It's been a while

Hey Yall! As usual, it's been quite some time since I've posted much of anything. However, for once I actually have some things to blog about! Yay!

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1. RIP Amy Winehouse- I was devastated today when I heard the news that one of my all time favorite artists, Amy Winehouse, passed away. My heart has been hurting all day. It almost feels like I lost a friend. Her music reminds me of sooo many memories from high school. My friend Kevin singing, "Tears Dry on their Own" when we went out to eat one night. My friend Asha's love for her song "F me Pumps." Listening to "Valerie" 98758763583745 times while shopping for a dress for my debutante club's Christmas dance and hearing that song in one of my favorite movies, "27 Dresses." Introducing the song "Back to Black" to one of my friends. My neighbor loved the song "Rehab." The music world has truly lost a talented, ingenious performer. I'm scanning through other singers in my mind and the only other singers who are somewhat (and this is a far fetched somewhat) similar to Amy are Adele and Duffy. And although they are both still EXTREMELY talented, they just aren't Amy.  From the unique sound of her voice and amazing vocal range, to her unique musical style and that classic beehive doo, there will never be anyone that could replace Amy. Her first cd 'Frank' was an excellent jazz inspired debut, while her 'Back to Black' took the US by storm with her 60s girl group inspired anthems. The thing that makes me the most sad was that her death was totally preventable. Why didn't the ones who were closest to her make more of an effort to force her to get the help that she truly needed? It was so sad to watch her transition from a beautiful, healthy songstress which a powerful voice to a tiny woman overcome by the drugs which she chose to use. I had really hoped that she would make a comeback and release a new album. At least she now rests in a better place where she can no longer continue to harm herself. Amy, you will truly be missed.
2. I bought some kinky curly knot today detangler/leave in & so far I'm falling in love. I only used it in a small section of my hair in the front & it work amazingly. Knots were slipping right out & I liked the way my hair turned out after I combed it.
3. I have several countdowns going on for some of my favorite artists to release their new cds:
1. Drake's 'Take Care' is set to be released Oct. 24 (his birthday) ;)
2. RHCP's I'm With You is set to be released Aug 29th. Woot
4. Pretty Little Liars fans? Is this season getting extreme or what? I cannot wait to see what happens next. Since I haven't really had too much to do with my life recently, I've been keeping up with the show & it is absolutely amazing. Yay (:
5. urbanbushbabes.com- I think this website describes my life in url format. I absolutely love it. Everything from the style to the big natural hair to the arts & music scene is AMAZING! I would def suggest that you check this website out (:

The Game! Yay!

So after a whopping year and a half one of my faveee tv shows ever, the game, came back on tv! Yay! It came on at ten last night on BET and I swear the entire 10% Black population of my school was watching. Facebook statuses were being updated left & right about it. When it finally came on I was soooo excited. The show has changed A LOT, but is nonetheless still awesome. SPOILER ALERT!! But for those of you who missed out, here's what happened so far:



Melenie & Derwin: At the beginning of the episode Derwin's baby (who is so adorable) comes to live with Derwin & Melenie. Tasha Mack makes these comments about the baby's light skin & straight-er hair and jokes that the baby isn't Derwin's. So Melenie calls a friend who is practicing her residency in genetic & has the friend conduct a paternity test on the baby. Derwin tells Melenie that the baby is not his and he becomes infuriated & punches a whole in the wall. Then the friend calls Melenie back again to tell her that she made a mistake conducting the genetic test and that Derwin IS the father. Now Derwin is furious with Janae & Melenie has to come clean and tell Derwin that he really is the father. Here comes the drama!!



Tasha Mack: Tasha Mack starts the season off with a new love interest, Donte', who is 106 & Park's Terrance! Wth? 1st of all they were making out in almost every scene & he is like 1/2 her age...can someone say cougar!?! Gross!Then it's Terrance, as in Terrance and Rocsi from 106 & Park. He's not an actor. lol. I kept expecting for him to step off to the side & be like, "the number 6 song of the day is...." lol. What happened to Rick Fox? He was more attractive (Terrance looks like an ugly version of Trey Songz) and age appropriate for Tasha Mack. This is going to be interesting.



Malik Wright: So Malik starts the season being more of a man whore than usual. His new love interest is Meagan Good, who is also the love interest of a lawyer? or sports associate? that Malik is making business deals with. So Malik is two timing his own business partner. In addition, Tee-tee, who isn't Malik's assistant anymore, but owns his own mobile chicken stand discovers that his new gf is now also having an affair with Malik. Even before Malik slept with Tee-tee's gf there was a lot of unnecessary hostility between Malik & Tee-tee. All of a sudden Malik is this big jerk. All the hostility was unnecessary!



Kelly & Jason Pitts- Kelly now has her own reality show in which she does absolutely nothing but bash her ex. Jason on the other hand, appears on a sports show and is further bashed by Kelly. Out of all of the characters, Kelly and Jason were the most disappointing. What happened to Kelly's jealously of Jason's new relationship and her desire to fall back into love with her husband? Now they're just flat our enemies. & if Kelly's tv show were a real one, I'm not sure if I would want to watch it.



Overall



Likes

1. The drama- although it was unnecessary at some points.

2. The fact that it's back on television. lol.

3. Sheree's wack ahh cameo when Derwin was in the club. That means something to talk about on the Real Housewives of ATL. You already know she's gonna act like she had an emmy award winning role. Lol.



Dislikes

1. The fact that BET stretched a 30 min sitcom into an hour long drama filled excessive commercials. In my classic voice, "UH-UH"

2. The game is a lot more tense then it used to be. There's too much hostility & drama between all the characters. It seems like all the characters hate each other. Hopefully it will die down as the season goes on. The game used to be a show that i could sit back on the couch and watch not something that I have to sit up straight & be tense with.

3. The new hairstyles: Melenie = too much weave. Kelly's mohawk=yuck!

4. The new Brit Brit Pitts. Why is she darker than both of her parents? Do I sense another paternity test in the future? lol