15
Mar
2010
Da Smooth Criminal Bar Room
Step Right up and Grab a Drink Before You Get Your Hit. Don’t see what you want? You can look at all the drinks on the menu individually — just click on the picture!
[itk-eticker]INTRODUCING THE dirty, Dirty, DIRTY DIANA![/itk-eticker]
Have an Idea for a new drink? Please leave a comment and we’ll see about putting it on the menu!!!!
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A Wet Sabah: Creamy Sabah w/ just a hint of Michael in her.
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MJ
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Bad Boy Shot
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Ms. Chastity
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Chocolate Mike
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Liquid CobraCrack™
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Creamy Mike
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Creamy Mike w/ Strawberry Sabah’s Fave
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Creamy Mike w/ Chocolate – Sabah loves it!
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Creamy Orgasm (Mikegasm +Creamy Mike)
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Dirty Dirty Dirty Diana
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DDD, also served by the bottle
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Golden Boy – Lil Mike mixes/stirs
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Holoma’s Soup
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Holoma’s Soup
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L.O.V.E. Shot
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Mahba Mike + Sabah, a Perfect Combo
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Mikegasm
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Minty Mike
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Mr. M & Mrs. M
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Prince Michael’s Unleashed
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Prince Michael’s Unleashed
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Prince Royale
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Prince Michael’s Pure
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Sangre
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The Force
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The Foreplay
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The Gentleman
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The Thriller
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Thug Passion
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- A Wet Sabah: Creamy Sabah w/ just a hint of Michael in her.
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- MJ
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- Bad Boy Shot
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- Ms. Chastity
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- Chocolate Mike
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- Liquid CobraCrack™
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- Creamy Mike
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- Creamy Mike w/ Strawberry Sabah’s Fave
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- Creamy Mike w/ Chocolate – Sabah loves it!
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- Creamy Orgasm (Mikegasm +Creamy Mike)
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- Dirty Dirty Dirty Diana
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- DDD, also served by the bottle
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- Golden Boy – Lil Mike mixes/stirs
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- Holoma’s Soup
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- Holoma’s Soup
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- L.O.V.E. Shot
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- Mahba Mike + Sabah, a Perfect Combo
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- Mikegasm
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- Minty Mike
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- Mr. M & Mrs. M
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- Prince Michael’s Unleashed
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- Prince Michael’s Unleashed
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- Prince Royale
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- Prince Michael’s Pure
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- Sangre
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- The Force
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- The Foreplay
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- The Gentleman
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- The Thriller
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- Thug Passion
Sorry about this, but please just give security your I.D. – we don’t want no trouble.
Okay now that you’re in, Look our Bar Room. :silly: :cheerful: Annie Decorated it and I think she’s done a FABULOUS job!!!!! Thanks Annie!!!!
After, if you are still walking, talking and coherent you might want to stop by our gift shop!!!!
N O W S E R V I N G :
Hey there handsome, excuse me for a minute I’ll be right with ya’ 
MENU LIST:
N E W ON THE M E N U!:
DDD, also served by the bottle
Dirty Dirty Dirty Diana
INTRODUCING The dirty, Dirty, DIRTY DIANA: Some of you addicts have been pretending. And it’s really not necessary. When you come into the bar, have a seat. Your drink has already been prepared. We’ll even serve you the bottle. After all, it’s got your name on it. :yes: :alien:
Warning: Do NOT Mix this drink with Bad Boy Shots. We’ve heard some stories, let me tell ya!
Bad Boy Shot
THE BAD BOY SHOT: Let’s face it, you’re not a good girl and you’ve never been one. You need something strong in ya and this big, black bottle IS IT. One shot is usually enough though we at CCC already know that’s not all you want. Pure Testosterone, raw masculinity infused with some BAD a$$ attitude – all you need to do is open up, throw this one back and wait for it.
:pouty: :sick: Warning (Drink Responsibly)
MJ
- MJ, Too
MJ: We’ve taken this infusion of all natural MJ bodily extracts and perfectly blended it into this refreshingly, naturally sweet and tangy citrus beverage we all ooooooof course, MJ. And we swear, it taste just like JUICE! We can’t really explain what it will do to you — experience it for yourself. You’ll understand after your very first swallow. :whistle:
A Wet Sabah -- Creamy Sabah w/ just a hint of Michael in her.
A Wet Sabah: Creamy Sabah w/ just a hint of Michael in her.
In honor of our favorite couple’s special night we at CCC have created two special drinks:
CHASTITY and UNLEASHED
Ms. CHASTITY
MS. CHASTITY: Coy and uninhibited, sweet and sincere. Remember when you were without fear, honest and whole — do you want to feel like that little girl again; do you want to experience, if only for a moment, the blissfulness of youth? Enjoy, Saniia’s Ms. CHASTITY. Experience the quality that captured Michael’s heart. INNOCENCE IS INTOXICATING.
Unleashed
UNLEASHED: Years of discipline, control and abstinence can only result in one thing: UNLEASHED. We were there. We captured it. We bottled it. Taste the flavor of unbridled passion.
Liquid CobraCrack™
Liquid CobraCrack ™
LIQUID COBRACRACK™ There hasn’t been a chapter uploaded for days! Your internet connection is on the blitz and you can’t find your IPod. Your family and friends have completely disassociated themselves from you because you’ve become a walking zombie. Not one of them understands why you’ve been staring at the blank screen of your computer for days now. But if you don’t get some Michael in you and in you quick, you will just explode!
Due to the number of addicts jonesing outside of CCC we rolled up our sleeves and created this TEMPORARY infusion of Michael in the form of Liquid CobraCrack ™. Stock up now while supplies last. Keep some in the back of your fridge, in the garage, under your desk at work and in your nightstand. Never be without Michael again!!! But Be Warned: Liquid CobraCrack ™ is equally as addictive as the real thing and there is a high likelihood of developing a tolerance very quickly. :sad: You really just can’t replace the real thing!!!!
The cool, refreshing boyish joy of Michael in your glass.
MINTY MIKE: Inspired by Sonia: We were just goofing off, experimenting when we took Michael’s cool smile, his refreshingly sincere good nature, his boyish charm and added just a dash of delight and to our surprise, POOF!!! A Minty Mike appeared! One sip and we couldn’t stop laughing!!! Almost scientifically identical to the chemical compound of JOY, this drink will chase away any and all of your blues and put a peppermint — permanent smile on your face. Enjoy!
Creamy Sabah
CREAMY SABAH: Creamy Chocolate Mike w/ just a hint of Sabah. We searched high and low for a non-x-rated picture that we could put up and this is what we came up with — WHEWWWW!!!!
Pure
Prince Michael’s PURE – Cool, Sweet and light as mist, this magical drink refreshingly satisfies your craving for Prince Michael without the calories or the alcohol. Passion distilled to its purest form, PURE WILL cure your thirst . . . but alas not your desire. Feel free to drink it all day and all night but be warned, Prince Michael always leaves you wanting more.
:wub: L.O.V.E.:When it comes to shots, we don’t offer anything that is more electrifying. We are serving the pure essence of Michael. It IS all that he had ever stood for and nothing more. People who met him basked in its warmth. It was in his words, his actions, his demeanor, his behavior and most of all, his smile. He simply exuded it from his pores. He gave and never asked for anything in return and now we offer the same to you.
If you’re feeling down and you need a pick me up; if you have been hit with a dose of negativity and need something to chase it away, we present to you something that will fill you with only the most natural of highs. It is ten times stronger than any of our other drinks and lasts twice as long: L.O.V.E. Have a shot today and experience the love of Michael Jackson. ***If you experience an immediate sense of peace, joy and contentment, don’t be alarmed that’s the magic of Michael in your system.
Chocolate Covered Mike
CHOCOLATE COVERED MIKE: For those of us with a sweet tooth introducing, Chocolate covered Mike. It’s decadently sweet, addictive, satisfying and unbelievably good for you. It’s just too perfect, OMG!!!!
- Sangre
SANGRE: Other establishments serve Sangria. We serve Sangre. Simply put, this sensually, seductive mixture of perfectly blended fruit, aged wine and just a tinsy weensy drop of Michael’s blood will invade your system and change your personality FOREVER. Undercover cameras captured the woman in the picture above seconds after she took one sip – we are not even sure she had a chance to swallow. Michael NEVER knew what hit him but I hear he was smiling for days afterward. Try it – if you’re woman enough. :devil:
The Force - it has a lot of power!
THE FORCE: This drink is served with a resuscitation kit. I don’t’ think I need to say more!
The Prince Royale
THE PRINCE ROYALE: You’re a lady, and you know truthfully that is the only kind of woman who can capture Michael’s heart. You only drink to relax, not to get drunk like some of the lesser women who frequent Da Smooth Criminal. You’re not interested in cheap sex, you want a life time commitment from the object of your affection. Your drink will be served in our finest crystal, the ones etched in gold, on a silver platter in the VIP section of the bar. The smooth and fruity undertones of this vintage wine will peel away the layers of your resistance until you are as free from your inhibitions as any Creamy Mike lover. The only difference is you’ve done it with style. The price of this drink only reflects your superior self-worth. Go ahead splurge. You’re worth it! And Michael will definitely take notice. He enjoys the finer things in life and so do you.
Thug Passion
THUG PASSION: Okay it’s no Michael but you’re strapped for cash. The flavor doesn’t last as long but it’s just a ‘lil something to keep you going until you can get a REAL drink. A favorite of our financially challenged customers. What you see is what you get and damn, come on girls, you have to admit, it looks good as hell.
THE MABHA * Michael chose the name so excuse the spelling : )
THE MABHA: A smooth and tangy combination of Sabah and Michael with a twist and zesty kick at the end. Don’t nurse it, ’cause it get’s flat. Drink it while it still has that sizzle!
THE GENTLEMAN
THE GENTLEMAN WILL stay in you all night and will also be the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning. Now let’s be clear: It’s not a hangover. It’s better than a hangover. It’s a HANG ON I’M CUMIN’.
Cool, milky, deceptively sweet.
THE MIKEGASM: Hands down, our most popular drink! Cool, Milky and deceptively sweet, you won’t see where the bang is coming from but IT WILL hit ya!!!!! What’s worst, you’ll keep ordering it anyway. We can’t explain why it explodes in your mouth, we just know we like it!!!! Make sure you have a designated driver if you start throwing back this one. We’re not going to take responsibility and you WON’T have just one.
Mr. M, Home Brewed Right Here at CCC daily!
MR. M: This is our signature beer. We brew it on the premises but if you’re watching yourself, you can get our light version instead.
Mrs. M, For Our Lady Cowgirls who WANNA remember the good times!
MRS. M: The light version of our homemade brew, for our responsible drinkers who also want to make it home in one piece.
Holoma's Soup
HOLOMA’S SOUP: This deceptively potent drink has babies popping up all over the place and since Michael loves da kids, we just can’t take it off the menu. It’s spicy and fruity and served with a strangely cool mist circling up top. Don’t mind the woman in the back hovering over the cauldron. She mixes a big batch of it every morning and though we’ve never asked for a specific list of ingredients, she says that it’s all natural and we trust her!!!
Creamy Mike
Creamy Mike w/ Extra Creme
CREAMY MIKE: (Inspired by Annie) Pure milk chocolate, lightened to perfection with thick, heavy cream and a blend of exotic liqueurs, the taste of this drink will linger in your mouth for hours. You’ll find yourself constantly licking your lips and thinking about it even after you’ve cleaned the last drop out of the glass with your finger. So delicious we naturally prepare two when it’s ordered because everyone gulps them down so quickly. BE WARNED: This drink WILL give you a particularly wicked alcoholic sugar rush. A number of women find it very difficult to keep their legs closed even after one small sip.
The Foreplay
THE FOREPLAY: (Inspired by Martinigirl) Trust me. Looks CAN be deceiving. This seemingly happy go lucky drink will put you flat on your back and keep you there. No matter what you’ve heard YOU ARE NOT READY for this drink. The tangy taste of pineapples smothered in Amaretto and Southern Comfort will knock you right off your feet – literally. Once on your back, you WILL stay there for days . . . and nights. I took this off the menu because I lost a couplah return customers. It’s served with a life size cut out of the Michael pic above. A bunch of people ordered, left and were never seen again.
Golden Boy
THE GOLDEN BOY: (Inspired by Enola) From the moment this Martini came into existence we knew it was special. Inexplicably sliding down your throat like icy cold molten lava, we struggled to formulate an adequate description. Fearing, because the drink was so powerful, that we would face multiple law suits if we put this volatile concoction on our menu we decided in the end it would only be safe to offer ONE drink PER PERSON per LIFE TIME. Ladies, ladies, before you protest, please try and understand: The Martini . . . shakes/stirs itself! (Cue dramatic music) ( O-O )
The Thriller
THE THRILLER — (Inspired by MJQuan) It sizzles, it pops, it dances in your mouth and then it gets down in you and makes you wanna dance, too. One sip, and your hand is up in the air, you’re pursing your lips and saying, “Oooooo”!!! This is our most popular non-alcoholic drink. You can take it all day and never get tired. Enjoy!
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"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." W. Shakespeare
(Spike to Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." W. Shakespeare
"----->His intelligence is instinctual and emotional, like a child’s. If any artist loses that childlikeness, you lose a lot of creative juice. So Michael creates around himself a world that protects his creativity”. ~ Jane Fonda
Hey Ladake!!!
Whooohooo, what a story huh!!!
I think every woman of color who has naturally kinky hair has a story to tell!!!
Well, in my family there is every texture under the rainbow, from bone straight like a Caucasian person to the nappiest of nappy, so we have the discussion about hair a lot!
I remember when I explained to a Caucasian person how black people wait to see what texture a baby’s chair will be like with baited breath and much anticipation, hoping that that baby hair won’t fall out and the natural nappy hair doesn’t grow in. I was explaining where the term baby hair came from, because that person didn’t know. But I think in those cases it’s willful ignorance. We know all about their hair and how they care for it, but I still have people saying to me, how do you get your hair like that? :pinch:
I even told her how we look at the crown of a baby’s nails and their ears to see if a baby is going to stay light skinned or not. I think the woman who was there, who happened to be black, was mad that I was airing our dirty laundry!!!
I myself, well my mother was pressing my hair since forever, burning the crap outta my ears :lol:
And we all know straightening sucks ’cause you can’t do anything – if you move, you sweat and sweat and heat don’t mix.
My hair is “sof” but it was never soft enough!!!! Not for her!!! Now she looks at me and says, why did you cut off all your hair, but before she was saying, look at how long your hair is, that’s not real!!!! My mother cannot be pleased!
This mentality comes straight from the belly of racism. The idea that lighter is better and straighter hair is more beautiful is promulgated in every culture that was colonized by Europeans. It’s just been passed down from generation to generation, so much so that we, in our own community believe it.
I know many black women who would not be caught dead with their natural, untexturized, unstraightened hair!!! :w00t:
Mhmm, yep, I said it!!!!!
This is no different from the bleaching skin controversy that recently erupted in Indian, where a woman who is lighter is worth more, and gets more of a dowry than her darker skinned counterpart.
I, for one, think Indians with their dark complexion, as contrasted by the texture of their hair look unique and beautiful. Like Michael said, the darker they are, the more beautiful. I actually loved when he said, who are my people?
How cute is that? :wub:
So yes, I make it a point to dispel the myth wherever I see it rearing it’s ugly head, and believe me, I catch hell for it!!!
But I often see, especially in my family where there are so many kids. They’ll be praising my niece, telling her how beautiful she is with her thick soft hair, and you see my other niece, who’s hair is not so long and thick, who isn’t light skin looking on with her sad little face.
:sad: :cwy:
Well, no one has to tell her she’s ugly — the fact that they never tell her she’s beautiful, that they don’t rave over her eyes and skin color and hair makes her feel ugly!
My former babysitter, a very beautiful woman with a sweet soul, still had that backwards thinking, as sweet as she was.
I used to tell my daughter she was beautiful all the time. I mean I still do, but when she was little, I showered her with praise and lots of kisses :kissing:
Anyway she told me I shouldn’t do that because I would jinx her. At first she used a word I didn’t understand, she was speaking Creole, so I asked her what she meant, and she when she explained it, I realized she meant jinxed.
So I asked, incredulously, Telling her she’s beautiful will give her bad luck???
She said yeah.
So I said, but I can call her ugly, though.
She laughed and said, Yeah, because that will make her strong, otherwise she’ll think she’s special or something.
:wassat:
I ‘LOL’ at that last part.
That just breaks my heart.
I can honestly and gratefully say that most of family isn’t like that. I say ‘most’ because I have an aunt and uncle how have 4 children, boys/girls, light and dark and growing up there was clear favoritism and mistreatment based upon their color. They’re all grown now and the girls only date the darkest men they can find simply to make their parents mad.
These same ‘parents’ …. I used to tell my mom, uncle and aunt so and so are nicer to me now that my hair is longer. LOL These people are a trip, right! When I cut all my hair off, when it was no more than an inch long, as my grandma would say, they barely parted their lips. sigh… it’s funny and sad at the same damn time. I just pray for them and hope they find happiness within themselves. Of course you know how they treated their children messed them up/gave them complexes as they got older.
wow black women sure do go through alot with their hair, what does nappy mean? lol
I don’t know why this made me giggle.
Nappy refers to the size of the natural curl/texture of the hair. Usually when folks say nappy, the hair strand grows out of the scalp in a very tight s or z pattern.
See what I mean?
Colette you NEVER heard the word nappy?
Omg, I’m afraid that’s me. My father who is extremely fair skin, he told me not to marry a man too dark so that my children wouldn’t turn out too dark.
:ermm:
So now you know why my preference is dark men!!! The darker the better!
I have non-black friends to whom I’ve had to explain what nappy meant, so I can believe that Colette never heard of it before.
And it used to have such a negative connotation, however I know many black women who are starting to embrace their natural texture.
I can say that I have younger cousins who are now going or have gone natural because I did years ago. I let them know it’s okay, you don’t have to be bone straight (and usually unhealthy) and I’m very proud of them!!
Every time I look over to the left, I see a picture that I haven’t noticed before.
The 2nd one from the bottom, the black and white, just makes me say, ‘damn!’
:wub:
I’m being facetious, when I ask Colette if she never heard the word Nappy before. The fact of the matter is beauty magazines and the like cater to one type of hair, and only if you are of color would you ever know that other types of hair existed!
That or if you were Caucasian and adopted a child of another race :smile:
It’s so very true, you can lead by example, Ladake. That’s wonderful that you’re being a role model for your younger cousins!!!!
Now about that picture, let me just site here and stair at it witcha!
Damn is right!
bbm to go…
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I know this is a minefield, but I’ll take the chance…
I hope I’m not offending anyone by saying that the term nappy hair is new to me too. Does my lack of knowledge make me an ignorant person? Maybe so. But I know it’s not willful ignorance. The explanation is simple – I never came across the word before. Just like so many other words…
You know English is not my native language. I see new words almost every day, when reading your posts on this site. I read them, understand them, remember them, and make them part of my vocabulary. And so nappy will become part of my vocabulary as well…
However, my lack of vocabulary does not mean I am blind to what goes on in other peoples lives. I read magazines too and I see what you guys (and others) must deal with on a daily basis. Being European and Caucasion some people might think I do not care, but they are wrong. I DO care, and I’m am truly sorry that we live in a world where natural looks are frowned upon. I know much of that kind of crappy thinking came from people who look like me, but that does not automatically mean I share those ideas.
A human being consists of so much more than hair and skin. I never gave a shit about what people look like. In my humble opinion, the ability to think, to feel, to understand and to be compassionate is the thing that truly makes us human and the thing that makes each and every one of us unique. The rest is just “wrapping” and has no true value.
I wish everybody could see that. It would save all of us from a lot of trouble and heartache.
Cheers to being natural!
:heart:
Hi, again.
Just stopped by for a Golden Boy to celebrate that I have managed to connect my Blu-ray player with You Tube. Now I can watch gold pants vids on my 42′ TV. So if you thought it could not get much…uh…bigger…well let me tell you ladies….IT can.
Back to work!
See you later – unless I end up in front of the TV as soon as I get home, that is.
Maybe I should buy an extra raincoat on my way home? Just in case I feel like watching some Stranger in Moscow stuff as well…
:devil:
Awww Enola….
No, not knowing what that word means or never having heard it before does not make you ignorant.
But the problem that Sabine and I were discussing stemmed from the word ‘good’ being given to hair that has a looser curl pattern/straighter than what black folks consider ‘nappy’ hair to be.
Unfortunately, ‘good hair’ was said to those whose genes mixed with whites during slavery days (and not even getting into the issue of colorism) and were deemed better. The sad thing is it STILL happens, so nappy hair or those with a tighter curl pattern are deemed less than, or not as cute or it’s unprofessional to wear your natural texture, and the list goes on and on and on.
But I do see (in those around me) it getting better and folks letting go of the stigma of being natural. I totally agree, it is just wrapping and as India Arie said, “I am not my hair!”
Meanwhile, it’s Thursday and Thursdays are like my Friday’s here… so I think I’ll have a little shot of L.O.V.E. and spread it around.
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Hey Ladake,
It’s a crazy world we live in.
Hi Enola! :smile:
I’m not offended. It’s natural, I suppose, that you’ve never come across the word. Human beings naturally gravatate towards what is familiar and like them — you’ll see that in any country, foriegners tend to live together and form ghettos — it is unatural for us to stretch outside of our own environments and look into the lives of others and try to understand what their struggles are.
Thus Michael’s “walk a mile in my moccasins letter”. Personally, there is so much I don’t know about other cultures and peoples, and so when another person starts talking about how it is for them, I always sit up and listen intently. I like to learn about other people and their cultures because I think it makes me a well rounded person — so that is why I bring up these subjects, to edify someone who doesn’t know.
Not knowing something doesn’t make you an ignorant person, just ignorant to the subject matter. I don’t think it’s a crisis or shame to be ignorant, is what I’m saying — I’m ignorant about a lot of things. I bet you I couldn’t tell you the first thing about living a Texas life!!!!!
Being open to learn and understand new things, I think that’s a beautiful thing. I personally am happy to admit I’m ignorant about a lot of things. . . and hopefully I will be given opportunities to change that.
See that’s great! You’ve learned something you didn’t know before.
Well, this is one of the situations that we wouldn’t know unless you said. I can only speak for America, because that is where I am — Because so much of America’s mainstream media, print and fashion industry is geared towards a Caucasian ideal of beauty, for which I’m sure Caucasian women derive much benefit, unless a Caucasian woman actually said, You know, this is crazy, why aren’t there other colors on here, other textures of hair, why is there only one look being promoted as a standard of beauty” — no one would know she felt that way; was aware of the discrepancy and the negative image given to other images of beauty and of simply their lack of representation in movies, on t.v. and in fashion magazines.
This is why I love and encourage open dialogue.
hi girls!
(((((Sabine))))), I read you have a cold, hope you are feeling better today. You better get yourself together girl, the hurricane’s comin”!! :lol:
I see MartiniGirl was even sneaking in here for the Bad Boy shot! I only had one the other day so that is what i’m having this afternoon. I may have to sneak over to the shower room again too…. :wink:
HI Enola, HI Ladake, how are you girls?
My thoughts on the hair discussion as i read through…well, I am Caucasian, like all of you i believe ALL people or every race and mixture are beautiful and I think I have always known the word nappy meant but i know that the first time i became aware that there was that judging of hair and skin amongst people of color was when i saw the movie “Crooklyn”…there’s this one little girl and the others say she thinks she’s so special because she has good hair. I can also tell you that the same type of thing happens in Caucasian families. Although it’s not based in racism like what you are talking about, it’s similar and it still puts one child over another based on their physical traits. you always hear people say “oh, that one has your nice curly hair”, or ” oh, she has that drab brown hair like Aunt So andSo” and parents who wish and wish for their baby to inherit one’s blue eyes over the other’s brown. In my own family, I have “nice” hair..it’s very dark and a little curly so it’s always been natural (except for one or two bad perming experiences) and my grandmother always called me her “raven-haired beauty”…well, my husband is a red-head and my two oldest boys got my hair but my youngest son and my daughter have light golden brown hair. It was ok with her for the boy but she was NOT happy when my daughter’s black baby hair fell out and came in lighter …”such a shame she didn’t get your hair” and i KNOW she thinks of her as less beautiful because of it. and i could go on and on…light skin, dark skin, freckles, curly, straight…I suppose it’s natural for people to have preferences as to what we think is attractive but people need to just keep their damn mouth shut about it if they can’t see everyone’s natural God-given beauty.
*throwing back another BBM*
anyone needs me i’ll be in the shower :happy:
You’re right Gracie, this probably happens in all families in all races. I just wish people would stop imposing their preconceived notions on children, who are the ones who end up with inferiority complexes and the like as the get older.
ok, i sound stupid editing my own reply but in the interest of full disclosure i have to admit that somehow when i was moving stuff aorund to make more sense i deleted in my hair confession that in addition to those bad perms i straight-ironed off and on over the years. ok, enough about my hair.
oh Hi Ladake…i was thinking about you as Earl is swirling around out ther in the Atlantic, are you back home in MD? I am in PA, thankfully inland but do you live near the coast?
Exactly what you said…that is the hardest thing about parenting, I am especially conscious of it with my daughter and i worry for her growing up in this world.
I’m soooo in love with Michael today it’s not even funny. :wub: :sideways: So I need a Miss Chastity right now.
That’s all. :smile:
Hey Mamma Gracia! Flat ironed! Those glossy locks! Say it isn’t so! Heat is so terrible for the hair . . . .anyway, thank you honey for sharing your experiences with us.
See, I would never have guessed. I see you note it’s not based on racism, the distinctive preferences that your family made between certain hair color/ eye color, skin color — but what is racism, isn’t it just insecurity trying to be masked by ignorance?
One thing I didn’t know, I didn’t know that Caucasian babies lost their baby hair too, I thought only our babies did that!!!! So thank you for educating me.
See how Crooklyn did that for you!!! That’s why I love the medium of art, movies, books — how else can we delve into the lives of others.
I remember the movie!!!!! And it was so much like “my life” — I am very greatful to Spike for the contributions he’s made to the film industry.
AT the end of the day what’s happening is people are pushing their insecurities on others and trying to make other people feel less than so that they can feel better, that’s the bottom line. I’m afraid that won’t stop until we do what Michael told us to do:
Make that change: Man in the mirror, girl!!!!
Oh, my cold!!! I finally figured out how I got it. I wet my hair, so it could be curly, and then ran out the house cause I was late, stepped onto the air conditioned train, and girl, that was all she wrote!!!!!!
Terrible head cold, yesterday I thought I was gonnna die!!!! But today I feel better!!!!
Hey Sabs! Yes, Crooklyn…I love love love that movie…i was enthralled by it the first time i saw it because like you I am curious about all cultures and i loved how the neighborhood and the family were portrayed so honestly and as a young woman who grew up in the country how would i have ever known about it? and you know what? I saw so many similarities too . anyway, yup, i love Spike.he helped make that change. I actually think my kids get the same kind of thing from Everybody Hates Chris….they love that show and my son relates soooo much to Chris’s character and his family, definitely much more than any of the “typical” white suburban kids on sitcoms…you never see their moms shopping in the discount grocery like me! :lol: I’m much more Rochelle than Mrs. Brady !
OH yeah, i wanted to tell everyone, I had a MIchael Moment at school yesterday!…I have a whole little gallery of prints hanging up in my room and i was having a little aesthetics lesson with 5th graders asking them to pick out one they liked to talk about. So one boy picks this Kandinsky with a black background and these glowing orbs of color sort of floating around and he said he likes it because it reminded him of a Michael Jackson video!! At first i was like HUH? but then i thought about it and realized he was talking about “Rock With YOU” with the lights in the dark background . Michael would love it, don’t you think??
Gracie, I’m sure that sweet little boy is now your “favorite” student :wink:
hee-hee! Now Sabine, you know good teachers never play favorites!… :wink:
This is the painting!
ahhh, that little boy has a great eye!!!!
By the way, I love Everybody Hates Chris, I love the racists teachers, I love Rochelle!!!
I asked my kids if she reminded them of anyone and they were like hmmmm, I thought with dread they might say me, but they said my sister!
whhheewww!!!
I love how Rochelle was saying , when she was working, I don’t have to take this shit, my man has two jobs!!!
:lol:
Oh, and the episode when the daughter wouldn’t eat the sausages, tooooo funny!!!
I HATE being micromanaged!!!!!
:angry:
Takes long, calming breaths…..
I need sumthin’ strong right now dammit…gimme one of them Bad Boys!
:lol: I’ve heard it before lots of times I just didn’t know what it meant, and I was just too shy to ask, someone explained it to me before on twitter but I didn’t get it lol
I’m sorry to hear that Sabine, did your dad really say that? that’s horrible. :sad: I didn’t know your dad was light skinned, you would never know looking at you!
LOL! :lol: Sabine, my kids Do say Rochelle reminds me of them, especially the ep. when she was mad and Chris says “when my mom’s mad she does everything mad” and she’s doing mad cooking and mad laundry!! that’s totally me! and when my son is going out with friends i always tell him to be good because “I ain’t raisin no babies!” it’s our special little way of saying I love you. But they also say I am like Julius so I am always saying “that’s 30 cents worth of cereal, you better finish it!!” OMG that teacher..I loved when it was “Earf Day” and the episode with the “Chris Eggs”!! She is something!
Aarg! timer’s going off..gotta run!
OMG, Colette, what would I have to look like to have a light skinned father? :cheerful:
Don’t you understand a black, tar black, black as night man can have a light baby . . . and visa versa.
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:pinch: Oh, no!!! Who is tryin’ to micromanaged you Ladake?
Tell ’em I said to STEP OFF!
Gracie I love Julian!!!! I’m a bargain hunter for sure, and he takes after my own heart!
yeah, every time I use a coupon my son laughs at me…someday they will understand!
I just left a little something in your mailbox! :biggrin:
speaking of leaving a little something…the potty princess did so well today! She stayed dry and went pee on the potty all day …and then pooped in her panties and actually tried to blame it on a stuffed Tweety Bird! I found her telling it ” Ewww, yucky poop” in her best mommy voice and i said “did you poop in your panties?” and she said “no” and pointed at the bird. OMG it was so hard not to laugh!
It can happen your right, just look at PPB, it’s just not that common, don’t be offended :lol:
I don’t know who PPB is but Collette, it’s an offensive comment.
Gracie, I got it!!! But I didn’t have a chance to look at it, I’m swarmped with work right now!!! I want to saaaaaaaavvvvvvvorrrrr it! :smile:
morning girls…UGH..woke up with a headache that i can’t seem to shake.
I’m mixing up a MJ spike with L.O.V.E. to wash down my Tylenol.
hmmmm…you know what else might help?…a hot shower……. :ninja:
PPB=Prince, Paris, Blanket
It’s not offensive I just said I don’t normally see black men have light skinned children, I didn’t say it never happened, I just said it’s rare. I guess in my mind you would have to look lighter, but it depends on how dark your mom is, so your probably in the middle somewhere, this is logical, I’m not trying to be rude, it’s just most cases I’m talking about. Are you upset that I didn’t think you had a light skinned father? I don’t know your family so I’m going by what I see.You really know how to make me feel bad, so I’m sorry I’m always offending you.
Sabineee, where are you? Everything alright?? :unsure:
Cherry I’m sure she’ll pop up later lol
Cherry Oooooh, you’re so sweet, asking about me — lack of sleep is catching up with me. I’m functioning on two hours in 24 — I just came in, had to take my daughter school shopping today!!! But I’m going to respond to your lovely comment as we speak!!!!
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Colette, REALLY sometimes enough is enough already.
I found the comment OFFENSIVE. Don’t you care about how other people FEEL.
A simple, oh, I’m sorry if I offended you I didn’t mean to be and we can move on would have been nice.
It’s not rare. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Years of intermixing of the races, when we were slaves forcibly and under the veil of secrecy and now openly, and what you have is generations of black people with white ancestors, some who don’t recognize or claim them — but it’s still in our genes. At any time, any one of us can have a blonde hair blue eyed baby.
You’re once again misinformed I really wish you’d take some time out to look into Black culture and try to understand these things because every time you start talking about it you show your lack of understanding.
You are being rude, because you’re generalizing. You’re lumping a whole lot of people that you know nothing about into one group based on assumptions. You’re not talking about most cases. Do you know how many colors and shades there are in my family? I have five brothers and sisters and 16 nieces and nephews — we are every single shade of “black” you can think of.
I’m upset that you don’t see me, that you are blinded by your assumptions and generalizations.
You are not always offending me, but you have written something I found offensive. I’m just letting you know that, that’s all.
Oh my word……
How amazing does Michael look here???
I know you can hardly see him but what you can see??? Oh my GOD!!! This is some of the most stunning footage of Michael that I have ever seen. DEE-LISH!!!
Goood morning all Good morning Frodes!!!! Michael looks like an angel as usual, but what are particularly looking at?
Hi Sabine!! I’m glad it’s “only” fatigue, I was worried about you. :pouty: I’m always getting somewhat panicky as soon as I don’t hear from people when I normally hear them everyday or when they arrive late without calling me before or whatever. One time, my mom told me she’d get up around 6.45 a.m. but didn’t until 7 but I was under the shower, washing my hear and didn’t want to get out all wet and everything so and I had all kinds of horror scenarios running through my head during these 10-15 minutes. :pinch: :lol: As soon as I was finished I grabbed a towel and ran to her room and she came out in that very moment, blinking and yawning and I was like “Why didn’t you get UP?” :biggrin: I’m crazy, I know.
Thanks for this gif Frodes!!! Lately I’m kind of digging Elizabeth and Michael together a lot, I don’t why, maybe because he’s always so sweet around her; like when talks to Oprah and he’s standing there next to her….the various facial expressions he displays are priceless, OMG! :lol:
Sorry Sabine :sad:
I found some rare footage of She’s out of my Life from the Dangerous Tour
Michael picked her up, he’s so strong :wub:
hi girls!! everyone enjoying the lovely weekend? I am taking a “Creamy Mike break” from baking for the family Labor Day picnic tomorrow….for some reason they always put me in charge of desserts. hmmmm…why could that be?
dear Sabine…i hope you are catching up on your sleep this weekend honey. I love the new banner and the Psalm…what a special touch. :heart:
HI Girls!
Thank you for apologizing Colette — I appreciate that :heart:
Michael was super strong, I mean after performing — heck while performing, he picks her up like that!!
:lol: I bet Sabah was fuming though? :tongue:
Awwww, Loooove the way the woman in the video is squealing. She’s so happy! :cheerful:
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Gracie, I’m so glad you noticed. Sometimes things need to be said and established, especially if you have mischievous, not well-intended spirits hanging about. I’m trying to get my mind back on track and focused. Evil has no dominion over me because I am a child of God, and as this is my creation, created to share and out of love, so this place falls under Gods protection.
I don’t wanna get all preachy at da bar but, you knooooooooooooooow, tomorrow IS Sunday!!! :tongue:
Cherry, with your background I can totally understand why if someone “seems” to disappear you’d freak out, it’s just that school is coming and I was dealing with negative people who have a lot of self hatred — but I would never abandon CCC ‘kay :wub: And I love that you asked about me!!! I was trying to put up your reply last night, to the BMM chapter but other things distracted me but I’m doing it right now!
Yeah, he looks like the little boy that ate the canary :smile: When she’s praising him he looks so smug and happy — awwwww, so precious. He didn’t have enough people doing that.
I remember Katherine said in her book or maybe in another interview that she never told any of her kids that one was more special than the other; that she told them they were all the same.
Um, Michael WAS special!!!! I can’t believe she didn’t tell him that! Everyone, including him knew it. She knew too! :sad:
Okay I am having the most exciting drink you think of today!!!!!!
I have a . . . . .drum roll please PURE MIKEGASM.
:w00t:
Omg, I’m so excited!!!!!
mmmm…Pure Mikegasm!! yesterday when you were otherwise engaged i thought about mixing up a Bad Boy Mikegasm but I was afraid i wouldn’t be able to handle it!!
Sabine, are you familiar with the tradition of blessing your home at Epiphany? that’s what your banner reminded me of. We hang a little sign above the door that looks like this:
20+C+M+B+10 the numbers change with the year.
the letters stand for the names of the Magi (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar) and also for the Latin “Christus mansionem benedicat” which means “Christ bless this house”. Either the sign itself is blessed or you can have chalk blessed and write it with that. It is a powerful reminder of God’s presence and protection.
Gracie :wub: A woman after my own heart!
I have various scriptures and positive affirmations all over my house. You see, I am allergic to negativity and I do not want it anywhere around me. But I had been losing site that none of that stuff can touch me — only if I let it!!!!!! Before I moved into my house, when I first bought it — there’s three seperate apartments because it’s a brownstone, girl, I blessed that house from head to toe! Even though it was a new construction.
Then I had a very negative tenant, and when she finally moved out, I blessed that entire apartment!!!! :cheerful:
I like your number combination sign — I love the mystery! I also put a prayer on the site, but no one can see it because the text is black!!!!
But the ones who are negative and evil can FEEL IT and that’s even better!!!!! I pray to God that they will find peace and healing, I can’t imagine how unhappy and how much self hatred a person much have for themselves to be so mean and ugly to another. It’s very sad :sad:
I love being reminded of how God is all around us!
Now pass me that PUREMIKEGASM :cheerful:
Sabine who is being evil and mean and ugly to you on this site? :wassat:
By the way the girl in the video is famous she is a mexican singer and actress and has been famous ince she was 9, her soap operas have been watched by over 2 billion people worldwide, she has the keys to more than 50 cities in the world and has toured 5 contenients, so yeah, her being onstage with Michael was planned :getlost:
ooooohh, the prayer in black text…I love it!! the house blessing is an old old Church tradition. I also have a saint buried in the backyard, the Blessed Mother in my living room and I wear a scapular or Miraculous Medal always. :lol: I know many misinformed people view such things as “superstitious” but it’s really exactly what you said, a tangible REMINDER of the reality of God’s presence all around us and all the Saints and Angels with him. These are very old customs but i think we need them now more than ever because there is so much evil and negativity out there, and often in disguise.
I am so fortunate to have very rarely gotten mixed up with those kinds of people. It is very sad how many lost souls there are in the world. Did you burn sage in the house after that tenant left? Did i ever tell you that there was a murder/suicide in my grandmother’s house way before she lived there? She is Protestant so she wouldn’t dream of a “blessing” but back in those days there was a local sort of witchcraft among German communities called “pow wow” and you better believe she had the pow wow ladies over!! :lol: Isn’t that funny?
ok, i’m procrastinating my housework (what else is new) . Have a lovely day/weekend everyone!!
*pssst* Sabine, I am putting some babies in your mailbox….you’ll see! :wink:
Hey Colette, some people who have a lot of self hatred and extremely low self esteem. But God is good and this place is a positive spiritually pure place and will always be that way :cheerful:
Light cannot be corrupted by darkness. No matter how deep/big that darkness, even the smallest light will always burn brightly.
So it was a planned meeting? Well, she was super excited about it!!!!! Michael made even “stars” squeal!!!!
Hi Sabine! Oh no, but not you haters again I hope! :pinch: Yes, it’s the beginning of the new school year here, too but it’s soo far away from me now, I finished school 3 years ago. But I’m going to be back soon enough anyway. :wink:
Gee, now you got me really excited for your comment on my comment, can I read it now, where is it? :w00t: :wink:
I’m going to watch Home Alone now, I bought it today because I felt I couldn’t go to Brussels without having this movie in my collection. I doubt I’m going to have much time to watch movies when I’m there, but still, just the knowledge that I CAN if I want to really helps. :silly:
Mac is soooo cute, I was in love with him after I first saw the film. He and Michael…two of my childhood heros! :wub: :heart: I love to see all the fun they had together. Michael really knew and was friends with the coolest people! :biggrin: