I've decided to make this my only real outlet on the internet for whatever I feel like I want to blog about at the time...I've shut down myspace, facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc...I think it's time for me to spend some serious time working on self (and bringing whomever reads these along with me) and my social networking persona was getting a little shall we say "out of hand". Social networking sites allow people to be whomever they want to be and to create their own virtual world that can, if abused, be confused for reality. Now to let me start off (again) on the right note, a little about me:
Born in Ohio, spent a little time in Indiana, then spent most of my formative years in sunny Southern California. So if you ask, I'm from Cali. Currently living in Atlanta. College graduate that has gone on to become one of the many people in Atlanta who say "I'm in the music industry" when asked the question, "What do you do?" This also, as many in Atlanta would logically presume, means my financial situation isn't in the best shape, thus creating a daily psychological war between the logical self which asks, "What if it doesn't pan out?", and my "dreamer self" which is asks, "What if it does?" (My plan B is law school and I'm giving myself until Fall 2010 for this music thing to work or it's back to the classroom.)
I'd like to think I'm somewhat good looking, a lil' bit charming, and might I even say I have a sense of humor when I want have one. I have the ability to be extremely likeable (again, when I want to be). In general temperament, I will admit that I can sometimes be two VERY different people (which I will also admit is usually due to me not being very sensitive to my own emotions). As far as faults, I have a tendency to not let the people that I care about know just how much I care about them, something I am working on. Also, my biggest fault is I have been known to lie to people I care about. There I said it. I have been less than truthful to everyone that I have found truly important in my life and absolutely brutally honest to those that I don't. And on top of that, I'm not a very good liar, so I always get put on blast sooner or later. I can't really explain why I do it, although much of it is to avoid accountability, but my mom says I have inherited it from pops and it's something he took with him to his grave. I am extremely fearful of meeting the same fate. I'm trying to take it one day at a time, but honestly, it's rough...
Well that's me. Now you know more about me than a lot of people I know. I don't like to talk about myself that much. Introspection can be painful sometimes. Consider yourself properly introduced :)
Monday, July 6, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Twitter Twits
I've been on twitter for about a month now (ericistheone is the handle by the way), and I've noticed a very disturbing trend. I've blogged in earlier entries about guys trying to pimp over the internet and it seems twitter is the new place to try your one-liners in 140 characters or less. With twits like "@_____ I like your background pic? What are you doing?" aren't getting you no punani playa. Time and time again, I'll notice my friends timeline full of wannabe magic don juans masturbating to the thought of an attractive woman responding to their twits. One particular internet romeo got angry when a girl said she's not on twitter to find a man. He went on to ask her where he could meet her, setting off her ted bundy radar, and then resorting to insulting her for not giving him a chance. What really made me laugh though was, when he got finished with her, he went on to begin the very same conversation with another girl. He even started it the EXACT SAME WAY. Needless to say, one can assume that he spent his evening very much alone.
Now I can't speak from a woman's perspective on how flattering or not it is for some random guy to ask you what you are doing at 3am, but as a man, I would advise my fellow men to just relax. Just think, if you want to send her a random twit, you're probably one of 1,872 guys that want to do the same thing. No woman is gonna take you seriously if the first thing you say to her is behind a computer screen. I agree, there are beautiful women online, but I promise you, there's a lot more beautiful women at your local Wal-Mart.
Gay26
People have been asking me what I think about this season of Making the Band and I only have one thing to say; Day26 officially came out of the closet this season. I haven't seen this much open man-love on MTV since Pedro was on The Real World. What's worse, I thought Will was the last guy in the group who could walk into a men's locker room at the local Y and not get awkard stares until he cried too. I'm not mad at Diddy, because he's getting more and more viewers each week with every episode spawning a viral video on youtube. I don't care how many records this group sells its first week, this season has irreparably damaged the reputation of this group. No amount of tattoos can bring back the street cred of this group (if they had any in the first place).
My jury's still out on this reality show to market the album strategy. Brutha ethered themselves last year with their obviously gay member and the lead singer being a 36 yr old alcoholic. Gay26 just threw any possible staying power they might have had out of the window with Rob's audible sobbing on national television.
Wonder why they are now Gay26?
Notice Brian's hand.....my thoughts exactly...
My jury's still out on this reality show to market the album strategy. Brutha ethered themselves last year with their obviously gay member and the lead singer being a 36 yr old alcoholic. Gay26 just threw any possible staying power they might have had out of the window with Rob's audible sobbing on national television.
Wonder why they are now Gay26?
Notice Brian's hand.....my thoughts exactly...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Greatest....Salesman.....EVER
This is for my fellow night owls. If you've spent any time looking at a television after midnight, you have definitely come into contact with Mr. Billy Mays, or as I have dubbed him, The Greatest Salesman Ever.
America first came into contact with the GSE when the product OxiClean hit the market. At the time, the mid 90's, I wasn't much of a clothes washer. But when I heard this man yell at me about OxiClean, I asked my mother why we didn't have any. Every time I see his commercials, I'm thankful my wallet isn't around. For some reason, I get sucked into his high-volume energy and lumberjack facial hair, and I want to buy whatever he's selling. It's absolutely insane to me. How can this 50 yr old white guy, hypnotize me, a 25 yr old black male, into buying whatever he's selling? It's a miracle in race relations people, that's what it is.
You think 50 Cent did wonders for Vitamin Water? Could you even imagine the luxury water global monopoly that would occur if Billy Mays sold "Formula Mays"? I tell you, this guy needs to be teaching Sales courses at Harvard. They should be He's the absolute real deal.
Just my opinion....
PS - For those haters who think I'm the only one who's buying what he's selling, his $1.8 million house says otherwise. BOOTCH.
America first came into contact with the GSE when the product OxiClean hit the market. At the time, the mid 90's, I wasn't much of a clothes washer. But when I heard this man yell at me about OxiClean, I asked my mother why we didn't have any. Every time I see his commercials, I'm thankful my wallet isn't around. For some reason, I get sucked into his high-volume energy and lumberjack facial hair, and I want to buy whatever he's selling. It's absolutely insane to me. How can this 50 yr old white guy, hypnotize me, a 25 yr old black male, into buying whatever he's selling? It's a miracle in race relations people, that's what it is.
You think 50 Cent did wonders for Vitamin Water? Could you even imagine the luxury water global monopoly that would occur if Billy Mays sold "Formula Mays"? I tell you, this guy needs to be teaching Sales courses at Harvard. They should be He's the absolute real deal.
Just my opinion....
PS - For those haters who think I'm the only one who's buying what he's selling, his $1.8 million house says otherwise. BOOTCH.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Kanye
Ok ladies and gents. This one has been heavy on my heart for a while. Kanye West is an absolute creative genius. He definitely pushes the limits on hip-hop music and is one of the few artists that insists on pushing music forward with every album. But let's be real with ourselves people.
IT IS NOT OK TO RELEASE A SINGING ALBUM!!!!!!!
How in the name of Jesus/Allah/Vishnu did you people hear that Love Lockdown record and call it genius is beyond me. If that record was done by Yung Berg, we'd all be signing the online petition for Berg to be dropped (if that hasn't been started already). But oh, just because it's KANYE, we think it's a good song. Negro please. Kanye does not SING. He clearly RAPS. How did we ever get this confused? If a dog chirps, it's STILL a dog. We just look at it like, "The hell is wrong wit this dog?"
Don't allow your "fan ears" (sumthin much akin to beer goggles) to color your honest opinion. Most people don't like this record the first time they hear it, so don't let your blind devotion for all things Kanye allow this record to grow on you.
This is my plea, that I know will fall on many deaf ears, because you're reading this anyways, probably while listening to that crap a$$ record right now.
IT IS NOT OK TO RELEASE A SINGING ALBUM!!!!!!!
How in the name of Jesus/Allah/Vishnu did you people hear that Love Lockdown record and call it genius is beyond me. If that record was done by Yung Berg, we'd all be signing the online petition for Berg to be dropped (if that hasn't been started already). But oh, just because it's KANYE, we think it's a good song. Negro please. Kanye does not SING. He clearly RAPS. How did we ever get this confused? If a dog chirps, it's STILL a dog. We just look at it like, "The hell is wrong wit this dog?"
Don't allow your "fan ears" (sumthin much akin to beer goggles) to color your honest opinion. Most people don't like this record the first time they hear it, so don't let your blind devotion for all things Kanye allow this record to grow on you.
This is my plea, that I know will fall on many deaf ears, because you're reading this anyways, probably while listening to that crap a$$ record right now.
EGOS
Now I work in the music industry right, a place full of napoleon complexes, rampant insecurity, and manly men with girly sensitivity, so one would think that I would be unaffected by people and their ridiculous egos, but that is most certainly not the case.
You couldn't believe the amount of people in this industry that have in no way matched their perceptions of themselves and the real world. Considering this is what I do, I won't give names, but some people just really need to get it together.
If I got no legs, I have no business walkin around actin like I can win an a$$-kicking contest. Likewise, if I got no arms, I shouldn't keep tellin everybody I give the best hugs. It just makes no d@mn sense people.
Take me for example, now I know I'm not perfect, and I think everyone succesful in the music industry has to possess some kind of ego, but I don't think I take it overboard. I tell everyone I work with, I don't sing, I don't rap, I don't songwrite, I don't produce. That is what all those other wonderfully talented people do. I know what I'm good at is building relationships and focusing on the big picture. I do what I do, and creative people do what they do.
People look silly when they step out of what they do and try to do what other people do. For example, when Kobe rapped, we all laughed. Kobe plays basketball. Kobe doesn't rap. See how easy that is?
Back to this music game and all the crazy egos. I think there should be a website (if u take my idea, gimme my percentage) called whattheyreallydo.com. This website should be set up as a directory of people in the industry. You can have little profiles a la myspace, and on it should be a list of what he/she does. With every item on the list, there should be some corresponding evidence, that they indeed do that item they listed. People should be able to either confirm or deny that what you listed is actually what you do. True, you might have some haters, but I'm assuming the majority of people in the industry aren't hating on you, and if they are, you might just be an a$$hole so work on that patna. I think, over time, the website could become a pretty valid source of information on people in the industry and can be used to refute all that "industry bs" that these folks out here be talking.
Again, if you take my idea in any manner, expect a letter from my lawyer. I ain't hatin, I just like gettin my check, ya dig.
You couldn't believe the amount of people in this industry that have in no way matched their perceptions of themselves and the real world. Considering this is what I do, I won't give names, but some people just really need to get it together.
If I got no legs, I have no business walkin around actin like I can win an a$$-kicking contest. Likewise, if I got no arms, I shouldn't keep tellin everybody I give the best hugs. It just makes no d@mn sense people.
Take me for example, now I know I'm not perfect, and I think everyone succesful in the music industry has to possess some kind of ego, but I don't think I take it overboard. I tell everyone I work with, I don't sing, I don't rap, I don't songwrite, I don't produce. That is what all those other wonderfully talented people do. I know what I'm good at is building relationships and focusing on the big picture. I do what I do, and creative people do what they do.
People look silly when they step out of what they do and try to do what other people do. For example, when Kobe rapped, we all laughed. Kobe plays basketball. Kobe doesn't rap. See how easy that is?
Back to this music game and all the crazy egos. I think there should be a website (if u take my idea, gimme my percentage) called whattheyreallydo.com. This website should be set up as a directory of people in the industry. You can have little profiles a la myspace, and on it should be a list of what he/she does. With every item on the list, there should be some corresponding evidence, that they indeed do that item they listed. People should be able to either confirm or deny that what you listed is actually what you do. True, you might have some haters, but I'm assuming the majority of people in the industry aren't hating on you, and if they are, you might just be an a$$hole so work on that patna. I think, over time, the website could become a pretty valid source of information on people in the industry and can be used to refute all that "industry bs" that these folks out here be talking.
Again, if you take my idea in any manner, expect a letter from my lawyer. I ain't hatin, I just like gettin my check, ya dig.
Disney Movies
For you people that haven't yet been able to experience the good times to be had kickin it witcha boy, one thing about me, I luv me some Disney movies.
Yea, I said it, I'm talkin Lion King, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast DISNEY MOVIES. If you're reading this right now and you're formulating some kinda series of jokes to say next time you see me, DON'T PLAY YASELF. You rock wit Disney too.
Many times, have people come to my house and looked at the movie collection and had sumthin to say about my Disney collection. But you know what? Bet they picked a Disney movie to watch. Now don't get it twisted, I don't have Simba night lights, or a Bambi puzzle, I just appreciate the movies.
If you don't, you might wanna call up your parents, talk about your misplaced anger, cry that ish out, then head to your local blockbuster and cop that Kung Fu Panda and prepare to be blinded by "the overexposure to pure awesomeness".
Yea, I said it, I'm talkin Lion King, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast DISNEY MOVIES. If you're reading this right now and you're formulating some kinda series of jokes to say next time you see me, DON'T PLAY YASELF. You rock wit Disney too.
Many times, have people come to my house and looked at the movie collection and had sumthin to say about my Disney collection. But you know what? Bet they picked a Disney movie to watch. Now don't get it twisted, I don't have Simba night lights, or a Bambi puzzle, I just appreciate the movies.
If you don't, you might wanna call up your parents, talk about your misplaced anger, cry that ish out, then head to your local blockbuster and cop that Kung Fu Panda and prepare to be blinded by "the overexposure to pure awesomeness".
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