Misadventures in Atlanta

March 8, 2006 08:05 AM | Link to this

Morning Bloggers

March 8, 2006 08:28 AM | Link to this

I’mmmm bacckkkk…. good morning everyone…

@Bre…hello beautiful woman!!!!

March 8, 2006 08:39 AM | Link to this

okay…I will set it off… If I could switch places for a day….hmmmm

It would be with that little guy off the Titanic movie… Leonardo Dicaprio(sp)…

I’m mean every time you look around this guy is gettin hella women… To me he looks like a girl himself, but hey maybe thats what they like…

This cat has smashed every girl in Hollywood and made all type of loot doing those movies…

But only for a day at the most… I would have to get back to being my fine azz self…

By singlemom

March 8, 2006 08:40 AM | Link to this

Happy Wednesday Ya’ll……

By Tray

March 8, 2006 08:58 AM | Link to this

morning! heck, I want to switch to be in the mind of a player to learn the game.
Y’all be nice today, it should be a fun topic!

By Tyboogie

March 8, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this

Morning All. I think I’d like to be Denzel Washington in his Mo’Betta Blues days. But just to see what it would be like.

By Mizhani

March 8, 2006 09:06 AM | Link to this

This is an interesting topic.

Switching roles with the opposite sex for dating purposes? Sure I can’t pick the same sex and just say Angelina Jolie? How about Oprah Winfrey? Okay, okay… if I had to choose a man, I guess I would say Mos Def…the guy that is now in 16 blocks…. Plays on Def Poetry Jam. I think he is phenomenal as a person. A forward thinker, motivated, and spends his money and energy helping others, he has truly grasp the concept of life -making a difference in the world. Oh, I think this man is all that… a bag of Doritos’s, Tostitos and French onion rings! That man is so fine… okay, okay, well I digress. I would jump in his thoughts just to see what it is like to be that smooth. I love a man with a brain! I would find out what HE looking for in a woman!! My first date would be myself. After all, if we are fantasizing, I can use all of this information for my own personal gain. And take him home with me … to cook, read poetry, and become political activist together.

By anonymousella

March 8, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this

i wouldn’t mind trading places with a new york power-socialite-hieress type of broad…i would say a la lizzie grubman, but er, she’s a rough looking chick. so um, if carrie bradshaw were a real chick maybe?

what would i like to learn? whether dating power-broker types of men is any kind of fun. oh, and i’d dig the part about having enough spare dough to buy some manolos or jimmy choos… and having an ‘in’ to all the hot clubs

By DasKrait2

March 8, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this

is that the correct term, Switch? that connotes something else entirely. LOL

Did we all see the Chapelle Trading (Interacial) Spouses?

Good Morning *ALL

By gman

March 8, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this

Morning people………BRB! I have something to add.

By TopShelf77

March 8, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this

I think the show will be interesting to say the least. Hopefully they won’t stage anything like most reality TV shows do. Looking at the commercials the makeup artist did a somewhat decent job and didn’t have them looking like the Wayan’s Brothers on that movie White Chicks.

Far as trading places with some celebrity I wouldn’t mind trading places with whoever is dating Sanaa Lathan.

By db

March 8, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this

Good Morning all. Fun topic today laney. I’m not sure if I’d want to switch roles with anyone. It’s great being db! If I figure something out; I’ll be sure to share.

March 8, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this

Good Morning..

By gman

March 8, 2006 09:29 AM | Link to this

In the fantasy world: I wouldn’t mind being any million/billionaire. If a man has money, women will follow. For the sake of argument…..Donald Trump. Who cares what he looks like, he can get a date. Now that I think about it……so can Flavor Flav.

By Tray

March 8, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this

hey sidebar question, when do the applications for the road race come out and who all is doing it this year??? thanks

By Bre

March 8, 2006 09:35 AM | Link to this

Greetings and peace to all this morning….

@BTIA…..I’m starting to think you really are flirting.

Same sex different color…I would pick Eva Longoria, just to see what it feels like to have every man falling at your feet and a body to die for.

Different sex, same color….that would be Jamie Foxx…his life is going pretty good right about now.

Different sex, different color…Paul Walker…that’s all one has to say.

By Alone in the sea

March 8, 2006 09:36 AM | Link to this

Switching places for dating, I would definatly want to be a guy for a day, what woman wouldnt want to try this for a day? Guys seem to have less emotion when it comes to dating and I would love to learn how they do it.

March 8, 2006 09:47 AM | Link to this

morning……as I stated yesterday afternoon, I’d like to be white for a day; for various reasons.

By VANikia

March 8, 2006 09:49 AM | Link to this

If I could trade lives with any other woman it would have been Ella Fitzgerald. I know she had many struggles throughtout her life but she seemed to always come out on top with grace and poise. Plus she had the most beautiful smile, voice, amd always kept her girlish charm. I’d also like to be a man…. more specifically a linebacker for any NFL team. Funny VAN fact…. when I was born the doctor thought I was a boy until I came all the way out, I guess my shoulders were a bit broad.

By db

March 8, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this

I got one! I’d like to be a cute chick for the weekend. I want to see what it feels to go out with the girls; club hop and drink all weekend long and not spend a dime! Chicks get in free at the club and then get unsuspecting dudes to buy them drinks all night long. Must be a nice feeling…

By db

March 8, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this

tray: the applications for the PT Road Race come out on the 19th of this month. I think I’m going to do it this year if my knees stop hurting me.

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this

@db - you by yourself on that one homeboi - ain’t no way I would want to be a broad for any length of time just can’t even get into that frame of thinking.

I guess being white for a day might be somewhat interesting - been with broads from a lot of different races except white just never had one really catch my eye like that but hey

March 8, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this

I would trade places with Whitney Houston i would divorce Bobby Brown check myself into a rehab for 90 days get out, go into the studio and record the best cd i’ve ever done in my life, to show the world yes, i’m still every woman baby so don’t get it twisted cause the DIVA is back and i’m here to STAY!

March 8, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this

I couldnt or wouldnt want to be anybody but me.. I guess cause I make it do what it do already.

By sjea

March 8, 2006 10:06 AM | Link to this

different sex…different color…matthew mccaugnehy (sp?)…just to be acknowledged for how sexy i already am…

same sex - different color…angelina jolie…so i could molest brad pitt…

different sex - same color…boris kudjoe…so i could molest myself…

March 8, 2006 10:09 AM | Link to this

Mark I feel ya Homeboi.. I couldnt be a chick for a second.. My DNA wont even allow me to play like that.

March 8, 2006 10:10 AM | Link to this

historical figure… I would love to be Martin Luther King..

I know it has nothing to do with dating, but the man was great!!!!

I would love to feel the passion and energy to drive that man against unbelievable odds…

@bre… I would love to be the coat you put on…So I can wrap you up in Love and Affection….(smile)

March 8, 2006 10:11 AM | Link to this

Look at Been thru Shooting that LRP across the innanet.

March 8, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

BTIA…..and anybody else for that matter….not to incite anything, but was MLK really that great? take away the publicity he generated, and look at him……..

By newkid

March 8, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

Good Morning

Now QC is really having fun with this topic and doing some good in the process!

I can’t think of anyone in particular I would want to be for a day except maybe any “real celebrity” and take myself on a shopping spree and rack up on some goods before the clock strikes midnight.

By Tray

March 8, 2006 10:15 AM | Link to this

db thank ya! My dad just had total knee replacement last week, I’ve seen the scar…I feel for ya. Hope to see you there, it is UNREAL!

March 8, 2006 10:16 AM | Link to this

Hey another reason I couldnt be a Babe.. Man I would miss my tallywacker. The world would be a cruel place without my buddy Desmond the D.. Without the Unmerciful D I dont know what I would do.

By Mommie

March 8, 2006 10:17 AM | Link to this

Morning All, I would like to be J-LO with Ice-Cube on a months vacation on the French Riviera. It sounds strange but it would make more sense than me (as J-LO)and Ben Affleck!

@Miss QC that would be perfect!!

March 8, 2006 10:17 AM | Link to this

@2c…dog lets save that argument for a Monday okay…..

March 8, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

Thank you NewKid and welcome to the blog ;)

By sjea

March 8, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this

see, TWO…that’s why I LOVE YOU, BWOI!!!!!

March 8, 2006 10:25 AM | Link to this

What? hmph…Monday would be a better day for that one patnah’….

March 8, 2006 10:27 AM | Link to this

Thanks Momme :)

March 8, 2006 10:27 AM | Link to this

@Miss QC….I like that… I’m gonna take farther…

I would like to be Will Smith, so I can dump Jada and do what all us brothas do when we get some money, GET A WHITE GIRL!!!!

Just playing yall…..lol

By Bre

March 8, 2006 10:30 AM | Link to this

BTIA you are sweet…

This is a fun topic so have fun with it. I’m sure everyone is happy in the skin they are in…But just once DB you have not seen a athlete or superstar and thought to yourself, “man it must be cool being him”? Okay DK everyone gets you are a mans man, not stretching it as far to say you would want to be a woman for a day but noone famous or cool you would be them for just one day?

By Laney

March 8, 2006 10:33 AM | Link to this

morning everyone! welcome to the new faces I see in here!

I wouldn’t mind trying out dating in a different culture, perhaps one of those Asian/Eastern areas where they see a girl with curves as a sign of health and wealth. what would it be like to have your Teri Hatcher-inspired view of the world where the skinnier, the better, flip-flopped? could be pretty intriguing. for a day. =)

By Mommie

March 8, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

Being Queen Latifa for a weekend could also be fun, Mostly I am curious about who she will go out with, kind of like the old game mystery date, you open the door and you just don’t know who is standing there!

March 8, 2006 10:35 AM | Link to this

post musta gotten deleted, but like I said, wasn’t trynna incite anything, was just curious about the infatuation with MLK, that’s all…..

By Mind of a Married Man

March 8, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

@BTIA..DANG, you beat me to the will smith one…because i would want to kiss jada just once..she is the ish..but on another note STOP PITCHING WOO ON THE BLOG…j/k

March 8, 2006 10:42 AM | Link to this

Bre I like my life and wouldnt change it to be anyone.. Thats just me.

By db

March 8, 2006 10:42 AM | Link to this

Bre: naah… I’m not envious of athletes in that way. I played ball in college and had my fair share of fun with the ladies during that time. I am envious of athletes because they have a career that they truly are passionate about; but I don’t envy them having hundreds of chicks after them solely because of their fame and money. Not my cup of tea… I’d rather be the good looking, incognegro, regular brotha on the dating scene. Good times… good times…

By Bre

March 8, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

Thank you DB and DK; for stating your side and your opinions are respected. I was just thinking the whole topic was out of fun. I listed Eva L, Paul W, and Jamie F they are who they are. But I would never not want to be who I am. I’m very comfortable in my own skin and granted life has not/is not/will not always be easy for a sista I would not give it up for anything in life. I love the aura of intrigue that surrounds me, the ability to be who I am without compromise or under a telescope of the public. I fly under the radar but high enough to be looked up to. Trust.

Sometimes things are just out of “what ifs” not “for sures”. Its cool to see no matter what you both stand by who are and what you are no matter how light hearted the topic is.

Thanks again.

March 8, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

Hey everybody….

I would like to be Dick Cheney… I can shoot anyone in the face and get away with it…lol

March 8, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

Ok. Ok! I would want to be President Bush for a day so I can do something right for the country for once and give all his families oil profits to Katrina Victims and other charities. Then I would pay to watch him go insane the next day after he realizes what happened.

March 8, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this

The fascination with MLK is what he taught the world. His struggle was instrumental in setting precedences for equality and justice for all. The acomplishments that today allow us to have so many freedoms. He designed a blue print to be used for the world to strive for better as we evolve as people and a nation. ‘Just look at him’?? hunh?? what does that have to do with anything?…IMHO. SORRY had to give my view on this…

Okay i’ve snapped back with ya’ll ;-))

By Tray

March 8, 2006 10:58 AM | Link to this

@ infamous dk- pay to watch him go insane, I think he is already there sometimes. @ been thru-LOL

March 8, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this

I got the best one….

As it pertains to dating…

Hugh Hefner……(applause)

No were else on Gods green earth can a 100 yr. old guy get to sleep with and date four or more fine azz women and no one bats an eye… I mean does this guy have it made or what…

Big house, big money, and owns a soft porn magazine to boot…

If any guy is doing the damn thang its him…..lol

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 11:01 AM | Link to this

@DK - I feel you on that - don’t need to be anyone else but me I can appreciate a cat getting paid for doing what they do but I ain’t tryin to be them cause that could be a whole different level of hang ups that you weren’t aware came with that package - I’ve pulled top-notch without the celebrity tag so I’m good wit that - though I’ll take the cheese now that wifey is here

By quiet observer

March 8, 2006 11:06 AM | Link to this

some of you guys are really trying hard, eh?

Is this your method of “impressing” the ladies, using buffoonery to get noticed? I’m just a quiet observer; but some of the tactics are blatantly obvious.

March 8, 2006 11:08 AM | Link to this

Jazzyone - you wanna debate that, or you want me to leave it alone, as I said I would…..

March 8, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this

Jazzyone - you wanna debate that, or you want me to leave it alone, as I said I would…..

By E. Lewis

March 8, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this

I would like to get into the head of just one of the loser guys I’ve dated. Not all men are losers, but I just seem to pick the out.

What I am really interested in find out is what a man thinks on the first or second date and why they can’t seem to keep their eyes straight. I have been on dates with guys who were fairly keen on me, but who couldn’t keep their eyes off the eye candy for more than 2 seconds.

March 8, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this

@BTIA….(applause!!!!…Shouting BRAVO MATE BRAVO).

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 11:12 AM | Link to this

I read these blogs every day, even though I do not always participate, but I had to let BRE know I agreed with her last comment 100% it was very well stated. Get em’ girl!

March 8, 2006 11:12 AM | Link to this

@2can play…My Opinion isn’t open for debate, but I am open to hear your view..sure..although it isn’t the topic today..if no one else minds…run it….

By sjea

March 8, 2006 11:13 AM | Link to this

a-ight…for er’body that’s taking this topic WAY TOO SERIOUSLY…we’re just playin’…

calm all that down…get into the spirit of the post…and quitcher b itchin’…laughing…

i’m certain no one really wants to be any body other than their best self…

March 8, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this

Hold the f@#k up….@quiet observer… this is suppose to be a light topic… not impress the ladies or anything…yall f@#kers kill me with this high siding b/s…if you dont like what you read than take yo azz to another blog…as stated before we are having fun here,wth Ms.Laney and Wise Diva to get us through the work day… so take a hike….

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this

@2, I know you don’t know me as a blogger but leave it alone don’t even humor them today, it’s ALL fun.

By Str8

March 8, 2006 11:17 AM | Link to this

Oh hell.. this is funny. Had to post it. posted with no particular inclination (b4 someone tries to jump on me)

back to work!

By db

March 8, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this

@ quiet O: ¿Qué?

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this

Morning greetings….

I would love to walk in Oprah Winfrey’s shoes for just a day….to feel what it’s like to want to start out as a journalist/anchor (as my dream once was) and turn out to become an anchor, talk show host, philanthropist, role model, mentor and just a great woman…..to start from humble beginnings….and end up impacting thousands of lives….

Catherine Zeta Jones….to have killer curves in my late thirties and marry one of the most prestigious men in Hollywood and even have two babies just to put the icing on the cake…..who says women can’t have children after the biological clock starts ticking??!!

Wouldn’t mind dating as a high powered woman in a prestigious law firm in New York City….just to see if the stereotypes are true…men can’t handle highly successful women…..or maybe they can, but the woman inevitably ends up with a man that makes less than she….:)

Wouldn’t mind dating a Buddhist…just to learn spiritual discipline….deprivation from the material brings you closer to the spiritual….I’ve always admired eastern spirituality:)

Wouldn’t mind switching places with a heartless man of any race to see what they get out of breaking hearts and dating every Jane, Mary, and Sue…lol

Fun topic….Laney

By Mind of a Married Man

March 8, 2006 11:23 AM | Link to this

Main, why do we alwaaaaaaaays have to get some haters…i mean they would fudge up a soup sandwich…people this is all edutainment…dayum…have fun, stop trying to read more into simple dayum comments…go kill yourself!!!!

By Bre

March 8, 2006 11:26 AM | Link to this

@BTIA….come here as I am twisting you ear….quiet whispher sidebar: be nice, play nice, no cursing….

March 8, 2006 11:29 AM | Link to this

@ T$L, it’s not a matter of humor this blog is for us all to converse and chew the fat with each other. Have our eyes openned to other views and opinions, thats it. Its not them it’s us….gosh it feels like Wed on the blog today. All in fun or serious topics are just that topics..thats what the BLOGGING is all about right??

March 8, 2006 11:30 AM | Link to this

no biggie, Tall, and Jazzy…..we all have our opinions……

folks, don’t let the outside haters affect you….pay ‘em no mind!

By VANikia

March 8, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

Good one Royal Chic that Buddist idea is something I could get down with.

MMM I think most would be better off if they had an orgasm. Killing one’s self is too permenant plus it might hurt a bit… an orgasm never hurt, well at least not in a bad way. Lol!

March 8, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this

I would love to date/be a woman from India, or any country/culture that your parents select your husband for you, takes all the guesswork out!

I like this topic Laney, I think it would be kinda tough to be a caucasian woman on the dating scene. I would probably develop a eating disorder trying to keep up with the Kate Moss look. I think black women are way more forgiven for their curves and voluptuousness, and some of us simply don’t buy into the thin = beautiful mentality. I feel for my sisters who are struggling with that body image issue.

have a good humpy day guys!

March 8, 2006 11:33 AM | Link to this

@Bre…sorry pretty lady…this “person” got under my skin for a second…sorry everybody…

March 8, 2006 11:33 AM | Link to this

@Bre…you are all that! Such eloquence in your writing..I see a picture when I read your words. ;-))

March 8, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this

Man people kill me.. Everytime somebody says something everybody else doesnt want to hear ya’ll try to rip em to shreads.. I understand the context of the post today but when I sat here and actually tried to think about who I would want to be nobody came to mind. Nobody! So I concluded that I was the best thing going since pimpin and O’in..

March 8, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

@2can…Okay gotcha’.

By Tray

March 8, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this

Wise, how come on the curve issue. I thinkyou have something there and trust me, I’ve known a few and been there a few times myself…hmmm

By gotta love him

March 8, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this

I just want to be the best woman that I can be. I want to be the woman God created me to be. I want to work on ME! My hot body, my incredible mind and my life.

If I had been born jennifer Anniston, then I would have had to deal with the Pitt dumping me and I just don’t want to deal with that.

I could deal with a society that finds curvy, pale women beautiful!

By DasKrait2

March 8, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this

i’m certain no one really wants to be any body other than their best self…

Exactly, SjEA, Exactly.

now a fly on the wall in some situations a whole other ballgame. LOL

By sjea

March 8, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this

dk….i’ll co-sign that…you are the best thing going, sweetie…

March 8, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this

@Infam DK..Im with you. I can’t really picture a person I’d rather be, but I can picture a culture I would like to live the day int he life of.

@Wise…you said sometimes you think we may be related. well Im wiht you. I too have also been intrigued for years about Indian women and thier arranged marriages. I have watched two of my Indian girlfriends go through the process with success and failure, but it has always spiked an interest for me.

By gotta love him

March 8, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

WOW! Great topic! I had all of these thoughts running thru my head about who and what I would like to be…then I wrote something completely different (and the computer died) so here it is agai:

I want to be the best woman I can be…The woman God created me to be. I want to love my curves, my intelligence and my creativity. To know that I am enough thru Him.

I mean, if I had been born Jennifer Anniston, then I would have been dumped by the Pitt and have to deal with all that. No thanks!

I would like to be in a time/place where beautiful, curvy, pale women are accepted and admired for who they are.

March 8, 2006 11:46 AM | Link to this

In agreement I meant..

By Bre

March 8, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this

Thank you Jazzy, I’m humbled by your comment.

@DK it’s okay to be all that and a bag of chips…just be open to some dip on the side once in awhile…LOL.

@BTIA, its okay we all get heated at times. Bloq’s are places where ideas and thoughts can get personal at times. Just remember people are who they are.

As I am home putting winter clothes away and need to get to work for a few hours. I’m thinking how I would love to be just rich enough not to go to work and a closet big enough to hold all seasons of clothes at one time.

By susieQ

March 8, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this

I would like to be Billy Graham for a day and see what its like to walk in obedience and lead stony souls to Christ.

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

@2can - man that MLK thang got me thinkin - not to jump into anythin’ but I would like to hear why your views - no need to disrupt the topic you can just address me and Jazzyfizzle since she said she was down

By sjea

March 8, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

susie…in that case…why not just be jesus?…oh…wait…there’s that whole dying on the cross thing, huh?

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

I think some are missing the entire point of this blog entry….

It’s about walking in someone else’s shoes to help break down the barriers between one person from the next….

That’s what the show is about….experiencing life differently than what you are accustomed to….. then maybe we won’t be so quick to judge others and get a broader view of other cultures, religions, races, professions, etc….

March 8, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

I wanna be the moderator for a day…..Laney, can you make that happen?

March 8, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

Always open for the dips Ms. Bre.. Always.

March 8, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this

@Jazzyone, I don’t know what it is exactly, but me and you are —> <<—on a lot of stuff! LOL..very cool, oh and I co-sign you on Bre, she rocks, from what I can tell… waves at Bre

I don’t know what people are uptight about today, but don’t make me regulate on my day off!! LOL.

Trey/Laney we will be lucky enough to end up with someone that appreciates all we have! I know I will overlook a guy’s imperfections when his character is what I really like and he makes me swoon..the swoon factor is all I need!…ok, gone for real this time!!

March 8, 2006 11:54 AM | Link to this

Then again Bre thats one of my biggest problems.. I always have Dips on the side..

By Paul

March 8, 2006 11:56 AM | Link to this

I would change places with a black person so maybe i could understand what they are saying when they speak.

March 8, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this

okay guys… I know we ALL think we are the best things since sliced bread, but come on!!!!

None of you except me has ever thought, man I wouldn’t mind being him for a day….Whether it be a superstar, athlete, rich guy, or the guy next door…. be serious…

I feel you on being yourself, but I would love to be the guy who is sleeping with Toni Braxton…only for one night;0

By susieQ

March 8, 2006 12:01 PM | Link to this

@sjeaWho could ever take the place of Jesus???

By Martin

March 8, 2006 12:03 PM | Link to this

If I had to make that change and switch with a celebrity, hhhmmm.

Black male: Morris Chestnut. Women love him and the fellas think he is cool. Great career.

Black female: Nia Long. I wouldn’t even need a mate!!

White male: Brad Pitt so I could have Angelina Jolie any time I want!

White female: Paris Hilton. Being dumb and rich for not having to do a thing but party all the time? Oh yeah, that would be the life

Latin Male: Antonio Banderas. He is just cool and suave like the Latin lovers we grew up with .

Latin Female: J.Lo same as Nia!

By sjea

March 8, 2006 12:05 PM | Link to this

paul just showed out…i am laughing out loud…

and i really could start trading racial insults with you…but…i’m going to rise above it…

okay…i’m sorry…here goes…can i trade places with someone NON-BLACK to see if you really can’t dance and don’t have any rhythm…or…if you’re just playing…cause you GOTTA be playing…it can’t be THAT bad…

By i'm swiss

March 8, 2006 12:06 PM | Link to this

@ BTIA — I’m with you all the way on Hef! I can’t believe it took that long for someone to bring him up. What does this guy know that I don’t????? Yes, he’s rich — but he GOT rich by getting girls to pose nude! Think about that for a second guys — he didn’t just use his money to get hot girls. He used hot girls to get money to get more hot girls! GENIOUS!

By gotta love him

March 8, 2006 12:08 PM | Link to this

@RoyalChic - the problem with most people is that they don’t really want to know what its like from another’s viewpoint. They only want to play like they know. Your momma told you something and you believed her…or your aunt, cousin, whatever…THE MEDIA even. Get to know people that are different. Spend time with them, become family as we are all suppose to be ANYWAY! Then, you will have a better understanding of what they go through, what their life is like, why they think like they do. You may never truly know because every person’s reality is their own perception of it! You will never know what it is like to be me, not totally and i will never know what it is like to be you. But I want to know that I have truly tried to the best of my ability to see something thru someone’s perspective instead of just my own. And NOT just what someone TOLD me to believe.

By singlemom

March 8, 2006 12:08 PM | Link to this

@Mind of married man, your 11:23 post - I thought I was the only one that knew what a soup sandwich was. That’s our team name when we play trivia…..

By sjea

March 8, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this

susie…you’re playing make-believe…and in that make believe wouldn’t you take on the appearance, thought process and characteristics of that individual?…so…if you’re going to win souls, there’s nobody better than jesus, i’m sure…

March 8, 2006 12:12 PM | Link to this

Mark, my views on MLK have nothing to do with his “message.” My views pertain to Him, as a man….gotta be able to separate the two - bout like T Jefferson, although he was a brilliant statesman, he was a slave owner - to me, MLK was a hypocrite! He preached one thing, yet did another…his non-violent doctrine was “effective,” because it was harmless and was an easy rallying point for us at the time - he was a known adulterer, and it’s been proven that he plagiarized his doctoral thesis; He was then, what Jessie is now…an opportunist. It’s well documented that he wouldn’t take on certain causes if he either didn’t get paid, or he didn’t get the press….and my biggest reason, is because he’s forced down our throats!!! Every city in america has an MLK boulevard; and as Chris Rock said, look at the dynamics of every MLK street! Why aren’t there any MLK avenues in the Buckheads of america if he was so great?

March 8, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this

Yes wise you might need to regulate on your day off chick…..umh umh umh….

March 8, 2006 12:15 PM | Link to this

@sjea…take it light on PAUL…he might have really been asking on the serious tip..if all you see of black folks is BET, I would be like WTF!!!

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this

Ok I’ll bite, I wouldn’t mind being Beyonce, not because of her body because as a beautiful sista I have enough of those same curves, but because I would love to be Jay-Z’s Bonnie and make money together as a power couple.

March 8, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this

@2canplay..thanks for sharing your view.

By Casey

March 8, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this

Sjea-I can only speak for myself, but yes, I am really THAT bad of a dancer:)

March 8, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this

Gotta Love Good one..

By i'm swiss

March 8, 2006 12:22 PM | Link to this

@ Wise Diva — Regarding the arranged marriage thing — I hope your parents have better taste than mine. Mine can’t even pick out a shirt that I like! I’d hate to see what would happen if they got to pick a spouse…

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this

I think the whole tribute to MLK is due to the dream that he had for Black Americans and America as a whole during a time where segregation was eating away at the spirit of America….

We all have dreams that we may or may not live up to, but we can never fault someone for dreaming big and going beyond the call of duty to make his dream a reality for future generations……he sacrificed his family for the sake of the movement which speaks for itself…..

It’s the DREAM we should admire and not FOCUS on the faults of the man himself….after all, we all have faults, but how many of us are willing to put our life on the line for a cause bigger than ourselves? Not many…..and as far as MLK street ways in the inner city….he was born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta…his legacy was fighting for civil equality for the common folk that are found in your inner city neighborhoods…..it’s appropriate in my opinion…..

As far as plagarism….I believe we’ve all plagarized at some point or another, but I digress due to the fact that we will never know the truth behind that….

By Tray

March 8, 2006 12:28 PM | Link to this

my mom might do well picking out my mate, the lady is so good she can buy me jeans w/o me. I can’t even find jeans…

off to lunch, y’all continue to behave….

By sjea

March 8, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this

btw…my 1205p comment was made chappelle-style…you gotta be able to laugh at our differences…the same way we should be able to celebrate our similarities…

By sjea

March 8, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this

tray…can we send your mom jeans shopping for me?

March 8, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this

PUBLIC BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT Do you have a son/daughter ages 16-21 who’s looking for Summer Employment hit me up with an email, my job is sponsering a Youth Job Fair Saturday, March 11, 2006……you may now return to your regular blog postings….

March 8, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this

I feel you Paul, I don’t speak redneckanese, and I really would like to know what they say!!

Going to lunch, I just got a taste for some chicken and watermelon!! LOL..(sigh)

By Laney

March 8, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this

sure, 2can, you can run things around here…goodness knows Diva and I need a break! =)

March 8, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this

Oh my Mom would be great picking out my mate…she would just love that and would do a fantastic job at cause she know’s what her daughter likes…..

March 8, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

Royal Chic….again, then why aren’t there any MLK streets in the buckheads of america?????? The dream affected everyone, right?

and you said this, “It’s the DREAM we should admire and not FOCUS on the faults of the man himself” ……..sooooooooo why did folks wanna castrate Billy Clint? Our country has never seen such prosperity under a president, but his personal faults are what folks remeber most, right????????

March 8, 2006 12:38 PM | Link to this

oh wait PAUL I know!!

You go hang out in the Mayor of Atlanta’s office and I will go hang out in the White House!!

The views expressed on this blog comment are my own, and do not necessarily represent the views of AJC

LOL..alright, I really am going to eat now, I get cranky when I am hungry, obviously!