In a Falsetto Oh Oh Oh!

Yes, so this random guy, The-Dream (don't forget the hyphen) has done something that very few people have done. He has made a mainstream R&B song that involves singing. I mean this is a never for me. But I must admit, I enjoy falsetto... mainly because of that crazy guitar solo that a lot of radio stations cut out, very Prince of him (which proves to me radio stations dont know ish about music, eff that "we need to cut it down for time ish", cut something else out).

Now this will not be a post praising this random dude named The-Dream for a couple of reasons. #1, he made, "Shawty is a 10". WTF? This guy is not a teenager so Imma need him no to come up with that mess. Seriously, I was awful. I've never heard that song all the way through, I turn that ish as soon as I hear that awful beat. #2, he made, "Umbrella" and "Bed" which all sound oddly like "Falsetto". I mean to the naked eye they sound different, but they use a lot of the same melodies and lines... but most notably, the, "eh eh eh eh"(Umbrella) "bed bed bed bed" (Bed) and "oh! oh! oh!" (Falsetto). Imma need him to be a bit more creative. And it would be different if each of those weren't integral to the song, but the are.

Just saying... but over all, yes. I enjoy Falsetto.

NOTE: I have had a rediculous amounts of hits with the key word, "what is a falsetto". For those who don't know, a falsetto is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the normal range, in the treble range.

Club Fed

So I'm watching this really wierd movie called Club Fed, and in the last 20 minutes, they have had a number of great quotes. I will list a few.

"She's also a harlot. I caught her in bed with the mailman, the milkman, and the butler, and all at the same time"

(This guy got a shocker put in his anus to correct his bad activies) "I just don't understand, do you still think it is necessary for me to be electronically raped?"

I think I am a quote fiend, I think imma make another post with some more quotes from other movies.

Over It!

I seem to have a knack for making the wrong choices in my life. I mean I really do. I don't feel like Ive made a right choice since deciding what high school to go to. I mean really. I feel like I made the wrong choice to leave my 1st college, I feel like I made some wrong personal choices while fresh out of college, I feel like I picked the wrong law school. And what is so crazy is I should have seen this one coming. I left the 1st college because of MONEY and I picked this law school because of MONEY. Money should never be what makes your decisions. Ever, I just believed then that it was too expensive for me to live in MD without a track scholarship (hells naw I wasnt running track for that team one more year...eff that) and I believed that living in DC/MD would be too expensive to go to law school there. I just feel like I have done the exact same thing that I did 5 years ago. I mean honestly. Did I not learn?

Yes, no choices are wrong choices, blah blah blah. But I just cant help but think this way. So in an effort NOT to double repeat my mistakes, I will stay my 2 and a half more years in TX, but just for the record, I think it was/is a stupid mistake my being there. I have no intention of ever staying in TX, so why did I even go? Because they were ranked #18? WTF? Come the hell on. I go to these networking things, and it is almost pointless because I do not want to work in TX. I am trying to get the bleep out of there ASAP. I have no idea why I didn't follow my first mind and go to one of the schools in DC where I was accepted. Plus, it is a well known fact, law firms hire most frequently from the local schools.... so someone just tell me what the bleep I was thinking.

This does not look like it is going to be a good break for me.... This is some ole bull ish man.

Venting

The only thing that sucks about NOT being is school is that I have so much leisure time, I tend to use it to think... and I tend to overanalyze. My new subject of overanalyzation is... was it a mistake not to go to one of the schools I got into in DC? I am starting to think that maybe it is. I mean, local firms tend to hire from local schools. I've gotten no interviews from anywhere but Texas, and everyone knows I do NOT want to stay in TX. This is really kind of upsetting me. Have I "pigeonholed" myself (for lack of a better word). I am soooo saddened by this, but you know, it will probably be OK. I just need to chill the bleep out. Like honestly.

This also gets me to thinking about WHERE I actually do want to end up. Well DC was and is always number one. Then Cali but I really don't want to consider Texas. Should I look out? Branch out to maybe New York or something? Who knows.

And then I start to feeling stupid because I feel like I picked the wrong school and for all the wrong reasons. I picked the school I am at now because it was mad cheap. I didn't pick a DC/MD school because of a really stupid reason that I cant even mention right now. I just don't know. I need to breath. This kinda sucks.

...OK Mr. Bitches

LOL. Comedy. Im done with finals. End of story. First semester over, 5 more and the bar to go.

Funniest Reality Show Moment Ever

Prior to today, it was Rock from Hell's Kitchen going off about crab and lobster bisque...BUT the Sister Patterson-Tailor Made bitch slap tops that off! Oh my gosh, I laughed for a good 4 minutes and replayed it a coupld of times. It was great. But why did she front slap and back slap him? And the shock on his face! Oh! It was great.

Best MJ Song Ever

Yeah, I already said Remember the Time was the best video ever... so Imma have to say that Remember the Time was also his best song ever. Yeah there were better songs he made, but its my favorite, ipso facto, the best.

Dang...

I hate to admit this, once again, but I do enjoy Kanye West's album Graduation. All of his ignorance aside. I feel it is produced very well. Now, the words, I mean they are OK, nothing like super out there special or anything. But I really am feeling the production and how he puts the songs together, especially Flashing Lights and Can't Tell Me Nothing. Hot beats man.

Top 5 Family Guy Quotes to Date

OK, so I'm studying and I came up with my top five funniest lines from Family Guy (they may not be verbatim as I am remembering them off my head:

5. How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice litte story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? (voice getting higher pitched) Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah? (voice returns to normal) No, no, you deserve some time off. -Stewie
4. Hi there, how would you like to go black and then have to make a difficult decision regarding whether or not to back? - Cleveland
3. Excuse me, is your refridgerator running? Because if it is, it probably runs like you... very homa-sexually. -Peter
2. Jim Henson took a "wait and see" approach and now we have wrong sounding muppets... -Brian
1. Uh, yes, I'd like 3000 chicken fa-ji-tas. -Peter

I just got some GOOD laughs in right now....yesss!

Im on the brink son!

Someone please explain to me why law school exams feel like I am taking the LSAT all over again? I am just trying to figure it out. I am not one to stress over things of this nature, but I will admit. I think I stressed myself sick. Yes yes, I have my second cold of the year. Or who knows, maybe it wasnt stress. It could be because it was 83 degrees Saturday, then turned 30 degrees Sunday night, 40 degrees yesterday, and 70 degrees and raining today.

Eh whatever, let us not complain about things we cannot control. I have never wanted a vacation more than now. Like for real. I just really want to read NOTHING for upwards for 4 weeks. I just don't want to. I am just now starting to understand the stress that is law school. It really is no joke. It is not stressful because the material is particularly hard. It's stressful because it is graded on a curve and thus becomes extremly competetive. Even if you get a A on your paper, if 10 people get an A-ier paper than you, you are stuck with that sucky B+. THIS is where the stress comes from. THIS is why law school is competitive.

Very boo, but hey it is what is is. And they say hazing isn't allowed in Fraternities/Sororities. Imma need someone to police the nature that is law school. For real.

Black Enough?

So, I turn on the TV this morning (yes, I had the TV on, but I had to record my shows so I COULD study...dang) and it was on, "Meet the Faith" on BET. They were having an interesting conversation as to being black enough. They had two "passe blanc" black people and two dark black people trying to have a conversation about being black. Now, granted, some of the comments were a bit off.. but I think they had some valid points. Made me think of some things;

Why was there even an issue when Obama announced his bid for presidency, why did people even ask if he was black enough? WTF, so why couldn't he have gone to Columbia and Harvard and still be black? I mean come on! He has a black wife! Just because he did not grow up in the streets do not mean he is not black. So irritating.

So then they were talking, and there was this dark dude talking about how lightskinned people take advantage of black people and how they treat black people as inferior. So the host (fine Ian Smith) asked him if he's ever dated a white or light skinned woman. Why did this fool say, "Hell Yeah. Like Kanye West said, we like mutts". WTF. How are you going to be saying all this ish and then turn around and are a product of it yourself?

Which got me thinking to myself. I have serious to severe color issues. Going to an all white school where you are the only black person in your class will kinda do that to you. I'm not saying that my color complex is justified, maybe excused (you criminal law heads will understand that), but it is what it is... Anyway, In the all of my 23 years, I don't think I've had a close lightskinned friend. Honestly. And it's not because I don't like skinned people, I just a have never had a tight tight girl friend that wasn't dark skinned. Now is this purposeful? I don't know. Is it a subconscious thing? Or is it manifested through something else? Who could know. Seriously though, my lightest skinned friend is my mom. LOL. I don't know if it is because I somehow don't feel connected, or because I don't give them a chance, I just don't know. Or maybe I am resentful because that is what mainstream TV shows as beautiful and I am putting my frustrations out on them. Who knows.

Back to studying.

30 Years to Life

I vaguely remember back in the day when "The Wood" and "The Best Man" came out, people were saying they were weren't representative of the African American community. WTF? Have you never heard of Buppies. I mean come on son. As everyone knows, I love LMN, and they actually played a black movie today, "30 years to life". This is definitely one of my favorite movies, mainly because it shows well to do non-ignorant black people. Not every black movie has to be those semi minstrel movies like, Soul Plane and ish.

Anyway, this is supposed to be about "30 Years to Life". This is a great movie for a couple of reason. #1, as said before, they showed well to do black people. One was a lawyer, one was trying to make partner at a business firm, they were just doing it up. #2, I think it is an accurate depiction of black friends in their mid to late 20's. Granted, I am still in my early twenties, however, being in grad school, most of my friends (outside of law school) are in their mid to late twenties. The relationships are real, the struggles are real. In addition, I think it addresses issues that young black professionals deal with.

Freaking great movie man...

Arg!

I can't put this under the "procrastinator" heading because technically I'm not procrastinating. But here are some thoughts.

So saddend that Criminal Law class is over. Definatley one of the best teachers I've ever had. Yes, he isn't the clearest in class, but if you go to his office hours, you can really tell that he cares about his students progress...which in my opinion is what makes a great teacher.

Imma have to beat these undergrads behinds in my complex. They act like because it is finals time, it is party time. WTF... Imma need you to take your school work a bit more seriously.

I just realized that four hours is NO time to take a test. At the beginning of school, I was like, "How can I possibly write for four hours". Yeah taking these Contracts practice tests...I totally understand. There is just so much information to get down on the paper.

I hate Con Law, and yet I have to take it again next semester. WTF? Well at least its about Race and the Constitution this time.

Grading on a curve sucks.

I need at least two A's... I don't give a what about minuses. I just need at LEAST 2 A's to get the job I want. That is serious business right there.

Note to All Public Smokers

Why do you feel you need to share you nasty ass addiction with the world. Imma need you to not be smoking when it's windy and it is blowing over all in my food and ish. That is so gross. I am just getting something that was in your mouth, blown all over my food? WTF? I don't want to share in your nasty ass habit. I just don't, so I'd appreciate it if you don't smoke in crowded places. It's gross. And to top it off... watch where you smoke. If there are people walking behind you, Imma need you to be cognizant of that fact. Because when you aren't, it ends up in my mouth as well.

Im also going to need you to not smell like stale smoke and cheap perfume/cologne trying to hide you habit.

I also think there really is no excuse for people who are under 30 to be smoking. I mean come on, older people, they werent quite aware of all of the negative effects of smoking, but young people, why do you even start? I am genuinly curious.

And this vent is not to secret smokers. At least you have the decency to keep that nasty ish to your self. For real.

Sorry if I offended anyone with this post, but your cigarette breath and smoke offends me daily, so I guess we will just both have to deal.

Musings of a Procrastinator v.6

Um, I really am procrastinating on my Rule Support, not because it is hard... simply because I'm bored with it. Anyway, here are some thoughts on TV

I'm mad that the writers are on strike. There was a tornado on Wisteria Lane and now we dont know it Lynette's familiy is alive. Not happy.

I "found out" that A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is not real. Yeah, no reality shows are real, but this one is faker than most. Apparently, she's been in a committed relationship with a dude for over a year. I was shocked because this was one of the most "real" reality shows I thought I had seen. They sure were doing some good acting then. And Tila shows the wonders of makeup. Put a little dark eyeshadow on and you are all of a sudden pretty?

Something is really wrong with NY and her Mom. I don't care that this is reality TV, but no self respecting person acts like that. I mean her mom walks around like #1 she's fine and #2 she's somebody when in actuality she is NEITHER. I mean honestly, she needs to settle her behind down, looking like a dude and ish. How disrespectful can you be to someone? When the parents came, she was out of line. Just out of line. Lying and ish... flirting with The Entertainer's dad when his mom was right there. Just straight up trash and has the nerve to want to be refered to as "Sister Patterson". Oh yes, and the Entertainer was kinda cute. I'm saddended he's gone. Punk all the way...looking hot and ish.

The Hills chicks have all lost it. Well Heidi is kind of redeeming herself, but not really.

A Tad Late

Chris Noth aka Mr. Big aka Det. Mike Logan dates black women? Whoa. I guess we got us a bonefide Robert DeNiro on our hands. LOL. Although he's starting to look a bit washed out....

Isn't It Ironic, Don't You Think?

OK maybe not ironic, but interesting nonetheless. Today, a year ago, I took my LSAT. Today, I am mailing out my resumes for summer employement. I wrote a post about this a while back, but I think it needs to be said again. Since about Junior year, I decided I wanted to go to law school, however, trying to study for the LSAT and run track (D1 traveling every week, don't get it twisted) and have a job and do school was a bit too much for me, so I waited. One day, while at a less than mediocre temp job (3 months after graduation), I decided, I was going to take the LSAT. It really just happened while I was browsing the internet. At this point it was September 1, 2006. I IMMEDIATLY signed up with Kaplan to take an exam prep course that started September 13, 2006. At this point, I had NO recommendations, NO personal statement, NO idea of where I wanted to apply. To make a long story short, I got all of that together in a period of three in a half months... when in actuality, the career councelors want to tell people you should take a year to a year and a half with the process. None of my stuff was half done, none of my stuff was rushed.

So basically, I'm just saying if you want to do something DO IT and don't listen to what anyone tells you. It just requires a bit of hard work. In the year and a half that they told me I should take to prepare, I; studied and did WELL on the LSAT, wrote personal statement, got recommendations, visited schools, got accepted to 9 out of 10 schools I applied to (and what's funny, I got waitlisted at AMERICAN, WTF... they are ranked 48!!!), moved across the country, started law school, and now I am about to take my first set of exams.

And no, this is not a self important post, I just want people to know it can be done. It doesnt have to be done the way they tell you. You do it the best way you know how and the best way you can.