Dude...I have seen some shit on the news today! From pirates, to the jacked up economy, "sexting", and now...CNN is beefing with Ashton Kutcher? Is this really what life is about? This is some old bullshit!!
I mean, what is the news media really on these days? This must be the progression from Britney Spears' cooch being on every news network. Whats next? Will Fox News do an expose' on Bob Dole's sex life? The news is on some other shit, and I'm starting to see how a lot of my friends just don't watch the news anymore.
What can be done? Its easy: how about sprinkling in some good news with all the gloom and doom. I mean I know the whole "if it bleeds, it leads" thing, but we gotta do better.Don't tell me nothing about the sad state the country is in if you can't give me something to encourage me. I mean, I can't find a gig, but I get told about Oprah and how Tyler Perry gave her and Gayle Bentleys...I give less than a half fuck about them or their money...Mainly because they aren't giving me a drop of it...
Go ahead, call me angry, but this is some bullshit.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Who should really claim the 80s?
So I've been noticing lately that a lot of people like to claim the 80s, and as a result, they rep anything they perceive to come from the 80s extra hard. I have an issue with that. The fact is, most of the people who want to claim the 80s extra hard are born at the ass end of the decade. I remember the 80s and there truth is, I'm not trying to relive the beginning of the crack epidemic, or Regan making life extra hard for the working class American, or for that matter the gang epidemic that tore apart more families than the Civil War nearly a century before.
What I do like to remember about the 80 was the growth of Hip Hop, the rebirth of the video game industry, and some hilariously cheesy television. Scarface was not something that was a part of my 80s experience, but The Snorks, Mr. T cereal, and Danger Mouse were. Along with G.I. Joe(word to Destro), Mario, Zelda, Charles Barkley with the 76ers, and Conan the Destroyer. Skinny jeans, as far as I remember, were not a part of the 80s I grew up in (at least not on men), and everything wasn't a flourescent color, so you can miss me with that crap.
I'm just saying...I remember where I was the first time I heard the name Manuel Noriega, and it wasn't from the History Channel.
What I do like to remember about the 80 was the growth of Hip Hop, the rebirth of the video game industry, and some hilariously cheesy television. Scarface was not something that was a part of my 80s experience, but The Snorks, Mr. T cereal, and Danger Mouse were. Along with G.I. Joe(word to Destro), Mario, Zelda, Charles Barkley with the 76ers, and Conan the Destroyer. Skinny jeans, as far as I remember, were not a part of the 80s I grew up in (at least not on men), and everything wasn't a flourescent color, so you can miss me with that crap.
I'm just saying...I remember where I was the first time I heard the name Manuel Noriega, and it wasn't from the History Channel.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Mickey D's isn't even hiring...
I've been through much in my nearly 29 years on this planet, but this job hunt has to be one of the ugliest periods of my life. All I've heard since I graduated from Grambling State University this past December is how awful the job market is. Couple that with the fact that I graduated with a BA in Mass Communications and you see how bad my job hunt is going. I've almost completely given up on the prospect of finding any jobs in the media, moreover; every other application that I've sent out has been met with an email that says in no uncertain terms that I'm the opposite of who they want for the position.
Now, I'm not on a soapbox crying about my damn luck, but lets be real; the job market is on crack right now! It has gotten so bad for yours truly that at one point, I went to my neighborhood McDonalds where I got quite the surprise. They weren't even hiring, and they probably won't be for a few months. I also set up accounts on Monster and various employment sites, but those sites have only shown me that the only jobs available out there are commission based and military careers for people that sign up. Give me a break.
For all the struggling I did to get to the point where I would be among the minority in this country who have a college degree, a cold reality has been dropped at my feet. I worked hard to get in debt, basically. I know people tell me that my luck will change, but somehow, I'm starting to think that I got pimped by the "American Dream."
Pray for me, and if you know anybody who needs an award-winning columnist in their back pocket, refer them to your boy.
I'm looking at it like this, though: If a vision impairment, Hurricane Katrina, and life below the poverty line can't break me, neither will this bitch of a job market...
Now, I'm not on a soapbox crying about my damn luck, but lets be real; the job market is on crack right now! It has gotten so bad for yours truly that at one point, I went to my neighborhood McDonalds where I got quite the surprise. They weren't even hiring, and they probably won't be for a few months. I also set up accounts on Monster and various employment sites, but those sites have only shown me that the only jobs available out there are commission based and military careers for people that sign up. Give me a break.
For all the struggling I did to get to the point where I would be among the minority in this country who have a college degree, a cold reality has been dropped at my feet. I worked hard to get in debt, basically. I know people tell me that my luck will change, but somehow, I'm starting to think that I got pimped by the "American Dream."
Pray for me, and if you know anybody who needs an award-winning columnist in their back pocket, refer them to your boy.
I'm looking at it like this, though: If a vision impairment, Hurricane Katrina, and life below the poverty line can't break me, neither will this bitch of a job market...
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