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EBP - Acronym for Educated Black Person (or People). Usually represents the upwardly mobile, know-it-all demographic of highly educated and sometimes wealthy Blacks. Alternatively, UEBP (Uneducated Black Person/People) refers to the opposite.
SKOO (1) - An elevated sense of euphoria and excitement; a noteworthy moment. In some cases, can also be used as a greeting. -"Girl, I won the legal debate. It was a total skoo moment!" or "I won the lottery!! SKOO!!!"
SKOO (2) - Uninterested dismissal. Usually accompanied by a dismissive hand-gesture. -"You want me to do what? Skoo!" (hand gesture)
"HE PREFERS JELLY..." (syrup; any variety of breakfast condiment) - Referring to the suspect sexuality of a male. Derived from the Tossed Salad convict -"I don't know why he didn't try to get at me; I bet you he prefers grape jelly."
MySpace FACE - A person who purposely displays the single & rare best picture of themselves online but really looks terrible or different in person. Usually, a MySpace Face also has a bad built body but it's usually cropped out to only feature their face. Term can be used for all social networks. -"Man, I made a date with this chick I met on Facebook, but once I saw her from down the street I had to bounce. She was a straight MySpace Face."
I just found out the other day that my uncle and aunt have just finalized their divorce. They have been married for over 20 years, and now it’s all finito. My uncle has a job that requires him to be away from home quite a bit, and from what I understand, while he was on one of his trips he was caught with another woman. Most would say that that’s grounds for a divorce, but I am led to wonder why is it that so many marriages from yester year were able to endure all that was thrown their way, and we can’t deal with arguments. They literally stuck it out through the good and the bad. The fact that the current divorce rate in the United States hovers somewhere around 50%, it makes me think that most of us singe-and-aspiring-to-be-married people are doomed before we even get down the isle.
I wonder why so many unions fail these days. Is it because we feel as though we always have more choices, or is it because we aren’t conditioned to stick anything out these days? By no means am I being an advocate of unfaithfulness, but it just seems inevitable that most partners will cheat on each other over the course of a life time. Both sets of my grandparents have been married for over 50 years; that equals out to over18,250 days and some change considering leap years and shit. That’s a long ass time!! Do you know how many sexless, argument filled, lonely nights that will occur between year 1 and year 50??? Face it, the odds are against us!
I don’t think that I will cheat on my future husband, and I hope to God that his sentiment mirrors mine, but when you do the math, it’s likely to happen. I don’t know if I would be able to stick around and work it out, or if we will have to come to an agreement on a different type of situation or what, but I don’t want to be doomed before I get started, nor do I want to lead a miserable and bitter life with a man I resent. (Was that a run-on??)
At the end of the day, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. I think all that cheating stuff matters now while we’re younger. I have learned that once people get older and it’s more about having a friend and a partner in your spouse, everything else is small beans. Yes, it hurts and I think that if a man cheats and has emotionless sex with a woman, then he should STFU and STFD when and if he discovers his wife is or has done the same. There’s that sweet ambiguity Junior wrote about a few weeks ago . . .
Well, what do ya’ll think? Are we doomed? Why doesn’t marriage work these days? Should we focus on the partnership/team effort and not just romance and love?
1.) White people should not be poor. It bothers me to where I'm reluctant to give them money if they're homeless on the street. I feel they're not using their whiteness effectively
2.) You don't need 7 packs of hair, for your hair weave.You really don't.
3.) There's not a "good black man" shortage rather there's a shortage of "good black men" who WANT marriage before a chick's ovaries dry the heck up.
4.) Unattractive people should be sweet and kind. Society isn't going to tolerate as much from them as they do from attractive people. The faster people realize where they fall on the looks/tolerance spectrum the easier they get through life.
5.) Short people should not try to run for president. America won't elect people like you and never has.
6.) It's not really that bad to wait to have children in your thirties, folks acting like your eggs dry up instantly once you hit 30.
7.) The Twilight movie was gabbage. Pure gabbage and the whole series, books etc are overrated. Yeah, I said it.
8.) Drake is not that tight. I'm waiting for something more.
9.) When Black people constantly brag about being mixed with another race (esp. their great great great grand uncle) to set themselves apart, especially when they don't look mixed, it's pure insecurity and self hate.
10.) As much as they'd like to think so, women can't do everything men can do...and sometimes really shouldn't ALWAYS try...
These are merely my opinions, you may not like them all, but I'd like to hear your unpopular opinions Real 7 family.
As blacks we are often labeled as poor tippers and, as a result, we often receive inferior service when dining out, among other things. I often wonder what came first, the chicken or the egg?
Do YOU tip for bad service? How do you handle a rude or inattentive server? Speak on it!!!
I was deeply saddened this week by the announcement that the CW would be cancelling "The Game" and that it would not be returning to TV in the fall.
Now I admit, I followed the show. I found it engaging, humorous, and there were bad b*tches on the show every episode...what red blooded guy wouldn't want to peep that? I was a little disappointed that the shows direction of the last two seasons turned towards more smut factor and lost some of the wholesomeness and Cosby show-lite appeal that it had during the first season.
Now I do also realize that all good things come to an end, but when I saw the current line up, I had to ask myself, just WHERE IN THE WORLD are the black television shows? Please, quickly try to think of one that doesn't involve Tyra Banks or Oprah...I'll wait. I guess there are Tyler Perry's shows on TBS, but what do you do when you have no cable. Not to mention I just didn't find those shows particularly funny, but maybe it was just me.
At any rate, I am off my high horse, and I wonder what you all think about not only the show being cancelled, but also about the lack of black and minority shows on the air period. Speak on it!
Hey what do you guys think about student loans and paying them back? I just learned that not even a bankruptcy filing will wipe them out. You can splurge until your heart’s content on fancy clothes and lavish vacays, oh and don’t forget the new flat screen TV in your media room. But if you go to school to invest in yourself, you are left to figure it out any way you can. That’s fuckin’ ludicrous! Are we student loan debtors going to get our slice of the bailout pie??? Probably not, but I would like to know what everyone thinks about student loans (i.e. the government loaning us our own money . . . plus interest)!
You all may or may not have heard about Iman's comments on First Lady Michelle Obama's physical appearance. Here's the rundown (as reported by Associated Press):
"Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty," the Somali-born model and wife of rocker David Bowie tells Parade magazine's Sunday issue, reflecting on the first black US first lady, who is a lawyer by training and a former executive.
"But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther. When you're a great beauty, it's always downhill for you. If you're someone like Mrs. Obama, you just get better with age," she said.
There has been much discussion about Iman's comments. I will go on record as saying that, no I do not think Michelle Obama is drop dead gorgeous. However, she has many of the attributes that Americans find attractive. She is tall, thin, elegant and always impeccably dressed and coiffed. To say she is not a great beauty, especially coming from a renowned supermodel, is not a huge stretch.
However, why does that matter? How is that relevant at all to her role as First Lady of the United States? And why, when prompted to ask what she thought about Mrs. Obama, were looks the first thing Iman thought to proffer? Of all the things that Madame O has going for her, she certainly does not have to rest on her "no great beauty". Honestly, I have never heard as many people comment on Hilary Rodham Clinton's or Laura Bush's looks as Mrs. Obama's. Is it because she is the first black, or black period, and that puts her under more scrutiny?
What are your thoughts? Do you think Iman is entitled to her opinion or is she just an aging model trying to get some shine? Does the first lady's (especially the first black first lady) level of beauty have any kind of bearing on anything of significance? Speak on it!!!
Very simple question I will pose on this beautiful friday morning. If you had a choice, which would you have, a significant other with a great face and "ok to poor body", or a person with a "ok to poor face" but a great body?
I'll be honest, I'd much rather have a girl with a nice face and an "ok" body. People can do things such as exercise to change their body, but aside form plastic surgery, if you were born looking like Marmaduke, you will probably continue to look like Marmaduke for the rest of your life. I was curious though, because I do know some guy friends of mine, who will date a stallion, even if her face does really look like Mr. Ed. Lemme know Real 7'ers!
I voted for and will continue to be a supporter of our President, but why in the fuck is closing Gitmo such a high priority on his to do list right now? I could give a fuck about any of them niggas, and I especially don’t want them in our back yard. I say leave them the hell where they are . . . far far away.
We already have our hands full with trying protect ourselves from further terrorist attacks, so somebody if you can, please explain to me why shutting it down and placing them elsewhere (most likely somewhere in the continental United States) will help us. If anything, I think it will provoke much hostility and anger, and not to mention, their incessant need to jihad our asses!! (Yeah, I know I probably used that term incorrectly, but I’m sure most of you have a high school diploma . . . use your context clues.)
These people are extremist and probably have power beyond the walls that contain them. The United States would be foolish to move them anywhere else in the world, as there would be new challenges to face, new air space to protect, more underground channels to construct, etc, etc, etc. There’s just too much shit involved with closing this place down. I did a little research on this, (if you qualify a google search as such) and honestly, I have yet to be presented with any information that would lead me to believe that it is in the best interest of our country and its people to close this place down.
I know some of the human rights people will cry about horrible water boarding tactics and shit, but come on now, Condi was right; that’s the least of our or their worries. Real 7 family, help me out. Tell me what you think about this whole Gitmo ordeal. For the record if you didn’t catch it the first time, my vote is to leave them right where they are!
Although I love her reality show, there are only two Keyshia Cole songs that I can truly stand to hear more than once at a time. One is "I Changed My Mind". It was the first time I had ever heard of Keyshia and I absolutely loved the concept of the song. The basic premise of the song is that Keyshia is in love with a guy who is dogging her out. In the song she claims to simply wake up one day and decide to change her mind about her questionable dude. The song ends with her "willing" herself out of love.
Is this possible? They say the mind is the most powerful muscle that we have but can you really will yourself out of love? Have any of you ever tried this and been successful or is this a crock of s%^!??? Speak on it!!!
Real 7 family, when is flirting merely just flirting, and when is it crossing the line when you are in a relationship? Now flirting can be as innocent as a gaze held too long, or a smile that is beaming with that hidden passion that you posses. Or it can be overt and include a "hello beautiful, you are looking stunning today", or "There a million and one things that I could be doing right now, and all but one of those includes you."
Now, if you aren't following that up with dates, or meetings, or sexual encounters, is this harmful or harmless? What say ye?!
e·ball·in Function:verb Etymology: 21st century Texas, Bethie Beth
1: One who is portraying a grandiose lifestyle on any number of internet forums (blogs, myspace, facebook, twitter), that is not supported by true life circumstance. 2: Actors, pranksters, studio gangsters (Eazy-E)
This is the EBP equivalent of wearing fake piece and chains. I think it's fabulous that you graduated from Big State U or Well-Known HBCU and that you have a great cubicle with a breathtaking view of the office calender. But, why must you inundate me with all of the minute (and often times false) details of your life??? And why must you e-ball? It's funny that you have an album with 60+ pictures of when you and your BFF got drunk on a random Wednesday night, but there is no evidence to support your fabulous trip to Paris or your boyfriend's NFL Combine tryout.
Silkk the Shocker put it best - You ain't gotta lie to kick it! Am I the only person that has been subjected to e-ballin? What social forums are the most prone to e-ballers? Speak on it!
While getting my usual fix of inappropriate music, I have found myself increasingly irked by the way certain words are pronounced. Two words in particular that rappers use ad nauseum are really getting on my nerves!
The first is Moët. Now I know America is like the only country in the world where its acceptable to know one, and only one language, and then look at other people funny because you "no habla espanol", but OMG, if you are going to rhyme it with every other word in your damn song, at least know that it is pronounced "Mo-eh" and not "Mo-wet". We are not talking about splash town, rain, or women, so there is NOTHING you should be drinking, that should make you "Mo-wet".
The other is every rappers favorite care that they likely CAN'T afford, the infamous Mercedes Maybach. Now Jay, Rick Ross, are two in particular who are NOTORIOUS for using this in song. Now I am more than sure that Jay can afford it, maybe even the Boss, but can you PLEASE pronounce it "My-Bahk" and not "May-Back". GEEZ, and you wonder why Cristal doesn't want us drinking his stuff. We can't even appreciate it enough to say it right!
Those are my two that get on my nerves, real 7 family I KNOW you have to have some too!
Why do you think Blacks are considered poor tippers?
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This is the true story of seven strangers...picked to start a blog, work together, and have their opinions recorded...to find out what happens when people stop being polite...and start getting real. Word.
You've got the lawyers, the engineer, the grad students, the techie, and the black greeks all wrapped into a gang of know-it-alls on all things professional, fabulous, fashionable, debatable, sexual, and yes, even the UN-fabulous. This blog will also feature guest bloggers and battle of the sexes debates.
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