Worth A Thousand Words…

So my little brother Brran has started this new picture blog called Visual Expression. Here’s how it works, He takes photos and posts them like everyday and enlists feedback and I personally think that it’s a dope idea. He’s been at it for a couple of weeks now and I can already see improvement. Not that I’m this photographic expert or anything but I can see subtle changes.
Anyway, his work is phenomenal and I’m not just saying that because he’s my brother. He’s even inspired me to get out and take more shots, besides the quatrillion shots of Boogie! He also put me on to this site called digital-photography-school.com. They give great advice on how to improve your photgraphy game and in their open forum section they have a weekly assignment. I’ve participated in some, but chickened out before adding them for critique.
Now, I’m not going to go as far as starting a new blog just for my photos, but I will from time to time add them here and when I switch over to my own dot com or dot net I may add a tab just for them. Let me know what you think.

I personally like the sun coming through the trees pic myself.

The Game Season 3 Episode 18 Recap

This episode starts with Tasha stopping by to see Chauncey. She goes on about how she feels that her failing relationships are somehow Chauncey’s fault and that she needs to cleanse herself of his evil. As she’s going on and on about how he left her and such his wife & daughter come knocking at the door. come to find out, she acts just like Tasha. She even calls him punk ass Chauncey as well! Malik walks in & meets the family and is ecstatic to have a little sister. When he finds out that she sings, he offers to sign her to his label. *yeah remember when he was trying to do that rap thing? That’s when he started his own label.* When his little sister, Poochie *yes that’s her name* reaches into her bag to get a demo he notices her tattoo *yep in the cum catcher spot!* and realizes that he may have slept with her. * Funny that he didn’t recognize her face yet the cum catcher is what triggered it.*

At the training facility… Malik is now really thinking that he’s slept with his half-sister and seeks council from his boys Jason, Derwin, and Javon. Of course all they have is jokes. They tell him not to worry because he probably didn’t sleep with her and there’s no way that he would remember because of all the women he slept with. To prove this theory correct, Jason asks who he slept with last night and he couldn’t remember. *In his defense I’m not good with names either, but I remember faces, marks, tattoos & such well*.

Over at the Pitts residence… Med School & Kelly are talking and *you guessed it* drinking as they wait on Tasha to tell them some big news. The big news is that she thinks Punk ass Chauncey still wants her because his wife is just like her. * I think she’s dillusional* they think she’s crazy and just ‘hanging on’ to Chauncey.

Checking in at Malik’s Place… so to find out if he really slept with his half sister or not, with the help of Tee Tee he decides to go through his sex tape collection. they find the tape and he realizes that he slept with her because of the centipede tattoo.

Back at Chauncey’s hotel… Tasha shows up, unannounced. *okay I’m going to hope  the names ‘Poochie & Moochie’ are just nicknames*. She decided to show up when she heard that Malik was taking his half sister and her mom shopping. She tells him that she figures out what’s been going on all this time. He was so in love with her that he had to go and get someone just like her as a replacement. He tries to fight off her advances and tells her that he hasn’t been in love with her since he was 18 and that he doesn’t want her. She then forces herself onto him and tries to kiss him! *whoa, she is really getting thirsty! Almost as bad as med school*. As he’s fighting her off and she’s fighting to stay on him, his wife walks in! She says that she knew this would happen because Tasha still has feelings for him, calls him ‘naive ass Chauncey’ and runs out of the room, he tries to chase after her to no avail. Realizing that she’s possibly ruined his marriage he kicks Tasha out.

Meanwhile at Mailk’s Crib… Malik and his half sister * I refuse to call her Poochie anymore* come back from a day of shopping.  He sits her down to tell her that he knows that they slept together and that he taped it. She denies it so he goes to the footage, come to find out, he actually didn’t sleep with her, it was her best friend from high school. They got matching tattoos, but the girl Malik slept with has a tattoo of a butterfly on her shoulder. Little sis doesn’t. * Whew! No incest err.. Half incest going on over there!*

Over at the hotel… Chauncey is on the phone and tells his daughter that if she hears from Sheila to tell her to come back to the hotel or call him. As soon as he hangs up there’s a knock on the door. *Guess who it is?*  It’s Tasha! She comes over to tell him that she’s through dealing with him and that he can go back to Atlanta and live his life. *How can he? I thiink she’s just ruined his life/marriage* He tells her how he could have handled things better instead of running off when she got pregnant and that he knew better but just didn’t handle the situation correctly. He regrets that. As they reconsile and hug, Sheila walks in again on them! Tasha actually apologizes and tells Sheila that she should be happy that Chauncey doesn’t want her even though she is in love with him and to be grateful for what she has. ending this episode as she walks out of the hotel room.

The next episode is going to be on and cracking though! Med School and Derwin get engaged! Yes, you read it right. Engaged! he breaks it off with Janay and goes right back to Melanie and they are going to get married! I’m so dissapointed right now. I know all you team Melanie members are ecstatic right now, but remember this is close to the season or series finale so there’s no telling what type of plot twists can happen. I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that they don’t get married and he leaves her at the alter.

Asher Roth – Asleep In The Bread Aisle Album Review

The much hyped debut album from newcomer Asher Roth was
finally released on 4/20/09. He has been receiving acclaim and buzz ever since
Don Cannon and DJ Drama joined forces to drop the mixtape known as the Greenhouse
Effect . Seems every rapper relevant in the game is co signing for him.
Let’s see if he can live up to the hype and deliver.

If It Ain’t Fitted. Don’t Get It

Everybody that knows me, and for those that don’t, knows that I always where a hat. It started as a between haircuts cure and grew into a love. I have this relationship with New Era and I only wear their caps. No matter what. They are the best when it comes to fitted caps and even their EK collection, which consists of newsboy, Kangol and military styled caps, are pretty dope.

Boogie even has his own New Era kids’ fitteds that he wants to wear all the time as well. With us wearing them all the time they tend to get ill shaped and dirty. I have cleaner so the getting dirty part is not really a problem if I catch it early, but once they get out of shape you might as well buy a new one. As you can tell at $20-30 a pop it can get expensive to replace them and some can’t be replaced because they are limited editions. Well, as I was looking on the site to tell them what to send me next, I came across this

 

It’s Carnival Time…

Okay so me and my sister Sane were chopping it up about the craziness that is Yo Gabba Gabba and DJ Lance and I told her about my love for this song called “Papa Moco Jumbie” that is a sort of segue way after the show. For some reason Boogie and I love this song! it’s a really catchy song and once it gets in your head it’s hard to get out. Here’s a clip of it. Sorry this is the best one I could find. for some reason Noggin/Nickelodeon hasn’t released this officially.

In case you were wondering, the little boy singing is actually Khamani Griffin aka little Bobby from ‘All Of Us’. You know the show with Lisa Raye, Duane Martin, Tony Rock (Chris Rock’s little Brother) and Elise Neal. The Moco Jumbie show is scheduled for fall release and will be about a little boy and his father bonding during carnival time. All my Caribbean & West Indian folks know how important and big Carnival (pronounced Car- knee- vol) is to the culture. It’s written by Radha Blank (<–scroll down on that page). She has written for other Nick shows such as Little Bill and The Backyardigans (Two of Boogies favorites)

I don’t care what Sane says, I think the song is cute and I can’t wait for the show to air!

Day26 – Forever In A Day Album Review

Let’s Go Hawks!!

 

When You Can’t Beat ‘Em…

Have you ever felt that for some reason you just can’t get the respect due to you? That’s how I’m feeling right about now. I’m not gonna get into the specifics of why, but just know that I’m feeling some kinda way about not getting my respect. I’m not the type to want the glory or the spotlight when I do something. Most of the time when I do things it’s just out of love and/or respect for something or someone. I never really expect recognition or even acknowledgment for it, but damn. I mean sometimes I would like for someone to recognize that while yes, other people may have done or may do what I do, I have and will always do it better. check the stats and then you tell me! Sorry if I’m being vague but I just need to vent right now and I don’t want to cause more unwanted drama to the situation since it’s already on it’s last leg as is.

All I’m saying is respect people and give them the props that they deserve. If I see someone doing something that I respect or whatever I have no issues with giving them their props. Why can’t I get the same? I do this for the love of writing. I don’t make a dime off of this and I still come through and make sure every post is news worthy with ACTUAL facts and all. I do the recaps for the love of the shows. I know that if I like it then somebody else probably does too. So let’s discuss it. Now when people begin to do the same it’s all love. No hate, just love and I patronize their sites and leave nice comments and the whole nine. But when you try to compare what you do to what I do when you just literally copy & paste what I wrote and only change a few words or phrases to make it seem like you did it. Then we have a problem. Like I said, I do this for the love of writing and television. I don’t make a dime, but when you down me to bring your stats up well… google me.

Okay that’s enough of that. I apologize to my loyal people out there that read me on a regular and know that what I do is from the heart, but I just felt that I needed to vent and let those certain individuals know that I’m on to them and I don’t appreciate it. Aiight. I’m done.

Peace

The Game Needs Your Support!

Here’s a video from the cast members asking for your support to keep the show on the air. check it out. Everybody wonders should they sign a petition, should they email or write the network. Honestly they probably don’t read any of it(reference Girlfriends cancellation last year) and they have filters in their emails to block out the B.S. so what we need to do is spike the traffic to the one place that they have to check on a regular basis and that is their own website. I know it may sound weird but I know that they monitor the traffic there and a jump in hits will raise their awareness. If we all can come together for just one week and show that there is something in this world that we care about and think is worth fighting for than I know we can make a difference. Here is a link to The Game’s official message board
click here

The Game Season 3 Episode 17 Video Recap

Here’s my video recap of the Game’s episode from 4/03/09

The Game Season 3 Episode 17 Recap from Sincere on Vimeo.

Some Win Even In Death…

A small town in Winfield, Missouri has elected their mayor to a fourth term. No big deal right? Mayors get reelected to additional terms all the time. Only thing is, he’s dead! Apparently the popular mayor died several weeks earlier of a heart attack but absentee voting had already started and there wasn’t enough time to reprint ballot slips. Man it would have to suck to be running against a dead guy and still lose! Not only do you lose, but by 90% of the vote! Here’s a link to the article

The Game May Extend To Save Itself

Hey all my ‘The Game’ fans and friends! My sister Sane hit me up and let me know that Mara Brock Akil (creator/exec producer of ‘The Game” and also brought us ‘Girlfriends’) is thinking about changing the format of the show from a half hour comedy to a hour long Dramedy (think ‘Scrubs’ or ‘House’). I’m kind of on the fence with this. I don’t think this would work but it makes sense. I mean how many times have we said that this show needs to be an hour long because 30 minutes is not enough time. It’s more like a teaser. I hope CW accepts this move and the show comes back for a 4th season. I really don’t think it’ll save the show if they are determined to cancel it, but hey I guess it’s worth a shot. The last show on Apr 3rd was a good send off in case they don’t return. I don’t believe that was the season finale but it sure felt like it.  I hate to say this but I think that this third season is going to be their curtain call. Alas, it was fun while it lasted. Here’s the link to the Article <–Click here.

Also there is an online petition <–Click here to try and save the show. Not sure if these things really work but it’s worth a shot right?

Sincere

The Game Season 3 Episode 17 Recap

This episode starts off with Med school jumping the bones of the cable guy *her real life husband* at Kelly’s house as  Kelly and Tasha walk in. They lecture her about how she is jumping from man to man and how her standards have dropped dramatically since she broke up with Derwin.

At Derwin’s apartment… Janay and Derwin are discussing names for the baby and enjoying dinner when Hill Harper *Janay’s ex boyfriend* calls to say hello and to meet up with her for lunch the next day. After she hangs up she asks Derwin, out of respect, if it would be okay if she went. Of course he agrees *even though you can tell he really doesn’t want her to go*. 

The next day at the Apartment… The guys (Malik, Javon, Jason and Derwin) are playing poker when Malik discovers the book that Hill Harper gave Janay with a note attached. The note is a list of Maxwell songs that Janay and Hill used to dig back in their day. Of course Derwin goes over the top * rightfully so, without knowing the whole situation*. She tells him not to worry about it.

On The Set… After Hill finishes a scene Derwin approaches him about the note. Hill *being real off-ish* hands him an autograph without even looking up. When he introduces himself, Derwin tries to step to him and Hill has Derwin escorted off the set. He sneaks back on by joining a walking tour of the backlot. He runs into Hill again and they talk. He tells him how he doesn’t appreciate him stepping to Janay, but it turns into a speech about taking care of Janay and handling his business. Janay told Hill all about what was going on with Med school and all that drama. He doesn’t think that it’s really over with Med school and Derwin.

Back at the Apartment… Med school stops through to drop off the gifts that she got for the baby. Derwin isn’t there at first and it’s sems akward, but then he walks up. As they are small talking, Derwin notices Dr. Grizzly in the bag of stuff for the baby. Only this time Dr Grizzly is now football Grizzly. *If you recall Dr. Grizzly was the bear that he was supposed to get rid of when janay moved in the first time.* When med school leaves Janay says that Hill called about him stopping by the set. Derwin gets all up in arms and says that they are fine and happy. they then begin to argue about how they are making the best out of a messed up situation. When Janay goes to throw out the bear Derwin stops her. *because he still has feelings for Med school and the bear represents her*. She knows that he would rather be with Med school instead of her, if it weren’t for her eing pregnant. After the explosive fight * it was too much for me to write but please believe it was explosive* they both walk away from the each other.

Back at Kelly’s… Med school comes back to return the key and catches Kelly dry humping the owner of her gym. She pulls med school to the side and tells her that she’s been seeing him for a while and that she is thinking about getting serious with him. *yet he hasn’t met any of her friends or Brittany* med school tells her that she put the final nail in the coffin by taking the baby things to Derwin and Janay.

Back at the Apartment… Janay comes from the bedroom to ask Derwin, who’s sitting on the couch, if he’s coming to bed. He says that he’ll be there in a bit as he looks off reflecting. Maxwell’s ‘Whenever, Whatever, wherever plays as they fade from him thinking to med school packing his Jersey and last bits of his things into a box as she walks off they fade to black ending this episode.