I know now that going into 09 I will be attending church more and hearing some word because it was just snowing, raining and thundering all at the same time a minute ago here in DC. Now the sun is shining! God is def trying to tell us something.
We living in them last days yall! Remember when old people used to say that to you when you were a kid and scare the crap out of you lol.
I like millions of others was so elated on the night of Nov 4th when we found out that Barack Obama would be our next president. And I was even more excited at the thought of the events that will be taking place between Jan 16-20 2009: the Inaugural Parties and Balls! Every black celebrity will be in town for the festivities. And I was going to make sure I was up in the mix at somebodies party/ball. That was until I saw the ridiculous prices some people are trying to charge to party like a rockstar!!!
Case in point, I saw this website for the Hip Hop Inaugural Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama And The Hip Hop Community for Inspiring the Transformation of America *side-eye*. Really? Inspiring the transformation of America huh? Ummmkaaay, but anyway I was excited because this sounded like this was the party to be at, besides the actual balls BO will personally be attending. That was until I saw the ticket prices.
250 Pre Sale Sold Out *Of Course*
500 Limited *Your Kidding Me Right?*
1000 General *What the Hell?!*
2500 VIP *WTF?!?*
I guess someone missed the memo that we are in a recession. I mean seriously 2500g's? Barack, Michelle, Oprah, Stedman, Will Smith and Jada, Ronnie Bobby Rickey AND Mike all better be up in that piece! I have a feeling people are still trying to cash in on Obama Mania and that's just wrong. Barack would NOT be pleased!
So I guess I'll just settle for the Parade with the other thousands of people on the 20th. I wonder will the federal government be closed? Another free holiday.....SCORE!
2008 has been one very interesting year. A lot of ish has gone down, good and bad, so lets take a moment to revisit some of the biggest stories of 08.
The Housing Market Crisis
The housing Market crisis really hit a new low in 08 with foreclosures getting out of control. Houses were being sold on eBay for a buck! And people were and still are losing their homes left and right. All on the back of shady lenders giving home loans to people they knew couldn't afford the mortgage *smh*.
Economic Stimulus
George Dub-ya finally admitted that the nation was in financial trouble and decided to give every American(who qualified) an economic stimulus rebate check. Either you got 600 if you were single, 1200 per married couple and an additional 300 per child or if you’re like me you got nathin and still waiting on that ish, bastids! This however failed to boost the economy but hey….it was free money!
RIP
We lost a lot of great entertainers this year. From Heath Ledger and Estelle Getty to Bernie Mac aka Uncle Bernie *I still tear up at episodes of Bernie Mac Show* and Isaac Hayes. RIP.
The Big Bailout
After phucking up peoples monies for years the ish finally hit the fan with the failing housing market and economy causing big banks like Bank of America ,Citi Group and JP Morgan Chase to go crawling on their hands and knees to the government for them to bail them out. And what did the govment do? Bail them beeshes out! 750 billion to be exact.
McCain Palin 08
After realizing that he may not have a chance to win the presidency, McCain tried to pull a "power move" and announced that his VP running mate would be a no name former beauty queen, hawky mom building bridges to nowhere in Alaska, 17 year old daughter getting pregnant having, glasses wearing, winking at the camera, Peggy Hill lookin girl named Sarah Palin. Not even McCain would listen to his advisors that told him hell naw to picking her. But hey it all worked out in the end didn’t it *winks* !
Bigga Wedding
After being together for about 40 years Jay put a ring on it and they FINALLY decided to jump the broom. They even had an elaborate ceremony that they tried to hide and took months for them to finally admit they were indeed married and publically wear their wedding rings. Like we really cared...
Chrianna and Nariah
We also saw the birth of Chrianna and Nariah. I guess Rhi Rhi finally got the point the Bey was not gonna allow Jay to stand under her umber-ella so she settled for someone her own age. And who would have thought the low budget Will Smith of comedy would snag Mariah!
Gas Prices
Gas prices reached an all time high at $5 dollars in some areas this year. But thankfully it has recently fallen to below two dollars in the past three months. The lowest since 04 I believe. Hallelu-yer!
Jhud Tragedy
Who could forget the tragic saga of Jenn Hudson and the loss of her mom, brother and nephew at the hand of her sister’s husband. I think we were all on the edge of our seats when the search went on for her kidnapped nephew who was tragically found dead a couple days later.
Real Housewives of ATL
Finally we got a black version of the RH series in the Real Houswives of ATL. It was supposed to be a look inside the black elite of the ATL. The drama and pure foolishness did keep us entertained. From NeNe and her keeping it real attitude and her geigh bf Dwight to Kim and her rendition of "Tight Rope". Too bad they had to phuck it all up with frontin. How dreadful!
Yes We Did!
And of course the biggest thing of the year was Barack Obama wining the presidency of the US. History was made this year and the US is forever changed so get used to it YT! Years from now when I think back to where I was and what I was doing on that momentous moment I will always think about my fellow MS-ers and the MS Party Line. *Tears up* Now bring on the Inaugeration beeshes!!
With a year like this I can't imagine what 09 has in store
New Years is next Friday *can you believe it* so now’s the time to start thinking about those New Year Resolutions/Goals that you want to try to set and keep for the 09. Now I usually don’t do the whole resolution thing because I've always believed it to be pointless, but I'm thinking of giving it a go this year. Here are my top 5:
1 Getting rid of old baggage - Don’t know about you but ya girl has been through A LOT this year and needs to let go of some “dead weight”! *Those that know me know who I'm referring to*
2 Finish writing my novel – I really want to get it done next year so I can get published, get a movie deal, then blowuptuate and be a rioch biotch. I mean a ten year old just sold the rights to his book How To Talk to Girls *wtf* so it can happen for me too!
3 Eating Healthier – I figure my diet of McDonalds, Wendy’s, Popeyes, Chick-fil-a ect is going to eventually catch up to me as I approach thirty so might as well start now adding more fruits and veggies to my diet.
4 Being Nicer – Apparently I’m mean
5 Stop stanning Kanye West so much – I’m kinda getting tired of loving him so hard
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Aww hell who am I kidding, #5 will neva happen! Anyway we'll see how it goes. I have a strong feeling that 09 will be a great year for me *fingers crossed*!
How did I miss this?
I Love Money 2 is coming Mondays starting Jan 29, 2009 and it looks like some oldies and newbies will be joining the cast.
The Oldies
The Entertainer
Heat
Guess they still broke and living in their momma basement.
The Newbies
20 Pack
Angelique
Bonez
Buckwild
Buddah
Cali *Guess she didn't win Chances heart*
Ice
It
Leilene
Milf *Guess she didn't win Real's heart*
Myamee
Onix
Saaphyri *Guess that Lip Chap and Indian herre deal ain't work out*
Tailor Made
Tamara
T Weed *his lying azz*
clickhere for cast pics.
Wow. This should make for some excellent primetime foolishness. I know I'll be watching! And is it me or is VH1 straight reality show heaven now?!
It's the battle of the two black networks. For years BET has been the sole all Black network to keep us entertained. But has recently went down the toilet with crappy programming such as inappropriate videos, vj's that suck and their BET blackbuster movies like Baby Boy and Soul Plane.
Enter stage left TV One. With it's bringing back old classic shows like Martin, Living Single, Eve, and the short lived Between Brothers and For Your Love. Now they even got Sanford and Son and Half and Half coming on in the 09!
But not to be outdone BET brought back Smart Guy, when Taj Mowrey was cute, and now Family Matters and One on One. And put on three seasons of pure phluckery with the Keysha Cole show. Debra Leeeeevillll is really trying to compete.
So is there room for both in the world of television? I think there is. But BET betta watch it's back cause TV One is slowly creeping up on em to take over. Oh and if you haven't seen the infamous BET episode check it out below.
LOL!
Of course they snatched the full episode off youtube. Bastids!
I don't know about yall but this is one of my favorite Christams songs!
Just makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside *sigh*
Now I love me some Run's House, even watch the re-runs, but is it really neccessary for Angela and Vanessa to get their own show? I mean do that have that much more going on in their lives that can't be shown on Runs House? Even though Imjusayin....I'll still probably watch *sigh*.
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