Misadventures in Atlanta

By Miss QC

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

Morning Bloggers

By Been Thru It All

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

I’mmmm bacckkkk…. good morning everyone…

@Bre…hello beautiful woman!!!!

By Been Thru It All

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.

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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.

By 2 can play that game©

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

By Miss QC

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!

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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…

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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.

By Been Thru It All

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)

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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

Look at Been thru Shooting that LRP across the innanet.

By 2 can play that game©

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!

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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!!

By Been Thru It All

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

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

By Miss QC

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!!!!!

By Jazzyone

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

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

By Miss QC

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

Thanks Momme :)

By Been Thru It All

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!

By 2 can play that game©

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

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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.

By Been Thru It All

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

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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.

By Jazzyone

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

By Been Thru It All

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.

By 2 can play that game©

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…..

By 2 can play that game©

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.

By Jazzyone

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!

By Jazzyone

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…

By Been Thru It All

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….

By Jazzyone

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??

By 2 can play that game©

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!

By Wise Diva

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!

By Been Thru It All

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

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

By Jazzyone

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. ;-))

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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..

By Jazzyone

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…

By Jazzyone

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.

By Jazzyone

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….

By 2 can play that game©

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

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

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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

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

By Wise Diva

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!!

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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.

By Been Thru It All

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…

By 2 can play that game©

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?

By Jazzyone

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

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

By Been Thru It All

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.

By Jazzyone

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:)

By THE INFAMOUS DK

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?

By Miss QC

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

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By Wise Diva

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! =)

By Miss QC

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…..

By 2 can play that game©

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????????

By Wise Diva

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!

By Been Thru It All

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

(laughing)…I wouldn’t trust my mom to pick off the dollar menu at McDonalds…..

By Mind of a Married Man

March 8, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this

@2, the problem with any figure or icon…is hero worship..we forget that they are just people like you an i..that has been given a greater responsibility or power..thats it!!!…but does those actions take away from the man he was…i mean we have or graveyards..like i kicked last year..that got a luke warm response…nobody likes to show them bones..but we love shining like a new nickel….i just hate when people sit back and tear down another man for some of the same things that you yourself can fall victim too…just my two browns and i am throwing the two fingers on that one

By Mommie

March 8, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this

@all people of color who are blogging Paul’s comment was ig’nant. @ Paul your comment was ignorant.:) Also just so you know I spend most of my time trying to understand what teenagers in general are saying both black and white!!!

By VANikia

March 8, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this

I am sure my mom would pick the wrong man for me

Paul I don’t always understand the way black/white people talk either. Maybe I should just call it slang. I think every culture has it’s way of communicating with each other.

2 Man I understand what you are saying, but no one is perfect and I agree with Royal chic on his vision. I’d agree that MLK would be a hypocrite if he spoke on non-violence and went home to beat Coretta every night. Some people make MLK out to be holier than thou, but I don’t think that’s the point that is trying to be made in keeping his memory alive. As far back as I can remember MLK was a man I was told I should look up to look up to. I know MLK stood on the back of someone else who didn’t get any shine or praise, but that’s the way of the world. Somebody is always standing on someone elses back. I do, however, have a problem with these so called representatives for black folk. As soon as Al Sharpton or some other black person the can garner enough media attention stands up and says something it’s like they are speaking for all of black america. They don’t speak for me and I did not make them my leader. I try use my life as an example of the way I want to live and although my voice is not heard throughout the world it’s still heard. I respect your opinion and I know you will continue to have your voice heard as well.

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this

@2can - I ain’t mad atcha - I don’t buy a lot of the reports that came out after he died I think a lot were for the discredit of his service - there was a lot of back-biting going on during the movement and trust me the non-violent way wasn’t a popular one - people were mad and wanted to fight back it takes a whole heck of a lot to stand there and take it - I know I couldn’t have done that - but I digress the Dream was to encompass all people yet do we really need an MLK in the Buckheads of America and are the MLK’s that are in the hood a reflection of the man or a reflection of the people of the area and that there are many who are stil enslaved to a mentality of ghetto plantationalism which is nothing more than a distinct sign that the Dream is yet to be realized - because for unity to extend outside of the people unity must first be present within the people - the question is did MLK fail in his attempt to dream or did we fail in our attempt not to? All that being said I ain’t mad at the man, I don’t need for him to be perfect, I expect him to have some dirt, who doesn’t but that doesn’t mean we can’t contribute to helping someone look past the faults that we committed and choose a better path - I leave it at that

By Randy

March 8, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

No movie hero here. I would like to just get into the head of the lady I have been dating after this weekend (great weekend in every way, then the “sound of silence”). Maybe I could once and for all understand how some women can talk like they are ready for marriage one night (slow down now, you are getting ahead of me) and then be ready to do some “comparison shopping” the next day (hey, remember me, the one you…).

Am I in or out (or am I just being jerked around AGAIN)…help me ladies, would being in your heads for a night help me figure you out??? I’d do the lady thing in a heartbeat if I could learn from it

By 2 can play that game©

March 8, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

that’s my point, Married….as I said, you gotta be able to distinguish between the message and the man!!!! His message/dream/vision is beautiful; But his hu-“man” frailties are what sets him apart. and for the record, I worship NO MAN!!!!! Because I know we all bleed red blood and are subject to the same temptations and wiles - I can understand a lapse in judgement e’ry now and then, but consistently, and you’re a man in the public eye, and a preacher of the gospel, too?????

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this

Good question 2- I don’t focus on the faults of Billy C’s administration….there were faults, but I felt his administration made major accomplishments so it’s all in how you perceive the situation….his personal relationship with his wife and Monica Lewinsky is really none of my business:)

Just to recap, his dream’s primary focus was for people who were fighting so hard to gain equality and those people happened to be represented in the inner cities not in the Buckhead’s of America, but I agree with you I feel the dream should cause everyone to take a second look at racism in our country…..

By Tush

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

I would like to be whoever is dating Ludacris.

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this

Well said….Mark….I agree one hundren percent…..

By Been Thru It All

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

trying not to be dragged into this….

@2can…. if not MLK then who do you admire as a black leader??? Not worship, but who do YOU think has brought a good message for black people??

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this

@tush…. I love that screen name…does it describe anything in particular…lol

By Kenya

March 8, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

Good Afternoon Everyone

I think I would like to view the world through the eyes and money of Halle Berry (Black, Brain, Body and Beauty). If I were to choose someone of another race I would say Jennifer Lopez why not.

By 2 can play that game©

March 8, 2006 01:22 PM | Link to this

BTIA - quite a few, and for various reasons…but first, don’t get it twisted, I respect MLK to the utmost, I just don’t get all caught up in the hype..but my heroes/heroines are, and in no particular order: Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Haille Selassie, Harriet Tubman, Madame CJ Walker, W.E.B. DuBois, Mary McCleod Bethune, Jonas Salk, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner (prolly my fav), Frederick Douglass, Prince Hall….the list goes on….I don’t let the media dictate whom I should idolize…yet, I respect everyone’s opinion..because it’s our prerogative to who’s message has the most bearing on our individual belief system.

By 2 can play that game©

March 8, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this

BTIA, I’ve even got mad respect for the pioneers of hip-hop; Russell, KRS-ONE, PE…Tupac…and I say ‘pac, cause he was real with his shyt, didn’t give a damn what the masses said, he lived his life, and spat the real shyt, as it applied to his situation…he didn’t say do this, while he did that…..

By Bre

March 8, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this

“waving back at Diva”

My mom could never pick out my mate. I would be married to old tired man just because he has enough viagra in his system to where she could get a grandchild from me.

@BTIA….your mom would pick me!

@Tush does anyone know who he is dating? He looked great at the Oscars. He seems to keep his personal life very tight.

Now that I am at work, I know I will be leaving by 5 for sure.

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this

I’m still trying to stay out of this but…..

@2can…what hype??? Isn’t it better that someone, anyone be recognize for the uplifting of black people period??? It happens that MLK got the holiday(ok) but I think all of us would have no problem with any of the people you listed being honored the same way….

Okay I’m done…back to that TUSH screen name, tell me about yourself(laughing)….

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this

@Royal - my thang is it is easy to poke holes in the man and the approach and it isn’t just MLK that we can do this to - anyone who decides to make a stance for a certain cause doesn’t mean that there whole existance is going to point toward the cause but should that make the cause invalid and at the same time does that mean that the person shouldn’t be admired for any reason? I personally am not in awe of people but yet I do have to take my hat off to those who are willing to walk the line of “true” persecution for the betterment of their people. Not that I’m going to agree with every movement and trust I follow only one “true” message but I’m open to engage in any healthy conversation - but I’m sure MLK understood this going in, I mean who in history has truly been spared this ridicule?

By JAO

March 8, 2006 01:34 PM | Link to this

Hey the truth is we need another MLK badly just like we need another Clinton badly. The great ones are never appreciated until there gone and it’s sad. If our leaders were half the men those two were the WORLD wouldn’t be half way down the toilet.

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 01:34 PM | Link to this

@Bre…let me give you her number suga…lol

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this

@BRE Your monther must know my mother personally because the same goes for me. Isn’t that crazy how they push that on us. About Luda I heard he was dating Kenya Moore the former Miss America.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 01:45 PM | Link to this

BTIA….waiting on the email with the number and don’t think I won’t call. LOL..

@T/L…I have no clue but she and Pops need to let it go. If I go on three dates with a guys she is wondering if we talked marriage. Hence one of the reasons why I just stopped dating period. This way there is no issue with her hopes getting high then getting smashed like a bug on a windshield on the GA 400.

By FitChick

March 8, 2006 01:46 PM | Link to this

Afternoon People.

Thanks for the prayers. It was sad to lose my cousin last week. I learned that he didn’t suffer and died in his sleep. I got to see some cousins I haven’t seen in over 10 years.

About MLK, I believe he was a ray of hope for many Black people, even though he may have been a bit of a hypocrite.

But like 2, I admire those who persevered and did great things despite the seemingly insurmountable odds against them like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. But also the thousands of the nameless and faceless people who had to endure being sold away from their children, those who fought and lost their lives for a country who treated them as less than human, and those who had to live through the Jim Crow era and told they could not do something because they were not the “right” color.

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this

@2can - just noticed the copyright symbol thats whats up - I was going to say more on the subject but I’m going to get back to the regularly scheduled programming - see we need to have a think tank or somethin so we can really get at some issues mannn cause I got a whole lot to say but this ain’t the forum for all that

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this

@MARK, Jesus, Ghandi, Malcolm, Che Guevera, Billy C, the list goes on of men (let’s not forget the women!) that weren’t spared…..not every man that has a dream or a vision strong enough to stand in the face of ridicule, persecution, and every other odd you can think of…..the few people that are able to do this are admirable in my eyes….not that I idolize men (women) or seek heroes and heroines (sheroes or sheroines..), but I must take my hat off to the ones that fall in that category….

By Pandora's Box

March 8, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this

There’s NO WAY I would let me parents pick out my mate! The guy they would try to marry me off to is gay (and they refuse to accept it)! Either that or some country boy with a pick up!

As for trading places with someone. Mary Kate and Ashley… not because I admire them, but to make them eat something and put some meat on their bones!! LOL!

By 2 can play that game©

March 8, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this

it’s all a matter of personal opinion…..hell, I don’t think Abe Lincoln was, what he’s portrayed to be - granted, he signed the emancipation proclamation, but under what situations? How many of you knew that he wasn’t the first to do so? John C Fremont (Manifest Destiny) was the originator, years before 1865, but Lincoln shot it down until it served his purpose! But he’s viewed as a great american….all depends on who’s looking through the lenses….’preshate the dialogue….

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this

@JAO - yo what disqualifies you to lead the march - I know the thought has crossed my mind why shouldn’t I are we any less than they, were they better equipped - or did they see the need and act while we see the need but just keep talking? I ain’t tryin to get atcha in “hostile mode” just want you to consider that since you can see the need exists

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 01:57 PM | Link to this

@FitChick, sorry for your loss….you and your family are in my prayers:)

I loss a cousin over the weekend on Saturday…he was recently diagnosed with congested heart failure so this past weekend was bittersweet to say the least, but same as Fit I got a chance to see great aunts and cousins I hadn’t seen in years….learned much about the family history and legacy too….it was interesting….

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this

@BRE-BTIA does not sound like a bad catch from what I’ve read day to day, I don’t know if he’s really ready for a woman like you though. LOL. My mother continues to remind me I am not getting any older, thankful she does not live here so I can date freely without her asking every other day “what about the one you went out with last week how’s he he seemed nice” yes mother he was really nice so is his wife and kids he forgot to tell me about. LOL. I wonder how she would feel if she knew I was dating a man half my size =), and would consider having his kids someday, even if they didn’t reach over 5ft.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this

@Fitchick, glad to see you back. You were missed and held close in prayer.

By AKPO

March 8, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this

I’m so far from married but if I was married I would love to be my wife, just to see how fantastic being with me is. We all believe were the best thing since the IPOD, but I want the true perspective of someone intimately close. I mean I want to know if her heart is still racing, if she still get butterflies, and most of all “Am I really hittin it that right, is she just a nympo, or is all this to stroke my ego”

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this

@Royal chick..@12:26. Perfectly stated!

By FitChick

March 8, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this

Thanks Royal and I’m sorry for your loss as well. The sad thing is that he was only 48 years old and his dad (my uncle by marriage) told me he didn’t really know him as an adult.

The last time my family had a reunion was in 1998 and the one before was in 1985. No one wants to do the work to put one together, which is sad because I hate seeing my family only at funerals (we’ve had 4 in the past 4 years). Some cousins didn’t know who other cousins were because it’s been so long!

By Royal chic

March 8, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this

Hi Jazzy!! Thanks…I happen to agree with a lot of your views as well….I really don’t have much time to blog, but today the topic was too fun to pass up…..

By not saying

March 8, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this

T&L: To prevent any rumors from starting up; Kenya is not dating Ludacris. Kenya just ended a relationship with her previous b/f about a month or so ago and is just chillin for the time being.

By Been Thru It All

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

ahhhhh BRE…..just the sound of her name brings butterflies to my stomach and cramps to my fingers from all this damn typing…..j/k

By gotta love him

March 8, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this

@Randy Man, I wish we could switch places with our loves…mine has pulled the ‘silent treatment’ like i don’t exist after telling the world he loves me. I would LOVE to know what is going on in his mind. Just sit back and be cool, all I can say. Women do like to be pursued…

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this

@ Fit sorry to hear about your loss luv. My prayers are with you and your fam.

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this

Same deal for my family, Fit….I met a cousin I had never seen before in my life…we recently had a family reunion in 2005, but I missed it due to a business trip….

My cousin was only 42 yrs. old, but he had asthmatic complications since 17. The medications strained his heart over the years….thankfully I had a chance to spend time with him last year so my last memories of him are pleasant:)

By Mind of a Married Man

March 8, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this

@2, we should rename you brother revolutionary…..lol, i feel you dawg…TELL THEM WHY YOU MAD SON….TELL THEM WHY YOU MAD!!!

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this

Gosh Roayl sorry to hear about your less as well!

By JAO

March 8, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this

@ MARK I don’t think were any less qualified than they are. The only difference is they devoted their lives to that. You and I just chosen to do things differently, for you more personal with family and loved ones. My grandmother and mother were empathetic in the same way but locally in their neighborhoods. Bra if you wanted to carry the torch, you sound educated enough to convey your message and motivate others but it sounds like that’s not the life you aspire to lead. I just respect and idolize men and women not only for having the BALLS to do it on a mass scale, but also for having the compassion to turn the other cheek. One of my favorite lines is “forgive them father for they know not what they do”, fiction or not I aspire to have such compassion.

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this

@BTIA…Seems you have gotten caught up in Bre’s Rhapsody of words…shes created a spell upon you….ohhhh weee weee…Boy you got it bad…ahhh the power of a woman….God is good!

By susieQ

March 8, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this

@sjea - Jesus was so perfect that I could not even imagine being worthy enough to walk in His shoes

By Bre

March 8, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this

@BTIA….I’m starting to wonder about you sweetie…you okay over there? LOL

@T/L….lets not jump the broom w/BTIA. The one thing I’ve learned is grandparents don’t care how tall, short, or cute then not so cute there grandbabies are. As long as they have grandbabies…

By aka Brother To The Night

March 8, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this

Afternoon blog, still trying to figure out who I’d switch with. Maybe Bush so I could see if he’s as stupid as he seem or if he’s got any real sense. LMAO

Str8 checked out the short it was real

I’ll be lurking holla.

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this

not on dating…

But I would like to be Colin Powell for a day… to see what he really thought of Bush and the whole war effort…

I bet that is why he stepped down, he didn’t want to slap a knot in Bush’s azz….

By rayne

March 8, 2006 02:31 PM | Link to this

WOW! I think I would be Jennifer Anniston, over the hurt from Brad, but still FINE and doing the job I would like to be doing. Although, I would have to dump Vince…I’d take the one I have NOW…that wouldn’t change.

Although, to just be a dude for one day, man! I could find out how you guys THINK! And what is up with the silent treatment after you get drunk and tell your girl you love her and want to marry her????????????? Any one have an answer for that????

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this

Bre no offense with my comments!!!

By abc

March 8, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this

Even though I almost never watch TV, I think I’ll take a look at this show tonight. Unless I decide to have a glass of wine and a game of chess with my girl instead.

I have some trepidation about this show, similar to what I felt about Ken Burn’s documentary on Jazz. I figured, people know almost or literally nothing about Jazz; whatever Jazz is represented as in that documentary will be forever embedded in people’s minds as what Jazz is. I watched parts of a couple episodes, and sure enough, it was an awful lot of narrative BS (read: incorrect) and hardly any of the music itself. ‘Trane starts playing and 5 seconds later dude is talking, reciting many inaccuracies. Same with Bird, same with Louis, same for Dixieland as a whole. Bummer.

This Black.White show could be the similar in that regard. This is obviously something that noone knows anything about, and whatever impressions they get from this show will be carried around with them for quite some time. Such sensationalism is what so-called reality TV is all about, and as such, one can almost expect it to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Will it enlighten or inflame? Watch and learn, I guess.

By aka Brother To The Night

March 8, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this

Sounds personal Rayne of liquor brings out the deepest feelings too.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this

@ Jazzy no worries.

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 02:43 PM | Link to this

@abc…good point dawg… I want to watch it because my boy Cube is the producer and he will definitly put both of those families thru some things…

By sjea

March 8, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this

a-ight, susie…jesus was perfect…but…i am forgiven…and that makes me just as good…

if you deem yourself not worthy…that’s on you…

By rayne

March 8, 2006 02:47 PM | Link to this

Brother TTN Now, that is what I’ve always thought…liquor brings out the deepest feelings. So, why am I getting the silent? He’s even admitted drunk that he’s in denial about loving me. He tries to say he’s not when sober. WEIRD

By DasKrait2

March 8, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

Several have mentioned wanting to be Brad Pitt. Yes, I could go with that for awhile, just to see how she…. LOL

and I never thought of her as attractive, until this Mr and Mrs Smith flick.

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this

You all better watch out for Ice CUbe, He’s comming up..from films to T.V. The man is setting the pace. I am so proud of him….I’m sure he will delve into so many other areas as time passes.

By Mark aka NoStress

March 8, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this

@JAO - I feel ya and I’m getting started in that direction the goal is not necessarily to get on the national stage but to speak to those who I can reach and hope that the message finds good ground and grows from there. I don’t need to have the spotlight for me to have an impact cause some revolutions will not be televised - but if it indeed grows into that I’m quite aware of the dangers that lurk - my wife already thinks I’m going to end up missin one of these days

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this

@Rayne, sounds like when he is full on libations he sees someone else when he’s looking at you….when hes not he sees you and is not quite there yet.

By VANikia

March 8, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this

You are right ABC I was having that thought the other day, not necessarily about this particular show, but just about information/knowledge and how it is passed or given. If I don’t know anything about a particular subject it might be hard to discern what is accurate/correct and what is not. I try to present myself will all perspectives and form an opinion based on that. On the Jazz tip. I love jazz, but my knowledge is subpar at best.

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this

@BRE, You are so RIGHT. I wish they could be happy that we are young successful black women doing our thing with or without a man. OK I’ll slow down on you a BTIA but you two sound so cute going back and forth! Are you watching the show tonight?

By rayne

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

@Jazzy - you mean he sees another woman when he looks at me? Or he sees more of me than he can see sober?

On Jazz (the music that is) How can it be described or put into a documentary unless you are only talking about the people who made it the art that it is? Jazz by its own definition is expressionistic art done to music, it changes, ebbs and flows like the sea. It can be a contradiction and not at the same time. IT IS AMAZING. Coltrane, Davis, Monk, ICONS!

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this

@Tall&lovely…she likes it…lol

By aka Brother To The Night

March 8, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this

@ Rayne liquor liberates the self-conscious. Has nothing to do with being in the right mind. Better figure out what you want and base it on sober lifestyle.

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this

when drinking he may be invisioning someone else when he looks at you and the truth comes out. When hes sober he sees you and is ready to love you but not quite there yet with you??

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this

LOL thats funny “T/L” my mom keeps saying keep making all the money and have no one to share it with. I’m like at least its all mine and I’m around to buy your wants. Then she got all quiet.

Nah I’m not watching the show I’m not the least curious about the show. I wish Dre luck but its not my cup of tea. I will be tuning into Criminal Minds and CSI. Going to grill some Tilpia, rice pilaf, asparagus…I’m trying a new bottle of South African Rhine Riesling 2004.

And off to nite nite I go…..

By Tomahawkin

March 8, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this

I’d like to be Alex Rodriguez 4 a day, that dude is the highest paid athlete, and he plays a kids game 4 a living. Being a former College Athlete, Broads approach approach you from all over, I Dunno what It is but Soroity women fall to athletes like flies to sugar, I loved every minute of it, and if I was A-Rod I would have to stay single, because I would be gettin my party-on during the offseason, kickin it wit the Big Dawgs, Ludacris, R. Kelly, Lil Jon to name a few

Also I would have the power in Corporate America to say whatever I wanted against Dubya and his Pitiful Administration much like 2PAC used to do…

By db

March 8, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this

Did somebody say liquor? Sorry… long day at the office.

By rayne

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

@Jazzy - wow…that is something to digest. question though - what do you mean by is ready to love you but not quite there yet with you??

@BroTTN - Thanks man, working on the sober lifestyle.

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this

@BTIA, I know but she seems like a very intelligent woman who knows what she wants so watch out!

By sjea

March 8, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this

okay…i’m reading jazzy and i’m thinking…what in DAHELL???…

rayne…sounds like you need to talk to dude and ask him what’s going on…but then again…sometimes…we, as women, overthink ish just way too dayum much…why not just take what he says at face value, chill and see if he acts on his words?…and if he takes longer than you think he should to make some things happen…THEN…you re-think your position, make a determination of whether or not the return is worth the investment…if it’s not…perhaps it would be in your best interest…at that time…to move on…remember…THIS song really is all about you…

By Laney

March 8, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this

Bre, can I come over? We’ll stare at Warrick together!

By rayne

March 8, 2006 03:18 PM | Link to this

@db…yeah it was mentioned in trying to figure out why my man tells me he loves me when he’s lit, but not when he isn’t. Now, just trying to keep him sober and see what happens! :)

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this

@ rayne…I think he really loved someone that he is no longer with. Now he measures you to her. You quite possibly could have all those qualities etc, but he is gun shy and not willing to divulge that he is falling in love with you. When he’s drinking all of that comes to the for front of his brain and it comes out that he loves you. When hes not drinking he feels it but isn’t ready to tell you as of yet….or it’s just plain game girl.

By FitChick

March 8, 2006 03:22 PM | Link to this

Bre, Girl if you lived in the A, we would definitely have to hang out and you wouldn’t have to worry about not having a trip buddy (man how I would love to go Down Under with ya). You’re not only a pisces but read to be an adventurous spirit like myself. So shoot me an email, Sis.

I would love to live in NY for a while because I dig the diverse flava up there. It’s so Black/White down here. Oh yeah, I’m not much of a drinker but I love Riesling!

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

@Laney for sure, I love cooking for people..just not enough friends around these parts to do it for.

And you know how I feel about Warrick..

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

@LANEY I third that motion!

By abc

March 8, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

Actually, I think that ‘What Is Jazz’ can be a never ending debate. What about any particular music makes it Jazz? Plenty of music gets marketed as Jazz, but it’s not — Kenny G is the very first that comes to mind, the list is long though.

For instance, one aspect of Jazz is that it’s primarily improvisational. Any arranged parts (or the ‘head’) are, for the most part, only to provide a framework for improvisation. It’s been described (accurately, I think) as merely an excuse to improvise.

Jazz is based on that which has come before it, influenced by Jazz as a whole. Jazz History is crucial to determining what Jazz is. By contrast, Kenny G is based on pop music from the past 30 years or so. He doesn’t really improvise, either; rather, he plays the same 5 licks in different order over and over.

It could get to be quite an intellectual debate, but I think that an accurate documentary about it is more than possible. Certainly, it’d require that the music itself be heard as something more than background music for narrative. It’s not baseball or the civil war, so as good as Ken Burns is at that sort of thing, perhaps his approach isn’t very well suited for a documentary about Jazz.

By FitChick

March 8, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this

rayne - did you meet him while he was sober or when he was “lit”?

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this

@sjea..hell…I don’t really know just trying to help her out…trying to think logical about why his behavior is so off…but you may be right..I don’t know what the heck Im talking about….I don’t know why he’s acting that way, can’t call it.

By rayne

March 8, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this

@sjea - there you go. I tend to OVER analyze. I will take what he says at face value and chill. Just having trouble chilling since he hasn’t returned a call since we were together all Friday. He is my best friend too…has been for 2 years. And the return is WELL worth the investment. just have trouble dealing with someone that admits things drunk, but not sober and then QUITS calling! aaaaa!

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this

@Bre and T&L…can we just meet at your house and have girls night?? I’m skipping the show as well and after all Warrick is my husband….(In my mind i’ll always be his girl ;-))

By rayne

March 8, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this

@abc - totally agree with you on your Jazz points. It is improvisation, expression, what you feel.It isn’t “ok now, c-chord, now g…can we hit the c twice now?” that is NOT jazz

By abc

March 8, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this

…or the flip side, as Louis Armstrong said replied to a question as to what Jazz is: “If you have to ask, you’ll never know”.

By Jazzyone

March 8, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this

It’s funny that you said it’s not so black/white in NY. My brother resides in NY I am in ATL. He is a free lance writer in the music industry and he has mentioned time and time again how just black/white NY is but that ATL is the opposite..hmm interesting.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this

Yes I am getting ready for the trip down under next Saturday I’m out of here. I wish I was not going alone, but life is as such. I’m going to do an email diary so if you want to be on it let me know. Pictures and updates from the plane ride there until I touch back down here in the states.

NYC like ATL has its up and downs of black and white issues. But I do enjoy how diverse it is, you can go from Russia to Africa…its truely amazing in that sense. However I miss the old ATL the one where you could go to YinYang get your groove on to some fusion hip hop then go to IHOP share a table with total strangers and walk away with a friend for life.

By rayne

March 8, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this

@Fit - ok…this might sound odd. We met COMPLETELY sober at church. The drinking thing doesn’t happen often, but when it does its all about “I’m his girl and he loves me and I’m the best thing to ever happen to him, etc.”

@jazzy - man, you helped. i appreciate it! you took the time! :)

By Tray

March 8, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this

@Rayne, take the guy not returning a call as a guy not returning a call. I have a good guy friend, which if I let it bother me it gets all over me when he says he’ll call me back, um that was 3 weeks ago but I expect it from him. Like your’s when he is drinking he thinks there is something there, and when sober, nothing. however this is who I am suppose to marry next year if neither one of us gets a better offer.(of course this was decided when surprise he was drinking!) god love him, but I have to find someone else.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this

LOL @ Jazzy…..you are silly. That sounds like a plan. Next time I’m down that way dinner is on me….Everyone bring a different wine.

Don’t make me turn Dectaur on you ladies to prove how really serious I am about Warrick…shhhh I hope BTIA…is not reading this post.LOL…..

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this

Bre….I absolutely love Riesling(sp)….that’s my favorit wine…enjoy it will be divine….

By rayne

March 8, 2006 03:42 PM | Link to this

@Tray, THANK YOU. I need to just chill, but dang! He is always with me…everyday…then on Friday he says something about ‘i guess when you are with someoen as much as we are, you think you are a girlfriend’ then NADA except for lunch with a couple of friends after church sunday. I LOVE THIS MAN! He is so what I have always wanted to a “T”

By DasKrait2

March 8, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this

I guess I’ll call the Passport office and put a slow-down on my rush order. Had bought my Dundee hat and everything.

By Tall&Lovely

March 8, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this

@BRE,LANEY,JAZZY, All of this warm weather must have you all a little confused. Warrick is MY man ladies remember that! LOL. LAdies I have as of lately become a Sonoma 2003-04 Chardonnay lover myself and I am NOT a Chardonnay lover at all!

By Royal Chic

March 8, 2006 03:46 PM | Link to this

Fit, Pisces women seem to be great…I get along with them well….

Pisces men….well, that’s a whole other story…:)

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:48 PM | Link to this

@ Jazzy the major difference when it comes to B/W Atl to NYC(city area) is that here we are forced to deal with each other. We have to mix and etc. In Atl if you choice not to associate you don’t have to all. You can live in an area and never have to deal with a person of opposite color.

Trust I was at a Giants/Falcons game two years ago and I felt like I was about to get lynched.(erie feeling i used to get driving thru Conyers in the 70’s)

I think a few bloq’s back we discussed this same issue.

By Bre

March 8, 2006 03:51 PM | Link to this

@DK there you go, sweetie there is a empty seat beside me…

I have a room with a view of the Opera House….not bragging at all…just nervous and excited all in the same emotion.

By DasKrait2

March 8, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this

Sydney? That architectural marvel? Fabulous, LOL. I was joking about the Dundee hat, and the khakis, and the boots, and the bigger knife, and the Passport submission as well. LOL

By Tiffany

March 8, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this

The creators of this nonsense told the white family to use very specific racist comments in order to create more “interest”. Blacks are the ones segregating, let them keep it up if they want. White families in America do not sit around and talk about it, blaks are obsessed with segregating. If that’s what they want, let them do it. This “show” is just that, a show, and it was scripted to make it look like white people are racist. Come on nut jobs, rise above and live, quit wallowing around in the gutter of the racisim industry…and it is just that, an industry because it preys on ignorance and people looking for excuses. People (like the creators of this show) make money on the racism industry, it is NOT our country, only a few people. If you throw roadkill out, the maggots and buzzards will flock, the eagles will keep flying because they will not waste their time on garbage. Are you a maggot or an eagle?

By gossamer

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

Go Tiffany!!!!

By AKPO

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

@ Rayne - I don’t know your situation but it seems like your friend is suppressing his feelings for you. No matter how drunk I get I’m not telling you I love you if i don’t, point blank. In my opinion Alcohol brings out your true colors in people, so when people try to use the drunken excuse i just laugh at the BS. When you’re drunk you say what you mean, it’s when your sober you alter/disguise the meaning of your words. He might not say he loves you when he’s sober because he feels it leaves him feeling vulnerable, maybe he’s still struggling at the fact that you have his heart. But when he’s lit he wants to shout it from the roof tops.

By Been Thru It All

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

@Bre… I’m reading them suga.. put me on your email list sweetie….

I think all you ladies have the game twisted….

Bre is talking about dinner, wine and long talks about our destiny with Mr. Wonderful(thats me)…..LMAO

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this

Whoa@Tiffany….let it go lady…you got the wrong blog…we like to chill over here…you got this mixed up with Mike Lucovich blog…lol

By Been Thru It All

March 8, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this

Hey family…we got people stalking our blog looking for a fight….

By 2 can play that game©

March 8, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this

Tiffany, simple question - do you believe racism still exists? If you say no, cool…but if yes, then how, without some type of dialogue, can this thought process be dealt with??? Racism is a learned behavior….

By Randy

March 8, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this

@ ‘Gotta love him’…I know, I know, but is frustrating. I think this woman has two temperatures, scorching hot and cold (and the ‘running shoes’ seem to get laced up right after the ‘scorchers’…hmmmm, she does have really big eyes, but she does not live in Duluth so she couldn’t be…nah couldn’t be the…nah).

By db

March 8, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this

Of course rasism doesn’t exist. We’re so stupid to think that it does. America is perfect. Let’s all go walk outside, hold hands and sing Kum ba ya! Will all the bloggers come join me?

By rayne

March 8, 2006 04:26 PM | Link to this

@AKPO I believe, my friend that oyu have nailed him on the head! Neither one of us has ever totally commited to anyone, he’s the first I’ve felt that way about. We’re past the 20’s and mid 30’s. I do believe you really got that one. Maybe after that night that he shouted it louder than any other, that he’s gotten spooked and gone into hiding.

By Pandora's Box

March 8, 2006 04:27 PM | Link to this

@db..let’s go. I got my guitar ready.

By AKPO

March 8, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this

Its funny how people will love, cherish and respect their pets but a fellow human being Nahhhhhhhhhh… We humans are so smart were stupid…

By abc

March 8, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this

Of course racism exists. It’s ubiquitous in that it’s present in all races, who apply it to all others. The same issues exist between different religions. Southerners resent Yankee Carpetbaggers. California is populated by fruits and nuts. It’s become less and less prevalent over time, hopefully that’ll continue. Will Black.White help or hinder? Enlighten or inflame? Will the families involved be on Springer next? We’ll see.

By AKPO

March 8, 2006 04:40 PM | Link to this

We can’t even get along with each other, no wonder extraterrestrials haven’t come here. There paranoid at how they’ll be received HA HA HA

By Mind of a Married Man

March 8, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this

that is why i loved the show 30 days…now that was some reality for dat @$$…..the straight guy that had to live with a gay dude for 30 days..now that is some real ish there…

By gotta love him

March 8, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this

@Randy - it is frustrating…just read what everyone has written to Rayne…maybe that’ll help. Sounds like she is going thru the same thing. Big eyes? is she a skinny thing too?

By rayne

March 8, 2006 04:55 PM | Link to this

Thanks everybody for the advice. Now, he just has to CALL! :) I know he loves me. Patience grasshopper.

By Tray

March 8, 2006 04:59 PM | Link to this

night bloggers, see ya in the am = )