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- 16:31 @djmere rofl #
- 16:33 Michael Jackson. :( #
- 16:50 @rmichaelthomas that's what TMZ is saying. Dunno. #
- 16:56 @coyabean waiting for a more credible news source. TMZ ain't much better than MediaTakeOut. #
- 16:58 RT @warrenellis Michael Jackson must surely have five younger hearts rigged in tandem inside his chest by now? Just stick a pen in his e ... #
- 17:06 @rahsheen No, you're not. I learned my lesson after they killed Patrick Swayze 13928343 times. #
- 17:10 @masteradept lmao. how did you piss off @warrenellis? HOW? #
- 17:15 @starfishncoffee how dare you hate on "america's most trusted source for news"? #
- 17:23 Anyway, ABC7 news just broke the story about the body of the 2 y.o. toddler being found in NW Gary. #
- 17:30 @actualmiles it's possible to respect his body of work while acknowledging he's a weirdo. #
- 17:38 @popelizbet you mfers broke livejournal TOO? #
- 17:50 Sometimes you've gotta let people just have their moment. #
- 17:53 @MsAscension13 Cops are saying it's her. Fucking shame. #
- 18:01 aand so much for letting people have their moment. #RIP MJ #
- 18:11 @Suntimes Fave MJ song? Definitely "Off the Wall." #
- 18:35 Ok, now Jeff Goldblum too? #
- 18:39 @masteradept rumors about a New Zealand news story saying that Goldblum fell to his death. Now they're killing Harrison Ford too. #
- 18:44 @msascension13 @JackAndAHat @jayare20k Sorry, hoax. RT: @starfishncoffee Its a celeb rumor generator site. #
- 18:45 @Rocmoney lol it's a hoax, bb! #
- 18:49 @elbowknee do it. DOOOO IIIIIIIIT. #
- 19:19 I should be prepping for panels right now but I'm feeling a bit blah. #
- 19:32 @violachic yeah, I heard. I'm just waiting for the "@perezhilton's dead" rumors so I can do a happy dance. #
- 19:33 Jeff Goldblum is NOT dead, folks. I repeat, Jeff Goldblum is NOT dead. #
- 19:37 @EyanJ lol that fool will get press whether we mention him or not. still tryna figure out how he's nominated for a teen choice award. #
- 19:46 @jayare20k I don't see anyone forgiving the sin. I see people respecting the art. #
- 20:37 @jayare20k I don't think it's really about HIM, tho. It's about the nostalgia more than anything. #
- 20:38 @EyanJ I'm just sayin...if @perezhilton is something for kids to aspire to? we're effing doomed. #
- 20:39 It's about how the music and the dancing made us felt, not so much the man behind the actions. #
- 20:43 @brownskinblue How about the yellow sweater vest poster and my first gold glove? you couldn't tell me ish when I was 6. #
- 20:50 @jayare20k nah, it's about the memory of the music and whatever they felt at that moment. But I agree that it doesn't absolve him. #
- 20:56 @jayare20k lol then you need to unfollow those ppl, b/c that's just...too much. #
- 20:59 @jayare20k on this end I'm seeing some pretty tempered mourning. #
- 21:26 Hey @DELASOULSDUGOUT big ups for this. (DELASOULS DUGOUT live > ustre.am/3vNp) #
- 23:18 ...aaand now I'm the only one left on the RaceFail '09 panel this wknd. How the hell am I gonna pull this off? #
- 23:24 @biggkhalil lol. from your lips... I told the con ppl I'd mod the audience discussion b/c I'm not that chatty. #
- 23:43 @popelizbet did you get my txt? what's goin' on, bb? got the email from the ThinkGalaticon crew 20 mins ago. #
- 23:49 @popelizbet Jules said you couldn't make it to the panel via email, so I offered to mod it solo. #
- 00:03 More often than not, it's the things that we don't say or do that stay with us. #randomthought #
- 00:30 @AtypicalPsyche trying to escape my in-laws. twattup? #
- 00:49 @AtypicalPsyche Ah, Exodus. Haven't been there in a minute. I'm down. Just lemme know. #
- 01:40 @EyanJ *snerk* Awesome. I'm up and writing. How about that? #
- 01:41 also? plzd to know I wasn't the only one who had an issue with @ToureX's NY Mag piece. Currently giggling at the exchange. #
- 01:44 @EyanJ oh no, never followed him. caught the drama via friend of a friend. and I thought perez hilton was crawford's godfather? #
- 08:44 aaaand Maureen Orth is going IN on Mike on the Today Show. #RIP MJ #
- 08:48 Her husband's still a hack, tho. #
- 08:48 Err, WAS a hack. #
- 09:36 @cjcollier lol Twitterholic. I'm about 600 shy myself. #
- 10:41 @huckabuck hrm. I'd really be interested in seeing the responses to this. #
- 10:45 @JackAndAHat You are of no use to me, then. #
- 10:50 @huckabuck what do you think about the concept of "lightskinned privilege"? Does it really exist? #
- 11:04 @huckabuck @eyan but we know that this is a conversation most black folks do not want to have. #
- 11:27 @EyanJ @huckabuck true. everybody's drinking the post-racial koolaid. #
- 13:43 @elonjames's "Message From The Average Black Person" is magically delicious: tinyurl.com/ko87du #
Story of a Champion.
An analog chick living in a digital world.
Giving people their moment.
Posted on 2009.06.26 at 12:14Condition:
pensive
Electric Relaxation: MJ + Chubb Rock | Jam
I was about five years old when I heard "Beat It" for the first time, seven when I performed "Rockin' Robin" at the neighborhood talent show. My mother still remembers the gold glove (YES, gold!) I refused to take off and the poster of him in the yellow sweater vest that would be replaced with another MJ years later. I practiced the Moonwalk everywhere--in my room, at the playground, during open gym, at family barbecues. The other girls wanted to marry him; I just wanted his moves.
We know the man was troubled. We get that. But that doesn't make his music any less meaningful or relevant. It doesn't make him any less human. And it doesn't make what some of us are feeling any LESS real. For most of us born in the age of music videos, he was our very first glimpse at the beauty and absurdity of pop iconology. So feel free to wrap yourself up in the nostalgia, crank up your favorite MJ song and throw a hand in the air. It's a celebration.
Sometimes you've just gotta let people have their moment, their memories.
- 14:49 So how long before Sanford checks into rehab? Five bucks says two weeks. #Gov #
- 14:59 aaand now I remember why I stopped reading LJBlackfolk. SweetMintyJesusOnAPogoStick. #
- 15:05 @isitis Cats jumping to conclusions like they always do. It's squashed. #
- 15:16 @Relly__ReLL lol I think it's a prerequisite. #
- 17:34 Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click - helpiranelection.com/ #
- 17:41 @cjcollier LOL. Like I said, be prepared for Sanford's "emotional" Oprah interview, b/c it's coming. #
- 17:45 *wonders if she mentions Idris Elba will he start following her* **crosses fingers** #
- 17:48 @jayare20k Did Megan Fox make it bearable, at least? #
- 18:08 Reading Sanford email exchanges btwn him and Argentinian mistress. Yowza. #
- 18:36 @HumanityCritic If this governor thing doesn't work out Sanford can totally be a romance novelist. #
- 18:49 @lashonp bwahahahahaha! That's why my mother will not be getting on the internets. #
- 22:33 Watching The Girlfriend Experience. Sasha Grey is...interesting. #
- 22:34 @elbowknee lol. Dare I say I was moved by his emails? #
- 22:55 @cjcollier I dig it. I was just curious to see what the hype was. #
- 12:30 I need people to stop effing up. That's what the eff I need. #
- 18:41 God, I can't even escape Jon & Kate on Twitter. #
- 18:51 @prettyboyjesus Ah, Willow at her most entertaining. #
- 18:56 @jadedid I will seek refuge at your house. I will need to talk about the Real Housewives of New Jersey, tho. #
- 19:16 @jadedid I STILL haven't seen it. Downgraded cable pkg = no more Bravo and no dice on the torrent front. I'm suffering from withdrawal. #
- 11:14 Wow. RIP, John Callaway. The game won't be the same without you. #
- 11:25 @huckabuck sssh. I'm in mourning. #
- 11:26 But these Transformers 2 reviews are making me smile. #
- 11:36 @lashonp not a thing. I hated the first one, so I'm not seeing the sequel unless I'm forced to at gunpoint. #
- 11:37 @huckabuck troo. #
- 11:59 @cjcollier Wait, who thought you were attacking single motherhood? #
- 12:20 @huckabuck I think I love you, no homo. #
- 12:25 @EyanJ He had me at Tyler Perry. I'm so easy. *sniff* #
- 12:32 @jayare20k Ugh. You actually paid to see Transformers 2? I've lost all respect for you. #
- 12:42 @jayare20k I'll remember that when I send you to hell. Enjoy the movie! #
- 21:27 After listening to Drake's ish I still say the coldest rhyme he ever spit was in a DeGrassi episode. #
- 23:15 @TehBoondoc storm knocked power out, only half came back on. Everything's restored now. #
- 23:19 Winding up the wknd @the14thletter's house, getting drunk in pajamas. #
- 00:08 If we just met? Now may not be a good time to share TMI stories about your estranged husband. What's your name again? #
- 02:23 Good time @ party, save for dude coming @ me bragging about his cunnilingus skills like he didn't see the ring on my finger. Smooooth. #
- 02:26 I AM hellla drunk, tho. #
- 02:28 @lashonp Artee?! Omg where was he? #
- 20:01 The passion party table @ Ro's house. Who knew there was a product called Coochy?! short.to/gur9 #
- 22:05 @biggkhalil say word? Will hit the site when I get to the crib. #
- 11:52 Father's Day breakfast w/ Doug @ Valois. Half of apt still w/o electricity. Am about to cry. #
- 19:38 Omw to Maxwell concert w/ @lashonp, @msascension13 & Huxtable. #
- 19:59 @CreoleSoul ? what I miss? #
- 13:29 Power outage still on. Hanging out @ Starbucks & fighting with my Macbook til I go to Bronzeville Film Fest. #
- 01:41 Fuck paypal and insomnia. Fuck them in the ear. #
- 14:55 Spent the day sending out rejection letters and writing a story in 2nd-person. Now time for lunch. #
- 15:02 @sandrarose you should really be chasing Frodo around middle earth instead of harassing ppl on Twitter. Just trying to help. #
- 19:02 I should drink more. #
- 14:20 Life imitates "Better Off Ted" ep: tiny.cc/4rgtr Project Natal can't see brown ppl. LOL. #
- 14:32 Verb Noire website giving me the flux. why can't things work when they're supposed to? #
- 14:35 *headdesk* #
- 14:42 Good news is that people can now go to the site and buy the book. Bad news is that we have to send it to ppl manually. Meh. #
- 14:45 @MsAscension13 I need a drink. #
- 17:30 So @Rhymefest DOES live in our building. Should apologize to hubs for calling him a dirty liar. #
- 17:46 @huckabuck hm. #
- 11:11 @blackreign aYUP. @truetoonene lmao #
- 11:11 @EyanJ frecklegate? 'Splainy. #
- 14:15 Clearly June IS Passive Aggression Month. Let me make a sideways comment & backpedal to celebrate. #
- 14:24 @popelizbet lol@hashtag. So, so done. #
- 14:34 About to go outside to kick puppies. #
- 14:40 @popelizbet yes. Eff them and their cute effing faces.. #
- 14:49 @popelizbet I'd kick kittens, but I think all cats are agents of Satan. #
- 15:06 In this episode of "The Black Guy Did It!": Http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/06/12/c
hristina-nardi-is-a-screwy-attention-who re # - 12:53 @lashonp still dying @ ole girl standing right next to dude while he talked about the world needing more sluts and hoes. I shoulda hit HER. #
- 23:04 Are cats really counting down for the Facebook vanity url thing? ...ok. #
- 23:11 @EyanJ bad measuring stick. Essence mag has been out of touch for the last 15 yrs. #
- 23:36 Carrots and blueberry lager for dinner. Take that, Dr. Ian. #
- 23:40 @huckabuck your face, shut it. #
- 14:22 @emilytheslayer I did. I shouldn't have. But it's good to see the "angry brown ppl are really white" rumor's still alive. #
- 22:56 Caught free screening of Imagine That, totally unaware that I was sitting next to Crucial Conflict until Steph intro'd us. #
- 22:57 Aaand they're stil rockin' the roller set. #
- 23:46 @TheLastStorm lol free screening @ river east sponsored by Upscale Mag. All the D-list celebs were there, including Drew Sidora! #
- 23:46 ...and some chick from America's Next Top Model. #
- 00:00 @rmichaelthomas I was all like "omg Rodeo is one of my favorite songs" and dude was all "this is a good ass hot dog!" I died. #
- 00:02 @EyanJ twattup foo? @lashonp lol true. #
- 17:07 If Halocaust Museum murderer was a known supremacist why wasn't he being watched? #
- 17:27 @popelizbet ah, I forgot. It's only terrorism when the perps are brown. And smh @ increased Klan activiity. #
- 17:50 @popelizbet @lashonp @jovialady "Rock your hardhat black, cuz you in the Terrordome" /Mos Def #
- 18:03 @popelizbet all for it, though the fact that people don't want to acknowledge domestic terrorism is v. frightening. #
- 20:11 RT @djmere Follow The Faders @oaklandfaders @djmere @platurn @djspair @ammbush RT PLEASE AND THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT! #
- 20:48 @popelizbet yeah, I saw 'em. I might step up. Still thinking. Downside is I'd have to behave. #
- 23:49 Deb Schlussel strikes again: "muslims made von brunn do it!" I quit this bitch. #
- 23:50 @popelizbet I plan to once the site is really, really ready. Sorta in a holding pattern now. #
- 23:53 @huckabuck strahan in a sitcom? *tear* #
- 23:58 @popelizbet waiting on the developer. hope to be fully functional by month's end. :( #
- 00:08 @cjcollier oh, damn. #
- 00:13 @popelizbet dude, the right is focused on playing the "muslim sympathizer" card. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad. #
- 00:15 Also, this is from the same broad who said Beyonce's "Obsessed" was racist against white women, so there ya go. #
- 00:36 @lashonp THAT ish is NOT #onthelow rofl. #
- 11:31 Realizing that sudden bout of insomnia may have to do w/upcoming anniv of friend's death. #
- 13:39 Lol. Obama's "more white than black" until you see him walking down the street. Then you're hiding your purse. #
- 16:54 Today's lesson: There's certain types of crazy that you just can't market. #
- 16:56 @JackAndAHat Unfortunately, yes. #
- 17:05 @lashonp My crazy is more at Level 4. Unmarketable crazy starts @ Level 8. @JackAndAHat hold on, I had the "world domination" idea first. #
- 17:44 @TehBoondoc True, but Busey is funny-crazy. I'm talking Mike Tyson crazy. @JackAndAHat Heh. Mine had Jack Daniels, free porn, and Cheez-its. #
- 17:45 @lashonp LOL! Level 5, tops. #
- 18:56 @lashonp 10 levels. @JackAndAHat Of course. #
- 20:45 @Calichica damn. did dude come straight from the club to the signing? needs a shamwow. #
- 20:53 eff this game. eff this game in the a. srsly. #nba finals #
- 20:59 fine. #deathto people taking themselves (and twitter) too effing seriously. die, just die. #
- 21:04 @huckabuck hate your face. #
- 21:20 @lashonp b/c I ILU bb! @cjcollier btwn that and random adds from self-styled social marketing gurus? entertainment value on here is way down #
- 21:30 @AtypicalPsyche lol. I can get down with that. #
- 21:36 FakeJohnLegend just bit me on the arm. wtf? #
- 22:30 aaand here's how we give a game away. christ. #nba finals #
- 22:35 @K_Charisse can't...turn...away... #
- 22:43 @cjcollier don't even do that anymore. I just wait for 'em to disappear. @brownskinblue FakeJohnLegend says hi. Making me download dipset. #
- 23:09 #Go Magic! #
- 00:34 @huckabuck thx. *runs with the compliment before you say something evil* #
- 00:37 @K_Charisse rofl. I've got nothing. NOTHING! #
- 00:44 @dmf71 RT @BuffyCombs: poverty is the reward of being lazy.. <<that may be the dumbest tweet I've seen yet. #
- 00:45 @dmf71 it's absolutely scary that so many people really believe that. #
- 01:05 @EyanJ make it clap. #
- 01:13 @EyanJ no, but I'm allowed to watch others make it clap, thus the request @huckabuck *raises brow* changed, eh? #
- 01:25 @huckabuck yesterday? #
- 01:37 @huckabuck not DIRECTLY, but you alluded to my promiscuity via text @JackAndAHat you're giving me "zack & miri make a porno" flashbacks. #
- 01:41 @huckabuck you KNOW i was joking, right? and because i'm lazy. DAMN. Can't a broad be lazy? #
- 01:47 Paris Hilton's bad weave is distracting me. #
- 01:49 @huckabuck is it because i'm embracing my black side? #
- 01:49 @huckabuck I can totally stop doing that. #
- 01:55 @huckabuck you know me. you just don't love me anymore. it's cool, though. @eyanj will make it clap for me. #
- 02:00 @EyanJ do it. doooooo iiiiiiiit. do it for your country. do it for ME. make it clap. #
- 02:10 @EyanJ I wish. I'm writing and wondering why Blink182 is on my screen? Is it 1999? #
- 11:31 Doing four panels including RaceFail '09 panel @ ThinkGalaticon later this month. Suddenly really nervous. #
- 11:40 @JackAndAHat I hope so. Hate the whole public speaking thing. Haven't done it in years, which should make this v. interesting. #
- 18:03 @biggkhalil lol #
- 23:34 About to play Streetfighter w/FakeJohnLegend. If it was Soul Calibur I'd actually have a shot at winning. #
- 23:45 @K_Charisse If it were the real him Kip would be on the other side of this door. Diminutive closet cases are hawt. #
- 15:25 @xicacha Bought Sundown Towns @ my neighborhood Borders after breakfast this morn. Already halfway thru. Good book. #
- 15:29 Returning home from Hyde Park Art Fair disappointed. Flashes of interesting stuff but overall? Meh. #
- 21:24 @lashonp it was impromptu! If you're going to John's bday party, give him a hug 4 me. Not feeling it tonight. #
- 21:37 Writing a poat in my head about blk women shaming each other while on the way 2 see Tyson doc. The tricky part will be puttin it down. #
- 21:39 @brownskinblue oh no. FakeJohnLegend IS a gemmy but this is another John altogether. Dude finally cut his tail off, btw. #
- 21:50 @biggkhalil I hit "a" instead of "s". My twit-fu is weak. #
- 16:17 Btw, "you're too young to worry about cancer?" Not the best thing to say to the girl who lost a 27 y.o. friend to it. Dumbass. #
- 00:37 Downloading "the best of dean martin." Am I a 60 y.o. white woman? Yes, yes I am. #
- 00:47 @EyanJ o hai eeeeeeeeeee #
- 10:47 One should never have to explain "dirty sanchez" to her elderly parent. Never. #
- 10:52 @EyanJ She overheard it in conversation. I need her to stop being nosy. #
- 09:37 Koko Taylor AND David Carradine? Damn. RIP. #
- 10:11 Joy Behar is going to jump across the table and choke this bitch out. Do it Joy. Go w/that. #
- 12:57 @huckabuck the view, fool, @masteradept somebody's gonna do it, trust. Only a matter of time. #
- 14:18 @stannate I hear the commitment ceremony's next month, w/Ghostface acting as JOP. #
- 14:19 @TehBoondoc hoverround. Turns out the emergency brake was on. Smh. #
- 14:31 @TehBoondoc that's what she gets for taping over Diagnosis Murder. #
- 19:51 Writing Khaaaaaaaan!: The Musical. #
- 20:33 @Witchsistah hella late, but yeah. Karn's lj explains what really went down. #
- 20:37 Omw to Bar Louie w/Huxtable listening to Red & Meth's new CD. Yep, they still got it. #
- 00:00 @jddaniels1982 I need new effing glasses. Blargh. #
- 12:43 I hate weekends in Hyde Park. #
- 13:09 Sunday brunch interrupted by stranded mom on scooter. Just fucking great. #
- 02:26 It's 2am and my glasses keep sliding off of my face. #
- 15:37 @starfishncoffee yep. They'd come in, look at us, go "oh, that's them" and leave w/o introduction. Heeeelarious. #
- 20:59 "Drag Me To Hell" should've been called "Foreclose DEEZ." #
- 22:01 @deluxvivens that is really fucking disturbing. But not surprising in the least. #
- 22:16 @actualmiles I do too. :( I'm a masochist. #
- 22:44 @jst_us man, that movie just replaced Obsessed as the best comedy of '09. #
- 22:52 @jst_us oooh but it's not, pls believe it. "Take Me To Hell" is straight COMEDY. Sam Raimi just did not give NAN fuck. #