–it seems like my “funny women” piece wasn’t received particularly well in non-vsb parts of the internet. in fact, saying that it “wasn’t received particularly well” is like saying “BP has had a difficult spring”. in the past couple days i’ve been called everything from a misogynist to a “repulsive twit” (which sounds even better if you imagine it was said with clive owen’s voice).
but, although i was initially a bit shocked at the reaction, this is a predictable and, to be quite honest, positive part of the game. as we increase in popularity, the chance that our words, intent, and humor might occasionally be misunderstood and misinterpreted also increases. to quote my favorite fictional sociopathic drug lord, “it’s one of those good problems“.
with that being said, i’m not a big fan of the type of context-less drive-by commentary exhibited in mychal denzel smith’s piece yesterday, comparing me to steve harvey and other peddlers of relationship pain. as i stated in the reply i left on the article, if you’re going to criticize, at least do your homework.
–a few things immediately came to mind when first hearing about ardi rizal, the world’s most famous smoking baby
1. after he’s done with treme, david simon’s new series has to be in indof*ckingnesia. forget about the baltimore schools and kennard and michael and namond and dukie, i need to watch, record, netflix, discuss, and debate an in-depth fictional examination of the socioeconomic conditions turning two year olds into johnny sack.
2. HOW THE F*CK DOES THIS HAPPEN?
no, seriously…HOW THE F*CK DOES THIS HAPPEN?
i remember the first (and only) time i tried to smoke anything (i was 19 and a couple of my teammates finally convinced me to try a black and mild while we were in italy. a couple years later, one of these same teammates wanted me to help him steal some bathmats from tj maxx. yes, i had some ghetto-ass college teammates.), and i started coughing and convulsing so violently that it felt like i was infected with the rage virus from 28 days later. i also somehow burned the back of my ear.
my point is that if i couldn’t initially handle that shock to my system, how was a one year old kid (if he’s two now, you can make the assumption that he started smoking at one) able to smoke so much that he worked himself up to a pack a day? are indonesians built with lungs and hearts the size of secretariat? is there a special newport similac sold in stores to get kids ready for the real thing? if the gateway drug concept is true, what the hell is he going to be smoking by the time he’s 15? catnip? corpses? ipads?
seriously though, i don’t want to rag too much on the kid. i mean, he is a two year old and this ordeal (which really sounds like a throwaway snl skit) is not his fault. but, this situation makes absolutely no logistical sense, and i need answers. so, again, HOW THE F*CK DOES THIS HAPPEN?
3. you know its been a strange week when the most shocking pictures you’ve seen weren’t of a chain smoking stewie griffin doppelganger or even this which. i. wont. try. to. explain, but of 50 cent looking as gaunt and emaciated as the chivalry i spoke of yesterday (word to cheekie). apparently he lost approximately 50 pounds to prepare for things fall apart, an upcoming film where he stars as a college football player stricken with cancer.
despite my feelings about what he “represents”, i have to appreciate the dudes work ethic. for his sake, though, lets just hope that he didn’t go all crackey on us for another straight to blockbuster flick.
—apparently amber rose’s chest just won the ebay bid for 50′s misplaced weight. good for her
–did you all know that one of my favorite hobbies is reading reviews of movies i’ve already seen? from dana stevens’ weekly slate.com column to wesley morris’ amusingly pithy pieces at the boston globe, i probably spend more weekly time than i feel comfortable admitting reading archived reviews of miller’s crossing and hoop dreams and killer klowns from outer space. why? i don’t know. its just interesting as hell to me to be exposed to myriad interpretations of sh*t i’ve already seen.
anyway, although it’s a bit more harsh than he typically is (even when reviewing bad movies, he’s usually somewhat kind. someone from the sex in the city team must have pissed on his stairs or something), this review of the upcoming sex and the city movie reminds me of why roger ebert is one of my five favorite living writers.
(the others? in no particular order: chuck klosterman, toni morrison, bill simmons, and angela nissel. btw, am i the only one who finds it a bit odd that i have nothing but black women and white men on my favorite writers list? nevermind. don’t answer that question.)
—before you leave today and start your memorial day weekend, check out mostbeautifullest.com, my cuzo’s new digs. if you didn’t already know, huny is actually the person who got me started with this blogging thing, and i’m forever indebted to her. love and appreciate you, little homie.
—the champ
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I was just reading Ebert’s review, and I really hope he’s just being a hater. I will always have a special place in my heart for Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.
I don’t care what Ebert talking ’bout…lol I’m still going to see it this weekend.
^Okay!
Ditto!
I’m a true SATC fan, so much that I refused to hear or read any reviews of the movie until I saw it.
Wekk, I saw it, and I was very underwhelmed. But at least they looked fly and sh*t.
“I was just reading Ebert’s review, and I really hope he’s just being a hater. I will always have a special place in my heart for Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.”
this whole thread needs to get a room
Haha, you got me imagining the actual thread picking itself up and going into an isolated room. Obviously I’m drunk on sparkling champagne…
Hey Champ sir…..y’know what’s a good problem? Not being able to find the link to the organization you mentioned that exchanges volunteer work for student loan repayments. Could you provide a solution to that, please? Pretty please?
@MzPW
It’s sponsorchange.org….definitely looked into it lol
@sweetbee…..awesome/thanks for the info…..
problem solved =)
i am NOT an SATC fan. nor am i an NYC fan. or a fan of high-end designers/couture. i just cant imagine me, or any of my friends, walking around in expensive clothes with handbags worth more than my grad tuition, always eating out and taking fancy vacations.
but i LOVE the idea of SATC!!!!!! *(lol) and i really enjoyed the first movie. and i am definitely going to see the sequel, even though it seems even more overdone (is that possible) than the first. SATC is everything im not or probably ever will be. and the idea of being FABULOUS at all times and at all costs (literally) makes me giddy. and wanna spend my little bit of hard earned money to indulge for just a few moments
whatchu mean you’re “not an SATC fan”? do i need to kidnap you and make you watch the entire series? (really, all you need is the first 3 seasons to fall in love)
by the way, when are we indulging? i think we need to have drinks before the movie
girl ive watched the show. it just doesnt make me go cookoo for cocoa puffs. sorry *kanyeshrug*
in other news, we’re planning to go TUESDAY. does that work for you?? i’ll keep you in the email loop
drinks before SATC2 sounds fab!
“it just doesnt make me go cookoo for cocoa puffs”
well, it should.
actually.. i only need seasons 3,4 and 6 to have a great time.. i own all the seasons and d*mn if the plastic cases are in pieces cuz i just watch them for the h*ll of it…
i’m not gonna lie, i was at the 10 am showing yesterday, caught another movie.. and then saw it again..
i think i’m done…
“but i LOVE the idea of SATC!!!!!! ”
I was never interested in SATC until they started showing it on TBS and yeah I’ve gotten a bit lured in. I JUST now started episodes of it with my sister (and she’s been giving me a bit of background because she liked it) Never saw the movies, but now I want to especially since I’ve gotten more girly and more fabulous.
I drool everytime I see Charlotte in a dayum Chanel store. I wish a nicca would even think I could afford that on even my best day, but her purses are my DREAM purses. One day. *wishes upon a star and asks Jiminy Cricket can he help a sista out*
I’ll probably Netflix all the SATC seasons soon. lol
The first Sex And The City film cost me some play after I refused to go to the theater and watch it. I told shawty that watching crap like that is what girlfriends are for, and that I would not be party to such foolishness. After that I deleted her number and never talked to her again.
I would never ask a guy to go to a SATC-anything with me. That is most definitely a girlfriends movie. It’s not even like dragging your man to a basic rom-com, because while SATC has rom-com elements, it is mostly a girlfiend ensemble. Any guy willing to go see it with me would be suspect. lol
i cant for the life of me understand why any woman would want to go see this with a hetero dude. *smh*
I am guessing it was a power play. She really thought I was feeling her because my half-assed courting( I really thought I was phoning it in) is better than most men’s a game. This is almost as bad as the 3 times my disinterest in animal rights cost me the goods.
I would never ask my guy to go to see SATC or any other related chick flick. I don’t even blame you for saying no.
Mychal Denzel Smith comment deez.
i officially approve this use of the deez
Dame, once again, I laugh aloud. Thank you for the clandestine hat tilt. Have I told you you’re a very smart brotha lately??
you have. but thanks again, boogs. and, since this is your first time leaving a comment on vsb (i think), welcome and sh*t
Oh how i’ve missed Boogs in the blogosphere. sigh.
Hey there, Liz!
Liz, you’re an important person, I need you to know that. You can get more of me on twitter @sublimeoctober. Caveat: I only have two followers, I average 7 comments a week and 5 of those comments are about pilates or a vegetarian dish I’m about to make…this in no way she detour you from still loving me the way I love you.
YASSS! Thanks for the heads up. Will be following you right NOW!
howdy Boogs. welcome back in whatever capacity you’re back to the www.
Greetings, fine sir! So glad to know that I knew you when you, well let’s see…were not known…at least not on a 300 comment level. I’m pulling from my favorite Baraka poem, “Who owns things that ain’t even known to be owned.” I’m so comfortable with myself, it doesn’t matter that this whole comment may only make sense to me. Cheers!
Side Eye to 50 Cent making a movie called “Things Fall Apart” based on his own story instead of Chinua Achebe’s novel. Actually, I take that back. 50 Cent in the real Things Fall Apart would be as bad as Tyler Perry’s upcoming For Colored Girls movie.
What irks me about SATC2 is that is was set in Dubai, but filmed in Morocco. Usually movies are shot somewhere other than where they’re set to save money. But in SATC2′s case, it was because the loose dress and morals of SATC aren’t acceptable in Dubai. A married British couple got arrested for kissing – a dry peck – in public in Dubai. In other words, they filmed a movie that’s essentially a false tourist ad, which could potentially get people in trouble. (I hate it for that, and the fact that women generally don’t get hypersexual when their hormones are dropping off in menopause)
And that smoking kid? Why must I cry?
@ I Am Your People
“Side Eye to 50 Cent making a movie called “Things Fall Apart” based on his own story instead of Chinua Achebe’s novel.”
^I feel you. I’m tired of everything but the novel referencing that title. I get hyped to only realize it’s something else and not literary genius about brother Okonkwo.
“Side Eye to 50 Cent making a movie called “Things Fall Apart” based on his own story instead of Chinua Achebe’s novel.”
YASSS!!! This is EXACTLY what I thought when I read the title, only to find out it was about some cancer patient o__O?
“and the fact that women generally don’t get hypersexual when their hormones are dropping off in menopause”
ROFLMAO!
That’s a real good point you made though. wonder how come it just couldn’t be set in Morocco then?? I’ll see what the deal is tmrw…
But some of them do dammit. I and my bottle of baby oil will still be watching the premier.
T.M.I.!
uh yeah… I concur!
@IAmYourPeople What director would you trust with Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”? I have thought about this myself, and have not come up with a director who has the finesse to pull the story off.
Dayum! What is the world coming to when The Champ is being incendiary? I men we expect
Such thangs from panama but you supposed to be the “nice guy”. You trying to spice up that tapioca image?
Lol anyway 2 tears in a bucket
Just don’t get to accustomed to this role and you and pj be on some david ruffin -otis shyt
And split and have 2 vsb’s.
Lol
“Just don’t get to accustomed to this role and you and pj be on some david ruffin -otis shyt”
Temptations FOREVER!
Dayum! What is the world coming to when The Champ is being incendiary? I men we expect
Such thangs from panama but you supposed to be the “nice guy”. You trying to spice up that tapioca image?
lol, you know whats funny? just a couple weeks ago i was complaining to someone (it might have been panama) about how no one ever gets mad at me. i guess you really have to be careful what you wish for
@The Champ, it was definitely me. lol. we were talking about folks seeming to hate some of the stuff i say and the visceral reactions. you wanted some of that reaction.
now you got some!
“now you got some!”
Running with the Temptations thing, ain’t this a Temptations quote too? I think Norm said it when Dennis was crying about the Papa was a rolling Stone date and how it was actually the day his daddy died. Something about him having no spunk? I’m not sure that was the word. Anyway he said…”now you got some!”.
It’s okay, Champ, I don’t like you!
Really? Cuz I get mad at you at least twice a week! I don’t know how these people can’t find a way, but I’d be happy to show them the light.
I saw that picture of 50 earlier, and it really just left me speechless. I got to hand it to the man for being so dedicated to his craft (or what he believes is his craft).
Also, I was highly amused by the SATC2 review. He didn’t hold back many punches, did he?
100% agree, especially w/:“(or what he believes is his craft)”
Grr, now 50 is frakking with my head. How am I supposed to want to lose 20 lbs if I’m going to end up looking like him?
@Shady
“Ain’t nobody comin’ ta see you, Otis!” Classic.
I didn’t read responses to the “funny…” post, but I’ll assume someone was on some “we’re all the same, regardless of gender, kumbaya” stuff. Oh well. I get those responses when I share my dating views.
I’m not readin’ anything about Sex and the City. It ain’t that serious.
The fat ass, smokin’ Indonesian baby…
Well, to be honest, I don’t care. I’m too consumed with all the fat ass, cheeto-eatin’ American babies.
The writers: I don’t know how Charles and Richard failed to make your list.
“The writers: I don’t know how Charles and Richard failed to make your list.”
they’re, ummm, dead.
I saw that smoking baby on some morning show yesterday. Dayum…he was only 2? Wild. OH and I checked out that link you provided regarding that Mychal kat. How in the heyll is he trying to compare VSB to the 8 button suit wonder and Mr.CSI:NY? Yo no comprende. Ya know what Champie, is the “Funny Women” post going to your “post that shall not be named”? PJack (his threeness) had one, and now you have yours…LMAO Misogynist? I’ve seen this word thrown around way too much this week and not in an appropriate context either.
PJack (his threeness) had one, and now you have yours
lol and now they’re even. everybody wins! yay!! *confetti*
“Ya know what Champie, is the “Funny Women” post going to your “post that shall not be named”? PJack (his threeness) had one, and now you have yours…LMAO Misogynist? ”
lol, that was the post when p became the three. i guess now, since i obviously hate humor, should be called “the turd” (in the punchbowl)
Champ, I’d really prefer to call you a twit.
Yeah, twit wins. It’s based on what a reader called you. Just like P was called a 3.
Ya’ll can make a book trilogy. “The Twit of the 3′s”
Welp, Daddy always said, “Folks don’t hate on Nobodies.” Welcome to the big time Champ
Champ, whatever criticism you received was out of context but shows you blowin up! (in my best Martin Lawrence) You, Liz, and Panama are doing the dayum thang and bubbling and becoming more popular so that is to be expected with such popularity. As you all behind VSB state quite often: we all Family and sh*t… so I appreciate all your (the entire VSB crew) posts (and podcasts) for the record. Whether it disturbs me, I agree, I disagree, I’m bothered, I laugh….The break down is it’s food for thought and I enjoy the dialogue. I like the growth I receive from other points of view even if it is challenging and contrary to my own.
The 2 year-old smoking. Wow. That baby’s lungs, development and overall health. I mean, dayum.
The 50-Cent pics are everywhere. I’m kinda over it. I saw a recent pic and he looks like he is just about back to fighting weight. Now, I just wanna know if his acting backed up or complemented such extreme physical measures for the role. I know the pictures are shocking and disarming but is he good in the movie?
Speaking of movies, I had to bypass the SITC 2 movie review. As I began to read it, I feared it was gonna to give too much away. Whether the movie is raggedy or not, I’m looking forward to seeing it with my girls. Good or bad, we gonna have fun!
“I like the growth I receive from other points of view even if it is challenging and contrary to my own.”
i appreciate that. thanks and sh*t
Loves the avatar, milady.
@ Champ,
Your welcome!
@ComicBookGuy,
Thank you!!!!
I have a confession. It’s weird but I always think twice before I say I disagree with you or Panama because I know you are passionate about what you do and it can be personal.
I think the whole thing about funny being a “man thing” was the turn off. At least for me. Like Cheekie said isn’t someone being funny a personal thing? I know I am not Monique so I was not trippin. I am good at the charm, not the jokes LOL.
Anyways, a baby smoking? That’s not photo shopped? I am just trippin about a baby not just knowing how to smoke, but hold a cigarette. WOW! As always will read other links.
Monique is not funny.
I don’t think she is either…
I knew me saying Monique being funny would be questioned, lol.
Let me confess something too. I sometimes disagree with people here just to be disagreeable. Or play devils advocate. Or highlight a different point of view that doesn’t seem to be getting a fair shake.
And I don’t even think twice about it.
“Let me confess something too. I sometimes disagree with people here just to be disagreeable. Or play devils advocate. Or highlight a different point of view that doesn’t seem to be getting a fair shake.”
i know. this is actually why i usually look forward to your comments.
So does this mean that Angry Black Chick w/3 Degrees is your alter ego?
@ Caballeroso: bruahahahaha!!!
When I disagree for the sake of debate, I get the most serious of side eyes. Someone didn’t like how I spoke to Liz and told me my preferred method of encouraging self-reflection was too counterproductive.
Oh well…I gotta be me
It’s all love. I talk sideways to people here too sometimes. it all depends on how I feel that day!
Well since we’re confessing sh!t I too have a confession. I don’t really like reading for real so when Champ does these gazillion links to more stuff to read I just wanna kill myself… ahhhhh, that feels so much better.
“I have a confession. It’s weird but I always think twice before I say I disagree with you or Panama because I know you are passionate about what you do and it can be personal.”
please feel free to voice any disagreements. it hasnt happened yet, but i’m sure there’s a possibility that i’ll say something wrong in the future, lol. seriously though, if you think what i’ve written is bs, lemme know
“I know I am not Monique…”
God is good.
please feel free to voice any disagreements. it hasnt happened yet, but i’m sure there’s a possibility that i’ll say something wrong in the future, lol. seriously though, if you think what i’ve written is bs, lemme know
I usually do, but I am saying I am mindful about it at first. I know some folks don’t care because everybody super bad on a computer.
“I know some folks don’t care because everybody super bad on a computer.”
Everybody else is super bad on the computer. As for me, I am McLovin. Cheekie McLovin if you nasty.
“As for me, I am McLovin. Cheekie McLovin if you nasty.”
Stop. now.
LMAO
God is good.
Hilarious
My question was, how did said baby learn to LIGHT the cigarette…
*reminisces on parents asking me to light Kools on the kitchen stove*
…nevermind!
I saw this smoking kid article on the luxury spot website, too. It’s a shame that the father didn’t see anything wrong with his child being an overweight smoker.. The world is obviously sliding into the deep end of insanity faster than I realized.
The kid is only 2 years old. Too soon to really be overweight.
My parents thought my brother was overweight around 12-14. This was a pretty rough time for him. Luckily, I was still in HS for some of that to give him an alternate view of life. Then he hit a growth spurt and became the tallest and thinnest one in our family. . . .and still eats the same way.
awwww, sweet story. I love to hear guys talk bromancely about their brothers
I saw this smoking kid article on the luxury spot website, too. It’s a shame that the father didn’t see anything wrong with his child being an overweight smoker.. The world is obviously sliding into the deep end of insanity faster than I realized.
welcome and sh*t, i think
Yeah..I’m new…I think you have a Twitter, right? Cuz I talked to you about the “Aint Sh!t N!gga” article…HAHA. It just baffles me that this kid smokes…I can’t smoke and I’m 21..I choke at the thought of it ..how did they teach him to inhale?!
If that lil rugrat wants to throw a fit when he can’t smoke, I’d tell him to go buy his own pack and light it himself. If he’s able to accomplish that, at two years old, then he deserves it. Otherwise he can have a Coke and a smile and shut the f*ck up.
THANK YOU!!!!
Truth!
likes it
NO… really? How in the fukc does that happen???
That baby smokes like a grown a§§ man! Blows my friggin mind, I tell ya!
steal some bathmats from tj maxx
LMAO!
it felt like i was infected with the rage virus from 28 days later
DAMN! ….that movie scared me
i also somehow burned the back of my ear.
SEE! That’s why you were coughing like crazy! You don’t use your ear, Champ… you smoke thru your mouth, DUH!
But yeah, that baby started smoking at 18 months. WTF?!
And he weighs 55 lbs! At 2 yrs old?! Ri-damn-diculous!
His father got the nerve to say, “He looks healthy to me”. Compared to?? ….pure craziness.
“i also somehow burned the back of my ear.
SEE! That’s why you were coughing like crazy! You don’t use your ear, Champ… you smoke thru your mouth, DUH!”
man, i think that black ended up bouncing off of like 8 different body parts before i dropped it in the sand
“man, i think that black ended up bouncing off of like 8 different body parts before i dropped it in the sand”
LMAO! Funny…
Yep..reading movie reviews for movies I’ve already seen is a hobby of mine too. Guess it’s kind of my way of continuing a conversation about a movie that stuck with me. I usually google New York Times reviews…I’m especially intrigued by the black movie reviews (“Love and Basketball” review was really cute…and reviews of Tyler Perry flicks are HILARIOUS)
“…and reviews of Tyler Perry flicks are HILARIOUS”
yeah. i dont know if i’ve ever seen a director/producer whose movies were panned by everybody all of the time. he’s like the black ed wood
thanks for the shout out, cousin. I love you an shit.
as for mychal’s post, I like dude, I consider him a friend, but he’s way off base including you in that otherwise very dead-on article. steve harvey and his ilk ride off hurt and lonely women. they tout themselves as relationship authorities and their entire shtick is built around schooling black women on how to humble ourselves enough to be worth a man’s attention. it’s offensive as hell. your satirical, tongue-in-cheek humor comes off completely differently, IMO. but I’m biased. you’re my blood, I know what you’re about, and I’ve been reading your writing for almost ten years now.
you got it, though. this is the price of popularity. wait til the book comes out.
thanks for the shout out, cousin. I love you an shit.
this makes me all verklempt and sh*t
i agree with huny’s assessment. im not family, but i too may be biased since me and champie are good friends.
as some one who considers herself to be pretty, fun, and pretty funny i took NO offense to the post whatsoever. nor did i take it as a “oh, now black women can’t be too FUNNY either?? f*ck!” because the truth of the matter is, there are plenty of men (brothas esp) who need their egos (both literal and figurative) stroked and have issues with competiting women– be it about humor or about money. not ALL men are like that clearly. i simply took champie’s post as “these are reasons why some men don’t like ‘funny girls’… and sh*t”. i have no idea why ppl are making such a big fuss. its not that serious. and you’re probably not that funny (or fun) if you read more into it than what is CLEARLY written. *smh*
oh well. cant win em all, can ya champie? just ask benny roth o_O
Exactly Gem!
And the people over there kept saying how he thinks he speaks for all men? WTF. Do people have to put a “This only speaks for 3,672, 973.15 men. The others have polled differently” disclaimer on every blog post now? I think going in, a VERY SMART PERSON or hell, even someone with common sense should be able to sense that most blogs generalize. For effect. I mean, how long would a blog post be if we had to speak for every single voice out there in regards to the topic. Pretty long. I cannot believe there are people out there that DON’T know that usually, when a blogger writes something, it is from their experience and is not to be taken as gospel but as a means for discussion. Period.
exactly back atcha, cheeks!!!
its a good thing that blog isnt called “this week in smart blackness”
lmao womp.
“in the last couple days i’ve been called everything from a misogynist to a “repulsive twit” (which sounds even better if you imagine it was said with clive owen’s voice).”
It is better because Clive Owen’s voice is effing sexy. But that’s probably not why you think it’s better.
“with that being said, i’m not a big fan of the type of context-less drive-by commentary exhibited in mychal denzel smith’s piece yesterday, comparing me to steve harvey and other peddlers of relationship pain.”
O_O Well, I missed a doozy.
“forget about the baltimore schools and kennard and michael and namond and dukie,”
But don’t forget about Randy. Po’ kid broke my heart.
But yeah, the smokin’ tot is a dayum shame. I neva smoked a thang in my life (except a boy in a race when I was a kid; tomboys ftw) and this brotha smokin’ like a true pro.
As for the G Davis pic (which, didn’t someone link that here some time ago? I know one of you e-fam linked it), I want HIM to explain it.
And as for reviews, I always the bulk of them after I’ve already seen the movie. I only read headlines of movies before I see them because I’m always paranoid that I’ll be spoiled by reading the entire review. lol
Anyhoot. Thanks for the shoutout. Shoutout deez.
“But don’t forget about Randy. Po’ kid broke my heart.:”
Right?!? I feel like Randy is always forgotten and aside from Dukie, he was the one that had my heart breaking the most.
Yeah Dukie was also a heart-breaker!
Even though Dukie had it rougher, Randy really had a special place in my heart with the scene with Carter and then the subsequent beatdown he got at the foster home. And then the little sneak of how his innocence was completely gone in the fifth season? *sob*
“forget about the baltimore schools and kennard and michael and namond and dukie,”
But don’t forget about Randy. Po’ kid broke my heart.
lol, i didn’t forget about randy. the other stories were just a bit more compelling to me
i hated kennard. and i’m well aware that hate is a strong word to use for a fictional child character. oh well…
LOL, yeah I didn’t really like him either. One of them “think they grown” kinda kids I can’t stand. But, I still thought it was epic how he ended up being the one offing Omar. I thought that decision was genius.
*Reads Mychal Denzel Smith post*
Ok, wouldn’t compare your one post to the books of Steve Harvey and Hill Harper. But, to each his own.
*Reads comments section of Mychal post*
o__@……………Sorry about that my eye pop out of my head.
*One week later on CNN and FOX
“Blogger known as The Champ on the Website verysmartbrothas.com has written an article stating that Black women need to be less funny to get a man. Some people are calling this his ‘BP oil spill’, others mention it as his ‘Katrina”
*2 Months later on TVOne*
Introducing Steve Harvey’s new book “Act like a Woman, tell jokes like a Man”
This has been fun week in the blog-o-sphere
bwhahahaha
loves it.
steve would SO try to capitalize on that.
“*One week later on CNN and FOX
“Blogger known as The Champ on the Website verysmartbrothas.com has written an article stating that Black women need to be less funny to get a man. Some people are calling this his ‘BP oil spill’, others mention it as his ‘Katrina””
i guess we can call this “humorgate” now
Steve is shaving his head now prepping for more limelight
so far gone!!
ahh, dear champikins, you have really hit the big time now, i just read the comments over at Mychal Denzel Smith and it just goes to show people just love to take ish & run with it…please be sure to send me an autographed copy of your “he man woman haters club” book when it drops, personally I don’t GAF about whateverbsnamehesusing says..i’m a fan of the vsb and all the smartness that drips from this place, so when all else fails…eff em and btw-your response to him was so on point ( i know you don’t need my validation, but it’s free , it may not be a tjmaxx bath mat but it’s all yours )
“i know you don’t need my validation, but it’s free , it may not be a tjmaxx bath mat but it’s all yours”
this is exactly what liz said to me earlier in the week, except there was a substitute for “validation”
lol, thanks and sh*t though
lmao oh my
“this is exactly what liz said to me earlier in the week, except there was a substitute for “validation””
O_O
You are the hottest of messes.
And thats why Champy you are my favourite blogger. You hit it right on, especially your response to him, goes to show how vsb is growing.
On 50 dude looks like a malawian full blown aids patient IMO, just saying, still love him tho(atleast his first album, lol)
The Kid, how, when does that sh*t happen, kinda like the kids the parents were using to rob jewelery store.
“On 50 dude looks like a malawian full blown aids patient IMO”
damn,did you really have to say that?
And thats why Champy you are my favourite blogger
i thought it was because of my egghead and my tendency to rock women’s glasses
After reading what’s his name’s article over at This Week in Whatever-ness, who is probably shaking his piggy bank every morning to buy Stella the accountant from Rock and Rolla a decaf, skinny caffè macchiato from Starbucks, and a few of the comments from people whose ulna seems to have been severed with the lid of a tin can that was opened with a rusty table knife.
All I could think of was the Smith’s Song
“That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore.”
So I played it and re-read the responsible blog installment
It was like watching an hour of Jaywalking.
in the same sad falling out my chair laugh sort of way, that makes me think there’s something morally wrong with pointing out how stupid and self absorbed some people can be. And we should give them some kind of honorary handicapped designation that makes it legal to openly make fun of them.
When I realize, I’ve never seen a full episode of SATC or intentionally listened to a 50 Cent song in it’s entirety and being a guy with an oblique sense of humor, bask in knowing that, because I’m a guy, finishing last can be a good thing.
Well
Bork Bork Bork
i didn’t completely get everything you said, but i like it. basically, your comment was like a bobby digital album
Sometimes I get Killa Beez: The Sting and the Bill Murray exchange from Coffee and Cigarettes stuck on loop and you know…
…I’m old
Forget about it.
But that was some brilliant marketing on his part and just plain brilliant on yours.
Thanks for allow me to witness and guano
Looks like you have a coat-tail-rider. He is using the 50 cent method of getting publicity. Its hilarious! E-beef? He doesn’t know how to go in.
I think it is safe to say that the tone and tenor of VSB is lost on most non-VSB’s.
Maybe I should start a blog for them. I can act terrificly ignorant.
No Bullsh*t
“Maybe I should start a blog for them. I can act terrificly ignorant.”
and the truth shall set you free….
lol.. i couldn’t help it!! i really couldn’t…
@Nick l odeon
what a fitting name…j/k
LOL Why do I believe you?
I think it is safe to say that the tone and tenor of VSB is lost on most non-VSB’s.
you know, i think thats the moral of this story. everybody isn’t ready or willing to have the type of dialog we have here. we’re kind of like the island from lost: populated with intelligent-ass weirdos/outliers, and no one knows what the hell is going on except for us.
@ The Champ
we’re kind of like the island from lost: populated with intelligent-ass weirdos/outliers, and no one knows what the hell is going on except for us.
I think that pretty much sums it up.
thats the moral of this story. everybody isn’t ready or willing to have the type of dialog we have here. we’re kind of like the island from lost: populated with intelligent-ass weirdos/outliers, and no one knows what the hell is going on except for us
this is when i bring up my monthly request for a VSB bbqs (cuz we need an east coast one and a west coast one). unless we just pick a day and all show up in miami which im down for! should we sell t-shirt to fundraise?
i haven’t been on as long as many other VSB residents/veterans – but i definitely appreciate a community of VSBP (very smart black people). sure, it’s easy to create e-relationships, but if we’re all as fab in real life as we are online..can you imagine what a meetup would be like?? WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!!
that is all.
@Keisha Brown
WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!!
Lol, LOVE IT!
i’m in Miami !!! so that’ll work!!!!
That’s powerful. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we actually could?
“I think it is safe to say that the tone and tenor of VSB is lost on most non-VSB’s.”
Yup. That’s why context is a must-need for reading over here.
Also, that picture of the smoking 2 year-old is officially creepy.
Not as creepy as that picture of Fidey…now that scared the **** outta me!
Three things.
1) I wanna know what brand of cigs that baby is smoking. Ain’t no baby stress in the world big enough for him to be going through two packs of Newports a day. I know folks in the ghettos of America who won’t even go that far.
2) 50 lookin’ like Tyrone Hill for absolutely no reason. I don’t see the point in making yourself Kate Moss skinny for a straight to DVD flick. That is just creepy to think about knowing 5 years ago he was cock diesel on album covers.
3) Any movie theater showing SATC 2 will be filled with 95% women and the 5% of men who were promised sex or no talking during the rest of the NBA Playoffs.
Happy Friday fellow VSBers!
Actually, the 5% of men will probably be gay.
3) Any movie theater showing SATC 2 will be filled with 95% women and the 5% of men who were promised sex or no talking during the rest of the NBA Playoffs.
you know, i do think it was clever marketing by the satc people to have this movie come out right in the middle of the nba playoffs.
okay, the smoking baby????? this is one of the most disturbing picture’s i’ve ever, ever seen…. and i’ve seen some horrific visuals in my time, i assure you. i want to join your chorus, champie – HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN???? flippin’ hell, this is a BABY!! there’s something so perverse about those chubby baby fingers wrapped around a ciggie, i want to beat somebody up for allowing this. his system must be a mess….nx!
i love south africans
That “nx!” just made me nostalgic a bit.
Sawubona usisi, kunjani?
LOL! I went to school with that Mychal Smith dude….small world
As did I. Go Pirates! lol
am i one of the few that didn’t take yesterday’s post that seriously? (was it yesterday? my days are all blurred) but i guess since it’s coming on the heels of some “black women are gonna be single forever, here’s why” commentary, then i can see why it might’ve gotten some thongs in a bind..
*lighten up, it’s just fashion!!* sorry, i couldn’t resist…
and i just read MychaeDenzel Washington Idris Elba’s post.. and can i just say “ewww”… everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.. but yeah, maybe if he actually read VSB he could get an idea of tone and inflection.. Geex! (beenie man voice..)
and um.. that smoking baby is the most disturbing thing i’ve seen all morning.. i felt the same way when Streetz passed along that link of “yo momma at the club” it’s like you wanna turn away, but you keep scrolling back to see it again..
i used to smoke blacks wit the fellas on the block.. (i like the way they smell) but honestly, “it felt like i was infected with the rage virus from 28 days later” LMAO!!! nothing gets the feeling across more than that line right there.. i can’t FATHOM this baby.. and i wonder if he’s smoking because he’s worried about gaining weight.. i mean, eat some rice, it’s ok!! (i’m so politically incorrect, you don’t have to tell me)
you got on your hands a good problem Champ.. i mean, “i don’t wanna D*ck ride or nothin” but i appreciate you!! lol..
we all know i meant to type “geez!” right? Right!?
Lmao. Very true. People take blogs and commenting way too serious. Youtube is a perfect example of this. People comment on vids like war! It’s crazy to me but I always felt like bloggers are one of the following people: brainy, politicin type, conspiracy theorists, sociopaths, or lonely individuals.
“i don’t wanna D*ck ride or nothin”
You are hilarious for that. I wish I could watch Regina King record Huey and Riley’s voices. That fact that she does their voices so well kinda fascinates me. Oh yeah, I checked out your blog. I am a mythology geek, too (then again, you’re probably not too surprised) Oh yeah, we can get down in a game of Jeopardy. The gauntlet has been thrown down.
@Comic book Guy…
bring it.. BRING IT!! i feel like mama Klump sitting at the table.. “come on, come on!!” many a person has tried with the Jeopardy.. and yet, i end up saying something like “you’ve never heard of the Nuremberg Trials?”
i wanted to see the behind the scenes of Regina King recording too!! it’s like nobody wants to give good DVD extras anymore!! soon, the credits are gonna be the “extras!”
and thanks for checking me out.. it’s been a rough week, but i PROMISE i’ll get more up soon.. (like tonight..)
and yeah, i didn’t wannt d*ck ride with you yesterday either.. i be tryin ta keep the people humble and whatnot..
greek mythology is the greatest thing ever.. i wanna be proficient.. the “God of War game (ps3) helped out a WHOLE BUNCH!! *tee-hee
@Nick_L_Odeon,
The Nuremberg Trials? Please, give me something harder than that. WWII was my favorite part of history class after the Civil Rights movement. lol I know some of the oddest sh!t from watching Jeopardy that I didn’t think I knew. Mom made me read a lot as a kid.
Don’t worry about blowing my head up. I appreciate all the nice comments I get on here for just being me. Life’s kicked me around enough times where staying humble is what I do.
Greek mythology always kicked a$$. My boys, who I play video games, are like “Dog, you haven’t played Kratos yet?” They couldn’t believe I haven’t played any of the God of War games, and they look awesome. Good to see a hot girl that plays God of War 3.
“Mom made me read a lot as a kid”
during summer vacation, my mother used to put the tv into her car trunk and take it to work.. and leave me english lessons to do all day.. i used to read to her at the ironing board, in the car.. in the bathroom..
i thank her for it now.. but back then i was HOT! (not about the reading.. about the tv in the car trunk)
i know some of the weirdest stuff too.. and if i come across something that’s interesting while i’m watching jeopardy i’ll write it down and read on it for next time…
don’t think i didn’t catch that you wear glasses.. i always wanted them.. somehow they equate intelligence.. the same way veins in the forearms equate strength..
(i can be strange, i know)
and you need to hop on God of War.. post haste!! i’m tellin you, it’ll send your cool quotient through the ROOF! (at least with me anyway.. lol..)
@Nick_L_Odeon,
You definitely feel me. If my mom wasn’t teaching summer school, we were at the library with her all day. I had to learn a new word everyday during the school year. I even took a speed reading course, but I do thank her for it. Love my extensive vocab. I have never seen the same episode of Jeopardy twice so I am never cheating when I watch it with people.
That’s funny that you wanted to wear glasses. Been wearing them since the third grade (right at the height of Steve Urkel’s popularity, so they were pretty much a girl repellent) so I am used to them. I don’t think anyone would recognize me if I got contacts. My boys in college with wear glasses with no prescription just to look smart. I would be like “you guys don’t know my pain from wearing glasses. Y’all just frontin’.” As for the veins in the forearms thing, got those two. lol Yeah, I’ve been meaning to cop the God of War collection on PS3 and then get God of War 3. Need to get cool. lol
i still have my library card.. a lot of people wanna throw shots because it seems weird.. then i explain that i can get DVDs for free.. and they shut the stink up..
hurry up and get on God of War.. cuz i would love to hear your take on it..
and don’t think this is one of those things people say.. and never care about again.. i do some serious follow up.. as i don’t forget much of anything i say to people (or people have said to me).. so it might be a month (cuz i’m givin you time) but yeah, i will say something about God of War again..
cuz if Hollywood studios know what they’re doing, there’s gonna be a movie.. and it would suck if you waited til the bandwagon came around.. and then had to play catch-up..
check the blog to stay in contact off thread.. unless you have twitter, cuz i’m ALL OVER there!! lol…
@Nick_L_Odeon,
You are right. God of War will be a movie (just hope they don’t screw it up). God of War 2 is considered the best game to ever come out on PS2, but I won’t be a bandwagon jumper. I have read the synopsis to the first 2 games and the story is great. I may have to copy the collection this weekend. I’ve been stuck on Super Street Fighter IV since my birthday last month.
super street fighter IV!?!?!
i’ll give you a pass.. don’t get it twisted, i’m a Mortal Kombat baby.. but i can understand Capcom updating it because they can capitalize on the sense of nostalgia.. and considering the update in technology, it seems like that’s gonna be some GREAT-NESS!!
i still play my super mario brothers 3 (greatness).. but it doesn’t mean that i can’t appreciate Halo.. (new millennium greatness)
@Nick_L_Odeon
My dad used to threaten to take all the TVs every summer but we knew it was never gonna happen because he wouldn’t want to go through the trouble of hooking it back up each night…he d@mn sure wasn’t gonna miss out on his tv watching. He did take the video games a couple times though.
@ComicBookGuy
Lol, word!
I was watching a “ninja you gay” montage on YouTube the other day…I was in tears. Riley kills me!
lmao @ “MychaeDenzel Washington Idris Elba”
“and um.. that smoking baby is the most disturbing thing i’ve seen all morning.. i felt the same way when Streetz passed along that link of “yo momma at the club””
Girl ain’t that a mess?! And check out my crib, girlie, I gave you a shoutout!
GIRL!!! that junk was a mess.. the HOTTEST of MESSES!!
and i checked you out.. THANK YOU MAMA!!
of course, now i feel pressure to write something on mine.. i feel ike the people who see the page are screamin “get to the meat of it already!!”
i didn’t know how to link when i posted.. so now i gotta go back and handle that.. luv you mama!! (but not like that.. lol)
No problem. Lookin’ forward to you updating!
Damn M. Denzel Smith and many others obviously don’t understand the concept of satire or open debate. Ah well. If he’s going at you Bryon Crawford can’t be far behind.
Champ have you read any of George Pelecanos’ novels?
Am I the only one who was tickled by “The Smoking Baby” aka, “Ciggy Smalls”? Sometimes things are so absurd and perverse that my soul forces a laugh to keep from crying. (Kanye shrug)
Ciggy Smalls.
so. far. gone! LMAOOOOO!!!
*in Herb the Perv’s voice from Family Guy* I couldn’t believe that little piggly son of a b!tch was smoking a cigarette!
LIKE A PRO! My co-worker kept insisting he was a midget until son, started screaming in baby talk. Ah well.
Yes, the title of 50′s movie threw me off b/c I’m thinking…why would he need to lose weight to play Okonkwo? Hopefully it’s a good movie for him to be looking like one of them characters from ANTZ.
I will not read any reviews on STC until I see the movie. I don’t expect much from it as is…I just want to see what happens with Adien and Carrie.
On another note, I need to see a REALLY good movie this summer. Iron Man 2 failed to entertain me, Robin Hood was aight, The Backup Plan sucked monkey b@lls….I’m hoping The Last Airbender will be excellent.
*in Herb the Perv’s voice from Family Guy* I couldn’t believe that little piggly son of a b!tch was smoking a cigarette!
bwah hahahahahahahaha
I liked KickAss… I know I know, but it’ll surprise you trust me.
that is all.
YES! KickAss was awesome. seriously.
like, i’d totally hang out with that little girl. lmbo.
@Yeah…So
I heard! I gotta go see it!
*wonders if I’m too old to pay for one movie and actually watch like 3*
Yeah, I need to see that.
@LaBakir,
See, that’s why I like you. You understand the uncomfortable but hilarious appeal of Herbert the Pervert. “You want a popsicle? My cellar is full of popsicles!”
@ComicBookGuy
LMAO!!! Or when Herb the Perv told Chris he had a tip in his pocket for him…but his arthritis was acting up…and told Chris to get it!
I love him!!!! He’s the only character I like in that whole whack show (die-hard South Park fan).
I secretly wish to meet someone like him on the street just so I can squeal and run off in disgust…
@bougiefruit
I love South Park too!
The episode where Cartman was acting like Dog the Bounty Hunter had me in tears!
Butters melts my heart
Yea, South Park is the best.
The world of warcraft espisode was hilarious..
The Cartmen vs. the red heads and Cartmen vs. the hippies are my most favorite. Oh and how can I forget the Civil War Reenactment…haha and the dog whisperer episode..sh*t is ridiculus.
@bougiefruit,
I love South Park, too. That is one of the things me and my little sister watched together when we were younger, kinda like our bonding moment of the week.
@bougiefruit
I like Kyle’s little brother…who looks like the Canadian characters
@ LaBakir
OMG, that episode when Michael Jackson took over Ike’s (kyle’s bro) body. I was screaming the entire time Ike was doing the moonwalk and yelling “shmon”
@bougiefruit
*dead* I just YouTubed that episode! I caaaaan’t! Hilarious
the JLo episodes is on of my favs too. Cartman waking up with Ben Affleck in the bed is crazy!
LMAO…Mitch Connor
“Hopefully it’s a good movie for him to be looking like one of them characters from ANTZ.”
DYING at this. lmbo.
Yes, the title of 50’s movie threw me off b/c I’m thinking…why would he need to lose weight to play Okonkwo?
YA I agree. I’m actually bothered by the title because “Things Fall Apart” is one of the best African novel that depicts tribal society before colonization and should be required reading for HS students. So what if Mr. Achebe wants to make a movie out of the book. What title will he use now that “Things Fall Apart” is taken?
Okonkwo???
i said this in my comment, but i REALLY don’t even think he got it from the book. i bet he got it from The Roots, who got it from the book. that’s the sad part. lol.
@Muze
Pretty much!
@Muze
“i said this in my comment, but i REALLY don’t even think he got it from the book. i bet he got it from The Roots, who got it from the book. that’s the sad part. lol’
lightbulb moment…u r 1000% right
Hmmmm sadly this makes sense
why would he need to lose weight to play Okonkwo?
Because the dude/football player gets cancer, that’s why he lost all the weight.
@TheOpinionated1
yeah, I know that. But upon hearing the title of the movie…which is really a book that I read…I’m wondering why would he need to lose weight to play an African warrior (Okonkwo)
Ohh ok
On another note, I need to see a REALLY good movie this summer. Iron Man 2 failed to entertain me, Robin Hood was aight, The Backup Plan sucked monkey b@lls….I’m hoping The Last Airbender will be excellent.
I feel you on that. I haven’t seen Kick-Ass, but my niece loved it and I bought her the comic for her birthday and now she really loves me
From a purely action standpoint, Iron Man 2 was great, but there really could have been a better story. They could have picked a better villain than Whiplash, especially not looking like Mickey Rourke’s drug addict looking a$$. The Mandarin or the Crimson Dynamo would have been better. Plus, I wanted to see if they would show his alcohol a little bit more, but the suitcase armor did kick a$$, though. I do hope the Last Airbender is good, too. I love that cartoon.
@ComicBookGuy
Even the action in Iron Man 2 was just ok…to me. And I missed Tony Starks wittiness. LMAO @ Mickey Rourke! His fingernails are groooossss!
Yes, the suitcase armor was tough…but that was about it.
Oh, and I wanna see that heist flick w/ T.I., Idris Elba, and Chris Breezy…after listing those names, no further explanation is needed as to why I want to see it…lol
@ComicBookGuy
“I’m hoping The Last Airbender will be excellent.” Don’t hold your breathe. With M Night Shamalamdingdong directing AND adapting, it does not bode well…. Which sucks because the series was amazing.
@Andi
I was hoping this would be Shamalamdingdong’s big come back :/
@Andi,
Man, I hope you are wrong but I would not be surprised if you are right. I know from the preview has a bit darker tone than the cartoon but the characters looks pretty close. I love how lighthearted Aang despite the burden he has to carry as the Avatar. Thank God for the Nicktoons channel.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/815694–fans-claim-a-hollywood-whitewash
thought i’d drop my 2.7 centsCAD = 3 cents USD on this.
oh hey VSB.
not much to say. i love this site! screw the haters. they’re not worthy of any attention.
http://www.tooshocking.com/videos/6149/Two_Year_Old_Smoking_Cigarettes …it’s an epidemic.
sooooo i KNEW it was going to be a big debate when i saw the VSB tweet at midnight on twitter and then someone whom i shall not name RT’d it without reading, OBVIOUSLY (because it was 2 seconds later) and started going IN about ‘oh now i can’t get a man cause i’m unfunny’. ugh.
i think people just WANT something to be offended by. something to diatribe about and feed their self-importance. really. i mean, i was literally rolling my eyes. and THAT is how that post came about. that mychal whomever person probably has never stepped mouseclick over into VSB, so i think it’s hilarious that he has such a strong opinion.
like, i totally understood the post. i had no clue why people were getting so mad. hell, i’ve been told by several guys i’ve dated that i’m funny. but it’s never stopped someone from dating me. i REALLY wish i’d been able to participate in that discussion. on this site alone, there are some of the most hilarious comments i’ve ever read, and a lot have been written by women, so the fact that they read this blog faithfully should let all the notsosmart brothas of the world know that it isn’t to be taken so seriously.
whew. anyhoo. let me woosah bc that REALLY annoyed me that night on twitter. you have no idea.
on the other hand, steve harvey and hill harper are some veryRICHbrothas, so your name coming up amongst them might not be all that bad. lol. justsayin.
now, that smoking baby? wow. i thought that was a joke. sad. i’m with you, how DOES that happen?
realmad at 50 titling that movie Things Fall Apart. and i BET he got that idea from The Roots album, and doesn’t even know it’s a literary work. smh. i give him props for writing the movie though, being inspired by a friend whom died from cancer and going so IN with dedication for the role is quite noble in a way.
i never read movie reviews. maybe i should start.
happy friday!
i think people just WANT something to be offended by. something to diatribe about and feed their self-importance.
BINGO!
I don’t normally post much on this site but I had to let you know that I completely agree with ths statement. I actually had to reread the “funny” post just to see what everyone was so mad about. Why are people adopting and running so far with this, “Champ doesn’t think a funny woman will ever be booed up” idea…..I’m convinced that people see what they want to see, regardless of the facts presented to them.
my name is keisha brown (not really) and I approve this message.
That smoking 2 year old was really smoking like an adult. I remember a couple of years ago hearing about this teenagers making their 2 and 3 year younger relatives smoking weed. I’m like damn them some bad a$$ kids. Whats up with making 2 year olds smoke?
Eff the haters. This is the only site I ever comment on. I love your posts and look forward to them every day. Like Katt Williams said “if you aint got haters, you doin something wrong”….so eff em.
From one smart girl to a smart guy, kudos on your topics.
Now on topic:
Smoking baby=deadly. His organs are still developing so only time will show how dangerous this is going to be for him. I’m too disgusted to put any more thought into analyzing this.
I actually used to think 50 cent was cute in a “don’t tell anyone you let him dig you out with his gun on the table and drove to the heart of the hood to see him every tues night” kind of way. Same thing with Jim Jones…sexy but wouldn’t dare admit it. He’s doin what he has to do cause making yourself ugly for a movie is an oscar nomination guarantee.
*waves at SmartFoxGirl*
Hey e-boo. Hope this day finds you well.
Umm..did I miss something???
Since when did SFG and CBG get e-booed up??
Them is fighten’ words!! LOL!!!
She claimed him like a smart woman. She just outta nowhere called him e-boo and thus the eboodom was created.
@Cheekie
LMAO!
*snaps fingers* Dangit…guess I’m too late
@More is More, @Cheekie, @LaBakir,
Man, y’all are killing me, but like Cheekie said, that’s pretty much how it happened. lol I wish I got this much love in real life. These women in the H give a brotha no love. You either have to be a baller or be able to get them into a club for me before they can even crack a smile at you.
Lmao…*hiding club*…sometimes you just gotta get aggressive lol
@Cheekie
Girl!! You so silly!!
I luv the word eboodom.
settles on the couch with snacks for e-young and restless.
@Keisha Brown
LMAO! I work w/ high school kids…why 2 of the girls were talking about watching “stories”…..I was floored! We got to talking about “All My Children” and my man Todd…I was done!
Hey eboo…great so far. Hope ur friday is just as good. *looking below*…I don’t see them baby. *ekiss and wipes off lip gloss with thumb* ROFL
Aw, ya’ll cute. You even both have 3-letter acronyms (noticed since More is More called ya’ll both by the acronyms! lol). Too adorable, right?!
*beams*
Ok, now get a room.
“This is the only site I ever comment on.”
OK, VSBs, ya’ll get mad props for this because I’ve never heard anyone else this. Your props are mad!
@LaBakir – DEAD at stories!! what they know bout dat? (#noTI)
Awww Champ that Mychael Denzel Smith (wutdafuk is that name about?-ugh) character is key tapping contradiction…. “you move-in up bruh” and I peeped the selfless promo you dropped on dey @sses- Yeah…so likes!
is “a” key tapping… whatever happen to 15 seconds to get it right? y’all need ta bring dat back- clearly people don’t proofread no more.
Christopher Hitchens got in trouble about 3 years ago for also suggesting that funniness is not evenly manifested between the sexes. It was in an article he wrote for Vanity Fair, I believe.
I think it was VF. Champ sent that link to me when we talked about this privately earlier this week lol. He shoulda known!
(re: internet backlash about funny girls)
lucky for you, the only people who matter are here in your own bloggery backyard.
And (re: Mychal Denzel Smith, whose mama almost CERTAINLY named him Michael Daniel Smith)
I wouldn’t give much credence to a man who proclaims that he was “born awesome” and “owns a variety of t-shirts” in the same breath.
Good post.
also, please note that today, my name is in lowercase. i’m starting the conservation of capital letters movement to help with gulf coast oil crisis efforts– mine is the best idea i’ve heard so far.
“And (re: Mychal Denzel Smith, whose mama almost CERTAINLY named him Michael Daniel Smith)”
LMBO. exactly what i was thinking. my ex used to spell his name like that when it was CLEARLY just plain ol’ michael. lol. i was really tempted to call that cat a diva dude but i’ve only read that post so i thought it would be doing basically the same thing he did. but ugh times 2.
(re: Mychal Denzel Smith, whose mama almost CERTAINLY named him Michael Daniel Smith)
i almost choked on my laughter reading this!
me too!! hahahaha…
i laugh because it’s true.
that is all.
“i remember the first (and only) time i tried to smoke anything … i started coughing and convulsing … i also somehow burned the back of my ear.”
I think you’re only supposed to store un-lit cigarettes behind your ear.
Mychal’s response to you in his post strikes me as classic intellectually dishonesty. I get the impression he’s the type to never admit he was wrong/ misread/ misunderstood something. With that in mind, ignore him.
Plus it;s hilarious that like 80% of his commenters were basically women defending you, in his own post.
Glad to see huny’s back. I actually discovered you and your old blog via her old blog eons ago.
Wait, wait, wait……….You mean to tell me people took Steve Harvey’s book seriously? I thought of the book in the vain of Stephen Colberts’ “I Am American And So Can You”, a comedian parlaying his popularity into a book to make some extra money.
I know Ladies wouldn’t trust something as important as your goodies to gynecologist who like this
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/queenietoo_2008/martin_lawrence_blue_streak_003.jpg
So I didn’t expect anyone to trust something thats almost equally as important (your relationship) to a dude whose closet looks like the kool-aid section at Giants (or Piggly Wiggly depending where you live). I mean the man bedazzled his suit http://media.gomemphis.com/media/img/photos/2008/10/17/Steve_Harvey_PR_2_t600.jpg
Wait, wait, wait……….You mean to tell me people took Steve Harvey’s book seriously?
unfortunately, yes. i’m almost embarrassed to admit how many of my girlfriends send me the pdf version (cuz you know we ain’t payin full price for a book!) and said it was a “must read”, “eye opener”, etc. etc. I looked at the table of contents, chuckled, and deleted the email. but yeah, some people view it as the gospel, unfortunately
After the hate comes the RADIO SHOW offer….the next Michael Baisden & George W???? Hmmmmmmm
I just came by to wish errbody a happy holiday weekend and festivities. I’ve been MIA with this move to a new state, but I should be back by next weekend when my furniture gets here.
also, I don’t know or really care to know what up with Davis….but he has the gayest pauses and pics ever.
we miss you!
happy holiday weekend to you too
You too, saule wright! And much luck on the move. Hope it all goes down smooth*.
*Yeah, I should’ve used an adverb, but I wanted it to rhyme nicely. Especially if you pronounce it “smoove” like a lot of Black folks do.
this might not have anything to do with anything, but this 2520 guy who follows me on twitter… the day of that ‘funny girl’ post, i told him he was hilarious bc he always says the most outrageous things. his response was “thanks, i have to be, i’m only 5’10″ and i immediately thought about that post, cracked up, and sent him the link.
so i don’t think it’s untrue what you were saying at all, Champ. lol.
Mr. Smith is a genius! He KNEW that by coming at the champ he would generate 100′s of hits from VSB readers, even though he completely took the champ’s Opinion out of context. All he has to do is read the comments here and see that MOST men agree with the champ. No guy likes to be beaten at his own game. Every guy has seen another guy be beaten by a woman at something (bowling, running, fighting) and couldn’t help but to give him “the look of pity” – point proven. I hope whomever Mr. Smith is dating lets him have his nuts back on the weekends (oops, I just proved Smith’s point by degrading his manhood – I’ll drag my knuckles back to my cave now)
BTW – thanks for the quick reply.
this comment kilt me.
lmao.
My coworker pointed this out to me. Look at the featured comment on the link with the chainsmoker tot:
“KristaJulieva
This is outrageous. I would NEVER allow my two-year-old to smoke more than one pack a day. ”
So, only one pack, then? Mom of the Year Award!!
Wow, who knew bourgie white consumer tricks with offensive, 2D attitudes towards the Middle East were so popular here? That whole franchise makes me sick to my ass.
Smoking babies: sterilize the parents. That’s just abominable. They may as well be feeding him lead or mercury. How did it happen? Parents have forgotten how to control their kids is how.
As for the Funny Girls offense, I guess you hit a nerve. I didn’t see anything overtly ignorant or offensive about it, but I can see how some ladies might get all uppity about it. They’re also probably single.
What I DID find slapworthy was the chivalry shish. You could easily get a dude beat down or worse by a (crazy) feminist and/or lesbian with that ‘advice’!
A couple things:
1) I read somewhere that those 50 pics had been pretty photo-shopped. Or maybe he just came off of all of the ‘roids he has clearly been on. Nice hype for the movie though, eh? Or perhaps I’m just mad that the title of one of my fave novels (and records) is being used by this hack.
2) As for the criticism Champ is getting for the “women’s humor” post, it kinda makes me sad because those fools missed the point entirely… Here’s the deal. I remember EXACTLY the first moment I knew that my man was in love with me. He had just said something that was so straight up halarious that I fell out laughing. When I looked up he was looking at me as if he had just won the lottery. He didn’t actually say “I love you” until months and months later, but in that moment I knew.
It wasn’t even remotely about him wanting to be more funny than me, or me pretending to be less funny, less smart, or less anything to feed his ego. Bottom line is that he was geeked that he could make me genuinely smile just by being his natural self. Simple & good.
Never heard of this Mychal character, but he seems to be some sort of big deal. Congrats I guess.
Off-topic: OMG, there is a 40% coupon for Borders today! I kinda wanna buy somethin’ just to save somethin’. lmao
Sharing is caring: http://www.bordersmedia.com/coup/mw4st40.html?cmpid=SA_20100528
Thanks!
Girl, I know. I am trying to figure what I want to get with it. Comic book or Blu-Ray?
Blu-Ray comic book adaptation?
#bestofbothworlds
@Cheekie,
Lol. You are silly, girl. I got all of the good comic book movies on Blu-Ray: Iron Man, Hulk, Watchmen, The Dark Knight, the ones worth having.
LOL, I figured. I was just tryin’ to make your decision easier. Which, I didn’t.
sharing IS caring!!
*throws confetti.
*admits that i’ve been waiting to throw confetti for a while.
@Cheekie
Thankya!
Thanks girlie…good ole’ marketing schemes
I got the “Funny Girls” post from a pal. I didn’t like it too much. However, a few (and then a TON) of your other blog posts’ titles beckoned. I now have bookmarked your blog. Dude?You.Are.FUNNY. Sorry others didn’t take the time to learn that you are a student in the Can’t Live With ‘em, Can’t Live Without Their Extreme Waist-to-Hips Ratio” School of Life. So, as I am new, here, welcome me and be gentle. ;o)
I’ve had several discussions about this since my post went up yesterday, and this is what I’ll say:
No, I have not read every post ever published on VerySmartBrothas.com…but I’ve read enough that I found problematic. And that’s what I was trying to get at. It is MY fault for not being more clear in my post that I was not trying to lump you in with the Steves and Jimis in your tone and/or agenda. People have correctly pointed out that you never say to women “this is what you need to do in order to get a man.” I concede that, and I should’ve been more clear that the reason I included you and your website was not that I felt you fell exactly in line with what Steve and Jimi do, but that the ideas you presented were just as problematic. People have said that your site is satirical/humorous. Guess I missed it. I haven’t found much humorous. Oh well.
I will say that I should have been more clear as to why I included you. That’s a mistake on my part. The rest, we probably just have to agree to disagree on.
with all due respect, your above comment is somewhat contradictory. you claim that you erred in linking Steve, Jimi and VSB but then say: “I should’ve been more clear that the reason I included you and your website was not that I felt you fell exactly in line with what Steve and Jimi do, but that the ideas you presented were just as problematic.” whether you are comparing the message or method of delivery, you are indeed trying to connect the dots like the republicans are doing with Obama + BP to Bush + Katrina.
at the end of the day – your blog and posts represent you and your opinion. everyone is entitled to share their thoughts on any topic at hand. there is bound to be disagreement. even vsb fans are not all in agreeance about the ‘humor’ post.
while i commend you for trying to clarify your position, your ‘apology’ rings hollow, is sarcastic and condescending. it would have been better of just sticking to your guns and agreeing to disagree as you stated.
but that’s just MY opinion.
Mychal Denzel Smith You can go eat dyck bytchass mofo!
You trying to establish your base and get your weight up so you attack celebrities and a popular blog site to try and establish your shine. It backfired on you cause you probly didn’t think VSBers would blow your spot up.
Another thing you sound dumb as hell coming thru with your reply of ‘I didn’t read the article’ makes me want to question your journalistic or blogging integrity.
d*mn dude!!!
I’m going to defend Mychal. EVERY popular blog uses terms and discussions to attract traffic. (See: Look up the definition of SEO.)
Personally, I would not compare the Champ to Steve Harvey or Hill Harper or that Denzel Principle dude but that’s because I like Very Smart Brothas. However, I took some offense to the funny girl blog, and I’m not even that funny. People DO come to this Website seeking answers –even if served up with a big side of comedy. In that way, I’m assuming, the comparison was been drawn. But, there is TRUTH in humor, and anyone that doesn’t know that is being naive. Unfortunately, sometimes we are judge based on a comment, phrase, sentence, blog, tweet, or moment. That’s friggin’ life.
I wouldn’t call The Champ a misogynist or whatever ist or ism we’re using these days. However, can one state that post came across as such and be accurate? Of course. I rarely post but I read this blog religiously. And, you can bet your underoos, I was so rankled by that comedy post I felt the need to share my thoughts. If I wanted to write a BLOG ITEM about it –it would be my right. I would have nothing to do with internet or twitter celebrity. So calm it down.
Kiss a neighbor and stop being so sensitive. Welcome to real life where no one cares about an internet army.
please believe we don’t sit around thinking up traffic baiting topics for the purposes of SEO. If we did, this place would be way more popular than it actually is.
I enjoy VSB, and I think the topics are organic, and authentic. I wouldn’t read it otherwise.
the very fact that you have commented and told us not to be so sensitive…why didn’t you take your own advice and not commented?
…just saying…
There is a difference between not commenting and not being sensitive.
say “Word!”
i have to commend Mr Smith for coming into the hornet’s nest.. but it’s also wise to not have a lot of e-hate against him…
i can’t be mad at his explaining himself…
addendum.. “it’s also wise (on his part) to not have a lot of e-hate against him..
I love that kid.
Coming to the party late…but just wanted to show support for the Champ and VSB.
I’ve been a long time reader (like “pre-Champ days” long time reader)/seldom commentor and have to say that among the key reasons I enjoy the writings is that they simultaneously entertain, provoke deep thought (okay well not always deep…as the equation that correlates Jim Jones to being the root cause of most of the world’s evils is easy to understand — he worked on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig didn’t he? LOL), and don’t portend to represent some monolithic view of Black Men (or African Amercian, Negros, Blariquien, Tigerwoodian or whatever box we were supposed to check off on the census).
I hope that VSB continues to enlighten and entertain going forward, and those that don’t like still it should still express their opinion…but they should also EAD afterwards.
Keep writing the real,the percieved,and the funny VSB.
Sorry…near the end meant to say…
“I hope that VSB continues to enlighten and entertain going forward, and those that don’t like it should still be able to express their opinion…but they should also EAD afterwards.”
Best you could change the post subject a “good problem”, and more links of the week — Very Smart Brothas to something more catching for your webpage you write. I enjoyed the post still.