HGTV - Demise of homeowners everywhere

Yes, another collection of random thoughts that is cathartic for me.  So I love HGTV and now DIY Network.  However, these channels may be the demise of homeowners everywhere.  I know I am not the only person who thought that I could transform my house in 24 hours with only a crew of two people.  Since they don’t show the dozens of extras and all the planning, they are leading us down a garden path that we too can renovate an entire kitchen in an hour.   However, I continue to watch and attempt my home projects, crafts, etc, mostly because I’m broke and mostly because it’s cool and fun to watch.  I dream of the day I will be able to pay contractors the $25,000 it really cost for labor although they only spent $998 on materials :o) and walk into a house where I won’t have to complete anymore projects, hahahaha

So at what is becoming my favorite watering hole – Langston’s (not named for Langston Hughes) for it’s fantastic soul food, good drinks and interesting clientele, we had a discussion on pseudo-intellectuals, (which came up because we were discussing Al Charlatan, I mean Sharpton).   We all know them.  The person who most folks think is so deep because they play bad music, write corny poetry, or in Al’s case have such fantastic speaking ability that people don’t realize the words you are saying aren’t saying anything.  I think that works because people today lack basic analytical skills.  It’s like they can’t figure that X = 1 in the equation 1+X = 2. They just say did you know that 1+X = 2, yeah, you didn’t tell me anything new.    So if you are deep, you won’t need to flaunt it.  People will take your gifts, your ability to move melodies, wring written words into emotions or paint pictures that draw the public in.  Or even if you can’t do all of that, just be who you are and folks will be drawn to your genuine spirit.  You can have the ability to hold an intellectual conversation and encourage people to question and learn more about themselves.  To those that are truly self-aware, challenge their own thinking and don’t offer bull-ish excuses as to why they are so unhappy in their lives.  Keep on keeping on.

Other random things – this is the list of current songs that make me shake my head in disgust, not in any particular order

1)      Birthday Sex

2)      Wetter (Calling You Daddy)

3)      I Wish I Could “Love” Every Girl in the World

4)      Best I Ever Had

5)      Boyfriend #2

6)      Throw It In the Bag

7)      Turn My Swag On

8)      Imma Put It On Her

I’ll concede that the beats are dope, but the lyrics.  Oh man the lyrics.  No words need to be said.