"Bullying is GENIUS??"

Hey Brown Hearted ones...

Okay, just a quick one to share this video that someone posted on our Facebook... watch it to the end =)



Genius... wish I'd thought of this as a short film!! Hope this was an eye-opener. Remember, some bullies don't even realize they are being a bully. Don't let that be you!

Until next time.... stay aware and stay thoughtful...
=)

"what about 2015?"

Hey Brown Hearted ones!!

As the year 2012 is being talked about, I have been thinking about 'Back to The Future 2' again .... Yes I know, I am in love with this film.... (unashamedly!) but just think for a minute. It was made in the 1980s, when the year 2015 was a far off dream of: flying cars, microwave Pizzas expanding from minature to massive, self drying clothes, hover boards, interactive 'mtv' diners/ cafes, hologram movies and actual "tele- phones'!! To think we're actually, 5 years away!! Well, 6 technically... and with the exception of Skype, things are relatively normal!!

Okay, looking back, I'm not sure whether I thought that there would actually be flying cars and such BUT, I at least thought that there would be a wearable pair of these:

True there have been exact replicas made... but firstly, they are just replicas and not wearable (point??) ... and secondly, they cost near £4,000. Who has got that amount of cash to spend on a replica really?? Although my brother would have killed for those back in the day... and probably still would .... (ain't that right Neekz ... God forbid ..lol).

 

Laugh it up... but we're not alone in our our love for these 'sneaks'... whoever made this knows what I'm saying:

If only!! 

Stay fly.. but not in a car..... yet! =)

"Memories from my telly box =)"

Hey Brown Hearts!! 

Another of my cousins has just sent me a video link on Facebook that set me thinking of days gone by.

It seems like just yesterday when I'd set my alarm for 6am to wake up me and my sister to watch our daily installment of the following:

When me and my brother went through a faze of  rushing home in time to watch:

not too mention..... 



My best mate totally thought she was Brandy back in the day...lol (she'll kick my butt for saying that).

And my whole house hold tuned into my teen angst, personified by Miss Chase in:

Theres something else which I was way into but I won't put it on here. Its crazy when you think back to the things you'd watch... a human in love with a vampire.... who has a soul??... pleeaaasseee!
Reasons that was silly:
1. Its necromancy (look it up) ... not really a source of entertainment.
2. I bet you some of those spells and incantations were real!! ... Er, no thanx !!

Talk about messing with what you don't understand.... What was I like? Good job I have a praying mommy (and a merciful God) in my corner....  =). 

I wonder what my 'telly memories' will be in about 10 years from now???? 

  

    

Truth be told I don't have alot of time for Telly these days.... movies are more my thing (when I have time that is!). Besides, your hard pushed for something good to watch these days... if its not 'Crap Factor' its some demon, vampire, zombie saga... UGH! Or maybe some hypnotist trying to tap into our innermost thoughts.. like I trust you with that Channel Four. Oh well, ten years is a while away yet, maybe by then I'll have my own show... any ideas? 

I'm thinking ...comedy ... action ... drama and chat show ..... all rolled into one. Suggestions welcome...  no one  say Jeremy Kyle! (lol).

Until next time.... you are what you watch... so watch out!!

=)

"High-Top" of the Pops!!"

Hey Brown hearts!!....

Recently whilst looking at my cousin Raych's Facebook I got the inspiration to blog on that 90s phenomenon that is making its way back to our shores. Once described by my mate Andy as "that square hairstyle" ....it is better known (to anyone who had a black brother, relatives, mates ....or was into Hip Hop in the 90s) as....... "The High-Top"!!

(some brothers 'getting their hair hooked up'... cop those tramlines!! The dude with the clippers better not make a mistake..lol.)

In celebration of its return, here are the people who I believe to have been at the head of the 'high-top army':

TOP OF THE HIGH-TOPS 

(..... In no particular order)

1.  KID n PLAY: Perfect examples of the 'HIGH-TOP FADE'!! (HTF).

  

( 90s rap duo... Left: Kid aka Chris Reid (arguably the best high-top ever

 ... Right: Play: Chris Martin- no not him out of Coldplay ..lol)

2. WILL SMITH AND JAZZY JEFF: The more mainstream example of the "HIGH-TOP FADE".

(Late 80s/90s hip hop duo- Left: DJ Jazzy Jeff, sporting a neat single tramline HTF

.... Right: The Fresh Prince himself, sporting a rounded high-top.)

3. RADIO RAHEEM AND SPIKE LEE: Showcasing the HTF on the silverscreen.

( Left: Film Director Spike Lee ... Right: Actor Bill Nunn (aka Radio Raheem)

Still taken from the film 'Do The Right Thing' ).

4. DWAYNE WAYNE: Advocate of the the 'HIGH-TOP PEAK'.... Tin Tin style. 

( resident funny man from 90s channel four sitcom,  'Different World')

5. THEO HUXTABLE: This was his during post the jheri curl phaze!!

 'HIGH-TOP' and better for it.

 ( Americas favourite TV son, Theo ,of the The Cosby Show (aka Malcom Jamal Warner.)

HEY ladies!! ...... you know we couldn't leave you out.....

6. Grace Jones: Perfect example of the fierce female 'HIGH-TOP'. 

( Avant Garde Artist ..... and the most frightening woman  in the world!)

7. Adeva: Who could argue with both 'height' and 'peak'.... British ladies style!

 (90s British Soul music sensation... doing it for us here in the U.K. )

....and brothers and sisters of the 'Non-Fro' nation..... how could we forget you when there has been such 'superbad' reprasentations as......

8. VANILLA ICE: The shock blonde teamed with intricate tram lines.... classic!

(90s bad boy 'rapper'.... you know you were doing the running man to 'Ice Ice Baby'... save your denial!! )

9. DOLPH LUNDGREN: Blonde and scary.... its good to be square.

 (film actor famed for his role in 'Rocky 2')

Again, we haven't forgotten you ladies.....

10. BRIDGET NELSON: Say it with curls!... love the side swoosh =)

 

( film actress famed for her role in 'Rocky 2')

Although you should be careful of rocking number 10 if you have little hair experience... one false move and you could look like this.

JEDWOOD ( of the dreaded X-fatctor.... ugh! )

Only kidding 'double J'!!  I'm sure your both trying ..lol. 

Well people, I want to thank Raych aka Cocoa Marron once more for her inspirational Facebook photos ;0) I'm off to go wash my hair now! Who knows, I may test out my very own 'high-top' in the shower =)

Until next time..... 

be good to your hair.... and your hair will be good to you xx

"The 'Queens of Wishful Thinking'....."

Hey Brown Hearted ones!! .....

Christmas is swiftly approaching and even though we don't 'do Christmas' (ba humbug!!), it has got us thinking about the affect it used to have on us in our younger days. The main thing that springs to my mind is my pages long Christmas 'wish lists' penned to 'Santa' in the hopeless pursuit of 'Mr Frosty'. Disappointment aside, we have now learned the true meaning of Christmas and as a result the dust has settled on childhood fantasy. That said, there are certain 'fantasies' which are almost etched in stone, so here is a list of our Top 5 'fantasy presents' which will take a serious amount of 'growing up' before we give up on them:

ALL I WANT FOR 'THE HOLIDAYS' IS ...... 

1. A HOVER BOARD

A future equivalent of the 'skate board' .... or so we dreamed.. thanks to the creators of the 'Back to the Future' (BTTF) trilogy.

Anni: I cannot be alone in thinking this is a plausible expectation. Seriously, I bet they have already been manufactured and all the 'rich kids' got them back in the 80s... (and are now bored with them).

Bee: Yeeeeeaaah, down with rich kids!! ..lol. Actually that would be a good name for a band.

Anni: Do try and stay on target B (see what I have to put up with?)

Bee: Hey, genius cannot be switched off! =)

2. MALL MADNESS

Just the best game EVER!! Watch the video.... shopping as a game... yes please!!

Anni: I cannot express how much I coveted this game (yes 'covet'... God forgive my little soul). It was so clever in tapping into the natural 'hunter purchaser' instinct of all young girls.

Bee: Oh my days, this was on your list every year. Most of all I just really wanted to swipe the card. I wanted the game but I think I was a bit more realistic with my requests than you. HA! 

Anni: LOL. It was expensive, but so was that Sylvania Tree house thing... and I got that. I  am so sad for knowing this but they have re-issued the game under the 'Miley Cyrus' umbrella of toys. Ugh!

Bee: Well thats you sorted for your next Birthday then =)

3. MR FROSTY

Mr Frosty 1980-2000.... a glorified snow cone, come status symbol.

Mr Frosty 2000 + (I prefer the earlier version myself)

Bee: Okay, this pic doesn't do it justice but back in the day, if you owned a Mr Frosty you were king.

Anni: Totally! There are two calibres of people in life. Those who 'had' Mr Frosty .... and those who 'wanted' Mr Frosty.

Bee: Hey there was no shame in not having one (as you know we were that calibre...lol). At the end of the day, you have to think as a parent. It's all well and good when you get the thing, but whose got money to keep buying the syrup that goes over the snow cone?? That could have been any number of items on your weekly shopping list. 

Anni: True, but tell that to 9 year old Anni... I cannot tell you how many childhood nights I wasted dreaming of that 'glorified snow cone machine' (sigh) I'm over it anyway, I mean they bought us a T.V and I was still looking amongst the wrapping paper for that stupid thing.....  I'm totally over it. Frrroooooooossssttttttttttyyyy!! FFFFFFFFRRRROOOOOOSSSSTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! lol.

4. MARTY McFLY'S "NIKEY BOOTS" FROM 'BACK TO THE FUTURE II' (BTTF2)

Another future prediction from the creators of BTTF 2... trainers that adjust to your feet. Genius!!

Bee: No true 'sneaker freak' can say that they didn't want a pair of these. I am still heavily in pursuit of these master pieces.

Anni: I have to say, they would absolutely kill with a baggy slash-neck sweater and some jeggins. 

Bee: No matter what anyone says, 'Yeezy's' or whatever their called don't even come close. Do you realise they have a petition going to bring them out (the same ones Marty wears in BTTF 2) as trainers for purchase. You know what, maybe we should bring them out. Imagine that.

Anni: Hmmmmm?? Picture it, your walking down the street and its starts to rain on your new suede 'kicks'.... "No their not scotch guarded!..." Your first impulse is "RUN!!"...  But no, stop!.... your wearing your special "Air Marty's" (thats what we're calling em). A smile spreads over your face, you lift your head up and let the rain fall on your face (not your hair...lol). You start to dance in the rain.... then at the bottom of the screen the tagline appears (maybe a voiceover too) "...because 'Air Marty's' won't let you down."

5. CLARISSA'S WARDROBE

Clarissa of "Clarissa Explains it All"... those who were unlucky enough to have missed this 90s phenomenon, one word, 'youtube'! Must see T.V for any pre pubescent youngster of the 90s.

Anni:Don't get it twisted, we had some heavy 'garms' when we were younger. Our mom hooked us up!

Bee: You know this! 

Anni: Exactly! With our mom being in fashion it was like having our own bespoke taylor. Remember the body suits and the cut off denims with multi colour leggings underneath B? People have only  started dropping the whole 'shorts and leggings' thing just the other day. 

Bee: Trend setters! ...lol. We should see if we can dig out the photos and put them up. What about the Fred Flintstone 'bermuda shorts'?

Anni: Aah, confession is good for the soul!! ..lol. Anyways, as you pointed out, the whole 90s look seems to have come back around.... leggins over shorts, high top fades, basketball boots, doc martins and JC style chequered shirts. I think our last 'wish' would be well spent on a re-vamped 'Clarissa style' wardrobe.

Bee: Thats a good one. Although, I was gonna say 'a chance to be part of the cast of a Peter Engel sitcom/ teen serial' like California Dreams, Saved By the Bell or even Boy Meets World... (not Peter Engel, but you get my drift). Actually, folks, that seems like another blog.... in fact,  I feel another blog coming on!!

Anni: Lord help us...lol.

Well there you go. Anyone who can supply any of the gifts above, we'll be very grateful. You won't get anything in return... other than maybe a smile and our sincere appreciation =)

Until next time.... hold tight ;0) ..... and don't stop dreaming!! 

Oh yes, before we forget. Look out for our Winter Sale.... the "final countdown"... to very generous reductions is very near.... very very near!

Details to follow soon =)

"why are people so grosse??"

Hey B hearts...

Okay, so I'm pulling out some cash at the ATM in town (a painful task which occurs all too frequently in my estimations..ugh!) ....and low and behold, what do I see?

Upon closer inspection....

Ugh!! Only one question springs to mind; 

Which 'utter grosse-oid' did that? 

The fact that a bin was less than two meters away..... well thats just plain idiotic. I mean, are they proud of themselves? Was it really a neccessity that they deface our communial space? Shared spaces and objects are bad enough.... smelly public loos.. sweaty post office queues... public transport after its been raining.... never mind the terror that is someone elses bubbly gum on an item for public use. Ugh! It just makes me feel justified in touching the buttons of the cash machine with the corner of my purse instead of my index finger.

 

Short story.... People like these belong in a zoo!

Well thats my rant over!! Feel free to offer equally baffling and annoying 'tales from our shared spaces' ... email us pics too and we may post them... who knows, the best one may earn you a freebie... DON'T GO FAKING PHOTOS THOUGH!! (this isn't you've been framed ...lol).

Until next time.... BE CONSIDERATE!!

=)

"its like a low rent Maury Povich!"

Hey Brown Hearted ones!!

If you said the words "I have never watched Maury Povich" we would immediately have to hook you up to a lie detecter... 'Ricky Lake/ Jeremy Kyle' style and expose your lying tongue.  Though we are now cured of this unhealthy waste of time, we still have the memories of the shows format etched into our browns.. I mean brains..lol. 

Anyhow, in the tradition of the  'Maury show' we seem to have hit a paternity disagreement. Okay, its rare that we disagree (yeah right..lol) but we are really divided on an issue at hand. An issue so serious and of such significance to the general flow of the worlds existence that we thought it best that we put it to the MYBHers to resolve it (gotta love the drama..lol).

Anni: You may wonder what this issue is... well, its more of a question.... a question I continually ask B.. to which she replies... "its just you!!"

Judge for yourselves anyhow, heres the question:  

"Is it just me, or is Brody Jenner a lost 'Caan' offspring?"

 

When I say 'Caan' I am refering to the 'King of Caan's' that is James Caan. The Hollywood actor famed for playing the role of Sonny Corleone in the Godfather part 1 (girls, if your not a film buff just ask your boyfriend... but beware of impressions..lol).

Exhibit A:

Our best mate James Caan (known as 'Jimmy' to me).

Exhibit B: 

Your best 'bro-friend' or 'bromance'.... Brody Jenner.

Anni: To me its soo painstaikingly obvious I want to buy a ticket and fly to L.A to bring back Jimmy Caan and push him in B's face...lol. They have really similar eyes, face shapes and jaws. 

B: Oh my days, they look nothing alike. Their eyes are completely different. James Caans eyes are a different shape as they go down at the sides like a puppy. Not too mention the fact that they are closer together. In my opinion.... of course.

Anni : Whatever B! If you were filming a new biopic, let's call it,  'The Jimmy Caan Story". Just picture it, your sat there with your casting agent and Brody walked into your casting  office/ audition. You would totally see a resemblance straight away and cast him immediately.

B: Or maybe (and I'm going out on a limb here) I'd just cast Scott Caan ...his actual son, who bears a distinct resemblance.

Anni: I think we better agree to disagree (... that I'm right ...lol).

I suppose it falls to you MYBHers out there to break the stalemate.... your country needs you (loao). Feel free to comment (and prove B wrong, mwahahahaha) ... or just as easily prove Anni wrong!!

Until next time... love, peace and chicken grease

=) 

(Obviously we mean no intentional offence to the Jenner, Kardashian or Caan family and subsequently any other person who may take direct or indirect offence to this blog ...as we really like all those mentioned. Its just a bit of silly banter ).