FAMU releases football schedule

Unless you've been under a rock somewhere or maybe you just really do not pay attention to me or my little blog *weeps* I'm a RATTLER. Yes my dear I graduated from the lovely Florida A&M University. *shakes my pom pom* I have been tripping for the past 3-4 years though. I've only attended one game per year in support of my Rattlers and that is the well known Florida Classic. I said this year that I'm stepping my game up and am going to attend at least 3 games this year. Keep your fingers crossed. Lets look at this schedule


2011 FAMU RATTLER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

09-03 Fort Valley State (TBA) HOME/Bragg Memorial Stadium09-10 @Hampton University (TBA)* Hampton, VA/Armstrong Stadium
09-17 @University of South Florida (TBA) Tampa, FL/Raymond James Stadium
09-24 Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic Atlanta, GA/Georgia Dome
10-01 Delaware State (TBA)* HOME/Bragg Memorial Stadium
10-08 Howard University (TBA)* HOME/Bragg Memorial Stadium
10-15 @Savannah State (TBA)* Savannah, GA/Ted Wright Stadium
10-22 @South Carolina State (TBA)* Orangeburg, SC/Dawson-Bulldog Stadium
11-05 North Carolina A&T (TBA)* HOME/Bragg Stadium
11-12 @North Carolina Central (TBA)* Durham, NC/O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium
11-19 Bethune-Cookman (TBA)* Orlando, FL/Florida Citrus Bowl##
(*)-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games; (##)-Florida Classic


I decided that the three games that I will be attending are the Famu vs USF game, the FAMU vs Southern game and of course the FAMU vs BCU game. Normally we play UM. However this year, for some unknown reason, we are playing USF. Its cool though. USF plays at the home of my beloved Buccaneers, Raymond James Stadium, so I am excited about going to this particular game. I'm also excited about the Famu vs Southern game. I use to attend the Atlanta Classic yearly but *yawn* its just not as exciting as the Orlando Classic. For one we have played Tennessee State University for the longest *yawn* They are boring and so is their band....no offense. They just were never a match for my Rattlers. I'm glad that this year we are playing someone interesting. I'm pretty sure the matchup between Southern and Famu will be quite interesting. The last game of course is the BCU vs Famu game. *whispers* Believe it or not I love both schools. My father is a graduate of BCU and few people know this but my first year at Famu was interesting because I would actually wear BCU tshirts, shorts, etc around and my car had a BCU tag. It took me a lonnnnngggggg time to be a Rattler because I was raised a Wildcat.  As I tell many people though, despite the rivalry that takes place I believe  that there is a lot of love between Cookman and Fam. Cmon...we're BOTH HBCU's. We have to stick together :) This game is a tradition within my family. I cant ever recall not going although the weekend happens to fall on/around my birthday. This year is no different .... the game is actually on birthday this year. I think thats going to make it all the more special :) Go RATTLERS!

 

 

Shacking up? .... its against the law

As if I have not had an ummm "interesting" day already ... today I found out that shacking aka living with a man/woman who is not your husband/wife is a crime in the state of Florida. Yes, yes you've read that right. Sharing a living space with a man/woman that you are dating is against the law. As a matter of fact, its a misdemeanor.

Now those of you who attend church regularly already know that shacking is considered a sin in the bible. Here is my thing ... let God handle that. What is the state of Florida doing? This is such an unnecessary law and the fact that they are arresting people about their living environment is flat out ridiculous. What's next? Arresting the man or woman who is committing adultery? Is that not another sin within the bible?  I thought one big was not bigger than the other. What makes shacking up so special that it has its own law?

I've been convinced for a little while now that lawmakers and people who are "in charge" are some of the dumbest people in the world and yet they are the ones who make the decisions. Why? Is this a cruel joke or something? Who in their right mind would arrest a man or woman for living with someone? Thats not their place. That is a judgement that in my opinion is left up to God.

See this is the problem. Too many people, especially in America, are trying to play God. They are trying to pass judgements that they are not fit to pass. We as human beings want to be in control of any and everything. When will we ever learn? I personally look at everything that is going on in the world .... earthquakes in places that normally dont have earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, etc and say to myself God is trying to tell us something ... but are we listening? Obviously not.

I am someone who has no desire to ever marry again. I've been down that road and I do not wish to drive down it again. I guess I'll just have to pray that I'm not one of the 700 people who are charged with this useless misdemeanor. :(

Here is the article:

http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Co-Habitation_Is_Illegal_In_Florida_128835483.html

Posted: 3:26 PM Aug 31, 2011

Co-Habitation Is Illegal In Florida


This may come as a surprise to you, but it is still illegal in Florida to live together as man and wife when you are not married. More surprising is that in the last twelve months, a hundred and four people have been charged with a misdemeanor.




This may come as a surprise to you, but it is still illegal in Florida to live together as man and wife when you are not married. More surprising is that in the last twelve months, a hundred and four people have been charged with a misdemeanor. One state lawmaker thinks the statute has outlived its purpose.

Think of the year 1868. That’s when it became illegal to live in sin in Florida. The law is still on the books. Which was a surprise to Abby, who moved in with her boyfriend two months ago, after being together for a year.



Abby doesn’t want us to tell you her last name because she doesn’t want to be arrested. “We’ve been together for a while and financially, it was better. And we love each other.”

Then we posed the question to these artists at a senior center: who knows someone living as man and wife without being married. Three of the nine hands went up. Sandy DeLopez’s says her 60-year-old brother-in-law is living with a divorcee.“They’ve been living that way for ten years now and they’ve very happy. And they’re in their early 60s.”

Nearly 700 people have been charged with misdemeanors in the last five years. 104 people have faced charges in the last 12 months. What we don’t know from those records is who they are, where they lived or what happened to their case.

State Representative Rich Workman has filed legislation to repeal the ban on adultery. While he says he doesn’t condone couples co-habitating, he says the prohibition has no place in the statutes. “A little piece of your liberty, a little piece of your freedom is stolen with all these laws that try to dictate lifestyle and are not necessarily enforced.”

New census figures show more than a half million couples in Florida that appear to be breaking the law.

Workman filed the same bill last year, but couldn’t get a vote because most lawmakers found it too sensitive of a political issue.

Basketball Wives ...... Whatcha think?

I am 29. I graduated from a wonderful college, cum laude. I have 2 post grad degrees. I'm currently working to obtain a doctorates degree and I WATCH BASKETBALL WIVES. *smacks lips* I surely do. I think everyone has a guilty pleasure ... no matter how much education you have. Mine just happens to be basketball wives......judge me. I'on care.  I complain and complain and complain ... yet every week I tune in. This week  a new basketball wives premiered...basketball wives LA. I've been hyped about it all week because of the cast. So here is what I think:

Jackie---lets be honest. Jackie is crazy. I dont know Jackie Christy personally ..... but from what I've seen, read, heard from her in the past few years I've come to the conclusion that Jackie is not working with a full deck of cards. Anyone who has a wedding EVERY SINGLE YEAR is a few fries short of a happy meal if you ask me. She's hood as hell too. I dont know how old Jackie is but I do know she is too damn old to be on this show. Its evident in the fact that she has a kid who is 21 years old. Cmon Jackie! I'm pretty sure Jackie is going to bring lots of drama tho. I mean cmon...she's Jackie Christy. Anyone who knows of her knows that Jackie Christy should've had her own reality show YEARS ago. She's had that man of hers on a leash mentally and physically for years. I believe they had their own reality show once upon a time and it just did not work out. Here is her second shot. I expect lots of drama from Mrs Christy this season.

Laura--first of all I would like to say that if someone like Laura Govan can land a baller, ANYONE CAN! Cmon now. I could've sworn Laura was better looking than that. I'm going to blame the cameramen LOL She looked a hot mess. Laura Govan is the sister of my favorite Miami basketball wives star, Gloria Govan....remember, shes the one that allegedly had the affair with Shaquille Oneal. She is hood as hell and does not even attempt to disguise it. What did she say on tonight's episode? She's a rat! Now who in the right mind would be proud of being a hoodrat? That tells you a lot about Laura already doesnt it. Plus she just had a baby 3 weeks ago and what is she doing? She's not home breastfeeding her kid. She's not combing hair and brushing teeth. No .. she's in a restaurant fighting other women. I expect lots of drama from her too.

Gloria-- Gloria Govan was hands down my favorite character on the original Basketball Wives series. I loved her because she was the only one willing to check Shaunie Oneal's shady ass. However I see already that I'm not really going to like her on this series. Why? because shes the new Shaunie Oneal mane. When did that happen? Gloria was anti-groupies on BBWs Miami but now she's friends with Draya. I cant say that I expect drama from Gloria this season. I dont know what I expect from her. Moving on...

Draya--Why is she on the show? They say she is the "Royce" of the show but how soon do we forget that although Royce could not mention Dwight Howard's  name, she DOES have a baby from a basketball player. She has some attachment to basketball. Does Draya have the same? I see in the preview that Draya's arrest for leaving her child home alone will be brought up. So what do I expect from Draya? DRAMA

Imani--*scratches head* I dont know who she is. She's pretty much irrelevant. The only thing that I can tell you about Imani from tonight's show is that she was engaged to a dude for 9 years and never got married. Here we go with this storyline again. Didnt we see this with Evelyn? What is up with chicks being engaged to these dudes for decades and ish? Who does that? Better yet who does it and goes on national television and says it. I'm not expecting anything from Imani either. We shall see

Tonya- *sigh*  I dont know about Tonya either. She's the educated, classy, Iyanla Vanzant chick. She does not seem like the type of person who will throw a punch so I dont know how relevant she'll be on this type of show. *shrugs* We shall see. I mean her husband is Jayson Williams*shrugs again* Moving on...

Kimsha-- When you're the exwife of Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace you have to be interesting. I'm just saying ... dude is a bit strange. His exwife .... well she is .... interesting. I'll say that. The chick is hood as hell and she has an obsession with assholes and shit. Seriously how many times did she reference both? Quite a few O_o Kimsha seems like the type of chick who will punch you in your throat for looking at her wrong. Thats what she seems like. Time will tell if she is actually that chick or just another water thrower

Malaysia--Should I refer to her as Malaysia or Lakeisha. Homegirl has a hood as name and an attitude to match. Everyone dislikes Malaysia and after watching 60 minutes of the show,  I still can not figure out why. She reminds me so much of Gloria Govan's character on BBWs Miami. What I loved the most about Malaysia is that homegirl is not afraid to throw a punch. She's like a little bit of Tami mixed with a little bit of Royce mixed with a little bit of Jennifer mixed with a little bit of Evelyn. She's all over the place. One thing about Malaysia is that those colored contacts must go. Those dont fly. Other than that she seems "likeable" *shrugs*

So I'm looking forward to this season. Are you watching? Whatcha think?   

Beyonce is pregnant .............................. AND?

First and foremost let me say that this post has nothing to do with Beyonce. In case you've been under a rock ... she's pregnant. I think pregnancy is a wonderful thing and if I knew Beyonce personally I would say congratulations. No this post is NOT a diss to Beyonce. This post is a diss to the idiots who worship Beyonce.

Beyonce is pregnant....AND? So is my neighbor Shakia. So is my cousin. So is some random woman that I dont know. People are acting as if they know Beyonce personally. They are acting as if Jay Z knocked them up. Its crazy. I've read too many facebook updates and tweets that have sounded like this "I'm soooooo excited" About what? For what? You gonna hold the baby? I wonder if these same people are that "excited" when someone that they actually know and should care about gets knocked up.

I just do not understand human beings. I dont. When I read some of the things that people say or hear it with my own two ears, I start to doubt who and what I actually am. I know everyone is different and everyone has their own opinions, etc but it is MY opinion that if your life revolves around a celebrity that much, that your life is actually pretty pathetic. I'm not holding anything back in an attempt to spare Beyonce Stans feelings either. Quite frankly, their feelings deserve to be hurt.  They need a fucking wake up call. Beyonce puts her panties on one leg at a time just like you. She didnt create you. She's not responsible for you waking up in the morning. She's not responsible for the food thats on your table. Beyonce has sins just like you. That bish is HUMAN just like you! Jesus died for her too ..... trust me, it wasnt the other way around.

What happened to just liking somebody? Why cant we just like somebody? When did all of  this worshipping start happening? "Stan'ing" thats what they call it and people actually brag about being one. A stan that is. As if that is a great effin thing to be. Its pathetic. I know I know ..... the word "hater" is going to be thrown around. *rolls eyes* Say what you want ... I have every Beyonce album. There is no "hate" being thrown Beyonce's way ... but to you effin Stans....youre damn right I hate you all. Get an effin life! *In my Missy voice* but for real ... keep reading my blog :)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes review ....... *possible spoilers*

A few weeks ago I was sitting in the theater with my son when I saw a trailer for an interesting movie about apes. I told my son "I really would like to see that". Yes the name, for me, was a bit weird but the plot seemed interesting and I really thought that this movie could be one of the best movies of the summer. Well it finally came out yesterday and I was not disappointed.

Before I review the movie I would like to share something about me. I'm a movie nerd. I LOVE going to the movies and analyzing every aspect of the movie. I'm the type of person who will go to the movies and spend the rest of the night reading about every part of the movie and talking about it too. I enjoying debating and hearing other people's views on that particular movie. I also am a softy. I hate seeing anyone mistreated and am known to root for the underdog. For example, in District 9 I rooted for the aliens and I damn near cried about how the humans treated them. All of this put together made Rise of the Planet of the Apes the perfect movie for a person like me.

The movie starts off in what I can presume to be Africa showing hunters capturing primates. This scene in my opinion sets you up to feel some sort of compassion for the primates. Imagine being in your home, running free and in the blink of the eye being forced into a cage to be experimented on. It tugged at my heart and made me Pro Primates from the start. The movie then moves onto a scientist who is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's which his father suffers from. I found it weird that this is the second movie in a row(first was friends with benefits) that has dealt with this disease...a disease that I am familiar with :/ The scientist finds a cure in AZ112. He has been testing it on the captured primates. When it is time to show his findings to a pharmaceutical company that could pick it up, his main primate goes crazy and is shot. It turns out the primate is not crazy and has NOT had a reaction to the drug .... she was simply trying to protect her baby that she had recently given birth to. It doesnt matter. The company, who is only interested in making money not helping sick people, is no longer interested in the drug and the scientist is told to start over. He takes the baby primate(who is so freakin adorable) home and discovers that the drug was passed from the mother to the child and the baby is extremely intelligent. He names the baby Caesar and this is where the story begins.

The movie spends the first hour allowing the audience to get to know Caesar. We basically fall in love with him which also leads to us rooting for him in the end. Caesar is smart, caring and funny. The audience finds themselves awww'ing when Caesar does something cute and gasping when something gruel is done to him....like when the next door neighbor attempts to beat him with a bat for trying to ride his daughter's bicycle. I doubt many of us have ever owned a primate but somehow someway you tend to forget that Caesar is that. After his father gets worse and worse, the scientist decides to give his father the experimental AZ112. It works. His father improves and we see the scientist(I forgot his name), his girlfriend, his father and Caesar living happily ever after.

This is where the movie takes a turn. The father's immune system creates antibodies and fights against the drugs. Therefore his Alzheimer's returns and he gets sick all over again. This is a major plot development point for the movie. One day the father goes outside and steals his neighbor's car. He hits the car in front and the car behind him before the neighbor comes out(the same neighbor who attempted to beat Caesar with a bat) and drags him out of the car. He yells at the old man and calls the police. Caesar is watching all of this from a window. All he sees is the man hitting the old man .... the man who has helped to raise him and he is furious. He goes outside and attacks the man, attempting to protect his owner. Of course he takes it too far ... he chases the man down the street and bites his finger off. This sets us up for what we knew would always happen(or at least I did) ... Caesar is taken into custody and sent to a primate shelter.

The shelter looks like a good place for primates ... on the inside ... but once Caesar's owners leave the audience is shown what really happens to the primates. They are kept in small cages, they are fed slop, they are wild animals who beat each other. You cant help but feel sorry for Caesar. He has never been around other primates before and he stands out. He is the only primate wearing clothes. He appears to be the only primate who can communicate(we later find out an orangatan can also sign). He is the only primate who is not "wild". The owners dislike him because he is smart and abuse him. The apes dislike him because he is not like them. He is jumped on and I cant lie ... I was about to cry. I felt so sorry for him but I was also puzzled as to why Caesar did not tell his owner what was happening to him when the owner visited him.

In the real world the scientist creates a new drug...this drug is AZ113. He begins testing it on other primates in hopes of finding something that will cure his dad. While testing it on one primate that I will call Blue Eyes, something goes wrong and one staff member is exposed to the drug. We find out two things in this scene...1. the drug is now a spray and 2. it is fatal to humans. So when the scientist steals it to give it to his ailing father, the audience cant help but to scream "noooooo" We already know his fate. Meanwhile Caesar has stolen a knife from a human and he goes and releases a silverback ape by the name of Buck. Doing this not only gives Caesar(who is very smart) the ability to release his counterparts but it also provides him with a powerful ally. Caesar attacks the primate who has been harassing him but he refuses to kill him.  All of  the other primates witness this and now Caesar is in charge. He steals cookies for the primates and is seen as their leader. When his owner come to pick him up for good(because his father has died) Caesar refuses to go. He breaks out of the facility and steals the AZ113 releasing it into the facility. It works. When the primates wake up the next morning all have green eyes like Caesar. This is a characteristic of the drug. Caesar begins training them and they eventually escape. They rescue all of the other primates in the city, fight the police and head to the woods where they set us up for a sequel.

There were a few things that I was puzzled about. I understood the captured primates being smart because they were exposed to the drug but how did the zoo primates become intelligent? How did the other primates become intelligent too? Did Caesar give them the drug as well? That's the one thing that I needed explained to me and maybe it will be explained in the sequel. Overall the movie was really good. You couldnt help but to cheer for the primates. Yes some parts were a little predictable. I was not surprised when Caesar spoke. I have seen the other Planet of the Apes movies and was surprised that it took so long for him to speak.  I was also not surprised when old Blue Eyes killed Jacobs. I knew that was coming. Old Blue Eyes was a scary looking primate but I loved him. To me his character represented so much. The scientist thought he was a "good" primate because he never caused any problems. He had been experimented on sooooo much and it showed. He had scars on his face, different colored eyes and you could tell that on the inside he was an angry and hurt chimpanzee. I knew that given the opportunity he would kill the people responsible for him looking and feeling that way. I was a little surprised when Buck sacrificed his life so that Caesar could live and continue to be the leader. It made me question whether or not animals have feelings...do they have souls?

The movie is one that could spark several debates. How ethical is it to test on animals? Do animals have souls? Are humans often "playing God"? What are the consequences of such actions? I even found underlying themes of the judicial system and educational system in there. I still have not found anyone who has watched the movie that is willing to debate such subjects with me. My date kept saying "its just a movie" Ughhh how boring is that. Overall I give Rise of the Planet of the Apes an A. I really enjoyed it. Its one of the best movies that I've seen all summer after Captain America. My advice...go and see it. You wont be disappointed. :)

Rise of the Plant of the Apes  -  A