My Man, Jesse J

In the past, I have had some "differences" with Jesse Jackson but for the most part I think that he is incredibly important and, boy, did he give a great speech in Ohio.

I'm increasingly starting to think that "they" may have succeeded in their attempts to suppress the vote but a recount is still very, very necessary... and plus, a boy can still hope and daydream, right?

I'm sure that This is probably just an anomaly/coincidence, right?

Jigga What?

How can someone who was completely incompetent in her last position be promoted to Secretary Of State? I mean, I am not naive-- I know that this was predicted and that she's really chummy with the bush family and that this administration is evil and that the world is going to hell, etc, etc, etc.. but... how?

Happy Birthday Caedmon!

One More Thing On The Election...

I Blame White People. I am not even sure that I entirely believe this statement but, in life, I have learned that, when in doubt, it is always good to blame those of the "Caucasian persuasion". All of my personal problems-- the white man's fault. Societal Ills, you say? Mr. Honky next door.

It is true that a large group of minorities voted for bush but, when it comes down to it, the majority, in every minority group that I have seen anyway, ended up going for Kerry. In fact, I think that is quite important to point out that 88% of all of those who voted for bush were white. It is somewhat humbling to see that figure as it underscores the very real fact that white people still control this country. Many people's decisions are already made for them before they can choose-- destinies left in the hands of those in this one very powerful group. What's even more frightening is the fact that, increasingly, the shots are being called by hillbillys that think that the world is going to end in a couple of weeks.

I don't mean to be hatin' on white people-- anybody who knows me knows that I don't hate white people. However, I'm not blind either. I see that white privilege is still a very real thing. I see that a white man with a drug conviction is more likely to be called back for a second interview than a Black or Latino man (with equal qualifications by the way) with no drug conviction at all. I guess what bothers me most is that a lot of people within this group don't even think that this privilege exists... that it is merely a myth. I remember being in a college class in which this topic was being discussed where a student tried to compare the fact that her blonde hair stereotyped her as dumb with the oppression of ethnic minorities.

But, you know, who can blame them? If I had the advantage of white privilege I might want to keep it too.

So, are there good white people? Of course. I, seriously love a lot of white people. In fact, some of my best friends are white ( hey, that sounds familiar :) However, that doesn't keep me from wondering how many out there (not my friends) are all for the underprivileged until you try to take their privilege away, ya know? Then, is it a whole different story?

Anyhow, back to what I was originally saying-- when I am hooked on crack and offering my "services" on Motel Drive, you can guess which fair-skinned people my besoiled finger will be pointing to.

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wow, I went off on a bit of a tangent there and it is most likely a moot point since I am now fairly confident that this election was stolen just like the last one : ) but hey, is it, in fact, a moot point if rich, white, middle-aged men engineered this heist? :)

thanks to George from CVPPAC and Sean for the last link

Lovely

AP Photo

Since we are on the topic, I must say that I was very disappointed, way back, when many in the black community/church-- and especially Jesse Jackson-- came out against gay marriage and were offended that some were calling it an issue of civil rights and even comparing it to the movement of the 60's. I mean, yes, historically, black people have been treated the worst of any group within this country and are still largely disenfranchised. I think that no one would deny that. The black civil rights movement was huge-- in it's scope and in the doors that it opened... it continues to inspire me... but this isn't something that should be measured in degree, should it? Shouldn't it be measured by the fact that a group is being discriminated against... period... no matter the degree?

timesunion.com article

I'm An Elections Know-It-All

Admittedly, the questions are rather simple but, nonetheless, I got 100% on both sections.

ARE YOU AN ELECTIONS KNOW-IT-ALL?

She Cares

awww

Lil' Kim Cares

this will be the last entry I make on Lil' Kim for a "long-tooth-time", I swear.

And so she went...

Lessons in Lil’ Kim

It has taken the events of the last day or so for my favorite blogger to wake from his slumber but, alas, he has... albeit briefly... I wonder if he'll ever really comeback to his weblog... not just twice a year. I hope he does. He's the best one.

I'm with you on this one sturtle!

On A Lighter Note...

I was going to say that I wish I could have taken this class but the fact is that I should be teaching it, dammit! :)

Lil' Kim to talk to Syracuse University class

I Turn My T.V. On With A Fork

It's true. I adjust my volume with it as well. It is important to use the flat end of the fork and not the end that one eats off of. Since it is a 15/16 year old television that was made in a much different era, it came without a remote control. However, through my ingenuity, I've managed to work around this troublesome aspect that plagued the televisions of yore. Because I have hooked-up a v.c.r. to it, I am able to change the channels through the v.c.r. remote control. Clever- I know, I know.

Where does the fork come in? Well, being that it is such an old television, the buttons that it came with have long fallen off. Hence, the fork... 'cause you need to get in there... if you know what I mean. My fingers don't fit. I've tried. I should mention that besides the fact that these defects exist, I am quite reluctant to replace it. I could easily get a new one but, besides the fork thing, it works perfectly fine and has one of the loveliest pictures I have ever seen on a non-hi-definition T.V... not to mention the sentimental attachment I've developed towards it. Besides, it is yet more proof and serves as a constant reminder that I continue on a downward spiral into abject trashiness. Trailer Park here I come.

About the election. I, quite seriously, can't think about it or talk about it very much without crying like a small child. So, instead I will paste an excerpt from an e-mail that I sent to a friend:

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I oftentimes feel like I wasn't meant for this world and I am definitely feeling that more profoundly today. Dramatic and morose... yes... but I guess that that just happens to be the state that I am in right now. Sure, I'll get over it... maybe... but the fact will remain that a large group of people in this country decided to give another 4 years to an administration that loathes- no hates.. although "to loathe" essentially means the same thing it doesn't seem to have the impact of the word "hate"-- anyhow, it is no secret that this administration hates and is disdainful of gays, minorities, foreigners, working-class and middle-class people, etc etc. but loves money and war

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yeah, don't get me started on the homophobia and hatred underscoring this victory.

"Peace and Love" to all of you out there that were intelligent enough, perceptive enough, and had enough of a social conscience to vote the other way.

I Voted!!!

I finally finished filling in my absentee ballot and sent it off today-- thanks to Mary for the stamp! I suppose I don't have to tell y'all who I voted for. If you guessed Kerry-- you are very, very smart. I'm sure that it also comes as no surprise to you that I voted "progressively" on pretty much everything else.

About the election-- I am cautiously optimistic. Frightened but also very hopeful. One thing is certain though, if Kerry is not elected, I will cry like a 7-year-old girl. My friends may think I exaggerate, as I am prone to do on occasion, but I am quite serious. You don't want to see me cry, do you?

Re-Defeat Bush!!!!

Dang...Thy

Fresno Tries to Clean Up From IV Drug Use

Was Bush Wired During Last Debate?

I don't know...
but I must say that something that originally sounded like a left-wing conspiracy to me now sounds quite plausible. There were definitely awkward silences in which the president seemed to be waiting for something... a tiny voice in his ear maybe? The video of him in France being fed lines also seems quite compelling. Oh, and lest I forget, there did appear to be a bulge beneath his jacket... This would certainly explain why his team lobbied to prohibit camera shots from the back. Anywayz, check it out.

Bush's Mystery Bulge

http://www.isbushwired.com/

To My Fellow Californians...

OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BALLOT PROPOSITIONS----November 2, 2004 General Election

you should certainly do some more research and never blindly follow anything/anyone, however, this may help you get started

You rock Jose-Luis!

Spain sets date to OK same-sex marriage

Awesome! Let's hope that all goes as planned. I have been extremely impressed with Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his party since they took power. May have to move my self to Spain. I kind of speak the language and all.

Dubya being dumb... as usual

listen to what our idiot president had to say about tribal sovereignty

http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archives/Bush%20-%20Tribal%20Sovereignty.mp3

peeeee

TravelMate

and for the man that likes to urinate sitting down?

dip it low...

pop, pop, pop that thang

Big Ups Fresno

My friend Nathan sent this to me (from a USA Today Article ) and all I could think was "yeah, that's about right"

Best and least-read cities
Most literate cities
1. Minneapolis
2. Seattle
3. Pittsburgh
4. Madison, Wis.
5. Cincinnati
6. Washington
7. Denver
8. Boston
9. Portland, Ore.
10. San Francisco

Least literate cities
70. Garland, Texas
71. Fresno
72. Arlington, Texas
73. Long Beach
74. Anaheim, Calif.
75. San Antonio
76. Santa Ana, Calif.
77. Corpus Christi, Texas
78. Hialeah, Fla.
79. El Paso


Source: America's Most Literate Cities 2004

F.Y.I.

Ever since I started consuming copious amounts of GNC vitamins, my pee has smelled like "Lucky Charms"

Copycats?

All Is Full Of Love?

she's feenin' for the semen

Peaches' Playboy Interview 

that's outrageous!

 
3 women that I adore made this list (actually, maybe even 4-- I'm still not completely sure how I feel about Christina Aguilera. I used to loathe her but then I started feeling really sorry for her when everyone started calling her a whore and stuff). Can you guess who they are? If you've been paying attention, you should have no problem.

otherstream aka The "No"

In this journal that I came across, this guy, would visit Fresno from San Francisco for...get this... fun! He mentions how Fresno is one of the strangest places he's been to and, quite honestly, I don't think that he knows the half of it. He probably knows Fresno better now since he found love here but nowhere in his entries did I see any mention of the man who would go around the west side on a motorized hospital bed nor did he mention the spinning man (who would wear headphones that were never actually plugged into anything while spinning from one end of town to the other). These are unforgivable omissions.

Fresno Road Trips
 
f.y.i. To those of you out there that plan on visiting Fresno in the future, I recommend that you not stay in a motel on motel drive. You couldn't pay me to stay at any one of those places. I don't want to wake up with bugs. A lot of crackwhores hang out around the area too. Just ask Samuelian

lord... help... me

YR CRITIQUE
yr critique is super ficial
but yr hatred's like the rain
we could agree to disagree, you know
but i gotta catch my train

so, go-go, go-go, go-go
good luck!
so, go-go, go-go, go-go
W.I.A!*

i think you're pretty smart
but you act like such a jerk, I
cant stand yr fake rebellion
misdirected and anti-art

[chorus]
so over it (now!) x4
*well intentioned asshole

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BANG! BANG!
murder is murder
why're they confused?
another man dead
i read it in the news
who gave them the fucking right
to run around like they own the night?

oh bang! bang!
oh oh bang! bang!
oh oh bang! bang!
oh oh bang! bang!

wrong fucking time
wrong fucking place
there is no fucking way
this is not about race
whos gonna call 911
when they cant tell a wallet
from a mother fucking gun?

[chorus]

bang bang daddy i want you dead
bang bang daddy get out of my head
bang bang daddy i want you dead
bring me Giuliani's head

[chorus]

can't... get... these... songs... out... of... my... head... ever

hey, i heard that they're working on a new album with ric ocasek producing. wonder when that'll come out?

Job Creation---- The Last 14 Presidents

saw this is on The American Assembler-- a site that my friend Mary sent me.

I'm Off...

to see "Fahrenheit 9/11". I'll let you know how it is. Also, you know I totally read Sedaris' new one. I enjoyed it, of course. What can I say?-- The man has wit.

"Kill A Nigga For My Nigga By Any Means Bitch"

Lil' Kim Barred from St. Kitts Concert

Give the bitch a break. I mean, so she orchestrated a shoot-out and then lied about it in front of a grand jury-- what's the big deal?

But seriously, they were even gonna let Michael Jackson leave the country when he was first charged. This judge has it in for her, mang

--on a side note, she is starting to look a little like M.J., don't you think?

The "Italian Justin Timberlake"

I've been seeing this guy a lot on Mun2 lately which is like a very ghetto, spanish version of MTV. The channel and it's programming seem to be just 1 step up from public access. Anyhow, the Italian Tiziano has recorded some albums in spanish in order, I presume, to capitalize on that very large market. And let me tell ya, he's got some moves too... all very, very amusing.

Go On... send your friends a Tiziano card

I Love This Cracker-Ass Bitch

She always seems to be doing something fresh and interesting.

Bjork Voices "Medulla"

Guga!

Gustavo Kuerten (aka Guga- a Brazilian male tennis player who happens to be my favorite tennis player) beat the world #1 Roger Federer in the third round at the French Open today! Hopefully he can go all the way. Yay!

Kuerten's upset victory sends Federer packing

I realize that most of you probably don't give a damn but I've been crazy about Tennis since Flavor Flav first started rockin' clocks. I figure that my fanaticism is no different than how the rest of my gender seems to be obsessed with Football and/or Baseball. Like the obligatory superbowl party, I'd have a French Open party if I actually thought that people would show up.

Guga's Official Site

--f.y.i. guga ended up losing in the quarterfinals. fuck that shit

"Butt Nuggets" jajaja! (that's mexican for hahaha)

The 100 Worst Porn Movie Titles

I think that this list is far from definitive as I believe it should have included titles from every genre but I still got a good laugh out of a few of the titles

(p.s. I'm finally back and feel rejuvenated... I think)

Society for Cutting Up Menz

I always giggle when I am referred to as a 'walking abortion'

SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas

Don't Fret

Lord Foppington will be back next week and will, hopefully, be rejuvenated.

Real World Dan

BUSTED!

Sooo Ghetto

Main Street (Ocotal, Nicaragua)

I shit you not when I tell you that this is Main Street in the village that my mother grew up in. damn--and I thought that Fresno was ghetto. The bitch must get homesick watching "Feed The Children" infomercials.

I Was Wrong

in this post about Silvio Berlusconi having had a face-lift. He just got his eyes did.

Silvio Berlusconi 'has eye job'

Stand Up

I've been working on writing a stand-up comedy routine recently (quite earnestly I might add) and as soon as I'm done and have polished the routine off a little, I'm gonna perform it at a local comedy club on an amateur night. I must say that I'm actually impressed with what I've written so far and think that it is quite good. My delivery, on the other hand, that should be quite interesting. I suspect that it won't be pretty. I totally expect to bomb since it'll be my first attempt at this and because, well, this is Fresno. I imagine that my humor will be too subversive for the audience since it's won't be the standard Jay Leno/Carrot Top fare that I presume they are accustomed to. There is some sick/perverse part of me that actually looks forward to bombing too. But let me tell you one thing, if I start to bomb, I'm gonna make sure I really bomb.

I've even started thinking about potential comebacks/responses for any hecklers I may have.

Following is just one example:

"Oh, shut the fuck up you pea-brained honky!
You're just pissed off 'cause I fucked yo momma last night
and let me tell ya, that bitch is so old--
I needed to use Extra EXTRA lube.
The bitch is so dried up,
her pussy sucked that shit up like a sponge.
I ain't even kidding motherfucker!
That white-trash whore of a mother you got
seriously has some beef jerky down there

...and by the way, that girl that you came with smells like shit."


another of my favorite retaliations involves claiming that some heckler cracker dude is a closeted homosexual (I'll say I saw him at Bam Bam's or some other local gay bar/club), calling him all kinds of faggots, and then threatening to kick him in his loose asshole.

I loathe the word "faggot" but, hey, there is certain type of straight guy out there that would just about shit himself if he was "fingered" as potentially being a homo. Therefore, it's OK. Oh, and the misogyny in the first one, perfectly acceptable.

So, what do you think?... Is this thing on?... Anyone?... Anyone?...

yo quiero saber...

who wants to buy this new DVD for me? Anyone? Fine, I'll get it myself. Ivy Queen is so tough. I'm pretty sure that she can kick your ass.

**I am loving the music that is coming out of the latin world at the moment. I also really want this. I'm a little embarassed that I admitted this one but, hey, it is extremely catchy and infectious. It uses the same sample that Deee-Lite used for 'Groove Is In The Heart'. That was a sample, right? Anyhow, the song is pretty filthy. Even my mother love's Lorna's song but I think it's mainly because Lorna is from Panama and, therefore, a Central-American like herself. No relation to Lorna Doom

some other latin artists that I am listening to are:

Juanes
Cafe Tacuba
Aterciopelados
Kinky
Tego Calderon
Lito Y Polaco

among many others...

Attention 'Strangers With Candy' Fans

I must direct you to a recent entry from sturtle. It's the April 16 entry on the real Jerri Blank.

once, just for fun, I wrote an episode of "Strangers With Candy"-- just for my own amusement. In it, Jerri gets toxic shock syndrome from wearing her tampon for too long-

"what do you mean, doctor? I've only had it in there for a week!

so, then some of the school girls try to convince Jerri to switch to pads but Jerri notices that only the good Christians and virginal girls seem to use them-- also, they walk around with these really exaggerated wads/lumps in their pants... and it goes on and on. I kill myself sometimes.

and I received the following info in an e-mail from a friend a while back:
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Blank Slate
Parker, Broderick plan ''Strangers With Candy'' movie. The ''Sex'' star and her husband will star in the film version of pal Amy Sedaris' Comedy Central cult fave by Gary Susman


'STRANGER' FICTION Broderick and Parker will star in ''Candy'' movie

Hey, ''Strangers With Candy'' fans: Get ready to go back to school. Not only is Amy Sedaris bringing her Comedy Central cult hit to the big screen, but she's also bringing along some well-known friends: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. According to The Hollywood Reporter, both have agreed to star in the ''Candy'' movie. It'll mark the first time that the ''Sex and the City'' star and her husband have appeared on screen together (they did act together in the Broadway revival of ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' nearly a decade ago).

Sedaris, who (along with brother David) made the top 10 of Entertainment Weekly's new list of the 25 funniest people in America, created ''Strangers With Candy'' in 1999 and starred in it for three seasons. A parody of TV's after-school homilies, ''Candy'' centers on Jerri Blank (Sedaris), a high school student whose attempts to ingratiate herself with the popular crowd are complicated by the fact that she's a frumpy, middle-aged ex-convict. According to TV Guide Online, Parker will play a sexy French teacher, while Broderick will play a guy who comes between two gay teachers who are lovers. Producer Mark Roberts tells TV Guide that more A-listers will be enrolling for cameos as well. The Brodericks are apparently returning the favor after Sedaris appeared in several ''Sex'' episodes as Carrie Bradshaw's rapacious publisher, Courtney Masterson. The film will shoot in June in New York.

Confession:

I have a nose fixation and I know not whence it came. The nose is typically the first thing I notice in a person's appearance.

Truth be told, I have yet to come across a nose that I haven't liked. The less conventional a nose is, the more I seem to like it. I often have the desire to run my fingers over a nose and feel the nuances of the structure... like a blind person I suppose. Sometimes I even want to stick my fingers inside.

On the surface, It certainly doesn't seem like something sexual to me. I don't get hot and bothered thinking about noses. Some people are attracted to people's eyes/hair... I happen to like noses. Everyone has their thing--that's how I see it.

I must admit, however, that, recently, it has become increasingly difficult not to notice a kind of glaring Freudian/phallic connection... if you think about it I guess. Taking into consideration that, from time to time, I wouldn't mind actually putting a nose in my mouth and the fact that I am also fascinated by fingers... I'm starting to wonder. I am one filthy whore.


p.s. I'm also really into golden showers. Just Kidding!... or am I?

Fresno's Involvement...

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)



Few people in town actually know about the historical role that Fresno played during the Japanese Internments of the 1940's. The truth is that two sites in Fresno were used as relocation centers.

Fresno Fairgrounds

Camp Pinedale

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights

**we must look at the Japanese Internments and the case of Fred Korematsu (who's supreme court ruling has yet to be overturned) now as examples that the American Government/Supreme Court are not always right/just in their actions/decisions. We mustn't ignore what is going on in Guantánamo Bay and the extra leverage that the government has received in the form of the Patriot Act to abuse their powers and commit injustices. As it stands, right now, some one can be snatched up and imprisoned by the government without them having to notify their families, or anyone for that matter, that they were even taken. They can be held indefinitely and don't even have the right to an attorney. I wonder how many people are victims of this exact situation right now that we just aren't aware of.

Fred Korematsu v. George W. Bush

What About The First Amendment?

Bush: Privacy of Families Outweighs Photos

Of course, it is important to respect the families that have lost loved ones in Iraq (and Afghanistan), however, this is so blatantly a politically motivated move as to make one's eyes roll into the back of their head. They are coffins for christ's sake not photos of human remains. Flag-draped coffins have always served to honor those that have lost their lives in combat, right?

The fact is that an increasingly unsettled American public has begun to question our involvement in Iraq. The neo-cons are rightfully concerned that these photos might actually make the situation seem, gasp, real to the American public.

I am shocked that our government would shut down a website solely for displaying these images.... well, not really but you get my point. 1st amendment anyone? It all seems very police-state-ish if you ask me. This is exactly what the Soviet Union did during it's war with Afghanistan.

What The Fuck?

I guarantee you that 'Peace Fresno' is not a terrorist organization. Fuck this stupid, evil administration! Some might argue that this administration is a big terrorist organization in itself. I'll be rooting for Peace Fresno and the ACLU all the way, baby! crazy cracka pigs

Peace Fresno files complaint
Now-deceased deputy is accused of infiltrating group.

**Of course, it is important to keep abreast and remain actively involved with what is going on in Iraq, however, we also mustn't let our attention be diverted from what is going on here. It seems as if our rights are being stripped from us little by little, on a daily basis.

One Day You'll Know How Nice It Is To Get Paid While Your Getting Laid...

"Aight, kid you gotta go to bed
I know it's only 6 but my boy just came over
and he wants me to give him head
sit his bare ass on the couch where you watch 'Small Wonder'
and next time you see Vicki, the spot'll be sticky
'cause I sucked his dicky and used your mom's cucumber
don't worry, I'll put it back in the Frigidaire
scared?
you can have it for supper, nice and crisp in the Tupperware..."

**from Bad Babysitter by Princess Superstar

click here to listen to the song and/or here to see the video

and don't forget... "On May 5th, 2004 at 10pm, prepare to get Made by Princess Superstar! on MTV's 'Made'"

Pop You In The Pooper

ok, so I'm totally ripping off Margaret Cho's blog entry on Jeff Stryker (which I totally recommend that you read by the way) and I even think Jonno mentioned something about it long before her but I absolutely must direct you to immediately download this clip of Stryker's "Pop You In The Pooper". A classic country diddy if ever there were one, I'd say.

"Hey buddy you say you're straight that's great
but you oughta try something new
'cause you got a spot in a place that's hot
and it likes to be tickled too..."

Cho, baby

Margaret Cho spoke at some MoveOn.org show a few months ago-- the following are excerpts from some of the hatred-filled e-mails she received after the event:

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Dear Margaret,
It seems like only yesterday that Chinese scientists successfully cross-breeded a pot-belly pig and a Chink whore. 9 months later you were born!
Your'e disgustingly fat pig face with the yellow skin and and slant eyes has been with us ever since!
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Hey dig this BUSH WILL WIN....Whatsammatter fat ass, cant take the heat. Eat some dog like your freinds back home. Its what you look like anyway you scumbag Chowface..
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right wingers unite to fight liberal fat bitches like you!!!!

I wish nothing but the worse for you and will be praying that you develop cancer or AIDS.
God Bless
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GO BACK TO ASIA CUNT.

WE DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO YOUR SLANTTY RANTS.

FUCKING CUNTS LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK

GO FUCK YOURSELF.
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YOU FAT CHINK BITCH!! HOW DARE YOU CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT. YOU AND YOUR SEXUALLY DEVIATE FRIENDS COULDN'T CLEAN HIS SHOES.
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ARE MY SHIRTS READY? and I have the number 22 with chow mein.Thanks
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Fat Cunt Chinese women. Bush is the best!
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Dear chung lee,
Please go back where you came from. We don't need anymore people like you in this country. I hope you have aids and pass it to all your liberal commie homo friends. Your a slut and a lard ass. Please take Rosie O'donnel back home with u, I'm sure yall will have a lot of fun together eating sushi and having dildo fights. Stupid ninja

Aids Cures Gays
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You are a disgusting fat gook. Go back to China where you belong.
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I"d like 2 eggrolls, a small hot & sour, and some pork fried rice...THEN, get the fuck out of my country and take that little faggot moby with you...
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wat you crall 2 Klorians with headcold ???
answer..".gook, gook atchew.."
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oh, and it goes on like that forever. You can check out the whole thing here. There are even more dog-eating remarks.

Before I continue, I must admit that I laughed at some of the stuff on there... but it was mainly because of it's sheer absurdity.

I was going to deliver a rant on these bush-supporters but I think that their idiocy is quite evident without me saying much. Not that every bush-supporter/republican is a bigot but, hey, let's face it, racist pigs like these are much more likely to be republicans than my sandal wearing, granola eating brethren. You are delusional if you think otherwise.

I sure am glad that I am surrounded by friends and family that know the difference between China and Korea.

**on a different note, Margaret did not make this list. What's up with that? I mean, Gallagher and Paula Poundstone made the list for christ's sake! Anyhow, check out I'm The One That I Want and Notorious C.H.O. She is, hands down, my favorite comedian and definitely one of the funniest and smartest around.

Q&A

so, I've received some e-mails inquiring into why I got rid of the "Books I'm Reading" section of my weblog

there's a simple answer to that question--self-consciousness. Am I taking too long to read this book? Does this sleazy book belie my immense intellect? etc., etc.
'sides, I've decided to continue my studies into the bible 'cause, in the future, ain't no crazy person on the religious right gonna quote scripture to me and expect me to just shut up 'cause they assume that I'm not all that familiar with the material- no way. So, that should take me a while.

also, sorry that there are gaps in between my posts as of late. I've been having extended daydreams:

Rudy+Caedmon= 'The Vas Deferens'
we are working on a new song to be titled "Tickle My Testicles"

Gossip! Gossip!

The A-List is a site that I visit frequently. It's a huge guilty pleasure. I'm not proud of it, mang. Some of the shit on there is so obviously untrue but once I read it, it becomes truth to me, baby. I'm even starting to believe that Freddie Prinze Jr. likes to run around wearing diapers on his off-time... and I always suspected that Meg Ryan was a real bitch. Lord, help me.

I'm loving this shit...

First Spain elects into government their country's 'socialist party'-- then Zapatero immediately suggests that civil unions should be implemented (man, I say that would be pretty big for a catholic country like Spain even if it is just civil unions, ya know?)-- then we find out that half of Zapatero's cabinet appointees are females (yay!)-- and now he's actually gonna go through with pulling Spanish troops from Iraq (causing Honduras to pull out their troops too by the way) because Bush has absolutely no intention whatsoever of involving the U.N. I am loving this shit. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero , you are one balls-y man!!!

Oh yeah, It looks like that lovable, (to some though not I) eccentric, megalomaniac of a creep, Berlusconi (who is rumored to have semi-recently had a face-lift) is, in his own sleazy way, gonna try to capitalize on these new developments.

"Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said that with Spain's withdrawal 'we can take advantage of the fact that we are now considered the closest ally in continental Europe to the United States, which is the only world superpower,' the ANSA news agency reported."

And Another One...

Lil' Kim Faces November Trial on Perjury Charges

--oh, and Awful Plastic Surgery.com is currently having a field day with Kim's ever-changing look. looks like we've lost another one-- Lil' Kim has definitely succumbed to the societal notion of a white ideal (racism internalized?... or something like that) but who can blame her considering how relentlessly it is shoved in all of our faces? I still love you QB!

You Makes Me Topsy Turvy

Taylor Savvy is the other half in the 'Stuff Me Up' duet from Fatherfucker. Apparently, he was in a group with Peaches (before she actually became Peaches) called 'The Shit'. It is also my understanding that each song on his album comes with special dancing instructions.

click here to check out his video for 'Topsy Turvy'
(or here if you prefer real player)

Republican Party's 40 Years of Juggling on Race

I know that I've sent this article to a number of my friends in the past, however, I am going to reprint it here for all of those out there that have yet to read it. Normally, I'd just direct you to the New York Times site but since it's kind of old, they'd make you pay for the article. It is a little bit old but it definitely deserves to be read.

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Republican Party's 40 Years of Juggling on Race
By ADAM CLYMER The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2002 President Bush's repudiation of Senator Trent Lott today, as an apostate to the "founding ideals" of the Republican Party, underlined the juggling act the party has maintained on race for nearly four decades.

Ever since the Republican Party in the South was reborn by hostility to the civil rights legislation of the 1960's, the national party has increasingly depended on Southern votes while insisting to Northern moderates that it is still the party of Lincoln.

One of the sharpest examples of how Republicans have successfully balanced those two interests occurred in 1980, when Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) opened his campaign in Philadelphia, Miss., and set off an outcry when he used the code words "states' rights" to appeal to whites.

To repair the damage, Mr. Reagan traveled to Detroit in October and sought to reassure suburban whites that he was no racist, by obtaining the endorsement of two black civil rights leaders, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and the Rev. Hosea Williams. That was not to seek black votes, but as his pollster, Richard Wirthlin, said after the election, to soothe whites who generally support Republican policies but do not think of themselves as supporting racism.

Those balancing efforts usually work. But occasionally they blow up in the party's face, as seemed to occur this week.

Mr. Bush himself was embarrassed in the 2000 primaries after courting Southerners at Bob Jones University, leaving him to say, "I don't like being called a bigot."

This week, the juggling has been less than nimble. For six days after Mr. Lott approvingly recalled Strom Thurmond's segregationist Dixiecrat campaign for president in 1948, Ari Fleischer (news - web sites), the White House press secretary, brushed off the episode as completed by Mr. Lott's apologies. But the controversy did not subside.

And the political reality, Mr. Wirthlin said today, is that "Republicans cannot afford to alienate the South, but to alienate the suburbs on a racist charge would even be more damaging."

Despite the initial amnesiac calm that greeted Mr. Lott's statement that the country would have been better off if Mr. Thurmond was elected in 1948, the potential damage in the suburbs is hard to overstate. The Dixiecrat movement was spurred by President Harry S. Truman's desegregation of the armed forces and the Democratic convention's adoption of a strong civil rights plank after Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of Minneapolis roused the party by saying, "The time has arrived for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights."

Mr. Lott, in a television interview this week, tried to explain his deference to Mr. Thurmond by saying he was for a strong military. But in 1948, Mr. Thurmond emphasized the threat of federal interference in Southern life.

"On the question of social intermingling of the races, our people draw the line," Mr. Thurmond said. "And all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement."

So today, as Robert S. Strauss, the longtime Democratic leader, put it, "the president had to step out and try to clean it up."

For Republicans, Mr. Strauss said, "that just is what happens when you have an issue that you're on the wrong side of and very uncomfortable dealing with."

The Southern Republican campaigns of the 60's and early 70's turned heavily on race. In the 1964 presidential campaign, Barry M. Goldwater's opposition to the civil rights act that year won him five Deep South states, and some House members were elected on his coattails. Race was a major factor in Bill Brock's successful Senate challenge in 1970 against Albert Gore Sr. in Tennessee. Mr. Brock has since said he regretted the tone of his campaign.

Merle Black, a professor of political science at Emory University, said, "Certainly in the Deep South, race was the driving issue for the Republicans."

Senator Jesse Helms's campaigns in North Carolina always had a racial component. But in recent years, Mr. Helms has been the exception. These days, said Prof. Charles S. Bullock III of the University of Georgia, "a statement opposing affirmative action is as close as they come now" to discussing race.

Professor Black pointed out that other issues like taxes and military spending attracted Southerners to the Republicans. For some Southern Republicans, race may still be the center of their allegiance, he said, "but there are lots of others for whom it's a minor point."

Turnout is the one area where Democrats argue that Republicans are still playing the race card. Donna Brazile, Al Gore (news - web sites)'s campaign manager in 2000, said today that Republican warnings about impending black voter fraud, usually a few days before an election, were plainly intended to suppress black turnout and to stimulate whites into thinking that they are threatened by illegal votes.

On occasion raising the race issue has been both embarrassing and successful. In the 1988 presidential race, George Bush was helped by a commercial that attacked Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts for the furlough of a murderer, Willie Horton, who then raped a woman. His aides insisted that the campaign had nothing to do with the advertisement and seemed chagrined.

In 1991, the emergence of a former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, as a Republican candidate for governor in Louisiana embarrassed the party, which disavowed him while Democrats chortled.

President Bush himself, after losing the New Hampshire primary in 2000 to Senator John McCain of Arizona, reached out to Southern conservatives by going to Bob Jones University. But Mr. Bush who had been trying to style himself as a different kind of conservative, was unhappy to be challenged over the facts that the Christian college banned interracial dating and that its founder, Bob Jones, had made many anti-Catholic statements. In the end, Mr. Bush won the South Carolina primary, though the Catholic issue cost him Michigan.

Over the years, the race issue has helped Republicans more than it has hurt them. The Senate Republican leader Everett S. Dirksen of Illinois played a crucial role in breaking the Southern filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But it was the Democrats who paid the price for the law that banned discrimination in public accommodations and employment, allowing the federal government to stop aid to programs that discriminated and giving Washington the power to sue to desegregate schools.

As President Lyndon B. Johnson predicted to Bill Moyers on the evening he signed the bill, "Bill, I think we just delivered the South to the Republican Party for a long time to come."

Oh My Goodness!

Lil' Kim Charged with Perjury

There's Only One Peach With A Hole In The Middle

In exactly one month (deo volente) I will be seeing this foxy lady at the fillmore in SF... and I will be dressing for the occasion

Another Political/Activist Female I Especially Love

Arundhati Roy

"Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible if it shows itself to be responsive to persistent, reasonable, closely argued, nonviolent dissent. And yet, what's happening is just the opposite. The world over, nonviolent resistance movements are being crushed and broken. If we do not respect and honor them, by default we privilege those who turn to violence.

Across the world, when government's and the media lavish all of their time, attention, funds, research, space, sophistication, and seriousness on war talk and terrorism, then the message that goes out is disturbing and dangerous: If you seek to air and redress a public grievance, violence is more effective than nonviolence. Unfortunately, if peaceful change is not given a chance, then violent change becomes inevitable..." from War Talk

Drunken Mick

Caedmon (who was the subject of my very first fopblog post) is another one. Actually, he is a Drunken Mick who loves to be naked and loves to show off his body. The following is just one example of this and, trust me, there's lots more where this came from.

The PulpJesus Yafro Moblog

I'd like to use racial slurs in addressing each of my friends-- therefore, it is incumbent upon me to offer some kind of leverage, right?
Jovan-Té

and now... Big J-- as interpreted by pulpjesus
Jovan-Té#2





or, you know what? I recommend that you go on ahead and check out all of his "yafro moblog" by clicking on the above photo. There is a plethora of highly amusing shit on there... and I think he has some moblog groupies too.

p.s. in high school, pulpjesus' french name was "Adolf"

Happy Easter Everybody!!!!

jesus got the clap from mary magdalene. jesus loved to be flagellated. jesus is my father.

Straight Hood

My Driver's License Has Been Suspended. I'm Gangsta, Sho' 'Nuff

Girl, Throw A Hat On That Weave

If I were to ever start my own business for weaves/wigs, I would call it "Weaves and Shit" or, perhaps, just the simple "Weave World"...

and I would defintely enter this competition

T-Party Anyone?

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New J.T.

The Astounding Flying Scarberryies from Memorius

menz in the slammer with stiff hammerz

looking for a pen pal?

Mad World

video-- directed by michel gondry (if you prefer windows media player, click here)

R.I.P.

to all my homies that be bloodin' and cripin'

why in the world couldn't I have come across this weblog while it was still alive and well? huh?

back tomorrow...

sorry, it looks like I have a life all of a sudden

check this old thing out in the mean time---> Oz Prison Bitch Name Generator

I'm the 'Ass Executioner'

** got the link from patricking.com a long, long time ago

shake it don't break it

"Kyan Douglas from Queer Eye for the Straight
Guy is really called Eddie. His stage name is
said to come from a stint as a stripper in
New Orleans using the name Kyan Pepper" (from popbitch)

hmmm. sturtle once mentioned that he had dated kyan for a while but refused to divulge any more than that. sturtle seems like an extremely intelligent gentleman so maybe kyan does have something upstairs. maybe.

sturtle lives in new orleans... kyan -I mean eddie- was a stripper there... it's all coming together

April Fool's Day

Instead of me trying to pull some lame joke on y'all, I'm just gonna recommend that you go out and rent this "terrific" 80's flick

Don't Do It!!!

don't drink the fluoridated water man! I always have found it kind of odd that there is a warning on toothpaste labels against product ingestion yet they pump fluoride into the water that most Americans drink on a daily basis. hmmm. By The Way, Fresno happens to be one of the cities in California that participates in mass fluoridation.

Air America

Lord, I hope this shit works and is able to really get off the ground

Air America Radio

I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT Janeane Garofalo DAMMIT!!!

The Rasberry Reich

BRUCE LABRUCE


It is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.

-Elizabeth Bowden

Rudy!!!

hey, I'm not the only one that has made this observation.

check out this fleshbot entry

might as well check this out, as well as this while you're at it-- just a little snaphot in Courtney's recent rampage

** thanks to fleshbot for all of the links in this post

Three Political Females I Especially Love

Nancy Pelosi


Maxine Waters


Arianna Huffington

Gary Jules and the group rules

I need to make something clear-- I drop names all the time and I have no shame in it.... none at all. I still manage to, on a daily basis it seems, mention the fact that I once met J.T. LeRoy at the Viper Room. See, I did it again.

So, anyhow, I took a Mark Twain seminar with Gary Jules (I was hardly ever there of course) when I went to school in. L.A.-- at around the same time that his cover of "Mad World" made it into the film "Donnie Darko"

Let's see what I can remember about him... His last name was Aguirre and he had returned to school some ten years after having initially failed out. He ended up graduating in Fall 2001. Hmmm.... Alls I can really remember is that he seemed like a really nice guy and he had some of the best tattoos I have seen to date... especially this really interesting tattoo of a star centered around his elbow. I was always staring at it. Oh, and he brought his first album, which was released independently, into class once and the professor passed it around 'cause the cover photo made some kind of allusion to Huck Finn or something. Oh, and one time I peed in the stall next to where I think he was pooping. My conversion to using bathroom stalls to pee in instead of just using the urinals is a whole story in itself.

Anyhow, I was thrilled to hear that Michel Gondry directed his video for the American release of "Mad World"--His song made it to #1 in England--. Michel Gondry is the brilliant mind behind the really cool Bjork videos, a couple of The White Stripes videos, and the new film "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind". I can't wait to see it!!!

The Nerve Interview: Michel Gondry

click that shit...

Clickback America-- Reject George Bush’s Credit

No-Fi "Radio" Session/Lick it good, suck this p***y just like you should

remember that once ubiquitous song of a couple years back that went something like "my neck, my back, lick my p***y and my crack..."? Well, if you listen to Episode 111- "Filthiest F**king Episode of No-Fi 'Radio' Ever!!!!" (click on the pic n-words) they start the show off with that song set to what I'm pretty sure is the theme music to "I Dream of Jeannie". Pure Beauty.

Oh!-- and they end the show with a half hour live set from Gravy Train!!!! recorded at the Echo in Silverlake, CA.

Gravy Train!!!! Interview

** thanks to the Gravy Train!!!! website and Quin for the link.

Also...

I remember reading in the paper a few years ago about how the majority of White Americans think that African Americans, as a whole, are just as well off as they are. Incredible. I think that those that are under this assumption must have missed the memo that pointed out that, in searching for a job, a white male with a drug conviction is more likely to get a 2nd interview than a black or latino male (who is equally qualified for the same position) that has a clean record... among numerous other studies

This new study from the National Urban League didn't come as a surprise to me but it does underlie the fact that we still need Affirmative Action...

Also, Oakland's reaction to the report

**oh, and here is the actual press release from the National Urban League

legally perpetuating slavery?

I'm re-reading the Autobiography Of Assata Shakur at the moment (the first time was for an African American Literature class and I skimmed that shit just enough to be ready for an exam) and Assata makes an interesting point. If you take a look at the 13th amendment to the constitution, you'll find that it says:

'Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.'

Needless to say, I was pretty shocked to find out that slavery is, indeed, still legal in our country... it's just been shifted to the prison system. After reading this amendment, I couldn't help but notice how 'coincidental' it seems that prisons are disproportionately populated with black and 'third world peoples' as Assata puts it. If every state had to pay workers to do the jobs that prisoners are pretty much forced to do for 'slave wages', the salaries would amount to billions.
When Jimmy Carter was the governor of Georgia, 'he brought a black woman from prison to clean the statehouse and babysit for Amy'--- I remember learning that this was Alice Walker's inspiration for the character of Sofia in The Color Purple, by the way. Anyhow, Assata Shakur goes on to say that prisons are a way of legally perpetuating slavery and genocide and that new prisons certainly aren't being built with the idea that they will be populated by white people.

My take on it... to be honest, I'm still a bit ambivalent about the whole thing but it sure is growing increasingly hard for me to just chalk it all up to 'coincidence'.

And Now, I Introduce To You...

IVY QUEEN

Profile
birthname: Martha Ivelisse Pesante
d.o.b. March 4, 1972
representin': Puerto Rico
title: Queen Of Reggaeton
aliases: Ivy Queen, La Queena, La Diva, La Abusadora, La Potra, La Perra, La Reina Del Reggaeton, among others

Who's just as gangsta as Lil' Kim be? That's right, Ivy Queen. In fact, in many ways, she is the spanish speaking counterpart to Lil' Kim. The content of her songs aren't nearly so focused on sex as Lil' Kim's but she still has a filthy mouth. Like Lil' Kim, she has conquered a male-dominated musical genre. That genre being "Reggaeton" which is Spanish Rap that is a lot like dancehall but with more of a latin flavor.

Ivy Queen is one of the first acts that made me take rap, in a language other than english, seriously. I had given french, german, and spanish rap chances before but they all had a kind of cartoonish quality to them. Being that Rap is an inherently American genre--- seeing as how it originated here and all, it has taken some time for those in other countries to catch up. Ivy Queen has done just that and more. She writes all of her own shit and co-executive-produced her latest album. The production is top-notch.

go ahead and familiarize yourself with La Diva. look closely and you'll even see a customer review by yours truly

**gossip gossip-- a few years ago Ivy Queen and Wyclef Jean collaborated on a song together called "In The Zone". Apparently, that's not the only thing they collaborated on. Rumor has it that they had a bit of a fling

A Message From...

Tammy Faye Messner


man, am I the only one that is really bummed about Tammy Faye's recent announcement that she has lung cancer? I really dig this broad. I've done some research into the whole PTL scandal thing and it's obvious that she wasn't involved in any way. She just fell victim to that whole "stand by my man" position that many women seem to take. She certainly has flaws but we all do.

Opinions on Tammy Faye are quite diverse and can be quite negative. And, there is, of course, that running joke about her make-up-- which I think that I found funny once when I was 10 (I just never really understood how people can make such a big deal about it when she is obviously comfortable and happy with the way she looks and does her make-up, ya know?). I, on the other hand, happen to think that she is a remarkable women. She has love for everyone and really seems to follow her religion's tenet of non-judgment. That certainly is not something that can be said about the vast majority of her peers on the religious right.

Back when the discovery of AIDS was announced to the public, a mass hysteria ensued-- of course. This was a time when many people didn't want to be within a mile-radius of an afflicted person for fear of "catching" it. Many also held very specific ideas about what kind of person would contract this disease. At the height of the AIDS hysteria, Tammy Faye, in a very brave and bold move, addressed the issue on her PTL show (whose audience was extremely conservative, by the way) by having AIDS sufferers on and touching and hugging them and, essentially, incriminating the audience for showing disdain, disgust, and fear for these people instead of compassion.

You are a good woman Tammy Faye Messner and I know you can beat this thing!


----Also, please go to the following site (on a regular basis if you can) to help fund free mammograms for women in need. It costs you nothing... just the time it takes to click on a button.
The Breast Cancer Site

Rudy is all growed up now...

has anyone seen the latest Chingy video for "One Call Away?". Well, the other Rudy--- Rudy Huxtable (aka Keshia Knight Pulliam) is the "video girl" in it and she is lookin' hella, hella fine. Don't believe me?... you can go ahead and check out the full-length video here...for the time-being at least

I always knew they were crazy...

for those of you out there that still haven't seen this study that was published by the A.P.A. last year

Political Conservatism As Motivated Social Cognition

ATTENTION LITERAL READERS OF THE BIBLE...

you sure are some dumb fucks. Even more preposterous than a literal reading of the bible are the people that claim that this is actually the approach that they take in reading the holiest of books. I have never come across a person that genuinely reads the bible literally 100% of the time... even if they claim to... not even Pat Robertson himself folks. The truth is that most on the religious right will conveniently pick and choose which areas/subjects that they want to interpret in order to buttress pre-existing beliefs or so that things don't get too uncomfortable for them.

It's simply egregious to think that this ancient text can mean the exact same thing now that it did so long ago. Therefore, I think it is incumbent upon you to interpret away. "Interpretation" simply means getting the meaning out of the text, right? An historical-critical approach to interpreting the bible is a must...

case in point-- let us look at Jesus' Teaching about Simplicity

In three of the Gospels (Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, and Luke 18:25) Jesus says

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God"

If you are a literal reader of the bible, it is required that you believe that, without holy intervention, rich people are essentially barred from entering the kingdom of God--- 'cause there sure ain't no way a camel can fit through the eye of a needle now, can it?

However, a different interpretation arises when we look at this quotation in an historical context. When this was written, there was a very low and narrow entrance gate through the city wall of Jerusalem known as "the eye of the needle". When caravans entered the city, the camels would have to be unloaded, led through the gate crouching down and then reloaded on the other side.

With this tiny bit of information, any reasonable person will deduce that what Jesus is actually saying is that one must strip him/herself of the attitude that worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life before they can enter the kingdom of GOD--one must first unload their material concerns--. I don't know about y'all but this historical-critical interpretation sure sounds more plausible to me.

So, in conclusion, you literal readers of the bible can go fuck yourselves you feeble minded fucks.

No such thing as global warming, huh?

read this nasa article

Apparently Fresno Rocks...

Believe it or not, Fresno has made a list that doesn't begin with the word "Worst"

--courtesy of Esquire Magazine and The Fresno Bee

Lest Anyone Think...

that women will be the only gender objectified in this weblog.....

Simon Rex - solo hardcore images (EXPLICIT)

I imagine that these vid caps are from a video that was filmed during tougher, "harder" times.... I assume

Lil' Kim the first rap-bitch to shake up the charts...

"She is a sexually voracious dominatrix who demands shopping sprees all day and orgasms all night. No one has ever made it so cool to be a bitch."--Rolling Stone-May 13, 1999

"and you act like I ain't the leader of this million bitch march...
I started this shit. How soon we forget I'm the heart of this shit...
I'm the reason this rap game is unisex..."

so true babygirl

seeing as how Lil' Kim has kind of become an obsession to me and how I've been into this woman and her music since '96... I think that it is only appropriate that Lil' Kim be the subject of my first "official" post. The QB is an extremely talented BadAss that was able to push her way to the forefront of a hyper-masculine, male dominated musical genre.... and she just happens to be filthy. Tough chicks are hot. Crazy ones too.

And now.... the QueenBitch's "bushy". Having "examined" the photos, I'm thinking that "bushy" may be a misnomer.

 

the pastoral photo in the sidebar was taken by noneother than the sexy Caedmon (he's a one-namer--- like Liberace) of Portland, OR. Thanks Kaydmun!