Rantservation #5

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAT MEAN?!

Me neither dude.

I'm gonna make this short and to the point, and I'm gonna try to not ramble.  I strongly dislike when people (mainly females, I'm a woman basher, of course I had to specify) are mentally independent, and give themselves ridiculous amounts of credit for it, but always asking for stuff, or they wont ask for anything but they'll complain about it, MOST of the time they have more than ONE person willing to help them out, but because they are so mentally independent, they refuse any and everybody's offer, just so they can say "hey I'm independent!!"...I think they call it pride or something.

I know a couple of people like that, and to those couple of people.  Just because you suck at picking "friends" aka "dudes that just want to have sex with you" doesn't mean everyone around you is out to get a sexual favor from you for being a good friend, this isn't a set up by the Illuminati (rant coming soon) not everyone is out to get you, if you're going to be this type of person to people who really care about you, you're gonna find yourself old and alone...oooold and alone.

If you know anyone like this...show them this blog...EM-EE-JIT-LEE!! (immediately)

Fin

Honey Kix Review

About the cereal

Kix..."Kids tested, mother approved".  That's their slogan.  Kix dominated the "most hated cereal" category for years and years, because the "lightly sweetened" puffs weren't sweetened at all to the average child, therefore, making this cereal disgusting.  Kix isn't known for sprucing up their cereal, there once was a Berry Kix, which ended up being a favorite in our household for awhile, not sure why they got rid of it, but it definitely made the cereal more enjoyable, that's why I was excited to try out the newly spruced up Honey Kix.

The Good

• I taste the honey
• The honey can be tasted
• The honey is definitely there

The Bad

• The honey is nowhere to be found after about 3 seconds
• Terrible after taste, basically after the drop of honey goes away
• I feel like I still need to dump 4 fpoonfuls of sugar into my bowl

Wrap Up

As you can see, this cereal definitely isnt one of my favorites.  I was expecting the honey flavor to stick around
for a little longer than it did, and maybe it did but the unfortunate thing is the actual Kix cereal (minus the honey) has and always will taste like crap (which is why so much sugar used to be added), therefore making it hard for me to enjoy the touch of honey.  Bottom Line, I'm giving this Honey Kix, 2 Bowls out of 5.  You can definitely taste the honey, but it isn't enough to keep you going back fpoon first into your bowl for another scoop, the milk aftermath was, ok, nothing special, but the main reason I even gave it a 2 is because some how the folks down at your local Kix factory, mastered the art of crunch, I ate this cereal slowly and dreadfully, some how only the outside of the cereal got soggy, yet the middle still had "Out of the box" crunch.

Confession #2

"Yes sir, Mr. President"

That's what I hear all day!!(in my head)  My research and development team are working over time as I type, General Mill's Kix with Honey is on the way!! (...this isnt really a confession, just wanted to blog in between blogs lol)

Cinnamon Burst Cheerios Review

About the Cereal

General Mills has several different "bursts" of Cheerios, from Yogurt to Banana-Nut (nut is such a dirty word).  Recently they decided to add Cinnamon to the bunch, it was brought to my attention by one of my oh so loyal readers.  Me being the Cereal Killer I am, I decided to look them up, instantly intrigued, and knew I had to pick up a box to review for you fine folks.

 The Good

• It doesnt taste like plain cheerios with cinnamon dumped on them, they are actually sweeter than I thought.
• It has that patented Cheerios crunch (the crunch that makes your tongue go "WEEEEE")
• 20% Fiber!!

The Bad

• Though it is sweeter than I originally thought, Its still not sweet enough for me
• The "20% Fiber" graphic plastered on the front makes me feel old
• Milk aftermath was very disappointing

Wrap Up

Over all, General Mill's Cinnamon Burst Cheerios, isn't that bad.  I have a lot of issues with it, for example, the way it starts to taste stale once that Cinnaburst becomes burstless after its been in milk for more than 5 minutes.  I believe its one of those cereals you have to have a cinna-crave for in order to really enjoy it.  I havent seen any commercials for it, my beloved dear loyal reader has, I dont think its marketed toward youngings, so dont expect it to have a Cinnamon Toast Crunch taste to it.  Bottom Line, CinnaBurst Cheerios gets 3 bowls out of 5, I think I will enjoy it more if I mix it with my Honey Nut (ew, that word again) Cheerios, but I definitely recommend giving this cereal a try.

Confession #1 and Random Rapid Updates

Confession:

I really wanted to rant about something, but my mind went blank

perhaps I'm just not in a ranting mood.  Father forgive me.

Random Rapid Updates:

Yes, Justin Beiber got a haircut and lost 80,000 Twitter followers because of it

Carmelo Anthony is finally a Knick, at this rate Kobe will be the only good player left in the West

Blake Griffin dunked over a Kia Optima, Kia's numbers went through the roof

The Oscars are coming up, no one died last year so I wonder who's gonna get what

Apple may soon announce the Ipad 2

I'm literally living off of animal shaped chicken nuggets, Vanilla Cookie Crisp with sprinkles, and peanut butter and honey toast

Lupe Fiasco- Lasers, almost in stores!

Whitney's son is adorable, cause he's a Cereal Killer like me, and he cant pronounce milk, he says "muk!"

The Pistons still refuse to get better

The Anonymous Ranger is having a baby, the Anonymous Ranger is having a baby, the Anonymous Ranger is having a baby....I SAID!...the Anonymous Ranger is having a baby. [mike jones style]

Peace and mo chicken grease!

COTW Review!!

I literally just finished my bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, I actually wrote the title to this entry before I even poured the bowl of cereal, awesome.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch!!

First thing's first, who eats cinnamon toast?, if you dont, you should, its awesome, home made cinnamon toast is where its at baby!  I'm gonna go with a new format on this one, try and keep up.

About The Cereal

For those of you unfamiliar with the cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is made up of small curvy squares (sometimes unevenly cut and they look like little Cinna-toast-sticks lol), a lot like Golden Grahams, they have little ridges on them to seal in the patented cinnamon and sugar swirl flavor (lol), also sporting an etched cinnamon swirl design on the back of each cereal square.

The Good

• Will definitely cure your Cinna-Crave.
• Unlike a lot of cereals out, its awesome with and without milk.
• That's the best Cinna-Milk I've ever tasted, the milk may be the best part.

The Bad

• Those little Cinna-Squares be come Flavor-less-squares in about 3 minutes.
• Unfortunately the flavor goes away but the crunch is there to stay, If it werent for the milk being so awesomely cinnamony, you would think you're eating Cardboard Flakes (not a real cereal...for now! bwahah).
• Did I mention the milk is the best part?

Wrap Up

I never realized how much this cereal is like Golden Grahams, same texture, same life expectancy, same soggy Cardboard Flakes taste after about 3 minutes.  Ultimately Cinnamon Toast Crunch is pretty good.  I give Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 3.5 bowls out of 5.  If it weren't for the milk aftermath, it probably would've been a 3.

Idiot of the Week (another Rantservation)

To be Frank (or Steve, I personally like Mustafah)

This baseball player, Mark Buehrle, said in an interview that at time in the previous NFL season he was rooting for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick to get hurt.  If you dont follow sports, I'll get you up to speed.  Michael Vick was a dog fighter, we all know what that is and how much of a sad story it is, dogs being raised to fight and being beaten, neglected, and killed for underperforming.  During this process Michael Vick was released from his current team, the Atlanta Falcons, was convicted and served about 2 years in jail for it. Got out, signed to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009-2010 season, didn't play much except for the game against the Atlanta Falcons where he showed he can still be productive.  Fast forward to the 2010-2011 season, Michael Vick did the impossible, he became a star again, looking even better than he was before going to jail, he couldve easily won MVP.  Now that you're all caught up, read this.

"Hunting is a sport.  There are hunting stores out there. If that's illegal, shame on my dad and my grandpa and his grandpa. It's kind of been brought up throughout the history of America. The last time I knew dogfighting was a sport was never. "--Mark Buehrle

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Now....I'll give you a couple seconds to really analyze what he said.  [waiting]  This is basically what he said in a nutshell.

"Its OK for me to love animals and still be a hunter because its legal, dog fighting is nothing like hunting cause they're actually killing dogs, in hunting you just permanently knock them out and hang their heads on your wall, but as I said earlier its legal, if dog fighting were legal then obviously I wouldn't have a problem with it, but until then, I hope that nigger breaks both his legs on the field. and so do my dad, grandpa, and his grandpa"

Really dude?  How can you claim to be a huge advocate for animal rights and you hunt animals at the same time?  This Just In.  Marcus "The Ranter" is a ranter and a mute with no fingers.  But seriously though.  This is about to turn into a race issue, turn your head if you are squeamish.  White people made/make laws.  I say that because, in the average white family there's a dog, or a cat, or some sort of pet.  You don't have that in the average black home, and if you do, the pet probably isn't receiving the proper care.  So you have an average white family, who treats their dog like their own child, and you have an average black family who doesn't even have a dog, or the one they have, they treat like crap.  To most black people, the Michael Vick dog fighting case was stupid, you have a bunch of people who were like "OK, its just a dog", are they wrong?  I cant say, In my opinion I don't think they are, cause look at how the average black person is raised, they arent brought up to treat pets better than people, the average black kid can see a dog fight on his way to school everyday, how is he/she supposed to know that's wrong?.  So because you have the average white person growing up in a home with a pet being treated the right way.  You have/had white lawmakers going out of their way to protect these animals, there are more animal shelters than homeless shelters.  It's a cultural thing is what I'm trying to say, but it looks like a situation as to where, you have some people who only believe in animal rights when it comes to certain animals, if that's the case, then re-word your statement(s).  Don't claim to be all for animals when you're known for being the first in line at the rib and possum BBQ fest.  Don't sit there and talk about what someone else did to an animal and how they should be punished when you have a moose head right above you.  Oh I guess cause moose and deer cant be pets then they arent animals...OK, glad we all got that cleared up, lol, Mark Buehrle you are my first Idiot of the Week, congratulations, dickhead.

Rantservation #4 and Beef (eroni) #1

HipHop/Rap Rant

Lil Kim vs. Nicki Minaj

(lol I must be losing my mind)

This seems to be a hot topic around the world (5 ghettos in the U.S. and worldstarhiphop).  HipHop/Rap (yes, they are the same thing) has been lacking in the "Beef" department for several years now, mainly because everyday, its turning more and more into a business and rappers are being accepted more and more by the consumers as posers, "I dont care what he did, he make good music".  So you got a group of guys and a couple of girls where more than 90% of them don't have ANY street cred, yet all they talk about in their music is street ish.  I dont know when it happened, but suddenly, everyone wanted to be cool with everyone, no one wants to talk about anyone, "man im just trying to get money, we all trying to get money", ok, I understand that, I'm not going to pretend like money isnt a big part of why people get into the music industry, but, it cant be the sole reason.  What happened to, just wanting to get your story out there? What happened to the humble feelings of, being happy if you sell just ONE record, as long as you touched somebody, its a job well done?  You got dude's "selling their soul" just for a hit, its a trend now, its business, HipHop/Rap doesn't deserve to be ALL business.  There's no more teaching, rappers/emcees/artists dont know the power in their voices anymore.  Having that mic in your hand, and an endless audience is a blessing man, but its not being treated that way, you'd think with as much crap as we have going on in this world, and in this country, and how shady the music industry is, these rappers would take the time out to say something other than the usual.  Maybe its a fear of rejection? Maybe these rappers are so hung up on getting money and selling records, they fear if they say something meaningful, people will stop listening.  I won't ever believe that, it HAS to start somewhere, either us, as the consumers, all stand up and refuse to buy (aka download) the music that's being made over and over and over, or, the music makers need to realize what they are doing means a lot to millions of people and they shouldn't be afraid to speak on other topics.  We hunger for knowledge and revolution, we cant wait for someone to stand up and start marching to the white house so we can get behind them, some of us need it, we need someone to stand up for us.  I used to be the type of person to say, "hiphop is dead" etc., HipHop will never die, it just has no balance whatsoever, "It's not about old school, new school, east coast, west coast, dirty south"--Nas.  Oh how true that quote is, my problem with HipHop isnt, I want to hear more Nas, Common, and Mos Def on the radio cause thats REAL hiphop, no, my problem is the balance, why cant Nas Common and Mos Def co-exist on the radio with Gucci Mane, Wocka Flocka, and Jeezy? Why does it have to be so one sided?  You know why...and I'll tell you why...BUSINESS!  Time's have changed dramatically. 

Mixtapes

I remember when mixtapes were for up and coming artists and local artists, does anyone else remember that?  Seems like it was so long ago.  This is another major problem with HipHop, you have the BIGGEST names in HipHop making mixtapes as if no one knows who they are!!, it frustrates me, cause it makes it THAT much harder for artists to get recognition now.  How will anyone know who Young Jehri Curl is if he has to battle on a mixtape bracket with Lil Wayne, Fabolous, Jeezy and Drake?  It's just a business loop hole, rappers don't make as much as they appear to make, and the industry is designed to keep the artist in debt, which is how this mixtape boom came about.  Why put out an album that I'm not gonna see much money from, when I can send some unreleased or newly recorded verses to my Dj, let him get some features, put together a mixtape, and keep most of the money.  I've actually seen people say, "I like mixtape-Lil' Wayne, not album Wayne".  It's a shame, but, these major labels are taking notes, I'm sure you've went to the music section at a store and have seen mix cd's on the shelves....thats "them" lol

Fin for now

I can rant about HipHop all day dude, and that's not even an exaggeration, but, I'm going to put it on hold for now, and get into this Beef (eroni)!

Nicki Minaj vs. Lil Kim

(DING DING!)

Over the past 2 years Nicki Minaj has blown up, basically anyone on Lil wayne's record label (Young Money) has blown up, her first album has gone CERTIFIED platinum.  Well, I'm not sure when this started, but unfortunately, it did start.  You have like 4 groups of people, Group 1: loves Nicki Minaj and everything she does, Group 2: hates Nicki Minaj and everything she does, Group 3: hates Nicki Minaj and is persistent in telling Group 1 that Nicki Minaj is a fake Lil Kim, Group 4: doesnt care.  

When Nicki Minaj first started getting hot, I honestly couldnt figure out why.  There were male and females acting as if she was just this super dope emcee on the mic, I've listened to her, on more than one occasion, and I STILL cant figure why Group 1ers are so head over heels for her.  Perhaps there is nothing to figure out, its just her time to shine, and I can respect that, I dont have to like her nor do I have to understand why other people like her.  Anywho.  Group 3ers will go to the ends of the earth telling Group 1ers and Group 4ers why Nicki Minaj is trash in everything she does (mainly that whole barbie thing) is just a carbon copy of Lil Kim.  Is there some truth to it?  Of course there is, but it's not enough for there to be Beef over it.

If you look back, you'll see a pattern, whenever a male rapper comes out, and gets really hot, and ends up getting his own label, he'll bring in a lot of talent with him, and they will single handedly run the rap game, I havent seen the rap game run the way Young Money is doing it in a long time, but, really look back.  For the most part, there was a female rapper involved in all these rap-game-running stories, Trick Daddy had Trina, DMX had Eve, of course Notorious BIG had Lil Kim, Master P had Mia X, Fat Joe had Remy Ma....you see where I'm going with this?  For the most part, there has been a standard set for female rappers in the HipHop world.  That standard female rapper usually has a lot of talent, but are dumbed down so much, they become sex sellers and gimmicks.  There are plenty of female rappers out here who refuse to be that way, and as you can see, you never see them around.  

So this "Beef" started some time ago when I guess Lil Kim figured she'd had enough of Nicki Minaj "taking her style" aka playing that standard female rapper role, and she began dissing Nicki Minaj.  Group 1ers are all "lil kim be hating" "lil kim so old, when da last time she had a hit?! lol" "lil kim aint got no money, dats why she be hatin, cuz she aint got no money" etc. etc.  Group 2ers and 3ers are all like "yeah kim is back! bout to end nicki's career!" "lil kim da real baddest bish on dese streets and she gone kill nicki minaj" "nicki minaj cant even say nothing back cause she got a big ole stupid head!" etc. etc.  Apparently Lil Kim is gonna "revive" herself by dissing herself (Nicki Minaj), I think its stupid.  I understand you feeling some type of way because you see someone profiting off a standard you basically set, I'd be pissed too.  That's like me turning water into wine, healing the sick and giving sight to the blind, and everyone brushing it under the rug and acting as if Jesus is this new sensation, like, wow, really?  The least you could do is pay homage, I cant even get that!, but the bigger picture is this, Lil Kim's time is up. In this new world of Beef, its not about lyrics anymore (see Krs-One vs. Nelly) I haven't listened to any of the diss tracks from either side, as far as I know Lil Kim could've lyrically torn her apart, driving Group 2ers crazy.

All Nicki Minaj has to do is...shut up, ignore her, feed into it only a little bit, go in the studio, make you a hit record, say her (lil kim) name 1 time in a punch line and she'll win that battle 12 out of 10 times, because there's nothing Lil Kim can say thats going to convince a Group 1er that they shouldn't support Nicki Minaj and her music.  Keep in mind, there are at least 10 million Group 1ers.  The best way for Lil Kim to revive her career would've been to embrace Nicki Minaj, because creating "beef" with her makes you look like a "hater" and a desperate attempt to get back into the game and stay relevant.  Embracing her wouldve not only shut Group 2ers and Group 3ers up, but it wouldve converted a lot of them into Group 5ers (lol a new group) a group that would say "Nicki Minaj is nice but Lil Kim is a beast too".  Why didnt Lil Kim do it?  I dont know, its not what was in her heart, and I respect her for that, she couldve taken the easy more business-driven way out, and just sided with Nicki Minaj, did a couple of songs with her, got her name back out there, gotten another record deal and etc.  

HipHop grew from Beef, back to Busy Bee and Kool Mo Dee (google it), it went from being "yo listen to this new dude go at this dude" to "they just hating, trying to get known and get into the game".  That bothers me.  It plays into the whole business-only state of mind HipHop is in, we're at a point where you cant even genuinely diss another artist without it coming off as you being a hater just trying to get recognition, which again, going back to before the beef, makes it even harder for new guys to break into the industry.

I dont believe there's anything serious about this beef, meaning, I dont think it'll evolve into a situation as to where Nicki Minaj cant go to New York because a Group 2 or 3er will attempt to gun her down at a studio, or Lil Kim cant go certain places in fear of her life, but I do believe if Lil Kim isnt careful she'll run into a disgruntled Group 1er who will do something ignorant like throwing something at her or punching her and running, like I said (typed) earlier, there's about 10million of em', all of them cant be right in the head lol

How do you feel about these heffas going at it?  If you're reading this you're probably a Group 4er lol

Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece

I owe you an explanation! and Random Rapid Updates #2

I owe you an explanation!

I know its been a while since I last blogged.  I remember being on a role for a couple days, then I just disappeared, I was forcing myself to slow down lol.  I was on the verge of blogging every little thing that came to my mind, no one wants to read all of that.  Anywho.  I know I owe you a Cereal of the Week review, I have the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch sitting on top of my fridge, hopefully I can find time to enjoy a bowl and present you wonderful readers with an awesome review.  So Im in the process of getting back on a role, and balancing everything out, that way im not blogging 10 times a day lol....Now...Random Rapid Updates!!

The Pittsburgh Steelers did NOT win the Super Bowl

Lindsay Lohan is on her way back to jail

Michael Vick canceled on Oprah

Facebook and Google are thinking about purchasing Twitter

Im already on my 2nd box of family size multi-pack fruit snacks this month (36 pouches per box)

I enjoyed Valentine's Day without a Valentine or a fling

Marvel vs Capcom 3 came out this week, if you have it, I hate you

Jack Ketchum's 'The Girl Next Door', WILL make you cry

Justin Beiber is rich

I GOT A JOB!, working in the inner city, this may be my last blog

Glen "Big Baby" Davis can't dunk

Tiger Woods still hasn't won anything since being a man-whore

Lady Gaga lives in an egg

No, I didn't watch the Grammys

Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece!

About Me #2

Good Luck Chuck!

(another women-bashing blog)

For those of you who don't know, Good Luck Chuck is a movie about a guy who was cursed, "Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love."  While my situation isn't exactly that, it is similar.  So I decided to share this with you fine folks, I know some of you will read this and disagree, I'm not 100% accurate with it lol, just listen! (read) 

I can't seem to figure it out, still baffles me to this day, almost every time I started/start to really like a female, she'd randomly fall head over hills for someone else.  Now at the time most of these cases happened, it seemed like a sure thing for that female and whatever guy she started to fall for, some time has passed and it just didn't work out for a few, but if I had a dollar, for every time it happened,  I would literally have like 7 dollars dude, you know what I can get with that?!   I once told one of my "unlucky" friends about it, her exact words were "I hope some of that luck rubs off on me", not too long after that she ended up in a serious relationship that lasted a couple years with some dude I believe she's still in love with though they arent together.  I know what you're thinking, and yes, of course it sucks!  Always pretending to be happy for someone who walked out of your life so quickly, as if what you had with each other was merely a dream or...nothing.  OK, I wont say I was pretending to be happy, my congratulations were very genuine and sincere, and I do indeed want nothing more than to see my friends and everyone happy, but why does it have to go through me? lol.  Just when i think the curse is over, it strikes again for the 12th time in 5 years.  I stopped crying about it a long time ago and decided to add it to my resume, and let potential like'ees know, if you stick around long enough I'll find you a bf/husband, "FOR FREEEEEE" (Bedtime Stories reference, keep up).  I guess I'm happy to have played such a pivotal role in some of you finding "true love" or at least someone to bang you for a couple of months, "but Marcus The Ranter, what about your feelings? what about those females unintentionally hurting you just so they can be happy with someone else?!".  My feelings have been used more than excuses with black people, so don't worry about me lol (that was my attempt at making you feel bad for me...is it working?).  I can't possibly be the only victim of this terrible Good Luck Chuck curse, maybe some of you have been Good Luck Chuck or Good Luck Chuckette.  Comment, share a story, apologize for using my feelings as a trampoline to reach new heights, cry and eat ice cream with me.   

Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece

Random Review #1

The other day I purchased this

Edy's Limited Edition Samoa Girl Scout Cookies Ice Cream 

not sure if anyone has had it or even know it exists, so, here's a short but sweet (no pun intended) review!

We all love Girl Scout cookies, I personally LOVE the Do-si-dos, Trefoils, and Samoas, so you can imagine how my face lit up when I came across Samoas (also Thin Mint and Tagalongs) ice cream in the freezer aisle of my local grocery store.

 

 

Some of you may see this brand

 

Dreyer's and Edy's are the same company

While unloading my groceries from their bags, I decided to take a small taste test.  Ice cream always gets soft during that road trip home from the grocery store, and I always look forward to grabbing a fpoon (my favorite word) and getting the first scoop.  Anyway.  I was definitely impressed just from the small fpoonful I tasted, but after dinner, that just wasn't the case anymore.  Later, after my dinner had digested, I decided to get a big fpoon this time, take the lid off the Samoas ice cream, leave it on the counter, sit down on the couch and enjoy my dessert. A couple bites into it, I was no longer impressed.  WHERE DID ALL THE COOKIES GO?!  They sure weren't in this carton of Edy's Limited Edition Samoas Girl Scout Cookies Ice Cream!!  I continued to pick around for a few more minutes, searching for more chunks, but no luck, I eventually gave up, put the lid back on the ice cream and decided to wave the white flag on this battle.

Today, some time after eating my Tony's mini deep dish pizza, I decided to give this Samoa chunk search another try.  I popped the lid off, left it on the counter next to the fridge, pulled out a chair from the kitchen table and sat down, determined to find more Samoa cookie chunks.  SUCCESS!!  It seems like after I found one big chunk, more started popping up, soon, the ice cream was filled with obvious holes from where i was digging lol.

Wrap Up

I give Edy's Limited Edition Samoa Girl Scout Cookies Ice Cream, 4 bowls!  Overall it was a good purchase.  The ice cream is good, very sweet since it not only contains chunks of Samoa cookies, but its also swirled with fudge.  If you like for your cookie (or candy) specialty ice cream to contain more cookie chunks than what comes with it, obviously the best way to go is to buy plain vanilla ice cream and buy the cookies (or candy) separately and custom make it, most of these specialty ice creams are mass produced, they don't have time to make sure every carton is filled with 50 chucks, for you, GREEDY!  But if you dig Samoas, you'll definitely be a fan of this ice cream and what it brings to the table.  Try not to eat it all at once, I felt guilty just sitting at the table and eating a few fpoonfuls even though I was sharing it with my niece! lol, Enjoy

Rapid Random Updates #1 (new segment)

and GO!

Remember that awesome-epic cake I made? yeah, couldn't finish it, my mom made me throw it away earlier this week :( RIP Birfday cake

No, I don't has a Valentines, I don't plan on having one, so don't ask!....:(

Iphone for Verizon in stores now!

I went grocery shopping, and there were no Rice Krispies Treats!!! bastards!

Detroit Pistons (NBA basketball team) extended the Cleveland Cavaliers (the team Lebron James used to play for) to 26 straight losses

My eyes still haven't adjusted to Standard Definition TV

Playing Left 4 Dead 2 alone sucks

Women are still giving away their vaginae (I think that's plural for vagina) like Halloween candy

By the way, I have 20 meaningless tattoos and dreads....sex me now!

I still haven't received my W2 form so i can file my taxes!!

This wraps up the first edition of Rapid Random Updates, Stay Tuned

Peace and more Old Navy Fleece!!

About Me #1

Let's Go Streaking!!

I'm spontaneous, but overly cautious....lol I know right?  It doesn't work for me either.  I love being random, doing random things, like getting the Aqua Teen Hunger Force tattooed around my ankle, taking random road trips, and for some reason I want to marry a random woman lol.  It's not the typical lifestyle of someone my age, I don't want to drink, have a lot of sex, smoke, and get money.  That's so boring.  I hate seeing people who just want to get drunk all the time, "my birthday is in 3 weeks, I'm gone get f***** up!! who drinking?!" "what yall doing for Halloween? I'm going to a costume party and getting f***** up!" "St. Patrick's Day is around the corner, I'm not even Irish...but I'm about to get f***** up!!" "my grand mama just died......WE ABOUT TO GET F***** UP AFTER THE FUNERAL!!".  lol you know who those people are, they turn every holiday or occasion into an opportunity to get drunk as if they don't  or can't do it every weekend.  Anyway, back to me.  Me being overly cautious really puts my spontaneous-ism and my randomness in a choke hold, I'm sure you've figured that out by now.  I'm working on it though, trying not to let all the possible outcomes scare me away from doing something that looks fun.  I'm/want to be, that crazy friend that will come up with something to do if you hit me up when you're bored, even if it means getting in the car and driving around til we come up on a place we didn't even know existed.  I believe if you have the right state of mind, and the proper funds, the possibilities are endless when it comes to finding something to do.  I don't think I have many adventurous friends though, I try to force some of them to get in that mind state, but you know how the saying goes.  You can lead cereal into the bowl, but you cant stop it from getting soggy.  

I enjoy my own company, I feel like not enough people do that, I'm the type that'll go to dinner and a movie alone and consider it a successful day.  I'll probably do the same thing the next day too, minus the dinner, just go to the movies, get me a nice warm Cinnabon soft Pretzel with cream cheese dip, and enjoy a movie!  More of us need to embrace being alone or lonely and turn it into a good thing, I'm not saying you should want to be alone always and forever (always and foreverrrrrrrr, each moment with youuuuu, lol ok I'm done) but learn to enjoy being around yourself.  It bothers me when some people feel as if they need people around them in order to have fun, or just need someone around them period.  That says a lot to me if you feel you need to be with someone or have people around you like that, I think it says a lot about an individual's personality and it plays a role into everything you do.  

To me a lot of what we do plays a roll in other things in our life and we never notice it.  For example.  If you are the type of person who needs company a lot and cant enjoy being with yourself, there's a great chance you don't masturbate, lol I'm dead serious though.  I've seen and heard sexually active females tell me that masturbation is disgusting...yeah...think about it....masturbation is more disgusting than having sex lol, and these chicks are boring as heck, always bored, always want company.  Buuuut anyway, thats another rant for another day.  This went from About Me to About Yall lol, that's the beauty of my rant's, I get off subject, and you love it. I'm gonna put some stuff on the More About Me page for your enjoyment though, that way we can avoid anymore posts like this one lol.--Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece!

Rantservation #3

"love me and leave me...thats the story of my life......but it wont happen again see, since i bought a butchers knife, mhm see, the next man that loves me and leaves me so quick, mhm, im gone cut his balls off, Im gone chop off his dick, no im gone kill that mother f*****, f**** with me, naw see..."--Dashiki (Swahili for doggystyle) from 'Dont be a Meance..' lmao I just had to finish that out, classic movie man.

I remember you...

I'll keep this rant short and to the point, for some reason I'm on a roll .  Why do people, walk out of your life, and attempt to come back as if nothing happened?  Don't even have the courtesy to acknowledge it and apologize for it, they just expect everything to be normal.  I'll never understand this, perhaps its just one of those things you arent supposed to understand.  But there are some who come back and are truly sorry.....THEN THEY DO IT AGAIN!! lol.  As you can see this has happened to me on more than one occasion, in fact it happens to me at LEAST 2 times a year lol.  I know guys do it, guys do it a lot, because most of their female friends are only their friends when they are single and they want to flirt or have sex.  As many females as I've seen complain about this, you'd think they'd be different....WRONG!  That's why I said people, I decided not to just bash females on this one.  I can look back on these disappearances and laugh about it now, and I've built up a tolerance for it, and I almost expect new females I talk to, to disappear eventually.  Even though they can be sometimes convincing that they arent like everyone else, and they wont leave, and yadda yadda, just know, I got my good eye on you (I have a glass eye).  Anywhore, comment, share your experience(s) lets all laugh about it together.

Rantservation #2

[Sigh]

Unfortunately I've come to the conclusion that a lot of my female friends/"friends"/people I've helped who don't care about me, have almost nothing to offer unless it involves taking off their clothes.  I'm sure I'm not the only that has come to this conclusion at some point.  I have a friend who just a few weeks ago said he's having more fun looking for a special chick than he had being a ho, yet he's finding out that all some chicks have to offer is just sex.  Most of my friends/"friends"/people I've helped who don't care about me, are cool people, I only know this because I carefully placed myself in the "Friend Zone" with all of them when they were just trying to be freaks, yes, I was in the "Friend Zone" intentionally because I believed there was more to these individuals than what other guys were using them for.  To be honest, when I look back on most of those friendships/"friendships"/being cool with people I've helped who don't care about me, I probably should've just taken what I (and every other dude) could get and left it at that.  Yeah, that sounds pretty messed up, and its very unlike me, but it has a Lebron James effect, when you look back at it, the Cavs should've just traded him and got something for him if they knew he would turn out that way.  See what I'm getting at?  Most of those friends/"friends/(you get the picture), turned out to be, flops.  It hurts to see someone you didn't treat like everyone else did, you helped them, you were a real friend to, not live up to their full potential, or you know they can do better and be better but they just seem so...dense.  I still love all my friends/"friends"/ "dem hoes" lol I'm just playing, they not hoes, but, I still love em'.  For the most part a couple of them have grown up and are doing better, as for the rest, it seems like they think they've grown up yet they're still dense and don't really have anything going for themselves now that they arent taking off their clothes as quickly as they once were.

 Where is this coming from?

I was randomly inspired to write this after I logged into my Yahoo Messenger and realized no one on my list was capable of holding a conversation, which is funny cause most of them were once capable of doing so, now they're just...dead.  So...moral of this blog is, keep taking off your clothes until you get married, just because you THINK you have something else to offer guys doesn't mean its true, if you arent sure, just ask around, I'll be happy to tell you, "you're cool and all, I got love for you, but you was a lot cooler before you got high self esteem." lol....I'm just playing...(no I'm not).  Seriously, a lot of the friends I'm referring to all had low self esteem, I suppose that's why I carefully placed myself in the "Friend Zone", I wanted to show them that not every dude is not what they think.  Not to say I did it just for THAT purpose alone and thats not who I really am, I just mean, I'm well aware that I was in what most people consider the "Friend Zone".  Look how wonderful that worked for me.  In the end, I'M the one who looks like an idiot, for not being a typical guy.  This blog obviously shows I'm hurt.  That the females I put on a pedestal turned out to be nothing more than a door mat.  Shame on me for not taking advantage. 

-Peace and more Old Navy Fleece--

Rantservation #1

Lets Get Married.....No?

but...why not?

Ok, so you barely know me

and you don't know if you're in love

and you don't want to be divorced in a year

and you want to finish college first

and you have a dog named rufus 

and your mom doesn't want you to marry a fat guy

but im not just any fat guy...I'm an unemployed cereal killing fat guy...HA!

lol you have to ignore me sometimes, I lost my marbles.  Woke up around 6:30am today, knew I wasn't gonna be going back to sleep soon, so I began looking forward to seeing an episode of Married With Children before turning to ABC Family to watch 2 episodes of Boy Meets World (yes, i still watch these shows, and Saved by the Bell, dont judge me dude).  Corey and Topanga inspired me to write (type) this, as with most of my blogs I'm gonna try to keep my composure and not go completely off lol, sometimes I purposely leave things out for yall to fill in, in the comments -wink-..


Just to sum up whats going on in Boy Meets World that inspired me to write this.  Corey and Topanga are/were engaged and were in the process of planning their wedding.  During the whole "parents meeting parents" thing, Topanga's parents got into an argument, Topanga's father went for a walk, he came back, Topanga's parents had a talk with Corey and Topanga in the room, turns out, they want a divorce.  Topanga is heart broken, her parents were together for a long time, she had so much hope and knew her and Corey would be ok because she looked up to her parents and their relationship.  Now that Topanga's parents are officially divorced, Topanga is going through that stage, where she doesnt know what love is, and she's so uncertain about everything.  Corey is desperately trying to prove to her that they (him and Topanga) are in love with each other and what happens with everyone else has nothing to do with them, he even went as far as going to Pittsburgh with Shawn to talk to Topanga's parents.  He eventually got them to meet up, they talked, and that's when he found out the reason why Topanga's parents are divorced, her father was having an affair.  NOW Corey is feeling like Topanga is right, and he has become uncertain of everything himself.

(Yeah, this is gonna be a long blog, lol)

Being in love is awesome, especially when you know the person you're in love with is in love with you as well, there's no better feeling.  Being in love is terrible, its frustrating, its a lot of work, its stressful, especially when the person you want to just have sex with is in love with you, they wont leave you alone!  Being in love is a double edged sword.  So much to sacrifice, so much to work for, and when you look around you, you often ask yourself, Is it worth it?  I've had many heart breaks in my day (22 and counting...its somewhere around there).  For the most part, I'm all talk, I love downplaying being in love like it isnt the best thing thats ever happened to me.  Why? I dont know.  Part of me really feels the way Topanga feels, that bitterness we've all tasted at one point in our lives, the taste that sometimes, if tasted for too long or too often, you begin to believe thats all love is, just the bad stuff, then you really start to doubt yourself and who you are, "Is it me?".  It's human nature to feel that way about love and about marriage.  It's easy to look at other people's situations and look at the numbers and have that sense of uncertainty and fear that you're marriage or relationship will be like all the other failed marriages and relationships, especially in the beginning, where all the right things are said, and "they said the same thing and now look what happened to them!".  I used to give advice a lot, til I realized no one was listening to me, or they were listening but refused to make any changes to their current situation, defeating the purpose of asking for advice, thats like me asking for a bowl of cereal, getting it, and telling you I'm not hungry.  Anyway.  Though I've been burned (22 times), I never gave anyone, bitter advice.  You know what I mean?  I would never give biased advice, even to females who have burned me.  I'd always step back and look at the bigger picture, aside from how I feel and my current situation.  If someone asked me how I felt about love and marriage and all that good stuff now?  lol  "love doesnt exist" "marriage is stupid" "im never getting married" "who would wanna marry me?" "is this real butter?"

What I'm Getting At

Love is a lot of things, and you have to do a lot of things to keep that love going.  Marriage also.  There's no sure way of knowing anything, yeah you can be 100% in love with someone, and they'll pretend to be in love with you, and after 2 years of marriage he/she files for divorce because it turns out they're gay and they've been cheating on you the whole time.  It's unfortunate.  Its scary.  Are you willing to take that risk?  Probably not now, and that's ok.  We, as people, as human beings, have got to do a better job at knowing our self-worth, stop being lazy and taking the proper time to make sure we dont end up "like them".  I'm not saying everyone on this planet needs to be in a perfect marriage or relationship, thats impossible, some things just arent meant to be, but to never even try? or to half ass doing things, just for the sake of doing them, cause everyone else is doing it, is ignorant.  No one can knock you or deny the hard work you've put in if you can truly say you've done it.  If you go into a marriage extra excited and happy and all that good stuff, and 2 years later, you find out your husband/wife doesnt like hot cheetos, you dont pack up all the hot cheetos and move out of the house, you get rid of the hot cheetos and take the time out with your husband/wife and find out what he/she likes that you like so you can stock up on it and not hot cheetos.  Its work man, everything is work.  I cant be bitter about love and my past relationships etc. because I know I worked while I was in it, looking back, yeah there's some things i wouldve done differently or maybe I couldve worked harder, we all look back on certain areas of our life and say that about.  Now is whats important, if you care enough about someone to work with them, no matter what it is, whether you're lovers, friends or strangers, it goes a long way.

So...

To each his/her own.  You cant reach everybody, some people need/want to learn things the hard way.  Some people have to see things from a different perspective in order for the bigger picture to become clearer, not everyone can spot the hidden picture in an optical illusion without putting their nose to it. There will always be certain feelings associated with love and marriage, gives you the chills, like "mufasaaaaa" lol.  Whether those chills are good or bad is different for everyone, ultimately we are all the same, yet so different.  I'm gonna end this before I start talking about the birds and the bees, trust me, I've had plenty rants where I'd be beefing about HipHop then end up talking about pregnant teenage girls lol.  So....Wanna get married?

P.S.- There's gonna be an Anonymous comment left be a certain young lady who likes to rub her marriage in my face...just ignore her lol

Observation #1

Say Hello to the Bad Guy

"You can do a million things right, and never get rewarded...do one thing wrong, and you're the bad guy"--Me

This is just another one of those things I notice on a yearly basis that bothers me, maybe you can relate.

Some people need negativity in their lives, like, literally need it.  They need it to help them move forward, if they don't have it, they'll stay in the same spot, they wont grow.  So, because some people don't have it...they create it.  They turn the people who have been on their side, against them in their minds, and they use it to help them move forward, and to other people on the outside looking in, it makes them look at that person as being: strong, etc. etc.  I notice it a lot, because I've been on the receiving end of it, on more than one occasion.  Its a sad thing to see and come to realize, but, its happened so many times to me, that, I've just accepted it and I'm happy that person is taking the necessary steps to make themselves happy, even if it means me being hurt.  For the longest time when I prayed at night and in the morning, I asked God to bless all my friends, help them be happy, even if it means me being hurt.  Sometimes it gets to me, because a couple of the people I know who have done it, are still sort of around, and they're just bitter toward me for no reason.  I sit back and start to think what could I have done to this person over the years that would cause this, which is basically nothing compared to how much other people have hurt them, then I snap back to reality and realize this person or these individuals are bitter toward me because they have to be.  Whatever the reason may be, in some cases, you can tell its cause that person still has feelings for you and they don't want to because its not going anywhere, so they feel they have to force themselves to get over you, in other cases, that person seems to be in a bad mental state, so they tend to create something out of nothing, but it helps them grow, sometimes for the worst though.  Have you ever been the bad guy/girl?  Ever notice anyone creating drama with their friends or fam for no reason and using it to help them move forward?

Coooookie Crisp!, COTW Review!

I know its late, but, you're still gonna appreciate it, I just finished the 2nd box of my Cookie Crisp this morning (as if I haven't had 300 boxes of it already lol) so now I have to hit you with the my REVIEW!

Cah-ooooo-key Crisp, sound it out baby, lol.  This has been one of my favorite cereals for the longest time, something about it was always unique, most cereals are fruity, marshmallowy, frosted bites, but the thought of having a bowl of mini cookies with milk is just awesome.

Brief History

General Mills is known for switching up the Cookie Crisp mascots, Why? I dont know.  As a youngster, I grew up with the Dogs representing Cookie Crisp to the fullest, some people grew up seeing this guy and for those who don't know, a couple of years ago they changed it to a wolf.

Choose your Coooookie

They have several different types of Cookie Crisp to choose from, my 2 favorite are the Original Chocolate Chip and the Vanilla Cookies with Sprinkles (I like to mix these with my Rice Krispies Treats, WIN!).  For a very limited time, there was Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp (awesome) and Vanilla Wafer Cookie Crisp, which was more old school, back when the Wizard was on the front of the box, as you can see here.

Final Thought

I cant really say anything bad about this cereal, I mean, who doesnt like cookies?! lol, but on a serious note.  My main issue with Cookie Crisp is the texture and quality of the chocolate chips, they seem to slide right off the cookies most time and by the time you're done eating, you'll have a bowl full of chocolate milk and little fake chocolate chips that wont dissolve and get stuck to the sides of your bowl, they all slide into your mouth when you drink the milk (and you BETTER drink the milk) feeling slimey and non-chewable.  BUT.  That's not a deal breaker nor a major issue.  Cookie Crisp is still one of the best tasting cereals out, and over the years has managed to keep its patented cookie taste, style, and texture.  The miniature cookies have a life span of about 5-10 minutes in milk, enough time for you to set the bowl on the table, turn to cartoons, say your grace, and dig in without the cookies becoming soggy.  I give General Mills Cookie Crisp 4.5 Bowls out of 5!

Rant #2

Zamn, Why yo shoes be so old?!

Alright Alright, I was inspired to rant about this around 7am today (February 5th).  I saw my friend's status on Facebook and its something that always bothered me, I now have a place to rant about it, so, here I go!

People watch too much TV...there, I said it, lol.  There's nothing wrong with TV man, I can watch TV all day just as well as the next man, but when it gets to a point where, it starts to have an effect on how you view yourself and people around you, when you let how other people act dress and live their lives dictate what type of person you should be or how you and others should act, dress and live your life...then it becomes a problem.  I'm mainly referring to our sense of style and fashion.  We idolize "celebrities" and put them on this plateau that makes them non-human almost, most of us don't even know why.  Being a fan of someone and their music or their reality show or their YouTube channel is all fine and dandy man, but when you begin to bash your fellow, normie (us), just because they don't have the drive to change their style every 5 years just to keep up with your favorite rapper(s), that bothers me.  This is seriously one of the many problems in our country, this is why so many of us are afraid to be ourselves, because you have people who watch way too much TV who think its OK to talk about other people who cant keep up with the Jones'.  More than 60% of us are trying to live outside of our means because we are so worried about having the freshest pair of shoes (sneakers is the new word for it), obviously I'm referring to young America, the 18-30 age range (yeah, 30).  Just to put it out there, the individual's status that inspired me to write this, basically said something along the lines of, "why are dudes still getting braids?", my question is, When did braids go out the window? When dudes made it popular to have dreads?, Of course, that's the new craze, just 5 years ago females were looking for light skinned dudes with braids now its brown skinned dudes with dreads, "I dont know, they're just my weakness".  I know a lot of you are reading this and saying "not me!, I never liked dudes with braids, it be all about dat personality!", well guess what, you're a liar! lol, but seriously, What will it be tomorrow?  Does it ever end?   Will we ever stop letting the way other people live their lives dictate how we live ours and how we look at other people who are just trying to be themselves?  Probably not, it's the American way, we have always been like this, most likely, always will be.  I'm not totally knocking it, my worst problem with all of this, is the lack of balance.  There's almost no room for some people to be themselves, and we wonder why people "change" so much, it extends from childhood, everyone wants to make fun of the poor kid wearing yesterday's styles, even if you don't want to make fun of them, peer pressure, you give in and do it anyway just for the sake of fitting in with everyone else.  I'm no saint, I make fun of people all the time, I stick to "yo mama" jokes though, because I have no sense of style, Bugle Boy was my favorite clothing brand til about the 6th grade, I've never in my life owned a pair of Jordans, I still wear Southpole and any name brand that's not in style as long as I think it looks good on me and the price is right, I'm wearing it, and I had braids just last summer, I now have dreads..."how's that working out for you Marcus?" well, I'll tell you imaginary interviewer, females still don't find me attractive and apparently I'm just trying to fit in, AWESOME! lol.  This issue is more of a female thing, I suppose, because its certainly not the first time I've seen a female say something like that and sparked a rant.  Females are more into style and all the latest, than guys are, though there are some guys who are into that stuff too, I'm surely not one of them, I believe there are too many clones out here, we got like 3 generations all listening to the same music wearing the same clothes watching the same shows and acting the same way, but that's life, and all apart of growing up, and realizing a lot of things you did when you were younger was stupid, realizing you wasted money trying to keep up with everyone else.  Me personally, one of the things that bothers me, is I wish I would've found myself a lot sooner, like back in high school, not saying I was always trying to fit in, but I was lost for the most part.  Anywho, don't instant message me on yahoo and cuss me out because I made a rant about your status lol.  The floor is open for discussion, what's the latest style you're attracted toooo?

Gadetry

Decided to use this as a new post instead, hope you guys/women folk, find it resourceful!

iPad and the Future

iPad's, ThinkPad's, Playbooks, Slates, Tablets are everywhere!!

Last year Apple released a product that Steve Jobs says, was actually in works before the iPhone, the iPad.  After months and months of rumors the iPad was finally showcased in January 2010 at an Apple conference then was released for sale in April.  The initial reactions for the iPad, for the most part, weren't all that great, most people kept referring to it as other successful Apple products, "..it's just a big iPod Touch" or "a big iPhone".  The main disappointment with most people, including myself, is the untrue rumor that it would run a version of the Mac Operating System and not the iPhone Operating System.  Yet people were still anxious to get their hands on one, and doing just that, curved a lot of peoples opinions formed before hand.  Having the iPad in your hand couldn't compare to looking at it on tv or your laptop, a seamless browsing experience from tapping and rotating around the well known iOS (iPhone Operating System) had a new and refreshing feel to it.  Obviously after noticing Apple's success, there are naturally going to be competitors.  Not saying the iPad is the first ever all touch tablet, most tablets weren't boasting the operating system of a mobile device, they were more Windows tablet PC's.  Just like the iPhone and the iPod, it became more and more obvious as time went on that Apple had yet again restructured the market with its not-so revolutionary iPad.  I say "not-so" because I own an iPad, and when you take in all it has to what it could have, it's really not that mind blowing, lacking certain key elements that would've put it over the top, mainly, for me, a front facing camera and a touch friendly version of the Mac OS.  

myPad

I couldnt help but to take my iPad everywhere when it arrived on the day of release.  After waiting and waiting for that famous big brown UPS truck to pull up in front of my house, I greeted the driver with a smiling face and a round of applause (seriously lol).  According to Urban Dictionary, I was 100% guilty of "iPadding", the act of going to wifi hotspots just to show off your iPad.  I took it to: the gym, the grocery store, to the kitchen to get a glass of water, to church just so I could use my Bible via iPad (im kidding).

Thoughts on iPad and Future Tablets

After owning an iPad for nearly a year, I still get questions about it: "is it worth it?" "how do you like it?" "how much did you pay for it?" "you could've bought a car instead" "is it true that its just a big iPhone?" 

"would you recommend it?"

I still love my iPad the same as when i first opened the package and held it in my hand for the first time.   I didn't bother getting a model with more than 16gb because I know there will be a new one this year.  One probably with Retna Display, possible 1080p resolution, definitely a front facing camera (which is all I really want). When it came to questions about recommending it, I always told people "if you can, you should wait", because the world is about to be hit with a TON of "big phones" from 7-12inches, most will have a version of Google's Android OS, which isn't bad, but wont release there new tablet friendly operating system til about Summer 2011, but there's still a plethora of tablets hitting the market, you got the RIM (research in motion) Playbook, some with HP's newly acquired Palm OS (Web OS), some with Windows 7, some with slide out keyboards, others with 2 touchscreens put together like a touch screen netbook, the possibilities are endless this year.  So if you're thinking about buying a tablet, all I ask is that you do your research, don't let anyone's biased opinion curve you into believing you made a bad choice or one tablet is far more superior than the other, etc.  Read reviews, ask the reviewers questions, you can ask me questions, don't be afraid to ask, most of these tablets run from about $400 and up, there's no sense in putting out all that money for a tablet if you don't plan on keeping it for awhile or if you feel you aren't comfortable or happy with your purchase.

Semi-Rant # 1.5

Friends!

How many of us have themmmm.  Wait...I think I ranted/blogged about this back when Myspace was hot lol

oh well.  Oh friends/"friends".  Friend, a term I feel is used a lot more loosely than the L-word (lucifer) aka love.  "Why do you feel that way Marcus?".  Well, I'll tell you imaginary reporter.  A lot of times we, as people, have to define things, give things a title, you know how that is, for example, you've been talking to a guy/girl you met at starbucks or online for a couple of days, and yall connect, but you just want to be friends, an innocent bystander (family, for example) asks "ooo who is this new guy/girl?" and your reply is "he's/she's just a friend".  We've all done it, I'm not perfect and not here to judge anyone who has done it and still do it, its natural, its something we've done since childhood, I let you borrow my crayons, we talk about Power Rangers, and then I run home to my mom after school and tell her "I made a new friend today!"  The thing is, as we get older, we obviously start to see who our friends really are, and as disappointing as it is, I think we should be more understanding and learn from it, but to me it seems people just reach that point where they just start considering people close to them their "associates", just showing that they've obviously been burned one too many times by bad "friends", then turn around and go right back to the same thing.  A friendship is no different from a bf/gf relationship, you should look at the people you call friends and analyze them the same way you would with someone you want to marry or be with. Do you want this person to be in your life for a long time? can you share things with this person that you cant even share with your closest relatives?, Will this person hurt me? etc.  We tend to have levels to it though, like people have their levels of that L-word (luicfer) aka Love, which is understandable, you love a close friend like a brother but not like your husband/wife, but with this friend thing, people have levels like, they call someone a friend but dont even trust em' or they'll call someone their friend but, this person isnt enough of your friend to see you naked lol.  Im so serious about this part though, its a discussion I had with my ex once.  Females have many levels of "friend" its crazy and its weird to me.  A dude who considers a female a friend, I mean REALLY considers her a friend, would have no problem being naked around her, because he knows she doesnt look at him like that and he doesnt look at her like that so there's no room for "awkwardness" or w/e, but females? they have a "friend zone" type of friend, they have a "friend but not really a friend" friend, they have the female friend who she claims is only an "associate", and they keep guys around that just want sex who are also "friends".  That's not good dude, and its not EVERY female, and some dudes are the same way.  The ultimate test should be "would you get naked in front of them?" lol, especially when it comes to the opposite sex friends, which, I believe do and can exist, as long as you can sort real friends from, dudes/females that you had high sexual chemistry with, chances are, if you stop being friends with that person, they'll still be around when you want to be single again or you want to cheat on your bf/husband or gf/wife.  I think we need to give people, our friends, those most deserving...our all.  

Me personally, 

I like to give people my all, and sometimes it makes some of my closer female friends not feel as special, you know how that is when you'll say to a friend something like "I love you" and they'll be like "awww you do?" and you'll be like "yeah, I love everybody" and they'll get all mad and not feel special lol, but thats how I am, I try to give people my all, it usually turns out to be a not-so-good thing but, I'm trying to not let that effect me as much, I dont trust people, even my friends, as much as I used too, and its hard to explain because the trust is there, but when you've been hurt and done wrong so much, you just become a lot more cautious about certain things.  For example, a certain young lady I was talking to last year, we started having those long conversations, and we got closer, then, as expected, BAM, disappointment, automatically im like "thats why I don't get close to people".  I'm sure most of us have done it, I dont like it though, I feel like, the way I am, I have to mask my emotions all the time, and I cant just openly tell my friends how I feel about them as a friend, or if there's something more, but every time I am that old person i used to be, all trusting and expressive, etc., BAM, disappointment.  Alright this is turning into my blog post from a few days ago, Knowing and Feeling I believe, lol

Anywho

I'm sure we all have our own issues and observations when it comes to our friends and other peoples friends, its always fun to discuss, so leave a comment, Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece!