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Happy New Year!

This year is picking up where 2009 left off...speeding right on by. It's already January 2nd. What? Next thing you know, I'll blink and it'll be February 2nd. Y'know, the premiere date of Lost: The Final Season. Excuse me while I go weep. *weeps* But OMWord, I can NOT wait. I've been salivating for this moment. For that month to come. I'm in a Lost withdrawal. Everybody has a particular withdrawal they go through. It may be alcohol. It may be drugs. It may be candy. Mine is TV. And the internet, of course. Actually, I can do without TV (shocker!). But internet? I shudder at the thought. *shudders*

I hope you guys had a safe transition into 2010. I know I definitely did. Since I wasn't able to be in Nigeria during this period, I decided I needed to be away from the DC area. I'm now in Meeammee. Enjoying the weather. Enjoying the change of scenery. The day of my departure, I woke up to freezing rain. I laughed. I made the right decision.

So, continuing in my road of making promises I can't keep, I was meant to give you my end of the year list. As you can see, I so didn't. So here it goes:

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I've got nothing. Nada. I'm drawing a blank. I'm typing up this post on a whim so I haven't really planned as to what list I'm creating or better yet, what's going to be on the list. I don't know if I want to reminisce about the year or the decade that was. Shame. What I do know is :

- MJ's death is still a shock to me. I AM a huge fan (emphasis on "AM"). That's never gonna die. I was rocking a Bad ring tone way before it was a trend to do so just cause he had died. I was ridiculed for that ring tone but I never cared. Why? Because I am a freaking MJ fan. Until I die. My #1 song of all time is Wanna Be Startin' Something. Play that song and watch Ms. Royal Reigns completely lose it. I long wistfully for my Moonwalker movie. Remember that movie? He was trying to save some orphans from some evil doer played by Joe Pesci (what ever happened to him, though?) From that movie came one of my favorite videos of all time, Smooth Criminal. Actually, it's a tie between that and Beat It. I think Thriller is overrated. Bite me. Love me some Jackson 5. So it kinda pains me when I see all these folks talking bout "I love Michael" and "I wanna download all his tunes on my Ipod!". Um, how come that shit wasn't there in the 1st place, homie? Who DOESN'T have a MJ tune in their ipod? It's ridic. You trying to tell me it took his death for some people to realize that he has (genius) music out there? Or that he was a musical genius, period? Unbelievable.

- Tiger Woods is getting hammered for nothing. Leave the man, alone. Yes, for reason beyond me, he decided to take up being a man whore as a side hobby. And yes, for reason beyond me, he decided to get with a bunch of below average lookers. I mean, really, what's up with that? Why are all his hookups some buttafaces? But does him being a cheat a first in the celebrity world? Does that warrant him to lose almost ALL of his endorsements? Do you know who you're messing with, media? Freaking Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods = golf. Period. For him to say that he's taking time off from golf is a huge EFF YOU to the sport. It's going to lose ratings. It's going to lose casual viewers. It's going to lose money. Is it because he maintained this so-called squeaky clean image for so long that he's getting clobbered like this? I'm quite confused.

- Charlie Sheen is untouchable. The man is known for his domestic violence with each and every girl he's been in a serious relationship with. And yet he's still got his TV show (which is doing great in ratings), still got his endorsements (just saw his Hanes commercial the other day) and most importantly, is not getting berated by the media. Un-freaking-believable. I'm sure Chris Breezy is side eyeing his publicist right about now.

- I don't wanna hear about the OctoMom and the Balloon Boy ever again. Yes, those stories were a mess and a half. The media continues to give them what they want: publicity. And it's frustrating. Just let them evaporate and the world will be a better place.

- Lady Gaga is here to stay. I bow down to the greatness of her. She's awesome. Just copped her recent EP and I can't let it go. Bad Romance is on constant repeat. For someone so young, she's absolute genius. Some folks called her a fake just because of some past photos and videos that popped up on the internet recently of her with her natural hair color sounding like a better Norah Jones. Shocker! So, artists are not allowed to transform anymore? Especially, at her age? Please, fall back.

- Speaking of transformation, Rihanna's transformation is a total bust. We don't believe you, you need more people. Epic fail. Try again. Please go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go...you get my drift. All of a sudden, homegirl wants to flaunt her sexuality? All in the name of selling some albums. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Granted, she's not the 1st to do so and most definitely will not be the last. But seriously, Rihanna looks awkward. It's quite sad, actually. But hey, what do I know. People are eating that shit up. Probably I'm not seeing what the masses are seeing...? *confused shrug*

- When has it become cool to replace "you're" with "your"? Example: "Your crazy". I'm telling you folks, this phenomenon has taken over the world! I've missed the boat, though. And with good reason! Geez! This has become my #2 pet peeve replacing people working out in their jeans, which has now fallen to #3.

- Jersey Shore is a mess! OMWord, my goal during this brief vacation is to start a fist pump battle. Kid you not. And what the hell is The Situation blabbing when he says, "If hating is your occupation, I've got a job waiting for you." Or something to that effect. Why do I know there's a person on the show named "The Situation"? Also, MTV has fallen. Usually, their New Year's Eve countdown brings out the big dogs in the celebrity world. This time around? Spanish chick from the defunct 3LW was the host while striking up conversation with the cast of Jersey Shore and some two girls from the Family Channel. Times are hard, I tell ya.

- I really don't want to hear the word "hater" again. Myself, I'm going to try (emphasis on "try") to refrain from using that word. It's so played out, I swear. A friend of mine has another take on the word: a confused admirer. I think I'm bout to roll with that.

That's about all that came to my head. I'm sure I'm missing more. This was so much better than some lists with pictures.

:o/ Yeah, right.

I'm out like phones without touch screen. How do you guys deal with that?