I've been awarded ...

... the Honest Blogger Award. Thank you, thank you! Please, no pictures.
It was just an honor to be nominated, right?
I'd like to thank all my regular readers and those of you who comment. It does my heart good to know that you guys will actually pay attention to my rants and raves when my friends and family seem to think I have too much time on my hands.
The Pretty Circle Drawer aka PCD awarded me for my blogs about serious, thought-provoking issues and my "Sometimes I Wonder ..." posts.
The rules are as follows:

1. When you receive the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back

2. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.

3. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Honest Weblog’

4. Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).
5. And then we pass it on!

PCD added a "Things About Me" part of this so here are somethings about me that you probably don't know.

1. I love football. My brothers and I watch games together on Sundays and Mondays whether we're in the same place or not. If our teams are playing each other we call after each other on an average of every six plays.

2. I am an aspiring screenwriter. I've written several shorts and have been working on my first feature for about a year.

3. I am convinced that I have ADD because I can't stick with one thing for any extnded period of time.

4. Ice cream is my most favorite thing in the world, well, not my most favorite, but it's a close second. ;-)

5. I'm a big ole' kid. When I get bored, I play video games, watch cartoons or color. I have several coloring books and crayons all over the house.

6. I'm think I'm addicted to those teenie-bopper movies starring the white kid stars like "What A Girl Wants" "Bring It On" the "American Pie" series.

7. I've noticed that when I'm in a foul mood, everything and I mean everything pisses me off. From a dumb ass plot in a movie to the way people chew when they're around me. I get irritated by everything.

8. I think I spend too much time online everyday. I'm always reading somebody's blog or checking my daily round up of news, entertainment and gossip sites.

9. I am constantly plotting my next move.

10. I'm desperately in need of motivation to get active. I'm soooooo out of shape it's not even funny.

Now, just like PCD, I'm going to nominate Eb the Celeb because she is constantly switching up her Renaissance Black Woman blog to keep it looking fresh and new and because she's gonna give all the news and her opinions straight with no chaser.


I am also nominating 12kyle because he gives me comic relief during my stressful days at work. He's also been known to get me just a lil' P.O.'d when he tries to bash my Aggies. Because I know that he doesn't know any better, I will give him a pass and embrace him with that HBCU love, even though I plan to break him down in the Fantasy League.
I am also nominating TravelDiva from Chicas In the City. She is one of the main sources of comic relief during the chaos that is my work day. And she has the Joker of the Week contest which is her way (and ours) of sticking it to the tomfoolery offenders of the week.

Sometimes I Wonder ...

*Why men deem it necessary to periodically muse about why we're not "used to" menstrual cramps?

* If I'll ever get my ultimate wish of every man having to go through the first day of a woman's cycle? That would be awesome!

* Who is that dude in the Free Credit Report.com commercials?

* Have you guys seen "Then Came Six" on Discovery Health?

* Wouldn't you lose your minds with six 5-year-olds in the house?

* Why is it so easy to slip back into watching soap operas?

* How come they all sleep with each other and marry each other two or three times over?

* Who's going to see "The Family That Preys" this weekend?

* Am I the only one who is tired of chicken?

* Will I grow feathers and cluck if I don't eat something other than poultry?

* Why is looking for a job a full-time job?

Am I wrong?

For the last three months, the national news has been inundated with reports about Caylee Marie Anthony, a missing 3-year-old from Central Florida.
According to a timeline from a Central Florida television news station, Caylee went missing in June. Apparently, her mother, Casey, allegedly left her with a babysitter, repeatedly, while she went to work. After her mother's parents hadn't seen the child in a while, they made her go to the authorities.
After being caught in several lies about who she'd left the child with and where she worked, Casey Anthony was arrested. They did one of those Horatio-CSI mock ups on her car and evidence of human decomposition was found. She was charged with child neglect and held under a half million-dollar bond.
Long story short, she got out of jail and ended up having to go back on unrelated charges. She's still there and the child is still missing. Authorities now believe that she is dead and have even called in the help of a search and recovery team, not search and rescue.
With all that said, I have to say that I am tired of hearing about this case. Don't get me wrong, I wish they would find her alive and I don't wish harm on anybody's kids, but I sort of believe if this were a black child or any other child of color or a kid that people deem as "not cute," this case would not have gotten this much coverage.
Think I'm lying, take a few minutes to surf the site for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and tell me that all these kids are getting the same treatment as Caylee.According to that site, more than 2,000 are reported missing every day. Granted a lot of kids, mostly pre-teens and teens, run away, but the majority of the younger kids are snatched - usually by somebody they know.
Regardless of how they get missing, they all need an advocate and dare I say, some air time. Call me cruel, call me crazy, but I know for a fact that kids and women of color who go missing do not get the same coverage or air time or whatever and that is sad.
So, while they've formed a massive search team and are looking for this possibly deceased child, why not dedicate just some of that man power to looking for some of those kids whose pictures aren't being flashed on the 6 o'clock news and the 11 o'clock news and Nancy Grace.
Here are only four of the kids who went missing in North Carolina over the last year. I encourage you to look at their pictures and be on the look out. They were all abducted by a family member who is believed to have taken them out of state.

I also encourage you to check the site and look up kids who have gone missing in your state. Do your part, I know I'm doing mine.

Sometimes I Wonder ...

Whatever happened to background dancers for rappers?

When did MCs make the transition to "Lil'" people?

When did "Lil'" people become "young"?

Will "Old" be the new rapper prefix?

If so, wasn't Ol' Dirty Bastard ahead of his time?

Is it just me or is it awesome that football season starts this weekend? Go Panthers!!!

Am I the only one who's been quoting Bernie Mac more than normal since he passed?

How come black folks judge whether or not somebody can sing based on how clearly they scream? Think Yolanda Adams and Patti LaBelle

Am I the only one who wants to snatch a knot in those kids on "Supernanny?"

Isn't it great to have TravelDiva back? And congrats to her on her engagement!

Is it just me or is that 10 Million Pound Challenge commercial funny as crap where the dude said "Because I'm tired of my thighs rubbing together."

How do I quit this Quarterlife Crisis crap and get on with my life?