Why I love America...PART 1

It may be a crappy toliet, but it is FREE!

So I mentioned how you are expected to PAY to go to public bathrooms. At first it was annoying and EXPENSIVE but the fact that there are no lines and the bathrooms are clean allowed me to get over this. BUT, I cannot get over the fact that store were you are shopping also require you to pay to use the bathroom. Can you imagine go to shop at Target and they charged you .50 cent to use the bathroom? I mean you are spending money in the store already. That is not a good look.

Obsessed with....

Anoop Desai...How is he doing on American idol? Deangela, you put me on to him,you know. Mimi will appreciate. He is singing 90s r'n'b. :) Listen to the music, kids. We will work on his eyebrows later.

This boy can sang! Click here.

I also found this clip on youtube of Anoop singing in college. Look how hip-hop has infused academia.

Wow. Click here.

No comment.

All the English t.v. out here sucks (CSI, Mythbusters, etc...boo) so I am on youtube and iTunes more often. The Dutch t.v. shows are kind of cheesey AND I have no idea what they are saying:) I can't find any American Idol clips either. Idol is bootleg, I know, BUT this guy can sing and I love new talent!

P.S. The American Idol judges are openly stupid and racial. Ignore them and listen to him. They are just threatened by the fact that this kid is getting his masters degree and none of them graduated from grade school.

How I'm Livin'!

You guys want to know 'bout my city so here you go! I live in Rotterdam but I work in Den Haag. Den Haag is like DC (but clean!) and Rotterdam is like Chicago/Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO (But clean!) In Rotterdam, nearly 50% of the population are not native to the Netherlands or have at least one parent born outside the country. Recent figures show that Muslims comprise close to 25% of the city's population. The city is home to one of the largest Cape Verdean communities in the world. Most immigrants come from Suriname, Turkey or Morocco. Here is my hood and my apartment. I did not take all the pics.

It hurt me to do this but..

I bought a phone yall...and not the cheap one! This phone cost.....$65! The description says the phone "fits any setting, from coffee bars to client meetings." Good thing! I wanted to make sure my phone would help me fit in.

My phone!

I never use it...it costs to much:)

kym

Slavery can be fun for the whole family!

All I can say is WOW! A slavery theme park? Are you serious? The only Jacksons worthy of respect now are mama Jackson and Janet. And Janet is on thin ice. If she makes another album, then mama Jackson is the only one I can vibe with.

Read this crazy story below and posts your thought on the situation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7858010.stm

A global crisis; a world in need

so most of you know about the work I am doing and the peace building work I intend to do. But, I come to you all now about a crisis that affects us all and is a problem the world over. This problem has kept many people apart and tends to destroy many lives. I have smelled the problem brewing and now we must take action. The problem we are faced with is not a 21st century problem, it has been an issue since the beginning of time. I came FACE to FACE with this issue in the States and, alas, I find it to be a problem here as well. That problem is the issue of STANK BREATH!!!!! Why do people with the stankest breath stand the closest to your face??? Why do they ALWAYS refuse the breath mint you offer them, "Oh, no thanks. I'm good." I just want to say 'YOU ARE NOT 'GOOD'. Take this mint!'. It is crazy. I was as this jazz show and this guy behind me had the fowlest breath and he was watching the entire show with his MOUTH OPEN, I kid you not. I ask, if you must watch with your mouth open, must you breath??? I felt the hair on my nose singe and the skin inside my nose melt. I could not even focus on the concert (which was good. I saw a Dutch jazz singer called Faye Classen, pic attached, and she was dope. I saw her before the wack dance troops you will read about below) because I was trying to sync my breath up with his so I could avoid inhaling his breath. His breath was the "something crawled down your throat and died" breath. I must learn to say "Would you like a mint?' in Dutch.....

More funding for the arts please......

I just saw the WACKEST high talent show performance parading as a professional dance troop. This was a Dutch version of "urban" dance and ballet fusion. It was all over the place and I kept wishing Alicia or Deangela was there so I could make all of my jokes!! The worst thing was that I PAID money ( you guys KNOW I hate spending money for some bootleg stuff). I was in the 5th row and I was all geeked. It was in one of the 2 large performing halls in Rotterdam. The house was packed I was with someone who strongly recommended the HET National Ballet company and I was told that the "urban dance company", called DON'T HIT MAMA...yes that is the name of the company...was good. BOTH WERE WIGGEDY. It was like regular street dance with bootleg NON AILEY ballet dancers. This pic should have let me know what I was in for. Click the link to see the WACK, disjointed performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwhIaj0bWA&feature=related


The worst part was these people gave them a STANDING OVATION?!?! Just because it was "urban" and "different". IT WAS WACK. Some dude was break dancing and another was doing a 2 step....SO!?!?! I guess I have been spoiled living in New York and seeing the best the world has to offer. More funding for these guys please....