More Funday Friday for you? Okay!
You know all those videos of couples announcing that they're pregnant? How elaborate and creative they are and how much effort they've put into saying just two words? Well, they've got nothing on this couple, who did one, not only on the announcement of the start of the pregnancy, but also one on the journey of it, reaching the day of the new birth!
Meet Machel and Jerrad Green, a couple who announced their pregnancy in a video featuring one of the most creative conceps I've ever seen. Making baby-centric covers of the hits of Britney Spears! The songs featured are "Oops, I Did It Again" (here named "Pregnant Again" for Month 1), "Toxic" ("Nauseous" for Month 2), "I'm A Slave 4U" ("I'm A-voiding U" for Month 3), and her recent single "Pretty Girls" (renamed "Little Girl" for Month 4).
This video, from Vintage Marquee Lights, is super funny, very creative, and amazingly heartwarming. This group who made this video really know who to make a happenin' video and the music is awesome. Great job, guys! Check their videos; they're amazing
I congratulate the happy and wish them good luck in their growing family.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Star vs. The Forces of Evil Review: Mewberty/Pixtopia
Ladies and gentlemen...it's back.
Star vs. The Forces of Evil has returned after a brief month-long hiatus, and has more stories, action, excitement and great Starco moments to tide us over for the rest of Season 1. And since it's the Summer, it's an even better time to watch. While having fun, soaking some rays, cookouts, water parks, the beach, ect., ect,; general spending time with family, AND NO SCHOOL!! Plus watching our favorite inter-dimensional best pals going on extra-awesome adventures.
And also, me doing my Reviews of the show, so this can't get even better from there.
So let's take a look at the first episode after the thing that Disney should stop using on its shows to our collective hatred...
In it, When Star starts sprouting hearts all over her body, the telltale sign of Mewberty, Marco searches for a way to keep her from losing control.
The halfer begins at ECA with Oskar Greason bangin’ and boomin’ with the sounds of his keytar. And Star enjoying the Heck out of it. Marco snaps her out to tell her about this purple heart (they were in art class, and he assumes it's paint) on her forehead. She immediately starts to worry, and tells Marc about it, as a random phase of life for Mewni-an girls called “Mewberty”. Marco tries to assure her that it could be similar to puberty on Earth, but Star shoots this down, saying
“This is going to get really weird”.(And as this review continues, it’s going to get really wild, too.)
--Of course you remember Oskar from “Cheer Up Star”. It’s good to see Star’s love-interest is getting some more face-time, especially in this episode. Which is smart because it’s about...well, I don’t want to spoil it before revealing it.
--Okay...from the moment she talked after suddenly talks, Star got creepy, and it actually freaked me out a little. And that’s a good thing. At least it gives this episode another level of suspense and thrill.
Marco tries to walk the newly (and-quickly)-diseased-ridden Star home, but she gets distracted by a guy drinking from the water fountain, and after Marc tries to pull her away, she suddenly has a gross purple arm that talks, gives a bad influence and feats on people’s poop makers.
Oh wait, wrong episode. Sorry. It actually just grows and adheres to places (specifically. a student’s locker) on intended impulse, causing B-Fly to stick around, despite Starco’s urges to bolt. They try their best to leave, but her arm refuses. Marco tries to pull it free, but Star stops him, as she says it makes it worse. She tells Marc to go get her Spell Book to solve this problem. Which is with Ferguson, as she lost it to him in a bet.
--In my mind, I found the plot starting and moving immediately to be awesome and refreshing. Instead of starting with the characters being somewhere else or with endless dialogue, the plot begins almost immediately and will continue on, and that was fantastic to watch so far. And as it continues, it’ll get more awesome and refreshing
Marco runs to Ferg who’s in his Spanish class, where he tells Marc that he gave the Book to someone else: a girl named Janna.
Meanwhile in the locker, Star tries to shed her new-and-won’t-disappear-until-the-end-of-this-episode phase, but fails (she does so successfully for a second, before it comes back in a drove), and it gets worse when the Boy’s Swimming team comes and does practice in front of the lockers....
“Poop. It was poop. Somebody pooped in the pool.” -One player
“...Ew.” -Me
... to Star’s chagrin (or delight, thanks to increasingly-growing Mewberty).
Elsewhere, Janna shows her friends Star’s Spell Book, and is close to doing whatever they want (like getting one of their parents to stop fighting...Dag). Marco shows up and takes the book back, trying to finding a spell to stop (or at least calm down) Star’s growing Mewberty, and ends up finding a magic genie helper...person called Sir Glossaryck (of Terms). Marc’s requests are turned down, however, when Glossaryck only wants to help out princesses. When Marc tells him about Star’s Mewberty problem, Glossy is then able to work out a deal (his services for...pudding. “High Schools have excellent pudding,” as he claims.)
--Janna is a character that has come out of nowhere for me (unless she has already appeared before in the background). She came in with the Magic Book, and leaves with Marco’s keys (with some look in her eyes)...which was...strangely forced. It really had me scratching my head.
I feel she will return in a later episode, but I don’t think it would matter to me. But don’t worry, I’ll make sure to point it out for you.
--On the other hand, I really like Glossaryck. He’s funny, charming, smarmy and (like Oskar’s one-liners here) made me laugh every time he appears. I want him to appear more in this series (and this will matter to me).
Meanwhile, a boy goes to his locker...and finds Star inside...under full effects of Mewberty. She touches him (“Boy...”), and he doesn’t notice, as he was listening to music. Yep, Star is ...(a word I cannot use, as I’m trying to keep this Review series as PC as possible. But it rhymes with “corny”.) for boys.
As students leave for home, a male pupil goes to the Danger Zone, a purple heart-shaped Mewberty cocoon, and finds this: a six-handed, heart-eyed, flying monster that is Star fully consumed under Mewberty. Star frees herself from the cocoon and begins her rampage.
Macro finally gets a pudding-addled Glossaryck to spill on how to stop Star’s very special boy problem, with the blue-skinned, six-fingered latter revealing that Star may (or may not) return to normal at exactly 3:57pm, as “Nature is like a garbage truck: it doesn’t stop”. (terrible analogy, but it works). Marc is understandably exasperated by this, but (after hearing) goes to stop Star with this new (rather weak) information.
Marco comes to her rescue, but has found other male students trapped in her clutches (literally; she has them thrown into lockers, and sprays some type of web to keep them trapped).
(And yes, that is Jeremy Birnbaum in one of the lockers, at the end of line.
Creepy, I know)
Marc tries to stop her, but she immediately traps him too, and is close to doing worse...until she hears keytar music from Oskar. She flies to Oskar and is about to do even worse to him, but Marco stops her with the help of a volleyball net. But it’s not over, as B-Fly buzzes around ECA campus to get away from Marc’s trap until...(under Glossaryck’s guise) he lets her go, with Oskar finally under her clutches. Marco kneels on the ground, watching his best friend fly away forever.
Until it’s 3:57pm. Purple hearts fall all around Echo Creek Academy, and Oskar (and the car he sat on) fall back (literally) on campus unharmed, not noticing a thing.
And, to Marco’s , Star falls back to Earth, back to normal and finally free from Mewberty. Marc hugs her, and the two are back together again. That is until Marco is disgusted by this feeling
and has received a prize for her experience: Mewberty Wings! Starco tries them out for spin, but it doesn’t last long…(you know, like size of the wings).
--From this episode on, Star is now adorned with Butterfly-like wings. I’m curious to see where this development goes in this season, along with the rest of the series. Will they grow? When will Star officially fly with them? Will she brag on to her friends? Will this fulfill a "meaningful name" prophecy that makes her name Star Butterfly make even more sense? We shall see...
Okay...I LOVE THIS EPISODE!
-The plot, which is a Mewni-an take on a teenage girl going through “puberty”, was awesome as Heck.
The execution was fantastic--it started off great, continued great, climaxed great and ended great.
-It was full of suspense, thrill, action and comedy that really held me over throughout the duration, and all of it was mixed in well.
-There was barely any music in this one, outside of Oskar’s keytar tunes and the terrifying BGM. And speaking of that terrifying BGM, which played when and after Star become Mewberty Star…My God, that was awesome (and scary to hear) and it added to the suspense perfectly. Great job to composer Brian H. Kim for creating these pieces in this episode, among the pieces he also created for other episodes. Dude is talented.
-And never for once have I felt bored throughout the episode--I was pulled in from start to finish and I couldn’t love it more.
-Also, it featured another reason why I enjoy Star and Marco as friends: Marco saving Star from Mewberty, while himself being at risk of being trapped under her uncontrollable wrath.
This episode featured some much greatness and then some. I couldn’t enjoy it more if I tried. Remember when I said that “Diaz Family Vacation” was my favorite episode? I take it back. THIS IS MY FAVORITE HALF-EPISODE. I love so much about it and I think this is be the best episode of Season 1 so far
Favorite Lines:
-Everything that Oskar said, including:
--“You go clean your room, Mom.”
--“I don’t like your boyfriend, Mom.”
-Everything Glossaryck said
With all of this happiness coming from me, I would think this next episode would carry on the greatness. Well...
In it, Marco and his friends travel to a dimension of pixies and are forced to work off their debt in the Shard Mines after they run up Star's Magic Mirror bill with prank phone calls.
In Star's Expansion Pack Room at the Diaz Family Home, Marco, Alfonzo and Ferguson are playing around with Star’s Magic Mirror, making prank phone calls to people from other dimensions (badly). Star comes in and wants to join in on the action, but their time with the Mirror has run out, as the it’s minutes have been used and the bill must be paid in Pixtopia (hee-hee-hee).
Marco fesses up to the prank calls (to Star’s strange delight, as she now relates to this “danger-hungry troublemaker” he has become, calling him and herself "Twinsies"), and wants to try paying the bill. As he uses the Dimensional Scissors to go to Pixtopia, Fonzy and Ferg clamor along, extremely eager to come on an adventure in another dimension.
--Seriously, Ferguson is terrible with prank calls.
--And another thing, I'm still creeped out by Star. It's the events of "Mewberty" that have this lasting effect. Is that a bad thing? If it is, I'm sorry.
--On the other hand, Star being aware that she's reckless, and is giddy about Marco being the same way (sorta) is kinda weird and cute at the same time.
--Marco saying "What? Man I ain't no twin. I'm.. I'm.. I'm Marco Diaz. Only child." made me laugh.
while Alfergzo (this is a thing now) saying "Going into portal land! Teenage boys are holding hands!" made me laugh like Heck!
--Lastly, here, it's nice to see that Starco's friends are well-aware of Star's life as a princess from another dimension, and that this isn't some secret they're hiding. It's obvious it's been this way a lot longer than I'm mentioning now, but it's a refreshingly good thing to just watch them (Fonzy and Fergy) go along with it, and that they're really cool with it. Now back to the story.
In Pixtopia, which is inhabited by happy, singing pixies, they arrive in at the Pixie Magic Mirror Office, where Marco tries to pay the bill using Earth’s American money. The Customer Services employee tells the four that they can only pay with gold and jewels, and banishes them to in the underground Shard Mines to work off the bill.
--I’m usually not a fan of toilet humor, but that bit with the female Pixie using a flower as a commode during the Pixtopia Pixies song was hilarious.
The quad-rio (meh)...fall into the Shard Mines, and are immediately thrown into work by the taskmaster. Star tries to fight him with her Wand, but its powers are strained, as they do not work in the Mines. Ferguson tries to intervene, but is taken away by the pixie guards, causing Starco and Alfonzo to work without him.
While Ferg is taken to the castle of the Pixie Empress, who is immediately smitten with him, Star, Marc and Fonzy are still doing their community service. When Alfonzo coughs up Pixie Dust (which does not make him fly, by the way), Marco has had enough and decides to run from his punishment to save Ferguson (Classic Marco right there), but a wizard (who, along with a minotaur, is also punished) tells him is won’t do any good, as there’s no way to es--Star points out a mine car and the five prisoners break out of the Mines. The pixie guards give chase, and it’s a race to find and save Ferguson...
...who is enjoying all his precious time being pampered by the Empress.
The chase through the mines has gotten more and more intense for a little while. Starco, Fonzy, the Wizard and the Minotaur are still followed by the guards...until they fall down a steep slope down (the guards), and the group finally reach Ferguson, through a hole that leads up to the throne...
--I found the mine chase scene to be rather meh, compared to other chase scenes from other episodes. Mostly because Ludo wasn't there. (A little more on that down the road.)
The five finally reach Ferguson, who is still being pampered and announces to them that he’s getting married to the Empress. Marco freaks out and snaps Ferg out of the , as he’s too young for the commitment. Fergy realizes what he’s doing is wrong and tells the Empress that he cannot tie the knot with her. The Empress then tells her guards to kill him and his friends. (Really; it was that quick. She doesn’t change her expression for a second.) The guards then fight Starco and Alfergzo once again, and this time, it gets more exciting.
Star finally gets to use her Wand’s powers and destroys the diminutive opposition with a little Freese and Rainbow.
When all's said and done, Star, Marco and Ferguson* leave Pixtopia and return home. A sad Marco confesses it’s his fault that Ferguson has no shot at love. That is until Star reveals that Pixie Empress never loved Fergy anyway, and that she wanted to eat him. (That was out-of-nowhere dark) Fergy, hurt by his friends’ words, asks where Alfonzo is.
*He’s still in Pixtopia, and actually goes through with marrying the Empress. The episode ends with a curious Fonzy wondering of a life as a king...conflicting tyranny.
Favorite Lines:
"What? Man I ain't no twin." -Marco
"Going into portal land! Teenage boys are holding hands!" -Ferguson and Alfonzo
"Even our bathrooms smell so sweet. [squeak]" -Female Pixie
This episode is the first to feature Alfonzo and Ferguson joining Starco on their inter-dimensional adventures. And in my opinion, this was pretty good. I wasn't expecting a huge adventure, so that made it better than fine in that regard. Although not as great as Mewberry, which is obviously the better halfer for me. I honestly didn't care much for the plot with Ferguson and the Pixie Princess, but luckily it didn't drag down the episode. Also, we didn't much about the Empress or why she would want to eat Ferguson until the end, which came out of nowhere (outside of the subtle hints that she was feeding him, implying she was fattening him up like she was a witch and he's Hansel. ?[Hansel?]) and felt like it was rushed, especially after when they don't mention more more about it. Yes, it was the ending, but it still felt, that way. I did enjoy the chase to save him though, and the fight scene was really good. But I wasn't very fond of this episode. I don't hate it though; it had some funny moments I liked.
And as I said earlier, I enjoyed the chase and fight scenes (the latter more than the former), but they didn't have a certain charm to them; and that charm being Ludo and his minions. It's not to say I didn't enjoy this one; I love Star's finishers in freezing some pixies and trapping others in a rainbow wall. That's cool.
Overall, this was a great episode, and a great return to the show we all love to watch. I'd definitely watch this episode more and more, especially "Mewberty".
Tune in next week, where I give an overly-extensive account into "Lobster Claws", an episode where Starco makes nice with one of Ludo's minions, a creature with...lobster claws. I originally thought this would be a sequel to "Monster Arm", but I'm sadly/happily mistaken. And also, "Sleep Spells", where Star begins to conjure up spells in her sleep. And if this pic
of her dressed up as Marco (with Marc in glasses looking on intently) is any indication, I'd better grab some popcorn. This is going to be a great night.
And now, a few more things I miss doing...
I want to think the Star vs. The Forces of Evil Wikia page for everything, of course.
Thank you for joining me for this review, and for checking out this review series in general.
And I'll see you next week for another review of Star vs. The Forces of Evil.
Until then, I'm Andrew saying, "Reach for the Star, and Keep Looking Up!...at your TV screen".
Friday, June 19, 2015
Funday Friday: #36--Cheerio, Sheerio!
Hey, everyone. It's Funday Friday once again.
And since this years' Much Music Video Awards are coming up on Sunday, I decided to dedicate this brief piece of the FunFri barrage to its host Ed Sheeran. And what better way to do that than this story.
A fan was performing in the court of a Canada mall singing his hit "Thinking Out Loud", so he decided to take the time to listen. And then meet her. And then sing along by duet-ing with her. Take a look at the sweet meet cute going on.
She has such a lovely voice. And his intertwined was even more lovely. Great job you two.
And since this years' Much Music Video Awards are coming up on Sunday, I decided to dedicate this brief piece of the FunFri barrage to its host Ed Sheeran. And what better way to do that than this story.
A fan was performing in the court of a Canada mall singing his hit "Thinking Out Loud", so he decided to take the time to listen. And then meet her. And then sing along by duet-ing with her. Take a look at the sweet meet cute going on.
She has such a lovely voice. And his intertwined was even more lovely. Great job you two.
Funday Friday: #35--Young Blind Singer Inspires at NBA Finals Finale
She is blind and has cerebral palsy. But that didn't stop her from being the big moment of the second-biggest Championship series in professional sports, and being one of the hottest topic on all of Social Media this week.
This is Marlana VanHoose. She's only 19 years old. Despite her illnesses, she is an aspiring singer, and chose the gig of sing The Star Spangled Banner at games of the Cleveland Cavaliers. And performing the iconic song of the US of A during one of the highest-rated sports telecast in television history. She sang the National Anthem at Game 6 (and the finale) of the 2015 NBA Finals, and without getting into specifics, she knocked it out of the park. Here's the video:
She may have cerebral palsy and is blind, but she just wouldn't let those things make her determination dwindle and die. She just lets her singing career continue.
Great job, Marlana. Even though you can't read this, I know youcanwill be great at what you do. Congrats on the success and what will come for you next.
This is Marlana VanHoose. She's only 19 years old. Despite her illnesses, she is an aspiring singer, and chose the gig of sing The Star Spangled Banner at games of the Cleveland Cavaliers. And performing the iconic song of the US of A during one of the highest-rated sports telecast in television history. She sang the National Anthem at Game 6 (and the finale) of the 2015 NBA Finals, and without getting into specifics, she knocked it out of the park. Here's the video:
She may have cerebral palsy and is blind, but she just wouldn't let those things make her determination dwindle and die. She just lets her singing career continue.
Great job, Marlana. Even though you can't read this, I know you
Funday Friday: #34--This Girl Wants R-E-S-P-E-C-T (and gets it!)
I know we've seen this before, but it's too cute not to mention anyway. (and that last week's edition was completely different in PC terms.)
This is Johnna Colon, who (with her friends dancing along) stole her dance recital at her school with a mimicking performance of Aretha Franklin's "Respect'. She knocked it out of the park, and got the audience roaring. It currently has over 44 million views on Facebook.
This was a really cute video and deserved it's high viewership.
This is Johnna Colon, who (with her friends dancing along) stole her dance recital at her school with a mimicking performance of Aretha Franklin's "Respect'. She knocked it out of the park, and got the audience roaring. It currently has over 44 million views on Facebook.
This was a really cute video and deserved it's high viewership.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Rachel Dolezal: Black Woman Really A White Woman; Lies About Her Race
Meet Rachel Dolezal.
She is a very accomplished woman.
-She attended and graduated (with a master's degree) from Howard University
-She is an adjunct professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University
-and Sheis currently was a president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington. (She was recently resigned because of this scandal)
-She's also a White woman masquerading as a Black woman for over a decade.
This shocking reveal was made last week by, of all people, her own parents Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal. They revealed on TV and social media that their daughter, Rachel, is not Black, but is of European, Czech, Swedish, and German descent (with possible traces of Native American included as well). They also reveal that her fascination with Black culture began after the couple adopted four African American children.
"It's very sad that Rachel has not just been herself," Ruthanne says in an interview with the Spokane Spokesman-Review. "Her effectiveness in the causes of the African-American community would have been so much more viable, and she would have been more effective if she had just been honest with everybody."
In an interview with CNN, Mother Dolezal said that her daughter "has not explained to us why she is doing what she's doing and being dishonest and deceptive with her identity. She has never claimed to be biracial or African-American in our presence."
Father Dolezal chimed in, saying to The Washington Post, "Unfortunately, she is not ethnically by birth African American. She is our daughter by birth. And that's the way it is."
The NAACP itself released this statement on the controversy last Friday:
And when asked about the allegations surrounding her true ethnicity, Dolezal said in an interview:
"That question is not as easy as it seems. There's a lot of complexities ... and I don't know that everyone would understand that. We're all from the African continent."
And when pressed by a reporter from KXLY, Dolezal dodged the question, saying "I don't understand the question," before leaving.
I...don't know what to say about this without speaking gibberish. Or end up talking out of my ass again. So I'll say this. This news came at me like a moving train. It was out of nowhere, it was crazy, and it really left everyone divided.
I don't find anything wrong with not acting like your race, as long as you don't lay it on thick and end up looking like a nut. I've been more White than Black all my life. If you know me, you may have seen me dress more sharp than not, and act more respectable than not. You can call me a middle-class version of Carton Banks!
But this is absurd. From looking at pictures of her when she grew up and later became a adult, it's just kinda creepy.
This is her when she was a kid:
a white, freckle-faced, blond-haired kid.
A far contrast from what she looks like today.
In this photo, she's shown wearing dreads.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that here,
but in this pic,
she's shown with an old Black man at an event at a university. It's claimed that she had this man pretend to be her father. Not only has she wanted nothing to do with her parents, she's willing to erase them, and the rest of her family, from her life and not let anyone she knows know about them.
That's evil.
That's cunning.
That's ingenious.
But who knows? Maybe she has a reason for this. Maybe she wanted to masquerade as a Black woman because she really wants to teach AA History and Africana studies on her own term and interests, because not many people would ever think of a White person teaching African American history and culture to other African Americans, Whites and other races. Call me out if you want, but this is what I'm getting out of this. Maybe lying to her friends, colleagues, and peers about her ethnicity to become an important figure in advancing African American history by teaching it to her students and others, is a really good thing.
Twisted, yes, but still a good thing.
Or maybe she's so freaking obsessed with Black culture, that she'll become worthy of an insane asylum by becoming a Black person and live in the public eye under deceit and infamy just because. In example, she crossed checks on an application for White, Black and Native American.
Again, who knows?
But at least she has people defending her. One of those is singer Keri Hilson. (who?)
She says in a series of Tweets that we should thank her for everything she's done in the community, and more she's done than most Blacks.
And you know what? She's made a good point.
Dolezal really did something not many white people (and some Black people) have done (at least in the public eye in awareness). She is a Caucasian who has been committed to the betterment and awareness of African American culture and history by teaching it and Africana studies. And she has done this intentionally. She's also a president at the NAACP, which is a good thing, even when not taking to account that there already are Whites working at the NAACP, and that some Caucasians actually helped found the NAACP!
But still, that one thing she's done all of these years was despicable! And if her parents had not said anything about it, she would've gotten away with this and took it to her grave.
And another thing: She really didn't have to lie about her ethnicity.
She could've done all of these things as just her true self, and no one would judge her about it. Well, no sane, informed people would.
(This point was made when one of Hilson's fans [or detractors] tweeted this back)
So in the end, I will praise Rachel Dolezal for being committed to raising awareness of the history of and the betterment of African American culture, and the pride of African Americans, but I will scorn also her for lying about her race.
She did not have to do this to become entrenched in African American history (maybe she did because wanting to work with Blacks on the teachings of Black history would still be seen as taboo in the 90s and 2000s, but that's absurd. Who knows?). If a Black person (man or woman) wanted to become entrenched in White culture, that's perfectly fine; but if they end up impersonating a Caucasian, that wouldn't be possible even in the slightest, because it looks really stupid for even a light-skinned Black person to try to pass as White (and I mean the rare darker-skinned Whites, too).
And I won't praise her parents either for outing her. I have a lingering feeling that this was done to earn extra cash from TV interviews, more than because they miss their daughter (I may be wrong here.) It's also strange that this just came out of nowhere, and that they are willing to destroy all that their daughter has built up all by herself just to try to reconnect with her, which is failing miserably. They did not have to do this so publicly. Their involvement, along with her adopted brothers (who are Black, one of whom was even told by Dolezal to keep this a secret for so long) is a little strange too.
To end this, I will also say this: It's okay to act like however ethnicity you want. It's not always a birthright to be what your race is shown in the public eye. If you want to act White or Black or Asian or Indian or Native American or any other ethnicity, because you have a fascination of that ethnicity, and therefore become in love with another race's culture, go ahead. It's fine; it's your choice; no one is going to judge you. Just don't lie about it...tread lightly, okay?
No one will take you seriously if you pretend to look & act like Rajesh Koothrappali.
-She attended and graduated (with a master's degree) from Howard University
-She is an adjunct professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University
-and She
-She's also a White woman masquerading as a Black woman for over a decade.
This shocking reveal was made last week by, of all people, her own parents Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal. They revealed on TV and social media that their daughter, Rachel, is not Black, but is of European, Czech, Swedish, and German descent (with possible traces of Native American included as well). They also reveal that her fascination with Black culture began after the couple adopted four African American children.
"It's very sad that Rachel has not just been herself," Ruthanne says in an interview with the Spokane Spokesman-Review. "Her effectiveness in the causes of the African-American community would have been so much more viable, and she would have been more effective if she had just been honest with everybody."
In an interview with CNN, Mother Dolezal said that her daughter "has not explained to us why she is doing what she's doing and being dishonest and deceptive with her identity. She has never claimed to be biracial or African-American in our presence."
Father Dolezal chimed in, saying to The Washington Post, "Unfortunately, she is not ethnically by birth African American. She is our daughter by birth. And that's the way it is."
The NAACP itself released this statement on the controversy last Friday:
"For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds.
NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal is enduring a legal issue with her family, and we respect her privacy in this matter. One's racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership. The NAACP Alaska-Oregon-Washington State Conference stands behind Ms. Dolezal's advocacy record. In every corner of this country, the NAACP remains committed to securing political, educational, and economic justice for all people, and we encourage Americans of all stripes to become members and serve as leaders in our organization."
And when asked about the allegations surrounding her true ethnicity, Dolezal said in an interview:
"That question is not as easy as it seems. There's a lot of complexities ... and I don't know that everyone would understand that. We're all from the African continent."
And when pressed by a reporter from KXLY, Dolezal dodged the question, saying "I don't understand the question," before leaving.
I...don't know what to say about this without speaking gibberish. Or end up talking out of my ass again. So I'll say this. This news came at me like a moving train. It was out of nowhere, it was crazy, and it really left everyone divided.
I don't find anything wrong with not acting like your race, as long as you don't lay it on thick and end up looking like a nut. I've been more White than Black all my life. If you know me, you may have seen me dress more sharp than not, and act more respectable than not. You can call me a middle-class version of Carton Banks!
But this is absurd. From looking at pictures of her when she grew up and later became a adult, it's just kinda creepy.
This is her when she was a kid:
a white, freckle-faced, blond-haired kid.
A far contrast from what she looks like today.
In this photo, she's shown wearing dreads.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that here,
but in this pic,
she's shown with an old Black man at an event at a university. It's claimed that she had this man pretend to be her father. Not only has she wanted nothing to do with her parents, she's willing to erase them, and the rest of her family, from her life and not let anyone she knows know about them.
That's evil.
That's cunning.
That's ingenious.
But who knows? Maybe she has a reason for this. Maybe she wanted to masquerade as a Black woman because she really wants to teach AA History and Africana studies on her own term and interests, because not many people would ever think of a White person teaching African American history and culture to other African Americans, Whites and other races. Call me out if you want, but this is what I'm getting out of this. Maybe lying to her friends, colleagues, and peers about her ethnicity to become an important figure in advancing African American history by teaching it to her students and others, is a really good thing.
Twisted, yes, but still a good thing.
Or maybe she's so freaking obsessed with Black culture, that she'll become worthy of an insane asylum by becoming a Black person and live in the public eye under deceit and infamy just because. In example, she crossed checks on an application for White, Black and Native American.
Again, who knows?
But at least she has people defending her. One of those is singer Keri Hilson. (who?)
She says in a series of Tweets that we should thank her for everything she's done in the community, and more she's done than most Blacks.
Let's just all thank #RachelDolezal. Identity, pathological, & parental issues aside, she's doing more than most of us do for ourselves.
— Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) June 12, 2015It is really weird tho. She took it pretty far with slave whips & what not. Levels. Deep. #RachaelDolezal
— Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) June 12, 2015I'm not sayin she doesn't have serious ISSUES, I'm just sayin don't knock her intentions or discredit her efforts. @NAACP stands by her work
— Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) June 12, 2015And you know what? She's made a good point.
Dolezal really did something not many white people (and some Black people) have done (at least in the public eye in awareness). She is a Caucasian who has been committed to the betterment and awareness of African American culture and history by teaching it and Africana studies. And she has done this intentionally. She's also a president at the NAACP, which is a good thing, even when not taking to account that there already are Whites working at the NAACP, and that some Caucasians actually helped found the NAACP!
Moorefield Storey, Mary White Ovington and WEB DuBois,So in that regard, Dolezal has done much more honorable works and activities than others (black or white).
three of the co-founders of the NAACP
But still, that one thing she's done all of these years was despicable! And if her parents had not said anything about it, she would've gotten away with this and took it to her grave.
And another thing: She really didn't have to lie about her ethnicity.
She could've done all of these things as just her true self, and no one would judge her about it. Well, no sane, informed people would.
(This point was made when one of Hilson's fans [or detractors] tweeted this back)
@KeriHilson @NAACP but does she realize that she doesn't have to pretend to be black in order to help black people ??
— rian cruz (@RianHilton) June 12, 2015So in the end, I will praise Rachel Dolezal for being committed to raising awareness of the history of and the betterment of African American culture, and the pride of African Americans, but I will scorn also her for lying about her race.
She did not have to do this to become entrenched in African American history (maybe she did because wanting to work with Blacks on the teachings of Black history would still be seen as taboo in the 90s and 2000s, but that's absurd. Who knows?). If a Black person (man or woman) wanted to become entrenched in White culture, that's perfectly fine; but if they end up impersonating a Caucasian, that wouldn't be possible even in the slightest, because it looks really stupid for even a light-skinned Black person to try to pass as White (and I mean the rare darker-skinned Whites, too).
And I won't praise her parents either for outing her. I have a lingering feeling that this was done to earn extra cash from TV interviews, more than because they miss their daughter (I may be wrong here.) It's also strange that this just came out of nowhere, and that they are willing to destroy all that their daughter has built up all by herself just to try to reconnect with her, which is failing miserably. They did not have to do this so publicly. Their involvement, along with her adopted brothers (who are Black, one of whom was even told by Dolezal to keep this a secret for so long) is a little strange too.
To end this, I will also say this: It's okay to act like however ethnicity you want. It's not always a birthright to be what your race is shown in the public eye. If you want to act White or Black or Asian or Indian or Native American or any other ethnicity, because you have a fascination of that ethnicity, and therefore become in love with another race's culture, go ahead. It's fine; it's your choice; no one is going to judge you. Just don't lie about it...tread lightly, okay?
No one will take you seriously if you pretend to look & act like Rajesh Koothrappali.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Funday Friday: #33--LeBron Flashes His LeDong (NSFW)
Ahh, the NBA Finals. The time where the nation comes together to watch the two best teams of the league face off for the Championship, and see magical, memorable moments. Like LeBron James' dick.
This memorable and "magical" moment happened during ABC's telecast of Game 4 last night. During a shot of him before tip-off, the Cleveland Cavaliers giant was adjusting his uniform and wanted things to be fine and to not have an accident. Unfortunately for him, and many viewers watching it live, there was, as they caught a brief peek of his rocket while it happened, thanks to the camera's too-long shot. Well, call it a pocket rocket, because that's...less than impressive.
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/hey-look-its-lebrons-dick-1710773115
It's not his fault it happened. He didn't know that a camera was lingering on him for a while, with millions of people (some maybe children) watching him fix his shorts and end up getting flashed, with his blood sausage got into view. It's not the fault of the producers either. They also didn't know James was fixing himself and didn't have the foresight to realize that his third leg (or third big toe?) would be shown on national television. But they should've put on a 7-second delay in case, because that was gross. Really gross. Also gross is that he did this in public. Sure, they were far away at the moment, but still, they saw something.
Other than that, let's forget what we saw and remember what's really important: a hugely-great televised game between two great teams that are the best they've ever been in the NBA. it's not much of a stretch to assume otherwise.
This memorable and "magical" moment happened during ABC's telecast of Game 4 last night. During a shot of him before tip-off, the Cleveland Cavaliers giant was adjusting his uniform and wanted things to be fine and to not have an accident. Unfortunately for him, and many viewers watching it live, there was, as they caught a brief peek of his rocket while it happened, thanks to the camera's too-long shot. Well, call it a pocket rocket, because that's...less than impressive.
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/hey-look-its-lebrons-dick-1710773115
It's not his fault it happened. He didn't know that a camera was lingering on him for a while, with millions of people (some maybe children) watching him fix his shorts and end up getting flashed, with his blood sausage got into view. It's not the fault of the producers either. They also didn't know James was fixing himself and didn't have the foresight to realize that his third leg (or third big toe?) would be shown on national television. But they should've put on a 7-second delay in case, because that was gross. Really gross. Also gross is that he did this in public. Sure, they were far away at the moment, but still, they saw something.
Other than that, let's forget what we saw and remember what's really important: a hugely-great televised game between two great teams that are the best they've ever been in the NBA. it's not much of a stretch to assume otherwise.
Friday, June 05, 2015
Funday Friday: #32 -- The Guitarist with the Open Brain!
Hey again! Funday Friday time again!
How cool is this? A man playing his guitar, entertaining doctors...while they perform surgery on his brain.
That's what happened when 30-year-old Anthony Kulkamp Dias was operated on by doctors. He had a brain tumor, and had taken the surgery to remove it. But a surprise came in later on in the procedure when Dias grabbed his guitar and performed The Beatles' classic "Yesterday". And he was still conscious!
While he is still conscious, the doctors were still able to pinpoint the tumor and remove it without causing injury to Dias. It's just simply amazing to watch and just makes me beam with joy.
Good luck to Anthony for his speedy recovery, and congrats to the doctors for their work on the surgery.
How cool is this? A man playing his guitar, entertaining doctors...while they perform surgery on his brain.
That's what happened when 30-year-old Anthony Kulkamp Dias was operated on by doctors. He had a brain tumor, and had taken the surgery to remove it. But a surprise came in later on in the procedure when Dias grabbed his guitar and performed The Beatles' classic "Yesterday". And he was still conscious!
While he is still conscious, the doctors were still able to pinpoint the tumor and remove it without causing injury to Dias. It's just simply amazing to watch and just makes me beam with joy.
Good luck to Anthony for his speedy recovery, and congrats to the doctors for their work on the surgery.
Funday Friday: #31--Broadway on Delay
Hey everyone, and welcome to Funday Friday (the name has been reverted to the original to end the nightmare that is remembering what the name is and forgetting the moment the post ends.)
Now, talk about a convient
Picture it: you're at the airport (that is if you go to the airport), and you learn your flight has been delayed, thanks to inclement weather. You're now stuck on the waiting room for hours until it clears up and your flight can finally take off.
Now picture this: the cast of an iconic Broadway musical is also waiting for their flight, and are also stranded.
Now picture this: The cast of another iconic Broadway musical is also stranded and now are waiting for hours as well.
And picture this: When they notice each other, they decide to pass the time...by engaging in an acapella Broadway musical showdown!!!
This really happened, when the casts of legendary Disney musicals from the Great White Way, The Lion King and Aladdin were at LaGuardia Airport in New York. They decided to treat their fellow marooned travelers to a freakin' epic performance of the two classics' beloved songs.
You can tell by this point the lucky bums were enjoying this, and that I damn well envy them.
Here's the eight-minute video:
I wish I flew more (as in more than the zero times I've done so). And that my flight was delayed. And that at the same time a Broadway musical cast also appeared and sang to me and my fellow passengers. Gosh, I wish I had a better life.
Shoutout to the lady who taped the video, Julie L.. You're a lucky duck for this.
Shoutout to Entertainment Weekly for the article, and Andrea Towers for publishing.
Shoutout to Disney for two awesome Broadway musicals. And,
Shoutout to the guy who plays Genie for the nice-ass Tee. I didn't know he was a CM Punk fan! And for those who don't know, CM Punk is a wrestler best known from WWE and Ring of Honor. The GTS stands for "Go To Sleep", his deadly finisher move. This dude also rucks.
Shoutout to CM Punk!
Now, talk about a convient
Picture it: you're at the airport (that is if you go to the airport), and you learn your flight has been delayed, thanks to inclement weather. You're now stuck on the waiting room for hours until it clears up and your flight can finally take off.
Now picture this: the cast of an iconic Broadway musical is also waiting for their flight, and are also stranded.
Now picture this: The cast of another iconic Broadway musical is also stranded and now are waiting for hours as well.
And picture this: When they notice each other, they decide to pass the time...by engaging in an acapella Broadway musical showdown!!!
This really happened, when the casts of legendary Disney musicals from the Great White Way, The Lion King and Aladdin were at LaGuardia Airport in New York. They decided to treat their fellow marooned travelers to a freakin' epic performance of the two classics' beloved songs.
You can tell by this point the lucky bums were enjoying this, and that I damn well envy them.
Here's the eight-minute video:
I wish I flew more (as in more than the zero times I've done so). And that my flight was delayed. And that at the same time a Broadway musical cast also appeared and sang to me and my fellow passengers. Gosh, I wish I had a better life.
Shoutout to the lady who taped the video, Julie L.. You're a lucky duck for this.
Shoutout to Entertainment Weekly for the article, and Andrea Towers for publishing.
Shoutout to Disney for two awesome Broadway musicals. And,
Shoutout to the guy who plays Genie for the nice-ass Tee. I didn't know he was a CM Punk fan! And for those who don't know, CM Punk is a wrestler best known from WWE and Ring of Honor. The GTS stands for "Go To Sleep", his deadly finisher move. This dude also rucks.
Shoutout to CM Punk!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Short/Long Song Review: Trap Queen (#MaroonMay)
(No seriously, my arms are tired from all this typing. It is really sore.)
The song I'm reviewing is a literal surprise and the definition of "pandering".
The first time I heard this song was sometime back in March; I overheard the song playing by someone in my family, and thought of it as just another C- or D-list Hip-Hop song by some C- or D-list Hip-Hop artist trying to make it big like all the others. It featured the same old shit and his vocals were fucking irritating. I couldn't imagine myself hearing it again for the rest of my life and that this guy won't have much of a career in the mainstream (He probably would make it as a one-hit wonder in the underground). So imagine my surprise when a month later, when it hit the Billboard Hip-Hop and Hot 100 charts, and actually rose up the latter like crazy. Not only being a red-hot hit on the Hip-Hop charts (as expected), but also making it big on the MAIN chart, by reaching #2. NUMBER. TWO!! So I was flabbergasted as hell that a basic-ass song about cooking and selling drugs with a woman looking like a glorified mule would ever make the Hot 100 like it did at all, let alone reach the Top 5! I--I was speechless.
So it's my time to talk about this painful, worthless excuse of a success story by the Slick Rick (probably not, as he chooses not to cover his eye, which he sadly lost to Glaucoma during his childhood) of the 2010s, "Trap Queen" by Fetty Wap.
(You know you've got a problem when the #3 song in America is named after some down-ass chick)
"I said hey, what's up, hellooo"
Hello.
"Seen yo' pretty ass soon as you came in the do'/
I just wanna chill, got a sack for us to roooll"
Dude. You just met her. You don't know if she smokes yet. For all we know, she could've been a drinker, she could've been a fan of Game of Thrones, she definitely wanted to date you for the sex. I'm sure she wouldn't have found the one eye thing sexy without the occasional jump on the D.
"Married to the money, introduced her to my stove
Showed her how to whip it, now she remixin' for low"
I'm sorry--are you two making crack or pancakes??
"We just set a goal, talkin' matchin' Lambooos/
Got 56 a gram, prob' a 100 grams thooough"
--Of what, Excedrin?
"Man, I swear I love her how she work the damn pooole/
Hit the strip club, we be letting bands go"
If you love how she strips and swings, and the fact that she's your girl, what point is there in going to a strip club? That's a waste of money! And time away from the "stove"
"Everybody hating, we just call them fans thooough/
In love with the money, I ain't never letting go"
Why would everyone hate you two, if you're their pusher man? Oh--because you're with a woman they see themselves with. I guess that wouldn't be good for your pot sales, now would it?
"And I get high with my baby (baby)
I just left the mall, I'm getting fly with my baby, yeEEAAah
And I can ride with my baby (baby)
I be in the kitchen cooking pies with my baby, yeEEAAah"
Pies? I thought they were cooking drugs. So, it's some lyrical Red Herring or some shit? Because usually when a rappers raps abut being a drug maker, the last thing you would hear them making is baked goods.
"I hit the strip with my trap queen, 'cause all we know is bands/
I just might snatch up a 'Rari, and buy my boo a 'Lamb"
You mean this lamb?
Or this lamb?
No--this lamb?
Oh. Lamborghini. I'm so intentionally stupid.
"Bitch you up in the bando, without deniro can't go/
Remi boys got extendo, count up hella bands tho"
And I just lost several IQ points trying to figure out what the hell all of this means.
"I be smoking dope and you know Backwoods what I roooll"
--Because...amnesia.
"Remy Boy, Fetty eating shit up that's fashoo"
--But not literal shit. As for as I know.
"I run into yo' house/And then fuck yo' ho"
--Just one line. You couldn't go the entire song without mentioning Just. One. Line. About fucking another guy's girlfriend. Yeah, because that's all chicks within easy reach of you are--Hoes. Didn't you say you love your drug mule--I mean, down bitch--I mean, Trap Queen? Oh I see, she's not a romantic partner, just some chick you use to help curb the sales. Uhh, you're not Walter White and she's not Jesse Pinkman. This shit is not romantic at all.
"'Cause Remy Boyz are nuttin', Re-Re-Remy Boyz are nuttin'"
Got that right.
Well, despite the horrible lyrics and irritating voice that should make adults cry (and I should mention that he's rap-singing instead of rapping in this song, because he's trying to be different from other rappers. Except that it's happened before with other rappers.)...this actually isn't a song I wouldn't mind listening to.
Yeah, his voice isn't horrible, but it is endearingly annoying. The verses are unintelligible trash, but they are also kinda catchy--you could say disgustingly catchy. That is...if you can read through these lyrics and know what he's talking about. And the beat is--well--it's better than a beat by DJ Mustard or Mike WiLL Made It, so that helps. And the music video is--well...
The music video looks like the ones you would typically see on YouTube directed by a C-list director that was paid by the rapper to make, and has everything you'd normally see in one:
-bland, stilted angles with a crowd of people behind the rapper backing him up while trying to get their faces shown on camera
-slow-motion shots of a sexy girl on the rapper's lap
-expensive, international cars you have to wonder how they could get on impulse
-random shots of bands of money and/or guns
-a small ghetto-like part of a town with black people doing usual things black people do on a normal day (standing on the curb, braiding hair, smoking, ect.)
-shots of random guys flexing and showing off alcohol or guns
-and children appearing for some reason (I guess the producers don't mind letting children into a video shoot listening to a song about making dope and sleeping with another guy's girl over and over)
-and to cap it all off, the logo of whatever production company made the video, along with their website and social media pages on full display at the end
-oh, and whoever these guys are at the end.
I don't know why they're there (and I don't think anyone else does either), and I don't think putting them in the video would make any significance to it or difference from the rest of it.So basically, this clip has everything down pat, and is on its way to viral success. Sadly.
And he did have prophetic prediction that this song would be a hit, and he was right. From reading the article on Wikipedia, he said this song would be one that would be a hit on the charts. (The article also said it was "giddy" and "affectionate". I laughed like hell from that.)
Surprisingly, it wasn't just the Hip-Hop charts. As of posting this, this song is currently #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and peaked at #2!), and is #2 on the Hip-Hop and Rap charts. This is a huge hit for some nobody/underground artist that no one expected to be a hot commodity. Sadly, after Bobby Shmurda happened, it can happen. It shows that anything these days can get popular and have staying power, no matter how basic or terrible it can be. Congratulations, Mr. Fettuccini Guap. You now have a hit song on the radio, and I actually admit to finding it in my head in a good way. We'll see how your career goes from there in a couple weeks. And judging from the look of the video, I'd say...not very long.
Thank you for joining me for the last Short/Long Song Review of Maroon May 2015. I'm glad to have spent my time doing this segment more than once, and with these now released, I can sleep now, and not have my family look at and talk to me like a beatnik.
I'll see you next year for Maroon May 2016, and I'll see you later for another Short/Long Song Review.
Until then...
I wish I had a lamb costume...
D-Did I just reveal that??
Saturday, May 30, 2015
FunMay Friday: #30--Thank You for #MaroonMay's Sucess
Well, everyone. Maroon May is coming to a close for 2015, and another year is in the books.
This year has had a huge year for posts: From my review of Saturday Night Live 40 and the first and final nights of The Late Show of David Letterman, to the many Short/Long Song Reviews and 1 Season Wonders I've offered to my review of the Billboard Music Awards, along with my Surprise Reviews and editions of Funday Friday, this month was chock full of them. But what made this event special was because of all of you coming out to read all of what I released. The fact that you all came amy month was great, but during this month was super great. And the surprise turnout was mind-blowing. Especially for my Surprise Reviews. Even the co-creator of one of the shows read the review and thanked me for it.
I'm very grateful for your showing, making this one of the viewed months in the history of this blog. Thank you for your continued turnout, and I hope you all continue to join me in the months yo come, where there'll be more reviews, posts and Funday Friday editions yo write. And then mess up.
Thank you.
This year has had a huge year for posts: From my review of Saturday Night Live 40 and the first and final nights of The Late Show of David Letterman, to the many Short/Long Song Reviews and 1 Season Wonders I've offered to my review of the Billboard Music Awards, along with my Surprise Reviews and editions of Funday Friday, this month was chock full of them. But what made this event special was because of all of you coming out to read all of what I released. The fact that you all came amy month was great, but during this month was super great. And the surprise turnout was mind-blowing. Especially for my Surprise Reviews. Even the co-creator of one of the shows read the review and thanked me for it.
I'm very grateful for your showing, making this one of the viewed months in the history of this blog. Thank you for your continued turnout, and I hope you all continue to join me in the months yo come, where there'll be more reviews, posts and Funday Friday editions yo write. And then mess up.
Thank you.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
EDREWtorial: 19 Charges &Counting: Josh Duggar Molestation Scandal (#MaroonMay)
The Duggar family is in one Hell of a scandal.
Josh Duggar, the eldest son of Jim Bob & Michelle, has revealed that when he was a teenager, he committed sexual assault on several female minors. In this report by the Springdale Police Department, it reveals that Duggar fondled most of the females in their sleep. Also in the report, an anonymous caller revealed to the Arkansas State Police child abuse hotline in December 2006 that several minor members of the Duggar family were “fondled” by another minor, who was indeed Josh.
The oldest Duggar son later apologized in a statement on the family's official Facebook page. Here's an excerpt from Josh himself (I guess, I'm kinda sure the post was written in one sitting):
Twelve years ago, as a young teenager I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends. I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling. I understood that if I continued down this wrong road that I would end up ruining my life. I sought forgiveness from those I had wronged and asked Christ to forgive me and come into my life. I would do anything to go back to those teen years and take different actions. In my life today, I am so very thankful for God’s grace, mercy and redemption.Several steps, my ass. It's clear the several steps they have done is shut him up, kept him quiet, ignored his words and felt embarrassed, now realizing that their Christian values and clean image are now withering away thanks to their son's admission, making them look like hypocrites.
Many people would chime in with their responses, including former talk show host Montel Williams (Remember him? He was really good.) who blasted Duggar on Twiter with these tweets (one of which is a verse from the Bible).
BREAKING: Josh Duggar, a world class bigot, admits sexually abusing young girls - has consistently stated that LGBT folks r danger to kids
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) May 21, 2015Gosh, yet another anti-gay alleged "Christian" defender turns out to be a garden variety scumbag. https://t.co/C4gWWE0YnA
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) May 21, 2015Sorry, Josh Duggar is a bigot, slimebag. Whole family is, and FRC is a scam. Yup, Gay people are the danger to kids? NOPE, JOSH DUGGAR IS
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) May 21, 2015The entire purpose of my rant about Josh Duggar is to illustrate a simple truth: Everything we judge we walk through. pic.twitter.com/da7cZ2SXI2
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) May 21, 2015Actor Ryan Reynolds also ripped Duggar apart with this tweet
Dan Savage Calls Out Duggar's 'Staggering' Family Values Hypocrisy http://t.co/M2RE0Vubtw
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) May 24, 2015linking an article on Avocate.com featuring LGBT advocate Dan Savage.
"http://www.advocate.com/politics/2015/05/23/dan-savage-calls-out-duggars-staggering-family-values-hypocrisy#.VWIfSKXz0ME.facebook"
Here's video from the article of Savage's appearance on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes:
This...is just disgusting and insane.
Molestation is disgusting. Especially if it's of people living in your own house--family or otherwise. And for the parents to cover it up like a a year after the fact, it is just horrible, and a complete stark contrast on their good Christian values. If a member of my family molested someone else (whether another family member, a friend, godchild, whatever) (God forbid) and we learned about it later, my parent would've called the cops in a heartbeat, and that creep would go to jail for a long time, and we would never consider them family again.
And throw in the fact police didn't do shit to go forward with a case just proves that Southern white people and wasting away crimes involving one another go together Bible-toting hand in belt-grabbing hand. They destroyed the evidence and acted as if it never happened, which is why police can't be trusted sometimes.
What is also disgusting is that people are defending the family; Josh for the alleged crimes, and the parents for the cover-up. They believe that deep down, despite the ungodly thing Josh did and things his parents did to protect him and themselves from it, they're still a model family with wonderful values and deserve to be treated with decency and respect, with everyone else accepting their forgiveness for their selfish actions. Who the hell do you people think you are?! What is it about them that you find so great, that you would defend them for this type of thing?
I'm all for forgiveness and I believe in God, but at the end of the day, someone committed something heinous, and you shouldn't even think about trying to stand by that someone for this. Defending them in public makes you look sick. You think I should forgive them? Hell, no! They didn't do anything to me! And I don't fucking care what they're trying to do to settle everything! So why should I forgive them for something they did to people in their own family or extended circle?? They should ask them for forgiveness. He ruined their childhoods by sexually assaulting them, and now that these allegations (which shouldn't be called that by now because of the confirmations) have come to light, you want us to ask for repentance for our disgust and shame. The only people who should repent are you for being embarrassingly ignorant. Same with the Duggars for their actions. They wanted the public spotlight? Now they must pay the price.
And there is irony and hypocrisy going on here.
This guy, a founder and member of the Family Research Council, a non-profit dedicated to protecting family values and condemning the LGBT community, and is himself supposedly a crusader of family values and is obviously homophobic is doing something no family would ever do. That is sad as I don't know what.
What makes this so banal as well, is the thought that they may have committed this cover-up to protect their Christian family empire and their reality show 19 Kids &Counting, hoping that this will go away and still become one of the most popular stars on a TLC show. I'm trying to wrap my brain around this. And I can't; and it's best to say that it's a good thing.
Putting your reality show over your own children and their well-being is a revolting thing. But I bet you already know that.
At least the execs at TLC have enough brains to realize, as it was announced last week that it has cancelled 19 Kids effective immediately, and ending our close contact with the family with the wholesome Christian values and long line of children big enough to make their own colony, and all that bullcrap. In my honest opinion, I've only watched a few episodes of this show, and I think, while they're not a bad family, the 19 kids thing they have going on is obnoxious, strange and sad. I only see their large breed of children as a means of attention, and now that they got a TLC series (along with specials on it and the now-defunct Discovery Health Channel and their frequent appearances on The Today Show) because of this, it was clear from the start that TLC wanted to give them a show because of the living, breathing results of their possibly huge and burning sex life (Hey, if it worked for Jon & Kate Gosselin, it can work for anybody ;-)). I really couldn't care less if I tried for these people, and now that this scandal has come to light, I'm glad I didn't.
This was a good decision. It was clear that TLC cancelled 19 Kids to save their ass, and I fully don't blame them. Like me wanting nothing to do with them at all, they wanted nothing to do with the Duggars anymore, because of the horrible allegations and police reports, and the nonsense that came from them, and I applaud them for it. I haven't watched TLC in years (and it's clear I won't it at all after this), but I would if they stopped the reality bullshit that clogging up the schedule, and keep on some decent programs and the programs that made it famous and beloved in the 90s and early 2000s (probably until the end of the "Life Unscripted" era).
And if that doesn't get any more nonsensical from here, someone from another TLC show that got cancelled because of a shocking molestation scandal decided to insert herself into this situation. Mama June Shannon from Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo decided upon herself to discuss her opinion on the scandal, by just bitching and moaning on about how TLC cancelled her show, believing they treated the Shannon family like crap while the Duggars were their favorite family, that they deserve her wrath for it, and wants Honey Boo-Boo revived. Here are some tweets I found in this article on UsMagazine.com:
Here's the thing I learned from this. It seems that Mama June has put a reality show over her own children and their well-being, and wants to sue TLC for keeping 19 Kids on while keeping Honey Boo-Boo off, without realizing that she's the reason all this shit happened in the first place! My God...
When will this fat, stupid bitch realize that no one cares about her or what she has to say anymore, and that everything that comes out of her mouth will make her look even more stupid and desperate for attention? Nothing she'll say now will not change the realization that a fuckin' convicted sex offender fucking molested her oldest daughter!! FUCK!
June, is your complete redneck-y hillbilly-ish Cleveland Steamer shitfest of a show this important to you? Are you that desperate to protest TLC's decision to cut it off? So much so, that you're willing to insert yourself into a horrible scandal involving another TLC family rocked by molestation allegations and charges, with the parents being accused of being trapped in their happy little world and not doing enough to bring the captor to justice? Are you at least well-aware that your ex-con ex-boyfriend fucking molested your eldest child?!?! Because as far as I can tell, you need a trip to an asylum if you even believe that a reality show featuring your daughter farting around, eating food that could give her 3 diabetes shocks a day and spouting gibberish of her beloved time on Toddlers & Tiaras and you doing the same damn things is much better than the safety, love, sanity and well-being of your entire family (well, except for Alana; you care for her as she has the million-dollar face and the billion-dollar incompetence).
June, you have no right to talk in this situation. This is not about you. You are a fucking hypocrite. Sit your gargantuan ass down. You mean nothing to us now.
I'll just quote the evil, great Frank Underwood:
"Nobody can hear you.
Nobody cares about you.
Nothing will come of this".
You know what I don't care. Child services needs to take your children away from you, as you are a walking death threat and dunce to your family.
Josh Duggar, what you've done was more than wrong. It was reprehensible, vile, sickening and illogical. 14-years-old, 29-years-old, 59-years-old, whatever! No matter what age you are, You knew inappropriately fondling children is wrong, and yet you did it anyway. You should've gone to jail for long time. Your reality show deserves to be cancelled, and if TLC ever does the brainless decision to revive it, you should keep yourself away from the cameras. God does forgive, but if molestation was a sin, and God didn't forgive you, your ass would've burned in Hell the second you die.
Nothing will come of this".
You know what I don't care. Child services needs to take your children away from you, as you are a walking death threat and dunce to your family.
Josh Duggar, what you've done was more than wrong. It was reprehensible, vile, sickening and illogical. 14-years-old, 29-years-old, 59-years-old, whatever! No matter what age you are, You knew inappropriately fondling children is wrong, and yet you did it anyway. You should've gone to jail for long time. Your reality show deserves to be cancelled, and if TLC ever does the brainless decision to revive it, you should keep yourself away from the cameras. God does forgive, but if molestation was a sin, and God didn't forgive you, your ass would've burned in Hell the second you die.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Toony Tuesday 2015: Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (323rd) (#MaroonMay)
You’re probably expecting another one of these, were you? Good. Anyway...
Let me tell you something, brother(s) (and sisters)!
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is Awesome!
I mean, never in a long time have I thoroughly enjoyed a cartoon from start to finish. I can remember a few times I have recently, but this is a different case. When I mean by this, I mean from the theme song to the first half, to the second half to the credits. I can’t remember the last time this has happened in a cartoon, and after this show, I don’t think I can again.
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, created by Jared Bush and Sam Levine, centers Penn Zero -- a kid who, while his parents are stuck in another dimension, winds up taking the reigns as a part-time superhero to stop enemies from destroying other dimensions. His friends, Boone and Sashi, are also Part-Time Heroes and join Penn on the adventures as Wiseman and Sidekick. Together they use their abilities in these dimensions to stop the evil Rippen, who is also in the strange industry as a part-time Villain, taking the reigns over the bad guys who can’t destroy the dimension they planned on (and is also the kids’ art teacher at their school), along with his sidekick Larry (who is not only also the school principal, but is also pretty bad at what he does as a evil sidekick). In these worlds, Hero, Wiseman and Sidekick face off against Villain and Bad Sidekick in whatever they’re assigned, and while they’re in a fight for dominance and victor of the day, we’re treated a display of cathartic comedy, awesome action, and occasional moments of harmless heartwarming.
Here’s the story of how I first watched this series (oh, and if you want, you can skip this crap if you want to get the good stuff):
One Saturday in May, I was at home, bored and hot. Then my sister calls me and asks if I could watch her children for her while she went off on personal errands. So for the day, I was in the living room (aka watching TV and screwing around on the laptop like a bad millennial would) while the little ones were in their room playing with their tablets. Suddenly, a recording was scheduled on the DVR for a cartoon entitled Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.
(Back then, outside of my knowledge of the title, I’ve never had any thought of this series; no interest at all. Not after reading tweets on the Twitter TL. Not after reading discussions on it. Not even after reading an article on TheFutonCritic.com about it being renewed for a second season! Nothing came to me telling me to watch)
I was close to cancelling the recording to watch whatever I was already watching, but then decided to keep it, because whoever recorded it wanted to watch it very much. I’m so glad I did, because now I’ve become a fan, and has watched every episode so far a few times before the next batch comes in.
Today, for this review, I’ll be talking a bit about that first episode I’ve ever watched:
"Defending the Earth" and "Number One, Number Two"--the seventh episode of Season 1. And let me just say, I’ve never been excited to review for a show before. That’s right, more than Saturday Night Live, more than Over the Garden Wall, and even more than Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Which is very surprising, because I’ve been ecstatic to share my thoughts on these shows for quite a while now, and before this series came around, I was perfectly enjoying the very short number of shows I’ve been reviewing on this blog, but now, I’m more excited than usual. So, Let’s get started, because I had so much to discuss before I forget.
And now: my review of the episodes.
What I’ve enjoyed the most about “Defending the Earth” is mostly from Boone:
After his reveal that he has stage fright, Boone finds the courage from his friends in danger (as in Penn and Sashi being repeatedly smacked around by the small alien creature) and pictures part of the crowd in their underwear (in particular, the host), and gives his (super-duper amazing, by the way) rebuttal in front of the studio audience and billions of viewers watching on TV, all while doing a very awesome interpretive dance number. This would win over everyone (it won me over so much, I tried to do the dance. I failed).
That’s not to say I didn’t think the rest of the episode was great. There were other parts I also really enjoyed:
--At the start, after the “beam-in” (or whatever you can call it) from the Multi-Universe Transprojector (which, on its own, is awesome), President Penn wants to goof off on the Presidential Phone. Sashi says no. So instead Penn goofs off with the Presidential...pen. (Honestly, I found it a little pretentious, but it was still funny enough.)
--President Penn, Justice Boone and General Sashi are being attacked by the Alien Rippen and his alien army. The dialogue from the kids finding ways to stop them was hilarious.
"Aliens have a weakness We just need to find out what it is!" "It's not water"
"It's not sunlight" "That's vampires It's not country music"
— #MaroonMay -- 4-31 (@MaroonMondays) May 17, 2015
--”I’m friends with one of the contestants.” -Larry
“NO HE’S NOT!!” -Rippen
--The challenges that Alien Rippen and Justice Boone go through.
--The part with Justice Boone talking with the talking imaginary underwear. It’s the voice of the latter that kills me every time.
--Bruce Vilanch
Don't make a mistake and never forget this: Bruce Vilanch is awesome. #PennZero
— #MaroonMay -- 4-31 (@MaroonMondays) May 17, 2015
--Also, the ending, where everyone comes together and waves to the camera like the end of an episode of Saturday Night Live.
--And Phyllis. She works at and maintains the dimensional gate at the Odyssey, an old, dilapidated movie theater the kids go to clock in for their super shifts. She's voiced by co-creator Sam Levine, and she's hilarious. I mean, she's serious most of the time, but her voice and actions are what make her so great. She doesn't appear much in this episode, though, but when you watch this series more, you'll find her as more of a laugh riot every time she's on screen. Given she's the opposite of a riot, that makes it even better.
And what I love about “Number One, Number Two” is that this is the first episode that starts with the Part-Time Villains instead of the Part-Time Heroes (who appear later); and from their point of view, we learn a little bit more about them--as in, despite Larry’s incompetence as a bad guy, Rippen realizes Larry’s loyalty and care, and this makes them good friends (although it would take Rippen to die for him to admit that). And they even hug at the end. (Awww) Larry may be--no, is--a little incompetent and...a little too close, but he really is a kind, caring, and very loyal guy and is a great friend to have. (That is when you get past his...quirks.)
Also, like the heroes, the villains get their own place with a Multi-Universe Transprojector, too.
Other parts I really liked were:
--Rippen finding a photo of himself in high school. Looking gnarly there!
--Penn trash-talking with himself. (and hitting tree trunks while making the round trips)
Also, his attempt at a British accent. It was so hilariously grating, I could just take a block of cheese to the TV screen, and it can do the work for me.
--The reveal at the climax that the part of the place they were in the episode was just a set thanks to Boone and Sashi’s work.
--Sashi trying to banter with Rippen. Actually, any time Sashi turns into a rage-filled monster. Am I wrong for laughing at her wrath upon everyone else?
--Phil. (He doesn’t say a word here, but his reaction makes me laugh)
I’m honestly so happy that this episode was the very first I watched. There were so many wonderful moments I loved and enjoyed, but the moments I mentioned stood out as the ultimate favorites. These moments left a lasting impression. Makes me happy I went through all the crap I went through that day to watch the episode. If I hadn’t, I would’ve missed out on another series I could’ve loved but was too lazy to check out. This show is a breath of fresh air that just comes at you with every passing minute, and that fresh air stays with you until the end of the end credits.
And now, let me get into the concept:
The concept of the series is just...so very imaginative.
Kids taking part-time jobs as superheroes in different dimensions saving the day from an evil-doer who also has a part-time job as said evil doer. Not only do they mold that concept into whatever they want, they throw in these really nice worlds, heroes they play and shout-outs in, that it makes you wonder if they’ve ever suffered brain damage from constant flashes of brilliant creativity. From watching the series after the fact, it’s cool seeing how well this concept is put together and put in and where the creators and other producers take it so far. You can actually tell and even feel how much work and effort they’ve put into it.
And speaking of work and effort…
let me, just for a second, mention that all five main characters have some of the coolest names I’ve ever seen in a modern-day cartoon. All of their names are so awesome, yet sophisticated as heck, you can’t help but think that the creators may have put in so much time and effort into them alone. To say otherwise makes me a darn liar.
Penn Zero has to be ironic, because he’s not a zero, he’s a ten. To be a kid that saves a different dimension on a daily basis, and yet end up with a last name like that, is the most ironic thing ever. And that’s what makes it cooler.
Boone seems like a goofy sidekick with bit of spaciness, but his name suggests he’s a international spy with a bit of kick-butt in him. And he can can hit it off with foreign chicks every movie.
Rippen is the perfect name for a villain in an R-rated psychological thriller movie everyone wanted to see, and enjoyed a lot.
Larry...well, it is a cool name anyway...and I thought I’d add his name as in I be a horrible person if I didn’t, and then leave him an odd man out.
And Sashi’s a awesome name, period.
Something I also want to mention is the run-time. Of course, each episode features two 11-minute shorts. But the shorts themselves are something interesting to me--they go by quick! Besides the obvious (DUH), there’s this mentality about it. And to explain it more easily, I read this blog post about Star vs. the Forces of Evil by this guy I know on Facebook a while ago and a part of it explains the run-time works to the show’s advantage. The story comes in quick, the episode wastes little time getting to it, the plot draws out well, and it ends perfectly.
That’s what I gotten from this series too, and the quick-yet-efficient-and-great story and plot method works here too. And it’s astonishing. Seeing the episode start, continue, and end quick while feeling like it’s still continuing on is wonderful and even cathartic at times.
This especially when I watched another episode after this one later in the day, “The Princess Most Fair” & “Hail Larry”. I honestly thought that “Princess” would be a two-parter, since the ending felt like a sequel hook, and was saddened to learned otherwise when “Hail” first appeared on my screen (Not to say it wasn’t good, not at all). But I honestly enjoyed this production element of this series, and I think that it’s a thumbs up from me to the producers.
Next the theme song. Wow, have I never loved a theme song like this one! This is an expository theme spoken (not sung, spoken) by Penn himself about his part-time superhero job, what he does during said job (some of which are plots from episodes we've seen already) and with his friends, he's fighting evil his his way and no evil-doers will stop him. To say how awesome the theme is by how it's a spoken-word piece is an understatement. Also, the animation is awesome. To see this every time an episode starts, brings you a reminder of what amazing-ness we're in for. I applaud the animators for making this, along with the episodes itself.
And one last thing for me to rave more than I should about: the voice acting. My Gosh, I’ve never felt so happy to watch a cartoon these days and feel more ecstatic from the voices of the characters than of their actions. And it all starts with Penn, who is voiced by Thomas Middetitch, who really gives his all to this character (and then some), and I can tell he’s pretty much having fun doing so. He just adds oomph, charisma and excitement to every other sentence Penn speaks and just pulls me in every time, and I just enjoy it every time. I’ll also give credit to Adam DeVine and Tania Gunadi for their work as Boone and Shahi. It’s pretty clear that these two know what their characters are, and that they put in a lot of charm, wit, and style into their voices, and it’s clear that they have some fun with it as well. I can really sense (and in one case, even taste) a perfect amount of chemistry between these three, and it just shines through. Also, when I read online that Alfred Molina and Larry Wilmore were voicing Rippen and Larry...I just blacked out for a bit. I mean...if you noticed that Alfred Molina and Larry Wilmore are voicing characters in a TV series (especially TOGETHER!!)...you know you’re in for a fantastic experience.
I’m sorry for gushing on at this point, but could you blame me? Never in my life have I ever been blown away by a cast of an animated series before (OTGW doesn’t count, as it’s a miniseries) from the start. I can actually tell (and even feel) the chemistry from all of them, and they’re having a good time taking part in this. I’ve heard of this a lot before, but here, I can actually believe it. I can actually honestly believe that the cast is enjoying themselves when recording their lines.
And for a minute, I must discuss the guest casting.
My. God. When I looked at the article on Wikipedia, I was surprised by the list of actors that appeared in these episodes:
Henry Winkler
Beau Bridges
Elizabeth Henstridge (from Agents of SHIELD)
Adam West
Diana Rigg (from The Avengers[??]; no not the movie, but the TV series from the 1960s)
Garry Marshall
Bruce Villanch
Lauren Tom
Chris Parnell
George Takei
I mean...that’s just fucking awesome.
Whoever had the talent to secure this group of amazing actors for this show for just the first ten episodes alone(!!) needs a pat on the back and a handshake...and an Emmy...and an Annie...and whatever other awards with a female name pertaining to animation.-(Gracie?)
I’m glad I’ve discovered the series this early, because this is a very lighthearted, wonderful and awesome take on the superhero genre of TV and film. Instead of one superhero doing his one job, these kids are doing the job of any superhero ever under the guise of doing this like they’re working a summer shift at a fast-food restaurant (and speaking of which, they actually do get to do that in "Brainsburgerz", which is a really cool take on Dawn of the Living Dead). I’m so happy that it got renewed for a second season, and I hope this series lasts long (as in as long as Bush and Levine want it to be. Because that’s the cool plan, now.), because this right here continues Disney Television Animation’s long bank roll of series that are so good in every way and deserve the praise it gets (This along with Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder and Star vs. The Forces of Evil; along other shows I haven’t watched yet like Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and Star Wars: Rebels, which I also should watch sometime). Disney XD has become a different network because of its focus on the animated shows, and it really seems to be working. And it's with these shows that I think give it a resurgence of relevance and praise to me.
In the end, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is the best. Congrats to the cast and crew for...well, everything.
Good night, everybody.
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Short/Long Song Review: Style (#MaroonMay)
Hey guys. Welcome to another Short/Long Song Review.
Today I’m reviewing another Taylor Swift song! (yay.) This time it’s “Style”, one of the singles from 1989 I like from the first time I heard it. And that’s mostly a testament to the bombdiggity beat, which is following the concept the album is following: beats of genres most popular in the 80s. And it works to the singles’ advantage. So let’s see what this song is all about.
The song is about Taylor falling in love with a guy who is having thoughts of a relationship with another girl, with Taylor herself revealing that she has the same for another guy. At least that’s what I could decipher from the lyrics. And read from the Wikipedia article.
And speaking of the lyrics, they do have creativity, but to me, they feel pretty dull than other songs (in a level, higher than “Shake it Off” and slightly than “Out of The Woods”, but lower than “Blank Space”), and don’t have much substance like her last single “Blank Space”, which for the record, in case you Swifties out there still hate me for right now, I love...more than hate (it’s more 85% Love/15% Hate; only the concept is what I hate). I mean, they are very catchy, and I will be singing them every other time I listen, but they don’t pack as much punch as a TSwift song would usually have (most of the time). Plus they’re light, sweet and peppy, like sound like something you’d hear more on Radio Disney. Heck, I bet it’s playing on it right now.
And another thing, it’s like I think of something else when I hear them. And they sound familiar. Just read the chorus as I copy-and-pasted them from a lyric website:
“You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye”
You mean like this?:
“And I got that red lip classic thing that you like”
Does this count?:
“And when we go crashing down,
we come back every time”
“We never go out of style!” (x2)
Eureka! Futurama! She’s a Futurama fan!
You know what? This all makes sense now! Maybe she was watching an episode of Futurama and got inspired from Fry and Leela’s romantic relationship, and got down to writing immediately. It all makes sense now.
Okay, it’s clear that didn’t happen. Futurama started off in 1999, and not any time in the 1980’s. Plus, no cars in the 31st century have wheels. And that’s Taylor Swift I’m talking about; she writes her own experiences, she doesn’t go the Beyonce route of “getting inspired” aka jacking ideas from other people. And yes, I was thinking of Fry when I heard “James Dean daydream”.
Oh and another thing...
"Just take me hooome!"
That sounds like the title line in the chorus of "Out of the Woods". I think you can tell what that would sound like from there. That's a pet peeve I have here, but not to a huge extant. I can ignore this at times.
Musically, however, is where the strengths come in full force.
The 80’s-pop rock-inspired beat is absolutely fantastic, and is one of the strongest compositions I’ve heard from this album, and maybe even Swift’s discography so far. The use of keyboards and guitars (including one called a “funkalicious” guitar [NICE]) for this track just blows me away every time I hear it. It really does sound like something you would hear in a Kenny Loggins or Hall & Oates or Paul McCartney or The Cars song. These producers really know how to make it that way and I applaud them for it.
Another thing I’d like to point out is this:
Many people have realized that this song sounds very similar to “Jealous” by Nick Jonas--mostly in production. Here’s a video from YouTuber The DoubleAgent that came out in February that shows a mash-up of both songs (Jealous’ music and the lyrics of Style).
(This is a really good mash)And from reading comments online, it’s said that some people really don’t like "Jealous" while others hate “Style”. And many can’t stand both. In my opinion, I like both songs. They’re both catchy, amazingly composed and sweetly-written songs, and I respect some of their opinions (Keyword: Some--because a lot of them are irritatingly misspelled and maniacal).
So in the end, I like and enjoy this song. It’s really fun to hear, the lyrics are catchy and creative (to a point), Taylor’s vocals are really nice and the beat is awesome. I find this one of the better songs on 1989 and I can find myself listening to this any time of any day. I’m glad I’m a Swiftie now.
Thanks for joining me for another Short/Long Song Review. And I’ll see you...whenever. Until then, I’m gonna try to accept being in a fanbase with a really basic name. Hey, at least it’s not “Beliebers”.
S/LSR: No Type & Throw Sum Mo (#MaroonMay)
Welcome to Short/Long Music Review.
Today I'm reviewing two songs by Rae Sremmurd. They're a rap duo. That's all you need to know. Both of these songs may be complete utter shit, but that would be an insult to complete utter shit. If you're noticing how short this is, it's because I wanted to get through this as quick as I could so I get on with my life.
So let's get this over with.
Up first, here is “No Type”.
Let’s start with the chorus, which is filled with unintentional self-made contradictions that they’re happy some people (except me ).
“I ain’t got No Type...(nah).../Bad bitches is the only thing I like”
--That actually means you DO have a type, you idiot.
“You ain’t got no life”
This line pisses me off HARD. These guys are a rap duo putting out wack-ass music, with shitty writing and boring-ass, autopilot beats with the same tired concept of “partying, fucking, and blowing off money like water”. That pretty much tells that they don’t have much of a better life than anyone else. Hell, if they told this to someone like a teacher or doctor or police officer or construction worker, they’d get screwed off immediately; at least these people have honorable lives with meaningful jobs and great benefits. This may have money, but it's just nothing emotionally. Anyone doing this over and over in their lives will get bored and do other things to try to get back on track.
Also, this not only painfully contradicts “No Flex Zone”, the song in which they claim to not be like the dickheads who show off to get chicks, when it’s super obvious that’s not true, but also contradicts ITSELF. The first line is immediately unequal to the second line! That’s how dumb this song is!
It’s sad enough that the chorus of a song is contradicted by the lyrics of the same damn song, but how stupid can you get to write two fucking lyrics that don’t connect the same goddamn message!?! Did you even proofread them. I sometimes don't proofread my own posts but I at least have understandable content to write.
OOOHH, you buy stuff, you go to parties, you bang chicks. Again, that’s not much of a life for you, especially if you’re bragging.
So, of course this song is shit. Stupid, boring, nonsensical shit. Just like their later single “Throw Sum Mo’” featuring Nicki Minaj and Young Thug.
You would think it’s actually about helping the community by picking up trash from parks and fixing up driving signs, but no...it’s exactly what you think.
“Ass fat, yeah I know
You just got cash, blow some mo'
Blow sum mo', blow sum mo'
The more you spend it, the faster it go”
--Nope. No comment. Other than “it’s obvious”
Let’s see what one of the the members (I don't care which or the name) has to say that's not a grand statement on the current state of Earth or the cycle of Animal wildlife...or peaches.
"Hi, bye hater, I flood the club with paper
Shorty got an ass some for now and some for later, (delicious)"
--Thank goodness I don’t eat Now-and-Laters anymore, because that’s fucking gross.
“Somethin’ like Nicki’s, dancin’ like Maliah
How I'm throwing all this money, I’ma fuck around and buy her”
Haha. Because it’s cool for young men to BUY women as personal strippers. I’m sorry, I just find it creepy. Could you blame me? Oh and, if President Obama heard this, I bet he would've sent the Secret Service to find and break him off.
After this, I'm not gonna try to finish his verse.
Let's see what the other one has to
“Is that your hoe, if so, I’ma get her before the nights over”
--Sigh.
“DJ playin' my shit so I'm finna crank up off in the VIP zone”
--Ahh. There’s nothing more narcissistic than mentioning yourself or your music in your songs. Tells how grossly different rap has become now. Also, doesn’t anyone say “gonna” anymore?
I’m gonna stop here because after another round of the chorus is a lyric by Young Thug. Yeah, I’m not wasting my time with that dogshit. And his lyrics too.
Okay. So...this song is so corny and bland, it’s too hard to think up even a decent joke for it. It just feels like a stripper song that even Juicy J could decline. At least he has a certain personality to them. And you know’s Juicy J’s motto: “Stippers blowing cash are my thang”--at least I think it is, because his face is usually shoved up a stripper’s ass every other night, that it might actually be “She perfect, let me throw some, and she’ll be mine for night”. And you know you’ve got a problem when Nicki Minaj’s chorus is the best part. Even if all it is is the same shit as everything else.
And that’s it. Rae Sremmurd is a shit rap duo, and all of their songs are mindless, contradicting excuses of audio. I could see why they became a big hit in rap: anyone in the demo will fall in love with anything they hear on the radio and consider it “their jam” or “their shit” or whatever lingo they call it at the minute. But what I don’t see is how songs like this end up hits. It’s like the record execs got tired of actually putting effort into songs and just find a beat that's not used (or finished) at the moment and write whatever lyrics are there at the moment. And not that rap and hip-hop is based on that mentality, I'm so fucking glad I don't wast my time around this cat vomit anymore. And since these guys (famous for a line in which they take their small amount of money into buying a fucking island) will be here for a long time, I have a great reason why.
I don’t see Rae Sremmurd lasting as a hip-hop duo any longer and when the day that it comes, I will be more happier than I was when the Phillies won the 2008 World Series.
See you all later.
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