Random Thoughts Thread

I get the same thing all the time with one of my coworkers. "At least she was with her husband" and "she is making her money".  I am like, really?!? O.K. I used to debate with her all the time, but now I change the subject or just state that "Beyonce is not my cup of tea" and pretty much plead the fifth or excuse myself from her presence whenever she mentions some of Beyonce's antics.  I have distanced myself over time to the point where we are cordial and only interact on work related projects. 


She was one of my main mentors when I began my position 7 years ago.  The really sad thing is this lady is 55 years old and a supposed Christian woman.  

Warning: picture is NSFW




He sure has a long butt. That probably made the fall hurt even more.

It looks to me like the undies came down with the pants. Either way that fall was embarrassing as hell.

People got too much time on their hands *smh*

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I just spit out my tea. Lmao...ha ha. That would be something wouldn't it. There is a resemblance though. Maybe that's the reason for all the back of the head shots....hey, whatever. I'm ma keep on sippin.

Not really random thoughts, but I didn't want to derail the "Corporate Music Circus" thread:

If there were to be some sort of rebellion I would hope that it encompassed all aspects of media and not just music. I wish I could remember where I read this (it could have been the old VC forum or maybe David Icke) but someone was talking about how the OJ Simpson trial was 1) the start of media organizations including heavy amounts of celebrity junk as part of the regular news cycle and 2) the beginning of people becoming famous just for being famous. Once I started to think about it I realized that the person who made that comment was really on the money. Naturally there was some interest in the trial itself due to the nature of what happened…but then the lawyers and other trial participants like Judge Ito and Cato Caylin (sp?)started to become ‘celebrities’ of sorts (paparazzi following them, gossip about them in tabloids, etc.)

When I was a kid I remember being confused by how the media was treating this stuff like it like important information for the average viewer. Before the OJ trial most of the celeb stuff was confined to shows like Entertainment Tonight; sometimes you might see something particularly shocking on the regular broadcast but for the most part the fluff was separate from real news. Fast forward almost 20 years and celebri-crap is so ubiquitous that few people bat an eyelash at news anchors talking about celeb gossip for 5-10 minutes during nightly news or some gossip scrolling across the screen when you watch CNN. It’s inescapable, and the same companies that have forced their celebri-crap on the public are the same ones who are making sure that a handful of “singers” get a lion’s share of media attention at any given time. They do it with actors and actresses too but to a lesser extent (possibly because music can be a better manipulation tool than plain speech?).



And most of the stars on reality TV? Ugh! People who would have remained Hollywood nobodies when I was a kid are now household names and it’s not because these people have some exceptional talent, it’s because they’re fame whores who think they’re entitled to the public’s adulation and money just because they exist. They’re forced on the public too whether you watch their shows or not, and I’m not just talking about their endorsement deals or whatever. Their antics seep into some people’s brains and they start mimicking the people on these scripted “reality” shows. They’re so attached to the false reality that they’re not satisfied with that 1hr of escapism or whatever so they need to embody it – clothes, mannerisms, catch phrases, etc. Maybe it’s not fair to make this assumption but I think some of these people have to be pretty empty inside to want to fill themselves with this junk.

This is such a great photo

I am currently furious. There's this 10 year old girl I agreed to help with her english. from the get go she was disrespectful, I mena to the max. and just plain impossible to work with. I told her mother about it but her behaviour hardly changed. Now I discover she's stolen a very expensive pen from me. She wanted it the day she saw it and in a bid to motivate he I told her I would by her an entire set of them she would get an A for her end of term paper. She's so spoilt the concept of working for something is completely foreign to her. She kept asking for it. Now it's missing. I am so livid. Lord help me when I see that child tomorrow. Ugggh! why can't people raise their damn kids right. Now I'm going to be fuming all night. I won't get a wink of sleep becuase of this.

She sounds like a brat, so I wouldn't be surprised if she took it. Still, I'm the type of person who would give her a chance to correct herself. Saying something like "I think I dropped my pen the last time I saw you. Did you happen to pick it up?" and seeing how she reacts would probably tell me if she stole the pen. Whether she's a thief or not I think it would be best to terminate any contact with this child and be very explicit in your reasons for doing so. She and her mother may not like hearing the truth but she's still young enough to change and getting a wake-up call may be the kick she needs.

Whoever made this is very silly. 

*Is the overhyped Ivy Park athleisure nonsense any more original than what's already out there?

*Would you guys buy this?

*Do you guys feel like Beyoncé's tired dramatic PR schemes that goes out anytime there's music or a tour comming up has pretty much ran its pittiful redundant course...i.e. divorce, pregnancy, alleged dragging for not giving credit to something, etc.

Who'll be watching "lemonade?" Is this supposed to make up for not promoting an album before a tour?

Just random thought questions?