Sweet baby jesus. Look what I stumbled upon. The New Mickey Mouse Club doing Jodeci’s “Cry For You” back in the 90’s. But that’s not all. Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and JC Chasez were getting their 90’s R&B on in this one. Tween JT was all sexin’ it up for the camera and I’m pretty sure Ryan was “Hey Girl-ing” with his eyes. Dear You Tube, I love you for this.
It’s my birthday weekend!! Woot woot!! The real fun will be had when I take the birthday show to Chicago next weekend but this weekend I’m doing it low key, lunch/dinner with some friends tomorrow night and Sunday (my actual birthday). Tonight I decided to stay in and try to clear out my DVR. I have a LONG way to go. I mean, I clear out 3 shows and I end up recording 4 more. I blame Bravo and their damn reality programming (Shahs of Sunset..WHY?!?! The why is moreso for why the fuck am I watching this mess.)
Um…”Don’t Trust the B- in Apt. 23”? Love it. I have only seen one episode of “Dawson’s Creek” and that was in my freshman year of college when some girls on my floor were gathered in someone’s dorm room to watch “Dawson’s Creek”. I had no idea who James van der Beek was but I’m loving him on this show and I love the snark and the wit. Please don’t cancel it ABC!!
And I also watched the premiere episode of “Girls”. I will not watch it again. Not because it stars a cast of rich white girls of famous well established people. Not because it’s set in Brooklyn and the cast and extras are entirely white (typical and not surprising, see any episode of “Friends”.) I was happy that the cast weren’t these glamazons living in these ridiculous apartments wearing ridiculous expensive clothes and living lives that weren’t relatable or remotely attainable. I just didn’t find it funny. I didn’t laugh. I didn’t chuckle. I didn’t even crack a smile. And then it hit me. I’m old. Well, I’m not old (I’m only turning 33) but compared to Lena Dunham and her castmates, I have nearly 10 years on them and 10 years is a lot when you think about it. When her character was bitching to her parents about them cutting her off I thought to myself, “God what a brat. Look for a job. Wait some tables. Make some coffee. Just shut the fuck up and do something.” That was what? Minute 2? 5? And please, don’t get me started on when she showed up at her parents’ hotel room and wanted them to support her while she worked on her book. I don’t have the patience for that right now. And while I can relate to some of their plight (and I’m sure what will be episodes surrounding job search mishaps, awkward sexcapades, boyfriend drama, all relatable and very non Sex and the City) I’m well past that and it’s not quite tickling my funny bone and not what I’m looking for.
I decided to start doing Throwback Tuesdays. It might be a picture or a video. Today it’s a video. Groove Theory. Tell Me. As grown folk would say, this used to be my jam back in the day…..
So me and my friend, Leigha, I call each other hipster and when we call each other hipster, we’re making fun of each other. And if we find ourselves looking like a hipster, we’re horrified and we’ll text each other and say things like, “I need my head examined, HELP!!” So last night night when I came across this I grumbled some expletives to myself and cursed the hipsters and their hipster runoff and their hipster crap. (See “Happy Endings” episode where Max teaches Penny to be a hipster: brilliant!!). This morning I overheard one of my coworkers telling someone how over the weekend someone said she looked pretty hipster and her response was, “Yes! Cool!”<—-I can’t make that shit up. That really happened. A few weeks ago someone asked me if my glasses were really prescripted. Oh I wear these Warby Parker glasses:
I was offended. Why would I wear fake glasses? When did wearing glasses become cool? I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 9 and I don’t remember someone being jealous I was wearing glasses and they weren’t. And if I’m going to wear glasses more than I wear my contacts, I want them to be cute stylish ones. That was the dialogue in my head. Outloud I said, “Yes” and thanked them because they said they liked my glasses.
So my question is, why does everyone want to be a hipster? Or at least dress like one. Maybe it’s like when grunge was popular and seemingly cool and suddenly you saw flannel on the runway (that kind of made me want to weep). I’m starting to think that’s where things are headed today. Because I mean, why else would you wear eyeglasses from 1988 and Bill Cosby sweaters in 2012?
Oh and before you start saying that I’m a hipster bigot and such nonsense I’m not. I’m just against those hipsters that try too hard not to care. You know what I’m talking about. Again, see the “Happy Endings” episode referenced above.
It’s 84 degrees in my apartment right now. 84. In March. Wtf??? Why is this ok?? This is not ok. This is some June type shit. Smh. Somewhere Al Gore is saying,”I told you so bitches,WHAT??”
Soylent green is people.
On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man. Zimmerman admits killing Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Three weeks after Martin’s death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.
Here is what everyone should know about the case:
1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin’s “suspicious” behavior, which he described as “just walking around looking about.” Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He called the police and said: “There’s a real suspicious guy. This guy looks like he’s up to no good, on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get away” [Orlando Sentinel]
2.Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the police dispatcher:
Dispatcher: “Are you following him?” Zimmerman: “Yeah” Dispatcher: “OK, we don’t need you to do that.”
3.Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman’s father released a statement claiming “[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin.” [Sun Sentinel]
4.Zimmerman was carrying a a 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]
8.Zimmerman “was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been dropped.” [Huffington Post]
9.Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Harald]
10.According to neighbors, Zimmerman was “fixated on crime and focused on young, black males.” [Miami Herald]
11.Zimmerman “had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his gated community for aggressive tactics” [Huffington Post]
12.A police officer “corrected” a key witness. “The officer told the witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help, said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager shout for help.” [ABC News]
13.Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot was fired. “Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager’s killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a despondent boy.” [Miami Herald]
14.The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant’s son who was videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]
