Black is Beautiful

Why don't we see more Black models?

I'm not talking about Video Ho's. I'm talking about actual Black models.

After scratching my chin and casting my eyes to the heavens in deep contemplation, I can only name the following black models: Naomi "i love to throw cell phones at my assistants" Campbell, Alek Wek, Veronica Webb, Tyra Banks, Eva Pigford, Toccara and Tyson.

But if you ask me to name some white models I can come up with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Molly Sims, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss without even taking a breath. And that's just the surface.

Is the Industry prejudiced? Is this simply a microcosm of the White Man's World which we live in? There are so many questions to be asked in concerns to this topic.

Big ups to Italian Vogue for (Sayin' it loud and) doing an All-Black issue!

Tisk-tisk (and a FUCK YOU) to American Vogue for being beaten to the punch. How many more blacks live in America than Italia?

Read and discuss:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/fashion/19BLACK.html?_r=1&ref=style&oref=slogin

Get it Together Grouch!

If you didn't know my job is located at the edge of the Tenderloin District which is conveniently located near the Shopping District and the droves of unassuming tourists--I get the best of both worlds. To further clarify my sarcasm, the Tenderloin is the armpit of SF.

Part of the fun of working in this heavily drug trafficked, thug laden, pusher ridden, fiend frequented, street bum haven is encountering more characters than a Hanna-Barbera Family Reunion. Thus, I'm a bit vexed after a couple of incidents this week in which I was accosted outside of my job by street people. Bombastic bumstastic!

All I can do is throw my palms in the air and shrug shoulders when recollecting the following events:

Monday: While walking out of the office at 5 in midst of a convo with my colleague, a red-hooded man walks by us and seethes through his mustard yellow teeth, "I don't give a fuck!" while looking me dead in the eye.

That'll break up any train of thought.

Today: Headed to lunch with a colleague and I hear this guy comingup behind me. Actually, I can smell this guy coming up behind me. Next I FEEL this guy as he's up my back, hot breath on my neck, change cup in my face.

Bumalicious Bum: "Sparesomechangebrotha?"
Me: "Nah, man. No change here."
Bumalicious Bum: "Next time you shouldn't try to embarass me in front of a so called beautiful lady." (At this point Janna and I look at each other completely nonplussed. The stones on this guy!)
Me: "Whatever man. Go get hit by a car." ( I say this as he wanders into oncoming traffic at the busy 5th and Market Intersection and is about to accost another petrified pedestrian).

All I can say is...Bay Area Represent!

Kings of Leon New Album Slated for September '08

Haircuts. Tight jeans. Rock star posturing. Vests. Guitars. Pills. Women. Booze.

It all sounds a bit tedious.

My favorite knucklehead Tennessee rock band the Kings of Leon have a new album slated for September release. Apparently when they're not drinking or pill-popping or beatin each other down they're in the studio or touring.

There are some youtube clips of them debuting new tracks if you wanna search.

In the meantime, proof: http://www.kingsofleon.com/gallery/pics/Rolling_Stone-_6.12.jpg

Fear the Beard

Stumbled across this site: www.fearthebeard.org

Highlights include an Obama throwback jersey and watching Baron Davis perform random Acts of Kindness in Downtown SF. Bay Areaaaaaa!

Kanye=Megalomaniac

Laaa la la la. Wait til I get my showtime right!

Obviously you can't tell Kanye nothin'. This is no way to treat the fans. Damn.

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61281870

Is R. Kelly Worse than O.J.?

So we all know there's a special place in Hell reserved for O.J. Simpson. The Juice may be the worst guy ever. 2nd place you ask? I nominate R. Kelly for Vice President of Deuchebagland.

How this motherfucker (or should I say kiddiefucker) got off (pun intended) is beyond me. He should be locked under the jail with the key to his cell so far gone that even Indiana Jones couldn't fathom how to find it.

The fact that his music still gets play on the radio and that the Black community still supports him is an absolute travesty. He's a pedophile. Simply put.

Lock his ass up!

And I'm sick of people saying, "He's phreaky" and playing his songs to "get in the mood". It's audio porn. He's talking about his creeeeepy fantasies.

Someone should definitely spit in his face and kick him in the nuts.

The verdict:

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuUbZGigm8uQHShU59PA4I6HcQRw

There's Elian!

Per my Elian Gonzalez reference a few posts ago..we've found him!

Apparently he's 14 now and (get this) a Communist!

You go boy!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=avSr1VJRaLpA&refer=latin_america

Gay men and Straight Women Think Alike? I would've never guessed it!

To whomever funded this research, Can I borrow $50,000? Obviously you have enough money to waste. I coulda written a research paper on this for $200.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/lf_nm_life/brain_gay_dc

The Future is Now

"The Honda FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water and none of the noxious fumes believed to induce global warming. It is also two times more energy efficient than a gas-electric hybrid and three times that of a standard gasoline-powered car, the company says."

A car with no emissions. Sounds farfetched, no? Sounds hard to find, no? Not if you're a SoCal celeb:

http://green.yahoo.com/news/ap/20080616/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_honda.html

Oranje is my new favorite color

I picked Portugal, Germany and Spain to shine during the Euros this Summer. I kinda slept on the Dutch even though I knew better. The highlights from their clinical extermination of Italy.

Total Football:

Organized Noise

It's old but it's so damn good.

Travis Barker where are you right now when we need you?

Illin'

After combating a diabolical flu last week my girlfriend recovered and is getting back to full speed. In her honor, a list:

Why we aren't coming into work today

-I vomited and...I think a boot came out of me.

-One minute I'm colder than Frosty the Snowman, the next I'm so hot I'm sweating like a hooker in Church.

-Does the word "Bile" scare you? Because it should.

-Until now I thought Walking Pneumonia was a myth.

-If I come into work today I WILL cough all over you. I'm like that monkey from "Outbreak" right now. Mad scary yo.

-I'm hella sick (Bay Area Special frequently used by teenagers, also see "I'm hecka sick")

-Everything from my toenails to my hair hurts when I breathe.

-I didn't know you could get bedsores on both sides of your body.

-When I cough, the color Blue comes out.

-My ears vomited.

P.S.A.'s

Fall in love every chance you get before you lose your innocence.

Rediscover something each day and own up to your naivety.

Say, "yes" more often and see how your world changes.

...talkin' like it's just you and me.

A lot of the time I feel that this world is not for me. The materialness, the crisis at hand, obsession with money and disregard for the things done to obtain (not attain) it, celebrity fanaticism.

The Internet has created too many opportunities. Some good, some bad. Yes Mr. Warhol, everyone will have their 15 minutes. These days that 15 minutes too often is infamous as opposed to famous.

The media los for ways to break us. Bullies whee suits and skirts these days. Brass knuckles have been exchanged for laptops. The schoolyard for an office and a cup of Starbucks. Blog away. Tap, tap, tap, enter...I just scarred your character.

If we were any more cynical we'd all go Branch Dividian with Kool-aid stained lips.

Point the finger at me and shout, "hypocrite" but at least you heard it hear first. From the origin, from the one, the creation, the destruction, the reformation.

(Taken from a recent journal entry)

Like Sardines Pakt in a Can

I knew livingspace was tight in Tokyo but...damn.

http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=152450


I just wanna know if they came at her like the Feds did Elian Gonzalez.



Where is Eilian now?



WWED (What would Eilian do)?


Now's the time to create as many puns, snide remarks and double entendres as possible.