Friday, September 4, 2009

We Should All Do It Like R. Kelly

...no I don't mean sprinkle our urine or adolescent girls...I'm sorry, let me go ahead and back track a tad

Holly's roommate asked me what my biggest pet-peeves were and I couldn't really figure them out at the time. I don't like seeing hair in the sink or shower, I hate being stuck in traffic and an annoying laugh drives me absolutely crazy. But there was definitely something that was bigger than all of those. And I finally figured out what it was. It took coming back to Germany to figure it out because the solution to my pet peeve is how I spend the majority of my non-basketball downtime.

Cliffhangers. It's like just getting a bite of your favorite food or playing "just the tip." I was an advertising and marketing major and I know the importance of keeping people on the edge but when I finish a show/movie and they leave me hanging...I don't know what to do with myself. R. Kelly, who had "too many to count" Trapped In The Closets, at least dropped one a day, everyday on IFC until his series was over. And I could deal with that. What I can't deal with, are primetime dramas and cable series' that leave me in shambles for six straight days. Or Saw sequels that turn into trilogys that turn into whatever it is you call four, five and six.

So what I always do now is wait until the season is over, or the sequel is out. Since I've been in Germany I've gotten through whole seasons of Boondocks, Brothers and Sisters, Dexter, and Entourage after the conclusion...with no commercial breaks and no waiting for next weeks episode. And I absolutely love it. Thank you OVGUIDE you are a lifesaver.




Do What You Do          Hallelujah Hollaback          ...blackhercules21...
"Stuck between these two worlds
What I'm gonna do with both these girls
Hard to choose between her and these streets
Cuz the game keeps calling me"
--R. Kelly ft. Jay-Z -Honey

Thursday, September 3, 2009

....C....O....B....

Crooked I kept shouting out "COB" during his legendary Hip Hop Weekly freestyle series. Throughout this year long progression "COB" stood for a number of phrases...

"Conducting Organized Business"
"Cash Over B*tches"
"Crip or Blood"
"Controlling Our Block"
"Cartel of Ballers"
...but the one he shouted more than any of them was "Circle of Bosses." I don't know why I always think of that when a group of friends and I discuss random happenings via email, but they are definitely my "Circle of Bosses." We discuss Hip-Hop, funny mainstream videos, and your occasional "serious" topic. But there are some videos/discussions that are definitely worthy of this blog and I now present you with the first. Anytime I use something from our email list, I'll make sure I thank my "COB." That citation is a by-product of the 7,000 plagiarism warmings I got while at NYU. Anyway, enjoy the funniest dub of this Hitler video ever. You Germans can laugh too.


Do What You Do          Hallelujah Hollaback          ...blackhercules21...
"yeah I love many but I trust few
and I'm like Nike's slogan, I Just Do It, to get my just due
whoever said I was cocky, homie that's untrue
I'm only a few notches about you...but what's new?"
--Crooked I-Hip Hop Weekly (#48) Mary Mary