ChristyandJake

Elvis Presley

Suspicious Minds

We’re caught in a trap

I can’t walk out

Because I love you too much baby

Why can’t you see

What you’re doing to me

When you don’t believe a word I say?

We can’t go on together

With suspicious minds

And we can’t build our dreams

On suspicious minds

So, if an old friend I know

Drops by to say hello

Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?

Here we go again

Asking where I’ve been

You can’t see these tears are real

I’m crying

We can’t go on together

With suspicious minds

And be can’t build our dreams

On suspicious minds

Oh let our love survive

Or dry the tears from your eyes

Let’s don’t let a good thing die

When honey, you know

I’ve never lied to you

Mmm yeah, yeah

I would just like to say that I was right and THE VAGRANT was wrong.

On the subject of Absinthe

ChristyandJake said - It is legal to own it in the US just not to buy it, I looked it up because I was intent on purchasing some. woo unless im wrong and in that case then Im sad

The Vagrant said - Your wrong, trust me.

hahah oh so wrong, it feels so great to be right.

The Dallas Morning News did a piece on it and it IS legal to own it in the US, by way of going over seas and bringing it back with you, you can distibute it, but not sell it.

Dallas Morning News: Absinthe

How have you been?

What's your favorite book or series of books?

What's your favorite movie or movies?

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

What are some things you want to accomplish in life before it's over?

Do you ever get tired of kitty pictures?

Those are awesome reads.

What are you doing for Christmas?

How's your sister's pregnancy coming along?

Do you like Bram Stokers Dracula?

What's your favorite horror movie?

Romance?

Comedy?

What do you want me to get you for Christmas? cause if I have some money Im getting you something lady.

What are you thinking about right now?

Do you love manatees?

I just got done reading all of Jack, The Devil's Panties, Striptease, and Im halfway through SinFest, and I'm also reading Sex and Violence, which is kind of interesting.

it looks like her face is melting

ahhhh I meant to go to bed at 7 am but I got hooked on webcomics and it's now 12:30 pm, what's a girl to do, I guess there's nothing for it and I must stop myself and go to bed.

yay! It's going to be fun!

Tuned In: 'Boondocks' to jump into Adult Swim

 

Monday, July 18, 2005

By Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Sony Pictures Television

Riley Freeman moves from the funny papers to television when "The Boondocks" premieres this fall on Cartoon Network.

 

If you've been offended by the comic strip "The Boondocks" in this and other newspapers, prepare to have the same reaction when a 30-minute animated series based on the strip premieres in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block at 11 p.m. Oct. 2.

 

The strip's writer, Aaron McGruder, is executive producer of the 15-episode first season of the animated "Boondocks." Like the strip, the series follows the daily life of Robert "Granddad" Freeman (voice of John Witherspoon), who lives in the boondocks with his grandkids, 10-year-old Huey and 8-year-old Riley (both voiced by Regina King), who move in with him after living in Chicago's South Side.

 

Huey is a left-wing revolutionary who's determined to dislike suburbia. Riley is a proud product of modern rap culture.

 

In the first episode, "The Trial of R. Kelly," Granddad plays chess, and he and his opponent discuss the trials of famous black men in a scene charged with humor and racial politics.

 

"What did O.J. Simpson say to Kobe once his case was over? Don't let this whole trial thing turn you off to white women."

 

Because of the production time necessary for animated shows -- McGruder has already been working on the series for 10 months -- it can't be as topical as the comic. Instead, he said, it will be story-driven in a way the comic can't be.

 

Now 31, McGruder got his first syndication contract for the strip at 23, fresh out of the University of Maryland. He said he originally conceived of "Boondocks" as a TV show, but at the time figured it might be easier to get a comic in newspapers than a show on TV.

 

But newspapers have been a challenge, too, sometimes pulling the strip if editors deem the topics or language offensive.

 

McGruder said he has never read fan mail or hate mail, but he's aware that some African-American leaders, including Jesse Jackson, have called his syndicate to complain about the comic. He said Jackson was upset when McGruder took him and other black leaders to task when they made a fuss about a Rosa Parks joke in the movie "Barbershop."

 

"I didn't call him back," McGruder said. "What are we going to talk about? 'OK, you're mad about the strip, you're gonna try to explain to me why 'Barbershop' is the end of the world. I don't really agree.' It's part of the feedback you don't want because it makes it hard to do the job. Jesse could call me and give a brilliant explanation of why what I did was terribly wrong, but it was still funny, and that's my job."

 

That said, McGruder acknowledged that he has softened in recent years since having more involvement in Hollywood and a greater opportunity to meet the people he criticizes in the comic, which has often skewered TV shows, movies and celebrities.

 

"I do think about it now when I sit down to write about people, and if I think I am I gonna see them, it's not worth it," he said. "Yeah, I can't help but soften, but I don't need to be hard my whole life. But I think more of it was just trying to do something else creatively. 'OK, I get it, that movie was bad.' I did it and didn't have the burning need to do it week-in and week-out. [Now it's] only when people really deserve it."

 

Originally made as a six-minute pilot for Fox, the TV version of "The Boondocks" migrated to Adult Swim after Fox passed on it, which was fine by McGruder. He said Fox didn't have a problem with the language or dialogue as much as the storytelling structure, which he described at Fox as "rigid."

 

"Adult Swim is much more open to telling bigger stories that aren't constrained to the living room," he said. "We got notes from Fox about showing the characters in the living room, the kitchen, the neighbor's house, their living room, their kitchen. 'We have to see that or we don't know where they live or where they eat.' "

 

Among TV shows, McGruder said, "The Boondocks" series probably bears the closest comedic sensibility to Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show." He said he and Dave Chappelle are friends of about the same age and have similar cultural influences. He's also a fan of Adult Swim's "Harvey Birdman, Attorney-at-Law" and both the British and American versions of "The Office."

 

Like "Chappelle's Show," the TV version of "Boondocks" includes use of the N-word.

 

"I think it makes the show sincere," he said. "At a certain point, sometimes we use bad language, and the N-word is used so commonly now, not only by myself but people I know, that I feel it's fake to write around it and not use it."

what are you and CJ going as for halloween? will there be pictures?

do you think we should try and play trivial pursuit again? Jake doesn't think you had your "A" game going. I'm bringing Scattergories next time too, Jake always wins, but you might beat him. What other games do you want to play?

What's your favorite board game?

what is your answer the "the" question?

do you watch porn? if so, what's kind do you watch?

WHAT THE...????

have you seen this before? I didn't know if you had, and I laughed forever so I thought you might enjoy it. Do you?

I know you are known for loving kittens, but isnt this adorable?

I know it wouldnt be blargh, but GOOD LUCK!!! HB!!!!

I feel like chicken tonight, chicken tonight.

Uriah Heep this is a great song

Easy Livin'

This is a thing I've never known before

It's called easy livin'

This is a place I've never seen before

And I've been forgiven

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven

Since you've taken your place in my heart

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find ya

Day after day on that windy road I had walked behind ya

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven

Since you've taken your place in my heart

Waiting, watching

Wishing my whole life away

Dreaming, thinking

Ready for my happy day

And some easy livin'

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you

Day after day on that windy road I had walked, walked behind you

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven

Since you've taken your place in my heart

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven

Since you've taken your place in my heart

yeah she is, I wonder if she knows there's holes in that shirt.

hahah I would totally lick her all over the place.

bah hes not attractive at all, well to me anyways. to each his own I guess.

Regis and The Donald Sing 'Rudolph'

Thursday October 6 8:29 AM ET

Here's something you don't hear every day: Regis Philbin and Donald Trump singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

The duet by the daytime talk-show host and the real estate mogul-TV reality star is featured on "The Regis Philbin Christmas Album," Hollywood Records announced Tuesday.

Philbin, co-host of "Live With Regis and Kelly," made his Hollywood Records recording debut last year with "When You're Smiling," a collection of American pop standards and his first new recording in 36 years.

Among other holiday favorites on the new album: "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas," sung by Philbin and his wife, Joy; "Marshmallow World," sung with Steve Tyrell; "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"; and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

Trump's NBC reality show, "The Apprentice," is now in its fourth season.

I didn't know it was going to be on the top of page 500 im sorry :(

"uh, cake please"

"we're all outta cake, we only brought three pieces and we weren't expecting such a rush"

haha paraphrasing

ah that's creepy