It's a Recession Y'all... For Real

All I can say to this is DAYUM.  

CNN) -- Postal authorities say a Michigan postal worker has admitted to stealing some $20,000 worth of first-class stamps since September and trying to sell them to online auction-site customers to help pay his mortgage.

An arrest warrant has been issued for John Auito, 42, of Macomb, Michigan. Auito, a postal employee since 2003, resigned after investigators confronted him on April 30.

He has made arrangements to turn himself in, authorities said.  Deputy Special Agent-in-Charge Breck Nowlin of the USPS Office of the Inspector General told CNN that Auito has admitted to stealing stamps that were being shipped to retail stores, and he said he used the money from selling them to make delinquent mortgage payments.

Nowlin said Auito was contacting customers of the online auction site eBay, and offering to sell them stolen stamps at below-retail prices.

A call from CNN to a listing in Macomb, Michigan, for John Auito was not answered.

I mean thats rough.  He stole $20,000 worth of stamps.  That's a lot of f**king stamps, yo!  This is some sh*t from a stoner movie. I can see it now.  John is chillin' in his basement, drinking some beer with his buddies, talking about life.  All of a sudden, one of his buddies has the most retarded idea ever but because they are drunk and/or high it sounds genius to everyone except John who would be the only one executing the plan... and the only implicated if it didn't work.  Eventually, though, John gets so drunk and/or high that it becomes a good idea to him. I personally don't know what kinda people are buying stamps from online auction sites, but dude got his hustle on for real in those regards.  Honestly, I don't know if I could fire dude... Wait... Nah, I could.  Dude stole $20k worth of merchandise. Gotta let him go.  Sh*t is still sad though.

RICKY ROUSE!

This had me ROLLIN! Shouts out to the folks at 2dopeboyz.com for putting this up.  

Dear Editor:

We were dismayed to see the cover of the May 2009 issue of XXL Magazine, which features a photo of Rick Ross wearing a pair of sunglasses prominently featuring counterfeit Louis Vuitton trademarks. Because the photo has generated considerable confusion among your readers and Louis Vuitton customers among others, we feel it is important to clarify several points.

The first is that the sunglasses Mr. Ross is wearing were not made by Louis Vuitton, and in fact, are counterfeit. Louis Vuitton did not grant permission to Mr. Ross or to whoever did make the sunglasses to use our trademarks. The second is that no affiliation, sponsorship or association exists between Rick Ross or XXL and Louis Vuitton. The third is that counterfeiting is illegal.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to correct the confusion.

Sincerely,

Michael D. Pantalony, Esq.
Louis Vuitton Malletier

Dead at the fact they had to clarify that there is no affiliation between Louis Vuitton and Rick Ross.  I don't understand why Louis Vuitton wouldn't want to align themselves with the Biggest Boss that we have seen thus far? He knows Noriega... the REAL Noriega no less.

Lebron and Kobe Puppet Commercial

This joint had me DYING when I saw it on TV. The marketers at Nike have done it again. This wasn't selling anything, and it made me want to buy something from Nike. Some Nike Dri-Fit, a headband, one of those Livestrong bracelets, something.

Memories from Spring Break 09

We hit up the mall over spring break and Ne-Yo came on while we were in Express.  I tossed Zaq a hat, and here is what happened.

What I'm Listening To: Q-Tip, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq

Tip, D'Angelo, and Raphael Saadiq have a new mixtape out called Lynwood Rose.  If you are Black, between the ages of 20 and 35, and have some education beyond high school, you probably had an orgasm after you read the first sentence.  The whole album is killer.  Raphael Saadiq and Q-Tip have been ahead of their time since they broke into the industry, and D'Angelo can straight up sayng (for those of you who aren't familiar with the term "sayng", it means to sing at a level that involves more interactivity between the crooner and the listener.  This typically involves the closing of the eyes, swaying from left to right, and the occasional throwing of undergarments at said crooner).  To pick a hand full of tracks that stand out would be a disservice.  The link to the album is below.

http://www.zshare.net/download/59777437a5b8f9f6/

My First Apartment

For those of you who don't know, I will be working for the university next year in the Office of Admissions.  Since the Office of Admissions doesn't have any openings in their New York or London offices, I will be in the international headquarters in good old Lex Vegas for two more years.  I went and did the apartment hunt, and after a 3 day search (two of which I saw nothing but  apartments that strangely resembled housing projects) I found a nice spot, in town, and with decent rent.  It is a newly renovated studio (so newly renovated, they aren't even done yet).  It comes with a stove, refrigerator, convection microwave... and church pew.  

Peep the Gatorade on the counter.  These dudes are putting in work on my aparment.

Come June 1st, this will be my place of residence

The bathroom. 

My pew

What I'm Listening To: Cool Kids

Check out the new Cool Kids mixtape with Don Cannon. Joint is FIYA. Link is below.

Stand out tracks:

Hammer Bros.

Cinnamon

Premium Blends

Jump Rope

Taking a Break

Weekend Love

Summer Vacation

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZAL31UHJ

The Return... Again

Ok, so I'm back.  Its Spring term (the third trimester for those of you who aren't familiar with W&L). My last semester EVER as an undergrad.  I'm at work study, snackin' on some wasabi roasted green peas (you all need to get up on them because they are FIYA!), and listening to my "I'm a grown a** man now and I can't just chill and listen to booty-butt-coon music anymore" playlist.  I promised y'all I would be posting more this term and trust there have been projects in the works but nothing completed.  As usual I am trying to do too much.  Aight... back to work for me.  And, yes... I do work with big a** sunglasses on my face.

Hi Haters, I'm Back Off Hiatus

Purgatory, I mean finals week has just finished up here.  Sh*t was TERRIBLE! T-R-R-B-L TERIBBLE. But now it is done, and I am back and I have a few things I need to get off of my chest.

First off, those of you close to me know that I am into clothes and fashion and what not.  I try to stay fairly up to date on latest trends, and one trend is really bothering me: androgynous male models.  I swear to God, if you look at any high fashion, all of the men look genderless.  WTF.  And the clothes just look retarded.  I am convinced that high fashion has the world duped.  The shit they come up with is fugly. Yes... I said fugly.  Motherf@#$ers come on stage wearing some damn overall shorts, with tights, a t-shirt made out of wax paper, some clown shoes, and one of those Dr. Seuss hats that every d-bag had back in 4th grade.  They always have blown face.  The white models are the pastiest dudes you can find and always look like some character from a movie about struggling heroine addicts, and the black dudes... don't exist.  

The next thing that has gotten on my nerves is EVERYONE using the cot damn "A Milli" drums.  Now I know Bangladesh did the beats to both "A Milli" and "Diva" so I guess he gets a pass for using the same drum pattern... even though that sh*t is lazy as hell, my dude.  But for real, everyone is trying to come on a track that has an "A Milli"-esque drum pattern.  First everyone was trying to rap on the beat. First Jay, then shitty rappers like Plies got on it, then singers decided they would... sing over it.  Real talk, I heard there's a Mahalia Jackson "A Milli" freestyle floating around out there.  

Speaking"Diva"... That's another thing that has bothered me. A diva is NOT, I repeat, NOT a female version of a hustler.  Last I checked, hustler was a gender neutral term. 

Ok, last and not least.  For those of you who have not seen Ciara's new video (I think its called something like... Sex Magic or Magic Sex... Doin' the Hudini... something) um I'm not going to say you should watch it because... real talk, its not that good.  She is on some Madonna type stuff, like wearing latex, dancing like a stripper, not singing good.  Come on Ci-Ci! 

Anyway.  Ya boy is back.  Expect more janglage in the days and weeks to come (that was for you Cynthia).  I'm out like a slow fat kid in musical chairs.

Don't Worry Children... I'm Coming

Finals are over tomorrow (Friday) at 5:00 pm.  While I won't post immediately after (actually I will probably sleep for about 3 or 4 days straight), I will be posting more nuggets of wisdom, videos, and other janglage soon.  Fear not!