best bet awards performance: alicia key's homage to female artists

seein all the performance clips from the bet awards show, all the performances were pretty dang impressive. from chris brown rompin with ciara to usher dancin his arse off, and keyshia cole singing a tad off key and huffing and puffin on stage, to big boi and luda guestin on t-pain's setto lil wayne tearin it up with t-pain, my favorite performance i gotta say was alicia keys' tribute to female artists.

dang, alicia keys' performance made me miss them days when you had all these strong female groups -- with solid vocals, sing-a-long slow jams, and no need for crazy choreography. swv and t-boz lookin pretty damn grown, and chili and en vogue still look good!

and a close close close runnerup for best performance goes to maxwell in the al green tribute. dude freakin killed it. sexy style.

and worse performance? fergie's scraggly lookin, needs to wax her forehead, fugly man-ish ass on nelly's set. and was that keri hilson lip synching? i mean is that melody really that hard to sing live?

Bush to GMA: "I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House."

we're talented, he says. woopdeedoo.

So our esteemed President said the above quote during a meeting with the equally esteemed President of the Philippines today.

Hmm. It doesn't help that:

1) filipinos and filipino americans are a major source of labor across this country and across this world, working their asses off in hotels, cruise ships, airports, hospitals, etc. yes, the executive white house chef is a filipina and bush may be more familiar with lumpia and sinagang, but shit, can we be a tad bit more appreciative of the work that's put in by our folks?

or that

2) the recent typhoon that hit the Philippines and capsized a ferry of over 800 people hardly makes it appropriate or timely for el presidente to discuss "the culinary talent" of "Phillipine-Americans."

and also that

3) Further in the transcript of the meeting, Bush speaks about his and GMA's so-called collective efforts at counter-terrorism:

I congratulated the President on her strong stand on counterterrorism -- more than strong stand -- effective stand on counterterrorism, as well as laying out a vision for peace. The President has been very strong in having a carrots-and-sticks approach -- "sticks," of course, say we're not going to allow for people to terrorize our citizens; the "carrot" approach is that there's peace available.

When both are responsible for the deaths of folks across the world -- either through the result of an unsupported and ill-planned war or through the killing of countless political activists -- it's hard to read that either of these folks is really speaking about "a vision for peace."

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in more personal-related blog entries, expect an upcoming one on my last day of school (i'm waiting for students to send me pictures!, the long anticipated end of mercury in retro, and a possible end to mental constipation.... enjoy the summmmmer!

FUCK.

stab me in the heart. like six times.

i know it's been awhile, but i've been busy watching this laker gat dang championship series. and i'm watching the final game right now (yes final, cuz the lakers are just showing that they just did NOT FUCKING WANT IT).

what's the best metaphor can i use for how i feel right now?

- it's like having a long-time relationship (from the 80s, circa magic and james worthy and ac green) where you've put all your faith in a solid relationship and the first time they fuck up (ahem, game 1), you think, alright that was just one time. and then they stab you in the heart one mo' gin (i.e. game 4), but then suck it up and you have faith in the relationship and then they just fuck you over... one play... one game... at a time. it hurts goddamnit!

myeh. i must say this run has built a lot of camaraderie across friends, family, students, etc. even laker hater patrick feels the pain! i haven't yelled, talked so much shit, texted so much, or had my blood pressure rise so much in a damn while... there's gonna be a lot of depressed heads tomorrow cuz it's all over. what can i say..... BYNUM OH-FUCKING-NINE!! BAH!

now i gotta figure how exactly i'm gonna drown my sorrows...