SIGNS IT'S ALMOST SUMMER...HAWT NEW MUSIC

SEXY BACKS 2010

SOME MONDAY GAGA AND BEYONCE....

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL....

DEDICATED TO ROCKO FROM MONICA...."IT'S A WRAP!"

Verse 1
Yet another early morning and you walking like its nothing
Hold up, hold up, hold up
Ain't no donuts ain't no coffee
See I, know ya see me calling and calling
I should crack ya right in ya forehead

Pre-Chorus
Let me take a breathe (Let me take a breathe)
And regain my composure
Told you one more time (Told you one more time)
If you f'd up its over.
When its gone, its gone, its gone, its gone, its gone
You dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong
So just scoo do do doot baby

Chorus
Its a wrap for you baby (It's A Wrap)
Its a wrap for you boy (It's A Wrap)
Oh baby

Verse 2
If I ever misrepresented my self-image
Then I'm sorry
I was oh so acquiescent
But I learn my lesson
Boy you sorry
Buh buh buh
All out in the open
Go make me go call Maury Porvich

Pre-Chorus
Mariah Carey It's A Wrap lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com.com/mariah-carey-its-a-wrap-lyrics.html
Let me take a breathe (Let me take a breathe)
And regain my composure
Told you one more time (Told you one more time)
If you f'd up its over.
When its gone, its gone, its gone, its gone, its gone
You dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong
So just scoo do do doot baby

Chorus
Its a wrap for you baby (It's A Wrap)
Its a wrap for you boy (It's A Wrap)
Oh baby

Bridge
Put all of your shit in the elevator
Its going down like a denominator
Trying to keep holding on, holding on
Boy let me go
You go wake my neighbors, get away from my door
That was your last shot you ain't coming back
Its the martini I mean it baby
It's wrap

When its gone, its gone, its gone, its gone
You dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong (you dead wrong)
So just scoo do do doot baby
Boy I ain't playing a game.
I told you, I told you
If you f'd up one more time its over (It's wrap)
So get out of my face it's over
Been sitting here all night leave me alone.
Since 1 o'clock A.M. been drinking patron
Let the credits role, its a wrap

ONE SHOW I WILL DEFINITELY BE TUNED INTO....BASKETBALL WIVES....

As if the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” weren’t enough, who out there is interested in what the life of an NBA wife is like?

If that answer is you, then my friend you are in luck! VH1 has recently picked up the show “Basketball Wives”, a reality show about what else, the significant others of NBA stars. Production is about to start and will focus on six women from all walks of life: the baby mamas, the fiancees, and of course, the wives. The premiere will air March 15, 2010 (cue the Maury Povich intro music!) just in time for March Madness.

Here are the fine women this show will follow:

1. Jennifer Williams (wife of Eric Williams)

2. Evelyn Losada (ex-fiance of Antoine Walker)

3. Mesha O’ Neal (wife of Jermaine O’Neal)

4. Royce Reed (Dwight Howard’s baby mama. Fun fact: she can’t say Dwight’s name on the show for legal reasons)

5. Faith Rain (Udonis Haslem’s girlfriend)

6. Shaunie O’Neal (Shaq’s SOON TO BE EX-wife; also Executive Producer for the show).

THIS IT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TWO KIDS AND NO RING....JUST ANOTHER STEREOTYPE...

In ATL news today, rumors are spreading that R&B singer Monica and her baby daddy, local rapper Rocko, are no more. Apparently, a jump off got Mo’s cell phone number and has been calling her phone and harassing her. Rumors about Rocko cheating on Monica are old news. Everyone in Atlanta has heard the rumors — including Mo. And that’s all they are: rumors. No one as proven anything.

But Monica does have some legal recourse if a jump off is calling her number constantly harassing her. I just got off the phone with my attorney who told me to advise Mo to get a TPO against the woman immediately — if, in fact, someone is harassing her. In the state of Georgia, it is legal to record a phone call (as long as one party knows) and use that as evidence to obtain a TPO.

I tried to reach Monica after receiving emails about the newest rumor. Here is what she said in a text message just a few minutes ago:

Hey sandra. Just waking up to the madness. I’m in la and worked with polow until 7 this morning. My phone is ringing off the hook and its all driving me a bit crazy because I didn’t askto be mixed in this. But that’s life. There’s always a rainstorm before rainbows. I’m going to call u once I get myself together some.
I finally spoke to R&B singer Monica. She was very emotional as she announced the separation from her fiance, Rocko. This is the only statement that Monica will give. She asks that the media (and bloggers) respect her privacy during these trying times.

I know there were many rumors. And Sandra, I appreciate that you never dug into them for the sake of both our families. I am going to rest today & go back to work tomorrow. I am going to do what I have always done. Focus on my children, my family & my career. Rock was put under a lot of harsh scrutiny during our entire relationship and I’m sure that was not easy.

However at this point our focus is being great parents. He is a great father to his children and, continuing forward, that is my only concern. With every breath in our bodies we will make sure that they feel as little pain as possible And continue to have the lives they had before with no attention dedicated to our separation. I will not be speaking on the subject further unless it is with God whom I believe does everything with reason. I love my children and their father and I’m truly grateful for those that loved and supported us through the good and the bad throughout the years.

Source: Sandrarose.com

SAD BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL BABY MOMMA'S....EVER WONDER WHY DUDES END UP MARRYING A CHICK WITH NO KIDS BUT HE MAY HAVE 5 BABIES MOTHERS....

WE (MOST MEN) RESPECT WOMEN WHO DON'T PUT THEMSELVES IN IGNORANT, STUPID, STEREOTYPICAL SITUATIONS SUCH AS BECOMING MOTHER BEFORE YOU ARE A WIFE....

TRUE BANGER....

BEYONCE WHO?

CHICAGO'S PRIDE....ALL 107 MALE STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE BOUND....

Four years ago, Bryant Alexander watched his mother weep.

She stared down at a muddle of D's and F's on his eighth-grade report card and threatened to kick him out. He had barely passed elementary school, and high school wasn't even on his radar.

"Something just clicked," Alexander, now 18, said. "I knew I had to do something."

On Friday, Alexander proudly swapped his high school's red uniform tie for a striped red and gold one — the ritual at Englewood's Urban Prep Academy for Young Men that signifies a student has been accepted into college.

As the Roseland resident and 12 others tied their knots, Chicago's only public all-male, all-African-American high school fulfilled its mission: 100 percent of its first senior class had been accepted to four-year colleges.

Mayor Richard Daley and city schools chief Ron Huberman surprised students at the all-school assembly Friday morning with congratulations, and school leaders announced that as a reward, prom would be free.

The achievement might not merit a visit from top brass if it happened at one of the city's elite, selective enrollment high schools. But Urban Prep, a charter school that enrolls all comers in one of Chicago's most beleaguered neighborhoods, faced much more difficult odds.

Only 4 percent of this year's senior class read at grade level as freshmen, said Tim King, the school's founder and CEO.

"There were those who told me that you can't defy the data," King said. "Black boys are killed. Black boys drop out of high school. Black boys go to jail. Black boys don't go to college. Black boys don't graduate from college.

"They were wrong," he said.

Every day, before attending advanced placement biology classes and lectures on changing the world, students must first pass through the neighborhood, then metal detectors.

"Poverty, gangs, drugs, crime, low graduation rates, teen pregnancy — you name it, Englewood has it," said Kenneth Hutchinson, the school's director of college counseling, who was born and raised in Englewood.

He met the students the summer before they began their freshman year during a field trip to Northwestern University, the first time many of them had ever stepped foot on a college campus. At the time, Hutchinson was Northwestern's assistant director of undergraduate admissions. Inspired by what he'd seen, he started working for Urban Prep two months later.

"I'm them," he said Friday as he fought back tears. "Being accepted to college is the first step to changing their lives and their communities."

Hutchinson plays a major role in the school, where college is omnipresent. Students are assigned college counselors from day one. To prepare students for the next level, the school offers a longer than typical day — about 170,000 minutes longer, over four years, than other city schools — and more than double the usual number of English credits, King said

Even the school's voice-mail system has a student declaring "I am college-bound" before asking callers to dial an extension.

The rigorous academic environment and strict uniform policy of black blazers, red ties and khakis isn't for everyone. The first senior class began with 150 students. Of those who left, many moved out of the area and some moved into neighborhoods that were too dangerous to cross to get to the school, King said. Fewer than 10 were expelled or dropped out, he said.

At last count, the 107 seniors gained acceptance to a total of 72 different colleges, including Northwestern University, Morehouse College, Howard University, Rutgers University and University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Alexander was accepted to DePaul University.

While college acceptance is an enormous hurdle to jump, school leaders said they know their job isn't done; they want to make sure the students actually attend.

To that aim, King said, staff made sure that every student has completed the dreaded Free Application for Federal Student Aid, lest the red tape deter them.

Later in the year, the school plans to hold a college signing day where every student is to sign a promise to go to college, he said. Staff will stay in touch through the summer and hopefully in the first years of school.

"We don't want to send them off and say, ‘Call us when you're ready to make a donation to your alma mater,' " King said. "If we fulfill our mission, that means they not only are accepted to college, but graduate from it."

For now, students are enjoying the glow of reaching their immediate goal.

Normally, it takes 18-year-old Jerry Hinds two buses and 45 minutes to get home from school. On the day the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana was to post his admission decision online at 5 p.m., he asked a friend to drive him to his home in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

He went into his bedroom, told his well-wishing mother this was something he had to do alone, closed the door and logged in.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" he remembers screaming. His mother burst in and began crying.

That night he made more than 30 phone calls, at times shouting "I got in" on his cell phone and home phone at the same time.

"We're breaking barriers," he said. "And that feels great."

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS....PAST AND PRESENT

GUESS WHO'S BACK....PAST AND PRESENT

MY FAVORITE IS THE WHITE CHICK ROCKING THE BALDIE...HOT!!!!

BLACK MALE MODELS TURNED UP...

WHAT THE CDC SAYS ABOUT BLACK WOMEN.....NOT GOOD

The Center For Disease Control has released alarming new test results that claim 48% of Black women between ages 14 and 49 have herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), a lifelong and incurable infection that can cause recurrent and painful genital sores.

The medical group released a press release Tuesday detailing their findings.

According to the CDC herpes is still one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the United States.

The study shows that women and Blacks are the most commonly infected with women at 20.5% and Blacks at 39.2%, nearly three times the rate of whites at 12.3%. Black women top everyone else's rates altogether at 48%.

Kevin Fenton, M.D., director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, released a statement saying that the high rate of genital herpes is likely linked to the disproportionate HIV problem in the Black community.

"We are particularly concerned about persistent high rates of herpes among African-Americans, which is likely contributing to disproportionate rates of HIV in the black community."


The CDC also estimates that over 80 percent of those with HSV-2 are unaware of their infection. Symptoms may be absent, mild, or mistaken for another condition. People with HSV-2 often transmit it without knowing it, they may have no visible sores or signs.

48%?

This is a real problem people.

Be safe out there and please get tested.

WHY OUTSOURCED JOBS ARE NOT COMING BACK TO THE US....

It is clear that with a 10% unemployment rate in our nation, something is fundamentally wrong. My undergraduate and graduate students are quick to declare that though the mortgage crisis and unspent stimulus dollars contribute to the current rate, the problem is more structural. For them, it’s due to companies sending jobs overseas to people who are willing to work for little or nothing.

However if we stop there, we might be inclined to look for the wrong kind of solution, or one that requires action after the fact—after the jobs have already been outsourced. Let’s take the case of a factory that says that it needs to shut down and outsource its labor in order to remain competitive. The tendency might be to think that a public relations campaign against this traitor or government intervention should be undertaken in an effort to hold on to jobs. But advocating for either action would probably miss the point. If we agree that something structural has caused the outsourcing trend, how could it be said that we’d be missing the point by advocating for some kind of corrective action?

Glad you asked.

Government interventions and efforts to shame companies into doing the right thing don’t always achieve the desired result. And even when they do, they cannot be thought of as a permanent solution if they get in the way of companies’ primary goal of ensuring that shareholders are happy. This is accomplished by making sure that the stock price continues to rise — the higher the stock goes, the happier the investors are.

Well, who are those investors? Are those the greedy jerks that pulled this country toward financial ruin?

Actually, it’s not them. It is you and I. It is those of us who buy and sell stocks, have mutual funds, contribute to 401Ks (more like 201Ks after the crash) and look for consistently high returns. It is those of us who have pension plans whose balances are maintained by ensuring that there is enough growth in the pool of monies. So it is in the best interest of all of us, as shareholders, that companies remain profitable. Here is a question that must be asked: Are we willing to have less retirement money or lower returns? The answer to that question is, of course, a resounding no.

There is another angle to this discussion. We expect that when we go to a store, we will get the highest value at the lowest price. To make sure we’re getting the best bang for our buck, we use the Internet or even bar code scanners on our cell phones to research exactly what we ought to be paying. When a company cannot match this price we take our business elsewhere.

So how does a company manage? How does it keep its profits growing and at the same time, provide customers with the best value for the best price?

If you answered by cutting expenses, you would be half right. If you said, cut the most significant expenses, salaries and benefits, you would be more right. If you were to say cut the most significant expenses without sacrificing quality and price, you would be exactly right. It is not a stretch to conclude that one of the ways in which this is most effectively accomplished is outsourcing some of the tasks that are repetitive and expensive. So in other words, to want jobs to “come back” in great numbers, is akin to saying that we are willing to accept higher prices at the registers or lower returns on our investments. For the most part we are willing to accept neither. As long as this is so, large numbers of outsourced jobs are never coming back.

Never.

But workers need not be discouraged. Those who realize that the current economy is, and for the near future will be, fueled by brainpower and information will be secure. That does not mean that a degree in computer science is necessary in order for an individual to be able to compete—far from it. What it does mean is that whether we are talking about individuals, groups, or companies, we are all making the biggest strides by purchasing experts’ knowledge, ideas and information. Those who can provide these resources consistently will be compensated well in this new economy.

The good news is that a good idea does not have to come from a techie. However, it does have to come from someone who knows what they are talking about, knows how to communicate their knowledge and has the experience to apply what they know in different settings. Regardless of whether or not you are working in a corporation or are self employed, the questions are: Are you developing some kind of expertise? Do you know things that others don’t know and are unwilling to learn?

If all you do are repetitive tasks, even if done with high-priced software, then your position is expendable. Expect your job to be moved overseas. But if you are learning something right now that will cause your company (or any company) to be more profitable, more efficient and ultimately more successful, you are creating space for yourself in the new economy. If you are not, now is the time to start. You must make learning a personal habit, positioning yourself with what I call a knowledge-based pension. I say that because it is this habit that will take care of you when you decide to stop working, if you ever indeed decide to stop. When you habitually carve out new expertise, you will not be subject to the fits and starts of the economy. You will live on your ‘pension’, even if you never retire.

Source:http://www.atlantapost.com/2010/03/why-outsourced-jobs-are-probably-never-coming-back/

WHEN BEING A FAN BECOMES AN OBSESSION....

LIL WAYNES SHADOW...A HOT FUCKING MESS!!!

8 WAYS TO START SAVING FOR YOUR SUMMER VACATION.....

1. Start with a spending plan
Decide upfront how much you’ll spend on your vacation. Get specific.

Along with plane tickets (or gas, if you’re driving) and hotel prices, guesstimate costs for meals, souvenirs, and park or museum admissions. Total it all up. If the number sends you into shock, cut back on costs. If money is really tight, consider a couple of long weekend trips instead of one “dream” vacation this summer.

2. Sacrifice now for fun later
Do you belong to a health club or subscribe to a service (such as cable or satellite TV, a cell phone plan, etc.) that you no longer use, or could easily downgrade?

Drop the service now and stash the money away. Consider cutting back for a few months on non-essentials.

Remember: You’re just trading today’s fun for the fun you’ll have during your vacation. Move what you normally would have spent on these items into your vacation fund or some type of savings account.

3. Build cash with a ‘Pantry Week’
For one week each month, from now until your trip, stay out of the grocery store and eat only what you have in your house. If you have kids, make it fun by pretending you’re on a deserted island and can only eat what you have in the pantry. What unusual meals can the kids suggest?

4. Eat out less, save big
A typical family with kids younger than age 6 spends an average of $239 each month on restaurant meals, according to the National Restaurant Association. If your single with no kids and only have to take care of yourself, there is a possibility you may spend more or about the same. That’s money that could easily be diverted to your vacation fund.

Some ways to cut back without going cold turkey: Check local restaurants for “kids eat free” nights (often Monday or Tuesday nights), watch newspaper coupon inserts for buy one entree, get one free dining deals or buy discounted coupons (usually $25 certificates for $10) at Restaurant.com. Check out Happy Hour when restaurants tend to give specials on food and drinks.

5. Make a savings wall chart
Come up with some kind of visual reminder of why your cutting coast, whether it be a picture of the place you printed off the internet or make a chart that shows your goal and keep marking it every time you put money away so you can visually see what you are working towards. If you have a family, get the kids involved by adding stickers and different colors.

6. Sell your stuff
A garage sale is a great way to earn vacation cash from your castoffs. To attract a crowd, run an ad in your local newspaper and post easy-to-read signs around your neighborhood or sell your old clothes to a consignment shop.

7. Use your tax refund
Instead splurging to go buy that new flat screen, hold on to your refund to check and put it in your vacation saving account.

8. Let credit cards pay you back
In the months prior to your vacation, use a credit card that accumulates “rewards”(points or cash rebates) for everything you can: gas, groceries — even day-care tuition.

Let rewards pile up, then use them toward plane tickets (if you’ve been banking points/dollars for a while), hotel or rental car discount, or gift cards for chain restaurants you’ll visit on your trip. You can locate and compare rewards cards at Bankrate.com. The key, of course, is to pay off your balance in full every month. Vacation debt is not the kind of souvenir you want to collect.

MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION

“The Paralysis of Analysis”

Philippians 4:6 [NKJV]

“Be careful (anxious) for NOTHING but in everything by prayer and supplication let your request be made known unto God.”

We sometimes worry about details in our lives that we have absolutely no control over while neglecting the areas of our lives that we are in control of such as our attitudes, relationships, and responsibilities. While it is natural to occasionally feel concerned, troubled, or bothered by something, it becomes a hindrance when our thoughts begin to dwell in that place.

Analysis is the process of studying something closely in order to gain a better understanding or discover more about it. When we worry about the things that life brings our way, we in reality are trying to figure it out within our own minds. The problem with this is that our analysis generates paralysis. Our worry impedes our movement. We become stagnant in our creativity.

Our anxiousness gets in the way of our progress. Imagine never having to worry about ANYTHING. It seems like an impossible thing, but Paul advises us to turn our worries into prayers. Do you want to move forward in 2010? Then pray more! Are you expecting to accomplish great things this year? Then Pray More and Worry Less!!!

PRAYER

Dear Lord, regardless of what I have to face in this world; help me to Trust in you. In the midst of the trials I may face today, I release my worries and fears to you. You are in Total Control of My Life, and I choose to trust in you. Amen

SOME SUNDAY SEXY...IS IT SUMMER YET?

FRONT ROW SEATS

Front Row Seats

Life is a theater so invite your audiences carefully. Not
everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a FRONT ROW
seat in our lives. There are some people in your life who need to be loved
from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go,
or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,
not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships and family!

Not everyone can be in Your FRONT ROW.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: Which
ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage, and which ones
discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which
ones are just going downhill? When you leave certain people, do you feel
better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really
understand, know and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?

Not everyone can be in Your FRONT ROW.

The more you seek God and the things of God, the more you seek
quality; the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God,
the more you seek things honorable; the more you seek growth, peace of
mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to
decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the
balcony of your life.

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW.

You cannot change the people around you... but you can change the
people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose
wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of your life. Remember
that FRONT ROW seats are for special and deserving people and those
who sit in your FRONT ROW should be chosen carefully.

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW.

CHAD OCHOCINCO IS OFF THE CHAIN....SAY THAT 5 TIMES FAST...

MINI GAGA...SO WRONG TO WATCH BUT I CAN'T HELP IT....

SOMETHING FOR THE FATTY IN US ALL...

MINISTER FARRAKHAN SPEAKS ON OBAMA....

President Obama may have distanced himself from Minister Louis Farrakhan before the 2008 election, but that hasn’t stopped Farrakhan from addressing him anyway. For his Saviours Day speech Sunday Farrakhan spoke for over three hours about the dangers facing Obama and his beliefs about Obama’s responsibility to the poor. More details once you

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan claims the “white right” is trying to make Barack Obama a one-term president.

Speaking to an estimated 20,000 followers of the black nationalist movement at the United Center on Sunday, the 76-year-old Farrakhan said, “The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated.”Referring to a Southern Baptist preacher’s recent prayer that the president die, Farrakhan said, “There are Christians praying for God to kill Obama.”

Obama distanced himself from Farrakhan before the presidential election because of Farrakhan’s long history of anti-Semitic remarks.

But in a 3½-hour Saviours’ Day speech Sunday, Farrakhan said Obama’s current political difficulties began when he stood up to the Jewish lobby during an Oval Office meeting.

“When they left the White House, his problems began,” Farrakhan said.

“The Zionists are in control of the Congress.”

Referring to Obama’s chief economic advisers Timothy Geithner, Henry Paulson and Larry Summers, Farrakhan said, “Who does he have around him? The people from Goldman Sachs.”

The “bloodsuckers of the poor” were rewarded with a bailout, he said.

Farrakhan also urged Obama to do more to help the poor, saying, “If you can speak for the gays, you can speak for the poor.”

He added, “Your people are suffering. You can’t ease their plight, but you can use your bully pulpit. Speak for the poor. Speak for the weak.”

He also called on Obama not to attack Iran and for ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide to be returned to power.

MY NEW FAVORITE ATHLETE....(UNTIL FOOTBALL SEASON)

HOT ASS RUGBY PLAYER

MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION...

REAL LOVE

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. I John 4:9

One of the greatest expressions of love is sacrifice. God gave up his own son, Jesus, as an expression of his love for us. This is real, unconditional love. As we think about our most important relationships, do we love others based on how much they love us, or do we love unconditionally, regardless of how others treat us.

What would our relationship with God be like if he put conditions on his love for us?