School Sucks – My blogging is sucking as of late because of time constraints, I am left to do updates, so bare with me for a few weeks as I struggle in this damn statistics class, which I am failing as we speak.
I took the first test this past Monday & got a 50% on that bitch. I am not giving up though! If I have to take it again, at least I will have a leg up. Stay tuned!!!
My New Whip – Last week before the trip to NYC, I picked up my new car & got rid of my gas guzzling SUV. I did not get the Prius like I wanted because of the jacked trade-in drama (poor me)! I winded up getting the Saturn Aura XE, which I liked from a far, I just wanted a hybrid. . I got a great deal on the car, 2000 cash incentive, GM discount & the have me 10k for my car (Toyota tried to give me 8k).
After riding high for the last 6 years, I’m getting used to riding lower but I keep bumping my head when I get in & out. The ride is very nice & super quite & ooooooooooooo, that new car smell is sexy enough to make me juice my draws.
Like most guys, I don’t like to read instruction manuals, which means that I am still figuring out shit. Today I saw that I had lumbar support & automatic seats, this discovery made me smile.
One thing that I’m really loving on the car is the XM radio that it came with. I discovered a really nice jazz station “Watercolors” & “The Move”, which is a nice house station. My kids are digging the Disney station but it gives me a headache.
I Love Getting Packages – Who says money cannot buy you friends? For 460 bucks, my new Nikkon 50mm f/1.2 lens will be my friend for life! He arrived straight from Japan just at just the right moment yesterday & we have been having some fun. This new friend will take some getting used to because he is a manual old school lens.
I meet this young guy in NYC last week and he had one on his camera & I asked to see it & he was like sure it I let him play with my 85mm f/1.8. We swapped for about 30 minutes & I knew I had to have a 50mm f/1.2 for myself. This lens is starting to get hard to find in the US especially new. Stayed tuned for some kick ass night shots taken with this bad boy.
Politricks – Yesterday, when I was walking out of my office, my cell rung & it was from some weird number but I still answered. It was a woman from the Obama campaign calling to tell me that they just opened up a campaign office in my area & she wanted to know if I would be interested in volunteering. Like a fool, I said yes, with excitement, like it was him asking me himself.
I go for the orientation next week, & I told her up front that I am not doing the door-to-door thing. Since I am all ready pimped out for time, I will be limiting myself to helping out to 2-3 times per month. Yes, I am caught up in an Obamafied state, but a brother has to watch his time budget.
Speaking of Obama, I ordered some campaign buttons 2 weeks ago & my shit better show up this week or I’m jumping the fuck off!
So today Ralph Nader put his foot in his “white speaking” mouth & said “… I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What’s keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn’t want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We’ll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards…”
Honestly speaking, I feel what Nader is saying, he just said it sooooo very wrong. And from my recollection, he is right, I have not heard anything comprehensive from Obama on these issues, but I also have not heard them from Nader or McCain. Who ever becomes president will have to address issues in the Black community but he will also need to address the nation as a whole. I just know that we will put a lot of stock into Obama to help solve our collective needs but we need to also look at the big picture.
Moving on, last week, while at dinner with blogging buddies, I asked them if they thought Michelle Obama would rock some corn-rows up in the White House if Barack got elected. We all laughed but all said that she would. What do you think?
The question that is circling my mind this week is, if Barack was elected, would he apologize for slavery if the issue came back up from Civil Rights groups or if it was reintroduced in Congress. Actually, if I attend another town hall meeting & have the chance to ask the question, I will ask him myself. It’s not a deal breaker for me but I want to know what he thinks. I would also ask the same question to Turkey Neck McCain. Thoughts???
Other Bullshit News – Is the Supreme Court out of their fucking minds??? 1st, I think capital punishment needs to be in all states because some mutha fuckers just need to be killed for some of the shit that they do; point blank!!! Today, them Supreme Court fools stated that it is unconstitutional to issue the death penalty to anyone convicted of raping a child, assuming that the child is not merked.
What about the child being damaged for life physically & mentally???
If anything tried to lay a hand on one of my daughters, it will be a scene out of John Grisham’s novel “A Time to Kill” jumping off up in this bitch!
Will someone shut Don Imus the fuck up! I listened to his comment a few times over the last few days & his excuse is just not gelling. I think he needs to get dropped off on 29th & Broadway so the “Niggas” that were about to beat my ass have a little talk with him.
Brotha Buck / June 26, 2008
Best of luck with the new lens. Looking forward to your works of art.
And Ralph…umph.
The Second Sixty-Eight / June 26, 2008
“The question that is circling my mind this week is, if Barack was elected, would he apologize for slavery if the issue came back up from Civil Rights groups or if it was reintroduced in Congress.”
Um… Not trying to start no shit or make it seem like I am saying anything negative about Obama. But wouldn’t that be like a house negro apologizing?
Have fun with your lens! Wish I had a camera and an eye. There are too many booties unphotographed in Detroit in the summer!
BYRDPARKER / June 26, 2008
hello
xm radio is all i listen to .it is the best right ?
a) 72 jazz
b) 65 hip hop old school
c) 84 chill
d) oldies by decade are in the begining
e) 66 /67 will give you a headache .. chile ms kitty will make you say wtf!!!!
obama
ok tafari , don’t get stepford on me .
how can obama relate to slavery ? he can’t , it’s not his family legacy . i think you should read up on the concert of democracies , and ask him how this will affect africa ? what african countries will get in ? whats up with dafur .. what about the aids situation there , why can’t the africans produce or procure drugs elsewhere without suffering an embargo . the situation with china , and the rmb , does he think africa has the ability to become the worlds next export power >? If so how will we foster the infrastructure ?
I really think you should take a look into his policies and ask ? that he can answer .
Supreme court , ask barry who he would appoint , or who he is leaning towards ??
Ask him the question re his stance this country’s leniancy towards pedophillia and his take on the supreme court ruling .
now don imus , talks to talk i.e. the nappy head comment came the same time as ” happy feet ” was released on dvd ” remember the penguin dancing to stevie? and he does have a young kid about 8 yrs old. and lets face it due to hip hop you have latins , white , chinese , saying you whats up my ni..a!
Why is pacman jones involved in a shooting >? Why would Pacman even be near guns ? also he has been arrested 5 times. pacman needs to go on retreat and stfu !
HAVE A GOOD DAY I ENJOYED THE POST ….
CHECK OUT THE NIKON D300, PRETTY NICE CAMERA!!!!!
Bygbaby / June 26, 2008
Brotha Buck – I got, now I need the time to get out. Why can’t I have it all.
TSSE – Speak your mind. We still need to call him to task on anything. If he is a house Negro, he is one that we can look up to as opposed to Clarence Thomas, the worst type of house Negro.
LOL, use your cell camera to get up on that ass. LOL!!!!!!
Byrd Parker – Oooooo, thx for the suggestions. with a name like Ms Kitty, I am already intrigued!
LOL @ going Stepford….
True he is not a descendant of field slaves but he has definitely navigated through the legacy & pain. I mean just look at what he said his grandmother said of Black men. IMO, no matter where you come from in the diaspora, once you land on US soil, slavery will impact you.
Education
Jobs
Inner City Conditions
Health Care
Quality of Prostitutes
etc……..
Shit, your questions are a lot better than mine! You are the one that needs to be at the next town hall meeting.
When I was in NYC last week, walking down 31st in the Korean neighborhood. I did hear one Asian guy say to another, wazz up nigga. All I could do was say ughhhh in my head.
Pacman needs to be behind bars, flat out. His ass ain’t that good on the field, he seems better in the streets.
I wonder what his home life was like. Maybe after he gets killed, he will be glorified like Biggie & have a biopic made by Puff Daddy.
I go the Nikon D300 2 months ago & love that bitch!!! It is on my all the time, because you never know when you might have to swing on somebody. LOL
Torrance Stephens bka All-Mi-T / June 26, 2008
LOL
dont hate on stats BYG
lol
and it dont suck, man u are just handling yours and focusing on your priorities
a great trait if u asked me
The Second Sixty-Eight / June 26, 2008
I feel ya. I don’t mind taking him to task. I am just saying that IN the funny world we live in, would he really be taken seriously? It would seem (to some) like massa’s black son going out into the field and apologizing for them needing to pick cotton for massa. Although massa’s family and neighbors would find it funny that he did so considering he status. I ain’t saying he shouldn’t do so. I ain’t saying it would be a bad thing. But you KNOW that what I say will be part of the discussion in numerous communities should he do so. But I am with it though…
I don’t know. My camera phone would be a little too obvious since the resolution ain’t the greatest. And I don’t want none of them following me home. Or their big ass boyfriends tempting me to wanna kill them (by threatening me…) Oh and I am too lazy to chase them that far… Yeah, that’s it…
Darius T. Williams / June 27, 2008
Great updates – lol…that statistics class, geez. I dropped mine. I will have to retake it. I don’t want to – so you pass yours then I’m driving to MI for tutoring. The new car is nice too!
Obama buttons. Maybe I should order some. You know, do my little bit for the cause.
byrdparker / June 27, 2008
It’s been hectic up in here this week !!! hopefully my workload will ease down a little .
nikon d300 my husband has it and takes it everywhere ! i tried to get him to come on here and have a look … he does great photos as well ,but he doesn’t like sharing but u know men ….
have you been to the rockwell site ???
lol obama , i would never ask those questions , those questions need to be ask by the opponent , but since they are both for the same thing …
july is coming , and it should get hectic up in the race ..
have a great day !!!!
Bygbaby / June 29, 2008
Torrance – Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, I hate it but I am pressing on. Can you take my next test???
TSSE – Time will tell & history is being made all along the way. I do not see an angle where someone at “this point” calling him out like that. Well, maybe someone on Fox news.
DTW – It is Saturday well after 2 weeks & my shit is not here. Guess who is getting a call Monday???
Byrdparker- LOL!!! My NIkons love to show off/brag with their photos, equipment & skill (like me). I would love to see his stuff, is he on flickr or another site?
I keep my D80 for back up, just in case & it has actually come in handy, when I needed to bodies to cover an event.
I read Ken’s site often. He has some good info but he also gets on my nerves a little. Thom Hogan also has a good site with great Nikon info: http://www.bythom.com/
“….i would never ask those questions , those questions need to be ask by the opponent…” Hey, lets call all then niggas out.
Bygbaby