The Coonery that Was: The 2010 BET Awards

Sunday was THE night. The night where people everywhere got together to watch the one, the only, the BET awards. I actually enjoyed it! Let's recap shall we?

Opening Performance: Kanye West performing "Power" on top of some fake mountain with a light shining through the top. My thoughts? B-O-R-I-N-G. You couldn't even understand what he was saying! Definitely not a good way to start off the award show in my opinion. I mean, couldn't he have performed some of his recent songs so that people could AT LEAST sing/rap along? Shoot, I would've taken "The Good Life" over that.

Queen Latifah was the MC for the night. Now am i the only person who was getting annoyed at the way she kept kicking her feet out when she walked? Ok, ok that's irrelevant. Ughhh but those OUTFITS she kept changing into? Oh no ma'am Ms. Pam!!!! And did anyone else notice how she put Chaka Khan on straight BLASSTTT?! "He and Chaka Khan have a date. 'Cause if you're post-menopause, he (Usher) gon' get them draaawwwssss!" Hehehehe so much unintentional shade!

Alicia Keys won the 2nd award of the night (first went to Monica) for BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST. On a side note, I wonder how Mashonda felt about Ms. Keys huggin up on her son when she won the award...

Usher then hit the stage to hit his sultry song "There Goes my Baby". Everthing was great until he hit that DREADED note.. "...our time away won't change my LOOOOOOOOOOOVE". woooo that note was rough. But I guess even the best have their rough moments. He was workin that mic stand though...

My girl Nicki Minaj took home the award for BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST. I swear I love that girl.. she has so many haters, yet she still wins! Take that haters AND Lil Kim. She paid you your freakin homage, so shut that mess up.

Boyfriend in my head T.I. then came out to perform his new song (don't know the name), with Travis Barker as guest drummer. It was cool...

Toronto rapper Drake took the award for BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST. Who else COULD it have been? Imma need yall to stop hatin on Drake too.. oh and #shoutout to Drake for being a member of #teamblackberry!

Alicia Keys was the next to hit the stage to perform a medley of her own songs ("No One", "Sleeping With a Broken Heart", "If I Ain't Got You", and her new hit "Unthinkable"). I think I'm the only one who isn't feeling her new song *shrugs*. Ms. Keys is ALWAYS a favorite of mine, but that purple dress with those pink patent leather pumps? Oh no no no. Please don't ever do that again Alicia. And PLEASE explain why Kim Burrell came out and switched up the words to "if I ain't got youuuu JESUS"! Now i love the Lord but I just don't think that was the time.

B.O.B., Eminem, and Keyshia Cole were the next to come to the stage, performing "Airplanes" (originally by B.O.B, Eminem, and Paramore frontrunner Hayley Williams). Hayley should have been there to sing the chorus because Keyshia was just ROUGH. Oooo Lawd! She was terrible in my opinon. And that HAIR!? She needed some help. Then Em continued the performance with some irrelevant rappers. #ONTOTHENEXT...

Monica then took the stage to perform her hit "Everything to Me" and then brought out the fabulous Ms. Deniece Williams who was the original singer of the song melody Monica used in the song. I LOVE THIS SONG!! I sang the song on my Youtube. http://youtube.com/user/justcallmeGIA. Now I LOVED the performance between the two of them but WHAT was Monica wearing?! Those Batman wings were NOT the business.

Nonetheless, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys took home the award for BEST COLLABORATION.

Joke of the night, Diddy-Dirty Money took to the stage to perform their version of "Oh Let's do it" and "Hello, Goodmorning" with appearances by Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and T.I. Might I say, Dawn and Kaleena aka Estelle look-alike looked like glorified backup singers. They blended in!!! And for all the haters, Nicki was NOT lip syncing. If you could hear, she was rapping but her mic was off. I believe that it was BET's fault. They were having sound #fails all night. All in all, this "Dirty Money" thing needs to desist. We don't believe you Diddy. I think Diddy is going through a mid-life crisis. He IS in his 40's.

Chris Brown was next to hit the stage to do a special Michael Jackson tribute, which was deemed the highlight of the night. There's much contraversy surrounding CB's perfomance. Chris actually cried while singing "Man in the Mirror". The audience had to come to his rescue to help him finish the song. But a lot of people believe that it was a publicity stunt. I personally believe it was a genuine moment for Chris. He's received a lot of backlash from the media regarding his assault case with Rihanna. And he wanted to perform on last year's BET awards but wasn't given the chance. So I think that the excitement of kind of being able to reedem himself along with his sadness over his idol passing away, the tears just came. Yall leave that boy alone and let him be great! The performance was really good though. I enjoyed it.

Drake then took to the stage to perform a medley of songs in including "Fireworks", "Over", and that one song with Young Jeezy. Jeezy needs a throat lozenge, seriously. Hehe Drake is so jumpy when he performs. But it was good.

Trey Songz took the award home for BEST MALE R&B ARTIST.

Debarge then took to the stage to take it old school. I'll admit I had no clue who he was at first, but I DID recognize the songs. And he HIT them high notes!!!!! Usher, take note! #noshade

THE sexiest man of the night Tyrese then hit the stage and performed some old school songs while groupies in the front row threw their panties at him. Lawsd I hope they were clean. That man is FINE. That is a REAL man!!!!! I'd let him spank me and talk ghetto to me like he did in "Baby Boy"! Oh.. sorry.

Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, and Kim Burrell then came on stage to sing a tribute to Haiti. Kirk, PLEASE stick to playing the piano and directing the choir because singing is NOT your calling.

John Legend and his jacked up hairline was the receipient of the 2010 BET Humanitarian Award. Congrats!

Trey Songz was next to hit the stage performing "Your Side of the Bed" and a little of "Purple Rain".. Trey is an ok singer but he sings with COMPLETELY too much vibrato. #imjustssayin. And if you EVER attempt a high note like the one you tried in your performance Trey, there will be problems.

Beyonce and Lady Gaga won the award for VIDEO OF THE YEAR.

Janelle Monae then performed a tribute to Prince.. Lawd she crazy. She's the female version of Andre 3000 in my opinion. But I like her. And I wanna touch her hair lol. Now if she would just get on a RELEVANT record label instead of going nowhere with Bad Boy...

Then is was some chick named Esperalda Spalding's turn.... um.. ok.

Then Alicia Keys returned to perform again. And her 6 month pregnant behind got up ON the piano! Prince's face was PRICELESS. Glad she didn't hurt herself! And her peformance was great.

Then the queen, Ms. Pattie LaBelle got her old behind up on stage to sing "Purple Rain"... She HAD to get ghetto and take off her shoes to frolic amongst the stage. Glad she didn't hit anyone because she KICKED those bad boys off and they FLEW. "Sometimes ya gotta sufferER!" lmao.

Terrence and Rocsi had the #FAIL of the night when they did a sloppy kiss while present the award for VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD. With the kiss fail and the teleprompter messing up, it was just a mess.

Rihanna and Young Jeezy took the award for VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD.

Ludacris, T. Pain, DJ Khaled, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, and Nicki Minaj took the stage for the last performance of the night with guest drummer Tommy Lee.

All in all, it was a good night. WAY better than last year's fail of an award show. Can't wait for next year!

Flirting on the Internet

We all flirt. It's kind of second nature to most of us, right? I'll admit, I'm an avid flirter. But what I want to discuss is flirting on the internet, MAINLY Twitter. Everyone who knows me knows that I am a Twitter addict. I am using it everyday, pretty much all day like most of my followers. So this is where I get my observations from. I am not going to bring my personal relationships into this, but that is where my frustration derives from.

We all say that "it's JUST twitter", "it doesn't mean anything", and "it's not that serious". But is that the truth? Flirtatious tweets to people you've NEVER met is one thing. That isn't that serious because you don't know the person, nor do you have any intention on meeting them in person. But flirtateous tweets to girls/guys that you physically know in person while you have a significant other is plain DISRESPECTFUL, no matter you put it. I've heard time and time again "that's just my homegirl" and "we just play around". But so what?! Flirting is still flirting and it's disrespectful to the one you're with. I believe that if you're in a relationship and you're letting someone who's NOT your significant other call you babe/bay/honey, etc. that's pushing it a little too far. Then you get hit with "it's just twitter!". How is your significant other supposed to know that? And THEN you get hit with "well why are you snooping and looking at who I'm tweeting?". Are you REALLY asking me that on a site where that's basically the POINT to look at people's timelines and seeing what they're talking about and who they're talking to? And why are you worried about it if you're not doing anything wrong? Ok, ok, maybe my personal relationships ARE coming into play while I'm writing this, but I have a right to be upset!

All I'm saying is, people need to watch what they say and who they say it to. Don't let Twitter be the demise of your relationship. That's dumb. But also, if you're sending flirtatious tweets to some person who's not your significant other ONline, what are you saying OFFline?

Signed,

AINT-NO-FURY-LIKE-A-WOMAN-SCORNED!

RANT! : Fake Nails, Fake Hair, Fake Boobs, OH MY!

I was just reading a blog from the popular urban blog site thekillertruth.com, and one of the posts was about women and how the "big belt" is the new "liposuction". This particular blogger went into detail about how he was checking out a girl at a club, decided to take her home to do God knows what, and when asked for a striptease, felt fooled when the person he met at the club was no longer the person he met when the clothes came off. Apparently the belt hid her "rolls" and such. But that's not the part that I was irritated with.

"When I meet a girl in the club I kind of treat it like math class. Lets say I meet a girl and she is a solid 9. I minus .5 for weave -1 for make up -.25 for fake nails -.5 for a push up bra."

WTF IS THAT?! Seriously men, you have to do better than this. I am so sick of men, ESPECIALLY black men thinking that it's ok to be SUPER picky. I don't wear weave, I don't wear contacts, and haven't gotten an ounce of plastic surgery, nor do i intend to (for now). I am a girl that can rock a weave, but take it off and style my hair to make myself look just as good. I don't NEED to wear weave or makeup and everything to look nice. But if I were to wear or have any of these things, I would be out of the running to find a mate? All of these rules concerning what females look like on the outside are simply PREPOSTEROUS.

This is how i feel. Guys love claiming that they love a smart girl, or an independent woman, or a woman that knows how to cook right? But let that smart, independent woman who's a master in the kitchen wear a WEAVE? Oh she's out for the count. It's stupid!!! Guys who have NOTHING going for themselves are the FIRST ones to be picky when it comes to a female's appearance. How about you try focusing on YOURSELF before you nit-pick the crap out of a woman? I don't see ANYTHING wrong with wearing a weave, fake nails, contacts, OR having plastic surgery, as long as it's in moderation and in proper usage. I understand that when a girl has all of these things, it can get a little overwhelming and have the guy asking himself "well, what IS real about this girl?" But don't overlook her JUST because she's wearing fake hair or has fake nails. Maybe I'm biased because I have worn weave before (and i plan to wear it again in the future) or because i DO have fake nails on right now. But guys need to find SOMETHING ELSE to talk about, rather than complain about how fake we are.

I've done some observing, mainly on Twitter. @KamilleLei is one of the most popular reality TV stars on the site. She's a gorgeous girl, and we can all see that. I've obviously not ever seen her @mentions but she HAS to be getting at LEAST 500 compliments a day on her appearance and at LEAST 100 tweets from horny, pathetic, lonely guys asking her to be with them. Now that's all fine and dandy, but look. She has fake hair, fake nails, fake eyes (contacts), and fake breasts. Not to mention, she wears a ton of makeup. Now I'm not throwing the LEAST bit of shade at her because she is really pretty and she wears it well. But what i AM saying is, how many guys would still smash? I'll wait.... This just goes to show you that the guys who want to complain about how fake women are, are the FIRST ones to want to get with a girl just because she's pretty. Beyonce, Lauren London, and Trina are just SOME of entertainment's leading ladies... All of whom wear weaves and tons of makeup. But they have MILLIONS of fans (probably 70% being men) drooling over them. Why don't they get the flack of being "fake"? They can pay the top stylists to give them a nice hairstyle WITHOUT the weave. This just goes to show you that guys are biased. Because a woman is super successful and famous, she doesn't count. Pshhh, go somewhere with that.

All I'm trying to say is, fellas how about you stop worrying so much about what a girl looks like and try getting inside her HEAD. See how she thinks, test her IQ, something. You NEED to stop worrying about all the fake stuff a girl has on and worry about how good she looks with it off.

Signed,

guys-need-to-stfu

Twitter: Do's and Don'ts

Twitter.. one of the most popular social networking sites of 2010. If you have one like I do (follow me! @msgiarenee. *shameless plug*) and USE it on a daily basis, then you understand all the ins and outs. But some people just don't understand.. It's sad really. Being the twitter addict that I am, I have chosen a couple Twitter "Rules" (if you will), that a new tweeter NEEDS to abide by. Trust me, if you do (or refrain from) these simple rules, your Twitter experience is SURE to be maximized!

DO talk to at least 40% of the people you follow. That is one of the MAIN things wrong with Twitter.. People follow thousands of people and don't wanna say a word! What's the point? That's why my follow count isn't as high as it could be. I could EASILY follow well over 1,000 people. But I choose not to because not everyone is that interesting to follow and talk to.

DON'T "go in" on #twitterafterdark. For those of you who don't know, #twitterafterdark is a "trending topic" for all the self-proclaimed "freaks" on Twitter. So basically, people sit at their computers, phones, whatever and say nasty things they WISH they were actually doing. It's POINTLESS and STUPID to say the least. I've actually unfollowed numerous people because they participate in this filth. It's pathetic. How about you stop talking about getting some and actually GET SOME?

DO tweet things of substance. How many times have you been looking at someone's timeline and wanted to follow them just based off what they were tweeting? This is the BEST way to get followers. People want to follow people they feel will make their timeline interesting. Be thoughtful about what you tweet. Tweeting nonsense may get you ReTweets, but it'll also get you laughed at.

DON'T participate in #teamfollowback. If this isn't the most idiotic "team" on Twitter, I don't know what is. #teamfollowback is a bunch of idiots on twitter who follow EVERYONE who follows them, back. What the heck do I look like following someone JUST because they followed me? What if they're boring? What if they're offensive? It's just plain STUPID. What happened to the days when people used to get followers from word-of-mouth and RT's? SMH.

DO censor yourself.. to a degree. No one needs to know that you just started your period, you woke up with a hard-on, or that you just got your STD results and tested positive for ghona-sypha-herps. Control what you say! Twitter is a place to express yourself, but not that much. Some things just need to be kept to yourself.

DON'T make up some dumb a*s name to make yourself stand out. What the eff is @iRAPEDBUDDHA or @littleDICKsyndrome? These names just popped into my head, but you get my point. These random/stupid names need to DIE. These names like @iBLAHBLAH (any name with "i" at the beginning) also need to cease and desist. People are now trying to get a little TOO original. Keep you name simple. You guys THINK you're funny.. but your name is idiotic. I saw someone's Twitter name was @iEATBLOODYPUSSY and I wanted to delete my account RIGHT THEN. Like, WTF? Who even thinks of stuff like that. I think the guy was trying to do it to be funny, but it's just gross. This also goes along with the previous rule of CENSORING YOURSELF.

how about some more "Don'ts"?

DON'T put "verefied" with a little check mark in your bio/name. No matter how many times you write it, you're not special.

DON'T "go in" on #FF. IT DOESN'T WORK. You're better off tweeting something interesting or funny to get more followers. It only works if you're #teamfollowback. And in that case, you're a loser.

DON'T think that because you have 1,000+ followers, you're somebody. Because chances are, in real life, you're still a nobody.

DON'T put pictures of your boobs/butt as your twitcon. It's not cute.

DON'T put a picture of wads of cash as your twitcon. Do you REALLY think I'm going to think you're cool if you spread out ALL your savings account money and post it as your twitcon? I think not. $50 in $1's may look like a lot. But you're not fooling ANYONE. I'd be more impressed with you showing a picture of your debit card.

That's all I can think of for now.. Please abide by these rules, and you'll be fine on Twitter... What are some do's and don'ts you can think of for Twitter? Leave a comment and school us!

The coonery that is: Basketball Wives

Now, unless you've been living under a rock (or stuck in some omnish town), you've seen the JOKE that is "Basketball Wives".. To sum it up in a sense, it's a "reality" show about 6 chicks who have SOME type of involvement with a basketball player in the NBA. I don't know WHO that chick is 3rd from the left.. I haven't seen her on ONE episode, but I digress. Let's get to know these basketball heffas. First we have:

Jennifer (far left): The ONLY WIFE on the show. She has the most annoying voice and she sounds like she has some dry bread stuck in the back of her throat that needs to be washed down with an ice cold beverage, STAT. She's also an attention whore who seems to feel the need to let all of her friends know the ins and outs of her failing marriage to ex basketball player Eric Williams. Not to mention, she sort of looks a little transvestite-ish. *shrugs* But i MUST say, her weaves are off the CHAIN! I've always admired the natural looking weaves she rocks.

Royce (second from left): The dancer (as some would call, the "groupie") who is reportedly the mother of Dwight Howard's baby. She has danced for both Orlando Magic and Miami Heat. When I first started watching the show, she was one of my favorites because she sort of stayed out of the drama. But as the end of the show came near, I started not to be able to STAND her. To be a mother, she's extremely immature when it comes to fellow cast-mate Gloria. After the beef started with Glo, Royce got MAD annoying to me. Her smile disgusts me, might I add. Why she is even a part of the show, I don't know. But hey anything for ratings, I guess.

*skips random chick*

Shaunie (middle): The creator of the whole concept of the show as well as the ex wife of basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. She seems like the peacemaker of all the drama. But I believe she's EVIL. She's hardly on the show, and it seems like she gets everyone to do her dirty work for her, while she looks like the innocent by-stander trying to calm everything down. #iseeyou Shaunie!

Evelyn (third from right): The dog-looking ex "fiance" of basketball player Antoine Walker. Sorry yall, but her face looks a little dog-like... I'd say like a bull dog without all the wrinkles. But anywho, she is one of the main "characters" on the show and is always waist-deep in the drama be it hanging out and getting messy drunk with a 22-year-old, or giving an arch nemesis an inpromtu shower. She LOVES throwing drinks on anyone she has a problem with... In my opinion, she's just plain messy. Of course there are some instances where people just can't HELP but get gangsta, but Evelyn needs to re-evaluate when these times are, because she has the game TWISTED. Let her get bold with a hood chick!! Pshhhh, chile boo!

Suzie (second from right): Another ex boo thang, this one with basketball player Michael Olowokondi. She randomly popped up after the first couple episodes and I had no idea who she was. She's another drink thrower, btw. Like I said about Ms. Evelyn, let her get buck with a gangsta girl! SMH. There's nothing much to say about her, except for the fact that she needs a cosultation with a doctor to get her some Invisalign.. Her bottom teeth are JACKED.

And then, there is:

Gloria (far right): Or as Royce has named her, "Ms. Perfect". She is the fiance to basketball player Matthew Barnes. She has a whole meat factory of beef with dancer Royce. Her favorite line seems to be "that's what's up". I don't know where that who ghetto girl act came from, but she needs to quit. Now, this chick here is shady in my opinion. Her sister is allegedly fooling around with Shaunie's ex hubby Shaq (Shaunie and Gloria are "friends"), but Gloria holds firm to her "family first" mentality. Like dog fa--I mean Evelyn was saying in the finale episode, it doesn't matter if they're sisters. WRONG IS WRONG! How are you going to back your sister up when she is CLEARLY doing something shady? Just doesn't seem right. I guess if her sister stabs a homeless person, Glo will be right there preaching "family first" and being on her side too, huh? SMH

So basically, these basketball hoes have NO right to be on this show.. Well everyone except Jennifer, for now. Gloria doesn't even have a right to be on the show, because until it becomes legal, she's technically just a girlfriend. If ya like it then ya should put a ring on. But if ya LOVE it then ya should GO THROUGH with it (the wedding). How are you going to make a show and title it basketball WIVES, when there are no wives? Even Jennifer is on thin ice. She's on the verge of DIVORCE! Ugh, this show is so irritating, but I can't look away. Well this season is over, but you can be sure to see more coonery on the reunion show airing June 20th at 10pm. Apparently the show is going to be CRAZY because word on the street is that cast-mate Suzie got arrested during taping, SMH. I'll be watching.. will you?

Signed,

I-think-I'm-an-insomniac

First Post Rant (and definition of "coonery")

Well hello there. So this is my first post on this thing... Hopefully this works out. First off, the name is Giavanna. Simple yet difficult, I know. Now that we have got the basics out of the way, I will let you in on some things about me. I'm a 19 year old poor college student who is being treated like a 1760's slave at 2 part time retail jobs.. Yeah I know, it sucks. But I AM trying to make something of myself and get out of San Diego, CA SOME DAY. Now that you know that I'm (somwhat) educated, you MUST know that I do not tolerate or encourage coonery. What is coonery you say? I thought you'd never ask! Let's break it down, shall we?

Urbandictionary.com (because they are SUCH a credible source, eh?) defines a coon as: "An insulting name for a black person. Similar to "Nigger"."

MSN defines the suffix -ery as "activity or behavior"

Now, let's put it together! Coonery is the "activity or behavior" of acting like a "coon". And as you may (or may not) have noticed, my blog name is "cooneryisDENIED"... Which it is. So all coonery and tomfoolery of ANY sort (be it politics, religion, or pop culture most of the time) will be put on full BLAST. What I speak on this blog is the truth as I see it. You notice how "I" was italicized? That's because it's my blog. Which means I say what I want. So if this blog isn't to your liking, you may now click the little [x] at the top-right corner of the browser, please and thank you (:

Signed,

Up-at-2:52AM-for-no-reason