VIDEOGAMING gets PHYSICAL! Isn’t that all your loved one ever wanted you to do anyway? Get more Physical Exercise in your life. I almost feel giddy saying, “Long gone are the days when we call Video Gamers LAZY. Well it’s not so long gone yet, but with Significantly Advanced Technology, it’s beginning to look a lot like FITNESS thanks to Nintendo having started a technological revolution when they built their Wii gaming system around a simple motion sensor.
At E3, the gaming industry’s annual Los Angeles confab in early June, the byproducts of this change were in full force. By next year, all three of the game console manufacturers–Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo–will have motion-sensor controllers on the market. The potential upswing for the entire industry is huge.
I’m a SONY PS3 player and I heard, “What Sony demonstrated at E3 excited many in the developer world for two reasons,” says Ted Price, chief executive and founder of Insomniac Games. “First, the controller’s ability to sense depth and not just planar motion opens up a lot of design possibilities that aren’t possible with other controllers. Second, the controller’s apparent accuracy is extremely impressive. Responding to very slight controller movements is crucial for games where you’re interacting with objects on the screen. The better and more accurate the response, the more designers can do.” HOW EXCITING!
Are you a gamer? The Legendary FAB 5 FREDDY says, “LIFE is a game that must be played” and he’s right. I think Fab is an X BOX man and Mark Rein, vice president at Epic Games, believes Project Natal could open the Xbox 360 up to new styles of games similar–or even more involved– than what gamers have experienced on the Wii. Your hand, Rein points out, is the ultimate controller. Revolutionary fun!
I’m EXCITED and I feel like playing,
I’m Qui
Peep the rest of what The VIDEO GAME Industry is saying…
True every grown person is his own man and can do what he wants. But it’s also true that every grown person seems to have at least one somebody in their life that they hold in high regard and respects so much – that they are careful to watch their p’s and q’s whenever they are in their presence. For instance, I’m certain you aren’t scared of anyone; however, whenever your Mom walks into the room (or your home), out of respect you adjust your spine and cap the foul verbage. Right? Exactly. I’m thinking that must have been how MJ felt when in the presence of “big brother” Quincy Jones– yielding him the utmost respect.
While surfing the net I found a couple of interesting peices alleging to be quotes of Quincy Jones whose speaking out post MJ and I just wanted to share them with you. The first read is a thwarted piece consisting of mainly quotes. The second read is a controversial piece — sounds gossipy, but is it far fetched?
WalesOnline.co.uk
THE RECORD producer known for his work on Michael Jackson’s hit albums has spoken of his “conflicted emotions” at the death of his protegee.
Quincy Jones was at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, for a private question and answer session with students in advance of being made a fellow there tomorrow.
Mr Jones, 76, a father of seven, who has Welsh roots, talked to students for more than an hour and 40 minutes.
He said: “There’s a lump down here so deep with conflicted emotions,” he said.
“It’s so unreal that Michael has gone. I can’t believe it. It’s like a bad movie.
“I’ve found the coward’s way by which you accept it is through spiritual energy and chemical energy. I don’t go to any funerals. They left a legacy and that’s what I try to focus on.
“I’ve lost 150 friends in two and a half years; that’s a lot to deal with.”
Mr Jones, who also worked with Jackson on his Thriller and Bad albums, said during his time in working with Jackson he tried to act as a big brother to him, despite his eccentricities in and out of the recording studio.
He said: “It took love to work with an artist.
“His monkey, Bubbled bit my daughter’s hand and he had his snake, Muscles crawling around the studio. I didn’t like that. People ask me if he was crazy. All artists are crazy. You don’t want the boy next door.”
Mr Jones said he first met Michael Jackson at a party in crooner Sammy Davis Junior’s house, when the singer was just 12.
The first time the pair worked together was on the 1978 film The Wiz, a remake of The Wizard of Oz, starring Jackson as The Scarecrow and Diana Ross as Dorothy.
“He asked me to find him a good producer, “ he said. “I said he had to find a good song first. The songs he was singing before were about rats.
“Then I watched him and saw some things about him I didn’t see before.
“Then I gave him Ease on Down the Road. Then we did Off the Wall.”
Ease on Down the Road, a song from The Wiz, was a duet between Jackson and Diana Ross and was a number one disco hit for five weeks. Off the Wall was Jackson’s fifth studio album, selling 20 million copies worldwide.
“For that album I wrote a romantic song called She’s Out of My Life and he liked it so much he cried and I left it on the track.”
***AND THEN THERE’S***
MEN.STYLE.com
Q: Did you believe him about the disease?
A: I don’t believe in any of that bullshit, no. No. Never. I’ve been around junkies and stuff all my life. I’ve heard every excuse. It’s like smokers—”I only smoke when I drink” and all that stuff. But it’s bullshit. You’re justifying something that’s destructive to your existence. It’s crazy. I mean, I came up with Ray Charles, man. You know, nobody gonna pull no wool over my eyes. He did heroin 20 years! Come on. And black coffee and gin for 40 years. But when he called me to come over to see him when he was in the hospital on his way out, man, he had emphysema, hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, and five malignant tumors. Please, man! I’ve been around this all my life. So it’s hard for somebody to pull the wool over my eyes. But when somebody’s hell-bent on it, you can’t stop ‘em.
Q: But it must’ve been so disturbing to see Michael’s face turn into what it turned into.
A: It’s ridiculous, man! Chemical peels and all of it. And I don’t understand it. But he obviously didn’t want to be black.
Q: Is that what it was?
A: Well, what do you think? You see his kids?
Q: Did you ever discuss it? Did you ever ask, “Michael, don’t you want to be a black man?”
A: No, no, no, please. That’s not the way you do it.
Q: But he was beautiful before?
A: Man, he was the most gorgeous guy.
Q: But he seemed to have some deep-seated issue with how he looked?
A: Well, that comes about a certain way. I’m not sure how it happens. I’m just a musician and a record producer. I’m not a psychiatrist. I don’t understand all that stuff. We all got problems. But there’s a great book out called Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart. Did you see that? That book says the statute of limitations has expired on all childhood traumas. Get your stuff together and get on with your life, man. Stop whinin’ about what’s wrong, because everybody’s had a rough time, in one way or another.
Q: I’ve heard you say that you wanted Michael to sing “She’s Out of My Life,” the great pop ballad from Off the Wall, in part because you felt like he had to deal with reality.
A: I just wanted to hear him deal with a romantic relationship with a human being rather than a rat. I’m saying that facetiously, but it’s true. I saw him at the Oscars very emotional about “Ben.” I wanted to hear him get in touch with a real human relationship. “She’s Out of My Life” was written by Tommy Bahler from a very bad ending to a marriage. So it was very real. I was saving it for Sinatra. But I gave it to Michael. And Michael cried during every take, and I left the tears in.
Q: It’s interesting you mention this, because I was just watching a clip on YouTube where you’re sitting on a couch with Michael and he’s petting a snake the whole time.
A: Oh, I remember that. Yeah, that was Muscles.
Q: Muscles?
A: Muscles. That’s a big boa constrictor he had. Muscles used to wrap around my leg in a record session and crawl across the console. I was never comfortable with that. It was a choice between that and Bubbles—you know, the chimp.
Q: Did you ever meet Bubbles?
A: Are you kidding me? He bit a hole in my daughter’s hand! Rashida’s hand. Rashida Jones—did you see I Love You, Man? That’s my daughter. She was a little girl. And Bubbles bit her hand. Michael used to bring Muscles and Bubbles by the house all the time, you know.
Q: What did you think of that? Wasn’t that a little weird?
A: I don’t know, man. Everybody does his own thing. I’ve met every freak in the business. Everybody has their idiosyncrasies. I try not to judge it, you know. I know all women are junkies for little dogs and bags and purses. Ha ha ha ha! Click here to READ THE REMAINDER of the Q&A…
Either way it goes, I feel like the CBS hosts as they talk about Quincy…check it out: Click Here
I loved Michael & I love Mr. Jones for what they have done for our American Music Culture. I appreciate Uncle Quincy for being a straight shooter. Everybody needs someone to shoot it to ‘em straight and I’m quite comfortable in thinking QJ was that guy for MJ. Hmph! He certainly is for many others, (fans included).
Vibing the midnight & sifting for insight,
I’m Qui
Good Morning – I’m off to bed.
[12:30 am]
Yep! I found out this morning while driving in my car, listening to Diane Rames on NPR Radio. Not only am I on drugs, but I’m over medicating at that. It seems the 2 PAMPRIN pills I popped this morning before running my a.m. errands is classified as an OVERDOSE. How so? Have you ever heard of ACETAMINOPHEN? It’s the active ingredient in Pamprin and the proper instructed dosage on the bottle reads: Take 2 with water ever 4-6 hours. So I took two. Then I get in my car and turn on NPR Radio [“All Things Considred”] only to hear Diane in a discussion with a medical physician regarding Acetaminophen being blamed for killing about 400 people a year and producing nearly 1600 cases of liver failure annually due to overdosing. From what I understood, a single SAFE DOSE of Acetaminophen would be about 325 mg. Woah! Each Pamprin pill is 500 mg. I took two per the instructions on the bottle. WTF? Do I need to have my stomach pumped?
Upon reaching home, I ran to the medicine cabinet to see just how much Acetaminophen I had on hand, fortunately for me, there was only Pamprin and GOODY’S PM. Goody’s PM has a recommended dosage of 2 powder doses, (like BC Poweder). Unlike BC Powder, (which has NO ACETAMINOPHEN in it) a recommended dosage of Goody’s PM yields the liver 1000mg of acetaminophen. Meaning, I OVERDOSED last night too. I mean, I was having trouble sleeping so I took some Goody’s PM and then woke up to PAMPRIN. In case your math is bad, that means I took 2000 mg of Acetaminophenin less than 24 hours, which is directly what the NPR radio segment was all about.
Folks do not know they are overdosing when the recommended dosage on the bottle is instructing them to do so. How is this legal and how did this pass with the FDA? Sometimes I think, because the world is heavily over populated such labels may be beefed up and put into place on everyday consuming products to help weed out or lighten our human girth on earth. Okay I’m a conspiracy theorist…I admit it, but it’s not unintelligent to think about it. In fact, it may save your liver and save your life. We need our livers to filter the toxins that we take into our body everyday, including foul atmospheric air, smoking, prescribed drugs, etc. Gosh my liver must be filthy. God Bless all that are like me. KNOWLEDGDE is POWER.
So I was overdosing
Like most femmes
Who kick it with “cycled nature” once a month
Taking 2 & 3 Pamprin in a cramped crunch.
My liver in a funk: I noticed my body’s functionality changing.
I’m working out and eating good but not improving by a dang thing.
I’m no Dr. or scientist but last week I did shiver
When a ‘hard’ thought crossed my mind about the health of my liver.
I kept it on my mind but didn’t know what to do or where to go
Until my a.m. car ride, NPR & the “All Things Considered” show. Now that I know…
I won’t be doing that no mo’.
Working it Out,
I’m Qui
Cleaning up my liver and forfeiting gout.
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
You’re the BIG 10 + 2!!!
And I love you!
Yep! In just 6 more years – she’ll be in college:
HOOK ‘EM HORNS!!!
Traits of a CANCER:
Cancer zodiac sign has the symbol of ‘The Crab’. One of the basic characteristics of a Cancerian is that he is very prone to mood swings, which are matched by changing emotions. At one point of time, you may have seen him in a typical party mood, enjoying himself and laughing at other people’s jokes. He may come across as the most extroverted member in the entire group. However, another time, he may be completely introverted, sitting in a corner and lost in his own world. This single personality trait can help you in identifying a Cancer very easily.
A Cancerian will never run behind fame and publicity, but if he ever gets it, he definitely knows how to bask in the limelight. In a melancholic mood, he can become the coldest person on this earth and drown you in his bottomless depression. Cancerians are prone to pessimism and usually hide their fears behind a veil of humor. They love to dream and for them, sky’s the limit. When he cries, it is because he is deeply hurt from inside. A harsh glance or a rough tone can easily break Cancer’s vulnerable heart. To MOMA’s BABY
COBRA STARSHIP: “Good Girls Go Bad” It wasn’t my first choice of song dedication, but it is HER FAVORITE & since it’s HER BIRTHDAY…
DRUGS that didn’t come from a thug,
On the south side of a city scrub;
In dime increments or bagged dubs.
Nope! Diprivan requires a Doctors hug,
and an IV drip for deliverance to the blood.
It’s not uncommon for full grown adults (especially wives in the suburbs) “to recreate or take it down a few notches” with a doctors filled prescription. My Mom is medically retired from GM and part of her retirement stipulations are to see a Dr. often and fill all prescriptions. The insurance company seems to prefer you be on all of the drugs — than not. If my mother fails to fill a prescription or cuts back on visiting the Dr., I’m certain her “Medically Retired status” will come into question and could possibly be voided. I fear that if she takes them (Xanax, Vicodine, Larazepam, Oxy Contin & MANY OTHERS) – we won’t have to worry about her medical insurance with GM being voided out because the drugs could very well do it, (ie…kill her). It’s been said, “the doctors have the best DRUGS…”
Elvis dabbled in them, Marilyn Monroe exited on them,
and Anna Nicole Smith’s system couldn’t hone them. DRUGS
WEED is not a drug – it is an herb. Michael Jackson did not call a Nurse and ask for 420 – as a sedative. I’ve yet to hear a story claiming a lethal dose of weed killed anyone. I mention this because I believe Medical Doctors are the biggest drug pushers and not your local “munchie invoker”…ie the local weed distributor.
Speaking of weed, have you ever seen SHOWTIME’s recreational sitcom: “WEEDS”? Check it out — you’re sure to get a safe & natural high off of the literal residue.
DOPE Writing can be sooo enlightening,
I’m Qui
Inhaling headlines and Exhaling in rhyme.
…all of the time…
DRUGS have the ability to help heal you.
and DRUGS have the uncanny ability to kill you.
Every now and then I’ll catch an interesting Jerry Springer Show (a ghetto weakness of mine) that reassures me things can indeed get better for us all with a little hard work. The guest line up included two ghetto sexy, tatted up sistahs. I have nothing bad to say about their culturally fashionable tastes. Each represented with hair and nails: done; however Sistah B had cigarette burns or vaccination wounds….whichever, it made her high yellow skin look worst for the wear, other than that each woman was pretty in the face, (I will give them that). To make a long segment short their story went down an old trashy & familiar road, that lead to Sistah B getting beat down by Sistah A followed up by Sister A kicking her sorry ‘tallywhacker’ to the curb. What was more enlightening to me, was how she explained selling her children to her friends and family as child tax credits during tax season and getting anywhere from $1000-$1500 a head followed by a natural ghetto fabulous boast, “..and Jerry I’ve got 3” (as in children). Well well…do you now? I certainly hope no one from the IRS was watching todays syndicated broadcast.
The women were content with being ghetto, it was an issue of loyalty and distrust, (not to mention the limp tallywhacker) that caused friction in their friendship. They had no qualms with being broke or living on the government. In fact, they were doing better than most folk working. After my hearing how much money Sistah A told us she was getting for each child she sold during tax season, I started to calculate how I could come up…”Jerry – I have two” , I wittily thought to myself. But then it dawned on me, living “off of the system” is not in my game plan. The upside may be: You can slip through the cracks and sell your dependents off – like that, but The down side is: you slipped through the cracks. You’re on welfare. You live in housing. How bleak, but not fatal or even permanent, for Sistah A is well on her way to ‘rise up out’ of public housing. It was without provocation that she told us (millions of viewers) about her “tax credit hustle” to make a point that she’s learning, growing and doesn’t do that anymore. She’s since enrolled into a vocational school and is seeking full time employment. Which brings me back to why she was on the show and being hated on by her boyfriend and bff : The tallywhacker played off for reasons including she “started changing and going to work all the time”. Sistah B (the best friend for life) betrayed her and slept with her man because she didn’t appreciate Sistah A trying to “better herself and leave them in the hood”. WHAT!?! Sistah B went on to say “ain’t nothing wrong with living in the hood, hustling and scraping to get by…that’s what some people are supposed to do”.
Shaking my head [side to side], these exact words came to mind:
Keeping our head above water
Making a way when we can
Temporary Lay offs
GOOD TIMES
Easy Credit Rip offs
GOOD TIMES Scratching and surviving
GOOD TIMES
Hanging in a chow line
GOOD TIMES
Thank God Sistah A never knew the words to that 70’s hit show starring JJ, Michael & Thelma, or she may have reconsidered her stance. The truth is: she, like most of us and our parents, didn’t know the words to “GOOD TIMES” and mumbled through it. The tune is still popular today and unfortunately so are the depths and dimensions of the words therein.
CONTENT without the bamboozlement of yesterdays GOOD TIMES,
I’m Qui
…ADDING UP THE GOOD and pulling for Sistah A to get out of the hood.
VIDEOGAMING gets PHYSICAL! Isn’t that all your loved one ever wanted you to do anyway? Get more Physical Exercise in your life. I almost feel giddy saying, “Long gone are the days when we call Video Gamers LAZY. Well it’s not so long gone yet, but with Significantly Advanced Technology, it’s beginning to look a lot like FITNESS thanks to Nintendo having started a technological revolution when they built their Wii gaming system around a simple motion sensor. 
True every grown person is his own man and can do what he wants. But it’s also true that every grown person seems to have at least one somebody in their life that they hold in high regard and respects so much – that they are careful to watch their p’s and q’s whenever they are in their presence. For instance, I’m certain you aren’t scared of anyone; however, whenever your Mom walks into the room (or your home), out of respect you adjust your spine and cap the foul verbage. Right? Exactly. I’m thinking that must have been how MJ felt when in the presence of “big brother” 
To MOMA’s BABY
