Up Next Google..

First there was Yahoo Chat, then there was Myspace, followed by Facebook... each new application had its way of canceling out the other by employing similar features and adding new elements that would draw the masses to its doors in droves. People were breaking up, getting caught cheating, getting married, or just finding a hot or ugly piece of tail  on these social media sites. But one thing it was, it was easy to use. What began as a wonderful concept would always get flooded with advertisements and other elements that made it no longer interesting to the average John that made the site hot in the first place.


Then came Twitter. Celebrities flocked to it even more than the commoners, and that is what made it more popular than a little bit. That too is beginning to fall by the wayside in that so many celebs get in trouble for what they tweet. People are airing dirty laundry and divorcing a short time later. All in 140 characters or less. Although celebrity gossip is what interests a lot of people and give bloggers the ammo they need for their post of the day, what kept people enchanted about celebs is our lack of true contact with them. With celebs releasing their most deepest issues and secrets, it takes away their aura of height and brings them down to our level of mediocrity. My suggestion, celebs need to leave person off of Twitter and just tweet the information we NEED to know, like new music, new movie they are working on , or whatever is new in the news concerning their craft.

Now Gmail, like Myspace and Facebook is now employing the "What are you doing" feature to their application hoping that people will use it instead of Facebook and Twitter. My opinion on that is, instead of hoping to steal others from another site using similar tactics, venture out like Twitter and create a feature all your own. Right now GMail is behind the curve.

 Additional reading: New Gmail Social Features to Launch? Details on the Rumor.

Air Jordan XI (11) “Silver Anniversary” at Shoe York

I remember when these came out in red/black/white. I was loving the colors and they went well with black jeans and a white t-shirt. Over the years the colors have changed and now they have all but disappeared. Shoe York now has both of these Air Jordan XIs available for purchase in only a few sizes. The Space Jams have been reduced to $259.99, but the Silver Anniversary AJ XI costs $329.99. WOW, that is expensive.

My Super Bowl Prediction After the Fact

 Everyone that comes to my blog knows that I have my rivalry thing going on about the fact that Mardi Gras was established here in Mobile Alabama before New Orleans was even named a city. But one thing that I feel about New Orleans, is that it is a strong, resilient city. I have mad love for New Orleans.

Now when Katrina hit New Orleans/Mississippi/Alabama, we were all devastated by the hurricane, but to see the life loss and damage in New Orleans, it was heart wrenching. Since the hurricane there has been story after story detailing how New Orleans is working its way back to the beautiful city that it is.

When I first heard that they had made it to the Super Bowl, I felt that it was time for this city to win. For them to even make it to the Super Bowl just showed that they had grown as a team and as a city, and that their recovery was attainable and that they are truly fighters.

Every year I go to A Super Bowl party with family and friends, but one thing I had never encountered was being the ONLY person rooting for a team. I was in a room FULL of Colt's fans. ALONE. Mind you I am female and I really don't watch football, I just decided to pick the underdog, and watch the game. All week I heard people brag on how badly the Colts were going to beat New Orleans and their lack of a viable offense.

I stuck to my guns.

I even was sent on a beer run to Wal-Mart while the game was going on, and a friend that works there would not ring my purchases up because I told him I was rooting for New Orleans. Just hurt my little feelings.(not really) But it was just a blue curtain of haters pointed in my direction.

Well at the end of the night, I was smiling my butt off. You even had some trying to give New Orleans props or a game well played and a lot of cursing by people who made bets against New Orleans. I was feeling so vindicated. New Orleans did their thing.

haha ah hah aaaa, I love it when I am right.

Simon Cowell's Contribution: "Everybody Hurts" Video for Haiti Relief

Color: How important is it to the products we use?

 Color even the most subtle grade can be a powerful element of design that can make or break a products look and character.

When color is used properly it can draw the interest of consumers and make the product a must have.

Companies like Sony now realize that when producing products in various colors how sometimes no matter how many elaborate features a product has, sometimes something as simple as the color can sway the sale. You will see the pink implemented in many Sony Products including the Walkman, Cybershot Cameras, and other products.

Producing products in Pink, have caused sales of certain products to skyrocket. This caused the color to become one of the most basic colors used when making various products including electronics. Trending is a major factor in companies like Sony when making their products pop for the consumer.

Expect other companies to follow suit.

Conrad Murray to Face Charges Monday

Disgraced doctor, Conrad Murray will face involuntary manslaughter charges on Monday. Former personal physician of Michael Jackson is set to voluntarily walk into the courthouse accompanied by a bail bondsman for his arraignment on Monday at 1:30P.M. PT to surrender to the charges.

 On Friday a press conference at the Los Angeles district attorney's office revealed that they would be filing charges in relation to the death of Michael Jackson. Although Murray was not named, numerous media sources openly claimed that Murray was truly the person facing charges.

Don't Hate On Haiti Celebrity Campaign

If you want to get a shirt like the one Chris Brown wore buy here: Don't Hate on Haiti Shirts

BET Finally Jumps on the Haiti Bandwagon

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by yardie4lifever2

When Aaliyah died and a full day went by before BET even made any effort to honor the young songstress I knew BET was on its way down the tubes as far as being a source to rely on for any type of important news. After the immediate backlash of complaints from the African American community on BET's lack of coverage on things that affected the community, BET adopted several news and political commentary shows, all of which have disappeared now that the public outrage is gone. 

MTV Shows

Well they still are lagging behind other networks on honoring, informing, or representing the very reason why they are called Black Entertainment Television. The crisis in Haiti is still not important enough to get the ball rolling until many other networks are already deep in the trenches helping us before even our own. I guess we need to shut up and accept it. It just goes to show, blacks are the last to help their own, in hopes that others will do it for us. Yet we yell the loudest when we are mistreated by others. I think we make it possible for them to do so. 

MTV Shows

Well BET is now having a benefit for Haiti Relief. Well how nice of them.

I am nothing without a man.....

 

One of my pet peeves about some females is the ones that cannot function without having a man. Now there is nothing wrong with pining for that special someone, that you might be on the rocks with, that is normal behavior. I am talking about the female that it doesn't matter who the male is, just as long as she has one. If she is single, and no man is dotting the door, her whole life is in disarray and dysfunction. 

I once had a co-worker who you knew she had a man by her behavior. If she had a boyfriend she was always at work bragging about either the sex, or that he was coming over to have sex. She was a cooking cleaning fool. If she was single, you knew it. She was quiet, withdrawn or crabby,and if you came by her house, you would swear a tornado of filth hit it. You could smell the house at curbside, and opening the door made you hold your breath and your mule.

Being randomly domesticated is what a lot of females are. They only clean up, bathe, cook and take care of their random children if they have a random man there for them to latch on to. They are only as good as the person they are dating. So if a female opens her home to someone who is there just because of the convenience of having a cook, free coochie, and a place to lay their head til the main female acts right again or the female's actual personality runs the man off in the long run. 

It is like a cycle of life for them.

No matter how Daisy Housemaker you become, the truth always comes out. What I mean by that is just because you play house, doesn't mean you are building a home. Who you put in place to represent the other half of the equation is way more important that if you will cook and clean for them. Not all people who will give you the time of day deserve your good cooking and husband and wife role-playing skills.  Some people aren't meant to even be let into your home, much less your body.

 

Yet we have the low self esteemers who only feel validation by the man willing to pay attention to your for more than one night. What many of those females are missing is that they only pay attention to you for a self serving purpose. After that is fulfilled, or the novelty wears off, as Jay-Z says, "On to the next one."

 

Now this would be a pretty cut and dry commentary except for one thing, you have some females that know they are being used, and actually don't care. It is like they woke up one day and said, Self, you don't deserve shit in life, love or spirit. Hate to be so harsh about it, but if you think about it, if you know someone is using you but you allow them to continue, you are just about as low as you can ever get other than lying flat on the ground face down.

In order to be in a healthy relationship you have to be 100% present in the situation. Any type of turning a blind eye to what is going on in the relationship, opens your situation up to destined failure. What I mean by that is, if you know someone is not here for a positive reason, then you are making it okay for you to be used. When you do so, you are killing your chances at a positive long term future with anyone. Don't blame no one but your little dysfunctional self. 

I actually had a friend that dealt with a man that treated her like crap for over 14 years. She finally said enough, and left him and was single for over 2 years. A friend of hers from elementary school who she was cool with ended up becoming her husband and they are now together, happy. All that time she wasted with someone who was mistreating her, her actual husband was right there being a good friend, and watching her suffer, all while letting her know he is there for her. Sometime you can't see the good life you can have, for the bad life that we accept and languish in. Sometimes we mess up our own lives and ask God why. When we should be asking ourselves, why.

I have said it before and I will say it again, If you don't like being alone with yourself, why do you think anyone else wants to be alone with you? If being alone means you fall into depression, seek the help of a professional. Being depressed because you are single should not be a normal occurrence. Allowing your life to fall into shambles when you are left to fill and enrich your own life, is as co-dependent as them come, and there are certain social skills missing from the equation. In order to be a wife, mate, or even a friend to anyone, you have to have an element of inner strength that is only tested when alone.  When your husband goes to work, or your friend is AWOL for a few weeks on vacation, you have to be able to hold it together, and be content while they are gone.

There is nothing more unattractive than coming back to an insecure person that has reveled in insecurities and doubt, to be the buzz kill to something that can be a really nice situation. I said all that to say this...

Get yourself together, or you will be a dating turnstile, or known as the barren land of dating where nothing grows, and you are always in a dry spell.

If the Super Bowl was directed by Filmakers

Just a comical look at how the Super Bowl would look if famous film makers had a hand in choreographing the Super Bowl. Funny to watch.