what do you get when you cross a basketball mom and a pitbull?

"well, one's a real tough bitch and the other got michael vick in trouble!" - black sarah palin

ok, i'm kinda done with this whole race for the presidency but you can never get enough palin jokes. here's today's funny one.



thanks blackplanet.

if you're an anglophile, you will love the upcoming target first saturday at the brooklyn museum. london calling will bring a documentary about election day, a film about an interracial, same-sex couple's struggle for love and success in england, as well as, singing sculptures and electronica pop performances by british artists, and the famous dance party to Brit pop, northern soul, new wave, beat, and British indie music. sounds like fun. you can really get into the spirit of things if you show up in an a-line mini-dress, colorful tights, cute flats or platforms and a fabulous modern bob. how mod! since this will be on nov. 1st. and halloween will be over, i don't wanna see any amy winehouse costumes. please, please leave the beehives & crackpipes at home, lol.

and after, if you're still jonesin' for something brit, hit the theater to see rockNrolla (although the reviews haven't been that great, my movie crush idris elba is in it!) or go home to enjoy snatch or lock, stock and two smoking barrels (i LUV these movies!)

eating out...

"I know you love me like cooked food"
- Jay-Z - Song Cry

"Made me some breakfast, toast, two scrambled eggs, grits..."
- Jill Scott - The Way



if you like to grub and lounge with the fabulous brooklyn crowd, make sure you RSVP for brunch at harriet's.





thanks to: clutch magazine, harriet's alter ego and the minority report.

ode to obama...

i love this!



"hosanna, obama, proud father, dark angel, black knight..."

quirks make the world go round (at least in my head)

after running into janelle (one of my fam from hampton) on our alumni site, i went through the new process - friend requests on myspace & facebook, posting that first wall-to-wall comment and checking out and then subscribing to her blog (refuge of a butterfly). as suspected, reading her backposts shamed me for not writing more regularly, but that's a story for another time.

a few days ago, i received my ROAB subscription and was promptly TAGGED!



the rules are:

Link back to the person who tagged you
Mention the rules on your blog
Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
Tag 6 following bloggers by linking to them
Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers blogs letting them know they've been tagged



so, here it goes.
here are some of my quirks. if you know me well, you know that i have no problems sharing quirks but i will have difficulty limiting myself, lol.

My 6 Quirks

1. I only write in black, medium point pen. I cannot do blue of any point or black fine (my handwriting looks spidery to me. ugh) and I only use red when I'm editing my unit's work. I know that they hate my red pen because on more than one occasion, it's gone missing. hmmm.


2. i share a quirk with janelle. i too pack my groceries into a tight rectangle on the conveyor belt at the grocery store BUT i group the groceries the way I'd pack them. for instance, all boxes first, cans next, bottles follow, bags next, then vegetables, dairy and finally meats. AND i prefer to pack my own groceries. i distribute multiples of items to balance the bags.


3. i never take the first or last bite of anyone's food. i don't know. i just feel that you should get to taste your food before i do and you shold enjoy your last. it's a respect thing for me and by no means do i mean to imply that i think i'm about to be poisoned, lol.


4. when i buy cds and movies (yes, i still buy them occasionally and i guess that could be considered a quirk nowadays), i prefer to open them when i watch them. my bf just rips all of them open as soon as we get home, leaving pieces of tape and sales stickers on and that drives me crazy! i open them neatly and take my time to peel the security tape off, kinda like how i unwrap gifts. i know that i try to find pretty paper and use that satin scotch tape (it's the BEST!) so my gifts always come out looking professional. i would hate to see my present ripped open all savage-like so i open mine as gently as i would want my gifts to be opened.


5. i do not like for someone else to read my magazines or books before i do. when i get my monthly subscription to essence (or the now-defunct honey & suede), i like to luxuriate. i get cozy on my couch with a drink and i peruse the pages leisurely. my son knows that this is mommy time and usually gets into whichever new comic book he has earned. i also can't stand when the mailperson bends up my magazine and tries to stuff it into the mail slot instead of opening the mailbox. i've been known to go out and buy another copy from the newstand.


6. and i do not eat watermelon. ever since i was little, it just felt wrong to me and when i was older and finally realized what those old loony tunes cartoons meant, it just confirmed what i felt. i can't do watermelon. no watermelon slices or chunks in august, no watermelon jolly ranchers when i was in junior h.s., and no watermelon martinis now that i'm grown.

now that i've shared some of my personal crazy, i want to hear yours. spill it!

pH, aja, insiah, ali, kenji, and finally janelle - you're it!

yes, i know that this is silly considering all that's going on in the world but we can still make time to smile.

happy friday and all of that good ish. do i sound happy or what? lol. nah, i'm good, considering that this has been an extremely draining week. i would love to just curl up on my couch and only get up to get in my bed this weekend but the weather will be too beautiful to stay indoors. here are a few things that i remember.

join new yorkers in the know for food prepared by top chefs and drinks made by celebrity mix-masters (read: bartenders) at the new york city wine and food festival this weekend. this festival will also include "an all-you-can sip and eat grand tasting you need tickets); and tours, panels, how-tos (and tequila) throughout the meatpacking district (cheap and free). get hungry. and thirsty."

shecky's girls nite out is a shopping party at which you'll have access to "100 emerging designers on sale, sample new products and services, and sip complimentary cocktails".

if you decide to stay in, there's something for you too. everyone's fav undercover freak, zane, is premiering her sex chronicles on cinemax. tune in to see what some of her more popular characters are up to.

if you're up for shakin' your ass while you peruse the hot new fashions, meet me at frank white's party.

go check out some pop-art at the gallery at exotic homes & gardens in brooklyn. artist jean patrick icart-pierre will be showing some of his mixed media art from now through the end of the month. the name of the venue only has me peaked my curiosity.

i can't remember anything else going on which is a result of this stressful week so please share if you know of other fun places to go, people to see and things to do.

credit: daily candy, social diva, the minority report nyc

i heart...

the daily show and the colbert report. i truly appreciate their sarcasm and wit, not to mention their intelligence. here's one of my favorite correspondents on the daily show, larry wilmore. since you're reading this, i can assume that i don't need to give disclaimers....do i?







but wait, it gets better. comedy central is getting blacker again (we still miss you, chappelle!).



chocolate news starring david alan grier premieres wednesday, october 15 at 10:30pm. you remember him from in living color (men on film, ceephus from ceephus & reecy) and boomerang? i tried to find a clip of him as maya angelou advertising froot loops, "those frooty loops of fruit", and butterfinger but all i could find was this guy in his head wrap (yes, it is a towel, lol).

final thought...i know we all know that this was satire but i hope some people don't actually believe this. obama for president!