Bulls, Birds, and 'Byes

When Animals Attack...

That's what their sorry asses get, paying good money for a sport that mindlessly slaughters an animal by baiting it before stabbing it to death. 'Bout time one of them bulls went postal on - oops, bad choice of words today - 'Bout time one of them bulls went Ron Artest on that ass. Go 'head, Jose! I ain't mad atcha, baby!

Somewhere, Nick is smiling. Hard. For the first time in their history, his hometown Seattle Seahawks are in the SuperBowl. I'm happy for them little buzzards. I have no stake in this year's championship game. But since I do love me some Nick, I guess I'll root for those Not-So-Dirty (have you ever been to Seattle? Its Downtown is so clean, it's like walking through a hospital) Birds. GOOOOOO! SEEEEEAHAWKS!

Or something like that.

R.I.P. 'Retta... I nearly lost it on the air today when I had to read that one of the great lights of the Civil Rights Movement turned hers out today. Atlanta's taking it particularly hard; she was as beloved a figure here as there is. Her passing just reminded me how far we've come yet how much we have forgotten.

I'm too young to have marched with you. But I march on because of you. Tell Martin, it's real bad down here. Aaron McGruder may have been a bit crude with it, but we know you feel him.

Time for me to go hit the gym with Char. Oh, and congrats to Terrence Howard. The first ever Oscar-nominated black pimp?

Whoop dat trick! Whoop dat trick!

Sic 'im, Oprah!

Did y'all (yes, I say y'all now - I mean, I Do? live in Atlanta now) catch that hot mess on TV yesterday and the media fallout? Of course I'm talking about the James Frey-Oprah showdown that simply hijacked the nation.

Look, I love my job; really I do. But sometimes we focus on some crazy ish, don't we! I mean, a TERRORIST government just got elected in the Middle East and we're all panting over how some over-medicated con man pimped the most influential American and her flock of sheep into making him rich. Can you believe Joe Scarborough devoted an entire hour to that last night? People, people, where are our priorities?

The President just denounced a parliamentary-elected (albeit openly terrorist) government yesterday - basically pissing on those heralded principles of "democracy" and "freedom" so many of our men and women are dying for over in Iraq - and all we care about is how James Frey stole $28 bucks of our money! I love Oprah - believe me, I do. But I was a little busy re-reading a certain Edwardo Jackson offering when this whole A Million Little Pieces non-controversy broke out.

At the end of the day, this dude is gonna be even more rich because of this whole media-inflated deal. If you're in the business of promoting "faction," Oprah, I've got a great little book written by a friend of mine...

A Blog Is Born

Welcome to the OFFICIAL Jasmine Selene website! I know there are some imitators, especially in the Atlanta region. But this here is 100%, certified Jasmine Selene.

As I'm a journalist and we're frowned upon for having public blogs like these (shh! don't tell my boss Nadine!), I'll probably only have this up a few months. Also, I think blogs are kinda self-serving and a bit silly. But since I'm actually posting one, what does that make me? lol

On this site, I'll talk about whatever's on my mind (Nick), what's going on in the world today (Nick), and answer some of your questions and comments (Nick, Nick, NICK! - just kidding (not really)). I think that the more you know about me and my world, the more you'll come to see that I'm not as bad as everyone thinks. Maybe you'll come to see me as who I really am: just a woman in love, with an attitude. :-)

Oh yeah, and while we're at it, why don't you go check out my story? Lovingly crafted by the best young writer in America today, I Do? by Edwardo Jackson is the truth, and nothing but the truth, about how I fought like hell to try and get the love of my life back. To paraphrase one of the foremost pop culture minds of our time, "That's hot." (Paris Hilton)