Simple Complicated Odyssey's

Damn, I did it again. I tuned in to MTV. Sucker Free always suckers me in, and everytime I end up turning the television in anger. I'm not sure if it's because the music is just not like it used to be, or if I just don't know what the hell the rappers are talking about anymore. With all the new slang that is being created I sometimes feel as if I'm a foreigner. Just in 5 minutes I heard not even two songs. One was by 3-6 Mafia and the other was some kid named Tyga(sp). I caught the end of 3-6 Mafia's video (oh was it horrible by the way), and the first half of Tyga's. I think I'm just losing touch with what's considered the rap slang.

3-6 Mafia's song is called Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body). Similar word to Lil Wayne's Lollipop. What the hell does Lollipop supposed to mean. I know I'm putting myself out there, but maybe if I catch up with the slang I can appreciate the music. Then this Tyga's song is called Coconut Juice. I know this fool ain't talking about no real coconut juice. I could take the reality of what really sells hip hop music (sex) and figure that into these terms somehow. I could be right, but I could be wrong... it's an assumption. Whatever the case be, I wish that rappers would not try so hard to be trend setters with vocabulary. Everybody wants to fit in and make up their own words, but nobody has a damn dictionary.

When someone finds out what these words really mean, let me know. Maybe I'm just looking too deep into things.

Over and Out, DocBoone

Labels: Music

Two magic words are turning consumers' heads lately. Not "Get rich" or "Lose weight." Try "Free gas." Businesses from banks and hotels to golf-club makers and blood-donation centers are offering promotions that involve free gas — generating more attention and goodwill from price-stunned drivers than traditional promotions might deliver.

For example, Callaway Golf Co. is giving away gas cards worth as much as $100 with the sale of certain drivers. Guests who book three nights through hotels.com will get $50 gas cards. And TCF Bank, based in Wayzata, Minn., is giving $50 gas cards to customers who open checking accounts.

By 2012 barrels of oil are estimated to be probably double of what they are now. So that means a barrel that is selling for $120 will be well over $200. What that means is that gas will double from what it is now. $4.00 doubled is $8.00. Get ready America $10.00 a gallon will soon become the norm. Then what will we do? I travel 25 miles just to get to work everyday. I can't move, because how the hell am I going to sell this house without losing money? Find a new job that is close to work, and then I can ride my Cadillac bike to work everyday.



Over and Out, DocBoone

Labels: World News

So all the buzz is over for the most part. Big Brown did not win the Triple Crown. Big Brown didn't even race a competitive race... he finished in LAST PLACE. The part that made me angry was that the media and the trainers had all these excuses for why he lost. Maybe it was because he wasn't ready to race. Maybe it was because he hadn't had his steroid injection. Maybe it was because the other horses were just BETTER TRAINED FOR THE RACE! All the buzz on tv... hours of pre race crap for a 2 minute race. Rich people. There was over $5 million bet on Big Brown Turd to win. For some reason I was waiting to see Big Brown Turd collapse a mile into the race. As much as this race was hyped in the news, I couldn't help but watch. And the funniest part about the whole horse racing thing is that the jockeys are all little people. Regulations say that you can't be over 5'5 or something close if you want to be a jockey. Oh man the jockeys were the funniest part next to seeing Big Brown Turd lose. Well now instead of Big Brown Turd being worth over $100 million, he is now only worth $10 million. Boo Hoo. Rich people.

Over and Out, DocBoone.

Labels: Sports

So it's been a few weeks since the whole Laterian Milton fiasco in Florida, but I've finally caught my breath just enough to comment. At first I laughed, and I thought it was hysterical that a 7 year old would go to such extremes for a joy ride. It was gut wrenching to find out that he only wanted to do hoodrat things, and thought it was fun. Without a doubt he should be locked up right now just to save the time later. Evaluations and medications will only do so much, but what happens when that one day comes and he didn't take his meds? Another joyride? How about a homicide? Or better yet, how about a joyride where he commits a double homicide while under the influence? All it would take is one day of not taking his prescribed Lithium or Prozac, and you have another media frenzy.

After his joy riding escapade Laterian showed up in the news once again. This time he actually attacked his grandmother. Why? Well, because she wouldn't order the chicken wings that he wanted. This caused him to become impulsively explosive, aggressive, and defiant (he ordered the wings anyway). After the second Laterian sighting, he was checked into the Emergency Psychiatric Hospital for a mental evaluation. As a School Social Worker I then started to think about this kid and his problems, and it wasn't funny anymore. This exact behavior is what is most times over looked in our African American children and teenagers. It is clear that something neurological is going on, or not going on which is causing this little boy to flip out so impulsively. I'm glad that he is getting some help, but he is going to have to be taught the right things to do instead of flipping out in the future.

It's probably not a stretch to say that his family is somewhat dysfunctional. His grandmother stated on the news that he is used to seeing violence and arguing in order to solve problems. Why isn't he with his mother? She hasn't been in any of these interviews. What kind of things are she dealing with personally? Drugs or alcohol? Probably, probably not. Oh, and grandma's Durango was pretty decked out with the after-market rims.

All in all, Laterian is only 7 years old. If he does not get his life together pretty soon it's going to be over before he is 10. Like so many of our troubled youth in today's society Laterian's behaviors have been overlooked as being normal or unimportant. The first step was getting him checked into the hospital. Now the hard work begins.

Hopefully Laterian can turn things around for the future. Who knows, maybe he'll become the Governor of Florida when he gets older. Probably not.

Over and Out, DocBoone.

Labels: World News