…why God did they have to shut it down?!?!?
*wall slide*
@Numbah 5,
“I also stan for *R.I.P* Domino Mag…why God did they have to shut it down?!?!?”
Twas a sad day when I got the news. All I have left now are the old issues I refuse to part with.
@iloVEGrits,
Yeah, but Domino had kinda gotten ridonkulous with the stuff their featured price wise. $380 PILLOW. I know it’s pretty, but WTF. Plus, with the exception of the last four mags before they closed, everything they featured was either mid century-beigey-brown blah or white-matt-minimilastic hospital room.
I’m sad they closed though. There’s still Apartment Therapy to cheer us up
@Luvvie,
Speaking of “Their scary @ me”, where is PBG? I haven’t seen her in a minute. Thuggie, make her come back!
@Numbah 5,
“*Real Simple magazine-love it so much I pay full price in these TETs”
I love it too. I catch it either online, at the library, or at Barnes & Noble’s though…lol
@Luvvie,
I forgot about hats! My hat game is on par with a lot of you ladies’ shoe games. I swear I love em all.
@Luvvie,
*”The Color Purple” (the movie AND the book). “Ms. Celie…that day when I seed you in that sto’, I KNEWD there was a GAWD!!”
YES! There is not a single instance where a Color Purple quote will not work. Like if someone asks you how your day went you can say, “It went great. And I hear she gots that nasty women’s disease”. It’ll make perfect sense.
Also, I *heart* you for being a fellow rice lover. I’ll straight up molest some rice.
@Cheekie,
‘There is not a single instance where a Color Purple quote will not work. Like if someone asks you how your day went you can say, “It went great. And I hear she gots that nasty women’s disease”. ‘
*pees on self*
@Cheekie,
ooh…I love that:
employer: Have you seen Joe?
numbah5: Harpo! Come down here and take care of dis baby…lord I can smell the rain commin’
@Numbah 5,
HAHA. Someone needs to make a hidden camera show of ninjas responding to their boss with Color Purple quotes. That would be hilarious!
@Cheekie,
I just guffawed. Loudly. People lookin in my office asking me what’s so funny.
What Color Purple line works for that?
@blackberry molasses,
You get real serious and shut one eye real tight and say:
“I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I’ll kill him dead ‘fo I let him beat me.”
That should take care of ay lingering questions.
@Me fail english?,
Perfect. I’d love a world where Color Purple quotes replace regular daily convo.
@Luvvie,
*Will Ferrell – One of the funniest comedians
Your kidding right?
@Officer Ricky,
Jim Carey funniest white boy alive
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Naw I think Will Ferrell has Jim Carrey beat. Just by his one-liners alone.
“I wake up and piss excellence” changed my life
@Luvvie,
Anchor man was the shii Jim has a better resume tho
@Luvvie,
Right there with you on the color RED (I was brought home from the hospital in a red blanket, also my Moms fav color, it was inevitable) and my Blackberry, there is no finer gadget on earth.
oh, and i stan for the following sites:
http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/
http://blackwomanlost.blogspot.com
http://pbghappenings.blogspot.com/
http://www.democracynow.org/
and of course, vsb:)
@i’m overit, BOO,
Yeah, Luvvie does ROCK – when she’s not wall sliding or thugging.
@RedBeanzNRice,
When I’m not wall sliding, I’m thugging (Word to Elmo). Sooo you’re saying I don’t rock??? Hmph!
@Luvvie,
“Sooo you’re saying I don’t rock??? Hmph!”
Naw Thuggie, you know you rock, Girl, lol. But fake thuggin’ don’t count.
@RedBeanzNRice,
LOL I like “Thuggie.” Methinks I will go by this name for the day. Yes… starting now
@Thuggie Luvvie,
And henceforth you shall be known as Thuggie. The lil’ thug that could!
@RedBeanzNRice, yes she does and her twits make my day, even though she never answers my twits, I am taking back my E mentor award nomination.
@JamaicanGirl,
oh noooo!!! Whats ur screename on Twitter. I be trying to answer errone who Tweets me. We must fix this. Come back, e-Mentee!!
@Luvvie, Ok because your fabulous i will remain, besides i was bluffing…….
@JamaicanGirl,
Whats ur Twitter name? DM me w/ it if you don’t want VSB ragamuffins knowing lol
@Luvvie, ummmm….you shole ain’t replied to mine (@babypeach). hmph.
not that i’m on there much but it’s the principalites (c) big worm- of the sitch.
art. oil paints, pastels, canvas. graphic design, typography, helvetica neue. alphonse mucha, aya kato, miss van, junko mizuno. ART.
sneakers. adidas sneakers. the more limited and obnoxiously overpriced the better.
toys. not like fisher price but designer toys a’la kidrobot. newest purchase, billy bananas: http://www.cluttermagazine.com/shop/toys/billy/index.php
janet jackson, madonna, prince (not necessarily in that order)
tomato soup, cheese wontons, steak (rare, please)
rum & coke
polaroid pictures
new york city
tall boys & thick girls
@huny,
welcome back and sh*t, cuzzo.
i see you forgot to list another stan that we obviously share: the love of lowercase letters
@huny, Billy Bananas is really, really frightening to me
@huny,
ima art freak also film, pitures, paint, drawings, music im hella creative so i can appreciate diff things and im always on trees too
I too am an NBA stan, i have gotten looks of confusion and adoration when i talk ball with some of my male acquaintances for the first time, they act like all females hate sports or something… I turn into a mad woman during the playoffs and have been know to scream at the television after bullshit calls (i know the refs can hear me)
The Rugrats, don’t judge me
Spoken word artists, especially the dope ones , i met Tim Seibles (sp?) in the 9th grade (awesome guy), i own every season of def poetry on dvd and have yet to find a slam or open mic night worth attending in this city and i cant ever find one to go to when i’m in NY *sigh*, such mastery of language and creativity have me in awe
Intricately placed tattoos on a man are just the best thing in the world, they make me want to find out what the rest of their body looks like
Just a few of my quirks
@You’re how old?,
I love the rugrats too! and also did you ever try the nuyorican cafe, the featured artist on friday nights are pretty good
@PrincesMo,
I’ve heard about the Nuyo but my sis was always iffy about me riding the train at night by myself since i don’t live in NY anymore plus i was a tad young…
I might make a trip when i go back though
@You’re how old?,
Intricately placed tattoos on a man are just the best thing in the world, they make me want to find out what the rest of their body looks like
Ooooohh, I LOVE tattos. A guy with full sleeves makes my heart pitter, patter for that reason alone. Every kind of tatto except tribal designs. For some reason, the sight of tribal designs makes me want to gut punch the owner of said desings. They just seem lazy, and done for no other reason then to have a tat. Yes, I will judge you for your choice of tat.
There are MANY things I go ga-ga for, but I can’t really say I “stan” for any of them.
I mean, I’m not ready to take a sucka out cause they don’t like “True Blood”, or “Big Love”. Or slice a b*tch cause she’s talkin’ sideways about my Louboutins cause they’re last year’s and I got em offa Ebay. Or shank a fool cause he said Rihanna’s hair has been making her look like Foghorn Leghorn lately.
Hell, I know I’m ignorant about a LOT of things, but being ignorant and behaving like an ass because someone doesn’t share my views just ain’t my thang. So yeah, I guess I don’t “stan”.
@RedBeanzNRice, “Or shank a fool cause he said Rihanna’s hair has been making her look like Foghorn Leghorn lately.”
LMAO. I dunno what this trend is, but I’m waiting for it to start hitting the streets.
@Nicki Sunshine,
I can guarantee you by the end of June roosters will be everywhere, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, LMAO!!!! Hear??
Bc I have to admit, I got all my hair chopped off after seeing her in that one video, “How about a round of applause” (whatever the song is called)
MINUS the squirrel-like ducktail in the back though.
@Nicki Sunshine,
“MINUS the squirrel-like ducktail in the back though.”
Yeah, cause that’s takin’ too far back to the 80′s. I know hairstyles and fashion repeats itself, but some things just need to stay in their own era, and not be “reinvented”.
I’m pretty sure that cut looks good on you, too. I’m scared to cut my hair cause I know one day my follicles will retaliate and go on strike and never grow back. Ornery so and so’s.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, “I’m pretty sure that cut looks good on you, too. I’m scared to cut my hair cause I know one day my follicles will retaliate and go on strike and never grow back. Ornery so and so’s.”
LMAO, girl u are hilarious!!!! U are right that ducktail NEED NOT come back, but I see it creeping it’s way in (and on men too. complete foolery!)
I’m trying to grow it back now, it done turned into Kates (from Jon & Kate plus
with the dang flips in the back, so I’m going to get that lopped off today. I cannot be looking like a soccer mom just yet.
U know they say cut hair grows faster!
@Nicki Sunshine,
“U know they say cut hair grows faster!”
Yeah, but “they” be lyin’ too much. Cause “they” say a watched pot never boils, but I watched and I’ll be damned if it didn’t boil. And I’d like to know just who “they” is, cause “they” got some ‘splainin to do, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, “Yeah, but “they” be lyin’ too much. Cause “they” say a watched pot never boils, but I watched and I’ll be damned if it didn’t boil. And I’d like to know just who “they” is, cause “they” got some ’splainin to do, lol.”
LMAO… Old people. FInd you an old black person and they will say the most ridiculous things. lol.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“Or shank a fool cause he said Rihanna’s hair has been making her look like Foghorn Leghorn lately”
This made me cackle. Because it’s true. LOL she is DEFINITELY doing her best Foghorn imitation right now
@Luvvie,
Naw Rihanna is hella startin to look like prince and thas not a good look
@BLUNTBLAZER,
OOoooo good eye! She sho’ll is looking Purple-ish nowadays
@Luvvie,
the hair the clothes both cant sing lol they need ta hook up but prince wouldnt even take her his standard are to high. why do ladies like prince anyway besides the fact he dunked on charlie murphy lol
@RedBeanzNRice,
I don’t know…I’ve been ready to box some fan mom’s* who think Twilight has anything on True Blood.
*Fan Mom’s = those women over the age of 30 who follow Twilight to the point of stalking Robert Pattinson, crying over movie trailers or any such behavior like they lost they mind.
@luvtheshoes,
Ya know? I ain’t even gonna lie cause for a minute I wanted to choke the snot outta Sookie cause she was being so stupid about everything.
And it just hasn’t been the same since they killed Grandma and Lafayette – that was my DAWG, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, He was my gay husband and they did him like that! *Drop.Kick*
Oh, the pain!
@ChiChi,
I know right? And on top of that, they didn’t even let him go out like the G that he was.
Pure tragedy.
@RedBeanzNRice,
why so serious? (no joker) lol. just tell us what you like, girl.
@RedBeanzNRice,
TMZ calls it the Woody Woodpecker.
I agree.
ohyeah…a girl I go to church with has already been rocking it for like 2 months now…lol
@miss t-lee, ohyeah…a girl I go to church with has already been rocking it for like 2 months now…lol
chicks up here have been rocking this for a minute too via the 27 piece lol
@pgh muse,
Oh no!!! Not the 27 piece…lmao!!!
@miss t-lee, Girl the weave game in the 412 is SURRIOUS.
@pgh muse,
lol…yeah. i dont think women here realize yet that the 27 piece immediately chops 2.5 points off of your score.
@pgh muse,
I didn’t realize…I hadn’t made it up that way yet..lol
@ The Champ…
2.5 whole points??? Wow.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“Or shank a fool cause he said Rihanna’s hair has been making her look like Foghorn Leghorn lately”
*snort*
I gotta give Rihanna props for always taking risks with her hair, though. The risks are mostly very good. Her hair game is most definitely on point.
I STAN for…
VERY SMART BROTHAS…no coincidence that I am a VET up in here then. huh? nothing turns me on like an intelligent, witty, charismatic, confident (straight) man…give me a creative, passionate brother, with some snark & grrr to him…throw in a blog (or some toast) and you got me!! lol
FASHION…I’m not “trendy” but I AM a trendsetter! I love clothes, accessories, shoes the works! I rarely way things the way they are “supposed” to be worn, bedsheets become headwrap/skirt combos, an ankle strap from a broken shoe is now a bracelet, chain belts are reborn as necklaces/bracelets/headbands…skirts morph into dresses, pants into skirts!! it’s VICIOUS! nothing makes me feel more alive than piecing together a DOPE-ERRIFIC outfit with random/ecclectic accessories (and some banging lip gloss) and hitting the streets with my smile on a million watts…speaking of smiles…
MOUTHS/SPEECH …I am a sucker for some healthy teeth and breath that doesn’t remind me of Lazarus! A mouth that looks like it feels good…giving words that sound good! It’s a plus if you have some interesting, grammatically correct, words spilling from that beautiful smile! I have an oral fixation and it manifests in EVERYTHING I do…you can tell by the way I speak that I enjoy how speech feels in my mouth! SMH I digress…
it’s late and it’s been a long day…but I will be back tomorrow once I have rested and can express more of my STAN-nificence!
OH YEAH! crazy mad shouts out to my “mancub”, Clarence E. Moore III, theVALEDICTORIAN of Gateway Charter Academy’s Kindergarten Class of 2009!
@GOODENess,
“I am a sucker for some healthy teeth and breath that doesn’t remind me of Lazarus!”
*DEAD* You did not! LMAO!! OMG. So I take it that if a breath is so hot it curls ur eyelashes, you’re not a fan. The kinda breath that makes ur eyes red and itchy.
@GOODENess,
Goodie Gum Drops!! Hay!!! *waving*
@GOODENess,
“mad shouts out to my “mancub”, Clarence E. Moore III, theVALEDICTORIAN of Gateway Charter Academy’s Kindergarten Class of 2009!”
This made me smile. Congrats!
@iloVEGrits,
my son graduation from pre-school is nex week I dont know what to expect im like yall serious a pre-school graduation? they said yea 50 dollas for the cap and gown sir.
@GOODENess,
“Clarence E. Moore III, theVALEDICTORIAN of Gateway Charter Academy’s Kindergarten Class of 2009!”
Or as he referred to it “Veternarian”. TOO cute! Tell him I said “I’m Luvvie and I approve this message”. tee hee
@GOODENess, OH YEAH! crazy mad shouts out to my “mancub”, Clarence E. Moore III, theVALEDICTORIAN of Gateway Charter Academy’s Kindergarten Class of 2009!
Awwww!!! Yay for SUCCESSFUL MANCUBS!!! u are going to have to tell me what u did. My oldest is starting kindergarten in September :’-(…
@GOODENess,
OH YEAH! crazy mad shouts out to my “mancub”, Clarence E. Moore III, theVALEDICTORIAN of Gateway Charter Academy’s Kindergarten Class of 2009!
congrats and sh*t.
@GOODENess, Congrats for your mancub
@GOODENess,
I’ll “stan” for proud mommies! Congrats!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
whatabout tha dads?
the world always forgets the single dads we exist too
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Of course yall do, but a dad isn’t the one that wrote the post. A proud mommy did.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
ok sits down now and continues to puff my spliff
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I stand for….
*proud moms and do it all dads.
*big afro’s, big earrings and a nice necklass
*a nice comfy yet stylish heel
* dark denim jeans
* the bomb wedge
* painted toes and well manicured fingers
* a nicely arched eye brow
* intelligent men
* well dressed men
I can go on for ever
live performances- standup, spoken word, theater…
pple with a sharp wit, who are cheeky in their humor…
random acts of kindness…
compliments & smiles…
hot cheetos w/ lemon juice squeezed on top…
Chicago Cubs…afternoons at the ball park…
baking…
great kisses…flirty foreplay…soft touches…
hammocks…cocktails…bbq’s and good company…
family & friends….
@maria, hot cheetos w/ lemon juice squeezed on top…
?????? I have never heard of this delicacy.
@pgh muse,
Delicacy? Uh…
@iloVEGrits, lmao… i had no other words lol.
@maria, You know they make Flamin Hots w/Lime, right? Cause the addition of lemon juice sounds like acid reflux in a bag
@Kindred Smile,
They sure do. Con Limon….fantastic.
@miss t-lee,
I’ve had these a couple of times…but it just does’t taste the same…fresh lime or lemon juice makes the hot cheetos yummy! i’ve been doing since i was like 12…
oh yeah…I had to drop this in for the CHAMP!
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa265/goodeness357/spongerolleres1.jpg
@GOODENess,
thanks for adding to my collection of pictures of black women with glasses.
@GOODENess,
Cute pic! Glasses-rockin’ VSBers unite! I also love how a cool pair of glasses can accentuate one’s already nice facial features.
@GOODENess,
Gonna have to jump in on this:
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/linznicole/Me/?action=view¤t=n5701181_38507698_9143.jpg
and
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/linznicole/Me/n5701181_39551145_4444.jpg
Love my angled black frames! Don’t know why it took me so long.
@WordSmith,
I member you from SBPH
**waving**
@blackberry molasses,
Oh snap. I remember WordSmith from SBPH, too. Hey!*waves also*
1. mariah carey
2. pink and green
3. my friends
@Liz,
happy early and sh*t, lizzard
@Liz,
Yeah happy early birthday Liz.
@Liz,
*shooting pink and green tinted gold stars*
happy b-day!
@Liz, Happy Early Bday Liz!
I stan for
-Instinctively masculine Men. Sports watching, competitive, strong hands, hairy legs, broad shoulders, soft spoken towards women….Luvz it
-Little kids with poofey hair. Nothing makes me want to open up a college fund faster than seeing a kid with puffy hair/ afro puffs are magical.
-John Stewart, my intellectual crush, Champ you might be getting there
-Laughing till I loose my breath and people who can’t/wont fake laugh
-People who are unapologetically themselves. Confident. Note.- not people who should apologize for their existence. Those folks are just a$$holes.
thats a few
@Dat Chic,
“competitive, strong hands, hairy legs, broad shoulders”
So you stan for Big Foot?
@Luvvie,
or Dwight Howard lol
Let me hush i love him even if his head is abnormally small for his body
@You’re how old?,
it is!!! I was telling my bf this when we was watchin the game and he said I was trippin and I was all like, “No…seriously he looks like a peanut…” that small head kills it for me…
@maria,
if he wasn’t so massive it would be fine… i guess the height, the body , and the fact that he’s always smiling clouds my judgment
@You’re how old?,
Dwight Howard clouds my judgement!
@Luvvie,
Damn- Big Foot is competitive? never met the guy, but if you say so..
Actually, went out on a date with a guy .. then he mentioned he waxed his legs).. guess I’m still a bit traumatized.
@Dat Chic,
Actually, went out on a date with a guy .. then he mentioned he waxed his legs).. guess I’m still a bit traumatized.
Did you check his car for a Pink Team Jersey?
@Dat Chic,
Yeesh! This is like some dude that told me he’s getting a pedicure for the summer. Ol’ sexy Spec, shiny drawers azz ninja.
Who the hell does that impress?!
@Me fail english?,
Men be men. I don’t even need you to know what happens during a pedicure or waxing.. just enjoy the results.
@Me fail english?, I have to say I support the male pedicure…. some men be having some jacked up feet … if a pedicure will prevent them claws from sloughing off my delicate skin in the middle of the night I’m all for it… I really wish personal grooming of this kind wasn’t bunched into the questionable male behavior bucket cuz I so love a man with nice feet
@klysha,
I hear ya. I ‘ve seen all kinds of black and debauched toenails. But smthg about daintily sitting your big hairy ass in our butter-soft, white, leather thrones makes me think buttsex.
@Me fail english?
I almost choked with that one.. lmao
@klysha,
So do I. I don’t want my man running around with busted black toes. Get a pedicure and keep it moving.
@Luvvie,
“So you stan for Big Foot?”
I just died…literally
@Dat Chic,
“afro puffs are magical”
Aww, I love little girls with afro puffs too. A close second is little girls with braids and beads. I could just eat them up!
@Me fail english?,
ohhh so true.. I cant help but cheeze when i see that. sooooo Cute.
@Me fail english?, http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VjgUqNUK7To/SZ8zh8ESiRI/AAAAAAAAAIY/gZ44gUhmt1E/s200/kayla.jpg
Check out Piggy Wiggy getting her Christmas on. Puff game proper.
@Kindred Smile,
OMG!!! I’m in love with this baby.
@Kindred Smile,
cute!!!
@Kindred Smile,
AW!
*gains a cavity*
@Kindred Smile, Awwww. She’s GORGEOUS!!!
We posting pics of our kids on here??? AWWWW shyt! My five year old just got his school pics. Hol’ up!
@pgh muse, http://adayinthelifepghmuse.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-it-little-ghetto.html
my baby. lol.
@pgh muse,
OKAY would ya’ll STOP! lol Cuteness overload.
Beautiful son, pgh muse.
@pgh muse,
Thanks Cheekie.
@pgh muse,
Too cute. Yall making me want a crumbsnatcher, just for the photos tho…his Dad would have to raise him.
@pgh muse,
awww.. folks have these ready to send. He’s a cutie smiling just cuz
@Kindred Smile,
Aww, she’s a cutie!
@Kindred Smile,
She will get kidnapped
@Kindred Smile,
The puffs and the dress.. that look.
Sugar on kodak
@Kindred Smile, Thanks everyone. Shoulders, chest, pants, shoes – she’s a diva
i stan for:
High heel’s, fashion, the wire, The NBA, twitter, family, Cold Stone Ice Cream, over sized purses, all Island massive, lots of foreplay, sensuality, vsb (the site and the men), family, friends, laughing and all around having a good time and enjoying life.
@JamaicanGirl,
vsb (the site and the men)
thanks and sh*t
Chiwetel Ejiofor movies
Zakes Mda books
Wale! (maybe not to the point of standom, but i am a really big fan)
Raheem Devaughn (i SWEAR i’m in LOVE)
House MD, especially now since all my favorite show this year (The Game) has been cancelled
Unique Tattoos
Interesting Piercings
Dreadlocks
@trin-trin,
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Oh how I love this guy!
Zakes Mda books – I’m a fan of this guy too although I hate the Madonna of Excelsior!
@YGB, really??? I lo ved the Madonna of Excelsior! It made me mad though?
Have you read The Heart of Redness? Thats what got me hooked on him.
@trin-trin,
I just could never get into that book – I tried 3 times to read it but after a while I was like fuggalladat!
Now The Heart of Redness on the other hand – FIRST CLASS! I also love Ways of Dying!
@YGB, Ways of Dying was good!!!!! I keep trying to read Cion tho…but everytime i have money, i cant find the book
@trin-trin, Wale! (maybe not to the point of standom, but i am a really big fan)
Raheem Devaughn (i SWEAR i’m in LOVE)
Got put on to Wale via VSB – Good stuff! and I love Raheem Devaughn – dude does look like the darker brother of an ooompa loompa – but he makes good music!
@pgh muse,
lol. I love Raheem Devaughn and his impossibly zaftig lips!
@trin-trin, “Wale! (maybe not to the point of standom, but i am a really big fan)”
Me too. I fell in love after downloading The Mixtape About Nothing a few months ago.
@trin-trin,
TRUE story: A coupla days ago, while eLoitering on Twitter, I ended up randomly tweeting about Wale. His tweets are jerk-like at times and I’ve heard from folks that he is an *ss in person. So I tweeted “Wale is a compatriot of mine (NIGERIA STAND UP) but his ornery personality makes me wanna give him to the East Africans. needs to go sat down somewhere. You aint big enuff to be a jerk yet”
Well, I guess he did a search for his name and saw my mini-rant. Imagine my surprise when 10 minutes later, I get a response from Wale and was like “HA!” That’s another thing. Like ALL celebs, Wale doesn’t respond to folks who Tweet to him, so this was SHOCKING. He responds to NOBODY. Well here’s how it went.
@Wale: “what did I do to u ..dang”
@LuvvieIG: @Wale See? Why must I raise hell for you celebs to actually talk back to us mere mortals? Thanks for asking though
@Wale: Still don’t think you answered the question
@LuvvieIG: @Wale I guess you’re not as much of a jerk as every1 says you are. I will get off my bashing platform. This Naija welcomes u lol
So I welcomed him back to the country and that was that. My followers on Twitter, who were also following him were super amused. To show that none of this is made up, I took a screenshot. One of my friends called me a celebully
Here’s the screenshot proof
@Luvvie, LMAO
He seems like he got a little cocky-a**holeishness in him, but then again, what rapper doesnt? besides, everyone im friends with is an a**hole in some way…if they r too nice im bound to hate them.
but what surprised me was, last yr when i was in dc n i would talk to ppl about him, how many ppl hated on him all hard…like “he aint that great. you should listen to such n such” n i would go check them out, n be like, umm no he’s still better…the rest of them guys werent that hot imo
@Luvvie,
This is mad funny. I heard he was tweet-beefing with some guy who was trying to do an interview with him. He was talking ish about dude while the interview was going on! Eskay from Nahright posted it. HAHA!
@Luvvie, WOW!!!!!
@Luvvie,
but his ornery personality makes me wanna give him to the East Africans
Ummmmm…no Ma’am. Thanks for the offer though
@ofloveandotherdemons,
Dang. Maybe the South Africans will want Wale then. Will ask sisanda and superwoman
@Luvvie,
“but his ornery personality makes me wanna give him to the East Africans. ”
This just makes me wanna say, ‘What the f*ck-o?!!?! LOL. Why ya’ll W.Africans always coming at us with that. You need to go sat down Missy.
@Officer Ricky,
Right!!!! Dang, where’s the love. They’ve already given the continent Papa Wemba, Ndombolo (the gift that never stops givint, though you wish it would) and loud logos; psh!t enough is enough.
@ofloveandotherdemons,
Ooohhh and Akon. *Wicked side eye* Naija *shakes head*
@ofloveandotherdemons,
Umm… Akon is Senegalese, not Nigerian. :-p
@Officer Ricky,
hay now… its not all west Africans. You just need to side eye them Naija folk. Always tryna pawn something off on someone else.
@blackberry molasses,
Pawn deez
@Thuggie Luvvie,
no.
@Officer Ricky,
I ain’t come at the East Africans. I just said I wanted to give Wale to yall since I’ont wanna claim him. You ackin like I insulted yall r something. I said nothing about ur foreheads. *cackles*
@Thuggie Luvvie,
just WRONG.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Them be fighting words, young grasshopper. Sorry about placing the mess that is Akon on Nigeria. I stand corrected.
***wicked side eye*** Senegal ***shakes head***
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Don’ get me started on ya’ll noses.
Wide to the side.
@trin-trin,
“Raheem Devaughn (i SWEAR i’m in LOVE)”
I vowed my love for him first… In fact he will be singing to me when I get back in my car.
Pancakes…that picture just made me…I mean my mouth water. Lol.
Jill Scott. I just LOVE her.
Eyeshadow! I’ve got a cosmetic bag full of eyeshadow alone. Eyeshadow is my lipgloss
Old Navy flip flops. Seriously, I buy none other.
Men in locs.
Starbucks iced green tea lemonade
Tim Hortons cookies. I think they ae laced with crack and I don’t like crack. But I will spend my last $1 on a cookie from Timmy’s
@Imperfect, Men in locs.
yes child…
@Imperfect,
“Men in locs. ”
I DEFINITELY have a soft spot for these, too.
@Imperfect,
my weakness for men with locs has gotten my azz in trouble a couple of times. *sigh*
@blackberry molasses,
Lol. I had a garbage man a few months back (at least 6’4″ with hazel eyes and the most beautiful locs that brushed his booty) that had me up at 6am takin the trash out in dainty sleepwear every Tuesday
….then he got replaced with a shorter, heavier, grizzlier lookin man. Now I sleep in
@Imperfect,
“Old Navy flip flops. Seriously, I buy none other.”
As you shouldn’t. They are $2.50 and perfect. I don’t underdig the folks that spend $50 on flip flops. That’s a HOT pair of Naughty Monkey heels. Shooo…
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Word on that… I do stan for Naughty Monkey. HARD.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
but they’re terrible on the arches.. get some black reefs for $20 bucks and feel the difference…I’m a stickler for arch support…from what I heard flat feet aint comfy
@Thuggie Luvvie,
“underdig” you from the bay area or sumthin
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Nope, from Chi-town
@Thuggie Luvvie,
wow our slang all tha way out there lol
naw its all love my home from college is from the south side we has like brothers untill i got expelled lol
@Imperfect,
“Old Navy flip flops. Seriously, I buy none other. ”
Haha, my mama called me 8:30am on a Saturday (and she knows I get it i every Friday night) to ask me should she pick those up cause they were on sale for $1. WTF? I guess you’re not the only one who gets excited about those
@Imperfect, Men in locs
I don’t like men in locs all like that. Am I the only one? Give me a low cut fade, or a Caesar any day.
@pgh muse,
I’m with you e-dopple. I like very little hair on my man. No ponytails, braids, blowouts, locs. I like a military look
@Me fail english?,
“I don’t like men in locs all like that.”
Good. More for me.
@pgh muse,
I agree!
A few things Monk stans for:
*Dr. Dre beats – Whether it’s the funk-infused sounds of early Eazy E and the D.O.C., the raw, unapologetic brashness of songs like “Appetite For Destruction” and “100 Miles and Runnin’”, the melodic soundscapes that made Snoop Dogg who he is and at the same time gave a definitive sound to west coast hip hop, or just shyt you ride and bop your head to like “Explosive”, “Bad Intentions”, or 50′s “In Da Club”, the dude’s music is by far superior to many top-level producers and his longevity and consistency speaks for itself.
*Women in Sundresses – This is maybe the second best thing about the season to me. Sundresses has its way of flattering almost any female shape and gives off sex appeal while remaining classy and shyt.
*Seafood – I can eat it ’til I’m sick, fa’ real.
*A Good Stand-up Comedian – It’s cool to be funny in a television show or movie, but if you can sincerely make me laugh out loud by yourself and a microphone, THAT’S saying something.
*Gangsta Rap Music – Not to be confused with any R&B inspired, thug lyricists of today, but REAL gangsta music. I’m talkin’ vintage Ice-T, NWA, Geto Boys without the Ne-Yo’s, John Legend’s, and Keyshia Coles’ all singing on the chorus and in the background. Just brash, relentless music laced with foul language, high levels of misogyny, gunplay, violence, and machismo.
*Gangsta Movies/Documentaries – Keeping with my love for gangsta shyt, mob movies and documentaries are extremely fascinating to me and draws my attention quick. “Goodfellas”, “Carlito’s Way”, “The Godfather”, the History Channel’s “Gangland”, even BET’s “American Gangster” series…my life is better because I’ve seen these.
@Monk,
*Gangsta Rap Music -
Yep!!!
I know all about your love of the Geto Boys…lol
@miss t-lee,
Yes indeed.
@Monk,
‘the History Channel’s “Gangland”’
My pops is a true crime stan so growing up I had alot of the bios, reference books, docs and fictional films in the crib.
But is it just me or has this show begun to suck donkey meat?
@Me fail english?,
Yeah, some episodes leave much to be desired, but I still must watch whenever I catch it.
@Me fail english?,
Yea i was watchin the show on the history channel where they staged a fight between the mafia vrs an asain mob that was hella coo
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I saw that episode too. You might be thinking of Ultimate Fighter (or maybe it’s Warrior) on Spike but that’s good stuff too!
@Me fail english?,
yea you kno wha im talbout
@Monk,
*Women in Sundresses – This is maybe the second best thing about the season to me. Sundresses has its way of flattering almost any female shape and gives off sex appeal while remaining classy and shyt.
*Seafood – I can eat it ’til I’m sick, fa’ real.
*A Good Stand-up Comedian – It’s cool to be funny in a television show or movie, but if you can sincerely make me laugh out loud by yourself and a microphone, THAT’S saying something.
***nodding head***
@Monk,
Congregation give the good Monk a HEL! YEAH!!!
on Sundresses Gangsta rap seafood.
Yo Monk who do you think would come out victorious in a beat production battle, Dr. Dre, Biz Markee, or Man E Fresh?
The Wire – at first I didn’t believe the hype but once I started, it was a wrap.
PTI (Pardon The Interruption) – I try to plan my day around this show and I listen to it EVERYDAY if I can’t watch it.
Patriots, Red Sox and the Celtics.
Coldstone Ice Cream – Sweet Cream, Heath bar, pie crust and caramel.
@aceklub,
The Wire – at first I didn’t believe the hype but once I started, it was a wrap.
I was the same way until I started watching season 3 so I went to block buster and rented seasons 1 and 2 and was like how did I miss out on this great show for so long. I absolutely love the wire.
@aceklub,
Patriots, Red Sox and the Celtics.
My Kind of Man!
Fly accessories- hot shoes, cute scarves, interesting jewelry, adorable hats, pretty bags… you name it. I can have on a plain basic tee and jeans, but the accessories I throw on MAKE the outfit. I have a whole chest of drawers and a closet dedicated to them.
Books- lots of people like to read– for me its an OBSESSION. I am usually reading 3 to 4 books at a time. My prized possessions include autographed texts by Assata Shakur, Cornel West, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovani, Thomas Harris and Michelle Moran.
All things related to Ancient Egypt- Besides my great great grandmother was brought to the Coast from the Nile Valley, I have this insatiable curiosity about the great kingdoms. Best way to make me happy? Bring me something related to the 18th Dynasty.
Ironic/geeky t-shirts- Right now, my favorite site is ThinkGeek.com. Nerd hilarity is endless.
Star Wars and the Spawned Universe- yes, I am aware my dork is showing. Hubby and I bonded over Revenge of the Sith and Blue Harvest
The Philadelphia Eagles- Regardless
of the f*ckery that goes on with my team, fans don’t get much more loyal than this chick right here. I stan for my Birds. Always will. Anyone talkin’ smack about them will find the business end of my stilettos in their booty crack.
Visual Art- I’m a writer, but people who have mastered visual arts (photography, dance, painting, theatre, etc) truly awe and inspire me. I’m lucky that some of my closest friends, and my mate are incredible visual artists, and that my art collection boasts their work. I have the unique privilege of owning and displaying their original pieces in my home. Tis an honor.
Classic Cars- this is a relatively new obsession, but now, I can’t walk past a classic American muscle car and not take a pic. Just snapped a 1964 Mustang that was parked at the train station.
My Mom- she’s a truly phenomenal woman. Ask me to tell you her story one day.
@blackberry molasses, “Fly accessories- hot shoes, cute scarves, interesting jewelry, adorable hats, pretty bags… you name it. I can have on a plain basic tee and jeans, but the accessories I throw on MAKE the outfit. I have a whole chest of drawers and a closet dedicated to them. ”
I need to raid your drawer, please and thank you.
@blackberry molasses,
I forgot I also stan for dancers. I was being classically trained from 5 years old til about 12 . Then I got too cool and started dancing hip hop (smh). Now I wish I would’ve stuck with the real thing. A talented and classically trained dancer can put me in a trance.
I also stan for writers, though it’s never a talent I had. I’m in awe of you guys!
@blackberry molasses,
“Just snapped a 1964 Mustang that was parked at the train station.”
Best.car.ever. That and the Shelby.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
naw 1969 buick riviera aww shiiiiiiii with tha 400 rocket engine
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Grey with the black stripes FTMFW!!
I am a stan for
A good book.. I mean a page turning, cant put down, stay up all night, late for work joint..doesnt matter the genre
fun and interesting out of the ordinary shyt! its no coincidence that have a lot of stories.. I like to have fun and there is rarely a spot where I feel out of place..
Prince and Michael Jackson…..
Tupac
chocolate….ummm
a great steak.. for the most part I dont eat red meat but I can only go so long without a steak..
my husband..awwwww…..
University of Memphis Tigers
Whitney Houstonn
Good Music
Good Movies
great debates
knowledge
blue bell icecream
a real deal, in the pocket, slow as hell, throw the length of the field, run the shotgun quarterback.. …
headbands
new frames….and yes, Champ, I rocks the angulars…LOL
@shay_d_lady, “A good book.. I mean a page turning, cant put down, stay up all night, late for work joint..doesnt matter the genre”
I love books also. But none of that thug love nonsense though. lol.
@Nicki Sunshine, That ish makes me sick. Just go to our section and you have to wade through most of that crap to get to something decent.
@ChiChi, Girl YES. I hate when stuff is misspelled wrong on purpose. A THUGZ PARADYSE. Stoppit.
@Nicki Sunshine,
lmao. That annoys me too. It’s like an intelligence vaccuum pointed straight at my brain. Yall know I don’t got much smarts to begin with! Give a ninja a break!
@shay_d_lady, Blue Blue or HD? I don’t know which one to call my favorite now.
oh and tv.. I love tv.. I am also currently stanning for True Blood and Us of Tara …..and REALITY TV.. yes I love it..
I also stan for Foolishness..pure unadulterated ignance in any form..
Things that I love like a maniac: Karen Walker, Sade(actually not just her but good music in general but I heart her the most), The Color Purple, Soccer(specifically Arsenal FC and Barcelona FC), hot wings.
@YGB,
LOL I’d like to be Karen Walker when i grow up! “Hunny whats this? What’s goin here? (swig of gin) Let’s go jackie!”
@YGB,
Soccer(specifically Arsenal FC and Barcelona FC)
Is it the team or Thiery Henry you following? LOL
@YGB,
Soccer(specifically Arsenal FC and Barcelona FC)
I used to be a gooner as well… but now my heart is solely owned by the Blue… Chelsea, mayne.
But I still stan for Barca!!!!!
@Sula,
Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea!!! Those are my new Premier League babies. I can’t do the roller coaster that is Arsenal anymore. And Man U. is the devil.
This site seems to hate me all of a sudden – why is my post in moderation?? Huh? Nary a swearword (or even something swearword adjacent) was used. I’ll repost.
Things I love like a maniac:
- Karen Walker (no explanation needed)
- Sade (I actually love good music in general but I love her more than others)
- Soccer (specifically Arsenal FC and Barcelona FC)
- Pulp Fiction, City of God and The Usual Suspects (once again no explanation needed)
- Boots (I don’t have a thing for shoes like other women but a pair of well-made, fierce boots gives me unmeasurable amounts of joy)
- Hot wings (my hangover remedy and it works every time)
@YGB, All three of those movies are in my top 5…
@Stix,
Two are in mine.
@YGB,
I love ‘The Usual Suspects’. I think Kevin Spacey is such an under-rated actor. American Beauty anyone??? Yeah, that ish was insane.
City of God, definitely in my Top 10 best films
@ofloveandotherdemons,
Kevin Spacey is my favorite male actor. And I think Edward Norton is a young Kevin Spacey. They are character actors.
@Sula,
I love me some Norton. I’d add Christian Bale to that list as well ‘possible Spacey’s of our generation’. I will say that I did not like him (Spacey) in 21. He just seemed so Blegh!!! Have you seen the Machinist? Bale is amazing in that
This is a topic after my own heart, Champ.
V.E.G. stans for:
The written word. I started reading at age 3 and my love for books hasn’t faltered. I try to get in a book a week, even when my schedule is crazy. Some of my all time fav authors who I stan for: Danzy Senna, Edwidge Danticat, Dorothy West and, of course, Miss Zora.
ReggaeThe music really does transform me into a different person. When I hear roots, I am all about inner peace and loving thy brother. When I hear dancehall, my segzy bish comes out.
Humidity. I like it hot and sticky.
My Calphalon Cookware. You ain’t really cookin’ if you’re cookin’ in cheap pots.
My passport. It’s taken me to Paris, Jamaica, Kenya, Portugal, Canada and Amsterdam. This year it takes me to Cuba and Ecuador. Looking forward to it.
Shoes. Like most women, I have a shoe fetish. Own over 150 pair, including a pair of Manolos and a few pair of Gucci and Prada (treats to myself).
Dresses. I can pull one thing out of the closet and be dressed and ready. Nothing is easier. Plus you stand out because so few women wear dresses.
Clean bed sheets. The best sleep comes on clean linen.
Very Smart Brothas. Lol. I have met some really good guys over the years – the good definitely out weighs the bad. Few things compare to the feeling you get when you meet someone who is cool as he!! and you realize you like him.
Sushi. A fresh piece of fish. Yuuuum.
Family. Blood is thick.
7th Ward. Though Chicago is now home, and has been for a long time, my soul stans for the 7th and New Orleans.
@iloVEGrits,
My Calphalon Cookware. You ain’t really cookin’ if you’re cookin’ in cheap pots.
**nodding in firm agreement**
Good sushi… h3ll yes.
@iloVEGrits,
“I like it hot and sticky.”
*sigh* Why must yall bait Champ so?
@iloVEGrits,
“Humidity. I like it hot and sticky. ”
I just went to MIA and thought the plane dropped me off in hell. You would think a black woman with a WI mom (even with a Yankee pops) I’d be built for the heat. Not only did I get heatrash and sunburn, but I got nauseous and almost collapsed!!!!
Thank god slavery is over. I never would have made it.
@Me fail english?,
Between hundred degree heat and 100% humidity…you might not make it…lol
You might want to rethink your trip down here.
I know I wouldn’t have made during slavery either…but I’m thinking I woulda been in the house anyway.
@miss t-lee,
They probably woulda threw my punkass in the house too , once they realized how useless I was in the fields. They could keep me around to tell jokes or smthg I guess.
Oh and I got a mosquito bite the size of a saucer. It was beet red and hard as a rock after a couple of hours. I had to ice it every night and it left a black and blue mark
@Me fail english?,
“I got a mosquito bite the size of a saucer. ”
Welcome to my summer. LMAO
I have Off with me wherever I go. In my purse, my car, my house…
@miss t-lee,
“I’m thinking I woulda been in the house anyway”
Same here. But I can’t take orders very well, so I still would felt the lash.
@iloVEGrits,
I woulda pulled a Nat Turner on ‘em.
Only I’d be poisioning soup or something instead taking axes to head…lmao
@Me fail english?, Not only did I get heatrash and sunburn,
lmao… I lived in Miami as a kid for a couple years, half my family is down there. But we moved back North… I went back down deep south like around 18 -19 and sunburned SOO bad. I didn’t know what is was either! I was like What is wrong with MY FACE!!! Girl it was sunburn. I didn’t think that happened to us. I’m very brown. You coulda knocked me over w/ a feather.
@pgh muse,
Lol. I’m brown-skinned too. My mom, sister and neices are all golden brown to light-skinned and they never burned. Even my “passing” colored uncle and grandpas never burn. So imagine my surprise when I get all stinging and sore and red. Then the next day, the skin is peeling off!! WTF is this?!
Shameful!
@Me fail english?, lol! I thought that it was impossible for me to get sunburned and I didn’t til I went to Phoenix a few years ago in the spring. My forehead was red and peeling and it still took about 20 minutes to realize that I was sunburned. I didn’t think it was ever possible because I’m brown-skinned.
@Me fail english?,
I am extra dark brown AND from West Africa… but I sunburn like a mofo. Actually, my skin reacts to pollution even… It’s just bad all around. Sunscreen is my best friend. And I slather it on royally at the beach amidst confused looks and bemused faces.
@iloVEGrits, Mofos NEVER stop claiming the 7th ward. LOL
@ChiChi,
or the 9th! whatchuknowboutdat? lol.
@iloVEGrits,
hella yea i jus discovered Sizzla a few months ago cause this rapper out here “tha jacka” sampled his song “cant keep a good man down”. First time I eva bought a cd jus because of a sample. but im hooked on sizzla now.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Sizzla is that bizness!
Love him.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Sizzla Kalonji been that ish. Might wanna check out Terror Fab and Buju as well.
@Me fail english?,
i kno buju i like that real grimy ghetto slum drug traffickin political reggae not dancehall. neva heard of terror fab
@BLUNTBLAZER, First time I eva bought a cd jus because of a sample
I’m intrigued! I will be following up on this…
@pgh muse,
yea “the jacka” is a rapper but he mixes other genres into his music that song is off his new cd “tear gas” dropping 6/19/09. thas my dogg he prolly my fav rapper alive
- St. Louis fried rice. I am seriously contemplating the 14 hour drive since no one is coming through with the care package.
- Pizza Hut wingstreet wings. Look, just have some. Buffalo mild please.
- Good Hip Hop. I’m past the money, cash, biddies, just give me some feel good Hip Hop.
- Red Stripe. Need I say more?
- Sports in general. Look, you may catch me watching a softball game, lacrosse, water polo, highly trained monkeys doing joust on mechanical horses…I just like watching sports. Most times it don’t matter.
- St. Louis Rams and Cardinals….I’m so St. Louis
- Women …especially women with natural hair, nice a nice tookus, and a penchant for video games. Lawd havemercy.
- Sand and Sable perfume…makes me weak, can’t help it.
- A woman with a baseball cap on…so spectacular.
- The smell of Nag Champa or Superhit incense.
- Passion. It almost doesn’t matter, but to see her get excited about something she’s really feeling or what she wants to do, I love it. If she’s an artist (almost any kind) yeaaaaaaaaa.
- Jamie Foxx Show and Foxxhole Radio…I probably need a pause on that. But Foxxhole Radio is the best thing on the air, and the Jamie Foxx show is under appreciated.
@Saule Wright,
you sound like you spent all your free time in The Loop.
I used to live in STL. Kinda miss it… but, its hard to be anonymous in that city and… well… I like to do my dirt in the dark.
@blackberry molasses,
lol, man, I was born and raised in the Lou. It’s a shame, and I won’t even tell you, how long it was before I found out about the Loop. You right tho, we ALL know each other. Now answer THE question tho, “What High School you go too?”
@Saule Wright,
WORD on the High school question. That used to crack me the h3ll up.
I taught at the historic Charles Sumner High School.
@blackberry molasses,
Historic Charles Sumner….so you not from Da Lou huh. Errbody else say Sumner. lol
@Saule Wright,
Read the blog to find out where I’m from. STL was a stop on my travels….
And yes. Historic. HA! LOL
@Saule Wright,
- The smell of Nag Champa or Superhit incense.
Yesssir! Especially that superhit.
@Saule Wright, Red Stripe.
yum!
@Saule Wright, Foxxhole Radio is the only reason I keep my Sirius subscription
@klysha,
You can listen to it on youtube, they post the latest show every Friday night after the show airs on Sirius (The Claudia Jordan Show, too). I cancelled mine after I found that out.
@AkShone,
I non-Stan for subscription radio
@Me fail english?, I’m wit u. Free radio should be better. but with the new ish the FCC is coming wit (i’ll dig up the article in a couple hours i actually have to get off of here and do some work) may force people to take the radio back.
@ me fail, I only skimmed this cause VSB and the internet is the devil and I should be working lol… but this sheds a little light on what’s going on
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5711ed2dbf22abc8fd19e884ca4a77e1
@pgh muse,
Damn.
On the one hand, my contempt for the music industry knows no bounds. Not only are they greedy as hell but their endless array of doomed-to-fail business models boggles the mind. How come none of them (labels) went bankrupt in these TETs? You know good and well artists will see pennies on the dollar (if that!) of this revenue. To invoke their names is just slimy! Plus we all know payola is real so I wouldn’t be surprised if stations only played artists from labels who they could get ad love from.
And I agree with dude in the article though, esp. here:
“the execs are expecting the black community to exhibit a degree of cultural consciousness that has not been cultivated by black radio.”
I love her but, Ms. Hughes…sat down. The era BEEN over for us to preserve black radio as a cultural institution. And where was this concern with the integrity of our media when yall was making your playlists?
All in all radio needs to remain as free and local as possible. smh@ Emmis/Clear Channel’s nationalization of every effing station, EVER. FAIL!
@Saule Wright,
- St. Louis fried rice
please expound and sh*t
@The Champ,
If you’ve had it and had others, you know the difference. I don’t know if it’s the MSG, the way it’s done, the little bits of egg and lack of corn and peas, but it’s head and shoulders above everywhere else. I’ve lived in Atlanta, Phoenix, DMV area, and NONE of them have rice that comes close to STL. I’m not alone. My brother and his family have family members ship them a care package monthly for fried rice. It’s just that good.
@Saule Wright, you better teel them bout the rice house…im from the east side, so the orange ricehouse was the best…let me get a special fried rice any day…wow, i miss it bad!! another stl fav… red hot riplets!
@missjess,
not them dayum red hot riplets. i had to confiscate those from students at least 3 times a day.
@blackberry molasses,
GIVE THEM THEY CHIPS BACK!!!!!!
@Saule Wright
no.
@missjess,
JESSS….I LOVE YOU
I also stan for naps.
Nothings gets you ready for the night than a bit of shut eye on the couch.
And I love a road trip!
Every summer, I lose my troubles on I-55 when I drive to New Orleans (in the winter, I fly…of course).
@iloVEGrits,
“I also stan for naps.”
You mean the kind like Luvvie’s, or the sleepytime kind?
@RedBeanzNRice,
lololol.
No you didn’t.
@RedBeanzNRice,
oooooooooooooooooooooooh….. DISS
@RedBeanzNRice,
Et toi, RedBeanz? ET TOI??? iRebuke u in the name of my plush, emollient fro. Have you let that Devil in Dry HairHats (NaturallyAlise) sway you too? For shame!!
@Luvvie,
“Et toi, RedBeanz? ET TOI???”
No, not moi. Naw Girl, I just like to mess with you cause you crack me up, lol.
@iloVEGrits, I also stan for naps.
Girl me too….I loves some good sleep…
Also:
Live theatre. I probably see about five or six productions a year and wish I could see more.
Live music. Give me a band over a DJ any day.
Men in SUVs. Just works for me.
Mardi Gras. I know it’s party time when I am fitted for my parade costume!
A wide tooth comb or Denman brush. This wild, curly hair cannot be detangled any other way.
Garnier Style Cream. Reduces frizz and makes my curls uber-soft. Loves!
Virgin, unprocessed coconut oil. It’s magic.
Satin pillow cases. I REFUSE to wear a scarf to bed.
@iloVEGrits,
I haven’t seen any Live theater in a long time. I need to fix that.
@Saule Wright,
You should! And I mean good stuff, like August Wilson, lol. Not “my arms are too short to box with the man”
@iloVEGrits,
Don’t judge me. lmao
@iloVEGrits, girl what you know about that denman brush! LOL it did my hair and now my daughter’s hair wonders!
I also stan for self-reflection. It is an important part of the growth process.
http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/
1. Neo Soul Music (i.e. Musiq Soulchild, Floetry, Jill Scott, Van Hunt, etc)
2. Warm brownies and vanilla ice cream.
3. South Beach
4. Sleep
5. Pizza
@Nicki Sunshine, 2. Warm brownies and vanilla ice cream.
Mmmmmm! Preach!
My stan(d)ards lol:
-I wit’ most of the ladies here, there is nothing better than a VSB (and VSB the site)- Black men are the best. I mean, I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian, but nothing beats a brotha who is sincerely down for progress.
-Fashion. I love everything about design. It’s amazing how creative some people are.
-my kids and kids in general. I have a huge soft spot for lil ones.
-Good music. Soul, hip hop, pop – whatever. If i like it I like it. I am a big fan of Go-G0, 70′s Soul, 90′s hip hop, Soca, Angelique Kidjo, B-more dance music (does it have a title?), Raggaeton (spellcheck?), Anita Baker, Jill Scott, Maxwell, Musiq, Kindred, Jeffery Osborne’s voice, some gospel (I lurve Mary Mary and Yolanda Adams). I like it all. After listening to Drake more thoroughly I agree w/ Panama – but he’s for the youngin’s I guess.
-shoes, hats, bags, accessories. It truly is sinful how much crap i have. truly.
-good food!
-My family!
-books! Nerds everywhere unite!
-Barack and Michelle Obama!
-The PITTSBURGH STEELERS
-Kind people.
-Freedom of speech, public media.
@pgh muse, “Black men are the best. ”
AMEN and Halleluyer.
@pgh muse,
Books….I just had a Amazon Christmas and bought 6 books from my “50 Black Books” list for less than 15 bucks. The shipping was more than the books themselves. I scored a copy of Up From Slavery for .01 AND it’s in good condition.
@Saule Wright, Thank u for the tip Mr. Wright!
@pgh muse,
same reply from below: I bought “The African-American Bookshelf: 50 Must Reads From Before the Civil war Through Today” by Clifford Mason and it has some fantastic books in there…a lot are outdated, but good to keep for the future. So, from what I gather, most of them are recommended reading for classes and the students are selling them on Amazon for nothing. 3 of the books I bought were less than a dollar.
@Saule Wright,
what, what WHAT???!?!?!?
Please please please clue me in on how you accomplished this!!!!
@blackberry molasses,
lol, there’s no tip or trick. I bought “The African-American Bookshelf: 50 Must Reads From Before the Civil war Through Today” by Clifford Mason and it has some fantastic books in there…a lot are outdated, but good to keep for the future. So, from what I gather, most of them are recommended reading for classes and the students are selling them on Amazon for nothing. 3 of the books I bought were less than a dollar.
@pgh muse,
Ok, e-twin, thanks for our list.
@Sula, Ur welcome dahlink
*(Full)Lips/Mouths/(Nice)Teeth: I have an oral fixation. Period. If a woman has a any or all 3 of those, consider me enchanted.
*Photography: There are times when thinking about someone, instead of wanting to kiss them/hold them etc…,I just want to photograph them. Its more intimate than physical contact at times.
*My Blackberry
*Egyptian Sandalwood: the smell just makes me weak & strong at the same time.
*Natural hair.
*Sneakers (especially Vans, Supras, & Flights).
*Harlan Ellison (writer).
*Glasses.
*Mos Def
*The Roots (will be @ the Picnic Saturday too)
*Weeds (the show and the horticulture)
*Women w/ long legs (thick/slim/soft/smooth…will keep my mouth quite busy).
@Mr. Mister,
you gon’ be at the Picnic! Wooohoooo!
@blackberry molasses, co-sign.
@blackberry molasses, Yup..camera and all.
@Mr. Mister,
I think I have my first e-crush.
Haagen Dazs Vanilla Honey Bee ice cream. It’s in your grocer’s freezer. You’ll thank me later.
http://www.breakingnews.org/haagendazs/images/VHB_Carton.png
Pilates
Books
Public transit
Sunny days
@WordSmith,
“Public transit”
What?! Teach me! I want to learn to love the waking hell that is my commute
@Me fail english?,
Maybe it’s location-dependent. I’m in the D.C. area. I mean, I know plenty of people who hate WMATA, but I’ve been riding the train/bus for 10 years with minimal incident and I enjoy being free to walk about the city (and save on gas).
I also stan for saving money and financial security.
@WordSmith,
Yeah I guess the gas money would be brutal. But I’d like to play loud music, talk to myself, put on deodorant in the car. Plus when I’m sick, I wouldnt have to stand on the train or wait for it. I can just get in my ride and be where I need to be.
@Me fail english?,
Move down south, and have to drive every bloody where for a pint of milk and you’ll start appreciating public transit.
And oh, Insurance, car note, inspection, registration fee are just nice little add-ins.
I eff’n hate cars and driving!!! Ugh!
@WordSmith, Public transit
I like catching the bus too. But I think I like it because I generally drive everyday
, and catching the bus is kinda nostalgic for me, and your actually around people and life.
@pgh muse,
Bus>Train. Unless the train is an el.
I HATE being underground. It’s too hot in the summer, stinks to high heaven and the rats are aggressive! Plus the lack of daylight makes me feel like I’m in a tomb.
@Me fail english?, Train
Yeah, I’ve rode the subways up in your neck of the woods a quite a few times and definitely have to agree with u.
@pgh muse,
“I like catching the bus too”
me three.
“i’d feel like ciara singing a solo tribute to mahalia jackson”
*sniggling*
Pittsburgh Steelers (nuff said)
Any and all things purple (my fav. color)
The Great State of Texas (already!!!)
Lotions/body butters (I have a problem, save me from myself.)
Screwed & chopped music (already!!!)
Pecan waffles (yep!)
Dwayne Johnson (I would eat him with a spoon)
Old school R&B (the more obscure, the better)
Hip-Hop period. (yep!)
@miss t-lee, Pittsburgh Steelers (nuff said)
MISS-T! I knew there was a reason I e-girl-loved u beyond your vast knowledge of hip-hop. This must be it
@pgh muse,
hee-hee!! Thanks ma’am.
@miss t-lee, Purple is my color, too, but I hate C&S music.
@ChiChi,
It’s all good girlie, it’s an acquired taste.
@miss t-lee,
The Great State of Texas (already!!!)
Yup!! I stan for my adopted home state!!
Starlit sky and vast plains! I heart Texas.
@Sula,
I really wish I lived in a place that had stars. It never even gets real dark ’round this betch. Hope you guys appreciate it! *sigh*
@Sula,
Yes ma’am!!!! : )
@me fail english?
No stars?! OMG!!! I go out on the balcony and watch the moon & stars every night the sky is clear.
Okay…I hope my comment is in moderation…lol
@miss t-lee,
I do not stan for moderation.
@iloVEGrits,
LMAO! u dumb
@Thuggie Luvvie,
And the award for most oxymoronic handle goes to….
Thuggie Luvvie. **applause**
@blackberry molasses,
iHate that iLove u
@iloVEGrits,
I agree…I’m glad my comment showed up finally…lol
@miss t-lee,
So it’s not just me. I have gone weeks with commenting blitzes only to come back and see NONE of them here. I do not stan for being out of the conversation on VSB.
@Saule Wright,
I think they tightened up the moderation after it was getting clowned yesterday for letting errythang through.
Now it’s tighter than a snare drum or v-girl on prom night.
Welcome back…I knew I hadn’t seent (yes seent) ‘cha round these parts in a whole minute.
@miss t-lee,
thank ya kindly. I stan for nice womenz.
@Saule Wright,
I have gone weeks with commenting blitzes only to come back and see NONE of them here
your comments eventually post, just not exactly when you post them.
@The Champ,
Patience? who has that? Give Us Us FREE!!!!!!!! I WANT MY 40 ACRES AND MY POSTS!!!!!!
*goes to sit in the corner*
@Saule Wright
“Give Us Us FREE!!!!!!!!”
I damn near choked from laughing so hard! Mega cool pts. for using an Amistad reference!
@Saule Wright
If I cough up this expensive azz sushi lunch from laughing at you, you OWE me.
@Saule Wright:
I love you for The Amistad reference. Really.
I have to partially retract my previous statement because I have come to the realization that I have become *sighs*….a groupie. A FIEND, a stan, if you will, for Mr. Chi City Mayne. It’s just so sad. I be emailin’ that fool and everything. It’s all Champale’s fault, too.
*hangs head in shame and walks out the room*
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Why am I trapped in this moderation hell? I didn’t even say nothin’. Shew *kicks imaginary can on the floor*
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Oh so now you got me up in here just talkin’ to myself, huh. That’s aiight – I do that at home, anyway.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
LMAO!!!!!@ this whole exchange.
I talk to myself at home too. And at the gym. And on the street. And anywhere I damn well please!
And *dead* @ “champale”
@Me fail english?,
Heh heh heh. I think Champale fits cause it looks like Champagne, but it’s really just bubbly beer in disguise. Just like Champ.
@Me fail english?,
I often catch myself when I see folks taking their kids away from me and looking at me sideways…
Speaking to thyself is therapeutic.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
“Oh so now you got me up in here just talkin’ to myself, huh. ”
I still stand by the principle that the best convo you can have is with yourself.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
It’s all Champale’s fault, too.
what did i do?
@Champale,
You turned me on to the “vagina panties”, and after I saw he had more vids, a sista was hooked on him like Jim Jones is hooked on stank. Chi City Mayne!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
I would love to hang out with Chi City for a day…and talk about freeze pops and shet
@Me fail english?,
You know what? I just wanna teach that fool how to cook – fa real, though. He don’t even realize how much money he’s wasting by eating fast food and take out all the damn time. *sighs* If I wasn’t engaged.
BAM – Hit them lil niggas wit a freeze pop!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
I just had to inform some of my workers on Weds, that there will be no raises this year and then I thought:
“BAM – Hit them lil niggas wit a freeze pop!”
and nearly started laughin my azz off. I played it off like I was blowing my nose tho. I also blame Champale.
I am in incorrigible and relentless stan for the following (even when I know I’m wrong):
-Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom
-Stanley Kubrick films
-Queen, David Bowie, The Stones, The Isley Brothers, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, okay this list goes on forever…
-The City of NY
-Hip hop music
-Decriminalization of Marijuana (and most illicit narcotics I can think of offhand)
-Light Caesars
-Chicken, in all of its glorious forms
-Black Men, you all are truly a gift to humanity. Thank God for my brothers.
@Me fail english?,
mmmkay, so when we gon kick it at my house? Just bought the Stanley Kubrick box set last night, was just gifted a re-mastered LP of Roberta Flack (I love my man) and have herbal refreshments imported from Kings-Town?
@blackberry molasses,
What?! I’ll be there in 5 minutes!
Kubrick while lifted has got to be an out-of-body experience.
I stan for:
* Life – it’s nothing better
* Laughter
* FOOD – I LOVE LOVE LOVE food. It makes me smile.
* Pretty teeth/pretty smile
* Sex and the City
* Grey Goose – no grey goose if you don’t get loose
* A good smelling man
* Books – I can spend HOURS in a bookstore. I love the smell of them, the look, the feel of
cotton. books* Perfume
* Clothes, jewelry, shoes
* Good blogs
that I can access from work. – not writing them, just reading* Sleep
Isht I forgot, but think about with equal fervence:
-Cosmetics. I am a junkie. I live in Sephora and honestly when I was in another industry getting paid peanuts (grrr) I used to not eat lunch so I could afford my habit
-Pretty much all food. I’ll eat anything as long as I don’t have to watch it die. Also, don’t tell me what I’m eating til afterwards. If it doesn’t make me sick and is not some sort of waste product/refuse I’ll probably keep eating once I know.
-Body modification. If I had more money and didn’t need a job I’d get tats and piercings on hands, face, neck, etc. I’d bleach my hair, put leopard spots on one half and turn the other half hot pink. I might even buzzcut the back. My bf is thankful for my needing the job…
-Physical activity. Sports, gardening, moving I don’t care what it is. I noticed that I get cranky if I haven’t moved around enough for the day. I am 7 years old.
-Anything that gets my adrenaline pumping. When I was a little girl my body was pretty much covered in scabs and scars cause I used to ride my bike off steep hills, jump out of windows and isht. Now my interest has moved to bungee jumping, drag racing, etc. What I not-so-secretly want to do is skydive. I’ll have to sneak around my family to do that one though. My mother was ready to fight me when I told her that!
-MMA fighting. I mean is that good ish or is that good ish? I think I’m done.
@Me fail english?,
What I not-so-secretly want to do is skydive. .
This is on my bucket list of things to do. I already know that I will be scared as he.l.l. but I still want to do it. At least one time.
@V Renee,
You gotta do it twice! Most places strap the guide to your back the first time. You gotta do it alone at least once!
@Me fail english?,
“What I not-so-secretly want to do is skydive. ”
I’ve done it. It is the best legal high.
@iloVEGrits,
“I’ve done it. It is the best legal high.”
And the best way to get a bowel movement going.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
BWAHAAA so are collards! lol…
@pgh muse,
“BWAHAAA so are collards! lol…”
LMAO – hush yo mouf, Girl!
I stan for people doing it their way to get the most kicks possible.
Sharing
My God (no particular order btw)
The dietarily indiginous
Chicks in skirts and dresses *focal siezure & drool* especially if they are cute
hard work
@WuDaMan,
“Chicks in skirts and dresses *focal siezure & drool* especially if they are cute”
Even if their legs aren’t shaved? Just askin.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Hey!! You leave Monique and her wildebeest legs out of this!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, I am loving that handle, Ms. RedBeanzN Rice.
I stan for my grandma’s greens SOOO much that I made her make me some and freeze them – I am going to retrieve them Sunday. Hallelujah for my Grandmama’s greens.
@pgh muse,
Aw, thank ya, Ma’am.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
I had this for dinner the other night. lol.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Bravado n attitude goes so far w/ me
@WuDaMan,
smells
@WuDaMan,
gettin high
@WuDaMan,
beer n brown lickuh
@WuDaMan,
Learning and tools
@WuDaMan,
my colts
my cubs
@WuDaMan,
fun times w/ friends
golf
@WuDaMan,
a good stoggie
@WuDaMan,
swimming
@WuDaMan,
Continuously adding strings.
@WuDaMan,
a good fight
@WuDaMan,
You
are
@Dom,
a nasty, gutta butt trollop!!! (c) B. Scott
“chuck klosterman, bill simmons,”
@thechamp: Two great writers: But add these two to your writing rolodex, Wright Thompson and Joe Posnanski. I’m biased because I know both personally. Thompson is at ESPN.com … and Posnanski at The KC Star and SI.com … But they’re two of the best in the writing game …
Chuck and Simmons are hilarious, though.
What do I stand for:
My Kansas City Chiefs, MLB Stadiums, People Who Ain’t Never Scurred, Twitter, Never Using “Conversate” or “Irregardless” or “Extra-Ordinary” while conversing (http://thismayconcernyou.com/2009/05/13/conversate/), Chopping down Pedestal Pattys, Chiding Celebs for wearing shades inside, Red Beans & Rice, Keri Hilson, Kerry Washington, Chris Rock, Clowning fools who think abortion begets murder (Monday’s TMCY), Maker’s Mark, Good Conversation, great friends.
I think that’s it. Great post.
@thismayconcernyou,
“Never Using “Conversate” or “Irregardless” or “Extra-Ordinary” while conversing”
While I don’t say “extra-ordinary” I do think it sounds cool
The nails hit the chalkboard for me when I hear someone say “mis-CHEE-vee-us” rather than “MIS-chiv-us”.
@Me fail english?, Conversate
I can’t lie. It’s only been in the most recent 4 years of my life that I found out coversate wasn’t actually a word in the english language… but eh… I stan for Ebonics (but only in appropriate settings:)).
@pgh muse,
Lol. I just found out in college that “spiggity” is not synonomous with paltry, but my grandpa’s broken English word for “spaghetti”, which to him was synonomous with “thin”.
I also learned bout two years ago (on a job interview no less) that normal people don’t use phrases like “nickel and dime”. I never had a chance. SMH.
@allyall,
http://thismayconcernyou.com/2009/05/13/conversate/
There’s the link … enjoy.
@thismayconcernyou,
Never Using “Conversate” or “Irregardless” or “Extra-Ordinary” while conversing
Thank you! I also feel that way about the word “supposably.” I think it’s a real word, but “supposedly” sounds so much better.
@Voiceofreason,
It is a real word, supposably, but it sounds so awkward. lol.
@Voiceofreason,
Well, IRREGARDLESS of what you may think, I still wanna CONVERSATE with you in an EXTRA-ORDINARY way…SUPPOSABLY.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Lol!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, u are on a ROLL today. lmao!
@thismayconcernyou,
i’m familiar with wright thompson, but im gonna hafta look up joe posnanski.
btw, how do you feel about jason whitlock?
@The Champ,
Went to undergrad with Thompson. One of the best people I know. Period. There’s a reason why he gets the access he does. It’s unprecedented, I think.
I’ll find something good of Poz’s for you to read and e-mail it. Dude’s a braniac with a pen that leaks analogies all day long.
I’ll have to e-mail you about Whitlock. That’s one of my mentors. Says plenty of outlandish stuff. But dude’s totally misunderstood.
Here it goes:
– HBO original shows…The Wire, True Blood, Sex & the City, Real Time with Bill Maher, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency…everything HBO does seems to be awesome
– Fantastic shoes…I love, love, love shoes. Have a ever changing wish list on Shoes.com, can spend forever in DSW (they’ve got some great handbags, too)
– Strong, personable men with some swagger in their step with the wit and intelligence to back it up
– The 2010 Chevy Camaro SS
@luvtheshoes,
“- Strong, personable men with some swagger in their step with the wit and intelligence to back it up”
This reminds me. I stan for feisty women. Not studio creations who just get bald heads to seem edgy (Cassie, Rhianna, do you hear me?). Not white/black/latina/asian/mixed girls lost who are just acting out (Hohan). And not angry betches who seem generally unhappy and just need a hug (most reality betches who say things like “I didn’t come here to make friends”)
but chicks who are honestly feeling themselves and it shows. Here’s lookin at you girls
@Me fail english?,
I love your description of feisty women as well.
I stan for them!
@ Ms. Sula and Me Fail,
Awww e-twin, isn’t our lil’ e-dopple making us proud
@luvtheshoes, Sex & the City, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Co-sign on HBO shows.
@luvtheshoes,
The 2010 Chevy Camaro SS
I would shame my ancestors in the streets to own this vehichle.
I’ve never really thought about what I stan for. Let’s see
sci-fi– its something about the genre. It can show the imagination and endless possibilities of humanity and also show the limits and perils of our progress. I love the books (the Ender’s series….they making one of them a movie) and movies (Gattaca, Sunshine, Children of Men)
books–my amazon wish list is gettin out of hand. I especially want to read books about Iraq, since I believe it is the Vietnam of my generation. Iraq will completely change society before it’s all said and done. I also like reading about the former Soviet Union, it’s just fascinating. I was too young to understand it as it was happening (I was 10 when the USSR was over)
comics–I love Marvel (the X-Men universe, Deadpool, etc.) I give Batman some credit, he’s gangsta
underground hip hop–the current radio sh*t is straight doo doo. I’m a Joe Buddens fan…he drops bars in volume so you might miss a gem and have to run the track back.
hip hop wordsmiths–that’s why I ride with the East coast variant…wordplay. Pun, Canibus, Confessions of Fire era Cam, Kweli, Jay, BIG
dark skinned women–I think it’s because my mother is light, idk. Nothin more wonderful than a dark woman with a nice booty, nice smile, a stare-inspiring chest, nice skin, or a variation of the three.
kittens– i like dogs, but I love cats. They are so cute. I consider them the perfect pet. When they want to see you they come through, otherwise they do what they do.
That’s all for now.
@Stank-0,
“kittens– i like dogs, but I love cats. They are so cute. I consider them the perfect pet. When they want to see you they come through, otherwise they do what they do.”
I also love cats. I read somewhere that dogs are the house n*ggas of the animal kingdom. And I have to agree.
@Me fail english?,
I don’t trust cat lovers….
@Sula,
Lol. I like dogs too. I just refuse to pick up poo.
@Stank-0,
“kittens– i like dogs, but I love cats. They are so cute. I consider them the perfect pet. When they want to see you they come through, otherwise they do what they do.”
I think I e-love you. Too bad I’m light bright. Sigh.
@iloVEGrits,
There’s nothing wrong with being light, my gf is light.
@Stank-0,
“dark skinned women–I think it’s because my mother is light, idk. Nothin more wonderful than a dark woman with a nice booty, nice smile, a stare-inspiring chest, nice skin, or a variation of the three.”
Awwwwww! You just described me minus the booty. Lol. J/k.
@Stank-0,
co-sign the cats over dogs. Cats have so much more personality to me. Don’t get me wrong, the pooches are cute… but cats have that “je ne sais quoi…”
@Stank-0,
I second you on the sci-fi. Enders game is one of my favourite books- didn’t know it was being made into a film though! You have just made my day.
Will have to disagree on the comics part though- as much as I love Marvel- DC characters would kick their respective arses!
Peace.
@Quark,
I think you got that la la la on smash if you think that DC outside of the nearly God-like Superman (Superman has been given so much more power of late that he’s nearly invincible) could prevail against a Marvel character.
I think the first Ender book is in development…I read it somewhere.
As a woman who rocks glasses with angular frames on occassion I approve this message…
I stan for flip flops and flats (I think heels are a cute and sometimes necessary evil evil plot to make my days miserable)
Scrabble….I’m a word game freak (I used to even occasionally judge potential freak partners by their Scrabble game)
Michelle Obama …. nobody bet’ not make disparaging remarks about my first lady
@klysha,
“Michelle Obama”
I know it’s weird, but I refer to her as my Aunt Michelle. I love that woman. Seriously.
@klysha,
“Scrabble….I’m a word game freak (I used to even occasionally judge potential freak partners by their Scrabble game)”
Used to? I still do. Shooooot.
@iloVEGrits, Scrabble
YESS! Scrabble is a must at the VSB bar-b-que!
@klysha,
“Michelle Obama …. nobody bet’ not make disparaging remarks about my first lady”
So, did you dropkick Iman?
@Cheekie, I would have if I would have been in the room! Who does she think she is???? I did E-drop kick her when I saw her comments though…
@klysha,
Good!
-Children (people age 12 an under have the ability to make me happy no matter what I might be going through)
-Sleep
-Bacon (I’m eating some as I type)
-Chicken
-Cinnamon Toast Crunch
-Cranberry Juice
-Hair products (especially for curly/natural hair)
-Shoes with heels
-Movies (good documentaries in particular)
-Books (I could spend hours in a bookstore)
-My friends (God has blessed me with some wonderful friendships)
-Good men (if you have some in your life, treat them right and make sure they know how you feel about them)
-My parents and grandmother!!! (and the rest of my family…most of them. lol.)
@Voiceofreason, -Good men (if you have some in your life, treat them right and make sure they know how you feel about them)
This.
1. That nucka Bun rip – Bun B on Murder on UGK’s Riding Dirty
2. Mango
3. Italian Icees
4. End on End fabric for dress shirts
5. E39 BMW 540i’s
6. Bilingual chicks
7. Critical Thinking
@WestIndianArchie,
Bun went completely off on that verse…one of my faves.
@WestIndianArchie,
“E39 BMW 540i’s”
I will take an E39 M5 over an E60 or E61 M5 any day.
@WestIndianArchie,
“6. Bilingual chicks”
Parlez vous Francais? Ok, ok, that’s all I know except for ferme la bouche, and voulez vous couche avec moi. *the latter being courtesty of Miss Patti LaBelle* Go Diva!
@WestIndianArchie,
2. Mango
3. Italian Icees
I heart mangoes. It’s the perfect fruit.
And I love me some good granitas.
6. Bilingual chicks
Ah bon? How about trilingual? Does that work too?
7.Critical Thinking
It’s a must.
TV – The Wire, The Boondocks, Fresh Prince, SportsCenter
Movies – forrest Gump (illest movie know to man), Armeggedon (many nights a-nookie 2 dis movie), city of god
Music – J Dilla (why listen to anything else), old school reggae n culture, 50-70s rnb music, jay, nas, big, slum village, 9th wonder, krysis, nicolai, miguel jontel, timothy bloom (2 crazy under da radar rnb cats)
Randon ish – NBA, UFC, NFL, marry j (:-D), thick redbones, school girl outfits (yummy, I was raised in private school I was born to have this fetish), females with jobs, females in school, females who actually make me want to better myself, big ole big ole donkey booty
@rockstar718,
“Fresh Prince”
My SHOW. Another major quotable for me in life.
I’ve always wanted to go to a therapist and say this (originally uttered by Carlton):
For a long time it gave me nightmares, having to witness an injustice like that. It shows you just how cruel this world can be. I can still hear them taunting him. “Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids.” Why couldn’t they just give him some cereal?!
@Cheekie,
LOL. That show doesn’t get enough credit for being funny.
As an occasional angular frame wearing VSS…*SG stamp of approval* and I sometimes have breakfast for dinner. But anywho…
hmmm….what makes SG act a fool/set adrift in memory bliss/spend money I probably don’t need to spend?
BOOKS: Barnes & Noble is my crack spot. If I only come out of there with one book I must be seriously cash strapped at the time. I always have a book. And keep a list of what I want to read next. Often read more than one a time.
COACH: *sigh* There seems to be an explosion of it up here, the likes of which I have never seen before. But I can tell which items errybody will tend to buy (which often isn’t the stuff I like anyway) and have only run into a woman with my exact purse one time.
LIPGLOSS: The day I have ashy lips is the day I leave this earth. Lil Mama (or Lil Marlon (c) Fresh) ain’t got nothin’ on me.
MUSIC*: of all kinds. I’ve stopped many a dude is his tracks with my hip hop (pre-soulja boy/millions of young ______ cats) knowledge. gotten the side eye from 2520s and ninjas alike cause I fux with Aerosmith, Bush, and many other artists you probably wouldn’t peg me for. And I can put on my country swag with the best of ‘em.
*and after having seen maxwell, sade and tina turner in concert-i can die a happy woman.
NEW ORLEANS: my city. my home. no matter what.
AAA: arms. abs. @ss. *sigh* and if he can make laugh? lawd help me.
BBJ: he’s awesome. and I’m trying to be better.
ME!!!!!!! ha. Cain’t nobody do it like moi. and all the people that lurve and support me.
@SouthernGirl,
NEW ORLEANS: my city. my home. no matter what.
Ya heard me?
BBJ: he’s awesome. and I’m trying to be better.
Awww. Who is this BBJ you speak of and shout out on Facebook? lol.
@iloVEGrits,
“Ya heard me?’ —> I’m sayin’
and no awwww necessary. girl, ain’t nobody but brown baby jesus. lol.back on the single train.
@SouthernGirl,
Well, now I feel slow.
Without PBG and her BBJ references, I completely lost what the acronym stood for.
Where is SHE?
@iloVEGrits,
you can find her on Twitter….
oohhhh i looove breakfast food too!!
Pizza, everyday all day, Lovers Rock, sleep, reading, praline and cream icecream…loves it!
@Icecream,
welcome and sh*t
Things Stix stans for -
:Live Music – of almost any genre but being a muscian if i’m out on the street n here an instrument i have to go find the source…
:Rain on my window pain…. – Nuff Said
:Underated Movies
:The Wire
:Hoodies
:Classic Chevy Models (SS, Nova’s, Monte Carlos, Impalas n such)
:Good Soul Samples (Shouts to Ye’ n RZA n Dre when he feels like it)
:GO-GO
:Women wearning heels n jeans….
@Stix,
“:Rain on my window pain…. – Nuff Said”
Assuming this isn’t the song lyric and you mean actual rain c/s. I love rain and overcast days. Esp. when I don’t have to go anywhere. I like looking at rainy days from inside my house more than I like going out in the sun (for obvious, aforementioned reasons)
@Me fail english?,
Your assumption would be correct….
To me a good CD… a good cigar and watchin a thunderstorm roll down the street is relaxation…. but that might just be me.
@Stix,
Assuming your house is clean and smells good, this is a sexy visual.
@Me fail english?,
I concur.
Kids: They have all the potential in the world, and although someone’s gotta be tomorrow’s rapists, pr0stitutes, etc., I can’t help but see each one as a cute, well-adjusted, kind (etc.) future star.
Love (between a man and a woman, or whatever you prefer): My own analysis shows that for every 10 million people I come across, maybe 1 is actually capable of loving another person as much as they love themselves, but I’ll be damned if I stop looking. On a side note, if I ever determine that thirsty, self-absorbed chicks with daddy issues, or bitter, over-aggressive, unfortunate-looking women are the true meaning of life, I’ll happily stop my search immediately and run a lottery to see who from the vast array of current “friends” I randomly select.
Friends (male or female): I only know a few people who truly just like talking or hanging out with me, with no ulterior motive, and that small number is all I need until I find more. And we are not friends if you are just looking for someone who is valuable to you (each day has to be an equal trade of you getting something out of our friendship for everything you provide me). Actually, I can’t stand those people who bother to “keep score” (I don’t care how much YOU think we are great friends, or how much you enjoy what I naturally enjoy doing. You are a wet blanket and, worst case scenario, they invented TV and the internet to fill the void me avoiding you has created).
It’s sad, but that may be it.
@An Island,
On a side note, if I ever determine that thirsty, self-absorbed chicks with daddy issues, or bitter, over-aggressive, unfortunate-looking women are the true meaning of life, I’ll happily stop my search immediately and run a lottery to see who from the vast array of current “friends” I randomly select.
Lol. You know I think I read it in some psycho-physic-meaning of life quaterly that they are. You can now stop your search my friend.
I stand for:
Daddies hanging with their kids
Texas Roadhouse
A good back massage
My family and friends
Desperate Housewives
Lil Wayne
Anthony Hamilton
Monica
@Ms. T,
“Daddies hanging with their kids”
I looove seeing men just hang out with their kids. Melts my heart. Reminds me of my old rough around the edges, hoodlum pops and how much he loved hanging out with us…even if he was trying to turn us into sons. Hahaha
@Me fail english?,
This morning I saw a grandpa with his little 18-month year old granddaughter playing and the little girl was giggling… It was too cute.
@Ms. T,
“Daddies hanging with their kids”
Oooh, I’m lusting after that man in the McDonald’s commercial now. The one where the little girl is asking why he does the things he does for her and her mama and he says it makes him happy (making them happy).
*tilts head back, closes eyes and sighs*
@Cheekie,
I love that commercial! It always makes me smile.
@Cheekie,
“Oooh, I’m lusting after that man in the McDonald’s commercial now. ”
Don’t do it, Girl – walk away from the light! They just want you to buy a Big Mac, lol. That’s how they get cha’
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
LMFAO. I just noticed you’re a walking soul food dinner right now, RedBeanz. Got my mouth waterin and mess.
And ’tis TRUE. They put those foine arse men on there so you can go there and super-size it (wait, that size don’t even exist anymore…lol). I’m on to you Ronald McDonald.
@Cheekie,
Ronald McDonald = new age Mephisto. That’s why he has the devil’s red hair.
@Me fail english?,
Yup, and he has firecrotch.
*looks at self* Inappropriate, Cheekie!
@Cheekie,
“I’m on to you Ronald McDonald.”
Ok? All sneaky with with his big ole cheesy grin, yellow jumper and flame-red hair. He got the burger game on lock, but it’s a set up – he don’t love us, he just love our dunkets – hence the dollar menu. Con.spir.acy.
Get thee behind me Ronald McDonald!!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
WackArnold’s is tearing this family apart!!
@Me fail english?
“WackArnold’s is tearing this family apart!!”
*in my best Chuck D voice* Fight the power – fight the power – We got to fight the powers that be! lol
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens, WackArnold’s is tearing this family apart!!
LMAO! Ya’ll are silly!!!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens and me fail english?,
See, this (the above exchange) is why I stan for ya’ll. VSBers need their own wiki, for real.
@Ms. T,
LUV texas roadhouse with them biscuits n sweet cinnamon butter
@Happy Meal,
Yum… The best with a good Dallas Filet! Yummy!
My tears gone cold, I’m wonderin’ why I stan for:
- Disney/Pixar. I stated this the other day. I went to their wedding. I was their maid of honor. Their best man. Their priest. I sat in BOTH aisles. I snot-cried when they almost broke up. Then did the Carlton dance once they decided to stick it out. Nothing brings me joy like the two of them. And Disney by itself? Love it, too.
Dawson’s Creek. I don’t wanna wait for my life to be over. Because it will be if I ever lose my Dawson’s Creek DVDs. I loved those highly edumucated teenagers that talked like 40 year olds but still did teeny things. And Joshua Jackson could get it all day errday.
E.T. This long-neck mofo squealed all the way to depths of my heart. “I’ll be right here” and “ouch” kilt me dead.
The Karate Kid. Another movie I annoyed my older sibling and parent(s) about. I remember I thought I was SO RAW that I could do the crane kick. I was crane kicking teddy bears and ish thinking I was the bonzai queen.
Batman (Tim Burton versions). I’ll never forget this but my older sister’s best friend said I used to run around as a kid doing this:
Mini Cheekie: Who am I…who am I?
Sister Friend: Who, Cheekie?
Mini Cheekie: I’m Batman.
LMFAO. I thought Michael Keeton uttering that line was the dopeness. And how he could punch mofos out when they were behind their back. And I wanted to be Catwoman. The days, they were good and old.
FreedomFrench Fries. God created this before he created light.Rice. God created this before he created French Fries. There ain’t n’an rice I’ve tried that I don’t like. I can eat that for a meal. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack.
The Oscars/The Golden Globes/Misc. Film Award Show. Given my aspirations to be a screenwriter, I LOVE film award shows. Yes, even the dreadful Oscars. I perk up with glee when the screenplay categories come on, I laugh at the bougie jokes, and I drool over the red carpet attire. Award season is blist (tm New York).
Ok, I better stop there or I’ll become a Stan for lists. Off to read and co-sign on other folks stans.
ETA:
I also stan for:
Conan O’Brien. His chexxy string dance. How he says, “Keep cool my babies!”, his resemblance to Tilda Swinton, his red pompadour, those long legs…the man is greatness.
@Cheekie,
For some reason, I don’t think Tilda would approve of this message. Cause dang, it’s not her fault she looka-lika-man. But it IS her fault that she wanted to broadcast that fact onto the public in movies, lol.
I’m such a stan for:
- Black & White Photography (Classic)
- Mike & Ike Citrus Fruit Candy (Pawse)
- GQ and Complex Magazine (both embody my personality)
- Watches (modest…not gaudy)
- Guy Ritchie Flicks (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver and RocknRolla are my favs)
- Women with ponytails and pretty feet
- Almonds (daily addiction)
- Southern culture (no matter where I go, I’m still country boy @ heart)
- The 2 Live Stews Sports Talk Radio Show
- New underwear (t-shirts & athletic boxers)
- Wordplay (all forms)
- Sneakers (of course)
- Music (all genres)
@AkShone, Word up on the guy richie films, southern culture, womens, candy, sneakers, music, underwear
-Loyal people. Even if they’re not on my team.
-People who admit to doing weird stuff. Especially weird stuff that I also do like hitting back inanimate objects that hit me first or silent “screaming” behind bathroom stall doors
-Movie buffs. I lack the attn span to sit for two hours, but I find that ppl who can make cinematic references are usually very worldly, urbane folk.
@Me fail english?,
“-People who admit to doing weird stuff. Especially weird stuff that I also do like hitting back inanimate objects that hit me first or silent “screaming” behind bathroom stall doors”
Hahahaha – I LOVE it! Sometimes you just gotta show an inanimate object what time it is – let em know they can’t whoop you, shew.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
“Sometimes you just gotta show an inanimate object what time it is”
Hahaha! It makes me feel like a big man.
@Me fail english?,
“Hahaha! It makes me feel like a big man.”
Hey, ain’t nothin’ wrong with that. I be feelin’ like a big man sometimes, but let a spider cross my path – it’s O.V.E.R. Girl, my knees get weak, heart races, and I can’t even move.
I was walking down the hall the other day on my way to freshen my drink, and this big ass spider – a full inch and a half *gasping for air just remembering* was posted up on the floor. POSTED! Not even scared or nothin’. Why was it like that fool was the same size as me – 5’5″? I swear it was like a standoff with Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry) an sh*t. Like he was asking me “Do you feel lucky, Punk?”
I had to call my dude at work to walk me through killin that bastid – now you know my secret shame.
Yeah, we had to get the exterminator around these parts quick, fast and in a hurry, lol
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Nah girl, I hear ya. I said inanimate objects. All bets are off with living things. I got this house plant that looks like an animal at night so sometimes I won’t walk past my living room cause it looks at me.
@Me fail english?,
Well good! Sometimes I feel like a big man too, except for when it comes to spiders. OMG, you don’t even know the half of it, lol.
But, I had response all ready and somehow it got deleted. Mayhaps Champale is saying I’m talking too much? Well, so what, that’s how I roll, lol.
Well damn, there’s my comment above. Champale, you’re making my life difficult today. But I still have an e-crush on yo bo-legged self, lol.
What I stan for
1) Muscle Cars, Exotic Sports cars, and Fighter Jets and Planes
From 1970 Shelby Mustang to 1978 Pontiac Trans Am I am all in. I own 2 Muscle Cars. Sometimes I spend hours just looking at cars on the internet. Maybe it’s because I from Detroit and these cars are just a way of life. Muscle Cars and Exotics represent engineering at its finest. How some people drive a boring car everyday and it’s their only transportation baffles me. I couldn’t do it. I think Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and Top Gun got me into airplanes. A machine that can break the speed of sound is just amazing to me. The WWII fighter planes are also cool. P-51 Mustangs, SR-71 Blackbirds, Zeroes, etc all fascinate me.
2) Sneakers Especially Old Sneakers
I’ve had this addiction since I was 10yrs old. I really stan for nike and reebok basketball shoes made between 1986 and 1992. I don’t know how many pair of shoes I have but I know I have well over a 100. It’s becoming a problem because I’m having problems finding places to keep them.
3) “Underground” Hip-Hop
I’m into lyrics. I need more from my music than simple tough-talk, trunk-rattling, and misogyny. I’ll take all those things though if dude is an ill lyricist. I am the so-called “backpacker”(I hate being thrown in that category). I listen to MURS, Black Milk, and I still F’ with Duck Down.
4) Thick Women
I’m talking about Serena Williams, Lastarya, and Deelishis thick not Monique thick. A woman with a 26 inch waist and 42 inch hips defies nature physically.
5) Politics
I watch C-Span, Meet the Press, and other shows all the time. I am probably the only black man that watches LinkTV. I just can’t go through the world being totally ignorant of what is happening around me. It also helps me to understand the ideology and rhetoric of some people.
6) History
I am addicted to history. History has helped me to understand the world i’m in so much. A lot of the political and social issues of the day are directly tied to history. Actually a history that is not that distant.
6) Nerdy Women
I stan for women that know useless information like me. Or women that can appreciate Boba Fett’s gangsta or knows any thing about Robotech is a winner. If I can find a nerd with an @ss I’ll be all in.
7) Pro Football and Pro Basketball
Its something about seeing a dude get his clocked clean or how a QB can throw a oblong ball 40 plus yards with pinpoint accuracy that fascinates me. I still watch clips of the greatest running back ever – Barry Sanders. I stan for basketball because of the competition. It is like the only team sport when one player can dominate the game. Watching 2 big men in the paint bang or a point or shooting guard totally breakdown a defense is beautiful.
@Humble One,
I had to google Lastarya. Good googly moogly! I had a joygasm. One of the pics was clearly airbrushed but that booty….*speechless*
I also co-sign muscle cars. My dad has given me the 71 Chevelle with the promise that it will never be for sale.
The sound of a big block engine is absolutely beautiful. The snappin and poppin is dizzying.
@Stank-0,
“The sound of a big block engine is absolutely beautiful. The snappin and poppin is dizzying.”
I know. I don’t know what I like better. A big block or a 5.0 with a pair of flowmasters behind it.
I love this post! Thanks for sharing Champ!! I stan for:
*Raising my babies (ages 20, 12 &
to be the best that they can be & to go after whatever they want in life and not to let them Haterz tell them that they can’t reach their goals.
*Good Food – I love food!! If I don’t like something it’s because I’ve tried it TWICE and know that it wasn’t for me. I am just thankful that I am active and can maintain a good size LOL. (Giving a quick shout out to my Mamas potato salad…I DON’T eat anybody else’s!!)
*African drum & dance – It just touches my spirit (I CANT REALLY EXPLAIN IT)
*Good Music – I will listen to any genre of music if it is GOOD MUSIC. My playlist changes depending on my mood & I always have a theme song playing in my head for EVERYTHING thing I do. As I type this I have this blues tune playing in my head. NOT SURE WHY!?!?
*Books – I read constantly. So much so that unless a book really moves me, I later cant recall if I read it or not. I have a few books that I’ve read several times because they mean that much to me!!
*Good Wine – I love a bottle of good wine & I am constantly seeking new types. (SUTTER HOME & BERRINGER IS NOT GOOD WINE!!)
*Washington, DC Sports Teams – They all suck!! But I feel like you always have to stay true to the home team. Never understood how a DC native could be a Dallas fan.
*Good Friends – I have been blessed to have great friends! My family in DC is really small and so my friends pretty much serve as my family.
*Chicago & New York – I LOVE THEM!!!!
*Writing – Writing is MAJOR for me. I am not much of a public speaker so often times writing is the only way that I can truly express myself. I am convinced writing has kept me outta jail LOL. If I am totally peeved I will take pen to paper (NOT EMAIL OR TEXT!!). Everybody that I deal with knows that if I hand you a letter then something major is happening.
*SHOES, BAGS, JEWELRY & PERFUME!!
*Funny, Smart Men – I love a dude that can make me laugh in a really intelligent way! I don’t like slap stick, toilet humor or just plain ignorance. Also someone that can understand my humor.
*Being a Cute Nerd – I take pride in my love of: maps, books, pretty rocks, law, collecting pretty journals, history, culture & world view….while rocking a fly dress in peep-toe stilettos with cotton candy pink toe nail
@Yaa,
*Good Wine – I love a bottle of good wine & I am constantly seeking new types. (SUTTER HOME & BERRINGER IS NOT GOOD WINE!!)
You are so right!! I am always on the look out for a good wine.
@N.I.A. naturally….,
Please explain this to the masses. Sutter Home and Beringer are what I cook with… and ONLY if I must. I ain’t drinkin that stuff!
Right now I am STANNING for New York State wines…White Catabwa is reminiscent of white merlot, but with a bit more of the grapey flavor and less woodiness. Perfect with salmon and grouper.
@blackberry molasses, I am LOVING South African wines right now. I just tried this So African wine by Nederberg Winery called Lyric. It was a really nice blend of chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc & chardonnay. It is lovely.
This week I was sipping on a French vouray. Its sweet but not overly sweet.
Hmmm gotta try some NY State wines now. Thanks
@Yaa,
I need to rediscover south african wines… its been years.
I have a lovely Chilean Cabernet (gawd, now I forget the name) that we served at my mom’s 60th bday. It got rave reviews
I’m going to have to add a Foodie category to my new life and style blog [/shameless plug] once I get it up and running
@blackberry molasses,
I definitely have to get up on the New York State wines. I’m currently trying to keep it local with some North Carolina wines. Some of them are pretty good. And I’ve been drinking this French chardonnay (can’t remember the name) I first sampled at Whole Foods. It’s really good
@blackberry molasses, Chilean Cabernet
sounds awesome!
@blackberry molasses,
re: NY State wines.
If you ladies are ever in downstate Ny please visit LI’s north fork. While my palette is not so sophisticated as to be able to give you a real review, there’s route loaded with vineyards who will let you taste for free and it’s a pretty scenic area. Lots of wildflowers and even beautiful beaches. Very romantic stuff.
@blackberry molasses,
I have a soft spot for Pacific Northwest wines in general. I went to a small winery in Oregon and tasted their Shiraz for the first time… It’s been a special experience.
Never had any New York state wine though… except for some ice wine from around the Addirondacks region.
@N.I.A. naturally….,
*pouting* But I love Sutter Homes White Zin!
@Ms. T,
I have a t-shirt that says : “Friends don’t let friends drink White Zinfandel”
@N.I.A. naturally…., Good Wine – I love a bottle of good wine & I am constantly seeking new types
I’m definitely trying to expand my wine palette. I like Yellow Tail (I know it, I like it, I drink it
) and we have a few local wineries that have the BEST reds… but I’m always down for wine tasting
@Yaa,
“*Washington, DC Sports Teams – They all suck!! But I feel like you always have to stay true to the home team. Never understood how a DC native could be a Dallas fan.”
Because they are Communists, that’s why. I HATE this type of Washingtonian almost as much as I hate people who wear sunshades at night. Disloyal heathens. They should be branded or made to wear sleeveless mock-neck shirts with “I hate myself so kick me please” on the front. That or be added to the government’s Axis Of Evil.
**I wrote this in another post but for some reason it didn’t post. Sorry for the double posting if it appears later.**
@Yaa,
(SUTTER HOME & BERRINGER IS NOT GOOD WINE!!)
Preach that on the mountain top!! I quite love your list! I see a lot of my stans in it!
janet jackson – last 4 albums be damned. no other pop sister had something to say whilst being fine and dancing her a** off … at the same time. she invented that shit and folks still tryna master the if routine.
keith murray – i like the underdogs, folks. i like that he’s a workmanlike emcee who is still HUNGRY. he’s to me scottie pippen, focused, dope and too often overlooked. oh my goodness!
joi gilliam -because without her we wouldn’t have Goodie Mob, OutKast or Organized Noize, which means Atlanta would just be some hot a** southern hole where MLK used to preach. for those who still don’t know, she’s Janelle Monae without the pretentious and pointless “futuristic” aesthetic
rahsaan patterson – word life – there is no better pure black male singer than this Chaka Khan devotee. don’t sleep.
pac – because i wanna be fine, angry, sensitive, and thoughtful too. dam*it. pac says i can and i appreciate that black male humanity was so beautifully licensed
christian bale – dude is amazing. Metroland, folks.
terrance howard – i know he’s probably a crazy as hell mofo and is squandering his talent on stupid roles, but i can watch his scenes in Crash over and over and over again and still be moved to tears (yea, i said it, tears). that scene where he jumps out the truck and confronts the cop, visibly shattered and angry? single best piece of black male acting i’ve scene since Denzel was Malcolm
also – RZA? Really? Deck or Meth, for me folks.
@Tyler, joi gilliam i’m a Joi fan. Her father was a Pittsburgh Steeler
@pgh muse,
I loved Joi.
@pgh muse,
Oh I know. My peoples are from the Burgh too and I went to college there. That’s how i came to her music, someone was like “that’s Joe’s daughter” and I bought it.
@Tyler, Awwww
HEEEYYY ex-burgher!!!!
@Tyler, I love Rahsaan Patterson…and ex put me on to him, which happened to be the only good thing that came out of that relationship….
@Tyler,
I find Janelle Monae to be extra too. I liked Joi alot. Always wondered why she didn’t reach Badu heights.
I also Keith “Most Beautifullest” Murray. He was my fav member of Def Squad. Where are they now?
Finally, ppl’s fav member of WuTang probably says alot about them. I’m not sure what it says, but I’m sure there’s plenty there. I’m a lifelong (well..since I was
Tony Starks groupie. Wally Champ ftw!!!!!
@Me fail english?,
Biscuits!!!!
I love GFK–that’s my dude.
@Me fail english? and Miss T-Lee, Tony Starks
Supreme Clientele is one of my all time fave recordings…Ghostface is one of my favorites even though half the time you can’t understand wtf he’s saying. I love Camay and Daytona 500… gawd. And he’s $exy in a scary kinda way.
@pgh muse,
His segzy is crazy. Just nuts. Walkin around with that big azz bird on his hand in bathrobe?
But Supreme Clientele was my study music of choice in undergrad.
@blackberry molasses, His segzy is crazy
It is… but he seems pretty crazy too lol.
@pgh muse,
I wonder what he woulda done if you woulda just patted his ass and kept it moving…
Gawd, he is one man I would happily sop up with a biscuit. Gotdamn! *fans self*
@Me Fail, I wonder what he woulda done if you woulda just patted his ass and kept it moving…
*DEAD*
U’s. a. dayum. fool. — i don’t ever want to hear that no talent talk again. U could have a show.
@pgh muse,
He IS sexy! Ol’ intimidating, high pitched voice self. I’d take him over Meth ANY day
@Me fail english?, He IS sexy!
Co-sign on taking him over Meth. Ghostface is sexy but girl… he seem like a he’d give a girl a serious run for her money. I went to see him when he came this way once in my youth. I stood right next to him and screamed like a 7 year old…. he didn’t even look at me. And I was REALLY right next to him… lol… i was so embarrassed.
@pgh muse,
Ghostface Killa is the hotness and still looks good. I love Wu Tang. NYC hip-hop is the best (sorry other regions).
@pgh muse,
He’s like 6’4 too….*gasp*
I’ve seen GFK abour 4 times in concert. He’s just as sexy in person.
@pgh muse,
You can’t understand him? IDK I guess cause I listen to so much slang as it I can pick up every word. I love Supreme Clientele, but Ironman is my fave.
@miss t-lee,
I’m a Bulletproof Wallets chick. (I’m really a Supreme Clientle chick, I just wanted to be different
).
But I, too need a decoder ring for every other line:
“Scooby snack, Jurassic plastic gas, boobytrap”
What???? I’d still have his baby tho *stares off wistfully*
@Me fail english?, “Scooby snack, Jurassic plastic gas, boobytrap”
lolol! Exactly. Now i’m going to have to find those albums and listen to them. omg I was just looking for my Supreme Clientele the other day.
@Me fail english?,
He could talk all the gibberish he wants to me…lol
@Me fail english?,
Yea, I think that’s right. I rarely find people that like the RZA though. He’s always a bit stilted to me as an emcee.
@Tyler,
I actually like the RZA…
Oh Yeah! Champ! The RZA’s appearance in American Gangster (I stan for the movie and the album) – made me start liking Bobby Bobby Bobby a whole lot again after his brief role.
@pgh muse,
Yes! He was kinda sexy in there too.
@Me fail english?, He sure was!!! Quite tasty looking with those porkchop side burns… I never EVA looked at RZA like that b4… but daa**mn!
I stan for:
People’s handwritting. Weird, I know. LOL
Kin Burrell
Singers….who can really sing. Jazmine Sullivan types…and she happens to remind me of Kim Burrell.
Sarah Vaughn’s voice.
Books: See also Horror/Sci-Fi, but not too fantastical and Tananarive Due
BIG ASS Earrings and Purses
Lounging around in bed
@ChiChi, I forgot natural hair. The latest obsession.
@ChiChi,
I forgot to add natural hair, too. I stan for it hard, especially locs, specifically my own. LOL!
@N.I.A. naturally…., I’ve never been more concerned or spent more money on my hair then after my BC.
@ChiChi,
same here.
@ChiChi, Ok, one more. Martin. Best show EVER, IMO.
TV – The Wire, The Boondocks, Fresh Prince, SportsCenter, US of Tara, True Blood, the life and times of tim
Movies – forrest Gump (illest movie know to man), Armeggedon (many nights a-nookie 2 dis movie), city of god, independence day, man on fire
Music – J Dilla (why listen to anything else he truly was da best), old school reggae n culture, 50-70s rnb music, jay, nas, big, slum village, 9th wonder, krysis, nicolai, miguel jontel, timothy bloom (2 crazy under da radar rnb cats)
Randon ish – NBA, UFC, NFL, marry j (:-D), thick redbones, school girl outfits (yummy, I was raised in private school I was born to have this fetish), females with jobs, females in school, females who actually make me want to better myself, big ole big ole donkey booty
1. Music is my drug. It gets me high and makes me feel good.
2. Mariah Carey I wish she were my sister so that she can sing to me all her greatest hits all the time. I love, love her songs from the 90′s, they make me feel so happy.
3. Phil Collins (told you music was my drug). His voice makes me feel warm and fuzzy and safe (I can’t explain). I would love him and Mariah to marry and adopt me.
4.Cute babies, I don’t have kids but since I was a teen when I see a baby on tv I can’t help but want to watch them they are soo cute (in real life though they kind of intimidate me.)
5. Old movies. I will even watch silent movies. I don’t know if it’s because I love history or because I’m kind of old fashioned.
6. Larry King talk show. There something about the King that makes me want to watch his show every night.
7. BBQ chips/Doritos they are so crunchy and saucy at the same time.
8. Cranberry juice, when I was a kid I hated it because it would get stuck in my throat but now I can’t stop drinking it, I need an intervention.
9. Spaghetti (hence my screen name) love it. Don’t eat is as much as I used to because of a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips.
10.vegetables-all my life I’ve loved them except beets). Now I’m a vegetarian.
@pinksghetti,
“6. Larry King talk show. There something about the King that makes me want to watch his show every night.”
Girl, it’s the bowtie, and the fact that it’s amazing to watch a 765 year old man carry on a lucid conversation.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
LoL, it’s funny when he shows older clips of himself from in the 80′s or 90′s and he still looks old but has darker hair and more powder on his face.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
There is an interiview of him in GQ this month. He seems so human. Just a regular old, cool, highly intellectual dude. I thinks I likes him
@pinksghetti,
forgot one. My love of Archie Comics. Been collecting them since I was 9.
@pinksghetti,
“My love of Archie Comics. Been collecting them since I was 9.”
You’ve been collecting Archie comics for a whole 2 years?
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Well, I’m 18 (in my heart) so 9 years.
@pinksghetti,
Well, according to a Facebook quiz I took a few days ago, we’re almost twins, cause I’m 19 in Facebook years. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but I’m figuring this Oil of Olay is working!
@pinksghetti,
Me and my mom too. Jughead’s burgers used to look so delicious! And did you hear that Archie married Veronica last week. He’s such a tool!
@Me fail english?,
Archie married VERONICA????
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (takes deep breath) oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Betty is better all day, erry day!
@Me fail english?, Oh no, poor Betty will have to take Reggie as a rebound.
@pinksghetti,
Reggie and his greasy hair are Al-Qaeda operatives and can have no parts of the Betty. I’d just as soon give her to Moose (yall know Midge wasn’t really into it anyway)
@Me fail english?,
“Archie married VERONICA????”
I have mixed emotions.
1. The only reason I like Veronica was because she was a brunette. I always picked the brunette in any war.
2. Of course Betty had the beter personality and she shared my mama’s name.
So, since number 1 is irrational, I’m gonna have to say I’m kinda mad.
And LMFAO @ greasy haired Reggie.
@pinksghetti,
“5. Old movies. I will even watch silent movies. I don’t know if it’s because I love history or because I’m kind of old fashioned
and
8. Cranberry juice, when I was a kid I hated it because it would get stuck in my throat but now I can’t stop drinking it, I need an intervention.”
I stan for both of these hard ever since i was a kid but havent had cran juice in a min-sticking to just water, gotta get ready for summer lol.
@PrincesMo and pinksghetti,
Ya’ll up on that Cran-Raspberry? Yumness.
@Cheekie,
The cran-pomegrante is the junk!
@miss t-lee,
“The cran-pomegrante is the junk”
HOW have I not heard of this? Need to google and buy this now.
*bish-slaps secretary*
(That was totally a lie. I’m not rich enough to have a secretary)
@Cheekie,
It might be new. I discovered it yesterday at the store as I was buying mixers for the get-together we had last night to watch the game.
It was great with rum and vodka.
@miss t-lee,
Yeah, I’ll be actively looking for that, most definitely. It’s about time too, because pomegranate was hooking up with just about every other fruit out there lately. lol
@miss t-lee,
“The cran-pomegrante is the junk!”
It is the junk, indeed. We get the 2 96oz. bundles at Costco every Sunday – yes, the consumption of this “Turkish Delight” like substance is ridiculous in this house.
@Cheekie,
Shoot yall tried that white grape pear?!! Who Want What!?!
@WuDaMan,
I love me some white grape juice. For some reason, though, I never heard of white grape pear. And for some odder reason, since you wrote this, Wu, I don’t believe it exists. lol
@Cheekie,
Well if you get yo high falutent shopping on. Welches will hook you up. http://www.welchsinternational.com/products/juice.shtml
It’s too bad they don’t mix it for you no more but they still got it.
How you like them pomes?
LOL
@WuDaMan,
Aw, snap. You told me. Thanks!
@Cheekie, I haven’t tried it but I do dabble with Cran-Apple.
@pinksghetti,
Mmm. Also good. Wow, I need some now. They usually have that on our free breakfast Fridays at the
plantationjob, but lately they’ve been giving up one Fri a month and they give the money they would’ve spent to charity. It’s sweet, but of course I’m a bit steamed.@pinksghetti,
i co-sign 5, 7-9
I stan for…
1. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Matrices, Transformers, Star Trek, etc. Basically, any movie with lots of action and special affects w/ good or decent acting. I’m not a “chick flick” sorta girl.
2. Gangster/Mob movies, specifically those starring Al Pacino and/or Robert Dinero
3. NFL and college football. My life feels empty during the summer months b/c there isn’t anything worth watching on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. During the fall, I’ve been known to schedule all of my weekend errands around football. Go Buckeyes!!!
4. March Madness. In Raleigh, I am in close proximity to the greats in college basketball…Carolina and Duke.
5. Music. Good music in any genre.
6. Martinis. By far my favorite cocktail. and not Cosmos…sorry SATC.
7. Soccer and soccer players.
8. Lays Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips and Grippos. Lays-I really love these darn things, and since they are usually on sale for a $1.88 for the big bag, I have about 1 bad a week. I fell in love with BBQ Grippos while I was in law school at OSU. There really isn’t a BBQ chip like them.
9. Exercise. Believe it or not, I workout b/c I actually enjoy it. It makes me feel good, and generally makes my life better. I workout 6 days a week so I can have my favorite snacks (see 8), and enjoy myself, and not feel guilty about it….
10. Waffles w/ strawberries and whip cream. I don’t have it very often, but when I do…Good Eats.
@N.I.A. naturally….,
11. Whole Foods Market. I know people stan for Trader Joe’s, and it is cheaper. But, I can’t get everything I want from TJ, and usually I end up having to go to WF anyway. Plue, Whole Foods has a much better selection of natural body products, and vitamins/minerals…..
@N.I.A. naturally….,
co-sign on working out for enjoyments sake. it started off as me saving my life (The Plague of Black folk trifecta runs in my family) but now.. I do it because of the endorphin rush, the way I fit my clothes and the ability to enjoy ‘bad foods’ without excessive guilt.
I also STAN for P90x and Tony Horton’s overzealous azz… he IS my personal trainer!
@blackberry molasses,
I need to get on that P90x. My homeboy swears by it…and his body has definitely changed for the better since he started. His body wasn’t bad before, he was 6’5 and a little skinny but now he is 6’5 and swole. lol!
@N.I.A. naturally….,
Girl… My rib cage (and legs and back and arms) has been crying for the past week. P90X is NO Joke!!!!
@blackberry molasses,
“the ability to enjoy ‘bad foods’ without excessive guilt”
That’s how I started too. People don’t believe the way I eat when they see me in a bikini
And is that the “muscle confusion” system? I’m waiting for the bootleg version (looks expensive, I also stan for bargain shopping). Then I’ll be ready for war.
@Me fail english?,
girl, I got my set off of Craigslist for 40 bucks. you know i’s a cheapskate!!!
I bought an Iron Gym for the pull ups and already had free-weights.
I’ve been doing it for 6 weeks and DAMN! its terrific though. tonight its legs, back and abs.
@blackberry molasses,
tonight its legs, back and abs.
That’s what I’m doing tonight… It’s my first week and BOY! Do I feel it?
But I can’t wait for Labor Day week-end though!
@Sula,
yeah, its an azzkicker!
Oh, I somehow forgot my number one stan: Water. You know it’s the best drink in the world when something that tastes like nothing tastes so good. Water pisses all over other drinks. I’ll get in a fight for water…that’s my blood.
@Cheekie,
Lol. Don’t tell BBMo!
@Me fail english?,
LOL…I thought about her while writing this.
*takes boxing stance*
Let’s go. *splashes WATER over my face*
@Cheekie,
aight, come on! Come on! Ain’t nuthin but a short walk.
You’ll walk over, but you LIMPIN’ BACK. Believe dat!
Ol’ H20, liquified, humid lookin’ gal.
@blackberry molasses,
Aiight, aiight. I love ya but:
Ol’ dehydrated, crispy acidic drink, bootleg Gatorade looka girl.
Please believe I will outlast because I’m drinking WATER to hydrate. Koolaid, pop, Vitamin water, all of that will leave you MORE thirsty for water. Might as well drink water from the jump.
LOL…trippin’ over here. You have me here rollin’, indeed. Come to think of it. I stan for ya’ll, I stan for VSBers. And VSB.
@Cheekie,
dead@ crispy drink
Why doesn’t Cheekie want me to keep my job?
@Cheekie,
y’all know I’m playin about the water dislike. Its actually the ONLY thing I drink… outside of coffee.
I stan for you too Cheekster! (that is your new moniker. accept and love it. that is all.
@blackberry molasses,
“I stan for you too Cheekster! (that is your new moniker. accept and love it. that is all.”
Accepted and loved.
“y’all know I’m playin about the water dislike. Its actually the ONLY thing I drink… outside of coffee.”
It’s funny because I sorta believed you. I know a guy who LOATHES water, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility. lol But that entry was classic nonetheless and the best grind-my-gears evah.
@Cheekie, I drink water like a camel (or not like camel since they don’t need to drink that much, I think). Whatever thing drinks lots of water that what I do.
@pinksghetti,
Then I hearby deem you my e-sister (I’m assuming because your spaghetti is pink unless you’re one of those macho guys that can wear pink…lol). I thirst for ice-cold glasses of water even in the winter. Like it’s 90 degrees or something.
@Cheekie, I’m a lady, I am, lol. Me too about the water, at my old job people used to look at me like I was on the pipe when I first started. I would take 2 big size waters and they were like “wow, you like water don’t you”. I would always tell my mom when I was a kid I’m thirsty 10x more than I’m hungry when we were out shopping.
@pinksghetti,
Ok…lol. Noted. I never like to be the criminal of a mistaken assumption.
@Cheekie,
Water Lovers UNITE!!! I loves me some water.
My boss actually just cracked a joke about my many water cups lying about…
@Sula,
LOL @ the many water cups at work. Are you me? I probably burn beaucoup calories just walking to and from the kitchen getting water.
My apologies go out to Nicki Sunshine cause for 2 posts I’ve been her doppelganger. And it wasn’t the moderation, it was my fault, but I’m blaming it on the alcohol. Aye, don’t judge me.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
LOL @ you blaming the alcohol at 11:55am. No judgment from me…
@N.I.A. naturally….,
Do you REALLY believe I’ve been drinking at 11:55 am? Are you crazy? I don’t start til 11:56 – shew – I got standards an sh*t.
PS. Thank you moderation for catching the slip. No doppelganger anymore.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
i usually like to wait until around 1 or 2pm on a Friday b4 i get started. Most people are out of the office by then, and I can really enjoy myself…
@N.I.A. naturally….,
“Most people are out of the office by then, and I can really enjoy myself…”
Wait, what? You drinkin’ in the office? I didn’t know you were a queen bee like that! You go, Girl, lol!
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Wait, what? You drinkin’ in the office? I didn’t know you were a queen bee like that! You go, Girl, lol!
LMAO!! Yeah, and if I did that, I would be gone…straight to the unemployment office.
I stan for:
1.Flat shoes. I like to walk everywhere and when I go out I love to dance for hours. That ain’t happening in heels. Plus I’m a clutz and am always tripping over my own feet so heels just make me even more accident prone!
2. Sci-fi. I will watch, read it, quote it and even wanted to live it for a while (I originally became a physicist so I could work on a space station!)
3. London. Even though I live in DC now I will always stan for London. South of the river is where its at
4. Comics. I am one of those annoying people that will go watch a movie based on a comic book just to complain about how wrong they got it. Obnoxious- yes. Fun- you betcha!
5. My big fro. Even though my mum hates it and tells me I look like a crack addict with my big crazy hair every single time I go home I still stan for it.
6. Colors and accessories. They just make me happy. I dress like a dippy hippy most of the time with brightly colored skirts and tons of jewelery and scarves in strange places. I’m seriously pushing the boundaries of what I can get away with at work. Everyday I’m waiting for the HR folks to call me into their office to lecture be on appropriate office attire.
I’m sure I will think of more soon!
@Quark, +1 for flats – that’s what’s up, although I do don the occasional pair of breathtaking heels every now and again (don’t want to get a rusty stank walk).
And I always thought crackheads had little to no hair ala a Slicky Ricky, not a big wild mane.
@Kindred Smile,
My mum grew up on the continent- she’s never seen a crack head in her life but thats what she thinks they look like! Bless.
@Quark,
“4. Comics. I am one of those annoying people that will go watch a movie based on a comic book just to complain about how wrong they got it. Obnoxious- yes. Fun- you betcha!”
You and my dude need to be buddies. No offense, but that is the most.annoying.mess.ever., lol.
Talm bout “Did you see how they did X-Men – they can’t even stick to the storyline – did they think we wouldn’t know?”, or “Why didn’t they consult Stan Lee on the first Hulk movie – I guarantee it wouldn’t have gone down that way, cause that was pure bull.”
*sighs* I just nod, smile, pass the popcorn and try to comfort the other moviegoers so they won’t jump us for his incessant ranting during the movie, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
lol. I have a homegirl like that. And you’d never expect it. Total fashionista, looks like a model but don’t let some comic book movie get the special powers or smthg wrong. You’d think you were talking to a 12 year old boy. smh
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Funny! I managed to embarrass my friend in the same way when we went to see the new X-men movie. At one point I even let out a very loud involuntary ‘bullsh*t’ after seeing how badly they screwed with the timelines. I then proceeded to spend the whole journey home explaining every detail they got wrong. I don’t think she will be going to the movies again with me anytime soon.
@Quark,
“I don’t think she will be going to the movies again with me anytime soon.”
I have a sneaking suspicion you’re right, lol!
This was originally posted on my blog, but it remains true nonetheless. I stan for:
Trench coats – timeless. I have about nine of them as of this writing.
Teddy bears – this also includes the human variety.
New Jack anything – the music, the jewelry, the big @ss pressed hair.
Gloves – I get cold really easily. Probably because I didn’t take vitamins for so long.
Fancy stationery – I think letter writing is a lost art.
Sushi – nom nom nom.
Soymilk – BBJ knew that I loved cereal, but was lactose intolerant. So in His infinite wisdom, he bequeathed Silk Vanilla Soymilk, and my life has been better for it ever since.
@Kindred Smile,
“Trench coats – timeless. I have about nine of them as of this writing.”
Oooh, me too! Trench coats definitely ups your classy points. And I just love the shape of my body while wearing one. Come to think of it, I need to head to some TJ Maxx/Marshalls conglomerate and cop me a new one soon.
@Kindred Smile,
“New Jack anything”
Even the movie…City? Cause yeah, I loved me some Pookie, but them lips? NOT the business.
You get the “Meh” on your group of writers.
Now, see if you had mentioned Ralph Wiley, I might have given you a head nod.
1. The Home Team
I’m not a real sports fan but I also stand for the home team. I HATE Washingtonians who like the Cowboys (almost as much as I hate sunshades at night.) Those people should be added to the Axis Of Evil. The disloyal skanks should be paraded through town in chains. Commie bastards.
2. Accessories
I’m a fan of all accessories but at the moment my fetishes are cocktail rings, bracelets, hand-made leather bags (not designer) and hats.
3. America
This surprises me the most because I grew up listening (contributing) to various conspiracy theories about how the gov’t isn’t really ‘my’ gov’t. But living overseas, I tolerate less criticism of the US. Actually criticism I can handle. Bashing is a no no.
4. Grits
I like all breakfast foods but I often find myself arguing with others on behalf of grits. It’s like the step-child of the breakfast cereal world and the doesn’t merit some of the mean comments people make.
5. Coffee
While I am no coffee purist (I use milk) I am against the misuse of the beverage. Offenses include; making coffee that’s too weak, drowning it in so much milk that it looks like a lighter version of dulce de leche, and using so much sugar that it coats the bottom of your cup. Sissies. Just drink tea!
I’m sure there are others but I don’t realize I am passionate about certain things until friends say, “Stop yelling.”
@Ms. Hall, Grits are the bomb. They taste even better the second day but I love them anyway they are. Oatmeal is really good too especially the liquid kind.
ok i guess i’ll go:
-Old movies/turner classics and method acting. I love how th old timers did it, when acting was actin and people actually felt the roles they were portraying. (honorable mentions, anything with liz taylor, paul newman, james dean, Jimmy stewardt, brando, bette davis, joan crawford etc, etc.
-Anything relating to disney princess
-JAZZ and not that gross smooth jazz, but real gets to ur soul stuff and i like the compositional/improv/vocal–all of it.
-Cooking- i was OBSESSED (no beyonce) with the food network as a child…still am.
-TV: SATC, the boondocks, mad men, the office, general hospital (since i was 12), and all my children (didnt have hbo in college or highschool but now thanks to netflix i shall spend the summer catchin up on all 5 seasons of the wire, never seen it but oddly enough i have written a few papers on it)
-Bacon
-MAC & sephora products- I’m a producr junky
-Wine- go head call me a wino i dont care lol
-my macbook-couldnt live without it!
@PrincesMo, All My Children is the stuff (watched it my whole life). It’s getting better too. I almost cried when I thought they killed Adam. I love him. He’ s not bad just misunderstood.
@pinksghetti,
yeah, he’s misunderstood like Jeffrey Dahmer is misunderstood. But, who do you think killed Stuart?
@N.I.A. naturally….,
I think it was some1 no1 thinks of, I thought it was liza at first i’m sure its not kendall…I’m just not sure yet though, but its a shame about stuart. He was so nice and sweet. I feel really bad for scott:( They’re putting JR and and marissa togeter, i don’t thtink i like that.
@PrincesMo, Kendall is definitely out of the running. I think maybe Erica, even though she is no so in love with Adam. When then that happen?
@pinksghetti,
I don’t think adam is that bad either, i think he’s mischevous and controlling, but not evil like say a david, but i would have been sad if he died, but i was all torn up when it was stuart, although i knew they would have never really killed adam so i figured it was stuart all along
@PrincesMo,
I love GH, even though it’s starting to get on my nerves. I wish Jason would just go ahead and kill Claudia already….
@N.I.A. naturally….,
OMG fellow soap fans, on vsb no less!!! *swoon*
I want jason to tell sonny so he’ll kill her. She is really getting on my nerves, but i’m very excited about Jason and Sam getting closer. I also want to smack nicolaus upside his head, all this mess with rebecca, she’s e.q.’s twin but i wonder who’s she working for bc its not helena, who’s she having all those hushed conversations on the phone with…time will tell!
Another stan:
Doritos and hot sauce.
@Cheekie,
Have I told you lately that I <3 you
@WuDaMan,
lol.
Yeah, I used to go pretty hard during elementary school and faster-metabolism days. I’d go to the corner store by my school and buy the 4 bags for a dollar and DRENCH them with hot sauce. And that would be my lunch. Terrible.
I still get my fix, just in moderation.
@Cheekie,
hm @ my school they had a concesions stand like @ sports events and I would dine on nachos extra cheese and jalapenos. Every Faulkin Day! $1.50 mh mh mh. What I wouldn’t give to not be lactose intolerant again.
@WuDaMan,
Yeah we had the concession too. Butter cookies and THEE dopest caramel cakes evah. Like my auntie’s. There’s another stan of mine. Caramel. It’s my skin tone and my vice. I love caramel cakes. Not caramel icing…that’s bootleg. Real deal authentic caramel on the top. Fresh out the oven.
@Cheekie, I’ve never tried hot sauce and doritos. I don’t need to add to my list of weekly snacks, but I may have to try it this weekend….
@N.I.A. naturally….,
I have to note: I only do the hot sauce with the cheese ones. Not ranch or anything crazy like that. The cheese and hot sauce is a nice blend.
Champale,
I’d like to ask for a follow up post to this one day for UNSTANNING. Polar opposites. Like what are the things that get under your skin. You know, like bad blond weaves, people who like to cheese all big with food in their braces, people who wear baby tees when they have Nell Carter’s gut – stuff like that.
Just askin’
@RedBeanzNRice w/Collard Greens,
Snickering at Nell Carter’s gut! LOL
@Ms. T,
“Snickering at Nell Carter’s gut! LOL”
In a baby tee? Who wouldn’t? Just.not.the.business.
I’m not even gonna lie, cause I’ve had a few too many Twinkies in my day and ended up with a gut, but best believe nobody saw it but me, lol.
@Ms. T,
I’m snickering at the Nell Carter gut, too. People need to realize that the “baby” in baby tee is gospel.
OPI Nail polish- I love the bright colors and cheeky names. My current fave is “Dont You Lilac It?” I have just
about every shade of the rainbow. Flashy polish is the only thing I can get away with in my super-conservative office, so I take advantage.
Magazines- I have a mountain of them, and I’ve been collecting since I was 12 or so. If its in a glossy, its in my life. I read all genres, and have a few from foreign countries. I’m working on collecting major US editions that
have the first Black model on the cover.
And I guess I am also becoming a bit of a blog fiend. VSB, ABIB, The Black Bond Blog, and Mr.Slish teach great life lessons. I love seeing in to other folks’ lives and knowing what my peers are up to. Coming from a major city where there
arent too many black folks, these blogs give me a real sense of community!
Great topic Champ! This makes up for that post earlier this week! I am all smiles!
@Dom and other blogheads,
I found a pretty funny blog called “thecynicalones.blogspot.com” Pretty funny stuff. Reminds somewhat of VSB but with far fewer comments
@Me fail english?,
I’ll have to check it out.
I will fight to the death for MY
1) Oakland Raiders- We are the best and will always be the best and will win the super bowl next year
2) Golden State Warriors- We are the best and will always be the best lol
3) THA BAY AREA – everything the slang, the music, politics everything
4) Ghetto movies- dam titanic ( neva saw it) or all those other lilly white flicks I dont watch movies unless they have people of color in them. Esp low budget ghetto ones with rappers. my favs Belly, Im Bout it
5) CIVIL RIGHTS- Im am a classic Fuq da police, anti mainstream, pro-revolution, give money to schools not police all around bad a$$. Dont ask me about Osacr Grant or Mixon cause you prolly wont like my answer.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I enjoyed Belly and I’m bout it and State Property.
@Ms. T,
i have all them plus state prop 2
I have this new one “hard rock” thas tight
and a super sleeper “Rockers” a movie from the 70′s filmed in Jamaica god i love that movie Being rasta i get home sick
@BLUNTBLAZER,
LMAO! I remember “Rockers”!
Talk about a movie with no actors/script/anything and still best of the best. Ya dun kno’!
RIP Peter Tosh
@Me fail english?,
i think im in e-love (dan im usin yall slang)
you know rockers awwwwwwww shucks
come blaze wit me lololol
@BLUNTBLAZER,
honarable mention
Meatloaf, BBQ, treees
now for some
some self promo
my MUSIC
http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic
my VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vascBlzwYo0
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I’d def give this a listen if I wasn’t at work. Didn’t want u to think folks were ignoring you though!
@Me fail english?,
tha video is ghetto as hell i jus woke up one day and was like ya know wha ima shoot a video.
i bought the camera on thursday night shot the video fri, sat did the editing on sun. my first video lol but it was hella fun to make so be gentle lol
Hugh Masekela, Idris Elba, The Wire, Books, natural fibres (cotton, linen), kind men, open source software and snarky blogs
I stan for the following…
Graham crackers and milk
The smell of brand new clothes
A warm car on a breezy cool sunny day
Just brushed teeth
Kinky fuzzy natural hair just after shampooing
Morning Chex
Breakfast food** co-sign @ Champ
Brunch with great friends
The perfect song randomly playing on my ipod at the perfect time
Game night
Happy Hour
Shopping
Target
New grocery stores
Getting in the elevator with a man that smells lovely
Terry-cloth jump suits
Sand between my toes
Men in glasses
I <3 Will Ferrell, too… he makes me cry with laughter
Seth Rogan
and The Obama family
@MilkandCookies,
I can’t help but say your moniker in Bernie Mac voice. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the only way to say it. lol
@MilkandCookies,
i also STAN for happy hr, in these tet u gotta get the bargains where you can lol, and target–its one of my favorite places!
Here’s my list:
Basketall: NBA, NCAA, High School, AAU, Y rec league. Don’t really matter. Just love to watch ball. GO BRUINS!
TV: Big Love, The Wire, Brothers and Sisters, The Game, Monk, Law and Order, Entourage. Me and the hubby watch way too much TV
Reading: just about any and everything EXCEPT Steven King. Can’t do that no more…
Food: i can’t even begin to list
Wine: see above
Cheese: see above
Wine and Chesse together: orgasmic…
Fresh cut flowers placed throughout the house i unique vessels.
Most of my stans have been listed…
But I need to mention my newest obsession and musical gem, swedish band Little Dragon. I generally stan for underground groups that do an outstanding job and that I discover by chance encounter.
Check them out.
I also collect cookbooks… From all places, all types of cuisine. My newest thing is old books on southern cuisine found at various church yard sales and backyard sales.
Also stan for Hazelnut Liqueur. It is one of the greatest base for great cocktails.
–> house dinner parties with tasty food, delicious drinks, interesting people, splendid dinnerware, and mellow music. In my mind, that’s what heaven kinda looks like…
Allow me to weigh in:
My stan-for cardinal is:
Indian food
Adidas Forums and Puma Skys
watermelon AriZona
the movie Heat
Los Angeles
fine sisters in TV commercials
Keith Olbermann
the Lotus Carlton
threesomes with lactation and creampie (had to do it!)
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
Indian Food…. YES!
And I live in the best state for it. NJ…. high Indian population
*I stan for the following, in no particular order:
~Vive la Femme (*not to be confused with La Femme Boutique @ the castle grayskull that is The Plaza)
~shoes
~accessories (silk scarves and sunglasses)
~avoiding twitter, facebook and myspace like the plague
~movies: Ghost Dog, Stripes, Belly, The Mack
~video games (fighting genre; the kid needs capcom stock)
~my blackberry
~vsb.com: as an Englewood resident, my faith/hope in the brothas has to be restored HOURLY. Plus, many of your comments make me laugh my head off. Thank you.
~British comedies (Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers and Coupling give me life…LIFE, ya heah!?)
**I just-short-of-stan for:
~Denis Leary
~Margaret Cho
~George Carlin (RIP)
~”Weird Al” Yankovic–your inner Carlton or Becky ain’t LIVED til they’ve heard his classics and the “Straight Outta Lynwood” album.
(there are more, but I’ll get back to you)
@rainebeaux,
I forgot video games. I’m a certified Street Fighter scholar. Don’t matter which one it is either, I’m sick with the controller. Ryu or Ken.
Also prolly the best multiplayer game is Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64. I was a straight sniper.