11:59 PM - A Daunting Task!! {{{UPDATED}}}
Category: Friends
Ok, people...? ? T ? ? here...
Here's the deal.
Many of you have read Cashawns blog about Big Mama. I can't provide a link because she's set it to private and only she can see it.
Big Mama is 96 years old and not doing too well as of late. Cashawn hasn't seen her in a while and she wanted to go see her for her birthday on Nov. 1, but was unable to go.
She NEEDS to go see her grandmother!!
We NEED to do something!!!
Now, I've talked with a few people and it just seems to be such an overwhelming task to get everyone together on yahoo IM, so I figured I'd use this blog space for us to come together and figure out what to do. I've deleted her from this page and this blog is marked 'friends only' so that she doesn't find out what's going on until we have it all set up.
Some of you have suggested a paypal account, but from my understanding, it has to be linked to her bank account so that she can recieve the money. Since we're doing this without her knowledge, that's not going to fly.
I know there are a few of you that live near her...maybe that account can be linked to someone else's account and collected on her behalf and delivered...or western unioned...I don't know...
Please pimp this blog so all of the PBG's friends can get in on this!! Let them know that this is a very important blog and they have to add this page as a friend to see the blog!!
And let's try to keep this quiet. Daunting task, huh?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cashawn does have a paypal.com account. This is the email address that she uses for that account.
mzcat125@yahoo.com
Let's get our sister to her Big Mama. Thank you all for your help and support. Please be sure to let everyone know about this.
They're working it out fellas and you're presence is required. Don't ask me what's going on exactly, because no women are allowed. Lol. But brotherhood and unity are key. Click the picture and join my brothers as they bond and makes moves.
10:30 PM - The greatest thing you could do today
Category: Friends
Hey-I am in serious need of your help! Quiet Chaos' apartment building caught fire today, and he and his family are in serious need right now. I have started a Paypal account in his name to assist his family get back on their feet. The money is go directly into his bank account.
He is a proud man, but even the prideful need friends like us. (He has no idea I am doing this-if he did, he would not accept the help) If you are able to give in any way, please contact me, and I will give you the information to help him out! Thanks!
10:00 AM - The PBG Presents...Flowers for Friends!!! It’s a Love Thang!!
Category: MySpace
This is a repost for the PBG. You DO NOT want to miss this event!!!
Hello My Lovelies!
It's me, The PBG aka "Ms. Brown" checking in on a sunshiney Sunday morning!!
Who here remembers the Reservoir Dogs first official blog project, waaaaay back in January, "Flowers for Friends"?? Click here to check out the blog...
We put on this Myspace Love Extravaganza at the beginning of the year to welcome 2007 on a positive note and to combat some ugliness that our blogging circle at the time had experienced at the end of 2006. It was a HUGE success. There was so much love spread, virtual hugs and kisses, tears flowing and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE was all over the place. It is actually what I consider to be my crowning achievement in my blogging on Myspace, and I got to it with my Sisters!
Well, after talking it over with Ms. Silver, I thought that it would be a great idea to to do this project again. We have had a lot of new folks come around in the blogging world (even some new Resevoir Dogs- Orange, Green, Silver and Yellow!), forging new friendships and reviving our spirits as REAL LIFE PEOPLE (remember...these words and pictures on the monitor actually represent real people). It's time to acknowledge all that we mean to each other.
Show love while you can...tomorrow is not promised.
I will be opening my blog up for ONE DAY, this coming Friday, October 26, 2007, for all the Flowers to be delivered HERE.
The Flowers:
I know this is going to be a bit confusing for those new to the process. Old heads will remember. This was actually modeled after "The Secret Garden" secret sexy story project by The Four Horsemen-All Five of Them (Blogzilla, Slickback, Quiet Chaos, Won Fish and Pimp Hand Strong).
I'm going to break down the process of delivering the Flowers...
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION!
Scenario 1
You are feeling like you want to make a contribution. There is a blogger/myspace friend that has meant so much to your Myspace experience and you want to show love. So you write the wonderful note.
Now what??
You send that note to anybody BUT that person you wrote it for. Why? Cuz you don't want them to KNOW you wrote it. You just want them to feel loved. Not for your self-edification, because writing the note did that for you. Recognition is only for the person receiving the note. Spread the LOVE!
Scenario 2
You open your Myspace Inbox and you see a note: "Someone sent this to me" or "I found this in my inbox". You ask yourself,"What do I do with this?" You forward it to ANYBODY BUT the person for whom the note was written. Spread the LOVE!
Scenario 3
It's the Big Day. CaShawn has posted the "Flowers" blog. You have notes you have received from others in your inbox. Again, you ask yourself, "What now?" At this point, you copy and paste those notes in the comment section of the "Flowers" blog. Let the LOVEFest begin!!!
So that's how it goes. It's not very complicated at all.
Did you know that General Mills has agreed to contribute an additional $1.00 to Susan G. Komen for the first 100,000 stories shared at PinkTogether.com in October? It's true. If you haven't yet, please add your story to the ribbon on PinkTogether.com and spread the word to other MySpace members about this wonderful community of hope.
Join us in welcoming Hallmark as the newest member of the (RED) family!
Just in time for the holidays, there is a (RED) way to wrap all of your gift items and connect with your friends and family using Hallmark (PRODUCT) RED cards and flowers.
We've seen your comments and messages -- we know that you love to send (RED) gifts, and want to be able to choose (RED) more often, so we thought Hallmark would be a perfect new partner. Now, when sending a card or gift, you can also help eliminate AIDS in Africa and spread the (RED) message to people you love!
The Hallmark (PRODUCT) RED collection includes new Cards With Sound, note cards, holiday greeting cards, customizable photo cards, easy-to-use e-cards, gift wrap, flowers and artisan-made gifts like the Mali mudcloth bag.
To view the Hallmark (PRODUCT) RED collection, go to HALLMARK.COM/RED.
Psst... there's more Hallmark (PRODUCT) RED to come in January, too. We'll keep you posted.
Atlantic Records Tries to Turn 14yr Actress Into Lil Kim
By bruce Banter playahata.com
Keke Palmer, is the 14 year old girl who played Akeelah, in the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. She and her mother Sharon have a huge problem with the upcoming record deal they signed with Atlantic Records in March of 2006. The problem is that the record label wants to market the 14 year old as a sexpot but she does not want that image.
Keke admits "From the very beginning Atlantic's A&R representative tried to get me to record inappropriate music, and my parents and I resisted."
Soon Keke and her mom became tired of fighting the negative images that the label kept trying to force on her, and they started looking for a management company that could deal with the situation. They settled on DAS Entertainment, a management company out of New York.(John Legend label. One problem, the label has been blocking the efforts!
Atlantic kept telling them that "Keke is "urban", and should be singing urban music". Keke's mom Sharon got her in touch with Mr. Edmonds (Babyface) and he and Keke worked really well together and came up with a good commercial R&B song, but when it came time to pay for the song the label said no, he was "too expensive".
Paul Porter of www.Industryears.com says "Keke Palmer is the poster child for what's wrong with the music industry. Imagine being 12 year's old and Atlantic Records trying to mold Keke in the mold of Lil Kim or Foxy Brown."
The problem with the corporate hip hop machine is more than black and white. Unfortunately white America enjoys seeing and hearing about cultural misogyny, sex and violence. They honestly believe black America is the mix of lyrically challenged artist they promote.
The industry spin on Keke is nothing new. When you fail to promote or market a new artist they often fail. If Keke recorded a Jibb type "Chain Hang Low" or say a Plies "Shorty" BET and radio would be all over it. In my eyes Atlantic Records for now has simply passed on one of the most talented artist to come around in decades. Keke Palmer is no one hit wonder.
Who's behind this nonsense? Well the Senior A&R rep, Mike Caren, was the main antagonist, he kept on saying, " Keke is urban", so as long as they refused to record the raunchy tracks that he sent them, he refused to pay for the good clean music they brought him.At one point he even stopped Keke from recording by not paying for studio time.
Unfortunately, Das Entertainment the Management co was also ineffective in dealing with the label, they now began to codify the intent by repeating , " we will not promote her unless she records urban music". This statement confused Keke and her mom.They are unsure of what is really being said indirectly.
Just for the record Keke is from the south side of Chicago. She began singing in her church's choir at the age of five, and she auditioned for a stage production of The Lion King at the age of nine. She grew up listening to Brandy, Aaliyah and TLC, so it was not like she was recording rock music! She was recording good music, with great beats, with good positive lyrics, her music is what all kids want to hear no matter where they live. She was blessed to have worked with some of the top producers in the business, some even cut their price down so that the label would not have an excuse not to pay for the songs.
The only thing she and her parents could figure out was that the subject matters that she chose to sing about were not as, " urban " and they would have preferred.
She is only 14 years old, and when she signed the deal she was only 12 years old, "what did they think she would be singing about?" Anyway, they kept their word and did very little to promote her cd. They refused to provide marketing reports, even when Das management kept asking.Then on Sept 14th they received the report, 4 days before her cd release date of Sept 18th.
Needless to say, it was not a good report, there was absolutely no plans to pay for a national announcement to tell kids that her cd was even being released! They kept their word and did not promote Keke because she was too clean, she refused to go " urban", and sing words that disrespect her and other young girls.
Keke's parents tried to promote the release in Chicago(her hometown), they called the press on their own, and managed to get on some morning shows, but that was only in Chicago. Her debut cd that she worked so hard on sold 1,325 copies, the label supposedly shipped 69,000 copies. She was on a Disney Channel movie called, JUMP IN, that over 8 million households tuned in to watch it's debut, also the soundtrack to that movie debuted at &035;5 on Billboard. She was the only artist to have 2 songs on that soundtrack(she can sing). The Akeelah DVD sold 1.2 million copies and on that DVD she has a music video, so her audience, kids from 8-15 know who she is. She also sung the end title credit to the block-buster movie NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, which grossed over 270 million, her voice is the first voice you hear coming out of the movie. Fox tried to get Atlantic to go half on a music video for Keke, but Atlantic declined stating,
"that song is NOT "Keke's image" so we will not pay, of course they regretted that after the movie grossed so much! This was way back in February, 2007, this was a forshadowing of events to come!
Last week Keke's mother, Sharon, received a call from an employee of Atlantic Records, a confidential call off the record. The caller told her mother that the president of the label is so disappointed with low sales that she may pull Keke's cd off the shelf. The caller was so upset by this statement that she wanted Keke's parents to know what was being said behind closed doors. She was disappointed that the label refused to promote Keke, and now they are blaming her for poor sales! Keke was informed that Congress was working to make the labels promote positive music, well her music is positive, but the label will not spend a dime to promote it because she refused to sing raunchy lyrics, and dares to call herself Pop/R&B and not urban / Hip-Hop.
Keke admits "I am only a kid, my parents would kill me if I sang stuff like that". Ask yourself would they want their daughters to sing negative music?
They knew her age when they signed her, they came to her after seeing Akeelah and the Bee, and begged her to sign, so why did they not think that she could really be like Akeelah, a good girl?
In closing, we are asking our audience, should Keke just let it go, accept the fact that this label will not promote this album. Or should they try to get the message out on their own?
Keke wants to try to get the message out because they worked extremely hard on this music and it is good, and the early reviews online are good.
I think the kids would like it if they knew that it was out. Her parents are so tired of fighting the label. They are not rich and to launch their own promotions would cost a lot of money , so her parents don't want to go broke trying to push a cd that the label should be pushing, they go broke to break the album, and the label just becomes richer.
This was a bulletin posted by my friend Dikk Dasterdly. I'm trying to find out who this young lady is...check it out! This young woman is awesome!!!
HER NAME IS PRINCESS OF CONFUSION...(PRODUCED MY MY MAN ST.PAUL<check my friends list>,,,HE HAS A WHOLE CD HE PRODUCED FOR DA KIDS........IMA LET YALL HERE SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,,,,,,,,,,,,ENJOY,,,DIS YOUNGING MOTIVATES ME
IF U NEED BEATS ,,,GET AT ME I WILL CONNECT U TO ST PAUL
STAY TUNED 4 OUR COLLABO AND SOME NEW SONGS FROM MY ALBUM,,,,,,,I THINK IMA DO I MYSPACE SONG NEXT...LOL
11:00 AM - Those who are interested in sociology or social work will understand
Category: Blogging
by Ms. Lady P
(click the pic. Go ahead...click it!!)
Those who are open minded will understand
No one understands the field of social work. No one understands why I want to be a social worker or why people want to be social workers. It's not about the money. Sure, money is a part of it but money isnt the reason. The reason is to help those who are going through rough times whether its from being homeless or feeling hopeless. I'm sick of people telling me that social workers dont make a lot of money....... I know that!
Everything isnt about money. Even though we need money to survive, the career of social work isnt about just the money.If ijust want the money I wouldnt even pick that field of study---wouldn't even consider it.
Those who are talking about social workers and how much money they dont make are going to be the same ones down the road coming up to "us" trying to get help, advice etc...
Because something's not your interest, dont down the profession someones interested in.
In this world if you're thin skin you'll break easily and if you believe and listen to what everyone says, you wont be you....you wont have nothing left.
Just want everyone to know to keep striving for your dream and dont let anyone control your destiny.
by Patrice (click the picture and subscribe to her blog!!)
Who gives you that extra push everyday to get up and go to work or school? Who holds your hand and whispers silly things to you when you are scared and feel alone? Isnt that person the greatest person to have? Just knowing I have that type of person in my life makes it so much better. Everytime I turn around I realize how lucky I am. People I don't even know wish good things for me! Its a great feeling to have people want to help and support me. I want to succeed. I want to make everyone who believed proud. I would not be who I am today without the people who pushed me further than I ever thought I could go. I thank these people uncondtionally.
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====THE FAST LANES====
A FAST MIND LEADS TO FAST SITUATIONS A FAST BODY LEADS TO FAST BOYS FAST BOYS LEADS TO FAST SEX FAST SEX LEADS TO A FAST REPUTATION
A FAST REPUTATION LEADS YA FAST ASS DOWN A LONELY, ONE WAY STREET THAT HAS DEAD ENDS AND NO WHERE CONSTRUCTIVE TO GO SO KNOWING WHAT I KNO NOW I CHOSE TO DRIVE SLOW ........AND STICK TO THE SPEEDING LIMITS
Hey, Everyone...it's ♥ ♥ T ♥ ♥ It's been a while since we've all come together and we've had some new family members join us. I would like for us to reintroduce ourselves and talk about what we hope to accomplish with Arohanui.
As many of you know, I am highly interested in getting younger members to blog and interact with us and each other. I want the youth to be the force that drives this community.
There are many in the community that are not subscribed to this blog, so I would like for everyone to make an effort to draw attention here...this blog will serve as a central point for us all to come together to meet and talk about different project ideas and to share information about new blogs, members, etc.
3:37 AM - Feel free to send your friends here!
Current mood: happy
Category: Blogging
Just wanted to share a few blogs with everyone...If you've written something that you would like to share with the Arohanui community, please post the link here...or send me the url and I will link it.
Feel free to send me the link to someone else's blog, as well. Please be sure to keep it 'Arohanui friendly'.
Here are two links that I would like to share with everyone...
Keke Palmer, is the 14 year old girl who played Akeelah, in the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. She and her mother Sharon have a huge problem with the upcoming record deal they signed with Atlantic Records in March of 2006. The problem is that the record label wants to market the 14 year old as a sexpot but she does not want that image.
The industry spin on Keke is nothing new. When you fail to promote or market a new artist they often fail. If Keke recorded a Jibb type "Chain Hang Low" or say a Plies "Shorty" BET and radio would be all over it. In my eyes Atlantic Records for now has simply passed on one of the most talented artist to come around in decades. Keke Palmer is no one hit wonder.
"that song is NOT "Keke's image" so we will not pay, of course they regretted that after the movie grossed so much! This was way back in February, 2007, this was a forshadowing of events to come!
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I know that! 
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