Blah @ people

"Hey you! Get off my cloud/ you dont know me and you dont know my style" - Wu Tang Clan "METHOD MAN"

Today's blog is really a rant... Those who know me, know that I dont really get down with foolishness. Especially when whomever brings the foolishness my way are supposedly close to me. The operative word there is "supposedly". So with that being said here is the deal.

There is this person that I am (even though, Im fussin about it) very fond of. We have some mutual friends and somewhat know each others families. At anyrate, she tells me that she wants to chill with me somewhat on a personal relationship tip. As I said I am somewhat fond of her and I was down for whatever. We have had conversations on the phone, in person, and what have you, and it has even gotten physical (not what you thinking, but a kiss here, a hug there). She has on several occasions said that she wants to take whatever it is we have to the next level, to which I have once again agreed to work with it...

This past weekend, we were supposed to get together and when I called to confirm that we are meeting up, I got no answer...I got voice mail...and once she picked up the phone and played like she couldnt hear me on the line. (That really pisses me off cause we share the same phone company so that shouldnt have been an issue). I gave her a call today and it went straight to voice mail, I called back and the phone was cut off. WOW at that.

The moral of the story is that if you gonna start some shit, finish it, if you cant finish it at least "woman up" and admit that you cant deal with what YOU started. I could see if I was the one that initiated the whole thing, then I could see all that foolishness. Well needless to say, maybe she got some issues that she has to take care of on her end and Ima still be cool with her and whatever she wants to do. But you can best believe I'm not gonna act like a damn fool on her ass...she got it comin to her. In the words of my man Keshawn Johnson "C'MON MAN!" get ya shit together....

"and im OWT bitches"

Peace to my dog Greg Square...he been tellin me to blog for about 2 weeks now, so here it is dude

What the feezy???

"Just like that I cram to understand you" MC Lyte (back in the days)

I am trying to understand what it is that people want from a small business. Being the owner of a small business, I get approached by all walks of life, inquiring about my services. Recently I have heard "complaints" about my prices, which I feel are so low that I am actually LOSING MONEY in a sense. Im gonna keep it real with my cyber family, just as I do with the cats I meet and talk to on a daily basis. I shoot "instants" at a bar that I frequent...at the insistance of the owner of the establishment (we cool like that...) I charge $10 for a 4X6 print. IMO thats not a bad price, because when I shot at another venue in the city, I was charging $20 for the same size picture and well the results were different (more in my favorite). Tonight a dude came up to me with all kinds of "bling" on, fronting buying bottles, food, and what have you. He asked what the pictures were goin for, and I told him. He jumped fly right quick saying that $10 was far too much. I told him that I would cut him a deal if he took multiples or if his crew wanted copies of the photo. He told me that I was outta my mind and he wasnt gonna take a picture. I was like cool, your loss, cause Im a beast with this thing and can even make YOU look good. He then commences to tell his folks not to do business with me (once again, im cool). While all that nonsense was goin on, I counted up how much money he had spent on food and drinks and realized that dude was fronting really hard and prolly only had $5 left in his pocket. (Sounds like a refund check baller to me).

I spoke with a close personal friend of mine, who is the point person for her soroities line reunion. She told me that they wanted a photographer to shoot pictures of the sorors and their friends and families during their reunion weekend. I was down with it, cause 1.) It was an oppertunity to make a nice piece of change 2.) I can promote my business and lock in on future work 3.) she has been my friend for some years and I would do damn near anything for her (as long as it was legal). I have gone as far as reaching out to an artist to get some custom work done that I can use ONLY for their event. **wink wink** and during the conversation realized that I have to set up good package prices to ensure that I walk away from the weekend with a profit. This conversation happened the other day...

me: Hey K, how you doin?
K: Great, I had you on my list of people to call this weekend
me: whats goin on? is something changed from our last convo?
K: No, we are still good to go, even though Soror R said that $20 was too much to spend on an 8X10 photo...
me: are you serious???? do you know how much its gonna cost me to print 1 of those up for? I'm not making much from it.
K: I know, dont change your price...this hoe (her words) is just cheap as hell, and I think she is tryin to pull a fast one.
me: thats cool...I aint sweating her, she wont be buying any pictures, but when she sees the rest of em, she'll be looking for me in the daytime with a flashlight...

By the way Soror R...is a doctor here in the city and makes enough money to pay for all 20 packages and wont even miss it. Thats sad...

Finally,
I shot a wedding a couple of weeks back, and considering that dude and his wife were on a strict budget (in other words, they spent too much money on bullshit) I cut them a hella good deal, one in where again I was gonna end up making a profit, but not what other photographers in the area were making. Dude had the audacity to want to make installments...i agreed, cause at the time I didnt really have a side hustle at the time. The week before the wedding, he shoulda been completely paid in full (mind you I was out of town 5 weeks and he could have been paid for the services), he comes up with this. "Dude, Ima pay you $100 today and the balance after you get us the pictures and the dvd." I was like "WHAT??? What kinda bullshit you tryin to pull potna?" I told him that I was a professional and that I wasnt thinkin about this nonsense. So instead of refunding the monies I already had collected or cancelling on him, I went ahead and shot his wedding. I have yet to see the balance and he has yet to see his stuff, but calls me twice this week and wants to talk smack about, where his shit's at. I told him that the next time he calls me he better be calling me to say, "Gus, I gotcha money" to which I will say, "I gotcha stuff, where we gonna meet?"

Why do my people always think that a black owned business has to cater to their needs as opposed to a white owned business who they pay upfront, with no hassle, no haggling, no foolishness? I really cram to understand.

Aiight here I go...

"It's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you" Rakim, "Paid In Full"

Aiight I've been away for two weeks and some change, but I havent been idle... I'm working on a masterplan, but since its raining cats and dogs here, I had time to gets some things off my chest.

Since I have been away...former Falcon QB Michael Vick got a gig in Philly, former Mets starting pitcher Pedro Martinez got a gig in Philly, former Indians starting pitcher Cliff Lee got a gig in Philly (are you seeing a trend goin on in Philly?) Mr. "I just cant stay retired" Brett Favre, signed with the Minnesota Vikings, looking like he just stepped off a pig farm at that. Allen Iverson still doesnt have a job, even though he said he is ready to play and "next time you see me, its gonna look like i just left Georgetown".. WTH?? Other comings and goings in sports HR. Marvin Harrison, Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn, and Adam "Pac Man" Jones have NO job. Denver wideout Brandon Marshall has a job, but wants to get traded, new head coach Josh McDaniels heard all that noise and demoted him to the practice squad. A classic example of a cat not being greatful for his gifts and blessings.

Cleveland Brown wideout got a season long suspension after serving 26 days on a vehicular manslaughter charge that he pled guilty to, while former New York Giant receiver Plaxico Burress pled guilty to weapons charges and got two years in the bing...HE SHOT HIMSELF! How do you inflict bodily harm on yourself and get 2 years with 2 more years supervised probation and probably a year suspension from the league? OH WELL!

Tiger blew a lead in the PGA, Shaq vs Big Ben was "entertaining", Venus and Serena by a stake in the Miami Dolphins football team, and the T.O. show is starting to lose steam with me.... Oh well, I still love Rosario and Oreo's so sue me...

Posted by the Insomniaq tryin to run between the raindrops

A really big thing...

Photos courtesy of Zigga Zagga Productions
www.ziggazaggaproductions.com

Posted by the Insomniaq...bout to be up and OWT on the road back to the Big Cheesey (New Orleans)

It might just be a little late Chris

I'm pretty sure by now, that most of you have seen / heard about Chris Brown's YouTube apology. What do you think? Was he really sincere or is this an attempt to play on the emotions of his / Rihanna's fans? IMO he was doin a lil bit of both.

First, he gave a half assed disclaimer about his lawyers told him it was in his best interest to not grant interviews or to talk about his situation (for those who have been locked up or in jail...he whooped Rihanna's ass). Yet ever since he was in court, and got the probation book thrown at him, he has been everywhere. Michael Jackson's tribute (he didnt perform and erybody was expecting him to- guess Jay Z blocked that one too huh?), the Below Expectation Television (B.E.T.)awards, various pictures with Teyanna Taylor, and even Diddy's All White Affair. Why did he take so long to apologize?

Actually, he didnt have to apologize to me, nor did I care to hear about all the people that have given him advice. His pastor, spiritual advisors, his lawyers, and his moms? Are you serious Breezie? He went on to say that he has told Rihanna on several occassions how sorry he was. Dude didnt the judge slap an order of protection on you, where you cant be within 500 yards or something like that. It should have included all contact with the girl. You are really toxic (No Brittney) and need your ass whooped. What if you woulda gotten jail time? Someone would be beatin the shit outta you with the same wreckless abandon that you beat up poor Rih Rih. You wouldnt have enjoyed that at all. Well, now you call yourself doin damage control, you either are tired of the constant jokes that come up when you are around or gpt a project about to come out and need the support of your fan base. If you woulda just done an R. Kelly and made a tape or pissed on the girl, you'd probably have a bigger and wider audience. See what happened with R, he still sells records, and even got an episode of the Boondocks dedicated to him. If you are lucky, you might get a spot in season 3 (dont hold your breath though). Oh, and whats up with that bullshit chain you got, was that sposed to be funny? And that shirt you had on in the video was that a Gordon Gatrell original from the Theo Huxtable collection? Anyway I hope that you are really sorry, and believe that excuse you recorded yourself. BTW...they could have slowed the teleprompter down a lil so you could have read your apology with a lil more feeling and clarity. Not that you dont read well, but I wasnt feeling the real remorse in your voice...better luck next time lil Ali...

And Stanley does NOT approve of your apology

Posted by the Insomniaq while tryin to read this damn teleprompter

Tonight's List...The Video Chick Edition

Esther Baxter

Melyssa Ford

Diznee

Lola Luv

Tahiry


Summer Walker

Milani Rose

**DISCLAIMER**
BEFORE ANYONE GETS JAZZY IN THE MOUTH, I AM NOT OBJECTIFYING WOMEN
I AM MERELY EXHIBITING WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WOMEN OF COLOR...ITS OK, REALLY

Damn Summer Damn!

PRINCE APPROVED

Posted by the Insomniaq...thinkin about her **wink wink**

An Open Letter to a Friend...

"Friends! Ones you can depend on" Whodini - "Friends" 1984

Dear Friend,
I call you friend because thats what we are (supposedly). A better term should be friend of my friend, but we're not gonna get that deep into it today. There are a few things that I want to discuss with you on this fine sunny Sunday morning. I know its kinda early and you are probably still asleep, but you'll get over it sooner or later.

Why is it that you only show your face, when its to your advantage? Like when someone is bout to roll a joint or they got food. Its like you got a pop up timer in your ass that sets off when a nigga opens the sack or tears into the bag. That shit there is very annoying, to me and my peoples. Another time we see you is when there are women involved and your horn dog ass dont have NOTHING to contribute to the "party". No drinks, no food, no weed, and for that matter of fact, NO WOMEN! Folks still let you get down, cause you have some socially redeeming qualities (even though we havent figured them out yet), even if we have to give you rubbers / hints / oppertunity. Actually, you are a lil comical, cause you always have "the answer" albeit the wrong answer, but you will argue the point to the death even after you are PROVEN wrong.

You remind me of the dude from Entourage (Sundays at 10pm EST on HBO) "Turtle", what really is your purpose? You called yourself playing us the other day, with that "I'ma come scoop you up in 20 minutes thingy", then 30 minutes later you was like my car is in the shop and I aint got a ride to go pick it up shit. If you would have opened your pie hole before that I could have gotten you a ride to pick the whip up. Or was that the case? You really messed up a good thing. There was plenty weed, food, drinks, and women at the pool party and the best part was it was all FREE.99! Good for you cause you always cryin broke (although you work for the US Postal Service), but we all missed out. Its cool though cause I had a visitor and made up for all that plus some more. You lost twice, cause she talked really bad about you. I would go into detail, but that would be really cat to air you out like that on the net, so Ima open a can of Pringles and see if you pop up...take you outside and tell you whats up. (BTW thats some shit a real friend would do)

At any rate, Ima end this letter, by just telling you how disappointed I am in you and I really thought that you could handle your business a lil better than that. Oh well guess I'm mistaken.

Both Colin and I are so disappointed in you and your lameness...

Lettin' the AK sang at the wedding reception in Pakistan

This isnt an image from the actual wedding reception, but this is considered the calm before the storm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfjCMqM7T74
Sorry I couldn't embed the clip, but damn this is how you set it off at a wedding in Pakistan. I'm gonna try to load it into my video bar, on the right hand side of the page. This is crazy...
There are really no words that can describe this shit...you just gotta see it to believe it, so your
best bet is to just click the link....

Do you know what time it is????

"Do you know what time it is? / Tell me do you know?"- Kool Moe Dee

Tonight's list contain my top 5 people whose 15 minutes are up. They rang from Heiress to Politician, to Reality Television store....Dont get mad at me because some of them may be personal favorites of yours and you want more of them. Truth be told, their time is up, matter of fact they are goin into overtime...

****THE POLITICIAN****

Former Governor of Alaska, former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Her 15 minutes were actually done before they even started. When Republican John McCain of Arizona announced that Palin was his choice for a running mate in the 2008 run for the White House, every mouth in the country gapped opened and a singular "WHO?" came out. This avid hunter and outdoorsy type who claimed to be able to see Russia from her back door, should have stayed there, because she had no idea what she was in for. She didnt even know what the Vice President's job was. (and I still dont believe that). What a Maverick
Recently (like last week) she decided to step down from her office in Alaska...political analyst on some of the major networks and Fox, speculate that she is going to make a run for the Presidency in 2012. If she and Louisiana Govenor Bobby Jindal are the only hopes for the G.O,P. then it should be a cakewalk for President Obama to get re-elected. Maybe she should have stayed in her helicopter and shot at wolves.

****THE MOUTHPIECE****

Karrine "Superhead" Steffins, best known for her oral skills (and Im not talkin about standing in front of an audience and debating a point) has gone from being America's #1 groupie, to a Best Selling author, to now an expert on relationships and how to keep a man. You gotta be kidding me right? But then again the only person qualified to tell someone how to keep their man, is one that knows how to take someone's ,,man, or at least how to make their money disappear. Ms Steffins has been linked (straight from the horses mouth) to celebrities from Shaquille O'Neal, whom she said broke her off with plenty cash, to Jay Z who was supposedly the worse she ever had (no Drake) to Usher who banged her after a concert and didnt take a shower or nothin...Now thats really nasty but she was nasiter for even doin the do and the man had just finished sweatin for almost 2 hours. I have had nor will have any interest in her books or whatever advice she has for anyone. She is milkin the hell out of that 15 minute clock and gettin paid for it...Damn

****THE ATTENTION WHORE****

Next we have Paris Hilton, heir to the Hilton Hotel Empire. She has appeared on television gossip shows and in different columns more than people that are actually important. This is just totally sad. She has had run ins with the media, the law (having to go to jail, then being released by the sheriff, to having to go back and do like 30 days for God Knows what, and Im not finna go look it up), to her BFF's (Lindsey Lohan, Nicole Ritchie, the lil chick that won her Paris' New BFF Show and the lil chick that is gonna win the new season, if she already hadnt done so already). She has had more than enough television face time..."The Simple Life where she didnt know what the hell Wal Mart was, and said "What do they sell? Walls?" to the MTV reality / competition show Paris Hilton's My New BFF, to damn near every episode of VH1's the Fabulous Lfie in one aspect or another and TMZ. You would think that she should be tired of all the damn attention. Keep watchin though, she is gonna find another reason to pop up. Don't forget the infamous "Night Vision Sex Tape" with that guy Pamela Anderson married in Vegas at the Drive-thru, during the intermission of his act. That dude has good and bad luck dont he

****THE ANNOYING ONE****

Tiffany "New York" Pollard. OMG I dont know what to say about this broad. She has been on an amazing number of VH1 shows...Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love 2, I Love New York, I Love New York 2, New York goes to Hollywood, and most recently New York gets a Job. There is also a rumor that she will be in the newest incarnation of her show I Love New York 3, this really should be outlawed. She has been dumped twice by Flavor Flav of Public Enemy losing to Hoopz and Delishous, then got dumped by Tango. Flipped the script on poor lil Taylor Made whom she chose in ILNY2 on NYGTH and dumped him. Probably her biggest claim to fame (besides her dump streak and her ever expanding chest) would be her fight with Pumpkin on FOL1, while leaving after she was eliminated Pumpkin had about all she could take and hocked up a loogy and sent it sailing at Tiff and it landed on her chin...EEWWWWWW....well whatever. First of all you NOT gonna find love with that bullshit attitude you got, or with your mother in the damn way. The producers at 51 Minds really got a good one here, cause the chick is so into herself that she HAS to be the center of attention. I really dont see how they keep paying her to do these shows, but who am I to wonder about the most ridiculous of things...Any way Tiff, "Do you know what time it is?? (No Flav)

****THE MOGUL****

This dude, I dont even know where to start. How many bands are you gonna make? How many GOOD bands are you gonna make (Danity Kane was the best one yet and you ripped them a new one...then sent em packin, 'cept Dawn)? How many interns are you gonna hire, fire, make jump through hoops. How many toothpicks are you gonna chew on? Most importantly how many tweets are you gonna post a day on Twitter? I swear you got staff members doin all that shit for you. You do all your DiddyTV you tube videos at one time and have someone post them at all hours of the night too. I understand you get enormous amounts of money from all your hard work but DAMN. do you have to keep puttin that shit in everyones face. Will you please tell folks that you are only a compensated spokesperson as far as Ciroc is concerned. You didnt just up and say I want a Vodka, that shit was around when you were beefin with Dylon, Dylon, Dylon, Dylon, and Dylon... There a bunch of things I want you to fess up to, like not actually being a music producer, but a music assembler. None the less if it wasnt for you there wouldnt be some of the mega hits in hip hop today...Thanks for that, but its time to slow it down and fall back... I didnt even get a chance to get at you about leakin those Cassie nudes either..

yeah dude...keep it movin

posted by the Insomniaq turnin off the TV and reading a book or something

Cassie loses again...

Rihanna 2 - Cassie 0

Photos courtesy of NecholeBitchie.com

Cassie shaved one side of her head and looked bizarre, Rihanna shaves her head (on the sides) and looks hot Rihanna > Cassie
Cassie leaked nude photos and they looked fake, Rihanna leaked nude pics and looked absolutely delilcious Rihanna > Cassie (again)...
We not even gonna go into album sales but for the record CASSIE LOSES...the fail whale is on the way, maybe there is room for Diddy,,,,

Are you a hater or what Mr. Whitlock???

"Don't hate the playa, hate the game" - Uncredited rapper

Pictured to the left is someone most wont recognize, and needs no introduction, but I will...This is Jason Whitlock, sports columnist for the Kansas City Sun, FoxSports.com columnist, sometime ESPN contributor and for lack of a better term A HATER. You may ask, "why you called him a hater?", he seems nice enough...

This cat is like Lex Luthor to Superman, Sarah Palin to normalcy, and well you get it. Whitlock has been a hater of African American athletes for years now, but in recent times he has really made an ass out of himself. His opinions on Michael Vick, Serena Williams, Ray Lewis, and most recently Steve McNair have my blood boiling past the point of pissedtivity.

I read his column where he suggested that athletes (professional or collegiate) should get married. I thought that was totally absurd, uncalled for, and inappropriate. What if someone said "I feel that fat black folk should only eat saltine crackers and celery." I bet he'd want my ass locked up and away from anything that resembles civilization. "Dude said that because of the "status" of the athlete and the notoriaty they hold, they shouldnt get involved in a serious relationship, cause they will cheat against their "main squeeze". I understand that but he has wrangled up all the athletes and lumped them into one pile. Im pretty sure that most athletes do fall for the occassional side piece / jump off or whatever, but there is a good number of them that are on the up and up. It seems that he is harder on the African American athlete than any other. He says that Steve McNair, was wrong for havin a side piece and pretty much got what he deserved. GOT WHAT HE DESERVED is some BS. The man got MURDERED. The same happened not more than a week later to Arturo Gatti who was murdered last weekend in Brazil, (supposedly by his wife). Where is his wife / girlfriend / side piece / jumpoff...ah haaaaaaaaaaaa, I aint never heard or seen him making referrences to his better half. Maybe he says that marriage doesnt work for the athlete, because he's in "sports" and dont have nothin he can lay up with. Now if you thought that was bad, peep this.

In another column, he wrote that Serena Williams, who had just won another Wimbledon championship would be the greatest female tennis player of all time, if she could get in shape....OMG what is this dude drinkin???? I must quote some of the article so that my faithful readers can really see how much of an ass this guy is..."With a reduction in glut, a little less butt, and a smidgen more guts, Serena Williams would easily be as big as Michael Jackson, dwarf Tiger Woods and take a run at Rosa Parks". Now would someone please tell me, what one of the finest of the female species has to do with Jacko, Tiger and the Mother of the Civil Rights movement...to me one doesnt have anything to do with the other. He states that she doesnt give full effort and will never be as good as Steffi Graf, wow this dude really needs to stop with the hate. Really though dude, did Serena turn you down? Does Common pose a threat to you? He went so far as to call her a horse (indirectly but non the less a horse)...in this quote he said, "She complains about being No. 2 in the world, when she's not bitching on Twitter or her blog about new rules that forbid Wimbledon players from eating in the locker room." "Seriously, how else could she fill out her size 16 shorts without grazing in her stall between matches." WTF!!!! I really couldnt believe I read that.

He has been on the side of those who feel that Michael Vick is the worse man to ever walk the face of the earth, because he bankrolled a dog fighting ring. What would he think of Vick if he had bankrolled a McDonald's instead? He would rather a man with such natural ability and talent to spend the rest of his football life working construction instead of playing the sport that he loves. I wonder what he would have said if it were Peyton Manning or Tom Brady that did something that wasnt popular in the public eye. Whitlock probably condemned the hell out of Manny Ramierez when he got caught up with Major League Baseball behind steroids, but gives other athletes like Mark McGuire his vote of confidence in the next Hall of Fame vote. This guy is such a loser... and has the nerve to have a phone number printed in one of his articles to contact him. So everyone needs to flood his number with complaints. Its 816-234-4869. Give him a call and tell him how much of a jerk he really is.

Posted by the Insomniaq that would without a doubt graze with Serena anyday of the week....just look at her.

I have 6 photos in my hands....

I think she looks like Rihanna on this picture...

*** now you know I had to include this ***

Posted by the Insomniaq, who will Immeduately go back to my apartment, pack my bags, and leave...YEAH RIGHT!!!!