The Mind of Mike.Dre: December 2008

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Boston 83, Lakers 92

Merry Christmas Boston!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Every Black Person Should Be Reading This Blog!

Every black person should be reading this blog:

www.StuffWhitePeopleLike.com

It will make your interactions with white people much more interesting and entertaining. During your interactions with whites they will trigger some to several of the topics mention on the site from their love for ugly sweater parties to their undying passion for proper grammar. You can also bedazzle the occasional white girl with your in-depth knowledge of the white race and have a good chuckle in the cut with the rest of your black coworkers about how your boss loves Stuff White People Like # 116, #101 and #11!!! Trust me this will ensure hours of laughs at the work place and make your encounters with whiteness that much more enjoyable.

I can honestly say that every white person I have encountered at work has exhibit some to multiple behaviors outlined on the site from their obsession with Halloween, open refusal to let out-dated black music go to driving Toyota Prius’s the author of the site has white people pegged and its hilarious!

Here's a Full List Of Stuff White People Like explored by the author of the site so far

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

We Wear The Mask

Some muthafuckas at the job were hating on me today, going at my boss about some stupid petty shit without ever addressing the issue with me. So my boss has to pull me away from my desk and have a one-on-one with me in our conference over this bullshit. I was so frustrated that I said what I had to say about it and walked out.

I was talkin' to my partna at work about it and he encouraged me to be cool, while reminding me of fact that unemployment is up 6% and that he and I both know when we (african-americans) are at work we must Wear the Mask and wear it tight.

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

We Wear The Mask

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame.

Although he lived to be only 33 years old, Dunbar was prolific, writing short stories, novels, librettos, plays, songs and essays as well as the poetry for which he became well known. He was popular with black and white readers of his day, and his works are celebrated today by scholars and school children alike.

His style encompasses two distinct voices -- the standard English of the classical poet and the evocative dialect of the turn-of-the-century black community in America. He was gifted in poetry -- the way that Mark Twain was in prose -- in using dialect to convey character.

Friday, December 5, 2008

How Could You Be So Heartless?

I was on myspace the today and I saw that my homegirl changed her myspace headline to HEARTLESS, so I hit her up inquiring about why:

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

Heartless??
That's a cold myspace headline.....is it really so??

MS. HEARTLESS WROTE:

I am afraid it is so. Thats how I feel, these niggas out here are full of shit so y not join them

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

:( oh no, you hit that point. Thats bad, most women I know our age have uttered those exact words to me. I just can't tell you how many times I've heard that statement. But ultimately, the whole cliche' "If you cant beat them join them" DOES NOT i repeat DOES NOT apply to matters of the heart.

I hope you find a silver lining to your cloud and rise above this because I've seen too many good girls let a little heartache turn them into damaged ass scared up shrewds with trust issues who never open up and eventually become man haters and raise damned little man hating kids.

Its like the classic Jay-Z line "Once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever..."

Don't let this cold cold world get you down because for alot of women once they pass a certain point mentally/emotionally its no turning back. And by the time they have exercise their demons and issues with the opposite sex (at around 35-40 years old) its often too late to do anything about it.

I grew up around women, especially my mom who was and is still very damaged. So I speak from experience not speculation.

The key I have seen is just to Live Your Life, have fun with your friends, go places, do things you enjoy and find a world of happiness on your own and once a love interests enters that equation let him just be an addition to an already fun and successful life. So just in case for whatever reason, if he is "subtracted" from the situation it doesn't rock the boat, figuratively speaking.

I know nothing about your situation at all but i just know how men can be.

MS. HEARTLESS WROTE:

Damn you wrote me the best novel I've ever read and ur pretty much on it exactly wat u said is exactly what I am doin', I am trying to enjoy life for what it is and if love comes my way then it does, I may be a little bitter but that does not prevent me from giving the next nigga a chance, I just have my guards up when it comes to certain types. As for trust, I trust u till u give me a reason to don't trust you but thanks for the words of advice, I much appreciate it and felt every word you said Mr. blogger. U should write a book called the damaged heart

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

I have written a 3,000 word essay on it (though it is unfinished, but will be finished) that I intend to post on a blog one day but I want to wait till I have a larger reader base because I don't want such a profound piece to be waisted. But maybe if I keep writing I can come up with enough material for an actually book.

Well I am glad that my word were of use to you.

Do you! Do you! Do you! and don't take these niggas too seriously unless they show you they are worth it and alot of em aren't.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Remember This?

This used to be my shit and remember the hilarious skit on the album before this song...

[Phone rings]
[Girl:] Hello?
[Guy:] Whose dick you sucking?
[Girl:] Don't call me with that bullshit, alright
[Guy:] You lying, you lying to me, Di
[Girl:] Yeah exactly
[Guy:] Whose dick you sucking? C'mon Di, I just heard some shit about you, some foul shit. The fucks the deal?
[Girl:] Suck my fucking dick you bitchass nigga! I don't
[Guy:] No you explain it to me bitch. You know what I'm talking about.
[Girl:] I don't know nobody up here! I don't fuck with nobody up here and I ain't been fucking with nobody up here! I don't know nobody in fucking Yonkers!
[Guy:] Lying ass bitch. You ain't shit.....Do I got to hollar his name too?
[Girl:] Who the fuck is he?!
[Guy:] Bitch you fuckin Em!
[Hangs up]

Seal : Soul : Review

Well produced, well executed and every song is solid by my estimation, he did his thing on this one but 6 records really stand out for me.

1. A Change Is Gonna Come
2. I Can't Stand The Rain
3. It's A Man's Man's Man's World
9. I'm Still In Love With You
11. Stand By Me
12. People Get Ready

10. Free (is also a good one, but Mariah's rendition of the record is just sharper and seems to stand out in my head for some reason)

Though most of these songs have been covered hundreds of times, I won’t hold that against him, I'm just going to judge this off the merit of the records themselves in the time period it was released (2008) and overall the record is solid from top to bottom.

The album starts off with the ultra soulful classic "A Change Is Gonna Come" and finishes up with another change inspired record "People Get Ready" The Impressions 1965 hit written in the year after the civil rights March on Washington, so it’s only fitting that this record dropped in the year of “Change”. The highlight of this album is how the records themselves come full circle with where we are today, because even though these songs were written decades ago their social relevance stands even till this day.

The overall theme of the album is love, freedom and change, I cant argue with that. I feel like the record is well done and well timed, like the Ultimate Soul Mix CD that just hits in the right places and the right time.