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People, for the love of God, please stop acting crazy over chicken. Two weeks ago  it was Popeye’s, and now it’s KFC.  I get it, we love Oprah and want to support everything she does, but for real?  A sit in over free chicken? I’m just waiting for the video.

Chicken is yummy.  Chicken is delicious.  But chicken is not a reason to lose your minds. I wish we displayed half of this passion over the senseless deaths of Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover and Jaheem Herrera. *smh*

peace,
e.

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and that’s just that.  You may have heard of 42 year old Neenah Pickett’s quest to find a husband in the next 51 weeks.  Her website, 52 weeks to find my husband, says it all.  Essentially homegirl is looking for love and going all out to do it.  She has 4 friends helping her along the way and she does a weeekly youtube video.  There’s a section on the site for men to upload pictures and information about themselves.  As of yesterday, she had 70 men.  It’s kind of like a TV show, but not just on TV.

So what you SASSY women, is she doing the most?  Is she just being proactive?  Is it crazy (as Essence describes it)?  Share your thoughts.

As for me, I just wish her luck.

e.

I have a love-hate thing going on with Halloween. I love the idea of dressing up, playing someone else and finding a clever if not tastefully hot costume but most of the time costumes ends up being expensive, borderline stripper, or just unrecognizable. And let’s not forget the racist offensive costumes (boo).

My worst costume:
Age 9: Trying to be white Barbie with a plastic mask and my winter coat.
Best Costume:
Age 23:Going the Disney route and being Jasmin from Aladdin. It helped that my fiancé did look a lot like Aladdin.

Sadly, I’m not really proud of either of those costumes. Being Barbie clearly wasn’t working for the little brown nine year old that I was and Jasmin was nice and easy but felt too easy (I found the clothes and jewelry in my bedroom).

With the impending economic doom and stress at work I have decided to come up with a fool proof, cute and clever Halloween costume and have vowed not to spend more than two weeks thinking about it or planning it. I pull inspiration from some of the best, cheap and fun costumes I’ve seen in my year:

1. Pumpkin – My friend Peter bought a children’s extra large children’s size pumpkin costume. It was funny, obvious and easy to dance in. Tip: Never underestimate the children’s section of Target!
2. Twister Board Game – An old coworker sewed a Twister game board into a dress and carried around the spinner. She looked adorable and flirty. Tip: Inanimate objects are in!
3. Mummy – My cousin dressed up as a mummy and just wrapped and taped himself in toilet paper from head to toe. I didn’t know who he was the entire night. Tip: No need to spend the big bucks, give yourself the 99 cent store challenge!
4. Nerd – This was the best costume because it also gave my friend wearing it the opportunity to wear and play the part all night. Tip: Acting like your character gets more fun as you get  more tipsy.

What will you be this year?

~Mo

So MTV had a roundtable and came up with the 10 Hottest MCs in the game. I am pleased they announced that Kanye West was number 1. But really, how could they deny him?

image courtesy of MTV.com

The rest of the list:
2. Jay-Z
3. Lil Wayne
4. Rick Ross
5. Snoop Dogg
6. 50 Cent
7. Lupe Fiasco
8. Young Jeezy
9. Andre 3000
10. TI

Honorable Mention: Soulja Boy, Shawty Lo, The Game, Webbie, Fabolous, Flo Rida, Plies, Ludacris, Fat Joe, Joe Budden, Rocko, Prodigy, Gucci Mane, Styles P and Bun B.

Thoughts? Did MTV get it right? Let’s discuss.