This post is specifically towards women and it ain’t no feel good, brighten up your day kind of subject (Don’t judge my grammatical errors either. There’s a time and place for everything and “ain’t no” is fitting.). So if you’re feeling a little under the weather and need a pick-me-up, come back and read this post another day ladies.

I had a discussion the other night with a female friend – one that I’ve never dated nor had sexual relations with – about her failures in choosing “Mr. Right”. She’s approaching that milestone age of 30 that most women fear. It’s like they look at their life like death is upon them once it’s reached. The truth is, most haven’t really become women until that age anyway. All the other years of adulthood were spent being a little girl in a grown woman’s body. But it got me to thinking about my confusions with women and how it wrecked my brain trying to figure out how to make one woman happy. The best advice I can give a man going through the same: “Make yourself happy and hope she follows. If not, there was nothing you could have ever done to please her.”

A woman named Angie said, “I want to marry a nice guy. Someone who loves and respects his mother” but dates a drug dealer or a known womanizer from the age of 22 to 25. Then she meets a nice guy who loves and respects his mother and decides to go out on a date with him. He picks her up, opens doors and pulls out chairs, asks periodically how she’s doing and if she needs anything. He makes sure the conversation during dinner is about lighthearted subjects and things that would make her smile. He walks her to her door after the date and tells her how much he enjoyed the night and that he’d love to go out with her again. Later, Angie receives a phone call from her girlfriend who’s inquiring abut the date. “Girl, dinner was wonderful. He took me to a really nice restaurant, was very charming and respectful. I enjoyed myself,” Angie said. “That’s nice. I wish I had someone like that. So when are you two going out again?”, the friend asks. “I don’t know. I don’t think we’re a good match. He’s a little too reserve for me”, Angie replies.

Angie decides to let the relationship with the nice guy who loves and respects his mother die, even though he tried and tried to win her back. She’s now 27 years old, single and back out on the scene. She’s hitting the clubs, happy hours and taking trips with the girls to Vegas, Puerto Rico and Miami. Life is wonderful. She’s being courted by well established men who treat her like a princess but nothing too serious; just the occasional trip here, the random one-nighter’s there and then it’s on to the next thing. This goes on for two years and Angie begins to grow tired of it. She’ll be 30 next year and now wants to settle down and marry, start a family.

If Angie knew she wanted to marry and be a mother one day, why’d she choose to live the life of a whore and expect a good man to clean up behind that? A whore isn’t just the woman who performs sexual acts for money in motels. A whore is one who sells their soul for minuscule, non-rewarding gifts. A trip to Miami and a weekends stay in Bal Harbor is nice, but it can also cost you the life with a man you’ve always wanted. A trip to Montana in the end of January when you know you don’t ski and hate the cold could cause the man that loves you to never be able to trust you again. Being the fixture at the celebrities table at the club may label you as the wrong woman to “wife up”. My suggestion to these women: pick a lane and stay in it.

Satisfaction isn’t about settling, it’s about having peace of mind. Everyone fantasizes about their future and what they’d want in it. But if happiness in a relationship is what you ultimately seek, then your counterpart’s career goals or education or wealth should be secondary to that. Would you rather be married to a rich man who keeps you as a trophy or a poor man that loves you like his Queen? The nice cars and houses and trips may be attractive but what does it matter when you can’t rightfully call it yours?

Men do this too, but today, my thoughts are directed towards women who deserve good men but choose to fall victim to what’s popular instead of what’s right, pure and a direct reflection of who they really are. The character “Angie” that I created for this story is alive in a lot of you. Part of the reason we hear the common phrase “there are no good men left out here” is due to that woman’s existence in yourself. Angie is also a part of the reason most men feel we cannot show you how genuine, loving, caring, and supportive we are too. So change up your existence and make up your damned mind!

I took a leave of absence because I was told by a few folks that my opinions and comments on certain topics swayed their thoughts of me. Honestly, I laughed at first at one individual in particular but then shortly thereafter became curious as to why and to what extent her thoughts had changed. Well, the answers I received made me laugh even more: “I never knew you were so shallow and judgmental. It made me think twice about opening up and being honest with you.” The contradiction in this statement baffled me. I wanted to point it out but I realized that I was speaking to a foolish person.

So, here lies the reason I’m back, posting my thoughts away for the world (27 or so people) to read and then – undoubtedly – pass judgment upon me for being honest. “B, why can’t I find a good man? Someone who will just act right and make me his wife? I mean, am I asking too much?”

Those words spilled from her mouth with such sincerity I proceeded to talk to this female friend of mine for about 45 minutes about our views on the topic. We both went on and on about why we thought dating and marriage between African-Americans suffer so much, why biological clocks with women and the emergence of financial success in men cause a disconnect between the two, even why interracial dating is more prominent now than ever witnessed before. She supported almost every bullet point with an ABC News special on this exact topic. I hadn’t seen the special at that time but I’ve heard the story a million times over. Successful Black woman has worked hard to furnish herself with this, that and the third but still can’t find the man of her dreams. What’s wrong with the Black Community? The conversation between the two of us started out a healthy one, but then I became bothered by some of the things I heard her say about Black men in general and why “we” can’t and won’t commit to “them”. “Well, since you’re such the relationship expert nowadays B, why don’t you spread the wealth of knowledge?” She meant this sarcastically but nevertheless, here ya go!

First of all, women – not just African-Americans – need to stop with the demands and the excuses you call reasons for having them. I have this, I have that. He should this, he should that. No one owes you jack. Putting labels and setting bars on men because of your accomplishments is just as shallow as him saying he won’t settle down because he wants to take advantage of his options. I have several female friends who I consider marriage material – women who’d make great wives and wonderful mothers – that are single, bouncing in and out of relationships to taking a break from dating to being smitten by the guy who calls and asks how her day was. There’s no problem with Black men. This isn’t an issue of Black men being incarcerated, you never considered them your “type” anyway. The graduation rate of Black men has absolutely nothing to do with it either. Ladies, it’s you!

Secondly, start treating the relationships you do have with more respect. No man enjoys dating someone that doesn’t show him that he’s appreciated and wanted. If ladies want to be treated like Princesses and Queens, I’d suggest you learn how to treat us men like Princes and Kings. If you don’t then you’re “hustling backwards”. It’s like having a “Filet Mignon appetite with a dollar menu bank account” or “expecting Crystal with a Boones Farm mind-state”. No one opens a bank account with $10 and then expects to withdraw $100 from the ATM afterwards. The same goes for a relationship. While you’re looking at him to do all the work in the relationship – expecting him to sweep you off your feet – he’s wondering when and why you don’t feel it’s necessary to do the same for him.

Lastly, learn how to let a man be a man. We’ve all seen it before: A woman arguing with a man who doesn’t want to argue with her. He tries to walk away from the situation but she just keeps forcing the issue. I sometimes try to predict how much time goes past before he leaves her, or worse, smacks her across her face. (I don’t condone hitting women – especially in situations like this – but you got to admit, sometimes you understand when it does happen.)

My grandfather has a 6th grade education but runs the family farm, has 15 children, 22 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and loved my grandmother ’til her last living day so education and wealth have nothing to do with a Black man’s ability to be a loving father and committed husband. If every Black man looked at his accomplishments and demanded that a woman meet those standards, he’d be labeled “unreasonable” or “selfish”. It’s similar to a prenuptial agreement, the same agreement most women who make less than their counterpart deems disrespectful when asked to sign. So stop patting yourself on the back and making senseless demands on the men you date and start putting emphasis on the important things that really matter. Would a Black man with a degree, 6 figure salary and a respectful financial portfolio that hates children, dogs and your friends be a sufficient candidate for marriage? If so, consider yourself a shallow, gold digging…you-know-what. Now take away the accomplishments and replace them with modest achievements but add the fact that he loves you, cherishes your children and treats your friends like his own…is he looking a little more promising now?

My advice to these unfortunate, beautiful, successful Black women of prominence who have been mistreated by society, are under-appreciated by men because of all of their accolades and can’t find a Black man to marry them would be to get a grip on life and stop looking to men to grant you a life you don’t know how to give yourself. Your relationships as boyfriend and girlfriend should serve as practice before marriage. So, learn from them. If you keep hearing you’re an insensitive bitch, well, who the hell wants to marry that? Lastly, stop comparing yourself to others, especially chicks on television shows like “Desperate Housewives of…”, “Basketball Wives” and anything Beyonce sings.

Remember this song? Of course you do…

Yes, New Edition was at the pinnacle of R&B back in the day but if this wasn’t evidence that these brothers were performers/entertainers – not singers – then maybe this will help.

Boyz II Men even remixed their ad-libs and those sounded better.

But the reason for this blog is to actually plug an artist I’d love to hear more from by the name of Novel. One of my favorites from Novel is actually a remake of Gary Jules’ Mad World.

Here’s the original (which is actually very very good):

And here’s Novel’s version:

It’s a very bold statement to open up a door using someone else’s salutation but if you can pull it off and sound good doing it – like Novel did with his version – then more power to you. By the way, no one – and I mean NO ONE – will ever succeed at doing this when it comes to Stevie Wonder.

What say you? Do you have any?

Well if you’re into old school music and how it has influenced some of the new stuff we enjoy today take a listen to “Sample Junkies” mixed by DJ Matt Cali, beats and breaks compiled by Russel Fong.

Download the link here.

Life is about perception and for those that disagree, try to count how many times you pass judgement before you have all the details. I can remember when my mother would comb my hair to the sides and comb out a part in my head so I’d look like my parents took good care of me. Nevermind the patches in my jeans to hide the grass stains from when I played football at school everyday at recess. Don’t worry about the scuffed up Kangaroos or British Knights whose shoe strings looked like my rottweiler chewed on them all night while I slept. As long as I had that part, my mother’s reputation was intact. I was taught not to put my elbows on the table, hold the door for ladies and say “thank you” and “excuse me” when necessary. But since I said hi to 30 (Jay-Z) the world has begun to look very strange to me as if no one else was raised the same.

Those that know me personally know I’m extremely inquisitive. Even if you don’t know me personally, if you have and inkling of some sort of intelligence you can read in my posts how weird I can be. But I don’t think I’m all that strange.

Today I noticed a woman from across the pool deck that I attended elementary school with and tried to make eye contact with her. It seemed as if she’d seen me too because she kept looking – what seemed to be – in my direction. But I soon noticed the fear in her eyes and the imperative movement in her steps towards the pool were not attempts to greet me. Once she jumped into the pool fully clothed I knew something wasn’t right. A child, someone close to her, the son of a friend, laid motionless, face down in the pool. I ran to assist her in helping him as she rolled him over, unconscious, not breathing at all and lungs and stomach obviously full of water. Pandemonium set into the entire scene and it seemed to be the first encounter of the sort to everyone there but me, including the lifeguard. CPR was administered and after 1 or 2 minutes, the child opened his eyes, spat out a lot of water and began breathing. Sadly, what shocked me most was that there were several other adults within arms reach of him who noticed nor did a thing, even after the woman jumped in and screamed for someone to dial 911. As I knelt down to give chest compressions, I heard one of the adults say, “Oh my God, is he dead?” while steadily eating her french fries. Where’s the sympathy? Why was it so easy for her to be so crude and insensitive to the mother of the child who’s fearing death is upon her son?

After the paramedics took the child out on a stretcher as a precautionary method, other parents began pointing the blame and responsibility on the lifeguard. True, he should have been sitting a little closer but my disgust was towards the mother of the child. This kid drowned in 3 feet of water so it’s safe to say that he could not swim at all. So knowing this, as a mother, why allow your child to enter a pool and not have him in your sights? I touched her son before she did and came from behind the bar where I was preparing a drink for a patron.

The night before I decided to meet a friend of mine for drinks in Bethesda. He had a hookup where we were going and I’m all for that in my life. So, we’re chilling, drinking our first drink of what we planned to double before we left and out of nowhere, “You ghetto niggers! What gives you the right to come into my bar?” At that point it was eye for an eye, insult for an insult. My friend replied, “We didn’t know we walked into the Poor White Trash bar, cracker.” The dude literally spit in my face after that and he then accidentally head butted himself with a Bud Light bottle he’d previously sat on the bar before he insulted us and spat in my face. A fight breaks out between my friend and I and his friends and we fled once we heard, “I’m calling the police!” Well, we ran but we almost ran right to the police as they sat on their squad car at the corner. We did a 180 and began to retreat. They followed, and followed and followed us as if we were the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I felt like a runaway slave hiding from the police as I took off my baby blue Polo shirt as if the hounds would catch my scent if I’d kept it on. Once we lost them we went back to our cars and went home. Well, I did at least. My friend had glass in his hand from the bottle and he went to the hospital to get stitched up.

There are three other strange things that have happened to me over the past three weeks that raised a brow and left me baffled. Due to my extensive readership I’ll keep those stories private in fear of sure backlash if I disclosed details. Still, ’til this day I have no idea what the hell she was thinking, nor her stupid friends for encouraging such behavior, but they all thought they were justified in their childish ways. I suffered a few days of punishment afterwards but had no idea what I was responsible for. I also have no idea why another acquaintance of mine feels I need to apologize to her when I’ve done nothing wrong but point out to her that she’d done something wrong. At this point I beginning to feel that my problem is that I don’t have a problem.

Will I continue living life looking at other people’s actions and asking why? Do you all live peaceful lives where nothing and no one affects your day? If so, how do you do it? I hear people say they don’t care what people think and often use rap lyrics and slang terminology like “brush them haters off” or “I’m just keepin’ it real” to support their decisions to be ignorant. I feel that that thinking is exactly why I have so many issues. No one cares that they are rude, obnoxious and just plain ol’ dumb anymore. No one cares that they will be perceived as someone whose mother never taught them right from wrong or how to respect others.

Hip Hop is so funny these days. Everyone is a character. But these guys at 2-Cent Entertainment just saved me $30 in gym membership fees with this video. I’m savoring the others for later to prolong my inexpensive abdominal workout alternative but you can go ahead and browse their site for more funny videos and blogs.

Keep doin’ what your doin’ peoples!

Hmmm. I must admit, I’m no fan of Governor Palin and I thoroughly enjoyed watching her make a complete fool of herself during the 2008 Presidential Election. But I’m also no fan of David Letterman’s either. Yes, I think the guy is hilariously funny, smart, witty and has had success in his career for decades because of it but I don’t DVR, TiVo or stay up at night to catch his show. But because of these jokes about Governor Palin and her family, there is a huge calling for his head amongst those that have dangerously misconstrued his words.

The watchfulraven has blogged anti-President Obama postings before and now have joined in to help call a boycott of David Letterman’s advertisers.

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CONFIRMED 6/15: Embassy Suites pulls their ads from CBS.com

Please take a moment to thank them

Dawn Ray, Public Relations, 901-374-5954, dawn.ray@hilton.com

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Update 6/16:

We’re hearing that Hellmann’s/Best Foods (Unilever) is pulling their online ads.

Stay tuned – in the meantime, keep calling and writing to everyone below

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I could care less which political party you affiliate yourself with – since when did it become ok to joke about the rape of a young girl? On behalf of mothers, wives and daughters everywhere, I urge you to boycott David Letterman’s advertisers.

Call and/or email every single person below to denounce their support of this show – Letterman should get his ass fired.

Update: Letterman “apologized” saying the sexually perverted crack was aimed at Palin’s 18 year-old daughter, not the 14 year-old. Really? And he thinks that’s ok?

Is it ok for someone to talk about your mother, wife, daughter, sister or friend this way?

Important Note:

This misogyny has been a long time coming (think of Hillary and Chelsea Clinton); it reached epic proportions in the past few years, and has risen precipitously these past few months. Letterman can indeed say whatever he wants to (as is his right to do so), just as it’s the right of others to object. To remain silent and let this go unchallenged shows that you agree. Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, there comes a time when one has to say: enough is enough.

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Dear Late Show Advertisers:

As an advertiser on the David Letterman show, you endorse his point of view; I am appalled that your company supports the rape of young girls.

On June 8th 2009 Mr. Letterman “joked” that a female Governor of the United States is “slutty” and worse still, “joked” about her 14 year-old daughter and statutory rape by an adult baseball player. He continued his slander of this young girl during his June 9th show, likening her to a prostitute.

I refuse to buy products from a company who supports such a vulgar, reprehensible attitude toward women and girls.

Shame on you.

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CBS Television

Main number: 212-975-4321

Les Moonves, President and CEO – CBS, 212-975-4545, lmoonves@cbs.com

Nina Tassler, President – CBS Entertainment, 323-575-2747, nina.tassler@cbs.com

Mike Nelson, VP Communications, 818-655-2156, mjnelson@cbs.com

CBS Television Studios

Lauri Metrose, VP Communications, 818-655-7223, lauri.metrose@cbs.com

Jennifer Solari, Executive Director Communications, 818-655-7222, jennifer.solari@cbs.com (email error was fixed)

Kim Sartori, Director Communications, 818-655-7221, kim.sartori@cbs.com

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Companies who run TV ads during the show

We’re focusing on just a few to concentrate our effort. Calling these companies is the best way to voice your disappointment – go ahead, call them every day!

NOTE: we’re hearing that many emails are now bouncing back – if that happens to you, please follow up with a phone call

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Johnson & Johnson (Aveeno, Listerine and KY Brand)

Main Number: 1-888-222-0182 (Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products)

Kristina Chang, Public Relations, 973-385-4370, kchang12@conus.jnj.com

Steve Schonberg, PR (Listerine), 212-704-4494, stephen.schonberg@edelman.com

Cliff Carson, PR (Aveeno), 212-317-1462, cliff.carson@rprny.com

Names of J&J executives you can write to are here (thanks Hillbuzz!)

Kellogg’s (Mini-Wheats)

Main Number: 1-800-962-1413 (Consumer Affairs) or 1-269-961-2000 (Headquarters)

Allison Costello, Ketchum PR, 412-456-3741, allison.costello@ketchum.com

Names of Kellogg’s executives you can write to are here (thanks Hillbuzz!)

M&M’s (Mars Candy)

UPDATE: Mars says that they bought their ad time months ago, and there’s nothing they can do. Yes, there is – they can tell their ad agency (MediaVest) to pull the ads.

Main Number: 1-800-627-7852 (Confections), 1-800-696-6788 (m&m’s), 1-973-691-3536 (Mars) or 1-703-821-4900 (Mars)

Fax: 1-703-448-9678 or 1-973-691-3829

Paul S. Michaels, President, paul.michaels@effem.com

Michele Kessler, VP Mars Snackfood US, michele.kessler@effem.com

Carole Walker, VP Marketing Communications, carole.walker@effem.com

Ryan Bowling, Media Relations, 1-908-850-2396, ryan.bowling@effem.com

Names of Mars Inc executives you can write to are here (thanks Hillbuzz!)

Olive Garden

UPDATE: Olive Garden is apparently “voicing our concern to CBS” and will take all feedback into consideration when reviewing future advertising. Nice first step – but not quite far enough.

Main Number: 1-800-331-2729 (Guest Relations) or 1-407-245-4000

John Caron, Executive VP Marketing, jcaron@olivegarden.com

Grey Advertising (their ad agency), 1-212-546-2083

Names of Olive Garden executives you can write to are here (thanks Hillbuzz!)

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If the above isn’t enough…here are two more

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Old Navy (Parent company is Gap Inc)

Main Number: 1-800-653-6289 (Customer Service) or 1-650-952-4400 (Headquarters)

Nicole Bender, Public Relations, 1-415-832-2889, nicole_bender@gap.com

Southwest Airlines

Main Number: 1-214-792-4847 (Public Relations)

Gary Kelly, CEO, 1-214-792-4000, gary.kelly@wnco.com

Ginger Hardage, SVP Culture & Communications, 1-214-792-6924, ginger.hardage@wnco.com

Linda Rutherford, VP Communications, 1-214-792-4625, linda.rutherford@wnco.com

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Other National Advertisers:

(For those who would like to like to avoid their products/services)

June 15 show – Burger King, McDonald’s, Miller Brewing, Wendy’s, Best Buy, DirecTV, Netflix, Sears, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Abilify), Sanofi-Aventis (Ambien), Eli Lilly (Cialis), Just for Men, Proactiv, Thermacare, Allstate, AT&T, T-Mobile, Hyundai, Lincoln and Mazda

June 12 show – Boston Market, Best Buy, Icy Hot, Netflix, Macy’s, Cricket, T-Mobile, Samsung, Microsoft, Chase Bank, Merck (Rogaine), Sanofi-Aventis (Ambien), Wyeth (Centrum Vitamins), Cadillac, Kia, Lexus, Mazda and Saturn (and others above)

June 11 show – Old Navy, Touchstone Pictures (Disney), Samsung, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Chase Bank, Pfizer (Zyrtec), Wyeth (Centrum Vitamins), Ford, Lexus, Mazda and Saturn (and others above)

June 10 show – Southwest Airlines, DirecTV, MetLife, Amica, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon, Chase Bank, Aventis (Actonel), Merck (Pepcid), Pfizer (Zyrtec), Wyeth (Centrum Vitamins), Honda, Kia, Lexus, Lincoln and Toyota (and others above)

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Companies who still have Banner Ads on the Late Show website

Again, we’re focusing on just a few – call them to voice your disappointment.

NOTE: we’re hearing that many emails are now bouncing back – if that happens to you, please follow up with a phone call

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Lancome (Parent company is L’Oreal)

Main Number: 1-800-526-2663 (Lancome Customer Service)

Carol Hamilton, President – Luxury Products, chamilton@us.loreal.com

Rebecca Caruso, Public Relations, 1-212-984-4894, rcaruso@us.loreal.com

Suzie Davidowitz, Public Relations, 1-212-984-4105, sdavidowitz@us.loreal.com

John Frieda (Kao Brands)

Main Number: 1-513-421-1400 or 1-800-521-3189

Lee-Ann Silver, Public Relations, 1-203-353-5100, leeann.silver@kaobrands.com

Best Western

UPDATE: Best Western continues to insist that they do not advertise on Letterman. The fact is, Best Western authorized someone to create banner ads and pay for their placement on the CBS.com website; as a result, they are showing up on the Late Show’s pages (I have screen shots of two different ads from multiple days this week). If Best Western is unhappy with the negative publicity, perhaps they should not advertise online via CBS.

Main Number: 1-602-957-4200

Bonnie McPeake, Chairwoman, bonnie.mcpeake@bestwestern.com

Troy Rutman, Public Relations, 1-602-957-5668, troy.rutman@bestwestern.com

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Other Website Advertisers:

(For those who would like to like to avoid their products/services)

Bowflex, Cabela’s, Crate & Barrel, EBay, Electronic Arts, Gamespot, Guitar Center, Home Depot, Intel, Lexus, Neiman Marcus, On the Border and Walgreen’s

The above companies authorized someone (either internally or at an agency) to create banner ads and pay for their placement on the CBS.com website; as a result, they are showing up on the Late Show’s pages. It pays to keep a close eye on where their ads are running .

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Note: The above names, phone numbers and email addresses were pulled from each of the respective company’s websites and press releases, or derived from simple Google searches.

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This is bologna. There’s nothing wrong with adding satire to real events. The real event that cannot be denied is the fact that Bristol Palin is the daughter he’s referring to and she was/is definitely a little fast in the sheets. The jokes about the Obamas had no validity at all but Governor Palin saw nothing wrong with satirical picture on the cover of The New Yorker:

Let’s face it; Bristol Palin was pregnant at 17 years old and this doesn’t make her a whore but when she turns 18 (which she is) she can become subject to these kinds of jokes.  Oddly enough, I found the jokes to be more detrimental to the men involved in the joke than she.  Does Mr. Letterman deserve to be fired for this though?  Hmmm.

You know what Bristol, you’ve got a point there.

Artomatic celebrates its 10th Anniversary at the soon-to-be Half Street Hotel in Southeast DC.

55 M Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

May 29 – July 5, 2009

Fri-Sat: Noon-1 am
Sun, Wed, Thu: Noon-10 pm

Take Metro! Located directly above the Green Line Navy Yard Metro Stop, West Entrance

info@artomatic.org

The event features artists that paint, photograph, film, sculpt, draw, dance, sing, rap, graf (graffiti artists…you know, spray painters), and more. I thought I’d stop by today and take a look and already have plans to return tonight and tomorrow as well as special dates with guest features throughout the month.

Here’s some of what I captured today.

Jeff Nyveen, a USC graduate who moved to the DC Metropolitan area several years ago, features several photographs of visual memories of his travel.  But don’t let me bore you with my interpretation.  After viewing his website and photographs I’m sure you’re going to schedule a few flights to exotic lands and purchase a nice camera to capture the evidence like he has done for years.

Jared Davis‘ piece, Hurdi Gurdi. This guys scene design and staging is phenomenal.

Check back later for more updates from my sitings at Artomatic!

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High Five Escalator

No Pants Subway Ride

Frozen Grand Central Station

Well, there seems to be some competition stirring up on the West Coast now. I’m not sure if this is an organized group like ImprovEverywhere or if this is just a skit put on by A&E TV but it’s funny.

Hammer Pants

Well, she’s back!

I love her personality, her pleasant sounding voice and subject matter. Her fourth album, “In Love & War” is set to be released this August under new label Def Jam.

Thanks to TrackLeaker a link to one of her newest songs can be heard online.