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Twitter: What it has revealed to the public

I had the most dynamic conversation bright & early this morning, about 1 am to be exact, with @MrFortune500 . We talked about people in the industry & these melt downs "celebs" have had over the net. Letting people see their vulernable side. Its made me want to update my blog,which ironically is titled "When Dreams Become Nightmares, $hit somebody wake me up!" (yes, I know the title is long,but that's what I felt like @ the time.)

 Anyhoo, what I gathered via twitter & ustream is that like the rest of the world some of these "celebs" are standing on what Green Day described as "Blvd of Broken Dreams". The only thing is they have "the money,cars, the clothes, the hoes, I suppose" or what they think is success. Sometimes what you think is success, is nothing more than a pawn to lure you further into a game that very few are winning. Sometimes you think success is a blessing, but really its a front row seat to hell. How many times have you said If I only Had this, everything would be okay, but when you got it, everything was NOT okay. With it came more responsibility. Was it Biggie who said, "Mo, Money, Mo Problems", it rangs true for these celebs. 

According @MrFortune500 the way things are supposed to work is that in the industry its tied to hell. Its like there's a pile of diamonds in hell and your supposed to go once and get as much as you can the first time and return. Most people in the industry don't go once, they get greedy and they keep going back. It gets to the point that they sell their souls to the devil to keep playing in the pile. Then they ended up battling demons for their life, which in turns becomes a rant on ustream or twitter. You're sitting at your computer screen watching these fools act a hot mess not realizing they are at battle with a host of demons. It's a mere cry for help, that most of us joke about or say he's on something. I'm not going to name any names but a good majority of these folks have weak foundations upon entering the game, if they do have strong foundations they quickly become tested over & over again. 

I'll update this as I go along and witness more nerevos breakdowns via twitter.

Just remember every time you open your mouth, you let the world inside your mind!

Your thoughts?

fox news|New york caught a fake person online

Folks stealing pics of other people cause they ugly!! Then they trying to have a love connection, but gets caught. SO SAD!!

Why Did I Get Married?

A+

I loved it so much I have seen 3 Times!!!

Jay Z vs. Chris Brown

Jay Z should do himself and the rest of the world a favor. That is of course STAY RETIRED!! Not interested in your album, but the movie is something to SEE! Word on the street is that Chris Brown is expected to beat Jay-Z in sales for the first week. Well, when you think about it general people would buy the Jay-Z album from the bootleg man, while these hot thangs, also known as young, horny teenagers, are going to spend their parents money to purchase Chris Brown's album! We'll see!

The Black Out

Last week they tried to have a Black Out, where black people were supposed to not purchase items from places that weren't black owned. I don't think it was a success for so many reasons. My top three reasons being :

1) It was the first of the month!! Rent had to be paid, bills had to be paid, and food had to be bought! Some people can't wait until the first of the month! They were dying to get to the store and get the things they needed for their households!
2) Truly for anything of this magnitude to work you need better planning and make sure everyone knows why it's being done. Alot of people called into radio shows wanting to know the justification in them not spending money on that day.
3) You need more than just one day to show America how valuable our spending is to the economy. For this to really work, it should have been the entire weekend, not just ONE day!

Those are my reasons why I think it didn't work, besides the MAIN factor that Black people as a whole have lost sight of what community is. We had just as good as neighborhoods as other races until the 70's hit. That "it takes a village to raise a child" days are so past us now.

Friendships

I remember as a kid being told, "Treat people the way you want to be treated", but it seems that never really sticks with children. Yes, everyone does NOT receive that message from their parents, but a some damn point in your life somebody has given you that message.

I guess my problem is always wanting to treat people nicely, with respect while maintain a realist approach to every situation. College, of course, gets you to start critically thinking about every piece of life. Over time I've had to evaluate several friendships and decide if the person and their attitude or whatever they bring to our friendship was worth me keeping them around. Some people got the boot and others are approached from a different angle. Knowing how much of what I should say or do around these people.

So as I rap up these reflections on friendships, I have realized you have to treat people the way the want to be treated. They don't call you unless they need something, you return the favor and not call them until you need something. They don't show up to things you invite them to, cool, but please remember you will have an event and I will return the favor of not showing up!!

Here are some great quotes:

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Henry Adams
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
Homer

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Robert Brault

Friends never betray you, only people you thought were your friends.
T.Mike Runger

What Do Teachers Really Make? Taylor Mali Explains...

LOVE IT!

Keyshia Cole @ Tyra Banks

dwyane wade new converse commercial

HOORAY!

2007 Most Caring Athletes

Dwyane Wade and Steve Nash 2007 Most Caring Athletes!!

So Not a Good Look

These are two of the Jena 6. They are really cute, but attending the BET Hip Hop awards is not cool! Plus it really doesn't help your case when people are trying to associate hip hop with violence.

MU Madness 2007 Dwyane Wade

Wade visits MU!!!

Keyshia Cole - 'Shoulda Let You Go'

Love This SONG!!

Dwyane

This is such a cute picture of Dwyane Wade!

Media Day for the Miami Heat

Hooray!! The season is almost here!! The Heat will be in Atlanta on December 19, 2007!!!

Media Day Photos!

Keyshia Cole

Well Friday Keyshia Cole made an apperance at Best Buy in Atlanta, Ga!
Fans waited 2 hours in line to meet her, she was stuck in traffic!
Pictures are below!

Guilty

So they found him guilty!!

He was gulty when he said it was okay for black men to call black women B%#c*'s and h$'s!!

Jury: Isiah, MSG guilty of sexual harassment

From FOXSports.com

A jury ruled Tuesday that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed a former top team executive, subjecting her to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults, but also ruled he does not have to pay punitive damages.

After an ugly, three-week trial, the ruling gives Thomas a partial victory in the $10 million lawsuit filed by Anucha Browne Sanders.

The jury did find that Madison Square Garden committed harassment against the woman, and ruled that she is entitled to punitive damages from MSG.

U.S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch called it an "imminently reasonable" verdict and said the jury will be asked to return later Tuesday to hear brief arguments on punitive damages.
The harassment verdict was widely expected after the jury sent a note to the judge Monday indicating that it believed Thomas and the other defendants, Madison Square Garden and MSG chairman James Dolan, sexually harassed Browne Sanders, a married mother of three.
After the verdict, Browne Sanders hugged family members and friends gathered in the back of the courtroom. Thomas huddled with his lawyers, and was allowed to leave the Manhattan courthouse. Dozens of reporters and cameras gathered outside the courthouse to await his exit.
Browne Sanders, fired from her $260,000 a year job in 2006, sued Thomas and Madison Square Garden. Her case presented the Garden as "Animal House" in sneakers, a place where nepotism, sexism, crude remarks and crass language were part of the culture.

The former Northwestern college basketball star characterized Thomas as a foul-mouthed lout who initially berated her as a "bitch" and a "ho" before his anger gave way to ardor, with Thomas making unwanted advances and encouraging her to visit him "off site."
Thomas, who was hired in December 2003, followed her to the stand and denied all her allegations. Attorneys for Thomas and the Garden also portrayed Browne Sanders as incompetent and unable to adapt once the former NBA star player arrived as the Knicks' president.

"That's not about sexual harassment," MSG attorney Ronald Green said in his closing argument. "That's about team politics."
Thomas, who is married with two children, acknowledged trying to kiss Browne Sanders in December 2005, asking her "No love today?" when she recoiled. MSG president Steve Mills said he spoke with Thomas about the single incident, and the former point guard said it wouldn't happen again.

In her closing argument, Browne Sanders' attorney Anne Vladeck made note of Thomas' charismatic style and incandescent grin.
"There is no question Mr. Thomas can be charming and flash an engaging smile," she told the jury. "That does not give him the right to treat Browne Sanders like she is his woman."
Dolan, who testified before Thomas, said he dismissed the team's vice president for marketing and business operations after learning she was pressuring Garden subordinates to bolster her complaint.

The case, from its inception, proved a public relations disaster for the Knicks and the Garden, with intense coverage of the three-week trial focusing on its tawdriest aspects — star guard Stephon Marbury having sex with an intern outside a strip club, raunchy come-ons from a Marbury cousin to his Garden co-workers, Thomas' videotaped remarks about the racial dynamics of calling a woman "a bitch."

The trial did steer attention from the Knicks' on-court woes as the team geared up for its second season with Thomas as coach. The Knicks finished 33-49 last year, and have yet to win a playoff game during the Thomas regime.

Chaka Khan Join Color Purple Cast

Grammy winners Chaka Khan and BeBe Winans will join the hit musical on Jan. 9 at the Broadway Theater, producer Scott Sanders announced Tuesday. The twosome will portray the battling lovebirds, Sofia and Harpo, in the show, which is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

"American Idol" finalist LaKisha Jones will come aboard Dec. 19 to play the Church Soloist, a woman who opens the musical with a rousing gospel number. Jones will play the role at all performances through Jan. 6. Starting Jan. 9, she will play the Church Soloist at evening performances and Sofia at matinees.

~Associated Press

Horray!!! I saw the one in Chicago and it was wonderful. I really need to make trip to NY to see this!

Leave Him Alone

Michael Vick and three co-defendants were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on state charges related to a dogfighting ring operated on Vick's Virginia property. They already got him on federal charges! It's never enough for some people!