Cats, Kanye, and Cranky Old Ladies
Let's do a contest.
Prize: one copy of Just Between You and Me
Challenge: Answer the following question as presented to my students today: What was your favorite cartoon as a young child? Mine was Scooby Doo, hands down. I especially loved it when they had guest stars like Don Knotts or the Harlem Globe Trotters. My soon-to-be four-year old niece watches Scooby religiously and can quote it in all sorts of hilarious ways. So what about you? You have until Friday at midnight to leave a comment with your answer. I'll announce the winner next Monday.
Okay, so two words.
Kanye. West.
What a jerk. How miserable he must be to act like he did on the VMAs. And then to interrupt our president too? Uncalled for!
If you didn't watch or read the news, Beyonce gave up her own acceptance speech time for Taylor to have a redux. Beyonce is classy, y'all. Just classy. All the single ladies! All the single ladies! Put'cha hands up! But if I was Taylor's Swift's “people,” I'd be wanting to know who let Kanye on stage in the first place. Because they wouldn't have let any random fan up there. They had to have allowed this. Not something a 17 year old girl needs to put up with. I think actress Kat Dennings sums it up best. “I'm throwing away my Kanye glasses. They were eight bucks, so no skin off my apple.”
I posted on Facebook that my mom would've had Kanye straightened out in five seconds. One FB friend had this to say:
“Girl, my mamma would have thrown a shoe from the audience, hit him in the head, and made him bring it back to her.”
Another said: “What would Madea have done? I would have loved to have seen that!”
Anyone watch any of the new fall premieres? I kind of liked Vampire Diaries. I only watched half of it, so my opinion isn't worth much. But I would put the lead actress in the Twilight movies any day. What I didn't like was the sponsorship of the show. The commercials were basically like, “Hi, I'm Satan. Would you like to take a look at murder, screaming, paranoia, scary cult images, and various other cavities of hell?” Um. . .no. No I wouldn't. Where's a good maxipad commercial when you need one? Seriously EVERY SINGLE COMMERCIAL was about a scary movie or a scary show. Creeped me out.
Okay, so my grandmother is now staying at an assisted living facility. And there's a cat there. And this cat has kittens. My mom said, “You have to see these kittens. They climb up a tree and get on the roof–where they live.” And I'm like NO WAY. Cats don't live on roofs!”
Here's the tree.
Here's the roof.
And here's who lives there.
Brace yourself for the unfiltered cuteness.
CAN YOU BELIEVE how cute that thing is? I mean, seriously. Every time I look at that picture . . .Man, I love baby animals! The kitties (there are three) are wild. And that would explain why they aren't all living with me. Thank God I haven't caved and staged a full scale rescue and brought them home. I have a friend whose job right now is just to remind me that I do not need another cat. I do not need another CAT!!!! (But look at that face. And that's not even the cutest one…I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CAT!!!)
I had quite the busy weekend. Friday night I saw I Can Do Bad All By Myself. I liked it a lot. GO see it! Reviewers say that Tyler Perry's movies are formulaic and all the same. And in a sense, they are. But this one to me was different in a good way. All of his movies have a faith message, but this one was so much more natural. Usually they are a little, um, much. But I'm so glad to see it coming out of Hollywood, I don't care how corny it is. But this one was better. There are a few moments where I had to look behind me to see if church was about to break out. That good. If I ever have a movie, I'm writing Mary J. Blige in for sure. I don't care if the movie is “Land of Only Men,” Mary J. is getting a part. I love to hear her sing. And one of the Wynans had a part as a pastor. And I got chills during his song. As for the storyline, it was okay. I really enjoyed it until the last ten minutes when it got tied up in this nice “HAPPY ENDING” bow that came out of nowhere. But it's so worth it–so go see it. You could tell everyone in the theater really liked it. Did I mention Mary J. Blige is in it…? The soundtrack isn't available yet (if ever?), but here's the theme song (start at :16)
It also has Gladys Knight in it. It's always good to see Gladys, though I prefer her with her Pips. She sings as well. Because what church woman doesn't get up and sing an impromptu song in a bar? When it comes to Gladys, I'm a traditionalist. This is still my favorite song of hers:
A soopah stah, but he didn't get fah. That is good stuff. You never saw Gladys or the Pips pulling any Kanye psycho business. And of course Madea was hilarious. Like 100 percent of what she did/said was hilarious this time. I thought the humor was a little weak in the last Madea movie Madea Goes to Jail (though still recommended), but it was solid in I Can Do Bad. The one who stole the show was a young actress named Hope Olaide Wilson. That girl acted the heck out of that movie. Her performance alone is worth a ticket. You can see a clip HERE. (Warning: one cuss word)
I'll see you Wednesday where I show off my pics from the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. And no more cats on roof tops. I promise.
JEN
