Meet me in the club...It's going down.

OK ya'll. My words just won't do this justice. Check it out for yourselves.






And this is what Obama had to say.





She's is pissed, and he is cool, calm, and collected. My spidey-sense is picking up on lots of anxiety in the Clinton camp.

I just crack myself up. Thank God for the Internet. This has been the most fun I've ever had during an election year.

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Actually, my birthday was yesterday. But thanks to The Man, The Kid, and The Girlfriends, I was pretty busy.

Now usually, I'm pretty hyped about my birthday, but my mind has been elsewhere, and I was pretty blah about it this year. The people in my life refused to let me wallow, and I ended up having a really great day.

Of course, I'm just getting to the news (haven't watched television or been near the computer since Thursday, so I've been out of the loop):

~Barack and Hillary are going at it again. Short-lived truce, I see. She looked mad as hell on the 6:00 news, so I'll have to surf the net to see why her panties are in a wad. Barack looked cool as a cucumber. That must mean they can't pin it on his camp. LOL

~Ralph Nader is running for president. Again. It's about as interesting as the last time he ran.

~Five people were arrested in Charleston this weekend after a high speed chase and a mobile meth lab was discovered. Yep, these assholes were using a PT Cruiser as a meth lab. Now, I want to know how the hell can you fit five people in a PT Cruiser and still have room to cook the meth? Oh yeah, and why in the hell would anyone want to be driving around cooking meth in a car? The cooking process is very volatile. That shit could explode at any time. Stupidity to no end. (FYI-I know this stuff about meth because of my profession!!! LOL)

Hit me up and let me know how you usually celebrate your birthdays. I need some new ideas for next year.

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In The News

I have been gone way too long. My kid got sick, I got sick, and life got hectic (as usual). But that is not going to stop me from weighing in on a few things. I have so much I want to blog about, I don't know where to start, so today is going to be a sort of roll call on the issues.

First up, Michelle Obama. The press does not want to go there, ya'll. I think that the majority of black folks ( and lots of white folks and other minorities as well) fully understood where Michelle Obama was coming from. I am not proud of the educational and economic disparities in this country. I am not proud of the racism, sexism, and ageism of this country. I am not proud of being in Iraq and decimating a country. I am not proud that George W. sent folks to die on a wild goose chase. (How is it that a man on dialysis is able to remain hidden from a country with technology so advanced that it sounds like science fiction to those of us over the age of 12? I mean really, if Google can show me a very clear satellite picture of my house, I know the goverment has even better toys. I'm just saying.) I am not proud of the fact that Clarence Thomas sits on the bench. I mean, really ya'll I could just go on and on and on. But I know, and all of America know's exactly what Michelle Obama meant by that statement. Cindy "Barbie Doll" McCain needs to return to her Arm Candy status- keep her mouth shut and smile pretty for the cameras.

And speaking of Obamas, how about that Barack? Who in the hell is doing the advising over at the Clinton camp? There is no way I would have told that woman that she didn't need to campaign in smaller states- let Obama have those votes, we'll take Ohio and Texas. This is a RACE for the democratic presidential nomination in a time where America has shown that ANYTHING can happen. I find this oversight to be a real sign of what the Clinton camp thinks about black folks and middle class Americans- we don't need their votes. We can win this without them. Obama, on the other hand, says, I do need your votes. You are important to this process. Your opinion does make a difference. Sounds like the white males in Wisconsin, the homies in Hawaii, and the Mid-Atlantic folks on the East coast were listening. I bet lots of Texans and Buckeyes are as well. I can't wait to see that show down.

And on to Bush's economic recovery plan. Too little, too late. A check in May is not going stop or slow down this recession. I'm just saying. Folks need jobs and better interest rates now. Now, if Bush had spent the last 7 years planning for growth, instead of starting a war on false pretenses, paving the way for Cheney to hook his boyz up for life with government contracts, and basically giving America the finger because he could, we wouldn't need his recovery band aid on this gushing wound that is our economy. Surely I can't be the only one who thinks like this.

And a big HALLELUJIAH to the end of the writer's strike. Of course, that means that I get like 4-6 new episodes per show just in time for the summer hiatus. But, what's a woman to do. Guess that means I'll have to keep blogging.

Please, please, please holla at me. I've missed ya'll so.

APOOO Day!!

Hola Peeps! Please, please, please check out my post at APOOO.org today. Yas Coleman has been doing some great things with African American authors this month, and she included me in the bunch (Yay me!!!).

Check it out all of the posts. You won't be disappointed.

http://www.apooo.org/AuthorsLounge/limelight.cfm

The End of The Writer's Strike

It appears that it's finally over. I've been reflective about the current state of television since the word started coming down about the stike at the end of last week. Here are just a few of my thoughts:

~Why is it that there are no dramas with predominantly African American casts?

~Why is it African Americans are still being shown as lower middle class? Was the success of The Cosby Show all we are alloted?

~I want my ensemble girlfriend drama- not just a half hour comedy. Which leads me to ask, why are there no African Americans as girlfriends in the Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia (two new shows centered around the friendships of strong, successful women)?

~Why is it that some of the best multi-cultural programming in television is done by Disney and Nickelodeon?

~Shonda Rhimes (creator, writer, executive producer for Grey's Anatomy and it's spin off, Private Practice, also the writer on several movies, including The Princess Diaries 2) is moving and shaking, but will other African American females be able to follow in her footsteps? Is she blazing a path, or is the grass just bent, destined to return to it's original state?

These are the things I ask myself after being home all day with a sick kid.

While I am happy that the stike is ending, I'm wondering what it will take to see more of folks like me and my friends on tv. Our lives are certainly entertaining enough, and not one of us is from the 'hood (not that there is anything wrong with that). We are more than videos, reality shows, and half hour comedies. Aside from Lincoln Park, we haven't had a good drama since Soul Food ended on Showtime. And notice that we never made it off of cable on to network tv?

Enough of me waxing philosophical. I've got to get my ass writing so that it can be brought to television as a series.

Holla!!!

Side note: Barack Obama kicked ass this weekend. Don't let me down tomorrow Virginia, Maryland, and Chocolate City. That would be a damn shame!

Oops

Hey guys,
I wrote a post on Feb 1 that I thought was lost in computer land. I just posted it, but it's under that date. Check it out when you get a chance. It's entitled Mother Doesn't Know Best.

Happy Weekend.