not a lot going on today. tired from a long (but good) 3 1/2 day weekend and my god daughter's first birthday part sunday. kind of drained. and i think one of those biological warfare ass little kids got me sick. but...still thought i'd share a few interesting things i read today.
enjoy. (you can click any of the titles to read the original articles).
1. Italian Vogue releases their "Black" issue
Italian Vogue (which is huge in the fashion world) released an all black-model issue to push the statement that "black is beautiful" which still hasn't caught on in a lot of circles (other than the african models with baby afros they use for runway shows). i don't read Vogue or follow fashion like that but i'm happy to see chocolate honeys get their shine.
2. Woman killed because she wanted out of arranged marriage
this is just crazy. i'll let you read the article and won't say too much other than some cultural traditions are just stupid to me. i know it's hard to change what you've been told all your life but education should help show us the errors of a lot of things we hold onto in the name of "tradition." the problem is a lot of people just do things because that's just "how i was raised" or "that's how it's done" etc.
3. Starbuck's closing cartoons
a collection of some comics about Starbuck's closing which pretty much express my thoughts on the subject. i don't drink coffee but even if i did having only 2 on my block instead of 3 is not going to kill anyone.
although...you know it's bad when they're closing. i wonder how much this has to do with Dunkin and McDonald's trying to step their latte game up.
4. Gay marriage back in the news
look...i don't think ugly or stupid people should be able to get married and make more ugly dumb kids together but the difference is you don't see me protesting their right to do it. i don't care who marries who gay straight ugly fat or otherwise.
now...before someone throws the bible argument in there...half the people that use that argument probably haven't read the bible for themselves and not everyone shares the beliefs you have (even though a lot of people mainly have them because they were raised with them but that's another issue). the quran muslims should not drink alcohol or eat pork but you don't see them protesting someone at TGIF taking patron shots in between bites of their pulled pork sandwhich...cause it's NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS.
i'm not gay or married but if someone wants to marry someone of the same sex i don't give a fuck. shit i don't care about straight marriages. other than my eventual marriage in the future i could care less who marries who. and the nerve of people to say it's sacred when we have all these "Who Wants to Marry A Bachelor" shows and Flavor Flav's old roach-lookin ass on tv fucking 22 year olds. man please. save that bullshit for someone who's dumb enough to buy it. people love getting worked up for issues that aren't important rather than focusing on why our kids aren't getting any education worth a shit and why so many minorities end up in prison or why our economy is going to hell. with all this going on you want worry about Chuck & Larry shackin up and tying the knot? who cares? if you don't believe in it then DON'T DO IT. but i wish people would stop pushing their beliefs on other people and stop wasting my time and tax money on this dumb shit and work on getting these crazy ass gas prices back under control.
and isn't "mind your own business" or "worry about yourself not everyone else" something people teach their kids? i swear...no wonder kids are so fucked up these days when the adults of the world are a bunch of hypocrites and liars.
5. Black athlete qualifies for Olympic swim team
that's kind of big right? don't know if we'll take this one over like we did basketball or football among others though. we might just have to hope for a Tiger Woods-like situation where there are still not A LOT of brothas but at least one that's whoopin people's asses on a regular basis.
that's it for now. just a few things i read that were kind of cool interesting stories.
peace.
enjoy. (you can click any of the titles to read the original articles).
1. Italian Vogue releases their "Black" issue
Italian Vogue (which is huge in the fashion world) released an all black-model issue to push the statement that "black is beautiful" which still hasn't caught on in a lot of circles (other than the african models with baby afros they use for runway shows). i don't read Vogue or follow fashion like that but i'm happy to see chocolate honeys get their shine.2. Woman killed because she wanted out of arranged marriage
this is just crazy. i'll let you read the article and won't say too much other than some cultural traditions are just stupid to me. i know it's hard to change what you've been told all your life but education should help show us the errors of a lot of things we hold onto in the name of "tradition." the problem is a lot of people just do things because that's just "how i was raised" or "that's how it's done" etc.3. Starbuck's closing cartoons
a collection of some comics about Starbuck's closing which pretty much express my thoughts on the subject. i don't drink coffee but even if i did having only 2 on my block instead of 3 is not going to kill anyone.although...you know it's bad when they're closing. i wonder how much this has to do with Dunkin and McDonald's trying to step their latte game up.
4. Gay marriage back in the news
look...i don't think ugly or stupid people should be able to get married and make more ugly dumb kids together but the difference is you don't see me protesting their right to do it. i don't care who marries who gay straight ugly fat or otherwise.now...before someone throws the bible argument in there...half the people that use that argument probably haven't read the bible for themselves and not everyone shares the beliefs you have (even though a lot of people mainly have them because they were raised with them but that's another issue). the quran muslims should not drink alcohol or eat pork but you don't see them protesting someone at TGIF taking patron shots in between bites of their pulled pork sandwhich...cause it's NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS.
i'm not gay or married but if someone wants to marry someone of the same sex i don't give a fuck. shit i don't care about straight marriages. other than my eventual marriage in the future i could care less who marries who. and the nerve of people to say it's sacred when we have all these "Who Wants to Marry A Bachelor" shows and Flavor Flav's old roach-lookin ass on tv fucking 22 year olds. man please. save that bullshit for someone who's dumb enough to buy it. people love getting worked up for issues that aren't important rather than focusing on why our kids aren't getting any education worth a shit and why so many minorities end up in prison or why our economy is going to hell. with all this going on you want worry about Chuck & Larry shackin up and tying the knot? who cares? if you don't believe in it then DON'T DO IT. but i wish people would stop pushing their beliefs on other people and stop wasting my time and tax money on this dumb shit and work on getting these crazy ass gas prices back under control.
and isn't "mind your own business" or "worry about yourself not everyone else" something people teach their kids? i swear...no wonder kids are so fucked up these days when the adults of the world are a bunch of hypocrites and liars.
5. Black athlete qualifies for Olympic swim team
that's kind of big right? don't know if we'll take this one over like we did basketball or football among others though. we might just have to hope for a Tiger Woods-like situation where there are still not A LOT of brothas but at least one that's whoopin people's asses on a regular basis.that's it for now. just a few things i read that were kind of cool interesting stories.
peace.
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