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Lenny Kravitz is going on tour! I wanted to go see him when he comes to DC, but tickets went on sale yesterday, and I'm sure all the good seats have sold out. I've got like no credit and I couldn't get to a ticket master yesterday...AND I've got like no friends (maybe one or two) who like Lenny enough to go to a concert, so I'm just ass out. I'll have to catch him next time. *sigh* He's gonna be at Constitution Hall, too!
Amerie is doing her thing! I saw her vidjoe for the first time this week and it was way more than I expected! She did the damn thing for real! Everyone I know likes it. And the extra surprise is that the song, "1 Thing" is on the soundtrack to Hitch. Her own album, Touch, will be out on May 3.
Since I've been ill, I've been catching up on my stories, The Young & The Restless and Days of Our Lives. Days is the same -- every day in Salem is like a month long. I'm kinda mad that Kate ruined Sami's wedding, but I like Eugenia a lot. You don't get to see black women in daytime that are just blatantly devious. She's pretty too, she remind me a little bit of Toni Childs from Girlfriends. Y&R is still THE BOMB. Time goes so quickly on that show that I'm afraid I'm missing a lot -- and well, I guess I have, but I can still jump right back in there.
Let's pause to recognize this guy:
Bryton is a damn good actor and I am really pleasantly surprised with his portrayal of Devon Hamilton on Y&R. If you didn't know, this is the same guy that was "Richie" on Family Matters. He's awesome, check him out.
GIRLFRIENDS is my new favorite show! I don't know how I slept on this show for five seasons, but for some reason, I started watching it in syndication. It's good! The writing is so realistic, so fabulous. Wow. The women are all really beautiful. They have also mastered the challenge of the "guest star." Their guest stars actually stick around for more than one episode!
I don't watch The Real World every week -- I am usually watching Law & Order: SVU during that time. But all the gay black listserves that I'm on have been discussing Karamo ad nauseum. Karamo is weird...Karamo is a bitch....Karamo needs to grow up....Karamo needs some dick....Karamo Karamo Karamorosa. Honestly, at this point, I was finished with following Karamo after the Dorian thing. I mean....maybe I outgrew The Real World, but after you dog somebody out on TV, why should I keep watching? There are more than enough niggas and niggettes in my life that have growing up to do...why should I have to watch somebody on MTV grow up, too?
And finally....let me just say that School Daze has been renewed as my favorite movie of all time, thanks to the School Daze Special Edition DVD. I received it as a gift from my boy Dwayne! Yay for Dwayne! Anyway, I watched all the special features already AND I watched the movie with cast commentary. Tisha Campbell-Martin, Bill Nunn, Darryl Bell, Rusty Cundieff, and Kadeem Hardison were on that joint cracking the hell up. It wasn't the typical "Yes, we are serious actors talking about the craft." It was more like listening in on a conversation between classmates -- they were loving it and I was loving listening in! One tidbit that I learned is that Rusty Cundieff is an Alpha -- never knew that. Also, one of my favorite frat Brothers, Skip Mason, served as a consultant on this film.
I am gonna re-read Uplift the Race soon to compare what the book says about the movie to what the DVD says. I think this means I am officially a School Daze fanatic. I have the VHS tape, the original DVD, the special edition DVD, the book, some promotional black and white photos, and the soundtrack on CD. All I really want now is a School Daze t-shirt. It doesn't have to be a first edition joint, I might just find a crisp graphic and make my own.
Whew! Well, those are my thoughts....I'm sure most of you are watching, listening to, and reading a lot more interesting things than I am, LOL.
Posted by Rashid on February 20, 2005 12:48 PM