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Republicans

I like to think I’ve made it very clear where I stand politically but if I need to rehash it, I don’t support any political party.

I can’t stress that enough.

“We ain’t our Ancestors”: A retort

There’s a common catchphrase in the black community when we see a moment of afro-motivated repercussions to racism dubbed “we’re not our ancestors” which I find a little annoying because, we aren’t our ancestors.

A trip to the Mountains: “Secrets and Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs”

In order: Shaista, Halimah, Khadijah, Rabya, Shakur, Muzlefa, Jamila, Siddiqa, Nooreya and Hamida.

Ten sisters, ten personalities, let’s get into it.

Atlanta’s “BattleSlam”

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A Trip to the Zoo: Nip/Tuck

So I just finished Nip/Tuck on Hulu, so buckle up, this gonna be a long one.

As a kid, I used to hear bits and pieces about Nip/Tuck and outside of it being a show about plastic surgery, I knew nothing about it.

Disclaimer: I spoil during my reviews, if you were intending to watch this show with fresh eyes, I recommend you don’t read this.

A Trip to the Circus

Initially, I wanted to call this “a trip to the zoo” and every so often, I just might but anyone that knows me personally enough knows that at one time, I went to community college to get a degree in Entertainment Technology.

That’s a story for another time.

I was really heavily intending to become a filmmaker, I got ideas, I just can’t edit video clips like how I want to and it stresses me out how easy kids can do it. Once I overcome this feeling of inadequacy, it’s only up from there, I guess.

In any case, I find myself getting bored and watching a lot of TV shows and movies nowadays and one thing I notice is that I can kinda tell perspectives.

My perspective varies but for the most part, it’s that of a financially overwhelmed, uneducated (as in, “didn’t pass college”), black man from the south. So I can relate to certain works that are afrocentric, shot from the perspective of the poor and/or those that didn’t graduate college (which surprisingly is very few), or things like that.

With things that pertain to my perspective and viewpoints and such, I get the references, I have an idea what the writer is going for, certain things are made more clear to me than it probably should.

Being that of a fiction fan (albeit, begrudgingly, I’ll explain that later too), I used to be heavily into flashing colors, loud noises, quick movements which, if combined, makes up the average supernatural fight scene (preferably in Anime but mostly in any work of fiction where explosions are possible).

This was before I grew up and realized that dialogue and finding the answer to “why is this happening?” was more important to me than the thing that was actually happening. I, now, consider fight scenes to padding for the plot and if it doesn’t hold meaning to me, I’ll just overlook it entirely.

to summarize, while my tastes can vary, there’s a theme that I can loyally gravitate to for the media I choose to view.

A comfort zone, if you will.

So I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone and into the zoo, the circus, the unknown territory and trying to see shows and movies where I can barely relate to in hopes to have an idea how to write it or at least get an idea as to how it look.

At first, it was simply a way for me to see shows that was made by women and featured multiple protagonists so like, I started off a long time ago by watching Orange is the New Black and then, Wentworth and at some point, the L Word and I realized how much I absolutely loved these shows.

Then I started going even deeper into the zoo and started watching work from the team of Roger and Waco and started watching their shows, BrickleBerry, Paradise PD and Farzar and now I’m watching Chicago Party Aunt, Maison Close and Victorinos. The idea is to expand my horizons and get an idea exactly of what I like and don’t like and how stuff can be written.

So I have a new segment dubbed “a trip at the (zoo, circus, unknown, space)” where I talk about a show I would have never seen myself watching prior.

The point of this segment is for me to ultimately watch shows that trek from my viewpoint. Shows and/or movies that were made from the viewpoint of that of white people, women, people of alternative religion and or financial classes.

The idea is for me to step out of what I’m used to and delve into what I’m not.

Sometimes I won’t like them, sometimes I will but I’ll never tell anyone what’s “good” and “not good” because I think that’s dumb and you should get that experience and make your own assumption.

2022

The year’s coming to a close soon and I guess this is the obligatory “year in review” thing.

Birthday Post

Yeah, here’s to being 34.

I liked After Earth

No, I’m not just talking about this movie because of the sudden spike in interest for Will Smith and his family.

Existence is Pain

I wish I could say this is a different type of post but, it ain’t.