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7/24/2008 7:29:39 AM

haha...10/10

7/24/2008 7:30:50 AM

ahhh i watched the Black in America thing last night...i wasn't really as impressed/compelled to watch it again after that.

7/24/2008 7:32:32 AM

yeah tv just doesnt do it for me anymore...all i can do is read newspapers and online news sources(not cnn though)

7/24/2008 7:33:16 AM

tww is my only news source

7/24/2008 7:37:14 AM

I can't handle much TV anymore either. It might have something to do with the fact that my roommate fills the dvr with episodes of "John and Kate + 8, "Entertainment Tonight,"MTV TruLife," and "Dancing with the Stars."


and he is a straight male

7/24/2008 7:37:28 AM

no, no he's not

7/24/2008 7:38:59 AM

dude wtf...he seems interested in the dumbest shit...my dvr would be like situation room, hannity and colmes, southpark, colbert/daily show...maybe some espn or something and maybe some discovery or history channel...definitely something more informative than like "entertainment tonight"...i mean who cares about celebs

7/24/2008 7:39:20 AM

He's caught up in pop culture like you wouldn't believe, which is why I stay as far away from the TV as possible.

7/24/2008 7:40:33 AM

yeah me too...i pretty much only like what a majority of other people dont just so i dont have to be lumped in with a large group of fucktards

7/24/2008 7:41:44 AM

i can't really think of anything i'd dvr other than nascar. whenever i "watch TV" i just turn it to history channel and sit on the couch with my laptop. it's really just background noise.

7/24/2008 7:41:54 AM

haha i use my tv more for its speakers to play music from my laptop than actually watching tv

7/24/2008 7:43:24 AM

My TV consists of "First 48," anything UFC/MMA related, and the informative channels (Hist, Disc, NatGeo)

7/24/2008 7:44:36 AM

i cant get into that mma stuff...i mean sure i guess i could learn about fighting, but i never fight anyways, and i could care less to learn those fighters names, traits, etc

7/24/2008 7:45:38 AM

that fighting/boxing shit bores me to no end

7/24/2008 7:46:52 AM

yeah...i cant stand being at someones place and they put that on and i just sit there like uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

7/24/2008 7:48:52 AM

I love it.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 7:50 AM. Reason : boxing I can't handle. ]

7/24/2008 7:49:37 AM

i dont even watch tv but i can relate - my wife fills up the dvr with TMZ, MTV reality shit, and something about trying out for broadway show.

7/24/2008 7:58:10 AM

you must have typed in CNNN.com

7/24/2008 8:14:01 AM

I can't stand shows like that, you won't find me watching TV very often, most programming is pretty disgusting

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM. Reason : .]

7/24/2008 8:15:43 AM

OMG OMG OMG!!!!

there is racial/social differences in america?!?!

no

fuckin

way!!!!

7/24/2008 8:47:05 AM

ehe!

I wanna come and watch your DVR Corey I love me some John and Kate + 8....then again I'm a female and I like the cock.

7/24/2008 8:50:44 AM

you and my roommate can have TV time and girl talk for a while while I'm out doing something manly. Like fixing my car

7/24/2008 9:02:55 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/22/single.black.women/index.html

Quote :

"(CNN) -- Mrs. Allen had it all. A career she enjoyed, a nice home, two adorable children and a husband. She shared her tools for success with me at an early age. She went to college, got married and waited until she was 26 to have her first child. The perfect life. The perfect plan. It was one I decided to model. My aspirations for both a career and family were set at the age of 12. I knew I could accomplish what Mrs. Allen, my fifth- and seventh-grade teacher, had. But as I approach 30 and measure the goals I had at 12 against the reality of life, the only thing I can check off that list is a college education. I am a statistic. And there are millions more like me. Forty-five percent of black women in America have never been married, compared with 23 percent of white women, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey in 2006. Articles like the one published in the Washington Post two years ago could lead me to believe that it's because "Marriage is for White People." The difference between Mrs. Allen and me: She was white. The numbers, undeniably, are not in my favor. But they have never been. Born black, raised in a single-parent home and primarily educated in low-performing public schools, I am not supposed to be a success story. But giving weight to statistics in my personal life only contributes to a culture of fear surrounding marriage. This fear causes some women to make hasty decisions like staying in unfulfilling relationships that lead to unsuccessful marriages, which end in divorce (another dismal statistic). Or just the opposite: Women become so fearful of making the wrong choice, they find themselves surrounded by a moat with no bridge to their final destination: marriage. For the past year, I have researched, read and conducted several interviews on this topic for the "Black in America" series. Producing a segment on the low marriage rates in black America was not without its challenges. I wore my "black and single" crown proudly, withstanding jokes and heckles from coworkers and questions from fellow singles like Kriss Turner, a black woman profiled for the "Black Woman & Family" documentary who asked me, "You're in Atlanta; what's your problem?" Why are you still single? I hate that question. Yet I am forced to confront it. What's the state of your relationship? One reason: personal responsibility. Among the men I have dated, there were definitely some who were ready for something a little more significant than I was willing to give. Did I drag my feet because I wasn't ready? Or was it because those men weren't right for me? It's debatable and probably a combination of the two. Mrs. Allen was white, but she was also part of a generation of people, like my parents, who married at an earlier age. Today, black women outnumber black men almost 2-to-1 in higher education. But white women are also surpassing white men in college enrollment and completion, according to the National Center on Education Statistics. What is a rooted example in the black community is also sprouting legs among America's other racial groups. I am part of a generation of Americans who are choosing to postpone marriage while they pursue their careers. My outlook: optimistic. My honest fear: It may never happen. If it doesn't happen, it won't be because of a widening gap in the education, employment and ambitions of black men and women. I will not attribute it to a lack of options, intra- or interracially. I know the numbers. On a macro level, the horizon is grim, but my personal experience reflects stories of black women and men who are married or very seriously considering it. Social and economic conditions are very strong influences, but so is the desire for love. If I remain in my current statistical category, a single black woman, it will be because I missed someone while gazing at the ancient obelisks of Egypt's Karnak Temple, partying with expats in Hong Kong or simply spending time with family and friends in America. It's more likely that the proverbial "The One" and I will find each other somewhere along the way. My life is not lived on a timetable or measured by how much sand has fallen in an hourglass. So check back in with me in 2018. I may have a different story to share then."

7/24/2008 11:17:41 AM

Quote :

"you and my roommate can have TV time and girl talk for a while while I'm out doing something manly. Like fixing my car"

Oh that sounds like tons of fun! We can even bake you cookies and cupcakes so you have lots of goodies when you come in from doing your "man work"

7/24/2008 11:35:51 AM

haha *carlface*

7/24/2008 11:41:37 AM

CNN is a blg

7/24/2008 12:30:25 PM

7/24/2008 12:41:31 PM

Quote :

"tww is my only news source"

7/24/2008 12:42:20 PM

BTTT for the first thing my eyes see on cnn.com



GAPING HOLE

7/25/2008 8:55:44 AM

Quote :

" Qantas said the hole, which was between 2.5 to three meters in diameter, was being inspected by engineers. A report by the airport authority quoted pilot John Francis Bartels as saying an initial investigation indicated there was an "explosive decompression.""

All I can hope is that when they started looking at the hole some engineer said "well there's your problem"

7/25/2008 8:58:55 AM