What are your plans for the holiday weekend? Let's do a roll call for all those in the armed forces that may be a friend, family member, etc.!!!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Pardon the Interruption....
What are your plans for the holiday weekend? Let's do a roll call for all those in the armed forces that may be a friend, family member, etc.!!!
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
I Am...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
No Disrespect...
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Mr. Harris VS. Mr. Vick

Two African- American men convicted through the United States justice system for different extremes of injustice face varying outcomes. Let me introduce Clifford "T.I." Harris Jr. and Michael (Mike) Vick. T.I. was convicted on weapons charges while Mike Vick was convicted for running a dog fighting operation. Logically thinking, I would automatically assume that a weapons charge would carry more weight than running a dog fighting operation, but apparently the justice system feels differently. Yesterday one of the hot topics on a few sites that I frequent was how T.I.'s 366 day sentence would be reduced to a measly 2 months, meanwhile Mike Vick is carrying out his 23 month imprisonment/3 year probation sentence. Am I the only one that sees something wrong with this picture? Why is it that buying guns illegally gets you less time behind bars than fighting dogs? I have a theory...
My theory is simple and fueled by race. T.I., a black man, was buying weapons illegally more than likely to protect himself from another black man. The justice system has proved through the years that it could care less about crimes committed against black people, especially black men; therefore, this was no big deal and just another crime of the rich and famous that lead to him being on the cover of magazines, landing a TV series, and performing on a farewell tour. When you flip the script with Mike Vick, another black man, harming "man's best friend" there's an outcry that causes him to lose his career and wealth almost overnight in the midst of protests and public bashing. The point being that when an interest of the majority is threatened they take offense and feel the need to serve out harsher punishments, but when a threat secures their place as the majority and proves the stereotypical behavior of the minority they reinforce the behavior with lighter punishments.
Bottom line, I think that it's ridiculous that T.I. is getting his sentence reduced. Weapons serve as a greater threat to the community at large than a bunch of dogs fighting one another in a controlled environment. I admit that my opinion may be a little biased due to the fact that I'm not a big animal lover, but despite this fact I find it hard to justify the court's decision in either case.
Do you think that T.I.'s sentence reduction is fair in comparison to Mike Vick's sentence? Why or why not?
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Drama...

Today I bought a notebook that I designated to be just for my ideas. My mind has been spinning 24/7 with new concepts and ways to do things and usually I just throw them in the Blackberry or make a mental note. Lately, there are so many that the time is long overdue for me to have a place where they can all be in one spot. This morning I began to think about something that's been on my mind pretty heavy for the past week. Before I can explain, here's a little bit of the back story....
I'm about to attempt to make an extremely long story short and sweet...About 3 months ago I made a connect with someone in the music industry to have them attend a showcase that some friends were having. Somewhere in between business calls, the business relationship went out the window and the line became blurry causing the relationship to be more personal. Not personal in the sense that we were "together", but in a way that whenever he was having issues he could feel free to call for my advice. This completely went against my better judgment, but it all started with me answering one question then the next thing you know I was on call around the clock. Eventually I realized that the situation was no good and cut off ties with him because (a) since I have a psych degree all the advice I gave were billable hours, and (b) the drama that was being dealt with was way too much for me. In the process of me helping "Drama", he told me about a business idea that he had. Great idea, but the execution of it was terrible so I gave him a few pointers and even volunteered to help. Drama was too much of a hot shot to listen to little old me so his idea continues to be stagnant and I doubt that it'll ever work at this point if he keeps going in the same direction. Here's the dilemma that I have: I know how to make his idea be successful, but don't know if that would be wrong of me to execute it. I told him exactly what to do, but because of who he is he refuses to listen. So, I'm thinking why not take the concept and develop it myself....
I took the dilemma I had over to my twitter fam and here's what some of them had to say:
@franklanzkie Why dont u go to him & suggest partnering up?....u be the woman behind the man & quietly run sh*t. U think Bill ran the White House? Nope...Hillary...
@mzinspiredmind You know what, I say go for it.
@DUMUSIC if your more serious and have a better plan put in place go for it. Its not your fault he slacked
@goldigold a good idea become a bad idea if you don't use it
What to do? Develop the idea or just move on from it? Why?
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Guess Who....

As I wipe the cobwebs off this blog give me a second to explain....BUSY,BUSY,BUSY! My life went from 0 to 60 overnight and I've been on the go ever since. On top of normal life, my grad school work load has tripled over the past month because after this degree is done I'm going for one more, but I'll give more details as that comes closer. Although this site has been neglected, my twitter page gets updated about 1,000 times a day so those of you who follow me over there know that I'm alive and well!
As far as the launch of the new site, all I can say is that I'm a perfectionist. At first I was just going to launch it and let it be, but after doing some research I noticed that the market I'm going to be entering with my concept isn't very competitive right now so I need to think it all the way through. Marketing plans, re-design, radio shows/podcasts, and web video episodes are just a few of the things that I'm getting together on top of everything else going on in life. Let's just say that when I launch the site, it's going to be bigger than I would have ever imagined! I don't care how long it takes as long as it's done right, but I'm aiming for early/mid summer so stay tuned for that....
Relationship/love life = non-existent, NEXT TOPIC...
I've run into some interesting characters in life since I last posted, so over the course of the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to some of the situations and people that I've come across and be asking for feedback so I know I'm not tripping with the opinions I've formed! Of course all names will be changed to protect the identity of the innocent, but I need to vent :-)
Thanks for hanging in there and look for me in a comments section near you because I plan on getting back on my blog hopping, but before I go I have a quick question...
What sites do you visit on a daily basis? List all the sites (including yours if you have one) that you can't go a day without checking out.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Staying Current....
Today I'm going to share news stories that evoked some type of emotion in me this week:
Prescription Pain Killers, Chardonay, and a Baby
Deadly Traffic Stops and the NFL
Bailouts and Million Dollar Homes
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