Umm.... looks like I was wrong about that whole thing about Amerie being the next big thing huh.. :)

Just a post to verify my obvious hiatus. Back in December.

A few reflections on the VMA's....

- That Dashboard Confessional guy is really cute and all, but he looks like the type to break every dish in the house after one little disagreement. Would his obvious sweetness be worth the drama ?

- Britney,.. I know you're stressed and trying to assert your womanhood and all that, but for the love of God, Scavullo's been looking for that hat all over the place, give it back so the man can have some peace.

- Ummm..., I love Christina Aguilera. I think she's wickedly talented and eventually will be seen as one of the better voices of our generation. However, if she continues to push the boundaries of skankdom, no will care how she sounds. A few more outfits like that, and that big fat house everyone made so much commotion about is going to end up on the auction block.

- It was kind of fucked up how Jimmy Fallon made a joke about Fat Joe eating one of the Olsen twins right after he lost for best Hip Hop video. I saw a Diary on him after he got nominated and he seemed so psyched at the possibility of winning. When they panned over to him, not only did he look like he was being assaulted by that chair he was crammed into, but you know he didn't see the humor in that shit.

- Didn't expect I'd end up feeling bad for Axl Rose. The re-birth of Guns-N-Roses (and I use re-birth in the same way you'd use it were you referring to food that made it's way back up your esophagus) looks like it's going to be painful to watch. Axl sounded horrible and looked like just doing his patented side-to-side slide was wearing him out. And what was the deal on the braids...

I've had this post rambling around in my head for the last couple days. After downloading more Amerie, I'm still smitten, but it's fading. The production on her album reminds me a lot of the first MJB album becuase it's very basic. With the exception of I Just Died (which is a fantastic song), most of the other songs are pretty generic R&B/Hip Hop. Not painful to listen to or anything, but not groundbreaking either. She is stupidly beautiful though, [not as in Marilyn Monroe-ish kind of beauty (which I don't find attractive), but as in were she to pass you on a street, you'd be so busy gawking that you might walk into a wall or something] and genuinely talented, so I imagine she'll be a success despite her uninspired production.

I've been trying to download more David Bowie. Yesterday I downloaded God Know's I'm Good and aside from it being so depressing I considered pitching myself off the roof, is really quite beautiful in a simple way. Bowie is one of those phenomenons that never quite translated into my 80's era Caribbean upbringing. I always knew who he was, but I gave him the same equivalence as say...Bon Jovi (and yes, that is kind of scary). Now that I'm older and realize that he set the ball rolling in a lot of different ways, I dig him... it's just kind of tricky treasure hunting the MP3 landscape and seperating the gems from the crap.

It's about 9:46 and my favorite co-worker hasn't shown up yet. This will make three times in the past two weeks that she's called in, if that's what she's actually doing. I feel nervous for her. She went on a mini-vacation this week and I wonder if she's stuck on some neighboring island right now.

I went out this weekend. To the same club I go to every weekend. To see the same people, listen to the same music, and drink the same 3.5 Heinekens that I do every Friday. The whole thing was depressing. The bar is filled with acquaintances, and I'd come in hope of finding someone who wasn't there. I ended up blathering on about Love, and why the f*cker was so late to make his appearance in my life. Scared off at least two friends who could empathize, but were a little too drunk for the flailing arms and frantic gestures that accompanied my speech. I left after about an hour becuase it was all just a little too much for me.

"if you don't like your job maybe you should quit, stop being a bitch and love yourself"

... a little Jaguar Wright. I got her album in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago and I've been loving it. Now if I could just get myself to live it...

After a two month absence, I was so shocked and affronted last night, that I simply had to post about it... I mean, Tamyra ???!!?? Come on America! I was feeling the Afro-puff too, but TG has more talent in her split ends than Nikki does in her entire body. I missed Tuesdays episode, and from what I understand, TG was a little off during her first performance, but come on... There's no way Nikki could have been better.

Shock aside, it's probably better that TG got eliminated now. I don't see the winner of American Idol having a huge career. For some reason, people who gain their celebrity in this type of forum (via some kind of reality/game show type thing) never last long. The audience ends up knowing too much, too soon, and they lose intrest. Think about it, no one's talking about any of the Survivor winners, or any of the Real World or Road Rulers. So the quicker she gets off the show, the better. It's just a little distressing that her obvious and overwhelming talent was trumped by good packaging (I won't lie, that Nikki's got style to spare).

BTW... is anyone feeling Amerie? Why don't we fall in love is rocking my world. I've had it on my playlist on repeat for the last two weeks. There's something about her that reminds me a little bit of Mary J. Blige, well... the first album at least.

i've always been a bit of a follow fashion...

Ok, some things I love...

• waking up on Saturday, thinking it's Friday, but realizing it's not before you get out of bed
• my Grandmother
• "old man, if you give those dogs one more piece of my food, I'm going to kick you till you're dead"
• Rufus Wainwright
• Limewire, and other sharing software that's broadened my horizons
• Puerto Rican Boys
• finding out that I'm not HIV positive after all
• ramen noodles with just a little bit of tabasco
• kissing on dancefloors
• the fact that I'm going to leave here in three months
• remembering that i can do anything i want to do
• Cribs, cause I'm a coveter yo
• God
• Lane Fuller
• the inside of a brand new sweatshirt
• Lex, despite myself
• Bjork
• the everlasting blogstalker, (miss you much)

links to come....