Monthly Archives: July 2009

Why Do Blacks Want to Live The Gucci Mane Lifestyle?

I’m not going to exercise this enough when I say that I don’t mean all Blacks, just the ones that do. I’m not talking about his lifestyle now, I’m talking about that lifestyle he raps about in his music. Moving on…

I knew a lot of drug dealers and “gang bangers” not by choice but by friendship. I knew them before they decided a 9-5 is harder than selling drugs on the street corner. A few of them still stop and talk to me when they see me although I prefer not to because I don’t want people to think I’m one of their buyers. We would converse and I say, “still living the Gucci Mane lifestyle huh?” they’ll start cheesing  from ear to ear and say, “hell yea he’s my role model I always wanted to do what he did, its easy money”. Yea and a easy way to get killed, or thrown behind bars as well.

The fact that its easy money, is that all it takes to want to be a drug dealer? I know a lot of these rappers rap about things they haven’t done, seen, or dealt with but I don’t think Gucci Mane is one of those rappers most of the time. Listening to these rappers that talk about slanging this and that really affects the minds of the naive.  I just want to know why blacks feel its so better, so easier to be a drug dealer than to just get a job? Going to jail, then getting out just to go back in got to be stressful at some point.

I can’t pick on just Gucci Lame, he’s not the only one. I should of said rappers in general because it seems they all rap about the same thing; money, cars, women, and drugs, and violence.

The Sims 3: My Sims 3 Creations; Lots, Patterns & Sims

Soon there will be a site for all of my creations. View below the Lots that are available to be downloaded…[Click on the image to download the lot]. More are soon to come!

Note: I’ve uploaded these lots onto various other sites as well.

There will also be a page for downloads soon.

Lots:

Lemon Dreams Apts

Furnished $369,266 unfurnished $157,169 3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms, swimming pool, basement (for more space). The garages have cars in then.

Mrs. Tiffany

Furnished: $321,485, Unfurnished $ 120,317. 2 car garage, very spacious kitchen, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom; fully decorated. This lot is uploaded to The Sims 3 site so if you have the time recommend this.

White Noise

Furnished: $591,523 Unfurnished: $163,723. This one I just designed the first floor, which is all white and did little to the second floor. Sorry. This file is uploaded to The Sims 3 website so if you have an account feel free to add me as a friend and recommend my creations. Thanks.

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First Light Mansion is a 5-room very spacious mansion with a Labyrinth/Maze in the back with 2; technically 3 swimming pools. Everything else is up for you to discover.

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Preferred location would be on or by a beach or a place with sand.

A House Fit for a Princess

Looks like a layer cake doesn't it? Well it isn't a layer cake, its a house thats fit for a large family. Don't worry, only the exterior is pink and white, the interior is a different story. This house has 5 bedrooms with a option of a 6th, 4 bathrooms, a pool, 4 car garage, library, kitchen, living room(s), dining area and a workout/play room.

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Another one that would need to be on or near a beach.

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If your favorite color is purple, then this is the lot for you.

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This is a one bedroom home. Its nice and cozy though. It has a pool, an office, a cute kitchen and nice sitting area.

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Its basically a recreation center that looks like a shopping center/mall. Its a 60 x 60 lot.

Patterns:

Stripe Ex

Made with The Sims 3: Create a Pattern Tool. Designed by Asilee.

Starlight

Made with The Sims 3: Create a Pattern Tool. Designed by Asilee.

This Way

Made with The Sims 3: Create a Pattern Tool. Designed by Asilee.

Heart Case

Made with The Sims 3: Create a Pattern Tool. Designed by Asilee.

Star Bright

Made with The Sims 3: Create a Pattern Tool. Designed by Asilee.

Guitar Hero 5 Official Track List

I cannot wait to play this. I hope this Guitar Hero game is better than Guitar Hero: World Tour. That game stunk, like they wiped they ass with it.

New Additions

  • 3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite”
  • Arctic Monkeys – “Brianstorm”
  • Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”
  • Dire Straits – “Sultans Of Swing”
  • Jimmy Eat World – “Bleed American”
  • Johnny Cash – “Ring Of Fire”
  • Megadeth – “Sweating Bullets”
  • Mötley Crüe – “Looks That Kill”
  • Muse – “Plug In Baby”
  • Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
  • Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure”
  • Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
  • The Killers – “All The Pretty Faces”
  • The Raconteurs – “Steady As She Goes”
  • TV On The Radio – “Wolf Like Me”

Previously Announced

  • A Perfect Circle – “Judith”
  • AFI – “Medicate”
  • Attack! Attack! UK – “You And Me”
  • Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”
  • Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
  • Beck – “Gamma Ray”
  • Billy Idol – “Dancing With Myself”
  • Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night”
  • Blur – “Song 2″
  • Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watchtower”
  • Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name”
  • Brand New – “Sowing Season (Yeah)”
  • The Bronx – “Six Days A Week”
  • Bush – “Comedown”
  • Children Of Bodom – “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
  • Coldplay – “In My Place”
  • Darker My Love – “Blue Day”
  • Darkest Hour – “Demon(s)”
  • David Bowie – “Fame”
  • Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
  • The Derek Trucks Band – “Younk Funk”
  • The Duke Spirit – “Send A Little Love Token”
  • Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf”
  • Eagles Of Death Metal – “Wannabe In L.A.”
  • Elliott Smith – “L.A.”
  • Elton John – “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”
  • Face To Face – “Disconnected”
  • Garbage – “Only Happy When It Rains”
  • Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
  • Gov’t Mule – “Streamline Woman”
  • Grand Funk Railroad – “We’re An American Band”
  • Iggy Pop – “Lust For Life (Live)”
  • Iron Maiden – “2 Minutes To Midnight”
  • Jeff Beck – “Scatterbrain (Live)”
  • John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”
  • Kaiser Chiefs – “Never Miss A Beat”
  • King Crimson – “21st Century Schizoid Man”
  • Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
  • Kiss – “Shout It Out Loud”
  • Love and Rockets – “Mirror People”
  • My Morning Jacket – “One Big Holiday”
  • Nirvana – “Lithium (Live)”
  • No Doubt – “Ex-Girlfriend”
  • Peter Frampton – “Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)”
  • The Police – “So Lonely”
  • Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde – “Bring the Noise 20XX”
  • Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
  • Rammstein – “Du Hast”
  • The Rolling Stones – “Sympathy For The Devil”
  • Rose Hill Drive – “Sneak Out”
  • Rush – “The Spirit Of Radio (Live)”
  • Santana – “No One To Depend On (Live)”
  • Scars On Broadway – “They Say”
  • Screaming Trees – “Nearly Lost You”
  • Smashing Pumpkins – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
  • Sonic Youth – “Incinerate”
  • Spacehog – “In The Meantime”
  • Sublime – “What I Got”
  • Sunny Day Real Estate – “Seven”
  • T. Rex – “20th Century Boy”
  • The Sword – “Maiden, Mother & Crone”
  • Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak”
  • Thrice – “Deadbolt”
  • Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
  • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “American Girl”
  • Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
  • Weezer – “Why Bother?”
  • The White Stripes – “Blue Orchid”
  • Wild Cherry – “Play That Funky Music”
  • Wolfmother – “Back Round”

The Lastest The Sims 3 Update Download Version 1.3

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Asilee’s Raptr, 360 Voice & Guitar Hero

I don’t know why I haven’t heard about Raptr til now. I think its better than Xfire in a lot of ways but that’s just my opinion. Anyway, I’m looking for friends and people who are looking for friends as well. So if you’re interested just click on my Raptr and it will take you to my page. Also I’m looking for more friends to play GH [Guitar Hero] with. I’ve even made a group on 360V [360 Voice]. Its not that many people that haven’t heard of a 360V so if you’re a Xbox 360 gamer, feel free to sign up. If you don’t know what it is, its a blog for Xbox 360. Basically, your Xbox blogs about all the games you play everyday, if you play them everyday.

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The Sims 3: Crashing to Desktop Possible Solutions

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The Sims 3: No CD/DVD Mod

The Sims 3: No CD/DVD Mod

This mod disables the CD Authentication with the game loads. So you no longer need to load Virtual/Physical DVD in your PC.

[Download here]

You may have to search on the site to find this one since the page it was on was apparently moved. Sorry.

Lil Wayne Calls Michael Jackson A “Fag” in His New Freestyle [Video]

Lil Wayne is already the wackest rapper alive and this just proved it that much more. More so he’s an insensitive bastard. Michael Jackson is dead and I know a lot of people loved him as there were as many people who didn’t but damn if this wasn’t a low blow for him I don’t know what was. Lyrically this is to be expected but to call someone else a fag when he kissed another man? …Regardless of how old this picture was the fact still stands, Lil’ Wayne is the fag.

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I pledge alligence to the flag, Lil' Wayne is the biggest Fag.

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a FAG
Coca Cola, 7-Up, Pepsi Cola burned him up.

He honestly cannot talk about anyone. Michael Jackson was a legend and he’s more of a legend now that he’s dead than he ever was when he was alive. Here this cat only reached Platinum status once. He’s a poor role model on so many levels. He don’t know when to keep his penis in his pants. During the BET awards he had his child up on stage when he was rapping one of his songs off his record. People were highly offended of that because the song he chose to do and such and such of other things [just watch video]. Lil’ Wayne seriously need to get off that syrup and stop reaching.

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He’s reaching but he’s not grabbing anything but a bunch of flops, and bad publicity. He need to go back to rapping about shit he’s good at and that’s being a statistic and a liar. “Supposedly” what he said in his freestyle was from some “hood” song or “nursery rhyme“. Honesty I wouldn’t want to be put to sleep hearing that unless its the big sleep. Anyway, if its from that, how weak and lame can one person get?

Well here how it goes…

Down by the river, goes hanky panky, say a bullfrog jumped from bank to bank, say ease mease size seize, somebody hit that ding dong, yo mama smell like King Kong, I pledge allegiance to the flag that Michael Jackson is a fag, Coca-Cola burned him up, now he drinking 7-up, 7-up and no caffeine, now he drinking gasoline, gasoline had no sugar and now he eating a big fat bugger.”

I don’t know whats worse, the “nursery rhyme” or the fact that Lil’ Wayne used it or maybe the fact that his timing is off. What I mean by timing is the fact that Michael Jackson is dead and people are still mourning for him. The fact that he probably wouldn’t even entertained the thought of saying that in any freestyle if MJ was alive. Honestly I don’t think it would of been a big deal if MJ was alive. Lil’ Wayne was wack before that freestyle and he’ll be wack after that freestyle.

The Sims 3: Video Tutorials

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The Sims 3 Resources

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Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer

I simply cannot wait til this one come out. Of course the first Toy Story was my favorite. Pixar is awesome period. It comes out next year though, June 28, to be exact. :( Its crazy how the first one came out 14 years ago.

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Why Blacks can call each other “Niggas” but the MOMENT someone White Say it, it’s a problem?!

Since this blog has somehow received a lot of views and angry black people typing up irrational, senseless paragraphs, I decided to type it over.

Where shall I begin? Oh I know…

It’s weird and at the same time depressing seeing blacks get upset over someone of a different race say the word nigga; offline and online. How they can say that the word “nigga” is “their” word is simply hilarious. Who would want that word? & why get offended when someone of a different race say it? You did it to yourselves. You’ve accepted the word “nigger” by pretty much remixing it to “nigga”. So um, lets see, unless you were calling yourselves “nigger” first, I don’t see how you can claim a word. Even much so again I ask why claim the word as yours? Nigga, nigger, it’s the same thing in my eyes. I’m black and I don’t use the word and it’s disgusting when I hear rape music, yes you read correctly, ‘rape music’ or should I say ‘rape culture‘. Every other word, “nigga” is there. Hmm, I see, since the dawn of time as far as music is concerned the word nigga has been in Hip-Hop/Rap, so I guess it kind of makes sense why those who get offended when someone who isn’t black says it. How pathetic. This isn’t the 1930′s anymore, you don’t have to sit in the back of the bus. If someone of a different race using the word nigga towards you is like them saying nigger, you shouldn’t give any sign that it’s okay to use; black or white.

In an e-mail, I were told by a pretty hostile Black man who told me the reason the word nigga exists is because they needed their own word to describe “friend”.  Very, very laughable. Honestly, what is the difference between nigga and nigger? There is not one intelligent argument that you can try to force down my throat that will show me the difference between the two. From my knowledge, nigger means, a black person, whose inferior, ignorant, etc, it also means, a victim of prejudice. Nigga on the other hand is pretty much nigger but only blacks can call another black that. What a shame, substituting ‘er’ for ‘a’ and claim rights over the damn word.

It’s not only the word nigga blacks substitute letters with, there are others; gangsta, murda, rappa, for instance. But, while those letters is substituted, the meaning of the word stays the same but not for nigga, why is that? Listen, nigga is what nigger is and of course there is no jumping hurdles, climbing mountains, kayaking around that. Reminds me of what Tupac said: he tried but making acronyms for nigga isn’t going to change the true definition of the word. “never ignorant getting goals accomplished” is just preposterous. Really, anyone with a sane mind will not walk around calling themselves nigga, if anything, they’ll call themselves black. Those of us who aren’t ignorant, who are getting goals accomplished without the awareness of NIGGA, do we call ourselves niggas too now because the word which is still shit but has now been spray painted with gold?

Flipping nigger into nigga will not give you more power or make it less hurtful when other races use it, if it did, you wouldn’t get so upset about it when they do say it. Just ask yourself, before the next time you get bent out of shape when someone uses “your” word, who invented it in the first place? Who made it possible for you to even change the word into what it is today? If you don’t know, let me tell you, white people. Nigger – Etymology: alteration of earlier neger, from Middle-age French – negre, from Spanish or Portuguese – negro. Originally “nigger” is a term derived from the Latin word “negro” which means black in color but is also used to refer to an ignorant person. Just because you played around with this disgusting word, it doesn’t make it yours. As long as people have a voice, white, black, green or blue, they will use this word.

So I’m pretty much assuming here, why you sad people use this word is because you THINK it’s YOURS? Yea ok, whatever you say. Look at how Hip-Hop has taken the power of the words away. It should be a two-way street. If nobody can say nigga but blacks then stop calling Hispanics beaners, wet-backs, and spics; stop calling Whites honky’s, crackers, white trash.

You don’t hear other races singing in their music how much they love their “Crackers” or “Beaners” and how they’ll die for them. White people don’t walk around calling themselves crackers, and mexicans don’t go around calling themselves spic’s, but we the black people, the poorest race in the world, the race considered to be the most violent, and the race with the most depressing slavery past are the ones who call themselves the most obscene words, but in a nice way? I can’t help but laugh at you all.

A word is just a word and sorry to say, but in these 50 states you can say whatever the hell you want to say. If any word effects you then that’s you. A word like nigga goes as far as you let it go, really nothing anyone say should affect you but for some reason you people get offended by everything. If you think white people are trying to be “slick” my calling you niggas, maybe you shouldn’t be calling each other niggas. If you know where the word originates from and yet you still use the word you think is less derogatory, then you’re being an idiot for getting upset. Both words mean the same thing. When Richard Pryor was using it to joke around he was using the stronger meaning to get across a softer concept that would make the audience laugh – shock value. AGAIN if nigga really is less harmful than nigger why do you get as pissed when a white person says it?

I think they both mean the same thing, and it keeps black people subconsciously at a standard below every other race. You’re calling each other slaves and savages, and you think it’s cool? I guess so. Whatever floats your slave ships.

The things idiots think of…

The Author and Contributor of the following post is the member of this site called He.Is. Alive. We would like to share your observations and insights with everyone.

Having read numerous entries on this website, as well as examined and considered the contents of them, I have developed the following theory about Jackson’s “death” and escape, one I deem most factual and plausible:

The real Michael Jackson never showed up at that rehearsal the night before his “death” at Staples Center, the dark video footage that has surfaced showing him chewing gum is NOT the real Michael Jackson, no, but instead, he sent one of his doubles to the rehearsal to just “show up” there for a few minutes. Since the video has been proven a fake by an expert and said to be photoshop “fixed”, we have no proof whatsoever at all that the real Michael Jackson attended the rehearsal at all, but a gum chewing lookalike did instead. Hence: it is safe to assume that the real Michael Jackson made off to a waiting plane and left forevermore goodbye, in all probability so. New information of his secret “departure” from LAX in an unmarked Lear Jet has surfaced, it bears credibility and logic.

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, the lookalike decoy was being readied and prepared for the “cardiac arrest” show and the ball began rolling with the 911 call where the caller should have, but did not say “This is Michael Jackson’s residence and Mr. Jackson needs immediate help, please hurry” but instead, very controlled and unemotionally spoke of a “Gentleman” who was “not breathing” ???? All the while the REAL Michael Jackson was long gone to wherever and this explains why the ambulance “patient” photo does not look like nor could possibly be Michael Jackson, right on down to continuous other suspicious and questionable quirks that kept on popping up from all directions, nothing of which CAN possibly add up because the stage was set otherwise from the very beginning, i.e.: the REAL Michael Jackson was long gone, but back in LA the “Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest”-show with the decoy went on as planned, although with some leaks and without top notch planning or “rehearsal” and, for that reason, we arrive and continue to come back to the “nothing adds up” theory and hence are continually being served with more emerging questionables and suspicions stemming from the very beginning of this whole saga.

It is very highly questionable WHY his inner circle close confidantes did not show at the “Memorial” service at Staples: Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross, Liza Minelli, Uri Geller and Oprah Winfrey – who scrubbed ALL Michael Jackson data from her website – just to mention these few who come to mind. Why would the Jacksons deny Michael’s beloved friends to attend his “sendoff” ? Instead, an assortment of “fill-ins” showed up, some of which have never even met Michael Jackson and even freely stated so on a popular talk show, others who had no communication with him personally in years ! Another “staging” ?

Jennifer Hudson’s performance was “backed” by the real Michael Jackson singing, where he, during the spoken monologue of the song she performed, mistakenly substituted the word “Pains” with an S for the original word in the text: “Pain” without an S ! How many viewers noticed this faux pas or …. did not ? Was it a hint, a deliberate “throw it out into the crowd and see who catches it” hint ?

Why did the very particular phrase “I am alive and will live forever” from one of his songs appear in blue lettering at the back wall of the stage at the end of the service ? Why THESE VERY WORDS ? Why not ANY OTHER words, but these one in particular ?

The casket during the Memorial service did not give off one whatsoever SINGLE vibe that it contained the dead body of Michael Jackson, nor any other body at that ! “Vibes” that I experienced over425 mere TV airwaves viewing the public funeral of former US President Reagan back in 2004 ? Very simply, the golden casket said to bear Michael Jackson’s body was empty and, with helicopters hovering above, very mysteriously disappeared into thin air after the service with the whereabouts of the “body” emerging the latest media spin to keep the public focused on the “death” of Michael Jackson? and the beat goes on …
Are there enough hours in the day to state/document/blog the numerous other pieces of questions/doubt/evidence/observations that keep carving themselves out during this entire madness? Are the questions of Michael Jackson’s staged death and successful escape not higher in number then the facts “confirming” that he really …. “died” ?

Fans around the world held their breath for an image of the “Body” of their idol to appear, so far, of all the media coverage and internet traffic, no such image is available and even if it was, how could it be positively ascertained that the body is in fact Michael Jackson’s? We will never know, will we? Bloggers posting doubts and observations, etc. etc. are supporting the remarkable traction this “death” has gained around the internet and, mind you, these facts are never even mentioned by so much as a mere breath by the mainstream media ? Why not ? Since all of them broadcast their news with laptops in front of them, it is not so that they are not aware of it, is it ?

What we do know for absolutely certain is this: somebody/s knows something and their silence/s has been bought for a logically high enough price for the real truth never to be revealed on their part, however, the old theory that the truth is self-evident and always prevails will not ever be compromised, not even by millions of dollars that sealed this deal, why? Simple: there IS a God …

The lyrics of Michael Jackson’s song “Xscape” clearly state what his longtime coming intentions were, intentions that he put into practice with what was in all likelihood helpfully aided by former wife Lisa Marie Presley who during their marriage learned of his desire to “escape” like her father did and hence “coached” him on how to successfully stage such an event, details to which she is certainly privvy to and hence constitute obvious similarities to Elvis’ staged death and escape, most befitting to that of Michael Jackson’s “death” and “disappearance”: the “cardiac arrest, dead on arrival at the hospital” spin … an airtight scenario where hospital personnel, doctors, EMT’s, police officers, security, etc. as well as the coroner and other authorities are judicially prohibited from publicly disclosing any whatsoever information regarding the admittance and aftermath of the patient, all the while the public is being thrown bite sized bones, information that could possibly not be “misconstrued” or “twisted” ?

After Elvis’ disappearance, one of his many personal items missing was t-h-e largest of them all: his personal Airplane ! This plane did not “poof” disappear into thin air if you pardon the punt, ergo: who is to say that the waiting, UNMARKED, ordered by radar/control tower personnel to be “ignored” waiting plane at LAX was for Michael who – emerging fully masked out of a black SUV to board the plane – was not that belonging to Elvis Presley ? That it might have been Elvis Presley’s personal plane is the MOST plausible explanation because it stands to reason that Michael Jackson would never ever have to worry or fear means of his “Getaway” becoming exposed or public, because IF it did, Elvis and Michael Jackson both being actually alive would constitute and become international news in a hurry !

The Jackson’s as well as the media keep on keeping on floating and spinning clutter “news”, some of it pretty outrageous, but all designed to distract the public from focusing on what is clearly emerging as very much an “OTHER” scenario for this … ‘tragedy’ …..

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Who would believe this? Do YOU believe this?

The Good; The Bad; & The Ugly in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Ohio is where I reside and I have to say, there’s more ugly and bad about Cleveland, Ohio than there is good. I guess I can get the good out of the way since the list is going to be so short.

The Good

The Cleveland Orchestra

Long considered one of America’s great orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra stands today among the world’s most-revered symphonic ensembles. In concerts at home in Severance Hall, each summer as part of the Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna, and on tour around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra continues to set standards of artistic excellence, imaginative programming, and community engagement.

The Health Museum

Which is now called The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. [Which has now moved]

Today, the Museum is considered one of the finest institutions of its kind in North America. Its mission emphasizes scientific research, conservation and education.

The Museum offers an extraordinary visitor experience. Permanent exhibits of special interest include the 3 million-year-old human ancestor Australopithecus afarensis, known as “Lucy,” and the 150 million-year-old Haplocanthosaurus delfsi, one of the most complete mounted sauropods on display anywhere in the world.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum

Every year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum welcomes visitors from all 50 states and 100 countries the world over. Since we opened our doors in 1995, seven million visitors have toured the Rock Hall.  We’ve worked hard to live up to our reputation as the preeminent home for the celebration and study of rock and roll music. With a full calendar of exciting events and an amazing array of exhibits filled with painstakingly preserved and creatively displayed artifacts, this is the ultimate place to learn about rock and roll and how it continues to shape our lives.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

The oldest park district in Ohio, the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District was born in 1917, the initiative of a young, self-taught engineer who had conceived the idea of an outer chain of parks with connecting boulevards some 12 years earlier. William Stinchcomb’s genius was to anticipate the future need for open space at a time when Cuyahoga County outside of Cleveland was still largely rural. From a few scattered donations of land in the Rocky River Valley, the Park District grew to embrace some of the most scenic areas of Greater Cleveland.

I can’t think of anything else good about Cleveland. Oh but the bad and the ugly? I have plenty to list about that.

The Bad

The Cleveland RTA Healthline

Welcome to RTA’s HealthLine. Or maybe you remember it as The Euclid Corridor? Yep – We got a new name – thanks to a partnership from the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospital. And to make good on the name, the HealthLine is helping lead (okay, “drive”) the rebirth of Euclid Avenue. After all, this sleek rapid transit line isn’t just moving passengers from places like Public Square to University Circle in 12 minutes flat. It’s moving our economy toward numbers like $4.3 billion in economic development. Not to mention, making our city a little greener, thanks to hybrid technology and 1,500 new trees (no wonder that little bird is so happy). So hop on board. And see how the RTA HealthLine truly is pumping new life into Cleveland.

Not only is it [the bus stops or stations] sitting in the middle of the street but its an eye sore and dangerous.  The way this was designed and made was really careless. People who are in cars have to stay out of the buses lane or get their ears blown out by these loud bus horns if you don’t move. Then the lane next to the bus only lane that’s the left turn only lane, you have to wait til the buses go by to make a left turn. That’s not what makes it dangerous though. Its in the middle of the street. I’ve seen children who has climbed down from that platform or sit on the edge because their parents are too careless to watch them. People end up running in the street to catch a bus instead of running on the sidewalk to catch the bus.

The Construction

I think I’ve seen more construction in Cleveland than anything else. I don’t think the crime rate in Cleveland is on the same level as construction and that’s saying a damn lot. The CAC or the Cleveland Athletic Club ended up closing because of the mass construction that was done while it was open. People who joined this club couldn’t get to it because of all the construction. You couldn’t park any where! They had to close because lack of members joining, returning, or coming because of the eye sore of those dreadful orange cones; amongst other reasons.

The Tower City Mall, Theater and Amphitheater

With over 100 specialty shops, six full-service restaurants, 11-screen theater, Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City, 2 Hotels and easy access through our connected walkway to Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena, Tower City is your downtown choice to shop, dine, play and stay!

Yea, it might sound all good and what not but who wants to dine, play and stay right above a damn rapid station? The whole first two floors of this used to be subway/train station shakes uncontrollably. Even the movie theater looks like it hasn’t even been remodeled since the 1900′s. The seats are hard, the floor sticks to your shoes, the screen’s quality look like Zenith floor model televisions with a bulb gone out in it. [Do Zenith even exist any more?] Not only that, you get harassed by the flash light cops for your identification. Yes you have to be a certain age to be on certain floors or in certain parts of the mall. If you don’t and you put up a fuss, you will get arrested by 5-0 which patrols the mall like they don’t have anything better to do. Oh yea, the front of the building is an eye sore;  it always smell like hot piss and beer no matter what the season. There are gates and other construction crap for your enjoyment. It looks like a concert is about to start everyday.

The Lack of Jobs & Opportunities

Well that’s for almost every major city on the east coast. Here though? The unemployment rate is almost 10.0. We got people who say they’re hiring, but aren’t actually hiring. Even McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants here are picky about who they hire. I don’t know if its like this any where else but here you have to have a high-school diploma or a GED to work at a fast food restaurant. If you don’t have that then you’re not working there.

The Cleveland Browns

Need I say more? The Cleveland Browns are a disgrace to the NFL. When was the last time they won ANYTHING? How many coaches has The Cleveland Browns had? I’ve lost count. I mean don’t like them or The Cavaliers. I don’t like The Cleveland Browns because they suck. The Cavaliers, I never liked them and I’m not going to start.

I guess I can start on the ugly now. I think that’s enough of the bad. I have to go and do the good over on a later date because I believe I’ve forgotten a few good things about Cleveland.

The Ugly

The Citizens

Man you would think this was back when there were separate bathrooms, restaurants and water fountains for different races as racist as these people are here. Then we got those who feel that they think they are safer on the West Side of Cleveland than the East Side of Cleveland. They fail to realize; East or West its STILL CLEVELAND. They get to bashing and downing people that they have no means of knowing at all.

The Mayor

He has no clue to what he want to do. He as corrupted as them folks that the FBI bombarded in on because they were taking tax payers money and buying large houses, cars, and other expensive shit they could of bought on their own salary. The crime rate went up the moment he stepped into office. I mean hell his niece or whatever was dating a convict and when it came down to it, she was a convict as well. No need to tell me that I voted for him, because I didn’t. I think I was 17 when he got into office so I couldn’t vote anyway.

The Cleveland Clinic

They are on my ugly list because they are so damn greedy. They buy out all these businesses, knock down all these rec’s, throw up this big dumb ass pond or parking garage(s) that they don’t need all because they can. Its like they don’t give a shit. They want to take everyone’s business or recreation center and turn into a vacant lot for years until they decide on what they want to do with it. Cleveland Clinic may be one of the best Hospitals in the nation but damn, come on everything shouldn’t be based on how many facilities or parking garages you can throw up in a years time.

The Crime

Hell that’s ugly wherever you go. Not just here. The rate is atrocious and this was before the recession got as bad as it got. Back in 2002 people were shooting up RTA buses on Halloween for no apparent reason so can’t blame on something as petty as the recession. That’s everyone’s excuse to everything. “My dog got cancer of the eyes because of the recession.” Blah!

I guess I can finish this later. I had a stroke in my arm due to my high blood-pressure a while back and my whole left arm is still sore [it was minor but enough to piss me off]. That’s why I haven’t been online or blogging [not that any one cares or anything]. So yea, I’ll finish this later.

I Hate My Name! [Asilee - Az-za-lee]

I want to keep it because changing it would cause too many problems being that I have a grandmother whose name is Asilee as well. Whats messed up is that she gets my mail and I end up getting all her life insurance and diabetic information. The only difference in our name is that she don’t have a middle name and I do. Well my name is pronounced Az-za-lee. A lot of people call me Ashely or Ah-cee-lee. What I hate is that how people read my name and instead of asking me how its pronounced, they just go ahead and call me Ashely. Okay, where is the ‘h’ or the ‘y’? Then people read it, and still spell it wrong. Aislee or Azzile is what they often spell it. My favorite mispronunciation of my name is Aye-cee-lee.

I like how when I tell them how to pronounce it, they still manage to call me Ashely.Then we get to going back and forth on the pronunciation of my name. When they finally get it they act as if they already knew how to pronounce it. Sometimes I think they do, they just like pushing my buttons. Its like the universe know I’m stuck with a name that looks far from how its pronounced.

This is how it often goes….

Them: Hello Ah-see-lee.

Me: Its Az-za-lee.

Them: Oh…Ashely.

Me: No Az-za-lee.

Them: Aye-see-lee…okay got it!

Me: AZ-ZA-LEEEEEEE.

Them: Ohhhh Az-za-lee. That’s very pretty.

What’s so weird, my name doesn’t have a meaning. You know how you can go to Google or Yahoo! or whatever and type in your name or go to one of those name define sites and it tells you what your name means? Well yea my name basically doesn’t have a meaning. I haven’t met another person with my name. I know there are a lot out there, I just haven’t met one yet.

I don’t know why people find my name pretty and unique. To me its a curse. I curse the woman who gave birth to me. What made her think that it was okay to name me after her mother, I will never know. What’s even more crazy, I saw my family tree. The name Asilee goes so far back in the family that you would think there would be more Asilee’s than it is. If I do change my name, I don’t know what I would change it to exactly. Its funny how people say I look like a Asilee. How do you look like a name exactly? Especially a name only certain amount of people have.

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