Don't call it a come back.....

......I've been here for YEARS, rockin my peers and putting suckas in fear


I am back........well sorta, kinda, in a way. It seems like I haven't written a post in ages......Ok well THREE months to be exact - minus the test I tried to do yesterday from my phone. So what have I been up to you ask.....a big 'ol FAT pity party!

I have done this disappearing act before and the problem remains the same - I just don't know what to write about at times. First it would be a day or two, then a week. Then two weeks.....see where this is going??? Then I am faced with coming back with something worthy of your visit and then inevitably I panic. I begin to think why did I start this blog, no one really reads it anyway. They're really reading Afrobella and Bossip and Stereohyped and needless to say I spiral and that's how we get to THREE whole months.

So that's basically it in a nutshell. I enjoy writing but life seems to get in the way sometimes, coupled with the fact that I grapple with WHAT to write about and to that friends have said "everything, anything Mel. DUHHH!!!". That may sound simple enough but truth is it makes the come back process even harder...While I am interested in things going on in the world right now politics (you know, THAT one) the economy ( I am soooo scared to log into my account) and let's not get started on GAS- though I must admit it has gone down about a quarter since I filled up at the high price of $3.29 last week. I just don't feel I could do any of the real issues with these topics justice.


So back to my dilemma ......that short answer from said friends got me to thinkin' ...Hmmmm (*scratching head, eyes toward the ceiling*), maybe I can blog about those whose writing I like. I had been a blog reader for a couple of years well before I started my own. Some that I read are popular, like the aforementioned and some not so, but it could just be that you've never heard of them and waiting for me to introduce them to you. So that's it, that's my new idea....Let's see how it goes.....




I'm gonna knock you out....Momma said knock you out ( Repeat 4X for DA full effect!

Testing....

From my iPhone.... trying to see if I can actually blog from my phone.

The Obama New Yorker Cover, Satire ....okay....Callous is more like it

Normally in the mornings, while getting ready for work,  I always turn on the television to see what's going on in the world. This morning, of course, I bolted out of the door without so much as a snippet of the weather report. By the time I got to work, I started getting IM's and texts regarding Barack Obama on the cover of the New Yorker. Looking it up on the web was limited- mainly because I was busy and well its Monday!

I literally BROKE  my neck to get home to watch programming on all the major news channels regarding this New Yorker cover. I have always known the New Yorker magazine to be a standard within journalism. My professor for Advanced News Writing made the entire class review the magazine, its layout, the articles, that kinda thing. Satire is what makes this magazine work. That being said I find this cover with its use of extreme satire, extremely callous. 

While I FULLY understand satire and its purpose of exposing our ignorant beliefs, I can also see how people would NOT know how to take this- to the point where they could be offended by the image presented.

What also concerns me is that those who aren't going to get this piece of satire probably don't read the New Yorker and probably didn't know there was a magazine called the New Yorker until now and two (especially after watching Anderson 360 tonight) for whatever reason even though Obama has repeatedly said he isn't  Muslim, people are insistent that he is.  A woman said she doesn't like THE candidate (she didn't use his name) but stated the reason she wouldn't vote for him was - are you ready--because he is a Muslim!

Lastly, and this bothers me quite a bit; what about those that worship as Muslims. And I am not referring to the fanatical ones. I am talking about the ones that live next door to you and me who go to work every day to  take care of their households and families and basically mind their own business. As Obama finds himself having to say he is not Muslim, how will they interpret it? 

Sparrow for Obama

Because we as West Indians, like the rest of the world, will be impacted by the outcome of this election too. Check this video out done by CNN.

Daughters of Legacy

 CNN's Don Lemon is hosting this sit down conversation with the daughters of some of the most famous men in history. Daughters of Legacy aired earlier tonight and there will be additional showings tomorrow, today - if you're up late like I am. Watching it again now- don't ask -bad, bad, BAD case of insomnia. Check it out. I don't think I have seen a lot of interviews of any of Malcom X's daughters, nor did I know the connection she and Sidney Poitier's daughter shared.  In addition CNN is doing a series on what its like to be Black in America July 23rd and 24th. I am eagerly awaiting this piece in its entirety. Check out a few clips here from the site. 

Hmm....What have we here

Though I haven't been wondering what Michael Jackson has been up to, it appears some have. I could speculate on a couple of things but then again maybe not. Word is - according to New York Magazine's The Cut that is - that MJ is going to launch a clothing line. See the article here. Unfortunately( or fortunately depending on how you look at things) its going to be sold exclusively at a boutique in Los Angeles. Hopefully the cut or some other fashion magazine will have pics of the new line so we can all check it out. Glad to know its not one of the things that crossed my mind.

What do you make of this....

Woman suing over thong injury