“What we talkin’ bout real shit or we talkin’ bout rhymes? You talkin’ bout millions or you talking’ bout mine? What we talkin’ bout? Cuz I ain’t got time For what people be talkin’ bout all the time What we talkin’ bout fiction or we talkin bout fact? You talkin’ bout fiction? Hold up pardon my back….. I ain’t talkin’ bout profit. I’m talkin’ bout pain. I’m talkin’ bout despair. I’m talkin’ bout shame. I ain’t talkin’ bout gossip….I’m talkin’ bout real shit. Them people playin’ What is you talkin’ bout? I don’t know what y’all sayin’”                                         - Jay-Z ”What We Talking About?”   I’ve been listening to that song on repeat for the past couple weeks. It sums it all up for me. I’m a little disgruntled with people in general and with pop culture as a whole. Almost everything and everyone seems to spew superficial nonsense to me lately. Where’s the depth yall? Are we are suffice with just staying on the surface?   Maybe I need to lay off the twitter. Between the increasingly ridiculous trending topics, the play by play on all the dumbest tv shows (Frankie & Neffe anyone?), and of course the ever popular ”lemme tell you what Im doing at the club” tweets, maybe twitter has sped up my disdain for ...

1. "Ooh child things are gonna get easier/Ooh child things'll be brighter/ Someday....We'll get it together and we'll get it all done/Someday when your head is much lighter/Someday....We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun/Someday when the world is much brighter" - The Five Stairsteps "Ooh Child" 2. BFF that was for you AND me! Be strong love. 3. Tis my blog and I tells the truth in this mug, right? Right! 4. And with that said......Im pretty sure Ive been battling probable mild depression for the last month or two 5. Mood swings, generally feeling down, the not give a fuck-ness, unmotivated to do much, financial stress, lack of a love life and relying on my good friend 'Ze Likka' a bit too much about adds up to mild depression I think 6. I dont mean to alarm you....Im okay I promise......it's just a valley that I must see my way through...I'll be back up in a minute 7. "My shit always work sometimes!" - Mike Lowery 8. Congrats on your impending wedding Nichelle! 9. Oh how I love love.....*sigh* 10. "....Sometimes love takes a long time/But wait for love and you're gonna get the chance to love/Wait for love, wait for love.." - Luther Vandross "Wait For ...

F%#K summer for skipping the Chi this year F%#K Gucci Mane for just simply existing F%#K Mariah for putting Gucci on the remix of  "Obsessed" so that white people will know he exists! F%#K everyone at my job for interrupting me while Im trying to type this out F%#K Chris Brown's bowtie! F%#K anyone that doesnt believe that EVERYONE should have health care F%#K a 'Free such and such' tshirt campaign for obviously guilty muffoccurs. They are supposed to be for political prisoners and the wrongly accused. Your cousin did that shit and you know it! F%#K Paula Deen for her deep fried butter balls. Oh just fucking shoot us already, why dont you? F%#K stalking and harassing your ex. Push the fuck on dude! F%#K having to suffer through writer's block F%#K the crime/homicide rate in the Chi right about now F%#K waking up to the news that MY picture has been wrongly attached to a blog about Bey's first boyfriend. Im TJ....not Lyndell! F%#K arrogant white males that think they're entitled to everything just because they're white males. If yall dont GTFOHWTBS. This aint the 50's homie! F%#K not being comfortable in your own skin F%#K you if you cant dig what it is that an artist does F%#K BET for the "Frankie & ...