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Goin a Little Crazy

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I definitely would like to thank my other writing half and bestie, Marcus , because your creativity invaded my sleep. Then again, I did have ice cream for dinner while reading Writer with a Day Job. I dreamt that I was being chased by a new friend because Rihanna was chasing him and I ended up running to Brooklyn. Keep in mind that 90 minutes by car is probably 30 hours on foot. I couldn't help but laugh as I was running from the guy who was running from Rihanna. It turns out that the motivation behind such running fury had to do with barbeque sauce...and guess what I ended up having for dinner a few days later? Honey barbeque chicken wings :0). Fresh from my over-active imagination, I concluded why I was having these dreams. Gas prices, unemployment are going up with everyone's blood pressure, people feel the need to curse everyone out for something, and there are times when you just want to be left alone. Laughing seems to be a helpful remedy so recalling silly dreams have

Shine, Sparkle, Shine

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Photo Courtesy of The Cleveland Movie Blog . After all of the buzz, anticipation, and excitement, we are just less than two days away from the release of the 1976 classic movie, Sparkle . American Idol singer Jordin Sparks will be playing the lead role originally portrayed by Irene Cara. Before seeing the remake, I searched intently for the 1st movie at bargain stores (I thrive off of discounts, but I digress). The movie tells the story sisters trying to make it big in the business through life changes and challenges. Sparks, Tika Sumpter (BET's The Game), Carmen Ejogo (British Nigerian Actress and singer) will be playing the Williams sisters with the moves and voices. Derek Luke (just watched him on my HawthoRNe DVD) will be playing the ambitious, heart-throbbing Stix who manages the girls. And the late Whitney Houston will be playing Emma, the girls' mother. There are many reasons why I expect many tears to be shed during the movie...or parts of the movie. These reaso

Patiently Rude

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Photo courtesy of eHow . Do you ever feel like there are people in this world who wake up every morning and think, "So...who's life can I ruin today?" The way people are acting these days, it is so easy to dress up in apathy. After a series of events I have both witnessed and experienced (still uncertain if they are unfortunate or not), I found myself having to vent a lot but I didn't want to drive away my loved ones. It was bad enough that trust and smiling backstabbers were forcing me to alter my perception of my earthly siblings. Human interaction keeps revealing itself as compassion turns to dispassion, respect turns into rebellion, and order becomes disorganized. And I haven't even touched on natural rudeness yet. My inner-sociologist keeps putting dukes up with my procrastinating muckraker (bad combination, I know) and I can't help but apply the Marxist and Weberian theories in the what I see. Apparently, some people with important titles keep r