Better Late Than Never - A Rant

Friday night, I decided against my best judgment to watch the B.E.T. Awards. It originally aired at the end of June right after Michael Jackson passed away, so it was suppose to be kinda like a tribute show to him, right? Well, here's my opinion on that...

It was a hot mess overall.

First thing first, wtf Jamie Foxx??? MJ belonged to us?!?!? Last time I checked, he was a human being not a dog or cat or any other kinda pet. Yeah he might have broken down race barriers when he was a part of the Jackson 5 or early on in his solo career BUT he's an international superstar with fans from here to Timbuktu. Just because he's a black man doesn't mean we "own" him. If that's the case, I could say that I "own" AJ, Meagan, and Jermey because we all went to State.

And the performances (the standouts to me)....

There were the really goods...

Maxwell performing "Pretty Wings"...I melted at this performance. His vocals, the sound, everything was just about perfect. I could argure that it was the best one of the night.

Ne-Yo...what can I say, the man's got talent. Love the duet he did with Jamie, one of the couple MJ tributes I could actually see.

Mary-Mary...always liked them, so this is a little biased. But what can I say, they get me praising anytime I listen to them. I'll admit, it seemed a little odd to see them perform on this particular show being that they're in the gospel arena.

There were the bads...

Ciara...When she first started singing I thought it was a little boy trying to sing. Then I realized it was her. I'm glad that she did an MJ song, but did it have to be so somber?

Jamie Foxx and T-Pain...it was flashy, it was bright, it was mediocre at best. I don't understand why Jamie had the need to use Auto-Tune. He can hold his own singing wise. T-Pain, however... However I will say that I was glad to see that Travis Barker was looking much better.

Beyonce...firstly, I thought she had an okay voice but didn't really like it tonight. I'm a big fan of the song "Angel" by Sarah McLaughlin. She did not do it justice. Secondly, WTF was she wearing?!?!?!? Last time I checked "Ava Maria" was a revered spirtual song. A long, dramatic dress would have been much more appropiate instead of looking like a slutty tooth fairy.

And there were the uglys...

Soulja Boy...I will be the first to admit, I fell for the act. But this performance was HORRENDOUS. He's dead to me. End of story.

Drake and Lil Wayne...Not a huge fan of Drake but it wasn't too bad. I'm callin out Lil Wayne. How in the HELL do you perform a "song" about f*cking ("loving") every girl in the world and you have girls dancing on the stage who look like they MIGHT be high school freshmen. Tacky, distasteful, and just down right wrong in every sense.

WTF was up with the "movie trailer"?! I didn't see the point in it. They mighta been funny characters on their respectable shows (Martin and In Living Color) but I didn't find them really funny. Also thought it was outta line and pretty forgetable.

And the MJ "tributes", if it can be called that, were okay at best. I mean they couldn't put together a montage of some of his biggest hits. He was a dancer so they could have had some of the best dancers (might sound cliche but there's Usher, Justin Timberlake, and to an extent Ne-Yo) do a dance montage. Something more than just wearing high-watered pants with socks, a shirt with his picture, or a glove on one hand.

Overall, I felt that the show was thrown together, unorganized, disgraceful as a "tribute". It felt like it lacked a passion for MJ. I had really just stopped watching BET years ago...yes, during my teenage years. I was reminded why I did. It's not what I stand for personally. All the "best" acts are just middle of the road to me for the most part. Most of the songs revolve around sex, drugs, and violence. And maybe it wouldn't be quite as bad if it wasn't so crude, in your face, vulgar, and disrespectful.

Blink and You Miss It

So as everyone knows, there's been quite a few deaths that have occurred over the past few weeks with people from Ed McMahon to Michael Jackson to Steve McNair to Bill Mays ( the OxyClean guy). And now I'm dealing with the death of a classmate of mine. Now all this has got me wondering what is going on in this world around us. Is there something in the water? Could the end of times be approaching us? Not to get religious or anything, but could all this be signs of God? Or is it just that all these deaths are just happening to occur at this time because of some unknown force?

Any way it goes, any way you look at it, life is just too short, too precious.

Not so LIVE from Little Rock!!! (Sinin of the Pities Pt.2)

I know I promised that I'd do my next post from Little Rock but it turns out that Alesha's computer was experiencing some technical difficulties so it couldn't make the trip. So I was facebook/twitter/blogger-less throughout the trip... I know...it's whack. Alesha monkey tail got facebook mobile and twitter txt so she was in the game. Did she ask if I wanted to use it? No! Cause she selfish that's why!LOL

Well I don't know about Alesha but I had a BLAST in Little Rock. It was fun even before we got to Little Rock because I showed her all the pictures in my photo album before we left then I gave her a lil tour of the city and we ate at Lakeshore Cafe in Lake Village,AR where we got some real good catfish. I'd recommend it to anyone. We finally got to the room

*Sidenote* When we got there the sign directing us to the hotel was actually on a rundown hotel in front of it prompting us to believe that was the actual hotel we was in and we we like ugh....this ain't what we seen on the internet...somebody lied to us.LOL

But it was straight better than we thought. Then we...umm...kicked it until it was time to go to the game. The first game was extra boring, think it could have been because I felt detached since I was sitting in like Right Field. So me and Alesha went to the restaurant in the ballpark and then left. Almost forgot that Alesha had a lil problem finding the path on the way back.LOL

The next day we ate the continental breakfast that I turned into ole country buffet and went to the ballgame. This time we sat in the box seats and it was real nice and we watched fireworks and it was very nice, oh and Alesha couldn't find the path again

When we got to Greenville I let her meet some of my family and the whole trip was very sweet all in all.

But what did I learn from the trip?

Well I wanted to see where I stood with Alesha. Has the relationship been a fluke so far? Is it real? Have I just been enamoured with her. Do I really have feelings for "her" or was it moreso that I liked her because she liked me?

Well? Did I?

Well it's not a fluke, it's not me being enamoured with her, I didn't just fall for the first girl to....umm...be nice to me

I really got true feelings for Alesha and it hurt for me to see her go and it hurts to not be with her. And I really don't want to be with anyone else!

Which is good in case our blog ends up being named Arthur n Alesha Plus One soon!LOL

The Life in times of J.Short

This is nothing to interesting post I got a job as you all know working at a chicken plant not my desired job but ay it's income and gives a nigga flexibilty. I finally got the first pay check in 4 months great feeling now I can stack my chips in the bank now or at least go to the movies from time to time. This is part one in my master plan now time to get second job and stack evn more chips and reach my target goal of 3 g's in 3 months if I achieve this i can pay off three debts and get a crib or move if need be.

The Sinin of The Pities

I know that title makes absoultely no sense but follow me on this. It is a poorly kept secret that me and Alesha are supposed to be going to Little Rock for the 4th. And after months of planning the day of redemption is finally at hand.

We room is reserved. The tickets are on call, the checks is in the mail, and Alesha's family has kicked rocks. All that's left is for Alesha to brining her lil short behind to G'ville tomorrow and boy am I excited because come tomorrow I am going to straight "Sine her pity on the runny kine" unless something goes wrong...in which case I'm going to have to call in a "stunt Lesha"LOL *cough* Meagan *cough*

I know what you guys are thinkin...oh okay...trust me...next up on the forum will be a post LIVE from Little Rock, AR...I wonder if they got Wi-Fi at the ballpark so I can blog from the game?