November 29, 2006 :: More random thoughts

The best line in a hop-hop song this year was uttered by Lil' Wayne.

Let's stop and think about that for a second. Yes, in my opinion, Lil' Weezie, from the Cash Money Clique (or however they are spelling it these days), had the best line in hip-hop this year. And I'm going to back it up.

Regular readers know I've voiced my opinion on the state of hip-hop before, once or twice. I'm not a fan per se of CMB or Wayne - I guess he's not calling himself "Lil" anymore since he's now of legal age and doesn't feel the need to honor the promise he made to his moms not to curse so she would let him be a rap artist at age 15 or whenever - but this one line was hot.

I'm not the only person that thinks this about this line, from "Stuntin Like My Daddy". Other people like it too, evidenced by the fact that I keep seeing people quote it. But the ironic part is this: everybody quotes it wrong. I guess that's because he sounds like his mouth is full of a bag of potato chips when he says it:

How you want it
Show me my opponents
(stuffs his mouth with a newspaper)
Thothamaoppomuth

It is my studied and learned opinion that the only way the line makes sense is if he says "Those are my opponents", i.e. he ate them for breakfast. But everyone I have seen quote it simply repeats the second line again - "Show me my opponents", which makes no sense at all. Of course, I might be giving him too much credit - maybe he did in fact repeat the second line, but that wouldn't be nearly as interesting. Next time you hear the song, listen closely, and then tell me what you think.

Moving on to other topics.... I have a crush on Wanda Sykes. For those of you who know me and know something about my tastes, you might see a pattern with past crushes. It won't last, and I sure as hell am not going to try to explain it. But if you happen to run into her within the next 60 days, put in a good word for me.

And one last rant.... Why did I not discover until yesterday that my DC driver's license expires today? Other places I've lived just mailed me a new license, or at least a reminder if I owed parking tickets (and we won't get into my relationship with parking tickets right now). Thanks DC... just where I wanted to spend my birthday, the DMV!

posted by Rainmayun at 11:50 AM -

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November 02, 2006 :: Lessons from Halloween

I know Halloween was two days ago, and we Americans don't really like looking back at holidays but instead look forward, but there are some observations I had that I just have to share with you all:

• The 5 minute trip to CVS to buy the $5 made-in-China hockey mask on your way to a costume party works if you are the only slacker in the room, and everybody already knows you are a slacker. When there are five guys in the room doing the same thing, it just makes you look wack.


• Your bathrobe is not a halloween costume


• Although I am sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, painting your entire upper body green and going as "The Hulk" doesn't really work well in practice. For one, if you are at a party in close quarters with other people, the paint rubs off on everything. But if you are dead set on doing this costume, please make sure you have enough paint to cover your entire exposed body. Thin streaks of greenish smudges doesn't really flatter anyone.


• If you're going to do a funky/different costume, pick one that's at least somewhat recognizable. Hybrid or obscure costumes don't work.
  Yes, I am guilty of this one.


• If all the elements of your costume come from regular sections of your own closet, is it really a costume?
  Yes, I am guilty of this one too. So sue me.


• For some reason, the press got all worked up this year over the fact that "sexy" costumes are in more demand than "scary" costumes, particularly for young adults. This is not news. Halloween is the best excuse of the year for any random woman to dress in a relatively slutty fashion, get drunk, do things she wouldn't do, and have a perfectly plausible excuse. We guys are onto this, although we will continue to pretend we are not so that you gals will continue doing this.

posted by Rainmayun at 12:46 PM -

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