Laziness...

What a life.

Office Desk Steez

Sometimes it's the little things that help us out in some way. Right now something that gets me through the work day is the creepy, foamboard dude that my talented and hilarious coworker made for me. There's even a little sketch that he did hanging in the background (you might be able to see it). Every time I see this creation on my desk I have to laugh.

He is joined this week by the "Perfect Week Potato", and an oranged-out Mr. T figurine holding a sign declaring that apparently, Yours Truly is awesome.

Can't argue with that too much.

P.S. Please forgive the image quality, I took it with my phone!

Music Gem: Ron Browz "Jumpin Out the Window"

"The flyyest suicide note ever."

Remember this song?? What the heck was it about!? If I'm really feelin' a song the last thing I want to do is make sure that's the very last time I ever hear it. Where is this guy??! Oh wait...maybe this was a cry for help and he really just wanted to jump out the window? Too bad the rest of us were dancing our asses off too hard to notice. This dude literally jumped off the face of the Earth, let alone "out a window". Well, I'm sure his soul can rest knowing that he was able to leave us with this fun club song and well as its spiritual counterpart, "Pop Champagne". A moment of silence please...

For Colored Girls: Sad ass women, fine ass men (except for the old guy)

Not pictured: Low-down, dirty, fine brothas

So, I saw this a couple of weeks ago with a few women from a Bible study group so immediately I had a different expectation of what this movie was going to be about. An uplifting, empowering movie geared towards black women, right? Wrong...so wrong. I found out pretty quickly that this wasn't appropriate for a Bible study group at all, and that I was the only one who wanted to laugh at parts that probably weren't supposed to be funny (but that's another story). After a while all the drama and tragedy became so much that it was hard to take it seriously anymore, there weren't many breaks from it. It made me much more aware of the fact that it was a movie. This was a movie that was adapted from what I assume to be a very powerful play. Although I never read the play, and I'm not really a Tyler Perry fan, it was obvious that he wanted to preserve some of the dialogue and impact...most notably during the times when any of the women used the word "colored". I wasn't offended at the usage at all, it just felt unnatural...anachronistic maybe? The movie definitely took place in present day America. I don't know, I mean, when was the last time you heard someone say "colored"? (The NAACP doesn't count) I've never even heard my grandparents say that. Or is the term making a comeback and I just didn't know? I guess I was just bothered by it because it felt soooo out of place, and it's soooo easy to make that change in the script. Right?

Well, anyway here are just a few points that stood out to me about the film:

1) It's a bit abstract. - Poetry from the original piece is interwoven with the dialogue. In some places it worked really well, but in most parts it was pretty confusing (to me anyway). I applaud that Perry tried to take some risks with this movie though. I see he tried to do something a bit more creative with his direction of the film, so that was cool in itself. I doubt that means we've seen the last of Medea or stuff like that, but at least he tried.

2) Black men get a baaaaaad rap in this one. I can't think of one guy that redeemed it for ya'll. Remember Lenny Kravitz in Precious, as that sexy beam of kindness in his role as the hospital nurse? Yeah...that guy is not in this movie. If he is in there, I easily forgot him because of all the devastation surrounding the main characters. So Fellas, don't take your insecure, impressionable girlfriend or side-piece to see this if you are suspect...in ANYthing that you do.

2b) On the upside though, just about all of the men were fine. Plenty of eye candy in this one...except for the old guy I mentioned in the title of this post.

3) The acting was much better than I thought it would be...and I guess that's saying a lot for a Tyler Perry movie. However, prepare for LOTS of close ups and crying. 

4) Loretta Divine in a rare role where she's not playing, as my friend calls it, "Somebody's Mama."

5) This movie is sad. Extremely sad. There was so much sadness going on that I couldn't even get emotional. That statement doesn't even make sense, and I know that. That's how ridiculous it was. The movie kind of sets you up to expect things to be bad. I don't remember much levity in the film at all. It was so sad that I had to TRY to find funny things...hence me being the only one snickering at inappropriate parts. I watch movies to be entertained and escape my own hum-drum events in life; I don't want to watch movies so I can be depressed. I was too overwhelmed by the sad visuals, sad dialogue, and sad events to become emotionally attached. That much drama turns me off in real life, I'm surprised I made it through a whole movie of it. Again, I was expecting an overall uplifting message...so I guess that's the only reason my reaction was like that. My expectations were just different. If there was an overall uplifting message I completely missed it. 

My bet is that this movie will be destined to play over and over again on BET, Lifetime and WeTV (as in "we" hate men). If you see it, you'll know what I mean. Not worth a movie ticket, but maybe a netflix night from someone else's queue. For Colored Girls is not a terrible movie, but it also wasn't worth the hype that surrounded it. I'd give it a solid C. Tell me what you think.

Back in the world again...

Ohhhhhhh man.

I've been...distracted. Can you tell? Been a while since I've been able to be here, but now I should be back on track. So thanks to the 3 of you that actually care. ;) There are a few things to share that I've picked up along the way while I was "gone"...

So without further ado, let's press the restart button.  :)