Snatch Up Your Valentino...

Before I begin...How do we feel about the VMAs? I was at a bar while watching it, so you know my observation could have been a little uh...different. Personally, I thought Puffy, Seany Diddy, or whatever was his usual over the top media whorish self. He looked a little thick in the hips too didn't he? I loved Shakira's performance and while I was secretly crushing on Kanye West for past few months, it's full on HE CAN GET IT !! now. Am I crazy? Whatever. Him and Jamie's performance I loved as well. Everything else about the show was a blurr. Oh except for Eva Longoria !!!! She said fuck an Emmy nod didn't she? Ok, that's enough about that.

Ok so pretend you're out at the club or a houseparty or the post office or the ATM machine:
A. Up comes David or Chris or Kenneth. Very attractive, slim build, probably ran track in college or something. He's wearing an Abercrombie and Fitch or Hollister type tshirt, a boot cut jean, and a stylish sneaker or shoe. He speaks nice, " Hey, how you doin" type statements. At the end of the conversation you exchange numbers.
B. Up next to you, as closeasthis speaks Dee or T or Jay. Very attractive, strong build as if he's been in jail, not the gym ( Don't ask about the difference.) He's sporting Sean Johnish Phat Farmish Rocawearish gear complete with Timberlands or AirForceOnes. His jeans sag slightly enough to see the top of his boxers. He's talking " Whaddup wit me and you." statements. At the end of the conversation he has your number.

Now which one do you want to call you first? The nice guy? The hood type?

I pick the hood type. I know I'm not the only one. Why is that though? Why do we want the "bad boy" ? The nice guy is more relationship material, but I (we) want the other dude. The one that you have no idea when they'll call. That calls only sporadically for those late night goodies. Why do the nice guys finish last? Don't get me wrong. I personally like an intelligent, suit and tie, doctor, lawyer, corporate type. However, its something about that thug. Everyone from McLyte to Destiny's Child has recorded a song about the same type of brotha. Maybe it's the hypermasculine image it represents. The man that needs to be cooked for, that'll put you in your place, that fixes things in the house, and thats protective. I know I'm a punk, so we don't need two. Somebody gotta fight. LOL. How do I know the nice guy doesn't have the same qualities? I don't. That's why it is nice to have it all mixed in one. You know how people say, " A man wants a lady in the streets and a whore in the sheets." Maybe the same idea should be vice versa. We want a " Gentleman in the streets and a thug in the sheets" No, that wouldn't work in case a fight breaks out huh? Well how about a " Gentleman when in need, but still a thug indeed." Sounds good to me. So how about if Chris just puts on Timbs with his Hollister tshirt, still speaks nice " Hey...How you doin' ", but knows how to get up on you ascloseasthis and speak "Whaddup" in your ear. The Perfect Man. Maybe.


::My prayers go out to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina::


Today's Track: " Bad Girl" Usher