For those that don’t know a music crush is when I think someone’s music is totally dope & want to hear all of it! Some of my current and former music crushes include: Kanye West, Teedra Moses, Beyonce (at one point in time, god I was young! lol), Maroon 5, Lupe Fiasco, Vivian Green, & Raheem Devaughn to just name a few.
My music crush is Kid Cudi. I had heard of Kid Cudi a few months ago, my friend was all in hoopla over the song Day & Night ft. Jim Jones. Since I hate everything Jim Jones I refused to listen, but then later I heard Day & Night without him (Jones) and I loved it. But, I still didn’t pay Cudi too much attention. Then I was browsing online and someone said they can’t stop listening to his song, “Dat New New” so I gave that a listen, and liked it.
As I was doing my random scope for new music I came across this A Kid Named Cudi mixtape produced by Plain Pat & Emile and decided to give it a listen since I saw that his official album hadn’t dropped yet. I’m only about 10 songs in and I’m freaking in love. I love it. I love the whole vibe of it, its not too serious. He’s not trying to twist your mind up. The production is dope. I hope the rest of the mixtape continues in this fashion.
Now I realize I’m late as hell in the discovery of this mixtape but that doesn’t take away from the fact that I find it abundant in awesomeness. I mean his song Day & Night makes me want to consider a life of lonely stoner-ism. If you can make that sound appealing, then your good in my book!
I feel bad for being resistent for all this time. I had saw all these people following him on Twitter, but I refused to do so. And I had heard all these rumors about him saying he was retiring after one album so he had all these negative connotations in my head. I don’t really care what he does in his personal life as long as he makes good music. So keep doing your thing Kid Cudi musically & you won’t let me down. (And FYI I still won’t follow him on Twitter).
I have to wish all my readers (however many there may be) a wonderful holiday wish! I’m not the biggest fan of holiday cheer, but everyone needs some. I got in my car tonight and realized I didn’t get chance to burn my Xmas cd and it made me sad.. I try to get as much cheer as I can before my family ruins it. Oh well..
Hope you have lots of good times and holiday cheer (a.k.a liquor)!!!
I’m a busy blogger today! I have the emptiness of work to thank for that! Thanks Work! Anyway, I am on a quest for a pair of fingerless gloves. I don’t know what it is about them that makes me like them. I think its because they make me feel edgy. Either way, I really want a pair like those pictured above, with individual loops for fingers. However, I haven’t found them anywhere I’ve looked. But to be fair I’ve really only looked at Target, so I guess that nulls my point. Either way I want these so bad. But what I did find at Target was a “arm-warmer” which I’m thoroughly enjoying except for the print. They have a black background and multi colored heats and stars. They kind of look like the ones pictured below, but not as mature. They also don’t come up as high. I feel like and edgy 13 year old, but my hands are warm. I really hope that these fingerless gloves find their way into my Christmas stocking. You hear that ‘Santa’????? When I Googled fingerless gloves I came across this site, Coquette, that had a whole blog dedicated to them, which is where I got these images. Take a look at what they’ve posted. Damn, I really want some of these!! I really want some like the first one, but I’m not paying $ 55 dollars.. but someone else could.. I would like a color to match my scarf too.. OK, let me stop being picky..if someone gets me them I will love them no matter what color!
During the summer I was browsing the EA website and saw that in 2009 they would be releasing the Sims 3. For some, that’s not big news, but to me-an avid Sim lover since they first came out, this was huge news. All I had to go on was that this one would give the user more control over their individual Sim and the neighborhood. Excited and Thrilled were not enough to cover my feelings. My roommates girlfriend is also an avid Sim’er so I broke the news to her and she was equally as excited. So, since the summer months, it has kind of been off my radar due to it not being released until 2009.
Today, or yesterday, I received an email from EA offering a discount because its the holiday season, and all that good cheery stuff that I don’t subscribe to. In the email they mentioned discounts on all Sims 2 things, so this instantly bought up my curiosity as to when the exact release date was for Sims 3. So I Googled them and came across their website, thesims3.ea.com. I watched the video that the developers put together, and saw the endless possibilities, stemming from more choices in age ranges, more job choices, and more house designs.
The biggest new feature is the interactiveness of the town. Being able to join protest outside city hall, to being able to fish in the pond in the park, and being able to drop in on neighbors are all features that are new to the game. Also, it hopes for easier user online transition. Before you had to go outside the game to upload stuff online or even import things from online at thesims2.com. And there are new “personality traits” that are supposed to have a big affect on your Sim and their interaction with other Sims. AND they can have more than one job at time, you can be a doctor with a part time gig playing for a rock band! How cool is that?? A cool scenario presented was this one, “your Sim can choose to Whoohoo at work, but if they get caught then both Sims run out of the office naked. Now, that could be a lesson you don’t want to learn in the real world!” This is about some of the moral choices shown in the game. But I think one of the biggest changes users will see is that everyone ages while you play. In past Sims games you could build two families at the same time. But if you played with family A more than family B they would be on different ages. Now, your seems are alive as your playing with your family out on this free-world.
If anyone is familiar with Sims of the past you know that your control pretty much is in your house and thats it. Life outside the house, like at work, you have no control over. With the introduction of the Sims 2, we saw more control, like your Sims could now “Woohoo” aka have sex, but this takes it to a new level. And in the Sims 2 your Sim could be pregnant, which was cool. And you had teenagers who could sneak out the house and have their first kiss. I was hooked when I got this game. Although having a laptop kinda made me play less, I still liked it. I have the Sims on my Nintendo GameCube too, but I don’t play that as much. I am eagerly awaiting the release of Sims 3, and while I may purchase it off eBay to try to get a discount, it doesn’t make me love it any less, it just means I’m cheap!!
I had to share my latest purchase. And I k now I don’t need brown boots because I need some new black boots, but these boots looked so much better in the brown, so I had to go with that. I was emailed a coupon for family & friends weekend with NineWest so I absolutely had to take advantage of it. And I could use some retail therapy. I actually felt some of my melancholy lift after i clicked the submit order button, ha ha. So, let’s introduce my new friend. These are the Nine West Galen, from their “Boutique 9″ collection. I can’t wait to rock these with a cute skirt or even some jeans. I love the wood heel and the buckle detail. They are pure heaven. I didn’t get the measurements on the calf circumference, but they are supposed to be slouchy, so that buys me some room. But I did look at other NineWest boots, like the ELEGY previously mentioned and they were measured to be bigger than my log calves. So we’ll see. They might be slouchy on everyone else but they’ll be tight on me. No one will really notice, or at least I hope not. I don’t own many pairs of NineWest shoes, but I do see some styles there that are nice. I used to go browse the outlet but never actually bought any. Or at least that I can remember. But I’m giving them a go. Unlike Bakers who’ve proved to not be a solid investment in footwear. I’m just extremely happy these were on discount, I paid around 150 online and got free shipping. yay!
On my mornings new stroll came across this article about CNN giving DL Hughley his own show, some would compare to the Colbert Report or the Daily Show. As you all know, I am a CNN junkie. I watch all the debates on CNN, I catch their morning show, American Morning, I like Larry King even though he’s ancient. I love how he makes people slightly uncomfortable in his interviews, LOL. Anywho, Variety reports that the Show will air Saturdays at 10pm and then again on Sunday in the same news slot. Its predicted that they are gearing to appeal to a younger audience as the elections have bought news to a forefront among the new generation.
I think, sometimes, that DL boarders the lines between slightly corny and funny. He is pretty well informed and I don’t mind hearing his point of view, there are some celebrities where I think they should be seen and not heard, but DL has been pretty cool. I think I remember once hearing his story of how he was in a gang, the Bloods I wanna say, but then he realized what he got himself into after a series of tragic events and now look at him. He isn’t some new comer to the scene trying for his 15 minutes. Now, this isn’t to say that he is without fault, I mean he was in Soul Plane. SOUL PLANE!!! Horrible movie!!
Now, I’m not saying I’m going to watch his show every week, because I’d like to think I have a viable social life that keeps me occupied on Saturdays at 10.. but I’ll catch it, and I am sincerely happy for him. Do your thing DL… Darryl Lynn Hughley (wow, what a country name)
Ok, so I hijacked the questions from over at SheenV’s place.. He does Wednesday Weirdness, and I liked these questions… I might hijack a few more, he just doesn’t know it yet! IF you haven’t, check him out over there in the blogroll.. its cool stuff! And he loves shoes too!!! LOL
Once again, Thanks!!!
1.) Do you think you’re approachable? Absolutely! But people might disagree. If I don’t know people in a crowd I tend to stay to myself until the ice is broken. Some might take that as unapproachable, but to me its just normal behavior. Often times people say I’m just “acting light-skin” LOL
2.) Out of the two, would you rather be able to predict things before they happened or be able to read minds whenever you wanted to? Why? Much rather be able to predict things. If I could read minds I might start going off like Sookie in TrueBlood!
3.) Have you ever kissed, fooled around or slept with an ex significant other AFTER you were already broken up? Guilty.. Sometimes people are a sucker for punishment.. Sometimes its hard to remember that you are broken up for a reason and that its better that way…
4.) Do you believe dreams are your imagination running wild as you sleep, your subconscious showing you what’s really on your mind or something else entirely? Both. Sometimes dreams can be so far out there that you don’t have any idea what they mean. Sometimes they are so vivid with a certain aspect of your life, that you have a hard time deciphering what was the reality. Dreams can sometimes be portals into our futures if we look hard enough. I grew up in a house that had a dream book, I think that most dreams have meanings, we just have to seek them out.
5.) How often do you use cuss words? Does your use of cuss words vary on your moods or situations? Somedays I cuss a lot other days I say really cheeky words instead like gosh dangit! But I do know when to turn it on and turn if off, I’m not at work cursing up a storm because that’s just inappropriate. My grandmother cusses like a sailor! LOL
6.) Do you ever purposely lead people on so you can get what you want? Not knowingly, lol… and that’s that!
7.) When was the last time you did something you told yourself you wouldn’t do? What was it? Um.. sure.. I did swear off alcohol a few weeks ago, but yet I keep drinking. LOL. I swore off sweets, but we all know that I have a sweet tooth. Other things are a battle that I’m not giving up.. y
8.) If you could meet one musician who is no longer alive, who would it be? Gosh.. I just don’t know. I’d love to meet Ella Fitzgerald… I feel like in the past singers had personality that is lacking among so many “stars” today… She had soul, she had feeling.. Or Billie Holiday.. yeahhhh…
I don’t know about some people, but I was excited about Jennifer Hudson’s cd being finally released. I was not so excited about Jazmine Sullivan’s cd. Not because she can’t sing, because she has skills, but because her first single didn’t wow me and there was so much hype around her. Everyone was talking about it. I like to be the kind of person that strays from the norm. Now, JHud, is a great singer. Do I think she should have gotten an Oscar for singing in DreamGirls… NO.. but that’s not my point.So these two albums came out pretty close together in time, and rather than write seperate reviews, I’m going to compare them.
Personally, I think Jaz’s album blows Hudson’s out the box.. Not for vocal skills but because of how personal the material seems. Jhud’s seems so… generic. I don’t feel like I know her any better after listening to her album. Jazmine’s.. I feel like wow, she went through something like this. And it’s more youthful.
Let’s talk standout tracks… JHudson.. Of course her single Spotlight is pretty dope. But it is slightly generic. I like the track Pocketbook in a sense that its funny and cute. I like Giving myself, my heart, can’t stop the rain, and invisible. Cute, standard, formulaic tracks. She doesn’t do anything surprising on this album, which is a disappointment for me. She had so many people waiting for her to drop and it makes me wonder is that why she played it safe? they also included “and I’m telling you…” from Dreamgirls on the album. I think they should have included, “I love you I do” versus this song because, well it was cute and this one has been heard over and over and over again. Her songs are simply mid to low-tempo and the kind of blend together at some points. I guess thats why I like Pocketbook, its the riskiest song on the album. Overall, its an OK debut album but its a C level from someone with her talent. I do NOT feel her album was worth the wait. No sir I do NOT!
Jazmine Sullivan… where do we begin? This is a genuinely good cd to me. Good writing, good production. Not predictable. On this cd I only skip one song, Call Me Guilty, I don’t know why but it just isn’t one of my favorites. I love the track Dream big it has a different sound than the rest of the album and because it’s inspiring. It reminds me of #1 from the Instructions for Life.. Take risks.. Be in the moment. Wait, before I continue, I have to say that I may have listened to the songs in the wrong order because my burning program burned the alphabetically, weirdo! The first song I heard was After the Hurricane which was good to me. It wasn’t too mellow or mid tempo. Following that song was Bust ya Windows which now has a video, which even though it wasn’t in order it was a good followup song – in the sense that after you tore my life up like a hurricane I’ma bust your windows! Take that man! Take that!! Other songs that I like are Fear, which is utterly simple but yet so powerful. “you’re not human without fear” is so true. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. One night stand, This song took me more than one listen to like. Actually, her whole album did. The first time around I said, what is all the hype. But me being too lazy to take the cd out my car made me realize that hey, this is actually good. Lions, Tigers & Bears... this song hits my heart. So real, so heartfelt so personal for many people. Switch-the bonus track, love it! It’s so cute and fun and makes me laugh. This is why I like her album. it flows nice, it has a youthful feel to it. And i feel like I know her a little better after listening to it. I feel that she’s been through some of these situations and she understands me. I don’t know if someone else wrote them for her or not, but she makes me believe it.
Jennifer Hudson get a 3.5 outta 5.. Jazmine Sullivan is 4.5 teetering pretty darn close to 5, only because I skip that one song. Not that its a bad song, i just like everything else so much more. Now these are just my opinions, you are free to like Jennifer’s album more, but don’t get mad if i disagree. this is America, we can share! LOL..
I don’t know about everyone else, but this summer kind of sucked in regards to TV. I looked forward to TNTs “The Closer” for so long that when it finally premiered I had over hyped it to myself. But someone reminded me that last night was the season Premiere of the CW’s Gossip Girl, which I feel in love with last year during the writers strike. I spent a whole day hogging my roommates desktop so I could watch every episode online until i was caught up. I mean literally, a whole Saturday, I even ate in front of the PC. So after watching the return of Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen I sought a schedule of fall premieres. And I found a good one! Not that I really need it because I have a DVR that automatically picks these things up, but I needed to have it. Because deep down, its more anticipation than actually watching thats exciting. Anticipation is so important that people don’t even realize it. Anyway, here are a list of shows that i am looking forward to. Even though all summer I’ve been following spoilers, but those are never totally accurate because you never know what changes happen on the cutting room floor…
9/1/08 – Gossip Girl
9/25/08 – Grey’s Anatomy
9/25/08 – Ugly Betty
9/28/08 – Desperate Housewives
9/28/08 – Family Guy
9/28/08 – Brothers & Sisters
10/1/08 – Private Practice
10/3/08 – Everybody Hates Chris
10/3/08 – The Game
10/6/08 – Samantha Who?
Honorable Mention – 9/3/08 – America’s Next Top Model
Honorable Mention – 9/5/08 - Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
Now, this list looks like I spend a lot of time in front of the TV, but I really don’t. I DVR them all. Do you like how I turned the DVR into a verb? That is pretty common these days. The proper way to say that was that I recorded them using my DVR. I wonder why we as people do that. Make verbs into nouns. Anyhoo, I did forget Nip/Tuck, which is such a guilty pleasure. I haven’t seen any new shows that I’m looking foward to trying. I did want to try Eli Stone last year but haven’t gotten around to it. Recently I started watching Entourage, but I won’t let myself watch new episodes until I catch up completely with prior seasons. I wonder what other shows people are looking forward to. I know Heroes is pretty popular among a few of my friends along with Friday Night Lights… hhhmmm.. not for me..
After much consideration and deliberation I have decided to start a blog. Who am I? Just a girl from Jersey who likes what she likes. I’m going to share my point of view on a bunch of stuff with the likes of you… What does that mean for you? Probably nothing. But I’m here and you’re going to like it.
So what kind of things do I like? I like a bunch of things..
nail polish
pizza
potatoes
reading
music
anarchy
socialism
black militancy
WWII
Family Guy
Charmed
my blackberry
shoes
reading celebrity blogs
porn
beaches
vacations
cars
Grey’s Anatomy
spoilers
movies
cheesecake
sex
the beach
babies that belong to other people
seafood
Pho
money
fantasy football even though I don’t actually watch it
As you can see this blog might be about some of everything, and I hope you enjoy that, or at least recommend it to a friend. As I grow in my likes, so will this blog. This is a living, learning, and loving experience! Thank you!
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I had to share my latest purchase. And I k now I don’t need brown boots because I need some new black boots, but these boots looked so much better in the brown, so I had to go with that. I was emailed a coupon for family & friends weekend with NineWest so I absolutely had to take advantage of it. And I could use some retail therapy. I actually felt some of my melancholy lift after i clicked the submit order button, ha ha. So, let’s introduce my new friend. These are the Nine West Galen, from their “Boutique 9″ collection. I can’t wait to rock these with a cute skirt or even some jeans. I love the wood heel and the buckle detail. They are pure heaven. I didn’t get the measurements on the calf circumference, but they are supposed to be slouchy, so that buys me some room. But I did look at other NineWest boots, like the ELEGY previously mentioned and they were measured to be bigger than my log calves. So we’ll see. They might be slouchy on everyone else but they’ll be tight on me. No one will really notice, or at least I hope not. I don’t own many pairs of NineWest shoes, but I do see some styles there that are nice. I used to go browse the outlet but never actually bought any. Or at least that I can remember. But I’m giving them a go. Unlike Bakers who’ve proved to not be a solid investment in footwear. I’m just extremely happy these were on discount, I paid around 150 online and got free shipping. yay!
I don’t know about everyone else, but this summer kind of sucked in regards to TV. I looked forward to TNTs “The Closer” for so long that when it finally premiered I had over hyped it to myself. But someone reminded me that last night was the season Premiere of the CW’s Gossip Girl, which I feel in love with last year during the writers strike. I spent a whole day hogging my roommates desktop so I could watch every episode online until i was caught up. I mean literally, a whole Saturday, I even ate in front of the PC. So after watching the return of Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen I sought a schedule of fall premieres. And I found a good one! Not that I really need it because I have a DVR that automatically picks these things up, but I needed to have it. Because deep down, its more anticipation than actually watching thats exciting. Anticipation is so important that people don’t even realize it. Anyway, here are a list of shows that i am looking forward to. Even though all summer I’ve been following spoilers, but those are never totally accurate because you never know what changes happen on the cutting room floor…