There is a God, part 45709

First things first...

Even though I don't subscribe to any faith...actually I don't believe in religion at all (long story but the gist of it is, I can't believe that a supreme being would want religions set up like the NFL with different teams and divisions)

I believe in a Grand omnipotent Deity.

Let's call It "God" for short.

Sometimes you find yourself reminded that It exists.

For example...

A week or so ago, my iPod found itself unintentionally empty. I was fed up and decided to buy a new iPod (I sold my old one on Craigslist to help pay for it).

So for the last week while I was waiting for it to arrive, I have been ripping CDs, downloading music and loading all the music already had on my computer into iTunes so when my iPod arrived I could just load it all on and be good to go.

As of last night, I had about 5,300 songs loaded into iTunes.

So this morning, my computer was acting up so I resetted it. When it came back on and I went to the drive with all my music (and movies and digital pictures taken since 2003), the computer asked me if I wanted to format the drive.

Um, what?

The drive is gone. I can't even say it was erased. It is as if nothing was ever on it.

My iPod arrives today.

So in conclusion...

There has to be a god.

You can't make this kinda shit up.

Only God would find this funny.



Laugh it up!

Edit: The guy who I sold my old iPod to wants his money back. Says the damage is more than even I thought it was. Haha. Good form, Jesus.

Driving through Harlem

I don't know which I hate more:



or


Both make me want to punch the wearer of said shirt square in the chest.

I think the "Stop Snitching" shirts bother me the most because these are the same cats crying about "Who shot Bigge Smalls?" and "who shot Tupac?"

Maybe if there was a snitch, we'd know.

Melanism.com Shuffle #1

• It's hard to lose weight when you hate fruits and vegetables
• I have become quite a homebody. I can spend an entire weekend inside my apartment playing on my computer, listening to music, watching TV and reading. Every weekend I say I am going to go to a park and read something but it never happens...especially now that football season has started.
• It's funny how weddings can make you want to get marry and think you'll never get married all at the same time.
• Since fewer and fewer people appear to be getting married these days, I wonder how the makers of engagement rings are holding up?
  
• My iPod has evicted all it's tenants again. I think I am just going to buy a new one. We've had a good run.
• I complain about not having money and try to avoid using my credit card but the second I suspected my iPod was broken, I was all but willing to go in the hole 400 dollars to replace it.
• I am not going to believe the Yankees are making the playoffs until they are in the playoff. I just don't seeing our waiver wire pitching staff carrying us to the promised land.

A Pig Just Flew By My Window

"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capabilities at all levels of government. And to the extent that the federal government didn't do its job fully right, I take responsibility."
--President Bush, September 13, 2005

1) Now, here's the catch.

"...to the extent that the federal government didn't do its job fully right..."

They are going to find ways to put as much of this on local and state as humanly possible (more than they already are) so when we look back, they can say "there wasn't much we could do given the circumstances, but it could have been a little better"

2) How fucked up is your presidency when you actually taking responsibility on some shit you are responsible for is breaking news on CNN?!?

"I see them little kids crying, I just think about my kids, about my son. You see little babies floating in the river. It's amazing. Amazing; these people are still just going. You complain about the littlest things. But we're so fortunate to breathe and walk, knowing all of this is going on."

"It's not even about money. The thing now is, it's more about everybody just coming together. Just trying to basically live as one. If this won't do it, then nothing will do it."

-- Stephon Marbury, after promising to donate between $500,000 & $1 Million in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

*Hides under kitchen table*

If the Department of Homeland Security can't handle the after-effects of a hurricane it KNEW was coming, how am I to believe that they are ready to handle a SURPRISE terrorist attack?

And, damnit, I don't have a kitchen table!

Somebody had to say it...

one of us isn't reading from the teleprompter

Mike Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.

Kanye West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!


Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!

See me...please

I think one of the saddest things in the world is that there are more powers in place to prevent the right things from happening than there are powers to make sure that it does...

It's my favorite time of year.

No, not football season, stupid.

Fall TV Season!!!

What new shows I interested in:

• Rome (already on)
• Prison Break (already on) - honestly, I'm so confused right now, this show is on probation
• Bones (Tuesday, Sept. 13, 8 pm) - I'll give Angel a chance
• Kitchen Confidential (Monday, Sept. 19)
• My Name Is Earl (Tuesday, Sept. 20) - C'mon, Jason Lee. Don't let me down.
• Invasion (Wednesday, Sept. 21, 10 pm) - One of the many shows this season trying to be Lost
• Everybody Hates Chris (Thursday, Sept. 22, 8 pm) - I'm just mad it's on the UPN
• Extras (Sunday, Sept. 25, 10:30 pm) - Even though I have the entire season on my computer
• Night Stalker (Thursday, Sept. 29, 9 pm) C'mon, Gabrielle Union. Don't let me down

Also, who decided that the following people should be allowed to work again:

• Michael Rappaport (The War at Home)
  
• Chris O'Donnell (Head Cases)
• Holly Robinson-Peete (Love, Inc.)
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)
• Denise Richards (Sex, Love & Secrets)
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Freddie - no, really)