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Art With Heart

2010-11-11T16:19:00.000-05:00

who are you to judge?

2010-11-02T16:58:00.002-04:00

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.

'And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'

health nut? or just plain nuts!

2010-10-20T10:24:00.004-04:00

so, i have been on this roller coaster ride trying to get into shape. while i've lost 20 pounds and have managed to keep it off this year with the help of P90x, a trainer, and boot camp, i am not where i want to be. big surprise, huh?

despite the compliments. regardless that i "sometimes" like what i see in the mirror. not to mention that i went topless for the first time at a waterpark and didnt rrun away screaming from embarassment - i still want a more banging body. so, i read blogs like the one i want to share with you below. it has a slew of tips to eat and shop more healthily and NOT DIET! diets are the devil. and since i LOVE LOVE LOVE the sweets and my cocktails, i must indulge occasionally. my boo recently made my fav - carrot cake - from scratch! YUM...but i had to tread lightly because i am a fatty waiting to happen...AGAIN!

ive found that its about commitment and that every day is a struggle...damn, i sound like an addict! anyway...take a read and i hope it helps you as much as it did me.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/25-instant-supermarket-secrets

top of the pops!

2010-10-07T14:53:00.003-04:00

katy perry continues to dominate the charts with "teenage dream". she's been in the top 10 for like a million weeks. damn, can she please, please, pleeeasse sing one of Prototype's songs? anyone knows who her manager is? i need a bentley!

the QUEEN BITCH

2010-03-17T18:00:00.002-04:00

this is where she should have stopped.

thats all i have to say about that~

is this yo mama?

2010-02-25T12:04:00.003-05:00

if so, please for tell her 44 year-old ass to go sit down somewhere. i mean, dont get me wrong, she does look good in all her retouched-ness but come on lisa-raye, let DIAMOND retire. this is not the playas club and you are not in college. PRETTY PLEEEEEZE!

when will they learn?

2010-02-25T11:49:00.004-05:00

let me preface this post with this: it is a deeply tragic and sad occurence when anyone loses their life. my condolences go out to her family.

now...that being said....

Orlando Sea World trainer KILLED by a KILLER WHALE~

WTF?!?!? why is it such a surprise when a WILD animal kills a human being? this should not be a shock. i do not for the life of me understand why we put ourselves int hese situations. this beast weighs TONS and has a history of killing people. they shold have let him out in the wild long ago.

the most crazy part of this story is that people are defending the whale! am i missing something? some sources say the whale might have been "playing". my mother told me never to play fight because someone always gets hurt. or, in this case, end up dead. huhmans CANT and SHOULDNT play with whales/sharks/dolphins or any other animal that can crush you without even trying.

imagine being in the crowd while this happened. i know there are some traumatized kids out there right about now.

anywho...thats all i have to say about that.

THIS IS HOW BOSSIP.COM IS REPORTING IT:

"A veteran trainer at Orlando’s SeaWorld was dragged under water to her death Wednesday in the jaws of Tilikum, the oldest and largest killer whale in captivity, as horrified onlookers watched.
Tourists eating poolside at a daily event called “Dining With Shamu” watched the whale drown 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau.

Tourists in an underwater viewing area saw the whale swim by, flipping the bleeding trainer over and over in his mouth.

“It was terrible. It’s very difficult to see the image,” Brazilian tourist Joao Lucio DeCosta Sobrinho, 28, told reporters.

SeaWorld suspended its famous water shows as officials tried to figure out what had happened.

Witnesses described vastly different events: One said Brancheau was patting the whale when he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the water. Another said the big bull orca leaped up out of nowhere and began shaking her.

The whale “shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing [her] around,” witness Victoria Biniak told Orlando’s WKMG-TV. “It was violent.”

Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Solomons said Brancheau slipped and fell into the water with the 30-year-old, 6-ton Tilikum, who is not accustomed to people in his tank.

A number of park visitors said several of the whales had appeared unsettled earlier in the day and were not responding to trainers.

Tilikum, whose name means “friend” in the Native American language Chinook, has killed before – always unwittingly.

In 1991, a marine biology student and part-time trainer fell into his tank in Canada and was dragged under by Tilikum. The whale and two females blocked her from getting out of the pool and tossed her back and forth in the air between them like a toy.

In 1999, there was a case so bizarre it made headlines around the world: A man sneaked into Tilikum’s pool at SeaWorld and his naked corpse was found the next day splayed on the whale’s back.

Experts chalked up both incidents to the orca’s misguided attempts at playing. The huge, scary-looking mammals do not generally attack humans.

Brancheau was aware of the dangers posed by the giant marine mammals.

“You can’t put yourself in the water unless you trust them and they trust you,” she told The Orlando Sentinel for a profile published four years ago.

The water park was closed until the weekend. Officials said they did not yet know when the orca show would resume.

“All of our standard operating procedures will be under review,” park President Dan Brown said.

Experts said they weren’t sure what set off the whale.

“What he did in the previous two incidents were not attacks – to him, the people were toys, and to a whale, being under water for 20 minutes is nothing. This sounds a little more like an attack,” said Naomi Rose, a senior scientist at the Humane Society of the United States.
[sic]
Rose said such tragedies prove that wild animals should not be kept in pens to perform for tourists. Killer whales are social and intelligent creatures but get stressed in pens, she said."

where are they now? pt 2

2010-01-06T16:06:00.000-05:00

TIFFANY EVANS came out with "promise ring" a few years back and we havnt heard from her since. damn she can really sang (minus the few pitchy parts). regardless, anyone that can tackle old whitney like that is an A in my book. WHERE ARE YOU TIFFANY??? the music scene needs you!

where are they now?

2009-12-20T13:12:00.005-05:00

(c)BAD BOY RECORDS

before there was sammie, justin bieber, jojo, or any other singer we know of today that came out when they were a kid, there was JEROME. he entered the scene in the early 90's with his hit songle TOO OLD FOR ME on Bad Boy records. He was gone before we blinked.

i wonder where is is today and what he is doing.

haute or nought?

2009-12-18T09:53:00.002-05:00

so...Nokio (of Dru Hill fame) has been getting a lot of flack from the press lately alluding to the fact that he might be gay. my thing is this, why cant a balck MAN express his individuality without being scorned? furthermore, why is it that being gay is such a bad thing? who gives a fuck who he sleeps with? his jacket is fly! he produces great music! he is givin me rock star! im not really feelin the hair but thats negligible at this point.

why must we as black people ridicule everything that is OUTSIDE the box? it pisses me off. if he were white and wore this outfit, he would be cool! celebrated! considered a fashionisto (or something of the sort). we need to open up our eyes, ears, nose, and throat and realize that we are going into the year 2010 and to me that means progression. SET TRENDS, dont follow them. be yourself and others will have no choice but to get in line or go to hell.

hats off to NOKIO!

we are the PROTOTYPE!

2009-12-17T15:09:00.003-05:00

SO...
in 2010 we are comin at you on the mixtape circuit. we will be working with some local atl acts to bring you that fire! (was that cool enough for you? lol) but for real, we are gearing up to release a promo mix tape to introduce ourselves to the country. be on the look out.

shout out to Jameaka, Amber Iman, Judith Franklin, Rasheem, Dayne, Verse Records, and all the other great producers, singers, and writers we work with.

LETS DO THIS!

the beginning

2008-08-25T11:55:00.000-04:00

so...

today marks my birth into the blogosphere. i dont really know how it will turn out or if i will even feel like writing all that often. who knows? a couple of my friends/co-workers have blogs and since peer pressure is a bitch - and because i try everything that my co-workers try (from fad diets to colon cleansers to workout plans to clubs to restaurants ---u get the picture) i decided to creat this blogspot!
i dont know how personal i should get with my postings. should i make the blog private like gee's? should it be public like lindey's? short sweet and to the point like erin's? i've got it! why dont i just do me? that sounds like a winner!

stay tuned...